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

"What the hell is he saying?" Frost said to Clayman as he looked at Wakko who said all that irrelevant stuff. He took a deep breath. He was so unlucky. Why did he get to choose him as his opponent in the first place? That was what he thought. There were so many people that would probably give him a great fight, like the white haired guy or the strange man who carried a sword. Despite that, though, he decided to ignore the clown and concentrate on the battle. He raised the anchor and pointed towards Wakko. With a killing intent on his strange looking face, Frost said "Listen, clown. Get serious before I cut you to pieces with my anchor... Do you get it or not?".

Frost was really a man who could not hold his temper easily. He was the hot-tempered person of these guys... However, Clayman was not like that. The strange looking man was quiet and used to talk when it was necessary to talk. He wanted to have things done peacefully. He used to believe that if he was calm and was not impatient, the results in anything would be perfect... And so, he said with a smile on his face "Miss... I am giving you as much time as you want... You may start this battle...". Clayman was definitely a good natured guy in a battle... The quite opposite of Frost. At least that was what he showed in the battle.

As the battles had now officially started, Catman looked at his crewmembers. He looked at the hot-tempered Frost and the calm Clayman. He said to the Penguin "Hm... What do you think? How will things end up?". "Catman... You really are a fool... Do you not trust Clayman and Frost? You know that even if they are completely different, they are both extremely strong... Frost is the body and Clayman is the brain... Hahahahaha."

What did the words of the man mean? What did the Penguin have in his mind? And how would the battles end up?!

Meanwhile, at the other side, Koga was looking at Wakko and Ellen. These two had never met each other before. These two were very different... And probably they did not know how to work together. He said to Frank who was talking "Well...well... This looks pretty interesting... I have seen Ellen and I know she is quite hot-Erm strong... I believe she might win with her cuteness, I mean tricks. I bet for her win...". That turtle... He was such a pervert... He thought that if he supported her battle she could reward him "somehow" later...

On the other side, Manta started speaking in another way. He said "That clown... He looks pretty weak. That woman has managed to kill a guard with her bombs... It is difficult to predict. If I wasn't the temporary captain, I would not know would win. However, now, as the captain, I have to say only one thing... My crew is going to win because it is MY crew. I can't bet on the others... That would mean that I don't trust my nakama...". Then, he turned his head towards his chicken and said "Right? Connie-chan?".

Quincy just sat down awaiting for the match to begin. This adventure just getting stranger and stranger "You guys are fools if you think the government will hold their word. Oh well I guess we count our blessings that we got front seats to such a show. I wish we had some snacks or something." Quincy gave Frank 50 beli on Frost and Clayman "I bet on them. Sorry guys."

Frost was ready to attack Wakko. The man was running towards the clown with his anchor and was about to smash him with his anchor to break his head to pieces and kill him. However, while he run, he listened to something that made him stop. Apparently, one of the Dusk Pirates was betting on him! That was really funny! He stopped and put his anchor down. He raised his hand and waved towards Quincy, saying "Yo man! Thanks a lot!". Frost was such a weirdo. At first he wanted to battle and he stopped attacking at the first chance he got.

Seeing this, Baron talked to Quincy with an evil voice. He said "You idiot! Why did you speak?! You made him stop! You intefered! We should totally attack you right no-". However, before he completed the sentence, the Penguin stopped him and said "It's okay... It's Frost's fault that he paid attention to him. The battle continues normally.". The Penguin seemed to be acting according to the rules...

As soon as he listened to that, Baron stopped. He said "Whatever..." and looked towards Quincy with his angry face and later at Koga who was clapping for Quincy's action. He could not stop laughing. Even if he did not want it, Quincy's words helped his nakama... That was totally an awkard moment.

And while these things were going on, Manta was looking with a face that could show to anyone that he was questioning himself if these people really were there to beat them...

