So, um hi. I am so sorry about this chapter. I really struggled with it, and I feel like you can tell. I wanted to do so much more with this chapter, but it never did what I wanted. I felt like everything just become wrong. First I wanted to have more characters in it too, like Crocodile, but I wasn't prepared to release any information about him yet, so it felt pointless. I also thought about having Big Mom in it, but her part was really bad, so I skipped it. I may try to do another one later on.

But, well here is the next chapter, and I wanted to write mostly like new people, and also introducing Moriah in the story. He will not have a super big role, more in the shadows or back ground. And I love Moriah in the original story, here he is just such an as, still like him tho.
Then I wanted to have a nice moment with Marco, and I think his part is the one I like the best!

I also wanted to show how different people think, and reflect about stuff, sorry if it wasn't in a good way.
Worse are Smoker and Hawkins part. Smokers was just, I don't know, hard to write. I wanted to have the part in there, but I felt like it didn't become any good.
Hawkins part was even worse. I wanted to show more about how Hawkins thinks and stuff, and also how things are between him and Law. But it didn't become any good. I have rewritten that part a few times, and I am not sure if I can make it any better, mostly because I am not good at writing as Hawkins.

So I really hope you can get through it, and if not, I do apologize, and you shall not need to feel sorry.

I haven't decided who I will have in the next chapter. I am trying to decide between Smoker, Shanks, Luffy or Vivi. I think those are the ones I think of doing next. May change my mind.

I will also tell you that the chapter may take longer time to get released from here on. I have two other stories I am writing on, and my book, then work and stuff. I will try to post as often as I can tho.

Also thank you, everyone who are reading the story, love you!

And try to enjoy the chapter! :)

"Master!" Gyoro screamed as he ran through the mansion with Bao and Nin. "Master!"
"Hum?" a tired voice answered them, barely opening his eyes.
"It's a storm!" Bao said.
"The worst one, in a long time!" Nin said.
"The foyer is stuck with people, what are we going to do?" Gyoro asked, but the half sleeping person didn't answer.

"MORIAH!" the three servants screamed and Moriah opened his eyes, and slowly stood up. Damn he still felt a bit drunk. He hated when people waked him, and he hoped that it was important. But then he knew that no one never woke him up, if it wasn't.
"I am up" he said. "Where is Absalom and Perona?"
"Absalom have some clients, and Perona just got back from a delivery" Bao said and Moriah nodded, still a bit sleepy.
"How long have Absalom been with his clients?"
"Almost an hour" Nin answered, and Moriah nodded again.

He rubbed his eyes, it sounded like he had a full house, something he needed to take care off. He had an opportunity to do some business.
"Tell the men and women that they need to work extra" Moriah commanded, not leaving any room for discussion. He didn't care what it took, his employees needed to work all night long, that was after all what he paid them for. "You also need to wake Hogback, he has work to do"
"Are we sure that such a good idea?" Perona asked as she entered the room.

"Big Mom did ask for another delivery, didn't she?" Moriah asked and Perona only nodded. "Then Hogback need to be waken, someone need to take care of the bodies"
"And what are you going to do?" Perona asked.
"I am going to tell our guests of some rules" Moriah answered and looked at the woman in front of him. "Get ready to spread your lovely legs"
"I have already been working all day" Perona complained when Moriah gave her a cuff, before he grabbed her arm.
"You work until you lay bloody on the bed, if I say so" he said and then stroke her hair. "If you are good, I may give you another animal to play with"
Perona only nodded as Moriah walked to the foyer.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" Moriah said as he stepped out on the balcony, looking down on the people beneath him. This easily fooled people. They thought they would have their time of their life, and some would, other, well it would be there last time in life. "I have some disturbing news. Because of the amount of people this evening, we can't offer any long service. We can at it max give you thirty minutes. For this convenient, we are giving you a free dinner, as you wait for your turn, and wait until the storms passes."
As soon as he had said those words, he heard some angry voices.
"If you aren't happy with this, you are free to return another time, but if you aren't interested in any of our services this evening, I must ask you to leave. Thank you for your understanding" Moriah said as he left the people, needing to talk to Hogback.

