Mission #6: Start of a Beginning

[Kurosaki]

(This is open to the Hoshi Pirates and Falken, and anyone else who requests before hand. =) )

"I wonder if this would be good to have for the ship?" a bright blue eyed older teen questioned, tilting his head slightly to the side with a hand on his chin. In front of him was really just a giant ceramic star. His eyes seemed to gleam though while looking at it. Wasn't it just perfect also? It would fit the crew so well seeing as how he ran the Hoshi Crew (Star Crew). "Okay, it's decided; I'm getting it!"

Everyone in the store sort of backed away from him as the red haired inspired youth punched the air excitedly. He quickly reached down and turned the small price tag that was attached to the side of it. That was when his excitement was shattered. Again, his loud reaction scattered the innocent shoppers around him.

"NOO! WHAT! 90,000,000 beri?! You've got to be kidding me!" he cried, hands on his head. It wasn't much later that he gloomingly left the store. This was all despite the fact that he was a wanted criminal with a bounty on his head of about 27,000,000 beri. He could have easily taken the item and used his powers to escape. But that wasn't the type of Pirate that Kane Nakamura had set out to be.

With a sigh, he shook his head. Better luck next time maybe. Then he struck one fist into the palm of the other hand. That was it, he could just find a crew mate that was good at ceramics! That solved everything. A bounce in his step, he decided to go explore the other parts of the town. He was sure the rest of his Nakama now were doing the same thing if they weren't guarding the ship (which was thankfully docked on the other side of the Island and hidden by foliage).

But of anyone in the crew, Kane was definitely the one that stood out the most as a wanted criminal. As he walked he had passed several Wanted Posters stuck to several walls. Mostly those posters were for someone named Jack Dancer making two backwards peace signs (Kane's Japanese so he doesn't know how bad that is in England) but some of them had a grinning picture of the red head. There was also one of Shisha posted next to his; though she was clad in her gear and helmet and wouldn't be easily recognizeable without the outfit.

[flame08]

((OOC: Has no ceramics abilities lololz))

Not to far off, another red-haired youth or maybe older than youth per se but not that old. A small ring of smoke left his mouth and faded into the air as he (i'm gonna regret saying this probably) sucked on his cigarette from which another stack of smoke raised. The young man sat in front of a small restaurant watching people, the ladies especially walk by. He whistled slightly as an especially attractive one walked by, she turned her head away her nose held high in disgust. He chuckled slightly even though he was rejected.

The man got up leaving a few pieces of beri on the table and walked on. It was about time he picked up a new job, his pockets were starting to empty and he needed some money to fill them as he continued his travels around. Getting directions quickly from some of the citizens of Shell Island the man headed off in the direction of the bounty billboard. He normally wasn't one to do bounty hunting without it being a request, but without any recent requests he was out in search of his own job. It wasn't his normal way but thats just how life was for Kamio.

As Kamio approached the board, he spotted a red-haired youth staring at the board, bounty hunting? . . . possibly, he seemed a bit young to be doing so, but then this was a world filled with all sorts of strange things. So he disregarded it, walking up to the youth he made a quick comment "Interested in bounty hunting? Its a fun job . . . filled with danger, excitement and well people to meet."

He turned to the wall of bounties, the multitude of bounties surprised him, a number of new names which he had never seen before sprawled across the bulletin, all with bounties that were exceedingly large for the East Blue. As he passed over the many bounties he took note of one Jack Dancer who has a bounty of 93 million. As well as a few others who claimed bounties in the 20 millions, those were highly unnatural for this Blue. With few exceptions (namely "Straw Hat" Luffy who had gained fame) bounties over 20 million were unheard of in this, weakest of all, the East Blue.

As Kamio skimmed the bounties he spoke "I'd take a weaker one if i were you, I'm not one to make judgement but you don't seem to experienced with this kind of work . . ." his eyes fixated on a single wanted poster. One of his hands shot to his belt to obtain something. The wanted poster showed a picture of a familiar red-headed youth, it said Wanted: "Star Earring" Kane. Kamio's own arm now raised to his side planting a pistol right onto the side of Kane's face. "But then I guess you are into some other types of work, ehh 'Star Earring' Kane?" A grin crossed his face.

The money was just rolling in now wasn't it . . .

[Kurosaki]

When he passed the billboard, the wanted posters still caught his attention from the corner of his eye. Turning, the pirate quickly made his way over. So who was becoming famous in the East Blue? As he was searching through them, his nose twinged momentarily as he got the sniff of smoke. He turned his head, noticing that a boy slightly older than he was had approached the billboard as well.

