"Ugh!"  The old marine in the chair mumbled.  "My head."  He winced after moving a bit and decided not doing so was the wiser decision.  Not that he had much choice in the matter as he was currently tied too tightly to move. 

"We're under attack, sir" Dylan said as he slowly crept out of his hiding space towards his superior.  "I'm not sure what their after, but they left awhile ago.  I'm not sure where they went."

"Bah."  The old marine mumbled.  "To attack a marine, we'll have their heads, we will, won't we, Dylan my boy?"

"Uhm."  Dylan looked around for a way out, but there was only the exit to the room the pirates left.

"Ah.  Never mind then."  The old man said, wincing as he did so.  The movement really did make his head hurt.  "I'll do it.  Just untie."

"Yes sir!"  Dylan said with a crisp salute.  

Freed, the old marine, who was actually quite large when you took his stooped posture into account took a moment to locate his walking stick, before motioning Dylan to move on ahead of him.  
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The entire ship shook from the explosions of the red woman's javelin attacks.  "What the hell's that!"  The marine captain snarled, bracing himself against the steering wheel.  "Are those bloody pirates trying to take the entire ship down.  Don't they understand that we're still tethered?  Are they suicidal as well as stupid?"
"Well."  Mark said as he looked down at his empty mug.  "They are pirates, and pirates aren't famous for being individuals who think things through before acting."
"Right sir" Tim, nodded and continued to look at his feet.
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"Damn pirates!"
"No respect for anything!"
"They think they can pick a fight with the marines and walk away?"
"They're crazy."
"They're, right above us actually.  Come on!"
"Wait, not through the.....  Oh.  Bloody hell.  The captain's going to have our asses for that."

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When they stopped, a few levels below deck, Abbygail made a point of keeping Musashi's hands on hers.  "Well, things are a lot better now, aren't they?"  She sighed.  "So before we were unknown, and now not only are we known, but we're going to be targeted with a vengeance."  The woman in purple took a moment to look around before shrugging and starting in a direction she hoped would lead them.  

"So here's the plan."  Abbygail said, pulling Musashi behind her.  "What we're going to do is........" 
She didn't get to finish.  One second everything, but for the panicking marines was perfectly normal, and the next, the floor beneath her exploded outwards and a large, grey man with glowing red eyes, rammed into her stomach, and forced her upwards, through all the floors that stood between them and the deck.  Bright, morning sunlight poured in.

"Damn it!"  A long spidery arm appeared by the hole, and then another.  The muscles tensed, and the long bodied figure of the long arm tribe appeared.  "I knew that dumb bastard was going to do it, again.  I just knew."  He stopped and turned his attention to the girls, a large smile appearing on his face.  "Well, none the less, at least he did find the intruders."  The marine licked his lips before pulling out the sword from his sheath.  

"That's great and everything."  A voice called from under the hole.  "But would you mind moving so I could come up.  I don't want your damn balls to bump against my head when I get up there, again."  

The long armed marine sighed and stepped aside so his partner, a short, stout man with wide eyes,and thick glaces slowly pulled himself up.  
  Once up he took a moment to look around before settling on the shapes of their foes.  He leaned forwards, but couldn't make much out. 
 "One second."  He raised a finger and then cleaned his glasses.  Once their were back on he looked and nodded.  "Ah.  Those are pirates alright!  Definitely not the sort we want on this ship, but without a doubt the kind we'll keep on board till we take them to their new cell homes!"

"Hey, are those them!"  A voice called from below the hole.
"Should we come up too?"
"Nah.  We've got these, but there's still a couple more on the ship.  Go and find them or the captain will have our asses for these holes not being justified."
"Aye-aye."



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The young marines weren't much of a match for Rainer.  However, he didn't have much time to rest before an old man's voice rang out across the deck.  "You damn youngin.  No respect for your elders!"  The old man appeared, and slowly started making his way towards the fishman.  

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"Hey!"  The marine with the gun to his head, raised his arms in surrender.  "Now.  Let's not doing anything stupid.  We're on a marine ship.  Why not just turn yourself in and accept life in prison instead of a messy end on here?"