Serious: The Dusk Pirates; Chapter 4: The big move (Open to the Dusk Pirates)

Seeing that he wasn't to any use in his current state, Frank ordered his limbs to regroup, he had one last trick up his sleeve. The limbs came raining down into the heart of the cavern. Under the head's orders' they began sewing each other back to the body with skill that Frank picked up after many years of stitching his own body together. This took a while but he was finally back to his original shape. But, his plan involved him remaining under ground. He laid down and closed his eyes, focusing in his powers. After a few seconds of deep breaths, he whispered "Yomi Yomi No Astral". After that, his body became lifeless and a cloud came out of his chest. It was Frank's soul, and he was using his newly discovered abilities. "I'm not done yet fool!" he shouted to himself and then he began flying upwards, passing through a meter of solid ground and appearing behind a unit of armed guards who were too busy cheering to notice him. It was time to try his Ghost Kata out. He floated into one of the guard's rifles, possesing it without any effort. The rifle was then picked out of the guard's hand and floated in midair. The guards screamed in panic as they were attacked by an invisible ghost. Frank, while inside the gun, aimed it at Lecter and shouted from within it "Yomi Yomi No Booooh Fool!" Before firing a full clip of bullets at the chief guard. There was no way that Lecter knew this attack from watching the visual mushis.

Seeing the ghost move towards the guards, Lecter was surprised. Very surprised. After he launched his fire ring attack towards Quincy in an attempt to incinrate him, he did not expect to be attacked by Frank. He thought that it would take him a little bit more to come out and strike. Despite the fact that he was surprised with that move, he tried to protect himself as the shot from the rifle moved towards him. He said "Naginata Art #8 - Flash Steps!" as he attempted to perform a surprising attack. With Soru speeds, he barely managed to dodge the shot, but he still managed to do it. Then, he moved towards the rifle and attempted to cut it with his weapon so that he would force the ghost to come out of it... He had nothing else in his mind at all, so that was the best he could do. Would he succeed or not?

Also, as the Chief Guard moved to perform that technique, the other guards moved their guns towards the one that shot towards Lecter and prepared to fire as well... They were all targeting the weapon, much to the shock of the guard that was holding it.

Meanwhile, the three people that were coming towards the pirates had almost reached them. They were moving very fast and so they were almost there. They could see the ring of fire that was moving towards the doctor. They all thought "The Chief Guard is going all-out... These people might be pretty strong..." and continued on their way towards them.

At the same time, R.A.M. 2 continued thinking. Apparently, he was thinking everyone. Koga was trying his best. He was trying to free that woman so that she would distract the guards and the crew would leave to the next level. Alexander, who got injured from before, was the one who thought of that. Quincy on the other side was the one treating them, Frank was buying time by taking on Lecter and Manta and Chusei stayed behind to defeat the giant snake of level 2. So many things... His crew had done so many things... And yet he did not do anything at all. Where could all this thinking lead?

And as these things were going on, Manta was heading towards everyone in order to play his own role in the battle. Whether he would battle or not was unknown to anyone, but his actions would probably play a significant role. What would happen next?

Quincy quickly leaped toward the right to avoid the ring of fire. He barely escaped unharmed. He fell on the ground attempting to catch his breath. A energy steroid pill rolled out from his bag. Quincy took it within his hand. In his current state, he was too weak to be of any use to the crew. Quincy had to become stronger...No he wanted to become stronger. Quincy ate the pill. He began to roll around in pain after abusing the steroids. This was the effect of steroid overdose. Quincy suddenly stopped moving.... Before taking what would be his last breathe Quincy quickly injected himself with SIQ hoping his body would adapt to the pain. Quincy was saved in the nick of time. His body adapted to the overdose lucky saving his life. Quincy got seeing that his body had changed drastically. He was now very tall easliy overshadowing his crewmates. Quincy saw that his arms nearly doubled in size, and the he had now had a six pack. His body was now fully muscular. His hair which was once black is now white. With this new body quincy now had to power to help his nakama. Would this change turn the tides of battle?