Alexander was going to exchanged taunts with Penguin. There were a million different jokes running through his head that he could use to make fun of the guy. Then, the 'game' started. As he listened to the rules, Alexander's face first twitched, and then he began to smirk, and then he was grinning broadly, and he finally collapsed in gales of helpless laughter.

"DANG you guys are lame," he said. "And you call yourselves pirates? If this is what I have look forward to being in a couple of years then maybe I would have been better off joining the World Government." He raised his katana and moved it slowly so that its point aimed at each of the members of the group. "I guess what I'm trying to say is..." Alex's wings changed as he shifted into his speed mode and zipped around behind Reedlair. "...each one of you looks pretty weak. I bet I could take you all out at once."

'Dammit!' Frank thought to himself as he took Quincy's bet. 'That doctor is too smart...'. As he took the 50 belis away From Quincy and placed them in his jacket, he noticed Frost stopping his attack inside the cage. "Hey! Stay out of the gambling area!" Frank shouted. He hoped Wakko would strike a surprise attack on Frost while he was distracted so Quincy's money will stay in his pocket, but it seemed like it wasn't going to happen.

In a desperate attempt to get some profit out of this, he turned to the enemy's group that was arguing outside of the cage and shouted "Any of you wanna place a bet as well?!". He knew prisoners had no money but he felt that the joke was in place.

Wako witnessed the very Big Anchor be risen on top of him, it seemed as though he had ended up with the worst opponent.. one that couldn't laugh at a single joke Wako had made, even worse he didn't appreciate the contents of a very colorful string! Wako was heartbroken. Even worse, once he lifted the anchor his mouth dropped. "... I think I just shat my pants.." Wako of course hadn't eaten anything in days, therefore had nothing in his bowels to actually let lose. But if he had eaten anything it would have exited at that moment. Wako was scared of the man no doubt.. but he still thought there MIGHT be SOME chance he could do so without the need for a hangover the next day.

"Alright you've forced my hand, Lets play a GAME!!" Wako took out a bunch of playing cards and started shuffling them, "What game do yo like? I am a fan of Poker myself.. but in this scenerio maybe Go-Fish, I'll even let you win!!" Wako was seriously trying to make him play poker, although you wouldn't notice with his Clown make-up that he was being serious. He sat down with both legs crossed, waiting for his opponent to sit with him. He had already started shuffling and putting down the cards.

"Alright, let the battle begin!!" After Frank had yelled out to stay out of the gambling area Wako nodded and Waved at him, unaware that he had given him a chance to attack the enemy.

Quincy had to laugh "You got it man just don't make me regret it" he said to frost. His distraction gave his nakama enough time to land a blow before the enemy reacted. Although this was serious moment there was hint of humor in the room. It didn't help that Alex challenge the whole group "Now thats one bet I know I would win. I just bet everything on Alex. He is a rigger." Quincy then began to cough out blood. Dang it they needed to get out of here fast. That spear that impaled him left some serious internal bleeding that he had to treat on the ship. Quincy quickly wiped the blood from his mouth hoping no would notice.

Manta looked at Alexander who was laughing. That really surprised him... He had not seen Alexander laughing like that before. He thought that the man had no laughter at all. It seemed like he was just like him. For a brief moment, he started thinking how these two were similar. Manta used to have a personality like that as well... And that was what scared him off... If Alexander was just like him, he should be cautious with him... At least, that was what he thought for a brief second. Then, he moved his head around, snapping out of his thoughts and waited to see what Reedlair would do. Before the enemies said anything, he remarked "The rules said that we are not allowed to interfere with the battles... Not that we cannot attack you right now. Screw this thing, go for it Alexander."

"What the?!" Reedlair said as he turned his head behind him and watched at Alexander slashing him at his back. Blood came out of his back with force and it fell on Alexander's body... Reedlair coughed some blood and said "How dare you? We gave you a chance to organise yourselves... And this is how you behave?! This is... unforgivable!". Then, with an angry face, he moved his staff upwards and raised a cage around himself and Alexander to trap the swordsman and start a battle with him. He said "Even in this injured state... I can take you out... Hmph..."

