Songs
Vs. Minotaur: Master Assassin (Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Soundtrack)
Level 5.5 Entrance: Can't Hold Us (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton)
"Here we are." stated Hancock. "Impel Down."
"I'll be going, then. Good luck, you two." I got off the ship and climbed up part of the wall of the entrance. I opened a vent that was big enough to crawl through, and slipped in. It turns out that the vent led into the camera and surveillance room.
'How lucky for me.' There were two guards on duty, and when one was below me, I dropped out and assassinated him. The other one quickly got up and turned around, but before he knew it, I had stabbed him and ended his life. I went and locked the door and sat down in front of the camera screens.
"Where's Hancock and Luffy…? There!" I saw Hancock get escorted in by one of the guards and led into one of the rooms. She quickly influenced the guard and turned her to stone, allowing Luffy to get out and go off on his own. Hancock then turned the guard back to normal and everything proceeded as planned. I unlocked the door and snuck out.
"Level 1. This is the place with the spiked floor, right?" I had only ever been to Impel Down once before while infiltrating the Order to earn Akainu's trust. I saw a figure run past me.
"Luffy?" I called out. He stopped and turned around to look at me.
"Aaron! Come on, let's go!" We started running together.
"Luffy, listen. Impel Down has 6 levels to it. This is the first, where small-time criminals are kept."
"So do the reputations increase as the levels do?"
"Yes. I'm willing to bet that Ace is on the sixth level, the lowest one."
"Alright! Then we just have to keep going!"
'Hey, that voice...could that be?'
"Straw Hat!" A prisoner called out to us. We stopped and walked over to the prison cell.
"Buggy?" asked Luffy.
"Oh, no. Luffy, can we leave him?"
"I don't know, he could help us out. He probably knows this prison better than we do."
"Luffy, I've been here before. I know this place better than he does! We don't need Buggy!"
"But strength in numbers, right?" Luffy broke open the cell door and let Buggy out.
"You'd better not get in our way, Clown." I told him.
"Oh, be quiet! As long as there's treasure at the end of this, I'll go with you two!"
"You want treasure? Fine. How about I'll pay your own bounty's value to you when this is over?"
"Really? 15 Million berries?!"
"Sure. But you have to come with us."
"Oh, fine. Besides, with you here, Aaron, what's there to fear?"
"A Marine Admiral, but one won't show up. Let's go." We continued on to find the entrance to the second level through the giant spike pit.
"We have to jump through there to get to the second level." I pointed.
"You're crazy! There's no way we can make it!" screamed Buggy.
"Just trust me!" I jumped, and Luffy after me.
"Damn it! Whatever!" Buggy jumped as well.
X
"Level 2. The one with the animal guards. They're like pseudo-Zoans." We started running again.
"Wait!" We stopped quickly, as a shadow was making it's way towards us. When it turned the corner, it was the Minotaur guard.
"Oh, damn. Leave this to me! Go on!" Luffy and Buggy continued on. The Minotaur looked at me, and swung its club. I dodged it, and it smashed a large crater in the ground. I landed again.
"That's quite a powerful swing, considering that you don't use Haki. But that's what makes the difference between us. Armament Hardening! Shave!" I teleported to him before he could see it and punched him with all my might. He was sent flying back into the wall, unconscious. I undid my haki, and exhaled.
"I should keep going." I started running after Luffy and Buggy again. Eventually I found them next to another cell, talking to someone else.
"Oh, great. Now who is it, Luffy?" I walked up to the rest of them.
"Oh, Aaron! You're done already?"
"Of course. It only took one haki powered punch. Hm?" I looked in the cell.
"Oh, great. It's you." I said loathingly towards Mr. 3.
"A-Aaron! What are you doing here?!"
"I'm here with Luffy to break Ace out of prison. Nice seeing you." I began to walk away. Suddenly I heard the cage door open.
"Luffy…" I began.
"His Wax-Wax powers can make duplicate keys, he'll be useful."
"...Fine. Let's keep going. Not too many more friends, okay? We really should hurry."
X
"Welcome to Level 3, the dry desert." We kept going. I tried to activate my water powers, but they dried up.
