Avast Maties!
7/20/1947, Honolulu, O’ahu
The two of them had been driving the truck now and as they had done so, the two of them were whistling a chanty that they had heard coming from the people that were there before the two of them had seen that there was a person that had been approaching them now, making the two pause as they saw that it was her little brother who had been cracking his neck, appearing to have a wound.
“We have a problem, Kailani.” Kekoa told the pair and hearing that, both of them got worried by that as they started to move now and as they started to think on what it could be as The Atlanteans saw that the door had been broken and there were bastards there, all of them covered in ink and looking like they wanted a fight as the one man in white had looked towards them.
“Ah, more saltblood.” the man in white said, sounding almost like he was from England before he looked at one of the men that was on the ground before he grabbed his throat, his skin starting to turn red while the man he held started to look more exhausted and weaker before he turned towards the pair, “I wonder if you will be as delicious as them.” he said and hearing that, both were enraged.
“Imperius Rex!” He shouted, running towards them now, the inked men seeming to change, one of them having glowing hands, another starting to grow and a third having the teeth of a viper before The Atlantean had grabbed the bigger one, meanwhile Kailani had grabbed the snake tooth by the fangs and threw him into the glowing hands one right now.
As the man in white had looked towards them, interested as she had beaten glowing hands with snake teeth before Namor had thrown giant out of the door now, destroying it as Kailani had glared and charged towards the man in white who had simply looked bored, going and raising his hand to catch her fist, the moment that he had done so, the woman started to get weaker now.
He went and started to look towards them before he began to get surprised, smiling now and looking like he felt something euphoric now, smiling at the taste, “What are you?” he asked now, leaning forward, “You’re… you’re delicious.” he told the woman as Namor had went to attack as well, which made the man in white grabbed and Namor started to feel weak as well now.
“Ah… you’re BOTH this delicious? Incredible.” he said with a grin before the man had a spear thrown at him, one that made him let go of the two and grab the spear, “Eh, I’m full anyways.” he said with a manic grin now as he twirled the spear before he went and thrown it back towards the brother of Kailani, seeing that, Namor had tried to use his strength now to grab a pistol that one of the men had brought.
He aimed and then fired towards the man, lodging a few bullets in, it didn’t seem to stop him, instead, it seemed to just distract him as Kekoa had went and charged, tackling the man as he went and started to lace his fingers to ram into his spine before he went to absorb everything that he could, his skin becoming more and more red like it was blood now before he seemed to fall, nearly dead.
That made the two Atlanteans enraged now as the man in white had looked towards them both, “Goth would enjoy having one of you, but three?” he said, sounding excited now, “This should keep him from feeding off of me.” he said and hearing that, the three of them looked towards him, in pain and confused before the man took a billy club and went to knock all three of them out now.
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7/20/1947, The Sand Dollar, Honolulu
Nammu had walked up to the bar, it had been a while since she had seen her friend and was ready to take pictures not just for The Peterson’s but also for The McKenzie’s who wanted to make a little collage and as she walked, the woman had seen that there was police tape there as well as some police officers, “What’s going on?” Nammu had asked them, making a bartender there look.
“There was a disturbance, some group had attacked them now and it seems that the proprietress, her brother and her employee, Namor, have appeared to vanish.” he said now and hearing that, the woman got worried, “Is there any sort of clue or–?” “The man in white, he seemed to hire some Maori men as muscle, but I heard them call him Sanguine, and how he was going to Madripoor.” he told the woman.
Hearing that, Nammu had nodded, “Thank you for letting me know this.” she said with what looked like a smile as the woman had went and started to walk now before she saw the saltwater and gotten angry as she started to think on how she was going to find everything that was about this Sanguine and hopefully she would be able to get the three of them out of whatever danger they were in.
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7/21/1947, The Flesh Market, Hightown
The three of them had awoken and saw that they were in some sort of market, it was underground, there were large cages that were inside of there and as Namor saw how there was a large supply of people who had looked scared and in pain now, the blue people that were around there made him look to the unconscious Kailani and Kekoa, “Kailani, Kekoa, wake up.” he ordered of them, shaking the two awake.
