Chapter 2
"That's the spirit." Timi smirked.
"I will try harder to become the best doctor there ever was." Law said smiling.
"When the opportunity strikes, we will take it. Until then, we'll stay here and do what we can." Timi said with a reassuring smile.
"Why are you helping me?" Law asked.
"Cause I want to." Timi said sticking his tongue out.
"Ok, then why do you hide that your a girl?" Law asked with a smirk.
As Timi's eyes widened, he pounced on Law, knocking him to the floor with his hands at his throat.
"How do you know about that?" he asked in a dark tone, not strangling Law but holding him so that if he so chooses he can do damage.
"I saw when you changed once but you didn't notice me so I didn't say anything." he tried to explain before Timi hurt him.
"Keep it a secret or I'll kill you." he growled, then jumped off him.
"I will." Law said and ran to his bed. He still had a few questions he wanted to ask the younger girl, but he thought it was best not to at the moment. Timi was an unpredictable time bomb, it was best to keep to her good side.
After that night, the two stuck together and got on surprisingly well actually. It was just annoying how the flamingo tried to get info out of Timi about his powers. Of course he just brushed him off or ignored him.
Other than Law, Timi tried to befriend Corazon. The flamingo's younger brother, who everyone thought was a monster. He saw under his facade though, Timi could sense the good in him and so he tried to talk to him, even told him about his plans to leave.
"Morning Corazon." Timi smiled as he sat down beside him, who only gave a small nod. His presistence paid off a bit, he used to be mean and throw him about along with glares.
"How long are you planning on chewing on that cancer stick of yours?" Timi asked in a bored tone, referring to his cigarette.
"Leave him be Timi, there's no point in trying to reason with an idiot." Law said from beside him.
Timi pouted but with a quick movement, took the cigarette and jumped off his chair. Taking a puff of it, he started to cough.
"Blegh, what do you like in this? It's gross." he said with his tongue out in disgust.
Walking up to him, Corazon snatched his cigarette back and hit Timi upside the head, then sat back down.
"Ouch. What was that for you big meanie?" Timi whined glaring at him as he grinned amused.
"Timi. Letter for you." a crew member said, handing said item to him.
Curious as to what it may be, Timi opened it and started reading the letter.
'Hello Timi, it's me, the one who sent you to this world.
I'm writing to explain a couple of things. I'm sure you're very confused.
Lets see. You are no longer human, that's why you have a lot more stamina, also the reason why your sixth sense is a lot more active and of course your sharp memory.
Concerning your age, I did it cause I felt like it, so deal with it.
The issue with your magic being that if you use it, you will pass out in 10 minutes is only temporary. If you keep training, that will stop and there will be no time boundary, but it will still take energy. As you may have noticed already, you can control not only your own but other people's and animal's blood as well. You can shape it and create objects out of it as well as make a clone of yourself and change its appearance. This you will learn by practising.
Good luck with your training and become an amazing assassin for me.
Love Bec' Timi read the letter in his head.
'Not human? She must still be around. I need to look for her.' he thought and ran to the window to look around. Spotting the mysterious woman on a rooftop, he decided to chase after 'Bec'.
"I'll be back in a bit." he said to Law and jumped out of the window.
Being on the 3rd floor, he had quite a drop. Taking out a knife and cutting his left palm, he dropped his blood into a barrel of water under him. Doing a swiping motion with his hand, the water jumped to beneath his feet and moulded into a flat oval shape that he used to surf through the air with.
"Timi!" Law yelled alarmed.
"Don't worry, I'll be back later. I have some business to take care of." he yelled back then took off after Bec, who by now disappeared.
Timi was flying around in the air, trying to spot her again but for no avail. It was like she got swallowed up by the earth or something and he was running out of time. His powers will shut off in a bout a minute, so he thought it would be best to land somewhere. The unfortunate thing was that he was in the shady part of town at the moment and that spelled trouble however he looked at it.
He managed to turn his powers off before he passed out but it still had quite the affect on him as not much of his energy was left.
Walking out of the alley that he landed in, he tried to find the way back home.
Not even taking two steps, he was surrounded by some rough looking guys.
"Can I help you guys?" he asked trying to stay calm.
"You one of Donquixote's runts?" a muscle head asked, glaring down at him.
"No, you must be mistaking me for someone else." he smiled and tried to walk away.
"Not so fast kid." another guy pushed him back and not having much energy left, he fell on his butt.
"Rude." Timi grumbled under his breath as he stood up and dusted himself off.
"We heard about a cursed brat that killed 5 guys without breaking a sweat." said a really muscular one.
"Kid with a snake tattoo." said another.
"There's no hiding it kid, its you." the leader looking one said smirking as they all looked at him with blood lust in their eyes.
"Well shit." he cursed and ran back into the alley.
They quickly caught up to him and as much as he tried fighting back, he hardly had any energy left. They beat the crap out of him, with several bruises on his arms, ribs, stomach, side of mouth, and legs.
"Let's decorate him." one of them said as they held Timi down and he pulled a knife out.
"No! Let me go!" Timi yelled but no one listened. They cut him up and left light wounds all over his body, ones that wont even scar but still bled quite a bit. Then they went for his shoulder. Stabbing the knife deep into his right shoulder and dragging it down to his chest. The only thing Timi could do was scream in pain, he didn't let himself cry, no, not for these thugs.
