(Samuel's POV)
I spat blood on the floor once more, "Hey." I said with a chuckle, "I think that is enough."
I was still in the chair, a single marine was left to guard me. He was occasionally hitting me, trying to get me to spill the beans on the package.
The marine looked at me with a scowl, "Oh, is that so?" He said, "I don't think I even started."
He punched me in the face, his fist striking my nose hard and jerking my head backwards. I only felt a sting in my nose but for some reason, my entire head throbbed.
The entire room was swaying, I could hear the thunder coming from outside. Truthfully, I have no idea how long it has been since I was brought into the ship. I do know that they disembarked and I have no doubt that I am long gone from Loguetown.
I hope Uncle is okay. From the sounds of it, the Marines are no longer investigating him. Which I do find odd, though.
They have a picture of him and the man they were looking for. And for some reason, they decided to turn their attention to me, who has nothing to do with this Dante.
Something isn't adding up.
I am sure they were going to take me to the Grandline, probably to a prison or an outpost where they can further interrogate me and continue this whole charade with torture. These Marines are nothing but total pricks.
The Captain just left the room, probably going to check on the rest of the crew. They said they were going to dock at an island, properly anchor the ship, and take refuge there. It must be a bad storm considering that the entire ship was shaking violently. I am sure a Marine ship can withstand something like this if it kept going but if they want to be safe, then it is fine, I suppose.
It could be my chance.
I spat to the side, "Alright." I said as I looked at them, "I'm not gonna tell you again; it is enough. If you want to keep that hand, that is."
"Oh yea?" The marine scowled, "We'll see about that!!"
He reared his fist back and brought it forth really fast, adding extra weight to his swing.
"Hm..." I smirked
"Tekkai!"
I hardened my body to the point it was akin to iron right before his fist connected. The moment it made contact, I felt his arm immediately recoil back.
"Aghh!!" He shouted in pain as I saw that his fist was completely swollen almost immediatley
As I thought, his flimsy arm was not able to withstand the collision of his punch and my Tekkai.
"Hehe...." I said, "I told you."
"Y-You...." He said with anger, "I'll show you!!"
Without wasting a breath, he walked over to the wall where a sword was hanging on a rack. He grabbed the sword with his one hand and lunged at me with such petty ferocity.
"Take this!!!" He said with blind rage
How stupid.
"Tekkai"
I hardened my body again, feeling the sword collide not only on my Iron Body, but against the chain that was wrapped around me. The impact of the strike was enough to rattle the chain, causing it to be a bit loose.
His arm recoiled again, causing him to step back in surprise, a shocked look on his face.
"You really have no discipline, do you?" I said with a smirk
"Tch....!" He said, "You son of a bitch....h-how do you know that???"
"I will never tell." I said with a chuckle, "Well, worry not....it is not like I set myself loose.....or is it?"
"What?" He said with a scowl, "You....what did you do?"
I squirmed my body, the chain rattling a bit, "Nothing." I said, "You got me secure in these chains...."
He pointed the sword at me, "Do not try anything."
The room swayed due to the tense waves and it caused a lanternthat was hanging from the ceiling on a chain to swing to the side, hitting the wall and slipping loose from the hook it was on. It fell to the ground with a resounding clank.
I noticed that the candle inside the lamp had splattered due to the impact of the fall.
"Hm...?" I said, "Oh, that is nice....the lamp's glass did not break....but the candle's wax is messed up....might set that back upright..."
"Tch..." he said as he set the sword down and went to pick the lamp up, "Smartass...."
As he turned around, I relaxed my entire body, taking in a deep breath.
"Kami-e"
I felt my entire body become extremely light and flexible. Taking advantage of this, I quickly slipped out of the loose chains. Fortunately, they had gotten loose enough for me to squeeze my way out of them with ease and hopped out of the seat. The damned chair was bolted to the floor and the chains were wrapped against the steel chair, preventing me any sort of movement.
I then softly landed on the floor without making a thud and looked at the Marine who was next to a counter in the room I was in, he was fixing the lantern.
I rubbed my wrists, "Damn...." I said, "This feels nice..."
"What does?" He said, "You fucking piece of shit....."
"Stretching, of course." I said as I began to stretch, "Ohh....that hit the spot...you bastards really got me all sore."
He turned around, "What are you-" He said before widening his eyes, "W-What?!"
I lunged at him with blinking speed, appearing in front of him in a split second.
"You messed up." I said as I punched him in the solar plexus hard, buckling him over
"G-Guhh!" He said
I then swung my left fist down at his temple, punching him down to the floor hard, a massive thud was only heard.
I then saw that his eyes were whitened out; he was unconscious.
I spat to the side, "Good." I said, "You bastard."
"Now, to get out of here...."
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(Third Person POV)
[Marineford]
"A report came in from the East Blue, sir." A Marine Officer said as he walked up to Sengoku who sat on a chair, "The Revolutionary, Dragon, made contact with Straw Hat Luffy."
Sengoku scowled, "What?" He said, "What the hell did they do?!"
"According to Captain Smoker, one of the officers stationed in Loguetown..." The Officer said, "He simply protected Straw Hat from him when they were engaged in a fight. Straw Hat left right after, taking advantage of the distraction."
"Is that so...." Sengoku said, "Get me Garp, I want to talk to him!"
"Of course." he said, "Another thing. About what we were looking for there, the package that was lost from Egghead."
Sengoku narrowed his eyes, "Speak." he said, "Vegapunk has been constantly nagging us to get it resolved."
"We have reason to believe that the man known as Tristan has nothing to do with Dante, who we are searching for." The Officer said, "That was just a ploy to keep us away from the actual person who Dante made contact with. According to Dragon, who slipped up in his encountered with Smoker, the actual person is the man known as Samuel, who posed as a Shopkeeper, using Tristan as an alibi."
"Samuel?" Sengoku said, "Tch....Dante....and Dragon....those two really made this whole mess complicated, didn't they? Dragon mentioned this Samuel?"
The Officer nodded, "Yes sir." He said, "We have reason to believe Samuel has information on the package."
"That damned package...." Sengoku said, "Somehow, a handful of pirates caught wind of this.....our intel really did get leaked.....one of them is close to Loguetown, or at least he was. He ended up in the Grandline...Joe, that scum....if he gets ahold of that Fruit...who knows what will happen..."
"The fruit...." The Officer said, "Is it true? Is it a Legendary Beast Zoan?"
"Yes." Sengoku said, "But the true nature of that Devil Fruit is classified. Thankfully, Vegapunk installed a contingency on it but....the fact it was stolen....it is unbelievable. Where is this Samuel?"
"He is currently in Captain Rhea's custody. She is going to rendezvous with Smoker and will deliver Samuel to a Vice-Admiral in the area." The Officer said
"Do you have a picture of him?" Sengoku asked
The Officer nodded, "Yes." He said as he pulled out a picture from a folder he had in his hands, "We had been keeping tabs on him since Dante was spotted in Loguetown around a month ago."
He handed the picture to Sengoku who looked at it and after a few seconds, he widened his eyes.
"T-That can't be....!!" He said with shock in his voice, "He's alive?!"
"Sir?" The Officer said
"This is Samuel?" Sengoku asked
The Officer nodded, "Yes."
"This...." Sengoku said, "This has gotten much more complicated....."
"I need to contact Cipher Pol...."