Somewhere in the basement of the castle, emerged a weird horned creature and a long nose.
"We're here." Whispered Chopper.
"great, now let's wait, the others should arrive shortly." Said Ussop.
"wait!" Said Chopper in a panicked tone, "I hear footsteps."
"crap, guards?!" They're going to notice the hole!"
"Don't worry, they are still far, we can maybe take them out." Said Chopper.
"got it."
the duo approached the corner, waiting for the footsteps, who were closing in. Chopper transformed into his heavy point, attempting a quick knockout. Ussop pulled out his trusty hammer and hid behind Chopper's giant body.
"ready?"
"yup!"
HEAVY GONG!
USSOP HAMMER!
The attacks definitely connected, but the two quickly regretted the decision when they found out who they hit.
"SANJI?! MIRA!?"
"What are you two doing!?" Whispered Sanji, holding his nose.
"Sorrysorrysorrysorry..." The two rapidly said, kneeling for forgiveness.
"SHUT UP OR THEY'LL HEAR US!"
"Sorry."
"alright, so now that we're all here, it's best if we wait for the rest of the group." Whispered Mira.
"why?" Asked Ussop.
"I'm the only one in the group who has snuck into the palace prisons before, the others would probably get lost."
"good Idea."
After a while, the rest of the group showed up.
"wow." Said Gray, "you will not believe how guarded it is upstairs."
"no kidding, they have enough guards to start a war up there, including the Garou Knights." Said Jellal.
"the what?" Asked Sanji.
"I'll explain later, right now, we have a captain to save." Said Jellal.
"then let's get going, there shouldn't be many guards from here, we should be safe from here," said Mira, "I'like lead the way."
The team traversed an awfully quiet hall, making their way to the dungeons, where most of the cells were empty, probably due to Magnolia's low crime rate.
"there's no one here." Said Sanji.
"that's weird, this was where Lucy and Yukino was kept." Said Mira.
"Luffy is a high bounty pirate, maybe they have a high security cell set up for him." Suggested Ussop.
"guys, over here!" Said Chopper, pointing to a massive sealed Iron door, similar to the one Jellal was kept in.
the crew took a peek inside to see their captain, lying in the ground in the shadows.
"Luffy?" Asked Nami, "are you okay!?"
no answer,
"LUFFY! WE'VE COME TO SAVE YOU!" yelled Ussop.
still no answer.
"you don't think he's..." Said Meredy in a concerned tone.
"LUFFY!" Everyone yelled.
silence.
"wait," said Wendy, "I think I hear something!"
the concerned group leaned in, attempting to understand the message.
"zzzzzzzzz"
The group turned red in anger.
"WAKE UP DAMN IT!" They yelled in Unison.
"huh? Wha? Where?" Luffy jumped up, "oh hey guys, what's for breakfast?"
the whole group fell backwards.
"jeez, he's practically Natsu." Said Gray.
"we came to save you, just as planned." Said Juvia.
"oh, great, did you get the evidence though?" Asked Luffy.
"no, well, not yet."said Jellal.
"that's fine. just give me a sec." Said Luffy, "I'm hungry."
"We'll worry about that later, hang in there, I'll get a key." Said Jellal,
"no need."
"?"
Luffy winded back his fist and punched down the door without problem, shocking the whole group, except his crew mates.
"I made lunch on the way." Said Sanji, casually handing over the lunchbox.
"WOAH WOAH WOAH WAIT A MINUTE! THIS GUY JUST PUNCHED DOWN A STEEL DOOR INFUSED WITH MAGIC SEAL STONES, HOW CAN YOU JUST GIVE HIM LUNCH WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE?!" Yelled Gray, shocked by Luffy's display of strength.
"meh, We're used to it, at this point we wouldn't be surprised if punched a whole through the palace altogether." Said Ussop.
"Wait a minute, something tells me a déjà-vu is going to happen." Said Mira.
suddenly, a trap door opened below them and the entire team fell to the ground below.
SOMEWHERE IN THE UNDERGROUND...
"Is everyone alright?" Asked Luffy.
"yeah, where are we though?" Asked Sanji.
"You are now in your early graves Pirates." Said a voice coming from a giant screen.
"princess?" Asked Mira.
"It's a shame, it really is, you could have had a much nicer life, had your secret not been blown, as for you, Fairy Tail, step away from the Strawhats, they are dangerous criminals, this is your last chance before we send...""
"PRINCESS! THIS IS A EMERGENCY!" Yelled a man, running into ear shot on screen.
"what is it?" She asked, before an intense shaking caught everyone's attention.
"A group of people, calling themselves the "Blackbeard Pirates" have assaulted the castle! Our guards are getting annihilated and even the Garou Knights were wiped out in mere seconds!"
"WHAT!?" Everyone else yelled in unison.
"Furthermore, it seems the Etherion is reentering the earth's atmosphere and heading straight for the palace!"
"WAS THIS ALL YOUR DOING STRAWHAT!?" She yelled back at them through the screen.
"PRINCESS LOOKOU-"
suddenly, a dark mass crashed into the screen as it shut off.
"PRINCESS!" Everyone yelled
but the intense shaking got stronger as the roof itself caved in, causing the entire cave to collapse.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Asked Jellal.
"EVERYONE, GET UNDER ME!" Yelled Chopper, jumping towards the falling rumble.
GUARD POINT
Chopper's body expanded, morphing into a giant fur ball, stopping most of the rumbles as the entire cave collapsed onto the entire crew.
Meanwhile, at surface...
"ZEHAHAHAHA, WE CRUSHED THEM! AND NOW THE ETHERION IS MINE!" Cheered Blackbeard, standing in front of the gargantuan satellite, collapsed before them, in the ruins of what used to be a castle.
"What's that?" Though several people, looking at the crystal structure dropped on the castle.
"we *cough got them good." Said Q
"it's a shame we crushed them, I wanted to kill Strawhat myself, oh well." Said Burgess.
"I've taken care of the other members, at this rate, we shouldn't have any pursuers that can arrive on time." Said Kuzan, who just arrived.
"perfect, now, lets get to work" said Blackbeard, heading towards the crashed satellite.
"wait, what's that over there?" Asked Laffite, pointing at what looked like a bird.
as the object approached, Kuzan's eyes widened.
"what? But that's impossible, I made sure there wouldn't be anyone who could get here so quick, how did he..."
"BLACKBEARD!" Yelled the man, "IVE COME TO STOP YOU!"
As the man landed, it turned out to be a young boy with a blue, winged cat, wearing a red open jacket exposing his chest and a scaled scarf.
"Oh? And who might you be?" Asked Blackbeard
"the name's Natsu" he said, "I reckon that you're Blackbeard?"
"And what if I was?" Asked Blackbeard
Natsu assumed a fighting pose, "then prepare for a ass whooping."
"captain, allow me." Said Burgess, cracking his fist.
"no need." Said Blackbeard, "I'm interested, so I'll give this kid a fight, so don't interfere." He said, stepping forward, in front of his crew, "this will be a one on one."
"I'm all fired up!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
SORRY I DIDNT POST FOR OVER A WEEK, EXAM SEMESTER KEPT ME WAY TOO BUSY.