Luffy finds himself in an interesting predicament and meets a new friend.
Minor changes to Themyiscra in the form of new warriors. Character's taken from the Wonder Woman 2009 movie*
"What are we to do with him?" Artemis increasingly pushed as the others stood waiting for her majesty's answer.
"Patience, sister. I am sure our Queen will alert us should the prisoner awaken. You really must learn to relax." Her sister Alexa offered hoping to calm Artemis's aching nerves. She had tagged along once she heard about a mysterious man showing up on their shores, seemingly out of nowhere. It reminded her of a story she read when she was younger so her curiosity got the better of her and she had to see just who this man was.
The Amazon's eventually were able to subdue the sleeping man with rope after the initial wave of strange energy he released had passed. It had rendered over two hundred of their mighty warriors unconscious which made him extremely dangerous to them. Which is why it annoyed Artemis to no end that the Queen decided to keep an eye on the prisoner herself. Sure, she had guards like herself standing outside her door, but that didn't make things automatically better.
Artemis rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Yeah, like I'm going to let my guard down against not just a man, but one who was able to knock out over two hundred of our people in an instant." She inched closer to her sister with hatred in her eyes, "He is dangerous and I must be ready at any given moment to protect the Queen and our people!"
Alexa simply sighed in response, "Diana learned that not all men were bad when she left the island and we exiled her in response. I believe a chance should be given before judgment on one's nature is given."
"I take it you read that in one of those boring philosophical books of yours?" Artemis scoffed.
"...no" Alexa flushed with embarrassment knowing her sister had guessed correctly.
Her sister rolled her eyes knowing she was right. "Maybe if you spent more time training to be a warrior instead of a bookworm, you would be a true Amazon by now. You can't even fight let alone defend yourself so why on Gaia would you stick up for a stranger who could kill you at any given moment?"
Alexa was silent at that. She was no warrior nor had any skill with the sword to defend her home, however she was one of the brightest minds in Themyscira and someday would prove it to everyone else including her sister. One thing she was certain of was that everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves in whatever capacity suits them and a man being on this island made no difference.
Before their growing argument could go any further, Hippolyta called to the Amazon's stationed in the castle that the man was beginning to stir and they soon hurried into her chambers. He was tied up to a chair with the second strongest rope they had, the Lasso of Truth being the first, and stayed on guard in case he sent another wave of energy towards them.
"He isn't fully awake yet." Hippolyta informed. "I've done everything in my power to wake him, but nothing has worked.
Artemis stepped towards him with bad intentions, "I can make him wake up." She cracked her knuckles ready to give him a sickening punch that was sure to break something before Alexa stepped in front of her.
"Wait!" She leaned towards the man who continued to sleep. "He's saying something…" Alexa said as her and the other Amazons inched closer to hear what exactly he was mumbling.
The answer they got was one they were not expecting.
"Meat…meat…meat…meat…"
They all went wide eyed at what they were hearing. Was this man really dreaming about eating?
Alexa found it humorous while her sister…she found it downright infuriating. Hippolyta was still on guard, but could see he still had that same peaceful smile plastered on while he dreamt about eating. She could sense no malice behind it either.
"Why's he still smiling?" Artemis spat.
Ignoring her sister once again, Alexa got an idea that would either be extremely clever or one that would make her look like a fool. She hoped it would be the former, "Queen Hippolyta, you said that this man would not wake regardless of what you did correct?" Seeing her nod, Alexa continued on, "If this man is dreaming about meat, then why don't we indulge him in his desire and bring him some?"
She could see the looks her peers were giving her and she doubled down on it, "Well does anyone else have any better ideas?"
"Oh, I've got a few that I can think of…" Artemis moved towards the man with her fist cocked back, ready to send it into his face. Before she could make contact, Hippolyta stopped her in one swift motion.
She took a moment to ponder something before releasing her first from her grasp and giggled, "Bring the man something to eat."
"My Queen, you cannot be serious-"
"Artemis I understand where you are coming from, but let's give your sister's plan a chance. What harm could it do?" Hippolyta ordered her guards to the kitchen to bring something back for him to eat and it did not take long for them to return with a massive chicken drumstick that the chefs had recently cooked.
She held it out in front of him, watching and waiting for something to happen. Suffice to say it didn't take long for his eyes to snap open after he got a whiff of whatever it was he had smelled.
