Captured
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"Doflamingo," was the collective thought that went through the minds of Nami, Sanji, Maxie and Pellinopee.
Sanji and Doflamingo stared down at each other intently though both had different expressions on their faces. Sanji had a hard focused expression while Doflamingo had an amused mocking one. The two powerful fighters continued to stare at each other while Nami, Pellinopee and Maxie also stared at the Shichbukai with focused expressions though you could find some fear on the faces of Maxie and Pellinopee. Nami however bore a serious expression on her face, one that did not have any fear. This was mostly because of the fact that she was with Sanji who was one of her strongest crewmembers. Not only that, if there was one thing she could count on, it was that Sanji would never let anything happen to her since she was a woman. That meant that she was safe, even from a foe as deadly as the one that stood in front of her and the others. There was also the fact that she conquered death on many occasions on her journey with the crew because she had her nakama. And that would not change, not even with a Shichbukai present.
"That must be him, the Shichbukai Donquixto Doflamingo," said Nami.
"That's right little girl," replied Doflamingo.
"So you're him, the one in charge of this slave camp and the one who's controlling Pellinopee-chan's kingdom," said Sanji while taking a smoke.
Pellinopee upon seeing one of the main individuals responsible for her island's crisis glared at the man with absolute hate. Maxie likewise did the same.
"It was you! You're the one responsible for all the terrible things that has happened on this island!" shouted Pellinopee.
"And if I am?" asked Doflamingo with a psychotic grin.
"Then I'm afraid that I would have to teach you not to mess with the ladies," replied Sanji threatenly.
"Ladies?" asked Doflamingo hearing the plural of lady.
"Yeah, that's right. You also captured Robin-chan and that's another reason why I have to beat the shit out of you," replied Sanji.
"Oh you mean that Devil Child Nico Robin," replied Doflamingo.
"Yeah I remember her. However I don't know why they call her Devil Child," said Doflamingo.
"After all, I showed her something that could scare even a devil," said Doflamingo ominously.
Sanji's eyes hardened at what Doflamingo was implying.
"What did you do with Robin-chan?" asked Sanji.
"Who knows. Maybe I did nothing," said Doflamingo.
"Or maybe I did something bad," said Doflamingo with a sinister grin.
Sanji hearing that lost his cool at hearing that Doflamingo must have done something to Robin and charge at Doflamingo with a kick. However Doflamingo easily sidestepped from the path of the kick dodging it effortlessly.
"This guy. He didn't even seem fazed by Sanji-kun's kick," said Nami.
"And that damn smile. It never left him," observed Nami who couldn't help but sweat a little at the enemy's overwhelming;y confident grin that reminded of her ex captain, except this one was much more sinister.
"That was scary," commented Doflamingo though his facial expression and tone of voice suggested otherwise.
"That was scary you say. Yet you have a big grin of your face as if you're having the time of your life," commented Sanji.
"You could be scared and have the time of your life," replied Doflamingo.
"Damn you quite screwing with me," said Sanji angrily who attempted another kick.
Doflamingo however effortlessly flipped away and landed behind the group. The group turned around to face Doflamingo.
"Hahahaha no need to get such a temper Black Leg Sanji," replied Doflamingo.
"You shitty bastard tell me where is Robin-chan," demanded Sanji.
"Oh don't worry about her. After all you four would be joining her soon," replied Doflamingo.
"I don't think so," said Nami suddenly.
"Huh," replied Doflamingo finally paying attention to someone other than Sanji.
"I said don't count on it," said Nami.
"Oh, and why's that Cat Burglar?" asked Doflamingo.
Nami's respone to Doflamingo was a catty smirk.
"Tell me Doflamingo have you ever experienced an indoor thunderstorm?" asked Nami.
"Huh," said a confused Doflamingo.
"It's a simple question. I said have you ever experienced an indoor thunderstorm?" asked Nami again.
"No I haven't," replied Doflamingo.
"Well if that's the case you going to experience one right now," replied Nami who's grin just got bigger.
