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Rubber King and Mirror Master - New World Chaos: Red Inspection, The Closing of a Hazard

Shoreline of Punk Hazard

The tensest staring contest in the New World, began as Buffalo began to descend upon the tanker, General Franky watching his approach…. Until he got too close for the cyborg's liking.

"General Left!" Franky declares, revealing the guns hidden in the knuckles of his Supermega form, then begins unloading upon the 2 Donquixote family members, blowing them out of the sky with ease.

"May Day May Day! What the hell is that Baby?" the rotund man asks in a panic.

"I don't fucking know! Bastard didn't even fire a warning shot, just decided to blow us out of the sky. And here it comes again, Evasive maneuvers Buffalo!" Baby 5 screams as Franky unleashes another barrage on the flying/falling duo "I thought that was a Pacifista for a minute there, but Ceasar's never even considered making human weapons, and certainly not to that quality" the maid mutters to herself "Get me in range, whatever it is, isn't going to be standing for long!"

"You got it" Buffalo nods, spinning his arm like a seasoned pitcher, before throwing Baby 5 directly at the boat and in the process, Franky, the maid outfit-wearing pirate showing surprising proficiency with the weapons she'd been carrying, as she proceeded to aim and fire the minigun while in mid-air and falling at potential terminal velocity, landing direct hits on the Megazord in the process.

Inside the lab

Given the lab was quite literally collapsing around them, the general consensus was to get all the kids into the transport vessel as quickly and smoothly as possible, even if (to Law's annoyance) it was clear the Straw Hats weren't leaving without the rest of their crew, though they did at least help load up the kids, they just weren't going any deeper into Building R until the last few pirates arrive.

"Just so we're clear…. Where does this passageway even lead to?" Nami asks, sitting on the edge of the vessel.

"Away from the lab, right outside a harbor where there will be a tanker waiting for us" Law explains.

"One problem with this plan, the island is blanketed in toxic smog, we're not going to be able to just ignore it" Alvida groans.

"It's the only option, mild risk of exposure, vs dying in this collapsing laboratory AND potential exposure to the gas regardless due to all the holes in the walls" Law argues tensely.

"Unfortunately, he's right" Vivi sighs "This is our only way off the island and the only chance we're going to get"

Outside

"Well, the coast is clear, let's grab Caesar and get the hell out of dodge before something else shows up" Buffalo shouts as he slowly descends toward the scientist, having picked up Baby 5 before she could fall into the water already.

One slight problem though, General Franky stepped out of the smoke from Baby's minigun barrage, without even a scratch on him, or at least none the pair could see.

"General. A-OK" Franky cheers, confirming their fears.

"Shit, what's that thing made of? I practically emptied a drum into him, and I didn't even dent the thing" Baby 5 grimaces, while Buffalo more notably panics.

"My turn, time to show you punks why you don't underestimate General Franky the Pervert Robot!" Franky announces, removing one of the covers from the shoulder orbs "Franky…. SHIELD!" he declares "Right, now what? Oh, maybe I could use it like a projectile. Shield Boomerang!"

The shield just barely misses Baby, snagging a few hairs but not actually hurting her… which may have been worse as it pisses her off "Ok, so you're actually going to be a nuisance. Sorry pal but if you stand between us a Caesar, you're our enemy, and I'm going to have to break out the big guns" she scowls, before dropping her minigun.

"Huh, is she giving up?" Franky wonders aloud as she catches the shield "She did drop her weapon after all"

"Oh, the real fight's just getting started. Weaponmorphosis" Baby shouts before her upper body melts and contorts, reminding Franky of Kaos' reflect armor shapeshifting, before solidifying into a blade with an approximation of her face across the sides, and a tsuba expanding out from her belt. "Espada-girl. Buffalo, you know what to do!"

"Oh, now that's a freaky one" Franky hums from inside his mech, as the literal sword on legs leaps off the helicopter man, only for him to catch her leg and start to rapidly spin her around, all the while his eyes were locked on General Franky and muttering 'Round and Round' on a loop. Seeing this was about to get messy, Franky whips out his mech's sword, managing to block Baby as the duo shoot forward in an attempt to slice the cyborg in two, and while the force pushed him back a little, the blade held up "Impressive skills spin man and weapon girl" Franky says with a nod.

