All of Videl's years of experience in bullfighting came rushing back to him when the two wolves lunged at him and he gracefully dodged them. The bulls back in Spain were more tactful than these two and Videl couldn't help but smile at himself. They had messed with the wrong ship today! One of the wolves, who had previously been a white haired male, quickly turned around to snap at him and Videl curled his arm around his neck, getting him in a chokehold, and held his muzzle shut with his free hand. The fact that these two were werewolves was surprising, since it was rare to see one while travelling at sea, but Videl had fought some in the past. The only real thing they had going for them was their teeth and claws, while Videl had his raw strength to rely on, so he was confident in winning.
The other wolf, the white one's brother, came running towards him and Videl delivered a swift kick to his mouth, blood and teeth splattering everywhere. The white wolf started to struggle more in his arms, trying to break free of his hold, and Videl tightened his hold around his neck, but his hand couldn't hold his mouth shut for much longer and let go, the wolf's teeth barely scraping his fingers. Quickly, he wrapped his other arm around the wolf's neck so it couldn't turn to bite him and tried to stop it from struggling so much. He only had a small amount of time until the older wolf recovered from the kick, so he needed to deal with this one fast, so he finally came to his decision.
Dropping to his knees, Videl rolled them over until the wolf was on it's back and he was lying diagonally over it, his arms still locked around it's neck, and got the wolf's hind leg between his own and twisted. A deafening crack echoed throughout the supply room and the wolf howled in pain. Videl quickly let go of the animal and rolled away before it had a chance to counterattack. A broken leg wouldn't get him very far, so as long as Videl kept his distance, he would be safe.
But the brother was still a problem and when Videl turned to look for him, he came face to face with the wolf's snapping jaw. He moved to avoid it but was too slow, crying out as the jaws locked on his shoulder. Even with a few teeth missing it was painful and Videl tried to shake him off but the teeth only went in deeper. Blood trickled down his shoulder and he cursed loudly. Thanks to his vampire blood in his system, he wouldn't fall pray to the werewolf's bite and turn into one himself. But that didn't mean that it didn't hurt.
☆trixxtal☆
Trixxtal barely managed to dodge the talismans flying towards him, but only by a fraction of a hair. " What the hell is that?" he wondered, turning back to look at the piece of paper, now stuck on the wall behind him. But that only turned out to be a mistake when more talismans came soaring towards him. By the time he turned back to see them, they were already too close to dodge. One of them landed on his chest and he instantly felt the energy draining out of him. " What...have you done??" He stuttered, tripping over his feet and barely caught the wall to avoid landing on his face. He gripped his chest to try to pull the paper off of him, but when he touched it, sparks of electricity nipped at his fingers.
☆kakeru☆
Truthfully, he didn't think that disabling the vampirate would be so easy. He thought that he would put up some sort of a fight, but the blonde went down just as easily as the two they caught last time. The male and female vampires that they had found hiding in that small port hardly fought at all, and just kept begging not to hurt their precious child. Kakeru only laughed at them as he knocked them unconscious, but kept admired them for their courage, and decided to fufill their wishes and left the boy alone. This one though...he had little fighting spirit and hardly had anything to be admired for. He glanced over at the other vampire in the room and was thankful that he had told Remus and Romulus to take care of him instead. It would probably take five or six talismans to bring someone like that down. He brought his attention to the blond infront of him and pulled his arm away from the wall, catching him as he fell to the ground. Now, he just had to decide; should he take him back to the SkullKracken and use him as a ransom, or simply kill him? No...Fenrir would be much happier if we had a chip to bargain with, just incase this plan doesn't succeed, he agreed with himself.He scooped the vampirate up into his arms, surprised at how light he was, when he heard Romulus whimper in pain.
The wolf was wreathing on the floor and from where Kakeru stood, he could see that his leg was twisted in an obscure angle. On the other side of the room, Remus had his teeth set in the vampire's shoulder, blinded by rage.