Kailani was the first to snap awake, grabbing at his wrist with a glare now and as he looked towards her, “We’re in a cage.” he told her and hearing that, the woman looked to her brother, “Who the Hell was that?” Kailani had asked and hearing that, the Prince shook his head as one of the blue people there had went to approach them now, “Ah, The Changelings are awake.” he said to the others.
That confused the trio as they saw that there was a large man who appeared to be a living wall of flesh, “Truly, Tullamore Voge?” he had asked, his eyes betraying a hunger that seemed to make Namor think they were food to the man as the newly dubbed Tullamore Voge had nodded towards him, “Yes, ½ Atlantean and ½ Changeling, we were able to determine this thanks to Dafydd ap Andras.” he explained.
That made the three of them worried now, ready to fight against the bastards, “This is a Namor, they’re pretty common, but compared to the stock we have here, you can buy a small country with the right buyer.” he said before looking towards the others, “A Kailani is rare but this one?” Tullamore had said, looking towards Kekoa, “One of a kind, I bet we can sell him to Namora of Earth–2189.” he said.
That made Kailani and Namor both get up, glaring towards him before Goth spoke, “Sanguine wants to keep one, we’ll take the Namor.” Goth said and hearing that, Tullamore nodded, “Of course, of course, let me have one of my associates separate them.” he ordered before snapping his fingers, “Bess!” he shouted towards them now, making a woman in some sort of white armor and red face markings look at them.
“Take this Kekoa to the Earth–2189 market, The Kailani you can show to the high rollers, Mr. Goth and his associates will be keeping The Namor.” he told the woman who looked towards them, “Really? We’re passing up on a set?” she asked and hearing that, Tullamore had paused now, “A set?” he asked, making Goth glare while The hybrids had looked towards the woman in confusion.
“Yeah, we can sell them for more if we bundle them up–” “Do you let your help speak for you?” Gotham asked with a snarl, making Tullamore looked towards him, “I do when they say something intelligent.” he said to him now and hearing that, the group had looked towards the woman who had done a strange hand gesture, middle and ring finger close in, the sign making them confused by that.
The woman had given a smirk towards them before she spoke, “How about we just keep them together? Make people want to buy them and if no one takes the bait, THEN we sell them individually?” she asked and hearing that, Goth glared, going to grab at her now but before he could a big man in gold armoire with veiny red skin glared towards them, “Oi! My crew is off limits!” he snapped.
That made the man glare but lowered his hand as the one that was called Bess had went and bowed deeply, making Goth want to do something before he muttered, “Sabretooth and Wolverine’s niece no doubt.” he snipped, making Namor look towards them now, “Wait, Wolverine? Sabretooth?” he asked, starting to get up before the gold man had went to stab him with a cattle prod.
“You’re staying down on the ground like the dog you are.” he snarled and hearing that, the woman raised an eyebrow, “Really? Dog?” she asked, making Killian just roll his eyes now before he went to go and walk away now and as he had done so, the Atlanteans had all looked towards each other, whoever this Bess was, she at least was on their side for the moment.
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7/21/1947, The Princess Bar, Lowtown
Nammu and Dorma with Argos had been walking through the area now, “How exactly are we supposed to be find three missing Atlantean Hybrids here in Madripoor?” he asked and hearing that, Dorma had given a look, “Luckily, we have a friend in The Princess Bar.” Dorma said and hearing that, the two of them were curious as she had went and pulled out a sign before she went and walked towards a bar.
“The Princess Bar?” Nammu asked and hearing that, she smirked as a man was thrown out of the window, “IYAN ANG NAKUHA MO SA PAGSUBOK NA BIGAY NG VODKA ANG ANAK KO!(THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER VODKA!)” A very angry sounding man had said as he walked out to kick him in the face before seeing them.
“You here to drink?” he asked of them and hearing that, Dorma approached, “Are you Smiles Creed?” she asked and hearing that, he gave a smirk, “Haven’t heard that since WWII…” he said and hearing that, Nammu spoke, “Namor told us, he and two others had been kidnapped.” he said and hearing that, the man had sighed, “Come in.” he ordered of them, making the trio go and walk now.
