~Third~

"Try to pick up the pace you guys we're in a hurry here"Sogeking as him, Nicole, Zoro and Sanji were making their way through the tunnel, except only three of them were running on foot as Sogeking was being carried on a blanket by Zoro and Sanji "Quit bossing us around you moron!" Zoro yelled at Sogeking.

"Hey my injuries are bad enough let's not hurt my feelings too"Sogeking said, Nicole rolled her eyes "Oh suck it up you big baby"she said "How can you talk to your fearless leader like that especially since i've been seriously injured in the line of duty, gah all of my ribs are broken all six!"Usopp said.

"You've got more ribs then that and you're a royal pain in the ass"Sanji said, Usopp went to explain his new weapon but none of them cared enough to listen "If you don't can it we're gonna make you get up and run"Zoro said "Gah so much pain did i mention my ribs are broken all ten are smashed"Usopp said "You've got more"Zoro said "Really? Twenty no i mean thirty actually a hundred"Usopp said "You were closer with twenty"Nicole said.

~skip~

"Sounds like they've started the attack"Sanji said "Speaking of sounds i keep hearing something weird from down the tunnel"Usopp said "You hear me telling you to shut up?"Zoro asked "It's not that, i've got a bad feeling about this"Nicole said "Come on"Sanji said picking up the pace dropping Usopp and they didn't care going back for him.

~skip~

"Come on guys listen to me you gotta stop! We're running straight to our deaths the waters gonna hit us head on! Can't you hear it's getting closer!"Usopp yelled freaking out as he was back to being carried in a blanket held by Zoro and Sanji.

"Even if there was water and this place was gonna flood turning around at this point wouldn't do us much good would it?"Sanji asked "Hey you can hear it right Nicole?"Usopp asked "Yeah but like Sanji said not much we can do about it"Nicole said.

They came to a stop as the rushing water got closer "I knew it"Usopp said "Hey it's Nami she's with that old lady"Zoro said "Hey check it out the pirate guys and other pirate lady are here too" Chimney said "Don't just stand there do something about this water!"Nami yelled.

"Well i'm open to suggestions"Zoro said, before he tried cutting the tunnel but it was too tough, the water came rushing at them swallowing up the whole crew, Nicole regained her bearings already holding her breath.

Nicole manoeuvred around drawing a sword 'Amaterasu style sixth form' she sliced downwards cutting the whole tunnel in half 'Waterfall Drop' she finished her thought and felt something grab her, she remembered something truly shocking before everything went black.

~skip~

The Strawhats spat out water but were still in shock after Kokoro dropped them off on the ship Franky and Robin had commandeered "They made it their all still alive, it's a miracle i can't believe it, they must have seen something down there that put them all in a state of shock, whatever it was it must have saved their lives if they hadn't passed out they would have swallowed enough water to kill them"Franky said.

"Well either way they're still alive though it does make you wonder what they could have seen down there that spooked them so much"Kokoro said "I bet it was you"Franky said, the Strawhats came to one by one the boys were freaking out about Kokoro being a mermaid when Zoro noticed Nicole was still out.

"Hey"Zoro said shaking her he freaked out and shook her harder "Come wake up"he said getting more panicked, her head looped back like a rag dolls, he glanced around thankful the others were busy greeting Robin, he gave Nicole mouth to mouth and she eventually woke up coughing up water, she smiled seeing Zoro "Hi"she said "Hey"he greeted back and kissed her.

Nicole giggled a bit pulling away "What was that for?"she asked, Zoro laid his forehead on hers "Nothing"he said smiling a bit, she smiled and kissed him back, Zoro pulled back helping her up and going up the stairs with her "Zoro! I mean you two swordsmen!"Usopp said having followed them "Over here take a look"Zoro said.

The whole island was burning "Hard to believe that's the same island we were on not long ago" Zoro said "Seems they have no problems about destroying one of their own bases"Nicole said as cannons continued firing "I noticed something else seems kinda like their avoiding firing where Nico Robin's at"Franky said walking over.

"Makes sense, i bet the five elder stars wanna know just how much Robin knows"Nicole said "That would explain why this bridge hasn't been blow to bits"Usopp said "If they don't wanna kill her then they're still intending on getting her back"Zoro said "After the marines are done attacking Enies Lobby, they'll probably come after us with some hand to hand combat to reclaim her"Franky said.

"I don't like the sound of that we're at our limit here on top of that those battleships are bound to have some pretty powerful guys on board and where's Luffy right now?"Usopp asked, Nicole sighed before blowing a hair out of her face "He's still fighting that pigeon guy, right over there" she said pointing over to the first tower of the bridge.

"That's close by we should go help him"Usopp said walking forward "No don't bother"Zoro said stopping him "That pigeon bastard he's fighting is no ordinary man no good can come of it, if we get caught up in that mess who knows what'll happen, those battleships could turn this way at any time we still need to make sure we have an escape route the plan is to stay here and wait for Luffy, it's the best we can do"Zoro said.

~skip~

"Hey Nicole think those other guys are okay?"Sanji asked "Yeah, i can still sense them"Nicole said "Yeah nothing stops the Franky family, don't you worry, i'm sure they got away"Franky said but anyone could tell he was still worried.

~skip~

"Okay she's ready! We can leave any time! As soon as Luffy get's here we'll set sail immediately!" Nami yelled over "Sounds good"Zoro yelled back "Since no one else is saying it i will, right now there are as many battleships out there as there are us no matter when we leave escaping from this place is gonna be virtually impossible"Sanji said.

