Finally, we made it to the train station. Looking at the giant clock it's 11:15 pm. I'm a nervous wreck. There are so many marines and government officials swarming the place. It's a sea of white, blue and black, with a side of ugly. Currently, I look around the train station, to see if I spot Robin.
I couldn't stay here for long or else they might get suspicious of why a civilian is at the train station when a storm would hit here soon. Taking one more look, I see Robin, with government officials surrounding her like bees to a flower. Quickly I duck out of there, walking fast the corridor where Sanji is. I nudge my head towards Robin's location and he peeks to see. He blows out smoke, wondering what to do, like I was.
"No matter how you look at it, it looks as if she's being taken in by the authority. If she wants to run, she should be able to bring those guys down," he said, speculating. I nod, leaning against the wall. The winds start to really pick up, rushing against the walls of this city, and hollowing through the streets. This just a great setup for the best storm ever or a great musical number for the villain. Who knows.
"Yea, but maybe there is a reason why she can't," I wonder. I highly doubt Sanji hears me, because he has that face when he is fantasizing. He starts to laugh, chuckle and blush. He collapsed onto his knees laughing perversely. Sometimes I wonder about his sanity from time to time.
"Can this day get any weirder?" I mutter. Out of nowhere, I hear loud voices coming through. Sanji and I stare in disbelief. Coming down the road, I see six people walking this way. Two of them are over someone's shoulder which I don't know who they are, but the other three I knew. Its Kaku, Lucci, and that damn secretary! WHHHAAATTT?! They are dress so much like the government officials here. Oh damn I bet they are!
"What the hell," I mumble to myself. When they pass us, we have a good look at who was yelling their mouth off. They are roll up like a sad burrito with ropes around them.
"Usopp," Sanji and I said at the same time.
"Damnit they have Usopp too," I groan. This day is getting better and better. What else can possibly go wrong? What is going to happen? Now, we need to save him too.
"Yea. Why does he make it hard on us?" Sanji mumbles, puffing out smoke. I slowly turn my head towards him. Did I hear a tone in Sanji's voice? I narrow my eyes at him.
"Ne, Sanji, am I missing something? What do you mean by make it hard on us?" I said, smiling falsely. I swear to god if it's something huge. I'm choking Usopp and the everyone of my crewmates. I "leave" for a couple of weeks and the crew looks like it's falling apart.
"On top of Robin-chan's dilemma, Usopp quits the crew. We left him with the Merry Go, because the ship is not salvageable," Sanji explains. I blink at him, giving him a dead stare. I hear the soldiers and agents, leaving the station to their train. The wind blows loudly, filling the silence.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN USOPP QUIT THE CREW! You mean to tell me that he quit the crew, left his friends, because we couldn't save the damn ship!" I yell angrily. I pinch the bridge of my nose, feeling a headache forming. God damn it Usopp. It's just a damn ship. Sure we have good memories of it, but the safety of the crew comes first. When I see Usopp again, I notice I'm growling out loud.
"When I get my hands on him," I said, promising a world of pain for him. Now, what to do. We can't wait for the crew to get here, there isn't enough time for waiting. We need action.
"Sanji, we need to get on that train. Try to see if you can contact the others about where we are and we found her," I tell him. Sanji nods as I start to sneak my way downstairs to the platform. I quietly run downstairs to the platform to see marines and government agents getting aboard. I duck behind a pillar and make my way closer to the train. I press myself against the last column. My hands and legs start to shake, as my beating heart shakes in nervousness.
I peer over the column and see everyone getting in. Slowly, there is no one, but two train conductors and I on the platform. God please let me be sneaky as a ninja. A few minutes past, the train whistles its departures. My eyes widen. Sanji better hurry up or else I'm on a solo rescue/suicidal mission here. I hop on the end of the train and none of the conductor saw me. I pray that Sanji makes it down the stairs.
"Sanji!" I yell, getting the attention of the two conductors.
"Oi! This train is only for Government officials!" they bellow out, but Sanji past them and jumps. I reach to grab him and pull him in. Sanji makes it.
"Took you long enough," I said, smiling. Without warning, the storm decides to rain on our parade. The rain didn't start with a few drops, but a full-on raining cats and dogs. As the train goes to its destination which I have no clue where, it gets colder, the waves smash against the train spraying seawater at us and making us drench. I want to get inside and get warm and dry. Maybe get some new clothes in there too. I start to shiver for warmth.
"I can't wait to see everyone!" I yell over the storm. I hug myself for warmth, yet I can't stop shivering. Sanji frown as he couldn't light his cigarette.
"They'll be extremely happy to see you, especially Nami-chan, "Sanji began, looking defeated. Hearing that makes me smile, hopefully I don't get her wrath.
"The real question is how should we infiltrate?" Sanji questions. I think about it. How would two pirates blend in with a bunch of marines and government agents, or how can I past Lucci, Kaku, or that woman.
