The Aftermath

[ 3/27/1482- Same day ]

[ Word Count 1620 ]

" Hello" - Speech

' Hello' - Thoughts

*Boom* - Sounds

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( 3rd Person Pov )

" Achilles, you bastard, you better still be alive!"

Marco bellowed in worry as he flew towards the top of the hill fast, as fast as he could currently go. A constant flapping of wings could be heard even from afar, he did this to gain speed, in fact, he was going so fast right now that the naked eye would only see a blue and yellow flash.

" The hell happened here?" Marco asked in disbelief once he arrived at the very top of the last hill. Both Achilles and William were knocked out unconscious on the ground. The ground those two laying under and near them was brought red from blood.

The very top of the hill was destroyed with some parts of the hills quite literally cut in half, craters everywhere, and some parts cracked like spiderwebs. The beautiful castle that was once there was reduced to nothing but debris.

" Thank god, he's still breathing," Marco said in relief as he checked on Achilles' pulse after converting back into his human form.

" He's alive, but only barely," Marco frowned.

" I don't think my flames can heal all of his injuries but they can stop his bleeding and close up his wounds."

Marco then created some flames in his right hand before touching Achilles' shoulder which was the worst injury Achilles received in the fight. The wound slowly stopped as the blue flames engulfed it.

Marco then made the flames cover all of Achilles stopping all bleeding and closing serious wounds.

Marco didn't heal all the injuries as Achilles didn't have enough stamina left and was on the brink of death. Since Marco's flames use the recipient's stamina to heal them.

After making sure Achilles wouldn't die from his injuries, Marco then checked up on William.

" Since Achilles didn't kill you off, you must have some information we want. I keep you alive but just barely." Marco said healing some of the injuries on William's body which are far less than Achilles but left the massive scar across his whole upper body alone and just closed it.

" MARCO, COME DOWN HERE!

" BULLET IS DOWN"

Marco heard Masterson from the bottom of the island. Marco didn't even transform as it would take too long and jumped down from one hill to another until he reached the way in a few minutes.

" Move, give him to me," Marco said to Masterson who was trying to stop the bleeding from Bullet's back as the metal stitches on his back came undone when he lost his consciousness.

Masterson didn't respond as he simply moved out of the way.

" First Achilles and now Bullet? You guys couldn't have been more careful?" Marco said as he looked at the massive wound on Bullet's back similar to Zoro in the future.

Just like Achilles, Bullet just stopped the bleeding and closed off the wound.

' So this is what Achilles meant when he said Marco ate one of the rarest fruits in the World.' Masterson thought to himself as he watched Marco do his thing.

" Listen, I just stopped their bleeding and healed their minor injuries. Although I closed off the wound, I didn't heal anything under it. The same goes for Achilles as well."

" So just in case the wounds reopen for them, we gotta sitch them. I don't know how to do it.So I'm leaving it to you since you're the adult here."

" You take Bullet back to the ship and lay him down on his stomach, I'll go get Achilles and William," Marco ordered.

[ 2 Hours Later ]

" Yo Marco, I stitched up all of Bullet and Achilles wound. They're not perfect but they should hold until we found a proper doctor." Masterson said after he entered the ship's prison room where Marco was watching over a chained-up William who was still knocked out.

" Are they awake or still sleeping?" Marco asked from the chair he was sitting down on.

" No, I used anesthesia on them, I didn't want to wake up them all of a sudden in pain," Masterson answered.

" We're lucky I took basic lessons on how to treat wounds on the seas. But still, we should have a professional doctor check them out." Masterson said as he knew the work he did was the bare minimum and it could cause some serious issues for Achilles and Bullet later down the line.

"That's the issue we are facing right now thought. I don't know to navigate the seas. And you said you didn't know either. So we can't sail since we probably fuck up somehow."

"It's best we stay on this island until Achilles and Bullet wake up. And we don't wanna let people know Achilles and Bullet are down since then people won't be afraid to attack us." Marco said to Masterson with a thinking expression on his face.

" Good point and who will think the Helix Pirates were wiped out by us." Masterson replied back chuckling a little.

" But we have a bigger issue to deal with right now. What are we going to do with him?" Masterson continued speaking staring at the captured pirate inside the prison cell.

" Achilles let him alive for a reason which Im pretty sure is for information?" Marco replied to Masterson.

" But how do you know that? If what Achilles didn't manage to finish him off?"

" No, Achilles for sure would have finished him off if he didn't want to keep him alive." Marco spoke back certain Achilles wanted William alive.

" Say that's true but what are we gonna do with him? We can't keep him like this."

Bullet and I could barely beat his Vice-Captain."

" Those chains won't hold him when he wakes up. And we don't have any seastone cuffs on him. What if he escapes?" Masterson said looking at Marco.

" You make a good point. I think I have a solution, it's brutal but effective." Marco said getting up from his chair unsheathing his sword and walking into the prison cell.

" Ay, you're not gonna do what I think you're about to do?"

" Desperate times call for desperate measures," Marco responded before cutting off William's legs from below his knees.

* AHHHHHHH * William suddenly screamed in pain but was quickly knocked out by Marco who also stopped his bleeding as well.

" I didn't think you would actually do it," Masterson said in surprise as he watched Marco clean his sword.

" Why not it? We need him alive and this is the best method I could think." Marco said chaining up William once again. But this time on the floor with his arms and torso chained up. So the only thing he could see when he woke up again is the ceiling.

"It's nothing…" Masterson responded sighing a little at how casual Marco was being.

" Anyway watch him for me, I'm gonna go see them."

" Oh right, throw the legs away, would you?" Marco said before closing the door behind him as he didn't want to do that.

A couple of minutes later, Marco walked into the infirmary which is just the man's sleeping quarter with 6 beds in total. There was a quarter for women as well if any females join the crew but for now, that room was being used as a storage room.

Achilles was laying down on his bed knocked out. Bullet was laying down on his stomach so his wound on the back wouldn't touch his own bed. They were both sleeping next to each other.

" I really am useless," Marco spoke, his voice taking on a tone of melancholy.

He was disappointed in himself. Disappointed in his own powerlessness, disappointed in his inability to help out when the going got tough, but most of all he was disappointed in his incapacity to help the man who saved his life.

" What's the point of having this all-powerful fruit if I can't even save the ones that mean something to me?" Marco questioned himself aloud in a bitter tone.

As he gazed at Achilles and Bullet's limp bodies once more he felt a flame burn inside of him. It wasn't like the cool flames of his Phoenix that managed to comfort him when he needed it, no, these flames felt more akin to a raging wildfire.

" I won't let this happen again." Marco thought resolutely.

" I might be too young and weak to help out in a fight, but I promise I'll be there for the crew when you guys need me. If that means becoming the doctor to heal all your injuries so be it." Marco spoke to the resting bodies of Achilles and Bullet, and for a minute he could've sworn he saw Achilles' mouth twitch upwards.

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