Sharks on tubes (Arlong Pirates)

[Farris (Kuro)]

It had been several months now that the Fishman had been trapped in a tube full of water that wasn't even large enough to really move in. As he shifted uncomfortably, another jolt of electricity hit him, making him winch but "The Saw" would not submit to this crazed human. Big brother Tai had called his time among humans "Human Madness" and Arlong was all too willing to agree with him at this point as he looked at the calm, yet less that sane human Scientist. He was a frail older looking man in his mid fifties, he'd say, though he never cared enough to know a human's general life span or how they aged. "Tisk, Tisk, Now Mr. Shark do try to co-operate. I don't like damaging you, your a very important part of my research." The man said with little emotion as he prepared a needle for another shot. Arlong looked to the syringe with genuine fear. In his time with this human he had been subject to a lot of test, experiments and injections that made sick, weak, or simply put him through unimaginable pain. "Now let's see if we can separate the Shark from the Man, shall we... Mr. Shark?" the man asked him rhetorically and Arlong's eyes widened, was that what he'd been try to do from the start? Arlong immediately started to thrash about in a panic to escape the tube which endured his Fishman strength quite well. This earned him several jolts of electricity which eventually caused him to start blacking out. "You can't..." Arlong's words didn't finish as the sweet darkness took him.

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Several months ago, Arlong had met the end of his reign of the humans on konomi Island. His Nakama, Nami betrayed him as human always did, and he was beaten but a strawhat wearing human. The events after that he was taken to G-2, his crew, his brothers, were separated and taken to other prisons. worst of all however only came a few weeks later. A scientist of the world government, sponsored by some of the world nobles themselves and apprenticed under Vegapunk, or so he bragged, paid him a visit. He had hand "picked" Arlong for his research of the Fishman race. "The Saw" had told him to take his research and shove it up his finless human... well you get the idea. however the old man had only smiled, smiled and shown the guards a very official looking document. That was when hell started for him.

The guards came in and shackled him. He was then escorted to a room within G-2 that was set up for this Mad Man's experiments as the document didn't allow the man to take Arlong out of G-2's holding. The saw shark soon learned that mere questions were not what the Scientist wanted...

[shore]

Merry opened his eyes and slowly pulled his head through the water. His senses were alive in the water, everything moved together in waves, push then pull. The world made sense in the water, life sprang forth, matured, died, returned, and started again. Everything in a constant flow of celebration... and there was something more. Something that stirred stronger than anything else in Merry. Something primal, more than the hunger that gnawed at Merry's insides. A kind of sense, something that told him that he needed to be the biggest fish in the pond. He had to eat everything smaller than himself, that he had to do anything to survive. The brand at the back of his throat burned. He opened his mouth and took in some water to cool the feeling, it didn't help but he had grown used to trying. He tensed his body up and quickly turned, glaring behind him.

A green scaly fishman held up his hands passively. Juniper, a sea bass fishman and working to be some kind of cook of seaweeds. Nothing that concerned Merry, as he preferred to eat his food raw and living. Merry sneered and flashed a few of his teeth, he'd told Juniper several times not to come up behind Merry or he might get his limbs torn off. "Are you sure he's here Merry-san? Gulpa" Juniper asked, letting out a bubble at the end of his sentence. Merry turned away, grunting out "Arlong-bro is here." which was the most he'd said in the last two days so it was better than nothing. A shadow floated from below, Merry glanced down thinking it a Sea king at first. This proved wrong, as a dim light began to show.

A moment later Whammy's giant body came into shape and then view. His jagged and vicious teeth outdoing Merry's own, he gave an awkward smile that didn't quite work on his ugly mug. He waved his one arm at the two and then floated a bit closer. "Are we ready Whammy?" Juniper asked. Whammy nodded. "Yeeeah Jun-bro" Even in the water Whammy's voice sounded loud. Merry glared at him for a moment but the big lug didn't really seem to notice, or maybe he just didn't mind. It didn't matter, Merry nodded up toward the surface and the fishmen began swimming upward. As they neared the land of the humans they slowed their pace and held their positions just below sight in the water.