They had seen a rowdy bar and sitting on top of the countertop was none other than a baby who had been giggling, seeing her smiling towards Smiles who had went to pick her up, “Tandaan, walang Vodka hanggang sa iyong unang pagpatay.(Remember, no Vodka until your first kill.)” that made the little girl giggle towards him as a heavily tattooed Japanese woman went to take her now.
Seeing them leave with a smile, he then went to turn towards the group losing the smile and then glaring, “What the Hell do you want? This isn’t saltwater.” he snapped to them and hearing that, the group looked towards each other before the three of them had walked, at least before they saw that there was an empty room, “Follow me, please.” he requested, making the trio curious now.
They went and entered the room now and as they had went to a private room, “Someone by the name of Sanguine had stolen Namor and two others, he was supposed to be here and–” “You need Bloodscream, him and Sanguine are close.” he told them and hearing that, Argos spoke, “Where can we find this… Bloodscream?” he asked and hearing that, Smiles smiled, “Right this way.”
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7/21/1947, Hightown, Madripoor
“And there he is.” the Mutant said with a mock bow, looking towards the sight of Bloodscream and his associate, a giant of a man by the name of Roughhouse, both of them had been laughing and drinking with each other before Smiles whistled sharply, “Hey! You with the teeth!” he shouted, making Bloodscream look at them before smiling, “Smiles!” he shouted with a grin.
The Atlanteans had looked towards him now, confused and worried as he spoke, “What do you want, you parasite?” he asked with a grin, making Smiles grin wider, “Sanguine had some products for me, Goth has them so…” “Don’t say another word, that bastard always likes to keep his customers sweating!” he said with a grin before going to get a piece of paper and a pen.
As he did, the Atlanteans noticed so there were people with burn marks on their skin, some of them looked like they had been drained of something, making all but Smiles concerned, “Keep calm, just keep calm.” he whispered to them as the man returned, “Tell the idiot to give him what you earned.” he said and hearing that, the man smiled back as they went and prepared for what was to come next.
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7/21/1947, The Flesh Market, Hightown
The three of them had been getting stronger to a degree, looking towards them all now before they saw that more of those blue people had been walking around, looking towards them now before one of them had whistled, “Namor!” he shouted, making the Prince about to speak when they saw it was another version of him, this one in some sort of black bodysuit with long hair, looking defeated.
“What do you think? Should I get this younger one to replace you?” he asked, making the Namor look towards him, the prince shocked that there was another him there, it terrified him that he would look so tired, so old and defeated, “If that is what you desire… master.” this Namor said, hearing that, the man smirked, “No… I’m not a young man anymore, I don’t think breaking in another one would be worth it.” he said.
As he walked away, the woman, Bess as she had been called, walked towards them, kneeling down as she smirked, “Gods, I want to fight one of you…” she said before taking a deep breath, “My father would kill to tear this place apart… but then I wouldn’t have MY adventures.” She said to them and hearing that, Kailani spoke, “If you and your team help us, we will make sure our kingdoms won’t tear this place apart.”
Hearing that, the platinum blonde had raised an eyebrow towards the three, “And how would the Crimson Pirates find a way to stay out of such destruction?” she asked, playing with the tip of her blade before Namor spoke, “We only need an opening, and you only need to be indisposed.” he told the woman and hearing that, she went to drop her bandana off and tossed it, “Lucky for you, we need to go somewhere.
That confused them before she turned and shouted, “Oi! Killian! We’ve got a Sparrow in The Crows Nest!” she shouted and hearing that, the man in the gold armor had looked towards her and then at the Atlanteans with the bandana, “You heard her! Next job everyone!” he shouted and hearing that, the woman turned towards them, “If you ever meet a Dog Logan, tell him Elizabeth says hi.” she told them.
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Victor had whistled for them to keep moving now, all of them quiet as they heard a shout and watched as what was most likely the security there as they saw that there was a large man who had looked like a slab of a wall had been made into flesh now, arguing towards them all now and watching, they saw that Namor was there, but he was also in a cage with both Kailani and her brother, “What the Hell?” Dorma said.
