A/N: Hey readers! Here is chapter 7! Let me know what you think? Also! I'm also thinking about writing another fanfic about ASL and will probably put Robin in it! It's still just an idea, so maybe stay tuned for that one. I'm think of making it a friendship/adventure sort of thing with all of them as kids fighting for freedom/their dreams/etc. Idk if its a good idea or not, so you can tell me what you think about that too. Anyways... ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece

Chapter 7: Ambush continued...

Luffy was running as fast as he could. Adventure! He screamed in his head. While he had been walking in the dark forest trying to find his way out, he had heard yelling and gun shots. He figured there was a fight going on, and as the adventure seeker that he was, the young captain wanted to see what the commotion was. He just hoped it wasn't some stupid Marines making a fuss. He grabbed onto a tall branch by stretching his arms. Then he propelled himself towards the loud sounds of combat.

Ace was deeper in the forest now. The fighting was fun at first but this was getting ridiculous. He was becoming agitated, and these weakling guys kept coming at him relentlessly. There seemed to be no end to the number of duds. Don't they know when to give up? He realized that he wasn't in the same area as he was earlier and he had lost sight of Robin long ago. This is bad. I should to get back to Robin and make sure she's okay. Ace had seen Robin take down these guys with ease, but he figured that if he was getting weary of them, Robin was probably getting worn out too. Plus, Robin was still injured. Ace couldn't take too many chances at this point. Ace roared out in frustration as he sent another fire fist at a crowd of men. He jumped into the air and was about to spin around to deliverer a kick, when something knocked into him hard and sent him flying towards a thick oak tree, causing him to hit his back against the bark.

"OOOUCH!" Ace yelled.

This was the first hit of the night. Ace got up to see which bounty hunter was strong enough to actually land a blow. He almost face palmed when he saw who knocked into him.

"Shi shi shi shi… Sorry Ace!" Luffy sat on the ground laughing. This was the second time he had slammed into his big brother today...

"Luffy, what are you doing here?" Ace crossed his arms at his little brother

"I got lost and then I heard fighting sounds so I came this way. Looks like you're having all the fun without me"

"Yeah, well it's not much fun for me right now. Look, I need to get back to Robin and these guys are in the way. You up for a little tag team fighting with your big bro?"

"Shi shi shi! For my Nakama?... Always"

Fixing his strawhat, Luffy got into his fighting stance next to his brother.

"Yosh! Let's go Ace!"

"Hai, Luffy"

"I find it quite rude when people don't introduce themselves before doing something as kinky as tying a girl up"

"Heh, you got some humor there Miss All-Sunday. But, you're right. How rude of me… You can call me Mr. Green"

"I see the organization still uses those ridiculous code names," Robin sneered, "Well, Mr. Green, are you just going to stand there and stare at me all night?"

Robin kept a bored look on her face. She didn't want the enemy to see her squirming under his intense gaze. She had been waiting to see what this man would do after his partner left, but he only stood there and regarded her with rigid concentration.

"I'm just wondering if you figured it out yet"

"Figure what out?"

"Why we're torturing you."

"People are always finding ways to hurt me. You forget you're talking to someone whose been hunted down her entire life."

"Hmm…"

Mr. Green didn't say much. He only walked closer to Robin. Only a few inches of space separated the two. He didn't touch her but his body was getting extremely close, which made Robin feel uncomfortable.

"What do you plan on doing to me?" Robin breathed as she stared challengingly into Mr. Green's firm eyes.

"I only want to talk" His voice was low.

"Talk? I though your friend said you two were going to punish me"

"Mr. F enjoys the physicality of things. You should be happy you ended up with me. If he had won, you'd have been stripped down, assaulted severely, and be a bloody mangled mess by now."