"Meat!" In one swift motion, the man had come alive and gobbled the entire chicken drum up without using anything but his head. Bone and all, the plate was now empty and he still had that grin on his face as he hummed to himself in satisfaction.
"Man, that was good! Thanks for the food!"
Swords were drawn the instant he came alive and started yelling which caused him to assess the situation at hand. He looked around the room in confusion before looking down at himself tied up in ropes and frowned, "Why am I tied up?"
"And who are all of you?"
Hippoytla stepped forward, "I believe we will be asking the questions here. State your name and purpose for stepping foot on sacred land."
"I am Monkey D. Luffy and the man who will become King of the Pirates!" He answered proudly and without an inch of hesitation.
Murmurs immediately broke out at the mention of pirates.
"He's a pirate?" Luffy heard one of the strange women say in disbelief.
"I knew he looked dangerous." He heard one say. "Keep him away from Queen Hippolyta."
"We should execute him and be done with it." Another spat.
"Execute me? But I didn't even do anything!" Luffy tried to argue back. "I don't even know how I got here-" He was met with a swift punch to the face from Artemis making his head jerk back like a bobble head.
"What the-" Artemis could feel something wasn't right from the way her punch felt. It was as if it had bounced off of him completely.
Hippolyta pulled the girl away from Luffy as he was now glaring straight at her, "Hey! What was that for? You people are the ones who kidnapped me!"
"Kidnapped? You infiltrated our island to ambush us and now you want to feign innocence! Unbelievable! Just how low can men stoop?" Artemis was now extremely angry at this disgusting excuse for a human being. He wasn't just a pirate, he was also a liar it seemed.
Luffy opened his mouth to retort, but began to wrack his head recalling the events before he woke up in this strange place surrounded by all these women. "I was on the Sunny and jumped into that strange portal. It was nothing but bright light and a falling sensation for what seemed like hours just like with Kuma. And then…and then…"
Realization dawned on him and he smiled, "My bad, I guess you guys didn't kidnap me."
"So you admit to trying to attack us?" Artemis asked.
"Shishishi! Nah, this place is just where I ended up. I'm just glad I didn't end up in the sea!" Luffy recalled all his encounters with the sea being very unpleasant to say the least and was thankful that whoever brought him here brought him somewhere dry.
"Are you ready to answer our questions then?" Hippolyta asked, trying to keep some semblance of peace.
Luffy took a minute to think about it before answering, "Nope."
"Nope?" Hippolyta repeated. "Why won't you comply?"
"Because my business being here was an accident and doesn't concern you, Hippo! I'm a pirate and we do as we please."
The moment Luffy finished that sentence, he could feel the amount of people in that room who wanted to kill him skyrated leaving only Alexa and the one he'd just unintentionally insulted, Hippolyta herself neutral.
"Who are you calling a Hippo!?" Artemis was now being held back by numerous other Amazons as Luffy looked confused once again.
"Why'd everyone get so mad! That's her name isn't it?"
It took the woman a moment to realize that this man, one who she'd just met, had given her a nickname and still she could not sense any hint of evil or hidden intentions behind it.
She did find that humourous to a degree, "You truly are a strange man." Hippolyta stated while lowering her guard a bit more than usual.
Alexa had a few questions for this man hoping that he'd indulge her, "You're a pirate and want to be their king, why? Are you chasing glory or money?"
Luffy shook his head no.
"How about women and other pleasures?"
He shook his head no once again.
"So what exactly does it mean to be the king of pirates?"
To their surprise, the man lit up with excitement as if a child talking about his favorite toy, "You don't get it. It isn't about any of that boring stuff." Another bright smile popped onto his face, "Becoming the Pirate King means you're the freest person on the seas!"
"Once I find the One PIece, I'll be one step closer to my dream and the only way that'll be possible is if I become King of the Pirates."
The warriors looked at him with confusion written on their faces. They needed him to elaborate, "What is this 'One Piece' you speak of?" Hippolyta asked him.
"You guys don't know?" Luffy asked back. Seeing them shake their heads caused Luffy to evaluate his situation. How did these people not know about the One Piece?
Before he could answer Hippolyta's question, Artemis barged back into the conversion, "Does being the freest pirate in the world mean you get to command an army of which you can pillage and destroy to your heart's content?
"Are you stupid?" Luffy looked directly at the angry Amazon with a neutral expression on his face, "I just said the Pirate King is about being free to do whatever you want. Like if someone is hurting your friends, you can just go kick their ass. Oh and you can steal all the meat you want too!"
