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And a stretch she would be willing to take. She glanced to the stairs that she couldn't quite be seen behind the office where the tubes were held that carried messages, but the more she listened it appeared that the tube would be of no use. Not only that but the idea of sending a message itself may not work considering that she wasn't solid on if Rro had been captured or not. "We might not have anyone below or above that we can get it to.. There was a man with me, Rro Rogers, before I got caught. I don't know if he's down here as well. It's not likely. So," her voice died as she gave it more thought before she spoke up again, "we will try your plan, but if it doesn't work then I'll be the one delivering the letter and I'll do what I can with Org3. If Rro isn't down there then we'd still be on different floors and we can start the riots.. I may even start some on the way down.." Iveth sounded to be very sure of herself, not even mentioning the probability of death and hopefully she would be leaving with Org3 in her possession.

Finally, she looked back to the boy with an expectant look, "Don't leave it all up to me. You're going to have to take risks too if you want to get out of here with me."

"Fine, in four days up cause a scene," York said, "but it will have to be over the top if you want Ogr3 to take you... You will be beaten and dragged deeper into hell, but if your Rogers guy on the inside is a strong ally then he can save you from Ogr3 before you reach hell's bottom floor." Rams got back to work, it wasn't a difficult task shoveling coal but it was tireless, and the heat was not forgiving. His plan would be a simple one, between Ogr3 coming and heading back down he would have about three days to cut communications with the higher up levels of Atlantis 9. "I can probably get engineer crews down here while your starting you riots on the lower levels. By the time you get up here I'll have started enough chaos for us to escape upward." Iveth and Rro, if he was down there, would need to get the keys from Ogr3 if they did plan on getting even back to hell level four.

The next few days consisted of planning and scheming, no one wanted to be taken by Ogr3. After such a long time in Atlantis 9 no one had any family or friends on the outside that they could even remember. But it would be risky either way, but this time Iveth was gambling her life on a man whom she for one didn't trust, but who may not even be down there. For all she knew, Hiro, Ortho, and Griffon could also be down there too. This plan could be easily fixed however if they were not down there, steal the keys somehow and run. They needed Ogr3's keys anyway, but no one had any idea what it looked like on the bottom level of hell. No one had every made it to level nine and lived to tell about it, so this missions survival rate was nearly at zero percent. At the same time no one Rams had ever heard of had survived a dinosaur either so he supposed that maybe she might just succeed.

On the outside of the prison Thatch was doing some scheming of his own, "Prince!" He called his first mate to him, being a wolf man, his mate was known as prnce of the beast's on his ship. "Prince, I'm going to ask a task of you." Black Beards smokey resolve teleported closer to his lesser, "I ask of one task... join Rro's crew." The rumors had indeed been going around that Rro was in Atlantis 9 with a crew mate or two of his. This meant he was gone for good, but just to make sure Edward wanted Prince to find a way to join Rogers ship. Make sure these rumors were true and that he wasn't planning some great escape. "If they do plan on rescuing Rogers gain their trust anyway. Then during the War everyone keeps talking about I will have an agent of mine on the inside to betray them. What do you say?" Thatch knew what his soldier of the sea would say, it was the only thing Prince could say. Yes...

Sweat coated the deck, they were sailing over their first patch of boiling Sea. This was parts of the ocean that heated up so much because of the volcanic activity under water that the water literally boiled. Icias wiped his furry brow as he looked over the sea from the top deck, his old work associates where glad he was aboard but he refused to give any orders. This was not his ship, it belonged to his oldest and truest friend and it would be an insult to Rogers if Icias were to take back the men he had given his old friend. These men wanted adventure, where as Icias wanted to settle down and retire, but if one last journey to bust Rro out of Atlantis 9 was what needed to be done before that could happen so be it. "So Hiro," the Polar Bearon started, "what is your plan, sail for Sick Boy Bay as Rro initially intended or are we sailing for Atlantis 9?"