Nami then turned her gaze above Doflamingo's head. Doflamingo himself followed Nami's gaze to see several dark thunder clouds looming dangerously above his head. He also took note of several bubbles that seemed to be floating up into the thunderclouds.
"Thunder clouds, in here. Where are they come from?" asked Doflamingo looking at the thunderclouds looming above him.
"Don't worry about that however," said Nami.
"The weather is cloudy with thunderstorms," finished Nami.
Then suddenly a bolt of lightning came from one of the clouds and struck Doflamingo.
"You were paying so much attention to Sanji-kun that you forgot that he's not the only one here. That's what you get for underestimating us," said Nami.
"Amazing, Nami-san can actually control the weather," commented Pellinopee in amazement.
The lightning bolt eventually stopped revealing that a figure was charred from the attack. Suddenly Nami's expression turned from relaxed to shock.
"What?" said Nami with horror on her face.
"It can't be," said Pellinopee who also had a look of horror.
"That's," said Maxie.
Nami's attack was successful. Unfortunately it hit the wrong person. Instead of hitting Doflamingo, it hit Sanji.
"B – Bu – But how?" stuttered Nami in confusion.
"I know I made that lightning bolt hit Doflamingo and not Sanji-kun. So why did he get hit instead?" asked Nami mentally to herself.
Nami looked worriedly at the electrocuted figure of Sanji. She knew that despite her attack being deadly, that he was fine. However she still felt terrible for attacking her own nakama like that even if it was only accidently and he was strong enough to take it. However she was more concerned about how Sanji was hit in the first place.
"I know Doflamingo couldn't have dodged it. Lighting is a thousand times faster than the speed of sound so it was impossible for him to dodge from any range much less close range like that. So why?" asked Nami in her head.
"Did I somehow miss him. But that can't be. I know my aim was accurate," thought Nami.
Sanji meanwhile struggled to get up from Nami's attack.
"Sanji-kun," called out Nami worriedly.
Sanji coughed up in pain still recovering from Nami's attack that was originally meant for Doflamingo.
"Sanji-kun, sorry. I was really aiming for Doflamingo. I don't know how I missed," said Nami apologetically.
"It's alright Nami-san. You didn't do anything wrong. That shitty bastard did something to me," replied Sanji.
"Huh," said Nami in shock.
Sanji understanding what Nami wanted to ask explained.
"That bastard did something to me that forced me to get in the way of your attack," said Sanji who explained between coughs.
"You mean he made you get attacked like that. But how?" asked Pellinopee.
Sanji let out a few coughs before deciding to answer.
"Probably from a devil fruit," replied Sanji.
"A Devil Fruit. Then what's his ability?" asked Nami looking at the smirking Shichbukai.
"I don't know but I think it allows him to control someone and make them do what you want," replied Sanji.
"Sounds like a really dangerous ability," commented Maxie.
"Yeah," replied Sanji.
"By the way Nami-san," said Sanji to Nami.
Nami hearing Sanji talking to hear turned her attention to Sanji.
"Nami-san please don't take offense to this but Robin-chan is really strong. If she was defeated by this guy then I doubt your attack would have worked on him," said Sanji.
Nami nodded in understanding not the least bit offended by Sanji''s observation. It was true. Robin was stronger than her and if she was defeated by the Shichbukai, then it was likely that she would also fall victim to him. Furthermore her attacks wouldn't do much to someone who even Robin could not overcome.
"You have good deduction skills Black Leg but I think it's time that you all reunited with your nakama," said Doflamingo to the two Straw Hats and the two members of Kaien Kingdom.
With Zoro, Ussop and Brooke.
"Man this place is huge," commented Zoro at the size of the camp.
"No kidding. It's a good thing that you're with us or else you would definitely get lost," said Ussop offhandedly.
"Shut up. I wouldn't get lost," replied Zoro angrily with a comical angry face.
"Yohohohoho unfortunately Zoro-san I'm going to have to admit that Ussop-san is right. You would definitely get lost in a place this huge," said Brooke agreeing with Ussop.