"Or maybe we don't. Think about it. They don't suspect that there are two pirates on board, let's surprise them with an attack!" I demand. It's no use to blend in if everyone knows everyone. As Sanji about to say something, a man opens the back door and exclaims,
"Whoa! What a crazy storm outside!"
He notices Sanji and then me. He looks at Sanji again. Sanji smiles.
"Collier Shot!" Sanji exclaims, kicking him on the right side of his neck. Sanji sends this man flying down the aisle of this train car, attracting everyone's attention. Quickly, everyone turns to us, gun loaded and aiming at us. We step inside, soaking wet from the storm.
"Hold it! Where do you think you're going?!" Someone demands from us. I glare at him, shivering even more. Sanji takes one step and reaches inside his jacket.
"Sanji," I growl at him. I don't want them to start shooting at us. I don't want to die in a hail of bullets. I hear some of them speak with each other.
"I saw that kick earlier. He's not an original citizen."
"Keep an eye on that woman too,"
Sanji gets his cigarettes from before and lights them. The tension is thick and I'm on high alert. Sanji slowly takes a drag.
"If you think...something like that openly, you'll make me blush," Sanji said, smoking in between. From that comment, some of the guys are pissed off. I sigh, knowing we are fighting this cabin. I slip my battle gloves on from my backpack.
"That wasn't a compliment," an agent declares. Sanji scratches his head while I sigh loudly. This is going to be a workout.
"Hey! Let Lucci-san know that a suspicious couple infiltrated!"
"Wait! This isn't something we have to go out of our way to tell CP9 about it," a voice from above said calmly. I look up and see a very tall person bending at the waist. His upper body is against the ceiling. Water began to pool under me from the storm. All in my head is how I feel bad for this man. The guy starts coughing as Sanji continues to smoke under him.
"Koff… no matter how rowdy these intruders are...there is no need to fear them because in this car I CAN PROTECT YOU!" he exclaims. I slowly blink and wonder how can he do that.
"Jerry!" some of the men yell. I look around to see everyone dropping their guns. So they really trust him. Jerry smiles.
"Hahaha! I am from South Blue from an island known for its karate and I'm the best one there, get it?" he said, smiling even more. I cringe, finding his smile creepy as hell.
"I am a boxing champion!" he said. Sanji and I face him, ready for anything.
"So do some karate," Sanji said while I claim, "You're a creep,"
"Hey that's just rude!" a man with sunglasses blurts out. I didn't care because I'm telling the truth. His smile does creep me out. He looks so shady. I could see that our words anger me.
"Aurora Flicker Jab!" he said, walking forward. I could see his punches with ease. I quickly jump behind his legs while he hits his own people with his jabs. They try to get away, but can't so they are hit with the full force of those jabs.
"J-jerry the enemies are behind you!" a guy shouts, before getting a punch to his face. I giggle because it's hilarious. Jerry looks between his legs.
"Oi kid! Just because I'm tall… don't think this little carriage is any problem for me," he said. Sanji lets out a chuckle, moving to beside me.
"I've never had no one threaten me from between their legs before," Sanji comments, telling him. There are fewer government agents in this car. Most of them are already knocked out by their leader, Jerry. I move myself away from him. I'm ready to jump away from an attack.
"My boxing style actually works better in narrow places,: he said, sitting down on the aisle. He places his feet behind his head. The hell!
"Your swings will be shorter now!" Sanji said, confuse. Knowing that Sanji could beat him up no problem.
"Sanji, we don't have time for this," I said. Sanji looks over his shoulder and nods. We really don't have time to play around.
"That's what I made you think… screw drop kick" Jerry said, launching himself. His body is spinning towards Sanji ready to dropkick him.
"Are you just going to completely ignore the rules of boxing?!" Sanji yells at him. Sanji jumps, spinning in the air.
"Brochette blow!" Sanji said, kicking him in his face. I cheer for him, jumping away from the landing site. Sanji kicks him so strong that the floor cave in a bit. Sanji lands in front of the group. I walk around Jerry, cracking my knuckles.
"Ready, Angelina?" Sanji said, looking at the group before him. I smile, happy to be back.
"Yea, just leave some guys for me to fight," I said, defending myself. Apparently, Sanji didn't hear me say leave some guys because he springs into action and starts to beat up these guys. I stand back and frown.
'I want to help out here' I thought. I decide to go around and see if I can find a transporter here to contact the others. I keep hearing "Don't touch her!" and " I'm going to save Robin-swan" from Sanji as he takes them down quick.
"Damn...I guess we have to search on the next car a snail transponder," I said, as Sanji finishes the last one. He turns to me and smiles.
"Of course Angel-swan," he said. I shake my head.
"I call dibs on the person opening the door," I quickly said, opening the door. We leave the car and come upon the next car.
"I got this," I said, knocking on the door. A few seconds later, a man with a hat opens the door.
"Wh-" he chokes back his words as I kick him in the nuts with all I got. Bending at his waist, he cups his junk and groans. He leaves his face wide open for my next attack.