Meanwhile, seeing what happened, Jugger looked at Quincy who approached him and the rest of the freed pirates. As Quincy was unaware of the fact that since Alexander decided to attack the game would end immediately, without losing any time he rushed towards him and attempted to strike him with a kick to the face. He said as he run towards him "Trap him, Reedlair!" and Reedlair raised his staff once more, trapping Quincy with Jugger inside the same cage.

Seeing this, Manta was about to rush to the battlefield. However, before he rushed, the Penguin decided to talk. He said "Listen... If the rest of your crew members do not do anything, we won't attack. They won't get to battle us... Agreed?"

"Agreed" Manta said and waited to see what would happen.

Wako tried to play cards but the man paid no attention, instead he witnessed the pirates each get stopped by a Pirate with a high bounty. He watched the battle continue and escalate, having Wako think twice about not drinking, wako stood up,facing his enemy Face to Face. "You sir are RUDE!! I challenge you to a DUEL!!" Taking the regular cards he had collected from other prisoners he threw it at the opponents face, intentionally mocking him, "You think you are sooo strong just because you ARE!!... wait a minute I wasn't supposed to agree with myself... anyways I challenge you!!"

Ellen had a look of annoyance on her face, from not only Clayman's recent moment of sexism, at least to Ellen's eye, but also the fact that the cage probably would withstand her explosives. After watching the short 'scuffle' of her new crew members and the strange prisoners, she took out a small spherical object from her tube, and lit one of her matches. "Huh, might as well actually get started since you offered. So, let's see if I can scattter your limbs." She then quickly lit the small object, which was ion fact one of her cherry bombs, and tossed it square at Clayman's chest, grinning as she was anticipating the explosion.

"Do you really challenge me? Thanks goodness!" Frost said with an evil voice as he rushed forward towards Wakko while charging his anchor to smash him on the head with it and cut his head in two in a way that his brain would cover the whole place. That man was so violent... How would the weird clown deal with him? Did he have any plans in his mind or not? The battle would definitely be intense... Who would emerge victorious? The clown or the man with the anchor?

Meanwhile, as the explosive was thrown towards Clayman the man did not do anything at all. He waited for the explosive to move towards him... He waited and waited and by the time it arrived, it hit on his body and an explosion took place, covering him in smoke. A normal person would probably get killed by an attack like that. Ellen and Wakko would have to wait and see what the man was doing... Was Clayman killed by the attack or not? And how would it be possible for him to survive if he wasn't killed by the powerful explosion?

At the same time, Reedlair looked at Alexander. The man was the reason of another encounter... If he did not attack him, Quincy would not be forced to battle Jugger. Hopefully for the Dusk Pirates, the Penguin agreed that he would not do anything if the rest of the Dusks did not move. However, now that their battle started, Reedlair would not show any mercy. Even in his injured state, he was strong enough to take on the swordsman that already got injured in the previous levels. With a smile on his face, the man took a strange stance with his legs and pointed towards his enemy with his staff. He said "Ignorant swordsman... Your crew is lucky that the Penguin gave you a second chance... But that doctor over there and you, as well as the clown and that woman won't be. You are all doomed to fall by us. We will see the light again and you cannot do anything about that!". Immediately after speaking his words, the staff seemed to be extending. A huge metal bar came out of it with extreme speeds, like an extension of the staff and moved towards Alexander to impale him on the chest. "Ori-Ori Impale!" the man said. He had just created a steel bar on his staff and extended it to pierce through Alexander's body... Would the attack work or not?

Seeing what was going on, Koga wondered what Manta was thinking. Why wasn't he doing anything? He knew the man only two days but he knew that he was very reckless and would probably attack the enemies. But why he did not do anything? He could not understand... The only reasonable explanation would be that he had something in his mind... But what could that be? He was about to ask him. However, before he did so, Manta stared at him angrily so that he would not ask and so Koga realised that he was about to do something soon... Very soon...