"Whatever," dismissed Zoro who did not like people commenting of his most obvious flaw that being his lack of sense of direction.
"But Zoro's right. This place is huge. How are we supposed to learn anything from a place this big," said Ussop.
"Yohohohoho that's true. I can certainly see that this place is huge. Though I don't have eyes to see. Yohohohohoho skull joke," said Brooke.
"Is this really the time and place for those?" asked Ussop the rhetorical question.
"Yohohoho certainly not Ussop-san. But if we're doing nothing but searching around, might as well have fun and enjoy ourselves," said Brooke almost sagely.
"Oh I see," replied Ussop understanding Brooke.
They continued walking down a few corridors when all of a sudden Zoro spoke up.
"Someone's coming this way," said Zoro.
"Huh Zoro how do you know?" asked Ussop.
"Haki," was Zoro's simply rely.
"Yohohohoho impressive Zoro-san. I thought only Luffy-san could use that skill," said Brooke.
"Heh, you didn't think that guy was the only one improving. Me and the dork cook can use it too. However only Luffy can use the conqueror's haki," said Zoro.
"Though I'm better with it than baka cook," said Zoro with a smirk.
Ussop and Brooke thought that while there might be truth to that statement, Zoro would never admit that Sanji was better than him at anything, especially something related to fighting.
"Speaking of which. What about the guy that's coming? Shouldn't we do something about him?" asked Ussop.
"Relax it feels like just an ordinary foot soldier. We don't have to worry about him," said Zoro.
"Yeah but don't forget that Brooke isn't disguised and when they see him, they'll know we're here," said Ussop.
"Baka, stop worrying about unnecessary things," said Zoro.
"Anyway Brooke stay here for a little while, while Zoro and I take care of our friend," said Ussop.
Brooke nodded showing that he was okay with the request.
Zoro and Ussop walked towards the man not showing any signs of hostility to better cover their identities as Straw Hats. Eventually they got close to the revolutionary and were ready to knock him out. However suddenly the revolutionary called out to them.
"You two, did you here the recent news?" asked the revolutionary suddenly.
Ussop decided that he should be the one to answer since Zoro's answer to everything was to cut everything up.
"No what is it?" asked Ussop.
"Black Leg Sanji, Cat Burglar Nami, Princess Pellinopee and another man," where captured today.
"Sanji, Nami and Pellinopee where captured. And the other guy must be Maxie. Man this isn't good," said Ussop mentally to himself.
Zoro looked at the revolutionary neutrally though it was clear that he too was interested in this news.
"Oh I see, that's pretty good that the intruders got caught," said Ussop
"Yes, that's right. That means that so far five members of the Straw Hats are our prisoners," said the revolutionary.
"Five members, that means that Robin, Franky and Chopper were caught too. Man this is really not good," thought Ussop worriedly.
"Oh five members of the Straw Hats. That means that we've almost caught the entire crew," said Ussop.
"Correct. Now only Pirate Hunter Zoro, King of Snipers Sogeking and Dead Bones Brooke still remain at large. But we'll definitely find them," said the revolutionary.
"Damnit this is bad. They know that we're here and they've already caught most of us. So right now they're looking for the remaining of us," thought Ussop to himself.
Zoro still had a neutral expression on his face.
"Oh by the way, how were they caught?" asked Ussop.
"The same way that the first group of Straw Hats were caught. Doflamingo-sama," replied the revolutionary.
"Doflamingo-sama?" said Ussop quizzically.
"Yeah Doflamingo-sama, the commander in charge of this base. Don't you know …" replied the revolutionary before stopping realizing something was wrong. Every revolutionary on the island should be aware of Doflamingo.
Ussop realizing his slip up began to sweat profusely.
The revolutionary looked at the pair suspiciously before asking.
"You too, could you take off your head gear?" asked the revolutionary suspiciously.
"Crap, we've been found," thought Ussop worriedly.
