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Blood dripped from her lance, a wicked curl flickered upon her lips. "So he bleeds" Melissa thought. The man had been increadibly docile, slow for his reaction. Only activating his buso haki after she utilized her snow age technique, how he thought coating one limb would protect him from the cold was beyond her comprehension. Was this perrington member slipping. Now Melissa had been testing him, as previously stated. Her attack was not aiming to kill, but with the force and sharpness of her lance, the tip ripped, carving through skin and clothing, halting at the chin of the man, now her actions would continue as previously stated before. With the wound she had caused being minor, the man could continue with his actions, given these wounds were able to be shrugged off.

She would await her answers, her eyes glancing over the letter presented to her. The condescending way he spoke....reminded her of Cage, though masking his voice, he seemed unable to change his full persona in the way he spoke to her, though doubt was fully in her mind, a seed would certainly have sprouted. Perhaps if one wanted to keep a secret identity secret, speaking completely different to someone whom you have spent a lot of time with, would indeed have been the smarter move. Yet before she could say anything else, the elevator opened, the sounds of feline grumbling, the scent of nature. Her eyes left that of the "scarecrow" floating gently upon the hunter and his beautiful felines. "Gorgerous" she uttered. Yet his words would set her off. As he took his gun, he released his stream of fire, though the user of the Yuki Yuki No Mi would not only save herself, but would save this other man.

The beautiful brown lion had opened its maw to release a stream of fire at the man. This brought up a couple more questions. One, was this because the man had failed at assasinating Melissa in time? Or was this because the letter was true and that the strange man was not a member of Perrington. By utilizing Soru, Melissa was able to activate her vast speed, pushing her body to the side to avoid the stream of fire from the shotgun, this stream narrowly halted itself before igniting the Mayor, while her speed served to bring herself to grasp hold of the strange masked man before he too went up in flames, because like he did with her attack he simply didn't bother moving.

As they slid across to the other end of the room, no windows nothing, Melissa would whistle. "Bumchickawawaaaaa, those beautiful beasties are deaaadly" she said, obviously impressed with the felines. "I'm getting myself a new coat tonight, and maybe some new boots" She said licking her lips as she looked to the cats. "You gotta protect the mayor right bucket head?" The Yuki Yuki No Mi user asked. "Get him out of here" she said as she strolled to the middle of the room, cracking her neck and knuckles. "I'll take the three of em on" The confident witch of snow said, an aura of malice exuded from her.

"Yerrr a speedy wee minx" The hunter said as he laughed. His cats growled, yet he made no movement. "Yeah metal head, get outta here, I'll let Vael take care oh yea, take care oh the useless yins" he said with a laugh. "Its lookin like Vaels bloody weee puppets are fecking coming up the stairs, ye've got a boot three minutes till they get here" The hunter said. "But the snow yins ours," He grinned as he opened the Den Den Mushi. "Vael, I hink ye ken, she's mine, get yer people tae look fer this fecker, I'm lettin him gan and he might be taken the Mayor, if he fecks awf" the hunter said, giving the man a rather arrogant look of annoyance. From the den den mushi a voice echoed out. "Perhaps, but I want her for myself, I want her power, a puppet within the marines. Trrrry to keep her alive" the man said. Now all that he would need to do is wait to see whether this metal man left or stayed, determing what would happen next.

If the man left the hunter would smile. "Ye ken, Sheera, she doesnae look like a big enough meal fer the twae ae ye" The hunter said, he had waited four seconds after the man had left. "Go get em" and with that the Tiger would leave. Sheera was stronger than her companion, than the fire breathing lion. She would stalk her prey to the end of the world chasing after him, with her fast movement and powerful body, she was a proper fighter, powerful in her own right. If the man stayed, Sheera and Konto would stalk the metal man. "Quick work of him my babies" he would say as he held his shotgun on top. "Snow Queen, yer mine" as he released another burst of bullets, this time air based.

