Below the newly destroyed restaurant where Kev was in combat with the woman called "Shambles", Sneeze was recovering from the landing in the kitchen basement.
"ughh..." He gets up groggily, having been tossed through the floor. As he rises off the ground, he hears footsteps rushing down the stairs, forcing him to stand ready for combat. The owner of these steps reveals themselves. It's a boy, no older than Sneeze himself, wielding a black sword with a green design running down the side. He's wearing a yellow vest with brown eyes. Sneeze recognizes the boy as the waiter from earlier.
"If this is about the check, I promise we would have been good for it eventually." Sneeze said, pulling out his daggers from their sheaths.
"Your type is pretty easy to recognize, you know. I wish it would be a bit more challenging to notice you."
"So you're after pirates?" Sneeze responded to the boy.
"I only want to make sure me and my sister are safe... and if that means cutting you down, so be it." The boy said, raising his elegant sword up to his nose.
"And how does that make sense in your world? Surely you didn't think we were going to loot the place?"
The boy shook his head. "I like to see the good in everyone, but pirates are what makes the bill for my boss. Sorry if you like your head." He lunged forward, swinging his sword aimed at Sneezes neck. Ducking swiftly, Sneeze made a swift attack of his own. They clashed steel multiple times, causing sparks to fly. The boy swept his sword from below, this time with a green wind following behind. Sneeze quickly blocks it but he is sent flying into a crate in the back of the room.
"Your boss, huh? I find it hard to believe that some head chef craves the heads of pirates." Sneeze grunts as he gets out of the wooden rubble.
"Think higher up. My boss isn't just the owner of the Dedd Family business, he's the President of Ocenae. President Dedd. He only wants the heads of your kind because it's part of the deal he made with the World Government in order to keep this land."
"You don't seem like the biggest fan of your boss."
"Tsk. Why should I be? He killed my father, after all. All because he wouldn't tell him where my mother escaped to. When me and my sister turn in enough pirates like you, we're going to leave Ocenae to find her. I'm sure she's become a great warrior."
Sneeze grinned. "What's your name, waiter?"
"My name is Litz, the blade of Ocenae."
"Well, Litz. That's a great sob story, but I'm not going to let you off with my head just like that."
"I would be dissapointed if you did."
Just before they could clash again, the woman known as Shambles rushed downstairs. "Come on, first commander put the tall one out, let's get this one and turn in."
"They got Kev?" Sneeze thought to himself. Knowing he wasn't getting out with both exits blocked, he put his hands up and allowed himself to be taken with the two siblings. They took him upstairs, to see a massively obese man carrying Kev on his shoulder, bound by rope. "Sneeze, my boy!" Kev shouted. "Looks like this guy packs some tricks up his sleeve...like being able to walk, somehow. Glad to see you're okay though!" He got smacked on the back of his head for speaking out of line.
The 2 siblings and the insanely fat commander walked Kev and Sneeze up to a large mansion at the end of the road, towering over the rest of the city. As they were walked inside, it was clear that there was an abundance of wealth in this family. They entered a room with a large double door on the highest floor. Inside was a warrior dressed in thick animal hide, and a shadowed figure, who's voice came forth. "Welcome back." A fancy man wearing a white suit and dress pants was revealed as they got closer. "You must be the sons of the devil himself that wrecked my family restaurant."
Kev laughed. "And you must be the son of a BITCH that served me dry Chicken Alfredo!"
"What he means, is that you must be the esteemed president Dedd." Sneeze added reasonably.
"Yes, that is my name. And it looks like you've already met some of my family. Go ahead, leave them at my feet." He beckoned to the obese commander, doing as commanded. "You know, many don't make it this far, and I'm not usually brought pirates that are still moving. I'd like to destroy you both myself, the way you destroyed something of mine. He got up, hastily reaching out a hand infront of him. Kev was flung from thin air where he kneeled, his throat being caught in the hand of his enemy. Sneeze watched hopelessly as Kev was struggling, wondering if there was anything to do.
"Just hold on one second. We need to talk payment, before you forget again, boss." Shambles grumpily shouted across the room. "We need to know just how many more of these jobs we need to take before we can leave. These are some powerful pirates, after all." President Dedd stopped gripping for a moment, with a stern face. "I told you already, just a few more heads."
"That's what you said last time, and even the time before. We want to be on the same page here, before you brush us off."
The head of the Dedd family himself was fuming, already mad from the earlier incident. "Every damn time, you ask me this. You wanna be on the same page, do you? Guess what. You're not going to be "free". Why would you think I could ever set loose my two most useful associates. You and your brother are going to work under me until you die, because you're both just a couple of worms, no better than your pathetic father, who couldn't save his own life. Besides, there is nothing waiting for you outside of this country, and there NEVER WILL BE!!"
The silence that filled the room could be tasted. Sneeze watched in shock as the expressions from the siblings turned from demand, to absolute shock. Before he could turn his head back, Litz had already sprung forward like a bullet, leaving a whisp of green wind where he stood. By the time Dedd had noticed what happened, it was too late. His left eyeball was out of his head, and that entire side of his head left a long scar behind. Dedd screeched with a howl of terror, dropping Kev in the process.
"You never speak about my father like that again." Litz muttered with a hint of silent rage.
The two warriors leaped into action as Dedd sat on one knee in the center of the room. The animal hide warrior tackled Litz, sending them both crashing through the window. The massive one went to grab Shambles, who saw this coming and blasted an extremely bright bolt of lightning through her polearm, chasing after where he landed. "You don't touch me, fatass!" This left Kev and Sneeze alone in the room with President Dedd, who were both free from their bindings by now.
"It's time you get put into your place, I think." Sneeze said, helping Kev off the ground.
Dedd rose from the floor, somehow he had halted the bleeding from his eye. "I'm going to show you pain beyond your wildest understanding." He said boldly, starting to glow red from his own skin.
"Whatever you say, lil bro."
