***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece, Oda does, I do own the characters I made up in this story (ex: Ivy, Cecily (Shadow), and any other made up characters throughout this story that I might create). Also, please do not copy this story and claim it as your own***

Chapter:

"You might as well kill me." Iceberg stated, narrowing his eyes at all of the masked-people that entered his room, and sitting on the ground, "I'm not gonna tell you anything."

"Oh we will kill you." the 1st-guy chuckled-darkly, removing his mask, and standing beside another masked-guy, "After you hand over the blueprints to Pluton."

"We wished we could've resolved this without anyone getting hurt." the guy with the whip sighed, taking off her mask, shaking out her blonde-hair, and standing beside another masked guy

"It's your own fault really." the 2nd-guy accused, taking off his mask, and standing beside the 1st-guy.

"You're just as stubborn as that old geezer, Tom." the 3rd-guy observed, taking off his mask, and standing next to Robin.

LUCCI? KAKU? KALIFA? BLUENO?! Iceberg thought, widening his eyes in shock, and a look of betrayal-shined in his eyes, "ALL THIS TIME…"

"Yes. All of us are part of CP9." Kaku explained, dropping his skeleton mask onto the floor, and slipping off his costume, "As the elite Navy Unit, it was quite easy for us to fool you all these years."

"Hand over the blueprints before anybody else gets hurt." Kalifa advised, pushing up her glasses, dropping her mask onto the floor, and slipping off her costume, "It's in your best interest."

"Did you find the girl, Benny?" Lucci grilled, sensing Benny landing next to him, averting his eyes to the side, and narrowing his eyes at Benny.

"No." Benny replied, landing beside Lucci, standing up, and holding his breath in terror, "Shall I continue searching or prepare our departure with Nero?"

"Disappointing. There will be no need to continue searching. She'll come to us." Lucci smirked-darkly, slipping his hands into the pockets of his black-pants, and darting his eyes back to Iceberg, "Make sure everything is in order. We'll be leaving shortly."

"Of course." Benny nodded, sighing in relief, and suddenly-vanishing.

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To Usopp

The wind is picking up. I better finish this before it gets worse. Usopp thought, hammering nails onto the ship, glancing up at the sky, and continuing to fix the Mary, This should do it.

"You're wasting your time, Pal." Franky's voice called, standing on the deck of the ship, lifting up his sunglasses, and giving the Mary a once-over, "I can tell without inspecting her that this ship has suffered massive damaged. If I had to guess, the Keel is split in half. Once that goes, nothing can be done to fix a ship, much as you want to."

"WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?!" Usopp spat, turning around, spotting Franky, and glaring-daggers at him.

"Look, there's a storm coming. How about we bring her somewhere safe and then you can check to see if I'm lying?" Franky suggested, holding up his hands, bringing his sunglasses back over his eyes, and staring at Usopp.

"…" Usopp relented, narrowing his eyes at Franky, his shoulders sagging in defeat after a few minutes, lowering his hammer, and watching Franky as he steered the ship, "Fine. But you better not try anything or my 10 million followers will attack you."

"Whatever you say Bro." Franky intoned, rolling his eyes, a sweatdrop appeared on his head, stepping towards the steering-wheel, and sailing the ship.

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To Luffy and Paulie

"What a bunch of morons." Luffy laughed, using his rubbery-ability to squeeze out of the restraints, standing up, and pumping his arm into the air, "These things won't stop me. I'm made of Rubber."

"That's great." Paulie deadpanned, barring his teeth, and a tick-mark appeared on his head, "NOW HURRY UP AND GET ME OUT OF THESE DAMN THINGS!"

"Ok. Ok. Jeez." Luffy grumbled, setting Paulie free, hauling Paulie over his shoulders, and racing out of the room, "Which way to Ice-Pops."

"IT'S ICEBERG, YOU PUNK!" Paulie chided, baring his teeth, the tick-mark growing bigger, and giving him directions, "TAKE A LEFT, MORON!"

