I take Oda's angst and MAKE IT WORSE

Title: The Sacrifice
Characters: Luffy, Ace, Jinbei, Bon-chan, Ivankov, Inazuma, Crocodile
Rating: uh, PG for blood?
Beta: naye and shayera (also, many thanks for their encouragement)

So, uh, somewhere on lj someone wrote a ficclet in which Luffy is not tossed into Level 5 after his fight with Magellan - poisoned!Luffy gets thrown into a cell in Level 6. This...is my take on that scenario.

(What's this? No warnings for character deaths? But - no one could survive that!)

EDIT: inspiration for this fic found here

( Every time Ace thinks the situation can't get any worse, Impel Down proves him wrong. )