The great white shark fishman was sitting at the edge of the cell. He didnt say anything, his mouth breathing heavily. He had been tired, so tired and had waited for days with nothing to live on but rats. He would have eaten the rest of the fools in here if he could, but that would get him a move into Level 4 which was not a great place to be. He heard someone call his name. He realised where he heard the name before and growled "Ohh, great.. so the rest of you came here, Koga...... GET ME THE F**K OUT OF HERE NOW!!!!!" The fishman roared and it echoed through impel down Level 3.
[[Shrieker Gartod "The Great White Killer"]]
[[30,000,000 beli]]

[[Level 5]]
Jack talked into the den den mushi and was updated constantly. Lecter had entered the battle. As he thought these pirates were strong enough to make majority of the forces stuck in Level 3. the emperor cobra was probably down too. Jack then heard some prisoner laughing "HAHAHAHA ITS THE END OF IMPEL DOWN!!!! " Jacks eyes flared has a bog formed at his feet slowly grabbing on to the prisoner who was now terrified "wait!!1 NO i was JOKING!!!" The man was covered in the bog, which was thick and black. It suffocated him and then Jack released it. He walked foward "Well then Mr Maximillion.....its a game of chess, cause we still have pieces we can use......"

Everyone around Frank's rifle body seemed to pick his trick, it was time to bale. With skill, he ditched the rifle, his soul floating out of it and down into the ground. He had to regroup. He traveled through the ground and reappeared next to the transformed Quincy. "Well aren't you cleaning up well?" Frank said, referring to Quincy's new form. "Any bright ideas doc?" Frank asked, still floating in his cloud form while eyeing Lecter with hatred.

"Damn it! He escaped!" Lecter said as he looked at the ghost coming out of the rifle and moving back towards his body that was right next to Quincy. Then, he turned his head. What he saw was incredible. The doctor of the Dusk Pirates had changed a lot... He was not looking like before. He was muscular and he had white hair. Even a composed fighter like Lecter could not understand what was happening. Could it be because of these pills the doctor was taking since the crew attacked Impel Down or not? He could not give an explanation. However, one thing was for certain. He had to take them down... At least with all these guards around him. He pointed towards the two of them with his weapon. He turned his head in a way that only half of his face could be seen and his eyes shined in the meantime, hiding his look. He said "Let me see... We got Frank. N. Stein and the Incredible Doctor who transformed! What a combination! I am thrilled.". Then, he started spinning his weapon fiercely. He said "We would better end this... Just the two of you and me. Naginata Art # 9 - Air Blade!" and he launched an air blade from his weapon that aimed towards the two comrades. Would the attack hit or not?!

Meanwhile, Koga was finally relieved to see that the man he heard about from the prisoners was Shrieker himself, the former First Mate of the Dusk Pirates and a powerful Great White Shark Fishman. As a sea creature, Koga respected Shrieker very much and with him he could feel like he was in the previous crew. He said "It took you long, Shrieker. Why were you hiding you idiot?! We need your assistance!". Then, he smiled and grabbed his shell with a decisive look on his face. He said "For R.A.M. 2... and for Maximillion! I am getting you out! Shell Stamp!". Afterwards, the turtle used all of his strength in a mighty attack on the cell's wall, breaking it. He said "Come out Shrieker! We need to search for Maximillion! He is somewhere inside the building! However, we need to take out these guards first..." and pointed towards the enemies with a serious look on his face. The turtle was more serious than ever. R.A.M. 2's defeat at the hands of Lecter made him want to try his best...

As the cell got broken, a bunch of prisoners started getting out. They all wanted their freedom and nothing else. They wanted to escape from the hell. They did not like the place at all and they wanted to return back at their homes. However, as they were getting out a man appeared right in front of them. One of them was a man who wore a silver helmet and had an ugly mask on his face. He carried a very long katana with him and wore priest's clothes that were hiding his officer uniform. He asked "May I ask where are you going?" as he pointed his sword towards them to threaten them.

[Introduction Box]
[Draculo Judaime "The Tenth"]
[Occupation: Vice Guard of Impel Down]

However, some of them did not seem to be eager to go. One of these prisoners, who happened to be a Devil Fruit user, though, created tar from his hands and launched it towards him, making him move out of the way. He started running away with a bunch of other prisoners before being stopped by another guard. The second guard wore the normal clothes of an Impel Down officer and was smoking a cigar. He had long black hair that reached his butt and a killing intent on his face and carried a two-handed sword on his back. Showing brute strength, he grabbed the sword with one hand and moved it with it. He said "You are probably heading out of here... Indeed.".

