Pikarosee1994: I update once a week, this one usually on Fridays.

Wishfull-star: Lol I bet we will never know what his secret is. Damn you Oda!

Willowwind12: ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌ Five more chapters and we shall know. I do have other stories where Ace and WB are saved, though!

IIRoxaII: So many people think Luffy will die at the end but I can't see that or fans would set Oda's house on fire lol. But bruh, in the manga, he's gotta be shortening his life even more jfc. (chapter 1044-1045). I have no idea what to do when I get to that point in this story. (Nobody flame me for my theory)

I am posting a new ASL fic in few days. Yall gonna hate me for the absurd amount of major character death lol. Anyways, action packed chapter with surprise and non canon event! Enjoy~

Hearing Crocodile was busting out, other prisoners started to talk. "Whoa, if you're taking him, take me too!"

"Shut up, level six! Death wink!" Somehow Ivankov's fruit gave him the power to create shockwaves from his eyes by blinking. So interesting how people use their devil fruits. Luffy felt the pulse and swallowed it down. He was glad he had the new arm band to cover it. Anyone seeing it at Marineford would be suspicious.

Then the fishman behind that smelled like blood, too, begged them to take him with them. "I promise I will be of use to you! I know Ace-san! I have known him ever since he joined the Whitebeard Pirates. He has even told me tales of you, his younger brother!" The fishman was locked up here because he opposed the war. "I want to save Ace-san myself as well! Please let me die an honorable death!" Ivankov said his name was Jinbei.

Luffy looked at him, but he didn't hesitate to accept his help. He was a warlord, Luffy heard his name mentioned before by Domino when they entered the place.

"We know nothing of his personality! Is this the best choice?" Inazuma asked. Luffy stuck to his decision in taking him.

"He wants to come with us despite me. Fishmen know something is up with me," Luffy said. "Right?" The warlord nodded.

"I am in your debt!" Jinbei said. More of the prisoners of level six started begging to be let out and Ivankov let out another death wink. Inazuma used his scissor power to unlock the cages and cuffs of their two unlikely allies. Crocodile asked if Ivankov knew of Luffy's issues. He said he did.

And added, "If you tell anyone, our deal is off."

"Keh, I wasn't planning on blabbing anyways," Crocodile said dismissively. "I was just wondering if you knew of the danger he is."

Luffy scowled and said he wasn't going to do that again. Crocodile seemed amused with upsetting Luffy, but he moved on, and didn't do it again. At least, not at the moment. Jinbei said he wouldn't let the logia hurt Whitebeard. He respected the man, and Luffy didn't ever think he was going to meet the guy in a warzone.

He was going to a war. What kind of place would that be? He'd only ever seen the war in Alabasta, but that wasn't up close and personal. More in the background. But this war wasn't between normal guys and palace guards and an army. This was between the strongest marines and the strongest crew in the world.

His face was set. Luffy had planned to do anything from the start and lay his life on the line for this mission. He looked to Ace's cage and got the seastone cuffs and stuffed them in his backpack. Then he went to Crocodile's cage and got his. Crocodile asked what he was doing with those as they left the place. Now they had two former warlords! More people added to their strong allies. It was lucky, even if he had to team up with an old enemy.

"He was able to hand a hit on Magellan with seastone cuffs. It's a good resource in case of a desperate situation," Inazuma said as he cut up the ground and made a spiral ramp up to the ceiling that Crocodile had dissolved. The perfect break out team. Luffy planned on recruiting some more strong allies.

He'd heard there were more of the demon guards like the minotaur. Having them help out would be great. He felt he could be scarier now. More than before. He felt the 20 hours in agony changed him. Made him stronger, at least mentally. He failed his friends, and he failed to save Ace from the prison, but was he a failure as a person? He didn't think so. Not anymore. He shouldn't have given up on his dreams and done what Garp wanted.

They went to level five again and Iva got everyone, but Luffy, Jinbei and Crocodile were already on their ways up the staircase. Luffy had a mantra of his brother's name in his mind. He was coming. At the very least, he wanted Ace to know he wasn't dead and wasn't in jail in his place. The scream he'd heard, the last voice of his big brother, had been one of terror for his safety.

Luffy wasn't safe, and wouldn't be safe, but he wouldn't be trapped in jail. Jinbei said, "The execution is at three o'clock sharp! They will be sure to take his life at that moment. It may be stalled by the old man, and he will no doubt make his move hours before." There really was going to be a war. And Luffy was going straight into it. He couldn't ever call any of his crewmates reckless again.

"Ace-san is out on the open sea. Any fight could begin between now and the execution time." Luffy said he wouldn't let anyone kill his brother. "I will do what I can to assist you." Luffy asked if he made him uneasy. "I was a pirate captain and a warlord. You do not scare me." The youngest smiled and nodded. Jinbei was a cool guy so far.

