Black Clover Bastards: Solas Isle Secrets

Western Front
Matt

Peering through his binoculars Horhee watched as Matt took aim and managed to only clip the next few cards. Nodding he gave the signal for the next shooters to have a chance.

After they'd all taken aim and fired at some cards one at a time, he could see many had only clipped them like Matt.

"Right many of you only managed to clip the cards, which is good but not good enough. Right I'd like the people's names who I call to return to camp, you'll be the front row of marksmen the rest will need to continue shooting so I can figure out who the last marksman to join them should be."

Raising his clipboard and reading down the list of names he'd written after seeing their shooting, Horhee begun to speak.

"McMillan, Harshden, Jones, Hilton & Carey. Head back to camp, the rest of you I want to play this game again, however this time you'll all be firing at the same time and only shots where bullets go through the card will count, clipping the card will not count."

Waiting for the recruits who'd made it through to leave Horhee gave the order.

"Open fire!"

Squeezing their triggers the remaining recruits launched out a hail of gunfire which took to the trees shattering the bark of them along with ripping through some cards all the while Horhee watched making a mental note of whose marksman ship was the best with his eidetic memory.

Matt was ready to go one more time. He wasn't gonna lose this game. Aiming he fired as soon as he heard the signal, the bullet tore through the ace of spades. Now the next card he was aiming for was the queen of spades. This was a bit easier second time round. Matt pushed the trigger and the bullet shot through the queen's shoulder. Not too shabby. Now it was time for the king of spades, he got a little carried away and ended up just getting the card.

"Stay focused damn it, this is no gam- Oh wait."

Matt took aim once more. The Jack of spades was next. He aimed for the head and shot.

Western Front
Matt

Watching Matt fire Horhee nodded. He seemed to be doing better, but all the others had finished shooting and were waiting on him. This showed that Matt was taking more time with his shots but also showed that he was less proficient in his accuracy since the rest had gone for the closer targets and gotten straight through the cards with no trouble.

On the filed the closer quick shots were what mattered, the quicker you can remove your targets the better. Raising his hand Horhee begun to speak.

"Put your guns down and follow me back to the camp, Jamison you'll be joining the first lot in the firing range the rest of you will be the second group."

Gesturing for the group to follow him Horhee thought about the strategy that sat before them. They had explosives planted beneath the entrance to the fortress and an army of men ready to infiltrate the fortress whilst sharpshooters would be positioned on the ridge.

"When shooting you've got to be quick and precise, always aim to injure and not kill. If you do that then you leave your enemy attempting to look after themself and another, if you kill you wind up leaving them looking out for only themself. If your on the field though you need to remove as many enemies as quickly as possible so its better to aim for the closer enemies and take them out quickly. It just makes the fight for allies on the battlefield easier even if the closer enemies aren't going for them. It still makes things easier as it voids any attempts at flanking. Remember that for the future." Horhee mentioned to the remaining men who followed him up towards the camp.

They'd be attacking the next day and they needed some rest.

Horhee gathered the troops around the camp fire ready to give them a quick speech before their raid on the fortress as the men settled he begun to speak.

"I wish you all luck tomorrow in the assault, remember a wounded enemy is just as deadly as any enemy if they're armed. Our goal is to take the fort and rescue Captain Kuroba and his men who're deep in enemy lines and take back the rest of this island. I hope once we've made it through tomorrow's assault your all alive to see this island under marine control. This island will be changed into a marine controlled island."

Matt lowered his gun, a little embarrassed that he didn't finish in time. He walked alongside the group as they made their way back to the camp. Matt nodded as he listened to Horhee strategy. He needed to be quicker in the future, next time he picks up a gun, he'll be doing the real thing. Once reaching the camp, Matt took a seat next to Jacob around the fire.

"So, how'd it go? The gun training?"
"Could've been better. I hit the targets, just wasn't fast enough."

The two shut up once Horhee began to speak.


"I wish you all luck tomorrow in the assault, remember a wounded enemy is just as deadly as any enemy if they're armed. Our goal is to take the fort and rescue Captain Kuroba and his men who're deep in enemy lines and take back the rest of this island. I hope once we've made it through tomorrow's assault your all alive to see this island under marine control. This island will be changed into a marine controlled island."

"Yes, sir!" Matt replied. Feeling quite awkward since he was the only one who called out.

Western Front
Matt

As morning arrived and the sun shone over the camp, Marines begun to take up positions on the ridge and in the tunnel. Setting charges on the roof of the tunnel.