"Chyah!" I scream. immediately, I uppercut punch him, sending him back flying into the room. I see two more guys, sitting next to some snails. One of them is a swordsman and the other one doesn't have a weapon on him.
"Alright, Sanji, you're up," I said, stepping inside the car. Sanji speeds past me and start to engage in glorious combat. The fight only lasts for a few minutes, Sanji knocked out the swordsman with a swift kick to the neck. I cheer for him again, boosting our morale up. Then we hear a screeching voice call for us.
"Sanji! Angelina! What are you doing on the sea train?" Usopp screams at us, wiggling in his ropes. I frown at him. How dare he!
"You asshole! I'm not talking to you! I mean How dare you….you ugh!" I said, getting angry. I know I should rip him in two right now for leaving the crew for a damn ship, but at the same time we need to get to Robin asap.
"I'm so happy that you're alright. Where have you been?" Usopp said. I growl at him.
"Don't you dare act you care, Usopp. I'm so pissed at you right now. Why did you pick a ship over your friends, huh!" I yell at him, walking over. I didn't care about the guy next to him to be completely honest. I proceed to choke him.
"You stupid numbskull!"
"Oh, here it is! I found it! A transponder snail. That's great. Hey there're a lot of them. Does this double as a communication room?" Sanji asks himself. I quickly let Usopp go and go next to Sanji.
"Thank god. The officials in the last car didn't have anything except dumb stuff like masks or disguises," I said, happy that we finally have a snail phone.
"Now we can finally contact Nami," Sanji said. I, on the other hand, can contact someone as well. I need to contact Dracule, right after calling my crew. I miss him so much. I wonder what's he is doing now. GOD I need to focus on the task at hand at the moment which is saving Robin not thinking about my boyfriend right now. Focus, girl.
"So, let me guess. Pirate friends of yours?" the blue-haired man said. I turn around holding a snail and have a good look at this person. From what I can see he looks very strange. He had some weird hairstyle to his blue hair. His chin is very angular and tapers off into three pointed clefts. His nose angular prosthetic nose made of iron with several rivets and jagged edges which is weird. I need to keep an eye on him.
"Ex-friend," Sanji scoffs to him. I narrow my eyes suspiciously.
"Who the hell are you?" I question him, stepping closer to Sanji. If anything happens, I know Sanji would protect me. I keep an eye out behind us just in case those agents decide to wake up from their nap.
"I'm the other side of Water Seven, Disaster Franky!" he said, sitting upright. Immediately Sanji starts kicking him with no remorse.
"So you're Franky, huh? How could you have done that to our long nose," Sanji growls, kicking him one last time? I think Franky just coughs up blood, but whatever he did, he deserves it. Usopp tries to stop Sanji.
"No, NO hold it! A lot has happened since then! He saved the Merry Go, too at least temporarily," Usopp said, trying to reason with Sanji.
"...You better watch yourself when these ropes are off you hear?" Franky grunts. Sanji gave him one more good kick to the ribs. The atmosphere went gloomy. I guess talking about the Merry Go and not be able to save her just ruins the mood.
"Oh yeah...the Merry Go is…." Usopp begins to say, but bites his lip. Something must have happened to Merry then.
"Hey now. Is this anytime to be getting gloomy. In any case, brother, I'm begging you, untie these ropes," he begs us. I sigh, knowing what we need to do. We need all the help we can to get Robin and escape from here.
"As if I'd untie your ropes! Just stay tied up, you bottomfeeder," Sanji said, starting a fight. My eyes widen at the loudness. There are still officials in the next car or worse….Marines.
"Come on, guys" I said, hoping to cool their jets. Nope, not this time.
"Why you...someone humbly requests a favor and you get all arrogant," Franky argues with Sanji. I can see the angry sparks between them.
"Hey! Would you guys knock it off? If we waste time with this...They're gonna catch us!" Usopp said, yelling at them. I tense up, betting my life that someone heard that. Why the hell does he have to be so loud!
"Damn it. Sanji, untie Franky and Usopp. He just announce to everyone on this train that we're here," I hiss out, keeping a lookout as he does them. I think hard on where to hide on this train. We can't go back because they will eventually find us. We can't go forward because there are marines and agents over there. Then I get a bright idea of going outside and up on the roof...
"Follow me!" I said, seeing that Franky and Usopp are both free. I lead them outside towards the car that Sanji and I came from. I look up and try to grab a hold on to the car to pull myself up. Everything is so slick and wet, there is nothing to hold on to.
"Sanji, boost me up," I said. For the life of me, I couldn't get a good grip on anything. Sanji lifts me high enough where I can pull myself up. Quickly I turn around and help Sanji up follow by Usopp and Franky.
"Good thinking," Franky said. I mumble a thank you, his way. Sanji sits on a closed air vent while Franky helps Usopp who is trying not to get blown away. The rain just went to a drizzle, but the waves are rough and this wind is horrible. This is totally going to go bad. I can feel it. I gave him the snail.
