Here is chapter 4. Uploaded 8-19-17.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
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/Radio communication/
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Chapter 4: Meeting with an Ally
Luffy and Nami walk into a hangar as a Vought OS2U is loaded onto the launcher. A flight personnel walks over and salutes Luffy.
"Hello Admiral, the Maverik is ready for you sir." Officer Hathaway says with a salute.
"Good to hear. Has the extra tank been added on?" Luffy asks.
"Yes sir. Added and fueled. We also resupplied your ammunition as well." Hathaway says.
"Good." Luffy turns to Nami. "Alright love, we are now leaving." Luffy says and leads Nami over to the plane and helps her into the cockpit. Luffy straightens up as the launcher rises and the hangar doors open above them.
The rest of the crew walk over as they hear the alarms going off signaling that the launcher is being raised. They are surprised to see a plane on the launcher with Luffy and Nami inside. The OS2U roars to life with a tremendous roar as smoke comes out of the exhaust as Luffy pushes the throttle to full power.
"This is Maverik, do you copy bridge?" Luffy asks into the radio.
/"This is the bridge we copy you loud and clear Admiral."/ Thomas says.
"Alright, we should be gone for a couple of hours, so there is no need to be at full speed, so decrease the ships speed to 2/3."
/"As you command Admiral, anything else?"/ Thomas asks.
"No that should be it." Luffy takes a breath and turns to Nami. "Ready Nami?" Luffy asks.
"Yes Lucifer I am. I am a little excited as this will be my first time in something like this." Nami says with a smile.
"Well a little warning." He says getting her attention more. "You may either want to hold onto me or onto the bars on your sides as a launcher take-off can be a little rougher than a normal take-off." Luffy says. Nami wraps her arms around Luffy. "Alright hold on. Maverik taking off!" Luffy says into the headset as he pushes a lever forward. The Maverik lurches forward pushing Nami back into her seat and tightening her arms around Luffy and releasing a scream as the plane goes from 0-80 mph as it leaves the Iowa and quickly ascends into the air. The Straw Hats stare in shock at watching the take-off.
"Where in the hell are those two going?!" Nearly all of them yelled. The crew of the Iowa just looked at them and started to snicker at their expressions.
"Sorry we don't know. Admiral didn't tell anyone where he or the chief navigator were going." A sailor says (1).
Luffy turns back to Nami as they had reached 9,000 feet and were cruising at 117 mph.
"How you doing love?" Luffy asks. He sees Nami leaning against the window panting and with her hand over her heart.
"Lucifer...I am having...trouble breathing..." Nami gasps. Luffy quickly pulls out a small green tube with a plastic hose and puts a cup around her mouth and turns the knob allowing oxygen to flow through the hose and into Nami's mouth.
"This is a tank of oxygen, this will help you get your breathing under control. Where we are at the air is a little thin. We are 9,000 feet up in the air. This is normal for people who have never been up in really high altitudes before." Luffy says.
"So Lucifer...where are we going...?"
"You will have to wait and see." Luffy says with a small smile. 'If she knew where we were going, she would be freaking out right now.' Luffy thinks. "We should be getting to our destination in four hours. So you can go ahead and take a nap if you want since you won't really see anything since we are so high up." Luffy says.
"Okay Lucifer...I think that..I will...you will...wake me when...we get there...?" Nami asks.
"Yes I will wake you up when we arrive. So keep this mask on and take a nap as it will help you." Luffy says as he kisses her forehead.
"Okay Lucifer..." Nami mumbles as she nods off. Luffy turns his attention back to in front of him and continues to look over his gauges as he continues to fly the plane.
Four hours later Nami wakes up as she feels the plane descending. She looks out the front window to see the plane slowly landing on the water. Luffy continues to pull back on the throttle till the plane is barely above idling and the plane slowly makes it way towards a small water way. The plane slowly makes its way up the river passing under low hanging trees. A few minutes later a dock comes into view and Luffy guides the plane up to the dock and shuts off the engine. He gets out and ties it off to the dock and then helps Nami out.
"Well we are here finally." Luffy says grabbing his things. Nami is surprised to see him grab a cane. The start to follow a path until they see a village in the distance.
"Where are we Lucifer?" Nami asks starting to get a little concerned.
