Author's Note: I am so sorry for the delay in the release of this chapter. A week ago, I spilled water on my laptop, and so I had to shut it down and keep it that way for three days, and then I went and got sick. Anyways, so I couldn't write for the past week. :( It made me sad, because I had ideas I wanted to write! It was torture not being able to write these past few days! X( Anyways, here's the next chapter for you. :) Enjoy!

P.S. Trying to write this fic without any contractions is really hard! Just saying…

The Light's Darkness

Chapter 2

Groaning from the pain he suddenly felt as soon as he slipped out of unconsciousness, Luffy attempted to open his eyes, but they merely rolled about before inevitably closing again. Giving it a second attempt, he opened them more slowly, but the heavy lids refused to open fully. His vision was blurry and unable to decipher anything about his whereabouts. Movement caught his attention, and his weak, tired eyes slowly shifted, seeing a blur of motion, what looked to be a body. He could hear something; metal, being moved about and then dropped onto a surface; a table perhaps.

Slowly his vision cleared, and gradually the same Anjales woman from before began to come into focus. She had removed her breastplate, leaving it atop a table and was now smoothing out the creases of her sleeveless gown over her breasts and stomach.

As he became more aware, he pulled at his arms, only to find they were bound by thick chains and spread out on either side of him. He also realized his ankles were also bond by chains. His eyes narrowed in on the woman before him.

"Beautiful, is she not?" a masculine voice whispered next to him, making him suck in his breath and look over to where the voice came from.

A blonde Anjales rolled his one visible eye up to Luffy from where he stood beside him. Luffy had not even noticed his presence.

"Do not feel bad. She tends to take all focus," the blonde man said, staring intently at Luffy with his one eye.

Hearing the prisoner's chains rattling, she looked over to him and turned to him fully. "Ah, you have finally awoken," she said and made her way towards them. With her dress so light and sheer, she appeared to be floating towards them. She really was very beautiful.

"Where am I?" Luffy growled, looking between her and the blonde.

"Somewhere secret," she replied and stopped just before him. "My name is –"

"Stop," Luffy replied immediately and glared at her. "I do not wish to know your name, Anjales."

"Is that so? Do not wish to know the name of your enemy, is that it?" she asked, casually folding her arms over her stomach.

"Among other things," Luffy muttered and looked away from her.

"I see," she replied very quietly, but then she suddenly said, "I am Nami, and this is Sanji."

Luffy grunted with a growl as he shifted his glaring eyes back to her, but then he rolled his eyes closed. He did not want to know their names…

"And what do you want, Anjales?" he said, sneering the name as he scowled at her and refusing to use the one she gave to him.

Gazing back at him in silence for some time, she then slowly took in a breath and said, "What they want is for me to interrogate you; find out everything there is to know about your strategies and whereabouts, using any means necessary." As she spoke, she motioned her arm to a second table, which held several different kinds of tools and devices. Luffy glanced over to them, and his stomach tightened. He was in for a lot of pain. "However, what I want is entirely different," she added, making him look back at her quickly.

"What you want?" Luffy asked in confusion, his brows beginning to furrow in question, and then he glanced to the male Anjales, who was just gazing back at him intently with his one visible eye. He had not removed that eye from him the entire time.

"Yes, what I want," she said and turned her back to him, to which he glared at her pure white wings.

"And what is it you want?" Luffy snapped, becoming impatient.

Slowly turning to look at him over her shoulder and around her wing, she said softly, "I want peace."

Luffy stared back at her for a long time, but then he snorted into unrestrained laughter. Sanji's eye glared back at Luffy, and then he stepped up, ramming his fist into Luffy's stomach. Luffy grunted and began to cough from the open hit as he gasped for air, but still, he continued to laugh.

Completely undaunted, Nami stared back at him as he laughed, showing no signs of reaction to his laughter. Perhaps she had expected it; perhaps she had expected for him to not take her seriously. An Anjales had no right to ask for peace!

"Is that so? You want peace?" Luffy asked through his laughter, ignoring the glaring blonde. "Have you any idea what it is you are asking, Anjales?"

"Yes, I know what it is I am asking," she replied, keeping the same quiet tone, "but I want it no less."

Luffy chuckled again, still amused with her, and then he said, "You have no right."

"Yes, I am well aware of that," she replied instantly, making Luffy lose his smile slowly as he regarded her, "but I still want it no less."

He sneered at her again, his anger returning, and then he said, "There will never be peace as long as things remain as they are, and because of what was done to my kind, we can never allow you Anjaleses to remain in peace! You will never be forgiven for your atrocities!"

Her expression faltered, to which Luffy was unsure, but perhaps it had been a flicker of pain and sadness. "Yes, I am well aware of that as well," she whispered, turning her back on him quickly. "More than you may ever know."

Confusion engulfed him once again, and he was not at all sure what was to happen or what she meant or what she really wanted. After a while, he finally asked, "What is it you want, Anjaleses?"

Rubbing over her arms for a moment, she then turned back to look at him, and then she said, "I want to help you."

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: I know, it was a short chapter, but this is how I wanted this chapter to happen. I'm sure there will be longer chapters coming. :) Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying it so far, even though I know it's only been 2 chapters! xD I will try hard not to take too long for the next chapter, but since I am sick, it won't be easy. My kid is on winter break, so I should have time to write. :) Please stay tuned for the next chapter! :D