Taka's Infiltration...

White slid into the darkness. He didn't particularly like dark spaces due to his bright white suit, he couldn't fully disappear, but then again he was still quite a respected and honored assassin despite that small shortcoming. Disappearing into the darkness was something that Adam could do well, since he was dressed in black priest robes. They just needed to move quietly through the darkness and make sure they didn't attract any unwanted attention. The holding cells were just up ahead.

While White may stand out in the darkness, there were more then one way to avoid being seen, surely blending into the background was the number one method, however avoiding people was another trick and one where White excelled. They had come upon a door and by pressing his ear upon it he quickly heard soft mutterings of two or three people. The next room was occupied. It would be simple for them as both White and Adam could easily take out all of the people in the next room, but alas they were assassins sticking to darkness was their jobs.

Luckily White had other talents that branched out from assassination. Rather then just going up and whacking somebody with a pipe, White had more...disastrous skills. Skills that made him invaluable to Taka. His most recent work was on the island of Boyd and Ghorl. He had built the bomb that they were supposed to use to blow the castle sky-high. Of course, the mission was less then success with Emyre's death and Pura Pupuran's capture, but that's why he was here. To make sure that failure of a mission was cleaned up properly. There was the added incentive of the fact that if Pura Pupuran thought about it, she could easily sell him out and say the bomb was his fault. Something he was desperate to avoid.

Anyways, bombs were definitely his specialty and he already had one perfectly placed. It was a small and fashionable pure black disc. Place it in the shadows that this Marine Base so generously provided and it was near invisible. White pulled out a simple triggering device and pushed the small button. Up in the higher reaches of the Marine Base, his small hidden bomb blew up. It burst into flames and a weird purple smoke filled the air.

In order to completely avoid detection it is imperative that you avoid people and the annoying Den-Den Mushi. The pink smoke allowed the second to be rendered useless. Any Den-Den Mushi that smelled the stuff would be immediately dazed and unable to perform any kind of operations. That also meant wiretapping and their small portable Den-Den Mushi phones were useless for awhile, but that was the cost of a good assassination.

Just like White had planned there was a brief siren alerting the Marines to the ever-growing fire and the Marines in the room rushed out to get to a safer place and help put out the fire. However, the squirming and screaming woman who was left sitting all tied up in the torture chair was abandoned. White motioned forward and he and Adam moved towards her.

"White! Adam!" cried Pura Pupuran as she squirmed against her bonds. "Thank god you are present! Please help me out of this painful chair! That person, Dante, is a psychopath! But once you free me, I'll be able to get right back to my job and away from him!"

White shook his head and looked around the room. He took careful notice of the Den-Den Mushi in the corner and made a quick note that its eyes were closed and it was inactive. The room had been cleared completely, but he knew the limits of his own bombs and they only had four to six minutes remaining until the fire died out and the Marines returned, but they only had three minutes until the Marine Base was ventilated enough and the smoke died out and with it the Den-Den Mushi's were reactivated.

Adam moved forward and pressed his left hand against Pura's mouth silencing her. He lifted one finger of his right hand up to his mouth and told her to stay quiet. "Almighty God please forgive this sinner, she served you and she failed you. Her life was following your orders and it is with great sorrow in my heart that I must ask you for your strength. I plead with you to place your right hand behind mine as I execute divine punishment..." Adam hand's flexed, squeezing Pura's head. He clenched his right hand and then unclenched it. He brought his open palm straight into Pura's chest, striking at the heart even through the layers of skin, muscles, and fat. Pura's eyes went wide for awhile. Adam stayed standing there for a few more seconds with his left hand still clenched over Pura's mouth. Finally, he removed his hand and quietly whispered, "Amen."

"Geez, you are giving me the creeps!" muttered White. He knew very well of Adam's powers and his religious beliefs, but he never quite got used to it. Since he held his hand over Pura's mouth it cut off oxygen to the heart and then when he pounded into it with his hand he forced the air out of it and in some rare cases he can even completely stop it from beating. With these two facts combined he can permanently shut off the heart and make it appear like a heart attack had killed his target. He was an expert of silently killing his targets and leaving behind no trace and in the case that there was some random evidence left behind, they always had White's bombs.

The two of them backed up and nodded at each other, content with their work. White smiled as he quickly took out another small bomb and activated it once more. The room filled up with the purple smoke, further putting the Den-Den Mushi's out of action allowing them to gracefully disappear into the shadows. They were about to head out when they heard a loud voice shout, "is someone there?"

They were both incredibly confident about not being seen yet, but if they could hear somebody talk maybe somebody could hear them talk...or even worse, see them. White did a quick survey of the room to make sure he didn't accidentally miss someone crouching in the shadows. When he was confident he hadn't missed someone he moved back to the door. He pulled on the door and a loud screech could be heard as it rubbed against the bottom of the floor. White flinched. Once more the voice shouted, "whose there?"

