Chapter 40: Jailbreak Pt 1
It seemed like a race as the three men ran up the spiral staircase towards level 4. Luffy remained a step ahead of the other two even as Crocodile used his sand ability to fly up the stairs. Flying ahead, Crocodile smirks at the closed door. "Is this supposed to stop us?" He asked as he touched the wooden door. The wood began to instantly disintegrate as his body absorbed and destroyed what little moisture was held into the wood, aging it until it became nothing but dust. "At least they hadn't thought of putting seastone into the wood. That would've been bad." He stated as the soldiers and guards stood dumbfounded. "So who wants to die first?"
"Boy it's hot up here." Jinbe stated as he began to sweat.
"Yeah, no kidding." Luffy agreed. "I don't see the strong ones yet." He mumbled. "Just knock these guys out."
"Agreed." Crocodile said. "We shouldn't waste energy on canon fodder." He then grinned. "Of course, where's the fun in that?"
The guards gasped as they began shooting at them as one begins to report back to HQ about their situation. The bullets pepper Crocodile's body only for his sand ability to heal each hole up in an instant. "You idiots!" One guard yells. "You're supposed to use the seastone bullets!"
Before the guards can react, Crocodile flys out towards them. "BARJAN!" Crocodile swings his right arm forward while leaving a crescent shaped trail of sand behind it. Anything hit by that trail was instantly robbed of all moisture. The guard's bodies instantly were left dried and shriveled. They turned to dust before hitting the ground in the next second.
"Oh! I forgot about that attack." Luffy said offhandedly. Just as the sound of bullets being fired was heard Luffy stretched his arm above him, grasped the metal chain of the draw bridge being flinging himself into the air high above. "GOMU GOMU, RAIN!" He screamed as his fists began to rain down a barrage of hits, most hitting the guards as some hit the ground, creating large craters into it.
Those left behind weren't spared as Jinbe rushed at them with his Fishman Karate. As his fists hit the air, the guards had been expecting a blow but were surprised when nothing happened; until it did. Dozens of men were shot out by a sudden pressurize shockwave that hit their bodies flinging them like they were dolls. "Arabesque Tile True Punch!" What had happened was Jinbe had transmitted the force of the blow through the water vapor in the air to release a shock wave that sent the guards flying through the air. It hadn't been as powerful as he had hoped due to the heat of level 4 because most of vapor had dissipated away.
However due to their overwhelming strength all of the guards were quickly taken care of. Luffy glared at Crocodile. The deaths of the men who had fought the sand logia would be on Luffy's conscience for a very long time. I gave him permission. He thought. I just didn't think he'd do it so soon. He really is a monster. He tightened his fist. I'll have to keep an eye on him. He might try something against Ace's pops.
The sound of a denden ringing echoed along the halls as the special forces were led by Hannyable. Upon answering it the vice warden spoke. "Were you able to subdue them!?"
"Nooo!" Screamed the guards on the other end. "The two ex-warlords have joined the intruder; Strawhat! We're being killed and defeated on level 4!"
"Killed?" The vice warden inquired. That's weird. Throughout his rampage, Strawhat hasn't actually killed anyone. "Who's killing people?"
"CROCODILE!" The end went dead causing the vice warden and his men to scramble quickly to the level below them.
Crocodile walked down through the cells lining the walls. A ring of keys in his hands as he looked for the person he was searching for before coming to a stop in front of a particular cell. Throwing the keys inside he watched the low lives inside scramble for the keys. Until they looked up to see who was their savior. They all whimpered at the sight before them.
"I'm breaking out." He stated, his eyes landing on the man in the back of the cell. "Do you care to join me, Mr. 1."
All eyes turned towards the man as he lifted his visage towards the former sand king. "I'll come only because you asked nicely." He smirked. "I was starting to get bored."
On the upper level of floor 2 Buggy and Mr 3 hid within an unlocked cell along with several others when the alarms had begun to ring throughout the prison. "ALL PRISON GUARDS TO LEVEL 4! I REPEAT! ALL GUARDS TO LEVEL 4!"
