Never Had a Dream Come True
Book One:
Blind Ambition
Chapter 8
"Trap"
"Is everyone clear on the plan?" Zolo asked.
They were standing about a half of a mile away from Lord Niekan's castle ready to take him down.
"I'LL KILL HIM!" Luffy yelled running towards the door of the huge structure.
"SHUT UP!" Nami hissed whacking him on the back of the head. "You're going to let them know we're here" she told him.
"But Nami I really want to kill him" Luffy wined in a childish voice.
"So do I" Rika smiled.
"Yeah, yeah we'll chop him up in a minute now get inside" Sanji said motioning his hand towards the cart. It was a sturdy wooden cart that was use to carry supplies like food to people in the village. But it had a tarp over it so no one could see inside and was pulled like a wheel barrow.
"I'll wheel you guys in, no one will question me considering that my father requests supplies all the time and I do live at the castle" Rika explained.
"Everybody in!" Nami said crawling under the tarp.
"Usopp quit shaking someone will notice" Rika whispered.
"I-I-I c-c-can't I'm s-s-cared" he answered.
"I'll fix it" Zolo said hitting Usopp on the head.
"Gee thanks" Usopp mumbled rubbing the newly form lump on his head.
Rika pushed with all her might.
"Jeez you guys are heavy" she grunted pushing the cart along the stone path.
"If Luffy hadn't eaten the entire kitchen during breakfast we might be a little lighter" Sanji spoke up.
"Sorry" the captain answered.
Rika rolled her eyes and gave a small giggle. "Once we're inside I'll take you too the throne room, remember? And we'll look the doors from the inside and then DESTORY HIM!" she shouted holding up a fist in the air dropping the handles to the cart.
"OUCH!" the straw hat crew yelled as the hit the ground.
"Oops" she said giving a weak laugh and picking the handle back up.
"Hey I thought we were going to dress up!" Luffy asked.
"This is less complicated" Rika answered.
"But I wanted to dress up!" he wined.
"Hush we're here" Rika hissed nodding to the guard at the door.
"Hello Miss Rika welcome back, another delivery for your father I see?" the guard in black asked.
"Uh…yeah more um…weapons and stuff" she answered quickly.
"I see" he said without any emotion. He opened the door for her and let her pass.
Minutes passed without any sound but the creaking of the wooden wheels on the marble floor. Rika's face remained cold and icy and she passed many rooms containing horrible memories. The silence seemed to carry on for another 10 minutes and then a loud thud as she dropped the handles of the cart and it fell to the floor.
Luffy and the gang keep still until the ok from Rika to let them know the cost was clear.
But yet nothing happened and they began to worry something was wrong.
Then the sound of heavy foot steps echoed through the room accompanied by a deep voice that shook the room.
"Rika!" the voice called out.
"Yes father" a girl's voice answered but instead of the cheerful tone they were all used to Rika's voice had turn to ice and sent a chill down Luffy's spine.
"Good girl" Lord Neikan said.
Luffy couldn't wait any longer it was time this guy paid. He threw off the tarp and stood up.
"Luffy what are you-" Nami's voice stopped and her face went pale.
They were inside a steel cage unbreakable by the human hand and they were sitting right before the warlord.
"Welcome" Neikan greeted in a less than welcoming tone. He was extremely tall which almost made him look like a giant and had long jet black hair the rested on his shoulders. His eyes were the same color as his daughters but his looked as though they were a portal into Hell itself. A black cape was draped around his shoulders and covering his entire body. He looked to be only around 30 and had a young face. Lord Neikan sat on the throne in front of them. The room was huge and had stain glass windows everywhere. If Lord Neikan wanted too he could kill them right then and there.
The crew's helpless gaze turned to Rika who happened to be right beside her father on a throne of her own.
"Rika why?" Usopp asked.
The girl smiled and looked directly into his eyes.
"Cause if I give you to my daddy I get as much money to by a country" she said sticking out her tongue and making a stupid face.
"This was all about money?" Chopper asked in a sad voice.
"WHY YOU LITTLE B-" Zolo started.
"I wouldn't insult me if I were you, I have just as much power as my daddy and if you make me mad I'll blow your head off" she said sweetly.
Zolo's eyes went wide and he shut his mouth.
"Luffy say something!" Sanji called to his captain.
The straw hated boy remained silent and still watching both his crew and Lord Neikan. He wore a scowl on his face and had his arms crossed leaning against the bars of the cage.
"LUFFY!" Zolo yelled only to be ignored.
"So you sold us out so you could by back your country from this guy is that it?" Nami asked figuring it out. She had been in the same situation.
"But how did you-oh never mind it doesn't matter my father is going to kill Monkey D. Luffy and get the bounty and then I get to be free of him. The poster did say dead or alive and when you're alive it's so much harder to detain" Rika smirked. "Oh and look Roronoa Zolo you've got a bounty too huh? Looks like I'll even be able to buy myself something nice with the amount of money my daddy will give me for capturing you."
"Rika you make me so proud you're just like me" her father said.
Rika's eyes blazed with fire but she soon clamed herself and walked down the marble steps that lead up to the throne and over to the cage.
"I'm going to miss you fools, going to help every sob story you hear, heh pathetic" she said circling the cage.
"We wanted to help you because you were our friend, we though you deserved help" Zolo spat.
"All you deserve is a huge helping of kick ass" Sanji snapped.
"Oh you're mad did I upset you? Oh well bye bye now have fun in the dungeon and don't worry I'll visit you one more time before we kill you" she said blowing a kiss to the captain as guards came and sprayed a purplish mist everywhere.
"Don't breathe too much of it in or you'll past out, oh wait too late" Rika giggled watching the crew fall to their knees unconscious.
The guards tied them up and took them away.
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Authors Note: Sooooooo hmmm what to say oh yeah thanks for all the reviews I'm happy you all like it! And don't hate Rika just yet there's a surprise I the next chapter and maybe a kiss coming up too! Yeah my original plan was for them to dress up and sneak inside the castle (thus the chapter "Dress up time") but eh I changed my mind and had them do this instead. So please review and thanks for reading!