With a den den mushi in hand Horhee had made his way down to the bottom of the ridge with a small group of men.

"Is everyone in place?" he asked waiting for responses from each team.

"Alpha ready." replied the leader of the sharpshooters. He'd seen all of the men required and smiled as he saw each of them all in place.

"Beta ready!" replied the explosive team who waited in hiding behind some barricades with the detonator.

"And we're ready too." replied Horhee who looked at the sky. Now it was go time.

Matt positioned himself on the ridge, he held his gun steadily. This was it, the real deal. If he missed his targets here, he could be putting lives at risk. He calmed himself down with heavy breathing. He couldn't get too worried, the enemies haven't even made their move yet! Adrenaline raced through his veins, he was having mixed feelings. Matt was feeling both excited and worried. His finger hovered over the trigger, ready to strike as soon as he caught sight of a pirate.

"C'mon. You can do this Mat." he thought to himself.

Everyone was ready and in place. The gears have started moving, it was time for them to move aswell.

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Matt

"Detonate the charges" were the only words anyone heard Horhee say. Everything that was said afterwards was blank to the men in the tunnel. Exploding directly beneath the courtyard where the pirates were currently practicing combat they were taken by surprise when suddenly the floor beneath them collapsed and the were buried in ruble and soon ambushed by a group of marines sticking them with bayonetts.

Waiting before advancing up all attention had turned on to the hole and all sharpshooters on the walls turned taking aim preparing to open fire on whoever or whatever came out.

"Men this is our time to shine." the leading marksman shouted as he gestured for them to take down the men on the fortress walls.

"First team aim far, Second team aim close. Alpha team hold off in the tunnel we're bringing the noise."

"Affirmative"

On the fortress walls there were three men taking aim close by and 8 on the far wall as well as one in the bell tower.

Waiting in the tunnel team Alpha kept their aim trained on the hole just in case anyone came rushing in. The pirate crew begun to arm themselves for an attack and started to set off the alarm warning everyone this was an attack and it was very much so the real thing and not a drill.

Matt waited for the signal from the leading marksman before opening fire on the pirates located on the walls of the fortress. He was instructed to aim close so that's exactly what he did. Matt pulled his trigger and the bullet shot into one of the pirate's shoulder. Well done. He took aim once more, this time going for the head. Matt felt a little uneasy, he had never really shot anyone before, heroes never kill anyone.. was the mari- Crap. He was thinking too much. He took aim and shot. Pirates were evil and heroes exterminate evil, that's all that he needed to know and he would use that fact to help him complete that task. He reloaded and continued to shoot, still feeling a tiny bit of regret.

"Damn it Matt, stay focused!" he muttered to himself.

He was gonna finish this task, and he was gonna finish it well.

Western Front
Matt

The pirates on the walls fell with bullets lodged deep in their torsos. Grinning the leader of team Beta spoke into the den den mushi.

"Team Alpha your good to go."

Listening in on the mushi talk Horhee nodded. He needed to wait just a little longer before his assault.

Getting to his feet the leader of team Beta gestured as he spoke.

"Come on men, if we can get further down this ridge we'll have a better view of the courtyard and we can cover our comrades."

What they didn't know though was of the impending danger rushing to greet them. Sprinting up to take them down were a small group of horsemen. 7 Each armed with a rifle & sword atop a horse.

Arriving within their sight charging at full speed they were almost on top of the marksmen in a matter of moments.

The leading marksman cracked the reins and the horse came to a halt. As each other rider did the same their horses all stopped in a group with the riders trained on a marine each.

"Reach for the stars" the leader said pulling back the hammer on his rifle as he looked down the sight at Matt.

"Pull your socks up!" a voice called out as a man in yellow shot out from the ridge above.

A foot shot into the leader's cheek knocking him clean off the horse and down the side of the ridge. As for his men they lowered their rifles in shock to see an armless man standing before them.

Turning to see them he grinned back at them.

"Well, well well. What have we here?" he asked in a tone which seemed to scream, I'm not moving for anybody.

Gulping at the sight of the man they'd sworn they killed a few days ago one of the horsemen fainted falling from his horse into the ground head first.

"That's what I thought."

"Come on men, if we can get further down this ridge we'll have a better view of the courtyard and we can cover our comrades."

