Wren, who was sitting on the railing in the back of the ship, sat off to the side watching Drum Island become smaller and smaller as they sailed away from it. Behind her the boys were being as rowdy as ever. They had already broke out the booze and were talking about singing as Luffy was running around with chopsticks in his nose and mouth.

"Wren-chwan, sing with us!" Sanji said as he jumped to his feet. "I bet you have a beautiful voice!"

"Yeah, come on, Wren!" Luffy said. "Let's all sing!"

Wren glanced back at her companions wondering how they could be so rowdy after everything that's happened.

"I'm sorry. I don't really feel like singing at the moment." Wren said as she smiled apologetically.

Luffy whined a bit in disappointment though soon forgot his disappointment as he started acting goofily again. Sanji sobered up at bit as he looked at Wren's face carefully as if looking for something. Wren just went back to looking at Drum Island as she brought one knee to her chest.

"You know, all the staring you're doing is enough to make a girl blush." Wren joked softly as she glanced at Sanji.

Sanji chuckled as he straightened up a bit as he reached inside his coat to pull out his cigarette pack. He placed one in his mouth then lit it up with a match. After taking a drag from it, he let out the smoke in one breath.

"Forgive me, Mademoiselle." Sanji said as he dipped his head. "It's hard to look away from such an exquisite beauty such as yourself. If I could, I would gaze at you all day, every day, but even then it wouldn't be enough time looking at your magnificence."

Wren knew Sanji was just playfully flirting, and she's had many men flirt with her…but she still felt her cheeks warm just the slightest at his words. She was about to say something in return, but Vivi's worried tones reached her ears, which had her and Sanji looking back at the princess of Alabasta. Vivi was looking at her duck companion in worry as the fire salamanders continued to keep him warm.

"Karoo, what in the world were you doing frozen in the river?" Vivi asked.

Karoo just weakly quacked as he continued to snuggle into the warmth of the salamanders.

"That bird." Zoro laughed. "Ten beries say that the slipped and fell into the river. He's a clumsy one."

"Be quiet, Bushido-san." Vivi said to Zoro.

Karoo continued to quack as Chopper was nodding and going along with whatever Karoo was saying.

"He said that the guy named Zoro was swimming in the river and disappeared." Chopper translated. "He thought Zoro was in trouble, so he jumped into the river to help, and ended up getting frozen in it."

"So this is all your fault!" Nami snapped as she hit Zoro hard on the head.

He winced holding his head as Wren shook hers. What fool would go swimming in the river of a winter island to being with? Zoro apparently.

"So you were really able to understand everything Karoo was just saying?" Vivi asked.

"Yes." Chopper said nodding. "I'm still technically half animal by nature, so I can understand what they say. Even the fire salamanders that Wren summoned. Like this one is saying that he doesn't appreciate being used as a pillow by something he'd usually just eat."

He gestured to the salamanders as the one Karoo was snuggling up to continued to hiss in complaint. Karoo stiffened when hearing that, but was too comfortable to move.

"You can talk to animals?" Vivi said.

"Oh, wow, Chopper!" Nami said. "Between your medical skills and talking to animals you've got some amazing talents!"

Chopper's eyes widened for a moment before he started smiling widely while doing his odd dance, which had Usopp and Luffy looking at him curiously.

"Don't be silly, you jerk!" Chopper said as he continued his odd dance. "Flattering me like that won't make me happy or anything!"

"He sure looks happy." Luffy and Usopp said in unison.

Wren lightly chuckled as she smiled at Chopper. She was happy to see that he was having a good time.

"Hey, what did you mean by Chopper's medical skills anyway?" Zoro asked.

Nami stepped up beside Chopper to place her hand on his shoulder, which had him jumping just the slightest.

"Well, Chopper here is a doctor, and a first rate one at that." Nami said. "Dr. Kureha taught him everything there is to know about medicine."

All the guys gathered around Chopper to look at him in surprise as they all asked him a bunch of questions to see if what Nami was saying was true. Wren blinked wondering if Luffy and Sanji really didn't already know about Chopper being a doctor. Isn't Chopper's doctor's skills one of the reasons that Luffy wanted to recruit him?

"Really, Luffy, if you didn't know that, why did you think Chopper was when you asked him to join us?" Nami asked.

