~Third~

"Sounds like somethings going on down there"Zoro said "They're just pumped to take out the pirates that attacked their beloved Iceburg"Nicole said then scoffed "As if i have more power in my pinkey then half those guys"she said "Anyway don't let your guard down we don't want any kind of surprise down there"Zoro said "Right"Nicole nodded "You too Chopper"Zoro said.

"Okay, got it"Chopper said keeping watch through the binoculars "I think we're gonna have a really long night ahead of us we blow our opportunity it's over we can't let our guard down no matter what happens, if we wanna know the truth about Robin then it has to be tonight or never"Zoro said "Yeah i've got a feeling we'll be talking to her real soon"Luffy said.

~skip~

Then an explosion went off "Whoa it blew up!"Chopper yelled "They're all pretty worked up, their fighting someone, a couple more just showed up and Luffy's already gone"Nicole said finishing up with a sweatdrop "That idiot! What about the plan?! I thought we weren't gonna rush into anything!!"Zoro and Nami freaked "Too late"Chopper said.

~skip~

"I know he doesn't listen to me it's crazy but i thought maybe he'd listen to his own advice"Nami said as she, Nicole, Zoro and Chopper ran in to the main office after their captain "We are talking about Luffy"Zoro said "Hey guy do you think that's Robin in the middle of the commotion down at Galley La?"Chopper asked "It's definitely her"Nicole said but decided not to mention that Robin seemed conflicted about something.

"But no matter what Luffy decided to do we still gotta be careful"Nicole said "Yeah i know but him rushing in like that might actually work in our favor if you think about the way he does things is he the kind of guy to go through the back or side entrance?"Nami asked "Not his style"Zoro said "No way"Chopper said "Except i'm not sensing him in that direction"Nicole said.

"So i'm pretty sure by now he's made a go at barging straight through the front door and it's safe to assume that right now he's running around inside like crazy cause he has no idea where he's going don't you think?"Nami asked totally ignoring Nicole making her sweatdrop "Oh yeah"Zoro said "Sounds like him"Chopper said "Except he's not it that direction"Nicole said a little more aggressively.

"Uh huh and from the shipwrights point of view he's the leader of the group that attacked Iceburg so if he made it there by now all of those guys are gonna be busy trying to catch him, which would mean the guards have severely thinned out at the door or at the very least their completely distracted so the safest way in right now is through the front right behind all the chaos in Luffy's wake"Nami said.

"So if he does it it's completely stupid it's actually a brilliant plan huh?"Zoro said "Yeah makes sense i say we should go for it then"Chopper said "Except he's not there!"Nicole yelled just as they leaped over the fence "This is why you should listen to me more often!! Ugh! Why do i even bother?!"she vented drawing her sword out and fighting off the scored of shipwrights not even fully paying attention to them.

"You're fine with me taking lookout but you won't listen when i tell you something repeatedly?! Just how ungrateful you can get?! You're lucky your my friends or this sword would be at your throat!"Nicole yelled slicing into the neck of some guy "Sorry"the others muttered as Nicole continued to cut down shipwright after shipwright without paying attention to them, she huffed "You're lucky i'm so forgiving"she muttered.

~skip~

"If Luffy isn't here then where is he?!"Nami asked as she, Nicole, Chopper and Zoro were running away from gunfire "He's stuck between two buildings, over there ish"Nicole said pointing to the general location "Ugh of course! Where else would he be?!"Nami asked sarcasm clear in her voice.

"What now?"Nami asked "Well they've already found us so there's no point in trying to be sneaky the only thing left to do now is go on the offensive"Zoro said coming to a stop "Agreed!" Nicole said coming to a stop as well before they rushed off towards the group of shipwrights, well minus the ones Nicole had already dealt with.

~skip~

Zoro and Nicole finished off last off the shipwrights, Nicole sighed a bit "Phew, man for such weaklings they sure gave a workout"she said putting her swords back "No kidding"Zoro said putting his swords back "You guys are so strong"Chopper said sparkles in his eyes.

"Whatever might as well go ahead"Nami said leading the way as Chopper followed with Nicole right behind him dragging Zoro by his hand.

~skip~

"Come on hurry!"Nami said leading the way, they eventually reached the doors and Nami and Chopper slowed down letting Nicole and Zoro go on ahead "What are you waiting for? Cut down the door and beat the bad guys we're right behind you"Nami said "Hurry it up!"she and Chopper said, Nicole just sweatdropped.

"Alright i'll do it but not cause you told me to!"Zoro said "I'm sensing a lot of really strong guys behind that door, fair warning you know"Nicole smirked a bit drawing a sword "This oughta be interesting"Zoro smirked drawing a sword and together they cut down the door busting through them as Luffy busted through the wall.