"No fucking way that's not for Strawhat." Buggy said out loud.
"That guy really is something." Mr. 3 stated. "He not only survives Magellan's poison, he survived level 5 and below before returning to level 4."
Buggy looked at his companion. "Do you really think he made it all the way to level 6?"
Mr. 3 looked at him. "Think about it. They're calling all the guards to level 4; meaning something big is going on down there. That would only happen if level 6 prisoners had escaped!"
Buggy felt the color in his face drain. "Shit, he really is like that guy." He muttered to himself. "Even the beasts are running to help" Strawhat is in for some trouble, that's for certain. He looked at Mr. 3. "Well partner, are you ready to get out of here?"
Mr. 3 grinned. "Of course!" He held out a master key he had made from his wax. "This should do it for these cells."
Buggy swiped the key, opened the door of the unlocked cell they were all hiding it and appeared before the still locked cellmates. "Okay boys, who's ready to bust this joint?!" He asked the prisoners.
"You bet!" One yelled as a whole set of skeleton keys were thrown at them by Mr. 3.
"Thanks man!" Another yelled out as he picked the wax keys up.
"All you lot have to do is unlock doors as we make our escape." Buggy explained.
"The more chaos, the better." Mr. 3 told them as the prisoners began to leave their cells.
"You see, we outnumber the guards." Buggy began but stopped as Mr. 3 interrupted.
"Even more so now that nearly all have gone down to stop Strawhat and the escaped prisoners of level 6." The wax man stated.
It also means should any of the All Stars show up they'll be more likely to fight these guys which will allow us to escape. Buggy thought deviously.
Around them the escaped inmates began to unlock cell after cell on level 2. High above them the Surveillance Transponder Snails began to record all that was happening; sending the video straight to the HQ tower. The guards within suddenly called on the denden's of those on that level.
"Are there any guards still on level 2!?"
A group of three men paused what they were doing. "My group is sir." A young man responded.
"Begin a full sweep of level 2! We are picking up activity there!" The HQ guard stated.
In the HQ tower a guard suddenly gasped. "I've got Buggy the Jester and he's got Mr. 3 with him!" He looked at his supervisor. "They're on level 2!"
"Look up you fool!" The HQ guard yelled into his transponder snail.
On level 2 the guards looked up and gasp in horror. All the cells on the upper floors on the level were being opened one by one. A man with a big red nose and blue hair laughed gleefully as the men were released upon his orders. He stood in front of the crowd with a grin that rivaled that of the late Gol D. Roger.
"Alright you louts, this is your chance! If you want your freedom tear this place apart and let's escape! We have nothing to lose! Cause as much mayhem as you like!" He yelled gleefully. The faster these guys these this place up and riot, the better. He thought. We'll escape and stowaway on a marine ship and take it over as quickly as possible.
"YES!" The inmates screamed happily.
"CHEERS TO THE GREAT BUGGY!" Others yelled in their joy.
"HE'S OUR SAVIOR!
"HIP HIP! HOORAY!"
Oh I could get use to this kind of praise. He thought before he began glancing around for their escape. If only I could actually trust these guys. They'd betray me in a blink. He looked at Mr. 3. Perhaps not all of them would.
Screams were heard over the transponders. "I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT ALL OF THE PRISONERS ON LEVEL 2 HAVE ESCAPED AND ARE CAUSING MAYHAM! WE'RE OUTNUMBERED!" The screams echoed on all the transponder units that were broadcasting including to those who were going down into level 4.
Hannyable glared at his denden transponder. This is bad. He thought as he and his men made their way to the level where Strawhat was.
Suddenly more bad news came through. "Vice Warden this is level 4! We've found the Queer Queen Ivankov, Inazuma and that guy who tricked us, Mr. 2 a.k.a. Bon Clay!"
"WHAT!" Hannyable gasped.
"They've got a mob of people who are the ones who disappeared over the years and are storming level 4 as we speak! We need backup!"
