Chapter 21: Reunion of the CP9! Samus is Betrayed!

The door opens and Lucci and the other 3 CP9 members step in. "Welcome back after your long 4 years mission!" says Spandam. "Lucci, Kaku, Califa, Blueno!"

"That' sexual harassment," says Califa.

"Just by saying your name!"

"We have brought you the criminal John Doe who was supposed to be dead 8 years ago, and we also brought Samus Aran, the lone survivor of the Cosmo Incident," says Lucci.

Jabura turns to Lucci and says, "Even after all these years, your serious attitude still hasn't change, huh?"

"And your idiotic attitude hasn't change too, Jabura."

"Why you!"

"Must you two argue the first time we meet after 4 years?" asks Kaku. "Can't we get along more?"

"Yoyoi! Yeeeeeeeeesssssss! Get long more! It's been a looooooooooong time!" says Kumadori.

All of a sudden, Fukuro charges at the 4 CP9 without a word. He charges towards Califa first, and she kicks him away. Then Fukuro goes for Blueno next, who also kicks him away. Fukuro then charges at Kaku next, and then goes to Lucci, and he sends him flying across the room with a single kick. A noteworthy thing is when Fukuro is kicked; he glows in a green light.

CRASH!

"I knew you would do this from the start," says Califa.

Fukuro gets up and places his hand against his forehead, and says, "The Rokushiki Bout… Let's see… Chapapa… An average armed soldier has 10 douriki… And now, let's measure each of your douriki… Califa has 630, Blueno has 820, Kaku has 2200, and Lucci has… Oh my god! 4000 douriki!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" screams Jabura. "4000 DOURIKI! I have never heard of such high amount of douriki!"

"It's true! Chapapa! Everyone has gotten stronger! In fact, I have measured everyone's douriki already! Here's the order."

Lucci: 4000
Kaku: 2200
Jabura: 2180
Blueno: 820
Kumadori: 810
Fukuro: 800
Califa: 630

Note: 10 douriki would be equivalent to the power of one fully armed soldier. So if a person has 100 douriki, that would mean he has the power equivalent to 10 soldiers. In Lucci's case, his power is equivalent to 400 soldiers!

"OBJECTION!" shouts Jabura. "Let's not talk about Lucci for now, but are you saying that Kaku is even stronger than I am?"

"Yeah! Kaku has gotten stronger over the years! Chapapa!" says Fukuro.

Jabura turns to Kaku and says, "Don't be too proud of yourself! This douriki is only for measuring your fighting skills! When in battle, I use my Devil Fruit power to become even more powerful, and there's no way you can beat me that way!"

"Speak all you want," says Kaku. "I have no interest in your affairs."

"Right, Kaku," says Lucci. "A stray dog's words cannot be listened to."

Jabura is offended at hearing this. "How dare you call me stray dog! You wild cat, Lucci!" And then he begins to transform into some hideous beast.

Seeing Jabura transform and also offended by what he called him, Lucci transforms into his leopard form, and the two growl at each other fiercely.

"Please don't fight here," says Califa.

"Jabura sure gets aggravated easily," says Kaku.

"The topic about Jabura getting turned down by the cafeteria waitress Catherine is going hot around this island," says Fukuro, and he shows a picture of a woman with fat cheeks, swollen lips, and a face full of freckles.

"No wonder his attitude is so bad today," says Blueno.

"Hey! How did everyone know about this!" gasps Jabura.

"I told everyone. Chapapa!" replies Fukuro.

Jabura grabs his mouth and zips it up. "CAN'T YOU SHUT UP FOR ONCE AND NOT SPOIL THE BEANS!"

"Enough of this nonsense!" says Spandam. "All of you have over 500 douriki, and that's already a superhuman feat! You all have skills that surpass average humans!"

"The boss only has 9 douriki," says Fukuro as he unzips his mouth. "Even lower than an average soldier."

"Um… That doesn't matter, because I'm the kind of person who gives commands and organizes stuffs. Plus, I have a unique sword, and I know how to use it!"

