A Reprehensible Hunt [Myla - Axel]

[met30r]

A navy ship approached one of the ports of Loguetown. The flag was raised high and the deck almost had a shine to it. With how well-taken care of it was, it was a ship any captain would be proud to command.

The crew greedily stared at the approaching island. Some even cheered. Their captain had said they were to rotate on patrol duty around the town, meaning that many of them would be able to relax for the first time in weeks. Some were already deciding what bars to visit first.

Axel was not a part of this crowd. Instead, he was in his captain's office, standing at attention with two other men. They each wore the same Seaman Recruit outfit. The man to Axel's left had light purple hair and piercing blue eyes that sent chills down Axel's spine. To his left stood a man with brown hair and a greenish tint to his skin and several holes in his outfit.

Everything in the office was neatly taken care of. Any paper work that hadn't already been filed away sat on a small pile on the corner of his desk. Every group of objects had its place with almost obsessive detail.

The captain himself was standing, turning away from the window wall behind his desk that overlooked the ocean behind and towards the three men in his office. He stood tall, just about a foot less than Axel himself, despite being only human. Even though he was considerably shorter, his stature was far more menacing than Axel's, his body rippling with muscles that the shirt beneath his coat could barely contain. His bright blond hair was short but subtly became a tad bit taller on top. His eyebrows were about two inches thick, his eyes were green, and a stitcheda-up scar ran down his left cheek.

"Men, I have called you in here because I have a task that the entirety of this crew would be too clumsy to handle." He motioned to a Den Den Mushi. "The reason we're stopping at Loguetown is because one of the higher ups notified me of a runaway slave here. The full attention of the entire crew would cause too much commotion, and she might be able to slip away more easily. The slave is a small child with white fur and has the resemblance of a chinchilla. Any questions?" The three men didn't say a word, although the description left each a bit confused. "Good. I trust you won't have trouble finding her." The captain dismissed the three before taking a seat to finish the small pile of paperwork.

The ship docked and the marines were happily laid their feet upon solid land. The purple-haired man Axel knew as Ed had already made his way into town, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. The other man strode right on past him. "There's no need for you to even try, Abomination. I'll have the girl captured, brought on board and returned to her captors before your small mind even realizes where we are," he said with a smug smile.

Axel wasn't one to be goaded that easily, but weeks with this guy left a sour stomach that he wished he could alleviate. "You're projecting your insecurities onto me again, Shon."

Shon swiftly turned around and pointed a finger towards Axel's face. A small, sharp blade of grass pushed out from it. "You better watch your mouth, freak! Do you think the captain or anyone for that matter would really care if you went missing?"

Axel ignored the comment while gently pushing his hand away. "I don't know what you plan to do, but the captain gave me a job that I intend on accomplishing. I'd rather not waste time with you." He kept on walking right out of the port. There was a lot of ground that needed to be covered.

[Dandead10]

The young mink girl named Myla Rentallia had currently been sitting around a nice medium sized fire as she had been cooking herself a pot full of squid with wild onions, a potato she found in the woods, and a pinch of salt. She had been living in this as her primary domain for quite some time and she had recently went into town for more scraps to work with. Next to her right was a lime colored fox plushy with his heads on his hands while on the child's left was a blue cat feline plushy. They weren't very large, but weren't very small either. Scattered along the cave were several sacks full of metal, a emergency food storage, and other knick knacks. As the smell filled her nose, she salivated looking with bright blue eyes into the fire. Her white bushy tail had swayed from side to side as she smiled brightly looking to the blue cat figure. "Mama? Can I eat it now? It smells so good I'm gonna cry if I can't eat it soon!"

