Sin was on his way to the 80th branch still in pursuit of finding a crew. He was finding the idea to be a lot more difficult than he first planned. He met one guy a few times in a row, but he wasn't in a crew either. Extreme desire to fight marines though. Almost desperate and dangerous desire to enact 'Justice'. He was a pretty good guy overall though. Sin was even exploring the idea of joining the marines at this point though. Maybe if there was some way they could guarantee he would still be able to travel then he wouldn't mind working for them. His peaceful trip to the island was soon cut short though.

He noticed something walking along the floor up towards the shore. In fact there were several somethings walking up the shore. It was several men walking underneath the water. It was certainly a first for Sin and he was really wondering how they were staying down and breathing. Upon closer inspection he noticed that the men were sort of metally or had entire metal limbs and accessories. Sin finally realized they were cyborgs, but they also noticed him as well. It seemed they didn't like being seen, because they began firing at him. Fortunately water pressure was not condusive for projectiles. Most of the guns didn't even fire under the water and the ones that did, were weak under the pressure. Sin dodged whatever did manage to make it's way to him as most of the bullets went wonky directions anyways. They couldn't aim very well underwater.

It had become pretty evident that they were intending to invade the 80th branch. It was a pretty smart approach too. The cannons couldn't very well fire into the depths of the ocean and once they were on the shore, defenses were slim anyways. Unfortunately Sin couldn't allow them to go any farther though. He intended to visit the marines and if a bunch of pirates came at the same time and same way, that would look really sketchy. Even more so, if he told the marines he stopped them it would help his case. In any case Sin darted down toward the metal men. His sonar was active and purveying everything within sight. Three of the cyborgs began to swim towards him in response to his action. One had drawn a sword, another still had a shot and thought closer range would make it easier to kill Sin and the last thought his metal limbs would be enough. This was rather foolish of them though. Sin kept the martialist between him and the gunner until he was close enough to grab the martialist and yank himself over him throwing himself at the gunner. He grabbed the gun and kept it from ever even pointing at him as it discharged into the empty ocean. Sin yanked on it and kneed the cyborg in the face. He let go and grabbed his face in shock and pain. The swordsman was ready to act as well though and began to take a swing at Sin. It was pretty weak as he quickly turned and blocked it with the pistol he had stolen. It was obvious these cyborgs were not meant to fight underwater. Whatever breathing aparatus they had must have been nice though.

The swordsman pulled back again, but Sin quickly pulled into him and began to lay punches all over his body. He was interrupted by the martialist again though. Fighting three at once was not easy. He pushed off of the swordsman and suprised the martialist with a headbutt. The martialist was dazed and a few more solid punches knocked him right out. The swordsman had recovered a second before the gunner and thrusted just before the gunner's jab. Sin reared back dodging the thrust and moved it into the way of the jab the other gave. The gunner hurt his hand while the sword started to crack. Still holding the sword in both hands he brought a foot up and kicked the swordsman in the head, knocking him out as well. The gunner came at him with another charge and Sin merely pulled his arm, spun him around and slammed him in the back of the head. Three of them were downed, but there were still several to go. They certainly came prepared to storm a naval base. At least they, were prepared before they met Sin.

WC; 752

Stuff:

Defeating the first group of cyborgs wasn't hard, but sort of time consuming. They were tough and Sin's attacks weren't the strongest. Fortunately they were super slow and couldn't shoot straight for anything. They weren't coming at him which was smart. They would be able to get more power in their punches that way. Sin was looking around for some strategy to help with this fight. Fortunately the sea floor had several sunken ships from the 80th's brutal cannons. There was one ship up the steep shore with a cannon near the edge of falling and rolling down the incline. Sin made his way to the ship and got behind the cannon. It seemed the cyborgs thought he was trying to escape or hide as they began to follow him toward the ship. 'Well this is fortunate.' He slowly moved the cannon closer to the edge of the blown out ship hole.

The cyborgs were close enough for Sin to act. He gave a final push and sent the cannon rolling down the embankment. The cyborgs tried to scramble or jump out of the way, but half of them were pretty uncoordinated. The sight of them getting knocked out, rolling down the hill or getting flattened was pretty entertaining. The rest of the cyborgs began to make their way up to the ship. Sin began to look around for more advantages, but it seemed the ship itself would be a good advantage for him. These last four would be an intresting fight, and separating them would certainly be best.