"We already know how weak you are, boss," says Califa.

"Califa… Have you ever considered lightening what your words?"

"That's sexual harassment."

"Just for that!"

"Boss…"

"Uh… What?"

"That's sexual harassment."

"JUST MY PRESENCE!"

"Yoyoi! Califa, you have no respect for the boss!" says Kumadori. "Boss, do not blame Califa for her wrongness, for she is still a young bud waiting to bloom! Instead, allow me to commit seppuku to atone for her sins!" Kumadori readies to stab himself with a knife. "Tekkai!" But the knife bounces off his stomach. "Yoyoi! I failed to kill myself again! Can it be that my mother in heaven doesn't want me to die yet?"

"I wish you would die for her sake!" Jabura shouts at him.

"But it's not possible! For my mother cares about me and wants me to live on as a good son!"

For some reason, Jabura is touched at hearing this. "You sure have a caring mother… Unlike me, nobody cares about me! Oh, am I not good enough for you, Catherine?"

"Yoyoi! Release your sorrow, my friend! There are tragedies in everyone's life, so do not feel bad about it!"

Then the two of them embrace each other and weep in each other's arms.

Spandam watches the two perform their silly act, until Califa tells him that the show is over. "Ahem… Anyway, let's get started on business," says Spandam. "Now, I congratulate you 4 for successfully completing your mission! I have a reward for you, but before that, allow us to meet the two greatest hopes, and at the same time criminals, of the world!"

The door opens and Samus, hands being cuffed together, and Snake, tied up in ropes, walk in.

"With these two people," says Spandam, "we can finally awaken the Armageddon and use it to destroy all the evil of the world, unlike those Cosmo devils who wanted to use it to take over the world! Samus, being the survivor of the Cosmo Space Lab, knows where all the pieces of the Armageddon are, and John Doe, who has the blueprint of this weapon, knows how to rebuild it! The world may not know our great deeds yet, but once this news is spread out, the CP9 will become well known for being the saviors of the world! The mastermind of the government, Big Brother, will be proud that his plans are going as planned!" Then Spandam goes to Snake and says to him, "I've never thought you would still be alive all these years! You sure have a rotten luck, eh? If that stupid Hand would've given the blueprint nicely back then, you wouldn't have to suffer a fate like this! Don't you feel like blaming him about this?"

Snake is angry at hearing this. "The reason Worker Hand hid the blueprint is to protect it from morons like you!" Then he lifts his leg and kicks Spandam in the crotch.

"YEOW!" And Spandam drops the floor and cries in pain as Snake continues to kick and stomp him. "HELP! HELP ME! GET THIS MADMAN OFF ME!"

"Yoyoi! It's a pleasure to help you, boss!" says Kumadori, and he takes out his staff and whacks Snake away.

WHACK!

Spandam gets up and backs off far from Snake. "Phew… This madman sure is dangerous! So anyway, back on topic… Because of my position as the boss of CP9, I have high respect from the government and I have many rights and access to everything. Once I get this job done, I will become the hero of the world! My name will be everywhere! Haha! In fact, I have such high authority that I am even granted the usage of the Annihilation Call!"

Upon hearing this, Samus asks him, "You have the right to call forth the Annihilation Call? How can they allow you to get hold of something so dangerous?"

Hearing this, Spandam gives Samus a hard slap across the face and knocks her to the floor.

"YAA!"

"Who do you think you're talking to? You wench! I have the right to everything, so don't you dare question me anything! The Annihilation Call is the perfect thing for wiping off any unnecessary evil! Just like those stupid friends of yours who are now on this island."

"Wait! But you promised me that you won't bring any harm to my friends!" protests Samus.

Spandam turns to Lucci and asks him, "Lucci, what was the promise?"

"The promise is to let the Smashers leave Great Tech City peacefully and without harm, and not kill them," replies Lucci.