Frank was holding himself now more than ever. The urge to punch someone into a wall was rising with every word their enemies produced. He tried to imagine that annoying Penguin guy getting choked by his zombie hand, but it wasn't even close to satisfy his nerves. If the Dusk pirates won't do something quickly, they might lose three crew mates, they were obviously better in mindless rampages than organized duels.

He watched as Ellen threw a bomb at her enemy, and couldn't help but get impressed with the girl. He saw Wakko being rushed at with a swinging anchor and couldn't help but feel sorry for the clown. He then saw Reedlair attack Alex with his staff, and a surprising realization landed in his brain. Reedlair was the key to the enemy's tactic. Without him, there won't be any cages to hold the Dusk pirates back. If they attacked now, they will be caged as well, but if Alex was to defeat Reedlair, no cages will sprout and they will be free to rampage once more. He stood up and shouted with all of his might "GO ALEX! KICK HIS SORRY BEHIND!"

Ellen started laughing manicly as the explosive unleashed it fiery wrath at Clayman, commenting; "Yes! Yes! Nothing like the beautiful sight of the flames and destruction of my art! And as the smoke clears, most likely the gory remains of that meathead!" She then stared at the smoke in anticipation, hardly containing her excitment, fully expecting some wonderful charred remains.

Wako was laying back, expecting his opponent to attack, but did not realize how fast or strong he was in actuality. Once he dashed forward and took out his anchor Wako had frozen up, he really did think he was going to die, he was far too fast and the feeling of his attack was far too strong. Wako had no choice, he was too slow to dodge the attack so he tried to attack while he was attacking. Taking a single card from his pouch in his pants Wako ran towards him, His sharp anchor part was at the top of the anchor, however the tube that is holding the anchor itself is blunt, Wako used this to his advantage.

He ran towards his enemy taking the sharp Edged card, as sharp as a blade, while running towards him he threw it at a point blank range, at the close distance they were in it was implied that it would hit him, but not even close to killing him. After throwing the card the Blunt part of the anchor hit Wako clear on his head, sending him spiraling into the other side of the cage and smashing the bars, the echo of the hit moved across the room. Wako was assumed to be defeated.

The Bottle of Liquor he had on the side flew into the air, the impact of the shot sent a small run of dust to hide it. The bottle landed openly on Wakos mouth, putting alcohol down his throat, Wako still remained unconscious and was assumed to be defeated by anyone, unless they had a sixth sense. Wako was then surrounded by dust and smoke in the air,unconscious , but he was still breathing.

Quincy suddenly found himself trapped with Jugglar forced to fight. This didn't look good for the doctor, since he was already injured from fighting that cheif guard awhile back. Quincy put his hands together forming a huge chemical ball, and released a huge beam "Sorry I can't afford to pay around. I got to save Max." The move would surely knock this guy out, but the room could be filled with fire.

Alex steeled himself, preparing to dodge...but then he found himself sliding backwards. Not literally, but mentally. Someone had shoved him out of the control seat! His body, no longer under his control, started to slump, but then suddenly its wings flapped and it vanished just before the bar would have impaled him. Alexander, for of course that was who had taken control, reappeared off to Reedlair's right.

Alexander...what did you...? Alex began to ask.

"Oh, shut up," Alexander snapped, both at Reedlair and his brother. "I've had enough of your idiocies for one day. AERIAL SLICE!"

Once more he vanished, his body moving at soru speeds as he flew towards Reedlair, preparing to cut him wide open once more. Alex was stunned. This was a side of his brother he hadn't seen before. Alexander had always been the calm one, but now he was acting like Alex himself. Had he been in control of their body, Alex would have broke out into a grin.

OH YEAH! He roared inside their mind. Let's take this punk down a notch!

