Hunt for the Crow

SOUNDING FOOTSTEPS clicked out against the silent air of the city night, coaxing a headache from the Vice Admiral's head. There was so much to process in this wretched place, the stares from civilians and crooks alike, their little whispers and cut-throat grins... too much. Bones groaned as one of her subordinates attempted to check and see if she was alright, she simply shook her head and had the man keep on moving on his patrol, she'd take a different route entirely. The target was named Jay 'Crow', a notorious bounty with the calling card of using razor sharp feathers on his victims and pursuers, not that it'd matter in the end -- Bones would see the man hang by the end of this day. "It never gets any easier.." The Vice Admiral spoke to herself, floating along the air; Ever since she had unlocked the true potential of her soul, she was cursed to float inches above the ground at all times, most would call her a demon because of this power while others would call her an angel - all tha mattered was Justice. "HEY YOU, HOLD IT!" One of her subordinates yelled out towards a suspicious man in one of the alleyways, there would be just a few moments of laughter before the man began to run away. "Someone, after him!" The mere mention of those words would elicit the fast flight of the Vice Admiral past his subordinates and into the Alleyway, her eyes looked down for just a moment, for what felt like a small eternity when those eyes of hers locked onto the mutilated body of a woman, covered in cut wounds and feathers. "There's going to be a special place for you in Impel Down, 'Crow'..." Bones commented off-handedly before she'd kick off from the walls to propel her body faster after the fleeing man. Manuevering in the air with flying could be hard at times but with elevation and speed came an advantage over most grounded enemies, allowing her to keep her eyes onto the man. "The Vice Admiral's after him, everyone secure the Alleyway, make sure no one gets in or out!" It seemed that her subordinates were at least taking their jobs seriously, that was good.. it'd make sure that escape wouldn't be easy for this criminal. "Report this back to Headquarters, our squad is currently after Jay 'Crow', we'll need a recovery unit in order to transfer the criminal if successful!" Without another word needing to be uttered, one of the young ensign marines ran back to the ship and began to contact HQ over their Den Den Mushi.

Meanwhile with Jay, Bones would be hot on his tail, flying at speeds that would eventually end with him trapped in a dead-end alleyway with Bones at the entrance, floating down until she was hovering 3 inches off the ground. Bones wasn't in too critical of a condition from another bounty just the other day but she did have small injuries on her body that still ached in the cold. Her pace of breath was course from their chase but far less ragged then Jay's from him having to run while she only had to kick off the buildings and position herself during that entire time. "How many lives have you taken, Jay 'Crow'? How many have fallen pray to your feathers until now? I've seen enough to know that you hold no redemption, that body back there proved that enough.. I'm taking you into custody.. either Alive or Dead. Make your choice, Justice won't be kind to you either way, scum." Bones spilled out her thoughts and intentions with a clear trace of venom in her voice, her eyes glared daggers at the feathered criminal that had cost many innocents their potential lives as honest people and their vitality would crawl on his back as sins. While Bones gathered her strength and prepared herself for a battle, Jay was indeed left with a few options, he could either attempt at giving himself up, fight the Vice Admiral in front of him or attempt at running away. Regardless of the choice, Bones was well known and currently her mind was reliving her past memories, seeing the horrid scenes of the murders she had to commit to survive and it only ate at her mind a little, making her chew on the inside of her cheek with how much she wanted to eradicate it all, starting with Jay. "Time waits for no one, 'Crow'." Time to step it up or else this bird was going to be leaving with broken wings.. or without his life at all.

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