Derek was sleeping on his bed in the Conquest. It was further below the deck than most of the other sleeping quarters, but the violence outside was hard to ignore. Rubbing his eyes, he sat up and spotted his Tigerbat, Happy. "How's it going, girl?" The tiny mammal let out a small screech before flying out of the tiny circular window. Derek took it as a sign to follow.

Climbing up the stairs as quickly as he could, Derek arrived on the deck to find pillars of smoke protruding from the island. There were fights breaking out all over the place. 'I wonder what kind of trouble I can find.' A slick smile spread from cheek to cheek as he jumped off of the ship and followed the flapping wings of Happy in the air. "Lead the way!"

The sight Derek found was not the most pleasant. Hirro and Cobalt were grounded. Cobalt was moving, but Hirro looked to be seriously injured. There was a third body, though. A girl.. err.. a fish. A merfolk. He'd met one once before. Marlon seemed hardy enough, so there was no hard feelings for the dexterous fish which could roam the land. Still, it was clear that there was quite the skirmish in the streets leading to the ship. Derek moved quickly and appeared next to the two crewmates who were being talked to by the woman.

"You two are hopeless, ya know?" Derek said, smiling lightly before the smile turned to a deep frown. His eyes became cold and there was an aura which surrounded him that was darker than he usually emitted. "You, girl. Save them, please. They're my friends."

It wasn't long before more marines showed up. There was an entire squadron. Derek's hand reflexively moved to the blade on his hip, ready to unsheath it in a reverse grip style to strike. A single marine examined a couple of bodies before running over to a larger individual. "Commodore Huey! Captain Haru and Captain Tyrius have both been defeated, sir! They look in bad shape."

"Did they do this?" one of the marines said, pointing towards the grounded Apocalypse Pirates. Derek's teeth gritted as his anger rose. "Oi! You're under arrest!"

In nearly an instant, Derek moved. He unsheathed his blade and unleashed a clean cut through the talking marine. "Awaken, Izanagi." He shot a terrifying glare towards the gathered marines. "Those two men there. Are they yours? They injured my friends over there."

"Ice King," Huey spat, cracking his knuckles to release the pockets of air in his joints. "There's a lot of people that want you brought in. I'd be more than happy to fulfill their requests.*

Derek's sight was grouped with a chilling cold. "You must be Commodore Huey. I'll settle for just you. Tell everyone else to leave now."

"Wha? You can't be serious! You're completely outnumbered!" A ballsy marine. The worst kind. A tiny ball of ice appeared in the palm of Derek's hand before it shot out, expanding and dancing around the marine, cutting him all over.

A rod of ice shot out from the base of Izanagi, transforming the blade into a halberd. He held the shaft of the weapon so that the point of the blade was pointing to the nose of the Commodore. "Last chance."

((OOC: I'll fight him myself. You guys focus on not dying <3))

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