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Hey everyone it's good to be back! Sorry for not posting in awhile, I just wanted to say thank you for those who followed my story and for all the support everyone. On that note, I wanted to say please be safe during this time, especially with the coronoavirus being confirmed to be around most of the world, I wish you all to be safe. Now, let's get back to it!
Everyone watched as Brownbeard rushed inside with Zoro, Kin'emon, and the others. However, they weren't the ones they were worrying about right now.
Right now, they focused on the big hole they made it in the shudders! "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" G-5 questioned in shock.
"Oh crap!" Usopp cursed. "That gas is going to kill us!"
"Thanks a lot, you idiots" shouted a G-5 gunman.
"You're gonna kill us all along with you!" "Hmm?" Kin'emon hummed, inquisitively.
"Seal that breach, men!" shouted a swordsman, "Or else or we're all doomed!"
Soon, they grabbed the broken piece of the door that Zoro and Kin'emon cut down, then pushed up into the hole and barricaded it with steel and boards.
Back outside, the poisonous gas had shrouded the entire icy side. As far as the eye could see, the purple gas covered the entire horizon, and even beyond that.
A Video Transponder Snail, which had been saved by the gas due to the protective bubble surrounding it, transmitted everything to the lab.
"We can't tell how far the gas has us surrounded! We'll be trapped in here forever!" One of the G-5 units cried out causing everyone to panic.
Suddenly, "I just got an idea!" Brook jumped and screamed in delight. Everyone turned to look at the skeleton pirate.
"I can release my soul and check the island and take a look for myself!" Brook said.
"Oh, I get it!" Sanji smiled, "With you outside, we can see how much gas has surrounded the island!"
Brook nodded as his soul suddenly appeared through the wall and took a good look around.
"Woah! It's still rather thick and heavy," Brook said squinting. "I can barely see anything, and I don't have any eyes!" YOHOHO Brook laughed as he drifted back into the building and into his body.
"How's it looking, Brook?!" Usopp asked.
"One step outside means instant death, I'd say." Brook answered "The thought of what would have happened if we didn't get that hole sealed…gives me the creeps!"
"YOU GIVE US THE CREEPS!" shouted G-5.
"Hmm…good," Zoro said, giving a nod.
"IT'S NOT GOOD!" shouted a G-5 soldier.
"And we're the ones who sealed the door!" shouted a soldier wielding a broadsword.
"I could try to blast it away with air force from my fists" Goku suggested to which some of the pirate crew agreed but the G-5 looked with shock at how they didn't understand how the Sayian would blow the gas away if he's stuck inside with them.
"This crew's even crazier than I thought they were!" shouted another wearing a top hat and had a scar on his forehead.
Suddenly, the men raised their guns at the pirates, much to their surprise. "Straw Hat Pirates! Brownbeard! Give yourselves up! You're under arrest!" shouted one of them.
"What the hell?!" Nami questioned.
"Why are our backs against the wall all of a sudden?!"
"Oh, just great!" Usopp complained. "And there's no way out, either!"
"There's no need," Zoro smirked while Kin'emon just glared. KRROOROO! The dragon growled as he sat on the steel floor.
"Heh!" Sanji scoffed. "You guy's should've stopped while you had the chance!"
"Yohohoho!" Brook chortled as he drew Soul Solid.
'They…they know my name!' Brownbeard thought with a faint blush on his cheeks.
"Everyone ready?!" Luffy asked. "Let's get this party started!"
"Oi Listen up, you two!" Law ordered. "I don't want your men interfering with me or his crew."
"Understood," Smoker said before he turned to his men.
"HEY! HOLD IT, YOU BUNCH OF DUMB-ASSES!" G-5 looked up to see Smoker and Tashigi.
"Oh!" said a soldier. "It's Smokey and Tashigi!"
"But wait…who's who?" asked another. "I'm Smoker, you imbeciles!" Smoker shouted, pointing at himself.
"And I'm Tashigi!" Tashigi added.
"Oh!" G-5 said in realization.
"Now listen up!" Smoker barked. "Temporary ceasefire! Forget about those pirates, for now!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" the soldiers questioned in shock.
"SHUT IT!" Smoker ordered. "I'm in charge and I give the commands now, and I say 'temporary ceasefire'! YOU GOT ME?!"
"Yes, sir!" the G-5 men shouted, saluting Smoker.
"Everyone here, listen to me!" Law shouted. "This lab is entirely surrounded by poisonous gas! But there's one way to get straight to the sea without coming into contact with the outside air! There's a giant m 'Structure R-66'! We only have 2 hours at best! I have no taste for mass murder weapons, but if we're not out before then I cannot guarantee your survival!"
Everyone gasped in shock at this.
"Luffy, what's he talking about?" one of the kids asked worriedly.
"Is something gonna happen to the lab, Traffy?" Luffy asked.
"We're gonna try something, but I can't be certain if it'll work" Law replied
"Ah! I get ya!" Luffy said. "In that case, everyone! Head for the exit down there" Luffy pointed.
"Right!" everyone yelled as they all went into separate groups.
Brook, Kin'emon and Zoro paired together, the G-5 units stuck together, Brook and Franky joined forces, Nami, Sanji, Ussop and Brownbeard stayed close and Hancock stayed with the kids leading them towards the exit.
"I'm coming for you, Caesar! And this time, I'm not gonna lost consciousness! I'll kick your ass and then kidnap you! Come on, Goku lets go!" Luffy said before he took off like a bullet,
"Already moving!" Goku grinned as he followed Luffy.
"All right, G-5!" Smoker ordered. "You follow with the Straw hats and all those abducted kids and heads for R-66! We're gonna steal the tanker in port and are getting the hell out of here!"
"YES, SIR~!" G-5 roared as they rushed to catch up with the Straw Hats.
"Hang on, Momonosuke!" Kin'emon declared. "Your father is on the way to save you!"
"Tashigi," Smoker said. "Take the men and go on ahead!"
"What?" Tashigi questioned. "But I thought we were partnering up, where are you going, Smoker?" She then gasped as realization hit her.
"…It's Vergo, isn't it?" she asked.
"I won't stand by and let that bastard make a mockery of the Marines! That man is a blemish to our honor!"
"Then let me go with you!" Tashigi said. "His power is the real deal! If something happens to you-"
"Then who will protect your men?" Smoker asked, causing Tashigi to gasp. "Those morons see you more as their captain, so step up and act like one to them, see them to safety along with those kids. I'm counting on you, Tashigi." Smoker said lighting a cigar and using his plum plum fruit to fly off to catch up with Luffy and the others..
"…Smoker…!" Tashigi whispered in surprise.
"Heh..." Law smirked as he stopped to look at Tashigi, "looks like you're not as worthless as I first thought, to get the old man to compliment you must be saying alot"
Tashgi turned in confusion "Eh?! Worthless? what is that supposed to mean?"
Law rolled his eyes, "Nevermind, Let's just go before I leave you behind" Law said before rushing off.
Tashigi began sprinting down before going into thought "Does Smoker respect me now?"
Meanwhile, Zoro and Usopp are seen, tying up some of Caesar's guards when they noticed they tried to attack them from behind. Once all done, Usopp gave Zoro a briefing of what had transpired while he was gone.
"Are you serious?!" Zoro questioned. "You're telling me Luffy already lost ONCE?!"
"Well, yeah!" Usopp replied. "That Caesar guy was bragging about how he suffocated him! He is made of gas, remember?! He can suck all the oxygen from the air!"
"And we got put to sleep by those damn yetis!" Zoro cursed. "That's not gonna fly here! Out here, if you get careless then that's it! Game over!"
"Hey, calm down," Usopp said.
"We're all okay now, right? Hehehehe!"
"Quit laughing! It's not funny!" Zoro shouted before he looked up at Luffy, who is running alongside Goku on a railway. "HEY, LUFFY!"
"Huh?" Luffy muttered before he stopped and looked down at Zoro.
"What is it?!"
"GET A FREAKING GRIP AND GET SERIOUS, YOU MORON!" Zoro shouted. "REMEMBER, WE'RE IN THE NEW WORLD, NOW!"
Luffy gasped at this while Sanji just smirked. "He's so damn tough on himself," the cook quipped.
"Right!" Luffy grinned. "Sorry! I won't get careless like that, again!"
"Luffy Look out!" Goku shouted.
"Huh?"
BONK* "GUAAHHH!" Luffy hit his head over a hanging metal bar and flopped down on his back.
"Ooohh" Goku winced as he saw Luffy fall down
Zoro sighed and face palmed "We're doomed in the New World..." Sanji just chuckled.
"Hey, I found some of the escapees!"
Luffy got back up and saw some guards standing on the railway with him.
"It's Straw Hat Luffy and Goku!" shouted one.
"Quick! Shoot 'em! Who knows what they'll do?!" BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG! They fired their rifles at the pair, but it was useless. The Straw Hat Captain and his Orange clad friend had jumped out of the way.
"Ha!" Goku appeared in front of one of the guards and did a high kick and blasted him into the other guards and off the railway.
Luffy stretched his legs and then jumped air to the other side. "Gum…GUUUUUUUM…" he shouted before he began to twist his legs around, and before long, he started to hover in the air like a helicopter. "…UFO!"
WHAM* Luffy's continuously spinning legs began to kick the guards out of his way before he flew off, laughing. "Onward!" he shouted.
"WHOO-HOO!" Goku said as he ran after him.
"Wait up! Dammit Luffy, Goku slow down!" Zoro roared while Usopp . Sigh* "I can't get through to this numbskull" Zoro asked.
Inside the lab...
Caesar and Monet were on a medical examination table with medical equipment monitoring their health with Vergo eating a hamburger watching over them.
Suddenly, Caesar woke up screaming as if he had a nightmare. Monet strained her eyes open after hearing Caesar screams.
"Good, your both finally awake" Vergo said as he walked over to the two lying on the table.
Caesar was confused, he looked around and saw a blueish substance inside a IV fluid bag flowing into a needle that was placed inside one his veins.
The scientist knew immediately what it was, it was an experimental substance he had been working on, it was similar to the hormone C9H13NO3, or most commonly known as Epinephrine or Adrenaline.
Normally, Adrenaline is produced by both the adrenal glands and a small number of neurons in the brain stem. It acts as a messenger by increasing blood flow to muscles, improving physical performance and priming you to either flee from danger or fight it off.
This drug helped bring more blood to his body but was slowly repairing his body allowing him to move, he noted it must have been an hour or so, otherwise there was no way he would be standing.
While Caesar was recovering from his injuries, it was going to take awhile due to the massive amounts of injuries he took from Goku. If he wasn't hooked up to the substance, he knew he would have died from his injuries.
"Where... am I?" Caesar asked groggily.
"You're back in the lab" Vergo replied. "I was cooking up some burgers when Monet managed to drag your body back from who knows where" Vergo shrugged "She collapsed as soon as she got you and herself hooked to the blue liquid thing you guys have going through you. " Vergo said.
Caesar turned to look at Monet and saw how she wasn't fairing any better than him, she also was dealing with her own injuries.
