Flying With The Crows

Part 20- The Battle

Shanks Perspective

I cried. I cried that night Echo was taken. I was lying on my bed crying into the pillow I owned. I heard Yassop open the door.

I felt the stare, and he set a mug of beer on the nightstand that was next to my bed. I sat up, tears streaming from my eyes, and I drank. I drank like it was my last day on this planet.

After I drank, my eyes were still wet, but I stopped crying. What are they gonna do to Echo? My mind asked.

I set my mug down, and stared off. "Where could my daughter be?" I mumbled. I put my cape on and went outside. I just walked past everybody and sat on the front deck, drinking.

3 days later...

"Shanks! You have a message!"
I looked up, bags under my eyes. I haven't been able to sleep at all since Echo was taken. "Yes, Yassop?"

"It's a letter from Whitebeard!" I opened the letter and read it. My heart jumped when I finished. "YES! WHITEBEARD HAS MY DAUGHTER! SHE IS OK!" I cheered. We had a party that night, and I drank a lot.

I had gotten drunk. We partied all night.

Little does Shanks know... Echo is gone again.

Ace's perspective

We were sailing full speed. I was running around, getting weapons ready, when I saw Echo's weapon. It was a whip-blade. I picked it up and strapped it to my back. She will need to help us fight out of here.

We saw the ship had docked at an island ahead, and I saw three figures walk out of the ship. Two tall, around 6 foot, and a short figure in the middle, all chained up.
Damn- why do they need to chain her so much? Probably because they just saw her abilities.

We decided me and Whitebeard would go get her. We got off the ship and headed for the fort door. I'm around 6.1 feet tall, so I'm just slightly taller then his knee.

(Forgive me I just looked up how tall Whitebeard is to his Crewmen.)

As we walked, I felt a feeling of dread. I heard thrashing and commotion. I started to run, so did Whitebeard. I ran into the courtyard that led into the fort. I was met with the sight of a massive dragon. And I mean massive. The dragons head was the size of Whitebeard.

That must be Echo...

The marines had ropes and were trying to contain the massive beast. Her claws dug into the ground, which was made out of concrete.
The dragon was a jet black, with a red-orange- gradient of speckles under the wings.

The dragon reared its head and roared. I ran around the dragon. It saw me and started to thrash even more. The dragon swung around, ropes around its horns and neck. It's eyes were the color of fire.

I turned into fire and swept over the marines. I turned back and I saw I had set fire to some of their clothing. Whitebeard was also fighting, and was winning by the long run.

The dragon snapped the ropes and swung around to face the marines again. She blew fire. The fire was a bright blue that turned to yellow.

She hissed and swung her tail. She hit the marines and they went flying. I watched as the dragon turned into a massive serpent, around the same size as the dragon. More marines raced outside.

The serpent hissed and showed her fangs. Some of the marines recoiled as the serpent turned into a wyvern. I used this as a chance to go help Whitebeard. I ran and heard the fighting. I turned around and saw them throw ropes over her.

The dragon ears flicked back and roared. She flung her wings in the air and roared, showing them her fangs.

She snapped at them and flapped her wings, sending a powerful current over the marines. Most fell down, while the ones holding the ropes held on. They started to wrap ropes around her back legs. The wyvern changed to a new type of dragon. This one had a scorpion tail.

It stabbed one of the marines with her tail and flung him over her head. She had black beady eyes and a black tongue that flicked in and out.

Soon the rest of the crew had arrived. Marco turned into a Phoenix and was helping Echo. I felt the ground shake as I fought.

Pops must be using his devil fruit! I turned to face him and glowing cracks appeared. The air looked like it was broken, like how a mirror would look. I saw the dragon transform back. I tossed Echo her weapon and she caught it. She shot the whip at the wall, and it dug in like a grappling hook. The sword pulled her in and she flung herself off the wall. She grew bird wings and swung the whip blade at the marines.

I heard a gun fire. My heart jumped with fear. I turned around to see Echo, and I saw blood. Everything slowed down. She fell to the ground and a marine pinned her by the neck. I tried running over to help, but I was blocked off. I saw her point her middle finger up at him.

"HA! Cant take me down with a single bullet." I saw her kick him in the groin.

She got up, bleeding from all over. She had a nose bleed, multiple wounds in the head, legs, arms, everywhere.

She rose, and coughed up some blood. She immediately did a counter attack, flinging her whip across the marines that were charging at her.

She turned into a small black bird and flew over them. She turned back and hit multiple at the same time.

I looked over at Whitebeard. He was winning still. His bisento had a glowing orb around it. He slammed it to the ground and cracks formed int the ground. I saw Marco fighting. They had a very similar fighting style.
She had turned back into a dragon and was clawing the marines. One had grappled her horn and was holding on for life.

She thrashed her head. The battle was getting tougher. I started to run towards her. I turned into fire and flew up. I flew down back onto her head. and turned back and kicked the guy off her horn. I had an idea. "ECHO! ARE YOU FIRE PROOF?!" The dragon nodded. I then turned into fire and surrounded her body.

Now that marines were fight the strongest man in the world, a Phoenix, and a dragon that was on fire. The dragon roared and swung at the marines.

Blood splattered. The dragon collapsed and turned back into the teenage girl. She was bleeding everywhere. She coughed up some blood and tried to get up. I was still in my fire form and was in the process of turning back.

A marine ran towards her and pinned her to the ground by her neck. Echo just pointed her middle finger up at him.

"Fuck you." She then kicked him in the groin. I turned back and ran towards her.

She was in the process of getting back up again when a marine grabbed the back of her head. (Gore warning)

The marine smashed her head into the concrete, Echo was yelling out in pain. Everything slowed down again.

The marine kept smashing her head into the concrete, over and over again, blood splattered each time. I ran over and made a fire done over them, I ran inside and kicked the marine out. I picked up Echo and threw her over my shoulder.

She was limp.