WC; 267

Stuff:

The final four cyborgs made it into the ship and found various ways into it's workings or at least what was left of it's workings. Sin began to maneuver throughout the ship to confront each of the cyborgs one on one. He made it into the lower deck where a cyborg with a big orange star on it's chest was coming in through a hole. Using various beams, Sin darted toward the cyborg. Orange star reared back for a haymaker, making his movements all to easy to read. Sin dodged the thrown arm and grabbed it. He didn't expect it to be so strong though. The cyborg pulled back and he and Sin were locked in a grapple like a game of mercy. Orange star was pretty strong, but Sin didn't have to beat him in a grapple. He jumped up and swam pullling Orange star up with him. Once his feet were off the ground Sin did a front roll and pulled him over his head slamming him into the ground. Still holding his arms Sin sat on his back and pulled his arms over his head and tried to disjoint the shoulders. It seemed that was harder than expected as they turned out to be robotic. Stretching them that far did reveal a weakness in Orange star's system. That part of his arm hadn't been waterproofed and water slowly began to seep into his arm. A moment later some shocks could be seen in his arms and all resistance stopped. Sin let go of the arms and they just fell to the side of the cyborg. It seemed his full robot arms couldn't handle water in it's system. Sin got off of him, but Orange star couldn't move his arms. It was funny watching him use his face to stand. Once he got up, Sin easily pushed him back out of the ship and watched him slide down the hill.

It was far from over though. He ran back to the stairs going up and went into the middle deck. He found another cyborg that climbed up and through the hole of which he pushed the cannon out. This one had fabulous red hair though. Oddly enough this one came charging at Sin like a torpedo. It seemed he was outfitted with propellers. Sin grabbed him and tried to stop him, but ended up getting pushed against a wall. Trying to push him back was proving to be useless so Sin bit into Red head. Again this was useless as his head was made of steel. He did find that if he moved his head he could change the direction Red head faced. He quickly jerked Red head to the side and pushed up on his shoulders as he ducked beneath him, sending Red head shooting overtop of him. Red head ran straight through the wall and Sin noticed him turn around and begin shooting right back again. Noticing his advantage, Sin stood his ground again waiting for the right moment. As Red head was just about to head butt him again, Sin dodged, leaving Red head to slam right into the opening of a cannon. His head was much to big to fit in there, but the force lodged him in the end. Sin quickly found a cannonball as well and began to hit the cannon sending shockwaves through the cyborg. He stopped struggling to escape after that.

He made it to the top deck, but didn't see either of the others there. He made his way for the captains quarters when he saw them, two cyborgs searching together, one with a Yin on his shoulder and the other with a Yang on his. 'Of course they're a tag team.' Yin even had a sword in his right hand and Yang had one in his left. They both charged at the same time, but Yang was slightly closer. He suddenly stopped just out of reach of Sin and grabbed Yin's hand, swinging him around for a slash that certainly would have cut Sin in half. He rolled under the slash and lept off to the side of the cabin. The tight space was evidently an advantage for him, because the Yin Yang slash was stopped forcefuly by the wall. Still beating these two would be very problematic. They both approached Sin now and began to swing and thrust erratically for him. Dodging and blocking there strikes was taking all he could manage. He eventually got backed into a table a rolled over it backwards. He quickly flipped it up and ran through Yang with it. Yin managed to cut his back in the process, but separating the two for a moment was absolutely necessary. He turned back to Yin quickly and stopped the next swing by grabbing the hilt. He grabbed and wrenched Yin's arm with the other hand dislodging the sword and giving a wild swing to help push back Yang who had recovered from the table. Much to Sin's dismay, a new sword rolled out of Yin's arm. 'Great, this is never going to end.' The onslaught continued, but now Sin had a sword to help a bit. He managed to find a chance to knock Yin back to the wall and used the sword to pin him there. While he was pinned he disarmed Yang and pinned Yin again. He then disarmed Yin and pushed and pinned Yang to the wall as he rolled out a new sword. He continued to disarm and pin the cyborgs to the wall until they were finally out of weapons. Fourteen swords ended up sticking Yin to the wall and thirteen held Yang up. Sin used the butt of the final sword and clubbed the two knocking them out cold. With the cyborgs finally taken out, he continued his way to the island.

WC; 995

Stuff:

Exit Task.