A burning flag, smoke billowing in the harsh winds of the floating islands.
Her ears catching the yells and hollers of disbelief from below. The sounds of guns being fired and swords clashing from below in the Courtroom.
But what she could hear the most clearly, was the sounds of her crew mates' screams of reassurance and excitement.
"ROBIN—!!!"
"THE DRAWBRIDGE IS LOWERING!!"
"WE'LL RESCUE YOU AT ANY COST!!"
"JUST FIGHT!! FIGHT WITH YOUR ALL ROBIN!!" Faythe screamed at the top of her lungs.
'Boom!'
Everyone looked over towards Wyper.
The shandorian looked almost offended, "It wasn't me! I'm not that trigger happy!"
"Weellllll..."
"My lady—!?"
Sanji gasped and looked down at the drawbridge, "It stopped lowering!"
An annoying holler from the Courtroom made the pirates grow irritated, "CHIEF SPANDAM!! PLEASE EVACUATE FROM THE TOWER OF JUSTICE!!"
Luffy glanced down and yelled, "GETTING IN OUR WAY...!!! DAMMIT!! WHO ARE YOU!!?"
Faythe bit her lip in frustration, "So Spandam is his name... Imma stick with Man Child."
Man Child gapped like a fish out of water, "Haa...Haa...ah? GUH-GOOD!! GOOD JOB!! Now, before they come over this side, let me go to the gates of Justice...!!!" He turned hurriedly off the stone rails, his hand grabbing hold of Robin harshly—jerking her up, "COME, NICO ROBIN!!
"AGH—!" Robin sucked in a harsh breath.
"SOMEBODY, GRAB CUTTY FLAM!!"
Chopper didn't like how Man Child was treating Robin, "Robin!!"
"Hmph..!! Those pirates aren't worth worrying about...! I've got the assassination group CP9 right here!!" Man Child smiled with glee, "'Nico Robin,' a survivor of the Scholars' Island, who desired the revival of the weapon, and 'Cutty Flam,' who inherited the weapon's blueprints. HOW COULD I MISS THIS CHANCE TO GAIN SUCH AUTHORITY!!?"
Faythe leaned towards Wyper with squinted eyes, "It's hard to hear what he's saying because of the distance, but did he say Cunty Flam..?"
"No it was Cutty Flam, my lady."
"Huh."
"NUOOO! CUTTY FLAM!!" Man Child jumped at the sight of Franky standing just a few feet away from him, "Hm?"
Franky looked to be holding up a bundle of papers out. His face unreadable as he held them with care.
"That's... You mean... No way...!! Are those the blueprints of the ancient weapon, Pluton!!?"
Franky's face twisted into a cocky smirk, "It's legit. Do you believe me?" He then began to mockingly hold the papers up and let them fall down into its resting dangling position in his other hand, "Lucci... Kaku... You can tell, can't you?"
Faythe had never been so satisfied with the looks on their faces when they realized it was real.
"I-is it real!? It's real!? Give it to me!!" Man Child smiled happily like a kid finally getting the toy they wanted, "Give it to me!! That's what I've desired, the blueprints!!!"
"Nico Robin." Franky addressed, "I now understand that you are not the demon who's trying to abuse the weapon, like the rumor says." He frowned at her miserable state. But the light in her eyes showed that it was finally her time to fight, "...What the shipwrights of Water Seven have passed down from generation to generation, it's not how to make the weapon." Franky then turned to look Man Child in the eye, "Listen, Spanda..."
"Give it to me!!"
"What Tom-San and Iceburg have protected by risking their lives... If the ancient weapon falls into the hands of an idiot like you and starts its rampage, there needs to be another weapon to counter and stop the first one.. That was the wish of the designer!! It's true that you can use Nico Robin to revive the weapon!!! She's a dangerous woman. But now, she has her Nakama who'll protect her!!" He took a moment to breath, "So, I'll make a wager... Perhaps there's only one way to fulfill the wishes of the designer."
"Don't keep going on and on, just give it to me!!!" Man child grew bored of his monologuing, "THATS MINE!!"
Franky clearly had something to say about his bratty attitude. He proceeded to use his fire breath on the Pluton Blueprints. The papers immediately crumbling into ash as they fell to Man Child's feet.
"OWWWWAAAAAH!" Man Child fell to his knees trying to scrape up the ashes of the blueprint, "Bastard!! What the hell did you do!!? Argh!! Damn it! I'll kill you!!!"
"The blueprints left to create the opposing force were sought by the government...!! Normally, they should only exist secretly, and should've been destroyed once they were discovered!!!" Franky snorted, "But now, we no longer have a force to oppose the weapon!! But if the Strawhats win...!! You have nothing left!!" He laughed, "So I'll place my bet on them!!"
"BRO!!"
"FRANKY BRO!!"
"HEY, BRO IS ON THE TOWER OF JUSTICE!!"
"WAAAHH!! ITS BRO!!"
"GOOD HE'S SAFE!!"
