Chapter 3: The Camp

"Alright, let's get super working guys!" Shouted a large, blue haired man. He said before his name was Franky and was the self-appointed "builder" of the survivors. None of the other six matched his energy. "If I get some wood, I can start building a house. So, who wants to help me out?" No one volunteered.

Ace and Sabo were sitting on rocks that were close together. Sabo was looking at his bandaged wounds and Ace was giving him a concerned look. "Does it hurt a lot?" Ace asked.

Sabo shrugged. "Not really. Chopper's a good doctor." Sabo smiled as he looked the young doctor. He was talking with the man with a lot of tattoos, whose name they learned was Law. "I don't really feel worried about getting hurt with them around."

"Yeah, but that tattoo guy is kind of creepy. He has 'DEATH' written on his fingers."

"It doesn't mean he isn't a good doctor."

"Hey! Ace-bro, Sabo-bro, mind getting me some supplies?" Franky asked. The brothers groaned.

"You should be fine to do it, Sabo," Chopper said. "Just don't push yourself too much."

"Well then, I guess we don't have a choice," said Ace as he stood up. "Maybe we could find some food or other cool things," He added to his brother.

"Alright," Sabo nodded after a moment. "What exactly do you need?" He asked Franky.

"Well, for now, I could use some big sticks and leaves for the huts. We can focus on making beds and stuff like that later," Franky explained. "You guys okay with that?"

"Yeah, that's fine. See you guys later," Ace said as he walked off into the forest with Sabo.

Chopper watched the brothers walk off. He sighed tiredly. He had been awake and working diligently ever since they got on the island. The doctor nearly collapsed from exhaustion when he sat down on the grass.

"I can watch over the injured if you're too tired," Law said when Chopper sat next to him.

"Thanks, that would help a lot, Law," Chopper mumbled. "Brook has a broken ulna. I was able to make a cast from some stuff I found in the wreckage. Just make sure he's eating healthy and being active." He pointed to an older man with an afro. "Smoker has a cut on his forehead but it's bandaged. We just have to wait for it to heal." Law looked at a man with white hair. When he looked back to Chopper, he was fast asleep. Law leaned back against a rock and watched over the three other people.

"I'm so hungry," Ace complained. He was walking ahead of Sabo, picking his way along plants and tree roots. The brothers already found a few sticks they thought were big enough for Franky and had put them in a small pile near the clearing. "I should have gone with Luffy. He's probably found some adventure by now," Ace said as he picked up another stick.

Sabo began to gather some leaves from the ground. "None of us want to be doing this and I'm sure everyone is hungry as well. However, we have to if we want any chance at surviving here."

"Yeah, whatever. Anyways, Sabo, where do you think we are?" No answer. "Sabo?" Ace turned towards his brother. "What's wrong?" Sabo was staring straight ahead with a curious look on his face.

"What's that?" Sabo asked. He pointed ahead at a tree. It had scratches covering it and an object hanging from a branch. It was too far away for them to recognize what it was.

"Let's check it out," Ace said as he walked towards the tree. Sabo hesitated before following him. When they reached the tree, they studied the item hanging from the tree. It was a necklace with small bones and white beads on it.

"What the hell?" Ace muttered. "We have to show this to Franky and them." Ace grabbed the necklace and walked back to where they were before.

"Ace, I don't think you should have done that," Sabo said quietly. "This means that there is or was something, probably human, that lived here. We should be more careful from now on."

"Yeah, probably." Ace picked up the sticks he found. "Let's go back. Oh, also, now we have something to brag about to Luffy." He grinned and laughed quietly. Sabo sighed as the two walked back towards the clearing.

"Franky!" Ace shouted as he ran across the clearing with many sticks in his arms. "Here you go!" He tossed them onto the ground near the larger man.

Franky glanced over the pile of sticks. "I think this should be enough to build a medium sized hut," He thought. Sabo set down a large pile of leaves next to the sticks. "Super! With this, I'll be able to make a shelter that can protect us from the elements!" Franky exclaimed. He looked over at Ace, noticing a strange necklace in his hand. "Ace-bro, what's with that necklace?" He pointed at it.

"Oh, yeah, we found this thing hanging from a tree with a bunch of weird scratches all over it." Ace handed the necklace to Franky, who pushed up his sunglasses and closely studied the beads.

"Looks like it's all made of bone," Franky noted. Brook and Smoker approached the three.

"What do you have there?" Brook asked. "A necklace?"

"Yeah, looks like it's made of bone," Franky said.

"Bone? I'm an expert on bones!" Brook laughed. The others gave him confused glances.

"Well, if it really is made of bone, then there are two conclusions I can come to," Smoker began. "Either there's some old, religious tribe or a hunter who's got a dark sense of humor." They all nodded.

"It looks like jewelry that was made by Native Americans," Law said, surprising them all as he walked up from behind. "They would use bones from animals to make jewelry."

"Alright, this is starting to creep me out," Franky said after a few seconds of silence after Law's comment. He set the necklace on a rock before turning back to the group in front of him. "We'll deal with that later. For now, let's get super building!" The others sighed and got to work, not exactly looking forward to the long, tiring day ahead of them.