"We are on an island that has a large marine base, which is our destination." Luffy says shocking and horrifying her.
"A-A marine base! Why are we going there?! They will recognize you!" Nami says. In answer she sees Luffy surrounded by black mist which vanishes leaving an old man who has to use a cane to keep upright.
"You were saying love?" Luffy says with a smile. "Come, we have a marine base to visit. This is the story we will use. You are my six month pregnant daughter and I am your eighty year old father." Luffy says looping his arm with Nami's and starts to walk and acting the part of an old man. Nami comes out of her shock and starts to play along, while sweating.
The two make it t the marine base a few minutes later and walk inside. They walk up to what appears to be a receptionist.
"Hi how can I help you folks?" The marine asks.
"Yes is...Vice Admiral Jonathan here?" Luffy asks with a lisp and making Nami's eyes widen in fear at what Luffy is doing.
"He is, but do you have a appointment to see the Vice Admiral?" The marine asks.
"What did you say? You'll have to speak up sonny." Luffy asks acting like an old man.
"I said do you have an appointment?" The marine asks a little louder.
"Oh, that's what you said. No I do not, but he may see me if you pass this passage onto him." Luffy says. The marine sighs but nods for him to carry on. "Tell him this: 'What is the lead gray of the Caspians, and why is 61 an important number? Why is the man with the red eyes important to know?' Ask him that and he should see us." Luffy says. The marine sighs.
"Fine I will deliver your message, if he does want to see you , you are welcome to wait in those chairs over there." The marine says over his shoulder as he makes his way to the Vice Admiral's office.
"Lucifer! This isn't a good idea. What if we get caught." Nami whispers fearfully. Luffy takes her hands in his and pats them.
"Relax love we will be fine." Luffy reassures.
With the marine
The marine walks up to the Vice Admiral's door and knocks.
"Come in." Replies a voice.
"Excuse me." The marine says as he walks in and salutes. "Sir you have some one requesting to see you."
"Did they have an appointment? And who are they?" Jonathan asks.
"No sir they do not, they are a woman who appears to be about six months pregnant and her eighty year old father." The marine says.
"I do not have time to meet with them, as you can see I am busy, please dismiss them." Jonathan says going back to his paperwork.
"Of course sir, and one more thing the old man, he told me to tell you this phrase." The marine says. Jonathan motions with his hand telling the marine to continue. "This was the phrase 'What is the lead gray of the Caspians, and why is 61 and important number? Why is the man with red eyes important to know?' That was his message." The marine says not noticing the Vice Admiral stop writing and go rigid. Jonathan's head snaps up to the marine with narrowed eyes, which startles the marine.
"Are they here still?"
"Yes sir, they are out in the foyer waiting." The marine says.
"Well, go get them and bring them here." Jonathan barks making the marine flinch.
"Y-Yes sir!" The marine exclaims and rushes out of the office. A few minutes later the marine is leading Luffy and Nami into Jonathan's office. The marine helps Nami into her seat, who although is filled with fear, thanks the marine. He then helps Luffy into his seat. He salutes the Vice Admiral and leaves closing the door behind him. Jonathan stares at the two and Nami squirms a little not noticing the black mist now vanishing into the door, walls, ceiling and windows. Nami's fear turns to horror as Luffy cancels his disguise.
"L-Lucifer?! What are you doing?! You'll get caught!" Nami shrieks in fear. Jonathan starts chuckling making Nami freeze and turn to the Vice Admiral, who slowly gets to his feet.
"I should have guessed that it would be you." Jonathan says. Nami continues to pale more. "It is good to see you again Admiral." Jonathan says with a smile and a salute. Luffy stands and returns the salute.
"At ease Jonathan." Luffy says. The two take their seats again, with Jonathan making some cups of tea. He hands one to Luffy and one to Nami, whose hands are slightly trembling. "So you are the Admiral's wife and possibly the future Pirate Queen?" Jonathan asks. Finally gaining some control of herself, Nami turns to Luffy, who was currently adding some sugar to his tea and stirring it before taking a sip.
"L-Lucifer, w-what's going on...?" Nami asks.
"Nami meet Vice Admiral Jonathan, A fellow Straw Hat." Luffy says with a smile. Nami's eyes widen at this information.
