Disclaimer: i do not One Piece and Oddworld all credit goes to Eiichiro Oda and Lorne Lanning respectively.
A/N Your lord and master Dreadgod returns! (crickets chirp) One day you will bow to me! and all crickets will die horrible deaths. anyways as it says in the summary im looking for a beta reader because apparently most people look at my first chapter and say this author cant even use grammer right so his story must suck but it doesnt dammit! does it? anyone (crickets chirp) ugh bastards!
Abe: I cant believe you killed Munch! your a monster!
DG: Im not the monster you are you and the rest of those oddworld inhabitants threatening to ruin my perfect world.
Abe: you got that out of Shrek didnt you?
DG: Noo..No of course not umm luffy start the show
Luffy: Yeah Yeah Yeah Chapter 13 The Choices We Make R&R!
Nami continued to scream in anguish from her crumpled stance, the blood from the giant being soaking into her clothes. All around her there was haunting laughter that seemed to eclipse her own screams as she looked into her blood stained hands she tried to figure out how any of this happened. It felt as if she had already been here yet that was impossible wasn't it. She had brief flashes of memory of her and Munch arriving at the Tree but after that it blurred only quick flashes of Munch's form crumpling to the floor as a branch repeatedly slammed into his head. The holder of the branch was her but how, why, when had she done it and then the tree it was burned terribly compared to the almost heavenly look it had prior.
Nami croaked in pain as she finally ran out of voice to scream, his laughter continued ripping at her heart. She looked up to him to see him staring at her laughing like a mad man his glowing eyes leaking tears of pure bliss as his laughter died down into a chuckle.
"Oh Nami-chan it is pathetic seeing you this way I mean only a moment ago you were so confidant in bringing me down here or has that slipped your mind?" Dread questioned his voice dripping with laughter.
"I….. I…. I…" Nami couldn't speak in all her life she had never felt this felling she knew what he was talking about and could see herself talking down to the Great Raisin telling him how Dread was going to butcher it when he showed up, but at the same time she couldn't remember anything about it, it was if she had done it without her ever knowing.
"Speechless how shocking well actually not so shocking since you had no control over your movements but still I think you would at least remember some of it so you didn't have to spend the last five minutes screaming." Dread mocked as he offered her a hand only to have it slapped away.
"What do you mean I wasn't in control of my movement!" Nami screamed as she rushed to her feet her fury taking over knowing this monster had something to do with Munch's death.
"Well that's a little more like you fiery, passionate, violent…" Dread began but was interrupted by a slap to the face as the navigator began to retract dread caught it what should have been grimace revealed a deadly smile as Dread leaned in towards Nami.
"You couldn't have proven my point better. Hehe that stung a bit now to answer your question all I did was lull you into a subconscious and let the cold calculated and cruel persona you so quickly hid when you met Mugiwara come out to play." Dread explained still grasping Nami's wrist tightening his grip till he heard a light hiss.
"You don't know me! So stop acting like you do you bastard! Now let me go!" Nami shouted in Dread's face the smile didn't leave his face but his eyes seemed to darken if only a little. His grasp tightened and what was a hiss now turned to scream as Nami fell to her knees wading in blood and tugged at her hand but to no avail. Dread yanked her back up and grabbed her chin with his other hand and forced her to look at him.
"Listen girl I know you! I know your life! I know your personality! I know everything about you! Your mind is nothing more than a picture book to me! You can't lie to yourself I wont let you! You are like me more than you know I've killed thousands to achieve my goals as would you! That creature over there would have seen the darkness in you and would have had that beast kill you! I saw this and spoke to your subconscious and you did the rest! You killed that beast of your own will all to protect your goal!" Dread screamed at her before throwing Nami into the shallow blood watching as the greenish blue water swallowed her up. His smile had left he couldn't understand why she wouldn't just accept what she had done. He watched as Nami's head rose coughing roughly in an attempt to spit out the foul tasting liquid she accidentally ingested. Her eyes darted towards Dread his lips curled into a frown his eyes now a dull glow.
"I did kill Munch and I did lead you here to kill the Great Raisin but I am not like you my goal… my love…. He wouldn't accept what I just did he can never know I did this. I realize now if I were to kill Robin even if you were to make him love me it would be tainted…. And dark I won't have that." Nami said her voice dead serious as she rose from the blood the thick liquid rolling off her as she looked towards the demon in front of her his frown turned to a scowl but he didn't move instead choosing to wait.