"That was tasty..." Clayman's voice was heard from inside the smoke as his body started getting revealed. The man raised his hand and pointed towards the girl. He said with a smile on his face "Allow me to explain miss... I have eaten a fruit called Bomu-Bomu no Mi... If you know it, it grants me the ability to make any part of my body explode. And guess what? I am immune to explosions.". Then, he started walking towards her slowly. As he walked, in a similar way with the reaper that was following his victims before taking their lives, he said "And let me guess... You battling style is exploding, right?". That man... He seemed to be having an immunity at the girls power! How would it even be possible for her to defeat him in the first place?

Meanwhile, Frost looked at his enemy. He was lying on the floor and he seemed to be defeated. However, the game was a life or death game... If he won, he would have to finish him off. Without losing any time, the man started running towards his enemy and raised his anchor before he threw it down towards Wakko's body in order to cut him at the heart and kill him. Frost was ruthless.

Seeing what was going on, Manta was about to intefere. However, before he started moving, the Penguin warned him. He said "Listen... If you are thinking of doing anything, I will get Reedlair to attack all of them with his steel bars and impale them. How does that sound?". As soon as he listened to that, Manta sighed. As he had nothing to do, he waited to see if Ellen would protect Wakko or if Wakko would wake up to avoid the attack.

And as these battles took place, Reedlair prepared himself. As he was taking a close look this time, the man was prepared to protect himself. Without moving a single inch, he moved his staff upwards and raised a few bars of steel that formed a shield in front of the slash attack, blocking most of it before it even reached him. Then, Reedlair started running around the cage, while jumping at the same time. He said "This is going to be fun!" and he stopped to hit the ground with his staff and raise steel bars from the ground endlessly that were aiming to impale Alexander. How would this attack work?

And at the next cage, Jugger looked at the beam that was moving towards him. With a surprised face, the man tried to move out of the way. He tried to jump away. He prepared for the jump but as he jumped his right hand was hit by the beam and it was completely destroyed... That was a strong attack... A really strong one. Jugger seemed to be struggling against Quincy...

And out of the cells, once again, Koga was taking a look at the battle while sitting right next to Frank... He wondered how these battles were going to end...

Wako seemed unconscious and unable to fight, The liquor continued pouring down alcohol down his throat as his enemy Charged at him. It seemed like Wako was completely vulnerable and it was soon going to be over. The anchor was taken up by the enemy and dropped with a very strong might. At that instant Wako was thought to have lost.

"Tell me... why did you try to kill my sober part? he is a very nice guy you know." Wako Suddenly kicked the anchor by the sides, sending the anchor to the ground next to him instead of him. "SPINNING TAQUILA!!" Wako then used the opportunity to get up quickly with both hands on the ground, and began spinning rapidly with his legs attempting to kick his opponent several times, his Clown shoes popped up blades around a foot long from the front of his shoes. Spinning with them as he went towards the opponent whom was less then a foot away, "HAHAHA!!! Lets play a FUN GAME!!"

Alexander realized what was going on and he glanced at the ground, but even so, he felt the metal bars stabbing his legs before he saw them. The pain was intense. Almost too much so. It was like getting blasted by the poison from that giant snake all over again. He could already see the black swirling at the edges of his vision. But no....he couldn't faint...not now...

ALEXANDER! Alex screamed at the top of his lungs, his calm completely breaking as the sharp pain tore through their body.

The cry brought Alexander back to reality. He tightened his grip on his sword. So what if his legs were too damaged for him to use them? With his devil fruit power, he never needed to use his legs again anyway. So, gritting his teeth, he flapped his wings and pulled himself free of the bars.

"It is time," Alexander said. He raised his katana and pointed it at Reedlair's chest. "This is the technique I created while I was sitting in the backseat of my mind. Watch and learn, Alex. Hunting Grounds!" With a flap of his wings, he vanished from sight. Alexander reappeared in an area where the bars were not as thick. Then, as they started to fill that area, he flapped his wings again, vanishing and appearing somewhere else. "Fighting isn't all about strength or endurance," Alexander intoned. With another flap he was somewhere else. "The one's true power in battle is one's level of skill!"