[Introduction Box]
[Lion "the Brute"]
[Occupation: Guard of Impel Down]

Despite that, though, a man was still eager to run away. The Devil Fruit user who created tar attempted to attack the man with his tar and started running away. Lion was about to chase him and slash him with his two-handed sword but instead he listened to a voice speaking. The voice said "Stop Lion. You should not give him a death like that...". Listening to the sudden voice, Lion stopped and pointed towards the other prisoners he stopped before. In front of the prisoner, a shot was heard from the sky and the tar fruit user fell on the ground dead, with a shot on the top of his head. Above him, several meters, there was a man who was pointing towards him with a gun. He sighed and regained his balance as he landed on the ground with ease. He was an old looking man, with a scar on his face. He seemed to be very old, yet all of his movements were very cool. He wore the uniform a Chief Guard would normally wear. He pointed towards the other prisoners with his gun and said "No, you are mistaken Lion. They are heading to the other world." as he started shooting at the prisoners Lion stopped, killing each one with one shot that hit on their head.

[Introduction Box]
[Miguel D. Soto "the Immortal"]
[Occupation: Chief Guard of Impel Down]

Seeing Miguel, the guards who were stopped by Draculo and the few who did not bother to run were surprised to see him. They all said "M-Miguel D. Soto is here... The Immortal!". Apparently, they knew about him. A few of them had seen him personally and the rest of the prisoners had heard about him from other prisoners. Koga, who was surprised with the pressence of the man, while standing next to Ellen, Shrieker and Alexander, asked with a surprised look on his face "Who is that man?". The turtle wanted to know who was that ruthless killer who took out the prisoners who dared to move away... "He-He is a new Chief Guard..." one man responded. "When the former yonkou Seshomaru infiltrated the prison, a Chief Guard named Kazuma betrayed the guards and started following him. All of us were happy to learn that because Kazuma was very dangerous... However, we did not know about the Immortal.". "The Immortal?" Koga asked with curiosity and a trembling voice. "Y-Yes." the prisoner said "He is one of the oldest people in the prison. He was working here before Lucifer took the place... And he had the same appearance as now. He is very very old.". "And? Does that make you be afraid of him?" Koga responded. However, the prisoner said "No... What makes me afraid of him is that... Before Lucifer took over as the Warden... Immortal was the WARDEN!". "YOU-ARE-KIDDING ME!" Koga said, completely scared of the man. That man... He was a former warden. He would be something more than trouble for the Dusk Pirates.

Meanwhile, R.A.M. 2 watched at the whole events. What was going on on that floor?! Quincy and Frank N. Stein were battling Lecter while being surrounded by many normal guards, Manta and Chusei had not shown theirselves, Koga and Alexander freed many prisoners and a woman and a very strange fishman sticked with Koga and Alexander. Lecter, the man who defeated him with one attack seemed to be on a rampage and on top of that three other powerful officers appeared. He thought "This is probably the end... What can I do to help?!" and he closed his eyes trying to think of a solution. However, he could not think of anything... His artificial brain could not think of anything at all... That was something he never experienced before. Only sheer thoughts were coming out... Thoughts that were facts and nothing else. Not ideas or anything like that...

At the same time, Manta looked at the event from afar. He noticed Draculo's, Lion's and Miguel's appearance and was surprised to see that many prisoners were taken down, rather than being surprised from the fact that his crew freed some people he did not even know without receiving his approval. Knowing that it was not the best chance for him to appear, he hid himself inside a building and looked at the turn of events, waiting for a chance to strike the powerful guards who just appeared and make his crew move on the next floor.

And in level 5...

Maximillion was very surprised. He looked at Jack as he lost his patience with the prisoner that commented that Impel Down was falling and got him killed with a bog. He said "Wow... Vice-Warden you should trust your own men. People usually act like that when they hear things that will happen and they are unable to do anything about them. Killing him was a way of showing that you are afraid of the Dusk Pirates. This game of chess belongs to me. Unfortunately...". Maximillion wanted to make Jack understand that he was having an advantage, even if he did not have one... That was how he behaved...

On the other side, Mercury drew himself backwards. His chained body was trembling and he was shocked to see a prisoner get killed by the Vice Warden. He asked with a trembling voice "J-Jack-sir... Can-Can you please don't kill me?". Mercury was afraid of the Vice-Warden and he could not hide that... That was his personality out of his armor, after all.