"Oh you're just asking for a fight ain't you?" Baby scowls as best as her current form could.

"Not really, all I care about right now is protecting the Sunny" Franky answers, pushing back and causing the blade lock to end with the duo rising above him, then retreating to a safer distance when he unleashes another barrage of Weapons Left.

"Damn, that didn't work, guess we go to plan B" Baby huffs before one more melting and reforming into another weapon "Missile-Girl. Let's do this Buffalo! Caesar's coming with us"

"You got it. Spin Launcher Combo!" the rotund man bellows, before throwing Baby right at Franky.

"I have no idea what you're talking about lady" Franky complains as he continues to fire even as Baby gets right in his face and explodes, rocking the boat with the force, and even awakening Ceaser from the residual shockwave.

"Where am I?" the gasbag groans as he comes to, body broken and wracked with pain 'This can't be how the great Caesar goes out, like some scrub. Damn those bastards, why did they have to team up?' he thinks, stewing in his rage, until he feels a familiar lub-dub against his chest, coming from his pocket 'That's it! I may not be able to use it to kill Law or Straw Hat, but I can finally put an end to the G5 Commander, Vice Admiral Smoker' he grins as he slowly slides his hand into his coat, and retrieves the heart, not noticing that the one he now held in his possession was an inky black "Smoker, I'm not dying here alone. I may not be there to witness it, but I can see it enough in my head, that I will be laughing as I pass. Shurorororo!" the mad scientist cackles, his free hand groping around for a piece of sharp metal, anything would do as Law's fruit doesn't add any special properties to the parts he removes, besides the fact they can survive separated from the rest of the body.

Building R

Bwaa Bwaa Bwaa!

"What's going on, why are the doors closing at a time like this?" One of the G5 asks in confusion, then yells in panic as they see Shinokuni start to flow into the corridor.

"What the hell are you waiting for, get over here, and let's go!" Law shouts as the Straw Hats are still sitting in the ruined hallway, watching the door slowly shudder closed.

"For the others" Kaos answers bluntly, a crooked grin telling the Warlord he doesn't want to know what the pirate was currently thinking/planning/monitoring.

"We don't have time for this, Caesar will get away and the entire plan will fall apart if we don't leave this minute" Law calls down, these straw hats were starting to piss him off.

"That's a you problem, my problem is that my crew isn't here yet, and therefore we're not going anywhere" Luffy fires back with a shrug.

"Moka's not here either, we can't just leave her," One of the giant kids noticed, starting a wave of panic and worry to spread through all of Caesar's test subjects.

The D-R corridor

"Run like your lives depend on it…. Mostly because they kind of do" Ussop relays down to the others.

"We're doing the best we can!" Chopper shouts up, he and Kaya ensuring Moka remained stable while they were in transit.

"And we're the ones carrying the dead weight!" The marines grumble, but keep running as fast as the group could.

"Technically I'm the one doing that, being the skeleton carrying a probably dead samurai, but I know it's just an expression" Brook argues with a shrug, Kinemon still under his arm.

"Wind Style: Howling Torrent!" Valentina chants, unleashing anything she could think of to at least try to hold back the spread of the Shinokuni, while Victor is at the front of the group to clear any debris that blocks their path "This corridor isn't much longer right? I'm starting to run low on energy, and haven't taught anything to Chopper yet to replace me" the blond pants, but manages to keep pace at least with Brook if not the marines.

"It's not much longer, but the gate is already starting to close, you don't have time to argue just GO!" Carue shouts, trying to encourage them to go just a little faster, her wings fluttering nervously.

"50 metres, then you're home free, You. Can. Do. This" Ussop adds, doing his part to motivate the group.

Observation deck

"Ok, that's the others dealt with, now to take our own advic…. Damn it! We still don't have the cuffs" the sniper groans.

"And we need those to deal with the gasbag" Carue sighs, then turns to the last few of the satyrs "Hey, you guys don't happen to have SeaStone handcuffs do you?"

"Actually yes"

"So do I"

"A bunch of us do"

"Well, that was easy. Um, we just need one, but thanks" Ussop admits with a sweatdrop, taking the set nearest to him.