The blue kitty had looked at Myla and then at the stew as she would stir it with a ladle carefully as to not get too close to the flames. "Hmm...I think it should be done. You've done well cooking for yourself! My little girl is growing all the time. I just hope she doesn't grow too fast. An Aura of depression would manifest in the toy as three lines of purple appeared on its head. 'She's already looking down on me.' The girl would normally invite her "parents" to have a bowl, but unfortunately as toys they couldn't really enjoy food. The lime fox had kicked it's foot repeatedly before suddenly standing. "It's been too long just sitting here huh Myla? How about after you eat, we go do something fun! We can go play catch! Just like we used to right?!" The girl's eyes lit up in delight as she eagerly nodded her head. She would think back to when she was a younger child around six years old and how her father taught her how to catch a rubber ball back and forth. How she used to smile and laugh in her few moments of free time. She had never seen the sad look in her father's eyes back then however. Currently, the child was slowly enjoying her nice fish stew as she smiled with delight. Myla had giggled slightly as she looked to her cat toy mother. "What do you wanna do mama? Do you wanna play catch with us too? Ooh! Or maybe you can teach me more about math today!"

The cat's shining blue eyes had looked to the excitable chinchilla minks as she came closer and patted Myla's ragged dress she had been wearing. "Sure thing sweetie. I'll teach you some math when you get back with papa. For now I'm going to clean this place a little...too icky for me. I'm so glad that you like to learn. I'm sure when you grow up, you'll be a super smart scientist or doctor right? Or maybe an engineer!" The child just giggled lightly as she drank the rest of the stew down. "U-Huh! When I grow up, I'm gonna be super smart and be the very best like nobody ever was! I'm gonna travel around the world and be famous!"[/Color] She had quickly put her bowl in the corner as she put the pot of now cooked food aside using rather large leaves as a cover for the top to not leave it exposed to insects. "Come on papa! Let's go have fun now! Taking out a small red rubber ball from her white cloak she wore, she would grab her father figure carefully stepping over a trip wire near the entrance of the cave and stepping out. She had set various traps along the forest near the cave as she used them if not to trap animals to eat, then for her protection.

Slavers had been hunting the child down for her worth. She had not only eaten a devil fruit but was a young mink who would surely be a strong worker. The ten year old mink had been awfully short. She looked as short as a four year old or perhaps a little shorter and rather thin...maybe too thin. She had gotten help from a environmental survivalist in exchange for not only sharing some of the wild berries which tasted the best this season, but for giving him the greatest puppet show of his life with her mama and papa. He had shown her carefully how to make certain traps for small game and she was ever so grateful. Stopping around ten feet away from her shelter, she had placed her fox toy down on the ground. "Okay papa! I'll throw it first! You go a little further back." The father toy eager to please had ran back several steps preparing for the throw.

[met30r]

The three men scoured the town for hours with not even a single lead to show for it. What had been a bright, full day was wasted as the child they were in search of was nowhere to be found. Despite the fleeting sun, the three men refused to retire back at the ship. The captain was a man who hated failure, and returning empty handed would not be reciprocated well. Not only that, but the three men were each significantly stubborn for different reasons.

Ed was a stubborn man due to the fact he wants to rise among the marine ranks as fast as he possibly can. If he does that, he knows he'll earn the respect and honor he desires by keeping pirates off the seas. Finding this child is but the first of many tasks he'll complete to meet that goal.

Nearing the edge of town, he took a few steps back before sprinting toward a wall, jumping and using the ridges from the windows and the building's design to escalate to the roof within a matter of seconds. He gazed off towards the town. People were starting to go inside for the night as the moon and the sun danced along the horizons. As he slowly admired his surroundings, he'd look away from the town and into the forest when something caught his eye. Had it been any earlier, he wouldn't have noticed the light coming from a cave in the distance. It seemed that his luck was favorable that night.

Axel was a stubborn man because the thought of a child being forced to endure slavery was repulsive to him. He had trouble taking his captain's orders, but it would have been no help if he got in trouble and the other two went on their way. The thought of living as a slave was horrifying to him, and it was a thought he had quick often to strengthen his resolve to find his brother and stay as a marine. He was going to make sure she didn't have to return to that.

His approach to finding her was rather simple. He went around town asking people if they had seen a small girl with a white coat of fur. To try to evoke answers from people, he made up a sob story about her parents waiting at the port for her, and how it had been days since they last saw her. Despite his marine uniform, he was disrespected by a handful of people for his appearance--something he was used to by now. The people that answered him expressed their confusion with his description, apologized for not knowing and wished him luck.

That was, until he caught a young woman who was going inside. He told her the fake story and she mentioned how she saw that exact kid pass by, going towards the forest. He thanked the woman and made his way to the edge of town.