"Well, aren't I lucky"

"Sarcasm. I don't remember you acting this sassy with Crocodile. It's sort of…. enticing"

Robin recoiled a bit as Mr. Green leaned in closer. She felt his breath on her face and instantly tried to pull back. But realizing again that she was stuck and having absolutely no power to move right now, she could only glare at her enemy. She was shorter than him by a few inches, so she had to tilt her head up to look at him.

"You seem to know a lot about my interactions with Crocodile. None of the other members even knew he was the one running Baroque Works till near the end."

"Just goes to show how immensely clever I am"

"So tell me. Why did you want to fall under Crocodile's radar? Why hide your strength?"

"Like you, we were planning on betraying Crocodile, or more like… overthrow him. We were counting on you to follow through in your deal with the boss and tell him all about the ancient weapon. That way, after he did all the work and resurrected the damn thing, we could just take it. He wouldn't have seen it coming, believing he had already won. And he surely wouldn't have suspected us, a few Billions weaklings to out do him. It would have been a piece of cake."

"So when I betrayed Crocodile, I foiled your plans as well…"

"Now you're getting it."

"So now you want kill me for revenge?"

"Not kill. Just to leave an impression."

"Impression?"

"You read the note. There's another poneglyph. You know what to do"

"And you think you can torture me into telling you whatever I find out"

"We don't need to torture you. We have other ways to get the what we need out of you. We're only showing off our power so that you'll think twice before bringing another pesky friend the next time you come out and play. We don't need the world government on our backs, and we don't need your annoying crew bringing their attention this way."

"What if I just abandon the whole thing. No poneglyph, no weapon. You lose."

"Now, we both know you won't do that. The lover of knowledge can't stand not knowing. You'll be back. After all… this is the legacy you inherited"

"Gomu Gomu no… GATLING!"

An array of large fists punched through the crowd of bounty hunters with amazing speed. Luffy bashed everyone into the ground or sent them flying into the air. As Luffy focused on the men in front, Ace took care of the ones chasing them from behind or tried to surprise them from the sides. The tag team of attacks cleared the way for Ace and Luffy as they made their way back to where Ace left Robin.

Suddenly, a blast of air came blowing at the two brothers and both were thrown backwards. Ace and Luffy dug their heels into the ground, trying to stop themselves against the whooshing wind. At the center of the storm, a man materialized out of nowhere. He had grey eyes and a grey coat on.

"Out of the way Old Wind Guy!" Luffy yelled

"A kid like you should learn some respect"

"Who the hell are you?" Ace asked.

The other guys they fought earlier were all weaklings. Now, this devil fruit user shows up out of nowhere and stood in their way. Not to mention, this guy looked strong. Ace had a bad feeling that Robin was in trouble.

"The name is Mr. F"

"That's a stupid name." Luffy commented

"It's probably fake, Luffy" Ace shook his head.

Mr. F surveyed the scene in front of him.

"Looks like you took out some of my boys. Well, they were only meant as a distraction. It wasn't like I actually thought they could take down pirates of your caliber"

Now Ace was really getting worried.

"What do you mean distraction?"

"Well, my partner and I needed to keep you busy while we have a little fun with Miss All-Sunday"

"Miss.. Who?" Ace looked confused

"He means Robin! That's what they called her when she worked as an assassin" Luffy clenched his teeth. He didn't know what was going on, but he remembered enough about Baroque Works to know that these guys were bad news.

"We have to get to her NOW Luffy!" Ace yelled and started running

Mr. F wasn't going to let Ace get away that easily. He sent another wind blowing to slow down the pirate. Ace lit his arms on fire, ready to attack, but Mr. F snuffed out his flames like it was nothing but a tiny candle.

Ace tried setting his entire body on fire this time. Mr. F raised his hands in front of him and a clear bubble formed around Ace's body. Then he minimized the amount of oxygen in the bubble with his ability, causing Ace's flames died out and return his body to normal.

"What happened to my flames?"

"Air feeds fire, Ace. Your ability is useless if you don't have that resource" Mr. F smirked

This guy was really getting on Ace's nerves. Ace readied himself for another attack, but he stopped when Luffy interrupted him.

