Bounties! Can't Count Caught and a Cunning Plan.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

Remus Dante of the Xiao Lan clan had watched the marvels of the Hard-Hat Pirates as they escaped from the clutches of justice using some great get-away techniques. These guys were capable of getting out of some tough situations. They seemed to be designed for this kind of thing. Cowardly, yes, but clever and Dante admired that. He studied there moves carefully, watching as they worked as a team and out foxed, out maneuvered and out played the silly marines that chased them, making it all the way back to their ship. It was very admirable Dante had to admit to himself but sooner or later, they will come across a dead-end and that dead-end would be Dante. He would hunt these wannabe's down. But not just yet.

This could turn out to be an interesting game. Dante would keep an eye on these guys, like keeping folding the page of a novel to keep track for they could turn out to be his ticket for fame. After causing such a ruckus, here and there and everywhere they had been, it was about time they got a higher bounty on their heads. He would file one in personally if he had to but these guys need a higher price on their heads. Lets see what they do when not only marine's but bounty hunters are on their trail too. But the game wasn't to let them get caught. The whole idea was to let them get-away. Dante had begun conjuring a whole series of plans with a bright light shining at the end of it. Dante would make sure these guys gained enough infamy so that when Dante eventually take these lot down, he would get a whopping bonus and a boost in his rank. "Have fun whilst you can, Hard-Hat Pirates, for this is just the honey-moon period in your introduction to the world of piracy. I'm about to turn the road ahead a lot rougher for you guys. Let see what you got. But don't you worry, Impel Down has already got three cells with you names printed on them. Its just a matter of time. I mean what would be the point if I couldn't have a bit of fun in this." Dante spoke in a low voice, as if addressing himself, making a mental note of his thoughts, sniggering once he was done.

He casually walked toward a fallen marine who had been hurt by the blast. He looked down toward his comrade and gave him a disrespectful smile whilst tutting, as if to say, he was disappointed. He squatted down besides the dying soldier before placing his right hand into wound of the man, who screamed in further agony as Dante caused him further pain. "Sorry about that but its not exactly my fault you can't even look after your own body. You should first learn to defend yourself before you start thinking about defending others. This is what happens, this is the difference between myself and useless marine's like yourself. Don't mind me borrowing some of this, I need it. I can't be letting it look like I didn't try." Dante informed the fallen marine before smearing the blood all over his face and body. "Since your going to die anyway, I might as well relieve you of your duties and let you die peacefully. What do you say, an act of charity from me to you." The face of the marine changed from agony into shock and fear for he now knew this man wasn't worthy of carrying the navy seal and his life was as good as gone.

Clipping the two revolvers together, Dante slowly refilled them with bullets before pointing the weapon toward the heart of the injured marine. "Give the devil my greetings..." He said, winking at the man whilst giving the marine a goodbye message before taking away his life with a shot to the heart. Nobody alive was around to witness this despicable act as Dante walked away from the scene laughing to himself.

He approached the marine in command and began limping immediately, acting out as if he was seriously hurt and exhausted, falling at the feet of the commander. "I'm sorry sir for having failed you. I managed to wound one of the pirates seriously but he possessed a special technique that allowed him to extract bullets from his body and move so fast, it seemed like he disappeared. I suspect the works of one of those accursed fruits sir."

"Don't worry soldier. You have done well for a sea-man recruit. These lousy higher ranked marine's were useless against them so I couldn't have expected much more from you. Go and get some rest soldier, I'll file in a report to the HQ. It seems these guys might be a real nuisance. Better to have them captured before they go on to becoming a bigger threat to the world government." The marine captain told Dante before Dante took his leave with a fake struggled salute, cobbling on his way to the resting rooms.

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'Woah-woah-woah!'

Torin flinched back and forth as the whirs of the cannon balls picked up the wind around the ship. Torin watched as one ball after another soared past the slowly crumbling ship. He looked towards the first and more inevitable danger as it seemed to solve itself, chunk after chunk was blown apart as Darius, being but a small blob on its giant surface caused an impact which caused it to shatter under the push he caused. Speaking of crew members Torin spun to see Taro rise from the side of the ship, and do his duty despite what looked like a blasted through shoulder. 'Taro god dammit! Is this going to be our thing now!?' Torin went to help but Taro seemed to be working subconsciously, after relaying his duty was completed he moved to the lower deck to fix up the battered ship the best he could.

