They are all here again. They came in chattering with children yapping at each other, but now they were quiet. There were a few tiny whispers coming from the seated mass of people. I stared through the small hole in the blue blanket that covered my home. The hole wasn't perfect, for I had tore it with my bare teeth. My home reeked of blood and rust. I inched away from the opening and squeezed myself around. My home was extremely small and difficult to move around in. Being scrunched up while turning my thin body around, my ribcage tightened around my lungs making it difficult to breath.

I gasped for air as I stretched myself out diagonally in the cage. I lifted my head up and glanced around. The blue blanket wasn't long enough to cover this side, so I was able to see through. All I could see was more cages. Empty cages stacked on top of eachother. Every time I would look, that was all I would see, but occasionally there would be some new member in a new unbloodied cage. Frightened, crying, screaming… New members annoyed me.

Of course the new members never made it. I had once saw a new little girl who was thrown into a cage. She cried and screamed like all the rest. What was different was different is that she gripped a red flower in her hand and never let go. That… was the only thing different. She would talk to me and ask questions. Some were fun to answer… it made her cry. She stayed in that nice clean cage until the masked people who did not live in these homes took her and the cage away. She was here for a week and gone for a day. She came back to me that night, holding the red flower in her hands. But this was different too… I couldn't see her face anymore, nor her torso and legs.

The masked people are the ones who gave her back to me. They laughed and glanced at me in disgust. They had shoved a bag into my bloody home and walked off. The bag was stained with blood and it emitted a cold air. I gulped, feeling the cold bag. I want to eat. Tearing the bag open, I saw the girl. Only her arm, along with her hand. She still held the red flower, but now she wasn't holding it tight… The petals' red dripped onto the cold metal floor of my home. Once again, I had caused another to suffer...

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I stared out into the dark cages. I now heard footsteps coming closer. A familiar face popped into my view. He grinned at me and poked his right hand into my home, "Trafal-guy!"

I stared at the smiling face silently.

"We have a big crowd today!" The black haired boy jumped. He looked to his left, "Ace~ Let's go!"

Another head appeared from the one had black hair too, but it was more wavy. His eyes were as black and dead as the darkness. He looked at me and then at the other, "Luffy… It hurts when you get all jumpy…"

Luffy frowned immediately and began worrying for the other. He patted his left shoulder, "sorry… are you ok?"

Looking at the two was like looking at one. There were two large stitches across their shoulder, connecting to another piece of skin that conjoined them together. Two heads, one body… These… two have been here as long as I have. I stared at the talking to each other outside the cages. I don't know if I would call them lucky or not… Ace glanced at me again with his dead eyes, "eat?"

I gulped and let out a breath. I shook my head in silence. Ace looked off towards the the exit and began walking, dragging Luffy along. I stared at the two until they got out of my sight. I could now hear voices announcing the two's names. The mass of people screamed and yelled. I layed in my home that was engulfed in silence. I wasn't allowed out there. I was only to lay in this cramped cage and to be stared at by people. My shoulder twitched, tugging at the tight belt tied around me. These belts had never been adjusted. Since I was a child, the masked people would only tighten them if I asked for adjustment. Now that I had grown, the belts would always cut into my flesh, even through the dark blue cloth that wrapped me. My breathing became harsh as I tried sitting up.

The crowd quieted down a bit. I head clicks on the ground and a voice demanding things. I clenched my teeth and pushed myself up so my back touched the long side of the cage. My legs had to be bent uncomfortably for this to be done. The most free part of me was my head. The clicks and demands became louder as I finally saw light from the darkness. I tried to calm my breathing as I squinted into the darkness, "Eustass-ya…"

A masked person walked angrily passed my cage. I looked up slightly at him. He snapped, hitting my cage with great force. I struggled to stay in my place that I worked so hard to get into. I pressed my face against the metal cage's door. I closed my eyes until I felt someone's hand touch my skin.

"Trafalgar…" A soothing voice had called out my name.

I looked up at a tall man who was blindfolded. He was decently built, but had become thin from living here. He wore a skin tight collared top that was a bit battered. I felt a pain in my heart as I saw his abnormal legs. While he was human on top, his legs were a pair of an animal of some sort. No one could tell what kind of animal it was anymore because of how thin and cut up his legs were.

"Trafalgar…" The man repeated as he reached his fingers through the bars. I leaned my cold face onto his fingers, letting him caress my face.

"Eustass-ya…" I called back out to him.

Hearing my voice, he smiled the ever so slightest. I felt the belts digging into my skin quicker where there was a hole in the cloth. I let out a deep breath. Kidd flinched hearing me, breathing so badly and called out my name once more, "Trafalgar…"

"Eustass-ya… I'm alright," I comforted, trying to conceal my pained breaths.

"Trafalgar… I want to see you again…" He mumbled.

My eyes widened, "Eustass…"

"How much longer… How long-!"

CRACK! I thundering sound slammed against us. I glared out of my cage, of course, only to see the masked man holding a whip. I looked at Kidd with worry. He was breathing heavily while holding his hand that he had touched me with. That man had hit him again. Kidd bit his lip, drawing blood, as he walked forward. The crowd cheered and clapped for the new monster that was brought on stage. I quickly pushed myself over to the side where there was a hole I could see through and watched Kidd limp into the center. Rocks were thrown to get him in the center because he couldn't see and occasionally, they would hit him. He opened his mouth and began singing. With his beautiful voice that once was only known to me, he sang a song. A song in another language that none except he and I knew…

I closed my eyes and collapsed onto the cold metal flooring. Blood oozed from my cut flesh under the tight belts. With not enough air, my heart stopped. My vision became dark and blurry until it was all black… How many days has it been? How long has it been since they took away his eyes from me… I could still hear his trembling voice. It resonated in my blank mind that was only filled with him. This is our story...a tragedy that will never end. A horror of cruelty and monstrosities… and a happy ending that never existed in any of our eyes...