"Crap..." muttered White as he looked at Adam. There was now enough reasonable doubt to Pura Pupuran's 'natural demise' that it might invoke an even deeper investigation into the Taka organization. He looked over at White. White nodded as he put his gloves back on. "Leave no possible witnesses. I'll meet you outside," said White as he disappeared.

"It looks like more people are sinning and asking to be sent into god's grace," said Adam as he walked forward towards the voice. He walked into the prison cells and looked at them all. He looked at each and ever individual person locked behind the cells.

"Who are you?" asked Reggie. She had been stationed at this Marine Base for a long time now and she lived on this island all her life, but this man was a complete stranger to her. The fact that he was in the Marine Base was questionable. Even if he was dressed like a priest.

"Prisoners...the marine's version of sinners. It may hurt my soul to do away with three more people, but alas I am a mere vessel for God's justice. And I shall obey the ultimate commandment He has set out for me...anyone who stands in His way must be eliminated...once more I ask for His strength as I execute these foolish beings." Adam brought his hand back and prepared to fire a punch.

Reggie scoffed at the idea. This was a Marine holding cell. They wouldn't make it so flimsy that a punch could break it. The man was a raving lunatic if he thought he could do it. She paused for a second as she looked at his arm, it seemed weird to her. It looked not only longer, but also it had a bend in it where there shouldn't be one. Her mind snapped to attention as she noticed he was a Longarm. "EVERYBODY DOWN!" Reggie shouted. Rina and her through themselves to the floor as Adam's fist broke through the lock and shattered it.

"Looks like you understand the power I have obtained from God himself," said Adam as he leaned backwards and looked at Reggie and Rina, who were pinned against the ground. "A longer arm not only means a longer reach, but it can also result in more devastating attacks due to the longer build-up we can put behind them."

"Are you like some Fishmen?" asked Reggie as she stood up and looked down at Rina. They were both without their signature weapons, fighting an unarmed specialist. Best case scenario would be if the Marine came back down and saved them, but something told her that was a slim scenario. "You think being a Longarm makes you the better species?"

"All species are the same in God's eye," preached Adam. "God is the essence of perfection. Why would He waste his time creating inferior species? Some people would say there needs to be an inferior species for their to be a superior species. I say perfection only exists in God, no species can be perfect...so, he created us all equal with some strengths and some weaknesses. My race does not make me superior to you. No, I'm superior to you because I walk in God's shadow..."

Reggie looked back at Rina, who was just now standing up. For the time being it was just those two, since Specter was still locked up in his own separate cell. If Reggie could break it open, then maybe it wouldn't matter that all of their weapons were gone. After all, it would be three against one. Even experienced fighters have trouble with two against one, so having a third fighter on their side would just boost their chances. Reggie glanced at Rina and it was painfully obvious the same thought crossed her mind...they needed all the help they could get.

Reggie figured that they probably didn't have the strength to break the lock like Adam, so that left the keys. Luckily, the lazy prison guard had left the keys out on the desk in plain view. If you ignore the large man blocking their view, it would be a simple act to run out, grab the keys, and free Specter. However, the man probably wouldn't let them past. His long arms gave him dominance of the area, even worse was the fact that they were still in the cell. They would have to get out of the cell through the tiny opening of the doorway and then past Adam.

There was no point in waiting for some miracle to happen. Reggie ran off forwards toward Adam. Adam struck by straightening his arm forward, both of his elbows snapped forward making his fist go faster and become even stronger then a normal human's punch. Reggie brought her arms up in front of her body to block the punch, but that didn't help her out at all. Adam's punching strength was far past superhuman. It slammed into her guard and pushed her back into the cell once more.

"He's definitely got some monstrous strength," said Reggie as she let out her breath. She had unconscious took a deep breath when she was hit. It helped to tense up her body and reduce the damage, but it still hurt her arms. They was a sharp stinging in her arms. She paused as she looked up at him. He was standing calmly in the doorway. She tried to decide whether or not this was good for them. It was buying them time, which could save them in the long run, but it was well-known that in most martial arts the defender has the advantage. So, as long as he didn't rush in and simply defended there was no way they would break free.

Reggie's eyes went up to the Den-Den Mushi placed in the corner of the room to keep an eye on the prisoners, it was off. Her eyes blinked for a few seconds as she tried to put it together, her head went back over to the Longarm. "Who are you?" she asked. She didn't know of anything that could take out a Den-Den Mushi without straight out killing the poor thing. Did that mean he had a Marine officer turn it off for him?

"I am God's right hand," replied Adam.


First thing's first, I am not religious in any way, shape, or form, so if I happened to offend anyone due to Adam's rather...eccentric views on religion, I apologize.

I've recently found out I am rather fond of Longarms. I think Oda does not give them the spotlight they deserve. Their extra reach could make them a deadly foe, which I will be demonstrating for the next couple of chapters. Don't worry, you'll see Alexander again real soon.