Guards and Marines

Alone in a small group a young girl was assisting other marines in guarding important cargo for a nearby village. Apparently the area got roughed up by hostiles recently and these supplies are for reconstruction. Report wasn't really clear over what caused the destruction. Were it pirates, bandits, a monster? Inside her mind Elise scrapped the later already. If it was a monster surely the report would have said something about it. It most likely was some kind of humanoid raid. Pirates seemed most likely, but other kind of trouble was possible just the same.

The wagon mainly contained wood and stone, but also some iron. Clearly these were construction supplies. Yet, since the total value of the wagon would be worth quite a bit in money a small team of Marine's was assigned to guard it. Including the new girl who just transferred from the south blue. Alone, she knew nobody in this group. Even so, her job was clear and the people here needed help. Something here didn't sit well with her, why only such a small force if an entire village was sacked by assailants. If they were robbed, would their small group keep stand?

Still it wasn't that there was anything she could do about it. Right now Elise should watch the cargo and solve any trouble they'd come across.

Billy would be following behind guarding the rear of the transport letting the more experienced marines guard the front. He was happy guarding the back, besides the back was still important, someone needed to guard the back to prevent sneak attacks. While the front would be nice those with more experience and strength should get it afterall.

He wondered why a beginner like him was chosen for such a important mission. If the supplies were stolen then the village couldn’t be repaired and that would be very very bad. If so then why put a complete beginner on it? Maybe the other stronger marines where off making the seas a safer place and thats why they put in someone like him? Or maybe it was his devil fruit that got him included?

Regardless he was just happy to be selected for such a important seeming mission. Afterall helping people like this was why he joined the marines and he couldn’t let any pirates get these important supplies. Billy just hoped he was strong enough to protect the supplies from any future attacks. He then shook his head rapidly back and forth no he had to be strong enough this was too important for failure to be a option. He would

She overheard some of the marines talking about the mission behind her. They weren't so positive about the mission. They too thought that the attack was performed by pirates and granted, facing a whole crew alone wasn't an attractive thought. Especially so with a small group like theirs.

It didn't take long before another group of humans started to run towards them from in the distance. They seemed armed with swords primarily, they're speed was suggesting they weren't really just going to run past them. They were only wearing clothes, no visible armor though their clothes have seen better days. Elise joined the marines up front and prepared herself to engage the hostiles. She noticed a small amount of marines stayed in the back in case they tried to circle them or if they had hostiles planted in nearby hiding spaces. It still wasn't clear if they were facing pirates, bandits or some other, probably more local hostile group.

As the hostile neared they brought down their swords on the bracing marines. Elise grabbed the sword arm of the enemy and pushing it to the ground which caused the man to roll forward and turn back to her, ready for another strike.

Billy would be listening to the conversations around him, about the possibility pirates did this. It would make sense to him, only mean old pirates would do such a horrible thing. Problem was that he doubted he could take a whole crew and they had so little people he really hopped he wouldn’t loose the supplies that people needed.

That would be very bad, though soon a group of pirates attacked from the front he stayed in the back watching in case they tried to surround them which unfortunately they did. Billy would stay directly in front of the supplies so they couldn’t reach them and prepared for them to attack. He would quickly change into a hybrid raptor and proceed to block the swords with his long claws then counter attack with his feet claws slashing into them hopefully killing them.

But another one just attacked right after, billy tried to do his best to fight off each one. He couldn’t let the enemy get these supplies, just then he got a idea asking “ is it possible to call for backup? Would be nice to have some.” If they couldn’t they would just have to find a way to hold out with out some. He then killed the next person attacking him and waited for another pirate to attack him.