Tyra chuckled, flexing her trigger finger peering down the site. The man with the horn was still standing there waiting for an answer. She squeezed the trigger the bullet flew right past the man's face, boring into the hinge of the cabin door. Tyra let out a hearty chuckle peering down the scope at the man who was frozen in place. He was an older man just as Tyra had thought. "Well I fired the shot. Now we will see what they do." Keeping her eye on the ship still searching for the woman who had yet to reveal herself.

That was an interesting way to get someone's attention. At least it allowed Tyra to get out some of her murderous intent. Alexandria shook her head turning to Lyric. "Spin us around to move alongside them. We will do this on our terms. We can't give them a chance to set the pace." Lyric giggled spinning the helm bringing the ship around making sure the tow didn't snap off from the sudden spin. Once they were fully turned around heading for the ship Lyric made sure the helm was secure turning to Alexandria.

"Do you want me to go invisible now or should I wait?" Drawing her cutlass moving to a point where she couldn't be seen by anyone. It had been a while since she had drawn blood. There was a part of her that was excited while the rest was just trying to keep from shaking. Alexandria cracked her neck a few times, looking forward to notice the other ship had stopped moving. There was a man on the bow just standing there with a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Go ahead and disappear. Once they have given us everything, shifting will be your sign to attack." Alexandria stepped down onto the main deck moving towards the area that allowed for ramps to be placed. Lyric let out a soft giggle flicking her wrist and disappearing from sight. Tyra stuck her head out from the crow's nest looking down at Alexandria. She could hear Lyric walking quietly around the deck trying to find a good place to stand. Things could get ugly very quickly especially since they were not sure exactly who these people were. It would have been nice if Eve had joined them since that would be another close combat fighter.

Alexandria looked up seeing Tyra looking down at her. "I figure they already know you are here. Hopefully they didn't notice Lyric. Are you going to come down or stay up there?" That was a good question since coming down meant she would be subject to all the sensations. V flapped her wings and glided down to rest on Alexandria's shoulder. V had finally grown on her as she reached into a bag on her belt pulling out a bone. V bobbed her head as the bone passed in front of her beak. Snatching it from Alexandria's hand bone dust falling like snow on the deck.

"I will come down if you need. However if I had the choice then I would remain up here." She had a better vantage point up there. Also she still wasn't completely sure that there were only two people aboard the enemy ship. Before they were able to continue the conversation a ramp falling in front of Alexandria with a soft thud. A splash was heard most likely from the other ship's anchor hitting the water. Tyra raised her rifle peering through the scope finally catching a glimpse of the woman. She walked up to the ramp with the older man by her side looking at Alexandria then up the mast at Tyra's rifle barrel peeking out from the crow's nest.

"It would seem there is a misunderstanding. This ship doesn't belong to you. We were to take ownership of it from the burning settlement back there." She paused looking a bit higher to see the pirate flag waving in the wind. A scoff left her mouth as she reached for the pistol on her hip. A blood chilling shriek echoed from V's beak. Her wings had also extended along with her neck tilting her head to the side. The woman swallowed a bit, moving her hand away from the pistol.

Alexandria grunted a laugh wrinkling her nose. "There is no need for weapons. As you can see I am not armed. Plus V here is very attached to me. So pulling that piece would be ill advised." V settled a bit, folding her wings back against her body. Alexandria figured Lyric was doing her best not to giggle in the background. She was never going to hear the end of that statement once this meeting was concluded.

The woman sucked in air fidgeting with her hands for a moment. "Only a pirate would have a vulture as a pet. Again this isn't your ship, turn it over and get back on that smaller ship you're towing behind." She glanced up again at Tyra since the rifle barrel had yet to move. There was silence for a moment and no one moved from where they were standing.

"This ship was given to us by the settlers. None of them said anything about the ship being for anyone else. Besides, our flag flies from the mast. That makes it ours for good." Alexandria was disappointed by the way everything had started. These two had yet to give her any information as to who they were. The only thing she knew is they were armed and the older man was a bit of a surprise outside of a walled city. It would be interesting to find out how he was out here without any protective gear.

Walking over to their ship was out of the question. There was no telling what or who was over there. Plus that would mean losing Lyric as protection. Perhaps there was a way to coax them over. A smile crept across her face as she remembered that Tyra had said they might be looking for something. "Are you sure it is the ship you're after since this ship isn't as good as yours seems to be. Is there something on here we should know about?"

