Well, here I am again, I'm sorry for the delay but I have hundred things now and I will be taking more time to update, sorry guys, but in any case thanks a lot for the hundred reviews and comments, you don't have any idea of how happy this makes me. Love you guys (also love u piopiomeme) T^T For Anon comments:
Apple Bloom: Oh man so close and yet so far SHOOT AWESOME MORE PLEASE!
Thank you, glad you liked the previous chapter, they will be even further apart soon
Guest: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!...I think I'm going to curl up in a corner and cry now. To love you or hate you for writing this, hmmm...
Love me cos here you have more, and don't worry, everything will be ok, more or less, you will see soon.
Jay: Oh oh my Godness._. I don' t know what I am feeling right now. I really don't. At first I want to apologize for not reviewing for half a year and I want to let you know that I am still supporting your awesome fanfiction! Even if I really want to murder you right now! My poor Babys! Oh and from tomorrow on I will start to write reviews again :) for every chapter I didn't and for every chapter that will follow :) Keep up the great work; you are an awesome writer and I really love your stories 3
Don't worry for the reviews, really, people are busy and I understand it so don't waste your time in it, I'm just glad you still follow and like the story darling. Don't murder me yet, I haven't writing the worst part yet, and you still have to suffer a bit, but after that you can murder, blow me up or whatever you want, just let me finish first XD Hope you also like this chapter.
Guest: You keep getting more evil with each chapter. And damn! Law finally broke. I get the feeling that he will kill/hurt Kid later. Ah, so much angst, love the angst.
Thank you, that what I try, evil evolving, it will be better soon, about the Kid-Law reencounter, well, you will have to wait a bit, I have to torture Kidd first.
Guest: I am curious if law is really a full human. I have a feeling he is only a half human and that his mother is not human. I hope to see the other dragons or at least killer coming to the rescue. Great chapter, i look forward to the next one.
Yeah, Law is 100% human, I assure you, if he wasn't he wouldn't be in the order, and they would have killed him years ago. About Killer and the other dragons, well they will make their appearance soon XD
The old commander observed the red-haired man who was standing proudly in front of him. The dragon's eyes glowed with a magical fire, his red hair vibrated amid the darkness of the place, and his huge and powerful body seemed to be able to inspire legends. Definitely the dragon was an impressive specimen, the pride and joy of its race.
It would be the perfect weapon in Akainu's hands.
If only Akainu could trick him to do everything he wanted, if only he could convince him to become his docile pet, everything would be just ideal. Akainu would be able to conquer the whole damn world with that being by his side, no one would ever be able to beat such a man, the king of all dragons.
Luckily for him, the grace of God seemed to be on his side and the man in front of him seemed totally convinced that, as Law's grandfather, he was an ally who wanted to save the boy and would help them.
If only the dragon knew the truth.
Smiling entertained by the irony, the old man approached the half-naked man, covered with wounds, who kept looking at him surprised by the commander's latest revelation, as if he really had not expected that situation. It was clear that Law hadn't told his mate about his lovely relationship with his beloved grandfather. The dragon was totally oblivious to the situation in which he was and, by Akainu's will, believing that the old man would help him.
It was all an advantage too great to let it pass by.
Doflamingo at his side also kept looking at the elderly with suspicion in his eyes, but the blond knew nothing too. He didn't know that this creature could save his beloved nephew, so the stupid man would not intervene.
Akainu, for a moment, just let the feeling of absolute power fill him up. He controlled the world. He had the information and manipulated the people around him as if they were just puppets. Only he was able to make two possible allies, fight fiercely with a few words. He either has to give the order to Doflamingo so he would try to destroy the creature, or he put the blame for Law's punishment on the blond and the dragon would lunged at him.
The world danced in the palm of his hand and the commander could only laugh.
"You're Kidd, right? Law's mate" He asked in the kindest and innocent voice that he could fake, as if he really appreciated that the dragon was in a relationship with his idiotic grandson.
