"Raven!" Leroy shouted as he and Dezzi sprinted down the street, checking alley after alley "Raven!" Dezzi then shouted, the two had been held in place for almost 10 minutes. The two left there only to struggle "Raven!" Leroy rounded a final corner. Only for a him to meet a brick wall
Leroys breath was ragged, and rash. Heart pounding in his chest while he clinched his fist to knuckle white. His whole body tensed like a rigid piece of immovable steel. Eyes harshly shut.
"GAHHH!" The scream reverberated through the ground with such force, and such tremendous strength that it was like a physical wave of pressure pushed through the city block. The ground beneath Leroy began to tremor as cracks suddenly shot around him! A Crater forming beneath his feet!
"Hah…Hah…Hah…" The Captain's fist shook violently, and with great tension as he breathed raggedly.
Dezzi had taken a few steps back from him. Feeling almost light headed from what'd happened. Sweat matting their fur. A look of total worry on their face as their ears were drooped low. Chin quivering.
"Leroy…" Dezzi spoke softly. They weren't afraid of Leroy at this moment. But they were certainly so worried.
"Huh?" Leroy seemed to snap out of it in the moment, eyes lighting back up, gaze shifting to His Crewmate. "Sorry..Lets…"
He let out a deep sigh "Lets go wait for the Crew at Nuff Wrights Company. And ask Director Winslow for help."
"There they are." Jeanne said, perking up slightly as She, Kirk and Kále stood out front of the Nuff Wrights main building. They were all in a similar emotional state. Kále ever stoic, stood tall and with his hands resting on his swords. But his eyes betrayed him in how they were restlessly looking around.
Kirk however was much more obvious. Sunken in the street, he rested his hands between his bent knees. Head hanging, loose hair falling into his face. Jeanne similarly was smoking relentlessly to sooth her nerves, mask hanging off the side of her head. A pile of smoked out butts next to her foot, resting on the wall
"See you guys didn't find her either…" Kirk said with tired eyes.
Leroys eyes said it all though. How they looked exhausted. He took the next few minutes to explain to the crew what had happened. How they had found Raven, and the Harsh words she had said.
"She really said that…" Jeanne said with a hurt look. Biting her lip with arms crossed
"It doesn't matter. We're gonna go ask Mayor Winslow for help. Something wrong is going on." Leroy dismissed. Blinking with heavy eyes
"Where's the Chef?" Kále asked, having forgotten that he hadn't shown up.
"Yeah, where is Noir?" Putting his hands on his sash, Leroy looked around.
"Still out looking for Raven. Haven't heard from him on the Den Den…" Kirk said still on the floor.
Leroy dug his hand into his sash, reaching into the sewn in pocket where his own Den Den was and pulled it out, ready to call up noir on the, even clicking the button on the side of the shell before his attention was distracted.
"What's goin on over there?" Where there hadn't been anybody, a crowd had appeared inside the Port Docks of Nuff Wrights
A group of people, all dressed in a variety of clothing, from dirty stained simple clothes, to hoodies, and even some wearing comfortable clothes. It was the Orphans from Calliopes 'Gang'
"Leroy?" Noir spoke up. "In a sec. Uh, stay on the Den Den. I'm gonna put you in my sash." Leroy said as he tucked the creature into his pocket, striding over to the wrought iron barred fence.
They were chatting between each other, and causing a ruckus. But no one came out. Leroys eyes tightened before deciding to take a leap over the fence and walk up to the group
"What are you all doing?" He asked. Causing a few of the heads to turn
"We're trying to get Winslow out here to talk! Our Friends missing!" Spoke a mowhakwed older 20's man. A ripped flannel shirt exposing skinny burnt scarred arms
"Ugh…I knew I shouldn't have done it! I shouldn't have!" Chester was on the ground, crying. Gripping at his hair tightly.
"Is that his office?" Leroy asked, raising a finger to one of the closest windows.
"Yeah, but his secretary wont let us in! He's in some meeting with a girl or something!" Spoke another, shorter, buzzed cut woman.
'Woman? Could it be Raven?!' Was what Leroy thought as the Crew came up behind him as he began to stride forward, thrusting the door open, into the lavish but simply designed room. A few sofas and armchairs with tall candle holders as a simple mahogany desk sat at the end.
A dark skinned woman with curls and done up hair shot up from her desk as The Captain shoved open the door. Exposing the wide Chamber of the Director. A small flag of water nine, a simple designed logo of the shape of Water 9's top fountain with the ship. Backed by a pale blue tapestry
It…Was Raven. But- She wasn't talking. She had Winslow on the Ground, Hands blossomed from the ground forcing him to kneel and be bent backwards. A more modern looking semi-automatic slide based pistol in hand, pattern 1911, Pointed at his head.
He was beaten, and bloodied. Eye swollen black with blood running down his face. He was middle of saying "Don't you know what you're about to Do?! Azalea Raven?!"
Only for both of their heads to turn, a shocked look on each of their faces only for the Secretary to come up from behind The Captain, a fearful look coming over her face as she cupped her mouth
"Damn it! Leroy!" Raven shouted as she pointed the pistol at Her Captain. Finger on the trigger as a scowl of anger came over her face, her make up was partially smeared from the tears she'd shed.
"What the fuck did I tell you! I told you not to come after me!" She spoke in a shockingly harsh and loud voice. Something he'd never heard before, even at the Canal…It caused him to freeze for a moment and have a tremble in his heart, like having a Parent shout for the first time.
"Fuck that!" Leroy snapped back. Just as harsh, the crew coming in behind him as he walked. The crack of a gunshot snapped through the air as Raven suddenly shot Leroy!
Only for the lead to be effortlessly stopped between his fingers before it even reached a foot close to his face!
"You're my Crewmate Raven! And I'll be damned if I let you go through whatever's going on alone!"
Ravens teeth grit. An image of her as child, deep inside a large library flashing before her eyes. "You don't get it! Theres nothing you can do for me but let me Die…"
Ravens grip wavered as her aim dropped, Knees buckling. "Theres no change agains-"
Before the Scholar and Archeologist could speak, the Windows Shattered! A figure had shot through it in a blur of black!