Matt nodded, it was a good idea to start moving now, he followed the group however suddenly a group of men on horses charged at them from around the corner. They were not expecting this at all. Luckily, the leader of team Beta managed to damage the reins with his quick moves which halted the horses. However Matt was still being aimed at, he gulped as the man spoke.

"Reach for the stars" the leader of the men said as he got ready to shoot.

Was this it? Was his journey to captain never gonna be completed? Matt closed his eyes, if he was gonna go, at least he was a martyr. Suddenly, a man leaped out from one of the ridges, his foot slamming against the leader's cheek.

"Pull your socks up!" he yelled, as the leader fell.

Matt opened his eyes. What in the world!? This man... who in the world was he? Matt was grateful however if he was a pirate, then Matt wasn't gonna hold back on going for the kill.. but for now he seemed that he was on the marine side. Matt examined and suddenly dropped his rifle... this man... he didn't have any arms!? Matt was shocked however didn't show it, after all, it would offend the man. He quickly stood up straight, clutching his rifle as he done so.

"T-Thank you!" Matt yelled... even though the man was right in front of him.

Matt, quickly got ready to shoot, even though the man saved him, he could still be planning something funny.

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Matt
Lero

Turning around to see the marines were all still standing and a single one shouting his thanks Lero stopped and stared for a few moments before he continued with his train of thought.

"Don't you guys understand English? Pull your bloody socks up! It means duck!" Rolling his eyes he turned to face the still surprised & slightly confused pirates who sat atop their horses.

"Now for you bastards. Your not going to kill off my team and your sure as shit not holding on to that fort. It belongs to the Navy."

Hopping up and landing on the back of the leader's horse Lero crouched to look at the others in the eye.

Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: Five Card Heart: Flush striking the closest in the chest Lero watched as he fell from the horse clutching his chest dropping the rifle. Leaping into the air he threw himself into a Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: All In slamming his foot into the opponent's shoulder and smacking him clean from the horse Lero split his legs apart and placed one on different horses.

Grinning as he looked at the remaining four he propelled himself up into the air by snapping his legs back together. Landing on the shoulders of another pirate he used Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: Kansas City Shuffle allowing his body to fall and landing on the horse he watched as the other three raised their rifles.

Using Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: Rainbow's Beginning he watched as the rifle flew out of the opponent's hands and the barrel smacked them in the face followed by his foot as he jumped towards the foe with an outstretched foot kicking him from the horse towards the edge of the ledge which he gripped tightly.

Looking to the last one from the floor he noticed a bullet speed past his helmet and turned to face the final pirate atop a hose. Pointing and aiming his rifle as Lero he felt powerful and safe with paralyzed with fear marines standing watching and a barrel trained on a Marine Captain. Just think of the bounty he'd get for killing a captain in cold blood.

"Your outta luck now!" he shouted with confidence rising into the sky.

Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: Fallen Horse

Wiping out the horses legs it hit the ground on its side crushing the pirate's leg beneath its great weight. Dropping his rifle and smacking into the head of the other clinging on for dear life Lero heard a scream as he rolled to his death below.

Approaching the pirate he placed a hand on the horse and started pushing down crushing his leg further.

"Now listen here, your going to answer all questions my colleague here has, and if you tell him any lies, well you see that knife on the end of that rifle? Hes going to cut a finger off and when he runs out of fingers toes, then when he runs out of toes. Well I think you know whats coming next."

Turning to the marines.

"You guys are going to learn the meaning of Pull your socks up or your going to get a bullet to the head and lastly. Who wants to be a hero today?"

Damn. Matt messed up, he should've caught the person's warning, he needed to shape up quickly if he ever was gonna become a captain. Suddenly, he saw as the person leaped from enemy to enemy, taking them down with only his legs, what skill! Matt was amazed and his jaw dropped in that amazement as the man continued to take out the pirates. It seemed the man was on the marine side, thank goodness, after all Matt didn't want to be on the other side of that kicks. Once he was done, Matt quickly regained his posture and straightened his back, looking smart. He then saw as the man turned to face the marines.

"You guys are going to learn the meaning of Pull your socks up or your going to get a bullet to the head and lastly. Who wants to be a hero today?"

A...Hero. This was Matt's ideal chance to shine,stepping out from the crowd, he saluted the man. Since he was a kid, his dream was to become the hero of the marines and eradicate all evil. He took a breath in and replied:

"Recruit Matt, at your service!"

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Matt
Lero

Watching as a single recruit stepped forward and the rest stood in shock & fear he rolled his eyes.

"Right you on a horse follow me and the rest of you cover us and your comrades."