The redhead nodded slowly, still alert and cautious, but finally reacting and crossing his arms in front of his chest as in a stupid attempt of intimidation. Akainu saw mistrust in the eyes of the redhead, but still, the man was not going to take much longer to partially trust him and practically get himself captured.
"Yes, so what?" The dragon asked instantly in a defensive manner, with that powerful and strong voice that echoed through the walls of the church with a macabre resonance.
Akainu smirked. The man wasn't stupid, at least he would understand the orders when Akainu gave them to him.
"Law told me a lot about you. Apparently my nephew appreciates you much" he murmured still smiling kindly and making the dragon instantly tense as if he had remembered something painful "... Yet I'm afraid I can't say the same" he said at last, starting with the game.
The dragon in front of him frowned at the final comment and bared his teeth like a wild animal hissing at an enemy, as if he didn't give a damn whether he approved or not of their relationship. Akainu frowned again, pretending to be angry about this attitude. If he wanted this to work, he would have to interpret his role of a overprotective grandfather perfectly, and that included to scream a bit at this creature.
"Thanks to you and to the... relationship you have with my grandson, Law has been captured and sentenced to death" he accused the dragon, lying vilely as he crossed his arms, faking being angry.
The dragon roared in front of him, instantly pissed off and his eyes seemed to glow with rage at the mention of Law and death, which only made Akainu smile even more internally. It was so easy to provoke, so easy to manipulate, the old man practically saw the dragon's eyes accepting him as a comrade. As if the fact that Akainu cared for Law was all he needed to accept him.
"That's why I'm here" the dragon however continued arrogantly "I'm going to rescue him" he announced almost proud, as if he was gaining Akainu's acceptance just with that words, as if he wanted Law's family and grandfather's acceptance.
"And how do you plan to do that?" Asked the old man, wanting to roll his eyes at how easy it was "Do you plan to fight the entire organization alone? You don't even know where he is, when you get there it may be too late for Law" the old man continued moving the pieces on the board one after another.
The redhead meanwhile clenched his fists frustrated, and Akainu felt his anger rise and warm the environment's air.
"What do you want me to do then? Stand by idly?" the monster replied almost shouting.
Because Kidd didn't like the situation, the thought of Law just about to die made his mind stop thinking, absolutely frightened. He had thought that coming and attacking the order would solve the problem quickly, he would be able to rescue Law and in a few hours, the two of them would be together frolicking on a bed.
Clearly the thing couldn't be so easy.
He was back in the same situation as during the start; he couldn't do anything because it would be too late, because he lacked information, because he needed allies. The order could even use Law against him, they could threaten his life, and they could hurt him in revenge for what Kidd had done.
However, Law's grandfather continued smiling gently. He could help. They were family after all, he would have to help.
"I can help you" the old man said then, solving all Kidd's problems with a single sentence. Kidd felt the weight lifting from his shoulders in a strange way, he felt the relief of someone who knows that the torture would end soon, and that soon he would have Law in his arms again.
"What do you propose?" He asked, trying to hold back how grateful he was for those simple words.
Akainu on the other hand just wanted to laugh seeing the absolute confidence that the creature now had in him.
"I can take you to Law's cell, but I can't help you with anything else" continued the old man with the face of repentance, as if he also wanted to save Law "From there you will have to continue alone, if I help you in anything they can blame me for betrayal, and kill me too" the old man continued to weave the web of lies, totally amused by the credulity of the creature.
Capturing him was going to be so damn easy. When the dragon smiled, with that smile ridden with teeth, and clearly unable to contain his emotion, Akainu had to hold back the tears of laughter.
"Would you really do that?" Asked the redhead, clearly excited.
Akainu smiled, sensing victory within reach. "Of course" he continued with the charade "Law's my dear grandson"
And with that he turned and started to head for the exit of the place smiling in victory.
Doflamingo looked at the dragon in surprise as he began to finally understand the situation. It was clear he had not understood where the dragon came from or the attitude Akainu was suddenly presenting. But he was starting to understand that Law had become the whore of a monster and, he was still too shocked by that simple new to do anything about the whole situation, thus he won't alert the redhead of the trap he was falling into.