This was some kind of big shot marine base... this was where Arlong-bro was being held. They were holding a great fishman like Arlong captive in this dump? Merry's muscles tensed as he slowly grasped at the water, clawing as a natural reaction. He sneered and beared his teeth, his pupils dilating. He was ready to go into a frenzy, to tear every human up above into little fleshy bite-sized bits. He looked back at Juniper and Whammy, they both nodded to him. We're coming Arlong-bro Merry told himself. Then he shot himself upward, and broke the surface of the water. Juniper followed a second behind him, having taken in a large gulp of water just before. Finally Whammy burst out like a whale coming up for air, in his one hand a massive fishing rod with a long steel barbed wire wrapped around the pole.

"WHERE IS HE!?" Merry roared out, not sure if he would spare or kill the first person to answer him.

ooc: Yeah, Merry and his followers are here to spring Arlong. If any of the rest of the crew join in, just use Merry as a distraction. He is going to be drawing a LOT of attention to himself anyway.

[shisha]

Well things hadn't transpired the way she had hoped. At the time it seemed proper to kick the Marine officer square between the legs and make his voice a little higher and much more mouse like than before, although the results of such an action had, well back fired on the girl. Despite the Marines unwanted and Drunken Advances, the little touches, the mind numbing bad pick up lines and the breath heavily saturated with the stench of Booze and meat flavoured snacks, even the giggling and under the breath laughing of his Underlings. All of that she'd put up with for long enough, but when he made a remark about her intelligence, well that was the final straw. Even as she thought back in retrospect she smiled at the sound of his private area being forced up back into his body by her foot. It made such a wonderful sound, almost backed up by the cheers of the other bar Patrons. But what did she expect, of course some form of Retaliation was coming her way, what goes around comes around. Most of the time. As she thought back on her actions, she looked around the room she was in. Hands shackled around her wrists, leaning up against a wall in a small little cell. They had arrested her pretty easily, considering she put up little or no resistance what so ever. In fact she hadn't even faught back, just allowing them to take her along. It seemed from the conversation between the two Marines standing before her, that they had no idea what to do with her. This place wasn't a jail, they had nowhere to keep her, which only served to peek her curiosity.

With a slight sigh she slid down the wall until her rear end rested upon the seating attached to it, watching the guards argue and shout at each other. Even though from where she was sitting now their voices were drowned out and almost silent, she had her fun. Making up the words in place of what they were actually saying, quietly saying the lines to herself with funny voices. When they would look her way, she'd stop and wave at them in a cocky and carefree fashion. But for her, this was a great form of egging the guards on, spurring them to argue between themselves for her secret entertainment. But this got boring, now ending up laying upside down on the seating with her feet up against the wall. disregarding any peeking from the guards up her lower attire, she looked out of the window, head resting in one hand. She was bored. Terribly bored. Considering freeing herself and breaking out of that place, just for the sake of fun. But as she was about to do so, her eyes followed the water outside breaking, a shape or rather a creature bursting fourth and landing on the beach. This being her first ever time seeing a fish man of any kind, she was speechless at first. But then her fear if any was replaced by her sisters sense of wonder, sparkling eyes at the Toothy monster just outside. As she turned to tell the Marines, they were gone. Off to deal with it. Leaving her all alone. With a sly look she pulled out a tool from inside her skirt's belt and went to work unlocking the shackles. Once free she made a long cat like stretch before shaking it off. Ready to go.

[SHADE SMASH]

Koala leaned against the wall as her heart beat fast in her chest in anticapation for what exactly she was about to do. For years, she has attempted to right the wrongs she has done onto Fisher Tiger and his crew, and now she was given an oppurtunity to help one of them, Arlong. The cold of his tooth as it pressed against her skin, reminding her of the presence of the necklace she had made him so long, sent a shiver down her spine. One would probably wish to ask why she waited so long to go after him, since this was not the first time he has been in jail. Truth be told was at those times she felt he deserved to be caged. Although deep inside she understood the words of the news paper were probably lies, they had to come from a spark of truth. It was only until now did she change her mind after learning something from one of her followers. Apparently he has been moved to a facility not known for its kindness to non-humans.