Sitting himself down on a horse Lero kicked the horse in the side and within seconds and the reins in his mouth the horse he sat atop of was sprinting forwards down the ridge towards the fortress.

As for the battle waging inside the forces of justice were losing. Struggling to stay safe and take back portion of the fortress they were cornered between the courtyard and a tower.

"Horhee, please we need your help now!"

Bashing down the wall and charging in after the explosion Horhee and another team of Marines sprinted head long in sending all of their fire power towards the pirates towards the top. But that is when everything turned wrong and instead of the marines taking attention from team alpha Horhee and his team found themselves having a net made of flames dropped on to them.

Standing atop the wall peering down with a grin on his face and a hand waving bye bye to them was one of the pirate officers known as Kin Boxu "The Human Net"

Screaming in agony the team suffered heavy burns to their body and couldn't move.

Team Alpha watched helplessly.

"Team Beta, Horhee and his team have been taken down can you please help us." Alpha team's leader called out.

"Sorry, but we've got a problem of our own right now." the leader muttered as he watched Lero & Matt ride off down the ridge attempting to pull off some miraculous plan that would hopefully save them all.

Matt nodded at the man's orders, he quickly got on a horse and tapped both of his heels on the horse's sides, causing the horse to move along the ridge. This was Matt's first time on a horse, he was a little nervous but he just imitated what Lero was doing. He kept a bit of distance between his and Lero's horse, just in case he messed up.

"So, I didn't quite catch your name.. sir." Matt said, not quite sure whether to call him sir.

"Also, do you have any plans at all.... sir?"

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Matt
Lero

Trotting along Lero heard Matt question what to call him. Turning around to glance at Matt quickly he replied.

"Kuroba. Captain Lero Kuroba, yourself?"

He wasn't really one for conversations himself but using names in this instance would help. Arriving at the fortress's front doors Lero directed his horse towards the bushes just beyond the front gates and hopped down.

It was time they break into the fortress and take down the pirates who were currently dominating the area.

Up on the ridge where team beta suffered at the hands of a backstabber, Jacob stood over them with a rifle trained on them. He'd strapped bombs around each of their chests and taken a few steps back. Now he had something to barter with. The lives of a few good men.

"Captain Horhee" his voice rung over the den den mushi held before a defeated Horhee who sat on his knees with blood dripping from his face whilst team alpha stood with hands raised.

Standing in front of Horhee was a pirate with an extended hand and the mushi sitting on it.

"What do you want?"

"Well, I've got a few good men of yours on the ridge."

Widening his eyes Horhee gulped, they were meant to be covering them. If they were down for the count that meant their attack was now fruitless.

"What the hell do you want?/" he asked wanting desperately to save them.

"Well first off I want you to all give in and back down. Then secondly I want to use all of you for either target practice or a bartering tool to get a friend of ours released. I think we'll go with the later."

"You know we're here because we don't care dying for what we believe in though right?"

"And aren't you so proud to be a martyr? All your death does for me is gives me one less pest to deal with."

"How nice for you, you gonna bark all day or are you going to bite?"

"I can bite anytime I like, I think I'll stick to barking for now though, well at least until I get what I want."

Heading down towards the fortress with team beta at gunpoint Jacob held a grin on his face whilst the pirates in the fort herded their prisoners to the prison cells. Soon team Beta would be joining them if Captain Kuroba & Recruit Summer couldn't do anything.

"Summer. Recruit Matt Summer." Matt replied as he continued to trail the captain.

Once they had reached their destination, Matt followed Captain Lero's movements and directed his horse slowly towards the bush next to Lero's. Jumping off the horse, he looked at the gate in front of him, it was quite the entrance. Was Captain Kuroba planning on charging in? Matt didn't mind, he'd do anything to become a hero for the marines. He removed his bag-pack from his back and zipped it open, he took out a mask and slipped it onto his face. He could see clearly but at the same time, no once could see through the mask. Zipping the bag, he wore it once more.

"Recruit Summer, at your service!" Matt whispered, saluting.

(OOC: Here's how the mask looks like: http://gyazo.com/cfefdf21ce270cefc34ef1d979399ab4.png?1339868256 )

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Matt
Lero

Hearing the sound of something unzipping Lero turned his head to see recruit Matt Summers as he'd said his name was wearing some strange mask. Raising an eyebrow he shook his head.