It was the perfect situation.
Suddenly stopping before crossing one of the side doors of the cathedral leading to the Vatican's palaces where the order and priests lived, the old man smiled. The soldiers probably would be outside, waiting for his order to enter the place, after all, Kidd had broken the main dome of the cathedral, it was impossible that neither the order nor the College of Cardinals themselves hadn't realized the incident. Still, as the puppets they were, they wouldn't attack the place or the monster until Akainu ordered it.
Turning to face the the redhead who was a few steps behind him smirking excited and impatient, Akainu looked at him in surprise, as if he had now noticed something.
"Now that I think about it, you can't go outside like this" he suddenly explained "You had attacked us and you are our enemy, if you go outside just like this it would be clearly suspicious, they would attack and kill us before reaching Law's cell"
The dragon stopped short and looked at him, frowning, as if he didn't understand why they had stopped "Never mind" he said quickly "I will finish them all, you just take me wherever Law is" and with just that, he kept trying to move toward the exit without worrying about the huge fight that he would have to face.
Akainu smiled in wonder. He would be the perfect weapon.
"That will not work" the old man still insisted "they can still use Law to stop you"
Kidd at his side growled in frustration as his gaze darkened. Everything went back to the same: he could do nothing, Law would always be in danger. Every time he seemed able to find the answer to his problems, a new barrier appeared and Law still remained unaccounted for.
"Then what?" Kidd asked, frustrated, almost shouting to the old man.
Akainu pretended to think about the situation, seeking a solution, although deep down he just laughed delighted with the whole situation, reveling in the new prey that was already in his hands.
"What if you pretend to be my prisoner and had lost the fight?" he asked at last as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
The dragon looked at him incredulously.
"What?"
Akainu smiled innocently.
"Look, I would chain you and we pretend that I have defeated you in the fight, so when we go out and take you to the cells, and they won't attack us. Once we got to the cells, I would liberate you and bring you to Law" he explained as if it was the most logical thing.
He then smiled like a weak and innocent old man who couldn't be a threat to the mighty dragon.
Kidd looked at him doubtfully. He didn't like the idea of being chained and exhibited as if he had actually been defeated by an old man, also, he was wondering why the blond man in front of the altar was still in shock without attacking him. People didn't shy away for so long by his presence, if he was in shock it must be because of something else, and besides, maybe he could trust Law's grandfather, but that would not apply to the blond man. Shouldn't they kill him so he won't alert the rest of the order?
Something just didn't fit.
But there weren't many choices. This was all he could do in this situation. He had no time to think about other rescue plans, he also had no idea of where Law was exactly held captive and he couldn't spend more time without seeing Law. He needed to find him to know he was fine. The fact that the link between them remained closed despite the closeness, or the fact that the torture nightmares would not stop tormenting him at night, had only put him on edge on the recent days.
He needed Law now.
Besides, he could always break free from the chains if the old man lied, he could always kill the soldiers if they attacked him and he could always find Law on his own with the original plan. At least now Kidd knew his mate was somewhere in the cells, the cells used to be underground. It wouldn't take much to get him.
"All right" he said at last accepting the offer "but hurry".
The old man smiled satisfied and Kidd couldn't help smiling back, thinking that at last, he would be able to rescue Law and that his suffering had finally ended.
"Show me your wrists" said the man and clutching Kidd's wrists as soon as the redhead presented them to the man.
That was one of the first alarms that Kidd's mind sent him. The man was too strong, with callused fingers after using a sword, and riddled with thousands of scars. They were not the hands of someone weak, but of someone terribly strong.
The second alarm was to feel that little pressure of dark, fetid magic ruffling his skin, something that shouldn't be there, something that was simply wrong. Then he saw the old man's face transform from the friendly and innocent smile into a cruel grimace full of disgust. Kidd finally lowered his eyes to looked horrified at what he was about to be chained with.