”This could be problematic,” Alexander muttered. As it turned out, Koga hadn’t even needed his help in freeing the prisoners. And now there were even more overpowered guards blocking them. “Hmmm…I’m at a loss for once,” said Alexander softly. “What do you think, Alex?” There was no reply. Alexander frowned. “Alex? Are you still there?” Still nothing. “Huh…that’s odd,” Alexander said.

Usually Alex wouldn’t hesitate to talk. But now…it wasn’t important, Alexander decided. He would deal with it later.

There wasn’t much he could do in his condition, so Alexander compromised. A moment later, four white wings had grown from his back and he took to the air. While he comrades fought, he would provide air support as best he could.

Quincy turned to see Frank in his ghost form "Ha ha you like? I don't know how this happen but I'm perfect now. Ha ha ha look have seen muscles like these?" Quincy began to flex his left arm. "Its that spear like weapon. I will distract him while find an opening to get that weapon. Its us two against him he may be strong but he can't be two places at once." Quincy saw the air blade coming "We got to move. go my friend." He ran forward jumping over the air blade toward Lector. Quincy then threw a chemical ball unto the ground spreading the sand everywhere like a fog to cover their movements.

"Gotcha!" Frank shouted back, it felt great to have support once again. The answer to the question: Can Ghost Frank be hit by an air blade? was a solid no. Physical attack had no effect on Frank as a ghost unless he was possessing an object. And so he passed straight through the air blade, floating towards Lecter. Quincy then created a cover for them, which was a great opportunity for Frank to distract Lecter and allow Quincy to finish him. He quickly entered and possessed a pile of flying sand that was hanging in the air thanks to Quincy and flew straight at Lecter, aiming to blind him with a sand blast to the face. It was a risky move since he was vulnerable while inside the sand, but it might be worth it. "Yomi Yomi No Boooh!" He shouted from within the pile.

((OOC: This is a freaking reversal moment!))

"Hm?" the Chief Guard said with a surprised face as he looked at the incredible doctor (reference to Hulk xD) launching the chemical ball on the ground and raising a small sandstorm that hid himself and Frank. Then, he noticed a pile of flying sand moving towards him. What was going on? How did these two control the sand? He could not understand at all. Even a composed fighter like Lecter could not see the trick. As the sand was moving towards him, the Chief Guard tried to understand. Normally, he would have fallen for the trick. However, as soon as he heard Frank's voice from within the pile, he understood what was going on. That friggin' ghost took over the pile of sand! That was unexpected! With little, to no time left, Lecter attempted to use his Cheetah technique to dodge. However, he did not have much time and so the pile of sand surrounded him and blinded him, much to his horror. It seemed like the pair of the zombie and the doctor was working well. Would the pair's next attack work or not? And what would Lecter do? The answers to these questions would be known soon... Very very soon...

Meanwhile, as Alexander flew at the sky one of the three men that just appeared, Draculo Judaime, the Vice-Guard with the long katana smiled and jumped high on the sky. As he was on the sky, he swiftly moved around, using a strange technique. Apparently, that technique was nothing like that Geppou technique. It was something completely different. The man took a strange pose on the sky and stood a few meters in front of Alexander with his head downwards, pointing towards the ground while his feet were pointing upwards. He pointed towards Alexander with his katana and said "May I ask what you are trying to do?".

Seeing Draculo move towards Alexander, Koga was surprised. He thought that Alexander was the only one around who was experienced in aerial combat. The sudden appearance of Draculo shook him for good. He took a brief look at Shrieker and Ellen and then asked the prisoner who had got out of his cell. He said "Can I ask you something? Who is that guy?". The prisoner sighed. Cold sweat started coming out of his body as he spoke. His body was already surrounded with sweat from the time he spoke about "The Immortal" but this time more sweat started coming out. He said "That man... He-He is Draculo Judaime "The Tenth".". "The tenth? Why is he referred like that? I mean... I have never heard an epithet related to a number...". "Yes... I was surprised to hear that, too... But from what I learned he is the tenth person to appear in the history of the world who is able to move in the air without any tricks, without any Devil Fruit abilities. At least he claims that he is not doing anything...". "Alexander..." Koga thought as he listened to that. "Be careful, that person can match you in the air...". Then, he was about to inform him anything he learned about Draculo, but something else happened. As he raised his head upwards and prepared to start talking, a shot was heard. The prisoner who informed Koga about the two guards fell on his knees for a brief second. Koga turned his head towards him and much to his horror he saw a bullet between his eyes and blood coming out of it. "You have said too much." Miguel shouted from afar, while smoke was coming out of his pistol. The former warden was not joking.

