The Girl

(Note: I'm doing an updated version of this story if anyone's interested and haven't noticed it yet. It's going to have a lot more details and go more into what my OC can do with her abilities)

Courtesy warning to those who might find the subject suicide painful… My OC will be that way for about the first four chapters. It's nothing graphic, just giving a warning in case.

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She stood as if she was a statue. Perfectly positioned to match the carnage in the village south of the cliff where she currently stood. In her hand she held a knife that dripped with blood. Her own blood. Her eyes were a dark, ocean cave, blue. Her hair was tinted light blue and fell just below her shoulders in gentle waves.

He knew. He was a doctor after all. How could he not known?

She had stabbed herself.

He could tell by the angle of the wound. She did this to herself. But why? Why would she stab herself?

When he first saw her, she was walking around aimlessly in her bare feet and torn, dirty clothes. He wasn't sure why his eyes were drawn to her. Maybe it was because she just looked so pathetic. So void of life.

His eyes remained on her as his crew entered the tavern they just arrived at. They plan was to relax for a while since they just got done gathering supplies to set sail.

He turned to one of the natives of the island. "Who is that girl?"

"No idea," The man shrugged.

"She showed up a few weeks ago," Another man said. "No one has a clue who she is or where she came from. Who ever she is and where ever she came from must have been some place terrible. I've never seen someone so downtrodden."

He watched her slowly move down the street before she turned a corner and disappeared from his view. He shrugged and entered into the tavern. His crew had already ordered them a round of drinks. He sat down with them and took a hold of his mug. He barely got the mug to his lips when a bomb suddenly went off.

Women screamed as people ran around. One guy shouted out that pirates were attacking. Law jumped up and ran outside, with his crew following. He ordered his crew back to the sub. Along the way, they couldn't help but get in a few hits on the attacking pirates. They had stopped here to relax and that was now messed up.

It was in the middle of all this that he spotted the girl again. She was standing still. There was blood splattered on her clothes and skin and a knife in her hand. The most noticeable blood was on her stomach. Blood pooled on her shirt before dripped down to the ground. And on the ground around her were a few pirates.

The pirates were obviously knocked out cold, but they didn't have any visible wounds or blood on them. He almost missed her turning and headed out of town. He turned back to his crew, who were strangling some of the invading pirates and cursing them for disturbing their break. He sighed. "Let's get back to the ship."

"Aye, Captain!" The crew shouted simultaneously. Law began to follow his crew when sometime in his brain clicked. Without a word to the crew, he spun around and ran in the direction she went.

He followed her. Which was easy considering she was leaving a trail of blood for him. He followed it out of the town and up a hill. He came to her at the cliff. If she had heard him arrive she didn't show any sign of it. Instead her eyes began to slide shut as she leaned towards the edge of the cliff. He shouted out to her as he shot out his hand and grabbed her wrist. "You stupid girl!"

He pulled her back into the safety of his arms. "Are you crazy?! What in the world do you think you are doing?! Do you want t-"

She wasn't conscious anymore. But that wasn't what had stopped Law from yelling at her. It was her body. Her thin, skeleton like frame and several cuts on her arms and legs. And, the most troubling thing, she was shivering, but her skin wasn't cold at all. "Captain! Captain!"

Law turned his attention to Bepo as the bear ran up to him. "We have to go! Now! A marine ship has been spot-Who's that?"

"Never mind," Law said as he picked the girl up and turned to his navigator. "Is the crew ready to go?"

"Yes, sir," Bepo nodded, keeping his eyes on the girl.

"Let's set sail then," Law ordered as he rushed back to his crew with Bepo.

Once back on the sub, Law ignored his rushing about crew and made his way to the operation room. He laid her down on the table and removed her top layer of clothes. His eyes widened. Hidden underneath the tattered fabric was even more wounds. His eyes wondered up to the girl's face. She was only a few years younger than him. About four years, he guessed. He placed his hand on her forehead and narrowed his eyebrows.

What in the world would have caused such a young girl to try and kill herself? Multiple times? And how was it that she hadn't succeeded?

His eyes dropped back down to her wounds then stopped on her freshly wounded stomach. He waisted no more time. He disinfected his hands, gloved them and went to work.

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She had her eyes halfway opened as she stared up at the grayish blue ceiling above her. She closed her eyes then opened them again. This time, instead of the ceiling, a man wearing a hat with some word on it was smiling down at her. "You're awake now? Hold on and I'll get the captain."

