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Chapter 3

Zolo's Warning

"Zolo, what's wrong?" Luffy asked, worried.

Instantly, Zolo launched into warning his friends, whether they believed him or not. 'But they have to,' he thought, 'They can't be that dumb. This is a dire situation!'

Zolo took a deep breath and said, "Luffy, Roshindurattedusout!!"

"What?!"

Zolo took another deep breath and started again, slower as if he was talking to a five year old, "Luffy, Roshindu ratted us out!!"

"What are you talking about?" Nami said confused, "He wouldn't do that."

Zolo gave a nervous "yeah right" huff, "Then, obviously, you don't know him that well. I went to the library and-"

"Zolo… Why would you go to a library?" asked Nami in disbelief.

"There's a library in town?" Robin asked, now interested in the current conversation, "Maybe I could find something on Poneglyphs."

Zolo gave her a look and continued on, "Anyway, I went to the library-who cares why-and I saw Roshindu ratting us out to a Deadhead! I'm not joking! He was at a desk sitting with… it? Him? Well, whatever, and was telling him about us, and how Sora gave us the water. Not only did he rat us out, he also ratted Sora out to them as well!"

"THAT'S A LIE!" Sora screamed, "Roshindu would never do that. How do we know that it wasn't you?!"

"FIRST, I DON'T KNOW THE DEADHEADS! SECOND, I'M LOYAL TO LUFFY! THIR-"

"Yeah, sure you are," Sora muttered darkly.

"Third," Zolo said trying to control his raging temper, "I'm trying to save your life here. Reasons I know he ratted us out. First, he was talking about some story that was referencing to us, plus it didn't exist, I checked, the book was about plumbing problems. Second, I saw the Deadhead's bones when it was leaving. Third-"

"I don't care about your stupid 3rd reason, I know Roshindu and he would NEVER do that, you liar!!" Sora said interrupting before storming off angrily to bed, leaving the crew in silence.

Slowly, everyone quietly stood up to leave for bed, when Zolo spoke to Luffy in a quiet, pleading voice, "Luffy you believe me right?"

"Uh… well..." Luffy's stomach rumbled at that moment, "hey I'm starving, lets have some more meat."

"Fine," Zolo said with an air of disappointment, "but you can't say I didn't warn you."

With that, Zolo left the crew in shocked state, because he had just dropped something so urgent to him, and gone to bed in defeat. Luffy went into the kitchen and began stuffing his face again.

"But what if he's right?" Robin asked after Zolo had left. No one noticed Roshindu coming in as Robin continued, "What if Zolo is telling the truth and Roshindu did rat us out?"

Roshindu froze. Then in an instant he turned on his heel and left. "Back to the library," he muttered, panicking.

"Robin," Nami said exasperated, "Why would Roshindu rat us out it's so not like him."

"Well he's never lied before. Luffy has Sora ever lied in the time you've known her?" Chopper said uncertainly.

"Mmm… I didn't know Sora too well; Trace is the one that hung out with her not me. Urggghh I wish Trace were here." Luffy said as if wishing his older brother would just appear.

"Well he's not going to, and Sora's not the guilty party here. We're trying to find out if Zolo is lying or not. And I hate to say it, but he has that guilty look." Usopp said, as if closing the matter.

Franky said sarcastically, "Yeah because you know all about that. I've seen the way that Luffy and Zolo interact, man, and they are SUPER tight! Besides that Roshindu guy looked SUPER shifty."

"Yeah and how would you know about that?" Sanji asked doubtfully.

"He was standing right next to me, and he looked like he really had to go to the WC or something. But he ran outside in a hurry." Franky said stubbornly.

Robin turned the attention to Luffy and asked, "Luffy, Zolo is your first mate, what do you think about all of this?"

Luffy frowned uncertainly, "Well Zolo would never lie, and Roshindu would never do something like that, he's a good guy, funny too."

Roshindu stood quietly at the door, having returned from his flight, tears strolling down his cheeks, when he heard all the belief Luffy had in him. People never ever listened to him, or even paid attention until he started working for the Deadheads. He felt as if he was a Deadhead, cold, heartless, and cruel.

Nami said with a sigh, "How about we talk about this in the morning and Zolo can join the conversation."

As everyone got up to go to bed, Roshindu stood, still hidden in the shadows, and watched everyone leave.

In the streets of Aqua Town, Luffy opened his eyes in utter confusion. He heard fighting, going on all around. Everything was dark, but he could see dark, marauding shadows of the Deadheads and his crew.

"Luffy…" Nami called out weakly as she fell to the ground, dead, defeated by a Deadhead. Horror filled him.

"Luffy…" came a weak Chopper's voice, "I'm so sorry I wasn't good enough…" he trailed off, dead.

"Lu-"

Luffy spun around in time to see Usopp slaughtered by another one.

"Usopp!!" Luffy tried to yell, but no noise came out.

"Luffy tell Robin I-" Sanji said, desperately, before dying in front of his feet.

Luffy looked frantically around for the rest of his crew.

"Robin!" Luffy said as he tried to warn her of the Deadhead behind her, but she couldn't hear him, and she died just as Nami had, pleading for help. Luffy tried desperately to find Franky, and turned just in time to see Franky stabbed in the weak spot of his back, and watched him die with the look of surprise, horror, and sorrow etched on his face.