Marching halfway across the ramp blowing air out of her nose. "A flag can be ripped down and burned." A shot was fired from the crows nest. The bullet grazed her cheek leaving a burn mark as it bored into the deck of her ship. She screamed, grabbing the side of her face dropping to one knee. The ramp shook a bit as she looked up sucking in air.

Tyra's rifle smoked as he voice echoed down to them. "Say one more word about the flag and the next one goes through your skull." Alexandria let out an exasperated sigh trying to keep her composure. She wasn't mad at Tyra, quite the opposite. Defending the flag's honor was something that every pirate should always take seriously.

"I believe Tyra has a different opinion about flags. If you want to continue this peacefully I suggest you keep your fucking disrespectful comments to yourself." Alexandria didn't give a damn about the information if they were going to mistreat the nearly made flag. She was getting to the point where V was going to have some more bones added to her treat bag.

Hyperventilating on the ramp she had yet to move. The man behind her was just standing there looking at the scene as if nothing mattered. Alexandria was really confused as to what they were doing. They were the ones who called for this meeting and so far they were not doing well at all.

Finally her breathing sounded normal standing to her feet. The graze on her cheek pulsed a bit from the pain. "You said there was no reason for weapons yet your crew member took a shot at me. I have no reason to give you any kind of information. All you're going to get is a watery grave." Closing the distance the woman jumped onto the deck of the ship.

V tilted her head to the side and lunged out her neck trying to stab the woman with her beak. She sidestepped away from the beak knocking her back into something. A moment later she felt the cold steel of a cutlass at her throat. "You really need to watch what you say and do. Manners should mean more even in this harsh world." Lyric giggled into the woman's ear. She froze looking towards Alexandria.

"Next time you should think before you just run onto someone else's ship. Now you find yourself in a very tight position. Do you think answering my questions will be a problem now?" Alexandria was happy to see that they were working so well as a crew. There was also the fact that now they had the upper hand. The only x factor would be the old man still standing there on the other side of the ramp.

For a moment there was silence. The male took a step forward. V shrieked in his direction, almost knocking him down. He put up a hand. "Wait there is no need for that. What do you want to know? I will tell you anything if you just let her go." Alexandria raised an eyebrow looking in the man's direction motioning for him to come across the ramp.

He moved slowly stepping onto the deck as if it was on fire. V bobbed her head watching the man closely. "So you want me to release your friend in exchange for information, is that correct?" Alexandria didn't move, just kept her eyes fixed on the man. Now it is going to be interesting how the next few moments are going to play out.

Lyric could feel the woman trying to do something to get the man's attention. Moving her wrist ever so slightly with a giggle. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. If your partner over there is willing to spill your struggling won't help anything. The only thing that will happen is your blood spilling on this deck." She gritted her teeth a bit looking around.

He looked over at his partner shaking his head. "It is not worth it. We are out classed at the moment. Trying to push any harder will only lead to more loss." Turning back to Alexandria nodding his head. "I wanted this to be solved peacefully or by ambush. You all beat us to the ambush. What do you want to know?"

Alexandria was glad to see someone had some sense here. "I want to know why you want this ship? Is there something aboard or is the ship just that good? More importantly, who the hell are you working for?" She blasted the questions in his direction. Looking over at the woman whose face was twisted and red like she was going to explode.

Taking a deep breath avoiding eye contact with his partner. "You need to understand that what we do is important. That settlement broke a deal with a walled city. The punishment for that is death and payment. Everything on this ship including the ship itself is the payment that the survivors give in order to be safe from future attacks." Alexandria moved forward, getting right in the man's face, wrinkling her nose in anger.

"You have no fucking right to do that to someone. I should drop you where you stand without a second thought. Those guards were trying to wipe everyone out so try again with some of those words." The man didn't move a muscle, just stood there taking all of her frustration. Alexandria breathed in deep trying her best not to kill the man where he stood.

His partner had enough of watching this as she struggled to break Lyric's grip. Lyric wasn't having that at all. She sliced the woman's throat with one fluid motion. Stepping back away from her as blood spewed out from her neck raining all over the deck. Her body hit the ground twitching as the blood streamed down the deck towards the water.