Re: The Contractor

[Docile]

"I have a job to do and I will follow it through."

Vetis's voice surprised Colton, it was much deeper, darker & sinister than he'd thought it would be. Allowing the snail remains to ooze from his hand Colton wiped it off on his trousers and turned to face Vetis. It seemed now it was one on one and he was going to have to cast his laziness to one side.

Vetis had his hands on sea stone and that was awfully troublesome.

Before Colton had the chance to speak he found himself already having to deal with a charging Vetis. Making his move Vetis was speeding towards Colton with his sword in hand and beneath the mask a grin plastered over his face.

Colton held his position & cast both hands forward one at a time.

Serpent Spit I ash shot forth in all directions like the blasts from a shotgun. Tearing up anyone who'd dare come close and singeing them. Unfortunately Vetis was smarter than that.

In the midst of the ash which had shot forth, Vetis had taken advantage of the blind spot and leapt into the air. Throwing himself into a flip Vetis threw down the sea stone hand cuffs towards Colton's extended hands.

As the cuffs landed and locked into place around Colton's wrists he felt drained and a sudden sheer surge of shock shivered throughout his body. Folding up like a deck chair Colton looked up to see Vetis unfurling with his sword in hand and bringing it down unto Colton's weakened body.

Diving with the little strength he could muster up Colton did his best to avoid contact with such a vile looking weapon.

Slicing down Colton's back the blade ripped open a large chunk of Colton's shirt and his back which begun to bleed furiously. Screaming in pain, Colton managed to pick himself up and turned to face Vetis before he made his next move.



Watching the little girl flee, Gonzola gave chase with haste. As she entered a building Gonzola smirked. He clearly knew a little more about this building than she did. This large building that Alexis was currently running through was scheduled for destruction anyway.

Taking a run up and charging towards the building Gonzola threw himself into a ball and managed to roll into the middle of the building shattering the wall. Crashing through into the large open foyer of the hotel he continued to roll shattering the struts to the building on the back.

Crashing out of the other side, Gonzola leapt up out of the ball and planted two feet on the building whilst in mid air. Giving a simple kick with both feet he quickly turned the large building's tipping point the other way.

Beginning to crumble and tip the opposite way to Gonzola he watched as the large building begun to fall to its demise. Despite killing dozens of other citizens of the lower quadrant Gonzola would be happy with himself for killing the one person he was hired to kill.

Alexis Fisher would be a problem no more when buried beneath the rumble.

[Vaetric]

“Aw hell.” she’d mutter as she heard the crash of Gonzola doesn’t something that didn’t bode well for her she was sure. Now, what she needed was her seastone knuckles, then again he could just fall on her and do a squish. Then, she felt the building begin to lurch away, was he flipping it over r something?
 
She was fairly far up, so she ran through a hallway and/or into a room away from the side where the building was falling, jumping and grabbing the edge of a window, the view from the window turned from seeing the ground and the like to the sky and heard a couple of screams from below as it crashed down.
 
The building crashed down onto the floor, crumbling down, she’d luckily had managed to get to the window and thus was neither crushed nor pinend, though she was in quite a precarious position, she was hanging down and if she dropped, some debris might fall onto her. Also, if she climbed out now, Gonzola might see her. She climbed up onto her elbows and peeked around, seeing if he was still there. Maybe if she got a load of rope, she could trip him up, yeah. She’ll do that.
 
She climbed out when she thought it safe, crawling on her belly and making her way to the closest store she hoped to find, maybe he’d even change out of the form so she could strangle him with it.

[Docile]

Swinging his blade towards Colton's midriff in an attempt to cut him open, Vetis watched as the man with dreadlocks and a weakened body stumbled backwards. Landing flat on his arse, Colton looked towards Vetis who drew back his sword swinging it in his hand. Pausing he made a quick dash towards Colton on the floor and spun his sword backwards so he could hold it above Colton with the tip pointed down.

Stabbing towards Colton's neck the blade shot down beside his neck as Colton leaned to the left. Gulping he felt the blade slide up the side of his neck and watched as it was brought back down again. This time he would sit up and let the sword hit the ground.

Ramming his head into the groin of Vetis the blade was let loose and Vetis stumbled back taken by surprise and pain.

Smirking Colton picked himself up the best he could and grabbed the sword. Raising it he held it in his hands tightly trying to defend himself from Vetis.

Looking at the man with his sword Vetis removed his revolver quickly & took aim.