☆videl☆
Before the white wolf had the chance the chance to attack again, Videl grabbed the darker wolf on his shoulder by the scruff of his neck and pulled him off, throwing him forward and causing him to crash against the supply room wall. " Trixxtal, I think it would be best for us to go to the deck. The Captain might need our help." He turned to look at his friend, but without the wolves occupying his attention, he finally realized that the first mate was no where in sight. He almost called out for him until he saw the blond, cold and unconscious, in the arms of the third intruder. Anger flared up within him instantly and growled, " Let go of him!"
Ready to attack, Videl lunged towards the black haired stranger, only to be intercepted by one of the wolves midair, as it viciously latched on to his leg. Another cry of pain left Videl's mouth and in a fit of rage, he kicked one of it's front legs and a crack echoed through the room. Just as he intended, the white wolf let go and now that he had a broken leg and a freshly broken arm, he was incapable of attacking again.
Too preoccupied with the wolves, Videl failed to notice Kakeru reaching into his pocket and pulling out an ofuda.
☆kakeru☆
Kakeru was helpless as he watched both Remus and Romulus fall to the talented vampire. With the blond in his arms, he couldn't do much but just stand there. But when Romulus' arm broke, Kakeru jumped into action. Carelessly dropping the vampire to the ground, Kakeru pulled out an ofuda and began his spiritual chanting. If he got anywhere near the vampire, he would surely suffer the same fate as the wolf brothers, so long distance spells had to work.
With the vampire's back turned, it was the perfect time to strike and Kakeru sent off the ofuda along with his chant. It landed straight in the middle of the brunette's back and as soon as he finished the prayer, he watched as the paper talisman slowly began to drain the fighting spirit out of Videl. It wasn't permanent and since this one was vastly stronger then his companion, the effects would wear off faster. As Videl stumbled to the ground, Kakeru picked Trixxtal off the ground and turned to Remus, who was now trying to comfort his crying brother, " Retreating now would be our best option, Remus. I don't think your brother can take much more." As he spoke, Romulus reverted back to his human form, his arm and leg now pushed back into ugly directions, only proving Kakeru's point further.
☆videl☆
Videl had no idea what kind of magical spell the stranger had placed on him, but it was different then the time that that wizard attacked. Instead of simply sending him to sleep, this spell was physically draining him of all his energy, until it became a struggle to even keep his eyes open. Out of his blurry vision, he saw the three intruders leave the room, with the unconscious Trixxtal in their arms. He tried to muster all the strength he could to try to go after them, or to even plead them to stop, but it was no use, the spell was just too strong. His last thought before loosing consciousness was how mad Jecht was going to be when he found out that Trixxtal was gone.
☆nicolao☆
The woman was feisty and Nico liked that. It was pretty much all fun and games for him until she aimed her fire alittle too close to his vital regions, and he let out an alarmed yelped. How dare she try to mess with a man's jewels! They were a man's pride and glory, and getting them burnt off was unacceptable! Even in a fight! A new fire kindled in his heart and he was rejuvenated with the fighting spirit, ready to go again. Only, as he made his move to counterattack, a cry of pain came from below the deck and Nico knew instantly that it was Romulus. The stupid pup had probably gotten ahead of himself and bit off more than he could chew, but Nico knew that if Remus was with him, he wouldn't have let anything bad happen to him. Meaning that not only had Romulus gotten himself into trouble, but Remus too. Nico shot a glance over to Fenrir and their eyes met for a second. Nico then knew what he had to do.
Transforming into his wolf form, Nico jumped straight over the girl he had been fighting, now forgotten, and bounded over to the doorway leading to the supply deck. He passed Gwendolyn, who was squabbling with a boy only a few years younger than her, but she seemed to be on top of things, so he rushed past them. Kakeru and Remus were waiting for him at the doorway, with two unconscious bodies in their arms, and they silently loaded them on his back. " Take Romulus to the medic bay and the blonde to the cells." Kakeru instructed and Nico nodded, turning back from where he came and made his way back to the ship, making sure to avoid Fenrir's battle with the ship's captain. Even if they were retreating, the battle wasn't over until Fenrir stepped foot back onto his ship.