The group of civilians would be causing chaos on the streets. Pulling men, children and woman, all of them, anyone they could find, they brought them to Vael, to hypnotize them. To bring them under his power. He was creating an army at horrible speeds, and no one knew how or why, those who could protect were either in battle, or under Vael's control. Perrington was getting Water 7...one way or another.

With all said and done, remaining in the Mayors office was now Melissa, the hunter and a single lion. The dark older looking one, much slimmer than that of the large tiger that darted through the window. "With the Mayor gone" Melissa said, her mouth curving, smiling seductively at the man. "I can go ham" she said as she kissed into her hand, blowing a kiss. As she blew a kiss, snow burst from her lips, bursting through the area as once more her simultaneous skills activated. The snow age returned, filling up the entirety of the room while a snow storm continiously circled around, hundreds, no millions and millions of tiny snow particles fluttering across the room, this caused vision to become murky, though the Snow Queen could see through it, many enemies were hindered by such a capability.

Bullets of air shot through her intangibile form, "You can't hurt me" Melissa uttered, her smile widening. "But you...are in my domain" The woman of snow called out, as she brought her hands upwards, spikes of snow would shoot forth from under the hunter and the feline. At the same time six lances of snow formed beside her, three shooting off at each of them. Flowing through the air, mixing in with the snow storm to hide their form. It was a combination that worked flawlessly, blending attacks with hindrances. Of course Melissa did not know about the Haki of the Hunter. She believed for right now that the man was indeed nothing compared to her, that by removing the other feline, the hunter had indeed sealed his fate.

Though after her assault, she noticed the door creaking open, hundreds of people in the hall, tying to pile into the small room. Her cold would take care of them, that was for sure, if they died...well.....she could blame it on the hunter, confident that the cold would take them, she would look in shock as they walked unhindered. It was not possible, she had taken out heavy fighters with nothing but the cold itself. How was it that these civilians could brave her cold without any issue. "what is this" she said through gritted teeth.

Strong legs saw the cat dive over to the next building from the window, an elegant pirouette saw her spin before she lunged with such grace and beauty, flowing through the window that the Scarecrow and the Mayor had broken through. Her deep growl echoed through the room they where now in. Her eyes dilated, widened and beautiful. As she opened her mouth, she released a fierce, terrifying roar. With one powerful movement, the tiger pushed forward, rotating its body in mid air to attempt to strike the scarecrow with the powerful Axe dial upon its tail, it aimed to deliver a terrifying blow to the body of the scarecrow. She seemed to not care much about the Mayor who was still within his trance, mumbling about the work this man had forced him away from. Sheera took no prisoners, she was a fierce fighter.

"So this is yer fierce cold" The Hunter said, though he smiled, their was some visible changes that showed that the cold was slightly effecting him, mainly slight shakes from his body, the big cat also shivered though it wasnt effected too much. Though the air bullets passed through her, ,the Hunter continued to simply grin. His senses connected with Konto and as his ken haki warned the duo of the assaults that  came, the two moved with such elegance, as spikes erupted towards them, the duo moved in unison, acrobat abilities that did not fit with the body of the hunter, feral movements, the hunter even with the shotgun in hand moved like a feline himself. Even as the lances shot forth, the snow queen must have thought them blind, but they could see better than ever. With feline senses combined with their ken haki connection, the duo were perfectly in sync, no attack touched them.

"Hahahahaha, ye didnae hink we were prepared tae fight ye," he said as the lion roared. Then the hunter smiled as the door opened, revealing the large amount of slaves that rushed into the room, seemingly unhindered by the cold. They charged aiming to get the snow queen. "Konto" the hunter said smiling, as the lion stalked with the crowd, gently moving between them, its brown tail darkened, hardening, with powerful legs it too lunged, mimicking the movements of Sheera, the Lion attemped to strike the snow queen with a haki infused tail swipe which also was enhanced with the Axe Dial. The hunter prepped his shot, he knew how this worked, ready to release his round when the time was right. From Outside, Vael continued to hypnotise.