Faythe and the others could hear the Franky Family started to crowd around the open windows that were facing the Tower of Justice.
"BRO, WE'VE COME TO RESCUE YOU!!"
"WE CAME WITH STRAWHAT-SAN AND THEM!!"
"SODOM AND GOMORRAH TRIED THEIR BEST, TOO!!"
"BRO, COME BACK WITH US!!"
"ARE YOU HURT AT ALL!?"
"Y.. You..." Franky took in the entirety of the bruised and injured people of his. They all tried their best to reach him in this dangerous place. His face then morphed into an ugly cry, "DAMN YOU, WHO THE HECK ASKED YOU... AZKD JOO TEH COME WESQUE MEEEE!!!?" He sobbed loudly.
It was just going back and forth at this point.
And someone had had enough.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, PUNKS!!" Luffy hollered down at them.
"LUFFY!"
"DONT BE SO COLD HEARTED!!"
"FAYTHE—!!"
"What!?" Faythe looked at them confused, "What did I do!?"
"YOUR POTTY MOUTH IS RUBBING OFF ON HIM!!"
"ITS NOT MY FAULT!!?" Faythe argued with an offended look. She then turned to Wyper with a questioning look, "Is it that bad!?"
"Your language... Can be a bit... Crass...?" Wyper hesitantly told his friend.
Faythe was now pouting, "It's not my fault we hang out a lot..." she kicked her feet.
Luffy then snapped back at his crew mates that were scolding him, "ROBIN'S WAITING FOR US! HURRY AND LOWER THE BRIDGE—!!" He ordered the last part at the Franky Family henchmen.
The crew then realized his brash ways.
"OH, YEAH, HURRY UP, BASTARDS!!"
"OH, YES!! MOVE IT, OR ILL BLOW YOU AWAY!!"
"NAMI-SAN, I LOVE YOU FOR BEING COLD HEARTED TOO!!"
Franky voiced then carried over, "STRAWHAT!!"
Luffy turned gruffly at the blue haired dismantler.
"I SEE YOU'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF MY SUBORDINATES..." Franky grinned, "SO THIS TIME, I, THE MASTER DISMANTLER, FRANKY-SAMA, WILL BE YOUR SUPER GREAT ALLY IN THIS WAR!!"
Luffy was not the least caring, "WHATEVER!! I STILL HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST YOU ON USOPP'S MATTER!!"
Faythe blinked in realization, "OH YEAH!" She then raised a finger at the cyborg accusingly, "JUST BECAUSE YOU SAVED ME ON THE TRAIN—DOES NOT MEAN IVE FORGIVEN YOU! I WILL NOT FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS, MISTER TIN CAN!!"
"YOU UNGRATEFUL LIL'—!" Franky was about to yell back but he was suddenly kicked over the edge from behind, "Eh...?"
"OWAAAAHH BROO!"
"BRO WILL DROP INTO THE FALL!!"
Sniper King jumped in worry, "OOWAAH, FRANKY!!"
'Eyyyy, pirates!!'
Nami hurriedly took out the Mini Den-Den Mushi, "Eh!? Kokoro-San!!?"
'I heard effrythin'. Whatcha hezzatatin' fo!?'
Nami looked at the small contraption in confusion, "Hesitating...? But the bridge is only halfway lowered....!!!"
'Halfway iz 'nuff. We'll be dhere in 4 schecon'zz!! Jump to de fall wiff all yer might!!'
Luffy looked over quickly, "Is that Baa-San!? What does she mean!?"
"I don't know...!!" Nami looked down at the cut off call before looking up at Luffy, "She told us to jump into the fall...!!"
'WOOWOOO!!!'
Luffy perked up at the whistle, "That's the sea train's sound." A wide smile formed on his face as he stretched his arms out around all his crewmates.
Faythe on the far end was met with a hand holding out towards her. Blinking, she looked to the owner to see him already looking at her with an almost... hopeful look?
Taking his hand, she gave him a small squeeze to show her trust. She blinked again when his fingers interlocked with hers instead of a normal hold.
Luffy's smile could be seen a lot more wider as he turned back to face the front, "LET'S GO!!!" The screams of his fellow crew mates fell on deaf ears.
"Rocket Man can still moov!! Don unnereshtmate dhe legendree shipbuildin' compahny, Tom's wohkers!!!" A voice could be heard laughing maniacally.
Faythe and the others turned to see the Rocket Man Train literally plow through the Courtroom and use the halfway lowered drawbridge as a ramp to meet the falling people halfway.
"WHAT THE HELL—!?" Wyper shrieked as he slammed into the metal surface of the front.
Faythe landed on the front face, her hands in the air, "ITS FLYING!!"
"ITS GONNA CRASH—!!" Everyone screamed except for the few crazy people on board.
/:/~***~/:/
So. I'm def excited about the fights and how Faythe AND Wyper will cooperate through this battle to find the keys for both Robin and the Red head herself.
And I'm so excited to write the Bird and Cat chase.
:)
Fun times.
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