"Monet..." Caesar shifted his body slowly over to her to check to see if she was alright. Monet looked up to see a concerned look from Caesar's face
"Are you still able to move?" Caesar asked as he picked her head up and brushed some hair from her face as well as picking off some dust from her ruffled feathers
Monet softly smiled "Yes, I think i'm able to move a bit."
Caesar smiled wickedly and dropped her back on the table hard making Monet groan from her injuries, Caesar noted that she still experienced some pain. "It seems she must have a higher tolerance to the drug, it may take awhile before it takes affect..."
"If you're able to move, then get up! we still have work to do!" Caesar laughed grabbing a pole from the room and hobble over to another corner of the room and looked at the cameras around the island and was watching as Smiley shrouded the whole island with poisonous gas, laughing triumphantly at his "success".
"It's all over! SHULOLOLOLO!" he laughed before coughing feeling some liquid in his lungs, the drug was slowly repairing the damage and was eliminating the substance from his lungs. The scientist resumed his monologue after he felt better. "There is no possible place on Punk Hazard left to exist! I've created a true Land of the Dead!"
"Wait..." Caesar said as he squinted at one of the monitors "WHY IS THE G-5 AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE!" Caesar roared "Why isn't there footage of them poisoned stiff?! This is supposed to be my big public demonstration of my Smiley! Not to mention we don't have a view of the Straw Hats?! Law?! Smoker?! that infuriating Goku! Are they dead yet?!" Caesar slammed his fist into the monitor.
Monet slowly pulled herself off the table and limped to Vergo and then they spoke. "What do you think, Vergo?" Monet asked as she tended to her burns.
"The fact that we can't see G-5," Vergo began, "is proof enough that they escaped from the cage! My soldiers are mindless ruffians. There's no way they could've escaped on their own. At any rate, we can't have Law and the Straw Hats on the loose. Depending on his plans, I may have to eliminate the both of them, immediately."
"WHAT?!" Caesar questioned before he fell down to one knee from his pains. " Ergh... You think they... ESCAPED Vergo?!" Just then, a guard came rushing in. "MASTER!" he cried.
"The pirate, Straw Hat Luffy…has led all of our foes and the kids into the lobby of Building A! They're moving further into the lab!"
"WHAAAAAAAT?!" Caesar questioned in shock. "INSIDE?! HOW DID THEY EVEN OPEN THOSE MASSIVE HEAVY SHUTTERS?! OOHH IT'S THAT GOKU! I'M SURE OF IT! HE'S THE REASON MY PLANS AREN'T GOING ACCORDINGLY I JUST KNOW IT!" Caesar roared as he struggled back to his feet.
The guard winced before answering, "It's seems that for now, they seem to be attempting to escape through an interior gate that Law had found!"
At that moment, a small shadowy figure dashed out of the room and ran down the hallway. It is revealed to be Chopper, who is carrying the note that someone threw at him.
"Well, at least everyone's all right!" he thought. "I don't know who tossed this note at me, but I'm guessing they meant I'd be able to escape on my own! I think I've figured that drug works, though, and I've got a sedative I can use, too!" However Chopper didn't realize that he was seen by Monet who simply just watched.
"What are all my men doing?!" Caesar questioned the guard.
"There are only a few security guards in Building A, Master!" said the guard. "The main forces are preparing for battle at the outpost in Building B!"
"…Ah…I see," Caesar smirked. "They're looking to escape, correct? Then they're probably making a beeline for the Gate#66 with the letter R on it! But…they won't get there." Caesar smiled before ordering the guard. "Shut the hallway between structures A and B!"
"W-what?!" the guard asked.
"You heard me!" Caesar said as he brought out a map of the complex building and drew a line between Building A and B with his finger. "Close this gate and isolate the structure! That will destroy the walls of Building A and let the gas to flow inside and kill them off!"
"But Master!" the guard said. "We still have some men inside that building, and-"
"Just do it!" Caesar barked. "And don't forget to set up a Video Transponder Snail, you clod!"
"M…Master?" the guard muttered, confused.
"We need to regroup and give our brokers a proper showing!" Caesar shouted. "If we stop now, they won't fully appreciate the heights of my scientific greatness! NOW WON'T THEY?"
"N... No, Master," the guard said. "Right away." Just then, Caesar noticed Vergo beginning to leave. "Hmm?" the scientist hummed, inquisitively. "Where are you going, Vergo?!"
You'll only catch the small-fries with that trap," Vergo answered.
"You're not the only one with something to lose if Law and Smoker end up getting away, Caesar. I can't leave this entirely in your hands! I'll cut everything to pieces!" He then walked over to a nearby counter with beakers and jars. "Hmm? Where's my sword?" he asked looking around the room for his swords.
"You don't have one," Monet answered as she bandaged herself up with some remedies to heal her wounds. "You're not a swordsman."
"Oh yeah that's right," Vergo said. "Either way, It's time for me to go out and crack a few skulls!"
Vergo walked out of the room while Caesar started cackling. "Perfect! with our plan underway Shulolololo! There's no way anyone will get out of this island! ESPECIALLY THAT INFERNAL GOKU! SHULOLOLO Cough* Cough* Cough*"
Back in Building A...
Luffy and Goku are making their way to Building B. However, they soon found themselves confronted by a large Spider Centaur with four arms, of them holding four sabers.
"What the…?!" Luffy questioned.
"You shall not pass, Straw Hats!" the Spider Centaur laughed. "GWAHOHAHOHA! I am the one-and-only former pirate and guard of Building B, Lun the Machete! In the name the Great Scientist of Love, Master Caesar, I-"
"Hey!" Luffy shouted. "Those aren't animal legs! I'm not buying it! What kind of centaur are you supposed to be, anyway?!"
"Yeah I have to agree" Goku added, "He doesn't even look close to centaur" Goku pointed to his legs.
"I'm a Spider centaur dumbasses!" Lun roared at their faces
"NO YOU'RE EITHER A SPIDER OR CENTAUR!" Luffy roared back, the Saiyan laughed as he also agreed.
"ARGH I don't have to listen to you!" Lun roared as he slammed his sabers down at Luffy's face and threw another saber at Goku.
Goku grabbed hilt of the blade and redirected to stab into one of the walls while Luffy disappeared and reappeared over the sabers. Luffy raised his leg and kicked him in the jaw, sending him crashing to the floor in seconds.
"Out of the way!" Luffy shouted as he and Goku knocked a few guards out of their path.
At that moment, they saw a huge gate and a hallway on the other side. "Hey!" Goku exclaimed, "That must lead to Building B!"
"Then let's move!" However, as they kept running, a loud beeping sound began to go off and the "CLOSE" sign on the top of the gate began to flash red.
At that moment, Law and Smoker jumped down finally catching up to the two straw hats. Smoker began using his Plume-Plume powers to fly around the room "What does that alarm mean, Law?!" asked Smoker.
"…It's a warning that the gate is going to shut," Law answered. "There's only one hallway to Building B up ahead."
"What…?!" Smoker muttered.
"Law is Caesar's trying to trap us inside?" Goku said.
"Indeed," Law said before turning to Smoker. "Go, get your men and get out as fast as possible"
Back near the entrance of Building A...
The Straw Hats, Brownbeard, and G-5 are seen running to the gate. However, some of the G-5 soldiers seemed reluctant to let the pirates go "I don't know what this 'time limit' Trafalgar's talking about is," said one of them, "but there's no way we're letting you waltz away under our noses, Straw Hats! We're not you get away!"
"Oh, give me a break!" Zoro shouted. "Didn't your superior say 'temporary ceasefire'?! NOW GET OUTTA THE WAY!" SLASH! SLISH! SLICE! Zoro, Brook, and Kin'emon cut down the soldiers in their path!
"GAAH! IT BURNS!" "GAAAH! IT HURTS!" "GAAAAAH! IT FREEZES!"
"WHOO-HOO!" Usopp cheered as he sat on Brownbeard's back with Sanji and Nami.
"Check out the 3 Musketeers over there!"
"Yohohoho!" Brook chortled.
"Hey, Brownbeard," Sanji said. "You don't mind giving us a ride part of the way there, do you?"
"Not a bit," Brownbeard answered, panting. "However…did you have to bring that dragon in here with you?!"
Sanji looked back and saw the dragon from earlier, looking docile and almost sleepy.
"That thing?" Sanji asked. "We grabbed onto it, hoping it would fly us away from the gas."
"It can't fly right now because it's been given a sedative," said Brownbeard. "If you ask me, bringing that beast inside the lab might have been a mistake!"
"You mean it's dangerous?" Nami asked. "It almost looks cute to me!"
Hancock ran besides the kids encouraging them to keep moving. "We're almost there! don't give up!"
At that moment, more soldiers tried to attack the Straw Hats. "We'll never get a chance like this! Take 'em both down!" shouted one.
"I'm gonna be famous!" shouted another.
"Dammit, what did I just say?!" Zoro questioned as he prepared to attack again, but then…
"ENOUGH!" G-5 looked up at Tashigi, who glared at them.
"C-Captain?" asked one.
"Oh, so it's you," said Zoro, smirking with confidence. "Captain Copycat, now?"
Tashigi ignored Zoro's remarks as she looked at her unit. "I'm your Captain and as Captain, i'm ordering you to cease fire on the Straw hats! No matter what, the kids are our first priority, if you have a problem with that..."
Tashigi pointed at herself "Then take it up with me and see how far you'll get with complaining!"
"Woah! Captain acted so cool!" one of the G-5 units shouted as the others had a starry eye glean praising their captain.
"All right! you heard our Capt'n! No more foolin' around!" one of the units said, "YEAH!" the G-5 shouted as the resume their task at hand.
Tashigi softly smiled feeling proud that she was able to reign in her rowdy unit.
"Hmm, you don't seem all that interested in fighting, though," Zoro noted.
"You are correct," Tashigi said. "Now get going!"
With that, the pirates continued to run.
"Captain, what are you doing?!" asked a G-5 gunman. "You're letting them get away!"
"Didn't I just say 'temporary ceasefire?!" Tashigi questioned.
"Right now, the pirates are not our enemy! Now keep moving down the hallway!" Tashigi said "Caesar's going to trap us all in here if we don't through that hallway! If we don't get passed that gate before it closes, there will be no escape off of Punk Hazard, NOW MOVE!"
At that moment, realization finally hit them! "Oh, hell! Move it, boys!"
"Captain's orders! We gotta get our asses in gear!"
"Grab the injured and go!"
"Head straight for the gate!" Up ahead, the Straw Hats are still running for their lives, and someone else had joined them.
"My, what a terrible thing to do," Robin noted.
"Robin?!" Usopp questioned.
"Robin!?" Nami exclaimed "There you are! You had me worried! Since when did you get there?!" Robin chuckled and said, "Luffy asked me to do something for him"
"Well?!" Nami asked. "Did you hear all of that?! Hurry it up, Brownbeard! Before it closes on us!"
"This is the fastest…I can go!" Brownbeard wheezed.
"All we…ever do…is run!" Kin'emon shouted, panting.