"Luffy!"Nicole, Zoro and Robin greeted in shock, well Nicole wasn't that shocked she had sensed him earlier but now her focus was fully on the guy with a pigeon, she could tell he was the strongest one here "Robin i finally found you"Luffy said.

"Hey Luffy why in the hell did you get stuck inbetween buildings?"Zoro asked "Robin why did you leave us?!"Chopper cried "Hold on a sec something not right here"Nami said "Iceburg what is this? What the hell's going on?!"Pauley the shipwright asked "Pauley damn it you should of just ran"Iceburg said weakly.

"This doesn't make sense you guys are making it look like you were the ones after Iceburg but that can't be right, what the hell are you doing with those weird costumes on?! Stop screwing with me here, hey Bluno, Kalifa, Kaku, Lucci say something already damn it!"Pauley yelled, Nicole had a feeling her theory was right but decided to keep her mouth shut for now.

"Oh yeah those were the same guys that were with you back at the shipyard right? Right?"Luffy asked "Actually that square nose guy came to our ship"Zoro said "I see then the attack on Iceburg was an inside job"Nami said "Well maybe"Nicole said.

"Pauley, in all honesty were secret agents working for the world government but hey you'll forgive me if i say i'm sorry right?"Lucci asked, Nicole shared a look with her crew mates, her theory was seeming more likely with huge evidence right in front of them, the others nodded before focusing on what was going on.

"We were comrades building ships together from dawn till dusk, i realise this is quite sudden for you so perhaps you'll believe me if i smashed Iceburg's face in"Lucci said "Just shut the hell up i've heard enough you were that guy in the bull mask weren't you? That was the first time i ever heard your voice, all those years you never said a word but you can talk just fine, i'll teach you to make fun of me!"Pauley yelled and went for the attack.

However he was no match "Hey are you okay?"Luffy asked "Screw you Lucci"Pauley managed to say between pants "It's pointless to resist our abilities exceed that of a normal human as you can see after many years of training we've mastered an art known as the six powers these techniques transform the body into a living weapon with the strength of over a hundred men" Lucci said.

'Cheap parlor tricks if you ask me' Nicole thought, she could see it was just Haki and not very refined Haki from the looks of things, though she wasn't about to underestimate them "After all this time why?"Pauley asked before his shoulder was grabbed "Sorry Pauley, our friendship is over i have to eliminate you"Lucci said.

"Lucci no don't!"Iceburg said "You jerk leave him alone!"Luffy yelled aiming a kick at pigeon guy but he effortlessly caught it, Luffy then barraged him with gum gum Gatling but it had no effect "You're nothing but a pest"Lucci spoke before disappearing from sight he reappeared attacking Luffy but since Luffy was rubber he was just pushed back towards the others.

Luffy coughed a bit "If you weren't made out of rubber you'd be dead with a hole in your neck lucky you"Lucci said, Luffy stretched his arm and grabbed Pauley and pulled him over "You're protecting him but why?"Lucci asked "Why not, cause i don't want you to kill him, you guys were all friends just the other day how could you do this?"Luffy asked.

"We were, now things have changed"Lucci said "It doesn't matter you can say what you want, you're a bunch of traitors, point is you're my enemy now, i made a promise with Pauley to beat the crap out of anyone who tries to hurt Ice pops"Luffy said "I see you decided to trust him over us huh?"Kaku asked.

"That's right cause you guys took one of my friends, hey Robin what gives why are you acting like this? If you wanna leave the crew at least tell me why"Luffy said "Yeah and why would you wanna team up with people from the world government? That's crazy!"Nami said "You're protecting us right?"Nicole asked looking squarely at Robin even though she showed no reaction on the outside her 'voice' told Nicole yes.

"Do i have to repeat myself? I believe i said my farewells to the cook and the doctor before i left, did you pass that along Chopper?"Robin asked "Of course i did but just because i heard it doesn't mean i accept it how could you do this?!"Chopper asked "I did it to make my wish come true, a wish that can't happen as long as we're together and if you can't accept that i'm sorry" Robin said.

That basically confirmed Nicole's theory, to herself at least, the others seemed to forget about that entirely and buy what Robin was selling "You may not find it fair but to accomplish my goal i'll make any sacrifice"Robin said "I see and that includes framing your own crew mates for attempted murder so what is this wish of yours?"Zoro asked.

"I don't have to answer that question"Robin said but Nicole knew it was to protect them "Are you out of your mind? Wake up Robin, you have no right to do this i don't care what it is you're trying to accomplish, the consequences are far too great!"Iceburg said.

"I've heard enough this is no longer your choice to make"Robin said and used her powers to shut him up "No Iceburg!"Pauley yelled "I won't let anyone get in my way"Robin said "Nothing you're saying is making any sense! You expect me to believe this?!"Luffy asked "Robin what happened to you?"Chopper asked, Robin didn't respond.