"Wait, we're coming with you" One of the goons states, to the pirate's surprise "None of us like the idea of dying down here, especially not after all the horrible things Caesar said and did to us and our friends.

"I'm not gonna stop you, everybody makes a mad dash for the exit, you can probably hitch a ride with the marines and the others!" Ussop nods, before he and Carue lead the charge down to the rest of the escapees.

Building R

"And there they are" Kaos smirks, before jumping onto the transport vessel.

"LUFFY!" Chopper screams as the group rushes through the gateway just before it seals shut, getting cheers and yells from their respective comrades when they saw them. It was probably the good vibes and palatable relief that was filling the room that allowed Ussop, Carue, and the last of Caesar's former minions to enter the group with little fanfare or issue.

"The crew's all here, NOW we can go" Luffy grins, while Ussop spins Kaya around, happy to see she's ok, Chopper getting a similar level of cuddles from Robin, with Medusa and Artemis watching in amusement.

"Um, guys, what do we do about Kinemon? Is there anything we can do?" Brook asks, holding up the petrified samurai for all to see.

"We'll think of something, eventually. Just get him on the tracks we'll worry about that on the Sunny" Zoro retorts with a shrug, though confident Chopper would think of something, just not right now.

Dressrosa

Pura Pura Pura Ka-lick!

"Joker, are you there?"

"Hello Monet, I didn't expect you to call me" the Warlord muses, his usual grin smaller than normal "Vergo's dead, and Caesar's been defeated, though Baby 5 and Buffalo are on their way right now to retrieve him"

"That's good to hear, the plans haven't been a complete loss, even if Caesar did lead to the loss of the Nocturnal"

"I'm sorry that this happened, I misjudged the situation, and underestimated Law and the Straw Hats. It won't happen again" the Warlord scowls "Get out of there Monet, return to Dressrosa, and take the detonator with you. Activate it once you're out of the blast radius, understand?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that Joker, someone's clearly already had the same idea as you, they've stolen the detonator, and the only other option is to flip the switch manually…"

"Which would kill you" Doflamingo finishes for her "Can you make it home?"

"I believe I could if I push myself" Monet admits, breathing heavily.

"Then get out of there, forget the island. You've been reassigned effective immediately, as protection detail for the one person more valuable to our operations than Caesar"

"I understand Joker" the Den Den Mushi smiles "It's been a while since I last saw little Sugar, Yukikikiki"

Escape corridor/tracks

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Luffy cheers as the transport vessel shoots along the tracks towards the outside, Medusa mimicking him, to the amusement of Robin as the baby wriggles on her lap.

"Get off me damn it, you are very heavy I can't handle you and Kinemon!" Brook yells as Momonosuke tackles him, crying as he clings to his guardian.

"When did we pick up a dragon?" Nami asks, giving Artemis the side eye and getting flipped off in response.

"Momo? I found him in a trash heap, turns out he ate a Devil fruit and now he's a dragon" Luffy explains with a laugh, drawing the attention of most of the adults in the process.

"He's a Devil fruit eater?" Usopp parrots.

"Worry about that later, we have more important things to worry about" Law grunts.

"Jeez, your hateboner for Doffy is bigger than the Franky Shogun. You're not even trying to hide it are you, Law?" Kaos cackles "Also, you might all want to hold onto something"

"Wha…"

KABOOM!

Law tenses as the shockwaves pass through the tunnel "The self-destruct!"

"There's a self-destruct?" Chopper shrieks.

"Was, someone just used it to destroy what's left of the lab" Valentina corrects.

Outside

With the Franky Shogun on fire, that allowed Buffalo to return to their primary objective of locating Caesar, and getting him to the factory on Dressrosa by any means necessary.

Though while they have yet to relocate him, Caesar had laid the heart down beside him, as he knew his shaking hands wouldn't be able to hold it and his makeshift shiv steady enough to stab the thing. "Shurororo. Time to die bastard, see you in Hell!" he cackles before rolling over, impaling the organ, grinning madly as he watches it crumble to dust before his very eyes "At least I can enjoy their misery and fear, one last time" he wheezes lowly, clinging to consciousness.

