"Here Fenny, Fenn. Come out, come out wherever you are." Runa called out gently. Her footsteps were silent as she searched around the darkened halls in the castle. It had gotten silent some time ago so Runa assumed she was either really far away this time or the others had finished getting rid of all the pirates. So far, Fenn had escaped through some unused hall of the castle and Runa was just wandering around. "I'm wasting time." She managed to find an opened secret escape route behind a picture and climbed through. She could've sworn she heard the shrill cries of a child. "Don't worry, here I come."

At the end of the passage, she found herself outside by the shore. She stumbled on the rocky and unbalanced ground. 

- - - ! ! - - - 

The sudden outbreak of a fight caught them all off guard, giving the StarDusk pirates a small advantage. After the three managed to take a lot of them out thanks to the sudden surprise, some of the pirates began arming their cannons. "Sink their ship! Don't let them escape!" Two of the cannons hit the ship. One hit the right side, while the one on the left hit the main deck. The Coral Pearl was pretty strong, it could hold a lot of damage, Runa made sure of that, but if the ship kept taking head on damage it wouldn't last long. 

It didn't look too good for the Coral Pearl, even with most of the Kraken Skull Pirates were defeated. Well, most meaning the ones on the two ships. There was still a third ship on their side, along with various pirates amongst the city. This wasn't going to go so well for just three pirates.....

But suddenly, 

[This caught their attention]

[img] http://blog.speakupmovement.org/church/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/flare.jpg[/img]

The bright red flare made everyone stop, the sound echoed for all to hear and the explosion was larger than any normal one. It could be seen from most of the city. The source was off to the side of the castle where the shore was rocky and the waves were dangerous, where the captain was (though, of course, they didn't know she was there). "Team 1 and 3 go, go! Team 2 on foot!" Commands were shouted and the StarDusk pirates were forgotten. The ship farthest away from them and the one on the left set sail for the the source of the flare. The remaining pirates hopped off the ship with their weapons and ran to that side. The Coral Pearl was in too much damage to use the cannons to attack, or follow after the other ships.

- - - - -

"Soon enough, you'll be surrounded by pirates! Fool, did you really think you could go up against me!? I am a king! And I have an army. Your puny crew should have just joined us and spared yourselves." Fenn was standing on the edge of his ship yelling out to Runali. She was at the edge of the shore, trying to figure out a way to grab what he held over the edge: Princess Vivi. The small girl had a chain wrapped around her legs and arm to quicken how fast she sank to the bottom of the ocean. If she moved, the kid would fall- If the others showed up, the kid would fall. There wasn't much she could do that wouldn't prevent Fenn from tossing the princess overboard. And the longer she waited, the more dangerous everything was. 
[I]'Where are those guys... [/I] 

Runali had completely ignored his ranting at this point in order to figure out a plan. 

- - - - - -

When Ray entered the prison, he was met with nasty remarks in anger. They had full right to be, considering they were locked up in prison. And they had been there for quite some time. "I'm trying to get you guys out. I'm not one of them!" Persuasion wasn't working so well for the stubborn soldiers. 

"How can we trust you?!" 

"You're just a filthy pirate!" 

The pirate grimaced and sighed. There was no getting through to these people. And if he let them out, they'd probably kill him- or try to. And then he got an idea. Hurriedly, he looked around the prison, in search of one person in particular. And just as his mother stated, he couldn't miss him. That bright red hair stuck out like a sore thumb. "Hey! Kid! Your name's Arthur right?" This made the kid stand up and stare through the bars. "Is your name Arthur?" Ray repeated. He didn't get an answer fast enough so he continued. "You have a little sister named Starla and a mother named Lisset. Right?" 

This seemed to infuriate the young man. Arthur slammed against the bars of the prison. "You filth! What did you do to them!? I will kill you if you touched them!" Ray put his hand up for the boy to calm down. 

"Relax, I didn't do anything. They asked me to come and help. And my crew is out there. They need my help, and you guys need my help. This city is in danger and unless you want it to go in shambles, I suggest you all calm down and let me unlock the prisons." Of course, by then Ray was talking to the whole prison. It got silent and Arthur nodded. "Well we don't have all day." So, Ray began unlocking cell by cell...which would take awhile. So the soldiers crowded around in order to wait for the entire army. They did need a plan to retrieve their weapons and save the king and queen. Even though one part was in decent hands at the moment.