"H-He's a Straw Hat? But he is in the marines. How can he be a Straw Hat at the same time." Nami asks.
"You see Admiral had a select number of us infiltrate the marines. There are about 3500 of us who are in various positions through out the marines. About half of the Vice Admirals of the marines are Straw Hats in fact." Jonathan says shrugging his shoulders shocking Nami at how many marines are really members of the crew. Nami starts to feel faint at this news. Luffy catches her as she falls out of the chair. Luffy helps her over to the couch and helps her lay down.
"Just rest for now Nami." Luffy says.
"O-Okay Lucifer..." Nami says as she closes her eyes. Luffy walks back over and retakes his seat.
"So Admiral, what brings you to G-8?" Jonathan asks puzzled to know why he was being visited by Luffy. In answer Luffy opens his briefcase and pulls out some paper and hands it to Jonathan who looks it over. Luffy sees Jonathan's eyebrows raise before knitting together. He slams his hand down on his desk, while tightening his hold on the sheet. "What?! This is news to me sir!" Jonathan growls not happy after reading this report.
"So this is new to you then." Luffy says with his thumb on his chin in thought.
"Yes sir." Jonathan says.
"So someone has gotten their hands on one of my ships, and killed the entire crew it appears." Luffy says deep in thought with anger starting to lace his voice.
"It appears that way sir, because a ship of that caliber shouldn't have already sunk. I am sorry sir, I should have read the report more thoroughly before I sent it to you." Jonathan says bowing his head.
"It is not your fault Jonathan. I almost dismissed it as a regular report as well, so we are in the same boat. This shows that there was at least a lot of planning that went into stealing this ship. " Luffy says.
"So what do we do now sir?" Jonathan asks. Luffy sighs and slouches in his seat as he rests his head on the back of the chair as he stares up at the ceiling. Luffy opens his mouth to reply, but a knock is heard at the door. Their eyes widen, but relax at the voice on the other side.
"Jonathan, are you in your office?" Comes a feminine voice.
"Yes dear I am. Come in." Jonathan says. Black mist surrounds the door allowing the door to open. The door opens and Jonathan's wife Jessica walks in. She closes the door and turns around and freezes when she sees who is sitting in front of her husband.
"A-Admiral! What are you doing here?" Jessica asks as she salutes.
"Relax Jessica. I am on here on some bad business I'm afraid." Luffy says with a grim look.
"What happened?" She ask now taking the empty seat to Luffy's left.
"One of our new ships was stolen, with possibly the new crew killed." Luffy says sadly. Jessica's eyes widen in shock then in horror.
"Was it the ship that our son is suppose to be on?" Jessica asks in fear. Jonathan's eyes widen as he now realizes that this could be the ship that his son was to be the navigation's officer of.
"No, Edward was not stationed to this ship, he is on the USS Design, a minesweeper. The ship in question is one of the brand new ones. This one was completed a month ago. So this ship had a crew of about 100 men. This ship's name is the USS Samoa, a Battlecruiser, her crew capacity is 1,517, but since she was finishing her sea trials, she only had a crew of 100 on board. They must have been ambushed and possibly killed. We as of now do not know where the Samoa is or who has her at this moment in time." Luffy says making the two relax that their son was okay.
"It's bad to hear about the men we have lost. We will keep an ear out for anything about the missing Samoa." Jonathan says.
"That's all I can ask from you Jonathan since we do not know who we are dealing with, but when I find out, oh they are going to wish they had not killed my men and stolen my ship!" Luffy says no longer able to keep back his anger as things start flying around the room. Jonathan and Jessica duck to the floor and behind the desk respectively to avoid being hit by flying objects. Luffy subconsciously creates a wall of mist protecting Nami. A few minutes later Luffy calms down and the objects drop to the floor.
"Nam...Nami...Nami you need to wake up." Nami hears as she is lightly shook a wake.
"Huh? Lucifer...?" Nami says rubbing her eyes as she sits up. She looks around the room and spots Jonathan. She blinks a couple of times before her eyes shoot open remembering where she was.
"Nami you need to relax. If you start to panic you might lose the babies." Luffy says. Nami freezes and starts to take deep breaths. A few minutes later she gets her breathing under control and calmly opens her eyes. "Good job love. We are leaving. It's time we headed back to the ship." Luffy says helping her to her feet. Luffy is covered in black mist and the mist vanishes to show his disguise of the old man again. He opens the door.
