Having gathered the crew, Davy and the others had dinner with Azriel and her family. From Metana's right, the order went, Azriel, Davy, Victor, Tiga, Ruby, Shin, then her father, Milo.
Davy, Tiga, and Metana had the biggest appetite, scarfing everything down that they could.
Milo:(chuckles)
Milo: Thank you for bringing my daughter back.
Davy: Hm?
Davy:(gulp), No problem.
Azriel: And I'd like to thank you dad, for not burning the cloths Metana's currently wearing...
Milo:(clears throat)
Metana: Yeah! Thanks dad! It's the only thing that fits! And I really like the style. Mom had good taste!
Milo: That is one way of putting it...
Ruby:(mumbles) Taste for what? How to get-
(bump)
Shin:(whispers) Not behind the dinner table!
Ruby: Sush. Eat up, maybe you'll grow up big and handsome finally.
Shin: How dare you? I'm dashing!
Ruby: With those tiny legs?
Victor: That was a good one.
Shin: Don't take her side?
Victor: But she's winning.
Ruby:(smirks) By a head and ten times his hight.
Shin:(shakes fist)
Tiga: What's this about winning?
Davy: They're talking about joke. Keep eating.
Tiga: Aye-Aye, Captain!
(munch, munch, munch)
Davy; I said eat! Not consume all!
Metana:(giggles)
Metana: I've decided. I'm joining your crew.
Davy:(shrugs) If you want.
Azriel: I thought we agreed to put a pin in it.
Metana: Dad, I can go, right?
Milo: Uhmm... Hold on...
Azriel: Finish your meal before anything.
Metana: Fair enough.
(Opening Theme)
Kai, on his ship above Atlantis, prepared pressurised air tanks to allow him to push himself deeper, against the underwater current.
The buzzing of a motor stopped him for a moment.
He walked to the Starboard side and glanced over to see a large man leap abored his vessel.
Kai: This is an intresting turn of events...
(Back in Atlantis)
The Wanted Dead crew slept over the Holiday household. Ruby slept on the floor using Shin's afro like a pillow, Victor slept sitting against a wall.
Davy was on the floor next to Tiga who was rolled up like a true cat, until she rolled over onto Davy.
Davy: Oof!
Davy:(whispers) Tiga, get off.
Tiga:(yawn)
She rolled to her stomach and behan kneading Davy's chest.
Davy:(whispers) Tiga... Tiga, Tiga-Ow-Ow-Ow!
He shoves her off and onto Ruby.
Davy:(rubs chest)...
Now, fully awake, Davy decideds to go out for some air.
Davy:(sigh)...
Metana: Pssst!
Davy: Hm?
Looking up, he finds Metana leaning out the window.
Metana:(whispers) Catch me!
She leaps out of the window, Davy quickly leaps up and tries to catch her but the Big Sister bird is quick to swoop in and do it for him.
Azriel: Seriously.
Metana: What? It was a small fall.
Azriel:(rolls eyes)
Davy: Relax a bit. She's just egar to get a taste of adventure.
Azriel: Easy for you to say... You barely saw how she was when sick.
Metana: I'm much better.
Azriel:(heavy sigh)
Davy: Hey. Whay don't we go on a little adventure?
Davy: They're is a cave no one is allowed to enter. Let's enter it.
Metana: But... That's against the rules.
Davy: Pirates don't care about the rules. Right Azriel?
Azriel:...
Azriel: You know what? Sure. Let's do it.
Metana: Really!?
Azriel: Did you forget? I was the rebellious one in the family.
Davy:(chuckles) Oh, I gotta see this through now.
Azriel:(rolls eyes)
Shin walks outside with a flat afro.
Shin: She drooled on my do!
Metana: You want to join us in cave exploring?
(Poof)
His mighty afro retured to its glorious state.
Shin: Uhmm... Sure, why not?
The four then headed out on their little adventure to the cave. And like the rest of the people in this underwater island, they were completely unaware of the Marines approching the island.
Shin pulled out a flashlight from his afro, and lit up the cave, allowing him and the others to safely enter.
Metana: Ooh. This is exciting! And a little nerv racking...
Azriel: This is nothing. Well... Compared to what's out there.
Davy: And like everyone else, I'll protect you all, as long as you call me captain.
