Revolutionary: Side Story
A/N: One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda. Standard disclaimer about ownership. OC's belong to me
A/N: This next two chapters form a mini-story.
Chapter 3 – Mission Part 1
It was the next week, in the morning, when Mikel called him into the office, " Leon says that you've worked out a new technique. Now's the time to test it out. We leave for Santa Bria as soon as possible. We have received communications that our local Commander, Akira has been captured by the Marines. We're going to bust him out and finish off the Marines there."
Bellamy's eyes lit up, a real chance to test the new Inner Spring technique that he had started to develop. "Count me in, Mikel," he replied.
"Already did. Knew you were itching for an opportunity. The ship leaves in ten minutes, go pick up your coat and your clothes, and we're off," Mikel said, as Bellamy left to gather his things.
It took about two days to get to Santa Bria on the Archangel's Ark, and the Revolutionary's base there was sparsely decorated, but functional. The land of Santa Bria was one of rolling plains and savannahs, so there weren't many places where a secret base could be.
However, this one was hidden within one of the few forests, surrounded by rich valley pastures. The land of Santa Bria was famous for its agricultural exports, and RRR Industries was one of the leading investors in Santa Bria. It was also the reason that the Revolutionary base was here.
RRR Industries, the financial arm of the Revolution owned many properties scattered throughout the four Blues and two Lines. Some of their properties held Revolutionary bases. Some were close by. But RRR Industries was there in the back bankrolling it, only known to the Five and Dragon and of course, the owner of RRR Industries, Mikel's uncle Ricard.
Entering the camp, Mikel introduced himself to Division Lieutenant Makoto, who was the rank officer since Akira had been captured. "The Angel of Light," Makoto said, as she and the others that weren't on duty had gathered around.
"This is Bellamy," Mikel said, "my direct subordinate," pointing to Bellamy, next to him in his standard blue Captain's jacket with gold trim, white three-quarter pants with green sash and belt, and dark black boots.
"Now, let's get down to business," Mikel continued. "Where are the Marines, and when Akira-san is being transferred?" Unfurling a map of Santa Bria, Makoto, pointed to the bottom left corner, "As you can see, the Navy have landed right here at the port city right there, at the bottom." He pointed to the town about halfway down the right, "there was where the Commander was taken."
"So for the transfer to happen, they are going to move him from the Capital to the port," Mikel concluded.
"But wouldn't it make more sense for them to sail to the capital?" Bellamy asked, as he glanced at the map.
"No, Bellamy-san," Makoto answered, as the campfire crackled, as another man added more wood to it, "the straits around the capital are dangerous, even for the Marines, their large cruiser-style ships would get eaten at the Teeth. It's wide enough for our small caravels and private yachts to pass through, but not for their wide battleships."
"Continue, on Lieutenant," Mikel interjected, before Makoto would launch into a long explanation, as he pondered the makings of an overland attack.
"So Akira will be transported overland from the Capital to the main port. According to our source, it will be Captain Hina's crew, the Black Cage Corps, though only the Black Spear Squadron will be present the others are awaiting at the Port City."
"A high-levelled Captain," Mikel mused, "well, the user of the Ori Ori no Mi, what do you think Bellamy?"
"A challenge, but a small one," Bellamy answered, grinning at the opportunity to test out his new powers. Even though recent experience had humbled him a bit, he still retained his arrogant core. "Between your Kami Kami no Mi, and my Bane Bane no Mi, I'm sure we can take out any opposition the Marines might throw up."
Mikel smiled. "Any other Devil Fruit users?" he asked.
"Not that I know of, though rumour has it that Commodore Smoker does sometime travel with Captain Hina," Makoto answered. "However, Intel resources indicate that he isn't with her at this moment."
"Thank you Lieutenant, I'll keep that in mind," Mikel answered. Smoker was a much more dangerous opponent being a Logia user and of an element that he could not directly counter.
"We will split into two groups," Makoto said, as she indicated a road between two forested hills, where the Marine party would pass through. "Here is where we will conduct the ambush," she said. She talked through all the details of the plan.
Mikel and Bellamy would lead the main assault with some of the Revolutionaries, whilst the others would be there to help if need be. The less the Marines saw the better. The policy of Absolute Justice, they knew contributed to many needless deaths and they didn't want to add to that toll.
"We move out tomorrow," Makoto said. With that, the camp dispersed for the night.
That night, Bellamy dreamed again, the recurring nightmares had not gone away. Each night, more would seemingly reveal itself. Tonight he remembered that he had begged to be forgiven. Then recurring phrase had come up again. "The new era is almost upon us. Go do as you like. However...I don't need you on my side." He woke up again, and tried to settle again, the dark night sky still covered the land.
It was the next morning, when the sun rose over the clear blue skies of Santa Bria; that Bellamy awoke for the second time. Those that were going on the mission packed up their gear and they set off out the base and through the rolling plains. The road train travelled up and down the small hills, and then through the green plains. Looking out the road train window, Bellamy saw herds of cattle pass by.
He saw that Mikel was in quiet contemplation, and the others, some were sleeping, others fiddling with weapons, yet others enjoying a game. He continued to look out the window, impatiently, wanting to give his new Inner Spring technique its first true test.
As the Road Train continued moving over the plains, Mikel turned towards Bellamy, intending to go through last minute plans, "Bellamy-san, are you up for this mission."
Bellamy turned around to face his superior, taking his mind away from the landscape passing by. "Of course, Mikel-san."
"How fast can you move now? From a standing start," Mikel asked.
"Pretty fast, I assume, at least fast enough that extremely heightened senses can't detect where I'm coming from," Bellamy replied. He was proud of that. "Though I don't think I'm near your speed yet."