"Nami! Nami! Can you hear me?!"Sanji yells into the phone. I could barely hear the conversation at all so, I come closer. I lean over Sanji, pressing my chest against his back.
"Yeah is that you, Sanji," Nami said, over the phone. I can't describe how I feel when I hear Nami's voice. My chest tightens. I don't know if tears are running down my face or the rain, but I'm so happy to hear her voice.
"Thanks to the presence of a couple of idiots. Things have been nasty," he states. He notices me, pawing at him, wanting to speak with Nami. I want to tell the crew I'm safe, I'm alive and I'm here. Sanji sighs and smiles.
"There is someone here who wants to say hello," Sanji said, smiling. I carefully grab the phone. I open my mouth, trying to say something or anything for that matter. I feel a lump in my throat and I just couldn't talk at all.
"Who? Hello….Hello," I hear Nami say to me. It takes every ounce of my strength to swallow that lump and talk to her. I don't know if it's the rain coming down on my face or tears running down my cheeks.
"Nami...It's me Nami! ITS ANGELINA" I said, my voice cracking up. "I'm alive, you guys! I'm so happy that I found you,"
"Angelina?!...YOU BIG IDIOT! Where have you been?" Nami said. I hear her crying over the snail phone. I start to cry with her and couldn't stop crying. I drop to my knees, holding onto Sanji's back. Kneeling behind Sanji, I hear everything that I need to know as I gave back to Sanji again. I found my crew and I'm so happy that everything is okay aside from the part that we are going to fight the World Government, but I digress.
"Hey Sanji, is that you? Hows Robin and Angelina?" Luffy asks. I perk up, hearing my stupid captain of mine. I let out a small cry, couldn't even get the words out. Sanji looks over his shoulder, giving me a small warm smile.
"We heard everything. Angelinas is here with me yet Robin…..They still have Robin," Sanji said. I shrug off my backpack as it was getting heavy and I know I might have to fight with my full strength.
"Is that so?" Luffy said. I can hear his voice waver a bit. I bet he's crying his eyes out.
"Then go ahead and tear things up, "Luffy said over the phone. Yet, Zoro quickly takes the phone from him.
"Oi Angelina and Sanji! Can you hear me? There are some really nasty people on that train!" Zoro yells at us. I frown and open my mouth.
"I don't care! They have Robin!" I scream back at him. Then Sanji takes his turn for the phone.
"Oi Mosshead, you're worried about me?" Sanji asks, teasing poor Zoro through the phone.
"Like hell I would worry about you!" Zoro screams back. Sanji shakes his head.
"But after hearing Robin's story….even my captain ordered me to. I won't hold back," Sanji said, crushing the mic of the phone. I gasp.
"Sanji, no" I whispered, cradling the snail and the broken pieces. Usopp and Franky stands in front of us. I could have call Dracule afterward, telling him how much I miss him. If my crew thought I was dead, would he think the same thing? When will I get the chance to call him again? Why does God want to punish me this way?!
I shake my head, focusing on the task at hand. I look at the many cars between Robin and I. Even though we have many enemies between us, I won't let them take Robin.
"Bwahahahahaah! That's a great story," Franky said, crying.
"Why are you crying?" I ask him. He is one weird person. Then he flips to his belly on top of the train. I jump up startle at the sight.
"Curses! What's it all mean?! Nico Robin... this world estimates she's a cruel heartless demon woman...but what about this deep love for her comrades," Franky said. I widen my eyes and stare at disbelief. I slowly turn away from him and look at the others. \
"Alright then. Robin right in front of us and we are going to get her," I said, thinking the we part is Sanji, Usopp, and I. With our combined strength, hopefully we can get Robin and escape.
"All right! I, Franky, Master builder of Franky Family, will lend you a hand brother eyebrows and short sister! Actually for reasons I won't go into…..I'll be in trouble if Nico Robin gets captured by the government too!" Franky said, stopping the waterworks. My eyebrow twitches. I'm not short, I'm an average size. Then I see Usopp turn away from us. What is he doing? I wonder what could have happened to make him be like this.
I have mixed feelings, like really MIX feelings right now. There are some feelings that I want to really punch Usopp right now, others want to choke him until he is blue, and the other side of me gives up on him. At this point, I give up on him. Let him be emotional right now and using this mask to run away from his problems like he always does. Honestly, I can only rely on Sanji right now. I don't trust this Franky dude at all. I heard some really shady rumors about him.
"Let's do this quickly and quietly," I said, looking directly at Usopp or he wants us to call him the Sniper King or something like that. Like hell I am! The rain stops, yet animous clouds still loom over us. All of us drop down on the platform. Sanji reaches out to grab the door so we can storm in, but some unlucky fellow decides to open it or us. How nice~
"You son of-" Sanji made his move to kick him in the face which alerts the other guys in this car.