Why were these bastards always so prepared?




Watching as the building fell over and hit the ground in pieces he grinned. Looking over the debris from his great height Gonzola begun to sniff. Thankfully the creature he'd been granted with the power of becoming had a strong sense of smell. Picking up Alexis's scent should be a piece of cake.

Closing his eyes and listening he could still hear the sounds of cannon fire and even feel the vibrations of each cannon ball hitting the ground around him. Sniffing again he caught hold of the scent of burning, sweat & one odd peculiar scent which seemed foreign. Unlike anything else he'd ever smelt here.

Stepping through the debris of the hotel Gonzola followed the scent to where he discovered a familiar looking woman on the ground crawling along.

Charging towards the woman lying on the ground, Gonzola opened his mouth to allow a roar to scream forth as he closed in on her. Roaring at the top of his lungs the entire noise sent the vicinity into pain from the horrific volume. Citizens clutched their ears due to the pain whilst Gonzola merely continued to charge.

It was squashing time.

[Vaetric]

Alexis managed to make it perhaps a few feet before being caught again by Gonzola, he made a scream that shook her eardrums to the core, causing her to hold her ears, jeez that was loud. She stood up, turning to the reptile guy, he was charging toward her. She didn’t even bother to say anything, she just turned and ran.
 
She could feel the ground vibrate as he ran after her, after a couple of moments when she noticed it was useless to keep running, she jumped into one of the windows onto the ground, falling a fair bit though she bent her legs as she hit the ground and rolled forward, hitting herself a little on rubble but otherwise okay.
 
Right, what kind of building was this.. She searched around, a lot of the place was broken up due to the walls collapsing, but maybe she could find something useful. She remembered the place Gonzola locked the guards up in the place being destroyed, maybe she could throw a gas canister or something at him, though she doubted there’d be anything here she could use.

[Docile]

Squeezing the trigger numerous times shots were fired towards Colton who attempted to deflect each shot. The first was a success and the bullet darted off into the ground. Embedding itself into the paving beside Colton's foot. With each shot Vetis took another step forward. The second missed the sword entirely but not Colton and skimmed his right shoulder. Grunting in pain he felt his heart begin to beat faster.

The next shot missed thanks to Colton stepped to the left. Getting closer Vetis begun to fire more rapidly until he was almost toe to toe with Colton. Each shot was no longer aimed to hurt Colton but frighten him. Vetis liked his kills to be up close & personal.

Swinging for Vetis with his own blade, Colton found himself falling forwards and suddenly a hand gripped his hands. Looking up he saw Vetis. Yanking the sword from Colton's weakened hands his other hand shot up and met the side of his face.

Falling to the ground back first Colton grunted painfully he could feel a stinging sensation on the side of his face. On his face now sat a C shaped scar which was dripping with blood. Feeling something warm running down his face Colton tried to reach up to rub it off but couldn't must up the energy.

Vetis stood above him with blade in hand and beneath the mask a smile on his face. The job was nearly done.



Watching as Alexis leapt in through a window to a building that was collapsing he smirked. Changing into his human form he followed suit. Leaping in through the window he removed his revolver and raised it up. Whistling he started to call out for Alexis.

"Where are you little missy?" he called keeping his eyes peeled as he walked further inwards.

The ground around them shook as another cannon ball ripped through the roof dragging down more of the building around them. As a large portion of the upper floor came crashing down, Gonzola dived into a roll and landed crouching with his revolver still in hand. Looking left, right & then dead ahead he rolled forwards out of the room into the corridor where he stopped turning to face all 6 doors with his revolver pointed.

He was going to get this lady no matter what it took.

[Vaetric]

Alexis, having leapt through the window would notice the sunlight return, Gonzola must’ve returned to his human form. She heard him call out so she decided to run over to the door. She arrived into the corridor and went to the next door to the left, closing it behind her.
 
Right. She needed to figure out how to do this. She looked through the hole, he’d rolled through the door and had a gun. Great, not only did he have some fancy dinosaur brain but he also had firearms, the bloody cheek of it. She gritted her teeth, looking around. She could make an exception and cheat, or she could… The entire building had been knocked down and most of the other side of it was reduced to rubble, but she climbed upwards quickly, using her acrobatic ability to reach the window.
 
She’d then run to the window which she’d previously jumped through, seeing Gonzola at the bottom she’d then jump downwards, attempting to drop kick him on the head from the great height.

