SailorStar9: With Chapter 193 uploaded, I present Chapter 194 this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.

Chapter 194: Arc 13: Save the Children! The Master's Evil Hands Close In!


"So," Nami looked at Caesar who was walking towards them ."You're the one who kidnapped these kids?"

"What's he doing here?" Usopp wondered. "Dud Luffy and the others go the wrong way?"

"You've done something terrible." Caesar chided. "Why did you take them away? Can't you see the children are suffering?"

"What?" Nami snapped.

"Don't be an idiot." Usopp scolded. "Cut it out, Nami."

"And whose fault is it that they are suffering?" Nami challenged. "What drugs have you been giving to these young children? All of them really want to go home. Their parents must be searching for them too. We're definitely going to take these kids away from this place."

"They don't look like they want to go home." Caesar mocked.

"Master!" the unchained kids ran over to Caesar.

"Don't go!" Usopp stopped one of the children. "You don't want to go back to the laboratory, do you?"

"Get out of my way!" the enraged kid raised his punch to strike Usopp when Sasha was suddenly on his back, the syringe already jammed into his neck.

"Bad boy." Sasha chided as the kid crumbled to the ground.

"That's close." Nami sighed in relief.

"That's right." Caesar laughed as the others trooped towards him. "Come on home, children."

"Please stop!" Nami pleaded, trying to stop the throng of children running towards Caesar. "You can't go to him! Don't you want to go home?"

"Don't touch me!" Biyo struck out at Nami who was grabbing him by the waist. "Cockroach!" his flailing arms knocked Nami to the ground. "Get away from me, cockroach!"

"And stay down!" Sasha snapped, already on Biyo's back and injecting the syringe. "Seriously..."

"Nami, are you alright?" Usopp hurried over.

"Take these chains off of me!" Konbu demanded, waking up to find himself chained.

"It hurts!" Sind cried out.

"If we don't do anything, these kids will kill us." Usopp reminded.

"Then direct that anger at him!" Nami glared at Caesar.

"You've got to be kidding!" Usopp exclaimed at the chains children broke free of their restrains.

"Magnificent!" Caesar bragged. "How strong have you become!"

"Just you wait, you damn gas bastard!" Usopp hissed. "The most effective thing against gas would be... Sure Kill Star: Fire-bird Star!" he sent his flaming projectile towards Caesar. "Stay back, kids!"

"Were you expecting me to explode?" Caesar taunted, the fire-bird had passed through him harmlessly before dispelling. "So you know that I have gas powers. But you see, I can extinguish fire before it touches me. Poison gas isn't the only kind of gas there is. Air itself is a gas as well. So that means that I can control the air around me. Remove the oxygen and all flame dies out and you become unable to breathe."

"Master?" one of the kids blinked when Caesar's face suddenly contorted.

"What are you..." Caesar choked, feeling his body being twisted around.

"Just as you control the air, I control the water." Sasha stated calmly. "What do you think will happen to you if I drew out all of the water from your body? Inject the others." she told Nami and Usopp, throwing the catchment of syringes to Nami.

"Master." Sind approached Caesar. "Candy..."

"Candy..." Ally pleaded.

"Now..." Sind begged.

"Did you say that you think Straw Hat missed me?" Caesar mocked, still in Sasha's invisible grip, the water wielder's elaborate movements had forced him on his knees. "As a matter of fact, we did meet. I suffocated him and the other two."

At that, Sasha shot a withering glare at the Gas Gas Fruit user and closed a hand into a fist, squeezing Caesar's heart in response.

"Candy!" Sind slammed his fists on the ground.

"Master!" the surrounding children stomped and knocking Sasha off-balance, freeing Caesar from her control. "Candy! Now!"

"Children." Caesar got back to his feet. "Only good children who return to the laboratory get candy. You can be patient for a little longer, can you not?"

"Let's go back now." Konbu urged. "Please, Master."

"Very well, but first, these demons took you away and made you disease worse." he shot a look at the three Straw Hats. "Exterminate them. Take those big pipes and smash their heads in."

"Ex-quip: Water Drayk Armor." Sasha swapped out her armor. "Water Prison." she cast the heavy water bubble around her, Nami and Usopp.

"Caesar!" Brownbeard hollered, deflecting the children's assault and swung the pipe in his hands at the scientist who simply just let the attack pass through. "Straw Hate Pirates." he continued attacking Caesar. "I see now."

"Who are you again?" Caesar mused. "I remember; m powerful subordinate, Brownbeard."

"Did you forget that I even existed?" Brownbeard glared.

"Of course not." Caesar fibbed. "What happened to you? It looks like you were badly burned. It's painful just to look at you."

"You were the one who ordered them to do this to me!" Brownbeard snapped, swinging his pipe down and Caesar simply vanishing from sight.

"Of course." Caesar reformed himself. "Now I remember. The Cool Brothers, am I right? So that's why you were burned."

"I trusted you." Brownbeard growled.

"You shouldn't be so upset." Caesar chided. "You survived an attack from the Cool Brothers." he shot himself up to Brownbeard's eye level. "You're quite lucky, really."

"Silence!" Brownbeard snapped. "Caesar!" he continued whacking the pipe at Caesar who kept dodging.

"Children, it's dangerous here!" Caesar turned to his experimental subjects. "Get aboard the gas balloon outside. Let's get away from this place."

"Wait, don't go with him!" Nami shouted at the fleeing children.

"Caesar!" Brownbeard barked. "The fact that you deceived me doesn't really matter. I don't care. But you will return my crew to me. I will not let them suffer the same fate that I did."

"Imbecile!" Caesar snapped. "You have no crew. All of the, including you, belong to me, now, remember? How long are you gonna pretend that you're a captain? You're the most pathetic pirate scum in the New World. They will continue to obey me, believing that I am their god of salvation! They're just too stupid to realize that they're merely being kept alive so I can use them as human guinea pigs."

"You filth!" Brownbeard roared.

Taking out a castanet, Caesar ignited his 'Gastanet' tech.

"Water Encampment Wall!" Sasha's water wall was immediately erected in front of Brownbeard just as the explosion went off, Nami and Usopp had taken the distraction to go after the children.

Placing both hands on Nami and Usopp and drawing out their oxygen, Caesar ignite another 'Gastanet' in front of them.

"Water Lock!" Sasha pulled Nami and Usopp to safety before Caesar attack's could do any damage.


SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.