Chapter 29: MAYHEM's Leader Revealed!
Luffy scratches his head "So what is Forsaken Island? I've never heard of it..." he asked looking at Nami with a blank expression on his face Nami sighs loudly "It used to be a paradise...Until a massive war broke out over the ownership of the Island the war was so vicious it turned the once beautiful Island into a place devoid of any beauty and instead replaced it with the bodies of the deceased which according to rumors still litter the Island to this day, It was also said that the ghosts of the deceased haunt the Island and anyone who's been unfortunate to go there have never been seen again..." she explained as her eye twitched again.
Luffy gives a nervous look "So who won the war? if there even was one..." he asked as a sweat drop appeared on his forehead, Nami shakes her head as she explains "No one really knows but it's speculated no one won and that everyone who fought in the war died and that there ghosts still fight as if the battle never ended..." then rubs her forehead softly as Zoro holds up his black sword "I say we go...MAYHEM is a threat and they must be stopped!" he said smiling nervously.
Ghanti puts her hand on his arm "I agree and as long as I have you guys by my side I have nothing to fear..." she said tiptoeing and kissing his cheek softly, Luffy nods as he looks at Nami and asks "How far are we from Forsaken Island anyway Nami?" Nami shrugs but before she can answer Rin cuts in and says "Not far Uncle Luffy its about 2 hours north from here..." then giggles softly.
They all nod at her "Let's finish this once and for all.." Lucius said as Rin flew up and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind then she looked over his left shoulder "I'm with you Daddy!" she said smiling happily as he reached up and rubbed her head "We're a team Sweet Pea I'd be a fool to go into battle without you..." he replied making her giggle.
Two hours later they arrive on an island that's pitch black in color and covered in war like trenches a few cannons can be seen scattered about and in the distance a huge skyscraper building that looks like it stretches to the heavens can be seen "So this is Forsaken Island huh?" Luffy asked looking around "Yeah this place is horrible..." Anne said staring right at a cannon "Glad I left Lucinda with Chopper" she added while rubbing the cannon softly.
Meanwhile up at the building the man in the chair calmly sips his wine as he watches his monitors "So the prey has arrived very well... my dear Kagura what say we make their visit a pleasant one?" he said chuckling in a low amused tone while Kagura who's sitting on his lap nods in agreement "Yes lets..." she said tapping wine glasses with him and taking a sip with a dark smirk on her face.
Back outside the Straw Hats are looking around as they walk towards the building "Wow this place is awful... I'm glad the ghosts part seems to be false" Nami said grabbing Luffy's arm tightly as they all stop just in front of the large tower and look up "Good lord how tall is this building?" Anne said whistling loudly then they all jumped back as the door suddenly swung open "Guess they were expecting us... well lets not keep them waiting" Sanji said chortling as they all walk through the doors.
They walk into the room which is mostly empty apart from a desk, a flight of stairs and an elevator "Elevator or stairs guys?" Luffy asked looking at them Rin smiles from Lucius's shoulder as she says "My powers tell me the elevator is not rigged in anyway so I say elevator Uncle Luffy..." they all nod as Violet says "Yeah and besides we don't know just how tall this place is there is no way I'm huffing it up tons of stairs!" then she meowed defiantly while pushing the button.
A few minutes later the elevator swung open and they all piled in then Luffy reacted with shock when he looked at the panel and saw the highest floor was 60 which he pushed and the doors swung closed "60 floors good lord..." he mumbled as the elevator started going up "You know this is too easy... I expected resistance of some kind" Lucius said putting a hand on his chin.
Luffy chuckles "I gotta agree with you there..." he said but Rin suddenly cuts in and says "Keep your guards up guys I sense three people at the top waiting for us..." they all nod at her and ready their weapons as the elevator lurches to a stop and the doors start opening up to reveal a room that's totally pitch black as they step off the elevator the room suddenly lights up to reveal a throne like room with a red carpet on the ground and monitors hanging from the ceiling just above a large throne chair.
They hear a dark chuckle and look up then react with shock when they see a man who is massive sitting in the throne like chair looking at them while Kagura stands next to the chair the man resembles Crocodile except he has no facial scars and both of his arms, hes also quite muscular he's wearing a white and black spotted fur coat that's open showing off his abs, black pants and boots, hes also wearing several rings on his right hand "Welcome..." he said in an icy tone.
Luffy growls as he runs towards the man "CROCODILE!" he yelled throwing a punch at him neither the man nor Kagura moves instead the man allows Luffy to hit him in the face "That tickles..." he said swatting Luffy across the face with what seemingly looks like an weak slap but it still sends Luffy flying into the wall to the left of them and he slides down the wall as blood gushes down his nose while a small indent can be seen on Luffy's cheek from where the slap hit him.
The man stands up revealing himself to be at least 7 feet tall he looks over at Luffy who groans "What the fuck? you barely hit me! who the hell are you?" Luffy demanded as he fixed his cheek the man sneers at Luffy "How dare you call me by my idiot younger brothers name! I am Lord Alligator!" he replied as Kagura grabbed his arm and chuckled darkly "Ooh I think you hurt him baby..." she said in mock baby tone.
Luffy growls as he stands back up "I don't care who you are I'm gonna kick your ass!" he said diving towards Alligator again this time punching him in the chest and once again Alligator doesn't flinch or move he just sneers at Luffy who screams in pain and pulls back his hand which is now bleeding from the knuckles "You idiot ever heard the saying you can't hurt steel!" he said laughing hysterically as everyone watches in disbelief.
Chapter 29 End.
