Chapter 6: 06 The First Raid… Continued! 2
"I can see you Absalom!" when the skeleton turned his direction after saying those words a chill ran down his spine as he fired another volley of shots.
Booooooom!
Krackooooom!
The two explosions left dust clouds in their wake. When the dust settled the skeleton was gone.
"HAH! blown to dust." Absalom thought. When an odd humming noise was coming from all around him.
"Yohohohohoooooo... yohohoho..."
Absalom looked all over without finding the source. It sounded everywhere then silence. After 20 seconds it started again but directly behind him even when he turned.
"Yohohohohoooooo... yohohoho..."
Finally Absalom saw him when he turned around. "Here have another taste!" He shouted as he raised his gun.
Click
Click
Click
When he tried to fire the cannons he noticed that his guns began to split in two and when the slashed made their way the whole length of the gun cutting Absalom's hands bad.
Clonk
Before Absalom could even realize the pain he was in he was knocked out cold. Arthur bashed him with the hilt of his sword. Knocking out Absalom caused his invisibility to wear off
"Yohohoho what are we going to do with him?" Brook asked.
"He has a useful fruit we'll lock him up for now and see if we can get him to join us." Arthur answered.
After the two finished their internal conversation a prison cell made of ice formed around the prisoner with chains of Ice keeping Absalom suspended midair with shackles at his wrists, ankles and neck with chains around his torso attaching him to the wall. After the cell was set up it began to shine blue.
"WHA-WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ICE?!" Brook shouted in surprise.
"Relax it's just just Soul Solid's Power. I'm using it to make it molecular structure as hard as diamond. While weak to a strong cut it'll be extremely durable again basically everything else." Arthur explained.
"Molecular?" Brook confusingly mentioned.
"Anyway let's get back to the Association for now, I have a deal to make." Arthur stated. "Oh... we're being watched."
In the corner of his eye he saw a negative hollow floating away not that he had eyes to begin with.
"I won't let you monitor us that easily. Soul King!" Brook responded with immediate action destroying the hollow.
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-Moria's Castle-
"ABSALOM WAS TAKEN PRISONER?! How dare he..." Moria began to bite his lip. "My precious crew..."
"Captain Moria..." Perona said.
"WHAT!" barked Moria.
"I'll send a swarm of zombies right away..." Perona muttered.
"Don't bother." Hogback said as he entered the room. "We've made plans for this guy's return but he came back stronger than we expected." An evil grin grew on his face "We'll send in the Generals."
Moria cracked a wicked smile as he began to think aloud "Yeah ever since that crazy bastard showed up we've been more productive, we've even almost finished working on 900..."
Moria's comrades began to shower him with compliments of his hard work and excellent leadership as they prepared the Zombie Generals.
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-T.B.V. Association Base-
After an explanation of what happened to Absalom, Lola and Arthur began to talk once again.
"So how did you end up here?" Asked Lola.
"Woah woah woah I could ask you the same thing. I just saved us for now we don't have a lot of time before Moria's next so how about I get straight to the point." Arthur replied. "Basically I need a crew and a ship and above all of that I want you to teach me the basics of Haki."
"Your asking for a lot. What do I get in return?" Lola asked.
Arthur grinned at the fact that he basically knew everything about her. "Well first off I'll get you your shadow back and secondly it's a rule on my crew that I will help you achieve your dream no matter the dream, since that's my dream after all." He said.
"What a bizarre dream you have we'll no matter." Lola said. "I guess the Rolling Pirates will agree to this since that means you'll help with my dream so..." her eyes turned into hearts. "Will you marry me?"
"No way I'm 83 years old, I'll find you a good husband though when we go out to sea." Brook replied taking control of the body to answer. 'Hehe thought you'd say that Brook I new her goal I couldn't wait to prank you with.' Arthur thought to Brook
"Now it's time to think up a plan I'm not just going to blindly rush in again. Take us and you're most trusted people and we can come up with something." Arthur said. 'After all time changes everyone.' He couldn't help but think to himself reliving his 15 years of training.
