Hey, there is a little longer chapter as some of you asked for :) I hope you'll like it :)
After a few hours of sobbing she felt her head hurt, eyes were sore and her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. But she couldn't sleep, not in that room full of dangerous, certainly-causing-pain stuff. She felt anxiety, loneliness and boredom in some way. It was the worst. She got bored so her mind started to show her visions of her death possibilities. She tried to distract her brain but it wasn't easy. She couldn't remember any pleasant thing from her past nor imagine anything which might have made her more relaxed.
She didn't even noticed when door opened the second time. He turned on the lights again and approach lying on a table girl. Her eyes widened and jaw slightly dropped. It was a Bear!
"Captain said you are to eat this. But you mustn't hurry because it may harm your stomach." Talking bear totally shocked her . But she was truly hungry." I cannot remove this straps either so I brought you a soup which you may drink through sipper." Then she narrowed her eyes.
"If your captain wants to keep me here attached to table and cause me death, I assume, there is no point in feeding me." She mumbled to the bear.
"I don't know it was his order. "
"Oh, I won't eat it." It might have been poisoned.
"But you have to. His orders…" he murmured shyly.
"I needn't to listen to him. And I'm not hungry" her stomach growled" a-at a-all…." She gritted her teeth.
"Yes you are. Eat it." He led sipper to her mouth but she turned her head in the opposite direction. "You have to eat to feel better he said. He's a doctor and he helped you once"
"What? When and how, huh? I don't remember" she snorted "and don't believe you talking Bear"
"I'm sorry" he dropped his head in depression aura.
"What the…?" she thought
"He killed those men from earlier."
She frowned. "K-killed them?" she asked insecure "Why did he do this? He didn't have any reason…" she looked at bear.
"They were rude and disrespectful toward Captain. He really doesn't like to be ordered around. Why did they chase you anyway?"
"So he did it by his own purposes… well it's still good for me" she thought. "They met me in dark alley and wanted to rape but I hurt one of their comrade and started to run away. So that's why." She finished. "The question is what am I doing here?" she looked up at Bepo.
"Captain found you on the beach and said that you were dehydrated and injured. You needed help or you may have died. So he took you here and bandaged burned arms of yours"
She glance at her body. The bear told the truth. "I understand why he killed those bastards, but why did he helped me the second time?" She wondered while listening to a story of Bepo.
"So will you eat it?"
She looked in his black little eyes "He's sincere" she said to herself. "Ok, but you must try it firstly in case if it's poisoned or drugged" she said firmly.
Bepo looked at her puzzled but nodded. He did as she said. They waited. And waited and her stomach growled to remaind them of itself. Nothing happened to Bepo.
She closed her eyes annoyed "OK I'll eat it but you must help me".
The bear seemed to be more kind than his captain. "Maybe I can find something out about this crew. He seems to be more stupid as well…" she eyed him.
"How long have I been lying here?" she asked innocently
"Huh, since yesterday's evening, why you ask?"
"Well, you know this table is quite hard and I feel uncomfortable I wondered…"
"NO!" The bear yelled.
"You don't know what I wanted to ask for!" the girl replied.
"I WON'T LET YOU GO! I won't disobey Captain's orders!" he cried
"Maybe he isn't so naïve" she bit her bottom lip "I just wanted to ask you for loosening this straps, you know my back hurts me really bad and my wrists too so I thought that you might lessen my pain a bit… I won't try anything, you see my condition, I won't escape if you just loosen these straps… Please" she pleaded with innocent look.
Bepo hung his head low "I'm sorry" and he put away the bowl with soup.
"Whats wrong with him?!" she was getting annoyed.
He started to adjust straps on her wrists and anckles but didn't unfasten them completely. The girl could move herself a bit but it was unbearably painful. Her burnt arms were bandaged but any pressure put on them caused stinging pain. She tried not to scowl at the sensation. Bepo leaned back a little. He looked at her and asked " Is it better now?"
"Yeah yeah it's so much better thank you!" she exclaimed
"I must go now but don't escape ok?" asked her politely
"He's so weird" and then said "Yes of course I won't try anything as I said"
Bepo left the room "Heh, stupid bear" she started to shake her body violently ignoring increasing pain. Freeing her hands wasn't easy at all. Bandages made it easier to slide her arms on metal table but made it harder to deal with leather straps. She gritted her teeth "Come on…." She maneuvered her body. The time seemed to stopped. She halted everytime when she heard someone in the corridor. After a while ,which she found to be eternity, she freed her right hand shredding bandage on it. The leather strap shred her bandage and made her arm bled but she used her own blood to decrease friction between them. Instantly her right hand started to free her left one. Then she freed her feet. She couldn't believe that she could trick the white bear so easily. She got up quickly, too quickly. She felt dizzy. But she narrowed her eyes and focused on the door in front of her. She went to it and listen. Silence. She pushed on knob but the door didn't open. "Damn, I forgot they locked it up" she cursed. She looked around "What can I use?" she wondered.