Hannyable felt his resolve begin to shake. "That-That.." he stuttered. "This can't be happening!" He felt faint. There's too many. We'll never defeat all of them. "Can I even say I could become warden after this disaster?"
Ivankov and Bon Clay both jumped for joy at the sight before them. Luffy and Jinbe were finishing off the last of the guards on this level; Crocodile was notably absent. "STRAWBOY!" Bon Clay yelled out happily.
"Shishishi." Luffy laughed. "Looks like you've got your energy back!"
Bon Clay did a spin. "Of course I do. I've never felt better!"
Just then a man with a tattoo and a cloud of sand quickly passed the mob of people. Luffy began chasing after them with Bon Clay. "Mr. 1, is that you!?" He asked a bit shocked.
"You know him?" Luffy inquired.
"Of course I do!" He stated. "Your swordsman defeated him back in Alabasta. It was quite the defeat."
Luffy blinked at that. "Oh. Sorry. I didn't fight him then. Zoro never said whom he fought."
Bon Clay looked stunned. "You're kidding."
"Nope." Luffy said. "If it was a good fight, Zoro keeps it to himself unless asked."
"Interesting." Bon Clay said amazed by the character of that man once again.
Just then, Iva yelled out "Emperio Face Growth-"
Luffy looked behind himself, his eyes growling large. "Whoa!" Ivankov's head grew nearly as big as Luffy did when he inflated his entire body when he fought that giant a few months back.
"HELL WINK!"
The remaining guards on the bridge screamed as a shockwave of energy hit them. The mob quickly running over those who didn't get out of their way. Those in charge of the guards whimpered in fear. "WE NEED HELP!" They screamed into their transponder snails. "WE CANNOT STOP THEM!"
"Keep going!" Luffy yelled as he punched another guard away.
Crocodile used his sands to throw guards into the nearby cells. Jinbe used another form of karate to kick the guards away as Inazuma and Mr. 1 used their devil fruit blades to cut the guards away from the weaker fighters. They were close to the exit. They just needed a few more pushes before they could lose to level 3.
"HANNYABLE!"
The vice warden jumped as his transponder yelled out at him. "Warden Magellan!" Oh how he never thought he'd be happy to hear that bastards voice. "We're having a major-"
"Don't worry, I've taken care of level 2" the Warden assured him. Next to him several members of his team wore poison masks as he shot out his poison ooze out at the prisoners. Down the halls Mr. 3 quickly acted placing a thick wax wall between himself, Buggy and those with them and the poisonous ooze.
"Nice thinking!" Buggy praised his partner before looking at the prison exit. "But that bastard Magellan has covered the exit in his poison. We can't escape!"
Back with the two wardens, Warden Magellan groused. "I just did something that I shouldn't have done. Master Shiryu has been released in order to assist us in this mess. Until I get down to level 4, you are to get those inmates under control. It is your responsibility now to do so." Hannyable looked at the transponder nervously. "And don't mess it up!"
"Hey crab guy! Where's the exit to level 3?" Luffy yelled at Inazuma before stretching his arms out on either side of the group of soldiers, pressing them as far back as he could and kicking them to the opposite side of their path.
Without missing a beat, Inazuma pointed with his blades. "The bridge to the left."
Suddenly chaos began to erupt towards their right. "It's the blue gorillas and Chief Saldeath!"
"Who?" Luffy asked as he spotted the beasts from level 2 down here being controlled by a small man blowing a flute-like weapon made from seastone.
Bon Clay growled. "He's one of the Chief Guards of Impel Down." He explained. "He controls the Blue Gorillas."
"Kill that freak with the big gigantic bloated head!" Yelled an injured guard. "He's the Queer Queen!"
"Hey! My head isn't gigantic or bloated!" Iva growled with annoyance. "It's face growth synthesis!" He jumped out of the mob at the blue gorillas. "HELL WINK!" The beasts were thrown back and away into the guards.
"All he did was wink and it threw them back!" Seldeath gasped in shock. Nobody should've been able to defeat over two dozen of his Blue Gorillas and yet this man had.