"Hey! Report this to CP9!" I crack my knuckles, throwing my useless backpack in a corner. Everything in there is useless except for the money I have in my bra. I made sure that I have the essentials with me.
"So there are more small fires?" Sanji asks himself, stepping alongside me. Three men decide to charge at us. The first one lifts his sword up, I charge as well. Either he moves slow or I became quicker. I give him a nice uppercut under his chin, throwing all I have in it. It throws him back on his back.
"Angelina! Duck!" Sanji yells. Instantly, I dive into the space between the seats, moving out of the way for Sanji. Sanji kicks the other two up to the ceiling. I see their legs hanging there.
"Sogeking Gunpowder Star!" Ussops yells his attacks. Yet, Franky did something crazy.
"Strong Right!" Franky screams, his right fist detaches itself from his body with a chain following it and KO about five guys.
"Holy cow," I mumble. I see that the agents are now aiming at us with guns. 'Shit' I thought. I take cover under the chairs. I look up to see that the bullets are not effecting Franky at all! My jaw drops, as bullets drop to the floor. He doesn't even flinch as they keep firing at him.
"How come our guns not working?!" the agent said, freaking out. Franky grabs a bench and throws it at them. Okay I believe he is like Superman, an alien, or maybe he has a devil fruit power. With the agents knocked out, the rest of us comes out of hiding.
"Hey what the hell are you?" Sanji asks him. Franky gives us a shit-eating grin.
"Oh, I'm a cyborg," he said, casually. At this point, I'm not surprised at all.
"Cyborg?" Ussops questions him.
"That's right. Steel and weapons are built into my body. If I'm shot, it will be," Franky chuckles.
"Something like that is possible," I said, in awe. Yet, Usopp decides to poke him with a needle in his back. Franky jumps up in pain.
"OWWW! Whaddya think you're doing!" Franky yells at him, rubbing at the spot. I lift my eyebrow up. Maybe he is not a cyborg at all. Maybe half a cyborg. I look around to make sure that no one is hiding or would attack us.
"Oi, now is not the time to gossip ladies," I said, going ahead. They soon follow me to the next car's door. I stop right in front of it and for some reason I couldn't shake off the feeling of dread. Someone in that cart is way stronger than me or is it in another car.
"Car number four," Sanji said, opening the door. We step in one by one. It is set up as a kitchen for the entire train with kitchen equipment that I know Sanji would love to have. Suddenly, there is a crazy man pushing a cart all over this car.
"I'm Mad Wanze! What's up you guys," he said, stopping in front of is. He has this crazy smile that is so fake. I take a step back away from his craziness. He has fluffy white hair, with buck teeth. He has these spiral things on his cheeks. Is this the person I felt back there? No it's not.
"Are you hungry? I'm Wanze, the head cook, so I can make anything! How about some ramen?! Okay. Ramen it is...but before we get to that, there a little bit of trivia you should know," he said, enthusiastically. I tilt my head in confusion. Is this man our enemy or what?
"It's about my nose hair. I form a net on the inside like this….just like a fishnet stocking you see?!" He said, trying to explain this.
"All right! First, I put flour in my mouth...and knead it really well!" he said, eating some flour. I take another step back. Then he has noodles coming out of his nose and he puts in a soup. I start to gag in disgust. I had to look away.
"There! Eat up," he said, trying to give it to us. We cross our arms in an 'X'. I tick out my tongue in disgust, he has his thumb in the soup and it came out of his nose!
"NO WAY!" we said together. Sanji tsked.
"We're wasting our time. Wanze, we are in a hurry. So….See ya," Sanji said dismissing him, walking forward. Wanze expression didn't change.
"If you want to pass through this car..you must defeat me," Wanze said, getting in a kung fu stance.
"You're planning to stop us?" I ask, hoping this is the joke. I really don't want to fight this guy.
"I'm on train escort duty! In case of an almost unthinkable attack like this one...that is why I am here! If you want to free the criminal, you'll have to defeat my ramen kung fu." he said, in all seriousness. THE HELL! Where does the government get these people?!
"Ramen kung fu?!" Usopp said in shock. Seriously, the government needs to higher their standards.
"Ra..Ramen kung fu!" Wanze mocks him, making a silly face. He even squints his eyes at him.
"You jerk! Don't mock me!" Usopp yells in anger.
"Don't take the bait, idiot! That's exactly what he wants you to do," Sanji said, hitting Usopp some sense back to him, hitting him in the head.
"Go GO GO! How was it? How was my idiot intimidation?" Wanze said, going around the place with his roller skates. Franky tries to hit him with his fist, but it never works.
"This guy never holds still," Franky said, trying to shoot at him again. This man dodges very quickly, yet I notice something odd about his movement. I thought for sure maybe running around would tire him, and there are moments that Franky would have caught him but I could see him almost bending his body in the most unnatural way as if it is paper.
"Jeez, I thought my heart was going to jump out," Wanze said, when Franky stop launching his first at him. He still has that grin on his face.