She raised her hand, causing something to tug on it. She looked to find an IV sticking out of her skin. Ignoring it she placed her hand on her chest to find she was wrapped in bandages. She turned her head to her right and saw a table of instruments beside her. Her eyes widened. She shot out her hand and grabbed a scalpel, knocking the rest of the stuff in the floor. She sat up and stabbed the little knife into skin and dragged it along her stomach.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" The man came back and grabbed her wrists. He held her arms away from her as she tried to escape him.

"Let go!" She screamed.

"Stop it!" He ordered then shouted over his shoulder at the men gathering at the door. "Get the captain! Quick!"

"Let go!" She screamed again.

"I can't do that!" He shouted over her. "Calm down! No one here is going to hurt you!"

She had no clue anyone else entered the room until she felt something hit her hand, causing her to loose hold of the scalpel. She looked to see a tall man wearing a white and black spotted hat. He spoke to the man with the letters on his hat. "Hold her arms down."

"Yes, sir."

Law poured the medicine into the spoon and put it up to her lips. She just glared at it then knocked it way with her head. Her glare then turned to the man who tried to give it to her. She flinched when he scowled at her. She held her ground and scowled back, unaware at how unnerved the man who was holding her was being.

She watched as the man with the medicine put the bottle to his lips and took whatever it was into his mouth. He then shot out his hand out and pinched her nose. She struggled to get away from them both. But the man put his free hand on the back of her head and gave a hard yank to her hair.

She unintentionally gasped, allowing him to put his lips to hers and spitting the medicine into her mouth. She growled and tried to pull away from him. It was obvious he wasn't going to let her do that. She had no choice but to swallow the medicine. When she did it seemed to satisfy the man and he released her with a smirk. "If you want to kill yourself, you really shouldn't do it around a doctor."

"Shut it! I didn't ask you to save me!" She hissed.

"Are you sure about that?" The man just cocked his head to the side.

"Yes," She said bluntly before drawing up her knee to nail the man holding her in his side. He squeaked in surprise at her attack and unintentionally released her. Thinking this was her chance to escape, she bolted off the table, pulling out her IV in the process. She was about to the door when a blue sphere appeared around her. Suddenly she was back on the table she had just escaped from.

She went to sit up again only to be pinned down by the tall man with the white spotted hat. She went to knee him like she did the other guy. Only he was a couple steps ahead of her and brought his own leg up to block her attempts. He then jumped upon the table to use his own legs to pin her legs down. She continued to struggle as he brought his face close to hers. She stiffened at the danger in his tone. "Now, now…There will be no more attempts at escaping."

"Don't count on that," She hissed low. His chuckle made her angry.

"We'll see about that. Now, go to sleep."

"Don't count on that either," She glared.

He hummed in thought. "I see that medicine I gave you isn't working as fast as it should. You are quiet the resilient one. No wonder you haven't been successful in taking your own life."

Her flinching at his words only made him smirk in victory. She lowered her voice to as dark as she could possible get it to. "That's your fault. I never asked you to save me."

"Do you really believe that?" She flinched once again as he leaned in closer to her. She closed her eyes and squeezed them tightly. She didn't know what he was expecting him to do, but it sure wasn't what he did. Her eyes snapped open when he pressed his forehead to hers. His eyes were strangely gentle as he stared at her, though his voice remained cold and harsh. "Girl, if you had really wanted to die, you would have succeeded by now. I don't know your story, and at this point, I really don't care. But, for now, you are in my care. I will not tolerate you undoing the stitches I have put into you. You are my patient and you are my prisoner. You will behave yourself and go to sleep. Doctor's orders."

"Don't coun-" She didn't get to finish her sentence as she felt a sharp pressure on her neck and the world around her went black.

"A bit excessive, don't ya think, Captain?"

"Do your ribs think it was excessive?" Law questioned as he climbed off the table.

"Point taken," Penguin said as he rubbed his side.

"Do I need to examine you?" Law asked.

"No, sir. I will be fine," Penguin smiled. Law looked back at the sleeping girl before tending to her freshly wounded stomach. "She mostly took me by surprise. I didn't expect her to do that and I certainly didn't expect her to be so strong while being so thin."

"Yeah," Law nodded in agreement. He too was surprised at how strong she really was despite the deplorable condition her body was in.

"So what do you think happened to her? Why would she attempt to kill herself so many times? And why hasn't she succeeded in her attempts?"

Law didn't try to answer as he continued to stare at the unnamed girl in his presences.

Author's Notes: I don't really have this story set before or after the time skip, couldn't make up my mind, unless something changes that along the way to make it one or the other. I haven't decided. :/ Y'all can just decide that for yourselves or just leave it open. Other than that…Law is such a hottie. He's currently this girl's anime crush :3 hee hee ;) Pardon me while I go fangirl and watch Law youtube vids.