The older youth asked him if Kane was interested in bounty hunting. He said that it was a fun job that was full of danger, excitement, and people to meet.

"Haha, no, actually," Kane told him before he sort of looked off for a moment, thinking about how he had come to be a pirate. His hand gently reached up and pulled slightly on the star earring that he wore on his right ear. "I was just curious about the current wanted pirates is all."

It didn't seem to occur to Kane at first that he himself should have been worried about whether the person next to him was a Bounty Hunter or not. In fact, he continued to stand there looking over the posters. His face literally broke out into a grin when he saw his poster next to Shisha's. Just then, however, he felt something press onto the side of his face. It was cold and metalic. The smoker next to him then commented that Kane was into other types of work.

"Yeah, you could say that," Kane said, trying to keep his voice calm. His blue eyes shifted to the side so he could see the Bounty Hunter more clearly. He tried not to move too much because he didn't want the pistol to go off (either on purpose or by accident). Kane could move fast, but not fast enough to outpace a speeding bullet that was only mere centimeters away from his skull.

"But, hey, everyone has to make a living somehow, right? Do you mind not pointing that gun so close to my head though; it's making me sort of nervous?" Kane questioned him, giving an innocent smile to the stranger as he raised his hands into the air in surrender. Of course, he didn't intend to surrender that easily. But at the same time a big fight in the middle of the street was something he wanted to avoid also. Maybe he could talk his way out of this?

[flame08]

The boy seemed to take the pistol to the head fairly well. He was breaking down in nervous reactions, he was staying calm. That at least was something Kamio could appreciate, the boy was level-headed. "Yeah, you could say that," Kane returned the short comment after what Kamio had just said.

Kane's eyes shifted slightly, probably to get a better look at his assaulter. His blue eyes glanced over at Kamio, the skinny red-haired man, with his striped shirt, goggles, and cigarette in mouth made a very interesting threat. Kamio spoke quietly "Sorry kid, guess it just wasn't your lucky day . . ." He stopped again as Kane made to say something.

"But, hey, everyone has to make a living somehow, right? Do you mind not pointing that gun so close to my head though; it's making me sort of nervous?" his hands raised into the air as if to signal giving up. Kamio smiled, he would've enjoyed a fight, but it was much easier when the opponent just gave in. "I guess . . . hope this makes you feel better . . ." he spun the gun on his finger and returned it to his holster reaching for Kane's two raised arm so he could hold them behind their owner's back.

Kamio was not in the mind to kill anybody, let alone the source of his next check. Maybe something in the back of his mind willed this boy whom he held hostage to fight him, the inner beast that told him to fight against all odds, but the world brought him back to the truth, no one could survive without money, and Kamio wasn't about to try and challenge that idea. "Well Kane, we're going to head to the marine's base, i'll lead you from behind."

Today seemed to be a horrible day for the Hoshi Pirates. Not only had they not gotten the chance to obtain a giant ceramic star for their ship, but now their captain, Nakamura Kane had been captured and was being pushed on to Marine's Base to get traded in for money. It was a seemingly bad day for Hoshi . . . or was it?

[falken]

“Hmm... The next boat leaving Shell Island...”

Kamui skimmed the piece of carefully as he considered his choices. He had originally only gotten off the ship he had been on for a quick meal, but things hadn’t worked out that well for him. In the end, he missed the boat that would have taken him to the next island, but due to various reason... let’s just say that the man wasn’t one the boat when it left.

“Wait, wait? Last vessel of the day? You’ve got to be kidding me,” He rubbed his neck in frustration. Barely paying attention to his surroundings, the long hair male smacked right into the person in front of him. Like his lucky today, it just had to be a brute of a man before him. That is, a brute of a man and his four best friends.

“Hey boy... watch it. Can’t you see we’re busy here?”

“Busy doing what,” Kamui looked around the near empty save for two red haired men by the billboards, “Stalking someone? Aren’t you a bit old to do stuff like that?”

The thug faltered for a second before regaining his posture, “Uh... No? What mak- ”

“Yeah,” Another man interjected, “That’s Kane, man! He’s worth a quarter hundred! If we can catch him off guard...”

“Damn it! Don’t tell him that!”

Kamui massaged his temples with annoyance. He was asking a rhetorical question, but it didn’t seem like the men really understood what he was talking about. In a way, that’s what he hated about people like these. Whether they were marines or pirates, or whatever else for that matter, they just didn’t know when to shut up. “Look guys, I’m not in a good mood.”