Afterwards, Lion made his move. "The Brute" started running towards Shrieker, Koga and Ellen. As he run, he said "Your rampage in the prison is about to end! Right here, right now! Indeed!" and he jumped high. While falling, he moved his two-handed sword with one hand only and attempted to slash Shrieker on the chest in order to prevent him from moving further. Lion was not a normal guard... Normal guards did not have strength like that. WHO WAS LION, AFTER ALL?

And at the same time, as the prisoners of the cell that Koga broke were out, Miguel said "Guards! FIRE!" and they started doing so, firing their shots towards everyone. Shots were fired towards Shrieker, Ellen, Koga, Quincy, Alexander, the other prisoners and even R.A.M. 2 who was on the floor. Many prisoners were getting injured and some others fell on the ground, dead from the shots. An epic battle in level 2 was taking place. It was an all-out battle between the pirates and the forces of the government! The Dusk Pirates were facing of the Impel Down personel in a decisive battle! The only people who were absent were Manta and Chusei... Who would emerge victorious from that battle?!

Quincy had to no problem running throughout the sandstorm thanks to frank. With Lector confused and blind, Quincy ran swiftly behind lector making sure he couldn't be heard. Then once he was close enough Quincy Drove his elbow right into the left side of his rib cage hopefully hitting his ribs and breaking breaking them. This attack would cause breathing problems and maybe puntured lung. Then a barrage of bullets pasted by Quicny through the sandstorm. Quincy ran to take cover from the shots.

As the cell she was in was broken open, ellen celebrated her moment of freedom along with her fellow prisoners who were just released, but then sudden realisation came over her. "Awwwww c*ap, you didn't tell me there were big shots on the loose! I can't fight them without my explosives! Look, I can only distract people right now, so unless you find me something which goes boom, I can't even fight back. Well, best get distracting", she complained before runinginto the middle of the battle field, and closing up her usual furry coat and bellowing out; "Hey look over here! I'm a dangerous criminal who secretly snuch in a bunch of explosives tos end this place skyhigh! Those idiot you call guards couldn't find a firecracker if it was glued to my forehead! I dare ya to give ya best shot, but mess up and your gonna be burned! Ha! As if you super weakling spuad could lay a finger on me!" I'm dead meat, I should of just stayed in that cell until an idiot guard left some gunpowder or something. Oh to die before I blow up the world's greates buildings, the marineford marine base, the slave trading post of sabody, even the place I'm in now!, Ellen thought to herself glumly.

The appearance of Draculo shocked Alexander and he floated back a couple of feet. Then he regained his composure and said, “I was going to assist my allies from up here, but I doubt you would simply allow me to do that.”

As he was speaking, Alexander tensed, preparing to attack. As he had said, this man would almost certainly attempt to keep him from helping the others and he couldn’t allow that to happen.

At the moment, something whistled past Alexander and grazed his left cheek. He looked down to see the guards below shooting up at him and at his allies. With a flap of his wings Alexander disappeared in a flurry of white feathers. A moment later he reappeared in front of the guards and once again flapped his wings, this time sending a powerful gust of wind straight at them from point blank range.

“Aero Gust!” Alexander shouted.

Frank had to leave the sand. The fact that Lecter and Quincy were fighting in it was dangerous to him if he stayed in. The moment he left the sand, a sharp fatigue filled his soul. He possessed too many items in this ghost session and was exhausted, he had to get back to his body. And so, his soul was sucked back into the ground and into his dead body that was lying under it.
Frank's eyes shot open, he wouldn't be able to leave his body for a while.

Lecter got hit by Quincy's attack much to his shock. He was sent flying a few meters and was smashed on a building, taking much damage from the attack. However, he was still safe and sound. The Chief Guard had some endurance after all and would not allow himself to fall like that to the doctor of the Dusk Pirates. Just because he tagged with that zombie, he was unable to see the attack and dodge it. As he got up, though, with blood all over his body, the man cleared his face from the sand and took a look at Quincy. Hopefully, his glasses were still okay... He would not like it if they got destroyed. With a smile on his face, Lecter said "That was pretty interesting doctor..." while coughing blood. Then, he continued "However, your luck is about to end right here... Right now...". Afterwards, he started spinning his naginata. He prepared an attack. He disappeared from his spot and all of a sudden he reappeared behind Quincy. He said "Naginata Art #8 - Flash Steps!". Apparently, the man was using his ultimate attack. The attack was a technique that allowed him to cut his enemies before he spelled its name and made the blood come out of them later. Now, the question was. Did the attack hit Quincy or not?

