[ Third Person POV ]
Paradise, Somewhere close to Sabaody Archipelgo
The Donquixote Family, finally understanding how to get to and from Paradise without a deadly pursuit from the Marines, had gotten comfortable moving their goods to and from the Paradise. It was the job of King Brayern to ensure that the goods made it safely to the New World, where he would sell them and split the profits with the Donquixote Family.
Donquixote Doflamingo had always planned to make it to the New World, but the problem had always been how he was going to make the travel there safely. Even going to Sabaody and back had always weared him out because he had to remain on guard for the whole trip. As a matter of fact, that fear of getting captured by the Marines only increased after he had encountered Kuzan, and the other Vice-Admiral Sakazuki.
He knew that he had taken advantage of a ship that happened to be nearby, and he had also knew that the ship was affiliated with the Whitebeard Pirates to boot. That kind of luck only happened once in a lifetime, and he wasn't planning on putting himself in a situation like that in the future.
"Trebol!" Doflamingo grinned while calling him out.
"Yes?"
"How much profit have we made so far? We can't afford to be getting screwed by that king, you know?"
"The profits have remained all the same, it seems that King Brayern does have some honor in his dealings," Trebol remarked as he looked over some documents.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't," Doflamingo replied while staring at the island behind them.
They had just finished shipping another month's supply of goods, and now they were heading home so that they could supply some warring countries with more weapons that they had gotten from Sabaody, thanks to King Brayern's connections.
It was then that a pirate immediately burst into the cabin where Doflamingo and Trebol were currently meeting in. In his grasp was a yellow fruit that seemed to have lightning marks on it, and the pirate, on the other hand; was brimming with joy.
"Doffy! I found a Devil Fruit in one of the fruit baskets of our supplies!"
Doflamingo and Trebol immediately froze and stared at the fruit that the pirate held. Doflamingo's lips slowly stretched into a wicked smile, and Trebol looked further in to get a better look at the Devil Fruit.
"Trebol, get the book!"
Trebol immediately rushed off and soon came back with an ancient looking book in his hands. He immediately opened the book and started perusing through the pictures of Different Devil fruits as he tried to identify the exact Devil fruit that the pirate had showed them. Soon enough, when they reached the Logia section, they found a picture of a Devil fruit that had the exact same features as the one that lay before them.
"The legendary Rumble-Rumble fruit! Apperantly it gives the user a body of lightning! Doffy, we hit the Jackpot!" Trebol exclaimed while he showed Doflamingo, who only let out a maniacle grin as he stared at the pictures.
"This is excellent! We really needed some firepower in the crew, but now the question is who will eat it?" Doflamingo commented thoughtfully as he took the Devil fruit from the pirates hand.
He slowly stared at the pirate who presented the Devil fruit, and was thinking about giving it to him; before an explosion engulfed the cabin and immediately killed the pirate who was standing before them. This caught Doflamingo and Trebol offguard as they looked at the scene before them in absolute shock. Bells were immediately rung throughout the Numancia Flamingo as the crew immediatelystarted to put out the fire that the explosion had caused.
However, that was merely just the beginning.
Outside of the ship, a voice immediately echoed out as the entire ship and its surrounding's temperature dropped dangerously low.
"Ice Age!!!"
Just like that, the Numancia Flamingo's ability to sail comfortably was snuffed out like a fire in the winter. However, that wasn't what was currently worrying the Donquixote Family, what was really worrying them was the identity of the voice that had previously echoed throughout the ship that had caused all of this to happen.
Doflamingo didn't need a detective to know exactly who was attacking them.
"Marines!!!"
Marine Ships surrounding the Numancia Flamingo
It had taken Kuzan and Sakazuki a month to recover from the attacks they had suffered thanks to the Storm Dragon. However, thanks to the efforts of the genius Dr. Vegapunk, they had managed to replicate their genetic makeup and stimulate them into growing new limbs. Making what Boris had done to them seem almost like a vague dream.
However, one thing was for certain, they had grown a healthy caution and a bit of fear for the Storm Dragon.
Consequently, they were called to Fleet-Admiral Kong's office for a debrief as soon as they were medically clear to do so. What awaited them was an earful lecture about obeying orders and avoiding unnecessary conflict. They were punished with the assignment of helping Vice-Admiral Tsuru catch the Donquixote Family as a result, and failure to do so meant more 'training' from Garp and Zephyr.
Already partially traumatized from the previous training that the duo had faced before hand, they were more than ready to snuff out the meagre light that the Donquixote Family had fanned, but there was one more thing that the Fleet-Admiral had for them.
"I'm assigning Borusalino in this case as well," Fleet-Admiral Kong stated, "It will be his job to help you nip this problem in the bud, as well as deliver any important updates that you have for me."
As a result, the trio were currently facing the Numencia Flamingo. Sakazuki's and Kuzan's eyes burning with a desire to lay this matter to rest as quickly as possible. Whereas Borusalino looked at the two of them amusedly.
"I heard that if you fail this that you're going to be paying Garp and Zephyr a visit? Scary~"
"Shut up, Borusalino!" Sakazuki growled as more lava burst from his arm.
"Just stating a rumor, that's all~ Let's finish this quickly. I want to nap, you know~?"
After delivering the initial blow and freezing the sea around them. The Marines immediately vacated the ship and started moving in closer towards the Numancia Flamingo. There hadn't been much activity from the ship after the sea froze, so they were trying to get a clearer picture as to what was going on.
Sakazuki immediately launched himself from the deck of the Marine's ship towards the deck of the Numancia Flamingo. He was followed closely by Borusalino and Kuzan, who landed on the right and left side of Sakazuki respectfully.
"Give up! Doflamingo! We are here to lay your pirate group to rest once and for all!!" Sakazuki roared as he looked down on the pirates who froze at the mighty display of the future of the Marines.
A maniacle chuckle came from the burnt cabin that was infront of the trio. Stepping out of the smoke and ashy debree, Doflamingo stood in front of them with his trademark smirk, accompanied by Pica, Trebol and Diamente. There were other members that appeared next to them, but they weren't nearly as dangerous as the quartet that remained in front of the Marine Trio.