The amount of people that had came in had caused confusion for Melissa, they seemed to gang up on her. The fluid movements of the hunter, the way he and the large cat had easily avoided her attacks, despite her having control over the entire room had caused her issue. With her snow form, she was able to slide to the other side of the room, with the window behind her. She was uncertain on what to do. These people were obviously civilians, their body and minds being controlled. She could use the snow below them to hinder them, to completely halt them but then that left them at the mercy of the cold itself. Their bodies had already begun to turn blue, but the mind control seemed to numb the pain, they had one goal, and one goal only. To capture her. This meant no amount of pain would bring them from their trance they and all those under control of the Perrington Sorceror would be held for eternity.

"What can I do" Melissa uttered to herself. She would see the flash of brown as the Lion moved, her vision was pretty epic, but she kept losing it in the crowd, the horde. "Fuck" she said as she was trapped. Then it lunged, the Lion moved, it wasn't quick but the stealthy movement caught her off guard. Sure her snow form would be unhindered, it was too late by the time she noticed the armament, too late to do anything but throw her arms upwards, coating them in the same magical stuff. The lions attack connected. Its initial strength was nothing, had she not have been so foolish, had she not panicked when seeing the glint of buso haki, she would have been mostly unscathed, even the axe dials release would not have broken her armament. If she had maintained her snow form all bar her hands, this attack would have held no power against her.

How foolish. Pain shot through her, the thin whisps of air cut her, not too deeply, but still enough for her to scream out. It had been sometime since she had suffered such a shock to her system. To add well....to add injury to injury, the connection of the axe dial had hidden the sound of the shotgun. Two shots fired in such a manner that the bullets of pure air burst forth, skimming through the crowd. It had been this same crowd, the same people she had been scared of hurting that had indeed also saved her life. If they had not been their, blocking a direct shot to her head. Instead, these two bullets penetrated her body, shooting directly into her shoulders. The pain.... Oh god, now Melissa had taken a beating, she had been a strong woman who could take whatever was thrown at her....when prepared. She had alas not been prepared for this duel pronged attack.

Her eyes widened as she stepped back, the people continued to come for her, almost upon her, she took a step back, her balance failing and. ... "NO" she heard in her daze. The lion roared, but...she was, she was falling. She had but a moment, her body phased, through the pain she focused, hitting the ground her body dispered, falls had no merit to those of the logia nature, yet it quickly reformed, her wounds not healing. Shame about that little fact. "F...fuck" she whispered out.

She had to get away for now, regroup, catch her breath. Before she could move, somethingn cold touched her, draining her power, she had but a second to glance, a face covered by cloth. "Wh...." darkness.

The scare crow was quick to react to the powerful tiger. Though he was unaware of the Dial that had actually been activated. His original bomb would thus be detonated earlier than he had planned by the slicing air wave of the dial connected with the hollow. The pre-emptive explosion would cause a knockback effect, thus pushing the tiger back. This would mean it would not be in the same space as it had previously intended. It would snarl as it slid back, its claws digging in. Looking and glaring to the Scare Crow. It was a wild creature, powerful and strong. Its senses connected to the master. Its senses heightened. As it growled it looked to the Scarecrow, turning on its padded paws as the man began to charge up another attack. It tore at great speeds, past the Scarecrow, as if its speed had been enhanced by some feral force, smashing into the door taking it clean off its hinges. In a matter of seconds it was gone. Its master had called it back. The scarecrow was safe for now.

Within the room above. The Hunter smiled. "Not a clean kill, but it gonnae be a prize heffer" he said. Though his smile turned to a snarl. "NO" he screeched as he pushed through the crowd. The snow queen had fallen and as he watched her lying on the ground, he had used his connection. "Sheera, get here" he said as he turned, someone was coming for the Snow queen, believing him to be one of Vaels men he would holster his shot gun. The hunter and the lion would turn and begin to leave the Mayors room. The job was thus complete. He had done his part and would expect payment in full. For now they would not be seen once more.

