A soft chuckle was heard behind Luffy.

"How did you know?"

"You're the only one that knows I come up here. And the only one with a voice that deep," Luffy said animatedly, watching the birds on the ground fly away in a panic when a car passed by. Arlong laughed again; this time, it was dark and menacing. Luffy heard him coming closer, but just smiled slightly before turning around.

"So, I'm guessing you didn't come up here to chat, right?" he asked, leaning against the wall and looking as casual as can be. Arlong was just as shark-like as he remembered.

"You guessed right, freak," Arlong snorted. Luffy's smile grew.

"I love it when I'm right. So what is it this time?" he asked nonchalantly, taking his hat off and examining it for any damage. Arlong shrugged.

"I think it's about time you learned that I'm something to be afraid of," he answered darkly, his teeth gleaming in the sun as he grinned.


"Where is that goddamn guy when you need him?" Sanji huffed.

"Shut up and look for him!" Nami snapped, also out of breath from running up and down the halls.

"Hey! Listen!" Zoro suddenly said, screeching to a halt. Everyone paused, listening closely. They didn't hear anything, and thought Zoro was playing a trick on them.

"I don't hear anything!" Usopp whisper-shouted.

"SHH!" Zoro shushed, right when a loud bang echoed through the halls.

"That I could hear," Sanji said, turning his head down a hall. "It came from that way." Everyone immediately went down the hall he had indicated to. Another bang, louder this time, made them sure it was the right direction.

"Luffy! Is that you?" Chopper called, riding on Franky's shoulder. As the noise increased in volume, they all started to get slightly suspicious.

"I hope Luffy-san is okay," Brook said worriedly.

"He's fine," Zoro said, but his voice was uncertain.

"Hey, there's a door here!" Chopper said, spotting a metal door on the side of the hall. There was a sign, but it was so faded and warped that it was illegable.

"It's coming from in there," Usopp confirmed. Another noise, louder than the others, made them jump.

"GODDAMNIT! KEEP STILL, BRAT!" came a shout from behind the door. Franky kicked the door hard enough to make it screech open. They were met with a set of wobbly-looking stairs.

"Well, we'll probably die," Zoro said bluntly, testing a step with his foot. It groaned loudly, but the sound was drowned out by another shout.

"SEE IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THIS, FREAK!"

"Just go already! Luffy could be in trouble!" Nami ordered, shoving him and Sanji up the stairs.

"Yes, Nami-swan!" Sanji shot up the stairs, two creaky steps at a time. Suddenly, the stairwell went quiet. The only sound was the steps and their breathing.

"Isn't that kind of scary...?" Usopp muttered, watching Zoro and Sanji with shaky knees. All of a sudden, the door at the top blew open with a resounding crack. An all-too-familiar sharp-toothed smile gleamed down at them.

"Oh, did you come to save your friend?" he asked nonchalantly, as if he wasn't holding a pistol in his webby hand. "Sorry to tell you, but it's too late. He already went over the edge."


You have NO IDEA how fun it was to make Zoro a mini-Navi! "Hey! Listen!" Oh, and I guess I'm sorry for leaving it on a cliffy. NOT. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

*Face turns devilish as I laugh cruelly*

*Dean Winchester appears with a gun*

Dean: *Shoots my lights out*

Me: I wasn't that bad.. was I? *Dies*

Sam: Great job, Dean. *Sarcastically*

Dean: What? She was an idiot, anyways. Too obsessed with that weeaboo shit.

Me: *Reanimates* WEEABOO SHIT?!

Dean: Son of a bitch. *Runs because bullets won't work on an insane ghost like me*

Sam: I had nothing to do with this... *Backs away*

Castiel: *Randomly appears* What does weeaboo mean?

TO BE CONTINUED...?