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To Iceberg's Room

"Since our unit shouldn't even exist," Lucci elaborated, putting on his top-hat, and staring at Iceberg, "We've been given a certain order by the World Government. Those who get in our way are to be eliminated."

"We weren't only after the blueprints to Pluton." Kalifa continued, handing Lucci his hat, and standing beside Blueno, "There's also another reason why we were stationed here. 50-years ago a certain Dragon Clan was wiped off the face of the Earth. Until recently it was assumed every inhabitant perished in that incident. We came across a certain pirate's bounty poster."

"It would appear that pirate was the sole survivor of that clan. You've met her earlier." Kaku added, standing beside Lucci, and bowing his head so it casts shadows across his face, "She's the red-haired girl traveling with Straw Hat."

"Besides acquiring those blueprints, we were also tasked to retrieve her." Blueno finished, standing beside Kalifa, and crossing his arms against his chest.

She's from the Danico clan? Iceberg thought, widening his eyes in surprise, narrowing his eyes at them, and beads of sweat fell onto his forehead, "THE WORLD GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER CONDONE KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE!"

WHAT WOULD THEY WANT WITH IVY?! Robin thought, her eyes growing big, narrowing her eyes, and sweat-beads appeared on her face.

"Their opinions have changed." Lucci mentioned, lifting the corner of his lip up into a cruel-half-smirk, and jerking his head towards Iceberg, "Kaku if you please."

"Did you know if you're trained, you can tell if someone is lying by their pulse?" Kaku informed, smirking-darkly, stalking over to Iceberg, grabbing his wrist, and placing his fingers against Iceberg's pulse,

"We figured you'd try to pass these off as the real blueprints to the Pluton." Lucci droned, tossing the blueprints onto the floor, and crossing his arms against his chest, "Admittedly, it took us quite a while to scrounge through tons of information, but we finally made a breakthrough in our investigation. Obviously you couldn't entrust those blueprints to anyone. It had to be someone you could trust and has the skills to understand those blueprints."

"For a while we were stumped as to who the 2nd disciple of Tom was. There was no mention anywhere of Cutty Flam." Kalifa recalled, adjusting her glasses, and narrowing her eyes at Iceberg, "That was until Franky came to see you 4-years ago at Galley-La company. It made us curious. Nobody saw the 2 of you together except for that time. Which made us dig deeper. Care to guess what we figured out?"

"We pieced together that Franky is Cutty Flam." Blueno concluded, smirking-triumphantly, and dark-shadows crossed his face, "He changed his name to Franky at your request, Iceberg."

DAMMIT! Iceberg thought-cursed, widening his eyes in terror, and grinding his teeth.

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To Nami, Chopper, Zoro, Shadow, and Ivy

"YOU'RE HEADING THE WRONG WAY, DUMBASS!" I chided, barring my teeth, running beside Nami, noticing Zoro running in a completely-different direction from us, yanking the back of his shirt, and letting go once he started following us, "IT'S THIS WAY!"

"YOU'RE CHOKING ME, DAMMIT!" Zoro bickered, barring his teeth, and a tick-mark appeared on his head, "ARE YOU EVEN SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY?!"

"DON'T EVEN GO THERE!" Chopper warned, barring his teeth, running beside Shadow, and a tick-mark appeared on his head.

Sometimes I wonder if he does this on purpose. Shadow thought, running next to Chopper, and a large-sweatdrop appeared on her head.

"THERE'S THE DOOR!" Nami declared, pointing a finger towards the pile of unconscious bodies lying around it, and barking at Zoro, "BREAK THE DOOR DOWN ALREADY, ZORO!"

"DON'T GO ORDERING ME AROUND!" Zoro bantered, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, and busting the door open with his shoulder, That's gonna hurt tomorrow.