"Ace! You go make sure my nakama is okay. I'll take care this guy" Luffy called to his brother

"But Luffy –"

"Just go!" Luffy gave his brother his best Luffy grin.

Ace nodded and ran off. He felt bad for leaving Luffy there. He's suppose to be the big brother! Shouldn't Ace be the one to look after Luffy? Plus, Luffy wasn't nearly as strong as Ace. But Ace trusted his brother to handle himself, and he was worried about Robin at the moment. Luffy can handle it! He's grown up a lot.

"Well, well, the Mugiwara Captain wants to play"

"Shut up Wind-Bag! You hurt my nakama."

"I haven't really done anything… yet"

"I don't care! You work for that stupid organization that Robin use to belong to. And now you're after Robin, so I'm going to kick your ass!"

"You think you can take me? You're big brother just ran away. Maybe you should follow his lead"

"No, I want the pleasure of beating you up"

"Fine. Let's see what the rookie's got"

Luffy grabbed onto his right shoulder and began swinging his right arm in circles, twisting it as he readied his attack. "Gomu Gomu no…. Pistol!" Luffy brought his arm back and punched forward. Mr. F started turning in circles at high speed. A mini tornado formed where he stood. It sucked in Luffy's arm and trapped the rubber arm in the current of the wind. Luffy was struggling to stay where he was. He kept trying to yank his arm back but it wasn't working.

"You really under estimate me, huh? You couldn't possibly have taken out Lucci, the most powerful agent in CP9, with a weak-ass attack like that. I might as well leave. It's no fun if you don't go all out."

The tornado grew bigger and bigger, pulling dirt, leaves, and branches into its tumultuous whirl wind. A large shrub was pulled off its roots and it hit Luffy from behind. It caught the rubber boy off guard and he was pulled straight into the raging current of the spinning tornado.

"Hmm… I would love to end you right now Strawhat. But my task was only to check on my boys and stall Cowboy Hat for a bit. Now, I'm bored of you, so I'll save our fight for next time. Let's just hope you'll think twice about underestimating me"

"I'm not letting you run away, you chicken!" Luffy screamed, still stuck spinning around in the air.

"You don't have much of a choice"

With that, Mr. F sent the tornado blowing around riotously into the forest. Then he dispelled into the air himself and everything became quiet. The tornado eventually died down and left Luffy hanging from a thick branch high up in a tree. The rubber boy huffed out an angry breath, upset that he let the guy escape. He was determined to fight that Wind-Guy again, but right now he had to catch up to Ace and find Robin.

Ace ran as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he encountered more Baroque Works huntsmen blocking his path. More distractions? UGH! I don't have time for this…

"Out. Of. My. Way." The words seethed out of Ace's mouth

"We have orders Fire Fist. So too bad, you're going to have to fight us"

Squinting through the crowd of endless Baroque Works agents, Ace could see Robin. His eyes widened in distress seeing her tied up against a tree with sharp vines. He saw a tall man towering over her. The figure was leaning closer and closer to her, as if ready to… eat her, as a way of putting it. Then he could hear her. Robin had started screaming from whatever that guy was doing. Clenching his fists, he ignited his body in fiery flames and dived straight into the mass of hunters.

"What do you know about my legacy"

"I make it my business to know everything, Miss All-Sunday" He leaned in even closer. "Just. Like. You."

"You and I are nothing alike"

"We're both intelligent. We're both criminals. We both have a talent when it comes to spying. And we're both…. attractive."

Mr. Green moved his eyes down to her chest for a moment and back at Robin. There was hint of greed and possessiveness in his eyes that Robin wished she hadn't noticed. She was completely trapped in between Mr. Green and the tree, and his body was pressing against her now. The vines crawled up her bare legs, half crushing her and half teasing her. Robin turned her head away from his face, but he grabbed onto both sides her cheeks with one hand and forced her to look at him again.