Moriah had got hold of a glass of wine, and a beautiful lady on his way down to the other man. Moriah had no idea of the woman's name, he only knew she worked for him, not that it mattered. He would most likely have fucked her anyway, taking any woman he felt like.
"Another one?" Hogback asked as he saw Moriah.
"You should try sometime" Moriah said as he walked over to the doctor, who was looking at a body.
"I am getting to hungry, and as you work this place, I don't have time" Hogback said and pointed at the body, before he grabbed a saw. The woman next to Moriah got stiffed, and covered her eyes, which made the huge man laugh.
"There, there, dear it's just a dead body" Moriah said as he was stroking the woman over her arse.
"Big Mom requested twenty new bodies" Hogback said and Moriah nodded, but barely paying attention since his hand was finding his way towards the woman's underwear.
"Talk to Absalom" Moriah said as he heard the woman gasp.
"Not here" the woman whispered, but Moriah ignored her.
"I will do so. Shall I talk with him about Joker's request too?" Hogback asked.
"As long as it isn't something special, do so" Moriah said and started to leave the lab, as Hogback started sewing the body.

The woman was trying to walk, while Moriah had his hand in her underwear, forcing his fingers inside her.
"You are both dry and tight, just as I love it" Moriah said.
"I can become wet for you, if you like that too" the woman tried, and Moriah laugh.
"You like that, I prefer it this way" he said as he opened the door to his bedroom, and pushed her inside, as he locked the door. The woman turned towards him, and tried to kiss him, but Moriah slapped her in the face, making her lip bleed. Before he started walking towards her with a grin on his face, throwing her on the bed, and ripping of all her clothes.
"Please stop!" the woman begged and tried to punch him.
"Oh I like when they fight" Moriah said as he started to hold her down, before he kicked off his pants, and taking her with force. Thinking that this would be a good night, more dead body to give away, more money and a woman in his bed.

Marco looked outside, and he was grateful that he was inside, and for the warning from Ace brother, Luffy. Or maybe he was more thankful that Ace listened for ones. God knows that he rarely did. Marco smiled, thinking of his younger brother. Ace had always been a bit tempered, and often it showed in passion towards something, like food, or that he wanted to protect people. But there were moments when Ace got in trouble instead, like a few weeks ago, when he met Black Beards men.

Marco had thought of forcing Ace to stay at the base forever, but he knew that he couldn't do that. But Ace was special for him, which wasn't fare towards his other brother and sisters, but he couldn't help it. Maybe it was because Marco remembered the scared boy, hiding under the stairs, afraid of being gay. Or because he remembered all the trouble Ace got in, more than anyone else. So he felt like he needed to take extra care of Ace. Something the younger boy always didn't agree on. Marco admitted that he sometimes had a hard time accepting that Ace wasn't a boy anymore, he was actually a man. Thatch told him all too often that he needed to realise that. Even teasing Marco to get a new hobby, another sibling to take care of, or even find someone to fuck, anything to keep him occupied, while he realised that Ace didn't need him in the same way. Marco had tried to find a new hobby, but he hadn't found any, or at least not any that was interesting enough. They hadn't requited anyone new either, so he couldn't focus on a younger person, being their new big brother either. And compared to Ace and Thatch that liked sleeping with different people, just for pleasure, Marco didn't. Maybe he was old fashioned, but he preferred to sleep with someone he loved.

"Dreaming of your prince again?" Thatch teased as he walked up to the window Marco was sitting in.
"He is out there somewhere" Marco said, sounding like silly princess, but he was a hopeless romantic.
"Not in this city. They best you can get are a lost knight, if even that" Thatch said with a laugh.
"A lost night is better than the stable maid" Marco answered.
"Oh I don't know about that. The maids can be a lot of fun" Thatch said with a happy smile as he poked Marco in the ribs.
"You and Ace are the same" Marco said and Thatch sat down, next to his friend.
"Normally yes, but lately Ace hasn't joined me at the brothel" Thatch said and Marco looked at him.
"Maybe he has someone he is interested in" Marco said, before the men looked at each other and started laughing.

