Chapter 25: Finally, the Core! Specter and Roy and Kalamar vs...!?
Colour Spread: Two Sides of the Same Coin-In the foreground are Luffy, Ellix and Eri. Luffy is cuddling both of them with his rubbery arms, whilst Eri hugs him back Ellix just laughs. The background is dark and shadowy, Nightmare Ellix is seen cackling evilly as blood drips off of all the spikes on his body. Nightmare Luffy stands beside him with his arms folded, sneering at him. Finally Eri is seen on the other side wearing her mask covered in blood. The caption at the bottom reads: 'The Darkness Within.'
With Specter and Roy...
"Awwwwww, we've been walking for ageeeeees!" Roy whined as Kalamar blubbed tiredly...even though he was a passenger.
"These passages are very confusing, but we should be getting close." Specter said as he turned a corner. "Ah, here we are, I'm simply overjoyed."
"Try showing it a bit." Roy moaned as he lightly smacked him over the head, before his eyes widened. "Wowthat'scool!"
The two (sorry, three) were met with a large metal dome, the drop couldn't be seen as it acted as a 'moat' to thouysands of metal pipes twisted into the center. In the very center of the room, attached to the pipes was a giant, glowing blue sphere.
"SothisisthecoreoftheFleetofThieves?" Roy sparkled along with Kalamar.
"Yep, this is it." Specter nodded as the two took running jobs onto the pipes.
"Woa-woah!" Roy wobbled on the pipes as Specter walked towards the core. "S-So we just hafta destroy it, right?"
"No, if it is destroyed the entire structure will collapse, we have to shut it down." Specter explained as he walked up to the core and examined it. "Now then, let me see if-"
"What are you-click-doing, Specter?"
The two turned (Roy slipping over) to see a man walk from behind the core. He was incredibly short, shorter then Dimo, and wore oversized black rimmed square glasses. He wore a black lab coat and red leather gloves, and his grey hair was shot up as if it had been zapped by electricity.
"Clark." Specter said. though it sounded like it was meant to be shouted.
"Who?" Roy asked.
"He's Kobata's head scientist, he's the one who se3t up the mechanics for the fleets Protocol Alpha." Specter explained.
"Yes...clink. I once worked under Doctor-clink-Vegapunk himself! But that stubborn-clink-old goat wouldn't accept my-clink-genius inputs! Clink!" Clark rasped. His entire body twitching with every 'clink'.
"...You designed this?...Yoursosugoiiii!" Both Roy and his squid passenger sparkled.
"...Really?" Clark suddenly started crying tears of joy with sparkles round his head. "F-Finally! Another-clink-person who appreciates my-clink-talents!" He twitched.
"Why does he keep twitching every time he says 'clink?'" Roy whispered to Kalamar, the squid just shrugged.
Clark's happy face disappeared and he instantly got red-faced in rage. "Are you-clink-insulting me!?"
Roy sweatdropped. "N-"
"I shall not-clink-stand for this!" He hopped up and down in rage. "It is time to bring out the-clink-big-clink-guns!" And with that outburst he waddled away and jumped towards the wall, where a hatch opened then closed to let him inside.
"Clark is quite sensitive about his nervous twitch." Specter mumbled,m keeping his bored expression.
"No kiddin'." Roy and his squid sweatdropped.
Suddenly a much larger hatch opened in the wall, and out jumped a giant green tank, with two added three barreled arms.
"Clink! How do you like me NOW!? Clink. Let me introduce you to-clink-the TK-M17! It'll blow you-clink-straight off the face of the-clink-Grand Line!"
The tank tires roar to life and shoot towards them! "Yaaah!" Roy barely jumped away along with Specter, but Roy slipped too far and almost fell of the pipes, luckily Kalamar attached his suckers to the pipe and kept them on.
"Phew! Thanks Kalamar." Roy sighed, making Kalamar bloop happily.
"Now I've-clank-got you!" Clark declared as he aimed one of the tank arms at the defenseless guy and squid.
"I won't let you." Specter dully declared as he got his twin pipes out and whacked the cannon arm away.
"Specter...clank you...!" Clark growled as he aimed a cannon arm at the boy, firing missiles rapidly.
'Gotta use the Kenbunshoku Haki grandpa taught me...' Specter thought as he whacked away the missiles.
"I know your-clank-strong." Clark said as he started firing from both arms. "So I-clank-won't hold-clank-back!" He charged at Specter whilst firing, with the bored looking boy jumping out of the way.
As Specter charged at him for a behind attack, the tank spun around, whacking Specter away and dangerously close to the edge with one of its arms.
"Specter!" Clark turned the tank to face a Roy back on the standing, equipping his guns to his arms whilst Kalamar held his guns. "Don't worry, I got this guy."
"You-clank-impudent brat!" Clark shouted as he started firing at the duo, luckily Roy and Kalamar's bullets cancelled out the tanks missiles.
