Crocodile loomed over his captives and gave them a wicked smile.
He escaped from Impel Down. A Revolutionary named Ivankov brought him on this island to help free the slaves. Too bad Ivankov (and the other Revolutionaries) never expected Crocodile would betray them.
"You'll never get away with this!" Robin said to him.
"But I just did," Crocodile responded.
"I know the Strawhats will save me!"
"Riiight. In the meantime, I need all of you to help me."
"And why should we?" Dragon asked, fiddling with his sea-stone chains.
"Because I need to raise money so Mr. 1 and I can go to the new world."
"Hi," Mr. 1 said to them.
"Hi," Robin responded casually. She said to Crocodile, "And what makes you think we'll help?"
Crocodile laughed and announced, "I'll free you all when I'm done! Robin, I met Luffy, I'll help you get to him."
"Me too!" Ivankov screamed happily.
"We're going to run a network."
"A network of tunnels?" Dragon asked. "An underground network not unlike the mafia? What kind of tunnel?"
"A reality TV network!"
Ivankov jumped up and exclaimed, "Oh, how fun! I was born to be a star, baby! Born."
"I have some equipment from my music video days-"
"You're Croco D. Ile, aren't you?" one captive asked.
"Yes, you've heard of me. Would you like an autograph?"
"No thanks! Do you know The Artist Formerly Known As Mr. Prince? 'cuz he mentions you a lot in his songs. I would like his autograph, please."
"Err, enough about my former career. I will now be focusing on my new career: actor, director, producer, network head-"
"You know nothing about media," Robin said. "That's why you failed so miserable at everything before. That, and lack of music talent."
"I never heard complaints from our dating service patrons. Not to mention, the high sales of our little video."
"OOOOOOOOOOH," many of the captives exclaimed.
"Told you that was her," one captive said to another.