"We should go through here as quickly as possible, Luffy. My water powers have no effect here, so we can't stay hydrated."
"Got it! Huh? That voice…" Luffy ran up to one of the cells.
"Here we go again." The rest of us walked up to the cell door with Luffy.
"Oh, Bon Clay. It's been a while."
"Ah, hello Aaron. We were just having a nice ballet routine in here."
"Yeah, I'm sure it was lovely." I said with a disturbed face.
"Bon, you should come with us to save Ace!" suggested Luffy.
"Sure!" I opened the cage for him.
"Oh, so you're okay with him, but not us?!" yelled an annoyed Buggy.
"I don't like you two, though. Come on." They looked infuriated.
X
"Level 4. The one that's hot as hell." The Minotaur reappeared.
"Back for some more?"
"Let me do this one." said Luffy.
"Second Gear! Gum Gum Jet Rifle!"
"Those things are so weak." I said, as the Minotaur crashed to the ground.
"Yeah to you guys, because you're freaks of nature!" yelled Mr. 3. "To the average prisoner, he's a monster!"
"A weak one."
"ARGHH!" We continued on, until eventually we reached the exit into level 5.
"There it is! Level 5! The frozen level!"
"Too bad that you'll never reach it. What a shame." said an unknown voice that seemed familiar. A large figure walked across the bridge. He was a demon race.
"Magellan." I looked at him.
"Well well, no wonder why you've been able to get so far. Two of the most powerful and notorious pirates in the world, and 3 others who are decently well-known."
"You make us sound like amateurs!" yelled Buggy.
"That's because you are." Magellan and I responded at the same time.
"HEY!"
"...Guys, leave him to me." said Luffy.
"What?! Luffy, you're crazy! Do you even know who this is?! It's Magellan, the warden of the prison, and a logia devil fruit eater! You don't stand a chance!"
"I don't care! I'm going to rescue Ace! Now go!" Then I remembered something. Something Dragon had told me about this place before I left for Amazon Lily.
"Alright! Guys, follow me!"
"No way! We're leaving!" yelled Buggy and Mr. 3. The two of them took off back towards the exit of level 3.
"Idiots. I suppose they want to use the confusion to get out their own way."
"I'll stay and help Straw Hat!" yelled Bon Clay.
"Hmph. Do as you wish. Shave. Armament Hardening." I teleported to Magellan and punched him back a fair distance, creating a time frame long enough to be able to head off into the next level.
X
'I know for a fact that Luffy won't be a match for Magellan if he can't use haki. Luckily, Dragon told me that Ivankov has been hiding out somewhere on level 5 for quite some time now, and they have an undercover base setup. I just have to find it. Oh, could that be?' I walked over to what looked like a rock with a tunnel carved through it. I heard something on the other side...music.
"This must be it." I entered, and walked through a dark corridor for a minute or two before walking out into a giant party with colors streaming everywhere, disco balls on the ceiling, and people dining at tables. A few of the musicians were singing.
"...Yep, this is definitely where Ivankov is." And then someone walked out. He was wearing sunglasses, a yellow coat, and had a strange haircut.
"Inazuma."
"C-Commander! What are you doing here?!"
"I need Ivankov's help."
"Of course." A moment or two later, the man himself walked out.
"Hello again."
"Nice to see you! What brings you to Newkama land?"
"...That's what you named this place?"
"Brilliant, isn't it?"
"No. I need you to help my friends recover from Magellan's poison."
"Oh, I don't know if I'm able to do that. A logia poison is much stronger and on a completely different level overall, you know."
"I'm not an idiot. I'm asking because I know that he will survive. His will is too strong to die here."
"Who is this man?"
"You'll find out." On cue, Bentham walked in practically frozen and carrying a damaged Luffy on his back.
"He's going to die if someone doesn't treat him fast!" the man yelled.
"Ivankov."
"R-Right! Alright, bring him this way." He led us down a hall where a large iron door stood before us.
"I'll take it from here." He carried Luffy into the room.
"...And now we wait." I said, and left to go back to the main entrance.
X
"H-He's alive!"