She opened one of drawers and started to rummage inside of it. She hoped to find something which could help her break the lock. She found nothing useful so she opened another drawer and then next one. But all what she managed to find were needles and scalpels of different shapes. She took one of needles and tried to bend it. She used to break locks when she was younger. It wasn't anything uncommon on her island. Children had to steal to live. But it wasn't the main purpose of needle so it broke in half. "Shit!" the girl hissed and abandoned the medical instrument. Then she took one of scalpels." Let's try this way". She knew that there were lots of kinds of locks. She put an edge between the door and wall and tried to reach a bolt. Then she carefully slit it down along with bolt. She heard a characteristic click. "Yosh, this lock was one of the most shitty ones I've ever coped with… he doesn't think I would escape, good" she sighed unbelievingly.
"Funny, I thought I ordered you not to free her from her straps and now she is wandering around the sub… How will you explain this Bepo?" Trafalgar said with calm, almost bored tone. His expression was blank and didn't change even a little.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sooo sorry Captain!" He cried with tears. Trafalgar said nothing.
He, Bepo and a few of his crew stood in door to the infirmary. Apart from Law everyone speechlessly stared into the room. Plenty of surgical tools were on the floor, some of them were literally smashed. There was some blood on the table where was girl. Trafalgar sighed. His crew looked at him frightened. "Penguin, how big are damages?" Law said slowly and clear.
"There are some bent scalpels, broken needles and syringes which have cracks so are useless now. Some test tubes are shattered too. It seems she threw out everything what she came across in the drawers. But nothing more valuable is destroyed."
"I really underestimated her" he mumbled to himself . "Good, clean the mess. Bepo…" the bear started to tremble " we'll go to hunt".
She ran…again. It was like déjà vu. Narrow corridors were like maze. She hoped not to meet anyone of that pirates crew. She moved as quiet as mouse. In case of dangerous she always could hide in one of those rooms. There were lots of unlabeled doors. She heard some rush in the near. She stopped. "Have they already found out?! Should I hide?" . she caught first door on her left and entered the room.
She regreted. There were plenty of shelves. And on any single shelf there were jars. She felt like vomiting. She had never got any medical education and the room was dimly lit but she could recognize what was inside of those jars… Organs. For a short moment her mind crossed an idea that she may have ended up in some kind of pantry but they were too big for animal's ones and far too small for Sea King's. She also doubt in the way the "meat" was stored. They were separated and floating in some liquid. Is it possible those organs ….
"Do you like my playroom?" she jumped and turned to see amused captain of Heart Pirates. "I thought it was clear enough to you to understand that you are NOT allowed to leave our infirmary. But you let down my expectations"
"How d-did you find me?
"Have anyone told you that you stutter when scared?" She furrowed her brows "It wasn't any challenge to me. It's my ship and you left bloody track after yourself" he smirked even wider and took one step ahead. She backed. "Moreover I have him…" he pointed with his head in direction of Bepo who looked scary that time. He must have been pissed off ." and his nose is invaluable" Law finished.
"Bloody track?" she looked at her hand "Damn…"she scowled.
Trafalgar saw her expression and said "What happened? You thought you could escape from my ship? I'm not sure if you realized that it was impossible from the very beginning." He snickered. "You see we are on submarine which is submerged right now" she paled. "This means that all hatches are closed till we reach the surface" He smiled devilish.
He started to get closer to her. She backed and touched the wall with her back. There was no way to get away from there.
"Why did you helped me?"
"Helped? Ah, yes I did. Well actually I needed some entertainment because your island was so boring. And you don't seem to be someone who might be looked for by anyone, am I wrong? You're just homeless, abandoned little girl, am I wrong" he asked
He wasn't wrong. How could he know it? She looked at him puzzled. She didn't notice that he appeared right in front of her. He caught her wounded wrist and turned her toward the wall. Then he pushed her hard so her head slammed the wall. She squeak in pain. Still holding her in one place he leaned and whispered to her ear " don't try anything stupid next time or else I'll be less gentle".
But then, in panic, she started to squirm and wriggle. He lost his patience. He took out his pocket a syringe and stick a needle in her thigh and injected something. She screamed in pure pain "Do you remember this needle? It's the one you broke" Then, without taking it out of her flesh, he started to move it up and down causing her more pain. "Next time don't destroy things which aren't yours." He evilly whispered right to her ear. Soon after that she lost her consciousness.
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