The muscular man cracked his neck and knuckles as he inched closer. “Well, we’re not in a good one either. Sorry bud, but we’re going to have to- ”

BAM!

Without notice, Kamui had thrown the man into the street. While to any other person, the man would have been too heavy to even carry, but to him... there was nothing. With his fruit... the man lifted into the air without effort, straight into the billboards between the two red-haired men. Kamui winced as it broke whatever conversation the two people were having before. It had been unintentional, his mood getting the best of him.

“Sorry, guys.”

[Kurosaki]

At the very least the Bounty Hunter did agree to take the gun away from Kane's head. Spinning it, he placed it back into his holster. At first the Pirate Captain was shocked that it had worked at all. Was this stranger just confident in the fact that he could take Kane out, or was he seriously not considering the fact that a Pirate would take that opportunity to make a break for it? Not quite sure, Kane felt him grab his arms by the wrists.

"Alright," Kane said when the boy said that he was going to lead him to the Marine Base. For all intensive purposes it looked like he was going to go with him. Truthfully though he was hoping for some sort of distraction or a good chance to break away.

As though fate had heard his inner wish, there came a loud BAM from nearby. Kane turned his head in surprise in time to see a larger man flying through the air and crash directly into the biillboard, flying straight over where Kane and the Bounty Hunter were currently standing. The man groaned and then seemed to pass out, the billboard then collapsing on top of his head. The wanted posters pinned to it scattered around the area.

Using the distraction to his advantage, Kane summoned up his Devil Fruit powers. The Bounty Hunter would feel intense heat start building up from Kane's flesh as it began to glow a slight golden color. As soon as he would, hopefully, let go, Kane would use that opportunity to run across the street and put a good distance between them.

"Sorry, but I'd rather just treat you to a meal or something sometime instead of you turning me into the Marines," Kane called back over to him with a pouty sort of face. He folded his arms over his chest. He turned as a black long haired man, between them now, apologized. Had he been the one to send that guy crashing into the billboard?

"Actually, you had perfect timing, haha!"

(If you think Kane shouldn't have escaped I can edit this, btw)

[flame08]

The plan was fitting together piece by piece, his prey was getting in line with the job. Kamio was being nice, he felt a little sympathy for the young red-head. He was just getting started, but then thats how life was even in the east blue. Bounty Hunters are ruthless folk, and he considered himself one of the nicest bounty hunters around. Kane was being very passive, normally he would have to force his prey into submission, but it seemed Kamio would be getting off easy in this one.

In an instant his plan fell apart of sorts, by some chance of luck, a man had been . . . how to say . . . chucked between Kamio and his prey. A burning sensation upon his hands had forced him to let go of Kane's wrists allowing the pirate to go free. Beside him a man lay flat against the billboard which had been knocked down, wanted posters flying everywhere. The world for a few seconds had gone crazy and favoring the prey gave it a chance to escape.

The few seconds of confusion ended and as one man began to make his apology, Kane made his escape. The youth ran off putting a fairly good distance between him and his attacker. Kamio sighed, in reality he was to lazy to take to the chase though this was a big opportunity and to miss it would be horrible. Nodding to the man who was apologizing he blurted out "Its ok, now if you'll excuse me. I've got some prey to catch."

Jumping forward he headed on after Kane, the distance placed between them was great, but Kamio was sure he could close the distance. Leaping toward Kane, he pulled out his pistol firing off in Kane's direction though trying to aim down to shoot a leg or something. He wasn't an excellent shot while moving, so he couldn't be sure he wouldn't do something excessively hurtful. Around him citizens were hiding in shops etc. as they heard the gun shots go off into the air.

[falken]

A flash of gold light filled the street within a seconds time as everything happened all at once.

"Actually, you had perfect timing, haha!"

What? Perfect timing? His robes fluttered lightly as the teenage boy sped past him across the street.

"Its ok, now if you'll excuse me. I've got some prey to catch."

Kamui tilted his head in bewilderment as the one of the men quickly. Behind him, the rest of the burly men crowded around their supposed leader; also in confusion of what had happened. It was probably why the everyone practically jumped when the sound of the red-haired man’s gun go off.