"I don't know what you think your doing wearing that mask, but hey its not my place to tell you how to live your life. If you want to be commended for your service to the marines under an alter ego that's your choice. But I personally think you look ridiculous in that thing."

Turning to face the gate Lero listened to the den den mushi he'd positioned in his helmet and heard the exchange of words between Horhee & Jacob. Nodding he understood the situation and needed to figure out a way of breaking out his comrades.

A full head on collision through the front gate was to be expected as well as dumb, they had hostages so a full on open attack wasn't good enough.

A stealthy attack would be better, but considering the amount of holes there already was in this place this could only bring about more trouble.

So maybe a direct misdirection would work better. He could draw them one way whilst Matt released them. Did he really trust a simple recruit to do such a thing though? In all honestly he didn't look all that trustworthy before the helmet. With the thing on well lets say he just looked ridiculous.

This kid wanted to be a Naval hero though.

Looking to the ground and nodding a few times to himself Lero finally came up with a plan of attack.

Turning to Matt he smiled.

"Right Matt you want to be a hero right? Well today is the day your going to be that hero you always wanted to be."

Oh no he didn't.

Matt contained his anger. He wanted to say a hell of a lot of things right now but he chose not to, after all, the man was a higher rank than him so he could say whatever he wished. He watched as Lero nodded to himself,what was he doing? He then saw as the captain turned to face an unhappy Matt, Matt's face was hidden under his mask so Lero couldn't see the angry face he was making right now. (Similar to this: http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/rowan-atkinson-mr-bean.jpg )

He calmed down once he heard Lero's next words. That's right, he wanted to be a hero, heroes are cool and collected. Taking a deep breath, Matt nodded. There were a few holes in the mask so that he could breath and talk.

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Matt
Lero

"Good cause that's just what we're going to be after today. Right now as I'm guessing you were briefed before coming here, we used to have control over this fort before losing control to these scum sucking bastards. Well in the fort there were a few pipes big enough for people to crawl through leading into the lower hallways. It will mean crawling through shit & piss, but it'll get us inside and once we're in we can break our guys with ease. I know its not exactly the stuff from legends, but trust me once we're inside and breaking out our men, you'll feel pretty damn good about yourself."

Gesturing with his head for Matt to follow him Lero turned to the right and sprinted towards the shore. The pipes stuck out at the edge of the fort and drained into the sea. Using his legs to propel himself towards the pipes where the edge of the fort sat in the water, Lero waited for Matt. Bobbing up and down beside the pipe he took a deep breath of the horrid stench and sludge that was plopping out, it wasn't pretty, but it was necessary if they wanted their army alive.

Using his feet to lift himself up and into the pipe Lero crouched down and started to make his way through the pipe towards the hallways of the fort.

Smacking him in the face like a brick the stench was overpowering and horrific. But it had to be done.

Shit and Piss. The great hero Matt Summer was going to crawl through shit and piss. Very heroic indeed. Matt felt like refusing but he was gonna become the hero he wanted to be, so he ended up accepting. Sprinting after the captain, he saw as Lero made his way towards some sort of pipe. So the plan was to go through the sewage system? Could be worse... could it? Matt followed Lero's orders and got into the pipe after him, the mask blocked out most of the stench but some of it managed to crawl into one of the holes in Matt's mask.

Disgusting.

As Matt followed the captain in all fours, one of his knees sunk into some shit. Shit. He shook it off before continuing to follow Lero.

"Hero. Hero. You're gonna be a hero, just focus." Matt quietly chanted to himself as the feeling to puke crept up on him.

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Matt
Lero

The further along he got Lero discovered a slight incline when he was sliding down it. Slipping and landing flat on his back he slid down the pipe as shit & piss splashed up all over him. Hitting the bottom of the incline he paused momentarily. It hurt more than he'd expected. Slowly picking himself up in the enclosed space he started to continue again.

"Matt, watch out, theres a slight incline!" he shouted hoping he'd be more in the know than he'd been.

Trudging through the sludge Lero could only imagine what would be awaiting them on the other end.

The Pirates had currently led their enemies (the marines) into the prison cells. Slamming the doors shut Jacob stood before Horhee.

"Y'know we'd only really been planning on taking over this island. But when you guys showed up and made mention you were taking it back. Well I had to sneak in. You see it was your acts that brought this upon yourselves. Otherwise I wouldn't have turned on you and captured you all. But alas you did, so I did so here we are."

Picking up Horhee's mushi from his own pocket Jacob smiled.