Trackway

"We'll all be going our separate ways once we leave this island, so now is probably the only chance I'll get to ask this. When did you get your hands on my heart again, Law?" Smoker asks, mostly annoyed, but with a hint of curiosity "I was under the impression you handed it off to Caesar, so again, how did it find its way back to you without the blowhard noticing?"

"Simple, unlike me, Caesar can't tell the difference between hearts. When I first arrived, he didn't trust me, so he held my heart and I held his secretary Monet's for insurance. That was how things were, until today when I gave him 'your' heart. I suppose I should be glad he never thought to use it on you like he did me, or else the ruse would have been noticed.

'The harpy's heart… that should be interesting, Zesesese' Kaos thinks as a very Doflamingo-esque grin graces his features, the 2nd heart in his chest, beating in sync with his own 'Though it seems Caesar will find out Law's little deception soon enough, the gasbag isn't that much further ahead of us. Shame, but at least we're almost done'

Speaking of outside…

In a manner more akin to logia or special paramecia, metallic fluid began to flow and congeal all across the deck of the tanker, being drawn to a central point, before condensing once more into the form of Baby 5.

"Pretty hot, this missile girl's burning passion" she smirks, taking a drag from her cigarette as she walks away.

"Hey Baby 5, you still need this weapon? I mean you can turn into any weapon but still?" Buffalo calls down, having spotted his crewmate, even if Ceasar still eludes him.

"Thanks Buffalo, that was sweet. Be careful those weapons are magic, don't cha know?"

"You got scammed woman, again" Buffalo sighs, then his eyes widen "Baby, look behind you!"

Baby 5 turns, just in time to see the Franky Shogun rising from the smoke and flames, once again looking none the worse for wear.

"I don't know who you punks are, but you picked the wrong guy to mess with because I am…." Franky shouts, before beginning to sing, while attempting to smash Baby into the deck of the tanker "...The one and only, Invincible Iron Pirate Yeah! I don't fight for peace on the sea, cause that ain't for me, whoah!"

"I'm getting tired of this. Weaponmorphosis - Revolver Girl!" Baby cries, her upper half transforming, though it looked more like a cannon than a gun, either way she started firing at Franky, the projectiles possibly denting the outermost layer of armor, but the cyborg was still able to send the attack flying back, to explode harmlessly in the air.

"That tickles, got anything else to show me?" Franky taunts "Hm, guess you didn't like my song? Eh I'll have Usopp help me workshop the next one" he shrugs inside his mech suit.

"Damn, what is this guy, he's tough as nails but I don't sense any haki from him at all" Baby 5 frowns, then looks up as Buffalo calls her name, smirking as he drops her mortar down to her "That'll do. Hey bastard, deflect this!" she shouts before firing.

"Hmm?"

KABOOM!

Tunnel

"This place is collapsing all around us!" Ussop cries as the extent of the damage Law, Caesar, and Whamoo caused continues to grow and become apparent.

"I got this!" Luffy grins and he kicks away some falling debris.

"This escape tunnel has seen better days, and isn't quite doing its job given something like this would be a very good reason to use an evacuation tunnel such as this one" Robin notes.

"That's because it isn't one, we're just using it as such. It's for transporting SAD from the lab to the tanker outside. It's also been carved straight through the mountain, so if the tunnel collapses we're all trapped under several tonnes of rock" Law responds much too calmly.

"You don't give a shit about anything, do you? And could you at least try not to say things like that so casually, none of us want to die!" Carue screams angrily, before being pulled away from the warlord by Vivi.

"This is bad, the path's blocked!" One of the marines shouts "What do we do?" he asks, to which Zoro silently climbs onto the edge of the transport, and draws 1 of his swords.

"Don't even think about slowing down" he orders, getting a nod from his crew and a smirk from Tashigi.

"We don't need you to show off, just get the job done ok?" she teases, which does at least help ease some of the G5's nerves, even if it also has Smoker rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah" Zoro huffs, before slicing clean through the fallen rock, allowing the transport's unimpeded transit along the tunnel once more.

"Holy crap Captain, your boyfriend's a badass!"

