1 Week later...

Sitting down in the Recovery Room Karma looked over at a sleeping David as his body was beaten and battered. Riru was able to struggle through to help everyone else recover before she healder herself. David and Chase seemd to have taken the most damage, but David had gotten punched through the back and through his stomach. Karma sat there rocking back and forth in her seat a little worried for David. As she sat there Kit walked up.

"Davey will be fine." Kit reassured as she rested her hand on Karma's shoulder.

"I know, it's just. That guy was way too strong for us." Karma replied.

"Yeah, he was a Shicibukai though." Kit pointed out.

"That became obvious. He took all of us down like we were mere bugs at his feet." Karma sighed dissapointedly.

"Hmph, we weren't that easy."

"Chase?" Kit turned around and helped him stand as he leaned against a wall. His whole upper torso was bandaged and he was badly beaten.

"You shouldn't be out of bed!" Riru yelled as she ran over and picked Chase up then threw him back in his bed.

"Ouch!" Chase cried out.

"Sorry!" Riru cried as she ran back to her room.

"Hmph, our crew." Avery grinned as he joined the girls in the recovery room, "How's he holding up?"

"Well..." Riru started.

"Ah!" Everyone yelled out in surprise at how she appeared from nowhere wearing a doctor outfit and held a clipboard.

"His only serious wound now is that gaping hole in his stomach." She informed flipping through the papers on her clipboard.

"Whoa where'd you get that outfit? It makes you look so cute!" Kit smiled as she began to hug Riru.

"Can't...breath."

"Sorry." Kit sweatdropped and dropped Riru.

"Thank...you. Now nurse assist me!" Riru yelled as she quickly changed Avery into a nurse outfit.

"What the? You can't do that!" Avery barked.

"Yes I can, I'm the doctor." Riru then walked over and slipped on surgical gloves and unwrapped the bandages around David's stomach.

"Wow..." Avery said in awe as all he saw was the flesh and bone of David's stomach contents.

"Well...I better get started." Riru said as she then began to pull out random medical supplies, "Despite the fact that he does have a hole in his stomach, his heartbeat is still going, it is faint though." Riru advised everyone as she checked his hear rate, "This hole is not going to be easy to heal."

"It's a hole! How is it ever going to heal!" Karma yelled.

"I'm doing my best!" Riru snapped back, both of them tear filled.

"You two need to stop!" Kit got in the middle tear filled as well. Avery looked at the three girls, then walked up.

"All you need to go to your rooms and rest." Avery sighed.

"What about David?" Riru asked.

"Look, you can test him in the morning. He'll still be here. We all just need some rest." Avery sighed again and scratched the back of his head as he walked out and stood in the doorway, "Now." He simply stated. With that the girls left the room, and Avery closed the door behind them. All hoping for the best.

Later that night...

"Huh...David my boy." A man sighed as he stood over the sleeping David, "You sure do get into alot of trouble huh?" The man chuckled a little before taking off a purple glove. The man was cloaked and hooded hidden within the shadows. He reached his peach skin over David's stomach and a small buble formed over the hole within David's stomach. The ball was then pushed into the hole.

"That should do it." The man sighed, "I would help your crew too, but they aren't dying." The man smirked.

"Good bye..." With that a gust of wind struck David's room and the man was gone.

The Next Morning...

"Huh...breakfast is ready." Kit sighed as she placed the food on the table.

"Riru have you checked on David yet?" Chase asked as he found his way to the table.

"No...not yet. Avery said to let him rest for a little bit."

"Yeah that's probably best." Chase grunted as he sat down holding his ribs.

"You alright Chase?" Karma asked.

"Haha.." Chase chuckled, "No, but I'll live."

"Yeah we all will." Avery walked up and sat down at the table.

"That Broly guy...he was too strong for any of us." Riru sighed.

"Can we just eat, I'd rather not talk about our great loss." Chase suggested.

"Yeah." Everyone agreed and started eating.

"So this it huh?" A man asked.

"Yes Admiral, Broly said that he killed the Captain. He also said that the rest of the crew might be dead as well."

