"Shit! Shit! No No No! Kale! Get the fuck out of here!" Leroy commanded his First Mate who was quickly beginning to unsheath his swords! But he knew that his captain was right…He needed to move quickly!
The Swordsman thought quickly…And sliced into the ground! Causing a wall of dust to appear as he shot; one, two, three flying flame slashes to Condent while he turned and attempted to run where he knew he could meet up with his captain later! In his mind this was not cowardice. It was all that they could do so that the loss of the others were not in vain!
All the same. The moment he turned. Condent was in front of him. Hand shooting forward …
As if it were nothing. Like a breeze letting loose the grains of sand from a beach so casually. Without any amount of thought or intention. Kale too, the First Mate of the Red Sash Pirates was gone…Dust in the wind…
Leroy stopped.
Back hunched. And eyes blurry…As tears began to stream from his face and turn to steam moments later. "K-Kale?" He asked aloud. His feet sturdy against the ground while watching the newest member of his crew run away…The Skeleton attempting to leap up into the air at the same time that he could see Raven trying her best to cross the distance of the Island too…
"Leroy! Leroy move!" Raven said. But Leroys eyes just stayed locked on Eddie as he watched helplessly as Condent didn't even have to leap. He just appeared behind the skeleton, and his hand barely grazed the musician's ankle…
And Eddie too was gone…
"Rav-...Raven!" He tried to call out to the Scholar while she ran! He slammed a hand into his leg the moment that he saw Condent appear next to her! Hand ready to raise and deliver total annihilation to her! The captain did all that he could to cross the distance! The womans eyes were locked onto him the entire time! No matter how close he got. How fast he soared across the distance, she looked at him. With eyes that pleaded for him to be just a little bit faster. Stretch his hand a little farther!
His hand was stretching across the distance ahead of his body…Trying to grasp at the woman he adored…
Only for the moment. The Exact…Second he nearly touched her…
Raven. Left Too.
The Stop of the Captain was Tremendous. Ground cracking as his teeth grit. Focusing him self and trying to steel his mettle! His eyes closed as he knew that there was only one left! One person! One of his comrades that he knew was still there!
There was still one left that he could save!
Kirk!
Splitting his eyes open, Tears erupted as his body moved on instinct. Turning around and leaping towards where he knew that Condent was about to go next! He knew at that moment that all of this! It was his punishment! He was going to be the last!
But Leroy would be damned if he was going to just take it!
The Red Sash flapped through the air as he moved before the Marshal did! Hand outstretched toward Kirk. He was zipping towards him at the fastest speed he could manage! Ready to soften the impact and grab the man that he loved with grace and take his first…And last crew mate away from here!
Condent appeared then.
Behind Kirk, the Navigator turning to face the beast of a pirate. But this was going to be different
The Moment that his hand began to move!
Leroy had appeared and wrapped his arms around the Fishman! Tackling him and holding him close as the two rolled out of the way and under the Marshals deadly swipe!
"Kirk!" He asked as his head was held in his hands. The man cradled close "Are you okay!?" He questioned as a flush of relief flooded over him…He had been able to get one! Just one!
"Yes..Yes dear I'm okay." The fish man said. Tears welling in his eyes as he looked up to Leroy with a weak smile…
Alas. Kirks eyes Widened. Focusin off of his captain. To behind him. And for a moment. Leroy could see the reflection in Kirks eyes of Condent…
Pressure suddenly pushed against the side of Leroys head. Causing him to tumble and let go of Kirk! He was only a foot or so away as he stared up to see that Kirk was looking at him. Hand pressed against the ground to hold himself up, leg in a tangle…
Condents hand was already moving as Leroy reached out yet again…
His fingers brushed against Kirk. "Leroy Help!"
His hand then clenched around-
Nothing.
The steam had already long left Leroy's body as he stared.
Leroy sat there. hands on his knees. as he sat on his feet. His jaw beginning to quiver and quake. and quake. His teeth clattered together. As he just stared into the spot where the first man that he had ever met that he could have called real friend had just been.
His voice hitched in his throat. And tears began to swell. "Kirk?" He asked with a quiver. His tears burning his eyes as he stared, feeling the streams down on his hot cheeks.
"No…" He said just above a whisper. His hands falling forward to catch himself as he Held himself on hands and knees. Tears falling and soaking into the dirt beneath him. his hands gripped the ground, trenches from his fingernails forming as he began to sob
"No, no, no You're not gone…" He pleaded to himself. He tried to convince his mind
But he couldn't…
"WAHHH!" He wailed. his head slamming into the dirt as the nails of his fingers dug into the back of his head. scraping and scraping. He could feel small trickles of blood. form underneath of his nails from the force at which he pulled at his skin.
His hands gripped at himself. fingers digging into his skin again and again.
Pain racked through in an attempt to distract himself. to feel something. His head slammed into the dirt again and again as he cried.
A voice suddenly called from next to him. That same monotone voice from before. It asked such a simple question. But one that broke his heart
"Did you Love them?" The Android asked simply. Leroy's tear streaked face looking up to him. Utter defeat in his eyes.
"Did you Love them?" The machine asked again. The way in which he spoke was as if it was not. It was not supposed to be something harsh. but almost of actual, profound curiosity of why someone would be crying in such a situation.
Leroy However, did not answer. as he just stared into the man's Lifeless steel face
The Marshall then began to move just as he had before, and as he will most likely again. Hand raising In front of himself before extending outwards.
The huge paw. came closer and closer before it was the only thing that Leroy could see.
Fwoosh~
Dust fell where the captain had just been.
Ilha Desmare Mangue, Grand Line, Stand 10.
On this Day. The Pirate Crew led by Falcon D. Leroy, The Red Sash Pirates, Were completely Eradicated.
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