Valentine didn't take much notice of the conversing Marines as they passed by, instead simply allowing them to do so before taking off in the direction from which they had come. With so much of the ship's complement of Marines beaten and the higher-ups on board clearly elsewhere, Ms Valentine figured that this was her best opportunity to get into the ship's Command Center, so she could figure out where she was and where to go.
Sure enough, upon bursting into the collection of navigation devices, and ship controls, only one Marine soldier was left to watch the wheel and maintain course. However, Ms Valentine wasn't planning on allowing that to remain the case for much longer as she charged towards him.
"One Thousand Kilogram Bum Rush!" The Marine soldier didn't have a chance as Ms Valentine slammed into him, her outthrust hip and wobbly, plushy butt leading the charge. While the softness of her weapon of choice might have kept the attack from knocking him out right away, the attack did send the Marine hurtling into a nearby wall, and his unconscious body slid to the floor, a dopey grin still on his face.
"Now let's see..." Ms Valentine chuckled as she scanned the area around the wheel steering the ship, and quickly found an Eternal Pose set for Water 7. That was enough to cause the former Baroque Works agent to blanch; if these Marines intended to take her to Water 7, home of the Sea Train that went to Enies Lobby, that meant nothing but bad things.
However, Ms Valentine stopped for a moment longer to think; if she remembered correctly, she had been captured near Alabasta, so it might still be possible to return there. On the other hand, it was possible that the ship had gone far enough while she was unconscious that it would be a better idea to simply continue on to Water 7, and hope that either she could disappear among the crowd there, or that taken the Eternal Pose she currently held would be enough to deter any attempt at pursuing her.
Mon Mar 24 00:41:07 2014