But it was too late.
When Kidd wanted to withdraw his hands from the man's ones, realizing he had fallen into a trap, the old man's hands closed around his wrists tightly as two gold bracelets he had already known appeared and closed around Kidd's wrists binding them together with a thin chain.
"You really are an idiot" the old man whispered, seeing the horror on the face of his powerful new pet.
He had a dragon.
Since he had discovered the existence of this dragon, Akainu had only thought about how to capture it. The handcuffs were one of his masterpieces, an object that he had spent days to bring to perfection, awaiting the arrival of the dragon, and dreaming about his empire.
The bracelets that now rested on the arms of the dragon were the same ones that he had taken away from Law a few days ago, but slightly modified. The small bracelets were imbued with magic and twisted spells that would make them impossible to break, even with the dragon's strength. They couldn't break no matter the force of the prisoner or the magic that it possesses, these ones absorbed the power of their prey and would store it for Akainu's own use.
The bracelets would not only steal the dragon's magic, but they would also prevent the redhead from transforming, keeping its true nature as a secret until needed.
Now he had the dragon. Now he would use Law to manipulate the beast. Akainu would make him raze and destroy cities if the beast didn't want to see his beloved partner die or suffer the keenest torment. And best of all was that, when Law ended his reeducation, his beloved grandson would also be at his mercy.
He had two new toys and with them he would dominate the world. This was the beginning of his empire, this was a turning point, his secret weapon, because no one in the order yet knew about the existence of Kidd or Law.
So when the stupid dragon roared and tried to pounce on him with the murderous instinct in his eyes, the old commander dodged him without problem and pushed him to the ground with a kick, delighting in how the beast rolled on the ground without magic and no power to defend himself.
"Now you're my toy, little monster" he added laughing.
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Akainu smirked as he poured the wine in the heavy golden cup, filling it with that maroon colored liquid. This was one of the best wines that had ever existed, a famous vintage wine from the 56 harvest from the Italian Piedmont, one of the best in history, and practically a national treasure. A single bottle could reach a high price on the black market, and yet, being who he was, he had not had the slightest problem getting it.
It was perfect to celebrate the beginning of his empire.
Heavily leaning on his office chair, Akainu closed his eyes and raised the cup to his lips, relishing in the aroma and flavor of that jewel of a wine. On the other side of the window; the children were playing while walking among the narrow streets of the old town, enjoying the last rays of sunlight; and the high court ladies rushed between laughter and gossip to the latest works of theater of the day, wearing those stunning velvet dresses.
Akainu watched the world at his feet as if everything already belonged to him. Feeling that everything seemed just... perfect.
"Let him in" he whispered finally to the black dress guard guarding the heavy door of his office, with a contented smile stretching his wine wet lips.
When the boy entered the room decorated with marble and extravagant objects, Akainu couldn't help but notice the obvious change that his dear grandson had suffered. The boy, serene and standing in a perfect guard position, made his way to the exact center of the room and stopped right in the middle of it.
The old commander looked at him from head to toe, studying him intensely. The horrible wounds had disappeared from his tanned skin with the potions and not even the slightest scar remained to remember him of the torture he had endured. His uniform was totally black and fitted perfectly, not a wink, not a bad knot, just the code, his position was alike the regulations, with the long sword at his side and his hands behind his back, waiting for orders.
It was just the perfect view of an obedient soldier.
But what fascinated the old man the most were his serious gray eyes. Where before had been an unleashed storm shining with fury and rage, now there was absolutely nothing, only the cold steel of a lifeless sword.
His grandson had successfully passed the re-education. No emotion shadowed, no feeling ran over his face while watching the man who had killed everything Law had ever wanted and loved.
There was nothing, Law was just an empty shell.
Akainu rose from the old golden seat where he had been sitting, feeling his skin prickle of excitement. Leaving the wine glass on the table, he arranged the twisted white tunic he was wearing and walked to the completely motionless boy in the middle of the room.
