Prompt: Marines
Set: After Loguetown
Summary: When the Marines take pirates away, the mouse must jump into the fray...
I am amazed that this even happened. After everything we've been through, you would thinkthis would be impossible.
But it did, and that's why I'm sneaking aboard a Marine ship.
My idiot of a captain got himself captured and in turn got the rest of my crewmates captured. I honestly have NO IDEA how a random army of Marines was able to contain Luffy seeing as I was trapped below deck during the struggle (embarrassing I know), but then again, this is the same kid who couldn't get out of stocks when he was about to be executed in Loguetown so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
From what I could hear when I was trapped, Zoro and Sanji were taken once Luffy, Usopp and Nami were used as bargaining chips so it's up to me to get them out. I'm not worried about them being hurt, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna take my sweet time with this. I actually feel pretty confident about this. I mean, as long as I can dodge a few bullets I should be fine.
Getting here was a HUGE hassle. The Merry was pretty much stuck in the ocean after the Marines took the others (they didn't have the tools to attach the ship to theirs causing them to wait for backup) so I had to swim all the way to the ship. Thank Arceus it wasn't too far away! But the minute I got onboard I had to hide 'cause Marines were swarming the main deck.
I hide behind some barrels, careful to not get spotted, and I quickly zoom inside the minute I'm able. I keep myself against the wall, hiding behind whatever I can as I search for some sign leading to the holding cells. I decide to head below deck and work my way up, following a Marine down the stairs. And the moment I do, I learn exactly where my crewmates are.
"I'm hungryyyyyyy!"
"How can you be hungry at a time like this?!"
"Could you just shut up and at least try to find a way out of here!?"
"Don't worry Nami, I'll make sure none of those Marine bastards touch you!"
"As long as it gets you beaten up, be my guest."
"What was that, moss-head?!"
Good to know that our crew comes with a neon sign pointing out where they are when we get separated. The soldier I'm tailing audibly groans, "I swear, these Straw Hat pirates are noisier than mating Sea Kings." Okay, I did not need that image in my head, thank you!
I give the soldier a decent shock, easily knocking him out and go from there. I follow the voices until I eventually reach a hallway lined with tiny cells, loud voices coming out of five of them. Guess they separated them to keep them from helping each other.
"Pika pi!" I call softly and step into view of the cages. Everyone lights up at the sight of me and I get a good look at everyone to make sure they're alright. Everyone but Usopp and Nami are tied up; guess the Marines could tell they're not much a threat on their own.
"PIKA-CHA-!"
"Luffy, shut up!" Usopp hisses. "The Marines will catch Pika-chan too if they hear you!"
"Oh yeah…"
I roll my eyes and point to the lock closest to me, "Pika pikachu?"
"The keys should be in there." Nami says, pointing to the door at the end of the hall.
"My swords are in there too." Zoro adds.
"There's a guard in there, so be careful." Sanji adds.
I nod and give a small salute, cantering to the door. I leap onto the doorknob and manage to twist it before it slowly creaks open. It's a pretty empty room with only a desk inside and nothing much else. I see a ring of keys hanging on the wall and three familiar swords in the back corner, as well as a sleeping guard at the desk.
This should be easy.
I easily grab the keys off the wall and place them on the ground so they don't jingle. I then move to Zoro's swords and realize that they're bigger than I realized; this could be a problem. I grab them by the bottom and try to slide them away from the wall only to have them tip over with a loud crash.
I turn in horror to see the guard waking up. "Huh? Wha…?" He blinks sleepily until his gaze falls on me, "What? What are you doing in here?"
I smile uneasily before unleashing lightning upon him, making him fall back onto his desk in a burned slump. Well, at least now I don't have to worry about making noise. I place the ring of keys on my tail and grab the now fallen swords. I walk backwards towards the door, dragging the swords with me until I'm fully out of the room.
I leave the swords on the ground and move to the closest cell which contains Sanji and look through the keys for the right one. Once I do, I leap up, place the key into the hole and turn. The door swings open and I hurry inside.
"Nice job, partner." Sanji says as I start gnawing on the ropes binding him. Once he's free, I hand him the keys and I go over to Zoro's cell. I easily squeeze through the bars and start working on his ropes while Sanji unlocks Nami's cell. Once Zoro's free, I move to Luffy's cell and untie him and Sanji unlocks Usopp's cell.
"Yes! I can move again!" Luffy cheers.
"Luffy, hand me my swords." Zoro says.
"Sure." Luffy presses himself against the door and easily stretches his arm towards the swords. He grabs them and somehow manages to throw them through the bars to Zoro. A split second later, both his cell and Luffy's are nothing but pieces of clean cut metal. Nice. Now it's just a straight shot back to the ship!
I lead the charge since I remember the way I came and soon we're back on the main deck. Nami and Usopp make their way back to the Merry to steer it over to us while Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and I take out the Marines.
Once we're done, Luffy stretches over to the Merry, taking us with him and leaving the ship in disarray. "Raise the sails! We have to get a head start if we want to lose them!" Nami orders.
Everyone moves about and soon the Marine ship is shrinking out of sight. I sigh in relief; today turned out to be pretty exciting. I was almost afraid it would be another eventful day. Oh man, I already start to sound like Zoro and Sanji.
I look up as the latter pats my head in a praising manner. "Nice work with the Marines, Pika-chan." Sanji says. "Maybe you should get trapped below deck more often."
I smirk and give him a look; very funny. However, I can't help but feel a twinge of pride deep inside. Maybe I really can be useful when the situation demands it.