Azriel:(glares)
Davy:(glares)
While the two glared at each other, they failed to notice how the inside of the cave quickly turned from naturally formed into man made.
The rocky, bumpy walls became smooth with an intresting pattern.
Metana: Wow...
Shin:(touches wall)
Shin: These walls weren't carved out, they were built and place here.
Metana: How can you tell?
Shin: The texture is not different from what some tools can do to material. The material is not even close to the rest of the cave.
Davy/Azriel: Oof!
The two glared each other into a wall. But with a quick flash of light, the wall was revealed to be a door, as given away by its clear door like shape.
Metana: Good find!
Shin: Is it open?
Azriel pushes and pulls, with all her might.
Azriel: Nope.
Metana: Do you think there's a switch or a key?
Davy: I got the key right here!
Davy: "Ro-Ro; Boxer"!!
(BAM)
Punching the door off its himges, Davy walks on ahead, pleased with himself.
Azriel:(sarcastically) Thanks for damaging what is potentially my peoples ancient ruins.
Davy: You know what they say, out with the old, in with the new!
Shin: But not before I get a look at the old!
Shin and Metana run after him, Azriel begrudgingly follows down the stairs leading to a bigger complex down below.
Davy: Hmmm...?
As they enter a large open room, they find a corridor made by two large building sizes rooms ahead of them.
And two paths going right and left.
Davy: Wait a minute... What the hell!?
Metana: What's wrong?
Davy: I... I know this place.
Azriel: Huh? How?
Shin: You can tell by the air, no one has been here in years.
Davy: It looks exactly like the secret Marine base where I got my self wanted Dead.
He heads down the corridor, seeing several doors on either side of the walls.
Peeking in, his mind flashes back to horrors he saw in the secret Marine base. And once light was shined inside, he saw remnants of objects that made him belive this place was the exact same, if only older.
Davy quickly dashed down the corridor, to the room at the end, kicking down the door, he enters to find something truly different that made him question if they were truly the same place.
The room that he thought would be the same as the one with the Devil Fruit, where he first fought Arnold, turned out to be one that automatically lit up.
Revealing an engine, and many machine surrounding the walls.
Davy: I guess.... This isn't the same place....
Once Shin entered, he was in heaven. Zooming around the room, he began to ignore everyone else.
Metana:(smiles) Whoooa!!
She too began looking around. Azriel however noticed the concern Davy was feeling.
Azriel: Are you alright?
Davy: I...(shakes head)... I'm alright!
Azriel: If you say so...
Davy: Yo! Shin! Talk to me, what do we have here?!
Shin: Hahahaha! Captain, this is a control room!
Walking around the engine in the middle of the room, they find Shin trying to leap up to a control panel with a screen in front of it.
Metana: Here you go.
She lift him up onto the panel.
Shin:(embarrased) Thanks...
Shin quickly begins flipping switches, levers, and pressing all the buttons. Metana joins in.
Davy: Control room? Controlling what?
Shin:(shrugs) Who knows?
Azriel: You know how to operate it?
Shin: Hah! I wish.
Davy: So you're just pressing things randomly?
Shin: One of these must be the on switch.
Davy/Azriel:.....(shrugs)
The two joined in, until they happen to come acroos a button that actived the large screen over the controls.
Shin: Okay! Now stop!
With the engine now slowly buzzing to life, Shin began observing the image on the screen.
Which he quickly confirmed to be about the island and its bubble.
Shin: Hmmm....
Shin: Alright... This seems to be showing the bubbles integraty...
Shin: And the amout of people on the island... Oh? The number just went up.
Metana: Doesn't that mean more guest?
Azriel:!
Azriel: Kai...
Davy: You think he managed to get in?
Azriel: Dial tech is but the tip of the iceberg of his machinations and genius.
Shin: Huh? Sounds like a challenge to me....
Azriel: If he wants something on the island, he'll have to go through me!
Davy: Don't forget about me.
The two rush out of the facility.
Metana:?
Shin: "Sleep mode"?
Metana: Huh?
Shin: It says, right there, something about a "sleep mode". I guess the island is sleeping?
Shin: Oh! It might mean the bubble is not allowing light in, so people could sleep!
Shin: I think...
Shin:(turns to generator) But why is that powering up then...?
Metana: Can I press more buttons?
To be continued....