"What makes us different is my choice to stop this. I won't kill Robin even if it means forgetting all the bad that I've done and handing me my love for all eternity I still won't kill her." Nami stood her ground in front of the demon that had yet to move.
'So that's your answer?" Dread's eyes closed for a moment only to open again his eyes now lacking any glow to be seen. The once lightened rooms now almost pitch black as Nami could only see his outline standing in front of her.
"Yes it is." Nami answered as she walked towards him slightly allowing her a view of him. His scowl was no longer there instead a look of sadness. She knew if she wouldn't play his game she served no purpose so he would kill her.
It's all I deserve she thought as she awaited for what was to come. To her surprise nothing happened the demon sighed before disappearing all together. She could mildly making out the sounds of people talking from somewhere in the cave but the darkness hid their existence all together.
'This isn't over Nami-chan my goals will not be stopped because a piece on the board decided not to move. You will help me whether you like it or not." Dread's voice said from within her mind leaving Nami in shivers.
"OVER THERE! THERES A SURVIVOR!" A voice screamed as Nami looked towards the entrance to see figures heading towards her at rapid speeds. They looked like the beast that had sent Nami off the ship in the first place.
"Are you alright?" One of them said as the others looked over to the Great Raisin all lowering there head in mourning. The one that spoke to her grabbed her hand only to let go when the blood wiped off revealing Nami's true skin.
"SHIT! It's one of them!" The mudoken screamed but before any of them could speak a word they were attacked by a reptilian beast that bit into one of their jugulars while swinging himself around the turtle headed creature to attack the others. He let go off the neck of one to shoot his tongue at another which quickly wrapped around one of the now fleeing Mudokens and sent him flying back into the Lizards mouth ending with a bone snapping crunch. The four Mudokens all began chanting as lights gathered around their heads only for the Lizard to spray a thick liquid at two of them. At first the two Mudokens stood there for a moment wondering what that was suppose to do before screaming in pain as every place the liquid had landed began to melt away. As the two Mudokens crumpled into the ground dying the other two had finished their chant only to see the Lizard had disappeared entirely leaving no target to be found. Nami looked on in horror at what she had just witnessed only to realize the only thing that had protecting her from the Mudokens had just left as they turned and faced her. The lights that had been flowing around them quickly dashed at her but before they could reach her she heard blood curdling screams as she looked to the Mudokens one having been cut in half the other currently having its head being eaten by the Lizard. As soon as the lizard had gotten the Mudoken's head down he bit down hard and wreathed around a bit to rip the head from the shoulders. Nami eyes widened in both horror and disgust as the Lizard swallowed the head of the Mudoken his neck expanding to fit the object down his throat.
The Lizard then set his sights on Nami eyeing her with a feral grin as he began to approach her. It was at this time Nami heard gunfire and explosions coming from outside they where different fro anything she had heard before no stops just continual fire like a hundred guns firing within milliseconds of each other. Nami looked to the exit then to the Lizard who just stood there watching her movement. She wondered how far she would make it before getting torn in half but quickly dismissed the dark thought and went for it anyway. She hadn't gone four steps before the Lizard lifted her up and shot forward in a sprint putting Sanji's speed to shame as he reached the exit of the cave and the outside in what seemed like five seconds.
"Let me go Damnit!" Nami screamed before being silenced by a feral growl as the Lizard dashed away from the tree. Nami was having trouble seeing what was going on from the beasts speed but as she looked to the exit they had left she saw Dread just standing there as Mudokens both fought to kill him and killed to defend him. While they were all getting shot down by a group of highly mechanical beasts who carried high tech firearms and fired with out indiscriminatingly ripping into the Mudokens both fighting against and for Dread.
The Lizard man dashed into the forest at an insanely fast speed as he jumped into the trees quickly ascending to the canopy and after spitting acid into the canopy to make a hole they were on the canopy where the lizard man let go of Nami. He pulled out a pack that he had tied to his raggedy pants and threw it to Nami's feet. Nami surprised picked it up after identifying it as one of her own, inside her clima-tact a few snacks from her last meal on the ship and a few changes of clothes.
"Head east until the canopy trenches down, descend and behold Paramite city there you will find your Nakama Now Go!" The Lizard man hissed out before turning to leave. He was a few steps from descending before something warm touched his back he resisted the urge to snap.
"Wait how did you get this and why are you helping me?" Nami questioned before throwing her hand off the Reptile as she felt a feral growl emanate from him. He turned towards her just enough to were he could have one eye on her.
