Alley's perfect life is about to come to an end. What will she do?

Chapter 2

"Wake UP!!!" Nami yelled as she shook me.

"Huh?" I said as I slowly opened my eyes. After me and Luffy had gone our seperate ways, I had gotten back to planning and trying on dresses that Nami had made. I had been really tired and I guessed I must have fallen asleep. It appeared to be morning. "What's going on?" I sat up. I had been laying on the floor of our room.

"There's something you might want to see." Nami replied.

"What?" I asked. I was still half asleep.

"Here." she said as she handed me the newspaper. "This came this morning. A pigeon brought it to us. It was expensive but now I see it was worth the trouble."

I stared at the paper she had handed me. I was fully awake now. "No." I said with barely a whisper.

"I'm sorry." Nami said. She layed a comforting hand on my shoulder.

"No!" I cried. "Impossible! No no NO!!!" I stood up and ran out of the room. I didn't know where I was going. I didn't care. As I was running, I was screaming at the top of my lungs. "NO!!!" I cried as I ran. Everyone started coming out to see what was wrong. I didn't even notice them. Suddenly, I ran smack into someone. I fell down on the floor and just sat there. The paper fell beside me.

"Are you okay?" Luffy asked.

I looked at him. Suddenly I felt very tired. I picked up the paper that I had dropped and handed it to Luffy. I was shaking now. It was just so hard to believe.

Luffy looked down at the paper. He studied it for a minute and then he looked down at me.

"What do I do?" I asked him desperately.

He continued to look at me and then he sighed. "Go after them." he said.

"What?!" I asked in astonishment.

"Even if you aren't there captain any more, they're still your nakama, aren't they?" he replied.

I stared at him. He was right. He handed me back the paper and I looked at it again. I couldn't believe this was really happening. My old crew, they had been captured by the World Government and were being held at the now rebuilt Enies Lobby. They were scheduled for death is what it had said. I still couldn't believe it though.

I looked back up at Luffy and stood up with the paper in my hand. "Okay. I'll do it. I'll go and save them!" I declared.

Luffy smiled. "Great!" he said. "That's what I wanted to hear!"

For the rest of the morning, I made preperations to travel to Enies Lobby. Apparently, it had been rebuilt after the Buster Call because the government needed easy access to Impel Down. It wouldn't be easy to get into because of what Luffy and his crew had done to the last one.

By that afternoon, I was ready to go. They had given me one of the small Mini Merry's to ride in. "Well, I guess I'm off." I said as I climbed into the small boat.

"Wait!" Nami called from the deck. I looked up to see what she wanted. "Here! You'll need this!" she called down. She tossed me something.

I caught it. It was a log pose.

"It's set for Enies Lobby!" she called. "It was Franky's, but, you need it more!"

"Thanks!" I called back.

Luffy climbed into the boat beside me. "Well, good luck." he said.

"Thanks. I'll need it." I replied. "Well, I guess this is goodbye. For now."

"Yeah. I guess so." he replied. He looked at his feet.

I smiled. Then I hugged him. "Thanks for everything. I'll be back as soon as I get this whole thing straightened out. Then we will be married. Promise?" I said as I let go of him.

"I promise." he said. Then he climbed back up on deck with the rest of the crew.

I looked up at them all. Luffy was smiling. Zoro was standing there but I saw a small grin on his face. Nami was waving. Usopp was waving and cheering along with Chopper and Franky. Sanji was lighing another cigerette. Robin was standing there, watching silently with an amused smile. Vivi was smiling and waving. Kohza stood beside her with a small smile.

"Bye guys! I'll be back! I promise!!!" I called as I started to sail away.

"Bye! Good Luck!" they called back.

They ship shrunk on the horizon. Soon it and the crew where out of sight. I missed them already but I also knew that what Luffy had said was true. I wasn't there captain anymore, but they were still my nakama. They needed my help. I would save them and then I would return and be married to Luffy.

Sorry this chapter is so short. This just seemed like a good place to stop. I'll try to do better next time.