"Don't tell me…you're getting tired…already, Kin'emon!" Zoro panted.
"Not at all!" Kin'emon objected. "A samurai never gets tired!"
"I'm not a samurai," Brook said, "so I feel justified in saying…I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS~!"
Up ahead, some of the guards are seen near the gate.
"Hey!" said one of them. "Why's Brownbeard with the Straw Hats?!"
"Don't tell me he turned traitor on the Master!" shouted another.
"Our savior?!" questioned one more.
"How dare he!"
"It doesn't matter!" said another.
"We gotta hurry!" "C'mon, G-5!" Tashigi ordered. "The gate is almost shut! Move, move, move!"
Outside the lab, a cannon aimed at Building A. "Test cannon on standby! Calibrating! Target: outer wall of Laboratory Building A! FIRE!"
KABOOOM! A huge blast was heard, and everyone looked back to see that a giant hole had made in the wall!
"W…what the…?!" Tashigi questioned in shock.
"The wall just got blasted in!" cried a soldier.
"But…that means that…!" Not long after…the poisonous gas began to seep through the hole and make it way towards everyone!
"AHHHH!" Usopp's eyes bulged out as he screamed.
"GET AWAY, HURRY!" Tashigi cried.
"FASTER!" Zoro shouted. "IF THAT GAS TOUCHES YOU, YOU'RE DEAD!"
"YOHOHOOOO!" Brook screamed. "I DON'T WANT TO DIE AGAIN! Oh wait..."
Goku and Luffy ran to the doors to slow them down making sure it didn't close in on their friends.
"GUYS HURRY!" Goku shouted as he pointed to the gas
Everyone was making it through when one of the kids tripped, causing Hancock, Tashigi and a few G-5 units rush over to help pick up the giant.
"They're not going to make it!" Law shouted.
Goku gritted his teeth "Franky! hold the door!" The saiyan shouted before dashing over to the remaining people outside the gate.
The door was closing when suddenly the G-5 unit saw the gas caught up. "Guys! HELP ME~!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the soldiers screamed in horror as he saw the gas approaching them.
However, Goku drew back his fist and tensed up. "HA!" Goku blasted a giant pressure of air that sent the gas from their direction.
"WHHAAAAAT?!" The G-5 Units shouted in amazement.
"Wha..." Tashigi sputtered in disbelief. Smoker narrowed his eyes upon the orange clad warrior.
It stopped the gas momentarily and Goku knew the gas would reemerge due to the hole.
"GOKU!" Franky shouted getting the saiyan's attention. The gate was about to shut, and if they didn't get through now, they'd all be trapped.
Goku nodded and lifted the kid up and floated them up. "I got him! run to the gate!"
Soon, everyone managed to make it through the small crack in the gate as it was closing.
Goku placed the kid down next to his friends who all crowded around him crying and hugging him thinking he was going to be killed.
"WE MADE IT!" the pirates cried as everyone cheered and hugged each other in escaping the gas.
Inside his room, Caesar roared in anger, "Nobody was killed!" he screeched as he began pounding his fist on the table. Suddenly the camera panned over to Goku who rejoined his friends who was suddenly embraced him in a tight hug for saving them
"You wretched vermin! You can try all you like to escape, but every last one of you will be dead when this is over! I GUARANTEE IT! Shulolololololo!"
Brownbeard is running through the corridor while the Straw Hats and Kin'emon were on his back. "I can't believe he would destroy his own lab just to get us killed!" Brownbeard said.
"A man with loose ends will do a lot of things he didn't know he would do" Law said running within earshot for Brownbeard to hear.
"That just means we can't let our guard down, we're not safe just because we made it this time," Zoro advised. "That means you have to hurry it up Brownbeard!"
"Yes sir! ... Hey Wait a minute!" Brownbeard shouted.
"Since when you did you ALL get on my back?!" Brownbeard shouted noticing Kin'emon and the entire straw hats except Goku and Hancock, sitting on his back. "No wonder it's starting to get heavy!"
"Forgive us," Zoro said. "You'll have to bear our weight for now. There's just no other option!"
"…We're all sick and tired of running," Ussop said.
"THAT'S A HORRIBLE REASON!" shouted Brownbeard as he pointed at the kids. "They're tired but still running so GET OFF ME!"
"You said your name was Brownbeard, correct?" Kin'emon asked.
"Yes" Brownbeard panted as he was getting tired from carrying everyone.
"It may seem ridiculous but as a sumurai, we need rest just like any other person"
"I SAID GET OFF ME, YOU LAZY BUMS!" Brownbeard wheezed as he kept running.
Soon, everyone started to take off their coats. "Now that we're inside, there's pretty much no need for these coats," Zoro said as he took his off. "It's almost too hot for them."
"You never know if it might get cold again, though," Robin said.
"Let's just hang them up here, for now," Usopp said as he took off his coat and hung it on Brownbeard's back.
"MY BACK IS NOT A LOUNGE!" Brownbeard shouted. "IF YOU'RE NOT INJURED, GET OFF AND START RUNNING!"
"I do say, I'm rather peckish," Brook said, swinging his legs back and forth.
"A samurai never gets hungry!" Kin'emon declared.
"Either way," Brownbeard said, "we're all after different things! Once I reach the post where my men are stationed, I'm kicking you all off and going on my way!"
"Do you have any food back here, Mr. Brownbeard?" Brook asked.
"SHUT UP!" Brownbeard shouted.
While Brownbeard and the Strawhats were arguing, Tashigi and the G-5 units stayed in the back making sure nobody was going off randomly and getting lost. "Cap'n!" said one of the soldiers causing the G-5 units and Tasghi to stop momentarily.
"What do we do?" one of the soldiers asked.
Tashigi looked confused, "What do you mean? You're objective is to keep the kids safe and-"
"No, I mean what do we do after all of that? We still have a crazy scientist gunning for our heads!" the soldier said.
"Yeah! he tried to kill us back there, I can't believe i'm saying this but if it weren't for that Pirate Goku, we would have been killed!" another soldier added.
The G-5 started to grit their teeth in disgust, having to be saved by their enemies.
Tashigi understood their feelings, she knew she had to say something that'll remind them to keep going forward.
"I want you all to understand that Ceasar isn't going to get away with this" Tashigi said "Now that we know they were developing this murder weapon, we have to get the word out, or the entire world will suffer!" Tashigi said.
"We mustn't let our enemies make a mockery of the World government, the organization you vowed to hold up with high regards!" The soldiers nodded in agreement.
"We're ALL getting off this island and reporting this to HQ" Tashigi commanded
"Right!" said the G-5 filled with determination in getting out of this island But just then...
"Wait a minute!" cried a G-5 soldier with a Mohawk. "What's that, up there?!" Everyone looked up and saw a flash of flight, but not long after, a huge jet of fire burst forth, nearly burning them all alive!
"YAAAAAAAAH!" they screamed before they looked up and saw the little dragon from earlier, only now, he is flying in the air and had a vicious look in his eyes.
"What is that thing?!" asked one of the G-5 soldiers.
"Didn't it get inside by tagging along with the Straw Hat crew?!"
"Why did it come all the way back over here?!" asked another that had been singed by the dragon's flames.
"I thought it was just an overgrown lizard with wings!"
"I never thought I'd actually see a dragon in my lifetime!" Tashigi said
"DRAGONS?!" the G-5 men questioned in shock.
"That's right," Tashigi said. "Legendary beasts engineered by Dr. Vegapunk…to protect the island!"
"But it didn't look so scary just a few minutes ago!" cried a soldier.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted another soldier. "IT'S COMING THIS WAY!"
Soon, the dragon swooped down on them!
"Shoot it down!" shouted a G-5 rifleman before he and the others started shooting at the beast. However, the dragon deftly dodged the bullets with ease!
"It…it dodged?!" a soldier, but the dragon lunged at him with jaws wide open!
"GET DOWN!" Tashigi cried out. Her soldiers dodged the dragon's attack causing it circle back for a 2nd attack
"No way!" shouted a soldier.
"RUN!" Tashigi ordered. "KEEP MOVING TO BUILDING B!"
The dragon growled before chasing after them
"It's fast, it flies, it breathes fire, and it bites through steel!" cried a soldier.
"What's up with that thing?! I thought the Straw hats got it under control!"
All of a sudden, the dragon seemed to gasp in fright before he quickly flew up and out of sight, much to G-5's confusion.
"It…it flew away?" "It acted like it saw a ghost or something!"
"Hey! There's something going on at the hallway exit up ahead!" Tashigi looked up to see what the commotion was about
"Cap'n Tashigi! We're saved!"
"Wow! Are you serious?!"
"I don't believe it!"
"Oh no!" Tashigi gasped in shock. There, standing amidst the cheering soldiers is Vergo.
"Look, Cap'n!" said one of the soldiers. "It's Vice-Admiral Vergo, come to the rescue!"
"He must've picked up one of our signals before they took our Transponder Snails away!" shouted another.
"So did the message get back to HQ, Vice Admiral?!" asked one more.
"How many ships are they sending?!"
"Didn't you see the straw hats and kids pass you by Vice Admiral?"
'V…Vergo…!' Tashigi thought as Vergo stood there, expressionless while the soldiers kept cheering or him.
"Vice-Admiral Smokey and Vergo! The Deadly Duo of G-5 is on the scene!"
"Yeah! Nothing can stop us, now!"
"No…!" Tashigi whispered.
"G…get away..." Tashigi said "Get Away from him! EVERYONE, RUN!" Tashigi drew her sword and shakily aimed it at Vergo.
"Huh?" a soldier muttered.
"What are you talking about, Cap- AUGH" JAB! Vergo suddenly stabbed the soldier in the chest with his finger.
"Ugh…!" the soldier grunted before he dropped to the floor, much to his comrades' surprise and shock. Before they knew what happened, they suddenly found themselves get stabbed as well. They fell to the floor, crying out in pain and confusion.
Tashigi eyes couldn't believe it, Vergo was pushing his finger into the soldiers torso at a very high speed, leaving a wound similar to a bullet wound. She heard rumors of users being able to use this move but she never witnessed it in person.
"So this is the Shigan..."
"Vice-Admiral?" asked a nervous soldier. "Did…did they do something wrong?! Don't get me wrong! I'm all for punishment, but don't you think you're going a little too far using your Shigan, it could be fatal…!"
Tashigi was unable to move as she watched Vergo continue to attack his own men.
She wanted to stop him, but she found herself frozen with anger and fear. Realizing that they had all been deceived, Tashigi finally found her courage and took action!
"MEN! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" she shouted as she drew Shigure.
"HE'S NOT THE MAN YOU THINK HE IS!" CLANG! Tashigi's blade was blocked by Vergo's Haki-imbued arm. "All this time…he's been working against for- AGH!" Tashigi cried as Vergo grabbed her head and threw her across the room, she slammed her back to the wall, sending her to the ground with blood trickling down her forehead
"CAP'N TASHIGI!" the soldiers shouted.
"That's not Vice-Admiral Vergo! He must be an impostor!"
"Yeah! The real Vice-Admiral Vergo wouldn't dare harm a lady! Especially Cap'n Tashigi!"
