"Well, at least you guys made it out fine, but it sucks that the boat is gone." Litz spoke as Rain and Sneeze finished telling him what happened on the beach only minutes ago. He was the first to arrive on scene after what happened earlier.
"And it's a good thing you captured the culprit, too." He added. Typhon laid on the ground at their feet, unconscious and tied up. "When Shambles and Kev get back, we'll decide what to do with him."
"Sounds good." Rain spoke. Both of the two boys caught in the fight were still winded after what happened, but they were mostly fine. "By the way, I recognize him from the Marines database. He mentioned his name, confirming my hypothesis. This is the Captain of his own crew, Typhon. He uses the morph-morph fruit, and it lets him change the atoms of most solid objects at his will. He has great mastery over it, and a bounty of 50 million berries."
A woman's voice perched up from behind them. "You said HOW many berries?" The three boys turned their attention down the beach, to see Shambles proudly strutting with designer shopping bags along her arms, a new pair of sunglasses, and a haircut purchased with the treasures she "earned" at the last island. "You better believe we're gonna turn this human paycheck in at the next opportunity!" She added giddily.
Litz pointed his finger up. "But how are we going to do that when we're pirates ourselves? Wouldn't they just turn around and arrest us after taking our bounty?"
"Not exactly!" Shambles noted. "We don't have bounties of our own yet, so we likely aren't recognized as pirates by the Marines."
"I do." Rain pointed out, as he sat cross-legged in the sand. "I had some history back in rivers crossing, so they put one on me. 10 million, if I remember."
"Okay, so as long as they don't see eyeshadow here when we turn him in, we're golden!" Shambles rubbed her hands together, with almost visible dollar signs in her pupils.
"Just one more thing in the way of your get-rich scheme." Sneeze grunted. "This is an independent country, so there are no world government stations. Besides, we're out of luck when it comes to the ship category."
Before they could continue their conversation, another figure appeared along the beach, walking towards them. It was their waiter from last night.
"Hey, look, it's Freddy, from yesterday!" Sneeze pointed out.
"I think it was Fishy." Litz corrected.
Fishy cleared his throat, then spoke up. "Hey guys, I don't mean to interrupt, but I had a conversation with your Captain, and, well... to put it straight forward... I'm the newest member of your pirate crew!" He exclaimed nervously, unsure of what the group would react like. They stared in silence for a moment until Litz broke it.
"Welcome Fishy! We're all so happy to get to sail with you! Once we have something to sail on, at least."
"Speaking of sailing, look at what dragged into port." Rain muttered. For the third time, the group of pirates turned to the far reaches of the beach, to see an absolute spectacle. Or, a silhouette of one, as the rising sun was positioned behind it. It was clearly a ship, one of massive proportions with 3 masts and multiple stories. It appeared as if it was sailing around the island, instead of arriving from a different location. As it neared closer and closer, they noticed a figure at the very front, waving at the group with both arms.
"Is that..." Sneeze mumbled.
"It's Kev!" Litz answered, as the group stood up in tandem to notice that their handsome and admirably humble friend was signaling to them on the island.
"HEEEEEYYYYY, GUYYYYSSS!!!!!" Kev shouted, laughing like a maniac as the boat continued along the shore, until landing on the sand bank close by. "Look what I brought!!"
