Here wego, chapter10…
Okay sorry about the first Chapter 10!
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Chapter 10: Cut Off
Skye stared at the once thriving town in disbelief. Where were the people? Why didn'tthe Marines come to help? Skye clinched her fist knowing the answer to the latter. 'Of course they're not here. If it won't benefit them they'renot going to go out of their way to help.'
Law stared out at the town. How could this happen? How could this possibly happen? Law scanned the area, taking in the rotting boards, until something bright red caught his eye. Calmly he walked to the red yarn sticking out from under the closest building, bending over, he pick it up and examined the item. Skye watched curiously as Law walked over to the old grocery market and pulled out a small Raggedy-Ann Doll from under it. At first she didn'tpay much attention to it. It wasn'tunusual for a child's toy to be left in a ghost town, but soon she noticed something was off about the doll. She jogged up to Law to examine the item as well; trying to examine the doll proved to be troublesome, since Law stood with his back to her and was not turning allowing her to see. Getting annoyed with arrogant pirate captain, she cleared her throat loudly, hoping for him to side to the step and allow her to look. Oh how wrong was she… Law simple looked at her with mild interest before turning back to the doll. 'What an ass…' Finally, after several 'hmmpha' she got fed up with it and stood on her tippy-toes. She peered over his shoulder and looked at the doll. As she looked at the doll she could not grasp why Law was so intent on the thing. There wasn't anything special about the doll; it was just a simple Raggedy-Ann Doll. Her eyes widen as she realized, the doll looked new. It wasn't old and tattered, the dress wasn't ripped or stained; something was defiantly wrong. Rolling to her heels she began to stared at the town in front of her. The doll did not fit….
"Something's not right." Law whispered to himself as he turned the doll in his hands.
'Way to go Captain Obvious!' Skye thought to herself.
Law looked up from the doll he had been studying to the town, taking in any minor detail, and soon finding one. Dropping the doll he walked over to the grocery store's window and peered inside. The fruit, the vegetables, even the meat was not spoiled; something was wrong, he had only seen this once before…a long time ago.
"Men, separate and search the town. See if there is anyone left." Law ordered, his voice more menacing than intended due to the sudden memory; the men began to run hastily in separate direction, to afraid to ask why they had too in the first place. Law felt the body beside him move to leave as well, without thinking he reached out and grabbed her jacket.
Skye turned when she felt someone tug on her jacket, turning she saw Law looking at her with an expression she had never seen before on his normally amused face… Worry. 'Who the hell are you, and what have you done to my captain?' Skye thought trying not to laugh at his abnormal expression.
It wasn't that he didn'tthink she couldn'ttake care of herself, oh he knew she could, but it still worried him to let her go off by herself. Law thought about ordering her to stay with him, but he knew already she would say no and walk off on her own despite the order, so instead he simply asked of a small favor.
"Skye… Please be careful, I don't like this. If you get in any danger, ANY what so ever, I want you to scream. One of the crew member or me will come and find you." Law said softly to her as he releasedher jacket, she nodded and walked away disappearing into the town.
The Other Side of Town….
Skye walked aimlessly through the houses, never finding a living soul. The wood creaked from under her weight as she stepped through the building cautiously. Every sense was used at its fullest potential: she listen to every creak, she saw every crack in the worn wood, she could smell the rotting smell of human flesh, and she feltever grain of sand under her fingertips as she ran her finger down the length of the counter. 'What happen? And why was Law acting so strange?' The bodies of the victims were still fresh as they lay on the floors of the rooms: women, men, children of all ages. Lost in thought she didn'thear as someone crept up behind her until the last moment when the floor creaked in protest of the weight. Skye jumped and clutched her heart as it beat wildly under her hand. She laughed a little, of course he would come and check on her, but it still made her mad that he thought she couldn'ttake care of herself and why was he acting so strange anyway? Spinning herself around on her heels, she pointed to her smug companion, while accusing him.
"Law you scared-" Skye stopped when the man behind her was not in fact Law, but a marine. He was taller than Law by a couple inches and his frame was bulkier, and his face was hidden in the shadows of the room, only allowing her to make out the sinister grin on his face as he peered down at her. Shivers went down her spine as he peered down at her, his eyes full of hunger and something Skye couldn't quite figure out but it made more shivers go down her spine, he grinned as he notice how uncomfortable she was. She began backing slowly away with wide eyes as he stepped out and revealed his face. His left eye was covered with an eye patch only covering a little of the scar that ran from his left cheek up to his face and disappeared into his hair. He had a square jaw that was covered with a grizzly bread and his shaggy un-kept hair covered his eyebrows. Skye began walking away faster as the man continued to advance, until her back hit the wall, the wood crack underneath weight.
"Aren't you a pretty little thing?" He mused as he trapped her to the wall, placing his hands on either side of her face; his left hand stroked her right cheek delicately. "You'll be coming with me." He whispered in her ear. Just great she was going to die, and by a freakin marine! Defiance flashed her eyes, her jaw set stubbornly. No she wasn't going to die, she only had to wait a little longer till she was free and she'd be damned before she let some smelly perverted bastard take it away!