"A talking, transforming reindeer monster." Luffy said bluntly.

"Back up food." Sanji added as he smoked his cigarette.

Chopper flinched away from Sanji in fright while really wondering if he'd end up being food. Suddenly there was dark aura behind the group, which had them stiffening up. They all turned slowly to look back at Wren who had a sweet smile on her face. However, despite the smile, it was like she was cloaked in darkness that had the crew frightened. Even Zoro gulped.

"Sanji-san, I am only going to say this once." Wren said as she opened her eye to pin her gaze to the chef. "If you ever think of cooking Chopper, I'll be cooking you to feed to my pets, understand?"

"Y…Yes, Wren-chwan." Sanji said with his eye in the shape of a heart.

He was both frightened and awed by Wren, thinking she was hot when she was being scary. The scary aura left around Wren, and her smile turned into an actual sweet smile.

"I'm glad we have come to an understanding." Wren said.

She pat his cheek then walked away, and he watched her go as his gaze followed the sway of her hips. He let out a love struck sigh as he practically melted into the deck.

"So beautiful." He said.

Everyone else looked at him as if he was crazy considering how frightening Wren was being seconds ago. Chopper then gasped when he realized something.

"Wait, oh no!" Chopper exclaimed. "I was in such a big hurry that I left my medical bag behind. It had all of my tools in it."

"Your bag?" Nami asked then held one up. "But isn't this it?"

Chopper turned around looking surprised to see that Nami really did have his medical bag.

"That is my bag." Chopper said.

"It was in the back of the sleigh." Nami explained.

Wren smiled a bit while already realizing that Kureha planned and was most likely hoping that Chopper would go out to sea with the rest of them. That could only explain how the bag got in the sleigh if it wasn't put there by Chopper.

"How is that?" Chopper asked.

"What do you mean?" Nami asked. "Weren't you the one who packed the sleigh and got it ready for the trip?"

Chopper seemed confused at first, but when his eyes started to water, Wren knew he came to the same conclusion as her. He realized that Kureha wanted him to go all along with this crew. Wren then looked back to the others as they started getting rowdy again. Food and drink were flying as Zoro and Sanji got into a fight, and Luffy wasn't helping by cheering them on. Usopp kept trying to speak over them, but it wasn't really working in his favor. Then Karoo was putting too much food into his mouth at once. Wren found herself starting to smile as she looked at how ridiculous they were acting. They were a strange bunch of rookies that was for sure.

"I propose a toast to our new friend, Chopper!" Usopp said as he held up his drink.

The others quickly got their own, and Sanji hurried to Wren's side to give her a mug of booze as well. He then sat down beside her as everyone raised their drinks high.

"Yeah, Chopper!" They cheered.

Wren just raised her mug silently with that smile still on her face. She then took a sip from her drink even if she wasn't the biggest fan of grog. As they sailed away from Drum Island, they all continued to party with Wren watching them. Perhaps she could have some fun on this crew…in between her little chess game at least.


The next day on the island of Garnet, which was an island neighboring to Drum Island, Garrett looked at the door in front of him. Behind that door he could vaguely hear a piano being played a soft voice crooning a sweet melody. However, he wasn't here for that. No…he was here to deliver that message that Saturn Wren told him to give to the scariest man alive. Garrett gulped then raised his head to knock on the door. The piano stopped playing, and the singing voice ceased as well.

"Come in."

Garrett took a deep breath then slowly opened the door. As he stepped inside, he saw Donquixote Doflamingo sitting on the loveseat in the room as if it was a throne. He had one leg crossed over the other, and his feathery mantel rested on his shoulders.

"Ah, you're back sooner than I imagined." Doflamingo said as he chuckled. "Isn't he, Gessica?"

Garrett glanced at the woman, who was sitting at the piano, in the room as Doflamingo addressed her.

"Yes, we weren't expecting you for another few days." She agreed with a voice as smooth as silk as she stood up.

She then walked over to stand behind the loveseat to place her hand on Doflamingo's shoulder. This woman was a beautiful angel with a tall, hour-glass figure. Her chest and hips were well endowed, and could have any man drooling at the sight. She had long luscious red hair that fell to mid-back. Her long bangs covered her right eye, and mixed into her hair in a long wave. Her eyes were rich green that shined like emeralds as they stuck out against her creamy toned skin and dark eyelashes and mascara. Her lips were full and plush, and colored with red lipstick.