“The Flesh Market is one of the most disturbing places you can find, it can’t be broken apart, we just need to get whoever we can out of there.” he said and hearing that, they didn’t like that but nodded towards his statement as the group moved in, cautious as they saw that the man known as Sanguine in clean white leather armor talking with a slab of meat and a blue woman in purple.
“We need to avoid those three.” Dorma told them and hearing that, the group had looked towards them and nodded, being as cautious as possible right now as The Atlantans saw that the cage where the Atlanteans were held at the edge of this prison, good for them, as the group went to move as cautiously and quietly as possible until the group saw that the other Namor had been looking straight at them.
“Namor! What The Hell are you–?!” The Blue man that seemed to have controlled him went and spoke before Nammu and Dorma had both hit him hard on the sides of his head, making him unsteady while Argos took the key and gave the item to the Namor who had taken it, he went and unlocked the collar he had on, surprising him now as he looked at his collar which fell down on the ground now.
“Imperius Rex.”Argos said with the others saluting him, seeing that, Namor had given a smile, “Imperius Rex.” he told them, looking to the man on the ground before getting to work now, the four of them had walked off nwo to go and get started on rescuing their friend now, as they had rushed to the cage, the three of them had sat, thinking on how they would escape, “Namor?” Kailani said to him.
“I just want you to know… I know, and I am sorry I blamed you, and if I ever see Byrrah, I’ll kill him.” She threatened, but none of them cared about that as the trio saw Argos, Dorma and Nammu there now with a key and smiles, “You ready to get out of here?” Dorma asked, making the three of them get up now, “What about the others–?” “That’s what we have Victor for.” Argos said.
Hearing that confused the group when they heard the sounds of explosions, making the Atlanteans all flinch as the cages had been destroyed and the portals that had been taking and giving captives all started to power up, “FREEDOM!” was shouted by none other than Victor with a grin, holding one of the blue men in his claws now as the prisoners had started to shout and attack anyone they could.
He tossed the man into the angry mob before he went and leaped into the mass, going on all fours when the slab of meat had fired a blast of energy towards him now, corpses around him as The Atlanteans had looked towards him, “Smiles!” Namor shouted towards the man who had been barely hit but looked like he was almost dying now, “Tha– That was fun!” he said.
Smiles had went to grab at another victim when the Namor that wasn’t their Namor had grabbed at him, “IMPERIUS REX!” He shouted towards them now before he went and started to push him towards the portal now while the ones called Sanguine and the blue woman who went to attack him, “GO!” The other Namor had shouted towards them, making the Atlanteans start to back away now.
“Come on, let’s get the Hell out of here.” Victor said, still recovering from his wounds now, the three of them agreeing with this now as they had moved away now, trying to move as fast as they could now, “We can’t let whatever that was continue.” Dorma said and hearing that, the others could agree with that, “We need to send a army or something to–” Agreed.” Nammu told her.
All of them in agreement with that as Victor had went to take a breather, feeling a bit weaker than he should as the group started to reach the carved steps, “If you’re planning something, let me know, I wanna make that bastard pay.” he snapped towards them and hearing that, the Atlanteans were glad they knew someone with his personality and his temper ready to help them.
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7/22/1947, The Sand Dollar, Honolulu
The group had found themselves at the Sand Dollar now, looking towards everything that was there now, everything destroyed and being replaced by the rest of the staff, “E! E ʻae mai iaʻu e kōkua iā ʻoe me kēlā!(Hey! Let me help you with that!)” Kekoa told them now, going to assist them while Kailani took a deep breath now as she went to go and sit down on a chair.
It had been a old thing that looked worn and repaired with care, on it were the three names of her brothers as she looked at it all, “Namor… I can talk to Thakorr–” “Don’t.” he told her, “I know you’re just looking for a chance to kill Byrrah, and I don't want him to burn down everything you’ve built.” he said and hearing that, the woman sighed but then looked back towards everything there.
“How about we go ahead and just agree, Fuck Byrrah?” The woman had asked towards him, making Namor smirk as he went to collect a glass of his own, “Fuck Byrrah.” he said in agreement, the two of them both clinking their glasses now in agreement, their relationship had started to repair now and that made the two glad now, hopefully they would at least survive it all soon.