(Allright! Thanks to beyond-the-oaks, RIOSHO, L-R-D, Munia, Newtilator and Dthehalfdragon for your reviews! All right, the final chapter before the fights, yay. This is just setting up the rest of the fights, and i am sure you've guessed who Talon is facing, but what about the others? So far we know Red vs Cole, and Gouki vs Jenny. Onwards and upwards!)
Talon twisted and turned through the maze of corridors, going in no particular direction. Any and all doctors or guards he had come across, Talon had quickly dispatched them. He smashed through a door using his shoulder, knocking a hidden guard back in the process. Kicking him in the face, Talon continued on forward, looking for the one named King.
"Well, there it is." Diego said, stopping before the large mansion housing the three remaining leaders. "Everyone prepared?" he asked, turning to Eden and Hermy, who nodded. Eden was stretching her arms, while Hermy was holding a hand over his eye, but that was all he could see. "All right, let's get going!" Diego kicked the double doors open, and looked inside.
It was a hallway with three different paths, one going down the middle, and the other two going left and right respectively. "Well, this is obvious what we got to do." Diego said, pointing at the doors. "We gotta split up."
"But it's definitely a trap." Hermy said, Eden nodding along with him. "We should just go through one door."
"I know it's a trap." Diego replied. "But we're going to play by their game. And anyway, maybe one of the three allows us through, but the other two trap us. Which means at least one of us will get through. Okay, let's not waste any time, let's go!" Diego directed, standing in front of the middle door. "Just trust me, all right?" Hermy and Eden nodded.
Talon threw a guard against the wall, and head butted another in the face. He was in front of a well guarded area, so he assumed this was where King was. Another group of guards came up to him, shooting their tranquilizers, but it couldn't penetrate his scales. Quickly dispatching them, Talon ripped through the locked doors, and gasped at what he saw.
He was standing in a large globe room, completely surrounded by water. He could see various sea creatures outside the globe, swimming through the water. Some were small, while some were double the size of Talon. "We're underwater?" he said to himself, admiring the view of the water.
"Amazing, is it not?"
Talon slowly turned to king, who was wearing his jacket undone. "So, because you're not generic, you must be King."
"That I am, Vincent." King said, before pointing at the glass globe. "We are completely surrounded by seawater, as we are far under the city of Kakikata. The creatures aren't attacking because of the special glass we designed, which is seastone laced."
"That's all well and good." Talon said. "But I'm not here for the pleasantries."
"So, what ARE you here for?" King asked, knowing exactly why Talon was here.
"I'm here to one: get revenge for you imprisoning me and torturing Red, and two: to stop your experiments on these people."
"They aren't experiments, they are research. But now you know the under works of our organization, I am going to have to dispose of you. I'll just tell them that you attacked me so much; I was forced to kill you. Which isn't too far from the truth."
"So's there's not a chance of a peaceful talk then?" Talon asked sarcastically.
"Not a chance." King replied, taking off his jacket completely and throwing it behind him. He also loosened his tie and took his watch off.
Hermy walked through the door, and looked around. He appeared to be in some sort of warehouse, filled with multitudes of materials. There was wood, metal and foam; there were even some blocks of seastone.
"So, I get the child?" a man said, walking from the shadows. He had pin straight dirt blonde hair which covered both his eyes, making him seem blind. The man was wearing a white buttoned shirt with the sleeves rolled up, black trousers and polished black shoes. On each wrist he had two white bands. "Guess I drew the short stick."
"Who are you?" Hermy asked, eyeing up the man. He was tall and muscled, towering over Hermy.
"My name is Chuck Steele, and you?" Chuck said, smiling under his hair.
"Hermy." Hermy replied.
"So, Hermy, remember my name when you are about to die." Chuck said, placing a hand on a wooden crate.
Walking through the door, Eden found that the room she walked into was quite empty. One side was filled with cavern like rocks, while the other half was filled with a deep pool of water. When she looked back to the door, she found it blended in with the cavern-like walls.
"I get you, do I?" Eden looked to see none other than Ian Steele walking from the water, his hair and clothes sopping wet. "I was hoping for the kid, but then, I'm sure you're weaker."
"We'll see about that!" Eden said, creating three clones, so four Eden's stood in front of Ian. "You're one hell of a bastard, you know that, right?
"Holy mother fucker!" Diego cursed as he entered the door, covering his nose. The smell was rancid and rotten. Diego looked up to see multiple dead bodies hanging from the roof, and more bodies lining the walls. "What the fuck!" he threw up slightly in his mouth and walked forward. Diego saw teeth marks in the skin of a lot of the bodies. He slipped slightly, and realised he was walking on a layer of blood. "This is SO wrong!"
Clack, Clack, Clack.
"What? Who's there?" Diego asked, swirling around 360 degrees, but when he was back in his first position he jumped as an old man was stood in front of him. He had bushy eyebrows and a long beard, both which were white. The old man was bald and had liver spots covering his skin. He wore a simple green robe covering the whole of his body, and from what Diego could see he had bare feet. In the man's hand was some sort of staff, which he used as a walking stick.
"Good morning." The man said grinning, showing bloodied teeth. "My name is Jyuka. Let's see how you fare."
(Woo! This was a funky chapter. There we go, the fights have been established. Hermy vs Chuck. Eden vs Ian. Diego vs Jyuka. Talon vs King. Red vs Cole, and finnaly, Gouki vs Jenny. *Looks to the next chapter* Man, i am one twisted individual. Next time on One Piece New Nakama:
Chuck: A Punch-up?
Hermy: Bring it, sucker.
Chuck: How dare you... how could you!
Chapter 55 - Steel vs Steele
Hermy: I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE THIS WAY!
On that, I leave you! Thanks again!