As he approached, his excitement grew when he noticed the small details: the shoulders of the boy relaxed and didn't tense as he had whenever Akainu had talked to him, his hands open and not closed in fists of fury, his legs in a slightly open position to guard and not to attack.
Akainu licked his lips when he saw that, at the end, he had succeeded. Finally he had the first of his many puppets in his hands.
"Whom do you owe loyalty?" He asked at last, raising a hand and caressing the warm cheek of his nephew, delighted to see that this time the boy didn't retreat with disgust, to see that everything was real.
"You, my lord" the boy answered without even hesitating, with that completely cold and emotionless voice, his eyes remaining fixed to the front as the perfect machine he now was.
The old commander trembled with pleasure after hearing those simple words. At last he had succeeded. The rehabilitation had worked. His beloved nephew was the living proof of it. Now the world was his. Nobody could stop an army of men without feelings. A soldier who felt no pain, who didn't question or doubted orders, was simply unbeatable.
Akainu would have an invincible army.
And a dragon.
Helpless, Akainu bent over his nephew and hugged him tightly as he laughed loud and strong, making the macabre sound echo within the walls. The guard at the gate looked at him scared. His grandson in his arms did nothing while his grandfather gave him the first hug in his life.
"I'm so proud of you, Law" he whispered into his nephew's ear "Thanks to you the world belongs to me".
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The captain with blond hair and tired eyes finally managed to bribe the guard with heavy embittered gold coins and sneaked into the heavy cell without anyone seeing him. To place one of his own guards at the post had been almost impossible, but apparently, the money was always the perfect answer for that kind of people, no matter to whom they would be loyal.
But to enter, however, had been an odyssey.
That cell was not even in the Castel Sant Angelo where they used to lock up all the prisoners, and where you could enter without problems, but this cell was in the very bowels of San Pablo, under the huge cathedral. They were in the Pope's private cells, and the people who knew about them could be counted with the fingers of one hand.
It was where Akainu had locked the dragon.
Doflamingo quickly walked down the narrow and hidden corridor to stand in the middle of the only two cells that were in the place, knowing that he would just have an hour to talk to the creature until the next change of guard. Yet he was not going to need that much time, he had planned what he was going to say and what he needed to ask hours ago.
Approaching the cell from which came the grunts and sounds of chains, Doflamingo watched the redheaded man who had interrupted his conversation with Akainu, a few hours earlier.
Eustass Kidd was chained to a wall, forced to barely stand. The strange magical bracelets were still present on his wrists, but now they were covered with blood after the struggle that the monster had done to try to break free. He had been stripped of weapons, they had given him several beatings to manage to put him there, but despite his battered state, Doflamingo knew that if he let him out of those devices, the dragon won't take long to create another slaughter.
His gaze was one of a desperate man who had lost everything. Growling desperately and on the verge of crying because of impotence after hours of fruitlessly trying to break free. His body was covered with wounds, after the beating even his pants had been frayed, and to Doflamingo the man just reminded him to how he had been after losing his brother and main pillar in his life.
That man was a reflection of how he had been in the past. It was the reflection of someone without the slightest hope. To see him like this made something in the blond's chest cringe with embarrassment. Maybe he had held some grudge against the dragon Law had risked so much and ended this way, but it was by seeing the attempts of the redhead to get loose and the roars he desperately emitted that all the frustration vanished.
"So you're the person for whom Law had betrayed the order" he said as he leaned against the bars of the cell, crossing his arms.
The man inside instantly stopped his abortive attempt to break free and, raising his head, looked into Doflamingo eyes with those strange golden embers he had. Doflamingo could only shudder at the look fraught with power and content rage. Perhaps the creature was shackled and in his last moments, but still, he continued to inspire the power and danger of a demon. This was a man who would never submit, a legendary creature who had lived for thousands of years, and one that a mere humans would not be able to break unless they had something to kill him with.
Something like Law.
"Have you also come to mock me?" the red-haired man then asked with a tense voice of someone that waits for the inevitable.