Shon was a stubborn man because, despite his prideful nature, that pride could be easily shattered. It wouldn't be as bad if Ed found her, but if it was the abomination that Axel was somehow found the kid first, he wouldn't be able to stand it. Through any means necessary, he was going to protect that pride and win his bragging rights.

He was coming out a bar with a large, full barrel getting dragged behind him, but it wasn't beer. It was completed filled with water, which he picked up and quickly gulped down. A tingly sensation ran across his body as he felt that the grass blades he could create were becoming healthier, stronger.

As he turned a corner, Shon saw Axel wandering off into the woods. His searching had led to nothing interesting, so following Axel, whether it was to steal to kid from him or something else, couldn't hurt.

He sneaked around twenty feet behind at any given moment. Little did he know that Axel's wandering was aimless, but that wouldn't matter. He lost sight of the man as it got darker, and he didn't remember how to get back.

Meanwhile with Ed, after thirty minutes of bolting through the forest, he finally stood in front of the cave. He quietly made his way in. The girl could be asleep for all he knew, and if he caused her to run off in the dead of night, he would've been back at square run.

Trying so desperately hard to mask his presence, he didn't notice that he stepped right through the trip wire.

[Dandead10]

Myla had a wonderful day with her father as the marines searched her most fruitlessly in the town. After a long day of play followed by learning her math, the girl had slept alongside her two toys. These two didn't require rest nor anything else a human may require. They had comforted their little girl and waited through the night as they talked and played poker in silence. However, it was the sound of a trip wire activating that alerted them. The marine Ed may find himself tripping face forward as down below him were several other wires adorned with something sinister. They had been set up by the nature environmentalists as traps for pesky intruders. On each wire would be several sharp fish bones for him to fall on as the toys would have been alerted. "Myla sweetie! We need to run!"

Myla's father figure toy had grabbed a decent sized stick from the ground and putting it into the now dying fire lighting it aflame. As he had ran towards the fallen Ed, he would try bonking him in the back with it setting his shirt on fire as Myla had ran. "AAAAGH! TAKE THIS!" She too had heard the sound of a trip wire activating, and had retrieved her most valuable things before running out of the cave. Grabbing her papa, she had ran as fast as her little legs would carry her. The marine Ed would most likely be too busy trying to put the flames on him out. However, regardless it was too dark to aim a gunshot clearly anyways. Hopefully he would trip again on the way out of the cave as Myla had not stopped for anything. What the young child currently had on her was a short rusty tanto she had found in a junkyard, and two old flintlock she had found on a skeleton in the woods. Other than that, she had nothing as her and her toys made their daring escape.

For the unlucky Shon, he had wandered to an area where some of the traps Myla had created were. Wandering through the dark would be a bad move as now he would have an even harder time seeing them. If he were to wander, he would suddenly find himself falling down a pitfall into a pit nearly eight feet deep. Down in that pit, he had landed on something to cushion his fall. It was soft and yet hard at the same time. As he would stand, he would hear a crackle within the pit. If he were to have looked closely, he would see a round like shape in the pit. If holding it to the moonlight, he would see it was a human skull grinning towards the man with several broken teeth. It was the very same Myla had found in the woods quite some time ago. She had decided to bury it, but she wasn't aware you were actually supposed to fill the hole with dirt. A millipede had then suddenly crawled out from the mouth of the skull crawling on Shon's arm as this was only the beginning of Myla's trickery. What other horrors laid in store for the marines who searched for her would be a real question.

Axel whom had been wandering the whole time, would in the darkness hear a rustle through the bushes as a young mink child had appeared panting heavily. She had looked down to her small feet as her coat of fur had shined in the moonlight. She had been standing at the height of a four year old in all modesty as her two toys leapt off of her shoulders. The toys had seen the marine not too far away from themselves and had stood in front of Myla in free style fighting stances. Myla the young child had looked up to the marine in shock? Maybe even fear or worry. What was going to happen? The little girl had then looked with scared blue innocent eyes as she spoke. "P-Please don't hurt us mister. We haven't done nothin wrong." Whether the man would even consider this was to be seen.