[Docile]

Bringing the blade down Vetis aimed to stab Colton in the face. Severing his docile expressionless face and getting rid of one less problem for himself and his various other clients.

Stabbing downwards with the blade Colton raised his cuffs and the razor sharp sword shot through the cuffs shattering them. Dragging Colton's hands down to the ground Colton managed to wriggle to the left so now his hands were dead center getting pinned to the ground, but as the cuffs shattered and Colton pulled his hands free Vetis dug the sword into Colton's face by dragging it right.

Slashing clean through his face Colton looked up at Vetis with a grin that seemed to say.

Not good enough.

Serpent Shed

Drifting into various smaller pieces and vanishing from sight in front of Vetis, Colton reformed above him in the air looking down on him as he hung in the air like a star in the night sky.



Sniffing the air around him Gonzola was trying to pick up Alexis's scent. He couldn't have her attacking him from behind whilst he was in his human form. Taking a few steps forward he begun to spin his revolver on his fingers. He couldn't find a scent with his human nose and wanted to change, but couldn't.

If he were to do so in such a small room he'd have trouble. Pausing the revolver on his fingers he listened intently sure he'd heard something. Shaking his head he opened his mouth once more.

"Come on little pussy cat! Pussy pussy, pussy!"

The impact from Alexis took him by surprise. As the kick came into contact with him, Gonzola was launched on to his front. Rolling over on to this side he took aim and quickly squeezed the trigger firing out three shots towards Alexis hoping to do some serious damage.

"You sneaky bitch!" he shouted picking himself up.

Taking on a much stronger scaled form Gonzola's body became coated in scales. From his tail bone a tail sprouted out and claws from his fingers along with his toes. Giving him the chance to slash at Alexis and an armoured body, Gonzola smirked. His nose had been flattened to look more like holes instead of an actual nose now.

Leaping towards Alexis, Gonzola attempted to slash at her face with his right claws from right to left diagonally downwards.

[Vaetric]

Alexis grinned to herself as she managed to kick him, causing the guy to roll over. She jumped upwards and clambered back into the lopsided doorway, just narrowly avoiding the bullets, though she could feel the impact on her shoe. “Cheating dicklick!” she’d retort at his comment about her use of stealth. She hopped over to the other side to see what he was up to, only to groan as he turns back into his reptile-whatever form.
 
He then followed her and started off the (finally) melee fight by slashing toward her face, she bent herself backwards, evading the slash and brought her leg upwards, attempting to turn the dodge into an attack as well.
 
Should it connect, she would then roll backwards and assess the situation, he had motherfu*king claws, she obviously she should avoid those. She’d then charge toward him and slide underneath and grab his tail, then try and unbalance him by pulling it and kicking at the back of his legs.

[Docile]

Looking down on Vetis, Colton smirked.

"In the world there are some roads you just don't go down. This is one of them."

Scowling towards Vetis, Colton clenched his fists tightly. He had enough of this shit and Vetis needed to be put down.

Falling Lizard

Rolling and flipping downwards with a heel crashing down first towards Vetis heat exited off in all directions and a trail of blackened ash was left behind. Picking up speed and strength Colton slammed down into something solid.

As ash exploded in all directions Colton reformed in front of Vetis who now stood coughing. painfully. He'd raised his sword side ways and allowed Colton's leg to come into contact with it. Unfortunately it seemed this plan back fired when Colton's leg exploded into ash.

Coughing wildly and hunching over as he made his way from Colton, Vetis raised his sword again and aimed at Colton who raised his right hand and took aim at Vetis.

"There used to be dragons here but just because they're not on any maps that doesn't mean they still aren't there. These deadly dangerous forces are still around."



Sweeping his claws towards Alexis's face, Gonzola was met with a kick to the abdomen grunting as the kick was stopped by his abdomen, Gonzola rolled forward the same direction as Alexis. Hitting the floor chest first he watched as Alexis rushed towards him as he got to his feet.

Grinning Gonzola launched himself into a forward flip towards Alexis slashing at the air so quick it created a projectile in the air. 3 air slashes cutting each way diagonally crossing over each other towards Alexis.

Landing back on his feet and spreading his arms out either side of him he waited for Alexis's response and watched eagerly. Licking his lips whilst standing on his tip toes he remained vigil.

