Hello you guys! :D Sorry for the wait, I had a major writer's block for this one, but here it is! The second chapter of Impel Down Outbreak! I hope you'll enjoy it ^^

Chapter Two: The Get-Together

Luffy walked around the Thousand Sunny, all by himself. It had already been about 9 hours since he discovered that his crewmates, his friends, had been captured and taken to Impel Down, but it still hadn't sunk in. The captain walked into the kitchen and saw Sanji by the stove, preparing dinner as if it was actually happening. The imaginary Sanji turned to Luffy with a pissed expression on his face.

"Oi! If you as much as think of touching that I'll kick your ass!" the fantasy-Sanji yelled angrily before fading like smoke.

Luffy clenched his fists as the fact that his friends weren't there hit him head-on yet again. He then walked out of the kitchen and into the infirmary. There, he saw Chopper sitting at his desk, reading some kind of book on medicinal herbs. The imaginary version of his youngest crewmate turned his desk chair to look at him.

"What happened this time Luffy? Did Nami punch you again? Come here, I'll have a look." the imaginary Chopper spoke. As Luffy took a step towards him however, he faded just like Sanji had.

The captain bit his lip and walked out of the little infirmary and onto the deck. A fantasy-Brook then appeared by the mast. The skeleton let out his signature laugh and picked up his violin and bow, which had been resting next to him.

"What song would you like me to play next Luffy-san?" the fake Brook asked cheerfully, before going up in smoke.

Luffy quickly walked away and went to the aquarium room, where he saw imaginary Robin read a book. She looked up to the captain and smiled kindly while closing her book.

"Is there something you need captain?" the fake archaeologist asked on a friendly tone.

Luffy couldn't help but feel like Robin, though a reflection of his imagination, could help him somehow, she always knew what to do right?

After an inner debate, he decided to give it a try. "Robin, what do I have to do? I mean, I asked a bunch of friends for help to save you guys, but we don't even have a plan to break you all out and some might not be able to come help."

Much to Luffy's surpise, imaginary Robin smiled a comforting smile and stood up. "Since when do you need a plan? You're Straw Hat Luffy, aren't you? You don't need any plans." She answered, surprising the young captain even more, before fading with a giggle.

Luffy couldn't help but smile brightly. Robin was right, he didn't need any plans! What was he thinking?! Plans are dumb!

The Straw Hat then left the room and climbed up in the crow's nest. There, he saw Zoro doing his weight lifting. The mosshead seemed to notice him and put down the weights, making everything shake.

"Oi, what are you doing here you moron? Can't you see I'm training?!" Imaginary Zoro spoke annoyed, not enjoying the fact that his training was being interrupted.

"Hey Zoro, how should I break open the prison's gates to bust you out?" Luffy asked.

Mirage Zoro smirked while cracking his knuckles. "Heheh, just use whatever breaks the most stuff. Also, make sure to leave enough guards for me to cut, I'd like to repay them for their 'hospitality'."

Luffy grinned widely. "Will do!" he exclaimed before Zoro went up in smoke.

The hyperactive captain then went back down to the deck and ran to Franky's weapon development room, where he saw imaginary Franky working on some new invention for the ship. The cyborg looked up to Luffy and grinned.

"Oi Luffy! Check out this new weapon I'm making! Looks SUPERRR cool right?! I'm not going to tell you what it is though, it'll be a surprise!"

Luffy looked at the mysterious object with stars shining in his eyes. It looked so awesome! The Straw Hat grinned and looked up to the shipwright. "It looks awesome Franky!" he exclaimed. After a short while, Luffy spoke up again. "Hey Franky, is there anything here that I can use to bust you guys out?"

The fantasy Franky looked thoughtful for a moment before replying. "Well, there are some really handy things in that closet over there, like explosives, guns and other cool stuff." He said and pointed to said closet.

Luffy grinned widely. He knew he could depend on Franky to have amazing weapons and gadgets to get out of tough situations! "Thanks Franky! I promise I'll save all of you!"

Franky grinned and gave his captain a big, steel thumbs up. "Yeah! I'm sure you'll pull it off in a SUPER spectacular way!" he reacted enthusiastically before fading.

Luffy's grin turned into a smile and the young pirate headed to Usopp's Factory next door after collecting a few random objects from the closet that seemed useful enough. There, he saw an Usopp mirage looking at blueprints he'd made for some kind of new project.

"Hey Usopp!" Luffy greeted him loudly, knowing that the projection of his own mind would react like the others had.

Indeed, Usopp looked up to him. "Yo Luffy! What brings you to the Great Captain Usopp's quarters?" he spoke loudly, proudly puffing his chest and jabbing his thumb at himself.

"I was wondering if you have any cool ideas to break you and the others out of prison!" Luffy responded, his grin making a comeback on his face. "Robin told me to just do it, without any plans, like we usually do."

Mirage-Usopp grinned and gave Luffy the thumbs up. "Good! That'll do just fine! If even Robin says so, then it's bound to work!" he responded before disappearing with a cloud of smoke.