"Like hell I am." She yelled as she kicked him in the shins. A surprise yelp came from the man as he back away and allowing her enough time for her to run out of his grasp and head straight for the doorbut was cut off by the man, he stood in front of the door ready for her arms stretched out making it no possible way for her to escape him again. Swiftly she jerked to the left and jumped through the window. Glass shattered cutting her arm and legs when she landed on top of it and connecting to the hard frozen ground knocking the breath out of her.
After she regain her breath everything slowed down and grew silent…
The man's boots hit the ground with a loud thud…
She struggled to gain her footing, cutting her hand in the sharp shards of glass, during the process…
The snow crunched under his weight as he walked over to her…
She continued to fight for her footing her breath coming out in sharp gasp of pain…
The man lashed out his foot and kicked her upper rib cage, barely missing the metal…
She groaned in pain as she balled up and clutched her side…
He reached down and grabbed her by her neck hoisting her into the air…
Tears streamed down her face as she realized that she was in danger. Suddenly she let out a blood chilling scream. She felt a sharp pain in back of the neck causing her scream to come to an abrupt halt as she crashed down face first into the hard cold ground. Lifting her head up slightly, she watched, as her vision began to blur, as the man's hand reach down to her. Only one thought entered her mind as she lost consciousness, giving into the black with a groan. Law…Help me.
Another Part of Town…
Law walked around the abandon home before stopping in the small kitchen, he had found two victims. They laid motionless on the floor, pale as ghost, their lips blue around the edges, and their unseeing eyes stared up at the ceiling. They had gone through a serious amount of torment before finally dying, judging from the wounds. Law covered his eyes, as a shaky breath came from his mouth. He knew what happen, he could almost see it perfectly. Now he was glad Skye was so stubborn, she could not see him like this ever…
"W-who are y-you?" Law turned around to find a little girl sitting in the corner, her greyeyes red from the tears she could no longer shed, she backed slowly further into the corner. She had two pig-tails of light blondehair; her pink dress was stained with blood from kneeling beside the bodies, her skin slightly discolored from malnutrition and lack of sleep.
"It's okay, I'm not here to hurt you…" Law mused as he laid his sword to the ground; he walked slowly to her, hands up in front of him. She looked questionably at him before letting him touch her. He examined her closely, just as he had thought. No injuries only mental trauma. "Is this your mom and dad?" Law asked quietly as he pulled her into his lap and rubbed the back of head, he knew from experience thatwas the best medicine for situation as this. "What happen?" Law asked as he setthe small girl in his lap.
"He…just got..s-so mad. He killed them all, except for me, he said he wanted someone to see his masterpiece." The girl buried her face in his chest as more tears spilled down her face; he gripped her tightly and continued to rub her head. His stomach twisted in disgust and pain as memory flooded back into his mind.
"Was his name Hotaru Marc?" Law whispered just loud enough for the girl to hear, and the girl nodded in reply. 'Oh, shit. Skye!' He lifted the girl up and pulled out a den-den mushi from his left pocket. "Get back to the Sub immediately." Law ordered into the snail.
"We can't." Cliff whispered desperately into the den-den mushi his voice close to sobs.
"Are you disobeying my orders?" Law said. Cliff could almost see the deadly smirk that could be heard in his hard voice, but he did not hear the sheer panic in Cliff's voice.
"No… Captain its Skye…" Law stiffened as he spoke her name. "…she screamed, but she's not…she's not here…. There are signs of struggle." Cliff's voice cracked at the end. Law dropped the den-den, his eyes wide. 'No, no, NO!' Was all that ran through his mind and he could feel this unexplainable feelingin his chest as it tighten making it almost hard to breath, it was pure torment, he wasn'tgoing through this again; suddenly a small hand waved back and forth in front of his face. Law looked down at the then picked up his sword and the den den mushi. He ran out of the building and towards the sub, giving one final order to his men.
"Meet back at the sub, NOW!" Law said in a loud voice, but to his men it was a yell. The girl gripped Law's neck tightly as he ran through the ice cold wind.
Okay so my computer is stupid! It deleted my freakin edit chapter 10!
Anyhow sorry, I know I said I would post it later that night but I had to flippen edit! I also let my friends look over it so if I had missed anything they'd find it lol :) And Friday well you see it was RELAY FOR LIFE! I had to walk the track at my school from 7 p.m. till 7 a.m. to help raise money for cancer :) then I slept till like 5 p.m. on Saturday and my legs were in too much pain to do anything so I posting it today! Hope my editing was good enough :)
GOOD news is I'm almost done with school so I'll start working on "The Odd Predicament" once again and probably finish "Kiss Your Heart Out". I'm even debating on whether or not to start on "Noelle in One Piece" again? Tell me what ya'll think on that.
Hope this one is way better that the first one I put up
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