Had Akainu tortured him? Had he punished him? The blonde closed his eyes, totally tense only to imagine it. He didn't know why, but without knowing him yet, he felt he had to protect and help that chained man. Not only for Law, but because he seemed to be someone just as tormented as him.
"No" he responded quickly, avoiding the glare "...I really don't know why I have come" he finally recognized with a fake smile "I suppose I wanted to know the person my nephew had died for"
Because the truth was that Doflamingo had seen him. He had seen what they had done to Law because of the dragon, what they had made of him. Doflamingo was still shaking as he remembered the icy, empty gaze that Law had dedicated him, hearing the tone, void of appreciation and respect with which Law had answered his questions. As if he wasn't more than a machine.
Akainu had practically rubbed how Law had survived torture and now was his toy over Doflamingo's face. The old man had ordered the boy to raise his sword against his adopted uncle and Law had done it without hesitation and without even the slightest emotion furrowing his face. As if he wasn't even the same man.
It was at that moment when Doflamingo had realized that he had lost him forever, and it was then in a panic attack when he had run without hesitation to see the imprisoned and chained dragon, prey of the desperation of seeing his last family disappear into the cold nothing.
"He isn't dead" the dragon roared through clenched teeth, fighting back against the chains and with his eyes were glowing in fury.
Doflamingo wanted to laugh in pain. He wanted to comfort the redhead. He wanted to comfort himself. Lie to himself, wake from the nightmare. But he couldn't afford the self-deception. The dragon either. Kidd needed to know the truth. They needed to accept it to be able to respond to the blow.
"No, what they have done to him is far worse" Doflamingo replied at last, without deigning to look into the eyes of the beast.
Because it was the truth. It would have been better to kill Law instead of that. Now they would use Law's corpse to destroy everything that the boy had ever loved, they would make him raise his sword against his own family and friends, without Law being able to do anything about it, he would destroy villages, children, and elderly. He will become the monster that Law himself had always feared he would become. They would corrupt his memory, his mind, until his own friends and loved ones hated him for becoming such a monstrosity,
There was no turning back from the rehabilitation. The mind would not support the return to what it has been before, it was just too broken to regroup itself and come back intact. They had lost Law forever, but instead of being able to bury him underground and mourn him, they would have to see how the young man became a puppet in the hands of another monster.
"What do you mean?" The dragon asked with a serious voice but with a slight tinge fraught with terror and fear, knowing nothing of what had happened, still happy in ignorance.
The blond then hesitated whether to tell him or not. Maybe it was better if the dragon didn't suffer, perhaps Doflamingo could protect him for Law, and perhaps it was better not to take away his hope. But looking at redhead's bloody hands, his body riddled with wounds and his pleading eyes and Doflamingo could not help it.
"They have... broken him, they have removed all traces of consciousness or emotion he might have. He has become a machine" he finally sentenced staring at the dusty ground beneath his feet.
Silence filled the room. That place deep in the earth where the light barely entered, fell into a tense and incredulous silence.
"That's a lie. Law is strong and would not fall for something like that" the dragon instantly answered with anger in his voice, but clearly doubting his own words.
"Everyone has a limit" Doflamingo said, trying to exculpate Law after all he had been through "No one has ever come out alive from the reeducation process. Law has done it ... but at a high price. He doesn't even distinguish friends from enemies anymore" Doflamingo whispered with another fake smile on his face.
"But he is still alive" insisted the dragon.
"Yes"
"Then I'll bring him back"
Doflamingo smiled at the innocence of the creature, at his belief that he, as Law's partner and as his other half, would be able to do the impossible. Doflamingo had lived for many years under the roof of the order to stop believing in miracles years ago when he had to bury his younger brother.
"It's not that easy" he tried to make the dragon understand. He didn't want the man to pursue now an impossible dream. It would only expand the damage, and Doflamingo had promised himself a moment ago that he would protect the man.