[met30r]

Ed's shock was immediate as he realized what he did wrong. As he tripped, he reached out both of his arms to try and get back to his feet quickly. His right hand made contact with somet.hing first, but it was a fish bone that'd make its way. His left hand would find solid ground and prevent him from being impaled by anything else.

He scolded himself underneath his breath about how he should've used the light from the cave to try and see the traps, but with it dying out, he could barely see the wires in front of him. He was slowly pulling his hand out from the bone when he stopped, hearing yelling coming towards him. It was a lime-colored fox plushy holding a flaming stick. Ed tried to remove his hand faster, but he was pushed back down some as he was struck on the back.

He started to realize that his shirt was aflame when the little girl they were after ran right past. With a sudden jerk, he pulled his hand from the bone and stood back up. He tore off his button-up shirt, letting it drop behind him as he tried listening for what direction they were running off in, but the burning of his shirt obscured that. He stomped it out and tried again, but they were too far away to be heard.

Shon, on the other hand, wasn't making any progress. The only light he could see was from the moon and stars overhead, and an owl chirping made it harder for him to figure out where Axel had gone off to. He was probably too far away to be heard, but that owl only added on to his anger.

A moment of terror ran over him as his foot failed to touch solid ground. As he fell into the pit, he tried turning around to hopefully catch himself, but that only amounted to him landing on his back. His back landed on something hard, forcing the breath from his lungs as he gave a pained moan.

Shon slowly rose back to his feet and picked up whatever he landed on. He held it up to the light and could just make out that it was the shape of a human skull. He kicked around the pit, but there were no other bones in there. Something long crawled out of the mouth and onto his arm. His grip tightened on the skull, and six grass blades, one from the tips of each of his fingers and his palm, shot into the skull, causing it to fall apart into several pieces. He retracted them, and as the millipede crawled, another blade would shoot out, piercing its head and causing it to fall to the ground.

He climbed his way out of the hole. He continued to wander but this time with more caution. If that little girl was out here, he was determined to find her and bring her back to the captain, one way or the other.

Axel walked calmly through the forest, his arms bent behind him so his hands could rest in his pockets. He suppressed a small yawn. He was thinking about retiring for the night, since being out here this late was bound to get him lost.

A rustling was heard. Faint, but clear enough in the otherwise quiet night. He turned towards it and started walking. If it was the girl, he could figure out where a good place for her to hide would be. If it was an animal, it would run away.

As he drew closer, he could hear the sound of panting. Then she came into view. The small girl had white fur that was glistening in the moonlight. Two dolls leaped off her shoulder and stood in front of her, as if ready to fight.

Axel gave a reassuring smile as he heard her request. He walked up to her, just a foot between himself and the dolls, and crouched until there was about a foot of difference between them instead of five. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you."

[Dandead10]

As the young girl had been found by the marine, he walked closer with a reassuring smile. "Thank you mister. This is my mama and papa. She had geticulated torwards her toys as the toys still seemed rather skeptical. The lime colored fox had spoken to the girl. "Come on Myla. We have to go...somewhere and hide from the other marines. Just because he promised he wouldn't hurt you doesn't mean other marines wouldn't. You...uhh stranger. You can go your way and we go ours." The young little white mink had looked to the man as her toys started to walk her along. However, she stopped as she looked into his eyes.

"Mister? Will you please help us find a safe place? Me, my mama, and papa are really tired and wanna go to sleep." As if to emphasize, the young girl yawned adorably as her toys had tried to urge her along. "Myla, you can go to sleep a little later sweetheart. We need to go somewhere where nobody would suspect first." The lime colored fox had started to urge her harder as she walked a few steps. As for Ed and Shon within the forestry, they may have walked in a few other traps such as another pitfall but this time filled with animals that had wandered in, noose traps, and more trip wires. The young mink had seemed too tired to be walking so late at night.

The girl and her animated parents had nowhere to go and no plan. The ten year old had suddenly laid against the ground on top of her toys as she fell asleep. Her tail had curled around her as she was left at the marine officer's mercy. Depending on what he did, Myla may awake in shackles of slavery...or somewhere else perhaps. Whatever this stranger planned on doing, it would decide her fate as she slept innocently unaware of the possible dangers she may have faced. Her toys had squirmed trying to speak to Myla, but her weight was pinning them even though she was very frail. Eventually, they had crawled out from under and looked to the marine officer. Now they really did need the officer's help. They had limitations that made it hard if not impossible to provide for their young daughter. It was at times they cursed their weaknesses, and wished they could be stronger.