Alexander began moving even faster, weaving around the bars as they came out of the ground. In fact, he was moving so quickly that he may as well have been teleporting as each flap moved his body too fast to be seen. He zeroed in on Reedlair and finally appeared behind the man, slashing at his back. With another flap he was in front of him, slashing once more at his chest. Then to his right. His left. Above. Below. Each reappearance was punctuated with a vicious slash. Even Alexander's katana had become a blur as he moved at his top speed, slashing from all angles.

Quincy them summoned ten chemical balls and formed it into one giant chemical known as mass juggling "I can't afford to hold back on you." Quincy ran toward Jugglar with the giant chemical ball in his hand. He threw the giant ball toward jugglar in hopes of destorying him completely. The dusk pirates have come too far just to fail. Nothing was going to stop them from suceeding in their mission to save their captain.

Reedlair was about to use his Ori-Ori no Mi abilities in order to create steel metal bars that would protect him from the attack but before he could he felt the slashes from his enemy's blade on his body. The prisoner was cut in many sides of his body. At the back, at the front, at the left, at the right. There was no side on his body that remained uncut. The swordsman of the Dusk Pirates was using so advanced techniques that easily damaged Reedlair, the pirate with that huge bounty. That was impossible to believe. The man got so much damage... How was it even possible? He could not understand. As soon as he got cut by the powerful attack, he fell on his knees and started talking. He said "Pirate... You took away my freedom... You bastard... But I know that one day, you will eventually end up like me... You shall sink into the abyss... The only fate that waits for you is the one of darkness. You shall sink into it and you will never come out. Your death is near... I feel it. You are doomed, Dusk Pirate! Hahahahahahahahaha!". Then, as he ended with his short speech, he fell on the ground unconscious and the steel bars that were forming the cages started falling. The metal bars were falling on him and would definitely cause him damage, if they hit.

Meanwhile, as the bars started falling, Jugger was hit by a bar on the head. Before he even had the time to do anything, he was hit by the barrage of the chemical balls and he got damaged to the point that he fell unconscious before even doing anything. The man was no much for the "evolved" doctor of the Dusk Pirates. These energy steroids that transformed him granted him with immense strength that helped him take out easily the man with the high bounty. However, just like Alexander, Quincy would have to avoid getting hit by the steel bars before it was too late...

The same thing started happening to the battle between Clayman and Frost against Wako and Ellen. As Wako went with his Spinning Tequilla attack, Frost could feel his body getting hit by the powerful attack. Blood came out of his body and he was sent onto a metal bar. Then, the bars started falling on him and burried him, probably killing him. On the other side, Clayman used his explosions and he protected himself. With the explosions of his Bomu Bomu no Mi he redirected the metal bars and the all of them aimed towards Wako and Ellen who had to find a way to stop them.

Seeing what happened, Manta smiled. He said "Good job Alexander!" as he pointed towards the metal bars. Then, in an instant, Koga started running towards them and used his Shell Deflect attack to block a few of them, while Manta used his Shockwaves from his legs. Eventually, the bars were blocked and Ellen and Wako were safe and sound.

"This is the end! Come on everyone! It's time to rampage against these bastards! Chkchkchkchkchkchkchk!" were the words of Manta, who without losing any time used his Chicken Beam on Clayman, turning him into a chicken. Then, before he could do anything, he cut him in two with his scythe, taking his life. Afterwards, while stepping on the dead chicken, he pointed his scythe towards his enemies with his right hand, as his left hand was very damaged in the war against Unholy in Water 7, a few days ago, and he continued his speech "Bastards! You really thought you can overcome us? It's hilarious!"

The Dusk Pirates were overpowering the pirates that were asked to stop them... The rookie pirates were showing their true might by defeating and killing all these infamous pirates with ease...

Meanwhile, in the middle of the Tarai Current... A few marine ships are moving... On board of these ships, a few familiar faces are on. The Exi-Generals, a bunch of marines that the Dusk Pirates defeated a few days ago were moving towards Impel Down in order to take their revenge with Manolo, who was recently promoted, as their leader... What impact would the arrival of the marines have to the story? How would it affect the Dusk Pirates' plan?

