So cute, is she not? I might have to do a Kidd oneshot with his woman being turned into a toddler to teen years and so on. Oh poor Kidd and Killer, was nearly pissed by this Avery. Hmmmm Might even do a Killer one because Killer is under appreciated.

Chapter Eleven: What Happens To Spy's and Traitors?

A hand landed on her shoulder and Avery's eyes fluttered open. "Had to remove the door." Shachi said.

"Am I going to get in trouble?" Avery sleepily drawled. It wasn't her fault. If those people hadn't been trying to pick the lock than she could have left well enough alone. So it shouldn't be her fault.

"Nah. I'll explain to Law the situation. Though I don't know how the inner workings had become so damned jammed." He yawned and ran a hand up under his hat in the back. Avery kept her mouth shut. Perhaps if she didn't say anything- no. Lying is bad. With holding details was nearly the same as lying unless you didn't know that those details were actually important or what the other person was talking about. If she said nothing then she would be lying, and that is bad. Law probably didn't like liars either.

With Nodachi in hand she followed Shachi. Avery saw Law as Shachi and her entered a large room. She'd mentally been mapping out the route they had taken. David said that no matter what, remember the way. Avery left Shachi's side and sat to Law's right because Bepo was to his left. Law spared her a glance before lifting a spoon of bland looking soup to his lips.

"Oi!" Law spoke in a louder than normal voice. "Twiggy, some food for the lady." A muscled man stood up from his seat and got a bowl of soup for Avery. It splashed over the sides and by the time he got to her it was half empty. Law's eye twitch went unnoticed, he knew that Twiggy had done this on purpose. It was normally to lazy men that asked for seconds or those who said shit to him.

Avery took a bite of the mostly water soup then looked up to Twiggy. "Thank you, Mr. Twiggy." A blush spread across the large man's cheeks and he slumped down some and walked back to his table. Always thank and compliment the cooks, you never know if they will put something in your food for being rude. This tidbit of advice was actually not from David but Cedric. She never wanted to know why he knew that.

Even though the soup tasted more like water than actual food Avery made sure there was nothing left when she finished. She wanted more but if they were having watered down soup to eat than they probably didn't have anything else to eat. Law's bowl was mostly empty but he wasn't eating anymore. He caught her eying it and pushed it over to her. "Too watery for my liking." He spoke aloud only for the benefit of the five people around him. Three of which Avery knew. "Once you're done you can either get shown back to my room or get shown to the control room, where I was earlier."

Law stood up and left. All five people stood up also and followed leaving Avery alone at the large table with seven bowl abandoned. Slowly she ate the rest of Law's uneaten soup. People trickled out as the time passed and soon it was only her and two men. One being Twiggy and the other was unknown to Avery. And soon enough even he left. Twiggy started to collect the dishes. He put then in a large gray bin filled half way with soapy water. Avery decided to help so she took the seven sets of dishes from her table and set them in there and followed his example of collecting everything and putting it into the bin. "Best be getting' along." He said when they had collected all of the dishes. "I got from here."

"You sure you don't want help? It's always more fun to do work when someone is with you." He was tempted to accept but if Law found out about her helping to pick the dishes up he'd get in trouble. The fact that when she was turned into a toddler Law had kept her told the crew many things. One of which was that Law liked her. At that time it may not have been in a romantic type way but more of a Bepo type of way. He valued her for some reason but now it was obvious to the crew that he liked her and was waiting for her to become a woman again.

"No." Was all Twiggy said.

"It's not good to lie. If you don't want me helping say so. But lying is bad." Twiggy chuckled at Avery's retreating back. Was she like this before being turned to a child? If she had shown even the smallest fraction of this bluntness that may be why Law had wanted to keep her as a child. Law found amusement in people like her though normally he would tire of them and kill them. Twiggy wondered about his Captain's motives.

Avery walked the path back to Law's room then turned and headed in a different direction towards the control room. Law had continued to leave the Nodachi with Avery after eating and she carried it now, the red tassels swinging with each step she took. She stopped suddenly yet her footsteps didn't. They weren't hers. Who ever was following her had started up after the second turn away from Law's room. She started walking again and the footsteps soon started up matching perfectly with hers. So perfectly timed they never noticed when her plodding steps because ghostly and made no sound. Plop thump, plop thump. They had a limp. Avery once more stopped and looked around holding up her guise of being lost. Plop, sht. Their foot dragged. That sounded more familiar.

