"Oh…Shit." Leroy said as he saw the face of the true Marshal in front of them all!
The Marshal Slowly moved his head to face Leroy. Eyes locking on to him. It was a look that caused the captain to take a step back out of fear. His breath hitching in his throat, mind racing back to what the Marshal Had said before…How he knew that if he ever saw Benjamin Condent again…His life-
No.
The Lives of all his crew would be forfeit at the hands of the Marshal!
"Falcon D. Leroy." Condent said with his body standing straight to loom tall over the entire crew. "Do you remember the statement which I gave you the last time I saw you? It's time for those dues to finally be collected."
"The End has come. Apologies for the inconvenience" He said. Looming up above like a shadow from something so monumentally huge. As if he were a physical embodiment of a mountain casting in front of a meer person!
"Condent! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Kinjiro jeered to the Marshal who paid no mind to him as the Crew all began to move backwards. Leroy holding his hands out in front of Kirk and Raven as they too began to back away.
"Shit!" Zeke cursed! His brow soaked in sweat, he could feel a hacking cough come up from his throat as he suddenly began to move! Attempting to make a line straight for the Marshal! His Flower of Battle blooming brightly! What looked to be a petal from a flower around the hilt from the immense blaze of energy!
But the moment he began to move, Murausagi appeared and slammed a foot into him at the speed of light! "Ah ah ah!" He protested almost like a parent scolding a child "You have done quite enough here. I don't know what a Marshal is doing here. But if I know the reputation of Benjamin Condent, this just became a cake walk for the Harbingers!" He smiled, blocking yet another enormous strike from Zeke!
Leroy legs began to shake…
Murausagi, Condent, Kinjiro…
They were all standing in the way of the Red Sash right now. And Leroy knew one thing to be sure…
"Run! Run! Everyone! Get out of here!" He said as he leapt up into the air and slammed a mortar into the ground, causing a haze of dust to serve as a smoke screen "We Can't Beat them!"
All of the Crew suddenly stopped and looked to their captain. Eyes wide at such a sudden declaration to them all! Chills ran down their spines as they could feel the very air around them begin to shift in response. Everything was falling apart!
And quickly!
Dezzi Struggled to get to their feet, Jeanne could be seen out of the corner of their eye stumbling as she too tried her best. The Minks eyes seemed to focus in and out, vision blurring and blacking at the corners "Aye Aye!" They said, struggling to stand…But the moment they did. Leroy's eyes widened!
Condent was gone in front of his eyes!
And was currently standing in front of the Red Sashes Doctor! Dezzi slowly began to look up, they body frozen in fear…Having returned to their normal form. They had neither the energy nor the strength to even move…
As the hand from consent…Paw bared and shone in the light as he began to move… A simple swipe through the air.
"DEZZI!!!" Leroy screamed! The echo washing over and covering the entire swale they stood on! His feet acted quick! Shattering the ground and entering gear two! Causing both Kirk and Raven to recoil from the force!
Leroy stretched a hand out in front of him as his eyes focused the Doctor. Their form quickly coming closer and closer as he crossed the dozen or so meters that separated him from his comrade.
He watched as Condents hand moved gracefully through the air. Not a muscle flexed in his hand. It was as casual as swatting away a hair from ones face.
Leroy grit his teeth, feet kicking again and again off the air to boost him faster and faster.
Yet-
When he reached just over the halfway mark, his eyes saw it.
Condent Touched Dezzi.
Fwosh!
Dust Fell.
The Follow through was simple. Graceful. Easy. The air in front of him collapsed in on itself as Dezzi…The Doctor of the Red Sash Pirates…
Was Gone.
Leroys feet skid across the ground! Halting himself in his tracks! His legs quaking and buckling. Breath hitching and catching in his throat as he could feel the twisting in his gut from what he had just seen
"De…Dezzi?" He asked himself. His feet were planted to the ground. Kale, Noir, Calliope, Eddie, Raven, Jeanne, Kirk all stared in utter awe. Eyes wide. Mouths agape as silence washed over them
However, in direct spite of the Pirates current predicament. The Marshal did not falter. Beginning to make his way slowly towards…
Jeanne.
"J…J…" Leroy stammered. Another voice filling the air as Leroy stuttered "Jeanne!" Noir shouted! Thrusting forwards through the air just as Condent stopped in front of the Young Inventor.
"You Idiot! Wait!" Kale screamed! Hand outreached to attempt and stop his friend! But the Chivalrous man was not about to let what he had just seen happen to Dezzi happen again!
Condents' hands continued to move still. Through the air.
Noir did just as the captain did.
Still. Both of them were too slow…
All it took was a graze from his hand. And Jeanne. Was gone. Dust Falling where she had just stood frozen a moment prior.
Noir grit his teeth as he reeled back an attack to slam into Condent!
Condent Meanwhile. Turned around to face the Chef head on. "Noir Get out of there NOW!" Leroy shouted! His legs still frozen in fear as he helplessly watched the events unfold before him.
"Grah!" Noir slammed a shin into the arm Condent! But pain wracked through him as he released a scream from his throat! "G-Ga!" Condent moved quickly, swiping his hand through in front of him in a reverse palm back hand!
Dust filled the air…
And Leroy fell to his Knees…His body felt…Hollow. Lighter. Lighter than air as he felt the sudden pressure behind him of Kirk and Raven attempting to hoist him to his feet, their screams only coming into focus a moment later!
Leroys eyes focused to see that Condent was now in front of Zeke and Murausagi! The Marshal Faced the old retired pirate. Seeming to only lock eyes with him as his mouth moved, something being said that caused Zekes eyes to widen!
A Second later though, a giant metal fist slammed into the side of Condents head! "Get the Hell away from them you big ugly bitch!" Calliope screamed as she went running forward! Body covered in her Iron Maiden armor!
Condent whirled and stomped into the ground to, facing Calliope head on as the woman came sprinting toward the marshal! She had such fear in her heart at that moment that if she were to stop she swore that her entire body would fail her. But she couldn't give up! These were her friends she was watching get turned to dust in front of her! She knew that she had to do something!
And at the same time…
Someone else was ready to do the same…
"Gear! SECOND! FULL THROTTLE!" Leroys screamed seemed to cause a pressure wave that shot quickly through the air and shot over condent! Causing him to stop and turn! It was a weird sensation that he seemed to know well as he paid to mind to Calliope!
The Ground around Leroy Shattered and Cratered into a circle around him, as if an immense amount of gravity impacted into the spot before he worsened the environment by shooting forward! His body was a crimson red, and the steam around him shrouded him in such a way that it was like a comets trail as he shot forward!
"Hyper Shot!" He through the fist through the air! Trenching the ground from its own pressure! Aiming to take the Marshals head clean off!
Bwom! Condent raised a hand, and the paw repeled the punch harmlessly! Absorbing all of the energy to cause the arm to limply fly off in the other direction while he continued to move.
"Radical!" Calliope started, Condent suddenly appearing in front of her just as he had with Jeanne and Dezzi! "Rock-" Fwosh!
Calliope's armor disappeared! And for a moment she was left exposed. Practically naked as the Marshal's hand continued forward…Inches away. And then touching her too. Dust fell from where she stood. As the scrap from her prosthetic clattered to the ground along with all the metal that had been floating…Its master no longer around…