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To Luffy and Paulie

"I SAID TAKE A LEFT, NOT RIGHT, YOU IDIOT!" Paulie hissed, barring his teeth, a gigantic-tick-mark etched onto his head, and pointing to a door right in front of them, "THERE'S THE DOOR RIGHT IN FORNT OF YOU!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Luffy frowned, crashing into a room, skidding to a halt, breaking through a wall, and charging into Iceberg's room, "GIVE ROBIN BACK YOU ASSHOLES!"

"Your plan was clever, just not quite clever enough." Kaku commented, hearing loud noises coming into the room, and turning to face us as we crashed into the room, "All that's left for us to do is find F…huh?"

NO STAY AWAY! Robin thought, turning her head towards us, widening her eyes, and her face going pale, YOU CAN'T WIN AGAINST THESE GUYS!

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Paulie exclaimed, being set down by Luffy, his eyes roaming over Lucci, Kalifa, and Kaku, and narrowing his eyes at them, "THIS LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE AFTER ICEBERG, BUT THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT!"

"We've been deceiving you all along. We're Government Operatives working secretly to gain access to those blueprints. I understand if you don't believe it. We've worked together all these years afterall." Lucci drawled, turning his body around to face Paulie, and smirking-evilly, "Perhaps if I stepped on Iceberg's face, would that make things clear?"

"AFTER EVERYTHING ICEBERG DID FOR YOU, THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY HIM?!" Paulie seethed, taking out his ropes, and swinging it at Lucci, "I'LL KILL YOU! 5-HIT KNIVES!"

"DON'T DO IT, PAULIE!" Iceberg shouted, his face going pale, and widening his eyes in horror.

"You don't get. We're far superior than you, Paulie." Lucci sneered, dodging Paulie's ropes, piercing Paulie with his finger, and grabbing Paulie by the throat, "FINGER PISTOL!"

"SCREW…YOU…ASSHOLE…!" Paulie coughed, falling onto his knees, spitting out blood, and scratching Lucci's hands.

"You'll never win against any of us." Lucci claimed, removing his finger out of Paulie's chest, lifting Paulie up by the throat, and slamming him into the ground, "We've mastered the art of the 6-Powers. It turns our whole bodies into weapons."

"Was…all…of…it…a…lie?" Paulie cried, choking back tears, his face smashing into the ground, gazing back up at Lucci, and wheezing.

"Yes. It was our mission to befriend you all." Lucci monotoned, crushing Paulie's face deeper into the ground with his foot, lifting a finger into the air, and attacking Paulie, "Now that you found out our secret, we can't allow you to live."

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Luffy raged, charging at Lucci, grabbing Paulie out of the wall, and glaring at Lucci, "GUM-GUM: GATTLING! MY ATTACK, IT DIDN'T WORK?! GAHHH!"

"How annoying." Lucci drawled, glancing at the massive-hole his attack caused, narrowing his eyes at Luffy, using moon-walk to appear behind Luffy, and piercing Luffy in the neck, "FINGER-PISTOL!"

If Luffy didn't have his Devil Fruit Powers, he'd be dead right now. Chopper thought, widening his eyes in horror, and scowling at Lucci, Just who is that guy?

"A futile effort." Lucci drawled, turning towards Luffy, and narrowing his eyes, "He's still going to die."

"Nu-Uh." Luffy objected, sticking his tongue out at Lucci, gently-setting Paulie down, and gaining a serious-expression on his face, "I made him a promise. I intend to keep it. Besides, you took one of my friends. I came to get her back."

"It would seem the two of you failed to pass along my message to the others." Robin frowned, frowning-heavily at us, and pursing her lips together as she glanced at Shadow and Chopper.

"WE HEARD IT, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Nami addressed, furrowing her eyebrows together in confusion, and staring at Robin, "After 20-years evading the World Government, why would you work with them now? It doesn't make sense."

"It doesn't have to. This is the way it has to be." Robin clipped, frowning-deeper, and casting her head downwards.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, ROBIN!" I pleaded, narrowing my eyes somberly, and gazing at Robin with pleading-eyes, "WE CAN PROTECT YOU!"

"Nobody can save me from the darkness inside of me." Robin spoke-softly, biting her lip, and shifting her body away from us.