Vael down below heard the commotion, and as he turned being over 150 feet away from the location, he saw the small form of the snow queen fall, he saw someone touching her with something. "YES, YES BRING HER TO ME, I AM YOUR MASTER" he shouted. Yet "NO. AFTER THEM" he shouted as the masked figure made off with his prize. He was not one of his slaves. He was not with the Sorceror. "SHE. IS. MINE!" He screeched. His face reddened, his body began to bulge. "Control" he whispered as he took deep breaths. Revealing his hand so early on was not the greatest plan.

She awoke, her hands bound by seastone, the large slab of stone that she lay upon sapping her powers, not only that but causing a drain on her physical capabilities also. Pain flared up as she tried to move, wincing slightly as she turned her head, bracing herself to see the damage to her shoulders. "W...wh..what the...." Melissa muttered to herself. She continued to move her head, looking to each of her shoulders. Both wounds she had sustained had been bandaged up, covered from her view. She felt some pain but there was something else. She was certainly drowsy, as her eyes continuously went out of focus. It took a lot of effort for her to try to focus them. Trying to see what the cables attached to her arm were connected too. The beeping of machines told her one thing, as did the layout of the room. She was in some sort of make shift hospital. Why had she been taken? Why had she been patched up. Who took her. "Y...you got meh now pewwington" she said outloud, Her speech was becoming slurred, what was it that was going in to her system. "fwight me you cuwards" she attempted to shout, though once the words left her lips, she slumped into a dreamless slumber once more.

"I think shes waking up, Looks like the sedatives are wearing off" A womans voice uttered. "It was a gamble, not knowing how much to give her, given her body runs much much colder than that of your average human, it seems we hit somewhere within the ball park" spoke a man. Now Melissa's eyes fluttered open, blinking from the harsh light. Her mind wasn't as foggy, yet she still remained upon the slab of seastone, retrained, unable to manifest any of her powers, devil fruit or not. Yet her voice was hers once more, her mind clearer. "Where....where am I?" she asked as the duo came into view. A nurse, tall and slender and a rather handsome man, beautiful in appearance. "Well, I guess the doctor can see me now, how about removing these restraints and you can give me a "Full" examination!" the Queen of snow said, winking as she did.

Even in such a situation, her mind flowed to this when a beautiful man was involved. "Nursey here can watch" she winked. The nurse simply looked at her, her mouth turning upwards, trying not to laugh. "You might regret saying that Miss Devaroux" the nurse said, stifling giggles. "Oi, Crysta thats not very nice" "Oh, just shut up and show her already ya daft old coot" Crysta said, hitting the doctor over the head with the notebook. "Yeah, doc, SHOW IT TO ME HUNK" With this the nurse could not contain herself, turning away, laughing as she left. "Jealous bint". "So, Melissa, I guess you don't remember me like this" "Remember you? I don't think I'd forget a face that beautiful" she said. The doctor would also give a small laugh.

Reaching into his labcoat he pulled out a vial. "How about now?" he would ask before downing the glowing blue liquid. Without wincing, or creating any noise, the mans body began to shrink, his full head of hair flowed from his head until it fell off, revealing a bald head. Hs eyebrows whitened and wrinkles crafted on to his skin. "What about now?" he said again cocking his now ancient-looking face. Melissa looked bewildered...two counts passed and then.


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The now old man would unclip Melissa. "Oooooouch" the elderly man said as he pulled the young female from the seastone slab. "We thought you were dead" Melissa said as she felt her power coming back. "Where the hell, did you get this much seastone" Melissa said, looking to the large slab that she had been upon. "Well, you know those Perrington Warehouses. One of em has a shit ton of this stuff. Like.....toooo much. Turns out their selling it to the marines and are also the leading sales of seastone in the black market" the old man said. "You know about Perrington?" Melissa asked. "Well yeah, Me and our cell have been following them for a while now" "Cell?" the Yuki Yuki No Mi woman asked, curiously cocking her head. The old man took in a deep breath, he would find a seat and sit softly. "I'm a member of the Revolutionary Army". "Wait? What....Kuro, since when, what the fuck. Moira's probably going to rip you a new one when she finds out your alive, wait does that mean Devo's alive too" Melissa wondered.

