Chapter 4 .

The door creacked under Kidd's fingers. He walked around the small town, letting the fresh air cleanse the rum out of him. It wa a shitty rum and he was in a lousy mood. The girl he rescued from slavery was as stubborn as they came.

Whatever he attempted, backfired. Kidness, food or a harsh hand. She reacted to it completely the same. No fear, just a jutted chin out and defying eyes. Some of his crew argued she behaved like a real princess. Might as well dress her in a gown and mock serve her. He could do that actually, see how far she's willing to obey him.

Kidd saw a shop. It held some kind of jewlery. What caught his attenton were a few rings in the display. Thin, branchlicked silver shaped rings.

Runes.

Grinding his molars Kidd opened the door. It was a late evening, the shop already closed and the owner, a middle aged man rushed to the entrance. The sight of a tall pirate frightened the man. The flamming red hair, lack of angry brows and the menacing scowl made the man shrink bak.

˝Take what you need!˝- he shouted an ran. Kidd snickered. He stomped his boot and and the man ran slower, leaving the door open. How rude. Might as well take advantage of this, opportunity. Kidd opened the display and grabbed the first ring.

The tiny ring has four twig like shapes forming a square. He stared at it almost expecting it to talk and explain what it meant. Of course, he was met with silence. Rolling his eyes he grabbed the rest, six in total and turned to exit the shop.

Just in time as his hand reached the door knob the ground shook.

Lua was sleeping pacefully on the bed. Alone and Kiddless. Thankfully the celibate captian took his time for the walking. She shifted around the bed, getting comfortable under the blankie when everything started to shake.

Groaning she opened her eyes and stared confused. Everything shook, the bed, the clsoet, the doors, even the windows. She stared at it unable to understand why. Was she dreaming? Suddenly her mind kicked in.

Earthquake.

She jumped from the bed only to fall down, the floor colapsed. Screams of the prostitutes, working or sleeping cut through the chaos. Pirates shouting, cursing and the every panicked sound of steps all over the place mixed in a cachophony.

Lua scrambled to get to her feet, only to fall and watch the chaos under and above her. Dust, parts of the housing and broken wood filled her vision until it stopped. Without notice all the comotion stopped like someone pulled a switch. Eerie silence filled the brothel or what was left of it. The top two floors colapsed. The Kidd pirates were scattered under the rumble together with the prostitutes.

Lua opened her eyes, something sticky was on her left cheek. Was she hit? Her limbs were under half of a closet but she felt them move slightly. Each toe worked perfectly. Thankfully she didn't break anything. A familiar buzzing cut the air. Killer's schythes? The wood was cut in half and removed from her leggs. Slowly her vision focused in the dark midst the rumble. A familiar mask stood in front of her, she even blushed slightly remembering the last pose she saw him, pants around his ankles.

˝What happened?˝- He voice was dry. The dust must have come into her loungs without her realizing it.

˝Earthquake, are you okay?˝- He actually seemed concerned or did she imagine it?

˝Yeah, I can move˝

˝The rest is okay too, no casualties, have you seen Kidd?˝- Ahh, here was the concern. The Captain was still missing.

˝He went out for a walk before I fell asleep˝

˝He? A walk?˝

˝Yeah why?˝- Lua asked. Killer shook his head and chuckled a bit. Lua got up and looked at the place. It was ruined, a mass of rubble and broken things. She saw one of the pretty vases in the shape of a woman's body beheaded and shuddered. Such a peculiar way of breaking.

˝He doesn't do walks Lua, we need to find him˝

˝Isn't he like strong and shit, why do you worry?˝

˝Precisely why I worry˝

˝We're alone on the island˝- Lua walked after him. They were slowly exiting the rubble. She saw all of the prostitutes lined up, the Madam checking them. Dirty with messed up clothes or wrapped in just a sheet most seemed okay, shaken but alive.

˝Then who caused the earthquake?˝- Lua stopped to think. Weren't earthquakes a natural thing?

˝That's what I want to find out, of course, they could be just a natural thing, but we're a rookie group with a lot of bounties on our heads and even pirate hunters have Devil Fruits˝

˝Oh please, we all know who has that Devil Fruit˝- Lua rolled her eyes. Wire stepped up and eyed her.

˝What do you mean?˝

˝Whitebeard has the power to shake the earth, seriously you think a Yonko would target a rookie group? Get over yourselves, this was probably a natural thing, look at the village, every house was shaken or something broke in it. I don't believe he'd target civilians˝- Lua finished with a grin and then gulped. Why was she such an idiot? Fuck.

˝Interesting, our lil' cook knows about pirates even though she denied it almost hmmm everytime we asked˝- Heat commented. Well, hadn't she fucked herself up. She managed to fabricate such a nice story for herself only to throw it into the wind.

She saw Kidd coming from the distance, grumpy as usual. She raced to him. If she played it well she'd save herself from the questioning...

˝Kidd!˝- She stopped in front of him. Her mind was blank, what did she want to say again? He gave her a look and then turned to Killer.

˝Everyone alive, minor injuries, the brothel is fucked though˝- Killer immidietly reported the situation. Kidd nodded.

˝We sleep on the ship, log pose?˝

˝Will be set in a few hours Captain˝- Snake added. He had his gaze on Lua the whole time.

˝Good march your asses on board˝- Kidd ordered. The crew automatically turned to the ship and started walking. Lua walked behind them

˝We need to talk˝- She said to Kidd before walking away into the bay. Killer snickered.

˝Women say that when shit hits the fan Kidd˝

˝Go fuck a tree Killer˝- Kidd retorted. The bag of silver rings was in his backpocket, poking his butt and keeping his curiousity over her alive. What did she want now?