[met30r]

Ed was no longer in search of the little slave girl. It was far too deep into the night to try and find her again, unless he lucked out and she started another fire, which he wasn't going to bet on. He got close, but he underestimated her and what seemed to be little animals with her. Were those dwarves? he asked himself as he returned to the town. He encountered a few traps, but nothing he couldn't get out of quickly.

Still crouched, Axel turned to the two toys as Myla motioned towards them. They were able to move on their own, making him think they were robots, but he had to backtrack on his thoughts when the fox started talking smoothly. Perhaps this was the work of one of those devil fruits he had heard about on occasion, or something else as bizarre.

He didn't part ways when the doll suggested so. Neither did their supposed daughter, who, despite their efforts, asked for his help and soon went to sleep in front of him. They struggled to escape from underneath her, then looked up to him with pleading gazes.

He sighed, lifting her into his hands and standing up. "Come on, you two. Like you said, the other marines would have no problem hurting you." If the dolls didn't stop him, he would walk until he found a small area hidden by the way the trees had grown. He'd make his way inside, set her down, and cover her up with his button-up marine shirt instead of making a fire for warmth.

Meanwhile, Shon, finding himself stuck in a noose trap, was cutting the rope around his leg with grass from his hand. After he got down and a few minutes of walking passed, he found a footprint in particularly muddy dirt. The print was insanely huge and was that of shoes. With only one culprit, Shon began following the tracks closely. If the little girl couldn't be found, the least he could do was find and get rid of that mutt for good.

[Dandead10]

The toys weren't all that happy that they had to ride their faith with this marine. As far they knew, he could have been carrying their daughter to the nearest base of authorities. Upon being lifted, he may find that her fur was so smooth and soft...better than any pillow. She would hug around his neck as she gently breathed in and out. The mama and papa toys had followed on foot as the papa seemed to be carrying a bag along his back. As she was being taken, the blue cat had asked the marine a question.

"Why are you helping us stranger? Isn't your job supposed to be to capture my daughter? I never thought the marines defy orders like this." In the dark forest, the only light they had to illuminate the area was that from the moon and stars. The toys were wary of any other marines that may be within the area. As their daughter was laid on the floor and covered with the marine jacket in some hidden location, the toys looked a bit more trusting. Myla was much smaller than one would think, so when she was covered by the jacket, she burrowed under it hiding completely. The bag full of questionable items had been placed right next to the child as the toys sat leaning against a tree.

The papa toy was still somewhat skeptical about the marine although the blue colored cat plushy seemed somewhat friendly to the man. "Thanks stranger...for uhh...helping us and all. I would normally thank you with a cup of coffee, but doesn't seem to be any around. Without you helping us, I doubt we would be able to help our daughter. Anyways, since you helped us we are indebted to you. Name the price and we will try our best. Otherwise, feel free to ask us anything. I'm sure this is all really confusing and a lot to take in." Little did the party know that there was danger close. They weren't out of the woodwork yet as one of those marines were close to finding their target.

[met30r]

After he had set Myla down and was sure she was sleeping, he leaned against a tree and just listened. Crickets chirped, owls hooted, and a few other animals made their way through the forest, but besides that, it was quiet. The moon and stars shined just enough to allow Axel to make out the general shape of his surroundings, but left him lacking further sight, making him feel a bit uncomfortable.

Axel looked toward the blue kitten doll she voiced her concerns. He pondered it for a moment before giving her an answer. "You're right, I was supposed to take your daughter back to my captain. Had they been older, I would've begrudgingly done my job and brought them back, but a child?" He shook his head as he slumped against the tree and sat on the ground. "I can't bring myself to do it, nor could I just sit back and let my crew-mates bring her in."

The other doll soon spoke his mind about paying Axel for his deeds. "There's no need for any of that. In the morning, I'll make my way back to my ship and say you got away. While I do that, make sure to find a place where we can't locate you again. In a few days, I'm sure the captain will call off the search and we'll be on open waters again." He yawned softly and rested his head on the tree.