"Dread-sama told me to retrieve some of your thing so you could make this trip and reunite with Robin and kill her." Reptile growled biting his tongue in an attempt to resist the urge of consuming the beautiful figure behind him. It had been so long since he'd had human he'd almost forgotten the wonderful taste.
"You're with him!" Nami's eyes went livid as she dropped down to retrieve her clima-tact but when she turned around he was gone. Nami huffed in anger as she looked to the east all she could see was the green of the canopy which was surprisingly strong to have been able to support her figure as she looked to the hole that creature had made she realized just how strong the balcony was the acid had eaten through at least four feet of vegetation more than enough to support her so she continued.
Nami grabbed her pack and quickly changed into tight fitting jeans and a bikini top, making sure before hand to use her old clothes to wipe off as much blood as possible, and quickly began moving east the sooner she got to her Nakama the sooner she could feel at home again.
The sooner you can kill Robin you mean. The whisper shot through her at first she thought Dread was still in her head but when the voice was her own she worried. She thought to the others to keep her mind off of the distressing whisper and thought to her crew or more importantly Luffy. She wandered how he was holding off if how he was or if he was lost or hurt. For a split second she could have sworn she could actually feel him thinking about her too but in that moment she gained one of his controlling emotions.
Nami's stomach let off a very Luffy like growl as she realized she hadn't eaten in a day and so many hours.
"Well I'll eat first and then I'll find you baka." She spoke as if he was standing right next to her. She smiled sadly she already missed him so much.
With Luffy
"GRRRAAHH Strawhat! Our food!" Big head screamed as he fell to his knees almost a years worth of rations gone in a matter of minutes and the culprit now as round as a ball just burped.
"What's wrong Big Face that wasn't even a lot of food and most of it was dry?" Luffy pouted as he went to drink some water.
"Strawhat Don't!" Big Face Screamed as he threw himself at Luffy in an attempt to stop him only to be to late as he downed the water. Big face watched in disgust as Luffy's already bulbous form grew exponentially.
"AWW Now that… hit the spot." Luffy said as he attempted to move his arm to rub his belly only to find his arm was to fat to move. He shrugged or at least tried to and began moving to the exit which ended with him not being able to move as his back fat had gotten him stuck in the very hut which the food had been located.
"AHHH! Big Face help me I'm stuck!" Luffy shouted as he looked to the Mask wearing Mudoken for help only to find the Mudoken had already started walking away.
"Serves you right glutton! Now you can stay there until we'll come help you when Abe wakes up!" Big Face called from over his shoulder as he disappeared into one of the many huts that made up the Mudoken encampment.
"No you can't come back. I'm sorry! Come back please ugh fine I'll just follow you." Luffy spoke to no one its not that he minded being alone it was just having to wait here for anywhere longer than 5 minutes seemed really, really boring something he didn't want to do. So with that Luffy attempted to move in his giant bulbish form only to find he was far mar round than he had ever been. He couldn't even see anything below his chin.
"Ugh well I guess I will just sleep it off." Luffy said and like that fell asleep hoping that the weight would dissipate in his sleep.
12 Hours Later
"Strawhat… Strawhat wake up." Big face called to him as he looked at the sleeping Luffy he couldn't understand how the boy had managed to absorb all that food, Looking exactly as he had before he even consume the food. But before he could think on it more he thought back to the more pressing matter Dread's crew had made the first move by utterly destroying the rest of the Strawhats minus Luffy and the orange haired girl.
'Ugh Nami five more minutes please I'm sleepy." Luffy said in a raspy sleepy voice as he lifted his arm making an attempt to push Nami but when his hand touched a mask he shot straight up remembering where he was.
"What's up Big Face?" Luffy questioned slightly embarrassed as he looked around to see the room was filled with Mudokens with Abe being closest to the exit. Abe's face etched with sadness and guilt as the limbs he had cut off still hadn't returned to their original color.
"Strawhat Dread's Crew they defeated your own." Big Face spoke solemnly as he looked at Luffy through his mask. For his part Luffy's mind was running 500 miles a minute.
"Are they Ok? Are They Hurt? Where Are They? Where are Dread's crew I'll Kill them myself?" Luffy asked at first beginning with distress now fury was all that was left. He knew his crew was alright they had to be.