"All that other stuff like commanding armies and destroying stuff that isn't hurting anyone you care about is lame."
"I didn't know a pirate could actually care about other people." Alexa said, clearly interested in Luffy's explanations. She could see that childlike expression light up again.
"Well duh, why wouldn't we have friends?"
"So what are you to your…friends?"
"Oh, I'm the captain!" And my crew are like my family." Speaking of which…
"You wouldn't have happened to see any of them before you found me?"
"What do they look like?" Alexa pushed wanting to know more.
Luffy smiled thinking about how unique each of them really were, " Zoro carries around three swords, has green hair and is always super grumpy. Zoro's the toughest guy I know besides Shanks. Sanji's the cook on my ship has yellow hair and smokes a lot. He's also weak to women so he'd be easily captured in a place like this. Nami is our navigator, has orange hair and carries around a staff with her. She's very scary when she's mad." Luffy gulped nervously remembering all the beatings he'd received from her whenever he'd mess with the steering wheel on the Sunny. "If you see her, do not make her mad!"
"Usopp has a really long nose and is the sniper of my crew. Chopper is the doctor of my ship and one of the smartest people I know. Robin is the archeologist of my crew and underneath her scary looks, she's one of the nicest people I've ever met. Franky is a super strong cyborg and the shipwright of my crew. When he pokes his hair, it transforms into different styles. It's the coolest!"
"Brook is the musician of our crew and he's a skeleton. He plays the best music and his skull jokes are super funny."
Hippolyta felt the need to clarify what she'd just heard, "Let me make sure I heard you right, you said this…'Brook' individual is a skeleton? Like the undead?" Her mind wandered to Hades and how he commanded the dead to his advantage.
Luffy smiled in agreement, "That's right!" He kept going, "And Jinbe is the helmsman of my crew and he's a fishman. It took a while to get him to join, but everything's good now and he's super strong to boot! When I was at my lowest, Jinbe was the one who helped me pick up the pieces and I will forever be grateful to him for that."
The room went quiet as Luffy continued to ramble on about his friends and it became clear to the people in the room that he was not referring to them like most pirates would. He was talking about them like equals. Like they were really people he cared about and looked up too.
"There was even that time when Zoro and Sanji-"
"For someone who said they wouldn't answer any of our questions, you sure seem to be cooperating." Alexa cut him off as Luffy realized that he'd just spouted off about his crew for quite a few minutes.
Damn, how did she trick him into answering their questions? Nami would be pissed at him if she found out he'd just given these strange people their names, a description of what they look like and a bunch of other details.
He could try to save it though. Luffy pursed his lips to the side while no longer meeting anyone's eyes and they could see beads of nervous sweat on his face, "I-I lied about all that stuff just now. None of those people are a part of my crew. Honest…"
Hippolyta, Alexa, Artemis and everyone else could only watch this poor attempt at backtracking and feel pity. Were all men this bad at lying?
Luffy quickly saw that none of them were buying his act so he dropped it and groaned, "Nami is gonna kill me."
"That should be the least of your worries. Once we finish checking your ship for any of your stowaway crewmembers, we'll punish each and every last one of you trespassers accordingly." Artemis was adamant on following the traditions of their sacred land and would hold them accountable for their actions. "We won't let even a single one of you escape."
Almost like a lightbulb went off in his head, Luffy's jaw dropped and he kicked himself for forgetting about another important crew member.
"The Sunny! She's here!" Excitement and a rush of relief came over Luffy as he sighed with another smile knowing he now had a ride off this island. Now he had just had to plan his escape…
As he looked around the room, he used his Observation Haki to gauge just how many warriors he'd have to avoid, he noticed something odd. Even odder than being surrounded by another island of women. Out of all the Amazons surrounding him, only one was giving off an off putting aura, almost as if she could barely breathe. She was standing beside the one called Hippo and her warriors but Luffy could sense that she felt cluttered and boxed in. Her right eye was all messed up too, but that didn't matter.
He didn't really get it, but something was telling him that she didn't wanna be here. He could fix that! He needed a tour guide out of this place anyway. Just like that, an idea formed in his head that was going to be extremely fun to test out.
"Ok! This has been fun-" He easily tore away the ropes that were holding him and leapt out of his seat, "But I've gotta figure out what's going on and get you people off of my ship. Sorry about this in advance."
