(Remaster) The Ship of the Tempest

Devil of the Atlantic

Archnemesis

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"SHE'S ON YOUR LEFT!!"

"WHAT?! WHE-AAAHHHH!!"

Another scream of a girl rang out as Z73's hand tore into her chest, ripping the Wisdom cube that powers their life straight out. This time, Gloucester was the poor victim, the light in her eyes fading as she sunk into the waters.

The once organized group fell into chaos as Z73 did what she did best: create disorder, sneak into the dark, and assassinate. Guns and weapons were firing every which way, all in attempt to land a stray hit on her.

What they failed to understand was that she wouldn't allow herself in the line of fire anyways. In a storm, waves can reach dozens of meters high, enough water to severely slow a shell, and more than enough space for a black paint Destroyer to hide between each rising squall.

Wales was the only one not firing, too filled with horror to even bother with fighting back against their opponent. She was given Icarus' body, tasked with making sure her body, and thus her Wisdom cube, didn't sink to the ocean depths where she would be permanently lost.

Hood stood at edge, rallying them however she could. "Don't panic! If we fall apart here, we'll be picked off one by one! Stick together!"

Her shouts went mostly unheard as they still blindly fired into the storm. Red eyes and long trails of crimson occasionally came to view, making them fire on those spots, always missing their intended target.

"GOD SAVE US!!"

Someone else, Fiji, was absolutely panicked, firing like she was surrounded by Sirens and being overrun. From the dark, she saw a figure staring her down, and she screamed as she fired right at it.

The light of her shell passed by Z73, briefly illuminating her and showing she fluidly dodged the shot, dashing straight for her. Fiji screamed once more, firing again and again as Z73 ducked and dodged every shot until she was right on top of her.

"Fiji! Get out of there!"

Oh she tried, turning around to try and get back at full speed. Her hair was caught by something, making her yelp in pain as the others watched Z73's rigging bite down on her hair, yanking her closer before opening its jaws again.

"FIJI!!"

BOOM!!

The cannon inside the shark's mouth fired, Fiji's head blowing up into meaty chunks as her body dropped like a doll cut from it's strings. Z73 kicked her corpse straight at them, dipping into the darkness once again.

Their numbers were thinning out, one by one as the girls were slaughtered like lambs from this hunter of theirs. Most were killed by Cube extraction, but some were less fortunate.

Eagle was the most notable one, her eyes darting to and fro as her guard tried it's best to keep her from getting dropped on. This definitely helped, as she spun around at a sudden noise she heard and spotted Z73 already approaching her.

With her rigging's many sharpened edges, she slashed at the girl with those to keep her back. Surprisingly, it did work, and Z73 moved back for but a moment.

"Hah! You afraid of these?!" She pressed the chance, aiming to skewer Z73. "I'll make sure you suffer for what you did to them!"

The blades grew closer to her face, but the eyes of the Destroyer were still full of mirth seeing how little Eagle planned ahead for an attack. "Always plan an exit Eagle..."

"W-What?"

Z73 said nothing and ducked, the Rigging sailing overhead and leaving Eagle herself vulnerable. She spared no time, springing up and clocking her in the jaw.