The halls of the hospital were pretty empty as Dr. Trafalgar D. Water Law walked through them. He was working the late shift, and thankfully, not much was happening. Most people were in the bed by now, the same place Law wished he were in.
"Dr. Law," Law turned to see one of the other doctors coming up behind him.
"Hey Bepo." Law said. Bepo was a larger man, who normally wore a polar bear hat. He worked in pediatric word, the kids loved him and his partner, Penguin.
"Law, have you seen Shachi?" Bepo asked.
"Yeah, he's in the break room. Why?" Law asked.
"No reason really, I just wanted to ask him something." Bepo ran off before Law could ask anything else.
Law shrugged and headed back to the main nurses station in the ER. "Hello Hancock." Law said to the nurses at the station. Boa Hancock was gorgeous, not that Law really cared about her looks. Her and her sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold, were the head nurses of the ER, pediatrics, and the ICU.
"Hello Dr. Law." Hancock didn't like Law at first. She was upset that this man was almost as good looking as herself. "A quiet night, huh?" She said.
"It certainty is." Law looked around. The rest of the nurses were out doing rounds, so the station was empty.
It was quiet, until the radio signaled an incoming. "This is Dr. Law." Law said, picking up the receiver.
"We have an twenty year old male, multiple stab wounds, and a third degree burn on his chest. BP 90 over 46, pulse 50, O2 82, respirations 30." The paramedic answered.
"We'll be ready." Law and Hancock jumped into action, the other nurses following suit when they arrived.
EMTs rushed in, the stretcher flying, blood everywhere. Law and Hancock jumped into action, instantly rushing to assess the situation. The man was young, twenty, as the paramedic said, black hair, a small scar under his right eye. He was well muscled, and covered in stab wounds, and a huge X shaped burn on his chest. A oxygen mask cover his face, and the paramedics had already started the IV in his arm.
Law started barking orders, to which the nurses followed without word. Law turned to the paramedics. "Thank you, I can take it from here." He said.
The paramedics nodded. They all knew how Dr. Law did things. They were no longer needed, what they did need, was to get cleaned up. Blood covered them both, and the ambulance, so they needed to wash it out.
Law wasn't a normal doctor, but then again, non of the people who worked in the hospital were normal. Law could create a sterile field around himself, and his patient. Inside this field, Law could open up a patient's body without causing damage. Hancock was the only one aloud inside the field while Law was working. She was there encase he needed something.
Law opened his field, and started working. He opened the young man's chest and abdomen, and began working on repairing the damage brought on by the blade. It was a long process and Law discovered that this kid possessed an ability as well, his entire body was stretchy, as if made of rubber. Out of the corner of his eye, Law say Hancock gushing over the man. Great, she had a crush on their patient. Ignoring her, Law went back to work. He was getting tire, but he was almost done, thankfully.
Just as he was finishing, Law saw that the young man had opened his eyes, and was looking at him. Law almost lost his concentration. His eyes were beautiful, dark, and mysterious. Shaking his head, Law quickly turned back to the task at hand, and finished repairing the damage. Afterwards, Law put him back together, and dropped the field.
Hancock and Law quickly set to work stitching the stab wounds up, and applying dressing to them and the burn. After they were done, Law had him put in one of the rooms in the ER so he could keep an eye on him.
Law headed for the break room to find something to eat. Using his powers always drained him. In the break room, Law found his three best friends since childhood. Bebo, Penguin, and Shachi were talking animatedly about something. "Hey guys." Law said.
"Law." Shachi said. "Blood." He pointed to Law's shoes. Law hadn't even noticed that the blood had somehow gotten inside of his protective coverings.
"Twenty year old with stab wounds and burns." Law said. "He's stable, for now. I came to find something to eat."
"Here, take some of this. It'll help you better than most anything else." Bepo handed his friend part of the lunch he had set out on the table.
"Thank Bepo." Law said. He sat down to eat, and the young man popped into his head. Law sighed.
"What's wrong Law?" Penguin asked.
Law thought about it for a minute. "The man they brought in, he almost made me drop my field."
The other three doctors just stared wide eyed at the other man. "What?" Shachi finally managed to ask.
"He was out for most of the treatment, but close to the end, he opened his eyes and looked at me. I almost dropped the field then. I don't really know why, and it's pissing me off." Law said.