"Thanks for the mushi by the way, I'll enjoy myself making demands with your superiors about this deal for your safety."

Turning on his heel and heading for the door Jacob laughed to himself. Now it was time he met with his Captain, the leader of this fortress.

Matt continued to crawl through the pipe, the stench still squeezing through the holes on his mask. He was too focused on the stench that he had lost Lero... where could he have gone? The pipe was such a small space there was no where to go, did he just vanish? He suddenly heard the captain's voice, he couldn't quite make out what he had said but it was something about inclin- Matt suddenly fell downwards, causing the piss to splash as he fell onto it. Ouch. So that's what the captain meant.

"T-thanks,sir." Matt said, pretending as if he heard the warning.

He'd have to keep his eyes and ears open from now on.

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Matt
Lero

The pipe seemed endless but like all tunnels they did have a light at the end and as he reached towards the light shinning down from a manhole which led to the hallway in the prison section of the fortress Lero waited pressing an ear to the manhole to listen out for footsteps. He could hear dripping from the leaking pipes and coughing. Looking towards Matt who followed behind he figured now was as good a time as any to make their assault.

"Alright Summers, now is our time to strike. I'm going to knock that man hole cover and then I'm tossing you up so you can deal with any pirates who may be on guard. I'll join you and start breaking open the prison cells. Whilst we had control of this fort I managed to discover the weak points to the cells so whilst I break them out, you keep guard."

Lucky Rabbit's Foot/Rakkīusagi no ashi: Rainbow's Beginning

Slamming his foot into the manhole cover and causing it to rise from the hole and slam into the ceiling Lero offered out his leg to Matt so he could toss him up after the manhole. He just hoped the cover would either fall aside or Matt would catch it upon rising through the hole.

The sound of a rising man hole cover echoed through the corridor, fortunately in the section of the fortress they were in no guards could be seen. This was mainly because at the entrance to the Prison section is where guards were. They would spend their time protecting the entrance. Just like pirates. Never smart enough to think people might try a back door.

Matt nodded. It was show time, he watched as Lero shot the manhole cover into the ceiling, his kicking skills still amazing Matt. He then saw as he offered Matt a leg. Matt knew what Lero meant, he quickly got onto the leg and was tossed up, Matt caught the manhole and landed onto both his feet. Ouch. Lero had tossed him up quite high and the fall back down pained his feet a little. Looking around, it seemed there were no guards at all. Matt flashed a thumbs up over to Lero.

"All Clear." He said quietly, in case there were pirates hiding around somewhere.

So far so good. He waited for Lero to climb up before they start breaking any cells.

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Matt
Lero

Climbing up using his legs and the incredible strength they harnessed Lero arrived beside Matt. He could see it was a long corridor with a series of doors to rooms which possibly held his colleges.

"Alright follow me, I'm going to break open these doors and your going to cover me. The cells in these places are behind locked doors. Double locking makes it that much harder to escape, but that much more of a pain to unlock & lock every time too. But its a small price to pay."

Standing in front of the door Lero took a few seconds to himself before a foot slammed into the lock.

Splintering the wood on the other side the door swung open to reveal a few members of team Beta. Approaching them Lero examined the cell.

The marines eyes lit up at the sight of Lero and they attempted to cheer.

"Shut your mouths!" Lero mentioned silencing them in a matter of moments. Tapping his foot against the bottom railing of the cell he closed his eyes and did so a few more times.

This was the one.

Placing the tip of his boot under the railing and tilting backwards in an attempt to pry the bar free he watched as the railing begun to drag a few vertical bars off of the other horizontal railings.

Lero did this just enough so to make a gap big enough for his comrades to squeeze through.

"Right, look I want all of you to stay here in this room for protection purposes. I'm going to open up the rest of these cells with this young recruit. Once I've freed us all then we're going to raid the armoury and take back this fortress understood?"

Nodding the team filled the room and filtered out of the cell as Lero left the room and gestured to Matt towards the next door.[/b]

"Alright follow me, I'm going to break open these doors and your going to cover me. The cells in these places are behind locked doors. Double locking makes it that much harder to escape, but that much more of a pain to unlock & lock every time too. But its a small price to pay."

Matt nodded once more and followed Lero's lead. He stood behind the captain and looked left and right, keeping look out for any possible pirates. A few moments later, the captain had bent the bars for his comrades to get out. That was one door done, Matt followed the captain to the next. This was going smoothly so far due to the captain's incredible leg strength, let's just hope it stays that way.