"Again Vice Admiral, thank you for taking the time to see us." Luffy says in an old voice.
"It is my pleasure to help concerned citizens." Jonathan says as he shakes Luffy's hand but whispers. "It was good to see you sir, have a nice flight back." Jonathan says with a salute, which is followed by Jessica.
"I guess till next time." Jessica says."
"Till next time." Luffy says. With his arm looped with Nami's he leads her out of the office following Jonathan and to the lobby area.
"Have a good day sir, ma'am, and hope that you have a healthy baby." Jonathan says. Not helping herself, Nami blurts out.
"Oh, I'm not having one, I'm pregnant with twins." Nami says. Jonathan and Jessica's eyes widen in shock at hearing that as they thought that Nami was pregnant with one child, not two.
"W-Well then take care and hope that you have a safe pregnancy." Jessica says coming out of her shock.
"I'll try my best." Nami says. The two leave the base and walk to the outskirts of town and Luffy vanishes his disguise and the two make their way back to the plane. An hour later the Maverik takes off and they make their way back to the Iowa (2).
The plane returns to the Iowa a few hours later and is raised out of the water by the crane and sets the plane back on the launcher. The two climb out of the plane to see the crew standing there staring at them with questions in their eyes. Kaya starts to ask first but stops before something strange started falling from the sky.
"What is this? Rain?" Zoro asked as he was lifting weights.
"Doesn't look like it." Usopp said as they all began looking towards the sky.
"That's weird." Sanji said. "That looks like a..." Everyone's jaws dropped in horror as a massive broken galleon fell from the sky.
"EEEEEEHHHHHHHH?!"
The water became choppy as the fallen ship crashed into the water, sending waves everywhere and rocking the Iowa around in the water.
"HANG ON EVERYONE!" Zoro yelled as everyone grabbed onto whatever they could. "DON'T GET THROWN OFF THE SHIP!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!" Nojiko yelled as Usopp, Chopper, Carue, Johnny, and Yosaku slid around, trying to maintain there balance.
"Why are there ships falling out of the sky?!" Arlong yelled while Luffy hung to a piece of railing while wrapping one arm around Nami to keep her from falling around.
"It's just a dream! It's just a dream! It's just a dream!" Elizabeth repeated quickly as she hung to Anna, who hugged her back and increased her weight while holding onto the stairs of the deck so as not to get thrown off.
"Elizabeth is right!" Usopp yelled with a giant smile, his eyes wide and bloodshot. "This has to be a dream!"
"Really?! Thank-" Chopper yelled before the two of them slammed into each other head first.
"MORE OF IT'S COMING DOWN!" Sanji yelled as he looked up. "LUFFY! DO SOMETHING!"
"WHAT'S HE GONNA DO?!" Nojiko yelled.
"ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN HANGING TO THE DECK GUN!" Sanji yelled.
"What's up, Usopp?" Luffy asked as he noticed Usopp sitting lotus-style with his hands clapped together, a calm smile on his face with his eyes closed.
"Close one's eyes, and cast away one's fear." He said. "And when I open my eyes, I see nothing but a calm and peaceful-SKELETON!" He yelled as a skeleton fell in front of him. "GET IT AWAY FROM ME!"
"DON'T THROW THAT THING OVER HERE!" Nami yelled from Luffy's hold, while holding onto Iowa in her arms, who had her arms wrapped around her mother.
"MORE OF THEM ARE COMING!" Johnny yelled.
"WHY ARE THE DEAD RAINING FROM THE SKY?!" Yosaku yelled while Kaya changed to her candy form and stuck herself and Merry to the deck. Robin was the only one who wasn't yelling in a panic as debris kept on falling from the sky. After a few more chaos filled minutes, the debris ceased falling from the sky.
"What in all the Blue Seas just happened?" Gin asked.
"I haven't the faintest idea." Anna answered while Usopp and Chopper trembled together in a tight hug.
"I'm really starting to hate the Grand Line!" Usopp yelled in a freaked out voice. "First that ship graveyard in the Rainbow Mist appears! Now they're falling down on our heads, with skeletons included!"