“What the fu-“

Obviously, the once had been eloquent man, kindly swore at the situation. Who in the right mind would fire a freaking gun in the middle of the day? On a marine situated island no less too. Shoppers, travelers, and citizens alike fled for safety as soon they were the only few in the street. As if his promotions had come true, a marching of footsteps gathered quickly. A group of marines, obviously doing their job in proper formation, quickly entered the road that Kamui and the brutish men were on.

Probably as revenge for his earlier lost of temper – not that anyone else knew – the group of men immediately pointed at him. Despite the fact that he had little to do with… whatever it was it was that was going on, the implications of finger pointing were universal. The uniformed men, armed and suspicious, closed in slowly on the unfortunately character.

In the spur of the moment, Kamui settled for running after the two firey-haired men.

“Wait! You’re under arrest!”

“Damn it! You’ve got the wrong guy!”

[Kurosaki]

The look of happiness that had been on Kane's face after his unexpected easy freedom quickly vanished when the man across the street ran after him, literally leaping after him at one point. The pistol from before was drawn out and fired. Kane reflexively dove to the side. Even though the Bounty Hunter had been on the move the bullet had been very close to finding its mark. Instead however it ended up embedding itself into the wooden posts that made up the stair railing for a nearby store.

"Whoa, watch it!" Kane called over to him. Then he started to get the feeling that his words weren't going to do anything else to help his situation. This guy was clearly not in the mood to discuss anything at all. However, Kane himself had no way of retaliating using his powers from such a distance away. There was no easy way for him to get close either without the risk of being shot. Getting closer to the upset Bounty Hunter with the firearm was definitely not a smart idea. He would have to keep some distance between them for now and maybe try to get the jump on him later.

So Kane ran for it with the Bounty Hunter as well as the black haired man from before hot on his tail. Followed by several angry looking Marines.

"This just isn't my day!" Kane shouted angrily as he ran for all that he was worth. As he did so he realized how much he'd been chased in his life... It seemed to always happen this way. Back in Roguetown (twice!), getting chased off of Mirrorball... Now here! He was starting to get fed up with it, to be honest. His eyes narrowed a tad before he shifted tactics.

Putting on a burst of extra speed by activating his Devil Fruit powers, Kane quickly changed direction into an alleyway. At the very least he hoped that they would get rid of the Marines on their tail. Once in the alleyway Kane turned, against the wall, and waited for the first person to come through; a fist in a prepared position. They would get a nasty surprise he hoped.

[flame08]

He watched as the first bullet crammed itself into a wooden plank near Kane's leg. He couldn't actually see the bullet but the young red-haired man saw the plank shake from the impact. Kane had dodged it by diving to one side, a store owner walked out to yell about the shooting before going back in as sets of gunpowder were shot from behind.

The red haired youth who was being followed by the young red-haired man (so confuzzling) called back to the man named Kamio (it's too much trouble) "Whoa, watch it!". Kamio wasn't exactly caring about whether he hit or missed, he was annoyed that his prey had escaped. And as a good predator he was going to hunt the prey down again. Only there was a slight problem . .. . As Kamio turned his head to check behind him guess what he saw.

There were two groups of people following Kane and Kamio, of which Kane is being followed by Kamio but that isn't completely relevant. The two groups following them was the black-haired man from earlier who had originally messed this up and a set of marines who were giving chase.

In front of him the Kane complained to himself making noises which Kamio couldn't exactly make out, but then it didn't really matter to him. Then suddenly his aura changed slightly, he became more serious as his legs took on a slightly brighter look and he suddenly sped up again with a burst of speed.

It had been just as Kamio was about to catch up, now he was behind again, he cursed and continued to run after Kane. Thinking to himself Quite the runner this kid, and that brightness . . . theres something special about him . . . Turning his attention back to the chase he barely noticed Kane redirecting himself into an alleyway to make a getaway or so he thought.

Kamio quickly made his way to the alleyway leaping the last step so that he landed facing the alley on his opposite foot. The problem being there was a small box in the way. It nicked his foot ever so much to make him land oddly causing him to roll on the ground slightly past the alleyway opening. But this gave him the chance to glance in and see the ambush which Kane had set. Smart thinking, he would not have been prepared.

Slightly cursing at, laughing at, and praising that random box he got to his feet quickly . . . .

[falken]

As the lead runner of their little tag game scurried off on the street, Kamui quickly followed suit. Then again, with a bunch of armed and ready to go marines at one’s tail… there wasn’t much left to say. It was an exerting run, but things turned interesting as the red haired teen gained a burst of speed through a shining bright light.

‘Huh,’ the long haired male thought to himself, ‘So it wasn’t just a flash bomb or something.’

