“Escape Impel Down”

Grand Line, Calm Belt.

In the middle of the Calm Belt was a rocky island with an active volcano at its center. On the island, prison structures can be seen on the surface, including buildings and defensive structures.

This is where the famous Impel Down is located, a maximum security prison run by the World Government, where the worst criminals and pirates wanted by the Marine Corps and the World Government itself are sent.

Impel Down is a gigantic underwater prison built in the depths of the sea. It is made up of multiple levels that sink deeper and deeper into the waters of the Grand Line, making it extremely difficult to escape. Each level of Impel Down is more dangerous than the last.

The main entrance to the prison is a large portal that plunges directly into the waters of the Calm Belt, making access even more complicated. The prison is divided into several levels, classified according to the level of danger posed by the prisoners held there.

Level 6 is a secret level where only the most dangerous and troublesome pirates enter, such as those with the highest rewards. The access to it is specially controlled; and the conditions in which the prisoners are there are the hardest of all the prison.

Impel Down, Level 6.

This level known as Eternal Hell is the lowest level of Impel Down. Prisoners at this level have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment. They are basically "erased" from history.

The place was very gloomy, it was almost dark, not even the sound of a fly could be heard, and a cryptic silence was all over the place. If walking along the corridor of level 6 you could see different cells, one could see human shadows, but because of the darkness, it was impossible to notice the faces of the prisoners.

In one of the cells was Shiki, the legendary pirate known as "The Golden Lion", he had been planning his escape since he was imprisoned some years ago when Sengoku and Garp defeated him in Marineford.

Finally, the day of his escape had arrived.

A storm raged outside, with thunder rumbling and lightning illuminating the darkness of Impel Down. The electricity in the air seemed to charge Shiki's spirit. There was a steely confidence in his gaze as he approached the bars of his cell.

Somehow Shiki managed that very day to escape from Impel Down.

"The Golden Lion is back!" roared Shiki maniacally.

However, to escape, he had to pay a great price. He had to cut off his legs to free himself from the shackles. He then defeated a couple of guards and stole their swords to use them as prosthetic limbs.

In this way he was able to use his devil fruit to escape from Impel Down.

News of the escape spread quickly around the world. Never before had anything like this happened, Shiki was the first official prisoner to escape from the impenetrable prison. The first official prisoner to escape, because before him there was a prisoner who managed to escape, but was not officially registered.

This news hit the Marines and the World Government hard. In just a few months they suffered their worst defeats in years. The Ohara attack was a failure, then a World Noble was killed and a powerful CP0 agent and Admiral Sengoku died in battle along with other marines all caused by the same person. And now someone escaped from Impel Down, plus it was a legendary pirate from Roger's time.

The prison that was considered impossible to escape was breached and Shiki managed to escape. The confidence in the World Government and the Marine began to waver, a few years ago the great era of pirates had begun and it was increasingly difficult to control all the pirates that sailed the seas in search of the One Piece.

Yamamoto was quietly reading the newspaper that reported on Shiki's escape and the ineffectiveness of the Marine and the World Government in recent times, *They had it coming* thought Yamamoto who had no recollection of this event.

According to what he remembered of Shiki besides being a pirate from Roger's time, he had a devil fruit that allowed him to fly and make other objects whether small or large, float.

*He must be able to manipulate gravity, it's a good fruit... maybe it's a good idea to assassinate him* thought Yamamoto, although he had no plans at the moment to perform such an act, with his strength it wouldn't be smart to go fight Shiki.

Shiki faced Garp and Sengoku in Marineford and was defeated, but in the process half of Marineford was destroyed. Despite having two fewer legs his strength is still very powerful.

However, now that he was locked up for a few years in Impel Down and has two fewer legs, his strength must have diminished and he would not be as powerful as Sengoku who also possessed a mythological zoan fruit.

In addition, his fruit would be very beneficial to escape from the eyes of the World Government, remember that Shiki used this fruit to create floating islands.

As for recruiting him, he dismissed this idea, Shiki was very proud, but above all, he was a pirate who committed many crimes, so Yamamoto did not look favorably on him, unlike other pirates who only went on adventures.

In the hypothetical case that he managed to recruit him, he would only achieve that his merit points would decrease because of the acts that Shiki would do.

Since he left with Saul and the others a few days had passed, and he still did not get a report from Lego, so they should continue traveling to the island Ramses informed them, as they were a few days away.

...

A medium/small sized ship was sailing swiftly across the ocean, "That spot you see must be the island" Lego said using a spyglass.

"Finally we're here, we'll quickly get rid of those arrogant pirates and report to Mr. Yamamoto" said Yosano with a smile.

*At last I won't have to put up with Yosano anymore" thought Tesoro with a frown, these days of travel his daily arguments didn't stop.

This caused him to be in a bad mood and want to take all his anger out on these pirates.

"Remember that we must save the slaves, Yamamoto put a lot of emphasis on this" Lego reminded to which the 3 youths nodded.

The closer they got, they were able to observe the island more closely. Compared to Aurora Island it was not large, but it was not a small island either.

When they docked in an unpopulated area they quickly got off the ship, "Ramses and the others are waiting for us, follow me" Lego said as he took out a compass and started walking along the sand.

Ramses had already passed on the location of where they were sheltering and guarding the pirates. The factory was in the center of the island, so they would have to walk.

After a while, they finally met up with Ramses, Bob, Dom, Ed, and Gus who were looking a bit dirty, as they hadn't had a good bath in days.

"Finally arrived" said Ramses with a smile as he gave Lego a handshake, then they all greeted each other.

"Hello beautiful lady" said Bob with a gallant smile as he approached Yosano.

*Smells awful* thought Yosano with a frown and turned away from Bob. She waved her hand to keep him away.

*Beautiful lady?* thought Tesoro not believing that someone would call the tomboy that way.

"We set sail as soon as Mr. Yamamoto gave us the mission, how's the situation?" asked Lego.

"The Red Dragon pirates have two ships, and they are more than we saw before, they must be approximately 40 pirates in total. They operate two ships, currently, the captain of the pirates is not on the island, only half of the pirates are there" explained Ramses in a serious tone.

"Then now is the best time to attack" commented Ralph.

"Yes, it is better to take care of them now when they are few and save the slaves, we can plan an ambush when Red Dragon and the others arrive" nodded Ramses.

"Is there anyone strong guarding the factory?" asked Yosano.

"Could say yes, from what Ed heard when he was spying on them, currently the highest ranking member is Vice Captain Fidelma, her bounty is only 14,000,000 million" replied Ramses.

"Fine, let's take them down! I'll take care of that woman" said Yosano with a smile.

Tesoro and Ralph looked at Lego as they did not forget that Yamamoto appointed him the leader.

"Yes, it's better to attack now, this way it's easier to free the slaves" nodded Lego as he followed Yosano who had already started walking.

Ramses stepped forward and quickly began to lead the way, he had already been here several days and knew which direction would be the best to attack. The others followed him.