"Its best for you to give it up. You're not going to anywhere. Winston isn't going to be stopped." the floor rumbled as the projectile tore not only through the air but the walls and two of the building's struts too. Shattering them sending splinters in all directions the building begun to shake violently about to come to a crash.


(((OOC: Vaetric could you please try and make it to the location mentioned in the first post? I'm going to attempt to bring the thread full circle now.)))

[Vaetric]

Alexis wisely decided to call off her attack on his tail in order to jump back and avoid his slashing, which.. Really wouldn’t have hit her, if not for the air slashes that were sharp as hell, the first through cutting her chest and the third cutting her arms as she brought herself to defend the body. Grimacing, she would jump up and climb out through the window again, there were people to fight. There were people to see. Right now, Gonzola wasn’t a person to fight, and Colton was a person to see.
 
Unfortunately, she had no idea in hell where he was. She was bleeding, though she didn’t think it was fatal, at least it didn’t cut right thorugh her though the pain was almost staggering. She still had enough time to flip off the lizard before running, the projectile hitting its mark, causing her to have to roll over to avoid debris as she began to run further, deeper into the help it that was this whateveritscalled-Island.
 
She checked for damage, four slashes that generally ruined her clothes, though at least it slightly gave her protection; and she was bleeding quite a lot, though it didn’t seem to be enough to stop her from running, luckily. “Good thing I can climb, you bellend!” she’d call to him as she ran.

[Docile]

Serpent Spit I

Launching a projectile in Vetis's direction it blasted over his torso and torn the clothing which stuck to him, burning through it his naked torso was now on display towards the bottom right hand side and top left showing his shoulder & abdomen. Holding back and refusing to allow any acknowledgment that was in pain Vetis continued pushing forward with sword in hand. 

Swinging the blade Vetis watched as the sword sliced through Colton's torso without leaving the slightest hint of a cut. Losing his grip and dropping his blade Vetis reached for Colton's throat. 

Feeling the fingers wrap around his neck and increase in strength Colton took a deep breath quickly. 

Dragon's Petrification

From Colton's body ash begun to quickly spread out. A constant stream of ash seemed to be pouring out from his body. Instantly smothering Vetis who tried desperately to suffocate Colton he started to cough and his torso begun to burn. The mask started to conduct the heat and Vetis's face begun to burn. Sweat poured down him. His clothing begun to singe. 

Spreading out further and further in the middle of the street Colton continued to expel ash until he could no longer control it. The grip of Vetis loosened and seconds later the sound of screaming was heard. A mass of searing hot ashes were seen swirling in all directions and Colton stood in the middle exhausted with his head hanging shoulder dipped inwards and the heat beginning to subside as the ash slowly started to drift down coating everything with in a 25 meter radius.




Watching as his attacks landed and sliced up Alexis, Gonzola grinned. It was about time that little bitch got a taste of what was coming to her. Watching as she turned her tail and fled, Gonzola shouted after her. 

"Coward!" What kind of a person lured them into a building then fled when they were hurt. A coward. That's what type. Removing his revolver as he turned back into his human form, Gonzola took a few quick shots towards the window only to see how his shots buried themselves in the wall around the window. 

Quickly making his way up to the window he watched as Alexis made her escape. Removing his revolver he took a few more shots only to see he was out of ammunition after two shots. Throwing his revolver aside in a rage that only the deceased body of Alexis could push aside he hopped down from the building's window and started to run after her attempting to pick up her scent. The insult of a bellend had been just enough to push him over the edge along with the incentive of 12,000,000 Beli from yours truly for a job well done at the date of completion.

[Vaetric]

As much as she hated it, Alexis continued to run away, she heard gunshots coming from (where else) Gonzola so she ducked a little, who knows. Maybe a stray cannonball could bury him in there, then again probably not. Anyways, his shooting was awful it appeared because they didn’t even go past her, it just buried itself in the wall she assumed.
 
Though, the next few shots were less than bad, one grazed her leg, causing her to jump to the left, allowing the second shot to be less grazeful. Then the gunshots stopped, she turned her head a little to see that he ran out of bullets. “Pfah! QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!” she shouted. She wasn’t sure if he was a homosexual but queer also meant “weird” or whatever, so she wasn’t particularly lying in that insult because he was weird as heck.
 
She hoped to throw a fruit cart in Gonzola’s way, then take a route to the left, hoping to slow him down enough so that she could lose him through a massive amount of zigzagging the buildings. Once she’d take the left, she’d then take the next right, then the left after that etc etc etc.