"I don't get it." A guard said. "How can they be so strong?"
"They're frightening." Another guard whimpered.
Iva turned towards Luffy. "Strawhat boy! Leave these weakling to us. We can handle them. You need to get to that boat with your strongest and you need to help your brother."
"Right." Luffy dropped the guard he'd been fighting.
Suddenly screams were heard. "It's the All Star Demon Guards!" Iva turned towards his people. "They've sent three!"
"Is about time." Seldeath breathed.
"Mistress Sadi is here!" The guards felt relief.
"That's right. I'm here boys." She said as she walked out from behind her beasts. "It's over now. So bow down, kiss my feet and take your punishment."
Jinbe ran up towards Luffy who was rushing off towards the exit. "I'll help you Luffy. I'll admit that fighting on land isn't my forte but I can be of some assistance."
"I'm not complaining, you seem plenty strong enough to me." Luffy stated as they continued to run towards the exit. "GOMU GOMU-"
"Wait!" A group of the Okama suddenly were blocking them.
"We shall fight them!" Another stated. "As Iva stated, you need to go and quickly!"
"These seem tough!" Luffy gasped noticing the weapons these guys held.
"That's right. They're apart of the fighter division." Iva stated proudly. "These guys have lost friend who were killed by those guards of level 4; more importantly they have a bone to pick with these two Chief of the Guards and the Demon Beasts."
The Okama fighters began shooting at the approaching beasts first with smoke screens that allowed other melee fighters to approach. When the beasts didn't fall, they shot out of canons that looked like rpgs seastone chains. The heavy chains wrapped around the beasts.
"No! My babies!" Mistress Sadi yelled out. "Shake those chains off!" She screamed at them.
The metal chains began to break as the beasts fought the tightening of them by the prisoners. As the metal broke the beast began to pound and trample the inmates. "They're a bit more formidable that I thought!" Iva stated as he turned to run.
"That was stupid, even for you." Crocodile said as he turned into sand a flew after Strawhat and Jinbe who were using the chaos to escape. With the jailer beasts distracted the three men ran at them.
"GOMU, GOMU! GIANT-"
"Five Thousand Brick Fi-"
"Sandstorm!"
All three beasts turned to defend themselves but were too late as the attacks came in quick and hard. Mistress Sadi screamed in horror as her beloved beasts were thrown behind her against the wall of cells. As the dust settled it revealed them all to be utterly defeated.
Mistress Sadi turned to look at the three men. Just who are these monsters!? "How dare you!" She screamed as she pulled out her whip to keep the escapees from going to the next level above. Sadi whips at her opponents with a pitchfork with a concealed whip. This attack is strong enough to smash the stone bridge.
"Damn it!" Luffy cursed as he went to use an attack on her when suddenly Iva grabbed him from behind and threw him behind the wicked BDSM dressed jailer.
"Didn't I tell you to keep running!?" Iva groused at the young man. "Your opponent is me now you naughty girl."
"NAUGHTY!" Sadi screamed. "It's Mistress Sadi you ugly headed bastard!"
"Oh, such dirty words." Iva said back. "Emperio Female Hormones!" He jumped over the ruined bridge. "You know sometimes it's nice to have a girl on girl fight!" Iva's body had taken on the form of a woman, no longer a man, she jumped at Sadi.
"Man or woman! Make up your mind you freak!" Sadi yelled as she barely dodged the kick at her face by Ivankov.
Iva laughed. "Oh please, jealousy doesn't suit you little one." She said with a smirk as her female body bounced a bit with excitement.
"I've never fought a Queen before." Sadi licked her lips. "I wonder if you'll scream."
"A woman's favorite weapon isn't just her beauty." Iva quipped as she jumped and summersaulted and kicked at Sadi's face. "So sad. You must've forgotten because you're so busy cracking that whip around." They both kicked at each other.
"You're too slow!" Sadi yelled as she cracked her whip and caught Ivankov by her neck. "Maybe I should behead you after all, but then I won't get a chance to torture you and hear you beg for mercy! So I'm going to do this nice and slow. Let me hear you scream!"Ivankov grasped the whip and struggled to get free. Flicking the end of the whip, Sadi sent Iva flying into the stone pile that was left of the ruined bridge.