"Well if they were we wouldn't be here to make sure now would we?" The admiral replied.

"No Admiral Weston."

"Alright then, let us continue on." Admiral James 'Ferro' Weston, was sent by Xander to make sure that Broly did kill the pirates that he claimed. James is a pale skinned twenty nine year old man, with dark brown hair, and metallic grey eyes. He wears a dark grey vest, black pants, a big black overcoat, a grey fedora hat, black shoes. Over it all he wore his marine Admiral jacket.

James walked up to the boat and looked onwards at it, he then called:

"Okay you pirates! I've found you! Now let's make this easy and let my subordinates kill you please! I really don't want to do this right now!" James called out, "If you come out now I'll make your deaths fast. I promise!"

"Is he really threatning us?" Riru asked scared.

"Yeah, seems like it." Avery sighed.

"What do we do?" Karma asked.

"Huh..." Chase sighed.

"Chase?" Kit looked at him.

"I'm going." He announced.

"Wait what?" The crew yelled.

"I'm the First Mate, I'll go and take care of this guy as fast as I can." He explained.

"Chase you can't leave like that! You aren't ready to battle!" Riru explained, "Your wounds will open up again."

"Does that mean I'll die?" Chase asked.

"There's a possibility."

"Hmmm...not the answer I was looking for, but oh well." Chase shrugged and began to walk off.

"Chase I'm going too." Avery stood and followed Chase.

"Eh, no stupid. You stay here. I'll take care of them by myself." Chase looked at Avery.

"But..."

"But? Thats an order, all of you stay here. As First Mate, while David's down I'm in charge and how you guys have to sit here and wait for my return!"

"And if you don't?" Kit asked tearful, which got the rest of the crew to bring tears up as well.

"Huh...can we not cry please? I don't do good with that. I'll be back." Chase sighed, "Later." With that he walked out and looked at James.

"Hahaha you! Wow, you're 'The Electricfying' Chase M. Dragon!" James smiled, "I didn't know you were part of his crew."

"I have a nickname?" Chase asked.

"Yeah, we are currently working on the bounty you have. Then again, you're about to die so it won't matter." James explained with a grin.

"Yeah, yeah whatever." Chase jumped down from the boat, and landed on his feet. Once he did he struggled to keep his balance.

"Hmph, personally I'd fight you. The thing is, you're weak now so whats the point? Men! Attack!" James pointed at Chase and alll of his men began to fire.

"Hmph..." Chase grinned as he let the bullets pass through him since he was made of lightning.

"Oh yeah, that stuff won't work on you huh? You can make anything pass through you huh?" Weston sighed, he didn't want to have to fight an injured. Though it looked like he had no other choice.

"You coming at me or what?" Chase grinned as he slipped into his stance.

"You're walking a fine line here kid, you're on the verge of death and want to fight me?" James asked as he scratched the back of his head, "What are you trying to do?"

"Hmph, there's no point in running."

"What do you mean?" James asked.

"Everyday us pirates walk a fine line putting ourselves in danger for our dreams. Evnetually the time comes where we will die. So there's no point in running away. Same goes for Marines, Shichibukai, Yonkuo, ordinary people, and so on. Aren't well running?"

"Running from what?"

"From death."

"What?"

"You see we ignore the fact that eventually we have to die. So why hide? Why run? Embrace it, so once again I ask. Aren't we all running?"

"Huh...I think it's time for you to die.." James stuck his hand out and made it into a spear, "I ate the Ferro Ferro fruit allowing me to become liquid and solid metal. You know like mercury. So now it's over..." James began to run at Chase, and he just stood there. As James got close Chase realized something. He couldn't move.

"Die!" James yelled as he lunged forwards, but his spear got caught in a wall of ice. Upon that ice a shadow stood. James could see who it was clearly, and didn't like who it was, "You..."

Next Time: Unable to fight Chase is saved by a miracle, or more like a queen. A Snow Queen! As the rest of the crew waits on the ship for Chase's return, Chase watches the person that just saved his life fight against an Admiral. Then when things get down to it, another miracle happens!

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