[Docile]

Snowy white ashes fell from the skies touching upon all around them coating them in a harshness that they'd never known. A devil of a man who'd plagued their sweet island and most of the Grand Line under the alias 'Vetis'. Debris lay scattered throughout the town square and various town's folk who hadn't managed an escape hid behind it cowering in fear of their own life. Their humble town accepted Marines due to the knowledge that they only sought out to help, but unfortunately they'd never been ready for such a thing as this. The destruction brought about by this young Marine was more than they could handle.

Pushing a person to their limits always brought destruction and that is just what had happened. The island of Sky Reach had, had a fortunate escape, but with the notorious Vetis now gone, they could get back to a much less corrupt way of living. Falling from the skies a cold black steel mask hit the concrete with two eye holes and three bars reaching down over the eyes. On the forehead on either side there were two small horns and the entire mask was black in colour. Landing beside it was a striped shoulder pad.

Standing center stage Warrant Officer Colton Ryker felt a throbbing pain in his face where a C shaped wound curved his right eye and blood steamed from it down his face to his jaw line where it dripped off. With his shirt completely ripped and torn from his body, he was left with mere strands hanging from his chiseled torso. A rip in the right knee of his trousers and his knuckles ached whilst they were smothered in blood. All up his arms cuts lined them.

Behind him one sound caught his attention, turning to look for it he saw from the Heavens fell a specially designed black sword with a pointed tip and curved blade. The sword landed tip first in the ground and embedded itself in such a way it stood up straight barely wavering from its impact. Hanging from the hilt blowing in the breeze was Vetis's long red ribbon.

Sighing Colton felt a sense of relief as Vetis was no more.



Watching her continue running Gonzola gave chase running after her. Throwing himself into his hybrid form and growing height he started to run after Alexis. As the fruit cart was thrown his way he barged it out of the way against the wall where it shattered.

Roaring and ripping into the stem of the plant that was the island he started to quickly climb up the stem. He wanted to surprise Alexis and he most certainly would. Keeping an eye on her movements as he climbed it he sniffed the air. He could smell her getting further away.

With his claws dug in deep he leapt to the right until he was above Alexis.

Releasing his grip, Gonzola crashed into the ground before Alexis and slammed his hands down attempting to crush her beneath them.

Launching another fully angered roar her way he hoped she'd stop running now and just face him.

[Vaetric]

Stuck in the poverty stricken quadrant of Sky Reach Master Chief Petty Officer Alexis Fisher was suffering serious wounds of her own. Due to this being the less lawless portion of the island everybody had happily taken a crack at her or tried. The Houses looked as bad as they'd always looked and the town's folk just as bad with missing teeth, fingers and even eyes they were truly starved of everything they needed to make a decent life for themselves. Snowy white ash fell over them slowly coating their homes. Hanging out of the large tree that was their island one of the branches easily covered Alexis. The large wooden branch stood 10 feet above her but still covered her from the ash. Casting a large shadow it made the gentle breeze feel quite cold.

Leaving a trail of blood leading to the town she was now in trouble as she knew full well her opponent would be able to follow her not just because of trail, but scent too. The situation they were in was like a diversion, but it needed to be dealt with. Winston had not only out foxed them but also already paid for their extinction this was just phase two of his plan going to orders.

The Crescent Drop Protection unfortunately were easily bought off.

And one of their operatives even more so. It was good to have allot of fingers in allot of pies, but Winston was no person, with the amount of fingers and pies he had, he was more like an octopus.


Alexis continued to run, she heard a crash behind her that heralded Gonzola’s decimation of the fruit. She noticed a lemon drop in front of her and she bent over to quick it up quickly and continue running. She dug her nails into the lemon, by now her front had been stained by blood, though it was beginning to clot or whatever blood does to stop itself from bleeding more so she should be okay.. Then again she’s been wrong about stuff before. Bloody hell that hurt.
 
She looked behind her but noticed that he was gone, she looked to the left, she looked to the right, she looked up-oh. Gonzola landed in front of her, causing Alexis to scramble backwards, she just about escaped his grasp but not really, her left foot go caught with his hands, pinning her to the ground. “AGH!” she groaned with pain, watching him as he opened his mouth for another roar.
 
So she threw the lemon toward his mouth, maybe that’ll choke him or something.