Without warning, Luffy stretched his hand forward, wrapping it around the strange woman with the scar on her eye and pulled her over to where he was now standing, "You're coming with me!"
"He can stretch!? What is he?" Alexa exclaimed. A man that stretched? Now things are getting interesting.
"See, I knew his true nature would show itself!" Artemis cried as the other warriors beside Alexa drew their weapons ready to attack.
The woman he'd just kidnapped started struggling, "Let go of me! If I wasn't caught off guard I'd have-"
"Don't you wanna get outta here?" Luffy said flatly as he began making his exit. He stretched a kick over to the wall to their right, breaking a massive hole through it and giving the Amazons one last wave before jetting out.
"Stop him! Don't let the pirate escape with Persephone!" Hippolyta yelled to her warriors.
"So that's your name? I like it!" Luffy smiled at his new tour guide as he now had the woman cradled to his side as he jumped through the hole. The moment he hit the ground, he ran and boy was he fast. Even without using any of his Gears, Luffy had no issue evading any of the warriors on the courtyard who were trying to stop him.
Dodging sword strike after sword strike, Luffy continued on towards the luscious forest that surrounded the land, knowing that it'd be the perfect place to figure out a plan to find his ship and hopefully the rest of his crew. He ran and ran and ran and ran some more until he was far enough away from the Amazons, fully knowing that it'd take them quite some time to pinpoint his exact location. He was a master of stealth after all.
(Luffy definitely did not forget that he accidentally made a trail of footprints all the way to his current location. Not at all. He was far too careful of that and was a master of the ninja arts.)
Sensing nobody around, he unwrapped the woman as she leapt backwards the moment he let her go, quickly taking a defensive stance. "I will not let you have your way with me! I don't care how powerful you think you are. An Amazon is not someone to take lightly!"
She ran towards Luffy with her sword in toe ready to cut down the man in question.
"H-Hey, wait just a-" Luffy ducked under a strike that would've taken his head off, "I'm not gonna hurt you-" He dodged another that would've pierced his body, "I just needed you to show me where my ship is!"
"I will do no such thing, pirate scum!" She thrust her sword forward once more hoping to finally kill him, but stopped short as Luffy used Armament Haki to grab hold of the sword just before it entered his chest. In one swift motion he crushed the sword into pieces leaving the woman defenseless.
"Just hear me out ok! Please, I really need your help to get off this island." Luffy pleaded to Persephone who continued to glare daggers at him now that her sword had been broken.
"And why should I do that? There's no way you're walking off this island alive after what you just did."
"But-" Luffy tried to respond yet was swiftly cut off.
"I am a proud Amazon warrior who would never betray her sisters, so why on Gaia did you kidnap me!?"
Luffy frowned and gave another sigh of exasperation. He placed his Straw Hat on and looked towards the sky, "You looked the same as me."
"We look nothing alike and I'm no pirate!" She spat back at Luffy who continued to face away from her.
"Nah, not like that…" Luffy then looked directly towards her and Persephone froze seeing the expression on his face. It was one that she had seen exactly once for as long as she'd been alive and that was from none other than the one Amazon who was fortunate enough to leave the island.
Princess Diana herself.
"You didn't wanna be there, so I took you with me." Persephone saw a megawatt smile appear on his face, "Shishishi! Plus, I can tell you're a good person." A hand stretched out towards her as if to signal a truce, "Let's be friends!"
"Is all the booze here this terrible?" Roronora Zoro was not having a good time. First, his oh so smart captain decided to jump through a strange portal to God knows where. Second, he was separated from the crew meaning that he'd have to find his way back to them. Thirdly, wherever he was currently had to be the weakest place he's ever been to since setting sail as a pirate. And finally…
The crime in this place was absolutely out of control.
Some random muggers tried to rob him at gunpoint and seeing them to be no threat to himself, he used his Conqueror's Haki to knock them out. They had a few things of them like booze and cigarettes.(Screw that blonde haired cook. He stomped on the cigarettes until they were nothing but gunk on his feet.)He took the booze however and upon trying it, almost vomited with how awful it tasted.
Of course with his terrific luck, Zoro had these attempted muggings happen three different times in the span of an hour which he found very odd. Crime being so common in a place that should have Marines stationed was weird, but he didn't put much thought into that given his annoyance at the alcohol here being disgusting overrode anything else.
They also mentioned something about being on the lookout for a Bat, but eh it was probably nothing major.