She wore a scarlet red strapless dress with an open back that fell to her ankles, and had a large slit going up the left side to her hip. On her feet were white high heels that brought more attention to her long, creamy legs. Then on her hands were black opera gloves that nearly went all the way up to her shoulders. Around her neck was a pink feathery boa, which wrapped around her neck to have the two ends of the boa falling back over her shoulders. Then in her ears were simple diamond studs.

This woman was Coney R. Gessica, and it was well known that she rarely left Doflamingo's side. Some said it was because they were lovers. Others said it was because she was his personal guard. Then other people said it was both. No one could tell you exactly why. The only clear fact was that if you had an audience with Doflamingo that you would most likely being seeing Gessica as well.

"Now where is Wren?" Doflamingo asked as he grinned broadly. "Don't tell me you returned without her?"

Garrett gulped while feeling as if his heart might leap out of his chest at any moment.

"I believe he did, Doffy-sama." Gessica said as she leaned down to place her arms around Doflamingo's shoulders.

He reached up to place one hand over the two she had clasped together on his chest. It wasn't hard for his hands to completely cover both of hers since he was so much larger than her.

"Oh?" Doflamingo said. "If you didn't return with her then why did you return? Did she give you the slip?"

"N-no." Garrett said. "Not exactly."

The grin remained on Doflamingo's face, but Garrett felt as if he was walking a very thin line. And if he didn't say the right thing soon that he'd be losing his head literally.

"Then what happened exactly?" Doflamingo asked. "Did you not use the strong tranquilizers I gave you to weaken her?"

"Actually, I couldn't use them." Garrett said. "The strong winter winds on Drum Island kept blowing the tranquilizers off course, so I used sea prism bullets to weaken her."

The grin slipped off of Doflamingo's face, which had Garrett stiffening in fear.

"You shot Wren…more than once?" Doflamingo asked. "Did I not specifically say I wanted her alive? And did you forget she is part of the Doflamingo Family?"

Gessica narrowed her visible eye at Garrett, which had him sweating profusely. He knew he was going to die no matter what, but he opened his mouth to keep speaking anyway.

"Y-yes, s-sir, and n-no I d-didn't forget that she is a part of the Doflamingo Family." Garrett said nodding. "Which is why I shot her three times where I knew I'd miss her vital organs. However, she remained conscious long enough to get away from me. By the time I managed to catch up she had had the bullets removed from her side. After that there was no slowing her down…she flushed me out…then when I tried to put distance between us, she found me all over again…and I was completely helpless against her."

Garrett shook while remembering his confrontation with Wren. It was like coming face-to-face with a demon, and if he were to live, he'd never forget his run in with Saturn Wren for the rest of his days. That look in her one visible eye would haunt him forever.

"So she defeated you." Gessica guessed. "Or perhaps she didn't even have to touch you and you fled. Wren-chan can be quite scary after all."

Gessica have a small chuckle as if it was adorable to her how scary Wren could be.

"She did defeat me." Garrett said as he bowed his head. "And…and she told me to give you a package from her, Donquixote Doflamingo."

"Oh, she sent something for me?" Doflamingo asked as he grinned once more.

Garrett held out a small package that had fit perfectly in his pocket. He then hesitantly walked towards Doflamingo to hold out the package to him. Doflamingo took the package from Garrett then opened it up. He pulled out a black king chess piece that had a small note attached to it. Doflamingo's grin grew as he read the message.

'It's your move.'

—Saturn Wren

"My move, huh?" Doflamingo asked. "I suppose I can indulge you and play this game of yours, Wren. Now, I suppose I should rid myself on my first paw since you've made it useless."

Doflamingo turned his eyes back to Garrett, and the man didn't even have time to scream before his head was cut from his body as Doflamingo simply moved one finger. As his head fell to the floor, Gessica looked back to Doflamingo as he was studying the chess piece.

"Are you sure you wish to indulge her?" Gessica asked. "She did betray you."

"She is only throwing a small tantrum." Doflamingo said as he chuckled. "Can you blame her? I did kill everyone she loved back in her homeland. She'll return once she tires of her game. She just needs time to cool down, so I will indulge her for now."