At the same time, Draculo disappeared from his previous spot by using another strange technique. He was following the swordsman of the Dusk Pirates. As Alexander used his attack on the guards that were shooting all the time, the Vice Guard moved forward and raised his sword. He moved the sword towards the powerful gust and as it hit the sword nothing happened except from slightly moving the Vice Guard backwards. He said "You are unlucky, my friend. My katana has a Devil Fruit ability. Do you want to know what that is? It has the power of the Metsu-Metsu no Mi (It's listed as Fumetsu here but there are no fruits with more than 2 syllabes so I said Metsu) that turned it into an indesctructible weapon. My katana is perfect for blocking and attacking. Hahahaha.". Then, he jumped on the air and stayed on there. He pointed towards Alexander with the sword and said "Now, let us clash swords until each other's is broken! The one with the broken sword loses! Hahahaha!" before rushing towards him in an attempt to cut him with a slash on the chest.

Meanwhile, Koga looked at Ellen with a surprised face as Lion was moving towards Shrieker to cut him and while the other guards were shooting towards them. He said "Shut up! YOU REALLY ARE PROVOKING THEM!" as he used his shell to block the shots. Then, seeing that Shrieker was targetted, he said "Well, well... We need a more powerful defense..." while looking at his enemies with a worried face. "I did not want to use it here... But I will have to!" he continued saying with a determined face. "TURTLE FISHMAN!". Then, he started screaming as his body increased in size. The turtle's body took a human form and he was equally sized with any other fishman. His shell got much bigger and would be more helpful for blocking and using attacks. He said "Shell Deflect!" while deflecting the shots with it, sending them back to the guards and towards Lion as well.

"The Brute" jumped away and dodged the bullets with a surprised face. He did not expect that. He had never seen a turtle move like that. It was very strange and very unexpected. He thought that the turtle was the mascot of the crew and not a strong member. Despite that, though, he pointed towards Koga and Shrieker with his giant sword and said "It seems that I will be taking on both of you!" before taking a stance to show that he was ready for the battle.

THE BATTLES WERE GETTING INTENSE! WHO WOULD EMERGE VICTORIOUS?! THE DUSKS OR THE GUARDS?!

Alexander’s eyes narrowed as the guard moved in. And then once more, with a single flap of his wings, he shot away. This time he reappeared twenty feet above Draculo, staring down at him calmly. A sharp pain caused Alexander to glance to his right. One of his wings had not escaped unscathed. It was hanging with only a little bit of flesh holding it into place. Well, that was easily fixed. He would just…

Out of nowhere, Alexander felt a burning anger brimming up deep within him. He floundered for a moment in the air before regaining his balance and then he winced as four black, scaly wings exploded from his back, shredding the white, feathery wings he had been using.

“Wha…” Alexander gasped. “What are you doing? Alex, calm do-URGH!”

Once again he folded in the air and started to fall, this time clutching his stomach. His face was twisted into a mask of pain. All at once, his wings shot out and his fall ceased. He had only dropped about ten feet and was now looking at Draculo with an expression of the deepest loathing.

“Swords, huh?” he said. “Sorry, but I don’t have one right now. What I do have, though, is this…”

A black, scaly wing erupted from his left shoulder and he grasped it close to base. Gritting his teeth he yanked on the wing and ripped out of his shoulder. Blood leaked from the wound and his left arm was now hanging uselessly at his side, but the young man’s gaze never wavered from Draculo’s face.

“I do believe that this qualifies as a sword,” the young man said, swinging the wing and scattering droplets of blood across the ground.

The wing flopped from side to side a bit, but for the most part it remained steady. The spikes around the edges glinted ominously in the light.

ellen looked around to see if anyone had even noticed her, and realised she was almost fully ignored. "You freaking cowards! Ignoring a beautiful woman like myself! I'm gonna make have to make some pretty explosions! I was hoping t save these but..." As Ellen raned, she rummaged around in her boot and took out five small spherical objects. "He, cherry bombs, always easy to hide fro prying eyes.", she said to herself smugly, before rumaging in the other boot for a match, lighting two of her cherry bombs, tossing one at Dracule and other at Lion. "Heh, this should get me noticed!", she gloated, as she watched with a manical grin, hoping to see a wondeful explosion bloom from those tiny spheres.