"I'm gonna have to break-up this little reunion. We have far more important matters to deal with than the likes of you." Lucci broke-in, cracking his knuckles, and giving orders to the others, "The rest of you escort Robin outside. We can't risk damaging her. I'll catch up once I'm finished here."

"Make it fast." Kalifa advised, scrunching her eyebrows together in concern, pinning Robin's arms behind her back, and beginning to advance towards the exit, "You have 2 minutes before this building blows up."

"Noted." Lucci nodded, shifting his eyes towards her before bringing his eyes back to us, and cracking his neck, "Fire is the fastest way of getting rid of evidence. Everybody will assume you pirates set the fire and got trapped by your own wrongdoing. None will be the wiser."

"SCREW THAT! WE DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY JUST TO DIE AT THE HANDS OF SOME GOVERNMENT DICKBAGS!" Zoro objected, charging at them, and unsheathing his swords, "HURRY UP AND GET ROBIN!"

"You ok with letting Robin go?" Shadow inquired, glancing over at Luffy, and raising an eyebrow up at him.

"HELL NO!" Luffy denied, pumping his fists into the air, and shouting at the top of his voice, "We'll stall these guys as long as we can. You, Ivy, Nami, and Chopper go after Robin."

"You got it, Captain." we smirked, nodding our heads in sync, and charging into the fray.

"I'm afraid we can't let you do that." Kaku denied, jumping into the air, taking out sharp-chisels, landing in front of us, and charging at us, "TEMPEST KICK!"

"LEAVE THIS GUY TO ME!" Zoro directed, appearing in front of us, clashing his sword against Kaku's, and darting his eyes towards us, "GO AFTER ROBIN!"

"We've been looking for you, Ivy Miller." Kalifa smirked-darkly, appearing in front of me, lifting up her leg, and sending a gust of air towards me, "TEMPEST KICK!"

"IVY WATCH OUT!" Shadow exclaimed, shoving me out of the way, standing up, static-shocks sparked off her, and smirking-darkly at Kalifa, "YOU WANT HER, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME FIRST!"

"And me." Nami smirked, landing beside Shadow, bring out her Clima-Tact, and glaring-daggers at Kalifa, "I won't let you take the only other girls on our ship away. You don't mess with a girl's sacred girl-time. Leave this bitch to us, Ivy. Go get Robin back."

"I'll get Robin back. Let's go Chopper." I assured, getting up, nodding my head at them, turning to Chopper, beginning to run, falling to the ground, getting pierced in my ankle, and clutching my leg to my chest, "ROBIN…GYAAA!"

"Afraid not." Blueno called, using his Devil-Fruit power, striking my ankle as I ran passed, and climbing out of the floor, "Both you and Nico Robin are coming with us."

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!" Chopper fumed, transforming into his walk-point, charging at Blueno, sending him skidding across the floor, and standing in front of me protectively, "YOU'RE NOT TAKING THEM ANYWHERE! LEAVE HIM TO ME, IVY!"

"Be careful." I admonished, bunching my eyebrows together in concern, nodding my head, and sprinting after Robin, "ROBIN!"

"Didn't you hear me? I said I'm not part of the crew anymore." Robin huffed, pausing in her tracks, spinning around to face me, and scowling heavily, "Now leave."

"I know why you're doing this Robin." I confessed, breathing-heavily, stopping in front of her, and frowning-sadly, "Do you honestly believe they're going to hold their end of the deal?"

"I have to try." Robin reasoned, a pained-expression flashed onto her face, and bending her head, "I can't risk putting everyone in danger because of me."

"We don't want you sacrificing yourself for us." I countered, look at Robin with pleading-eyes, falling to the ground when someone knocked me out, and falling unconscious, "AHHH!"

