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August couldn't help, but squint his eyes at his former cell mate. [i]Did she just say he was extremely fast to a crew of strangers?[/i] The speedster was waiting at the right time to reveal his powers; he did not want any knowing of his abilities or capabilities. This does reason for his lack of participation in battles beforehand. He would fare much better knowing their strengths before they knew of his. 

"Thank you for the compliment, Prison Buddy!" August elbowed his former slave mate in the ribs; the action looked playful from the outside as Fletcher played a giant grin and laughed; however, August had put some power into that strike. "Watch what you say," August whispered to the woman. 

Clapping his hands, he stepped away from his prison mate. "The name's August and I'm a bit quick on my feet." He tapped his head once he got an idea. "Running track was one of my past times back in the day. I never thought I would see myself using it today," he lied. It was good that he made up the mindset of him being "partially" faster than a normal person. 

 August cracked his knuckles and proceed to get off the ship. "Well, I'll be the bait, but I do expect something in return." The speedster was not thrilled with being a distraction, but there was no other option of him leaving this island. He figured he would have to start pulling his weight. It does show that he wanted slight vengeance towards those who thought they could enslave him. "You'll know when they are distracted; I don't have a signal," he waved behind himself.

 August proceeded to jog at a good speed. He kept this momentum to save up his energy once he was close enough; all the bullets and swords slashing would take up a lot of stamina. Once he spotted the pirates and the jaguars, he accelerated to the speed of a dog. With the element of surprise, he hoped to punch the lights out of an unexpected pirate and hoped that would cause enough of a diversion for everone to put their attention on him. He would then just begin to run around in circles sporadically. [/color]