Beggars couldn't be choosers he supposed. Taking another chug of whatever wine this was supposed to be, he made a turn down a street to what seemed like a middle class area and continued to walk, hoping he'd stumble across something that would help him figure out just where in the New World he was.
Once again, his luck had brought him to another strange occurrence in this heavy crime ridden area.
"Open the damn door, Jessica! You can't ignore me forever! She's my kid too!"
Tony B. Marconi, enforcer for the Thorne crime family, had recently gotten out of prison after a short stint thanks to some…misunderstandings on his ex-wife's part. It wasn't his fault that her mouth moved a mile a minute and with his own temper, it was her own fault for the last fight they had getting so violent. How was he supposed to know that his sweet little girl would call the cops on him for that?
"No restraining order is gonna keep me from Maria! Open the damn door!" He continued to violently bang on his ex wife's door as she held her daughter close to her.
"Just go away, Tony. Leave us alone, please!" Jessica Terri, the woman who he was currently harassing and his ex wife, pleaded as the banging became louder and louder. All she could do was continue to shield her daughter's ears as best she could and hope he'd see reason this time.
This went on for a few minutes before Tony's temper reached its peak, "Dammit! If you don't answer this damn door, I'll shoot the lock off like last time!"
Her heart dropped in fear. Was he really going to do this again? The last time he did that, one of his stray bullets hit Maria's arm, but his rage was so fierce that he'd completely ignored that in favor of lashing out at her.
She continued to cradle her daughter near her, "Do you really want a repeat of last time? You hit your own damn daughter with your terrible aim and now you want to put her through that again! Just leave us alone and go away!" God this was like a neverending nightmare.
Tony was already walking to the trunk of his car, reaching in to grab and load his pistol, "I wouldn't have to do this if you'd just unlock the door already. I've been patient with you, but my patience has run thin."
He fired a shot in the air, sending a cruel chill down Jessica's spine, "The next shot will be aimed at those pesky locks. I'm not a liar, Jess. I'm gonna count to three and after that, all bets are off.
"1…" She hadn't moved yet. Tears began trickling down as she relived the terror he used to inflict on her and Maria. Working for Rupert Thorne had brought out the absolute worst in the man she used to love. From the drinking to the cheating to the verbal and physical abuse she endured, she persevered for the sake of her daughter and now because of this man's selfishness, Maria was in danger again.
"2…:" She heard the gun cock and realized that this nightmare wasn't going to end anytime soon. Maybe she could reason with him before things got violent again.
Before he could get to three, she hastily unlocked the door and swung it open leaving nothing between her and Tony. For better or worse, this was the best option she had to keep things from escalating.
Tony smirked knowing he'd gotten his way, "See now that wasn't so hard. I'll grab a few things from my car and then we can…talk about our issues."
Jess grimaced realizing that this "talk" of his was most likely going to become violent whether she kept her mouth closed or not. Maria stepped in front of her mother as Tony closed the door to his car.
"I…I…" Both watched as the nine year old girl stood in front of her mom with a bandage on her arm from the gunshot wound she was recovering from, "I won't let you hurt mommy anymore!"
"Oh, Maria…" Jess leaned down to hug her daughter while Tony felt no need to entertain someone who couldn't possibly understand adult matters such as this.
"Don't worry honey. Once I come inside, I'm sure I'll be able to help your mother understand why she was wrong in the first place. Just stay in a child's place and-"
"Actually, I think you should probably get lost before things get messy."
Tony stopped as he realized they weren't alone anymore. He took one look at the strange man and had to stop himself from laughing at the get up he was wearing, "I don't know if you're aware, but Halloween was months ago." He was wearing an all black get up that resembled something from Japan. His green hair along with a presumably fake scarred eye and the long diagonal wound on his chest made the costume look very well made.
"Halloween?" Zoro had no idea what that was. Probably something stupid most likely.
Ignoring the comment about his clothes, Zoro eyed the man and knew he was bad news, "Normally I wouldn't get involved with stuff like this since it doesn't concern me in the slightest." He took a quick glance at the two women standing inside the door and could tell they were being abused by him. The woman sported numerous bruises to her facial area, some had healed well while others…
The daughter had a large bandage wrapped around her left arm, most likely from that gunshot wound he overheard earlier. He'd been observing them since the argument started and was going to just ignore it all together, but…
He sighed knowing how Luffy would react if he saw all this going on, "My captain isn't one to just let stuff like this slide. If he was here, he'd have punched you unconscious by now, but I'm giving you a choice given my methods…" Zoro pulled out Wado Ichimonji as the bloodlust he was emanating began to come forth, "Won't allow you any second chances."