"Yeah he is" Tashigi sighs, before punching the idiot in the head "Just don't spread it around"

"I'd not get complacent just yet, all that damage, means the death smog is leaking into this tunnel too" Victor interrupts, pointing behind them to where the dense fog of Shinokuni was indeed flowing through the tunnel, directly behind them.

"There's also more than likely going to be a similar cloud of gas when we reach the end of the tunnel, any chance we have someone on board who can conjure wind?" Law asks, a little late if the answer is no.

"You expect us to just have…" one of the minions asks, only to notice Nami, Valentina, and Artemis all raise their hands, even Law was a little surprised he got that many.

"I can see the end of the tunnel, whatever prep Law needs you to do, probably best to do it now!" Usopp shouts from the front of the transport.

"You heard the man, full speed ahead, we're almost there!" Luffy laughs, looking eager to leave this island behind.

?

"I'm here, what's the situation?"

"Young Master?" Buffalo yelps "Um, we kind of ran into some kind of metal security guard or something, and haven't been able to locate Caesar yet either… sorry"

"But other than that, you and the others are still safe?"

"Yes sir"

"So the island isn't blown up?"

"Some of it is, just a few minutes ago"

"Interesting, it seems ordering Monet to retreat was the correct choice after all" Doflamingo muses as he soars through the air "In that case a slight change to your orders. Deal with the guard, I'll be there shortly"

Shoreline

KABOOM!

Dakka dakka dakka dakka!

BOOM!

Boom!

Try as she might, nothing Baby 5 had on her, nor could transform into with Buffalo and Ceasar in range seemed to be doing more than slightly denting the armor on this thing. It was slapping her cannon shots out of the air and just standing there while she unloaded the minigun, it was infuriating! And then there was the singing -_-

"I am an Invicible, Iron Pirate! SUPER! Franky cheers, this being the best kind of stress test for his newest mech, much better than the weak Fishmen last week. And General Franky was passing with flying colors.

"What is this thing made of? Even a Pacifista would be calling it quits after that onslaught" Baby grimaces, nearly biting through her cigarette.

"What the Hell is he, and why is he fighting us?" Buffalo asks in a whining tone.

"Cause you guys are trying to steal my cola, of course, I'm not an idiot" Franky retorts.

"Why would we want cola? This guy's lost his mind"

"Cola's my primary energy source, of course, you wanna steal it" Franky laughs.

"Who gives a shit about your Cola? I sure don't, I just want to make you into scrap metal!" Baby screams.

"So, you gonna transform again Weapon girl, heavy artillery really suits you, shows off that fiery passion you were talking about earlier" Franky asks, curious, but also eager to see another person with transformations in action.

"Oh you asked for this one" Baby smirks, dropping her guns, "Weaponmorphosis: Disc-girl"

"Show this tin can who's boss!" Buffalo shouts as he tosses Baby 5 like a Beyblade, Franky managing to slap her out of the air with the Shogun's sword, causing her to whirl and shoot back into the air, where Bufalo caught her and she reformed into something else on his back… a literal Flamethrower on legs.

"Fire-girl!" she chants before unleashing a gout of flames upon the robot man, something which actually appeared to do damage to the Shogun for once "And that's a wrap, nothing in this world can stand up to the passionate flames of Fire-girl" she smirks.

"Except for me. General Franky: A-Ok!" Franky says with a spin and double thumbs up.

"WHAT!" Buffalo and Baby cry.

"I'm ready for more, show me all your tricks Fanman and Weapon woman!" Franky orders, giving them the 'come at me' hand gestures.

"Got any plans, Baby? Nothing's even scratching him?" Buffalo stage whispers

"For the last time, you can't have my cola!"

"We don't want your damn cola!" Baby shrieks.

"Maybe he's a diversion of some kind. He wants us to stay here" Buffalo suggests "How about we use the big finisher, the one nobody's been able to block"

"I like the way you think. Weaponmorphosis: Sickle-girl" she cries, this time her legs transformed, then after grabbing a chain from Buffalo, everything began to spin, before the now bladed projectile was shot straight for Franky, the curve of the sickle cleanly piercing through the General's arm "How's that for a hit?"