"They won't execute him until three. It gives us time to do something! That's what matters right now. The next right thing…" Luffy said. They came across a door that Crocodile dissolved with his decaying power. He didn't remember what it was called, though.

Waiting for them on the other side of the door was a ton of guards, all pointing their pitchforks at them. But Luffy, Crocodile and Jinbei took them out easily. They were weak. These guys were used to pushing around half-dead people in chains. Not strong individuals that were all free of all restraints. Luffy and Jinbei were not in perfect condition, but they were free and raring to fight. Fully motivated by the dire situation.

Soon, Luffy heard Ivankov's noisy voice, and the sounds of stomping, like a stampede. All of the new kama's had come! Now they had a small army to help them escape. "You all got here safely! Bon-chan, you sure look energetic!" Luffy cheered as his friend and great ally, his savior, twirled.

"Stop joking around! I'm at full energy! Ngahahaha!" Then he saw someone he knew, named Mr. 1. Apparently he was the guy Zoro defeated that let him cut apart metal. He'd improved so much since then. Luffy still had five days worth of explosion in him. Ready to go off when he chose the right time.

He didn't know what would happen, but it would happen eventually.

The army of strong members and new kamas plowed through Impel Down staff positively. Luffy felt energized, and not from blood. From new hope with all of these strong allies. "Let's gooo! To marine headquarters!" Luffy roared as they pummeled their way through the scorching level four.

The blugori, their smell familiar headed their way. Ivankov was about to blow them away, but Luffy stopped him. "Blugori! Join us in attacking the Impel Down staff and I won't eat you alive!" They thought he really would, letting out that scary aura. They shivered, and joined the army, in front of them. "Hahaha!" Luffy laughed.

Crocodile said, "Well, that's new." Luffy replied that a lot had changed since Alabasta.

Next the demon guards came, and Luffy beamed madly. Their master, a woman in a very revealing outfit, started to order them around. "Demon guards! Join me and live a little longer! Beat these people until they can't move!" Zoro would be so turned on by how damn commanding and scary he was being.

The woman laughed. "You won't control them! I have full-" Wham! A spiked ball slammed into her side, Luffy hearing the shattering of her bones. She screamed in pain. They had the strongest army. He ordered the demon guards to protect and help his group. They did so, beating anyone away and leaving the army of new kamas from having to fight anymore at all.

More prisoners were being freed to add to the army and riot. Their group was becoming bigger and bigger. The blugori were still joining them. Luffy was the ringleader in a huge assault at the strongest prison, making some of their strongest members switch sides. Their spiked weapons killed and immobilized all enemies, which were starting to flee, knowing they were no match for even the demon guards.

But they stopped when they came across the vice warden, who he recognized from before, both voice and appearance as he entered the lift with Hancock so long ago. The demon guards didn't move.

"Magellan will deal with you later! You traitors!" Luffy wouldn't lose them, and took out a seastone cuff. He needed to get through this guy fast. He shot forward and slammed the seastone cuff into his head, doing a spin to increase the momentum. Luffy growled at him and was breathing quickly before he shoved it back in his pocket, and was back to normal.

The guy was bleeding from the head. "Demon guards, you will either die sooner or later! Which do you prefer?!" Luffy demanded. They chose later, wanting to survive as long as they could. Magellan would kill them for their betrayal, but Luffy could off them now if he wanted to. They continued their assault.

The vice warden was stepped on by the army, unconscious and with a huge welt on the side of his head. It had been awhile since Luffy went directly for the head to break the skull. Not since Don Kreig. God, that was so long ago, wasn't it? So much had changed since that time back in the East Blue. He'd changed a lot.

Well, a lot of change happened in the last 24 hours alone.

When Luffy smelled the nasty smell from Jaya, his heart started beating faster. Good. Blackbeard was here. He could kill him sooner. He did this. He put Ace in this hell. And Luffy could make him pay. Ace said he had gotten a devil fruit. And Luffy watched as some dark thing came from his back, swirling around. A logia? Well, he could rip his neck out again. He wanted to make him pay, but he was in a hurry. Luffy had three pairs of seastone cuffs at the moment.

In an instant, he'd be there. He'd make it fast, even if he wanted to cause him pain for a long time. Luffy had never hated anyone more than he hated this man. Not any of his previous enemies. Not even those that separated Luffy from his crew, throwing them who knows where? This man was his ultimate enemy, and he would kill him when Ace couldn't. Though he'd be ashamed later when he found out.

Luffy stood in front of him, and walked forward. "Luffy-kun, stay away from him! Teach, what are you doing here?"

"Zehahaha! Straw Hat, you better get back to your brother! His execution starts soon!" Luffy grabbed the seastone cuffs and ordered the demon guards to muder his crew. This new version of him scared them even more, and Blackbeard's crew had their hands full.