Tony could feel something strange being directed his way. Something very similar to the man who'd been terrorizing his home turf for years now. The fear that had all crooks scared, made mafia bosses crumble and toppled entire criminal empires was now glaring directly at him. No, that's not quite right.
It was as if an apex predator was staring down its next meal. His knees buckled, but he shook it off upon realizing he had a gun and all this man had was some cheap replica swords. He found it strange that he was carrying three on his hip, but he saw no reason to worry about fake swords.
Tony aimed the gun at Zoro who remained calm and concise as he stared him down, "Do you really think this is a game? What I do to my family is of none of your concern! If you don't turn around and forget everything you saw here…"
"Let's just say, one of us won't be walking away from here at all." Tony grinned thinking he'd scared this weirdo enough that he'd run away pissing his pants. His blood ran cold as the man flashed a savage grin in kind as the bloodlust he was emanating became overwhelming.
"I was just thinking the same thing." Zoro took another look at the small girl still standing in front of her mother with her arms outstretched as if she wouldn't let anyone or anything past her and he smiled, "I like your spirit, kid."
He turned back to Tony, his own patience depleted and watched as the man's nerves had gotten the best of him.
"Why the hell am I so scared? I'm the one with a gun!" Tony thought to himself. "You have until the count of three to leave. After that, don't blame me for what happens!"
Zoro turned back to Jessica and Maria, "You may wanna close your daughter's eyes. This'll probably get messy." He focused back on Tony and he could hear Enma almost begging to come out instead. If he used Enma, there probably wouldn't be much left of this man after this was over. Zoro figured it best to leave it sheathed for now.
"1…" Zoro remained deathly still while processing his own attack.
"2…" Tony aimed directly at Zoro's head, wanting to end things quickly. He'd have some of his guys come take care of the body.
"3!" Three things happened within this small window.
One, Jessica had shielded Maria's eyes, not wanting her to see this senseless violence.
Two, Tony's bullet had completely missed his mark as Zoro dodged it faster than he could process.
And finally, in one swift motion, Zoro slashed diagonally across Tony's body causing blood to sputter out as the man fell to the floor not even having the strength to cry out in pain. He dropped to the ground, completely bloody and deathly still. His eyes were open and breathing non existent. Combined with how much blood he just lost, it didn't take a genius to figure out his condition.
Tony B. Marconi was dead.
The entire event unfolded before Jessica's own eyes and she could not believe what had just happened. She continued to shield her daughter's eyes as from her own point of view, a green demon had come to her aid in a time of crisis. Her mind was spinning. Things were confusing, but out of everything that happened, the green haired demon did the strangest thing before continuing on his way.
He'd given her a determined look and thumbs up. Almost as if to say good luck and I wish you the best!
She'd laugh if her ex husband/tormenter wasn't dead on the ground. For now though, she had to call the police and let them know about what just happened. Silently and although she'd never admit it…she was somewhat thankful that she could sleep a bit easier tonight.
Seeing no more reason to stay here now that the conflict was over, Zoro sheathed his sword, picked back up his cheap, still terrible liquor and began walking again.
"Maybe I should've asked them what town this is…" He shook his head, "Nah, I'll figure it out eventually. Either that or I'll make enough noise for everyone to find me." The latter option was probably easier to begin with knowing him.
Taking another big gulp from his alcohol and still not feeling buzzed, Zoro grumpily continued down the street with no particular direction in mind. He'd probably sleep in an alleyway until daybreak as he was getting tired of walking around aimlessly. It's not like he was in a rush or anything.
Maybe thanks to the confrontation with that scumbag or maybe because of his own obliviousness and poor sense of direction, Zoro completely missed the massive bright neon sign that had "Gotham City" plastered on it.
Here's chapter 2 and I hope you enjoyed it! For starters, I think the DCAU heavily underutilized Themyscira so the characters: Artemis, Alexa and Persephone were all pulled from the Wonder Woman 2009 movie. The movie itself was terrible, but I LOVED their characters and felt they'd help expand the world a bit.
Also, I am still trying to pin down just where in the timeline this takes place. Definitely beyond S1 but I should have a concrete answer by the next chapter.
Zoro being dropped into Gotham City should be very...interesting to say the least lol.
Once again thank you for reading and see you soon!