"Impressive, not a lot of things can boast getting through the General's body armor… but you didn't think this through, did you? It's like a praying mantis trying to sink a battleship" Franky critiques, then demonstrates by using the General's other arm to pull her out and toss her back to Buffalo "The Thousand Sunny's gonna conqueror the sea one day, but until that time, I guess I can show off its secret weapon, just don't tell anyone ok" he orders, the grin practically audible "Land Based- Portable Goan Cannon!" he announces, 2 connectors extending out of the General's hands, which he clicks together as he cups his hands, preparing to unleash the firepower, the arms puffing up like when he used to use Coup de Vent "The working title is… GENERAL CANNON!" he cries, blasting the 2 interlopers into the mountain.

"And that's a wrap" Franky chuckles, then frowns "Hey, who's that guy passed out over there, kind of looks like Caesar" he muses "Wonder how he got out here…. Probably Luffy or Kaos' fault" the cyborg guesses.

"Damn it!" Buffalo pants as he and Baby 5 pick themself up from the crater they were blasted into "I don't care how much they're paying you, nobody makes a fool out of us!"

"Still standing, I'm impressed, you're a lot tougher than you looked" Franky muses.

"You better be, we're not your run-of-the-mill hooligan's pal, you're gonna get a rude awakening. We swear in the name of Joker!" Buffalo declares.

"We're taking Ceaser, you hear me? Nothing is going to stop us from completing our mission" Baby 5 concludes

"Ah, so the plan has finally been revealed" Franky smirks, rubbing his chin thoughtfully "You're trying to escape this death island with Ceasar! Well I can't let you do that"

Inside

"So we know what we're doing? We're gonna need all the wind power we can handle to bust through this fog without petrifying everyone" Nami says, having shuffled to the front of the cart alongside Artemis.

"We should be fine, a spell of this level between the 2 of us will be no trouble, so long as we don't overpower it" the sorceress teases as they are almost within the outer cloud.

"Kyodai Harikēn" [Great hurricane] Both chant, shoving their palms forward and unleashing a large swirling tunnel of wind, cleaving through the Shinokuni like it wasn't even there.

"That's it girls, keep it up and we're home free!" Usopp cheers.

"I know that look Zoro, rare as it may be, what are you thinking about?" Valentina asks, her kunoichi training making it easier for her to slip between the kids and marines to get to the back of the cart alongside the swordsman.

"Seeing them use Wind magic like that, is making me curious about a couple of things" he admits, hand ghosting over the hilt of one of his swords "I've mostly used it in training to increase sharpness and a tiny bit of reach with the blades, but what if I could use it at range"

The blond nods "True, Wind does mostly get used as a ranged, and supplemental option, gusts and blasts that throw shit at the enemy"

"Glad you agree, because this is probably the best time to do a little test, when I have nothing to lose" Zoro hums, before clicking up one of his swords.

"Wado? Not Shusui?" Valentina asks curious, getting a nod from the verdette, and an answer.

"Shusui channels haki great, but the best with elemental magic is Wado, and I want to see the best-case scenario at my current level before wasting time training what might not even work"

"Good luck" Val grins as Zoro aims for the smog cloud chasing them through the tunnel.

"Sakeru Toppū" [Cleaving Gust] Zoro declares as he quickdraws and swings the sword, before resheathing, the attack slicing through the fog like it was a solid mass, pushing it up against the walls of the tunnel as far as the eye could see, before returning to its gaseous state and filling the vacant gap at a rapid pace "That'll do" he muses.

"Oh, you are teaching me that" Tashigi states, leaving no room for argument.

"It's not a bad idea, elementally speaking, Water and Wind make Frost, so it should be possible" Val nods in agreement, surprising the marines.

Meanwhile, Outside

"I'll accomplish the mission Joker gave us at any price" Baby 5 states, beginning to approach the tanker, and Frank on top of it "But I'm still killing him when I get back" she adds, remembering she was still mad at Doffy for earlier.

"You made us mad, now there's nothing in this world that can stop us from killing you!" Buffalo shouts.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

"YAY!" Cheered everyone as the transport breached the mountain tunnel, trundling along the tracks until it came to a stop just in front of the SAD Tanker.

"We made it!" Luffy shouts, drawing attention to himself from the 2 enemies.

"Huh?"

"There are more of them?"

