Nami turned her head and noticed Zoro posing with his sword in the air.
"Zoro, why are you standing like that?" Nami asked him.
"If I'm going to be a statue, I prefer this pose!" Zoro said.
"This is no time to be playing around!" Vivi hissed.
"Who said anything about playing?" Zoro said.
"Do you think you could at least do something about all this blood? I'm getting nauseous just looking at it!" Nami said.
"So quit looking at it then!" L shouted at her.
"It's kind of hard to ignore! Did you still think it was a bright idea to cut your own legs off so we can escape from here!?" Nami asked Zoro.
"That wasn't the point! I was gonna cut them off so that we could fight!" the swordsman explained.
"Oh, is that the plan because that's an even worse idea!" Nami shouted.
"Ugh, whatever!"
"Seriously! Sometimes I think you were born without any common sense at all!" Nami retorted.
"Hey swords guy is that all the fight you got in ya?" Vivi asked.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to let someone else take over from here." L said.
"They don't seem terribly worried about what's going to happen to them, Mr. 3." Miss Golden week said.
"And you don't seem terribly worried about making sure it happens, Miss Golden Week!" Mr. 3 shouted.
"If you want to die in a cool pose Nami you better hurry up!" Zoro told her.
"I've got other things to worry about!" Nami shouted at him.
"Mr. Bushido, could you please take this a little more seriously!?" Vivi agreed as well.
"Hey, your pose could use a little work too." Zoro replied.
"Shut up about the posing already!" Nami shouted. Luffy pounded his fists together, staring down the agents.
"Alright!"
"Mr. 3, we'll be happy to take care of the straw-hat kid." Mr. 5 said.
"Take care of him? Please don't be ridiculous. I sent you to take care of him once already and look he's standing in front of us alive and well and interfering with my artistic work. I think it's clear that you can't handle him. He's obviously too much for you. Wouldn't you agree?" "You two can deal with the others if you think that you're up to it! I'll take care of him. I think a straw hat Luffy statue would make an excellent addition to my collection!" Mr. 3 smirked.
"I think I have way more than enough of you! And if you cretins know what's good for ya, you'd give up now!" Usopp shouted.
"Is that right?" Mr. 5 frowned.
"Let's go!" Usopp shouted. He and Karoo quickly ran hiding behind some trees a few feet away. "'Kay, we're safely in position now. We've got you're back, Luffy!" Luffy turned his back at Usopp, confused.
"Did you say something?"
Mr. 3 threw some wax at Luffy, trapping the straw hat's legs.
"Luffy!" Nami shouted.
"He got caught already!?" Zoro exclaimed in disbelief.
"Moron!" Nami shouted.
"What is this stuff? Whatever it is, it's nice and heavy!" Luffy said, he lifted his legs up seeing the wax was in the shape of a hammer.
"Almost too simple. Alright, just once more!" Mr. 3 fired again but Luffy dodged out of the way as he stretched his arm towards Broggy.
"Yeah! This should be perfect!" Luffy grinned, gettign an idea. "Hey giant guy, swing me!" Luffy grabbed the sword and started to spin around it, going faster and faster.
"What is he doing now?" L asked.
"Gum Gum Hammer!" Luffy flung himself directly at the spinning pumpkin above the group, smashing right into it. "Alright!"
"No! I don't want to die!" Nami cried out. The debris started to rain down as the top layer of the cake crumbled down. Nami and Vivi screamed while L and Zoro's eyes widen as it the pumpkin came down.
"Hey, that thing on my legs broke at the same time!" Luffy smiled as he landed on a wax sword and kicked out his legs happy now that they were free. He looked back to see the four straw hats still on the wax cake and blinked confused. "Wait, why are they still there?"
The pumpkin head dropped to a layer just above the group's heads, still spinning wildly.
"We're okay now." Zoro replied.
"We didn't die." Nami sighed in relief.
"We're still alive but that really didn't help at all." L said.
"That was a close one but why didn't you guys run away?" Luffy asked.
"BECAUSE WE'RE STUCK HERE, ISN'T THAT OBVIOUS!?" Nami hissed, angrily.
"Oh, really is that what's going on? The only thing that you guys were saying was that I needed to break the pillar. So that's what I did." Luffy explained.
"Mr. Bushido, do you think it's a good idea to put our lives on that guy's hands!?" Vivi asked the swordsman.
"Well, we don't exactly have much of a choice, do we? I don't know about you but I'm having a little bit of trouble moving right now." Zoro said. Nami's eyes widen as she couldn't move her body. It was begin covered in more wax as well even faster than before. So was L's, Zoro's and Vivi's.
"I can't move! What's happening? My body, I don't know! It won't move! I can't move at all!" Nami exclaimed.
"You fools! All you did was move the candles closer! By doing so you released the solidifying process! You're going to become wax figures even sooner now! Well done!" Mr. 3 laughed.
"That guy, I want to punch him! Right in his smug little face!" Usopp gritted his teeth.
"Wait, you guys are going to turn into wax figures!?" Luffy exclaimed.
"That's what we've been trying to tell you!" Vivi shouted.
