Chapter 29: The Battle of Alabasta's Fate
POV: Quiet
"Damn if we can't find this bomb then defeating Crocodile is useless." I was jumping from building to building looking for the cannon but found no luck. I winced at the pain still coming from my abdomen where Crocodile had stabbed me despite it being bandaged up. I was going to take a rest but saw Vivi running from some. Baroque Works goons so from the roof I stood on I shot all twelve of them.
Vivi looked to me and she beckoned me over. I jumped down and Vivi had a ghastly look on her face. "Quiet! Perfect I know where the bomb is!" She said.
"Well what are we doing waiting here, where is it?" I said.
"Up there." She pointed to the giant clocktower. of course its in the perfect position how did we not think of this sooner.
"Alright lets go." Vivi grabbed onto my shoulders and I sprinted down the street towards the tower. "Hurry we have less than a minute!"
"Alright, hold on tight cause were about to go pretty fast."
"Oh no not again"
I kicked the floor propelling me forward, I did this everytime I needed to take a step. the tower was getting closer and closer until eventually we were right in front of it, but I didn't stop there and ran up the tower. On the way I spotted Sonya and Zora but only after I had stepped on their faces. when we reached near to the top the clock had opened up and I could see a gun poking out. I grabbed onto the ledge and hoisted us both up surprising the two who were inside.
One was a woman in a terrible looking frog costume who had been holding a gun that looked like a frog as well. The other was a man in a purple coat and had sevens for eyebrows. "Intruders! You will not be stopping this bomb for it is guarded by us, Mr..." I didn't give them time to finish as I kicked both of them off the tower plumeting to their deaths.
The cannon that had held the bomb was huge and inside was a bomb to fit inside. "We got here but now how are we supposed to get rid of it? We only have half a minute left." I asked.
"Leave it to me." a man said behind us. I turned around and it was the falcon guy who had saved Vivi earlier. He had pulled out the bomb and carried it out if the tower. Vivi cried and tried to protest but he kept flying away, high in the sky the time was up and the bomb had exploded.
It was a huge explosion, so huge that the fighting had stopped outside, but only for a couple of seconds before fighting broke out once again.
"Why are they still fighting?" Vivi asked tears in her eyes. I put a comforting hand on her shoulder but she brushed me off and headed towards the edge and started screaming for the fighting to end. But it was all in vain since no one could hear.
"Come on Freddy, Lunna, finish this already."
POV: Freddy
Every step I took was agonizing, I would've past out by now if it wasn't for all this adrenaline pumping through my veins. But this power, it feels incredible, I almost feel like I am healed but the blood that was still pouring and staining my body, clothes and even hair and the pain had reminded me that I am actually dying.
I turned the corner and there in the next hall was a room with a huge square stone with weird hyroglyphics but more important in front of it was my goal. Crocodile was standing above the king and next to him qas his partner who looked to be dead. The tomb started to shake violently and I was forced to lean on my Ecu which had been drenched in blood.
"Crocodile!" I screamed alarming him to my precence. He had a look of shock then anger.
"How the hell do you two keep coming back! Just look at the state your in, do you really think you can do anything against me?" He asked.
"You're god damn right I can."
"Why even go through all this trouble? You don't live here, this doesn't concern you. If you just had continued on with your little adventure you wouldn't have died here. But here you are, so tell me, why? Is it for money, fame, power?"
"I want you to return what you stole from Vivi" I said my bloodshot eyes staring into his.
"I'm sorry but her kingdom is already mine."
"Not her kingdom, give her back her smile!" I said. I rushed him and managed to slam my Ecu into his face sending him back into the wall despite only using one arm. I followed up with another hit bashing his face in but he had dodge by splitting into two and reforming behind me.
"How is this possible, that actually hurt. How are you still so strong despite losing your arm. For fucks sake your still bleeding!"
"I will not rest until I beat you Crocodile, so just give up."
"I must admit I am very impressed, with both of you. You two and your crew had managed to thwart my plans that I have spent years setting up. But this will be your tomb" He took off his hook to reveal another hook but had holes and purple goo leaked from said holes. "No matter what, even if by some miracle you win, this will kill you. A poisoned hook, although I'm sure you'll bleed out, its better to be safe then sorry." The ooze that driped out of the holes touched the ground and had corroded a small hole.