"There you are." Benny cackled, appearing behind me, jabbing the back of my neck with the side of his hand, moving his face close to my ear, speaking-softly, bending back up, and stalking towards Robin, "Unfortunately, I don't have time to deal with you at the moment. It's too bad cause a certain highly-regarded individual is willing to pay a pretty penny to get their hands on you. Ah well, Lucci did say you'd come to us eventually. I'm sure as long as we have your precious crewmate, it doesn't matter when I catch you. I guess it's nighty-nighty for now."

"Considering you pretended to be shipwrights," Zoro grunted, clashing blades with Kaku, and glaring at him, "Is what you said about the Mary even true?"

"I wasn't lying." Kaku assured, pressing his sword further against Zoro's, and jumping backwards to avoid an attack, "Before the start of every mission, we do research to make sure there are no flaws in the parts we play. I may not be a real shipwright, but my assessment of your ship was not wrong."

"That sucks." Zoro uttered, hearing Nami and Shadow scream, darting his eyes towards them, and losing focus for a split second, "GAAA!"

"Never take your concentration off of your fight." Kaku scolded, leaping forward, jamming his finger into Zoro's stomach, and piercing him, "FINGER PISTOL!"

"I…knew…they…were…strong…but...not...this...strong..." Nami wheezed, holding her bloody-shoulder, and being sent crashing into the ground beside Shadow, "We...can't...beat...them…"

"She...threw...us...like...rag-dolls..." Shadow agreed, opening an eye, and struggling to stand up.

These...guys...aren't...normal… Chopper thought, coughing up blood, and crashing into a wall, How…can…that…guy…move…around…like…that…when…he's…so…big?

"Now do you understand the difference between our strengths?" Lucci grilled, grabbing Luffy's face, and tossing him into the wall, "You have no hope in defeating us."

"Lucci." Kalifa warned, dusting herself off, punting Shadow against the wall, and leaving, "The device is about to go off."

"Go. I'll be out there shortly." Lucci instructed, smirking-devilishly, and transforming, "Our time is cut short. I'm gonna have to wrap this up quickly."

Besides having monstrous-strength, he has a Devil Fruit power? Zoro thought, lifting his head up off the ground, and widening his eyes, Just how strong are these Assholes?

"I ate the Cat-Cat Devil Fruit Model Leopard." Lucci explained, turning into a leopard, and leering at us, "The thing about Zoan-types, the more you train the stronger you get."

"This is bad." Shadow made-known, coughing, lifting herself up onto her elbows, and widening her eyes in dread, "His Devil-Fruit is a carnivore. It makes him that much more deadlier."

"WHO CARES!" Luffy seethed, getting up, brushing the debris off himself, and glaring-harshly at Lucci, "I'M STILL GONNA KICK HIS ASS!"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Iceberg shouted, being lifted up by Paulie, and frowning down at Paulie, "YOU CAN'T CARRY ME WITH YOUR INJURIES!"

"I'm getting you out of here, Iceberg." Paulie informed, lifting Iceberg over his shoulder, dashing towards the door, and halting when Lucci appeared in front of him, "I've had worse."

"I can't let you do that." Lucci rejected, spotting Paulie trying to get away, lifting his leg up, sending a gust of air towards the ceiling, blocking their path with debris, using Moon-walk to go over to them, lifting his finger into the air, and striking Paulie, "TEMPEST KICK! I'm getting tired of you getting in my way, Paulie. FINGER PISTOL!"

"LEAVE HIM ALONE, YOU DAMN PIDEGON GUY!" Luffy fumed, charging towards them, shoving Paulie out of the way, and getting pierced, "GAHHH!"

"You've become quite the annoying pest." Lucci commented, removing his finger from Luffy's body, licking the blood, grabbing Luffy's face, and flinging Luffy out of the window, "HAVE A NICE FLIGHT!"

"LUFFY!" Zoro hollered, charging at Lucci, glaring-daggers at him, and being kicked out the window by Lucci, "DAMN YOU! AHHH!"

"Then there were 3." Lucci smirked-darkly, turning around to face Shadow, Chopper, and Nami, and bowing his head so shadows were casted across his face.

TO BE CONTINUED…