Chaos. That was the only good word to describe Impel Down at this point. Men breaking out of there cells, running in the halls, battles taking place, and right in the middle of it was a young boy sitting in a cell, with no arms and his hair over his eyes. He could hear what was happening, but not see. His hearing had become very good in his time at Impel Down, as he couldn't see he had scrutinized his other senses very well in the six months he had been there. The boy didn't even seem to want to break out, in fact, he was singing in a prepubescent, creepy voice as all of this unfolded.

"The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we'll roam.

Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.

Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!" The boy sang, then apperantly deciding it was time for him to escape.

Getting up from the floor, singing on, he got to the bars of the jail cell, and suddenly, lazor beams shot from his eyes, helping his make an opening from the cell, and he walked into the crowded halls, across them to where his personal belongings were held. From there, he, with some difficulty, strapped on two cyborg arms and lifted a large sword onto his shoulders holding it. He was the inmate of impel down; Gabriel 'The Crazed' Whynter.

Draculo smiled as he looked at the swordsman. He raised his sword and pointed towards him with it. He took a murderous intent on his face and started speaking "Intriguing... You seem to have a very useful Devil Fruit...". Then, he moved his sword towards the left, hitting an incoming projectile and sending it away. While it was sent away, it exploded and Draculo was surprised to see that one of the freed prisoners had an explosive like that... He said "Woman... It was wrong of you to attack me. Especially with your hidden weapons!". Afterwards he prepared himself to rush towards Ellen.

However, before he did, something terrible happened. An explosion was heard. In the middle of the explosion, one of the guards was standing. The man had not fallen on the ground. He was standing as the explosion was taking place. As soon as the smoke of the explosion cleared, Lion was seen. He was the one inside the explosion. His body was burnt. He whispered while blood was coming out of his mouth "I am sorry... Draculo..." and his giant sword fell on the ground slowly, before the guard fell on his back with his eyes opened. The man was killed by the explosion. He was caught off guard while he prepared to kill Shrieker and Koga and he was killed by the bomb the female prisoners launched towards him.

Draculo was shocked to see that. Lion was killed right in front of his eyes. He said "This is...impossible. Lion... was... defeated?". Soon, images started coming to his mind. The images were from the time that he and Lion were sent to the prison as guards. They were brought in the prison the same day and they were training together to become strong enough to deal with the strongest pirate scums who would try to escape from the prison. While Draculo accepted the promotions, Lion would not. He believed that he did not need a position if he was strong enough. That was the reason that he was a mere guard... After thinking all these things, Draculo said "You have done it prisoner! You and the Dusk Pirates are doomed to fall!"

Miguel, the Immortal, did not say anything, though. Instead, as he looked at his subordinate getting killed by the explosion he raised his gun. With a silent and serious face, he pulled the trigger of the gun while pointing towards Ellen in an attempt to kill her. He wanted to take his revenge for Lion... He could not stand seeing his friends and subordinates getting killed by prisoners.

And on top of that, many of the Impel Down guards, without receiving any commands pointed towards Ellen and attempted to shoot her down. They wanted to end her life in order to avenge their fallen comrade. Would they succeed or not?!

Koga looked at Ellen. With a smile on his face, as he noticed that she protected him and Shrieker, he said while blocking as many shots as possible "Wow... That was... amazing... The captain will definitely like you... I am pretty sure about that. You could be a great addition to our small pirate crew. So what do you say?"

And while these things took place, R.A.M. 2 was looking with a surprised face and waited to see what would happen...

Suddenly a dark streak fell from the sky. Before any of the bullets could reach Ellen, Alex flew in front of her and wrapped his arms around her and his wings around both of them. Then…impact. The bullets pelted Alex’s wings, but none of them could break through the hard scales. As soon as the barrage ended, Alex released Ellen and pushed her away from him back in the direction of the cells.

“Find cover,” he hissed.

Then he turned and took the skies again, this time targeting Draculo. With his scaly, makeshift sword in one hand, he began slashing wildly at the guard, his eyes filled with bloodlust.

“You disgusting, pathetic man,” Alex whispered. “Get out of our way or die!”

A girl wandered Level 3 of Impel Down. She was avoiding almost everything, trying to find a way to get out. She chewed on a small stick of metal, her stomach starved for some good food or even better... Sweets...

