Walter agreed that marine intervention might escalate the situation badly but wanted to know alastairs plan before he did anything. alastair explained that he would sneak into the ship yard from the sea that was likely only guarded against ships before he found the hostages and set them free. after that was done he would draw all of the pirates to him before capturing them all. walter felt that this plan sounded good and agreed to have a squadron of marines waiting for the hostages outside the ship yard. alastair agreed this would be best and left after walter wished him luck.
Alastair quickly made his way towards the docks where he changed into a dive suit that blended with the blue water of the sea before diving down. this had attracted the attention of the people at the docks since it was an unusual incident. there were a couple of fish men hidden under cloaks that were curious about what alastair was doing and so snuck into the harbor unnoticed. these fish men were shocked to discover that not only was alastair apparently able to breath but he swam at speeds that even they had trouble following.
Alastair knew about the fish men watching him but ignored them as he swam towards bobs shipyard rapidly but deep enough that no disturbance was made on the surface. soon alastair made it to the ship release port that all good ship yards had and saw that the huge doors that sank into the sea were shut. most people would think that this meant it was impossible to enter here but in truth the doors only went deep enough to prevent any failed ships from being shifted out by the sea currents leaving a decent sized gap between the seabed and doors.
Alastair slipped under this gap easily and slowly made his way to the surface where he surfaced soundlessly and located the pirates guarding this area. using magic to walk soundlessly alastair crept up on the two pirates who were playing cards and obviously slacking off. alastair quickly chopped the two on the back of their necks with just enough force to knock them out before he tied them up and gagged them. with that done alastair used a type of sound magic to map the ship yard with echolocation and discovered a large group of people huddled together and tied up ,the hostages.
Checking the area alastair finds the pirates guarding the hostages and creates a zone of silence around them before knocking each of them out since no sound leaks out and alerts the others. alastair had to admit that the hostages did bob proud by not alerting their captures when some of them noticed alastair coming to save them. once the guards were captured alastair freed the hostages who thanked him and agreed to make a break for the marines outside the shipyard once alastair started his distraction.
alastair made his way to the center of the shipyard after that where he was spotted by a pirate who thought he could capture alastair which obviously didn't work. "COME OUT AN FACE ME PIRATE SCUM!" alastair roared from the center of the shipyard sending his voice reverberating all the way across the shipyard. this got an immediate reaction from the remaining pirates who all swarmed towards alastair from all corners of the shipyard. soon alastair was surround by thirty angry pirates all men and only one of them being unique looking. this pirate had a bright green afro and a full set of purple finery on.
"I'm hurt that you called me and the boys here scum earlier and insist that you apologize before we teach you not to called people bad names." the man said while speaking like a noble. alastair fixed the man with a blank stare before asking if this was all of them. the man frowned at this question and said that it was a shame alastair didn't choose the easy way before ordering his men to get alastair. moving faster then these low level pirates could see alastair captured all of them in an instant but not before giving each of them a thorough beating.
There was a crowd outside the shipyard with several journalist trying to figure out what the squadron of marines were doing here when the crowd heard alastairs yell in the shipyard. shortly afterwards the group of hostages came out and hid behind the marines who were waiting for them. about an hour later alastair was seen walking calmly out of the front gate of the ship yard dragging all of the captured pirates behind him easily across the ground with what seemed like little effort. walking up to the marines alastair smiled before saying "all yours gentlemen" before walking of calmly.
This incident was played up by the world government since it was good publicity as it put them in a good light. alastairs daily training and friendly relationship was in the paper along with how he "worked" with the marines to capture these dangerous pirates. a totally different story was getting passed around the fish man and mermaid communities of alastairs underwater prowess as well as the true story of what he did in the fish yard. this story was told by the few fish men who had watched alastair do all of this. no one powerful really cared about this incident exception for fleet admiral sengoku who was interested in alastair.