(Third Person POV)
"Look for him!!" Rhea exclaimed, "He could not have left the ship!!"
"Captain!" A marine called from the end of the hallway, "We are receiving a call from Captain Smoker!"
"Send him our coordinates, the prisoner escaped." Rhea said as she began to run towards the other end, "Do not let him escape towards the island!"
She turned the corner and immediately went up the stairs that led outside to the deck. As she opened the door and walked outside, she was hit by a hard pouring of rain.
She looked up and squinted, seeing the pitch-black sky as stormclouds were looming over. Lightning crackled through said clouds as thunder boomed throughout the air.
"Tch….." she said as she looked to the side, "A jungle island,huh?"
She was looking at the beach of the island they had anchored the ship next to, the waves crashing hard against the side while the ship swayed rapidly.There was a vast jungle further inland after a few hundred feet of beach.
Her clothes were getting soaked in the brief time she was outside on the deck and she was getting irritated by the mere fact.
"Tch….." she said again, "What a predicamen-"
She noticed a thud besides her, over by the railings. She immediately turned to see a blur coming right at her.
"Shit!" She raised her arms and blocked a kick that was swung right at her, "Y-You…!"
Samuel stepped back and straightened up, a serious look on his face.
"A Marine Captain, alright." He said, "You got nice reflexes and senses."
"Pfft, please." Rhea said as she shook her arm, still feeling the impact, "Do you really think I am that easy to sneak up on…?"
Samuel readied a stance, "Don't really care."
"For a former assassin, your footwork is sloppy and your sneaking skills are less than average." Rhea said, "What's the deal?"
"Assassin?" Samuel raised his eyebrow as his hair got drenched in rain, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb!" Rhea scowled, "I know all about you, Klaw!! Former Cipher Pol operative that went rogue!!"
"No clue what you're talking about." Samuel said, "But I am getting out of here."
"Soru"
Samuel then disappeared, lunging past Rhea and overboard. Rhea then turned around and lunged towards him as he had appeared several meters away from the ship.
"Where do you think you're going?!" She exclaimed as she reared her hand back, "Come back here!!!"
She swung her fist forwards and her hand suddenly ejected from her wrist, connected by a chain, as it shot towards Samuel.
It then reached his foot and clenched on his ankle as the chain snapped still and kept Samuel suspended in midair for a few seconds.
"What the?" Samuel said with surprise, "A chain in her arm?!"
Rhea then pulled her arm back, flinging Samuel back to the ship and slamming him straight into the deck, a large cloud of dust forming as he broke into the wood.
"Shit!" Samuel exclaimed as Rhea's hand flew back into her hand, "What the hell?"
As he slowly stood up, waving away the dust and squinting due to the rain, he saw that Rhea slowly walked towards him.
"You're a former Cipher Pol operative in league with the Revolutionary Army." She said as she glared at him, "You made contact with Dante, the Chief of Staff. Even the leader, Dragon, name-dropped you. I want you to tell me what you did with the Devil Fruit Dante gave you."
"Dante is a revolutionary?" Samuel said, "Is that so? Crazy, huh?"
"Do not play dumb." Rhea said again
"I am not." Samuel said, "All of that is false."
"Well, the fact that Cipher Pol comfirmed it says otherwise." Rhea said as she lunged at him, "So quit pretending!!!!"
She kicked him in the chest but Samuel had braced himself already.
"Tekkai!"
Rhea pulled away, "And you have good mastery of the Rokushiki so that's another sign!"
"Rokushiki is not that hard to learn." Samuel said as he undid the technique, "Get a grip."
"Where is the Devil Fruit?" Rhea said seriously, "I won't ask again."
"That's a relief." Samuel said with a smirk, "Because I have no clue!"
He lunged at her and swung his fist at her. As Rhea raised her arms to block it, Samuel immediately pulled back and kicked her in the leg, buckling her slightly. He then swung his other fist under her guard and hit her in the stomach, further buckling her.
"Soru!"
He disappeared and suddenly appeared in the air a few meters away, rearing his leg back.
"Rankyaku!"
He swung his leg and fired off the projectile right at Rhea who jumped away and avoided it.
"Tch…" Rhea said as she pumped her arms, "You wanna go?! Come on, then!!"
Samuel landed on the deck and wiped the side of his face.
"You're not bad at all." He said, "But it is not convenient to keep this up…."
"Yea, is that so? Is the assassin scared?" Rhea taunted
"I ain't no assassin, I have no idea what you're talking about." Samuel scowled
"Hmph, you speak like you really don't know." Rhea said, "But our intel cannot be wrong about you! You were a confirmed rogue operative!!"
"Shut up!!" Samuel shouted, "I had enough of this, I am leaving! Try to follow me and you'll regret it!!"
"I don't think so!!" Rhea swung her hand forwards again, causing it to fly out towards him, "Get over here!!"
Samuel dodged the hand and jumped away, kicking the air and sending forth another projectile at her.
Rhea ducked and avoided the attack, pulling her hand back to her arm. She then scowled as she immediately straightened up and glared at Samuel.
"What's with this guy??? Can't he just admit he was found out? The World Government's intel is never wrong!!" She thought to herself, "Either he's stupidly being stubborn by lying or he truly believes he isn't what we know he is!!!"
Rhea narrowed her eyes, "Are you a Sleeper?"
"Huh?" Samuel frowned, "The hell are you talking about?"
"A Sleeper Agent." She said, "You are, aren't you? This complicates things…."
As she said that, the doors that were behind her burst open and marines ran outside.
"Captain!" One of them shouted, "We heard a commotion!"
"You're late!" Rhea exclaimed, "Shoot him!"
"But the rain might jam our rifles!" Another said
"Do it!" Rhea shouted again
"This is perfect." Samuel said before disappearing
Rhea widened her eyes, "He increased his Soru speed!!" She exclaimed
Suddenly, Samuel appeared behind a marine and stabbed him with his finger.
"Shigan"
"Agh!" He shouted in pain
Before the others could react, Samuel disappeared and immediately appeared behind another marine, stabbing him in the thigh as well. He repeated this three more times before kicking three marines towards Rhea who was taken aback by this.
The marines flew right at her and as she tried to avoid them, Samuel immediately appeared in front of her.
"Shigan: Double-Barrel"
Rhea widened her eyes as she looked down to see Samuel piercing her thigh with two fingers.
"T-two fingers???" Rhea exclaimed
Samuel then pulled away and kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying.
"Captain!!!!" The marines shouted
Samuel then disappeared, lunging away and out of the ship.
Rhea quickly got up and limped towards the side of the ship, "Shit!" She exclaimed, "No!!!"
She then leaned against the rails and saw that Samuel had landed on the beach and made a run for inland.
"Captain Rhea!" A marine said, "Are you alright!"
"Tend to the wounded!" Rhea commanded, "Send a search party inland! Now!"
"Don't let him get away!!"