She tried avoiding everyone, But the stairs seemed to be nowhere... She could hear yelling, but ignored it.. She looked around the hallways and saw an open door... "Either Guards trying to trap me... Or Pirates planning to do worse..." The girl said, looking down at her body. It was thinner then normal, but thankfully not horrible. The Prisoner clothes hung loose on her front though, which made a lot of guards laugh when she was forced to put them on after her capture. She wanted to be alone with her Art and not the "Clockwork Queen" Maski D. Raynor...

Maski took the chance and snuck her way to the door, she peered into the room. A bunch of different objects covered the walls. But lying there also was a Pair of Goggles made from two metal Gears; Her Gear Rider, A boat that she made for her own transportation; and... A Short person with two robotic arms...

Ellen gawped as she saw Lion collapse dead, covered in burns, only expecting nothing more than a weak knock back. "Wow, I guess my cherry bombs are deadlier than I thought!", she said admiringly at her own handy work, and then realised she was about to be attacked and cried out in panic, and on instinict was about to dodge, before being saved by Alex. "Um, thanks I guess. Wait which one is that Ram dude again? I think i'm supposed to help him or something.", she said conversationly as she watched Alex attack Dracule. She then ran over to behind one of the cells, taking cover like she was advised, and then told Koga; "I was only trying to make a distraction, like you asked."

Quincy had little time to turn around to see Lector about to stab him in the back. He turned around to grab the spear like weapon with his right hand and threw a chemical ball right toward Lector's face with his left hand hoping to stop the guard from finishing him off. "Why don't you die?!" Quincy yelled.

"Hmph, you will find out very soon Dr. Quincy!" Lecter said as he spinned his naginata fiercely and changed his attack. Without even looking towards the chemical ball, the man said "Naginata Art #4 - Deflect!" and deflected the chemical ball back towards Quincy in an attempt to strike him and finally defeat him. "I will not allow you to interfere with my plans. Do you understand that?!" he said while waiting to hear the explosion of the chemical ball while colliding with Quincy's body. The battle was seemingly coming to an end... Who would emerge victorious?!

Meanwhile, Draculo looked towards Alex with an evil looking face. Alex had gone too far. He did not allow him to do what he wanted and that irritated him to the maximum. The swordsman raised his sword and pointed towards the winged man. He said "You bastard... That girl killed my friend... You think I will let you go like that?!". As soon as he said that, he charged towards Alex and Ellen. While moving, he commanded the guards "Fire! He cannot cover himself and the girl at the same time!" as he prepared to strike the swordsman with an upper slash.

The guards, as soon as they listened to the Vice Guard's command raised their weapons and pointed towards the girl. They said "Yes, sir!" as they started firing douzins of bullets towards the girl in an attempt to eliminate her. They had to avenge their partner no matter what. Would they succeed or not?

Miguel on the other side, though, did not point towards the girl. After all, he could not receive commands from the Vice Guard. He was a Chief Guard. Instead, he raised his gun and pointed towards the cyborg who was lying on the ground. He looked towards him with a killing intent and said "Cyborg... I have seen you lying on the ground for quite long. Too bad your life is ending here..." as he pulled the trigger and aimed towards R.A.M. 2 in an attempt to kill him.

Koga was surprised to see all that. Seeing that "The Immortal" targeted his buddy in the crew, he was shocked and started being surrounded by an essence of fear. He did not expect that to happen so soon and most importantly, he was afraid of the Chief Guard. Of course, he would protect his friend but it would be very difficult, especially now that his transformation was about to end. Seeing Miguel shooting, he ignored Ellen who was talking to him and he threw his shell towards him in order to use it as a shield. Hopefully, the shell blocked the attack... But for how long would he be able to protect R.A.M. 2?

R.A.M. 2 was shocked to see the cell coming towards him. He did not expect to receive help, seeing that he was lying on the ground for that long and yet nobody helped him. He sighed and a message appeared on his screen on his forehead "Thanks Koga..." while praying for himself so that he would survive. The all-out battle continued and everything was possible!

Gabriel turned around as he began to become used to his arms again, flailing them around, still singing, he saw a girl looking at him, and suddenly smiled in a disturbed creepy sort of way and giggled in his own personal way "Are you here to play?" he asked in an innocent prepubescent, sing song voice, that still managed to be scary. He giggled again, raising his sword up "I won't go easy on you if your here to play" he said bluntly.