Luffy's grin expanded even more. "Good!" he exclaimed loudly and ran back to the deck. He spotted 'fake Nami' by the tangerines, so the captain walked up to her. "Yo Nami!" he greeted loudly.

The illusionary Nami, who'd been very focused on her favourite fruit, jumped up in surprise when Luffy suddenly spoke up so loudly. She quickly turned to face Luffy. "Luffy! Don't scare me like that!" she yelled angrily.

Luffy laughed. "Heheh, sorry Nami!"

"You better be sorry you idiot!" Nami shouted and punched Luffy in the head, something Luffy actually didn't feel this time, probably because of this Nami just being an illusion. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down. Once she was calm again, she unclenched her fist and looked at Luffy. "So what did you want?"

"I didn't really want anything, I just wanted to tell ya that I will save you guys, for sure!" Luffy spoke with a bright grin on his face yet again.

Nami couldn't help but smile warmly. "I know you will, Luffy." She said softly before fading.

After all of that, Luffy managed to break open the very well locked and booby-trapped fridge and ate most of the food that was in there. After that, he went to bed and he had a good night's sleep despite what was going on. It was all thanks to his friends, or rather, mirages of them.

The next day, none of the people he'd asked to help had arrived yet, but that made sense. Even Luffy knew that they couldn't just get there in one day, or a few days for that matter, and he was right because no one arrived the first five days.

On the sixth day however, Luffy saw a ship approaching the island in the distance. His face lit up and he shot up from the grassy floor of the Sunny when he spotted the ship. When the ship got closer, the pirate captain saw that a flag of Alabasta was waving proudly at the top of the main mast. Vivi had arrived.

Luffy got off the Sunny when the ship was almost there and waved at the other ship with a big grin on his face. "OOOOIIIIII! VIVI!" he yelled enthusiastically.

The ship reached the shore and before the walkway was even placed down, someone jumped off the ship and ran up to Luffy. "Luffy-san!" Vivi called while running to him with a wide smile on her face. She reached him and hugged him tight. "It's so great to see you again Luffy-san, it's been such a long time!" she uttered happily.

Luffy grinned again and returned the hug. "Shishishi! It sure has!" he agreed.

Vivi giggled at Luffy's enthusiasm as she pulled away from the hug. "You haven't changed in the slightest, have you?"

"I guess I didn't!" Luffy responded. "You don't seem to have changed a lot either though, but I'm sure you've gotten really strong!"

Vivi smiled brightly. "Well, I am happy to hear that because I have trained very hard for the past two years." She said.

Someone coughed behind Vivi. "Ma, ma, maaa, that is true."

"Awesome, sheep-guy!" Luffy exclaimed loudly.

A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Igaram's face. "Sheep...guy?"

Vivi and Luffy continued catching up for the next few hours, Igaram often going to their ship to give the crew orders to clean the ship and start preparing a feast, and later on checking if they were doing it properly.

Then, another ship appeared on the horizon, sailing towards the island. It was a larger ship than the Sunny and the ship Vivi and Igaram had come with. When it neared the island, they could see that the people on the ship weren't humans, but fishmen.

Luffy grinned. "It's Jimbei!" he uttered happily.

The large ship reached the island and threw out the anchor. Jimbei and some of the fishmen crew got off the ship and walked up to Luffy, Vivi and Igaram.

Jimbei smiled. "It is great to see you again, Luffy-kun." He spoke up in his gruff voice.

"It's great to see ya too Jimbei! Thanks a ton for coming to help out!" Luffy responded, a wide smile decorating his face again.

"It is no problem at all, I owe you and your crew a lot, it is only natural for me to come to your aid." Jimbei explained. "Besides, you are my friends as well."

"Of course we're all friends!" Luffy agreed enthusiastically. This very Luffy-like reaction made Jimbei, Vivi and Igaram smile. They knew all too well that Luffy views many people as his friends, it was simply the Straw Hat captain's way of thinking. He was able to make every kind of person want to support him.

"Oh, Jimbei! This is Vivi, she was in our crew for a while!" Luffy uttered loudly, motioning towards the blue-haired princess.

Jimbei averted his gaze to his friend's former crewmate and nodded in greeting. "Ah, Vivi Nefertari, princess of Alabasta, correct?" he spoke politely, to which Vivi nodded. "It is a pleasure to meet you, I am Jimbei, the current captain of the Sun Pirates."

Vivi smiled kindly. "It is great to meet you as well, Jimbei-san, and it seems you are a good friend of Luffy as well."

Shortly after this introduction, yet another ship could be seen in the distance. As it came closer to the shore, you could make out that it was a very large ship with many flashy, colourful decorations. Obviously, it was a ship that belonged to Emporio Ivankov. At the front of the ship stood many Okama, enthusiastically waving at them in their odd outfits.

"Oh dear..." Jimbei mumbled, while Luffy waved back at the Okama with equal enthusiasm. Vivi giggled, her hand in front of her mouth. "They seem like very interesting people."