Gessica smiled while supposing he was right. Wren would return because there was nowhere to go out in the world with people that would accept her like Doflamingo, Gessica, and the rest of their crew does.

"You're right." Gessica said as she rested her head briefly on top of his. "She'll come home to us eventually."

Doflamingo's grin grew a bit in silent reply as Gessica moved back to return to playing the piano and singing for him. As her sweet voice filled the room, Doflamingo went back to studying the chess piece.

"Do you think you can beat the very person who taught you how to play this game, Wren?" He asked the chess piece as if it was Wren itself.

As he continued to gaze at the chess piece, he remembered a distance memory that involved chess and a little girl.

-FLASHBACK-

Doflamingo sat across from a seven year old Wren as she was looking down at the chessboard in concentration. Her tongue was slightly sticking out to the left as she had her head tilted to the right. He waited patiently for her to make her move as he took a swig from his brandy bottle. Wren finally moved by taking her white bishop to take out his black bishop, which was protecting his king.

"Check." She said.

Doflamingo chuckled when he saw that he was indeed in check. However, she left her own king wide open to his knight. He moved his knight forward then gently tipped over her king.

"Check and mate." He said.

Wren let out a small whine as she puffed her cheeks out in a pout, which had Doflamingo chuckling once more.

"You did a good job." Doflamingo said. "But you sacrificed your queen too early in the game, and then you were hesitant to sacrifice any other pieces."

"Well, you told me to think of them as our crewmates, Young Master." Wren said as she looked down at her lap. "I don't want to sacrifice any of them."

Doflamingo hummed slightly while understanding why she hadn't been too aggressive with her strategy. She didn't wish to sacrifice the people she cared about.

"Even if they are your crewmates, Wren, you have to be prepared to sacrifice them." Doflamingo said as he looked down at the chessboard. "Because if you're too soft with your strategy you might lose everything by protecting that one person…that one pawn. You don't want to lose everyone, do you?"

Wren looked up while shaking her head in reply to answer Doflamingo's question.

"And if you did not wish to sacrifice your nakama so quickly then why did you let the queen go so quickly?" Doflamingo asked.

"Well, I…I saw the queen as myself." Wren answered honestly. "And I'd rather sacrifice myself than one of my nakama."

Another soft hearted answer that would not due because he needed to nurture Wren into someone who could play this game without flinching at the loss of a pawn piece while the queen sits back and let's the pawns and other pieces be taken.

"I see." Doflamingo said. "You should try to stop thinking like that as well. The queen is a very important piece to this game just as much as you are an important piece to this crew. You should not sacrifice the queen so readily, and keep her protected just as much as the king. Only when there is no other options should you sacrifice your queen, Wren. Do you understand?"

"Yes…I understand, Young Master." Wren said nodding.

Doflamingo's grin widened a bit, and he reached out to pat Wren on top of her head.

"Very good." Doflamingo said. "I will have you playing this game as well as me someday, Wren. Someday soon."

-END OF FLASHBACK-

Doflamingo set the chess piece down onto the coffee table in front of him then placed his hands under his chin to rest his chin on them.

"Let's find out if the student has surpassed the teacher." Doflamingo said.

He then gave a deep, ominous chuckle as the lenses of his sunglasses gleamed dangerously in the dimly lit room.


Wren sat up in the crow's nest tossing a white chess piece up and down in her hand. She was looking up at the sky with a thoughtful look in her eye. She then caught the chess piece in her hand once more before looking at it. It was a white queen, and as she looked at it, she felt as if Doflamingo was looking at the black king piece she had sent him at this very moment as well. She felt her lips turn up into a smirk.

"Now the game really beings." Wren said. "And this time, I will remain standing until the very end to keep the white king in play. I should thank-you for what you have taught me, Doflamingo. I'll be sure to use all what you've taught me to end this game and win."

She tossed the white chess piece up once more, and it did a small spin while in the air. She caught it in her hand again just as a dark shadow fell over the entire ship. She looked up seeing a large bird flying overhead. Hmm, it seemed like some kind of eagle. She stood up in the crow's nest to watch it fly past the ship.

"Hey, seagull!"