"Let's just stop playing games," said Zoro who took off his head gear.
The revolutionary gasped when he saw Zoro.
"You're …" said the revolutionary.
However before he could finish, he was promptly knocked out by Zoro. He then proceeded to take off his disguise.
"Zoro why the hell are you taking off you're disguise. We don't want them finding us," said Ussop angrily.
"What? Several of the others already got caught. So they obviously know that we're here. So no point staying in disguise," replied Zoro.
"W – We – Well that's true but," stuttered Ussop realizing that Zoro was right.
"Don't bother with things that can't be helped," said Zoro.
Ussop sighed before taking off his revolutionary disguise and was now wearing his normal clothes.
"So it seems that the others got caught. That means that we'll have to rescue them," said Brooke.
"Looks that way," said Zoro.
"But this Doflamingo guy, he must be pretty strong to be able to have captured Sanji," noted Ussop.
"We'll decide what to do about him after we rescue the others," said Zoro.
"Besides he may have been able to capture the others when they were split up but regardless of how strong he is, I'm sure we can beat him when we're together again," replied Zoro.
Ussop knew Zoro was right. It was a logical explanation. There could have been someone on the island strong enough to take down the others even Sanji. But the crew was always at its strongest when they were together. So if they were to save and reunite with the others, then they could definitely defeat this Doflamingo character.
"Alright, let's go," said Zoro out loud.
"Right," replied Ussop and Brook.
Zoro, Ussop and Brooke were running around the building taking out various groups of revolutionaries that they ran into. Eventually after a while they got outside and were repeating the same. Since they didn't know exactly where their friends were they had no choice but to check the entire base. Eventually after some searching they found a prison barracks, the same one that Nami's group visited. Knocking out the guards outside they entered the building and were greeted by the sight of pirate slaves inside holding cells.
"What is this place?" asked Ussop.
"I'm guessing that this is where they keep the slaves," replied Zoro.
"Look there all pirates," noted Brook.
"Well we were told that the slaves are pirates so this should be no surprise," said Zoro.
"Hey that's Pirate Hunter Zoro. And that skeleton must be Dead Bones Brooke," said a slave.
"There members of the Straw Hats," said another slave.
"They must be the nakama of the other group that was here," said another slave.
"Other group, what are they talking about?" asked Ussop.
"Doesn't matter, we're here to save the others," said Zoro.
Brooke and Ussop nodded together in agreement.
"You guys if this is where they keep the slaves, then chances are this may be where they're keeping the others," said Ussop.
"I think you're right Ussop-san. Then perhaps we should split up and find the others," said Brooke.
"Good idea," replied Ussop.
Unfortunately Zoro got what Ussop was saying a little too well and was running off on his own already. Unfortunately he was running back outside.
"What the hell Zoro, you're going back outside," shouted Ussop in amazement at Zoro's terrible direction such that his eyes were bulging out.
Zoro turned around to look at Ussop when he finally got a good luck at his surroundings. He realized that he by accident had run back outside. Zoro began grumbling and turned red from anger and embarrassment.
"Grrr damnit," cussed Zoro whose face was still red.
"Me and Zoro will go together. I have to be here to make sure that he wouldn't get lost," said Ussop.
Zoro grumbled not wanting to admit his terrible sense of direction.
"I see well then I'm off," said Brooke.
A slave who was asleep in his cage woke up when he noticed the three people inside. He immediately knew who they were. They were members of the Straw Hats. More importantly they were the nakama of the other pirates who were here.
"Hey you three," called out the pirate slave.
Zoro, Ussop and Brooke turned towards the direction of the voice only to see that it came from one of the slaves inside a cell.
"You three are members of the Straw Hats aren't you," said the slave.
"Yeah what of it?" asked Zoro rudely not wanting to deal with this.
"Oye Zoro, we don't have time for this. We have to rescue the others," said Ussop urgently.
"I can help you rescue your nakama," said the slave.
"What do you mean?" asked Zoro curiously finally giving his attention to the slave.