"What color were his eyes?" Penguin asked.
"Black. They were not just black though. They were so much more. It was..., so strange." Law said.
"Holy shit." Bepo exclaimed.
"What?" Law asked.
"You have a crush on this kid."
"No I don't. I don't even know his name." Law said, but was it true? Did he have a crush on the man? Impossible.
"If you say so." Bepo shrugged.
Law waved it off. "I have to get back to the ER. I'll see you three later." Law stood up, and walked out of the room. Arriving at the nurse's station, Law looked over some of the charts, and went to see his next patient. It was getting close to morning, and he still had a lot of work to do. Law pushed thoughts of the stabbing victim out of his head as best as he could, and went to work.
A few hours later, Hancock rushed up to Law, out of breath. "Dr. Law, the stabbing victim..."
"Is he alright?" Law felt a panic rise in him, though he didn't know why.
"Yeah, he's just looking for you. He woke up and demanded to see the doctor." Hancock said.
"Oh, okay." Law followed the nurse to the man's room. As he approached he heard voices, or more like, one really loud voice. It sounded very nice to Law, who then mentally slapped himself for thinking so.
"I want to see him. I want him here now." The voice was saying.
"Calm down kid." Law said as he walked into the room. He looked up at the man, and froze, his heart beating wildly in his chest. The man was sitting straight up in bed, which should have been impossible in his condition, his eyes darting round frantically. Those beautiful black eyes landed on Law, and he felt his heart skip a beat. Shaking it off, Law walked further into the room. "I'm Dr. Law. I took care of you early when paramedics brought you in."
"I know. I remember you from when I woke up." The man said. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy." He smiled the brightest smile Law had ever seen. Law's heart skipped a beat again. This couldn't be healthy.
"You remember waking up during surgery?" Law asked. Most people don't wake up at all, but the ones who do, don't remember it afterwards.
"Yeah. You were using some strange power to work on me. You're like me." Luffy smile lowered in volume slightly, but was still blinding, and breath taking.
Law couldn't believe himself. Maybe Bepo was right. Maybe he did have a crush on the man. "Yes. You can stretch. I noticed it while I was operating on you." Law paused. "What happened to you Luffy?" He asked.
"I was stabbed and burned by a cop who went bad." Luffy said. "We works with Grandpa Garp."
"A cop stabbed you this much and burned you? Why?" Law asked.
"Guns can't hurt me. The bullets bounce right off. A knife is the best way to hurt me, and Akainu knew it. He was good friends with my Grandpa, and knew a lot about me." Luffy's smile faded. Law found himself wanted to do anything he could to put the smile back. God, he was turning into a girl. "Akainu thought I did something I didn't do, and we got into a fight. It started out as a fist fight, then he pulled the knife. He was going to kill me, I know it."
"I believe you. Do you want me to call your Grandfather?" Law asked.
"Yeah. He and Ace'll be worried if I don't." Luffy said. "Ace is my big bother."
"I'll call them." Luffy gave Law the number. "Okay, get some rest Luffy. You've been through a lot, and you need to gather your strength."
"Yes doctor." Luffy smiled, and laid back down.
Law walked out of the room, Hancock following close behind. "You like him, doctor." She said.
Law felt a blush creep over his face, but said nothing. Arriving at the nurse's station, Law picked up the phone and dialed the number Luffy had given him. A man picked up on the second ring "Luffy, is that you?"
"No, my name of Dr. Trafalgar Law. I'm with the Emergency Room at Newgate General Hospital." Law said.
"Is this about my brother? Is Luffy alright?" It was a younger man, probably Ace.
"Can I speak to your grandfather, Garp, please." Law said.
"Yeah."
There was a long pause and a different voice picked up. "Hello? Ace said you needed to talk to me. Is this about my grandson? Is Luffy alright?" This man was older, defiantly Garp.
"Luffy is fine. Paramedics brought him in with multiple stab wounds, and a third degree burn. I had to preform emergency surgery, but he's going to be aright. He's resting here. I think you had better come, we have to talk." Law said.
Garp didn't like the sound of that. "I'll be right over." He said, and hung up.
Law looked at the clock. His shift was supposed to end in thirty minutes. He went to the office of his boss. "Mr. Newgate, sir." He said when he was let into the room.
"Dr. Law. What is it I can help you with young man?" Edward Newgate, affectionately call Whitebeard by the staff, smiled at his top ER doctor.