The ship reached the shore and a surprisingly bulky Okama threw out the anchor while some others laid out the plank. Instead of using said plank, Ivankov opted for a more flashy entrance by jumping off the ship, spinning around in midair. "Yeeeeehawww!" the 'Queen' exclaimed while landing, quickly accompanied by loud cheers from the other Okama.

Luffy grinned. "Shishishishi! Hi Iva!" he uttered shortly after the revolutionary landed in front of Jimbei, Vivi and him, since Igaram was still on their ship, giving out orders to the crew.

"Hello there Straw Hat Boy and friends! It is beautiful to see each other again after such a long time apart!" Ivankov uttered almost dramatically. Then, he spotted someone he didn't know yet and leaned closer to Vivi, his face coming a bit too close for Vivi's comfort. "Ah, and who might this unknown young, pretty face be?" Ivankov asked.

Vivi took a small step back so Ivankov wasn't completely in her face and smiled kindly. "I am Vivi Nefertari, I am Luffy-san's former crewmate and the princess of Alabasta." She replied.

"Ah, I see, it is fabulous meeting you today Vivi, I am Emporio Ivankov, revolutionary and Queen of the Kamabakka Kingdom and the Okama." He said with an 'elegant' bow.

"It is nice to meet you as well, Ivankov-san." The princess of Alabasta answered.

"You're a real cutie, sweetheart." Ivankov suddenly commented.

"Eh...thank you?" Vivi reacted, slightly confused by the random remark.

"You are very welcome indeed!"

Now, everyone had arrived, and the feast was finished shortly after Ivankov's arrival. The three crews that Ivankov, Jimbei and Vivi had brought with them set everything up and soon enough, everyone was eating to their heart's content. Many laughed and sung together, and Luffy had a lot of fun with his friends, despite what happened to his crew. He was still a bit worried, and yes, even the oblivious Straw Hat could worry sometimes, but he felt much better and even more determined to save his crew. The feast reminded him of the many feasts he'd had with his crewmates in the past, and he already looked forward to the grand feast they would definitely have after everyone had been broken out of Impel Down.

The feast went on all night long, and most just slept outside, on the ground, on the table, on their chairs or even on other people, using them as a pillow.

The next morning, Luffy woke up on one of the tables and jumped upright with a grin. "ALRIGHT YOU GUYS, WAKE UP AND LET'S GO!" he yelled out as loudly as possible, making everyone wake up with a start.

"Don't yell this early in the morning!" one of Jimbei's crewmates complained annoyed, but was completely ignored by Luffy, which made you wonder if he'd even heard it in the first place.

Despite the sudden awakening, everyone got to work with readying the ships for departure with determination. Luffy, Jimbei, Ivankov and Vivi decided to go to the prison on the Sunny with a few crewmembers of every crew while the rest went on their own crew's ship.

Once everything was ready and everybody was on board their respective ships, Jimbei placed a hand on Luffy's shoulder. "We will let you have the honour, Luffy-kun."

Luffy grinned at the fishman captain before taking a deep breath. "EVERYONE, SET SAIL!" he shouted, which was met with a loud agreement from everyone else. The anchor's were pulled up and the sails were raised. The four ships started moving towards their shared destination: Impel Down

In a dark, chilly prison cell in the depths of Impel Down, Zoro was still shackled to the wall. Not that that would ever change...

He was given food only once a day, and it was just a small, stale loaf of bread, an old potato and what was probably the tiniest edible piece of meat on earth, barely the size of his pinky finger. Since he was shackled up against the wall of his cell, he had to be fed, which was very humiliating. The prison guards didn't get close to him though, they fed him through the iron bars with a sort of claw. Whenever he was fed, Zoro shot the guard a murderous glare. It didn't work as well as it had on the jailors on the higher floors though, the guys down here were used to much more than them, after all, they guarded the most dangerous prisoners.

One day, and the swordsman had absolutely no idea what day it was, let alone what time it was, a voice he'd hoped he would never have to hear again spoke up a few cells away from him. "Shahahaha! So, it seems you have gotten yourself caught, huh, Pirate Hunter Zoro?" the gruff voice mocked him.

Zoro let out an annoyed grumble. "I'd hoped you were dead, Arlong." He responded. Why did this annoying bastard have to be here?

"Ha! Me? Dead? Don't make me laugh! I'm not some weakling who can't handle a building coming down on him!" the fishman answered.

"Why are you even down here, your bounty isn't that high."

"Oh, what an honour! The great Pirate Hunter Zoro even remembers my bounty!" Arlong mocked. "If you are so curious about my whereabouts, I'll have you know I may have tried to escape a few times, and that I may have killed some of my fellow prisoners because I was bored."

"Good for you, fishstick." Zoro reacted bluntly.

"Oh, how scary, I am just about ready to piss myself now!" Arlong yelled back.

Zoro groaned. This was going to be even worse than he'd first anticipated...

That is everything for this chapter! Again, sorry for the wait, but I will try my very best to write more :)

Until next time!

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