Avery sped up her pace slightly when she started walking again. Pop-thump! Plop-thump! One foot was slightly larger than the other having a heavier falling sound so it wasn't just a limp. If she really thought then didn't the last guy out of the galley limp slightly? His shoes were different sized. The man's steps sped up now out of sync with hers. He knew she was getting close to Law so he aws making his move. Avery twisted violently and threw hew hand out falling back and landing on the ground. His two hands were reached out far enough that had she waited another second he would have had a grip on her torso and covering her mouth with the other hand.

"Law." She called in a very meek and scared voice. The man sneered at her. He tried to move but he could do little more than move his eyes and mouth. "L-Law!" She tried to say louder but her voice broke and it turned into a squeak. The control room door opened anyway and there was the man she was calling for. A blue sphere encompassed the three in the hall.

"Room." Law's drawled slowly. There was a harshness in his lazy manner. He reached into his pocket and pulled a scalpel out. He sliced it through the air. The man did not fall apart as Law had expected him to then noticed Avery's raised hand. "Avery, let the man go." Avery's hand fell slack and she dashed to behind Law. Nodachi laid abandoned on the floor near the now separated man. "Who are you?" This man was not part of Law's crew. Law knew everyone upon his ship yet this man held a new face. And had surprisingly tightly sealed lips. Lifting both of his hands into the air, "Shambles." left Law's lips and his hands moving if circles that made ones mind reel. It looked like they circled each other but they could because Arms and hands could not do that unless they were rubber or disconnected from the host.

Law's hand stopped circling. He twisted his wrists so that his palms faced one another and moved his hand towards each other. The man's floating body parts met in odd places. A head where the crotch should be, an arm from the neck of the torso. A finger where a leg once was and so on.

"Unless you wish this to be your near anatomy until you die, then speak." Warned Law.

"I don't know." He finally said after a short silent debate within himself. "I was just told to get something important to you. At first I was going to take that damned sword of yours but then she showed up and I figured you'd be more likely to save the child than retrieve your sword." He looked at Avery then back to Law. "I was supposed to bring the sword to an abandoned bar in Grove 8 and my money would be there and after I was to forget this entire thing."

The blue encasing sphere disappeared. "You want to be part of this crew Avery?" Questioned Law. She just looked up at him with wide curious eyes and her mouth was slightly agape. "We have a spy in our midst. Not a nakama or an innocent. I have finished questioning them and leave them to you to take care of. What do we do?"

"Um, kill them?" It was phrased as a question rather than an actual answer.

"Correct." Law looked down at her wit serious eyes. "Prove your faith to this crew." He moved to lean against the wall and watched her. Normally he would kill the person himself but he wanted her to know that this was no joy ride. She was a pirate now and she had to act like one. That meant no matter who the enemy, their physical shape or well being, or their sex she could not let the person live to become a bigger threat.

Avery looked to Law and saw he was watching her. So he wasn't kidding. She took in a sort breath and walked forward. Not really sure about what was where on him she touched him with a single finger. "Damage heart." Nothing. "Internal organs." Nothing. "Law, where did you put them?" Law just smirked and let this had shadow his eyes. A heavy sigh left her. "Damage Dwayne."

Everything seemed to still then the man exploded and there was... stuff... everywhere. No bones or organs, if the man had any organs in him to begin with Avery didn't know, were not anywhere to be seen. Everything was liquified and dripping down the walls. Avery turned and saw the look of disgust pass over Laws face as he wiped stuff off of his arm. "Don't do that in the sub again."

"But I didn't know where anything vital was."

She was still clean. Law had been just a bit to close. The blood had hit only the arm that was towards her. Law had seen how the blood went. It flew as far forward as it could and as far outward. But back towards her it flew out in almost a cone shape emanating from her finger. When it had hit the walls it had went all the way around, ceiling included, ending at a perfect line. "Mauriac, clean this mess up." He called to the control room.

He walked towards Avery and passed the body until he came to a red lump on the floor. "I'll clean that." Avery picked up the Nodachi. The cloth of the handle and the tassel would never get clean again. It was now technically 'damaged' because nothing could fix it and get all of the blood out. "Damage fix." It almost looked like all of the blood was being squeezed out of the cloth. It dripped down onto the actual sheath which could be wiped off to be cleaned. It was not damaged by stains. "I'll clean that." She repeated as she removed the actual sword and handed it to Law while she carried the sheath.