"We got a patient in earlier in the shift, and his grandfather is coming in to speak to me, is it alright if I take on some overtime to talk to him, and keep an eye on my patient?" Law knew he didn't really have to ask, Whitebread wouldn't say anything to him about it.
"Of course. Who is this patient of yours?" Whitebread knew how Law was. He was a great doctor, but no the best people person. He normally would just leave this to a different doctor. What was it about this patient that made Law want to stay.
"His name is Monkey D. Luffy, sir." Law said.
"Monkey D. Luffy?" White bread stood up abruptly.
"Yes, do you know him sir?" Law asked, kind of shocked by the sudden outburst.
"Yes, he's Ace's brother. Ace is my son, Marco's, boyfriend. What happened to Luffy?" Whitebeard asked.
"He was stabbed multiple times and burned by, what he said, was a cop by the name of Akainu for something he didn't do." Law said.
"Akainu? This doesn't surprise me. Akainu always was the type to react before getting the whole story." Whitebread said. "I'm going to call Marco. Ace will probably need him here." He picked up the phone, and Law excused himself.
A little while later, a large man with gray hair walked in, a shorter man with black hair, following. Law remembered seeing the younger man in the hospital with Marco now. Ace and Marco owned a business together.
"Are you Dr. Law?" Garp asked.
"Yes sir, I'm Dr. Law. Please, come this way and we'll talk about Luffy." Law led the way into one of the unused conference rooms. "Okay. A few hours ago paramedics brought your grandson in with multiple stab wounds, and a third degree burn. I preformed surgery on him to repair the internal bleeding. I would have called you sooner, but I did not know his name until right before I called. Luffy gave me your number when he woke up. He also told me who did it." Law said, his face blank, though internally he actually found himself wanted to be in the same room as the man he was now talking about.
"Who did he say did it?" Ace asked.
Before Law could answer, a man burst through the door. The three men inside turned to look at him. He was rather tall, and in good shape, just like the other three men. His hair was blonde, and in just a tuft on top of his head, the rest of his head was shaved. Law knew him as Marco Newgate, Whitebeard's son. "Ace, dad called. Is Luffy okay?" Marco rushed to Ace and hugged him.
"Yeah, he's okay. Dr. Law was just about to tell us who stabbed Luffy." Ace said to his frantic boyfriend.
"Stabbed? Why haven't you called the police?" Marco asked. He had seen Dr. Law around when he had come to see his dad, and his dad had talked about him before, said he was the best ER doctor they had.
Law pointed to Garp. Marco calmed slightly, and sat beside Ace. "As I was saying, Luffy told me a cop by the name of Akainu stabbed him multiple times, and burned an X on his chest."
"Akainu?" Garp slammed his fist on the table. Not one person flinched. "That bastard dare lay a hand on my grandson. I'll kill him myself."
"Gramps, don't get irrational on me. We have to think of Luffy first. Then you can do whatever you want to Akainu." Ace said. "Can we see Luffy, Dr. Law?" Ace turned to Law, a pleading look in his eyes.
"Of course. Follow me." Law stood up and led the way to Luffy's room. "Luffy, your Grandfather and brother are here to see you." He gently said to the sleeping man.
Luffy groaned, and opened his eyes. "Hey Dr. Law." He said. Law fought the blush trying to creep over his face as his heart skipped a beat, then sped up considerably. "Gramps, Ace, Marco." Luffy looked from Law to his family.
"Luffy, are you okay?" Ace hated seeing his brother all bandaged up like that.
"I'm okay now, thanks to Dr. Law. He's like us Ace, he can do things." Luffy said.
Ace looked at Law, who shrugged. "That's nice Luffy. What happened lil bro?" He asked.
"Akainu said I did something I didn't do, then said he was going to get you too. We started to fight, and he pulled a knife on me. After, he used his powers to burn me. It hurt a lot Ace. It hurt a lot." Tears swam in Luffy's eyes, but didn't fall.
Law watched the conversion between the brothers and their grandfather. He found himself wanting to wipe the tears from Luffy's eyes. Not being able to take it anymore, Law quietly stepped out to return to work. He had asked Whitebeard for overtime, he might as well get some real work done, instead of trying to figure out why his body was reacting the way it did whenever he was around the younger man.