As the dust billowed around her body Iva gave a cry of pain. "My bones! You've shattered me." Mistress Sadi grinned when suddenly she saw Iva standing perfectly fine. "Or not! You can't hurt me."
"How!?" Sadi gasped.
"When I injected myself with female hormones I made myself more pliable which allows me to absorb any kind of shock which includes your whip and this pile of rocks."
"How dare you!" She screamed.
Luffy stood up from the wall rubble that Iva had thrown him into. "Did you really need to throw me so hard!?" He blinked in surprise as a woman dressed as Iva kicked Sadi to the side. "Who's that?"
"Strawhat!" Inazuma yelled. "To the door. We're almost to level 3!"
"Right!" Luffy yelled as a YEEHAW came from the woman dressed like Iva. Okay. Weird. He then grinned excitedly before rushing off towards the door with the others. That was when the door opened by itself. People kept running forward but Luffy could sense something was happening. I think it's time to use that ability that Sabo taught me. He said I was a natural. So maybe if I focus.
"THIS IS THE FORTRESS OF HELL!" Hannyable spun his weapon to stop all from passing. "NONE SHALL ESCAPE IT!"
Who is that? Luffy wondered. Shaking his head Luffy saw the guard beside and behind this man. Right. Taking a deep breath Luffy focused his energy and the will within himself. He'd done this once before at Sabaody, a few times before during his travels with his crew and four times during his training on Dawn with Sabo who had been shocked when he'd done it.
With the will of his entire being, Luffy threw out his haki at the man and his guards. The intimidating look he gave with the sheer amount of will to get past them threw Hannyable and his men off and overwhelmed them. The men fell onto their backs, foam escaping their lips as Luffy's will threw them all into shock and forced them into unconsciousness. Hannyable's legs shook as he fell face first to the ground. His vision slowly blurred before darkness overtook him.
Everyone froze.
Crocodile felt his cigar fall from his lips. The amazing willpower of this boy. He keeps impressing me. He thought. This boy, my hatchling, he's going to overwhelm this damn world.
Luffy panted. "Okay. Let's go." He said, his legs wobbling slightly. I think I over did it a bit. He suddenly felt a hand grasp him. Looking up he saw Jinbe standing next to him.
"Let me help you." He said, a frown crossing his face. He's more than what Ace told me from that time. He's got Conquerors Haki. This boy.. He closed his eyes for a second. he might change this world if allowed to. He grinned at that thought as his eyes reopened he could see a deep tiredness in the boy.
"Thanks Jinbe." Luffy said with a nod as the larger man placed him on his back. I could use a little rest.
Jinbe turned towards their group who were still staring in shock, some not quite understanding what just happened though others did. "You heard him boys; let's go!"
As they passed the unconscious guards across level 4 Warden Magellan arrived on the floor with his own troops by taking the secondary staircase from HQ. He hadn't really thought his plan through by destroying the elevator like he had done. Hindsight and all that. He had to stop the rioting and then destroy those in change, however as he and his troops arrived at the primary staircase he was left shocked at the sight before him. All of Hannyable's troops, along with the Vice Warden were unconscious. Mistress Sadi and her Demon Beasts were left bloodied and out of commission. The Blue Gorillas and Saldeath were also beyond defeated. Also, not a single guard from this level was awake.
What the hell happened here? He growled as his fists tightened at his side. "Domino, find the prisoner and see to where Shiryu is."
"Sir?" She asked with a single raised brow.
"I released him on the premises he would handle Strawhat or at lease slow him down." He looked at the woman. "Find him." The green/blonde haired woman nodded before rushing off to find a working transponder and get a full report from the HQ control tower on Shiryu's current whereabouts. This whole ordeal was turning into a true disaster.
M-Angel: Err… this chapter got away from me real quick. LoL! So yeah. There's gonna be a Pt 2. It's already in the works.