Shon heard talking in the distance. What would've been inaudible in the day was noticeable with the few sounds of the night. He made sure to walk softly, each step getting absorbed into the almost quiet night.

Finally, he'd get close enough to grow a blade of grass from his finger to in front of Axel's neck. His eyes were closed but he was not yet asleep. Shon tapped the blade against his throat. Chills went down his spine as his eyes shot open, but the faint "Shh" he was met with kept him from making any sudden noises. "You've been annoying me for quite some time now, mutt. If you didn't return to the boat, who would doubt that you deserted our crew?"

Although faintly spoken, the dolls would most definitely have noticed and heard the new marine without waking Myla. With nary a mention of the slave, Axel knew he had no idea the girl slept underneath his shirt, a fact he knew her dolls would be at least somewhat joyous over.

"You're crazy, Shon", Axel told him in a hushed tone. "Everyone knows you hate me. Suspicions would rise that you--" he was cut off as the blade was held pushed closer to his neck.

"Too bad no one will be able to prove it, leaving me in the clear."

If the dolls didn't do something soon, Shon's killing intent would come into fruition.

[Dandead10]

As the hostile marine officer had wandered into the hidden clearing the toys had been on guard. They had no need for sleep or other basic human needs as they remained the eyes and the ears of the group. They had been incredibly worried as the other marine had been approaching and for what purpose that may be. It was when the man had stuck a blade...made out of grass it looked like held in front of his fellow marines neck did they seem worried shocked and confused. It was when they had both heard what Shon's motive was that they were glad that this man didn't meet their daughter before Axel did.

Axel's efforts were doing nothing to appease the man, and as a result it seemed if the toys didn't intervene the marine man would die. They had been somewhat relieved that the hostile marine hadn't noticed Myla had been sleeping under the man's jacket, but now it was time for them to pay their debt to the kindhearted man. The mama toy and papa toy had slowly stood sneaking in the shadows as the threats simply progressed. The lime fox had grasped a decent sized stone off of the floor as the grass marine seemed too preoccupied to notice him. Now it was time for them to spring their plan into action.

Leaping up, the mama toy had used her paws as a support to catch his fall and spring him forward. As the male papa toy had been flung forward, he had yelled as loud as he could with a battle cry. As the marine Shon had turned in surprise, he would find a rock had been slammed into his right cheek. Then as the papa toy landed, he would throw said stone into the stomach of Shon as he was recovering. This was going to be a fight now...a fight for survival and self preservation. The young Myla had heard the commotion and had awoken for the second time this night. Slowly appearing from underneath the makeshift blanket, the girl had stuck her head out. "Mama? Papa?"

Upon seeing the enemy marine officer, Myla was panicking. This bad man has come to hurt her and her family. Axel surely by now has had time to get away from the grass man, and the toys had stayed their distance. Myla had grasped her bag pulling out a tanto that was taller than she was, and two flintlock that seemed a bit old. Grasping the ancient gun, she had looked to the malevolent marine with a shaky hand as Axel now had a weapon to use at his disposal...the sword. "G-Go away or I'll shoot! Go away!" An empty threat. Even if she had a hundred bullets, she didn't have the heart to fire.

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Before Shon could go any further, he was distracted by something yelling. As he turned, whatever the small thing was drove a stone into his cheek. He gave a pained moan as he stumbled back. Now that he realized that Axel wasn’t alone, he was able to react to the small creature throwing the rock, swatting it away. While his stomach was fine, his left wrist hurt from doing so.

Axel used the doll’s distraction to stand up and deliver a swift kick into Shon’s back. He stumbled but didn’t fall, turning back towards the giant and getting in a defensive stance. “The hell was that?! Do you have squirrels working for you now or something?” As he stated his surprise, a girl popped up from Axel’s shirt. It was the little girl they were tasked with finding.

“So you had found her and you were keeping her safe, huh,” Shon asked as the little girl scrambled for the bag. She pulled a gun out and he froze in his place, not fleeing just yet but putting his hands in the air so they wouldn’t think he was about to try anything. “I knew someone like you had no place in the marines.”