"Your crew is fine they have all been healed by our second best healer no need to worry. We just thought it would be necessary for you to know that now our burden has become yours as well for Dread has seen you." Big Face explained he had hoped That Sadistic Beast wouldn't have caught on so quickly so the Strawhats could retrieve the artifact in the shadows but that appeared to be a fools dream now. Dread sent them a warning now the time was set, the Strawhats mortality would be met in a day or two as Dread's crew only targeted those they planned to kill. That's why the Mudoken encampment had to be moved constantly Dread was never in the dark when it came to knowledge. He would send Sligs, Interns, Scrabs, Paramites, and all other manner of creature out to find them so they moved every two days or the encampment would be destroyed with everyone in it minus Abe and himself who would be tortured until they were under his control.
"What do you mean he's seen me where if he's seen me then he's nearby and I'll beat his ass!" Luffy roared thinking of the man he was more of a monster than anyone Luffy had ever faced so he was necessary to beat. His crew was fine like he had thought but the defeat he wasn't sure how they would take it they had never lost like that before all being defeated without taking down anyone an utter defeat is something that can shake a crew to their core he only hoped they would handle it well.
"No not like actually seen you more he knows you're here and wishes death upon you and your friends." Big face explained as he walked towards the middle of the room as did Abe.
The Mudokens who littered the room all sat around both Abe and Big Face who were now facing each other. The Mudokens who had circled them all began a low pitch hymn that almost lulled Luffy to sleep the moment they started.
"Strawhat! Dread is like no one you have ever faced his strength is something you have only imagined, his abilities are god like. But his most deadly ability is his words they rip at the soul claiming all who are foolish enough to be ensnared. It is time you and Abe began your quest I had planned on having you move when your crew had collected the artifacts but since Dread's moving as must you NOW GO DESTROY THE DEMON AND SAVE US ALL!" Big Face roared as a portal of birds opened up in between him and Abe. Abe ran through as if it were nothing disappearing in a flutter of light. Luffy ran to where Abe had stood and looked at the portal only to see Big Face, the birds flew in circles every once in a while a spark of electricity would zap between birds.
"You are our last hope Strawhat end this please." Big Face spoke before joining the chant himself. Luffy nodded and ran through the portal only to find himself a hundred feet up in the air and falling.
"YAHOOO!" Luffy laughed out as he soared and aimed for the break in the canopy of where he imagined Abe had gone only to find himself grabbed by something just as he broke the canopy. Luffy looked to what had grabbed him only to be surprised by it being Abe's hair as Abe himself hung from a branch. Abe immediately made a motion of silence to Luffy as he pointed down to a group of what looked to Luffy to be creatures wearing metal pants and wielding guns. Luffy smiled knowing the guns wouldn't have any effect on him he pulled himself free from Abe's hair and plummeted down again. Abe silently cursed the boy as he too began to descend there were ten Sligs all wielding rapid fire armor piercing guns and the boy wanted to play hero.
Fool Abe thought as he quickly used the Rokushiki technique and kicked the air effectively standing on air as he chanted quickly sending lights at one of the Sligs. As Abe possessed one of the Sligs the others looked up to notice Luffy in the air.
"Gommu Gommu no Gatling gun!" Luffy Screamed as his fists crushed 4 of them into the ground. Abe's slig began firing at the other five killing 3 of them and preparing to shoot the other two before Luffy slammed his fist into his and one of the other Sligs effectively defeating them both.
Gun shots were heard as the last slig finally got shots off as Luffy stood smiling his eyes widened as pain shot through him.
"LUFFY YOU IDIOT!" Abe screamed as he sent his heal crushing down on the last of the Sligs only to turn to Luffy and began healing him. The idiot had taken almost a round; luckily the shots had been low so he was still living just in a hell of a lot of pain. Wide eyed Luffy was in shock what had happened it was only a gun bullets cant pierce rubber he lifted his head just enough to see the damage his stomach area looked like a bleeding hamburger. He gurgled blood as he felt the lights fading away but the moment he felt it, it was gone as he looked to his wounds all that was there was his messed up shirt. He looked to Abe who looked a little worn but smiling in victory. That was until he saw Luffy looking at him as his eyes went livid and his stitched lips snarled.
"You idiot what the hell were you thinking! You saw there guns! And you still jumped down! Argh Idiot!" Abe shouted as he turned the other way and went to pick up one of the guns and aimed it at a tree and fired in three seconds the tree was down and the bullets hand gone into the tree behind it.
"You thought you could survive that?" Abe shouted looking towards Luffy who was still shocked beyond belief why didn't the pellet just bounce off the tree like they should have. How did it cut down the tree and how did it do it so quickly.