The sounds of approaching feet made her press against the wall as tight as she could, gripping her spear in her hand so tight that her knuckles turned stark white. All her senses were prepared and ready for whatever fight she was going into, even if her morals did not exactly match up. She held the spear a little higher as she heard them coming around the corner before it stopped. She raised her eyebrow as another sound approached her range of hearing, the sound of something large and wet coming onto the ground and shouting something unmistakable.

"WHERE IS HE?!"

While she considered the possibilities that he too was here for Arlong, she couldn't help but think that was way too big of a coincidence to happen. Lucky her the marines didn't especially care too much about why he was there and simply raced over to where the man was, giving the marines an excellent distraction from her running around.

The moment their footsteps disappeared, she rounded the corner and began to run, doing her best to hold the spear in a position where it would be less noticable. A hard feat considering its sole purpose was to catch others attention and intimidate the competition. She ran inside the place easily, avoiding most marines too busy with the man in front. Others she easily put unconsious since only the weak ones seemed to be left inside. Now, to figure out where Arlong was. She raced around, being mostly unable to find him before she got smart enough to interrogate one of the weak marines. He pointed in a direction and she quickly left him in a mess on the floor. She followed his directions and lucky Arlong, came into the place just as a man seemed ready to administer some drug to the unconcious Arlong.

"Stop!" She screamed, rushing at the man with her polearm, instantly gaining his attentiong from the fishman.

"What the-" was all he had time to say before he ducked below her attack. She glared angrily at him as he suddenly got up and tried to grab a hold of the spear and unlucky her he got a tight hold on it. They struggled which eventually lead the sharp butt of the instrument ramming into Arlong's tank and breaking it open. The water came out all at once along with Arlong, however her immediate problem was not him but the scientist standing before her drenched with the spear in his hand, pointed at her. "Who the hell are you and what the hell do you think you are doing?!" He screamed at her body as she was kneeling on all fours before him breathing heavily and drenched from the water in the tank as well.

"Like you care anything about that!" She replied indignantly only seeming to ignite the anger inside the man.

[Farris (Kuro)]

The needle skittered across the floor as if signaling the tube to break and the water to pour out of the tank. Following it of course was the Fishman inside the tank, falling conscientiously to the floor in a pile of the same glass shards from the now broken tube that littered the floor. "Nnnh..." He groaned but hadn't fully regained himself yet. Luckily for the Scientist at least, as he aimed his would be rescuers' spear at her. First the scientist screamed, then the woman that seemed oddly familiar somehow... Nami? No it wasn't that traitorous navigator that he had lost to the strawhats. He doubted that she would ever come to his aid, and he'd be d@mned if he'd be saved by a bottom feeder. That feeling of pride sparked in the saw shark and Arlong's eyes open and he grabbed the man's ankle and puled his leg out from under him making the aged scientist crash to the floor before getting to his feet with a grunt.

It had been a long time since he had stood on his own feet, but now that he was, he looked to the scientist that had preformed numerous experiments on him with rage. Fear was plainly seen on the man's face as he fumbled for the spear, but too late. With a roar of anger Arlong started to ruthlessly pummel the man into the ground before lifting the man's battered body and flinging it into the wall. How dare a human treat him this way! he thought with a snort before looking over his shoulder at the one that and come to rescue him. She was human alright, no gills and too young to be a mermaid with split fins. Just who was she...?

There was a roar outside and the sounds of battle alerted him that that was why the marines had yet to come and save the stinking scientist. This also meant they had limited time to work with. Normally he'd leave the human and go but something told him he should at least find out why she had tried to save him. "Look, I don't know who you are Human, but we need to get out of here." He told her grabbing her hand and tugging her along with him as he left the lab and started to work his way through the halls of G-2. The marines weren't much of a problem for him as they encountered them. He simply dispatched them and moved on. He took a few hits of course but the bulk of the marines stationed here were focused on the attack outside. Along the way "The Saw" and the young human woman passed through the prison holding cells. Arlong wanted to be sure to spring any and all of HIS[/u] people from human captivity...[/color][/font]

