Mercator Combo/"The Long Don"

## Stats

**Mercator C. Frankenstien,** known as the **"Long Don"** is an alternative world counter-part of Mercator Combo found within the Rift.

He served as one of the Seven Warlord's of the Sea within the Rift and was considered to be aurgable the strongest of the group in terms of raw power and second in terms of durability. He was also considered a **Pillar of the Rift;** Due to this, he ended up in battle on the Alternative World's Marquis, where his tough durability and strength came to light as he clashed with G-14 and was defeated and killed; However, not before pushing their limit with his powerful abillities.

## Overview

The Rift World Version of Mercator Combo. A member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, who instead ate the Pile Pile Fruit, becoming a merging human. His life differed from his Aftermath counter-part due to one deciding factor: His parents were still alive, at least....longer than they were originally. Having moved to the South Blue for a fresh start; he became Childhood friends with Ruben Square and two Hippo Brother's known as Richard and his slightly older brother who aspired to become a high ranking marine. During this peaceful period of his life; he had accidentally eaten the Pile Pile fruit on a visit to the nearby forest. Of course, the Young Combo used this fruit with permission of his friends to jokeingly fuse around and play pranks.... however, this would eventually lead the village to view him as a monster that needed to die. An unnatural creature able to merge into a monstrostity, taking action when the boy turned fourteen, finally intending to kill the freak!

His Parents tried their best to disaude the village, however, they cut them down; Slaughtered them infront of Combo. Slashed them and pierced them with weapon as they died before his eyes. This, however, was not what broke him. What drove the boy into madness... was betrayal from the very people he believed as his friends. As with tears in his eyes, filled with grief over his parents demise: Richard stabbed into his back with a dagger in an attempt to end Combo and save himself.

This broke him as the Long-Limbed teen forcefully attempted to grab the Hippo Mink by the throat with such force, only for his older brother to push Richard out of the way and suffer the fate he would have; As he watched his brother forcefully absorbed into Combo. Screaming in agony.... As Combo massacred the village aside Ruben and Richard (who had fled).

This led him the begining of a a dark path; Ruben refused to abandon Combo, assuring him, he'd follow him as he viewed him as a brother. They became outlaws as the Young Combo recieved a **80,000,000** bounty due to the massacre of Kanakanak Island and his major threat to the World Government with the surviving report from Richard informing them of his devil fruit. He began enjoying life on the sea for the next few years, gaining a couple of "Crew-mates" on the way that he viewed as family; Such as Mako, A gambler named Tixes, a Gunslinger named Arbor and many more, even finding a devil fruit for Ruben that made him into a flock of Crows...unfortunately, disaster would soon strike him once more.... that made him snap.

As, one day during their crews journey, as they had just arrived into the Grandline.... they were hunted down by a bounty hunter with Wings of Flame. The user of the Tori Tori no Mi, Model Phoenix. An infameous bounty hunter that camped the Twin Capes and collected high-score bounties. "Flame-Wing" Yumiko, the Rift's Version of Yumiko engaged them in battle to claim Combo's Eighty Million Berri Head.

Combo's "Family" were outmatched. Flame-Wing's regeneration made it impossible to harm her as she blasted them with burning arrows. Leaving them battered and beaten as she attempted to finish off Combo. However, Ruben, sacrificing himself to save his brother, turned into a flock of crows and dove into the fatal arrow. Falling to the ground begining to fade away in Combo's Arms. Then.... the string snapped.

To save HIS only friend. HIS BROTHER in Blood. He forcefully fused with Ruben.... then extended his long limbs around the other defeated, near dead crew mates and absorbed them as well. He grew in size, bigger and bigger as he fused with them. As this new form was able to brutalise Yumiko to an inch of her life before she was consumed by the Fusion.

Fusing with them created the Long Don allowing him to gain immense power: with a grave cost: his own mind. Now a mindless monster of destruction; he wandered the grandline on a boat, racking up destruction where he went; indescrimiantly fusing with more and more living beings to become more powerful until he reached the bounty of 203,000,000 after he arrived in Alabasta shortly after the White Death's Demise at the hands of the Wolven Pirates. Manipulated by the World Government with promises of eventually freeing and healing the near dead Ruben. He was made and coherted into becoming a Warlord of the Sea. Used as an Attack Dog to Kill an already weakened Spartan at Alabasta, inadvertantly saving "War Machine" in the process.

Its strength, quite previlant as it managed to hold its own against "The Emperor" for quite a while at The War of the Wabiest, holding him back which allowed everyone else to focus on his crew and allies. Which in-turn, shifted the tides in favour of the Marines as they were victorious in the Battle.

He would be used as an Attack-Dog going forward up until his demise at the hands of G-14 on Marquis. Dying, unable to complete his task of neturalising and forcefully fusing with the Rift World's Light Logia.