Lola takes Brook to the meeting room of the Thriller Bark Victim's Association then leaves to grab a few people. Upon her returning only 3 others follow behind her before she locks the door.
The first man Brook notices is taller than the rest with brown curly afro and a pig like nose, he's skinny dressed in a blue and green striped shirt and light grey pants.
The second man right beside the tall one is noticeably shorter even shorter than Lola not to mention kinda round looking but you can never judge ability by looks anyway. He wears a weird leather mask like a gimped Luchador with thick short dreadlocks hanging out from the back of the mask, a dress shirt and tie with brown dress pants. Out of the 3 he was the only one with a weapon having a katana basically the length of himself with a brown grip.
The final man gave Brook a literal jump-scare popping out of our body, he's so old looking even I thought he was a Zombie with a beaten brown hat, dusty green trench coat and jeans holding lamp Arthur couldn't help but chuckle inwardly at how despite being basically undead themselves Brook had more of a reaction to this spooky stuff the he himself did.
"Alright let me introduce you to the associations finest." Said Lola but before she could continue Arthur broke the silence
"This is everyone?" He said in an almost bored tone which was not what she was expecting.
"Sadly.. Yes, there are not that many formidable people left on the island even old man Spoil here isn't in fighting condition he was just the previous president and has a right to be here." She replied "now one out of the way let me introduce you to the reconnaissance team the Risky Brothers they could also be considered the left and right wings of the as of now disbanded Rolling Pirates."
"Well it's nice to meet you all here today I would say my arrival couldn't be more well timed." Said Arthur leaving them all a little confused. "Well you got the knowledge of this place don't ya? With your recon squad and the old man's experience I'm the missing piece, the muscle. With our powers combined we can free your shadows."
At this blatant statement the three men drop to the floor in surprise after all how could he be so straight forward but Lola couldn't help but laugh. "So this is the man who I've made my captain."
"With the most stealthy of the Mysterious 4 down and out of the battle I deal with Perona and Hogback for basically free and once I get to Moria that'll be it the only possible challenge but even his lazy ass will be grass. I just need the fastest paths to Moria, Hogback and Perona because I will need the Association to stall the Zombies while I deal with the main threats." Arthur had a bit of verbal diarrhea leaving the Risky Brothers, Spoils and even Brooks head bend down steaming after listening to the plan so far.
After about 30 minutes of letting them collect themselves we begin chatting back and forth trading knowledge. After about an hour a plan is hatched the Risky Brothers are going to do a little extra recon and sneak old man Spoil into Moria's mansion to get the layout Arthur figures if he thought he was a zombie then so will the actual zombies.
"Alright and if anyone asks for Identification just tell them a number under 800 and walk away by the time they check the logs you should already be done scouting I'd hope." said Arthur.
"Kehkehkeh you expect much from this old man but I'll do my best." Spoil stammers out but you can't help but admire the fire in his soul burn when Arthur glances at his with Soul Eyes almost like this old man is the most ready to do this. "Is it true you help anyone who follows you accomplish their dream?"
Arthur looks at the old man and can see the desire in his eyes to do anything to get out of the god forsaken Florian Triangle. "It's true."
Spoil gets down on his knees one hand on his lamp the other on the ground and he begins to bow and beg. "Please! I just wish to see the sun one more time.." the desperation palpable but it's clear he has no more tears left to cry just the look of pure desire.
'How can we say no? yohohoho.' Brook transmitted to Arthur. 'I was thinking the same thing.' "Alright that'll be easy when we're done here you the Rolling Pirates and the rest of the Thriller Bark Victim's Association will be more than welcome to join my crew." Arthur said as if it were more a fact than an invitation. "And I will help accomplish everyone's dream!"
Everyone in the room lit up with joy and the boost in morale could be seen almost instantly. Passion burns where fear and despair once wallowed and the mission begins at dusk.
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