"Is it over?" Elizabeth asked as she peeked an eye out from under her hat, her arms still clinging to Anna.
"Oh no!" Nami yelled as she stared at the Log Pose on her wrist.
"Now what?" Johnny groaned
"More ships falling?" Yosaku asked as he looked up at the sky again.
"The Log Pose is broken!" She said. "It keeps pointing at the sky and nowhere else!"
"The Log Pose isn't broken." Robin said calmly as she stepped forward. "The Log Pose registers an island with a strong magnetic pull, and the needle is reflecting that. If it's pointing to the sky," She said as she looked up to the sky. "Then it must mean it's pointing to Sky Island."
"Sky Island?!" They all asked.
"Are you saying that there's an island up in the sky above us?" Anna asked.
"Is that where the ship and skeletons that fell on us came from?" Usopp stuttered out.
"I don't see anything like that up there." Zoro said as he looked up at the sky.
"Not quite." Robin said. "What's actually up there is an entire sea."
"An entire sea?!" Nami said while Usopp, Chopper, Johnny, and Yosaku looked like little kids about to go on a carnival ride.
"That's a little hard to believe." Chris said.
"Alright! Time to set sail for Sky Island!" Luffy yelled.
"You heard him guys!" Usopp yelled. "Let's go!"
"And how exactly are we gonna do that?" Gin asked. "It's not like this ship can sprout wings and fly." Unnoticed by all except for Nami, Luna, and Robin, Luffy looks away making the three wonder why he made that look.
"Truth be told, I've never seen Sky Island myself." Robin said before she and Nami started to argue about the Log Pose, with Robin saying that no matter what happens on the Grand Line, the Log Pose always points the way, with Luffy agreeing with her. Luffy broke away from the two and he and Usopp jumped towards the broken ship and began looking around. Robin had opened up a casket that was among the wreckage that fell and began to piece the skull back together that was inside. After some work, she pieced it together and began to explain all that she could tell from the skull. His age, how he died, what sea he came from, along with the ship that fell from the sky and where it came from as well, including how old it was. The rest of the crew just stared in amazement as she worked while Luffy and Usopp looked around the ship.
"Found it!" Luffy said in excitement as he held up a chart in his hands with a smile on his face.
"What is it?" Usopp asked before water started pouring in. "Tell me on the ship!" Usopp yelled as the water quickly came up to their waists. The two of them the swam back to the ship. The two of them were now on the ship, soaking wet, with Luffy looking at them all with a huge grin.
"I found it!" Luffy said as he held up the chart in his hands. "Check this out guys!"
"A map of Sky Island?!" Everyone said as they looked at it.
"Skypiea?" Nami said as she held the chart in her hands.
"Then it's actually real?!" Nojiko asked before some of the men cheered. Arlong, Usopp, Chopper, Johnny, and Yosaku began dancing, arms locked over the others shoulders as they began to sing about Sky Island.
"You're celebrating too early." Nami said. "Fake maps like this are pretty common." Luffy stared at her while the others looked crestfallen, their eyes looking devoid of happiness. "Ah! It's real! It must be!" She said before she slammed her fist onto the wall. "But whether it's real or not doesn't matter! I don't know how to get this ship up to the sky!"
"I do." Luffy said with a huge grin, surprising Nami and most of the crew.
"You do? How would you know?" Nami asked.
"Nami." Said Zoro, gaining her attention. "Remember what Luffy told us?" Nami looked at him in confusion before her eyes widened. Luffy was from the Grand Line, so he did or should know how to get to Sky Island.
"You know Captain?" Robin asked. "Have you been there before?"
"Personally? No, but I knew someone who had been before." Luffy said before he stared out at sea. "Right now, we need to get to that ship that sunk."
"Why?" Nami asked. "If you know how to get there, why do we need to get onto that ship?"
"Because there's something on it that we'll need." Luffy said. "And it's something you'll like as well Nami."
"Treasure?" Nami asked.
"We have storage rooms full of treasure!" Nojiko said.
"Trust me. We'll need it." Luffy said.
"Alright! Let's salvage that ship!" Nami yelled.
"AYE!" Most of the men yelled with nets in their hands.