"NO!!" Luffy yelled in pain. Everyone was gone; his whole crew… wait Luffy thought with a glimmer of hope. Zolo was still here somewhere. Luffy was now in a state of frenzy, he whipped around panicking, looking for the last of his crew, his friends. Zolo was nowhere to be seen. 'What if he is already gone?' Luffy thought despairingly until he saw him, just standing there.

"Zolo, watch out!" Luffy screamed in terror for his first mate, his voice rang out loud and clear this time.

Zolo turned around and said "I tried to warn you, Luffy, but you didn't believe me."

Then he was murdered, slowly, before Luffy's eyes, he tried to help but he couldn't move, and the last words that Zolo spoke echoed painfully in his head. '…but you didn't believe me…'

"NOOO!!" Luffy cried out in anguish, everyone was gone. Then suddenly the earth began to shake and Nami's alarmed voice said, "Luffy!! Wake up!!"

Luffy dream dissipated instantly as he finally woke up.

Luffy woke up dizzy, and alarmed, "Nami, what is it?! What are you doing in here, anyway?! And why are you standing over me?! Wait a minute, you're alive? You're alive!"

"Luffy, of course I'm alive! What else would I be?" Nami asked, in utter annoyance.

"Um… dead?"

"Luffy, why would I be dead?"

Luffy didn't pay attention. He rolled over to see if Zolo was there. Gone.

"ZOLO!!" Luffy cried out in horror.

"Calm down Luf, he's just in the kitchen." Nami said calmly.

Suddenly they heard Sanji yell, "ZOLO!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"

Nami and Luffy took off running down the steps into the kitchen, which had somehow been wrecked. Cabinets were thrown open some off of hinges, the table was turned over, pots and pans were dented and sliced, some of the walls had deep cut gashes on them, the fridge was ripped apart, its contents everywhere, and the steel counter was smashed to bits, rubble in every nook and cranny.

"Where is he?" Sanji snarled.

"Who?" Nami asked confused.

"That no good, stinking, sword wielding, doofus, sash boy! WHERE IS HE? WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM I'LL-"

"Calm down Sanji!"

"Okay, whatever you want Nami dear." He said lovingly.

"What happened?" She tried again.

"Zolo wrecked the kitchen, and then he took off!" He was agitated again.

"Hey, isn't this Zolo's white sword? What's it doing on the ground?" Nami pointed to the blade in its white sheath.

"I don't like this," Luffy said, "Zolo never leaves that behind, and I don't see him anywhere. Besides, he wouldn't wreck Sora's kitchen, then storm off without saying anything."

"Maybe," Nami agreed, "but some of the walls and pots and pans have been sliced. I don't know about you, Luf, but they look like sword cuts to me."

"Maybe someone was trying to get into the house and they had a struggle, or something." Luffy suggested thoughtfully. (A/N: Gasp! Luffy's thinking! I know you're thinking that's not Luffy, but remember, he can be serious when the time calls for it. Plus, he just had a nightmare that has unnerved him.)

Just then, Chopper and Usopp came running down the stairs in a panic.

"Nami," they panted, "Robin told us that Sora had disappeared and we came to ask if…"

They trailed off staring at the kitchen, mouths gaping at the mess around them. "What happened here?" Chopper asked scared.

"Well," Nami said, "We think there was a struggle here between Zolo and somebody else."

"Looks like it." Usopp said agreeing.

"Wait," Luffy interrupted, "Sora's gone!"

Sanji said sarcastically, "Way to go, Captain Obvious. Nothing escapes your attention."

Robin came down the stairs, joining the conversation, and said "Her room was in pieces when we saw it, it seems that someone, or something went in there after Sora and took her away. I'm curious to know what. Also, I would agree that there would have been a struggle here, Zolo wouldn't wreck a friend's house, that's against his code."

Suddenly, Franky came up from the food pantry and said, "Hey guys, look at this SUPER cool skeleton head I found!"

Just then, the top of the skeleton's eye ridges moved as if it was opening its eyes, if it had any eyes or skin.

"Hello," he said pleasantly in a heavy British accent, "Have you seen my body?"

"AAAHHHHH!!" screamed Usopp.

"Okay…" said the skeleton now confused, "Have you seen my body?"

"AAIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!" screamed Nami. Everybody turned to see what she had screamed about. She and Sanji had somehow managed to put the fridge right side up, and there in a jumbled mess of food, was a headless skeleton.

"Ah, there it is," he said with an air of satisfaction, "Thank you, orange-haired girl, who is screaming…" He trailed off. Creak, creak, SNAP, was the sound as he fitted his head back on.

"Oh, there's my wig, and Phillip's dentures," he said as he picked up his wig, "Let go Phillip, that is my hair! Oh there we go," he said finally managing to pull them apart.

"Hahahahahaha, this guy is funny!" Luffy said, back to his old self.

"Funny… I, Skeleton 302, am not funny," he said indignantly.

"Yes, you are," Luffy said shaking with laughter.

302's irritation broke into a wide grin as he said, "Shake my hand lad, and we will talk."

Luffy, being the air headed captain he is, stretched out his arm to shake 302's hand.

"AAAHHHH, YOUR ARM IS STRETCHING!!"