Wren looked down seeing Luffy, Chopper, and Nami at the front of the ship as Luffy was calling out to the bird. The bird turned around at Luffy's call to start heading right towards the ship, which had Nami freaking out. Luffy just laughed even as the bird swooped low down onto the ship. It soared high into the air while barely brushing against the crow's nest, which had Wren teetering backwards. However, she kept her footing. She watched the bird fly high while realizing that it had Luffy in its beak.

"Can that boy not stay out of trouble?" Wren asked as Chopper started to freak out down below.

He ran to get the others as Wren watched the bird fly around with Luffy in its beak. She had a feeling her services weren't needed, so she didn't spring into action. It seemed her hunch was right because seconds later, Luffy drilled the large bird onto the back deck, which had the entire Going Merry shaking.

"I have a feeling there will never be any moments of peace that last long on this ship." Wren said.

She sat on the edge of the crow's nest while tossing the chess piece up and down once more. They'd be reaching Alabasta in a few days, which meant she'd need to make contact with that informant of hers that's most likely already there.

"I'm sure she isn't going to be so happy that I've kept her waiting." Wren said as she chuckled.

Wren heard her name being called from down below, so she looked down seeing that Nami and the others had gathered down at the stairs below.

"We all need to talk!" Nami said as she waved up at her. "Come on down!"

Wren caught the chess piece one last time in her hand then pushed herself off the ledge of the crow's nest. Nami gasped in shock since that wasn't an easy jump to make. However, Wren easily landed on her feet while not seeming fazed.

"Don't do that again!" Nami snapped. "You nearly gave me a heart attack."

"Sorry, Nami-san." Wren said as she smiled sheepishly.

Nami just sighed shaking her head as Wren sat down on the ship's side of the ship. Zoro sat down on the deck beside her while leaning against the ship.

"So what is Alabasta?" Chopper asked.

"It's the country where Vivi's father rules." Nami explained.

"Yeah, accept there's this guy named Crocodile who's trying to take over the country right now." Usopp added.

Wren was sure there was more than just taking over this country that Crocodile had in mind. Yes, this place could easily become his personal sandbox, and being surrounded by so much sand and little water gave him the advantage he'd need to keep control here. However, there had to be something more that he wanted. At least that was Wren's theory.

"And Crocodile is one of the Shichibukai." Sanji added.

Wren lightly frowned as an image of Doflamingo flashed in her mind. Wren didn't care about the other Shichibukai because in her opinion he was the scariest. Now, she knew she might not be as strong as the other Shichibukai, but she knew for certain that she didn't fear the rest of them...well, perhaps maybe Kuma.

"Who are those guys?" Chopper questioned.

"They're pirates who were given authority by the World Government." Nami replied.

Just another one of the World Government's less than bright ideas in Wren's opinion.

"The government actually supports pirates?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah, pretty weird, huh?" Usopp asked.

"It might seem that way, but honestly the government has a very good reason to give those seven pirates their titles as Shichibukai." Wren said then sighed. "Even if I don't completely agree with it all."

The others all looked towards Wren as she crossed one leg over the other as her arms were crossed over her chest.

"Oh, that's right." Nami said. "Wren's former captain is a Shichibukai, so I'm sure Wren knows more about them than we do."

The others murmured in agreement as Wren looked down in her lap. It was true that she knew better than the others what the true reasons were for the Shichibukai to exist.

"The Shichibukai are some of the seven strongest pirates currently sailing the seas." Wren said. "They were given their statuses when the World Government saw what kind of mayhem they could cause and how powerful they were. One Shichibukai has the power to wipe out a small fleet of pirates on his or her own."

Her crewmates' eyes widened when hearing this, and Chopper gulped as he wondered how scary these Shichibukai were in person.

"The moment they accept the status of a Shichibukai their bounties are frozen along with the bounties any of their subordinates might have." Wren said. "There is never more than seven of them because the government wouldn't know how to handle more than seven dangerous pirates like they have now. These seven strong pirates not only take out other pirates for the World Government, but they also help keep the balance between the Marines and the Yonko, which are the four pirate emperors of the New World. Without them the World Government fears that the balance between the Marines and the Yonko would be lost, and that a battle between Marines and the Yonko would happen. And this battle would be so large that it would affect the entire world, and change it completely with no chance of recovering what we have now."