[Docile]

Unable to find the body of Vetis sent a shiver down Colton's spine. He was sure he was around here somewhere and he would need to do the leg work. If he couldn't find Vetis then the fiend would still be deemed alive. Not that it was even possible to survive the equivalent of a volcano.

But stranger things had happened.

Colton was just relieved his little detour was over and they could get back on to the trail of Winston. He was proving more trouble than either of them had expected.

From what he knew Winston was as good as gone and could be anywhere now which wasn't going to be the most pleasing news to hand into Rear Admiral Icarus. Sighing Colton made his way around the wreckage he'd left in search of the body of Vetis.



Watching Alexis lying on the floor as he opened wide roaring at the vile bitch Gonzola didn't see the lemon coming. As he closed his mouth and the lemon slid down his throat he grinned.

It was time to devour the bitch.

Opening wide and leaning in he was ready to slice her up with his teeth. That was of course until he started to cough. Spluttering and spitting saliva over Alexis, Gonzola stumbled back removing his claws from Alexis's clothing.

Unable to stop he started swelling up in a few specific places. Continuing to cough he spat out the skin of the lemon and a few smaller chewed up pieces struggling to breath, Gonzola slammed his feet into the ground over again and again.

Gonzola was allergic to citrus.

Slamming his hands into his chest to try and get the remaining lemon from his body, Gonzola couldn't control himself. Changing back into human form as he coughed wildly his eyes turned red and face begun to swell worse.

"'Ucking Lemon!" forcing the words out as if there was something sharp in his throat Gonzola continued. "I'm gonna 'ill . . . . . 'ew."

Reaching for his revolver he found nothing and remembered he'd tossed it earlier. Attempting to curse his throat begun to close up as he slammed his fist into a tree beside him. Hunched over in pain and struggling to breath he looked towards Alexis wheezing with nothing to say.

[Vaetric]

Great, he just swallowed it.
 
Alexis grimaced as Gonzola grinned at her, the cheating bastard. Using a bloody devil fruit and a gun. What a dickhead. He then opened his mouth again and leaned forward, was he planning on tearing her apart with his teeth? “Oi!” she’d cry out as he went over to her, only for him to start coughing , she’d thusly protect her face from the spit with her hands.
 
She then scrambled back as Gonzola let her go, holding her morethanpainful foot, she didn’t know if it was broken, probably not, but still it was like some giant devil fruit reptile guy landed on it. It looked like the lemon had done something, because he was coughing it up like mad. “AAAAHA! Fruit one, bellend zero!” she’d say triumphantly. She’d then get up, using her other foot lightly as she walked over to him, looks like he changed back to his fat normal self.
 
“Yeah, gathered love.” she’d say as Gonzola continued to try and threaten her, he slammed his fist into the tree and looked up at her. She shrugged, “Shit happens, innit?” she’d then attempt to kick him in the temple.

[Docile]

The long drawn out search for the body of Vetis came to an unfortunate realization that there was no body to be found. Gulping Colton felt constantly aware of the situation and the fact that Vetis was still alive somewhere around him.

He was sure the man was waiting to attack him from somewhere but not sure where from. As he turned around and caught sight of all the ash on the paving he could see a few faint footprints leading towards the edge of the town. Too tired to give chase Colton simply sighed and shook his head.

Vetis was long gone.

Realizing the marine ships were no longer firing but moving in he smirked and took a quick look around himself where he could only see the faces of angry townsfolk.

Making his way down to the lower quadrant of the island towards the Naval ship which were beginning to arrive Colton just wanted somewhere to feel safe again.



The last few words Gonzola heard were those of Alexis telling him how shit happens. The next thing his eyes caught sight of was a foot. With the kick landing perfectly and Gonzola's face smacking the tree and then the ground he was out cold and verging on death.

Gonzola had come to an end and now it was time to bring him in for questioning. Even if they had lost Vetis at least they had Gonzola and he had to know something about Winston right?

Rushing over towards Alexis & Gonzola a group of Marines quickly lifted Gonzola up and started carrying him back to the Marine ship. They'd witnessed Alexis engaging in combat with him and identified him as an enemy. Now it was time to make sure he didn't die and more importantly make sure he got what was coming to him.

One of the soldiers approached Alexis with his hand out.

"Names Commander Rice. We're stationed at the shore, come join us when you're ready. We heard about you & Warrant Officer Ryker and have been trying to catch up to you. Rear Admiral Icarus wants to speak with you both."

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