"As long as there's even a one percent chance grasp it with all your might and fight to get there, something my dad told me"Nicole said "This is a report from the main island front gate all personal has been collected and accounted for, we met with about fifty pirates as well as two giants attempting to escape the island here in the north west"an announcement said.

"It's them"Usopp said "It's Zanbai and the others what did i tell you sounds like their home free, no need to worry about that bunch even with thousands of marines after them they still won't die"Franky laughed "We blast them with a full barrage of cannon fire they have been eliminated all targets are currently presumed dead, in the islands current condition the chances of survival are impossible repeat the number of survivors on Enies Lobby is zero"an announced said.

"This is a report from battleship two, the courthouse and the tower of law located in the south east corner of the island  as well as the underground passage connecting the main island to the bridge of hesitation have all been destroyed the only remaining target is the bridge of hesitation"another announcement said.

"Nicole tell me you can still sense them"Zoro said "Yeah"Nicole simply said as she nodded bringing a bit of relief to everyone there but that relief was quickly gone as the battleships turned on them, they fired on the first half of the bridge destroying it cutting Luffy off from his crew.

"What the hell they blew up half the bridge"Sanji said "Yeah but why?"Usopp asked "Isn't it obvious? So Luffy can't escape"Nicole said "All ships take up combat positions around the bridge of hesitation, we've identified ten pirates including the pirate hunter Zoro, she wolf Nicole and Nico Robin, we believe these are the culprits who defeated CP-9 in the tower of law"an announcement said as the ships took up positions around the bridge.

Nicole sighed pinning her hair back, she might have to go all out for this one she just hopes these swords hold out, "Look guys over there"Usopp said pointing out the hole in the first tower, the smoke from the attack had died down and they could see Luffy and Lucci right in the middle of their fight.

"Hey Luffy! We made it!"Usopp yelled "Everyone got to the bridge save and sound! Don't you worry we're all doing fine!"Franky yelled "We even rescued Robin just like we said we would!" Usopp yelled "All you gotta do is beat that guy!"Sanji yelled "We'll be waiting i know you can do it!"Franky yelled "Don't give up Luffy!"Zoro yelled "You've got this Luffy!"Nicole yelled "We're all gonna make it!"Usopp yelled "We're all going back!"Sanji yelled.

Luffy smiled and nodded getting back to his fight "Now it's just a matter of how long we can hold off all these damn marines"Zoro said walking off, Nicole walked next to him "I'm hoping for at least over ten minutes"she said "Those rank lieutenant commander or below stay put, to the two hundred elite captains and commanders engage the enemy and wipe them out immediately!"an announcement said.

"Captains from headquarters all these guys are in the same class as that Smoker guy from before?!"Usopp asked freaking out, Nicole smirked a bit "These guys don't seem half as strong as him"she said "Yeah these clowns should be a piece of cake"Zoro said smirking as well, Sanji had disappeared somewhere just as the marines attacked jumping off their ships and the Strawhats plus Franky started fighting back.

~skip~

Luffy went down in his fight, Usopp noticed and spaced out for a moment, a marine came up behind him but Zoro took care of it with Nicole sticking close to him "Damn it Usopp this is no time to be"he trailed off as Usopp took off the mask he had on "Luffy! What the hell are you doing?! Get up! Luffy!"Usopp yelled.

"Usopp i didn't know you were here too"Luffy said so weakly Usopp could barely hear him "Don't get the wrong idea! I just came here to save Robin that's it alright?! I didn't come to see you or your stupid face understand me!"Usopp yelled as behind him Zoro and Nicole were holding off marines from attacking him.

"Hey you! The CP-9 boss cat! I know you hear me! From here on out i'm your opponent! Come and get some! Yeah that's right! If you mess with Robin then you mess with me! Now listen and listen good you bastard! I'm a fearsome pirate a warrior among warriors and i command an army of over eight thousand men! I am the great captain Usopp! I sailed all over the Grand Line! I've destroyed island after island wreaking havoc everywhere i go! And if the world government wants to go toe to toe with me then i'll crush every last one of you with my little pinky finger! Now come on up here and fight me if you've got the guts or are you just a scardy cat?!"Usopp yelled taunting Lucci.

That last bit was what got Lucci and he started heading over "No wait get back here, you leave him alone this is between you and me got it?"Luffy said "You've already lost i have no business with you i'm going to kill every last one of them and save you for last so you can watch it happen"Lucci said.

"Come get me boss kitty cat! I'm gonna take you out!"Usopp yelled, Luffy coughed up some blood "You idiot shut up already! He's gonna kill you!"he said "You shut up! What the hell are you gonna do about it huh?! You're almost dead!"Usopp yelled back "That pigeon bastard's mine i'm gonna kick his ass all over the place"Luffy said.

"Then get up! Show him what you're made of! Stop laying around coughing and bleeding like you're about to die! That is not the Luffy i know at all! Even though it's filled with smoke we can still see the sky! We can still see the ocean! This place isn't hell! I can't believe you'd let it end like this! So stop acting like you're about to die you stupid bastard! What's wrong with you?!" Usopp asked tearing up.

"Why're you trying to make us worry?! Get up and fight!!!"Usopp yelled "Finished with your little speech then i suggest you show me what you've got"Lucci said "You're right Usopp this place isn't hell it's not even close"Luffy said standing up again "Finish him! Then we can all leave this place together!!"Usopp yelled "I'LL WIN NO MATTER WHAT!!!"Luffy yelled.