The tomb started to shake even more violently and startes to come apart, a piece of the roof fell between us. Once it had hit the floor it broke in two and down the middle was Crocodile slashing his hook for my head. I ducked and he had broke the wall behind me. He quickly follwed up his attack with a series of slashes.
I had nimbly dodged each strike careful to not get hit. "Stop moving you little rat!" he said. He once again did a strong slash of his hook but I had jumped over it and kicked crocodile in the face. As he was falling back he didn't even wait to hit the floor and turned into sand and rematerializing infront of me and managed to slash my side. "There, you're fate is sealed."
"Not yet it isn't" But before I cpuld attack I fell to my knees. The blood loss is really getting to me now, my mind may be racing but my body is slowing down. I also felt the poison taking effect but I won't give up now. I supported myself on my Ecu and stood up once more.
I slammed my Ecu into him once more but he had blocked it using his hook. "How much longer will you prolongue this pointless fight? You've already lost!" I looked at the poison dripping onto my Ecu and noticed it was corroding the strong wood.
"Not yet I haven't." I pushed even greater with my Ecu and managed to snap the hook.
"Damn it just die! Desert Spada!"
I blocked the sand blade with my Ecu but was pushed off my feet and into the wall. Another piece of the roof had fallen where I had been laying and I dodged it just to be grabbed by Crocodile.
"Now shrivle up and die!"
Before he could dry me up I summoned my hair. "Spear!"It had pierced his chest and he dropped me.
"You little shit, what was that?"
"Now it ends here" I said preparing for my final attack. "Thousand Needles!" My hair soaked in my blood all pierced Crocodile multiple times in a flurry of random strikes. All he could do was try to block using his arms but proved fruitless. At the end we both fell on one knee. We made eye contact to see who would fall first. And unfortunately it was me as I was now on both my knees. He stood up and kicked me in the face sending me onto my back.
"You almost had me there, you fell right at the finsh line and you'll never get to cross it. I want to leave you here to die but knowing you, you'd find some way to escape so I'll just end you here. Now die!"
He was plunging his jagged and broken blade towards my heart but stopped when he dodged a fist. I looked to the origin of said fist and there stood Lunna, my coat draped around her dragging across the floor.
"Lunna, sorry but you're gonna have to finish him. I'm a little fucked up right now."
"Don't worry, I'll handle this" She said. And she did, she sent punch after punch before kicking him up into the air where he had held to the roof.
"I refuse to be beaten by the likes of you two rookies! I am a warlord and I will take over this kingdom and you two will NOT get in my way! Desert La Spada!"
A bunch of fan like blades aimed for Lunna. In response she sucked in air becoming a baloon and twisted before letting go and letting out a flurry of strong punches. "Gomu Gomu no Storm!"
Her fist went right through the blades and into crocodile and pushed him through the roof before breaking and flying into the distance.
She landed and rushed to my side. "Freddy are you ok?" she asked with so much concern in her voice.
"Need blood... poison running in my veins." I managed to say.
"Take this." Cobra had said Lunna caught the vile he threw and shoved the liquid down my mouth. "The antidote, took it off him when he wasn't looking. I want to thank you two for saving my kingdom."
"No problem, now if you dont mind I'd rather not be buried down here."
"Good point, might need a little help getting out though." Cobra said.
"Same here." I picked myself off the floor and grabbed Cobra and leaped to the surface I let him go and looked down to see Lunna helping out Miss All Sunday. She eventually carried her up here as well. I saw a bright light and felt cold, very cold. But the light faded as rain splashed onto my face. "Guess we win" I said passing out with a smile on my face.
Author's Note:
Yo back already, didn't even give you guys the usual 2-3 month wait. Currently i'm in fall breal and I have no life so i get bored. So I decided to finish the Alabasta ark. The next chapter should hopefully finish things up here in Alabasta. Anyways time for this chapters shout out to the new family member:
Bostig
Now for the reviews:
AnimeLoverQ8: No problem my dude, also don't worry, the bext harem member isn't until at least Dressrosa.
Some salty Guest: Fuck it, not gonna lie though the first chapters wer garbage tbh
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