"Could it be a disguise?! Devil Fruit powers?!"
"Don't you dare copy our commander, you bastard!"
"Yeah! The real Vice-Admiral is a man of honor who stands up for hid band of outcast soldiers!" the soldier cried out as they drew their weapons at Vergo.
"How dare you make a mockery of his image, you swine!" As they prepared to attack, the soldiers were blinded by tears forming.
They held their Base Commander with admiration and respect, to see him hurting his own men and their captain, it broke their hearts.
That was why they viewed him as an impostor, the G-5 refused to believe that the man attacking them was their Base Commander.
In a moment of hesitation, the soldiers were soon taken down, one-by-one, by Vergo. Tashigi mustered any strength into her legs, begging them to get up, but her body wouldn't budge. She could only lie down on the floor, watch in horror as Vergo continued to attack them.
'I can't even speak…!' she thought. 'Stop…stop it! Stop killing them! Smoker…someone…help me!' Just then, Vergo stopped attacking the soldiers and turned around.
"Who's there?!" he questioned. *Silence*
"Show yourself!"
Suddenly, he spotted someone diving toward him from above!
"I heard a lady was in need of help!" KRAKOOM! Out of nowhere, Sanji kicked Vergo in the jaw with a flaming leg and sent him crashing to the floor!
"W-what the?!" one of the G-5 soldiers questioned in surprise.
"It's 'Black Leg' Sanji!" said another.
"What's he doing here?!"
"I heard the sound of a lady's teardrops falling," Sanji said, causing Tashigi to gasp in surprise.
"Unh…!" Vergo groaned as he stood up, blood was dripping from his forehead.
Back with the rest of the group...
Goku sensed something bad was going on in the back. "Guys something's wrong near Tashigi and those soldiers, I think they're getting attacked!"
Smoker eyes' widened, "Dammit! I need to-"
"Tashigi?!" Sanji said with hearts replacing his eyes. "I won't let such a beauty be harmed!" Sanji cried out before hightailing it in the direction of Tashigi and the G-5 unit.
Smoker could only just watch as the Blondie zoom past him and off to Tashigi.
"Uh…" Smoker said. Ussop just sighed. "Just let him do his thing." Just then, Kin'emon and Brook looked up to see the dragon from earlier.
"Hmm?" Kin'emon hummed inquisitively.
"Oh! It's the dragon, again!" Brook said.
"The Dragon is back? can we play with it after we leave this place?!" The kids asked in excitement.
"No…wait," Nami said. "It looks different! Look at its eyes! They look so vicious!"
"That means the sedative's worn off!" Brownbeard exclaimed.
"How do we stop it?" Hancock asked.
"The smaller ones are the later, improved models! They're quicker and hardier! We just have to look for a weak spot" Law said
"Look out! HERE IT COMES!" Usopp, Nami, and Brook screamed at the beast dived towards them
Goku flew towards the dragon and placed his hand out and grabbed it by the neck. "You're going to receive a time out if you don't behave!"
"Baugh..." The little dragon whined as it felt sad being scolded at. the image was surprising to everyone. Goku was holding the dragon like a dog carrying its pup by the neck in its mouth.
Law was in shock " He... just scolded it..."
Goku smiled, "it's okay little guy, I didn't mean to make you sad" the saiyan said patting the top of the dragon's head.
"Bah!" The dragon smiled happily before nudging his head towards Goku. The saiyan laughed causing everyone except Smoker and Law who still was in shock to smile.
Suddenly the creature flew underneath Goku and allowed Goku to sit atop of its back, giving him a free ride. "Woo hoo!" Goku cheered happily enjoying the ride instead of flying.
"That looks awesome!" Luffy shouted with stars in his eyes along with Brook, Kin'emon and Franky.
Meanwhile, In Caesar's lab, the scientist was watching Vergo attack G-5, and needless to say, he was infuriated.
"What the HELL is Vergo doing?!" Caesar questioned.
"Those G-5 halfwits are MY test subjects! What's the point of this public demonstration if it's not the poisonous gas that kills them Monet! Seal the closer end of the hallway and re-open the far gate to let the gas in!"
"With Vergo inside?" Monet asked.
"It's his fault for going down there in the first place!" Caesar snapped. "NOW SHUT UP AND DO IT!"
Monet growled in annoyance "I saved his life and this is how he repays me? by ordering me around and without a thank you?"
Outside, Luffy, Smoker and the rest of the group had arrived in front of the door.
"You ready?" Smoker asked.
"Yeah!" Luffy said as he along with everyone hopping off Brown beard's back who fell to the floor from exhaustion
Goku hopped off the dragon's back and regrouped with his friends. "Straw hat, listen closely!" Smoker said getting their attention. "Vergo's mine! You got it?!"
"Yeah but if we find Caesar, he's ours! you got that?" Luffy shouted.
"... Sure" Smoker said hesitantly.
CLICK! Smoker pressed the button, causing the door to Caesar's lab to open.
Just then, the door opened, revealing Caesar and Monet.
"Aha!" Luffy exclaimed. "This one's ours!"
"Yeah!" The straw hat yelled
"Huh?" Caesar muttered, confused before his eyes bulged out "WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAARRGH!" Luffy roared as he slammed his fist with infused haki into Caesar's stomach
"SHUHOOOOOOO!" Caesar gagged, coughing up blood.
Luffy growled as his punch pushed Caesar back several feet while Smoker stood by from behind.
Goku and the rest of the crew were ready to move in but were stopped by Luffy. "NO HE'S MINE" Luffy shouted ordering the straw hats to stay back with the kids. They were all surprised.
"Is he taking you're 'get serious' monologue seriously now Zoro?" Ussop said.
"Who knows what is making him act like this, but at least he's fighting serious now" Goku smiled at his student's form.
Behind them, the Vice-Admiral seethed silently in frustration realizing that Vergo was nowhere to be seen. At that moment, he remembered something Law said earlier when they were escaping from the cage.
"Listen closely Smoker, I want you to stay away from Caesar If we start crushing each other's hearts, it does me more harm than good. Don't pull stunts until I've taken my heart back from Vergo. You're following my orders as we're on this island, you got me?"
Smoker growled at the memory. He couldn't believe that he was taking orders from a pirate. He never thought he would stoop so low but then again, Law did have a point.
He couldn't leave the island as long as Caesar had his heart, and if he wanted it back, he had no choice but to listen to what Law said. So, if he couldn't touch Caesar then he decided to go after somebody else.
Smoker then spotted his sea stone jutte leaning against the wall before he picked it up. 'I took the shortest route here and at top speed,' Smoker thought before he ran back out to the corridor. 'I can find Vergo faster, now where the hell are you, Vergo?!'
Caesar seethed in pain as blood dripped from his lips. he struggled to his feet due to his injuries. "Dammit! The drug must be wearing off by now! I have to stall in order to recover as much as I can before the drug completely wears off!"
Caesar looked everywhere for an excuse to stall before his eyes laid down on the kids direction, he smiled "Bingo"
"You attack me and take my kids away?!" Caesar yelled as he pointed at the kids who were huddled together confused as they saw Caesar pointing at them.
"They must have been in such agony!" Caesar said hold his hand to his face in a theatrical state of disdain. "Why, they must want their candy right?!" Caesar said loudly for the kids to hear.
"Candy?!" the kids shouted happily. The Straw hats gasped, the kids were getting a little rowdy when they heard the word 'candy'
Caesar grinned wickedly, "Why yes little ones! Candy! I have a ton of it saved up back in my other laboratory! You only need to follow me to get it!" Caesar said with his arms out as if calling them to follow him.
One of the kids walked one step forward, a large boy who timidly approached Caesar, "You promise you have candy?" the child asked not sure to believe him.
"NO, DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!" Hancock yelled.
The child turned around, "HE DOESN'T HAVE 'CANDY' FOR YOU, HE'S TRYING TO MAKE YOU STAY HERE FOREVER, AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND TO EXPERIMENT ON YOU!" Hancock pleaded with the boy to get away from Caesar.
"Of course I have candy! Why if you come with me right now, I'll add another piece for you coming with me voluntarily!" Caesar smiled softly holding his hand out to the boy. "That includes all of you too~" Caesar looked at the other kids.
"Vo-leen-tear-lily?" one of the kids asked innocently which made Caesar slightly recoil from hearing them butcher the word.
"ER YES Children!" Caesar twisted his face slightly annoyed, "It means coming on your own volition!"
"Voo-lie-shoon?" another kid asked cocking his head confused at the word and what it meant. "You mean we have to come with our own volleyball?" another child asked to which Caesar contorted his face angrily with the stupidity he was dealing with.
"Listen! do you want Candy or Not!" Caesar shouted, "Cause I won't share it with you if you don't come now!"
"They ain't coming!"
Caesar looked up to see Luffy jumping to grab him.
"Now I gotcha!" Luffy shouted.
Hancock guided the child and kids away from Caesar and brought them near the Straw hats.
"Oh, no you don't!" Caesar cried before he turned into gas and flew up at the last second. Then, he lit up two matches, one in each hand. "Combustible…IMMOLATION GAS!"
Using his Gas-Gas Fruit powers, Caesar made the flames on the matches as large as Goku's spirit bomb before he threw down a huge wall of fire at Luffy who back flipped away just in time
"Dammit!" Luffy cursed. "This guy's already trying to give us a hard time!"
"Hold still and let us catch you, already!" Luffy barked.
"What reason do you have for coming after me, Straw Hat?!" Caesar questioned. "What purpose do you have with capturing me?!"
"I…I dunno…yet!" Luffy said. "All I know is that Traffy told me that something cool's supposed to happen when I catch you!"
"Shulololololo!" Caesar laughed. "I see now. It looks like you've formed an alliance with Law, did you?! You're a fool to trust him! He'll turn on you, too, just like he did me!"
Luffy jumped into the air with his fists clenched "SHADUP!" Luffy then blasted his fists at Caesar.
"So, I suppose you haven't had enough punishment yet, rubber boy?! Then take this! Land of Nothing!" Caesar clenched both fists, extinguishing the fire around Luffy who suddenly dropped to his knees and started grabbing his throat.
Caesar laughed "Shulololo! It doesn't matter how many times you try! I always have the advantage!"
The Straw Hat captain looked up at Caesar and smirked which took the scientist back momentarily.
"I'm not falling for it this time!" he stretched his fist out, forcing Caesar to stop his attack and jump back. Caesar fell back and collapsed from his injuries.
"Argh..." Caser groaned as his body now was feeling the full force of the pain, he was running on the drug but now it wore off, he wasn't in control of his body anymore."
Luffy gasped in air, "Woah that was close!" Luffy grinned
"Good work thinking on your feet Luffy" Goku called out.
Luffy began walking slowly towards the downed Scientist. Caesar gritted his teeth and tried to crawl away from the Straw hat. "G...Get away from me!" Caesar cried out in fear. Luffy lowered his eyes before pointing at the scientist.