[shisha]

Whatever was going on around the facility, it was a dream come true for the surprise guest. The Marines in her way or anywhere near her seemed to be busy with the creature from before, not surprising considering his size and, well, he looked a little scary when she'd first set eyes upon him. But for the moment things were quiet, despite the noise from outside roaring into the facility like some kind of giant Loud speaker announcement. She stopped, taking a moment to rest as she scratched her head in confusement. The building was like a maze, she had ended up passing by her accidental cell several times now, which as one could imagine, was somewhat frustrating. It wasn't until she passed a door she'd passed five times before that she stopped and decided to peek through it. As she squatted onto the floor she peered through the keyhole.

Inside was a group of Marines, seemingly getting their Equipment together for the creature outside the buildings walls. But as they grabbed weapons and attire, she listened in on their conversation. Most of it was as you'd expect, worried banter about the thing attacking, but a single name continued to crop up over and over again. Someone named "Arlong". She leaned away from the keyhole, a feeling of knowing came over her. The name. So Familiar to the young female, yet not quite able to put a face upon it. Still confused she litened again, hearing his apparent location and some talk of Experiments. That pretty much sealed this Arlong's fate now, she found herself wanting to help this poor man out. No matter what he'd done in the past, nothing warrented horrible experiments upon his person. As they looked away, she pushed open the door, sneaking inside like some creepy snake like ninja person. As the door closed shouting from inside followed by the sound of Blades upon blades, not to mention flesh, drowned it out.

Out from the room came a Marine, well not exactly. There stood Ayasa dressed in the usual Marine attire, the white and bule affair. The torso of the outfit was a little more tailored to her style, showing off a little more skin than really needed, short sleeves and the lack of a covering of her Mid section, the covering of her stomach was gone. Making sure the hat was secured on her head, she took off quietly into the facility. Trying her best to follow the "Directions" she'd overheard from the guards. For awhile nothing came her way, until in the most unlikely and probably most unlucky accident of her life, she ended up walking into her intended Target. As she stumbled back and looked up, her hat fell, along with her bravery. Arlong, was not a man. A hulking saw nosed fishman yes, but a human, no. All she could do was Wave, knowing that she wouldn't pass as a Marine. Hopefully he wouldn't eat her.

[EriChar]

Orinoko Reed had a visible pout as she crankily surveyed the assortment of Marine Ships that were docked in the harbour. It was finally her chance to repay one of her beloved Sunny Pirates, but she had been left with the side tasks rather than being the main force to rescue Arlong-Sama. Peeking from beneath the water, she was murmuring to herself about how Koala had put herself in the position to be the hero, and as the words escaped her downturned lips, small bubbles floated to the surface.

Puffing her cheeks, Orinoko resolved to make sure that her part of the plan went down flawlessly, so Arlong-sama would quickly recognise that his most dedicated servant was Orinoko Reed, the prettiest and bravest fishwoman in the land. Scrunching her eyes up into a grin, Orinoko decided on her target ship and then swam around the others, checking for weaknesses that she could exploit. It would have been one thing to steal a ship but to make sure they couldn’t be followed would be the extra treat that tipped Arlong-sama’s affections towards her alone.

By no means was Orinoko a shipwright, navigation was her speciality, especially within the water itself. More enlightened sea folk would likely question whether all of their kin felt the ease of navigation within water that Orinoko did, but to her this sensation was as natural as breathing, it was just something innate within her. So, with a navigator’s mind-set, exploring the weaknesses was more about surveying the waters than testing the cracks in a ship’s hull. After quickly moving around each ship in the dock, Orinoko knew as well how the currents were affected by and affecting the ships as where her limbs were.

Pulling her cap around so that thepeak faced the back, a habit of hers that she had picked up as a child, she set about planning the next phase of her job. As the Marines of the G-2 base would quickly discover, Orinoko Reed was a far better planner than her childish mannerisms would say.