"Get 'em, Kalamar!" Roy cheered, the squid nodded as it expertly fired three bullets down the barrel of one tank arm, making it explode.
"EHHHH!? Clink?" Clark facefaulted from within the tank.
Kalamar fired three more shots, destroying the other arm. "EHHHH!? Clink? Clink?"
"Gotcha! Charged Shot!" Roy fired a concentrated blast from his two guns straight into the main barrel, making the entire tank explode, leaving only a tattered Clark behind.
"You damn-clink-brats." Clark coughed out a puff of black smoke and he stood up. "I'm just getting-clink-warmed up! Clink!" And with that he jumped into another hatch.
"I take it back, he's annoying." Roy stated blandly.
Another hatch opened, and this time what looked like a giant red wheel with spikes on it and bulky silver arms at its side rolled out, sitting in the middle was Clark, though his seat wasn't spinning like the rest of the invention.
"Let's see you-clink-deal with this-clink-one! Go, WL-M32! Clink!" The large thing started spinning again, and the duo were once more jumping out of the way, the machine scraped one of its arms along the pipes, making a U-turn.
"Takethis!" Roy and Kalamar fired more shots.
"Not THIS-clink-time!" The spikes fired off and collided with the shots, making them explode away from both opponents.
The thing was coming dangerously close to the boy and his squid, too fast for them to dodge.
"Roy. Run." Specter attempting panic.
He jumped away but the machine just spun to face him, very close now.
"...Sorry, Kalamar." Roy whispered as he grabbed the sea animal and threw it off of his back.
Just as the spikes extended and impaled him.
Kalamar blooped in horror at the sight of his best friend stabbed by the contraption.
"Hahahaha! Clink. Got you you-clink-cocky bastard! Now to-clink-finish you-clink-off!" Clark shouted as he jumped into the air and began spinning around threatening to smash Roy into the pipes. Kalamar did a squid's equivalent of a scream as the machine fell down.
"I won't let you." Specter said as he jumped up and whacked the side of the mecha wheel, knocking it away whilst he grabbed Roy and gently rested him down.
"Hah...hah..." Roy wheezed, he had three major punctures, two on his stomach and one next to his chest.
"Hang in there Roy." Specter said blandly.
"Hah...can you show...hah...just a BIT of emotion...hah...?" Roy gasped, as Kalamar slipped over to him. "Hey buddy...hah...sorry, guess I was...hah...pretty stupid, huh...?"
"Specter...clink." Clark hissed as he used the arms to right the machine. "I'll run you-clink-flat!" He once again charged.
Specter held his pipes out, but Kalamar already hopped in front of him and held its tentacles against the ground, at the last second Kalamar threw the giant wheel with arms into the air smashing it against the ceiling. But the enraged squid wasn't done, it jumped after him and wrapped it's tentacle around it.
"Nani!?" Clink." Clark screamed as Kalamar smashed him into the ground, then began battering it with tentacle punches. "Get off you-clink-disgusting squid!" He got the machine up, throwing Kalamar off and then charging at it.
"Stop." Specter said as he jumped in front of it and smashed the machine from the front, completely smashing it to bits.
"Gaaaaah! Clink. That annoying-clink-Busoshoku Haki!" Clark grimaced, standing up and brushing himself down, only to be decked in the face by Kalamar. "Gah! You damn bastards! It appears-clink-that I must-clink-use my ultimat-clink-invention!"
Clark reached into his black lab coat and pulled out a red button on a remote, he pressed it and a hatch opened in the ceiling of the dome. What descended down was some kind of metal suit, with pipes flowing all around it that carried a blue energy source, the same one as the core was made up of.
"May I-clink-present, my-clink-super enhancing battle suit! The-clink-BS-M100!" He waddled over to the battle suit and jumped in, equipping himself with it and moving the arms and legs to test it. "Now your as-clink-weak as-clink-bugs to me! Time to get-clink-squished!"
Clark ran forward at surprising speeds, Specter blocked just in time. "Still using your Kenbunshoku Haki? Well, it-clink-won't work as well-clink-this time!"
Clark did a right roundhouse, which Specter blocked with his second pipe, before jumping away from a left hook. "You can't-clink-run and block-clink-forever!"
"Then I will fight." Specter stated as they chraged at each other.
Clark and Specter swung their arm and pipe respectively, blocking each other, Clark did an uppercut that Specter backflipped away from then charged swinging both pipes down, which Clark just blocked with his other arm.
"Is that all you've-clink-got?" Clark smirked.
"Maybe." Specter said as they jumped back.
Kalamar abruptly jumped on Clark's back and wrapped its tentacles around him, in a constricting manner. "You-clink-again!? Stupid-clink-squid!" Clark grabbed the poor sea creature and threw him to the ground with a splat. "You'll get-clink-squished first!"
"No." Once again Specter attempting a shout as he whacked Clark away with both his pipes.
