Mozu and Kiwi glanced at each other as they stood on top of Franky's cart. Their hands reached for their swords as they glanced back at the way they came from. "Should we wait for him?" Mozu questioned her sister.
"I don't think he's following us..." Kiwi answered. "He's probably fighting marines as we speak."
"Should we go back for him then?"
"He told us to go on ahead." Kiwi looked down at the metal roof. "Franky-bro's down there..."
They two came to a decision as they nodded their heads. Mozu placed her sword in her mouth, and Kiwi did the same. Their hands gripped on the metal of the cart as they lowered themselves against the trains. Franky was inside.
Their feet came crushing through the window. The glass shattered on impact. They rolled through the cart and landed behind Franky, who had a sack over his head and ropes tied his arms behind his back. "Franky-bro!" they screamed in joy. Their blades slashed Franky's ropes and he lifted the sack over his head. The three members of Franky Family stared at the two CP9 agents.
"This is going to be SUPER!" Franky smiled as he pumped his fists together. He cracked an evil smile as the two agents stood there ground on the other side of the cart. "A rematch. This time I'm gonna win!" He pounced forward at the two agents.
...
Marco and Sabo glanced at each other. The young pirate turned slowly, "What was that?"
"Sounds like things are heating up in the front," Marco answered. He gestured his head to the first carts of the Puffing Tom.
"Looks like we are going with the above route then," Sabo decided for them.
The droopy eyed pirate nodded and climbed on top of the carts, with Sabo following him. They were six carts away from the front, and two carts away from where the action was taking place. The wind blew in their faces, but they stood their ground. Without glancing at each other, the two made a sprint across the first cart in their way.
A shadow darted out from the second cart and jumped in their path. He had whiskers on the side of his face with claws on his fingers. "So these are the intruders, shao," he stated. Unknown to him there were two intruders inside of Lucci's cart. He cracked his knuckles as he gotten into a fighting position, "I'm Nero of the CP9!" He introduced himself to the two blonde pirates. "I thought the intruders would try going over the carts, and looks like I'm right, shao."
"Sabo, I got this," Marco told the young pirate.
Sabo nodded at Marco without glancing his way. Within a second, the pirate disappeared before their eyes and shown back up behind Nero. The man gasped at the speed. "Soru!" he shouted in distaste. Only CP9 agents were suppose to use such a technique; not rookie pirates. It took him years of lerning just to get the basics of Soru down, yet his Soru was more of a fast run instead of disappearing before people eyes.
Marco stood in Nero's path before he could follow the blond boy. "Get the girls!" he shouted at the navigator.
"Exactly what I'm doing!"
"Get out of my way!" Nero uttered in annoyance.
"You gotta get pass me then," Marco smirked.
Sabo glanced back at the firstmate and that CP9 agent. Since he wasn't watching his step, he fell down in between the two carts. "Ouch," he moaned as he held his head. He shrugged it off and opened the door.
Within was the two girls from before, as well as an oversized cyborg, who made Sabo take a double-take to make sure it wasn't Jozu.
On the other side was the two shipwrights; former shipwrights. "Kaku? And Lucci?" Sabo uttered. Marco was right when he said those closest to Iceberg was going against him.
"Sabo-bro!" the two sisters squealed.
"So you followed," Lucci uttered in hatred. The two CP9 agents stood in front of the door, where Robin's cart was positioned.
"Did all of you survived?" Kaku asked the next question.
"What do you mean?" He raised one of his eyebrow. Unlike the rest of his crew, the blonde went his own way and found Robin instead.
Lucci's eyes focused on the newcomer. "He wasn't there during the attack," he plainly stated.
"Did you guys forget about me?!" Franky roared in annoyance and anger. He pounded his fists together as his eyes shined with hatred. Kaku glanced Franky's way and barely acknowledge the cyborg's threat. In moments, the speed demon jumped in front of Franky and his index finger touched the man's chest. He was thrown back; moments away from crushing the blonde boy; who dodged right in time.
"We still need Cutty Flam," Lucci stated.