"THOSE WON'T DO IT!" Zoro yelled while Chopper asked Robin what salvage meant. Robin explained that it meant they would pull the ship up from the water, but that the ship was too big to be pulled up by their ship. While Usopp worked on something to help them salvage, Robin stared at Luffy with a thoughtful expression.
'What exactly do you know, Luffy?' She thought. Luffy had been a bit of a puzzle to her at times, and this whole deal with him saying that he knew how to get to Sky Island had ripped a few pieces away. This peaked her curiosity about the water-darknessman that was her current captain, who was now helping Zoro, Sanji, Jones and Gin get into metal suits with air hoses. Arlong was going down, but had no need for a suit since he was a fishman and Luffy had no need either since he can breathe underwater due to his water powers.
"Well, good luck." Nami said before they jumped. "We'll be praying." The six sank beneath the waves and looked around them, seeing everything that was beneath the waves due to sunlight making it's way down.
"This is Chopper." Chopper said as he and Usopp kept the air flowing in. "Sound off."
/"This is Luffy. Lot's of monsters down here!"/
/"Looks like we're above a nest of seasnakes."/
/"This is Sanji! Whoa! They're staring right at me!"/
/"Man, these things are huge!"/
"Alright." Nami said.
"How is it alright?!" Usopp asked with wide eyes.
"Good luck Big Bros!" Johnny and Yosaku cheered.
"Be safe guys!" Vivi yelled while Carue quacked.
"Bring me a souvenir!" Anna laughed. Everyone was looking over the railing before they heard a whistle and cymbols being played in the distance.
"Salvage! Sal~va~ge!" Sang the men on board.
"What's that?" Chopper asked as Usopp lowered one of his goggles down to get a closer look. They saw a ship bigger than the Going Merry, but still smaller than the Iowa coming towards them. It had a monkey's face with no eyes with bananas as crossbones as it's mark, with the ship looking like a tiny jungle on deck, and a giant monkey with cymbols as it's figurehead.
"All hands! Full stop!" Someone shouted.
"AYE AYE, SIR!"
"This is where the ship sunk?!" The same voice called out.
"AYE AYE, SIR! BOSS!"
"Boss! That's ME you're reffering to!" Shouted the man, though he looked more like an ape. "Prepare to raise the ship! That sunken ship is now the owner of the Boss of the Masira Pirates, Masira, the Salvage King!" He shouted as he and his men started cheering while making monkey sounds.
"Just what we needed." Nami said as most of the crew were giving them all strange looks. "More weirdos."
"Hey, you guys! What are you doing?!" Masira shouted as he looked at the Iowa. "This here's my turf!"
"Your turf?" Nami asked.
"Exactly! Any ships that sink around here are mine!" Masira said. "You guys better not be trying to steal what's mine!"
"So he's going to salvage the ship then." Robin observed.
"Sounds like it." Usopp said.
"So what? We let them do it?" Anna asked.
"Stop whispering!" Masira shouted. "Answer my question!" Nami was about to say something, but Vivi opened her mouth first.
"We're sorry." She shouted. "We didn't mean any harm. We were just trying to find a way to Sky Island!" She said, causing a few of them to slap their hands over her mouth, thinking that Vivi's kind heart and tendency to try and use words at situations like this were going to get them killed. Masira's eyes widened at her words, which was noticed by the Straw Hats on the ship.
"Did you just say 'Sky Island'?" Masira asked in a low voice. Some of them were trying to make up an excuse before Masira and his crew began to laugh. "To think that I'd actually meet pirates who believe that story!"
"Is...something wrong with wanting to go to Sky Island?" Chopper asked.
/"Hey guys!"/ Luffy came over the radio, making some of the Straw Hats jump before Usopp and Nami clamp their hands down on the radio.
"What was that?" Masira asked.
"Nothing!" Nami said with a forced smile. "Anyway, about th-" Nami said before she felt a wave of haki come up from beneath them. The Straw Hats and Masira Pirates looked down beneath the waves, silence filling the void.
"What...was that?" Masira asked as another wave came, this one more powerful and knocking out a few of Masira's men.