"I…I'm sorry I didn't know they could do…. Do that… if I had known I wouldn't have." Luffy stuttered out he would be more careful now he realized that this island wasn't just different in general inhabitants the technology was different to. Flashes to how many times he would have died if the guns had always been like that ran through his head, he gulped.
"Its ok no need to get upset now that it's over its just there is a limit to how many times I can revive someone from the dead you know." Abe spoke closing his hands after he let slip that Luffy died. He looked to Luffy who was shocked beyond belief as he crumpled to the ground.
"I…. I Died?" Shock ran through Luffy's body he had known he was messed up a lot but, dead when had he died.
"Well it's not that big only for a millisecond while I was healing you." Abe said trying to calm Luffy down.
"I'm sorry I'll follow your lead till I get a hang of this place. And thank you." Luffy whispered out he had always been able to just jump into an islands problem and handle it. This island he had died once and lost both a hand and a leg for once he would have to listen instead of running straight into trouble.
"No problem now the three kings have spoken to me its time to free my people because within this ordeal is almost over. They deserve a small taste of freedom before its over whether this ends in happiness or annihilation the least I can do is make there last moment's good ones." Abe said before turning away from Luffy and heading east. Luffy followed but stayed behind him he wouldn't run blindly anymore.
"What about my Nakama? When do we see them?" Luffy asked Abe as the walked through the thick jungle.
"We will meet them in three days." Abe said only to be slammed into a tree. Luffy's eyes were livid as he held Abe against the tree. He thought to his crew they had just lost their first real loss and Nami she was away from everyone all alone, he couldn't stand it.
"What do you mean! We should find them first and then do what you have to do!" Luffy shouted only to earn a knee to the stomach knocking a gasping Luffy away only to grab one of Luffy's arms and forcing Luffy against the tree chest first.
"Listen here Luffy you've been away from your friends for a day I've been away from mine for 15 years and in those 15 years every moment of their lives have been filled with pain. My people are born to die! They dig and dig that madman's tunnel! Suffering through starvation, pneumonia, fatigue, and disease they continue their painful existences in the hope that one day they will see freedom. And now that they have a chance at freedom you ask them to wait so we can hike a day back the way we came so you can see your friends! Get over yourself you selfish brat think about something other than your own little world." Abe screamed at Luffy before tossing Luffy in front of him.
"The Three Kings and Shrykull himself told me you're the key to all of this so we go forward or I beat you down and carry you forward understood. There's no going back not when we are so close. So what's your choice?" Abe commanded getting into a fighting stance. Luffy stood up and instead of feeling anger he felt respect here was a man who had no responsibility to these people, he owed them nothing and yet he self bared the burden of them all. Luffy knew he would die for his cause he didn't have to know any of them he would still die for them.
"BE MY NAKAMA!" Luffy shouted out a ear splitting smile on his face. Abe at first stood in shock only to smile this boy was a strange one.
"Tell you what you help me end what started 15 years ago and then we'll talk deal?" Abe smiled as he walked past Luffy heading towards the Mudoken Hatching factories.
"Deal and I won't forget either! Shishishi." Luffy laughed out before turning to catch up to Abe but stopped in his tracks once the jungle revealing something in the distance Luffy had never seen in his life.
A giant black building shooting clouds of smoke from above and draining something Luffy didn't want to identify from the ground that had killed off all the tree's and vegetation nearby. A blight ruining the otherwise beautiful jungle spewing toxins to promise no trees would sprout out if it were ever destroyed.
"What is that?" Luffy stood speechless as he looked to Abe whose eyes burned in hatred. Abe clenched his hands in an attempt to stop shaking the fury that burned through him was indescribably.
"This is MHF the Mudoken Hatching Farm this is where they house our queens to control the flow of Mudokens making it once the eggs hatch they are born into darkness instead of in the nurturing hands of their clan. This is where they sew our mouths and sometimes our eyes shut. This is where I was born." Abe spoke his voice dripping with sadness. Luffy looked to him Abe had been a slave too now Luffy felt horrible his head lowering.
"Lets Go!" Abe yelled as he ran towards the factory in the distance not caring if Luffy was following or not. This had been the second place he had liberated when he gained his freedom it seemed Dread had reopened the plant not even a year after landing here. Abe looked to his right to see Luffy keeping up with his speed yet staying just far enough behind him incase Abe wanted him to stop. A determined face spread across Luffy as he vowed to help Abe destroy this factory and make sure it never started again,