Melissa would sit along side Kuro, as Kuro detailed what had been going on in his life, how Devo had pushed Kuro out of the way of the seaking, had been knocked out by the fallen debris, how he met the Revs and how how he agreed to work with them. He honestly had no idea they had moved to Drum and that everyone else was alive. Being a doctor in the rev army he had a pretty awesome lab and had came up with his own concoctions, hence how he was able to make himself appear younger. He explained that the revoloutanary army has also been after Perrington, though every time they get close, their agents end up losing connection with the army itself. "This guy, Vael, he's the second one I know off, Vael and Pete" "That leaves two more members, four people in total, each with unique and powerful capabilities, Its why they have never been halted. They have such unusual powers." "Yeah, I can tell you Kuro, there is a link, Both Vael and Pete have control abilities, but I, I dunno how to reverse em" the Yuki user said sighing.

The duo would speak for a it longer, roughly forty more minutes, eventually, Melissa would use her den den mushi to call Ghost and relay her location. She wasn't going to go in alone, not if Vael had the entirety of Water 7 behind him.
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"Nah, things are just getting interesting in Water 7, I need you to get to the Warehouse district, warehouse 36. We have a town to liberate" The Queen of Snow uttered. She would hang up the Den Den, placing it back in her pocket. The young woman would then converse with Kuro, the two catching up, discussing the events that had happened since they parted. Kuro was Moira's husband, which meant he was Olivias father. Melissa filled him in on everything that had happened, how she had taken her Shichibukai status to protect them, how well they were doing, how she protected them. How Perrington was effecting them and what was all being done. The duo shared notes on what was happening with Perrington. "I just can't find a paper trail, nothing to prove exactly what they are, except that symbol" "So far, all we have found is the usual, that they sell arms and supplies to the world government. What we can use though is the contract that the mayor has been signing" Kuro said. "How?" "That contract, its in Perringtons name, not just Vaels, if we can get out hands on that contract, we have a small shred of evidence, we know that within the warehouses, they are storing a large amount of illegal goods....as well as...people" Kuro said grinding his teeth together.

"Let me guess, Vael has the contract?" Melissa mused? "They have the mayor under their control, before Vael came, the Mayor was a fair and kind man, Water Seven was flourishing, Vael came, he took over almost the entire Warehouse district, my source in Baltigo has told me, their closing down a lot of their warehouses from their, your actions seem to be causing a bit of a commotion" Kuro said with a smile. "Of course, Gotta keep these bastards on their toes" she said grinning. "So your a member of the revs, theres a woman, I fought her in Jordsand" "I heard, but I can't say anything about that, sorry" "Just know Kuro, I'm not entirely on the side of the marines" Melissa said smiling as they walked through the warehouse. "So, the spies have informed us that the Hunter has left Water 7, he believes your in Vaels custody, that his job is complete. So for now, all we have to do is deal with Vael" Kuro said rubbing his chin.

"Gutting, that little fucker is due a beat down" Melissa said. "With Vael, no one really knows what he's capable of, his hypnotism, its all hes known for, but....we shouldnt underestimate him. We need to figure out exactly what we are going to do." "Simple, I go in, I kick this guys ass, we get the info we need and if knocking him out doesnt revert everyone back then we slit Vaels throat" The Queen of Mean uttered. "Sounds good to me" The doctor said. "When my comrade comes, the two of us will head out, you gather anyone who isn't hypnotised, can't go balls to the walls If i'm protecting all these civilians" Melissa said winking to the doctor.

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