"You were startled?! Your face is confusing. Quit it!" Franky said. This is getting ridiculous. Can someone please stop him? With my speed, I can stop him, but I don't have the power to defeat him. I'm not like Sanji, or Zoro.
"I'll handle this screwball!" Franky yells at us, getting angry with Wanze. Usopp steps up, ready with his weapon. Sanji walks between them and has his hands on their shoulders.
"Hold it. If we get caught up in his game like you guys are doing...It'll just waste our time. I'll take care of him quickly," Sanji said, looking so cool.
"So, what really annoys me is the fact that you go around acting that like that, then call yourself a "cook"" Sanji said, in annoyance. The guy stares at him for the longest time, and looks behind him as if Sanji wasn't talking to him.
"I'm talking to you," Sanji shouts, trying to kick him, but that wacky cook dodges him. I sigh.
"Now you're caught in his game, " I mumble to myself. Wanze looks around, not once letting his smile slip...
"I I I thought I was going to die," He said, startle. I groan in annoyance.
"Wait you were startled?!" Franky exclaims, grabbing his hair.
"Deja vu! We need to break this cycle!" Usopp said, for once I agree. Sanji glares at him.
"Nevermind! Just leave him to me. You three get to the next car," Sanji said. Suddenly, Wanze starts to eat a lot more flour than usual.
"I won't let you goooooo! I'll knead some alloy flour!" he said, chewing out loud. My nose draws up and wrinkles in disgust.
"Ugh...I can't even," I said, trying to keep my food in. Then he starts to shot more of those sharp ramen noodles from his nose. Everyone starts to dodge it. This is getting ridiculous. The more time we waste here, the more time they get closer to whatever place they are going.
"Stop that," Sanji said, going for a low kick. Wanze jumps out of the way. Now Sanji stands in front of us. I turn to Usopp and Franky.
"We need to go outside and climb to the roof. It is the only way," I said, leading them. I open the door, waiting for them to go through it. Franky goes out first.
"Right! Good Luck Sanji!" Usopp said, getting out of the car. Franky helps him up to the roof and is waiting for me. I look back at Sanji. I believe he can defeat this wacko. My grip tightens on the door.
"I'm going ahead to get Robin. So, don't lose," I said, leaving. Franky helps me up to the roof. I lift myself up and turn around to see that Franky doesn't need any help getting up here. It starts to lightly drizzle again.
"Let's go," Usopp shouts, leading the way. I shake my head. Doesn't he know this is a covert mission? Silence is golden here. I don't want any more government agents knowing we are up here. We jump to the next car's roof only to see at least two government agents waiting for us. I jinx myself on this one. I gasp, recognizing one of them as Victor. I grab Usopp's red cape and pull him behind me.
"Usopp, find another way around them," I tell him. He doesn't question me, but I sense him hesitant. I turn to him.
"Now!" I harshly bark at him. He gives me a sharp nod before I give my attention to Viktor. Of all the people in the world, I have to face him. I know it in my bones I would not defeat him. His smile still gives me the creep.
"I have the one on the right," I said, stepping up to the plate. Viktor copies me and meets me in the middle of the and the other guys observe us.
"Didn't think we meet up again so soon, Angelina," he said, looking down at me. I stand up tall, my shoulders back, and my hands clenched in fists. I highly doubt that.
"Why don't we take our fight inside. Both of us are getting wet here," he said. He slowly does down to open up the hatch. I look down and back to him. I couldn't read him at all. He is so lax about this. I jump down, and soon got out of the way for him to come down as well. He closes the hatch before he turns to me. It gave me enough time to look at my surroundings. By the looks of it, it seems that this is a storage car. It has no weapons that I can see just maps, clothing, and food. I see at least two exits. One of them leads to Sanji's car, while the other one is the unknown. I need to stick to this side of the car, it feels safer.
"So, you finally found your crew quickly…" Victor said, turning very slowly. I step back, freezing. I might have made a mistake here.
"Yea and it seems you took one of my crewmates," I state the fact. I take a deep breath, really not wanting to fight this guy. I left my hands up to protect myself and my feet slightly far apart ready to move. Yet, Viktor takes one look at me and starts to laugh.
"Oh god. You really think you can take me on, hun, you are twenty years too early to fight me. I just said that so this newbie could leave me in peace," He said, clutching his stomach. I frown.
"Then what is it you want, asshole," I said, trying my best not to choke him at this moment. He rubs his head for a second.
"Jesus. I just need you to take some paperwork for me. You see….they suspect me of leaking information," he said, sitting down on top of the table. He crossed his long legs. I stay away from him just in case.
"Nooooo," I said sarcastically. He feigns his innocence.
"I know right? Anyway, if you can get these files and give it to me secretly somewhere else, I can pin it to another person," he said, throwing his hands in the air.
"What do I get in return? Where do I even get the files?" I ask him. I hear a sigh, before three hard thumps from above caught our attention. Then I hear gunshots from outside.
