Collar

The collar had exploded and killed the person that was wearing it which had let everyone see the true horror of what was supposed to be used against them.

Unconsciously each of them had reached towards their necks as they had stood there in horror.

Cleo had started to whimper. "We.. no.. these were meant for us? What about the others? What should we do?"

Harley had stood by the side of Pixel and added a comment. "How ruthless."

Misty remained silent while Liquorice spoke up. "We have no time to waste.."

Pixel had nodded in agreement. "Save as many as we can and worry about the others later.. unless we can find a way to free them.. we may just end up endangering their lives further."

Micah showed that he had agreed as he walked closer to the group. "Hmm.. which direction then?"

If they tried to go around freeing the captured people then they would have to face a hostage situation where each of the captives had bombs around their necks.

If they enemies believed that they were on the losing side then there was no telling how far they would go with their actions.

It was best not to provoke them too much when they had so many lives in their hands until a solution was found to the current problem.

All those that had the collars on were already lost causes and approaching them so soon would only put them in danger or their lives could be used to make Pixel and others give in so it was even more reason why they could not come forward to save them.

As upset about the situation that they were, they all had to focus on saving as many lives as possible from those within the family or those that had served it.

Pixel closed her eyes and remained silent for some time before opening her eyes.

There were many weaker signs of life which were being taken away towards the docks of the island in a hurry while there were some stronger signs of life that were moving quickly through the island.

Many other life signs were pursuing behind those that were running away and there were other slightly stronger life signs that came from another building that had started to gather together before scattering in several directions.

Everything that was within the range of Pixel's Observation Haki was picked up so she was able to get some understanding towards the state of some others that had yet to be captured.

There were very few among them that had evaded capture and injury but it still let her have some hope towards turning around the bad situation that they were in.

Pixel had spoke up and ran towards the closest sign of life. "This way. Move quickly everyone."

Electro surrounded each of their bodies whether it was just a little that had been concentrated on their legs and feet but it was enough to aid them in trying to keep up with the speed of Pixel.

Further away into the island there was a small figure that looked slightly injured but had kept running.

Her feet were covered with Electro and as they had touched the ground, sparks were created and she was jolted forward at a faster pace.

Felice almost stumbled over several times due to her injury affecting her but she had grit her teeth. 'They are still coming.'

She was getting more frustrated upon learning that her pursuers were not giving up so easily.

Felice may have avoided a larger injury due to being shielded by others but she did not get out of it completely fine so it had affected her a little which allowed the adult Mink to close in on her after they had been delayed.

"Kekeke little one. Give up."

The voice was coming from close behind her which increased her feeling of despair and anxiety. "No.."

There was a part of her that was telling her to just give in and to stop resisting so that things would be over with and the torment would end but her stubbornness had pushed it aside.

A determined look was on her face as she had shrugged off that negativity within her but it did not affect her overall outcome.

The other Mink had made some noise with their steps behind her so she was able to understand without looking behind her that it was already too late and the enemy had already got too close to her.

Even if she had kept running forward, it would only be a single moment that the enemy would be able to land a blow onto her body.

Her brows knit together. 'Should I fight them?'

She would much rather go down fighting if she was confronted with such circumstances.

At least then she could say that she had tried to overcome her difficult situation and did not give in so easily.

Her strong pride had made her stubbornly resist for so long so she believed that one more stubborn attempt would let her feel that she had done more than enough.

Just as she was about to turn around to face the large figure that had aimed a chopping hand towards the back of her neck, a blurry figure had suddenly passed by her body which had created a gust of wind which brushed past her. "Huh?"

There was a large crash that was heard from behind her so she had stopped in place and saw a figure that was familiar to her. "Sister?"

There was a faint black that surrounded the tail of Pixel and there were footprints in the ground that had moved around like they followed a certain circular pattern which resembled the footwork of the Meridian family.

Pixel had passed by Felice in an instant and had used the footwork to turn her body around to gain more power and rotation which had sent her tail around towards the target that was behind Felice.

Iron Tail and the extra Armament Haki had further empowered the technique used which had caused the tail to hit them across the stomach area before sending them flying backwards into a building.

The enemy Mink had crashed through several walls and had fallen out of the side of one of the buildings.

Several other figures had caught up behind Pixel and they had arrived much faster than those that had chased behind Felice to capture her.

Pixel stood by the side of Felice and ordered. "Prepare for combat everyone."