"Please, just hurry up and destroy this thing Luffy!" Nami shouted. Luffy nodded.
"Yeah! I'm on it!"
"I don't think so, Straw hat! Now get out of my way!" Mr. 3 shouted. "Wax harpoon!" and fired it at Luffy.
"Exploding Star!" Usopp fired as shot at the candle man but Mr. 5 stepped in and ate it. Luffy dodged out of the harpoon's way and it snapped the handle of the sword that was pinning Broggy down.
"That's not very flavorful. Your gun powder must not be very good." Mr. 5 said. Usopp gaped and his mouth dropped in shock.
"There's no way! He ate it!" the sniper shouted.
"This isn't really looking good for us, guys. The damn thing is speeding up. Good thing I got my pose ready." Zoro said.
"Moron!" Nami shouted at him.
"Luffy! Hurry!" Vivi cried out.
"Right! This thing will have to go! I'm on it now!" Luffy shouted stretching his arms back. "Gum Gum Bazooka!" He fired his fists but Mr. 3 created a wall of wax, blocking Luffy's attack. "Hey, out of my way!"
"I was just thinking the same thing. I will greatly appreciate it if you would quit interfering." Mr. 3 said and fired at Luffy again. Luffy caught it with his fist on purpose, surprising the agent.
"I got a mallet!" He grinned and began to throw back the hammer. Mr. 3 quickly put up another wall of wax. "Gum Gum Hammer!" Luffy smashed his fist against the wall, shattering it and slamming it into Mr. 3, sending the agent flying. Usopp cheered and Aya smiled.
"Mr. 3!" Miss Valentine shouted.
"No way!" Mr. 3 exclaimed.
"Luffy! Hurry up and break thing before we die up here!" Nami quickly shouted out to him.
"Um, no." Luffy said. Nami's eyes widen in shock.
"Quit joking around and hurry!"
"Nuh uh." Luffy answered her. Aya blinked, confused a well.
"What do you mean you don't want to!? Help them!" She shouted.
"Quit being an idiot! Now's not really a good time!" Zoro shouted.
"Luffy, please just do it!" Nami called out to him again.
"Not now, I-I just don't feel like saving you." Luffy replied. Nami stared at him in disblief.
"Luffy, w-what's wrong?"
"My color's trap." Miss Golden week said.
"Luffy, there's no time to be spacing out now! Do something about this already!" Zoro shouted.
"Yeah, I know." Luffy replied.
"Then why are you just standing there! Come on, Luffy!" Nami shouted.
"I know what I should do. But I don't feel like it." Luffy told her.
"Luffy! Why do you keep saying that!? We're about to turn into wax statues! Do you understand me? We're going to die!" Nami pleaded.
"Yeah, but for some reason I can't get motivated to help." Luffy explained.
"What do you mean "can't get motivated!?" Zoro shouted. Usopp watched confused as well, staring at Luffy in disbelief.
"What's going on here? What is wrong with him? Our friends are going to die if he doesn't do something to help them soon! I have to snap him out of it! Let's go, Karoo!" He was about to fire a shot at Luffy, but Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine quickly appeared in front of him, blocking Usopp. Usopp let out a startled squeak, so did Karoo. "Where did you two come from!?"
"Just give up your friend has already fallen into a nasty trap." Mr. 5 replied.
"That's right. Haven't you already figured out what he's standing on?" Miss Valentine chuckled darkly. Usopp glanced over to Luffy and noticed that he was standing inside of a strange black circle that was painted on the ground.
"Standing on? There's a strange black pattern on the ground. I don't get it. What's so important about that thing?" Usopp questioned.
"You really don't get it all do you?" Mr. 5 said. Miss Valentine giggled.
"What's so funny?" Usopp demanded.
"Me. That's what's funny. It's just me. You and your friends don't stand a chance of escaping now!" Mr. 5 fired a bomb at Usopp and Karoo. Usopp screamed, dodging out of the blast along with Vivi's bird.
"Karoo! Let's make a run for it!" The two quickly ran into the woods.
"That's just great, now they're running away!" Miss Valentine growled.
"Let's get them!" Mr. 5 shouted. The two agents followed after the sniper and the bird.
"Full speed ahead, Karoo!" Usopp shouted. Karoo quickly ran before Usopp could get on him. Usopp quickly chased after the bird. "Hey, wait! I'm not on you! Slow down! Let me on! Just let me on, now!"
"Miss Golden Week's responsible. I know that this is your doing!" Vivi shouted at her. Miss Golden week stood beside Luffy, eating a rice cracker. Aya looked up at her.
"What did you do to him?" She demanded.
"It's my color's trap, betrayal black." the agent explained. "If you touch the paint, you'll want to betray your friends no matter what they might say even if they beg and plead for help."
"What are you talking about? I don't understand what's going on!" Nami shouted.
"She's a painter! She uses her paint to create different emotions. Each color is a feeling. She can manipulate your mind. Just a splash of one of her colors and you'll be under her control." Vivi explained.