'Lucifer! Not now!' Nami mentally yelled. Suddenly, an enormous blast of Haki erupted from beneath the waves, now causing all but Masira and the Straw Hats to faint, then some of the Straw Hats looked like they were trembling. Finally, Nami moved her hands and speak into the radio but doesn't get the chance as a massive geyser of water that is twice the size of the Iowa shoots up startling everyone even Masira's men, who had came to. The geyser then drenches both ships, making both rock. The water stops and everyone looks to see five bodies, well three in metal suits. They then look at the middle figure and all reel back at the look on the man's face.
"W-What?!" Nami stutters, trying to regain her composure after seeing the look of anger on Luffy's face.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT'?!" Roared Luffy making some flinch at his tone. "WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, BUT NO ONES ANSWERING! WE GOT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR! WE WANTED YOU TO PULL US UP!"
"R-Right! S-Sorry!" Usopp yelled while Masira began yelling and slapping his crew awake. They were awake, but every one of them were shivering as if cold as they looked around in confusion. The three in the suits were soon being helped out of the suits before Luffy let go of the waver.
"That's it?" Nami asked in disappointment and irritation after calming down. "That's what you went down there to get? What is this?"
"It's something really cool!" Luffy said with a big grin.
"HEY!" Everyone turned to see Masira jump over onto their ship and glare at them all. "What's going on here?! What did you guys do to cause my men to pass out?!"
"Sorry. That was me." Luffy said. "I tried calling, but no one answered." Luffy says glancing at his crew making some flinch, Masira just raised an eyebrow at his answer.
"Anyway Luffy," Vivi said. "This...man, and his crew, own these waters according to him. They don't want us taking what they wish to salvage."
"I heard you guys are trying to get to Sky Island." Masira said. "Is that true?"
"Yeah." Luffy said with a smile. "The Log Pose keeps pointing up. We even found a map on that ship before it sank." He then took the map from Nami and showed it to Masira. Masira didn't move for a moment as he stared at the map before he started laughing. He then turned towards his ship with a smile on his face.
"MEN! AS OF RIGHT NOW, THESE GUYS ARE OUR FRIENDS!" He called out, earning a cheer of monkey sounds from the crew.
"Just like that?" Usopp asked while Masira gave them back the map.
"I believe in the legend of Sky Island as well!" Masira said as he looked at them again. "And I know just the guy who could help you get there!"
"Really?" Luna asked.
"Of course!" Masira said. "But first, I've got a ship to salvage. MEN! GET READY TO SALVAGE!"
"AYE AYE, SIR!" They called back as Masira walked towards the railing and put one foot on it before looking back at them.
"As for that map and that strange thing you pulled from the ship," He said before he smiled. "Keep them!" He then jumped back and began to shout orders to his crew to get the salvage operation underway. The Straw Hats watched as they worked to bring the ship up, except for Robin. She eyed Luffy, and couldn't help but wonder what he and the others were talking about earlier. She was snapped out of her thoughts when everyone began shouting about a giant shadow beneath the waves pass right underneath the both of them.
"What is that?!" Usopp shouted as the others all looked at it before the hoses that were beneath the waves began pulling in the direction the shadow was going. Their gaze was captured again as they watched in stunned silence as something came up from the beneath the waves, revealing an island sized turtle.
"WHERE'D THAT THING COME FROM?!" Elizabeth and Anna shouted.
"It's huge!" Chris yelled.
"HEY!" Masira yelled, completely pissed. "THAT OVERGROWN TURTLE'S EATING THE SHIP WE WERE SALVAGING!"
"This day just keeps getting weirder." Kuro said before he and the rest of the crew saw Masira staring off into the distance and trembling. The Straw Hats looked as well before they all started turning blue with fear. 5 Massive shadows that made Elbaf giants look like ants appeared. Each one looked like a human with wings on their back and were portrayed on the clouds in the sky. Everyone was petrified at the sight, including Luffy and Luna, before the one in the middle raised a spear above it's head.
"MMMMMOOOOOOOONNNNNSSSSTTTTTTEEEEERRRRRRSSSSS!" Faster than blinking, the Iowa sped off at high speeds across the water, each of the men on board rowing with everything they had as the engines were at full speed, and Luffy using his water powers to create a powerful current to push the ship.
There it is.
Author's notes:
1. I do not know the takeoff speed for a launcher so I just made up the speed in case you were wondering.
to see this place make an appearance so soon?
Next update in two weeks. As always leave reviews.
ElderH