Log 1

Prolouge

Three Days Earlier;

The Enies Lobby Incident:

Usopp ran down the hallways of the Tower of Justice, his face covered in sweat and his mask slipping off. This Sogeking act was a pain.

Usopp had thought of an idea to get Robin back before she crossed the Gates of Justice and had ran away from Zoro and Kaku's fight right after Nami had unlocked their cuffs.

"Eeeeeek!" He screamed as he fled from Sanji and Jabra's fight.

"Aiiieee!" An enraged monster Chopper was bearing down on him. "Oi! Chopper! It's me! It's meeeeeaahhhhhhh!"

He ran up the steep stairs to the upper level, his fear spurring him on. He almost came to the top of the stairs, relief washing over him. He could see the tiny cracks of light that came through.

'Robin! I'm coming!'

A hundred more steps. Fifty. Thirty. Twenty. Ten. Five.

"Oomph!" Usopp bumped into something hard but soft.

"What the-AHHHHH!"

Usopp had bumped into a tall, hooded figure that was wearing a long, dark trench coat that zipped up like a hoodie. The figure had his arms crossed like he was scolding Usopp about something.

"Uh uh, I-I-I'm Sogeking! The king of sniping! Don't think you can beat me so easily!" Usopp stuttered. "Usopp NOISE!" He got out a chalkboard and raked his nails over it.

The man held his head as if it pained him. Usopp took that chance and sidestepped by him when something cold and sharp was by his throat, blocking his path. It was a woman this time, wearing a cleavage showing one-piece with a hood and fishnet tights with thigh-high boots. There was a cursive tattoo that read C.L. where left breast started and another one that looked like a nuclear sign on her neck. Usopp would've liked to have stared into her shirt a little longer, if circumstances were different, but then again, he would rather live than stare in the shirt of a woman with large boobs, unlike Sanji. He slowly turned around, being careful not to cut his neck on her sword.

As he ran away from the woman, another man, this time wearing a black hoodie with zippers all over it, appeared in front of him, spinning a chakram on his finger, casually leaning on the wall. Usopp looked around, panicked. He had no where to turn. Robin would be sent to the Gates of Justice. He tried to make a wild escape over the woman and the tall man. A quiet snarl, a tiger's snarl came from the man's direction and Usopp was filled with fear.

Before he could even compute what was happening, Usopp found himself lying with his back against the wall, wrapped in a chain that the man held and was surrounded by the threesome.

"I-I have eight thousand people under my command! You don't want to mess with me!"

The woman dropped her sword slightly. "Honto?"

"OF COURSE IT'S A LIE, YOU DOH-BAKA!" The tall man raged.

"Well, there's no need to threaten him. We are here to help, anyway." The hoodie man shook off his hood.

"I guess." The other two took off their hoods.

Each wore dark gloves and a dark cloth of the same material over their mouth and nose.

"Wh-what? You're here to help me?"

"We're not interested in the World Government. Didn't even want to be in this Cipher Pol 9 shit anyway." She bent down to his level, giving him a clear view of her breasts. "We like you guys."

Usopp swallowed, trying to moisturize his suddenly dry throat.

"We followed you all the way from Jabra's fight." The tall man said, gruffly. "What do you want us to do?" He flicked his wrist and the chain sped back to him, wrapping itself around his hand.

Usopp stood up and drew close to the others, whispering his plan and what he wanted them to do.


Usopp sat on the tower, satisfied. He knew those three would follow exactly what he said. They were smart and capable of anything. The three of them were standing by the escort that had arrived to take Robin away. Usopp scratched his chin. He was still curious about the tallest, and the one who seemed the oldest.

A quiet snarl came from the man's direction and Usopp was filled with fear

That was a definitely tiger's snarl that definitely came from his mouth. Was he a Zoan Devil Fruit user? Usopp should've asked.

While Usopp dozed off because of blood loss, Franky set the bomb off at the end of the bridge which caused Spandam to hurry and drag Robin closer to her doom. Usopp awoke with a jolt and saw the woman fly down the bridge. Good she got Franky. WAIT FLY?! Usopp goggled at the sight of white wings spreading out from her back.

'Well as long as she gets the job done.' Usopp thought.

"Cobalt Two?! Get back here!" The idiot of a leader, Spandam screamed.

So her name was Cobalt Two? Usopp chuckled. That Spandam man was really freaking out. He recalled that the woman had said they were the strongest after Rob Lucci. Spandam was probably freaking out that he didn't have any bodyguards anymore.