"Can you control where you are going?" Mikel continued to ask, the beginnings of the exact detail of the plan forming.
"Mostly, at top speed though it becomes a matter of precise control, of how many inner springs I release," Bellamy answered, as he looked deep in thought, "though it's not one hundred percent yet on the control," he added.
"What about changing directions mid-bounce?" Mikel questioned.
He thought some more on the physics of the Bane Bane powers, as Leon had taught him in that week, "With the release of a spring in a certain direction even if it is against the air, can subtly change my direction. Though of course, it's easier if I touch the ground or something solid for a quicker change of direction."
"It will do," Mikel replied, as he explained the details of what was going to happen.
The Marine escort, holding the Revolutionary Akira was going along the coastal track, with a hundred strong escort. This was one the first time a middle-upper level Revolutionary had been captured by the Marines. Monkey D Dragon and the Five were all elusive and the World Government had never come near capturing them.
They didn't even know the precise identity of three of the Five, save that they had Devil Fruit powers. The other two, Mikel, the Angel of Light, and Leon, the Avatar of Force were both Devil Fruit users and highly dangerous. Below them were the local Commanders, of which the captive Akira was. The World Government had tried to send in infiltrators, but had never managed to get one into the upper-middle level.
Their spies were providing them with some useful information about specific cells that they were in, but nothing about the upper echelons. That was why they had sent such a large force to Santa Bria. All they were told was that anyone in upper echelons that had contact outside the cells or were part of the Special Forces division, was vetted by the man known as the Spymaster, who they assumed was one of the Five. Only those that were vetted by him ever had contact with anyone outside their cell, or so the Government theorised.
The escort continued down the path between the two hills. The head of the escort came round a bend in the path. There were two lone travellers making their way down the road, walking with a horse between them that they were leading down the road. Seaman Recruit Fullbody looked carefully at the two travellers.
Both men were blonde. The one with the long shoulder-length blonde locks was slightly taller. Both were well built, like the farmers and herders of Santa Bria, and both wore what looked like homespun brown cloth. The two travellers were going at a slow pace, and seemed to be conferring with each other, as the taller one led the horse forward.
The Navy escort continued to move forward, "Hey, move out of the way," Fullbody shouted, as the marine escort continued moving forward. He was part of the forward group, Captain Hina was with the rearguard and the prisoner, Akira. The two travellers looked back at the Marines who were coming, and then suddenly the horse and the two travellers moved to the side.
Mikel and Bellamy had heard the Marine call out to them, and had moved. Neither had seen Akira yet. "A forward group," Mikel surmised. Bellamy nodded in agreement, knowing what had to be done.
Captain Hina was looking ahead at the forward group as they made their way towards the two travellers on the road with the lone horse. She looked away for a brief second, to give an order to her subordinate. She lifted her head, and saw the two travellers still walking forward, with the horse between them, on the side of the road. She turned her eyes towards her forward group.
Her hand flew up to her mouth in shock, a reflex more than anything. She began to utter commands. Her forward group was lying in tatters, all of them knocked out. The two travellers she saw were just continuing their way down the road. She ordered another detachment of ten Marines to go forward, to ask the travellers if they had seen anything. The travellers turned around stopped at the sound of the approaching marines and called out, "How may we help you, sirs?"
"Did you see anything? Did you see what happened?" the marine shouted.
"I'm sorry, we didn't see anything," the taller traveller said, not turning around, "we can't help you." The ten Marines saw the two travellers continue on foot, still leading the horse between them.
Meanwhile the main group had now begun to pass between the two forested hills. Mikel and Bellamy attacked. Mikel moved with the power of his Kami Kami no Mi, Bellamy using his Bane Bane no Mi, bridging the distance between them and the Marines who held Akira captive.
"Thousand Blows," a flash here, a flash there, as Bellamy and Mikel cut through the Marines that were gathered. Hina saw that most of her Marines had been knocked out. The two travellers had disappeared, leaving the horse behind. She turned to see the cage holding Akira being opened by one of the travellers.
"Seastone," Mikel hissed, as he saw the lock, "Shining Finger," he shot a beam of light at the lock, which fell off, disintegrated by the laser.
"The horse is for you, Commander Akira, leave the rest to us," Bellamy ordered, as the Commander swung himself out of the cage, and whistled. The horse ran back towards the group, and Akira hitched a ride away, as the marines attacked.
By now, some of the Marines had recovered, and were beginning to encircle the area with the cage. The Black Spear Squadron was tougher than normal Marines. Hina charged her Ori Ori no Mi, as she clearly saw the two that had assaulted her forces and rescued the prisoner. One she immediately recognised as the Angel of Light, Mikel. The other she saw, had a scar over his right eye, and dirty blonde hair. In any case, it didn't matter; the capture of Mikel the Angel of Light would be a major coup for the Marines.
Mikel knew the power of the Ori Ori no Mi, but he had a pretty good counter to it since he could turn his body into Light. He flashed back to his discussion on the road train with Bellamy, as they discussed ways to counter the Ori Ori no Mi. And if she catches you with her caging powers, Bellamy, can your Inner Spring break the shackles, he had asked. His subordinate had replied that theoretically yes, but that's if I get caught which I don't think either of us plan on being.
Mikel and Bellamy readied to attack, "Thousand Blows," another flurry of blows too fast to follow, and then they were gone. Hina ran after them, but they were much too fast considering that they boosted their speed with Devil Fruit powers. Drat, she thought, I'll have to call up all the troops. Pulling out her Den Den Mushi, she dialled to the ships stationed at the port City. "All Marines are to move out," she said. She quickly dialled another to the Central Government of Santa Bria, to apprise them that the known revolutionary, Mikel Angel of Light had appeared.
