~Third~
"Alright we got our work cut out for us, i doubt we're just gonna turn the corner and find the zombies with our shadows in them"Zoro said "Forget that! Luffy zombie is a complete freak of nature! He's ten times bigger then any giant i'm not sure anyone can beat him"Chopper said "It's true and not only is he huge, he also had your shadow and all of your fighting skills"Usopp said.
"Like that makes any damn difference"Zoro said "Wait what?"Usopp asked "What's the point in pissing our pants about how big and strong they are we still gotta beat them if we want our shadows back"Zoro said "Well we really don't have to worry about the zombies though i kinda wanna see how cool mine is"Luffy said.
"What are you talking about? You wanna hide from the sun for the rest of your life? We gotta get our shadows back from these ghouls"Zoro said "Yeah but there's another way, you remember what that geezer zombie told us? All we gotta do to free the shadows is put and end to Gecko Moria"Luffy said.
"You have a point there"Nicole said "Up there Moria's just sitting on his big ass waiting for us" Luffy said pointing to where Moria is "What?! Are you nuts?"Usopp asked "What do you mean? His butts asking for a kicking so that's what i'm gonna do and then all the shadows will return, Sanji fire up you're rescuing Nami"Luffy said.
"YEAH!!! That's exactly what i wanted to hear!!"Sanji yelled literally firing up "Oh yeah i forgot to tell you but the invisible guy yeah he spied on Nami while she was taking a bath"Usopp said "WHAT THE HELL YOU SAY?!?!? HE WILL PAY!!!"Sanji yelled literally exploding into white hot fiery rage "You just had to throw more fuel into the fire, didn't you?"Nicole muttered with a sweatdrop.
"I feel like it's all my fault since i let that creep take Nami right in front of my eyes, it's only right that i go with Sanji and also i'll do anything to stay away from Moria!"Usopp said scared "I'm worried about the skeleton fighting on his own, he needs back up, if Strawhat beats Moria before the skeleton's zombie wins then everything's cool, otherwise i gotta work over time to help Brook and hold on to my own damn shadow"Franky said.
"I can give you some extra back up with that one Franky"Zoro then smirked "I wanna see if that legendary samurai he's fighting lives up to his reputation or not"he said "I'd like to see that fight, i can tell where Brook and his shadow is, there's someone else there too and i just know it's my shadow, besides i want my pin back, dad would have my neck if he found out i lost it"Nicole said.
"If we're picking Nami's my top priority, that's the battle i'd like to lend my hands to and once we get her back we can all take down Moria as a team"Robin said "You say it's like no big deal but did you forget who he is? He's one of the seven warlords of the sea!"Chopper said "Yeah but so what? Crocodile was one too"Luffy said.
"That's my point exactly! Crocodile got this close to killing you! I'm begging you to be careful! Seriously i already warned you! Your zombie is terrifying! Terrifying!"Chopper said freaking out "Yeah i got it, i got it"Luffy said "I'M COMING TO RESCUE YOU NAMI!!!"Sanji yelled still burning up like a bonfire.
Usopp gave each of the crew some salt "Alright if we're gonna do this thing there's one point i cannot stress enough, there maybe a lot of thick forest on this island to hide in but there's no guarantee we can avoid the sunlight at all times, we're all alive right now because it's the middle of the night, in other words sunrise is our literal dead line, we have to get your shadows back by then so don't forget it, it's imperative we're out of here by dawn"Usopp said.
"I know exactly what you mean, there's nothing worse then going a whole night on an empty stomach, we're gonna make you regret you even thought about taking our food, you hear me Moria?! We're gonna make him give back twice the amount he took from us and before dawn!" Luffy said and the others cheered and the crew charged off.
~skip~
The crew split, Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, Robin and Chopper in one Franky, Zoro and Nicole in the other, the group of three was causing havoc on a bridge with Nicole having to use her hand to hand combat skills with her swords stolen "I can't believe slow stupid pieces of crap managed to capture me the more i think about it the more it pisses me off"Zoro said "Yeah! Bring it on!" Nicole said.
~skip~
"Watch out!"Nicole called pulling Franky and Zoro out of the way as the bridge above came crashing down, among the rubble Usopp and Sanji came falling down too "They're legs are twitching so i'm sure they're fine nothing to worry about , what i'm curious about is this thing" Zoro said "Well whatever it is it's blocking our path, sure is a weird looking wall"Franky said.
"I don't think that's a wall"Nicole said, something felt strange about this 'wall' "What the hell are you guys doing?!"Usopp yelled at them as they were poking at the 'wall' "Huh? It's just a wall. a big fleshy wall"Zoro said "That's not a wall you moron! That thing's Luffy's zombie!"Usopp yelled at them, even Nicole was a bit freaked out.