Luffy snarled, eyes wide. "You did this to Ace! I will kill you!" he roared. Blackbeard raised his brows, but didn't see the seastone. He tried absorbing Luffy in his black but Luffy dodged, and got behind him in an instant, devil fruit gone but body enhanced from the effect of seastone.

Luffy jumped on his back, and wrapped the seastone chain around his neck, tightening it. His power was nullified. Luffy slammed his feet into his spine, breaking it and making him grunt. Luffy bit into his neck, ripping out the skin and making him bleed. He tightened the chain. "DIEEEEE! FUCK YOU!" He was rabid, and shoved his fingers into his eyes.

Everyone was watching him in horror and shock. He squeezed the chain, and Blackbeard was weakened greatly. Luffy was indeed losing himself. Blackbeard's face was turning pale, and his arms grabbing at Luffy weakening, he fell to his knees with his broken spine. His crew were having trouble with the demon guards, who were terrified of Luffy's wrath at the moment.

Blackbeard stopped moving, and dropped dead. Luffy stomped his face in. He shoved the seastone back in his pocket. His hands were shaking, and he looked at the mess. He didn't feel any pity or regret. The army was shocked. He wiped the blood off and continued up the stairs. The army stopped following for a moment before Ivankov ordered them to continue. Blackbeard's crew were shocked, but Luffy didn't deal with them. Luffy's eyes were full of tears. Jinbei was next to him.

"If I had done that… a long time ago, Ace wouldn't have been in jail!" he said, in tears and emotional pain.

"This is no time to get emotional, Luffy-kun. You must stay focused on saving Ace-san. We must hurry." Luffy's allies continued to fight with him, for him. The demon guards were still beating the Blackbeard pirates up. He didn't care, they were used enough for him. Magellan was the closest, and he would easily poison the beasts. It was best to continue to use them against the former warlord crew.

Luffy asked if Jinbei thought he was a monster. "With the seastone, I would have to say that." The teen apologized if anyone had to see that. "He deserved death after all he's done." Luffy wiped his mouth, hating the taste of his blood. "May I ask what that was about?"

"I'm not human, I'm a monster that drinks blood and my body explodes. That's the truth," Luffy said, trusting this fishman for some reason. Maybe because he was unafraid of Luffy, even after what he'd just seen. Then Luffy smelled Magellan from behind, and pumped his legs. "Magellan is here!" people screamed. Ivankov shouted at him to hurry up the stairs. "Be careful, Iva-chan!"

"Hee haw! I won't be beaten by this man!" he shouted, only his voice was that of a woman's now. Strange, interesting. His power was cool, even if it was weird, too. Well, his rubber body was kind of weird as well.

Luffy hurried up the stairs, Jinbei right behind him. "Straw Hat! I won't LET YOU ESCAPE ALIVE!"

Luffy grumbled. He would get away, no matter what! This prison was a hell he wouldn't stay at. He had to get to Ace, and then to Zoro. Luffy knew he was waiting for him, no matter how long it took for him to get there. He had a feeling his body wasn't going to be in too good a shape by the time the war was over and Ace was saved.

Elder Nyon said he would be like an ant in a storm. His body could be destroyed and he'd still fight to stay alive in that storm, ant or not.

Jinbei said there were a ton of warships outside the prison, and if they stole one of those, they should be able to get to Marineford in time. Luffy still had his backpack, the blood and cuffs. That one was so useful. Without it, he probably couldn't have killed Blackbeard. His power looked strong, and he'd defeated Ace with it.

Maybe his brother would feel better knowing Luffy sort of cheated to do it, it wasn't just all his strength, but enhanced by something else.

When they were in level two, where the manticores still were, the new kamas asked why they weren't afraid. "They're too stupid to be afraid!" Luffy called. He smelled Magellan wasn't so close anymore. But then he noticed Ivankov was gone, and listened, hearing his shouting from below. He clenched his teeth and closed his eyes. Luffy begged for him to be safe. He wanted to save him, but Ivankov would just be embarrassed.

But that was what he thought of Ace, and look what happened. "We have to go back for Iva-chan!" Luffy said.

Bon Clay said, "Stop joking around! No way! Then his sacrifice would be meaningless! All the more reason to push on! We have to believe in the miracle worker!" Luffy wasn't the only one upse, though, all the new kama's were, but they said to trust in Iva-sama.

Please, defeat Magellan and live! The okama queen did so much for Luffy, saved his life. He couldn't die before he tasted true freedom for the first time in many years. At least he had another strong ally that already seemed to care about him. They pummeled their way through the beasts, the blugori long gone. Well, he didn't need them right now. They were right to slip away.

