Ch. 40- The Most Dangerous Man
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Aika, Kumi, Jupiter, and Rita © Me
Back outside, a huge plume of smoke billowed from the tanker, and there, the General Franky is lying on the deck, seemingly defeated…and Baby-5 was in pieces…or so it seemed.
Suddenly, the pieces suddenly came together to form Baby-5, who nonchalantly took a drag of her cigarette and blew a puff of smoke.
"Did you like Missile Girl's…burning passion?!" Baby-5 questioned.
"Hey, Baby-5!" Buffalo called as he held up Baby-5's gun. "You still want this gun?! You can turn into all the weapons you need, you know!"
"Did you pick that up for me, Buffalo?" Baby-5 asked. "Thanks. That one has special magic powers."
"Are you saying someone tricked you into buying this thing?!" asked Buffalo in shock.
Flashback
Baby-5 went up to a weapons shop and was approached by the shady dealer.
"Whoever owns this weapon leads a charmed life," the dealer began, "and if you buy it, that will make me very happy, too!"
"Oh!" Baby-5 gasped, blushing. "He…he needs me!"
Flashback end
"Baby-5!" Buffalo shouted, snapping her out of her flashback. "Behind you!"
Baby-5 turned around…and saw the General Franky, standing back up as if it hadn't been damaged at all!
"I dunno about you two," Franky said, "but I am…IN-VIN-CI-BLE IRON PIRATE~!"
KADOOM! The General Franky attempted to punch Baby-5, who jumped out of the way, and all the while, Franky kept singing.
"And I don't bother with
Peace on the sea~! Iron Pirate~!"
"Enough of this!" Baby-5 said. "Arms-Morphosis! Revolver Girl!"
She then morphed into a giant revolved and shot at the General Franky!
"Ow!" Franky shouted. "I didn't feel a thing!"
(A/N: Then why'd you say "ow"?)
As the fight went on, Caesar continued to lay motionless on the tanker, and he happened to see the events.
'Is that…Baby-5 and Buffalo?' he thought. 'Oh…I'm saved! But first…'
He then placed Smoker's heart beside him.
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Meanwhile, in the S.A.D. room, which is falling apart at the seams…and Vergo is still there.
"Forgive me, partner," Doflamingo said on the Mini Transponder Snail. "I know…you've been with me the longest."
Vergo just remained quiet.
"Thank you…for everything you've done for me…to this day," Doflamingo said…and Vergo smiled, in spite of his current situation.
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In the S.A.D. Transport Hallway, everyone is riding down the corridor, which is also collapsing. As they did, Momonosuke was staring at what appeared to be his now dead father.
"D…did you say…Kin'emon?!" Momonosuke asked.
"What's wrong, Momo?!" Aika asked.
"What the?!" Usopp questioned. "Another dragon?! Is this one gonna bite us, too?!"
"K…K…F…F-F…Fath…FATHER~!" Momonosuke sobbed as he jumped at Brook and Kin'emon!
"AAAAH!" Brook screamed. "I'm being attacked by a giant eel!"
"Father~!" Momonosuke wailed. "What has happened to you?! Look at me! It is I, your son, Momono…"
GLUUUUUUURRGLE~! Momonosuke's stomach growled, and he collapsed once again.
"Momo!" Luffy cried. "Hang in there!"
"He must be really hungry!" Aika said.
Suddenly, BOOM! A huge explosion was heard, and it was so powerful, it shook the tunnel and almost knocked the cart off the tracks!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the panicked children screamed.
"What was that?!" Tashigi questioned.
"Something exploded!" Chopper cried as he treated Brownbeard.
"Law…that sounded like from Building D!" Jupiter said.
"The S.A.D. room must've finally blown!" Law said.
"LOOK OUT!" Nami shouted as a piece of rubble was about to fall on Dolan's head, but then, Luffy kicked it away in the nick of time!
"The tunnel's collapsing!" cried Aika, hugging Kumi in fear.
"This tunnel is carved right through the mountain," Law said. "If there's a collapse, we'll all be buried alive!"
"NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR IDLE NARRATION, YOU JACKASS!" Usopp barked.
"YOU'RE JUST AS MORBID AS ROBIN!" Blizzard added.
Just then, more rubble fell down, right in front of the cart!
"Oh, no!" cried a G-5 soldier. "Some rubble's trapped us in!"
"We're gonna crash!" Sanji shouted.
"Quiet down, you sissies," Zoro said as he drew his Kitetsu III. "I'll handle this."
"What'd you call me, Moss-head?!" Sanji questioned.
SLASH! With one fell swing, Zoro slice the rubble in half!
"Whoa! That was crazy!" cried a G-5 gunman. "But anyway, we're saved!"
