(Starrk's POV)
"Alright you bastards." i told the men of the 2nd division, "We're approaching the Navy Battleship. Be on guard."
I had taken one of the other ships and had my men accompany me to take the treasure from the Marines. The Old Man said it shouldn't be that hard and we should take the loot from the marines without any casualties.
I assume there weren't any big shots on board.
The Battleship was anchored in the middle of the sea, which was weird. There was no sign of activity on board from what we could tell from afar.
As we approached the ship on ours, one of my lookouts called out to me.
"Uh, Starrk…" I looked up to see him looking through a telescope, "Something is off.."
I looked at the ship and noticed that as we got closer, there was smoke coming off of several spots around it.
"What the hell?" I said aloud, "Hey what's wrong with it?"
"Looks like some sort of fight.." the lookout told me, "I see some holes from cannon fire…."
I turned to see my men who were already ready for a fight.
"Lets approach this carefully." I said, "Someone must've beaten us to it."
We pulled up next to the ship, and anchored down.
I walked to the rails of our ship and scanned the Battleship.
It looked empty. I focused my Observation Haki to it and scanned around. I couldn't sense anyone in there.
"Men." I called out, "There's nobody aboard it seems. Lets go and search for the loot. But be careful. Something reeks…."
I watched as some of the guys placed wooden planks across to the ship. I then followed some of them and got on board the Navy vessel.
I looked around to see that the deck was completely wrecked. There was cannon holes and smoke everywhere.
Seems like there was a fight that happened.
"Looks like someone definitely beat us to it." I announced
One of the guys walked up to me.
"What do ya think, Starrk?" He asked, "Could it have been the pirates the Marines confiscated the loot from?"
I shrugged, "Beats me." I said, "But there is one thing that is off."
He frowned as I looked around, "What is it?"
"If there was a fight that went down…" i said, "Where are the marines? Or the pirates? There is not a single soul on board."
As I said this, all of my men that were on the deck stopped and looked around. They too started to realize this.
My Observation Haki was finely tuned to scan an entire navy battleship like this one. It can pick up anyone that is on board. It is currently picking up nothing but my men.
"You're right." One of my men said, "This is definitely fishy."
"Look for the treasure." I said, "Maybe it ain't here but still, there could be a chance."
I walked around to see if i could find anything. There was nothing in sight that was worth any value. Most of my men went to search the inside as I and a couple of others stayed up here.
Before anything else, I heard as one of my men shouted.
"Oi Starrk! How the fuck did they sneak up on us!?" I turned to see one of the guys pointing at something
I turned to see another Navy Warship that had pulled up on us.
I widened my eyes, "What?!" i said, "Are you serious right now?"
I placed my hand on the handle of Ice as I saw a figure jump from the ship and towards me.
I then felt as a strong gust of wins hit me as the figure darted past me.
"Don't move." I heard a voice say as I felt the barrel of a gun press against the back of my head
I gritted my teeth as I released the grip on my sword.
"Damn." I said, "You got me. And what's funny is that I was just talking about you earlier."
"Anne"