"You know... I don't even have a shred of compassion for you, the kids you treated badly, the people you tried to kill... I haven't even an ounce of guilt beating the hell outta you" Luffy said grabbing his leg and raising his fist the scientist
"You're lucky I'm not going to beat you to death now." As Luffy said this, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye and instinctively rolled out of the way.
Bang Bang Bang*
It was gunshots and it was aimed at Luffy!
"Huh?!" Luffy said in shock.
"Caesar is in trouble! protect him everyone!" A voice echoed from the other side of the door. Everyone turned around to see Caesar's men stockpiled with weapons running out towards Caesar and began blasting bullets towards the straw hats, smoker and the kids direction!
"Ergh!, Shulololo yes! kill those who tried to hurt me!" Caesar groaned as his men rained bullets at them.
"Get the kids away!" Luffy shouted to the Straw hats.
Robin crossed her hands together and created over a dozen of giant hands that created a barrier between them and the bullets.
"Don't let up men! Keep firing at it!" one of Caesar's men shouted as they rained bullets at the wall of hands blocking them from attacking the Straw hats.
"Nice thinking Robin!" Ussop said but then panicked as he saw her reaction. Robin's face scrunched up as her body was taking a lot of stress creating large multiple hands and having to block not only them but the kids who were as tall as a four story apartment from all the bullets that were attacking them.
"I... can't hold it...for much L...longer!" Robin gritted as she tried to hold the barrier for a little bit longer.
Hancock's eyes widened as she knew what to do. "Goku san!"
Goku turned to the direction he heard his name, the saiyan looked over to see the snake empress running at him
"Throw me into the air!" Hancock shouted at him.
Goku was puzzled, why did she want him to throw her into the air? It didn't make sense to him, but Goku knew he trusted her.
"Got it!" Goku replied as he interlaced his fingers together as if ready to serve a volleyball underhanded.
Hancock jumped into the air and landed on his hands, Goku tensed his arms and catapulted her into and above Robin's barrier. She looked down and saw Caesar's men cease fire and suddenly draw their weapons towards her.
But just as they aimed, they dropped their weapons instantly! Hancock smiled, she knew it worked.
"Look at that babe!" one Caesar's men cried out
"She's so hot!" another one added.
Each of Caesar's men were filled with lust as they witnessed the beauty of the Snake Empress. Hancock raised her hands towards the entranced men, "Mero Mero Merrow!"
A burst of vibrant pink hearts appeared and headed straight towards them and twirled around like a cyclone, a majority of them instantly turned into stone!
"WHAT?!" Caesar screamed as he saw his men turn into stone. He angrily looked into the air and back at Monet, "Well don't just stand there! STOP HER!"
Monet set her sights at Hancock and instantly flew into the air. Hancock was turning as many of Caesar's men into stone as she could before she noticed the harpy and twirled downwards from Monet creating some distance between the two.
Monet circled around and dived downwards the Snake Empress. Hancock raised her hands to block but Monet dived towards her abdomen and speared her causing them both to hit the floor hard and tumble across the room.
"Hancock!" Goku shouted, he was about to run over when Hancock raised her hand preventing him from doing so.
"huff* huff* I'm fine Goku san! I'll deal with this one, help Robin!" Hancock said before dashing over and doing a spin kick at Monet who was getting up.
Monet noticed a heel inches away from her skull and jumped into the air avoiding the kick. Hancock landed back on the ground and pushed herself upwards to the harpy, they resumed fighting.
Goku turned around, and noticed Robin lower her arms and fall down to one knee exhausted from holding the barrier for so long. The barrier was let down and Caeser's men took notice of it.
"Hey their shield is down, take em' down!" one of them shouted.
Goku instant transmissioned in front of Robin and an Instant transmissioned them towards the kids, Nami, Brownbeard, and Ussop. He placed the tired and barely conscious Robin down near Nami and Ussop.
"Is the hand creating lady going to be okay?!" one of the kids cried out, as they saw her in bad shape.
"She's going to be fine" Goku replied before turning his attention towards Nami and Ussop "Nami, Ussop watch over the kids and Robin, I'll take care of Caesar's men!"
"Right!" they nodded.
"Then let me help out!" Ussop said as he aimed his slingshot at Ceaser's soldiers. "Cover you're eyes!" Ussop shouted as he shot a pellet at them.
"Oh shoot watch out!" one of Caesar's soldiers yelled out as they aimed at the pellet and fired. Ussop smirked "Looks like they took the bait!"
As soon as the bullet punctured the pellet, a massive explosion of light illuminated across the room blinding everyone who didn't take heed in Ussop's warning.
"AHH MY EYES!" One of the soldiers cried out.
"I CAN'T SEE!" Another shouted
"ME NEITHER!" a third soldier shouted.
"ME TOO!" Luffy shouted.
"LUFFY I SAID TO COVER YOU'RE EYES!" Ussop shouted angrily.
"I THOUGHT YOU SAID COVER YOU'RE EARS!" Luffy shouted as he began rubbing his eyes painfully.
Ussop comically fell over, "You have got to be kidding me..." Nami sighed.
While the soldiers were blinded, Goku dashed forward kicked a soldier into the air, "Franky! catch!" the saiyan shouted.
"Okay!" the robot shouted as he jumped into the air and caught the soldier and was aiming down an the other soldiers. "GET READY! CAUSE I'M SERVING UP MY FIRST SUUUUPER~ PITCH OF THE DAY!" Franky shouted as he launched the soldier back down and struck them.
"Augh!" the soldiers cried out as they tumbled into the ground hard.
Goku and Franky sprinted towards their enemies when Brook ran in between them, "Let's make it a triple tag team!"
"How about a 4th!" another voice chimed in, they turned to see Zoro running along side them. They smirked.
"Let kick their asses!" Franky shouted.
"Yeah!" Everyone agreed as they jumped down to attack. The Fatal Four strikes!
Luffy jumped a few meters away from Caesar creating some space between them. "This looks like a good distance," Luffy said
"Shulolololo!" Caesar laughed. "That's right! There's a set radius, and within it, you can't breathe!"
"Ugh!" Luffy gasped and clutched at his throat. "Dammit again?!" Luffy gagged and coughed as he tried to breathe.
"Shulololololo!" Caesar cackled. "You see?! Once I get close, you only suffocate, again! Hurts, doesn't it?!" He then held up a sword hilt, and a blue aura appeared from it.
"Here's your precious oxygen!" Caesar said. "Blue Sword! My poison gas might not work on you, Straw Hat, but I have plenty of other attacks at my disposal! Now take this BURNING SLASH!"
Caesar attempted to cut Luffy with his oxygen sword, and the resulting cut ended up burning half the room! "Shulololololo!" Caesar laughed. "There…that should take care of-"
"Armaments Hardening!" Caesar eyes bulged out when he saw an airborne Luffy, inches from him with Haki-imbued fists.
"Gum…GUUUUUUUM…"
"AAAAAAAH!" Caesar screamed.
"Igloo!"
"JET GATLING~!" Luffy began to make a barrage of rapid-fire punches, but all he ended up hitting was a large wall of snow that protected Caesar
"What the hell!?" Luffy shouted as he jumped back from the wall of snow, it had a large gaping hole that revealed Caesar unharmed.
"What is this?! "A wall?!" Luffy questioned.
"Huff* Huff* Impressive," said Monet, who had been standing over Hancock holding her hair and painfully pulling it upwards.
"Not just any pirate can put even a crack in this wall and you managed make a hole." Monet said, "I'll just have to be wary around you"
Wham*
Hancock headbutted Monet causing her to fall down and the snowy wall crumbled. Monet got back up and felt something wet on her chin, she wiped it away and saw a red stain on her feathers, Hancock busted Monet's nose and it was slightly bleeding.
She narrowed her eyes and stared daggers at Hancock who got back up and readied into a fighting stance.
"You're going to have a few broken bones bitch" Monet cursed.
"I was going to say the same thing" Hancock narrowed her eyes, "Don't pull on my hair."
"How did that bird lady create an igloo? there wasn't any ice for her to make it!" Goku questioned as disarmed his opponent and bent the weapon into a pretzel.
"She has a devil fruit power most likely" Zoro said as he sliced his opponents' weapons into two and knocked them out with the hilt of his blades.
"Now's your chance to make a run for it, Caesar!" Monet said as flew into the air to try and dive at Hancock once more.
"Bah!" Caesar scoffed. "Tell me about it. Fare thee well, Straw Hat! Do your worst! I already have an experiment in mind for your little crew! Shulololololo!"
With that, the mad scientist flew off. "Hey!" Luffy shouted. "You bastard! Get back here!" but before he could pursue, Monet paused her fight with Hancock and flew over to stop Luffy by holding him back with her talons.
"Not so fast, boy. You're not going anyway. If anything happens to the Master then Joker will get rid of me."
"Dominatrix?" Luffy questioned causing everyone who heard him to fall down comically,
"Oh for the love of IT'S DOFLAMINGO YOU DUMBASS!" Zoro angrily shouted getting back up.
"Oh... well what's he got to do with you and this?" Luffy said to the harpy.
Monet just smiled but didn't answer.
With Sanji, Tashigi and the G-5 units...
In the connecting hallway of Buildings A and B, Sanji is facing off against Vergo while the alarm began to blare around them. That only meant one thing.
"Oh, no!" cried a G-5 soldier. "It's that alarm, again! That gate ahead is about to close!"
"Quickly" shouted another soldier. "We have to move before it's too late!"
"Wait! Who's that guy fighting that imposter?!" asked another.
"It's the Straw Hat Pirate Sanji!" shouted one more.
"Why's he helping us?!" asked his friend.
"Who knows! but at least we can regroup and get our injured outta the danger!"
"Do you think maybe we should help out?!"
"Don't! It looks like he's got this!" answered one more.
"Flanchet STRIKE!" Sanji's leg ignited on fire as it connected with Vergo sending him hurtling through the wall, causing room to explode with dust and cover the room momentarily.
Cough* cough* cough* "Whoa!" said a G-5 rifleman. "He's crazy tough!"
as soon as the dust settled everyone noticed the wall Sanji kicked the Vergo through, they were shocked, the wall that Vergo was kicked in actually made a shape that resembled Vergo.
"What are you dumb-asses doing, gawking at me?!" Sanji questioned. "Get the hell outta here already! Don't you see they're trying to trap us in here with that gas, again?
Everyone gasped before they looked up and saw the gate leading to Building A beginning to open up, again, allowing the poisonous gas to seep through! "See?! Here it comes, now!" Sanji shouted. Soon, the G-5 men panicked before they turned and ran!
"We gotta get moving!"
"The other gate's opening again!"
"Everybody run! The gas is coming for us, again!"
"V-Vice Admiral Vergo…" Some of the soldiers turned to look at the person who they looked up to. It pained them dearly to leave him even if they thought it was a faker.
"Forget about him! The real Vergo wouldn't try and kill us!" Just as the soldiers left, Vergo walked out of the hole. Sanji noticed he had a bleeding nose and mouth, but practically looked unharmed.
"I see now," Sanji said as Vergo dusted himself off. "You're probably made of steel or something, huh?"