"This thing is too freaking huge brother! And look at those horns did it climb up from hell or something?! I've never seen anything like this! It's really a zombie?"Franky asked "How did a thing that huge die in the first place?"Nicole wondered outloud "Holy crap"Zoro muttered "Luffy"Sanji said "It's all over! He's gonna grin us up and make meat pies out of us!"Usopp cried.
The zombie turned to them, Zoro instinctively stood closer to Nicole in a protective stance ready to fight if necessary, the zombie reached past them picking up a piece of the rubble and put it on his head like a pirate hat "Okay! Now i look like the real thing! Can't be King of the Pirates without an awesome hat"The zombie said walking away.
"What just happened? Are you telling me that thing didn't even notice us?"Usopp asked "Sure seemed so"Nicole said "It's hard to believe but it really does act like Luffy doesn't it? Something that huge with his fighting power is gonna give us hell"Zoro said.
Usopp fell on his knees "Come on let's just get out of here, you guys don't need your shadows right?"he asked "Like hell we don't!"Zoro yelled at him "Even if i did give up on my shadow which is stupid by the way we'd still have to rescue Nami so get your ass up!"Sanji yelled at him.
"The problem is right now we're all stuck down here, the stairs were the only straight way to get where we were going and they were destroyed and even if we changed our route and take this passage we're still screw since the bridge got take out too, in other words we can't get to that mansion in the mast either way"Sanji said.
"And it's way too far for us to jump"Zoro added "We had a short cut laid out for us now we're gonna have to go some scary way full of zombies"Usopp said "Just give me thirty seconds i got this"Franky said building a bridge "You build a bridge?!"the boys freaked out "There was wood and scraps everywhere if i couldn't throw a bridge or two together i'd be damned disgrace" Franky said.
"I mean if you say so but for a makeshift bridge you sure put a lot of effort into the details"Usopp said "You're saying you want me to do a half assed construction job? Huh?"Franky asked "Nah don't hear me complaining"Sanji said "You're awesome Franky! Super work"Nicole grinned, Franky laughed scratching the back of his head "Let's go"Zoro said and they continued their way across the bridge.
The group continued running eventually running into a room decked out in Gothic Lolita stuff "What does a princess live here?"Sanji asked "There is someone here"Nicole said "I don't know what i was expecting but it wasn't this, look"Zoro said, a bunch of those ghost were flying around, then they heard a laugh and saw a girl in a Gothic Lolita outfit.
"I was going to have my zombies grab you on the bridge but i suppose that plan fell through, Oars was just reborn and he's already a nuisance, my patience is running very thin tonight"the girl said.
"It's those ghost again, so it was her controlling them all this time?"Zoro asked "I'm guessing devil fruit"Nicole said, the girl laughed "Oh my i sense in your voice? I wouldn't blame you after what happened last time, i can create ghost at my command with the power of the hollow hollow fruit, you can think of them as a sort of extension of myself, they can empty your heart and crush your spirit, this should be fun for me at least"the girl said.
The crew decided to run for it but came to a stop as the ghost flew through them, they each fell on their knees "I'm dumber then a krill i should just die"Sanji cried "I know bro i wish a stray dog would step on me"Franky said "I should just crawl around on the ground like a worm and eat dirt"Zoro said "Forgive my existence, i am not worthy of life"Nicole said "It's all over"Usopp said falling down.
Zombies came in to capture them when Usopp sprung up and shot salt in their mouths "Who did that?" The girl asked, Usopp was standing tall and proud "That's my crew you know, i won't let you hurt them"he said "Tricky punk, you acted like you got hit just so you could surprise me but don't worry i won't miss a second time"the girl said and attacked Usopp again.
The ghost went right through him however Usopp did not fall down "My name is captain Usopp" he said "I don't get it why don't my attacks do anything to you? I know i didn't miss that time, what is this? What kind of power have you got?"the girl asked "Power has nothing to do with it, i just naturally have a negative personality!"Usopp said shocking the girl.
The zombies and the girl cheered for Usopp not to give up to cheer him up "Don't pity me!" Usopp yelled as the others were still groveling "Come on you guys time to snap out of it you gotta go rescue Nami and get the shadows back before it's too late"Usopp said, the others snapped out of it standing back up.
"No matter how strong you are you don't stand a chance against her all you can do is run but don't worry i'll take care of her for you"Usopp said "I can't believe it"Franky said "Usopp actually looks cool for once"Sanji said "Is his heart really that empty?"Zoro wondered.
"Oh but please defeat all the zombies before you go, valiant though i may be i must"Usopp was cut off "Alright see you later"Sanji said "You're the best Usopp!"Nicole grinned running out with the others ignoring whatever Usopp was saying.