"Hm?" I got up and walked back to where the others were. All of the prisoners were standing in front of the door, seeing Luffy back on his feet.
"Luffy. You're up."
"Yeah!"
"That's good."
"What do you mean?!" yelled Mr. 2. "You were the only one throughout our entire chant for Luffy to survive to not participate!"
"That's because I don't need to chant for him to live, I already know he will. Luffy's got the Will of D within him, and that's all I need to know."
"Hey, Iva! Inazuma! Why don't all of you guys come with us to help save my brother Ace!" suggested Luffy. I looked over.
"No, sorry. I can't leave this place until a certain someone makes his move out in the real world."
"Who?"
"The strongest man in the world! You see, we're part of the Revolutionary Army! So until our commander decides to put our plan in motion, I can't leave! That man is the Revolutionaries' Leader! Dragon!"
"Oh, you mean Dad?"
"Yes, your father…WHAT?!" He flew to the back wall, looking like he just heard the most shocking news in his life. He probably did, too.
"Y-Y-YOU'RE DRAGON'S KID?!"
"You never knew?" I asked him. "Dragon's full name is Monkey D. Dragon, the son of Navy Hero Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp. Luffy's Dragon's son, and a notorious pirate."
"No, I DIDN'T know, thank you very much for telling me!"
"All members of the Assassins know that. Dragon told every one of us to look out for him."
"You forget that I'm not a member of your precious Brotherhood! I'm only part of the Revolution, fool."
"You're the fool. You're one of the commanders yourself, and you never bothered to ask Dragon if he had a child or not? Even Kuma knew that much."
"Don't compare me to him."
"...We're getting off topic. Come with us to save Ace. As your superior and your boss, that's an order."
"Hrghh, fine. We'll go. Come on, guys! Let's go fight some Marines!"
"We have to go down to level 6 from here. That's where Ace is being held."
"There! That's the entrance to level 6." Ivankov pointed to the exit.
"Guys! Stay here! Aaron, Luffy, Inazuma and I will go take care of this part!"
X
"Level 6. I haven't been down here in a long time." I began walking around, and pulled my hood off.
"Well well...look who's come to visit."
"That voice…" responded Luffy. I walked up to the rest of them and looked into the cell.
"Oh, it's only you."
"Aaron. I hate you. It's your fault I'm stuck in here. You lied to me and took the payment from me. Then Straw Hat beat me and sent me here."
"It's your own fault for not confirming that I killed them, you know. You knew that I didn't like the idea of working with you. Idiot." I walked away.
"Ivankov, let him out. I'll keep him in line if he doesn't help us." He opened the cage and the former warlord stepped out of his cell for the first time. I continued walking to the back of the hall.
"Well look at you." I looked down at Jinbe.
"Aaron? What are you doing here?"
"Breaking you out." I used haki to break the door down and destroyed his handcuffs. I tossed him a Master Assassin necklace.
"Here. I suspected you'd need a new one, so I brought a few extras." He put it on.
"Thank you. Now let's go save Ace."
"Oh, what's the matter? You're not going to let me out either?!" asked a familiar voice. I walked up to another cell and looked in only to find Arlong sitting there with a savage smile on his face.
"...Go to hell."
"Touchy, aren't we?! You know about my strength! Why don't you let me help you get Ace back?"
"I'm not here to break you out. I only came to break Ace out, but now that I know that he's at Marineford, we're leaving, and we're going to leave you here to rot, as well."
"...You've changed." he laughed. "It's your eyes. Back when you told me that you'd kill me, you had a look of mercy on your face." He looked at my necklace and outfit. "But now that you've joined THEM, and you've begun your training, your eyes have changed. They're more...what's the word? Evil? Savage? Feral. That's it. It's like you have no emotion left in you but anger. What happened to you?"
"..." I walked away with the others now armed and ready to kill.
"Let's go raise some hell." I said finally, as we exited level 6.
End.
I'm skipping the last parts of it, because everyone knows that it will be a shitload of fighting, most of which Luffy's not involved in thanks to Teach and the rest of his squad. So Marineford's next. Get ready for a hell of a show. :)