"Oye Zoro we have to go," pleaded Ussop again.
"Black Leg Sanji and Cat Burglar Nami. Along with a man and woman. I can help you save them," said the slave.
Ussop stopped his pleading to Zoro to look at the man.
"Wait you met Nami, Sanji, Pellinopee and Maxie?" asked Ussop.
"Yes I have. They came in here looking for information," replied the slave.
"That must have been before they were caught," said Brooke.
"They were in here looking for information and that woman promised to set us free. Not Cat Burglar Nami, the other one," said the slave.
"Must be Pellinopee. Anyway since she promised then we have no choice but to help here," said Zoro.
"That's true since we promised to help here. And a promise is a promise," said Brooke.
"I can help you. I may be a slave but I do have some knowledge of this place. So I can help you find them," said the slave.
Zoro looked at the man in the eye to see his resolve and how honest he was. He found that the pirate was completely honest and would stick to his word.
"Alright, we'll set you free and in exchange you'll help us free our crew and everyone else," said Zoro.
"Thank you," replied the slave.
Zoro easily cut through the cell bars free the slave.
"Thank you. I'm Flint by the way" said the slave finally introducing himself.
"We'll then Flint, let's get going," said Zoro.
The pirate slave now known as Flint, nodded his head.
"Alright," replied Flint.
The group along with Flint we're about to leave the barracks when another slave called out to them.
"Hey wait a minute what about us?" shouted a slave.
"Yeah you can't just leave us here," said another slave.
"We'll help you guys later. But first we have to save our nakama," shouted Zoro back.
The four men then left the prison barracks to find the captured members of the Straw Hats.
Well that's that. Another chapter over. As usual some notes and explanations.
First Robin, Chopper and Franky were captured by Doflamingo. Now Nami, Sanji, Pellinopee and Maxie are too. Only Zoro, Ussop and Brook are left to break them out.
Someone mentioned in a review when Luffy will next appear. Well to tell the truth. You'll have to wait a good while. I've already decided when he'll appear. But that is quite a bit from now. He'll reunite with his nakama a few more times before the epic final battle between himself and his crew. After that he'll be appearing much more frequently.
Spoiler alert. The crew is going to take down the majority of the Knights, commanders and other revolutionaries that are enemies to the crew. Luffy would be the one to take down Blackbeard, Ren and possibly Dragon himself. He is a main character, just that for now he won't be appearing. However there will be numerous references made to him and more of his past will be revealed.
I'm sure most of you realize that this is going to be an extremely long fic. Despite it being more than 100 000 words, the Straw Hats have yet to meet any of the Knights. So far they've only met one commander, Doflamingo.
How was Doflamingo able to dodge Nami's attack. While Doflamingo was busy mocking Sanji, Nami was quietly making thunderclouds. When she was done did Doflamingo finally pay attention that there were thunderclouds above his head. However Doflamingo is not a fool, he's a Shichbukai and revolutionary commander. Something like that wouldn't work on him. He used his devil fruit powers to make Sanji intercept the thunderbold. Thus Sanji got shocked instead of Doflamingo.
Robin is obviously stronger than Nami. So if Robin could not do anything to Doflamingo, then neither can Nami. So her attack wouldn't have worked no matter what.
The revolutionary army now has seven prisoners. Five are members of the Straw Hats and the other two are members of Kaien Kingdom.
Doflamingo is strong and he could definitely beat the Straw Hats when they are separated. But when they are together, even he cannot overcome them.
The slave that Nami's group interrogated was Flint. Since he's a slave then he does have some idea of the layout of the base. So naturally he can act as a guide for Zoro and the others to find and free their captive nakama.
Most of the prisons and chains are not made of sea stone. Sea stone is only used when they slaves have devil fruit abilities or are very strong. Sea stone is valuable and rare so they are not going to waste it on every single slave on the base. Just devil fruit ones and one strong enough to break through the chains. As a result Zoro was easily able to cut the bars and free Flint since he is neither a devil fruit user nor very strong.