Axel didn’t grab the sword, lost in thought and not noticing it. He had to think quick. If he went about this the wrong way, he might end up convincing Shon to capture Myla with him. On the flipside of that coin, however, he didn’t want Shon running back and getting him kicked out of the marines, or worse. “Damn it, Shon, you’re going to ruin this”, Axel exclaimed. It seemed perfect. Myla and the dolls would stop trusting him, but it wouldn’t be enough to convince Shon he was wrong about his stance.

“Ruin this…?” Shon suddenly leaped for another small creature he had noticed. It wasn’t the one that smashed a rock into him, no, it was a little cat-like thing. Once it was secured in his hands, he hopped back to his feet and held it in a tight grip around his hands. He looked towards Myla and bluntly said, “If you shoot me, I’ll fill this thing full of holes.” Then he turned to Axel. “You could’ve taken her back to the ship while she slept! You expect me to believe you?!”

“You think I didn’t notice the weapons she had? The toy in your hand works for her. I was trying to do this without getting even a scratch, but then you came along!” Good, thought Axel. This will break their trust in me even further, and as soon as Myla’s ‘mom’ gets free, they’ll run far from here. The only problem was; Axel wouldn’t be able to help them get the doll free. If he did, only more suspicions would be raised against him.

[Dandead10]

As the papa toy was swatted away, he had landed on his feet still grasping the stone as he looked on with satisfaction on his face. Now...Myla had looked at the man Axel in fear as he cursed at Shon's interruption of his "plan" to capture Myla and her mother and father. Myla had trusted him, as did her mother and father figures. Both toys looked at Axel for the moment in shock...leaving them vulnerable.

Suddenly, Myla's mama had been grabbed from behind Axel as her mother yelled out in shock snd surprise. "Huh?! PUT HER DOWN! ALYMA NO!" Myla had watched as the toy that represented her mother was being held hostage. "Mama! No! Let my mama go!" She was bluntly told that if she were to shoot at him...then he would fill the blue cat with holes. "P-Please don't hurt my mama mister! I'm sorry!" Myla didn't have many bullets in this gun...or the other. She had at best two to use on her foe in each gun, and she wasn't the best shot. The little girl looked at the man holding the blue toy in a vice grip about to surrender but then...

"Run! Don't worry about me! Just take care of our daughter! Get her out of here!" The little girl was panicking from the stress and then...she remembered the past. How she had watched both of her parents die in front of her. Suddenly, she felt mad...very mad. She wouldn't let herself be helpless and let her mother and father die not a second time. She would protect them as they saved her. The minks normally white, rough but smooth fur suddenly spiked as she fired not once, but twice at the sky to draw attention to her. Meanwhile all of this was happening, her father had been sneaking around...becoming inconspicuous to circle around Shon. He just needed a little more time.

Myla had been surprised at the recoil of the guns as she wasn't really accustomed to them. She stood straight and tall as she could as she then aimed the flintlock she held back to the giant man. If one were to look more closely, there would be a second ring around the young child's eyes as the moment was intense. Her mother was being held in a life or death situation and she wasn't able to do much at all. She had alternated between aiming her second gun at Shon and Axel as tears dripped from her eyes. "I trusted you mister! You lied to me! You said you were gonna help me!" It was at this moment that if one were to look closely, Myla's fur had charged ever so slightly with electricity. As she clenched her fist, that spark only got larger. She had begun to awake the power skill electro barely...but only enough for one single strike.

Papa by this point had snuck behind Shon and had leapt to smash the stone he had in the back of Shon's head in in attempt to knock him unconscious. The papa toy would hit him twice more just to make sure. Myla at that moment had thrown her guns as she had ran to Axel the man she judged as a friend...before slamming an electrocuted fist aimed for his stomach. It should send relatively weak charges through his nerves...and Myla would be surprised. What was this power she just used?! How could she use it again?! It didn't matter...because then the young girl had looked to her mama and papa toys now both free. Wordlessly she had grabbed both, and the marines jacket before running from the scene.

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OOC:I know I haven't unlocked Electro yet, but with this thread along with another I shall soon be submitting, I thought it would be acceptable to use it for plot. Thank you for your understanding.