Taken

"What the heck?!" Lami breathed out as she collapsed to the deck of the sub. Her heart pumped so hard she thought it was going to bust right out of her chest. Despite being on the sub she still looked over the island for any signs of the machine coming for them. The machine that looked like the warlord Kuma and almost ended their lives. "That thing as a machine! Why in the world would anyone want to build multiple machines of that warlord?! And why was it so hard to beat?! I mean we had Daddy on our side and even Kid! What the heck?!"

"I don't have a clue," Penguin said. "But that battle was insanely tough. I don't ever want to face one again."

"Same here," Shachi said.

"Was he really that tough?" Ika asked.

"It," Penguin corrected. "And yes it was."

"And I was completely useless," Lami said her shoulders hanging low. "My powers didn't work again. This is getting so old."

"It was better that way," Law said. "He was too tough for you to fight."

Lami wrinkled her nose.

"Who's the big guy?" Fugu asked looking up at Jean Bart.

"That's Jean Bart," Lami said. "He's a new crewmate. He's former pirate captain. Daddy freed him from being a slave."

"I've heard that name before," Fugu said. "Well, welcome to the crew then. Follow me. I'll get you settled in."

"So what are we going to do now?" Lami asked. "Are we leaving this place?"

"There's no point," Law said.

"Why?" Lami asked.

"If the Navy really wanted us then they would have continued following," Law said. "But they're no where to be seen. We're still safe here. Besides, the real criminal back there was Straw Hat. He punched the Celestial Dragon. They'll be more focused on him."

"I guess so," Lami said.

"Or something else," Ika said.

"What do you mean?" Lami looked at him.

Ika held up a newspaper. "Considering the trouble you all were in you probably didn't see this newspaper yet."

Law took and opened it. Lami and the two others gathered around him to see what was going on.

"What?!" Shachi, Penguin, and Lami screamed. "The Navy is going to execute Fire Fist Ace?!"

"Yeah." Ika nodded. "The new was released a little while ago. Everyone's freaking out about it."

"How stupid can they be?!" Shachi screamed.

"Whitebeard isn't going to stand still for this!" Penguin added.

"I guess that explains why there wasn't a lot of Navy soldiers here," Lami said. "They're preparing for a war with Whitebeard."

"Yeah." Law nodded.

Two weeks soon came and gone. The Heart Pirates remained docked at the Sabaody Archipelago. Everyone remained upset and worried about the upcoming execution of Fire Fist Ace. Well, everyone but the Heart Pirates. They were relaxed as always. At least until Law informed them they were going to head for Marineford where the war between the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates was currently going on.

"What? We're going to the war?" Lami asked. "Why?"
"Just calling it a spur of the moment thing," Law said.

"For Straw Hat?" Lami asked.

"Something like that," Law said. "Let's set sail."

Lami hummed. It was never easy to figure out what her dad could be up to at times. Still she readied herself for the war. Two weeks had past since the big fight on Sabaody. The Straw Hats went missing. No one knew where they were. The only one of the Straw Hats that reappeared was Straw Hat Luffy, he ended up at the war somehow. And the execution of Fire Fist Ace was going to be happening soon, if it wasn't stopped.

Lami didn't really want to get involved with the war at all. Her crew was strong but so many powerful pirates and navy men were going to be there. And she was right. By the time they had gotten there the sea round the island had been frozen over by Aokiji. Law ordered her to stay inside since her powers were still acting up. And she did, reluctantly. Though she knew she wasn't strong enough to help here even if she did have the use of her powers. But they didn't stay very long there at all. They only got Luffy and one other, the former warlord Jinbe, before escaping from the war.

They had escaped the war and the admirals, somehow. She stayed in the operating room, watching her dad take care of Luffy and the fishman that had come with him. Before long Bepo started complaining about being hot while submerged. Shachi and Penguin, drenched in sweat, had come back to the operating room to ask permission to surface. Lami decided to go with them as she grew bored watching her dad work.

They surfaced. But that wasn't without it's own surprise. Outside on the deck they had found a large snake and a Navy ship that Boa Hancock had arrived on. After some debating and a surprising arrival of some prisoners from Impel down, they all agreed that Luffy needed time to recover so they headed for Amazon Lily after the warlord called for some of her people.

"So this is the all female island," Lami said scanning her eyes over the large snakes carved into the mountain and all of the women standing on the cliffs. Everyone single woman, old enough, had a snake around her shoulders. "They really have a thing for snakes here."

"It smells so nice here."

"They're so beautiful."

"Hey, guys. If you don't want to die you better get inside the sub," Law said before an arrow embedded into the wall by his head.

Lami summoned her orbs but stopped when Hancock told everyone that they weren't enemies. Then an argument broke out between the spoiled Hancock and an older woman before the crew was allowed to stay in the bay on the island.

"The girl can come onto the island but the men are not allow," the old woman said.

"No thanks," Lami said. "I'm not interested in setting foot on your snooty island."

"What?!" The old woman gasped. "You insolent child! How dare you talk to your elder like that?! Show some respect, child!"