"I'll give you information on my comrades on the train. I have the paperwork in this room in a black satchel. Do we have a deal?" he said, thrusting his hand in front of me. I know I couldn't hesitate on this. I mean this is information to either defeat them or completely avoid them.
"Fine," I said, grabbing his hand. I can sense I just made a deal with the devil. He grips my hand a little too tight for my likening.
"Great. Now, it is important that you do not engage CP9 at all. They are stronger than anyone you know. Your crew will get annihilated by them," he said, jumping off the table. He goes to one of the giant boxes that were open and start to dig through it.
"Oh and only three of them has devil fruit power, Blueno can make doors, Jyabra can turn into a wolf, thank god he isn't here," Viktor said, while I look around just to make sure no one walk on us. He pulls out a small black fanny pack. I frown.
"Really? A fanny pack? You mean to tell me that you have important paperwork in that….. small….fanny pack," I said in disbelief. He looks at the bag then to me. He shrugs, and toss me the bag. I sigh, and clip the fanny pack around my waist. I didn't want to open the bag. I mean at least I won't lose it.
"Eh? What can I do? It's not like they have USBs yet?" he said, justifying his actions. I roll my eyes at him.
"Whatever….How about the last person I need to look out for?" I ask him. His eyes widen a bit.
"Yea...Watch out for can turn into a giant leopard," Viktor comments, and I gasp. I couldn't believe it. I knew something about him was off. My guts is so right about this. Wait a minute.
"Wait he can turn into a leopard… I WANT THAT DEVIL FRUIT!" I yell at the ceiling. In my mind, I am cursing his entire being. How DARE HE! I wanted that devil fruit. I want to be the queen of the amazon. It either is a leopard or cheetah.
"...Oookay. I'm going to go now," Viktor said casually. I didn't really see him leave, as I wallow in sorrow. Someone has one of the two devil fruits that I wanted if by the chance I get of hold of.
I shake my head, focusing on the task at hand. I need to save Robin, and make sure these papers leave this train. Yet, should I really advance when knowing that the most powerful people would be on the next car.
Suddenly, a body that vaguely looks like that crazy cook went flying through this car and into the next car, leaving both doors wide open. I see the cook lying in the middle of the aisle. Sanji walks into this car and sees me. I smile at him.
"That is so amazing, Sanji. I give you a perfect ten on that performance," I compliment him. Sanji gets hearts in his eyes for a moment, before Franky crashes from above and almost through the floor.
"Oi! Watch it," Sanji said, jumping away in time. Franky smirks, grabs the agent, and throws him to the next car, on top of that cook.
"I see you finish with that agent, Franky. Good job," I said. Franky does a pose, showing off his star tattoo.
"SUPER~ It was easy for FRRRANKY," he said, trying to be cool. All of sudden the hair my arms stand on its end, the feeling of being watched made me turn around, eyes widen, to see that the people in the other car are standing up and not even facing us. Yet, I can feel how annoyed they are from our intrusion.
"It's gotten noisy all of a sudden," the woman said. Sanji moves forward with Franky, stepping into the next car, leaving me behind. I curse under my breath as I force myself to walk closer to danger and into the next car. I really didn't want to go. I can't really explain, but I get an overwhelming feeling of bloodlust.
"So, in the end, all the soldiers in the escort mission were wipe out?" someone said out loud. I take another step, feeling that with each step its harder to move forward. The hell.
"Not that we expected much to begin with," I hear a familiar voice said. I think that is Kaku's voice.
"It's them, right? They're the ones who actually took Robin away," Sanji said. I walk around to Sanji to see the people I met on Water 7. They turn to see me. I can see that they hide their surprise very well or they didn't care at all.
"Careful, Sanji. These guys are the major players here," I said, trying to project myself as a confident person while on the inside I really want the floor to eat me. I count four government agents that stand against us and getting Robin. I smile at them.
"I bet you guys are surprised to see me," I said, keeping my smile on. I can feel the daggers being thrown at me by Lucci and even Hattori. That damn secretary pushes her glasses and looks at us coldly.
"Not particularly," she said. I snap at her.
"No one asked you," I hiss at her. I start to glare at her until the guy Franky threw start to get up. I didn't dare take my eyes off of them. The guy, cover in blood, slowly starts to get up. He kneels in front of us, staring at Franky with murderous intent. His face looks like hell. Damn Franky beat him up really good.
"Who's this?"Lucci said, with his voice. My eyebrows rose up to my hairline in surprise….. Bitch can talk?
"He can talk?!" I squeak out. Lucci and everyone else completely ignores my comment. The guy growls at Franky in anger.
"Curses, there is no going back! Up to now, I was known as a martial arts genius, I don't care about our directive anymore. I'm going to kill you," the guy said. Lucci steps out of his seat and starts to walk towards the guy.
"Hey Newbie," he starts. My legs start to shake in fear. Even though he is not looking at me nor I am his center of attention. I want to get out of here. The guy looks back, over his shoulder. I start to shake my head left and right. Dude Run! I tug Sanji to step away from them just a bit. He doesn't budge a bit.
