Showdown:
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"I'm gonna rip your nose off if you sent us in the wrong direction!" Zoro growled at Usopp as they ran through the marine base towards the dock with Luffy and Sanji to recover the captured Going Merry.
"Don't worry, we're definitely heading the right way!" Usopp assured him as he recalled his previous visit to Dock 88. "Just keep moving. Hurry!"
The four Straw Hats raced down the hallway and saw that it made a sharp right turned.
"Yeah, I recognize that wall," Usopp observed. "Merry's docked just around the corner!"
"Something's wrong," Zoro thought to himself. "This is way too easy."
"Alright, stay alert!" Luffy encouraged the others as the rounded the corner. "No one's gonna stop us from stealing our ship!" They ran out into the dock and stopped in their tracks. "GAAH!"
The dock was filled with an army of four hundred marines. Marines with guns aimed at them from up on the metal catwalks while the rest of the marines were crowded down on the floor.
"Ugh... we're busted," Sanji groaned.
"I knew it was an ambush!" Zoro growled.
"SNIPER TEAM SEVEN TO THE FRONT!" Master Chief Petty Officer Todd shouted as he stood in command at the front of the army of marines. "SHOOTERS TAKE AIM!"
Close to fifty marines that had formed the front line of their marine armed dropped down on one knee and aimed their rifles at the four Straw Hat Pirates.
"NO! DON'T AIM!" Usopp whimpered while the others prepared to spring into action.
"GUUUUMM... GUUUUUUMMM..."
"FIRE!" Todd yelled.
"BAAALLOOOOON!" BOOINNNG! Luffy inflated until he completely filled the large doorway they had just come in through but ended up knocking Zoro and Sanji aside.
BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM! The marine snipers opened fire and their bullet hit Luffy's rubber body AND WERE SHOT BACK AT THE MARINES! SHO-SHO-SHOOOM!
"WAAAH!" Officer Todd yelped and dove to the side as he and the men near him attempted to avoid the wildly ricocheting bullets.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Zoro and Sanji berated Luffy.
"I... CANNON TEAM TWELVE!" Master Chief Petty Officer Todd called out as he pushed himself off of the ground. "TO THE FRONT!"
The front row of marine snipers were replaced as another unit of marines with large cannons stepped forward and aimed their own weapons at the Straw Hats.
"Great... bazookas..." Zoro complained.
"FIIIRE!" Todd ordered.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! The five cannons blasted at the Straw Hats.
Tunk! Tunk! Tunk! Tunk! Tunk! But all five of the rounds landed on the ground metal floor in front of the four pirates. They hadn't even exploded.
"Huh... duds?" Luffy questioned as he stared at the rounds.
FWOOOOSH! There was a bright flash of light as the five rounds exploded and a cloud of purple smoke suddenly clouded the entrance to the dock.
"Aw! My eyes!" Sanji yelped as he held his face. "What is this?"
"IT BURNS! IT BURNS!" Luffy whined as his eyes turned red from the suddenly exposure to bright light and then the purple gas cloud.