Lami shrugged carefree.

The crew chuckled. Entering back into the sub, they headed over to the bay were told about and docked.

"This is where we have to stay until Luffy wakes up?" Lami asked looking around the small area they were in. The woman from the island came and had put up some sheets to block their view of the island. Which she thought was stupid. The village was inside the rocks that went around the island. There was no way the men could look inside of the village.

…

Lami sat with her feet curled underneath her. With her orbs out in front of her she focused on them and tried to get them to listen to her. It wasn't going well. They would only flitter with their individual power before disappearing as they were doing now. Their individual element flickered around the orb before vanishing. She glanced up at the sky. The days past low, too slow. Luffy was still the same. The Kuja women had come and gone from their small camp to bring them food and check on Luffy. They had also asked her to come into their village but she declined again. And her powers seem to be getting worse and worse as time went on. The words from the big man they had met came back into her ears. She wondered if he spoke the truth about her and her powers. Were her powers changing to the point she was unable to handle them on her own? Was she going to lose them? Or worse. Was she going to lose control and hurt her family? She shuttered. That was the last thing she wanted to do.

"You okay, Lami?" Law asked.

"I don't know," Lami said as he sat down beside her. "I'm confused I guess about my powers. I don't understand why I'm having so much trouble with them. It makes me feel so useless and helpless. Like back on Sabaody, I couldn't do anything to help you defeat that Kuma clone machine thing."

"I already told you. I really didn't want you fighting that thing anyway," Law said. "It was almost too strong for me to handle."

"And that's why I should have been able to fight!" Lami said. "I could have help! The crew wouldn't have gotten so worn out then!"

"Lami, calm down," Law said. "Nothing that happened is your fault. We're going to figure this thing out."

Lami sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm just so frustrated with this. You raised me to handle myself."

"I know." Lami ruffled her hair. "It'll get better. I promise. Come on. Let's eat. Dinner's ready."

"Okay." Lami pushed herself to her feet. She turned to follow her dad back over to the small campfire they had going. Suddenly, her body stopped. "What the heck?"

"What is it, Lami?" Law turned back to her.

"I don't know," Lami said. "I can't move."

"What do you mean?" Law asked.

"Just what I said," Lami said. She tried to move her feet again. Nothing. They didn't respond to her commands. "Daddy, something's wrong! I can't move! What do I do?!"

Law rushed over to her. He reached out to her but his hand went right through her.

"Daddy!" Fear gripped Lami's chest when her dad's hand passed through her. Everything around her became blurry. She grabbed for her dad only to find she couldn't touch him either. "What's happening?! I can't see you very well!"

"Lami!" Law called out. His voice was distant from her ears.

"Daddy!" Lami reached for him. But he vanished. The world around her disappeared. Her body flew backwards. Her head spun as she tried to figure out what was going on. Then she lost consciousness.

…

"Just relax. You'll be fine in a minute," a female voice said.

Lami's blurry eyes came into focus a bit. The starry sky above her had changed into wood and stone of some kind. She blinked.

"You're fine, Miss Kinder. Just an upset stomach," another female voice said. "You go on back to class now."

"Yes, ma'am," a younger female voice said.

Lami turned her head. She saw a few people wondering around the room. For a moment she thought they were the Kuja, that they had brought her to the village somehow. But then she remembered the Kuja wore very revealing outfits. These women were covered from head to toe in dresses, aprons, and some form of headdress that she didn't recognize. Several beds were lined up in the long rectangular like room. No one and nothing looks familiar. "What the heck?"

Lami shot up in bed.

"Oh, you're awake now," one of the women said. "Just relax. The spell should be about worn off."

When the woman walked towards her, Lami jumped out of bed. She summoned her orbs. "Stay back!"

"Hold on, dear," the woman said. "We're not going to hurt you. You're among friends here."

"I am not!" Lami snapped. "I don't…where's my family?!"

"Oh, they're not here," the woman said. "They-"

"What?!" Lami cut her off. "Where are they?! What did you do to them?!"

"Calm down," the woman said. "The headmaster will be here soon. He can explain everything."

"No!" Lam raised a gale. Anything and everything loose flew up to the roof, even the women's skirts. They desperately pushed down their skirts so no one could see their bloomers. Using the element of surprise, she dashed down the room and out into the hall. More unfamiliar faces and an unfamiliar hallway greeted her. She ran down the hall, bumping against a few people in the process.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" someone called.

Lami didn't stop. She kept running until a large door came into her view. Hoping it was the way out, she ran for it. She grabbed the handle and pulled the door open. She ran outside. With a startling gasp, she halted in her tracks. She had no idea where she was. All that appeared to be on the island was this building and a forest. And her family and home was nowhere to be seen.

Guest: Guess we'll have to see what happens.

Greer123: Sorry. This story isn't about Ace. So I can't save him here. I am doing a story about him where he 'might' survive ;) but I haven't gotten to the next chapter yet. Only two are up.

Sakura Lisel: It might be like that. Or it might not. The answer in the next chapter.