[SHADE SMASH]

Somehow, Koala didn't feel as if she was about to die as she faced the man. In fact, even as the spear came dangerously close, she felt like she was going to survive. Like she had in her childhood, her teenage years, like she has up to now. This couldn't be the end and that indignant look on invincibilty only seemed to irk the man more. She was right, though.

As she stared up indignantly, the man seemed to fall down, pulled by some invisible force. That or a specially angry fishman. Relief flooded her as he seemed consious and definitely more lively than he was inside the tank. Seeing the spear once again within her reach, she grabbed for it, and skittered away from the mans searching fingers. Terror was in his eyes and even being the peacemaker she was, she couldn't help but she deserved this.

Arlong then began pummeling the man, and Koala looked away, not wanting to completely take in the bloody pulp he was turning the man into. This was bad for fishmans publicity and she would make certain that Arlong understood that fact later. But at the moment, even she felt like skewing the man for his mistreatment of anyone for not being simply human.

Roaring of Marines sparked outside and looking over at Arlong, it was obvious he had heard it too. Getting up to her feet carefully so as to not slip on the water soaked floor, she prepared to tell Arlong they had to leave. Not a seconds thought that he may have forgetten her face and not realize who she was. That was quickly proven by his choice of words.

"Look, I don't know who you are Human, but we need to get out of here."

Koala stood there, staring at Arlong with her mouth open, frozen with shock. When he grabbed her and tugged her along, he was dragging her until she got to her senses and began to run beside him. Did he really not remember her? How could he forget her though?! Surely he must be suffering delusions the mans serum had given him!!! Set on that thought, she followed. Occassionally he stopped to free some fishmen and fishwoman. And she herself decided to set others free as well on these short stops.

Then out of the blue, a marine appeared and bumped into Arlong. Koala got her spear ready, but not only did the marine appear to be a young girl but also somewhat scared of Arlong. Looking over to Arlong, she worried over him killing the marine so stepped up.

"Lets keep moving Arlong, there is no reason to hurt someone who has done no harm." She quickly said but didnt leave her guard down and didnt let the marine out of her site incase she felt like doing something tricky.

[EriChar]

(Since the three day thing has passed, continuing with Orinoko-ness)


“Mmmmm… That should do it.” Orinoko said confidently, the bottom of her jaw resting on an outstretched thumb and index finger as she admired her handy-work from beneath the water’s surface. Her machinations for creating difficulties in the navigation of the small fleet docked here complete, the young fishwoman moved around the water gracefully as she travelled to the only vessel that she had yet to impede. Moving to the surface of the water, Orinoko’s head slightly popped out of the water as she peered onto the deck to guage the number of enemies she would face. Counting sentries, deckhands and the man who seemed to be in command, there was about ten people placed on the ship, but doubtlessly there would be more once she started to create a ruckus.

“Sucks.” She said, simply and childishly. She would be able to deal with everyone easily if she could battle them in the water, even an troop of trained soldiers was no match for a fishwoman underwater. The human types were mean, always sticking to land and giving her the hard job. It couldn’t be avoided though, if it was for Arlong-sama then she would have to make do…

Her head disappearing from its peeking place, Orinoko dove down through the water, deep down until the water was almost black and the ship was a shadow above her. Flicking her legs and swimming at top speed, Orinoko climbed rapidly through the depths and penetrated the surface of the water, a spray emerging with her and showing down from her body. Akin to a dolphin, the fishwoman used her momentum to carry her into the air and as she reached the height of her jump, Orinoko Reed took in a deep breath with her lungs. It was always a strange experience feeling the air enter into the lungs after relying on gills for a long time, but Orinoko did not at this point have the time or inclination to dwell on it.

Falling through the air, Orinoko moved downwards above her target and as she landed she pushed the man’s head into the deck in front of him. She had succeeded in taking the head of the Marines aboard this docked vessel, the commander left in charge. With a instinctual sense kicking in, Orinoko gave her bottom lip a small lick as she gripped the man’s skull and sent a shockwave through his head. While a child in her every day mind, when in combat, Orinoko was completely adult.