And in level 3... The fire that was burning the floor was eventually stopped. The level was covered with ashes and most of the prisoners were back at their cells. No signs of them appeared in level 2. It seemed like most of them had gone back at their cells to survive or they got burnt, except from those who followed the Dusk Pirates. Lecter was nowhere to be found. It seemed like he was killed by Quincy's attack... And on top of that, R.A.M. 2's injured body was missing as well. Lion's body was burnt and only his skeleton was left while Draculo died because of his wounds, even if his body did not get burnt at all. Miguel tried to save him by taking him out of the fire, but he did not manage to. On top of that, many guards were killed in the assault of level 3. Some of them got burnt by the fire and some of them were killed by the prisoners that escaped... The prison was suffering a big crisis... A bigger one than the crisis that Seshomaru caused when he attacked the prison to free Amarant Galvez. At least at that time he moved through the floors quickly, without even causing as trouble as the Dusks did... These guys were dangerous...

Realising this, Miguel started thinking about it. Lecter, Lion, Draculo... The Emperor Cobra of level 2 and many other guards were dead. During his time in Impel Down, he had not seen so many people of the personel dying like that. That was the main reason that he agreed with the seven pirates he released to grant them their freedom if they managed to stop the Dusk Pirates. After thinking all that stuff, he sighed and started slowly walking in the ashes, while picking up a Den Den Mushi to call somebody...

And in level 5...

Maximillion was sitting in his cell. He could listen what was going on on level 4. He could listen to the sound of the huge metal bars that were falling on the ground. A battle was taking place. His crew members were approaching... It was almost time for him to escape from his cell and rampage through the prison. The plan of the captain of the Dusk Pirates was successful...

"Aww.... My fun was stopped.." After slashing his opponent successfully Wako stepped back, as he assumed he was defeated by the deathly blow and the bars crushing him, Wakos smile grew bigger as a bunch of bars were thrown his way, the Bomu Bomu user was indeed a strong one, maybe even stronger then the weak opponent that didn't fill Wakos need for danger. The bars were then aimed at Wako and the women, with his adrenaline for Danger still pumping Wako Ran 'towards' the bars in order to get some speed. "MOONSHINE AND HAPPINESS!! HAHAHAHA!!!!" his clown boot kicked the air sending Many air slashes at the enemy thanks to the blade on his boots. The many blades destroyed the bars and went towards The man, only to have been turned into a chicken and killed by manta. "It HAD to be a chicken didn't it?? HAHAHAHA!! Lets have MORE fun!! Bring more Bodies for me to KILL!" Wako after getting drunk is now a danger seeker, if he were to be left alone he would stay in Impel down, but having people beside him made him want to follow them, rather then staying behind by himself.

Wako followed Manta, running shortly behind him and making the blades go back into his shoes. He hadn't even had the chance to use his gadgets, OR kill more enemies, but he had the feeling he would soon enough.

As the smoke cleared and revealed clayman was unharmed, ellen's manical grin froze, managing to mumble out the words; "Damn it", and after the prisoner explained his abillities, Ellen prety much was paralized in fear, due to her own abillities where pretty much useless against this powerful opponent, thinking to herself; How the hell do I beat someone like that?. Hardly even moving an inch, as she froze up, unable to even think straight, she saw her partner Wako attempt to attack the man, only for Manta to slaughter him instead. Finally snapping out of her fright induced trance, ellen sighed her relife that her impossible situation, had been solved, albiet without her beoing any use. She the grined her manical grin once more and asked; "So, I can pretty much blow anything else up right? Anything I should take out now?"

Alexander looked up calmly as the metal bars tumbled towards him. He showed no signs of dodging them, even as they crashed down on the space where he was flying. The dust from the impact filled the air, but as it cleared, Alexander could be seen floating above the metal bars, apparently unharmed as he gently flapped his wings to remain aloft. He looked down at the bars, beneath which he knew Reedlair was buried. He nodded as he thought about the man's last words.