"Eh? You're Rob Lucci huh? Should've introduced myself sooner. Just hang on a second I'm gonna kill this guy," he said, turning his attention back to us.
"We're taking Franky alive. You can't let your emotions take priority over your duties…..oh nevermind. I'll give you three seconds. Hurry and Run," Lucci tells him. The guy didn't get it. He turns to Lucci.
"Huh?! Run from who?" he asks. He found his answer when he looks into Lucci's eyes. Lucci is about to kill him. He can't be serious.
"Three," Run dumbass! I froze in closes his eyes, his pointer finger out. What the hell is he going to do?
"Two," Lucci calmy said. The guy couldn't believe it. He is going to get killed by his co-workers.
"One," Lucci said, yet the guy quickly reacts. The guy disappears and reappears five feet in front of us with Lucci looming over him. My eyes widen, didn't see them move at all. Lucci stabs him with his finger in the chest. The guy coughs up blood. Lucci stands up tall, frowning at the body before him.
"Everything about you is a work in progress. CP9 doesn't need you… You're only superhuman if you have the entire six powers repertoire down, idiot," he said, with no remorse. These people are at a different level. They are ready to kill and steal human lives for their mission. He grabs the body and throws it out the window.
"Kalifa," Lucci starts, wiping his finger with his handkerchief.
"Yes sir," Kalifa responds immediately. Lucci slowly lifts his head, his eyes terrify me. It's like looking into the eyes of a predator that is going to devour me whole.
"Send a report to the director. This guy was too weak. We couldn't use him," Lucci said, coldly. My eyes are transfixed where the body one was, my body goes into a cold sweat. Monster. This person is not even human.
"These guys are supposed to be the protectors of justice," Sanji said, moving his hands to his side. My body tense up in fear. Oh god and we need to fight him to get Robin.
"Hard to tell who is the bad guys huh?" Franky said, cracking his knuckles.
"I suppose I don't need to ask why you're here, Intruder, From the way you open the door, you don't seem to be a very patient person," Lucci tells us.
"You're right. My parents raised me wrong," Sanji snaps back, stepping forward. He left my grip, snapping me back to reality. Sanji isn't scared at all. Even though we need to face these monsters from hell, Robin needs us. He is ready to fight them, am I?
"If you're here for Nico it. The problems too big for you to sticking your nose in," Lucci said, tilting his head.
"Says Who?" Sanji said in anger.
"You know some people are just born under unlucky stars...the best thing they can do for the world is to die. For example, if there were a demonic power capable of burning the world to ashes and the only one who can awaken that power ...was an innocent little girl, a mere eight-year-old….don't you think that girl should be killed for that," Lucci said. I didn't understand. What does he mean by that?
"Are..are are you crazy?" I said out loud, looking at Lucci. He doesn't even glance my way.
"What are you trying to say?" Sanji said, in confusion.
"I'm explaining Nico Robin's life to you. Now, of course, she's an actual criminal. But in the beginning, she was just a little girl with a terrible power. For as long as she can remember, her very existence has been a crime. The only way she can make people happy is disappearing. That is her burden to bare." He states. The more he speaks, the more the fear in me replaces itself with anger. How dare he talk about Robin like that! I know I met her while I was imprisoned with Crocodile, may he die in hell. She became a precious friend in the crew. She even helps me with Dracule at times. I know he is much older than he told me, and sometimes there are things he says that I don't get. Robin help me understand what he means. The quotes he uses when we share poetry together. I help her with getting the guys of her back when she is reading her books or go shopping with her to get more books for the ship.
"Once again are you damn crazy," I said, staring at him. He shrugs.
"Practically speaking she should have perished twenty years ago. I'm truly glad...that she'll die before it's too late," he said. Something snap in me. Sanji opens his mouth to respond, but I yell at Lucci instead.
"Shut up, Lucci! You're Pissing me off!" Lucci stares me down and I stare right back. I'm not backing down. He will not kill my friend.
"However before her demise, the government will properly spend many years wiring out all of her knowledge and intelligence….the agony she'll endure from now until her final end just imagine," I leap forward, wanting to maul his goddamn smirk off of his face.
"Puta Madre! I'll fuck you up," I shout, Franky, holding me that moment hesitation disappears as something more valuable than my life appears before me. I'm here fighting for my friends, the way of life that I want it to be, and no one is going to stop me. I wasn't there when my friends needed me the most. I wasn't there for the defeat of that Enel guy, nor didn't have the luxury to have time to make memories with them. I wasn't there when they landed in Water 7. I wasn't there for Luffy or Usopp when they had these issues about the ship. I WASN'T THERE.
Not anymore! I'm going to walk forward with my head up and my fists ready to protect the ones I love. I am going to live my life to the fullest, and there is nothing, and no one going to hold me back. The ones I chose to be, I will protect them. My dream is to be free.