The young man ducked as Sonus flew over his head in an impressive vertical leap. He looked up the stairs after him, then turned to survey the hold. Strangely, he cracked a grin at the key bearers. 

"Y'know, I was thinking about letting you guys out, and now no one can blame me for it."

"Are you just trying to avoid getting thrown off when we take over the ship?" Faira asked as she strode past him to look up the stairs. 

Sonus had taken a swing at a fat man with a metal arm and leg. A scimitar had flipped out of his arm to replace his hand, and he used it to block Sonus's keyblade and push him back down the stairs a step or two. 

"Cargo's escaped!" He shouted over his shoulder, as he swung his bladed arm at Sonus again. He turned his attention back into the stairwell and called down it, "Boy! I'll have you… oof!" 

 Faira had run up the stairs and aimed a jab with her key blade into his gut. He nearly fell backwards, but recovered on his mechanical leg. Other pirates, less human than him, we're gathering around the hatch to the stairs. 

"You have the [i]best[/i] plans," she growled at Sonus, grabbing him by the arm and retreating a few steps. 

A thickset creature with a face on his belly and a small, tentacled being on his head followed them down, blocking the way up as his mates piled around behind him.