He wondered if the Blackbeard Pirates were dead yet. Captainless and trapped in a prison. He wiped his mouth again, still tasting the gross blood. He had turned rabid and he didn't care. He was just glad he didn't have trouble letting go of the cuffs. It was nicer having the choice to hold them instead of being trapped in them.

They found that all of the prisoners of this floor were missing. Somebody let them out. "I smell Buggy and Three." Nobody but Bon Clay knew who those were. "Some guys who I met in the beginning. Buggy was already broken out when I came. He gave me away!"

"A lot of people sure did break out and in, today," Jinbei said.

"They probably have no plan," Crocodile said. It was so weird being an ally and not wanting to beat him up for what he did. Things had changed, and he was necessary to get out of there. He'd already helped so much. Luffy couldn't forgive him, but he could appreciate his help. He felt Vivi wouldn't be mad about it.

When they got to level one, they found Buggy and Three and all their escapees. So they did free them. The demon guards were there. Did they defeat the Blackbeard Pirates? They were bloody and injured, fighting the level one breakouts. When they saw Luffy, they fled. Smart move, leaving before Luffy could scare them into submission.

"Yes! Straw Hat saved us again! I knew you'd come out alive! Kyahaha!" Buggy shouted.

"Captain Buggy knew it? Amazing!" prisoners shouted. Three wasn't happy to see Crocodile there.

"Move it. Mr. 3? What's useless trash like you doing out of your cage?" the former warlord asked in a disinterested voice.

Both were shocked to see Jinbei there, too. Luffy said, "I'm glad you guys are alive! Even if you left me and are annoying!" Luffy said. Buggy asked why he had blood all over his face. "I got punched in the face!" Luffy said, doing his best to lie. It worked, and the two guys he met first in this incident that lasted a full day, believed it. Good! He didn't want more people knowing. All the new kamas and allies knew what had happened.

He didn't need Buggy screaming about it all. Bon Clay wasn't nearly happy with seeing them alive, and kicked them in the face for ditching them. Guards were ahead of them, and with the demon guard monsters gone, they needed to be pummeled manually by the two forces now joined. The prisoners, new kamas, and strong leaders of the charge were now a huge mob, overtaking level one.

Then they heard Magellan after Luffy smelled him. He looked around and shoved ripped pieces of his shirt into his nose to keep it from burning, even if he had blood bags in his backpack still intact. He had to protect that backpack. But Luffy knew how to take out Magellan. Cuff him and he was useless against them all.

He would do that. But with him there… it meant Ivankov had not made it. He felt terrible about it. They couldn't go back for them now, though. Luffy just hoped they survived and could make it back to level 5.5. He didn't want them tortured, no matter what. But they really had no way back. The stairway was soaked in poison!

The hydra was coming, and Jinbei insisted they hurry. "Things have taken a turn for the worst! We must hurry to the entrance!" They had no hope of escaping Magellan's hydra, though. But when all hope was lost for most of the crowd, Three put up a candle wall.

"Three!" Luffy said in surprise.

"There's something sickeningly infectious about your optimism!" he shouted. "Why, if I let my guard down for a second, I find myself thinking of you as a friend!" he said. "Hurry! This won't last long!"

Luffy paused. "No, I have an idea!" he said. He had to make it count. Jinbei demanded to know what he was doing when he ran towards the candle wall and jumped on the top. He grabbed the seastone cuffs in his pocket. He'd lose one pair doing this. He took it, feeling the strength, and threw the open cuffs right where Magellan was raising his arm for a new hydra. It was right in between his attacks after his first one failed against the candle wall.

Apparently, holding seastone actually enhanced everything, including aim accuracy. It clipped around his wrist and his poison all fell to the ground. "Ahahaha! I did it! Everyone run!" Luffy screamed.

"Straw Hat!"

"The key is where you'll never find it!" After all, that was the pair from new kama land! The crowd cheered about that, and Luffy jumped in the air proudly. Jinbei laughed about it, and said he was way too overpowered. "That's good for us, though! I just wish I could have done it before Iva-chan left! I messed up again…"

"You saved us all! Focus on that!" Jinbei insisted.

"It's great being with you, Straw Hat! I'm glad we met up again!" Crocodile said Buggy was useless to them all. He acted completely unimpressed with Luffy's feat. His crew would laugh so much about him cuffing the prison warden with seastone. Luffy wondered how he'd get it off with no key.

I know killing BB seems out of character, but remember that holding sea stone too long makes Luffy lose some of his ability to reason and turns him violent. And he's also very emotional about Ace's imminent execution. But yeah, BB be dead. I hate him and usually kill him in my stories. I looked forward to this chapter for many reasons when I was writing. I think I got the idea in Enies Lobby and had to wait sooo long! And BAMF Luffy locking Magellan with seastone.