The boy let out a quick sigh, but then took on a stern look. He had to trust his master. He wouldn't have given him an order to leave him behind if he didn't have a plan. He would get out, and if it wasn't out by the time they returned for him, well, Hiro would change that.

"We go to Sick Boy Bay!" He ordered. "We go now, then find Athens! Tell him about war with Brackbeard!"

He edged over to Griffon, speaking softly. "I sound good?"

"of course, Captain. When do I leave" He said as he jumped up ont to the railing

Ortho was not prepared for a long fight. Ortho was a doctor, and not a fighter. Ortho did use to have a cool double-handed sword from his birthplace, but he was forced to give it up by a couple of humans who insisted he needed to pay import taxes, and the sword was the only thing he couldn't afford to keep.

"So... who is this Athen's person?" Ortho asked aloud. "Did Skyra ever get to meet Athens in person?"

{{I think I'm replying with them below decks now too. If that's not alright let me know and I'll edit!))

Griffon could be found below decks, having recently gone down there. "I'm sure you did swell!" He said in a chipper town, a stark contrast to the way he was ferociously sharpening his sword. "As long as we find Athens and save Rro we should be fine." Should the good doctor be there he would also answer his question, telling him about their meeting with Athens and how the pirate lord had saved their lives when they were over run with zombies, and Skyra did indeed meet the man.

With the sea boiling bellow the Sky Rah, the Pirates and ship writes began to steer the ship straight for the Sick Boy Bay. But from a half mile back cannon fire could be heard! It was what was left of the Singing Pirate Crew, no captain or first mate, no navigator or lookout. Only a chief and a few other swashbucklers were left, hardly getting themselves this far the were seeking revenge! Having no one else to blame for their captain and crew mates arrest, they chose the crew of the Sky Rah. Anyone who fell over board would be boiled alive within the first minute or two, this fight may turn deadly... "Vice Captain," Icias called to Hiro, "what should we do? Keep on route until we reach Sick Boy Bay, or counter attack now!?!?!"

Unknown to Icias and the rest of the crew, someone else was aboard the Singing Pirates ship. Black Beard's first mate may not have been very well known amoung the lesser breeds of pirates, and after bring stranded at sea for a bit Icias's memory was quite fuzzy as well on the details of the lad, but Henry the Great, Prince of the Beasts, was about to "show his strength". It wasn't to long before the other ship began to gain on Hiro's crew, "What the hell is going on on that ship?" Smoke began to rise and pirates were screaming for help as they were torn apart, some were thrown over board into the boiling hot sea and the Singing Pirate's Ship began to sing. Who had done this?

Henry blew a gunpowder keg up while he was still on bored. He jump up through the decks of the sinking boat, any second now another keg will explode, anf right on que, it did. The ship was sinking fast now and if he wasnt fast enough he will be a hot dog. Henry reached the top deck of the rappiddly sinking ship. The main mast snapped at that minute towards another ship. the ship that Black told him to infiltrate. Henry jumped up on to the mast, another explosion as another, but smaller keg blew. He grin as his plan was almost complete. He ran along the mast towards the other ship. Henry jumped as the last keg blew and split the ship in half. He landed safely on the other ship. He looked back at the fast sinking ship and the crews dead bodies. He let a grin show up on his face.

Hiro broke out in a sweat. "I do not know Athens," Hiro admited. "I did not fight in that battle. What does he roo--look like? What do I tell him when I see him?"

((That's all I got... Hiro is not good at plot!))

"If you ask me, I say it's best we go to Sick Boy Bay and stock up on some militia," Ortho said. "I am not sure I am confident with the current state of our group. Nothing against any of you, but... from what I know, Atlantas 9 is a heavily guarded place we could never infiltrate in our current state. And I am not a fighter. I do not have a sword or a spear or any of the cool weapons pirates use. All I have is my decorational staff, which isn't really good for fighting at all."

