Mission #14: Haunting Shadows, Silent Screams

[Fox]

“Your brother can’t help you now, little girl,” came a voice from behind Rebecca. A tall pale man with sunken eyes stepped out from behind her, moving over to the bars and passing through them as if they were mere illusion. He scratched the back of his head and sighed.

“What a pain...why did you and your brother and sister come here anyway? Tch...now we have to dispose of you all.”

Sniper of the Shimigami Pirates

Barsol, The Specter

Bounty: 24,000,000 Berry

Craning his neck around to look up at the ceiling, Barsol cracked his neck and glanced back at the little girl. Couldn’t leave her unguarded. What a pain.

“Hey! Get in here and do your job!”

A sudden crash from further down the hall echoed loudly. Barsol winced and stuck a finger in his ear. A zombie in a uniform with chains around its wrists and ankles jogged into view and hastily saluted Barsol.

“Sir!”

Barsol shook his head, popping more of his joints with each movement. He stepped over to the wall and stared at it, debating whether or not to go help Narmer. He could probably handle it, right? Wasn’t worth it to climb all the way back upstairs, right? Then again...he’d get an earful if Narmer had needed him for something.

“Hrgh...what a pain...what do I do…?”

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For some reason, the boy that Wolfric was struggling to free as a bouncing sword wasn’t moving. And the bandages kept reattaching and sticking! What gave?! She glared at the mummy weirdo as he explained. Fine! If cutting didn’t work, she could use something else.

Before Wolfric could think of what that something else might be, the boy was gone. He stood in front of the weirdo and started beating the crap out of him! Nice. As she watched him fly up into the air, she wondered if beating him with his own sarcophagus would work.

Movement out of the corner of her eye drew her attention back to the Koala weirdo making a break for it. Firing out of her sword at incredible speed, she slid grabbing the sword she’d left behind earlier and stopped behind the koala, grabbing him by the scruff of his neck and lifting him up off the floor.

“Where do ya think you’re going, huh?

Wolfric jerked her thumb at the fuming Pluto as he posed his question to the mummy. She grinned mischievously at him.

“You heard him. Where is she?”

Wolfric figured she owed it to the guy to help him out on finding his sister. She had been kinda distracting him when she was taken away. Damn that guy. It wasn’t cool stealing kids! Wolfric shook and rattled the koala to get a better answer out of him.

“Don’t got all day!”

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[BlacKitten]

Having journeyed across the seas with her older brother among several voyages, Rebecca – despite her young age – knew how to stay composed even at a dangerous situation. Although she still felt fear to a degree, her unwavering faith for her brother gave her the ray of hope that she would be alright in the end. After all, she had been rescued and protected by him countless of times; he had proven himself to be the most dependable person she knows.

Without a doubt in her mind, she figured that this tall, pale man with sunken eyes had consumed a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit. The youth had witnessed many of such strange powers in the past, yet despite that, it was never something one could just adapt because every single one of such powers is unique. The ability to seemingly slip through solid like a ghost seemed like a troublesome ability; she wasn’t even sure how even her brother would handle against such a power if he ever encounters this man in person. Judging from this man’s dialogues, she could infer that he was the type of man who wasn’t too keen in putting in the work - the type who would find many things to be nuisances.

“Hmm~, are you sure capturing me was a good idea?” she asked with a sardonic smirk on her face. “If you had left me alone, my brother would only use a fraction of his abilities. But..., if he’s worried about me, he might destroy this entire mansion just to find me.”

She smiled. Afraid and nervous as she was, the idea of her brother fighting for her sake made her happy in a way. As much as he would deny it, he would risk his own life just for her sake.

…

“Paws…,” a dry voice echoed out from below, “… of the Sphinx!”

Two massive bulk of bandages formed, each taking shape of a giant paw linked to the mummy’s arms by several flat strands. These paws were then used to crush the raven-haired boy from opposing ends, sandwiching him from both flanks.

CRASH!

Both paws smashed into one another; the giant clap produced a giant low thunderous boom that echoed throughout the room.

Pluto leaped back, gaining a few meters of distance. His eyes were sharp and undaunted.

“Don’t worry. You’ll join your sister very soon. I’ll mummify the both of you. I’ll even let you share the same tomb as her and rest right beside her,” said the mummy as he began to rise up to an upright stance. The pairs of human-sized paws were suspended in the air, hovering beside him as if they were extensions of his body.

However, right as the man in wrappings could recuperate, Narmer lost track of here the boy was. His opponent was standing right in front of him a moment ago, but now he was gone.

“Did you know?” a detached voice sounded from behind. Seemingly instantaneously, Pluto was standing behind the mummy with an open palm pressed against the golden sarcophagus, “Gold is a pretty good conductor.”

“!” Before the mummy could react, a surge of electricity was sent straight into the coffin.

“ARUGH!” The mummy spasmed; his giant paws crashed to the floor.

From a single bare palm, a stream of violet colored electricity was being emitted. This was only possible for someone who could weaponize even the bioelectricity in his body.