"I don't care" the creature replied arrogantly, looking at Doflamingo as if he really didn't understood why the blonde doubted the truth of his words.
Doflamingo looked at the man sadly, pitying him. The dragon had not seen Law, he didn't understand what he was saying, and he didn't understand it was simply impossible.
"Why are you telling me this?" The redhead then asked, giving him a suspicious look not trusting him. The blond wasn't offended in the least.
"Because you may be the only person alive apart from me that really cares about the welfare of Law" he answered with a defeated look "We are the only ones left that can protect him"
The dragon continued peering at him more closely now, watching him from head to toe and frowning slightly. The blond let him do whatever he wanted still too lost in his own dark thoughts.
"Who are you?" asked the dragon at last, now looking at him with mild curiosity.
Doflamingo sighed.
"That doesn't matter" he quickly responded "The only thing you have to know is that from now on, Akainu will try to use Law against you, I can't do anything to help you" the cell was too guarded, the fact that they would use Law too to punish Doflamingo prevented him for doing something stupid "but you have to try to escape with Law before Akainu forces you to do anything, or the whole world would end up in his hands"
The dragon looked at him blankly.
"What?" asked the dragon totally confused. Doflamingo rolled his eyes.
"Akainu wants to create an army of unemotional soldiers as he has done with Law" he decided to explain "years ago they already tried doing something similar, but no one survived the tests and the experiment ended up discarded. However, now that Law is Akainu's proof that the conversion actually works, he would use it to convince the rest of the organization that creating something like this is possible"
Doflamingo was explaining the situation as fast as he could, and as the redhead began to understand his words his eyes were filled slightly with alarm. But that was not the worst.
"I'm not trying to brag, but the exorcists are already the best military organization in the world, we know the magic and can cure any injury or illness, we are well versed in all kinds of combat or weapons, and we are required absolute obedience" he began enumerating some of their strong points "However, if you take away the ability to decide, the ability to judge or refuse to do something ... we will become the best weapons in the world. We will raze entire nations without the slightest remorse, no one strong enough would be able to stand against us, and the world will be at the feet of Akainu, our leader, and Law's granddad" he explained at last.
The dragon gave him a look full of anger, stating clearly that over his dead body was he letting something like that happen. Because if Akainu got the power, not only would he kill every magical creature that existed, brothers and friends of the dragon, he would also submit all free people that lived on the planet.
"That's why you have to escape" he said returning to the original problem here "gather your allies and destroy the order before it is too late, before what happened to Law is repeated and more lives are lost needlessly" Doflamingo finally begged.
The dragon however still continued to stare at him immobile.
"How can I trust you? How do I know that you are not using me for your own plans?" The dragon asked at last, voice strained furiously.
This time Doflamingo did smile. It was good that the man began to distrust and would not fall again into such an obvious trap like the one Akainu had set.
"You can't" he said making the dragon frown "but let me show you something"
Moving away from the bars, the blonde started unbuttoning the black jacket and white blouse he wore underneath it which together formed the regular uniform of the order, and he finally exposed his chest to the eyes of the beast.
There, in one of his pectorals, just above his heart, he had a huge tattoo with the shape of a big black heart. The blond knew that Law had several similar tattoos covering his chest and back with the same design, after all, they had made them both together, when Corazon had died.
It was a silent memory that they both had made in honor of the man and, consequently, the dragon's eyes widened in recognition, and Doflamingo knew then that the beast would believe him now.
"Maybe it's too late for Law, it may be too late for me or for the whole world, but I will not let this man get away after everything he'd done" he said tensely with the promise of revenge in his eyes "The only thing I ask for, dragon, is that you take Law away from this place ... and that you help me kill Akainu for everything that has done to make him suffer"
Well, I want to clear some things: Kidd is not stupid, for him, a family is one of the most sacred things on earth, so it's unthinkable for him that someone will be able to betray his own family, for him it's impossible to believe that Akainu will be able to betray Law, so he trust him with no problem.
In any case, hope you liked the chapter, see you in a few weeks.