"Let. Me. Go" Robin hissed through her squished cheeks

Mr. Green released his grip. Using the backside of two fingers, he softly stroke the side of her face, his hands moving downward. He slithered his fingers along the side of her arm down to her torso and stopped at her bandaged wound.

"You seem to really enjoy dangerous men. I mean, you did work for Crocodile for years. Then you joined StrawHat, son of Dragon. And now… you even fall for Gold D. Roger's kid. Yet, you turn your face away from me… Am I not bad enough for you?

With astonished eyes, Robin tried to speak.

"Wait, what do you mean by Go– "

"I'll let you go. But first" Mr. Green stopped her mid-sentence.

Then Robin cried out from the piercing pain. The vines that wrapped around her waist had grown sharp spikes, similar to the ones that scratched her wrists earlier. Only these were longer and they glowed a bright toxic purple. The spokes punctured her skin and pierced through Ace's bandages into her wound. The glowing rods felt hot inside her flesh. Steam was now seeping out and all Robin could feel was a fiery burning in the opening of her wound and all along the walls inside her veins and in her blood. Every nerve in her body was now shrieking in agony. All she could focus on was the pain. She didn't even notice when Mr. Green stumbled backwards nor when she was finally freed from the vines.

It wasn't until she hit the grass that she opened her eyes and saw that the vines that had restrained her were off. They laid next to her adorned with orange flames that ate into their thick cutting and burned away the sharp spikes. Lifting her cheek off the floor, Robin looked up. There stood a man standing protectively in between her and Mr. Green. She stared at the large Whitebeard tattoo on his bare back and almost let a tear fall from the immense relief she felt seeing him stand in front of her.

"Ace," was the last thing she whispered before she let her head drop as she lost consciousness. A pool of red was forming around Robin as the punctures in her wound continued to leak blood.

The Strawhats sat in a circle on the deck of the Thousand Sunny, with a concerned and puzzled look on their faces.

"Are you sure you guys didn't have too much to drink and just imagined it all?" Nami eyed Zoro and Sanji

"I know what I saw woman!" Zoro clenched his teeth at Nami

"It true Nami-san. There was definitely a man sneaking around here" Sanji replied. Usually he would yell at Zoro for insulting his Nami-swan, but he felt the issue with the stranger was more important at the moment.

"Well, they didn't steal any of our money. I checked the stash" Nami said

"So they weren't after the gold…" Usopp wondered quietly

"Usopp and I checked the kitchen and the supply closet. Everything is the same." Chopper said

"So he didn't take anything… Then why was he here?" Nami pulled at her orange locks, frustrated.

"Did you say the bastard had a whitebeard mark on his arm?" Franky inquired

Sanji and Zoro nodded their heads.

"This doesn't make any sense…" Sanji blew out a puff of smoke and then crushed his cigarette.

"What doesn't make any sense?" A voice asked.

The Strawhats all looked to the side and saw Marco crouching on the ledge of the Thousand Sunny.

"Hey Marco-san" Nami answered

"Why are you guys just sitting here and not enjoying the party? Did us Whitebeards poop you out? Not sick of us already, are you?" Marco chuckled, but none of the Strawhats laughed.

"Hmm… Tough crowd…" Marco looked curiously at their serious faces. "What's going on guys?"

The Strawhat Crew exchanged looks with each other, unsure of whether to tell Marco what happened or not. They didn't know if they could trust the 1st division commander. Especially if the stranger from earlier was part of Whitebeard's crew. But, if there was a threat to the Whitebeards and the stranger was acting alone in whatever he was doing, then the commander should know about it, right? After all, Marco had been pretty hospitable towards them tonight, and this is Ace's nakama. Hesitantly, Nami spoke up.

"Marco-san. We have a problem…"

A/N: And that concludes Chapter 7! I'm not too sure where I want to take the story next, but I'm brainstorming ideas as we speak! So stay tuned!