"That is why we need Athens," Griffon said to Ortho as he stood up and sheathed his sword, placing it on his belt. "He's a pirate lord. With two crews, especially with the firepower he has, we should stand more of a chance." He turned to face Hiro, "anywhere but here, that's where we start. If we can make it to the next island around here, somewhere safer, then we can start asking questions. We won't have much luck asking around an island taken by the navy."

With the rest of the crew bellow deck, Icias was the only one to notice Henry the Great in the ship. Being right infront of the man he knew who he was, "BLACK BEARD's ATTACKING!!!" The first mate of Thatch's crew on board the Sky Rah could only mean one thing... And Icias was correct. As if it were vapor, the ship appeared out of thin air, it was the Maynard spirit. And a cannon ball was fired as close range as if the ship had been following behind Sharp's ship waiting for them to attack Rro's. The cannon struck the Sky Rah and tore the wood away from one of the railings. "This is bad, this is bad, VICE CAPTAIN HIRO!!!" But as he yelled for help a cannon ball struck the back of his leg, blowing it clean off. Icias fell to the deck and began crawling towards the stairs to the lower deck when a boot stepped on his back.

Icias turned his head slowly looking up at Edward Thatch himself, holding him down, pointing a fat barrel hand gun at the Polar Bearon's face, "Rro isn't here Thatch, your fresh out of luck..." BANG!!! White faded around Icias's vision and a soothing white breeze swept him off the ship and into the salty sky. He felt free from this world of piracy and terrible seas, hope rested in his heart that Hiro and Griffon would rescue Rro, and whatever that one girl's name was, from Atlantis 9, and kill Thatch once and for all. This man could slay an Island with a wave of his hand, he could kill a Naval Admiral with a single sword slash, he was a God of darkness and pain. But Icias had lived almost two hundred years, and he was done with all this misery. He had his adventures once, he helped hundreds of people, and he lived his dreams. Icias was finished...

Cannons continued to riddle the ship at Black Beard stood over the dead Bearon, smoking gun in his hand. "Leave no survivors Henry, kill them all with the acception of whomever the acting captain is..." Thatch lifted his gun and fired it, killing the first of Rro's crew mates to exit the lower deck. "This is a nice ship," he raised his hand to signal to his crew to stop firing. "TAKE IT!!!" Black Beard's body expanded and began to vibrate, fast. Then all at once, half a dozen crew mates rushed out of the smoke portal he had created with his Smoke Arts. "Kill!" And with that a grand fight had begun, Black Beards crew slit throats and shot up the crew of the Sky Rah. "Gas, bellow the deck!" A barrel of toxic gas was rolled bellow deck as Thatch's men strapped on gas masks. The rest of the crew were killed almost instantly, as the sun set only three crew mates were still alive as the poison smoke cleared. "Bring me the survivors, if any..."

"It would be done" henry said through the mask. He got on all fours and sniff the ground before putting his mask of completely and followed the scent down the stairs and into the gallay.

Thatch watched as Hiro, Griffon, and Ortho were dragged up to the top deck, "welcome to your doom gentalmen, let me hear you beg for your lives!" The crew of Thatch had begun dumping bodies over board, tied to cannonballs to help the bodies sink. About two dozen of Thatch's men where on the Sky Rah searching for treasure, medical supplies, and weaponry. They had taken the ship easy. "I'll give you three each a gift," Black Beard said after a while. "I have three ways to kill you guys; Death by Fur, Death by Rope, or Death by Suprise." Thatch pointed to Hiro, "How will you die Vice Captain."

Henry unsheath his sword spun it in his hands and smiled at the three captives showing his sharp pointed teeth.

Hiro glared at the pirate captain.

"You are weak coward!" he cried. "You want kill me? Kill me with honor! Fight me you'self, unless you are just too scared!"

All the while, Hiro's limited Blood Art powers surged through him, his target, Henry the Great. But would it be enough? It had to be! It was all he had left to fight with.