Torin began to pace back and forth despite the thunderous cracks and blasting cannons, a plan had to come now or else they would be dead in the water, literally. plans began to scatter through his mind like multiple little movies in his head, he would continue to mumble disagreements with himself until his small train of thought was quickly broken by a wild Darius smashing into the deck of the boat. 'Dammit you almost killed me! Faster than these guys!' Torin remained in a slightly stood yet coiled position only feet away from Darius's landing point. Torin was about to ask Darius to get himself into gear, he was Torin's only current plan of getting them away from this catastrophe of an island, though he was quick to notice the complications, and for the first time in a while, he actually began to worry.

Darius was in no shape to be steering the boat out of the danger zone with a busted hand and most of all looking like he was barely conscious. It was odd that for once he had left a place without sustaining some injuries, but none the less Torin was just as tired from the event. He looked to the battleships who seemed to be in knowledge that the only threat was out at sea, as they slowly began to close in on the shaped wood that would have previously been called the Hard-Hats ship, they weren't going to go easy on a trio who just made a fool of the marines even if it was the smallest inconvenience. Taking a more proper stance he looked to the boats who's marines lay in wait to aim at the first movement they saw, with a ignorant stride he walked through the wreckage on the deck, and into his half destroyed room, taking a large chest and dragging back to the front of the ship as it continued to dig itself onto the shore from the strong opposite wind.

The marines watched in confusion as the mast of the ship began to spin, its sails crippling as the wind hit it in different directions. On the deck the mast was held together by the ropes which would pull the sail back, violently shaking after the small strands of wood began to strain from the slowly falling mast. Torin barely holding the mast up with his non super-human strength he held it at a light tilt, as the boat began to spiral over the low watered shore, and began to direct itself towards the sea. The marines weren't messing around however, as the fire started only once more as a single cannon ball rocketed through the barely functioning mast, sending its upper structure and the sail across the island, and into the sea.

Torin coughed and gasped as the smoke spun around the ship from the cannon, looking to his hands as they were covered in small specks of blood, pieces of the snapped wood had blasted into his face and body like shrapnel, though he had no time to worry about lodged wounds right now. With a fiendish grin Torin removed the large weapon from the chest he had pulled from his room, a work in progress to say the best, the large cannon like structure of the weapon was shown as Torin could barely lift it in his state. wrapping ropes around the large weapon he threw it down to the front of the ship as it struggled against the sands, now without a sail to guide it. He looked back the marines as they were within boarding distance almost immanently, they watched him heave over the circular object as they prepared for the worst, cannons at the ready as Torin, wounds opening as his tensed muscles rubbed against the lodged wooden pieces glanced over to the ships with a grin.

'Pressure! Cannon!'

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As Torin fired his secret weapon the Hard-Hats ship was sent rocketing backwards and upwards, though even his weapon was not enough to give them a durational retreat. The storms at their peak left the marines no choice but to resist the urge to pursue the Marine base wrecking Hard-Hat crew. A pirate crew who only weeks ago avoided capture on the Marines East blue place of operations. Torin was thrown back into the remains of the mast and knocked unconscious as the ship became victim to the heavy waves and unforgiving rain as the crew were at the oceans mercy. The Sail-less ship with a battered crew escaped their fate once more, and with new rivals and acts to the list the Hard-Hats drifted into the coating of rain, and the dark sea.

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[versin]

Versin was trying to catch up to the Hard-Hats Pirates with his enhanced energy Versin got with his Color Digest, but most of the time he had to use his enhanced energy from Color Digest to dodge the pieces of the marine base. So Versin could not catch up to the Hard-Hats Pirates, but it was for the beat because the weather got bad and the sea became wild. As a Devil Fruit user the sea was his worst enemy, there was no way Versin was going out there. He thought the Hard-Hats Pirates were crazy for going out on to those waters with a small ship like that and with the marine’s shooting at them.

Hard-Hats Pirates had successfully escaped. Versin could not believe it even though all the odds were against them they still successfully escaped. Unstill now Versin thought the Hard-Hats Pirates were just a crew of misfits, but today the proved that they had the potential to become a major threat. Versin then clean himself up and headed back to the nearby world government base. Once he was there Versin set in to motion the plan to give the crew of the Hard-Hats Pirates higher bounties.