☆protettore && gwendolyn☆
" Please, please, please make him stop!" Protettore pleaded, trying to shake the flamelion off of his leg. The flames were eating through the cotton of his pants and if it wasn't stopped, it would reach his skin in no time. Gwendolyn made no noise from where she stood, watching the fire eat away at Tori's pants, but he could see that her expression was uneasy. Right before the heat touched his skin, a burst of water killed the flame and Tori's leg was safe from a serious first degree burn. He looked up to find a cute water sprite standing next to Gwendolyn, twirling around as it awaited it's master's next command. Tori could feel his heartbeat slow down, now that he was no longer in danger, and he let out a sigh of relief, " T-Thank you so much!" He quickly got to his feet, unsure if she was going to attack again. But the spirte stayed inactive and Gwendolyn crossed her arms, a blush spreading across her cheeks.
" It wasn't like I wanted to save you or anything, i-idot! I just didn't want to see your leg being burnt off, that's all!" Tori didn't know if she was lying or not, but he sure was grateful anyway. Suddenly, a black haired man appeared from nowhere and grabbed Gwendolyn's arm, " We need you back on SkullKracken, Romulus has been hurt." Gwen's eyes widened and she nodded quickly, only sparing Tori a single farewell glance. " Don't stay on this ship any longer, it isn't safe for kids like you." And with that, she ran off with the stranger towards their ship. She might have only been a handful of years older, but Tori could tell that she was way more prepared for this life than he was. He wasn't strong enough to fight invaders or summon his own monsters, or even swim for that matter!
Tori shook off the doubts clouding his mind and focused on the task at hand, now that there were no more obstacles in his way. He ran down to the cargo deck, eagerly awaiting his uncle's embrace, but when he got there, he found Videl unconscious on the floor. " Oh no, not again!" His mind flew back to the night of the wizard's attack and feared that he had come once again. After trying to shake Videl awake, he got up and searched the rest of the room for his Uncle, but ended up empty handed. Where could he have gone? Didn't they say he would be here...? Suddenly, he remembered where he had seen that stranger who had taken Gwendolyn back to her ship! He had been the one who had taken his parents! The raven haired man with the purifying hands! But if that was the case, and he had been here on this ship, did that mean that he had taken Trixxtal too??!
☆fenrir☆
Fenrir didn't understand why the mere mention of wizards made this vampire so mad, but he enjoyed the new gusto in which he fought with. Fenrir gleefully dodged his attacks and counterattacked with his own, only to be blocked with the same manner. Fighting with other ship's captains always got his blood going, and this vampire was no different. Afterall, you weren't named captain for no reason. Every twist and turn of their little dance brought enjoyment to Fenrir and the electricity radiating from the vampire made it much more exciting. He got distracted though, when he heard Romulus' cry, and hesitated while dodging. The Captain's sword pierced right through his side and he hissed, jumping backwards before the electricity did anymore damage. He met eyes with Nicolao and silently gave him his instructions, clutching his wounded side while holding up his sword defensively in the other.
He was an alpha, which meant that his pain tolerance was higher than his betas, but another stab from that sword would make him just as weak. And now that Remus and Romulus' mission had failed, getting the supplies now would be impossible. He felt Célestin's eyes burning into his back and he turned to look at him. No words were spoken, but Fenrir knew what he wanted to say. Kakeru had caught a prisoner, and a prisoner meant bargaining. If they couldn't take the supplies by force, then they would find other means. Fenrir nodded turned back to Jecht, leaving Célestin to gather up the remaining crew members and take them back to the SkullKracken. " I must admit, your fighting style isn't bad. Your use of your powers is average, at best, but don't think that this is over yet. We will return and next time, I'll have your head on a stake." Fenrir warned, sheathing his sword and retreated back to his ship. Célestin pulled up the anchor and SkullKracken floated away from theFlyingDeath. The vampires too had their own casualties to worry about, so he didn't worry about a quick counterattack, and Fenrir went down to the medical room to check up on his beta.