"You're our friend right?! Please Robin come back!"Chopper said "Sorry to brake up the reunion but i'll have to stop you there, you see we have a date this evening with a very important individual  one that been over four years in the making we're finished here, in other words that means we're finished with you as well"Lucci said.

"Kalifa how much time is left?"Lucci asked "Two minutes"Kalifa said "Here's the deal i know this is sudden but in two minutes this building will go up in a ball of flame"Lucci said "You're kidding"Luffy said "Of course not, fire is an effective tool for erasing all sorts of evidence if you don't want to be burned alive i suggest you leave the building as soon as possible, well i say that but i have no intention of letting you go"Lucci said as the other agents stood in a line.

The Strawhats got ready for a fight "It looks like it's us against them and our friend Robin has clearly picked her side, Luffy Robin is not one of us anymore do you accept that now?"Zoro asked "No! No way!"Luffy said "So noisy anyway the first floor is about to be set on fire it won't be pretty but to be fair the culprits are just pirates you can't expect them to be subtle"Lucci said.

"That's just uncalled for, it's only idiots who tell their plan in a tedious monologue that aren't subtle"Nicole said making a jab at the agents earning their ire "Well i suppose i'll take my leave now"Robin said "You've done exactly as you were told good work"Lucci said "Robin don't go you're still one of us!"Luffy said "This is farewell"Robin said, the others called after her.

"We finally found you, i won't let you run away again!"Luffy said going after her but Bluno got in his way "How come nothing i do to these guys doesn't even phase them?"Luffy asked "It's Haki" Nicole simply said "Crap that's tricky to fight"Luffy said but still tried regardless but no matter what he did Bluno had a counter for it, then Luffy was kicked away by Kaku and Kalifa.

"They did all that with a single kick no way"Nami said "Technically it was the sharp gust of wind that followed it, we call it the Tempest Kick"Kalifa said "I call it a cheap parlor trick"Nicole said as Zoro rushed forward but Kaku blocked him.

"We met on your ship Roronoa"Kaku said, Zoro drew another sword but Kaku blocked that too "You said you people aren't real shipwrights so does that mean you lied about the Merry too?"Zoro asked "Unfortunately not i was quite honest about my assessment"Kaku said, Zoro pushed him back "Sorry to hear that"he said rushing forward again but Kaku met him blow for blow.

Robin had reached the window and opened it "Don't go Robin! We're not done talking yet!"Luffy said "No it's over this is the last time you'll see me"Robin said "Robin!"Nami called, Nicole went to rush forward but Kaku blocked her too, she sliced his weapons though and Zoro pushed him back "Luffy go after Robin whatever happens don't let her get away!"Zoro said.

"Confident huh? You really shouldn't take your eyes off of me"Kaku said and went to attack Nicole before Zoro stepped infront of her the last second and getting holes poked in him "Zoro!" Nicole gasped a bit catching him as he fell.

Lucci grabbed Luffy stopping the rubber boy in his tracks and Robin leaped out of the window, Lucci tossed Luffy away as Zoro stood up from Nicole's arms "I knew you were tough but this is too much"Pauley said.

"We're not like you as members of CP-9 for as long as we can remember, we've trained to surpass the limits of the human body and vow to hone those skill into an instruments of absolute justice, the results of that training are the super human techniques known as the six powers so now i'm sure it's undeniably clear why the four of us are  the government's most elite agents and also by the same token you must also realize how miserably weak a band of pirates is in comparison, of course the full extent of our powers is strictly classified but rest assured scum like you would never make the cut"Lucci said.

'Like anyone would want to work for those pompous assholes' Nicole thought as she helped Zoro stay up, "Lucci the ignition device is about to detonate we should probably hurry"Kalifa said "Hmm but a chance like this one is quite rare let me show you something interesting"Lucci said and started to transform into a leopard human thing, the others were freaking out but Nicole wasn't impressed, it was just a zoan type transformation.

"Neko neko no mi the leopard model"Lucci said after done with his transformation "So are you like into neko stuff or what?"Nicole asked pausing the tense moment, Luffy was the first one to start laughing as the others tried their best to hide their laugh letting out snickers, giggles and chuckles, even the other agents were snickering a bit braking the tense moment entirely.

Lucci was not amused and did that shave trick grabbing Nicole by the throat "Nicole!"Zoro said and went to attack Lucci only to get grabbed too "You just keep your mouth shut little girl"Lucci said glaring at Nicole, she just laughed as best she could with her throat clutched "What's with that pathetic glare? Here let me show you a real one"she said and glared right back.

Instantly the tension was back, the room seemed to lower in temperature further as it felt like death itself had entered the room, Lucci won't admit it but he shivered in fright "Pretty neat right? Though it's not as fancy looking as your stupid parlor tricks"Nicole said, Lucci growled snapping out of it and threw her and Zoro out through the ceiling.