Franky growled as he stood back up. Where Kaku touched the cyborg's skin left a piercing hole in the man's system. His pupils dilated as anger took over him. The devices on his hand grew and bombs appeared. He aimed at the two CP9 agents, who barely blinked as bombs were aimed at them.
Lucci's body disappeared as Sabo gasped. He tried to match the CP9 agent in speed, using Stealth Walk; a move he learned from Kuro on Syrup Island. But Lucci surpassed the man's speed greatly as he appeared behind Franky and ended the fight imminently with a jab at the man's back.
Quickly, ropes tied Franky's arms behind his back, and Kaku threw a sack over his head. "Take him to the next cart," Lucci ordered Kaku, who nodded and took a hold of Franky.
Mozu and Kiwi squealed in fright. They unsheathe their swords to slash at Kaku and Franky, but Kaku dodge each attack. "It's no use," Kaku uttered as the duo disappeared before their eyes. Soon, he appeared at the door and kicked Franky inside of the next cart.
Lucci turned and glanced at the three intruders. Kiwi and Mozu were crying as they tried to slash at Kaku, but they only ended up hitting the cart's insides instead.
"So...you kick the air?" Sabo questioned. He jumped up from the ground and tried to mimic the move, Soru, and his body disappeared much like Lucci's did. 'So, this is Soru,' he grinned as he earned a new move. Unlike Stealth Walk, he had control of his movement and didn't waste his stamina.
"A fast learner," Kaku uttered with an emotionless mask; that copied Lucci's own face.
"Too bad that's the last thing you'll learn," Lucci declared.
Luka stood in Robin's cart as the door to the next stayed ajar. Franky laid on the ground with a sack over his head, while Robin glanced back to where the fighting was happening. Kalifa charged quickly into the run and grabbed Robin's handcuffs to keep her from trying to help the pirate. "One's still alive," Kalifa muttered in dismay, "Not for long, though..." Unlike Luka, she didn't know the others escaped in time of the destruction; not that Luka would mentioned it to Kalifa.
'Sabo?' Luka thought, but none of it shown on her emotionless face.
"Robin! Luka!" Sabo shouted as he tried to get pass Lucci, and only ended up knocked into the next cart. He watched as the longnose fellow walked toward him, but stopped before the door. Two bodies were thrown on top of Sabo.
With one tap from Kaku, the carts separated.
...
His feet pattered against the roof of the train until he ducked inside to look at the chaos. Sabo laid there on the ground with widen eyes. "They got away," Marco stated without much emotions.
Kiwi and Mozu cried in the corners for their defeat. They were suppose to save Franky, but it failed. They were the only ones who could save him. The other Franky Family members were still within Water Seven; so the mission rested on their shoulders and they couldn't even hit one of them. "WE DIDN'T SAVE FRANKY-BRO!" they cried with their heads raised in the air.
The blonde sat down next to the co-captain and crossed his legs. "We still got a chance to save Robin."
Imminently, Sabo turned his head and looked at Marco.
"Enies Lobby. Inside is the Gates of Justice. Once Robin gets pass that, there's no rescuing her." His voice was grave as he talked about the possibilities about losing one of their crew members.
He took a deep breath and stood up, dusting off his pants. "Have you meet Ace?"
Marco gave a small smile and puff out of his nose. "We should regroup with the oth-"
Sabo shook his head, "Enies Lobby will be coming up soon. We still have no way on getting inside. Unless..." He paused as he looked at the departed train.
"Unless?"
"Drop me on that train. And take those two back."
Marco nodded at Sabo's deision. Even if Ace was the Captain, it was Sabo who actually acted like one.
Sabo turned his back to glance at the two sisters. "We still have a chance to save them, Mozu and Kiwi." They lifted their heads, at the same time, and looked up at Sabo with hope returning back into their blue eyes.
"You sure?"
"Course. We are the Spade Pirates, and nothing can get pass us." He stated with his fists on his hips. "Come on." He went back to Marco, "You think you can carry all three of us?"
"I can try," he shrugged his shoulders.
...
"Captain!" Thatch called out.
"What?"
"Looks like there's a problem," the brunet pointed to the Sea Train. Half of its' carts were slowing down, and finally halted on the track. Before Ace could even get to that side of the ship, Marco was already flying over to them. He was transformed in his full phoenix form as two rode on his back, but his landing was not at all graceful.