Right before Spandam crossed the Gates of Justice, the tall man stuck a foot out and tripped Spamdam. That was Usopp's signal. He shot Spandam in the back and started shooting the Marines. Robin started to run away. Usopp started to sing his Sogeking song as the Marines marveled at his sniping skills.

"COBALT ONE?! COBALT TWO?! COBALT THREE?! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING ME!" Spandam screeched hysterically. "Marines! Shoot Nico Robin without killing her!"


Franky shot his right hand out and propelled the towards the bridge.

"Why are you helping us?" Franky asked.

"Franky...it's me." Franky's eyes widened.

It was her alright. The little girl with the long brown hair that he had saved.

"I thought you died."

He heard her snort softly."Franky, how weak do you think I am?"

He ignored the question. "So does that mean that the other two are who I think they are? Those are new."

She shrugged at the wings. "They're not bad. And yeah. It's them."

"They've grown." He muttered to himself.

Franky felt her tense her grip on his shoulder. "They're about to shoot."

Franky slid onto the bridge just in time with the woman. The sounds of clangs and tinkles of deflected bullets rang through the air. Franky had his arms stretched out in front of Nico Robin and the woman had her wings stretched out and had turned clear, like a diamond. The shots stopped once Marines saw it had no effect on the two of them.

"I'm metal. Bullets won't work on me." Franky grinned.

"And I'm diamond. Marines are getting stupider by the day." The woman smirked.


The tall man with the tiger snarl was easily picking off Marines with his chain link whip. In the corner of his eye, he saw the other man slicing Marines with his chakrams. He chuckled softly to himself. This was too easy.

"Hm?" He whipped a Marine's face and he howled off the bridge.

A large foot was slamming into one of the battleships.

The other man slammed back to back with him. "Is that the rumored, Mugiwara no Luffy?" He asked, his chakrams spinning.

"I'm pretty sure that is."

Seconds later, the battleship exploded.

"What?" The fighting stopped all around the two of them. "Mugiwara is...dead?!"

The man whipped his head towards Franky, Nico Robin and the other woman.

"Your captain is dead!" Spandam cackled.

Nico Robin was slumped on the bridge, shocked.

"Just like he deserved!"

"Oi, did he really just-?" The man with the spinning blades asked the tall man.

"There's no way." The man said, curling his chain. "You're talking about Mugiwara no Luffy. He's not just anyone."

"Why are you protecting that woman? That woman has the blood of Ohara in her. Are you you want to trust such a dangerous woman?"

"Spandam's being an ass." The man spun his chakrams impatiently. "We could just finish this right-"

They moved out of the way as Spamdam flew at the two men from Franky's punch.

"There's no more room for my face to swell..." Spandam moaned.

He got up quicker than expected and started muttering to his sword.

"Elephant Chop!"

The sword turned into an elephant with a sword for a trunk and was flying at Nico Robin. The tall man jerked in surprise. She was a woman! The man raced towards the flying sword.


"Ungh-"

A splash of blood fell onto Robin's leg. She looked up and a bit of the sword stuck out the back of the body. The sword had impaled the hooded man who had stepped in front of the blade for her. Franky had grabbed the elephant, but it still would've wounded her severely.

"Nii-chan!" The woman gasped.

"Turn your trunk back." Franky aimed his gun at the elephant's head. "Or I'm going to blow your head up."

The elephant tearfully changed it's trunk back. The man collapsed to his knees with a moan. He was about to fall forward, but Robin caught him and turned him so he was facing her.

"Why? She whispered.

The man didn't answer. She only heard his ragged breaths through the fabric that was over his mouth and nose. She reached a hand to take off the hood, but the man grabbed her hand with surprising speed for one hurt so bad. He paid the price for his speed by the choking noise he made and the black fabric grew darker as he coughed up his blood.

He shook his head slowly no as the grip on her hand started to shake. The woman dropped down to Robin and the man, her hands shaking.

The man's grip on her hand slackened as he let go to staunch his wound. Robin placed her hand by his, helping him. The other man with the zippered coat appeared by her side and gently lifted his body out of her arms.

"Thank you." Robin whispered as they readied to leave.

The man, who was now over the shoulder of the other man shook his hand, as if he was saying 'Don't mention it.'

They jumped off the bridge, leaving Robin wanting to see the faces of the three who had saved her, especially the face of that man.


A/N:I decided to revise the first chapter because I realized I write well when it's late at night, and that the old first chapter sucked balls. So here's the new one. Hope it's better.

~Stripey