Of course, he was referring to the odd flashes of light that seemed to emerge from the escapist every now and then. Although he had originally thought it was merely the mechanics of the advancing technological age, the theory didn’t exactly support whatever that had just happened. In that sense, Kamui settled for the basis of the man’s powers as Devil Fruit oriented. Considering a cyborg didn’t exactly seem the man’s type… the explanation seemed to do fine for now.

A crash brought him out of his senses as it watched the flaming haired youth stumble over a small box. Hah! Suited the guy just right. Kamui wasn’t exactly one to keep grudges… but it was plain foolish in his opinion. Either way, it made him feel a bit better inside seeing the man that got him into this situation getting his just deserts.

Now he thought about it, the box seemed peculiarly out of place – that is, until he saw the bundles of crates that were poorly stacked by the corner of the alley way grocery shop. Not taking a moment of hesitation, Kamui leaped into the air and delivered a swift kick to it. Easily, the wooden boxes fell with a tremendous thud. Timber clashed against cement as fruits of every colour splattered on the ground into an array of different colours. In the small street that they had somehow ran into, the pile of wooden remains was more than enough to barricade the road and buy him a couple minutes of time.

Hurriedly, he sped off to the corner where the red haired man had left. It was a good idea to disappear from site while he had the chance. Although, as fate would have it out for him today, Kamui’s sudden surge in speed sent him colliding to into someone. It was a rather big shock to see the other man in front of him. Argh. Didn’t this kid run away already?

“What in the world?! What were you doing just standing there! Get going already!”

[Kurosaki]

It didn't go how it had been planned out, however. Instead of rounding the corner the Bounty Hunter that was chasing the young Pirate Captain somehow tripped over a box and continued forward; rolling on the ground. When he came to a stop he turned and seemed to spot the red head in his position against the wall. Well, so much for the art of surprise. Kane frowned just before he heard a loud crash. More wooden boxes were scattered around. Kane raised his fists, thinking that the Marines were hot on their tail.

Instead the black haired boy from before rounded the corner and Kane nearly socked him directly in the face. He stopped his fist quickly but wasn't quick enough to stop the guy from colliding directly into him. Kane was knocked off his feet and struck the ground roughly with his bum.

"Ow!" Kane cried, face contorting with a sudden pain. He frowned and pouted a little before struggling back up to his feet. The stranger than shouted at him wondering what he was still doing there. He told him to get going already.

"What, huh? Oh, yeah! Sure!" Kane turned to start to turn to run; hearing the shouts of the Marine officers behind as they encountered the wooden boxes that had been knocked over. However, first he stopped to look to see what the Bounty Hunter was doing. Was he on his feet yet?

"Get these out of the way! Don't let him by himself more time!" shouted the Marines from behind. There was a serious of grunts as Marines began to unblock the street.

"Yeah, let's get out of here!" Kane started to run again, not wanting to encounter Marines in an alleyway again. The last time that had happened he had needed to be saved by his now Sharpshooter on his crew. Funny how she had saved a now wanted man seeing as how she used to be a Bounty Hunter.... The irony.

(I was thinking we should encounter the Marines and kick some butt first. Then somehow we all get caught in a really really weird manner. Like after we've all worked together to stop them they just suddenly spawn up from behind a counter in a restaurant or something and grab us, lol.)

[flame08]

Just as he started to move another man, the one from earlier with black hair rounded the same corner and was almost smashed straight in be Kane's fist. But while he didn't punch the guy, the guy did do well to smash straight into Kane with his whole body. The world moved extremely quickly, and now the marines were coming their way. The wooden boxes impeded them as he could hear them yelling "Get these out of the way! Don't let him by himself more time!" ( don't understand this ). He could also make out a commanding voice saying "Capture all three of them, not one is to escape, from now on they are all deemed to be enemies of the government!"

Kamio cursed, it'd be hard to turn in bounties if he was an enemy of the marines. The other two were already running through the alley as Kane yelled out "Yeah, let's get out of here!" Kamio sighed, working with his prey was not something he'd normally do but it seemed the best choice at the moment.

He ran off after them as the marines started to finally make their way past the boxes. Dodging between barricades in the alleyway he could hear the firing of guns behind him. The marines were beginning the chase, ducking behind a large pile of boxes he got ready to take on the first ones that came his way.

