'Puropuropuro Puropuropuro.'
"Captain. He's not answering and we are approaching the gates. What do you want us to do?" Benn asked calmly.
"Bring me our host. He had better hope that he can lie convincingly." Shanks said darkly and Yasopp gave a loud whistle. Moments later the door opened and Captain Shinou was escorted out by a grim faced Gab. Benn took a moment to threaten Shinou with his knife which really was overkill with Shanks' Haki purposefully sparking at the man next to them, leaving his hair standing on edge.
They stood by the Den Den waiting for their ship to be called. Instead they stared in bemusement as the giant gates clunked and slowly cracked open. "Huh.." Said Shanks, surprised. "This is surprisingly easy. Shocking no one else has ever broken in before."
Meanwhile Captain Shinou was spluttering in shock. "That's not supposed to happen! Where are the safety protocols?"
"Obviously but maybe consider yourself lucky. We were getting in regardless and this saved you a lot of possible pain." Benn said easily before nodding to Gab who dragged the struggling man back below deck. He then turned to Yasopp. "You're in charge of the men guarding the ship. Make sure we are able to escape on it after and deal with any ships that could pursue. Lucky, and me, we're with the captain. We locate the kid and kill anybody who gets in our way."
There was a loud thud and swearing behind them and they turned to see Ace shoving through the doorway and a furious Hongo behind him. "I'm going with you." He snarled.
Shanks looked at the stone faced boy in front of him. "No, you aren't."
"That's my brother. I'm going in there and finding him. Take this cuff off me and I'll burn the whole fucking place down." Ace said as he shrugged off Hongo.
Shanks mentally sighed but he didn't have time to play nice, not while Luffy was in trouble. His voice came out hard and unrelenting. "Kid, you can barely stand up right now, let alone fight. This place just got finished kicking your ass. You're not only suffering from severe injuries but I'd hazard a guess that you haven't had more than a bite of food since before your capture. That cuff is the only thing keeping you from losing your corporal form and burning down the ship. Right now you're a liability and I'm not telling your brother that I had you safe and let you get your stupid ass killed playing the hero. Now the only reason Hongo let you up here is because he doesn't want to aggravate your injuries by restraining you. However if you don't get your ass back in that room, he will carry you back and tie you to the god damn bed." Shanks towered over the wobbly brat until Ace couldn't maintain eye contact and looked down. Hongo immediately taking advantage of his defeat to prod and guide him back to the infirmary.
Shanks turned back to the bow of the ship and studied the fortress ahead, his crew silently by his side. There were marine war ships surrounding the prison, standing between him and his kid. As he watched there was a flurry of action on decks and the ships started to move off before noticing their approach. "For Luffy." He states calmly, his men echoing his call and added shouts to bring their boy home. Shanks and his chosen team flew off the ship and took out the marines who were guarding the front gate. He could hear gun shots and cannons behind him but his attention was fixed ahead. He didn't know who awaited through the door but whatever was, their death was a guarantee.
Gryphon sliced through the air and the gate in front shattered into pieces. A horrified guard stood inside the door and Shanks easily brought the pommel down on his skull. Lucky stabbing him as they walked past. The three of them split apart as they entered the room that was filled with Marines. Shanks laughed darkly as blood spattered through the air and bodies fell. The marines easily taken down in a matter of minutes as the Red Haired Pirates let the blood lust fill their veins.
Shanks stalked through their massacre and entered the stairwell, using his observation haki to ensure no surprises. Still he was stunned when he entered the first level and saw dead guards and prisoners all through the hall.
"What the hell?" Gasped Lucky behind him. "Anchor?"
"No." Benn said firmly. "This wasn't Luffy. That kid doesn't have this in him. This was someone with weapons, who finds violence fun."
Shanks felt his heart race. This wasn't his kid, and that means someone else was here… someone who didn't mind killing anyone in their way. Someone like him. Suddenly he froze and turned to look down the hall. "There's people coming. Lots of them." He tensed, resting his hand on Gryphon's hilt and saw Benn and Lucky cock their guns as a crowd of prisoners came racing around the corner screaming war cries. "Buggy?" Shanks said in disbelief as he recognized the man leading the group.
"Shanks! You flashy fuck. What the hell are you doing here? Trying to take credit for my flashy escape plan. Well screw you! I, Buggy the Clown am the saviour and genius of the Impel Down escape! We don't need you." Buggy said letting his upper body fly at his brother as he yelled. The men behind him cheering his name.
Shanks grabbed him out of the air and gave him a tight hug. "I'm glad you are alright Blue." Buggy squawked in annoyance and Shanks reluctantly let him go. "My kid is here somewhere Bug… Have you heard anything about Luffy. Where are they keeping him?"
Buggy reattached to his legs and glared at the red haired nuisance. "Keeping him? Ha! Your kid is a menace. He dragged me through this entire prison on his god damn crusade. I could have died! He has zero self preservation skills and he doesn't quit! Even now he is flashily facing down the warden instead of running for his life!"
"You left him with Magellan!" Shrieked Shanks, turning and bolting down the path, Benn racing after him.
"Oy! You flashy assholes, what about me?" Buggy shouted as his body split into pieces.
"We cleared the way to the gate. Yasopp and the crew are manning the ship. You're welcome to join them, and if your" Lucky hesitated for a second, "'friends' don't cause problems they can get passage to safety. Get out of here and get yourselves safe." Lucky said before following after the others and clearing the level.
Shanks meanwhile was racing down the stairwell and he burst onto level two. Ahead he saw Luffy screaming out a battle cry and diving at the man literally made of bubbling red poison. Since hearing the kid was here, he had been terrified he'd find him tortured and injured in a cell. Now Shanks was struggling between the wave of pride that the kid was still free and causing chaos, causing a mass prison breakout and absolute panic as he watched him fight someone so out of his league. Shanks swore his heart stopped and he pushed himself as hard as he could trying to make it to the kid who seemed determined to drive him to an early grave.
Luffy's kick made impact and sunk into the poison, body windmilling at the unexpected lack of resistance, almost falling into the warden's toxic body. Shanks gave a howl of rage, grabbing the kid's shirt collar and throwing him backwards towards his first mate and kicking out with a haki covered foot. He landed in front of the warden and stared down the dead man who tried to touch HIS kid. "That was your last mistake." He snarled, unsheathing Gryphon, covering it and his body in haki and lunging forward.