Nami and Usopp both gulped this time while feeling completely freaked out. They thought the Shichibukai sounded scary, but these Yonko sounded even scarier.

"And Crocodile is one of these Shichibukai?" Chopper asked.

"Yes." Wren said nodding. "Crocodile has a frozen bounty of 80 million beries. I know that seems small, but it's best not to underestimate him."

Her crewmates looked at her as if she was crazy when she called Crocodile's bounty small, but Luffy just laughed seeming even more excited now.

"I'm really looking forward to meeting this Crocodile guy!" Luffy said as he grinned.

Wren, who was growing used to her new captain's attitude, wasn't surprised to see Luffy wasn't fazed in the slightest after hearing Wren explain how powerful the Shichibukai are.

"Crocodile is considered a hero back home." Vivi said. "He helps get rid of the pirates that attack Alabasta. However, his good deeds only appear to be good on the surface. He is an evil man. In truth, he is manipulating the citizens of Alabasta to bring out his Civil War, so that he can take over the country. No one has realized what Crocodile is doing yet. Not the people. Not even my father."

That just shows how cunning Crocodile is. However, if he isn't careful one little slip up can reveal him as what he truly is. Wren plans to do just that. Or just get rid of him all together. After that, she has to make sure there is no way Doflamingo can scvange up anything left behind by Crocodile. That means she must make sure Baroque Works is completely brought crumbling down. She was brought out of her thoughts as Luffy hit his fist into his open palm.

"Right!" He said. "Well, this should be fun. All we have to do is beat up that Crocodile guy!"

"I believe it will be more complicated than that, Luffy-sama." Wren said. "Yes, taking out Crocodile means taking a dangerous element out of the game. However, things have already been set in motion that will continue to escalate if they're not stopped either."

Luffy looked at Wren in confusion as if not fully understanding what she was trying to say.

"She's right." Vivi said. "First we have to avert the Civil War in Alabasta and get Baroque Works out of the picture."

Luffy still didn't seem to fully get it, and Wren was certain all what was on his mind was beating up Crocodile.

"Baroque Works?" Chopper asked.

"Oh yeah, you don't know anything about them either." Usopp said in realization. "To be honest, I don't understand what's going on with them myself. They've got a really complicated system of agents, bosses, and partners."

"It's actually not that complicated." Wren said shrugging.

Wren's crewmates looked at her in confusion, which reminded her that only Vivi knew about the spy amongst the Baroque Work ranks that was feeding information to Doflamingo.

"One of the top agents in Baroque Works is an informant of mine." Wren said shrugging. "Or rather used to be. I'm sure she hates me now, and would love to have my head on a platter."

Wren said this so casually as if it didn't bother her that there was someone out there who hated her enough to chop off her head to place on a platter.

"Do you have informants everywhere or something?" Zoro asked.

"Well, they're not mine anymore, but they are scattered all over the Grand Line." Wren said. "I only personally chose eight when Doflamingo put me in charge of business negations and information. And they were all in charge of a thousand or so other informants, which Doflamingo supplied that reported to them, and what those eight learned they reported to me if it was important."

"And this one informant of yours in pretty high up on the food chain in Baroque Works?" Zoro asked.

Wren nodded her head as she straightened out her skirt a bit when it started to wrinkle up.

"How high?" Zoro asked.

"I'm sure Vivi-san could explain it better than I can." Wren said. "She was a part of Baroque Works personally after all."

"Well, it's like this." Vivi began. "First, at the very top of the organization is the boss—Crocodile. He's known as Mr. 0. There are a total of twelves agents and one animal who receive orders from the boss directly. For the most part these twelve male agents operate as part of a pair with a female agent. Mr. 1 is paired with Ms. Double Finger. Mr. 2 is paired with Ms. Halloween."

Wren twitched the slightest when Vivi mentioned Ms. Halloween, but it went unnoticed by the others.

"Mr. 3 is the candle man we ran into on Little Garden, right?" Zoro asked.

"That's right." Vivi said nodding. "And his partner is the painter Ms. Golden Week."

Wren was sure that the informant posted on Baroque Works told Wren about these two. Apparently, the two annoyed her, but Wren knows very well that it doesn't take much to annoy her.