"Don't interfere," Vergo hissed as he winded up a kick. "This is an internal matter!"
"Tsk…!" Sanji scoffed. "You're the type that my captain and crew despise the most..." Wham* The cook raised his leg blocking Vergo's kick. However, Sanji gritted his teeth in pain. The force of Vergo's kick was so strong it actually made a small fracture to Sanji's shin.
"Urgh…!" Sanji gritted before pushing away from Vergo. However, he barely managed to duck down to dodged another one of the Vice-Admiral-gone-pirate's kick! The two soon began to exchange and block blows, so much so, they didn't notice that the poisonous gas was approaching them
"OI! PIRATE!" shouted one of the G-5 soldiers. "Hurry! That poison gas is almost upon you! The gate's closing! You gotta get outta there!" Just then, the P.A system activated.
"Attention! Attention! This is Building D, reporting in! Emergency alert to all Third Lab structures! Be advised that Trafalgar Law has infiltrated S.A.D. manufacturing room!"
"What?!" Vergo said in shock.
Caesar was stumbling away before he had just heard the announcement,
"Attention! Attention! I repeat, this is Building D, reporting in! Emergency alert to all Third Lab structures! Be advised that Trafalgar Law has infiltrated S.A.D. manufacturing room!"
Caesar was shocked at this news and a little horrified, too.
"Is Law insane?!" Caesar questioned.
Luffy, and Monet had just heard the announcement as well.
"S.A.D.?" Luffy said. "What's that?" Luffy asked.
Monet just gritted her teeth, "Kidnap the Master then S.A.D.?!" Monet questioned. "So that's what you're really after Trafalgar!"
Smoker is seen flying down a corridor as he heard the announcement. "What the hell are you trying Law?" Smoker thought. However, he dismissed it as he was too focused on looking at a piece of paper in his hands at the moment.
"Dammit," Vergo cursed. "I should've known!"
"What are you talking about?!" Sanji questioned.
"Law must've joined forces with your crew in order to keep us distracted and away from his real intentions!" Vergo said. "Dammit...It's possible he became one of the Seven Warlords just to get into the room! If I let him continue like this, that boy is going to unleash all of Hell on all the New World!"
In Building D, Law is seen walking into a room with a confident smirk on his face as he left the guards that stood in his way cut and defeated.
Law entered a room and found a large tank that said S.A.D. on the front. Law observed the entire structure with a moment of curiosity.
The tank, S.A.D was being kept in a large metallic vat hooked up to several tubes with a nuclear symbol plastered right smack for anyone to see.
"Looks like I finally get a view of it up close" Law thought as he walked along the path of the tank. "This is what I've been looking for." The pirate leaned closer to inspect the tank and see if there was a switch to open the tank.
After searching for a few minutes, he found a button on a dashboard with a sticker labeled "Open" on top. Law didn't give it much thought and proceeded to push it.
Suddenly, a mechanical grinding was echoing from the tank.
The top started to slowly open, Law smiled and looked around before noticing a catwalk that would give him a good view of the content inside the tank.
Law proceeded to run and jump up until he reached the top of the catwalk and walked over to get a good view of the substance.
After the vat holding the SAD was fulled opened, it was shown to be somewhat of a green foamy mixture similar to wax that was inside.
Law smirked, "Alright, let's get to it!"
Back with the G-5 and Tashigi...
The G-5 units began to panic as the gate at the connecting hallway between Buildings A and B where Sanji and Vergo were began to shut.
"No! Stop! Don't close that door!"
"Straw Hat Sanji and that impostor are still in there!" But it was too late. The gate had been shut closed, leaving Sanji and Vergo trapped on the other side with the poisonous gas that was slowly filling the room.
"NOOOOOO!" the G-5 units cried out "It's closed! Sanji is dead!"
The G-5 soldiers began mourning the supposed death of Sanji, even though he was a pirate, he came to their aid and protected their captain.
Even Tashigi bowed her head in respect seeming to feel a bit of remorse for the pirate. But then, she heard a noise coming from somewhere up in the ceiling. She looked up and squinted her eyes to get a better view of what she heard. To her amazement, she saw a mysterious figure, coming from the ceiling!
"What's that?!" asked a soldier. "Oh no! Don't tell me its the dragon again?!"
"Wait!" said another. "I think that's…"
"Are you okay Tashigi san~?!" a voice called from above, causing the G-5 soldiers to gasp in joy. Everyone looked above to reveal Sanji, who landed right before Tashigi with a sweet smile and somehow a rose in his hand.
"B-Black Leg!" Tashigi gasped.
"All right!" a soldier cheered.
"Black Leg! You're alive!" another cried.
"Shadup!" Sanji barked. "The only voice I want to hear is the voice of this angel here" Sanji barked pointing at Tashigi. A light red hue appeared on Tashigi's cheeks after hearing Sanji's comment.
However, as Sanji took a step forward, he winced in pain when he tried to put weight on his right leg. "Ah, damn…!" he cursed under his breath.
"Hey, Black Leg!" a soldier said. "You sure you didn't get hurt?"
"I thought I told you to shadup!" Sanji said. "I only take concern her, not you!"
Sanji gritted his teeth, "Dammit... that was way too close" Sanji Thought. '"f I kept fighting, my shinbone would've shattered to pieces."
Sanji turned and looked at Tashigi, "That guy was your commander, right?" Sanji asked. "For some reason, he looked like he saw a ghost and then hightailed off "
"N-no way!" a G-5 rifleman answered. "That guy's not the real Vergo! He must've been a fake! Yeah, that's it! A fake! Heh…right, Cap'n?"
"…Y…yes!" Tashigi answered. "Of course! It was just an impostor this whole time! The real Vergo would never harm any of you! Now then…let's hurry back with Smoker and save those children!"
"Y-yes, Cap'n!" the soldiers saluted. The truth was, Tashigi knew that was Vergo but she just couldn't bear having to tell her men the truth, for she knew how much they respected and admired their base commander. If knew the horrible truth, it would break their hearts.
Meanwhile, in Building B, Vergo is seen practically running through the air using his Geppou ability. In his hand, there is a Mini Transponder Snail, and he appeared to be having conversation with someone.
"So Law is after the S.A.D.?"
"Yes," Vergo replied. "They've definitely betrayed us!"
"I see. Heheheheheh!"
On an island in the New World known as Dressrosa, people are seen around in a pool, laughing and relaxing. It is revealed that the person Vergo is speaking with is none other than one of the Seven Warlords: Donquixote Doflamingo, who was sitting on a lounge with his harem of women and being served fine wine.
Beside Doflamingo, is a small girl with light greenish hair, a a magenta hooded cape with bear-like ears, an eyepatch shaped monacle on her left eye, and a small crown. Her name is Sugar, she's a member of the Donquixote Family.
"That's what I thought!" Doflamingo laughed. At his feet, there is a saber-tooth tiger with dark yellow fur with brown stripes, and a scar on her left shoulder. This is Rita, Doflamingo's pet saber-tooth tiger.
"What a shame," Doflamingo said as he pet the large, prehistoric feline on her head, causing her to purr. "Why, I practically raised Law!"
"I understand sir," Vergo said on the other side.
"The S.A.D. manufacturing room, eh?" Doflamingo asked as a door suddenly exploded. Suddenly, a woman with long, black hair, dressed in a maid's outfit appeared armed a machine, a saber, and a rifle which was actually her left arm aimed at Doflamingo's head For some reason, she seemed to be crying.
"Well," Doflamingo said, ignoring the woman aiming her rifle-arm at him, "If I were Law, here's what I'd do. First, I'd destroy that room."
KABOOOOOOM! The woman opened fire on Doflamingo creating a huge explosion that sent several of Doflamingo's guests flying As the dust cleared, it is revealed that Doflamingo had disappeared from his spot and now was sitting in a chair left virtually unscathed by the blast.
"I'd also kidnap Caesar," said Doflamingo as he hunched over as if in thought. "Nah, scratch that. I'd actually kill the Caesar! Heheheheh! After all, Caesar's the only man in the whole world who knows how to manufacture S.A.D." As he said this, he dodged another strike from the teary-eyed woman, who turned into her arm into a scythe-blade.
"But if that happened," Doflamingo began, "then I'd just have more problems than solutions Vergo!"
BANG! A man wearing some sort of steampunk suit shot the woman. She didn't look injured, though. All the bullet did was graze her. His name is Gladius, another member of the Donquixote Family.
"And if I had a problem," said Doflamingo, "then what happens next?!"
A large man wearing a red shirt with white swirls on it, and the Doflamingo insignia on his biceps, approached the woman. His name is Machvise, another member of the Donquixote family.
"Hey-n!" the man said. "Cool your jets-n, Baby-5! What've you got-n against the Young Master?"
"I can't forgive him!" the woman, known as Baby-5, shouted. "Not this time! I'm gonna kill him if it's the last thing I do!"
"So what comes next?" asked the man in the steampunk suit.
"What next?!" Doflamingo asked. "Then misfortune spreads, of course!" Sugar began to suck the grapes off her fingers as he said this.
"And what is your plan, Young Master?" asked Jora, a round woman with blonde hair on one side and orange hair and the other, wearing a purple dress with golden yellow flowers, a pearl necklace, and a pair of glasses playing cards with an old, short man wearing some sort of leotard. "What will you do with sweet little Law?"
"It is obvious!" said the old man, whose name is Lao G. "The boy is leading a rebellion against us! Is it not so?!"
"…I know it'll annoy you Vergo," said Doflamingo, "but I need you to exterminate Law. Kill him so badly that he'd wish he wasn't born!" SLASH! Baby-5 swung her hand, which had turned into an axe, at Doflamingo, who dodged it deftly.
"I hear you, loud and clear," Vergo said. "I can take a picture of their corpses to show you, Doflamingo. I can use that new camera I bought in Dressrosa."
"I bet you didn't buy any cameras."
"Oh, yeah…I didn't buy any cameras. Oh, well…how about I bring you back both their left ears, instead?"
"That'll work!" Doflamingo answered as he made a finger gesture at Baby-5, causing her to halt momentarily. "I'm going to make a quick call. Let me know when you've killed those two, yet."
"Got it," Vergo answered. Not long after, Doflamingo dialed a different number, and soon, someone picked up. "Monet? Caesar?" he asked. "It's Joker. Do you read me?"
"Yes, Joker," Monet's voice replied. "Ah, Joker!" Caesar exclaimed. "Good to hear from you, Young Master!"
"Watch out for Law,but also, be on your toes against Luffy as well That boy's has the Conqueror's Haki as well... His potential could be even greater than Law's." Doflamingo warned
"Yes that infernal brat and his crew seemed to have formed an alliance with Law... but do not worry, I'll crush them before they do any real damage they are Shulololo!" Caesar cackled before disconnecting from the call.
"Make sure you watch our primary target as well Monet" Doflamingo said.
"Understood, but Joker..." Monet said pausing momentarily. "We're also dealing with the man named Son Goku as well and he isn't going down as quickly as we would hope."
Doflamingo clenched his fist tightly hearing that name but before releasing his grip and regaining his cool.