"For an enemy, he's the kinda guy you DON'T want for an enemy!" cried one of his comrades.
"Amen!" agreed a G-5 swordsman.
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In Building C, Monet is still sitting at the self-destruct panel.
"That…sounded like an explosion…going off somewhere else," Monet said, "but…that was much too small…to eradicate this entire island."
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Luffy held Aika in his arms as he hung onto the cart, trying to keep her calm. Tashigi was also trying to keep her men from panicking as the tunnel kept falling apart around them while Smoker just remained quiet. Synd was busy trying to wake up Mocha, who is still unconscious, and Zoro and Sanji cut down and kicked away any rubble that was about to fall on anyone.
By now, Shinokuni had filled all of Building B…but Monet would not let anyone live to tell about the island's secrets. With that…she prepared to press the red button.
'Goodbye…Young Master,' she thought. 'You are indeed…the man who will be the next…King of the Pirates!'
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Doflamingo sat in his room, looking incredibly remorseful.
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Caesar grinned as he grabbed a glass shard nearby.
'DIE, SMOKER!' he thought…before he stabbed the heart! 'SHULOLOLOLO!'
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Inside the tunnel…Smoker pulled his jacket back, revealing that the square-shaped hole in his chest had been filled.
The Vice-Admiral…had his heart back…which only left question.
Whose heart did Caesar stab?
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FWUMP! Monet gasped as she suddenly fell to the floor and coughed up blood.
"W…what in…?!" she whispered before she pulled up her shirt…and saw, to her horror…that her heart was missing.
Caesar did not stab Smoker's heart…he stabbed Monet's!
"But…but how did…" Monet muttered…before her good eye rolled into the back of her skull…and she collapsed.
"Monet?" Doflamingo called. "Monet?! What happened over there?! Monet, talk to me! MONET~!"
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Concurrently, back with Luffy and the others…
"Hurry up, cart!" Luffy shouted. "We're gonna get sealed in!"
"Yeah! Hurry up!" Aika shouted.
"…Trafalgar," Smoker said, getting the Surgeon of Death's attention. "Tell me…why did Caesar think he had my heart?"
"Do you really think this is the time for that?" Law asked.
Flashback
Law had just removed his heart and gave it to Caesar, and in exchange, Monet gave him his.
"Shulololololo!" Caesar laughed. "And now, our deal is complete!"
Fast forward
"Master!" the guard cried. "What should we do?! Mr. Law and Smoker having quite a duel out there!"
"What in the world is Law thinking?!" Caesar questioned. "He was only supposed to drive them away!"
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Law and Jupiter walked away from the defeated Caesar, the forming holding not one…but two hears in his hands: one was Smoker's…the other was Monet's.
Soon, he entered the lab and was greeted by Caesar, who was then given not Smoker's heart, but Monet's instead.
"Marine Base G-5 Vice-Admiral Smoker's heart, eh?" Caesar asked, holding the organ in his hand. "A very thoughtful gift, indeed. I've already sent some of my men to hand the Marines! Shulolololo! But this…should seal the deal."
Flashback end
"He made that assumption on his own," Law said. "All I did was considerately return his secretary's heart to him."
Jupiter snickered at this.
"See?" Law asked with a smirk. "When you're nice to others…that good karma comes back around."
Smoker just glared at Law before looking away.
"Now then," Law said, "can anyone here create wind?"
"What?!" asked both G-5 and Caesar's former worshippers. "You don't actually expect someone to just coincidentally have that kind of power, do you?!"
"Oh!" Nami said. "I can do that!"
"SERIOUSLY?!"
"Oh, look!" Luffy said. "The exit's up ahead!"
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Meanwhile, on Dressrosa…
"Master~! Are you here?"
Sugar walked up to Jora and Lao G.
"Have you seen the Young Master?" Sugar asked.
"He should be in his room on the 4th floor," Lao G answered.
"He's not," Sugar answered. "I only saw Rita, and his window was open."
"Oh, I see," said Jora. "We don't know then."
Lao G sighed at this.
"He went off on his own without telling anyone, again," he muttered. "When will he ever learn?"
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Out at sea, it is revealed that Doflamingo…is somehow flying through the sky!
"We're having trouble with a metal security guard of some kind," Baby-5 said on the Mini Transponder Snail.
"But otherwise, you're fine?" Doflamingo asked. "Meaning the island hasn't gone up in some cataclysmic explosion?!"
"N-no, Joker."
"Well, then," Doflamingo grinned, "get rid of that guy for now…because I'm on my way!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Dun-dun-DUUUUUUUUN!
To those of you who wanted Monet to live, you have my sincerest apologies.
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