"Oh, yeah, that little girl." Nami said.

She remembers vividly that the girl was proving to be kind of hard for Luffy to handle in the beginning.

"Mr. 4 is next in line." Vivi said. "He's paired up with Ms. Merry Christmas. I don't know much more about those two though."

Wren remembers "Ms. Halloween" telling her that she really wished to get rid of those agents. Apparently they annoyed her too.

"Then there's that snot guy." Luffy said.

Wren frowned at the mention of a snot guy because it made her think of a certain mucus man who likes to get to close to people's personal space.

"Mr. 5." Usopp corrected.

"Snot?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah, his snot is explosive." Usopp explained.

Oh, so he used snot and it blew up. Now Wren was thinking about a certain short-tempered explosive man—not that he made snot explode exactly—, and thinking of him didn't annoy her…it made her sad, and that's what annoyed her. Because she didn't want to feel sad because she missed him because she wasn't supposed to be missing him. As Wren was mentally berating herself for such homesick emotions, Vivi continued speaking.

"Mr. 5's body can be used as an entire weapon." Vivi said.

"His partner Ms. Valentine has the Kilo-Kilo no Mi powers." Nami added.

"That's the woman who can change her weight whenever she wants." Zoro said.

Oh, now there was a person who could change their weight, which was a reminder of a certain large and hairy man who used to let Wren ride on his shoulders. Wren sighed as she tried to push the good memories to the side. Those people weren't her nakama anymore. They betrayed her, so why should does she miss them so much?!

"The agents with codenames from Mr. 1 to Mr. 5 are known as officer agents. They each possess one of the Devil Fruit powers, and they are only sent on the most important missions." Vivi said then looked towards Wren. "And you mentioned a few days ago that this former informant of yours was amongst their ranks."

Everyone else looked towards Wren as she quickly composed herself, so they wouldn't notice her enter turmoil. However, Sanji caught the lingering frustration in her gaze before she covered it up. He looked at her in concern as he wondered what was bothering her pretty head now. He'd love to just take away all her troubles, so he wouldn't have to see such bothered looks in her lovely red orb anymore.

"Yes." She said with a calm tone. "She's Mr. 2's partner."

Vivi's eyes widened in shock since she thought it would have been someone lower ranked amongst the top five. Like Ms. Valentine or Ms. Merry Christmas. How strong was this informant to have gotten as highly ranked as she has?

"And agents Mr. 6 through Mr. 12 are in charge of fundraising, yes?" Wren prompted, so Vivi would continue.

"That's right." Vivi said nodding. "They make money for the organization by heading up the employs at the entrance to the Grand Line."

"Hey, what about that odd monkey and chicken pair I ran into?" Sanji asked.

Wren blinked in confusion because Ms. Halloween told her that the Unluckies were an otter and vulture. Not a monkey and chicken.

"That's Mr. 13 and Ms. Friday." Vivi explained. "They're the agency's punishment squad. They punish any agent who fails to complete a mission. And there are more. Under the officer agents are 200 men called billions, and there are another 1,800 men under the frontier agents known as millions."

So in total they had to take out 2,000 underlings, roughly twelve agents and their partners, then one animal pair, and finally the boss himself along with his partner. They had their work cut out for them, but Wren always did enjoy a challenge. And this wouldn't be the first time she has to take care of underworld business and all its men. Of course, she was with her old crew, and not—Wren glanced over towards the others kept talking—a bunch of rookies. This was going to be even more challenging than she first thought. Well, she'd just have to plan things out, and see how they go. Wren then looked out towards the ocean with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

"I wonder if we shall cross paths, Elspeth." Wren said as she brushed some hair out of her face.


On Little Garden over the sound of the island's animal inhabitants scurrying around, a voice could be heard and another voice that sounded as if it was in pain."

"Un—ow!—deux—argh!—trois!" Mr. 2, who was also known as Bon Clay and an officer agent of Baroque Works, counted as he continued to beat up his ship's navigator.

The men around winched at the sound of the man's cries as Bon Clay hit him against the tree once more.

"I'm sorry, Mr. 2; Mr. Bon Clay, sir!" The navigator said.

Bon Clay just frowned as he looked at all of his subordinates with clear aggravation on his face.