(you can make there be more marines, i think i may get captured first for the hell of it)

[falken]

Sheesh. Kamui almost rolled his eyes at the sight before as the man he bumped into had stopped and looked out for the bounty hunter’s well being. Seriously, some of the wanted people were pretty weird now days. Back on his hometown, Anabaru, those with bounties were ruthless. Of course, they had their good sides and bad sides depending on the people they interacted with… but those that came looking for the price on their head were usually beaten down to the ground- if they weren’t already dead that is.

"Get these out of the way! Don't let him buy himself more time!"

Sounds of men yelling and struggling quickly filled the air from past the corner. The situation wasn’t as well for him as he had originally planned. The time that he had bought from kicking the crates down had been used in a poor but swift manner when Kamui crashed into the red haired man. Luck just didn’t seem to be on his side today.

Deciding that he should take initiative, the young man moved hastily towards the alley end. However, his escape was soon cut off as marines poured in from the passage beside the building they hid by. It seems that the white collared men weren’t as stupid as they sounded earlier. “Shit.”

Hmm. It seemed that the cluster of chasing marines had split into two groups for better efficiency. As if on cue with his unspoken thoughts, the armed officers drew their weapons and quickly blocked off both the entry and exit to the alley with the three unlucky men in the middle. It seems that they weren’t going to leave this fight unscathed if they didn’t want to get caught.

Without words, Kamui adjusted his robes in preparation for battle. Lifting his arms in an offensive stance, the gauntlet that had been hidden in his sleeve finally made its appearance. However, if anyone was looking, the metal glove would have blurred into nothingness as the black haired male leapt into battle, smashing his armoured fist into the face of the surprise marine in front of him.

"You're unlucky...," Kamui spoke as he glared into the crowd of enemies, "I'm not in the mood to play around today."

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Woo. You guys wanted a fight... so you're gonna get one. As a plot twist, we're now stuck in a narrow alley. At most, I'm going to say the alley's width is only large enough to barely fit two adults side by side at one time, so it's going to prevent any large wide movements and what not. Have fun~

And Flame, you'll get what Kuro had typo'd if you read my post.

[Kurosaki]

It seemed that they had plenty of time to escape the Marines. Even if they didn't take all that long getting past the knocked over crates, by the time that they did some good amount of distance could be put between the two groups. Or, at least, that was what Kane was hoping. Things quickly turned out to not be that easy. From a passageway nearby, Marines suddenly flooded in; blocking both their entry point and the exit to the alleyway. The way back was also quickly taken care of as the remaining Marines appeared. They looked more angry than before.

"Things just aren't working out today," Kane grumbled before raising his fists again. He had been behind the black haired man and was therefore about halfway between the group in front and the group in back. He decided to focus on those in front first and followed suit after Kamui in punching his way through.

One Marine was punched directly in the jaw by Kane's fist. Since they all had to be crowded together, two next to each other the Marine struck the one behind him as well who had a difficult time trying to back up to avoid him. The marine ended up catching him by the arms and then dropping his unconscious form to the floor. Kane stepped forward so he was standing next to Kamui. He turned to look and see how the bounty hunter was doing. More Marines pressed in on either side. If anyone started taking steps back anymore they would be in serious trouble in regard to space to fight in.

Already Kane wasn't about to start using his Devil Fruit powers. If something happened and he accidently hit either the black haired man or the bounty hunter they could get burned instead.

"Resistance is futile!" cried a Marine officer before he slashed down with his sword at Kane.

"Whoa!" Kane cried before jumping back slightly, narrowly avoiding the blade catching him in the stomach area. When the blade arched down, Kane used that as an opportunity to rush forward, step on the blade and use it to boost him into the air. Once airborne he kicked the man's head and then used him as another boost to stay above the ground. For a moment he used his powers to slow his descent, confusing a Marine that had tried to time the criminal's movements in order to strike him with his sword. Kane grinned, noticing the baffled expression that the official wore before he let go of his powers and descended rapidly. This time he landed right in front of the Marine and punched him in the gut. The already stunned man looked more baffled than before and fell to the ground.

Kane continued to fight though there was more limited space to move in with unconscious Marines taking up floor space and Kane not wanting to step all over them. He looked up quickly, blue eyes searching for a way out above. Just as he spotted a fire escape built into the building to his left, however, he heard a weird metal clicking sound.

"Huh?" he questioned before looking down. To his surprise the Marine he had punched in the gut was looking up at him from the ground, propping himself up with one arm while grimancing in pain. One hand held one end of a pair of cuffs. The other had been cuffed onto Kane's right wrist.