"Shut up!" the leader yelled, grabbing him by the throat and dragging him to the near by lake. He threw Timi in and as he tried to get out, he stepped on his stomach to keep him below water. Trying to struggle did no good, he couldn't even move the guy's foot an inch.
'Is this it? Is this how I will die?' he thought as his lungs filled with water and the side of his vision started to darken.
The thugs were all laughing and enjoyed tormenting the helpless child. But what they didn't notice, was the man that ran towards them with determination in his eyes.
Pulling out a flintlock pistol, he shot at them and beat the crap out of them for trying to kill the child.
The man pulled Timi out of the water just in time and managed to get all the water out of his lungs.
Timi coughed frantically, trying to get his breath back. Looking up at his saviour, his eyes widened as it was the least person he had expected to help him.
"Co . . . Corazon. . ." Timi said surprised with a weak voice. He only smiled down at him reassuringly and picked him up, so Timi's head could rest on his right shoulder.
"I'm glad I arrived in time. You alright?" Corazon asked as he headed back. At this point Timi wasn't even surprised that he can talk, so he just nodded.
"You were very brave. I'm proud of you." he said as Timi just nodded again trying to hold back his tears. Truth be told, he might have a 19 year old's mind but what he just went through was terrifying.
"Hey, its ok to cry, I wont tell anyone that you did." Corazon said rubbing his back and Timi burst out crying, with hot tears running down his face and he held onto his black fluffy coat like his life depended on it.
By the time they got back, he stopped crying but had lost a lot of blood and was shivering really badly with soaked through clothes.
"What happened?" Mingo asked alarmed as he spotted the two entering the room.
"Timi!" Law shouted worriedly and ran up to them. Corazon somehow managed to tell them what happened without speaking and gave Timi to Doc, the crew's doctor.
He took him into the infirmary and Law followed closely behind.
"He's gonna be ok, right?" Law asked as Doc put the still barely conscious Timi on one of the beds.
"Of course he will be." Doc went to get the supplies to patch him up.
"Hey what happened? Why'd you run off like that earlier?" Law asked Timi and he turned to him, smiling with blood still everywhere on him.
"I got into a little trouble is all. Don't worry though, I'll be fine." he said grinning, but winced in pain.
"You're obviously not okay, you idiot." Law yelled angrily at him.
"Move aside kid." Doc ordered shooing Law away, but he only ran to the other side of the bed.
As Doc put out all his supplies, Timi tried to get up.
"Oy, oy. Where'd you think you're going? You need medical attention." Doc growled pushing him back down.
"Argh, not from you. Let go of me." Timi growled out, giving him a death glare.
After a moment of hesitation, Doc pushed him back down again and went to grab something. Getting angry and fed up, Timi grabbed a scalpel and stabbed it into Doc's hand, then got up as he screamed in pain.
"I don't need a filthy doctor's help. I'll just sleep it off." Timi growled stumbling towards the door.
"Why you little!" Doc shouted angrily, getting ready to strike him but Law kicked him in the leg, sending him toppling over and hit his head on the edge of the bed and passed out. Grabbing a first aid kit, Law grabbed Timi's hand and ran to their room.
When they got there, Law slammed and locked the door, pushing Timi on his bed before he passed out.
"How reckless can you get? You're gonna be punished for that and you're already in such a sorry state as it is! What were you thinking?" Law whisper yelled at him in rage.
"Just shut up and fix me, will ya?" Timi said and let him do his work. Luckily he only had surface wounds and bruises, although Law had to stitch up the wound on his shoulder and bandage most of his body up because of the condition he was in.
"There, now stay in bed for the next few days and rest." he ordered the half conscious girl.
"Of course, doctor's orders right?" Timi said weakly smiling until she finally passed out.
. . .
Not all that long after, Timi woke up screaming as he had a nightmare of the things that happened earlier that day.
"Hey, hey. Its ok, it was just a dream." Law ran up to him to calm him down and Corazon sat down on his bed with a worried expression. Soon his breathing calmed and he looked up at Corazon in wonder after thanking Law.
"He came here cause he was worried about you. He said that Doc is really mad at you but Doflamingo ignored his complaining." Law explained as Corazon grinned at them.
"I see. Thanks for saving my life." Timi smiled up at him gratefully and he smiled back, ruffling his hair.
Corazon left shortly after and Law went to bed as well, ordering Timi to sleep.
. . .
'What you did today was pathetic and you call yourself an assassin? Pfft, you couldn't even take care of those low life thugs.' said a voice that sounded like two voices speaking at the same time, but definitely Timi's voice.
"What? Who are you?" Timi asked confused. He was floating in a red space, most likely a dream he thought.
'I'm you. Well your split personality. Your little stunt today awoke me. You can call me T though'it said in a sadistic tone.
"What do you want from me?" Timi asked scared but all she was met with was insane laughter then she woke up, covered in cold sweat.
"What. . .was that?" Timi asked himself.
'Don't worry, you'll be seeing me around.' T laughed in his head, making Timi jump.
"No! Get out of my head!" he yelled, griping his head and shaking it.
"Huh? Timi? What's wrong?" Law asked sleepily as he got woken up by the commotion.
"Uh. . .just a bad dream, don't worry." he said and with a nod Law went back to sleep.
'He worries about me as it is, I don't wanna trouble him further. I'm sure I'll be fine. Yeah.' he thought to himself, trying to reassure that everything's gonna be fine and tried to go back to sleep.