"I expected Son Goku to be with Straw hat Luffy" Doflamingo thought.
"Don't worry, I've contacted a group of people to deal with him should we ever cross paths again" Doflamingo said, jumping back as Baby-5 went for an overhead chop with her axe. It cracked the ground causing dust to explode across the room.
"I just need to set up a meeting with them first and see them for myself before I hire them" Doflamingo said grinning "But as of right now, I also have a woman over here who's a little too excitable for her own good." As he said this, Baby-5 turned her left index finger into a pistol and aimed for her head, planning to shoot herself.
"I'm going to send Baby-5, Buffalo over" Doflamingo said, "and when this is done, I want all of you back here on Dressrosa!"
"Understood Joker, Monet out." The harpy disconnected the call leaving Doflamingo to deal with the situation in front of him.
"Will someone call and set up a meeting with our potential recruiters? I'm going to be busy dealing with something currently" Doflamingo nonchalantly asked before grinning wickedly.
"About time you met your match Son Goku..."
"Atatatata!" Goku yelled as he fired ki blasts at the ground, exploding and causing anyone who was in the vicinity to fly into the air.
"Woah!" Zoro said as he exploded into the air, he gritted his teeth, "Watch where you're firing Goku!" before running atop of the flying soldiers and slashing them back down to the ground.
Goku chuckled, "Sorry! Sorry! I was just getting excited!"
Ussop fired another pellet causing an explosion to push the soldiers back. Immediately more soldiers came into the room to fight the straw hats.
"They just keep coming!" Ussop huffed in annoyance at their persistence.
"Then we just got to keep up the pace!" Goku fired up.
Bang*
A bullet was fired, causing Goku to react and instinctively swat the bullet away.
"WAH?" Ceaser's soldiers cried out
"He flicked away your bullet like it was nothing!" Ceaser's men cried out.
Goku readied his stance "You're going to have to try harder than using bullets if you want to stop me!" Goku roared before dashing towards them.
However, what Goku didn't know was when he swatted the bullet, it landed next to the baby dragon...
ROOOOAAAAAAAAR* echoing throughout the room, eveyone turned to see what was making the noise.
Nami gasped, "Oh no!"
The baby dragon was set off when the stray bullet struck beside it and caused it to run rampant in a daze of confusion and a mixture of fear and anger.
"Bah!" the dragon cried out as it began setting everything ablaze in the room!
Goku flew next to the dragon's face in order to get its attention
"Oi, you have to stop, you're going to hurt somebody!" Goku yelled but it was having no effect on the dragon, it couldn't hear him.
The kids began to huddle together in fear, "Is it going to attack us?!" one of the kids cried, as they all realized how scary the dragon really was.
Nami cupped her hands to her mouth "You guys! get the dragon away from the kids, it's just scared and confused from the bullet. Grab it if you have to but make sure it doesn't reach the kids!"
Goku, Zoro and Ussop nodded as they all directed their attention to the dragon, "You three deal with the dragon" Franky said as he slugged his fist onto a soldier and sent him flying "Brook and I will deal with the remaining soldiers"
"Right!"
Zoro dashed towards the Dragon. "Goku launch me into the air!"
"Alright!" Goku clasped his hands and threw Zoro towards the dragon.
Zoro raised his arms out to grab the dragon. "I got it!"
The dragon noticed Zoro and side stepped out of the way.
"I don't got it" Zoro said as he crashed into a wall.
"Zoro!" Ussop cried out as he ran over to the swords men worried he was injured.
However, Zoro was already back on his feet. "This dragon's alot tougher," Zoro said. "It's a slippery bastard I'll give em that"
"DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRAGON, ALREADY!" shouted Brownbeard as he and the kids crowded towards the corner of the room where there wasn't any fire nearby.
It is revealed that the dragon is laying waste to most of Building B, spewing flames all around!
"The whole place is almost on fire, already!" cried Brownbeard. "If he manages to light up one of the tanks in here, it'll blow the wall down and if we don't die by then that killer gas will!"
The dragon began swooping down in the direction of the kids, Nami Robin and Brownbeard.
"Oh no you don't!" Nami shouted. she pulled out her clima tact and aimed it at the dragon. "I'm sorry little one but you forced my hand!"
"Gust sword!" Suddenly, a gust of pressurized air blasted at high speeds towards the dragon. It resembled a whirlwind, but it got the job done.
"BAAUH!" The dragon roared as the gust of extreme winds stunned it momentarily.
Nami aimed her clima tact at the dragon, 3 dark clouds surrounded the flying creature causing it to look up above and notice the clouds. "Thunder…TRAP!" Nami shouted. The thunderclouds ended up electrocuting the dragon
The dragon roared in pain as it plummeted to the ground. The floor shook from the impact of the dragon's weight.
"AAHHHH" Usopp screamed as he dived out of the way of the dragon's path, it was sliding on the ground until it stopped to a complete halt in the middle of the room.
"Quick let's get it before it gets back up!" Kin'emon shouted as he, Brook and Zoro charged aiming at the defenseless creature on the ground.
Kin'emon jumped into the air and aimed his blade towards the creature's head. "You held your own creature, thus I'll give you an honorable death!"
"Hold it!"
A man fazed in front of Kin'emon and grabbed his blade, mere inches from the dragon's head. The dragon groaned in pain as it tilted its head upwards.
Kin'emon, Brook and Zoro couldn't believe it.
"Goku what are you doing?!" Zoro shouted
"Release your grip on my blade warrior, I shall stop this beast from attacking!" Kin'emon said as he tried to move his blade from the saiyan's grip but it wouldn't budge.
"I won't allow it" Goku firmly spoke, loosening his grip on the blade and causing Kin'emon to fall back.
"But Goku-san, that dragon tried to attack us, if Nami didn't electrocute it, the dragon could've attacked the kids!" Robin protested.
"No, that dragon isn't at fault, I was" Goku pointed to himself. "If I didn't swat that bullet away, the dragon wouldn't have gone on a rampage" the saiyan walked over and knelt down to pet the dragon on the forehead.
"I can't allow it to face my mistakes with it's life, I'll accept full responsibility of it's actions but I won't let anyone else hurt it" Goku said as he stood back and turned around to face his crew.
The crew were unsure what to do. Zoro, Kin'emon and Book had their weapons drawn and Goku readied into his stance in case he had to stop his friends from hurting the dragon anymore.
"Look, we can go back and forth about the morality on this question but now isn't the time!" Usopp said.
"Right now our crew has to move now to R66 and to make matters worse Luffy and Hancock gave chase to that harpy lady at structure C!"
"Dammit... and Sanji, Chopper and that woman with her soldiers are somewhere else on this freaking island..." Zoro muttered as he lowered his weapons.
"That's right " Brook agreed as he and Kin'emon sheathed their weapons.
"YOU GUYS!" Robin shouted as everyone turned around to her voice. They're eyes widened.
The kids were beginning to become feral again, their eyes were turning bloodshot and they began growling like an animal.
Goku reached into his pocket and pulled out the bottle full of senzu beans. "Robin catch!" Goku tossed the bottle to Robin. She caught the bottle and began pouring the beans into her hand before running towards the kids.
"Kids! I have something for you to eat!" Robin shouted as she tried to get their attention.
"AHHH! We don't want that! WE WANT CANDY!" One of children roared as they raised their hand and swatted her, making her fall down hard.
"Robin!" the straw hats cried out as they rushed over to her.
Goku charged his ki up and raised his hands at the kids, "I got them!" A white aura engulfed each child stopping them in their tracks.
"ERGH I WANT CANDY!" Another child yelled.
Goku's eyes widened by the sudden increase in power from the kids. "They didn't have that much power... Now they suddenly have the same power level as Gohan when he was fighting cell!" Goku thought. "How does a drug like this give them this much power?!"
BOOM*
The white aura around their body exploded and disappeared.
"No way!" Goku shouted in shock, they broke through his barrier through sheer anger.
"Let's go to the master and get our candy!" one of the kids declared and all the kids agreed in unison with a war cry before running up to the catwalk that led to the exit.
"I don't think so!" a voice shouted from up in the air.
"Hey! Look up there!" Usopp shouted. Everyone looked up and saw…Chopper, in his Monster Point form, jumping down to the catwalk and pushing the kids back from the exit.
"BWOOOOOOH~!" Chopper roared furiously as he tried to keep the children back.
"Isn't that Chopper?!" Nami asked.
"What's he doing in his Monster Point form?!" Zoro questioned.
"Who knows but we gotta help him before the kids overrun him!" Ussop said as he jumped on Brownbeard's back.
"Oi what the hell are you doing on my back?!" Brownbeard shouted.
"Zip it, we got to move it and you're fast enough to reach them" Brownbeared blushed from the compliment before puffing out his chest "ALRIGHT HOP ON, I'LL GET US TO THE CATWALK IN NO TIME"
Kin'emon turned to Goku who floated back down to the dragon to offer a senzu bean to the creature.
"Fine, you can keep the dragon alive, but if it acts out once more, I'll put it down myself" Kin'emon threatened as he raised his blade at the saiyan who nodded in agreement.
Sigh* "Alright! we''ll save those brats and then my son Momonosuke!" the samurai shouted.
With Luffy and Hancock...
On the 4th floor of Building C, Luffy and Hancock were running after the harpy Monet.
"Hey!" Luffy shouted. "What's the big idea, Bird-lady?!"
Monet chuckled as she trapped Luffy and Hancock inside a large dome of snow. "This is my Ten-Layer Igloo," Monet said as she appeared on the walls. "It's my same Igloo defense, only ten times as thick. What do you think? Do you like it?"
"No, I don't!" Luffy shouted. "Are you just trying to buy time?! Hancock and I will just smash this thing to pieces in seconds! This is all pointless! We can't imagine losing to likes of you!"
Hancock launched into the air and did a spin kick to hit Monet. The harpy giggled before hiding behind the barrier. Hancock cracked the barrier but the snow wall didn't budge. Monet popped back in front of the two.
The harpy smiled at the two "I can't imagine beating you two, I don't have the power to do so, but listen well boy… In battle, strength can only do so much..."
Suddenly, a wall emerged from the ground "It takes brain to get the job done"
"Luffy look out!" Hancock said as the wall divided the two. Luffy somersaulted away "Ha! you're going to have to try a lot harder to get me with that trick!" Luffy boasted.
Monet giggled " That wasn't supposed to get you..." When Luffy fell back down to the ground, Monet emerged in front of the pirate.
"Boo…!" Monet whispered in their ears, before embracing the pirate tightly.
"H-huh?!" Luffy muttered. "W-w-what the hell?!" Luffy questioned.
"Luffy! Luffy what's going on?!" Hancock's voiced muffled through to the other side of the wall. a repeated thump was heard, it was revealed to be Hancock attacking the wall to reach Luffy and help him stop Monet.
Luffy began to shiver. "It's... so cold... why is..."
Monet hushed the pirate in a soothing voice. "When i'm done, you and that bitch won't even have the strength to move." Luffy suddenly started feeling very sluggish. Luffy's eyelids grew heavy and his body started to feel numb.
