Haha I had to give her a nose bleed And don't go around telling me 'it's lean your head back idiot.' Or what ever else there is. I was taught to lean forward because the blood could make it to your stomach and irritate it if you lean back. Not sure which is true, it's just what I had been taught.

Chapter Ten: Attack From- Er, Avery Attacks The Attacking Enemy?

Avery was afraid that she'd actually done something wrong once Law left. She was tempted to try and go after him but he had specifically said to stay where she was and not move. She held her left hand out and focused. All control over her body left and only her frozen fingers could move it now. If she were to stop using the technique she would be freed but she was making she she didn't move.

Literally. She wasn't sure if Law had been literal or not but better safe than sorry. She unfroze herself and hid beneath the bed when she heard someone scratching at the door. Law would not scratch and neither would any of the crew that was on the island. There were many more back on his ship, or so Law had said.

So like any logical teen that was sure someone was trying to break in to kill them, she hid beneath the bed. There were heavy foot steps once the door was forced open and someone sat on the bed. "Where's the lil bitch?" A deep rumbling voice called. "Heard that pirate had a lil one runnin' round. She'd get a nice price. That young and easy to train." Avery put a hand over her mouth and like David had tought her wordlessly used her fruits power. If she believed hard enough that she was speaking aloud then her fruit would think it was being called upon and work.

It took a lot of energy but she managed 'Damage No Sound.' her voice was completely obliterated along with anything in her that made sounds. She could not squeak sneeze or cough with any noise coming out. She hated using this because this damage had to actually wear off. She had not been able to come up with a fix for it. The first time she'd used it it was in a game of hid and seek. She had a problem with giggling when her brothers got close to her hiding place so she tried to fix the problem and came up with this. And now it came in use for such things as this.

"Probably with him. Hear that after he lost her once he wouldn't let her out of his sight again. We might have to take them both." Avery silently cried. She didn't want to be taken. She didn't want Law to be taken. If not for her No Sound she would have been sobbing quite loudly. But instead her tears flowed freely from her eyes and her choked sounds were not able to come out. "You hear that?" The man quickly said and both men quieted. Foot steps were headed towards the room. Heavy pair that Avery recognized as Bepo's.

'Please, she silently begged. Let it be Law. Save me Law!' She would have cried it out loud but her technique would not allow it.

"It looks like have company, Bepo." Law's deep drawl sounded loud in Avery's ears. "Where would my female company be?" Law asked. Avery recognized this as his no joke voice. It was when she'd gone too far like pulling him and he wanted her to stop immediately. He was not happy with these men.

"You're surrounded Trafalgar!" One man yelled and stood up. All around outside people started to stop and ten men appeared behind Law. They all wore the same boots. It nearly gave her a headache seeing them all but Laws black shoes that were slightly covered by his blue pants with black spots along with Bepo's brown work booth gave her something to occupy her mind with. The two men stood up and got off of the bed. "There's no way you and your pet can take us on at once."

"You're right." Law agreed. "I'll leave this to you Bepo." Law moved forward and walked right passed the two men until he reached the bed. He squatted down and lifted the skirt up to see under the bed. "Avery, under the bed is one of the most used spots, nearly everyone always looks there first thing. Everyone except complete idiots."

Avery's hands shot out and grabbed the men's feet on wither side of Law. She was still fifteen looking, he'd expected her to hit another growth spurt by now. He waited for her to use her devil fruit but was curious as to why she didn't speak. The men gurgled and fell to the ground, blood pouring from their lips. They twitched a few times before stilling. "Captain. We should leave no before reinforcements come." Bepo suggested and Law agreed.

"Grab your bag and let's go Avery." Avery grabbed the bag from next to the door and put it on. It was a normal book bag only sized for a five year old. He'd get her something better when she as normal again, for now that would have to do. She took his right hand with her left. Had this been during they day he would have found a way to avoid her grasp but right now it was better for him to hold her and make sure she neither got lost or fell behind. They hurried out of the hotel. And Law saw not only bounty hunters fall upon them from one direction but Marines from another. "Let's go to the sub and move. We will have to lay low for a few days or fight."

Avery wanted to ask about the sub but her voice was still gone. Another ten minutes before it would be back. The last time she'd timed it it had been fifteen minutes in all or close to it. Talking or making a sound like this actually made no sound but any effects it still had. If she constantly screamed the entire time she was silent then when her voice was back her throat would be raw and she'd have no voice. Neither Law or Bepo noticed her silence.