[Deleted]

Commotion and turmoil interrupted his dreams. Agrius stirred. His body was trapped in a medium size cell half in which one half was a small pool. All the surfaces, floor, walls and ceiling were crafted with a cold marble. The walls and ceiling were embedded with electrical wires that produced a massive electrical shock when approached. The only door in the room was hardly noticeable as it matched the wall's complexion. Only the small metal handle clearly defined it as different from the rest of the wall. The only source of light emitted from a singular light bulb that dangled from the cold ceiling.

Ever since his capture almost four weeks ago, Agrius had stayed in this room. Fortunately for the bastard humans they had drugged Agrius' food to obtain the Fishman. Other methods may have resulted very poorly for them. On his first day of captivity he awoke in a fury demanding his release. When denied Agrius decided it would be best to wait and meditate on his current predicament. Time was on his side and when the time to act presented itself, he would take it. Weeks past and that opportunity never came. The turtle Fishman seemed to receive little attention from the humans. The voices that carried through the walls spoke of another Fishman named Arlong. Agrius' presence seemed to fall under the shadow of this Arlong's. So besides the timid servant girl that brought Agrius his timed meals of spoiled fish, Agrius hardly ever saw another soul.

Thus he slept and waited. Today he awoke.

Shouts and the tell-tale sounds of battle shook Agrius from his slumber. The large fishman slowly rose onto his feet and approached the wall with the door. As he listened he confirmed that the noise the penetrated the cell obviously came from violent conflict. Was the human structure under siege?

Done listening Agrius walked over to the pool of water and dipped his head to take a sip. However, his drink was interrupted by a violent boom that caused the room to shudder. The light bulb over ahead flickered for a moment and then went dead completely. Agrius stood still in the darkness for a few moments. Then curiously, Agrius reached into the pool and tossed a handful of water against a nearby wall. The water splat against the stone. Nothing. Normally the electrical wires would fizzle violently when the water struck it. And for the first time in weeks Agrius grinned. The power was out.

The sea turtle fishman rose to his full height. His time to leave had come. Agrius moved his hands through the darkness so that they were held over the pool. Then as though he were pulling the water with a rope he drew the water out from the pool and into his shell. The water was then stored in leather sacks hidden inside his shell. He did this until the sacks were full and pool nearly empty.

Agrius then walked over to the wall with the door. Catiously he reached out and touched the wall. He had been correct. No electrical shock was delivered. The fishman scoured the wall in the dark with his hands until he found the door's handle. When he did, Agrius took a few steps back, and grunted. He lowered his head and fell into a crouch. Then with incredible acceleration for a creature so large, Agrius launched his body at the door.

The walls shook and bits of rubble fell as Agrius struck the door with massive force. The door held but the surrounding wall formed jagged lines as it began to crack. Agrius grin grew even larger. He was as good as out. Backing up again Agrius drew on the water he recently stored into his leather pouches. He moved the water so that it pooled at his feet and picked him up from the floor. Agrius dropped belly first onto the water as it began to swirl causing the massive half turtle half man to spin. Agrius curled up as he began to spin at an alarming rate. Then the water jerked forward propelling Agrius towards the door. The cell wall didn't stand a chance.

The fishman gushed out into a wide hallway. Landing on his feet Agrius covered his eyes as the sunlight blinded him. The hallway was unoccupied save for Agrius who now stood in a large pool of water. The sounds of battle were even more clear out of his minuscule cell. Agrius reached down and picked up the water back into his pouches, such water was an invaluable tool to Agrius. Then by a stroke of good luck, Agrius opened a nearby chest next to his cell to find his possessions that were taking from him. This only consisted of a large bamboo fishing pole, bamboo hat, and a small dagger. Grabbing these items Agrius was then left with the decision of where to go. He ran towards the sounds of chaos.

The first corridor he turned down held a sight that caused him to stop. Agrius stood several meteres behind a very tall and blue fishman who seemed to be dragging a young human female, and before them was another young human girl. Was this fishman the the human's attacker? What was he doing with these young humans? Agrius deemed it worthy to discover what was going on.

"Hello there brother!" the sea turtle fishman called out to the other fishman while taking steps towards him, "What are you doing to those humans?"