"This freezing body of mine will sap all your stamina, little-by-little," Monet said, "and then…even your hearts will freeze." Not long after, snow began to fall all around them and began to cover Luffy. "See?" Monet asked. "Look at all the pretty snow all around us…you must be getting sleepy."
"…Yes," Luffy whispered. "Doesn't it feel good?" Monet asked. "You just wanna close your eyes…and be at peace."
However…just when Luffy was about to drift off in deadly slumber…he suddenly something very important. "GET A FREAKING GRIP AND GET SERIOUS, YOU MORON! REMEMBER, WE'RE IN THE NEW WORLD, NOW!" Luffy gasped he woke back up. He grabbed Monet's waist and moved his head back.
"Sorry" Luffy said.
Monet was puzzled, "Sorry about wha-"
Wham*
Luffy headbutted the harpy and caused her to push back and crash into the wall, crumpling it.
"AH! Why does everyone go for my nose?!" Monet cried out as she stood up with another bloody nose leak.
Before Monet readied herself Hancock crushed her abdomen with a flying dive kick and sent her down badly injured.
"That was for pulling on my hair... bitch" Hancock narrowed her eyes, the empress turned her attention to luffy. "Let's go, Luffy"
"Right... Gum-Gum…JET SPEAR!" Luffy shouted before he stomped a huge hole in the floor They jumped down the hole.
Monet only watched as the two Straw Hats fell right through the floor. "Impressive..." Monet said. "However…doing that will send them falling through the air ducts and all the way down to the trash dump, deep underground." She struggled to her feet to leave.
"Those two won't be coming back up, unless they can fly. They just dug their own graves, so to speak…." And with that, Monet flew off to who-knows-where.
Meanwhile, somewhere deep underneath the entire laboratory… "…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" THOOM! Luffy and Hancock ended up in a gigantic pile of scrap metal and old food scraps.
"Unh…!" Luffy groaned as his head started to hurt. He looked around to see where they were "There's trash all over the place!"
"This is disgusting!" Hancock cringed at the awful smell. The empress got to her feet and looked for any exit but to no avail. "Ugh... if we don't get out of this place, i'm going to hurl from the smell" Hancock said feeling sick from the stench.
"Is this a garbage dump?" Luffy looked around
"Probably... after you made that hole, we might have been underneath it" Hancock said feeling disgusted with having to step on the trash lying around. "I'm going to need 10 baths before I feel clean again" Hancock thought depressingly as tears flooded her eyes.
As Luffy looked around as well, he found what looked like a remote control of some sort. "What's this?" He picked it up and flipped the switch several times, but nothing happened. "It's not working," Luffy said before threw the device away.
"Well, what do we now?" Luffy said . Suddenly, Hancock and Luffy heard his rumbling stomach. "Ugh~!" Luffy groaned . "I'm so hungry~!"
"You're joking me" Hancock deadpannned.
"I can't help it!" Luffy answered. "I've been running around for so long!" Then he started digging around the garbage. "Isn't there anything for me to eat around here?!" Luffy asked.
"Luffy that is completely unhygenic! Get out of there!" Hancock said revolted by her captain's actions.
"Hey I found a rib eye steak, score!" Luffy cheered as he pulled out the half eaten sandwich.
The empress began to turn a shade of green "Oh i'm going to be sick".
Just as Luffy was going to take his first bite, he heard a noise coming from the opposite side of him and Hancock. He dropped his sandwich. Alerted, Hancock slowly turned her head towards the direction her captain was looking.
Across the room revealed to be a shadowy figure, sitting on a piece of garbage nearby, shivering. "Uh…what's that?" Luffy asked.
Concurrently, near the Biscuits Room, Chopper is still trying to hold back the rampaging children! "Kids, you have to stop!" the monstrous reindeer leaded. "You've got to listen! I know it's hard, but you have to be strong! Don't ever eat that candy, ever again! Don't you wanna go home?!"
"RAAAAAAAARRGH!" a little boy cried as he tried to hit Chopper with a lead pipe, only to miss.
"I'm not letting any of you get passed me!" Chopper shouted. "You can't go to the Biscuits Room!" "Ow!" cried a little girl in Chopper's hands. "Let go! You're hurting me!"
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Chopper apologized. "I wasn't trying to-" WHAM One of the kids hit Chopper in the shin with a pipe! "UGH!" Chopper cried.
"Get outta my way, you monster!" shouted another child as he kicked Chopper in the gut, causing him to fall.
"Move it!" shouted another. Soon, the children started to pummel Chopper in an attempt to get passed him. "It's not your problem!"
"Give us the candy!"
"We want it"
Chopper groaned as he tried to stand, but he refused to fight back. He knew that if he tried to attack, he'd only hurt the kids, and he didn't want to. As Chopper tried to stop some of the children who got passed him!
"Now's our chance!" shouted a little boy.
"Get to the Biscuits Room!"
"No! Stop!" Chopper cried. "You can't go in there!" Suddenly, Chopper winced and his body began to shudder rapidly. He looked at his hands…and saw that they were beginning to shrink back down to his normal size "Oh no no no no!" Chopper said as his voice began to return to normal. "The Rumble Ball's…wearing off!" Chopper ended up shrinking back into his original size and was now incapacitated. He would not be able to walk for a few hours.
What's worse: he couldn't stop the children, who a cheered at the thought of their getting their precious "candy".
"All right! We're almost there! Finally, we can get our candy!"
"Yay! Candy!"
"NO CANDY FOR ANY OF YOU!" Zoro shouted causing the kids to stop momentarily.
Goku rushed in front of the kids and placed his hands in front of his face. "Close your eyes everyone!"
Everyone closed there eyes as Goku readied himself. "SOLAR FLAAAARRRE!"
"ARGH!" The children cried out in pain as they couldn't see from the extremely blinding lights.
Nami picked up Chopper and began carrying him as they rushed over to catch up to the kids. "Chopper are you alright?"
"Nami! Guys!" Chopper cried.
"Chopper, are you okay?!" Nami asked again
"I'm fine" Chopper said smiling glad that his friends were here to help.
"MOMONOSUKE~!" Kin'emon called out. "ANSWER ME! IT'S ME, YOUR FATHER!"
"Explain the situation to us, Chopper!" Usopp said.
"Oh! Right!" Chopper said "I'm so glad you're here! I tried to stop them, Caesar's trying to turn them into huge, violent super soldiers! You need to save the kids, right now! The Biscuits Room is down the hall to the left! That's where their 'candy' is!"
The kids finally regained their vision "Ergh! we just want our candy, leave us alone!" one of the kids shouted as they began running towards the Biscuit's room.
"No don't let them in there!" Chopper shouted.
"I'll stop them, Chopper!" Robin said. "Mille Fleur! Gigantesco Mano!"
Before long, the children entered the Biscuits Room, cheering happily. "Finally! We made it!"
"Now we can get our candy!" But then, two humongous hands appeared, stopping them in their tracks!
"What the?! Where'd these hands come from?!"
"Good work, Robin!" Nami praised.
"Nami!" Chopper said. "There's a girl named Mocha who's managed to regain her senses and helped me out. We were working together to stop the other children, but now, she's in danger! She's guarding the candy in the Biscuits Room!"
"What?!" Usopp questioned. "That can't be good! They're crazy for that stuff!"
The kids roared as they began to hit and bite Robin's Giant hands, causing her to flinch in pain. "Get these stupid hands outta the way!" "What are they doing here?!"
"Agh!" Robin cried. "They're getting so violent, now! I don't think they'll be easily subdued! Even if I scolded them, it won't help!" Before she knew it, the children got passed the Giant hands and into the room. There, they found Mocha, holding a large ball of candy. "Hey! Mocha!" Synd shouted. "Isn't that our candy?!" he questioned.
"Give it here!" shouted another child.
"Gimme that candy!"
"No! You can't have it!" Mocha shouted. "Get a grip, everyone! Remember how we asked Chopper and his friends for help?! We can't go home if we don't listen to them!"
"It's no good, Mocha!" Chopper shouted. "They won't listen to reason! RUN FOR IT!" Mocha grabbed the "candy" and ran in the opposite direction trying to get the candy from her friends.
"No fair, Mocha! You can't take it all for yourself!"
"Get back here!" Mocha looked ahead and gasped upon seeing a wall of snow blocking her path. She turned her head and saw the harpy Monet sitting idly on a chair. "Monet san!" Mocha cried out as she ran over to her. "Please, you need to help me get rid of this!"
"Mocha don't!" Chopper shouted. "That lady can't be trusted!" Monet chuckled as she looked at Mocha. "Mocha dear," she said. "You know you should be sharing that candy with all the other children. Now share it with your friends."
"There she is!" the kids shouted as they were inches away from the scared Mocha.
"Crap" Zoro cursed as he chucked his sword at the Harpy. Monet saw this and flew above.
"Idiot! You could have hurt the kids!" Monet shouted which took Zoro back momentarily realizing his stupidity.
In the S.A.D. manufacturing room, Law was fighting Vergo who managed to track him. Wham* Wham* Wham*
Law was pushed back to the guard rails next to the tank. He was having a bit of trouble against Vergo. "Hmph, Room!" Law shouted. Suddenly a large dome formed around him,and Vergo. "Shambles! return to me, heart!"
However, just when the vital organ had returned to Law's hand, Vergo fazed in front and kicked Law in the face, sending flying into a railing
"Ugh…!" Law groaned as Vergo caught his heart in his hand. Vergo took one look at Law's heart before squeezing the ever hell out of it. Law fell to his knees screaming in agony.
"ARRAAGHH" Law roared as he felt his whole body experience the worst pain in his life.
He went over to Law…and smacked him in the jaw with a Haki-imbued elbow. It was so hard, Vergo caused Law's hat to fall off his head. Vergo wasn't done there. He started to punch Law, over and over
"Ugh…!" Law groaned as he held up both of hands in front of Vergo.
"COUNTER SHOCK!" Vergo was hit by a powerful electric shock from Law's hands.
However, when the smoke cleared, it is revealed that Vergo is still standing. However, he did get hit and had a bit of a bloody nose and mouth.
"I have a message from Joker," Vergo said. "He says…'What a shame'."
'So it didn't work, huh?' Law thought before he gave a cocky grin. "I knew exactly how to get my heart back from Caesar," said Law. "My only failure…was not predicting your arrival…Vergo." Vergo gritted his teeth in anger at this.
"That's Mr. Vergo to you Law!" Vergo shouted. He began to squeezing Law's heart causing him to hit the floor, screaming in agony.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGGH!" Law roared in pain, he fell backwards and slumped down next to the rail as he began coughing blood.
"…"
"I'm a bit busy at the moment," said Vergo. "So can't it wait, Vice-Admiral Smoker?" Vergo turned his head over. Smoker walked towards him holding his sea stone jutte over his shoulder.
"Either way, I will be silencing you and that woman" Vergo hissed.
"Tsk," Smoker scoffed. "The sooner, the better. I can only stand to look at trash for so long before I have to take it out myself!"
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