Time passed quickly and Avery felt her throat tingle. But it would be too late. She slammed her shoulder into Law's side and he fell to his left while she took his previous spot long enough for the sword aimed for him to slice down her side all the way to her knee. Her entire right side felt inflamed. Without needing to speak or say anything her Devil's fruit went to work. Law's Nodachi blocked another man's sword and Avery leap up to both feet and limped as quickly as she could.

Moving at the same time as healing was not easy to do and it not only slowed the healing down but at certain points tore opened the newly sealed flesh. Her entire body was lifted up as if she weighed nothing. Law had ducked down and wrapped his arm around her knees and lifted her up. She was lighter than his Nodachi so her sitting on his forearm like she currently was didn't hinder him in the least. It was when she leaded over some that he nearly lost his balance. "Damage; last plague." She touched one man and he stumbled and touched another.

Suddenly the first's side split open and he cried then the second grabbed a third as he was hurt. It spread like a wild fire. She fixed her balance upon Law's arm and they were flying through the air as he jumped onto a part of the deck of his submarine. He set Avery down and pushed her through a large steel door. As soon as both he and her were in he closed it and twisted the handle until the muscles on his forearms strained. Then he hit a button and a hissing sounded and the ship moved.

Avery grabbed onto an arm of his as the sub started to move. "You may get a bit nauseous the first few times so I'm going to put you in my room that connected to a bathroom. Then I have to go make sure everything is ready." He handed her the Nodachi which she carried carefully and with two hands inside the sub. Her eyes darted around everywhere and he figured that she wouldn't remember her way not for awhile at least. Even so he pointed out, "I'll be in that room after I put you in mine." Avery glanced at the door as a whole for a second before her eyes went from every nook and cranie of it memorized every little detail so she differentiate the doors. She followed Law down several hallways to his room. "Stay here unless you must leave. I'll be a while."

He exited his room and Avery heard a new voice call out, "Captain!" Or was it two simultaneously? Law grunted in reply and shit his door. Avery heard a lock click and after several moments tried the handle. He'd locked her in. She didn't care because it wouldn't hold her for long if she didn't want to be held. She set his Nodachi on the bed and looked around his room.

It held a bookcase, a bed, and a desk. That's all he had in there. The connecting door lead to a bathroom like he'd told her. Toilet a sink and a tube shower. She'd never been in a shower before. Only taken baths or rinsed in the shallow pond behind her mothers estate. She'd have to ask him if she could use it later.

Going back out to the room she walked to the door and put her hand on the door. Behind it she could hear people. They were tinkering with the lock attempting to pick it. "Damage, jar." The door was jarred. It was stuck. Until she used her fruit to unlock it it quite likely was not getting undone. She she moved to his desk. There were hand drawn human bodies ranging in age and they had half with tissue and half with bone. Labels littered everywhere around them. They were scrawled in small cursive and Avery had to look at it a moment before she could make several words out. She didn't understand them more than that was what the technical name for the part was.

She set them aside and searched his drawers coming up with a blank piece of paper and a pencil along with and eraser. She sat in the chair with her legs crossed and started to work. Had she been home she could have used her own pencils. They were so much better than this harsh lead one. Her graphite pencils would glide across the page instead of snagging at points. But she made the best of what she had.

Hours passed and the pencil became smaller and smaller as she sharpened, shaded and the eraser shrunk with each line erased. Someone knocked on the door and Avery paused in her work. She was almost done. But what if it was Law? "Captain wants you girly!" Someone called. Why didn't Law give them her name if he wanted her? If he wanted her he would have to come himself and if he complained she could say she'd been asleep.

She went back to work on the paper. Some lines she made thick while others were as thin as thread and the shading at pars were as dark as while and on others was a light mist like. Finished. She looked at it with Glee and put the pencil and eraser back where she'd found it. The paper was left on the desk and she laid down on the bed. She didn't want to fall asleep in case Law wanted in but she was so tired.

She laid down and her fingers curled around the Nodachi. Maybe she should go find him. And she didn't need to leave, so it would be against Law's orders to do so. She would rest until he knocked and called for her. Him or one of the other three people she knew on here. Her eyes fluttered shut and she let her mind rest. She had used her Fruit a lot today and she was tired. Hungry now too but that could wait.