"Would you idiots just quit playing around?!" Bon Clay demanded. "Damn it! Are you completely clueless?! Do you even know who I am?!"

No one answered him as the navigator picked himself off the ground from where he had fallen after Bon Clay released him.

"I am Bon Clay!" Bon Clay declared. "A Baroque Works officer agent. I strike fear into the hearts of anyone who sees me."

There was a small scoff from someone in the background then the sound of a wrapper being unwrapped. It was hard to be scary when looking like a prima ballerina regret in this person's mind. Bon Clay didn't seem to hear this scoff because he just pointed towards the navigator.

"Hey, you, Navigator, tell me something." Bon Clay said.

"Uh, yes, sir?" He asked as he stood up straighter.

"Does that peabrain mind of yours remember what the boss's exact orders were?" Bon Clay asked.

He swept his hand out in front of the navigator who watched it nervously since he didn't know when Bon Clay would use it to strike him.

"Yes, Mr. 2." The Navigator said. "The orders were to kill Mr. 3 on his way along the direct route between Little Garden and Alabasta."

"Okay then." Bon Clay said. "Maybe you're not entirely useless then, now are you?"

A second later he grabbed the navigator by his throat to slam him into the tree, which had the others wincing as if they felt his pain as well.

"Taking a direct route means you travel in a straight line, doesn't it, Navigator?" Bon Clay asked. "That's why we went straight from Alabasta to Little Garden, isn't that right?"

Bon Clay then added his other hand to the man's throat to start choking the poor navigator.

"But then something seems to have gone wrong with the plan now, hasn't it, Navigator?" Bon Clay asked as he repeatedly hit the navigator against the tree. "We reached Little Garden without as much as seeing Mr. 3 while on our way here. Now that seems to indicate to me that you fools missed Mr. 3's ship entirely."

"Or Mr. 3 took a different route than us." A voice piped up from behind.

Everyone but Bon Clay stiffened while turning around to look at the owner of the voice who appeared to be a young boy who was rather on the short side. He had shaggy black hair that was a mess on top his head as if he had some serious bedhead going on. His skin was deeply tanned, and there was one scar going across the left corner of his mouth. His eyes were an orange color that could almost be described as pumpkin orange. Then his nails were painted black, and oddly enough the boy's hands were rather delicate for a young man.

The young boy wore an orange cap that was shaped like a Jack-O-Lantern on top his head over his shaggy hair. He then wore a baggy black hoodie that had "Trick-Or-Treat" on the front in orange letters while on the back it said "Pumpkin Queen" in the same shade of orange. He had on baggy green shorts that stopped at his knees, and on his feet were worn old orange high-tops that had Jack-O-Lantern faces down on the sides. In his ears were one inch gages, and around his neck was a black choker with spikes.

"What was that?" Bon Clay asked.

"I said he could have taken another route." The "boy" repeated. "Now we can stand around placing blame or talking theory, or we could try to find Mr. 3 before the boss sends Mr. 1 and Ms. Double Finger here."

Bon Clay frowned though supposed his partner did have a point. If they stayed here much longer that gave more time for Mr. 3 to reach Alabasta.

"Fine." Bon Clay said with a dramatic sigh before turning to voice the men. "Now get ready to make sail!"

His shout had all the men scrambling around to get ready, and as they were running about, the boy swirled the lollipop around in his mouth.

"You seem to be in good mood today, Ms. Halloween." Bon Clay complimented.

The boy—or rather young girl who preferred to be boyish—looked towards Bon Clay with a quirked brow.

"You're usually off in your little corner of woe." Bon Clay said as he did a spin. "You do worry your partner so much when you're acting so gloomy."

"I only act gloomy because I'm stuck with you as a partner." Ms. Halloween deadpanned as she looked away from him.

Bon Clay flinched as if he had been slapped, and clutched his chest in a dramatic fashion.

"How could you say just a cruel thing to me, Ms. Halloween?!" He whined. "Friends shouldn't act so coldly to each other! Are you even listening to me?!"

Ms. Halloween ignored him completely as she crunched the lollipop between her teeth.

"Though I do suppose I am in a good mood." She said with a very tiny grin on her face, which had Bon Clay stop throwing his tantrum. "There's going to be a little family reunion soon, and I'm a bit…excited for it."