"So we did not break your promise! We didn't try to kill the Smashers when they were in Great Tech City, right? Now that they're no longer in that city, we can kill them if we want to!"

"How can you!" says Samus angrily. "You're breaking the promise!"

"I didn't break any promise! It's your friends who refuse to go along with what we promised them, and they deserve it for invading this place anyway! A devil like you has no right to talk back!" He kicks Samus in the face and then tramples on top of her hard.

"YA! AAHH!"

"You jerk! Treat a woman nicer!" Snake shouts at Spandam.

"You shut up too!" Spandam then also kicks Snake and tramples on top of him, and then proceeds to beat up the two of them violently. "Take this! Take that! Hahahaha! You deserve it! Hahahahaha!" By the time he's done beating them, both Samus and Snake are badly injured all over the body. "Why should we ever listen to foul criminals like you? Evil beings like you are better off gone from the world for the sake of justice!"

"You… devil…" growls Samus angrily.

"Take them to the jail!" says Spandam. Then soldiers come in and carry the two of them out.

Blueno then asks Fukuro, "How's the damage report?"

"Boss said that only 5 soldiers were lost," replies Fukuro. "But I find it suspicious…"

Blueno turns to look at the phone, and finds that it isn't placed properly. "The phone's off the line…" he thought. "No wonder no phone calls are coming in."

"All right then, CP9," says Spandam. "Let's give a toast to the completion of our mission! Celebrate all you want!"

"I do not have much interest for celebration," says Lucci.

"Uh? Then what do you want?"

"Blood. The reason I joined the government is so that I can kill for legal reasons."

Spandam is rather shocked to hear this. "Whoa! That guy gives me the chills!" he thought. "But still, it is great to have such a potential fighter among us!" As the CP9 begins to leave the room, Spandam calls out, "Wait! I forgot to give you your rewards!" He takes out 2 odd-looking fruits and hands it to Kaku and Califa. "These two Devil Fruits are your rewards!"

Upon seeing the Devil Fruits, Jabura freaks out and runs far from it. "DON'T GET THOSE THINGS NEAR ME!"

"What's wrong?" asks Kaku.

"I am already Devil Fruit user! If I am near another fruit, the devil within me and the one in the fruit will come out and fight each other, and I will explode and die!"

"That's only a theory," says Blueno. "But scientists have proven that if a person already with Devil Fruit powers eat another Devil Fruit, he or she will explode without a trace."

"That's what happens to greedy people who wants lots of power," says Lucci. "They deserve it."

"Well, you can have it," Spandam says to Kaku and Califa. "I do not know what power they contain yet, but you can bet that 98 percent of the time it'll make you more powerful!"

"In that case, we accept it," say Kaku and Califa.

-

Out in Alias Square…

"Report to the chief fast!" says a soldier.

"I'm trying to! But the phone isn't connecting!"

POW! BANG! KABOOM!

"AHHHHHHHH! THEY'RE TOO POWERFUL!"

The Flying Fox rampages through the street, blasting down anything that gets in their way. "Full speed ahead!" says Captain Falcon. "We must meet up with Mario and rescue our friends!"

"Right on!" exclaim everyone else.

-

Meanwhile, Mario has made his way near the courthouse. "I'm here!" he says, and he jumps towards the courthouse and uses the Fire Rod as an extending pogo stick to jump to the roof. "There's da Judiciary Tower!" Samus is just-a in there!"

Suddenly, a door appears out of thin air in front of him, and it opens and Blueno steps out.

"Mamamia! How did you do that-a? Eez eet magic?"

"Just as I thought… I knew we lost more than 5 men," says Blueno. "This is unheard of in the government…" He turns to Mario and asks him, "When do you plan to stop fighting?"

"I'll never stop-a fighting!" replies Mario with determination.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Don't you just hate Spandam for being such a jerk? He is like that in the manga/anime also. But then, he's the weakest of the CP9 despite being the boss. I hope you learn some stuff in this chapter!

Coming up next chapter: The Appearance of Powerful Enemies! Metal Gear REX!