Before the Straw Hats could even run, Lucas slammed his hands together, purple glyphs flashing across his Omnitrix. Mana Barrier! A shimmering dome of violet energy erupted around them just as a massive explosion tore through the plaza.
The shockwave rattled the ground, sending debris flying.
"What the hell was that?!" Franky shouted, shielding his eyes.
"An explosion… but from where?" Robin muttered, her calm voice edged with tension.
Chopper clung to Usopp's leg, trembling. "Sanji! Nami! Did something hit us?"
As the smoke cleared, two figures stepped forward, their presence suffocating the air.
"Kizaru…" Zoro growled, hand tightening on his swords.
"And Aokiji…" Nami whispered, her face pale.
"Ahhhhhhh!" The Straw Hats screamed in unison, half of them already scattering in opposite directions.
Usopp turned to flee—only to find Kuma's towering silhouette blocking his path. "N-no way…" Usopp stammered. Kuma raised his paw calmly and with a light slap, Usopp vanished in a ripple of air.
"Usopp!!!" Chopper and Luffy cried, eyes wide.
"Long nose!" Franky yelled.
"Damn it!" Zoro cursed, teeth clenched.
Lucas stepped forward, fury and excitement mixing in his eyes. His Omnitrix spun, glowing purple. "Time to play."
His body expanded, stone-like plates forming across his chest, four massive arms bursting outward. He fused Gravattack and Fourarms, towering over the plaza like a living fortress.
"Whoa…" Chopper gasped.
"Lucas…" Nami whispered, half in awe, half in fear.
Lucas raised one hand toward Kizaru. The ground beneath the Admiral crumpled, tiles cracking as gravity intensified. Kizaru's lazy smile faltered as his body slowed, movements dragged down.
"Ohhh… heavy…" Kizaru muttered, his voice still calm but strained. "You're quite the troublesome one."
Lucas's other hand thrust outward, a gravitational repulse blasting Aokiji back. The Admiral crashed into a frozen wall he conjured to brace himself, shards of ice scattering like glass.
"Impressive…" Aokiji said, brushing frost from his shoulder. "But you'll need more than tricks."
Lucas's lower hands formed a swirling well of gravity, his eyes glowing pink. A purple bubble encased the sphere, pulsing with energy. With a grunt, he hurled it at Kizaru.
The Admiral raised his hand, light bending around his fingers. "Yata no Kagami!" A mirror of light reflected the bubble, but the force still sent him skidding back, boots grinding against stone.
Kizaru tilted his head, golden light flickering around him. "You're fast… and strong. But can you keep up with the speed of light?" He vanished in a flash, reappearing behind Lucas, leg glowing. "Yasakani no Magatama!" Beams of light rained down like bullets.
Lucas crossed his four arms, gravity bending the beams away, scattering them into the plaza. Explosions rippled, sending stalls and buildings collapsing.
Aokiji raised his hand, frost spreading across the ground. "Ice Age." The plaza froze in an instant, the air biting cold. Lucas's feet locked in ice, but he shifted—Omnitrix glowing again. His body ignited, molten fire bursting through armor as he fused Heatblast and NRG.
Flames roared, melting the ice in seconds. "Nice try, but I run hotter than the sun!" Lucas bellowed, hurling a torrent of plasma at Aokiji.
The Admiral raised an ice wall, but the plasma burned through, searing his arm. He hissed, frost steaming off his body. "Persistent…"
Kizaru appeared again, light-speed kicks slamming into Lucas's chest. Lucas shifted mid-strike, his body twisting into Ghostfreak, phasing through the attacks. "Can't hit what isn't solid," Lucas taunted, his voice echoing unnaturally.
Kizaru frowned. "Creepy…" He fired another beam, but Lucas vanished, reappearing behind him as Chromastone, absorbing the beam.
Lucas shifted again—The Worst—absorbing Kizaru's laser into his sponge like body, then tanked the beam like it was nothing.
While Lucas battled the Admirals, Kuma moved silently through the chaos Chopper got repelled by him.
Sanji lunged at Kuma with a flaming kick. Kuma raised his paw—slap!—Sanji vanished.
- Robin sprouted arms to bind him, but Kuma repelled her with a single touch. "Robin!!!" Nami screamed as she disappeared.
Franky fired a Radical Beam, but Kuma absorbed it and sent him flying into nothingness.
Zoro charged, swords flashing. Kuma blocked with his paw and repelled him instantly. "Zoro!!!" Luffy cried, desperation in his voice.
One by one, the Straw Hats fell, vanishing into thin air. Luffy fought to reach them, but Kuma's calm, relentless pace dismantled the crew.
Lucas roared, slamming his four fists together, gravity waves rippling outward. Kizaru staggered, Aokiji braced with ice pillars.
"Not bad," Kizaru said, smirking. "But you're still just one man."
"And against two Admirals… your odds are slim," Aokiji added.
Lucas grinned, sweat and fire mixing on his brow. "I'm not fighting to win. I'm fighting because it's fun."
He lunged, four arms swinging, gravity crushing Kizaru's movements. Kizaru countered with beams of light, each clash exploding like fireworks. Aokiji froze the air, Lucas melted it, steam clouds filling the plaza.
The battle became a storm—gravity waves, plasma bursts, beams of light, shards of ice. The plaza shook, buildings collapsed, the air itself seemed to scream.
As the dust settled, Lucas stood alone. The Straw Hats were gone—repelled one by one by Kuma's silent hands. Only Lucas remained, towering, breathing hard, but still grinning.
Kizaru tilted his head. "You're the last one. You can't escape."
Aokiji's eyes narrowed. "Give up."
Lucas's grin faded. His Omnitrix pulsed, and his body shifted. His skin remained chocolate brown, but his physique grew sharper, muscular, radiant. His clothes changed—gold and white, glowing like the Marvel hero The Sentry.
For an instant, the plaza froze. Lucas's aura exploded outward, a telekinetic force pressing down on everything. The Admirals staggered, unable to move. Even the air seemed locked in place.
Then—blink. Lucas vanished, faster than even Kizaru's light. He reappeared in front of Kizaru, fist raised.
"One-inch punch."
The strike landed with a thunderous crack, sending Kizaru flying into the ground, light scattering like shattered glass.
Lucas turned, eyes glowing. Photon beams erupted from his gaze, searing through Aokiji's arm. The Admiral gasped as ice shattered, his body breaking into frozen shards under a telekinetic wave.
And then—silence. Lucas was gone.