"Stay out of my-clink-way!" Clark shouted as they clashed again, metallic fists and pipes constantly clashing and swiping at each other. Specter jumped a right hook and landed on the arm, smacking Clark across the face before jumping away to gain some distance.
"Damn-clink-you! Take-clink-this" The fingers on the robot opened up and began firing blue laser shots from its fingers.
Specter spun his pipes, reflecting the laser shots and slowly advancing towards Clark, but as he got close Clark punched Specter across the pipes, sending him close to the edge.
Clark began firing again, and this time Specter resorted to running, though distinctively avoiding the injured Roy and Kalamar. The boy jumped and dived towards the inventor, and pipe and hand clashed once again, throwing him into the air and allowing Clark to shoot at him once more, only this time Specter was hit full on, and crashed down onto the pipes, smouldering.
"Guess your not so-clink-tough after all, Specter." Clark sneered.
Specter struggled to his feet, still retaining his bland look. "I cannot lose. I have to win."
"Bland as ever." Clark stated as he began firing at Specter again.
Specter spun one pipe to block the shots whilst scraping the other along the ground, smacking Clark upwards with lots of sparks before smashing his other pipe across the metallic chest. Clark staggered back before firing again, Specter ducked just in the nick of time before running forward and smackingf his pipes against the suits legs.
"Ungh! Clink!" Clark fell to his knees, allowing Specter to hit him across the face with both of his pipes. "You little-clink-bastard!" Clark screamed as he smashed Specter with both his fist before firing rapidly at him. Specter's pipes clattered down, whilst Specter himself was thrown to the edge, and began slowly slipping off.
"Looks like your not so-clink-tough after all! Clink." Clark chuckled. "This is the-clink-end." Clark aimed his fingers at the boy.
"Hey, asshole."
Clark's eyes widened and he turned to see Roy, his guns glowing golden with massive amounts of charged energy. "Suck it." Roy smirked as he fired two powerful shots.
"NOOOO! Clink!" Clark screamed as he was hit full on, a giant and deafening explosion rocked the entire room, until the smoke finally cleared, leaving a blackened and smouldering Clark behind.
Meanwhile, Kalamar helped Specter back up onto the stable platform. "Thanks, Kalamar." Specter breathed in a monotone fashion, causing the squid to bloop happily.
"Thanks for distracting him whilst I charged up, Specter." Roy panted.
"No problem."
"Can we take a break before we shut down that core thing?"
"Sure."
So the three lay on the pipe platform, panting heavily in relief.
New chapter! Sorry for the wait! But Specter, Roy and Kalamar got it all to themselves!
Ellix: Lucky...
By the way, I have a special offer for you guys! I've recently thought up a friend/enemy marine that I really like, but I can't fit him into my story, so I'm giving him away, say in a review if you want him!
Ellix: Here, I have his details.
Name: Alin Z. Inoka
Epithet: Emerald Knight
Age: 17
Appearance: Average height with dark blue messy hair that matches his eyes. He wears an attire similar to pre-timeskip Coby's, only with a red neckerchief.
Devil Fruit: Scale-Scale Fruit. This Devil Fruit allows the user to create emerald green scales around them to be used in a variety of ways, here are some moves:
Scale Spray: Launches loads of scales like darts at his opponents, its his signature move.
Scale Shield/Scale Sword: Creates a sword/shield out of scales.
Scale Tail: Creates a long, whip-like spiked tail out of scales.
Scale Slash: Creates a long scaly arm and claw.
Scale Spin: Creates a twister out of scales.
Scale Mail: Creates armour out of scales, increasing attack and defense whilst unaffecting speed.
Personality: Alin is a follower of Aokiji's 'Lazy Justice' and the belief that justice changes depending on your viewpoint. However he doesn't share his personality, being quite upbeat and energetic, when around higher authorities however he is much more reserved and serious.
Well, that's him, say if your interested, now onto reviews!
To XJustified: Hey! XJustified! I missed you! And thanks!
Ellix: Who's he again?
To Thief-chan: Thanks so much for the info!
Ellix: I'm officially doomed...
To Zusenheim: Oh heeeeeell no! Did you just suggest what I think you suggested!?
Ellix: I think he DID just suggest what I think he suggested! This is NOT over Zusenheim! *Puts fingers to eyes then points at Zusenheim* Watching you...
To HikariLight99: Your very welcome! Thanks for reading and enjoying it
Ellix: I like her. Are you a her?
*Smacks him* Don't ask personal questions, baka.
To TheRealEvanSG: Yep, I try to put as much life into my fight scenes as possible, 'cause they're the best!
Ellix: Hell yeah they are!
To Son of Whitebeard: Why thank you good sir.
Ellix: Wait, your the son of Whitebeard!? Hey! Fight me! I wanna see how strong I am!
*Facepalm*
Once again, thank you for reading! And if my updates seem late, it's becuase I'm on SUMMER HOLIDAYS! YAAAAY!
Nakama! Summer holidayyyyys!