He dived right into the dive as he transformed back into a human. Feathers, wooden boards, and limbs scrambled all together. "Marco!" The dark haired captain raced over their side. "Where's Sabo?"
Kiwi lifted his body out of the mess.
Jozu looked at the three people, "So three's your limit."
Marco rose up, nodded, and fell back down onto the deck. His eyes closed and he started snoring.
Thatch grinned, "Heh...So Captain, we have finally found Marco's limit."
Ace couldn't help himself from grinning. "This is really the wrong time to be smiling." Yet they all smiled. All of the bad blood from earlier just seemed to disappear into the wind as he sat cross-legged in front of his crew member, as well as a pair of sisters.
"Not all of us are as gloomy as you."
"Shut it."
The brunet watched as they both smiled, which he hasn't seen from Ace a while now. "So, are you finally over with giving Marco a cold shoulder?" He laid his hand on top of Ace's shoulder; leaning all of his weight on his captain.
"What about I give you a hot shoulder?" As soon as he said it, it didn't sound as awesome as he planned it. Instead, he tried to correct it by turning his shoulder into fire.
Thatch hopped away quickly and tried to cool down his hand by beating it against the wind. "Think again when you go overboard, Captain."
"That's why I have Sabo here for."
"If Sabo heard that, neither of us would be diving in. Remember, only us two are the only one on your crew that can save your ass."
After a second, Ace looked at the train, "Why does Sabo get all of the action?"
"Yet you are the captain..." Thatch rolled his eyes, "Maybe you two should switch."
"DO YOU WANT TO GET THROWN OVERBOARD?!"
"IT WAS ONLY A SUGGESTION!"
"Guys," Jozu walked out on deck and pointed pass the figure head. All of them looked up and their jaws dropped; their quarrel was left forgotten. "Enies Lobby." A golden gate surrounded an island full of marine buildings and arches.
"Enies Lobby..." Ace and Thatch mumbled. All of the guys moved to the figure head and watched as it closed in. The black haired boy called back, "Paulie! Forward at max speed!"
"Let's go show those CP9 bastards," Thatch grinned as he unsheathe his broadsword.
HONK!
HONK!
Ace's eyes widen as the others looked around.
"Oh...no..."
"Shit."
"Do I even want to turn around?" he asked the others.
"Zambai!" Kiwi and Moza cheered together as they laid their sights on their long forgotten friend.
"HOWDY BOYS!" Kokoro grinned from one side of a sea train. Behind her was a giant ship attached to two giant yagara bulls.
"Oh shit..." Ace froze, "SAB-PAULIE! SUPER MAX MAX FUCKIN' SPEED FAST! GET THIS SHIP THE FUCK OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS YOU CAN!"
Surprise Morning update! I haven't slept at all! Okay...I have been on the train too long (which is strange comparing to the beginning of the series where I did one scene within one chapter). The last of allies has arrived. Also, this is for my other story Years on a Calendar, should Fem!Chopper's name be Clippa? Clipper? Or Choppa?
NightHunterDeath: Had to give some answer (kept getting questions). Mainly...I just made Luka older just so she would be protected of the other two (wasn't thinking much about fathers). All I can say, it's a work in progress for me. At least I know I'm doing better than my last attempt. Actually...I have been messing up with Thatch on hair colors for quite a while now. I don't know why, but I've been calling him a blonde (more apparent in my other stories). I just use Iceberg since my Spell-checking gets on my butt for writing Iceburg. Wait, you get paid? That's cool. Too bad about that thing though. People deserves where credit is due, and not by giving out crappy ideas and except more. This is why I can't PM replies to people...I'm awkward when it comes to continuing the conversation so I prefer replying this way to reviews. And sometimes I end up rambling my mouth and I get to a total other subject...So yeah, rambling happens a lot.
general yumi: Had to add humor somehow, seemed things been getting too gloomy. You...really don't want her joining the crew, do ya? Figured I had to address it since I kept getting questions about it (I mainly made her the older sibling so she had a reason to want to protect Ace and Sabo...I wasn't really thinking much about fathers).