"You guys finally showed up, I was getting tired of waiting, and Sunny was getting bored of the lack of action she was getting" Franky chuckles, waving from atop the tanker.

"GIANT ROBOT!" The kids, Marines, as well as Luffy, Ussop, and Chopper (basically all the guys besides Law, Zoro, and Sanji), have a moment where they all sync minds, as their thoughts are singular….. That General Franky is so cool!

"Law?"

The warlord's eyebrows bounce "Buffalo? Baby 5? What are you doing here?" he asks bluntly.

"Us? Just what are you doing, helping the straw hats and kids escape?"

"Law's turned traitor, that's what happened" Buffalo guesses, scowling "Joker saved the heart seat for you, and you go and do something like this!"

"I mean, Vergos dead so the seat is open" Law mutters to himself, before shaking his head as he doesn't need distractions right now.

"Hey Law, are these guys your friends or something?" Luffy asks curiously.

"Former colleagues at best honestly. Or at least they were, but because they work for Donflamingo, they're my enemies!" he answers bluntly.

"So, this is when we jump them, right?" Victor stage whispers.

"Only once Luffy gives the all clear, otherwise it's bad form" Alvida argues.

In response to even the idea of having to fight everyone…. Buffalo and Baby grab Ceasar and skedaddle out of there like THEY were the ones who'd been lit on fire earlier.

"Baby 5, what's going on, why are you here?" Caesar asks, beginning to regain lucidity.

"Saving you, we're taking you directly to Joker" Baby 5 answers curtly.

"They're getting away, which means it's a sniper's job to take them down" Ussop grins as he aims his Kabuto.

"If you don't, the Sunny will" Kaos says half-jokingly, as he can sense the cannons moving into position with his haki.

"Law. I get you're going all lone wolf these days, but Ussop says he's got it, so give him a chance" Luffy commands, the warlord scowls, but nods tensely.

"Secret Technique: Expanding Black Kabuto, and Chomp Grass!" Ussop declares, wetting the slingshot and causing it to expand, before a piranha plant-type appendage pops out of the receptacle sack "Eat up little guy, you'll need the ammo" he chuckles, the Chomp Grass gobbling up all the debris near them.

"Combo time" Nami grins "Go high, Weather Egg" she cries, shooting out a small ball that flies right past and above the fleeing trio "Time to hatch Little Bolt" The egg cracks open and an ominously dark cloud spills out

"You and I have VERY different definitions of the word LITTLE you brat!" Baby 5 screams down at them as Buffalo bobs and weaves to avoid lightning bolts.

"Meteorology attack: Thunderbreed Tempo!" Nami commands, guiding the lighting like a conductor in an orchestra, spiraling around the fleeing Donquixote pirates, before blasting them with a full Lighting Bolt, knocking all 3 of them out of the sky, smoking, dazed, and Baby 5 was even out for the count.

"Special Attack: Meteor Storm Assault!" Ussop chimes in, the Chomp Grass having eaten its fill, then with a significant effort, Ussop pulls back the heavy sack and aims, veins bulging in his forehead as he locks on, before firing at the still falling trio, with a little extra surprise for the amoral logia.

Buffalo didn't last long in the assault, and Caesar had just enough time to act cocky as the stones passed through him harmlessly, before the seastone handcuffs and chain, ensnared and captured the gasbag, sending him plummeting alongside the other 2.

"And that is how it's done" Ussop poses, having his moment as he almost single-handedly saved the day. Nami helped.

"I guess the initial phase wasn't a complete loss" Law admits begrudgingly.

"Pretty strong aren't they" Luffy says with a smug grin on his face.

"We should probably save their asses right about now" Kaos sighs "They are all Devil fruit eaters after all" he adds, just as the 3 hide the water with a splash.

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"Alright brats, see you soon" Doffy mutters to himself as he shoots across the sky

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"YAAAAAAAAWN. Looks like I overslept" A man grumbles as he sits up from the back of the penguin he was lying on while it swam through the ocean "Now, which direction is Punk Hazard?" Kuzan wonders aloud.

TBC

LW: And we're done. I think Punk Hazard will be 1 more chapter, and then we can move on to, maybe Dressrosa, maybe a filler arc, really will depend on my mood next time :P See you next week everyone!