"Under her control? Well, that's not good. That simple minded oaf is already too easy to control. The last thing he needs is someone controlling his mind." Zoro frowned.
"Does that mean all he has to do is get away from the paint and he'll be okay? Luffy! Move away from there quickly!" Nami shouted.
"Don't!" Miss Golden week shouted.
"Luffy, listen! Whatever you do please don't step outside the black circle, alright! I'm begging you!" Vivi told him. Nami turned to her confused.
"What are you saying?!"
"We don't want you to save us Luffy! Please stay away from us!" Vivi shouted once more to Luffy.
"No way." Luffy began to move and stepped back outside of the circle.
"I get it now. You just need to say the exact opposite of what we wanted him to do." L said. Luffy blinked and looked at the others confused.
"Hey, what just happened? I was acting really strange."
"Luffy! Help us now!" Nami shouted.
"Okay! I'm on my way right now!" Just before he could run to them, Miss Golden week quickly drew a yellow circle on Luffy's shirt. Luffy stopped in his tracks and busted out laughing. "Never mind, I just want to laugh right now!"
"Luffy!" Vivi cried out.
"You moron!" Nami shouted.
"What now!?" Zoro gritted his teeth.
"Color's trap again. Laughter yellow." the agent explained. "You should have not stepped out of the circle."
"Now it's on his shirt. Luffy! Quick take off your shirt!" L shouted.
"I'd love to but right now I'm too busy laughing!" Luffy snorted.
"This is getting bad. If the wax keeps falling at this rate we'll be lucky to stay alive for five minutes." Zoro said. Usopp busted through the woods, chasing after Karoo while the other two agents chased after them. Aya rolled out of the way before she was trampled and the sniper bumped into Luffy, smearing the paint on captain's shirt.
"Look when Usopp ran into Luffy the paint smudged!" Nami shouted.
"Geez, what's going on? I felt all weird again." Luffy said, getting up, then he turned back and glared at the little girl. "Hey painter girl, would you stop messing with me already!?"
"But you were having such a good time. Wasn't it funny?" she asked him.
"Well, yeah! It was kind of funny but stop!" Luffy shouted. "I've got to see about breaking that pumpkin now!" Luffy threw back his fist about to punch the spinning pumpkin. "Gum Gum-!" Miss Golden week quickly drew a red circle on the ground next to Luffy.
"Another color's trap. Red." Luffy launched his fist, but it missed the spinning pumpkin, hitting the ground instead where the circle was.
"What are you aiming at?!" Nami shouted.
"I just can't let you break it. Mr. 3 wouldn't be happy about that at all." Miss Golden week said.
"What'd you do!?" Luffy demanded.
"I made it so you can't control yourself to attack the bright red paint, just like a bull." the agent explained.
"That does it! I'm mad now!" Luffy shouted. "Gum Gum Bazooka!" He missed again, connecting with the red circle.
"Having fun?" Miss Golden week taunted.
"Aw, that's just great. At this rate, he's never going to beat her. Now all of his strength is useless!" Nami hissed.
"Now to finish up, Sadness blue! The last color's trap, tranquil green." The agent quickly drew a green circle on Luffy's back. Luffy hunched over and sat down next to Miss Golden week who had a blanket spread out on the ground. The two began to drink a cup of tea, having a picnic.
"That's some good tea." Luffy sighed as he took a drink. Aya's mouth dropped a little in disbelief.
"LUFFY!" The five straw hats shouted at the captain.
"So, what happens now?" Nami asked.
"See, I told you should have posed but now it's too late. You're going to die like that." Zoro said.
"You're still talking about that?!" Vivi shouted.
Usopp continued to run from the other two agents along with Karoo. Mr. 5 fired a bomb at the sniper.
"My turn now! Special attack Lead Star!" Usopp quickly fired and exploded it. "We need to get back to Luffy and the others now!" The two quickly sped off, heading back to the others. Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine watched as the smoke cleared, seeing the two run off.
"I hate to use it on useless pests like him. But it looks like we might not have a choice now. This little beauty should be quite handy. A forty-four caliber six shot flint lock revolver. It's a new model out in the South Blue. Continuous fire. When I shoot the bullets are in visible." Mr. 5 said and pulled out the revolver from his jacket.
"Luffy was acting so strange back there. Those two agents mentioned something about paint. The paint must have something to do with Luffy's behavior! There was also some yellow paint on his back when we crashed into him earlier. That's got to be the key! We just have to do something about the paint before it's too late!" Usopp thought to himself. "Hurry!" He urged Vivi's bird to run faster and the two quickly made it back to the others. Usopp's eyes widen to see L, Zoro, Broggy, Vivi and Nami were now wax statues.
"This is some seriously nice tea." Usopp heard Luffy sigh and turned to spot him with Miss Golden week, sipping a cup of tea.
"Luffy! Hey! Wake up!" Usopp shouted.
"It's nice tea! So nice!" Luffy, gritted through his teeth. He tried to put the cup down but couldn't. He had no control over his body.
"WHY ARE YOU JUST DRINKING TEA!?" Usopp shouted, furiously at Luffy, as he continued to ignore Usopp.