"I'll remember that well," he said. "But until that day comes, I will not hesitate to live my life. I shall not hide from the world as a coward."

Alexander turned from the rubble and flew away towards his comrades, who were also now escaping their cages.

"You have already blown my heart, miss!" Koga said to Ellen with his eyes turned to hearts in a funny way. The pervert turtle, then, moved towards her like a gentleman and jumped to reach her hand. He grabbed the female's hand that smelt like gunpowder and he started kissing it, saying "I am glad you are safe... Ellen-san.". That turtle... Couldn't he realise that a turtle like him would have no chance with that woman? It seemed he could not otherwise, there was no reason for him to act like that at all...

"STOP THAT ALREADY!" Manta said as he punched Koga on the head in a funny way to make him stop. He was getting mad with his foolish behavior in the middle of an event like that. The crew had to be careful and not do anything careless. They had to concentrate on their fights. That was the reason he didn't like watching at the turtle acting like that. As soon as he stopped Koga's flirting speech, he said "You can blow up anything you like, I don't give a **** as long as it doesn't affect us or doesn't delay you. In fact, I would like if you set bombs around this cell and destroyed it completely... But that's a dream."

"Hm? Bombing this place? This is quite difficult..." the Penguin said while smiling. "There is no way you can blow up this place and there is only one reason.". "Stop bluffing, already, I am disgusted of your methods." Manta said as he prepared to launch his Chicken Beam towards him in order to turn him into a chicken and kill him in an instant. However, before he did so, he decided to ask why there was no way, even if he knew that it was more than possible for his crew. "Why are you saying this, Penguin bastard?" he asked with an evil voice. "Hahahahahahaha. You really are a reckless crew. In this floor, the Warden resides... The reason you can't destroy the fourth level is simple and one word: Lucifer!"

Upon listening to that name, Koga came back to his sense immediately. He jumped high on the air as soon as he heard that name. He had a scared look on his face. What could that man be meaning? Lucifer? The impersonification of evil? That was scary. Before he asked anything, though, Manta kicked him to knock him unconscious, in a funny way, and let his enemy explain. The psychopath temporary captain of the Dusk Pirates could understand that the word Lucifer was just a name... "Lucifer is the Warden of Impel Down... And trust me, that man is something more than scary." he continued saying.

"I don't care..." Manta said afterwards, while moving his scythe towards a cell that was nearby. "Watch this... Penguin." he continued saying and he launched his Chicken Beam to a bunch of prisoners that were watching at the battles horrified, turning them into chickens. Then, he instantly launched an Air Blade attack with his scythe that cut the transformed prisoners into two, taking their lives. "Take a look at me. These guys... They all used to be infamous pirates or dangerous people who were sent here because of the evil crimes they commited. However, thanks to my scythe's power it can be clearly seen that they were only a bunch of chickens! My power is godlike! I can transform humans into chickens! No matter how strong they are, they are nothing against me in this pathetic form! Chkchkchkchkchkchkchkchk!" were his next words, as he pointed with his scythe towards the Penguin again. "Be glad. You dress like a bird. I will turn you into one! Your dream is going to become reality! Chkchkchkchkchkchk!".

"What the?!" the Penguin said with a terrified face as he got hit by the chicken beam and was turned into a chicken. Afterwards, he smiled and with an evil look on his face, he asked Alexander "I know you don't like me... You hate me and I can understand that... But can you do me a favor? I want you to cut that chicken to thousands of pieces... I would be glad to see his dead body in pieces when he reverts back to normal.

"Penguin-sama!" were the words of Catman and Baron as they noticed that their boss, the strongest fighter they could rely on was turned into a chicken. They both took a battling stance and prepared to defend their boss. Would they achieve it? Would they manage to protect him or not? The two of them would take on the Dusk Pirates by theirselves... What would the results of their battles be?!