"What is so funny?" Vista asked as he walked towards them with Jozu.
"Nothing" Marco answered.
"You two always keep secrets" Jozu told them and Marco smiled towards his brothers.
"Just like you two"
"Touché" Vista said and looked outside the window. "It's one hell of a storm"
"It is. We are lucky to be inside" Thatch said, also looking outside.
"When it passes, we need to be prepared to help the less fortunate one" Marco told the others who nodded and smiled.
"Always thinking of others" Jozu said, giving Marco a path on his back.
"Well someone has to do that in this town" Marco answered.
"You know what?" Thatch asked and Marco looked at him, waiting for him to continue. "I am thinking that you may be the knight, who will save someone. So maybe you should start looking for them, instead of waiting here, like a princess"
That made Marco chuckle.
"Maybe you are right, my wise friend"
"Do you know what they are talking about?" Vista asked, looking at Jozu who shrugged his shoulders, which made the other two laugh even more.
"So how about some food?" Thatch asked.
"Now you talking" Jozu said.
"If there is anything left. I left Ace in the kitchen" Thatch said, which made the other hurry after him, towards the kitchen.

Yasopp looked at Usopp, who was sitting at a table, a bit away. He could tell that his son wasn't too comfortable around them. Yasopp wasn't blaming him, not after what seemed to happen at the tavern, but he had hoped he could see his son, at a better time. But he wouldn't complain too much, at least he got to see him, knowing he was alive.

Yasopp couldn't stop smiling at that fact, he had feared the worse when he got back, finding Banchina dead. Yasopp had wished for his son to stay out of the gang war, hoping he hadn't joined a gang at all. Sure a gang could give you some security, and if it was a good gang, like his own, it was the best. But most of the gangs out there wasn't good, they only wanted power, and they were savages, and fearing that his son would have joined a gang like that, scared him. But hearing that he had joined the Straw Hats made him a bit happier. He trusted his captain, and he only talked good about the boy, Luffy. And what Yasopp had heard about the boy, was mostly good. And the bad things, well you couldn't stay alive in the city if you didn't do some bad things. And when Yasopp looked at Usopp he seemed to be well taken care off.

Yasopp kept looking at Usopp, trying to get courage to talk to him, they hadn't said a word since they got to the hideout. Usopp had looked around, and it had looked like he wanted to talk a few times, but since the others got back, he didn't say anything. The others had left them alone, and Yasopp wasn't sure if he was happy about it or not. He had heard from the others that the storm was a monster, and they were lucky to be warn in time. Shanks was sure that some of them would have died, if not. When Shanks finally had returned, the waves was washing over the houses nearest the water, which was raising. Yasopp understood that this would though on the town, more than it already was. A lot of people would lose their life's, and he tried to care about them, but it was hard. Everyone he cared about was here and safe, and for him that was all that mattered. You couldn't care about other people; people you didn't know if you wanted to survive in the city. It was you and your family, no one else, at least not in situations when it was hard. If it was safe, you could help a stranger, like he had done with the woman a few weeks back, but that was rather a spare of the moment, thing. Yasopp almost sighed, without knowing why, as he looked at Usopp.

"He is thankful, you know" Yasopp finally said, pointing towards Shanks.
"I know" Usopp only answered.
"He is a great man"
"I know" Usopp answered again.
"He will reword you for this"
"I don't care about that" Usopp said, actually surprising Yasopp. But at the same time he was a bit proud, his son didn't do things only for money. He hadn't stepped that low, he hoped at least.

"So…" Yasopp said, but he didn't know how to continue, and Usopp didn't help either. They sat there in silence, in almost ten minutes before Yasopp tried again.
"I am sorry for leaving you, and your mother" Yasopp started. "I didn't mean for you to be left all alone in the city. And do not blame you if you are disappointed in me, if you blame me, or hate me"
Those words made Usopp turn towards him.
"I know you didn't mean to leave us. I do not blame you for it either. I have always been proud of you, for sailing on the sea. Told everyone I met about you when I was a kid." Usopp started, actually smiling a small smile. "And of course you didn't plan on leaving me alone in the city, not more than mother did. You couldn't have known what would happen. You sailed before Roger died. And there was no chance of you knowing what happened while you were away. Mother and I tried out best, but things happened, and well it's kind of obvious that she didn't make it."

Yasopp looked at his son when he stopped talking for a while. Yasopp didn't know what had happened too Banchina, and he felt like this wasn't the right moment to ask Usopp.
"But no matter what happened to me, I never blamed you, I was never disappointed in you, and I do not hate you" Usopp said, while he was looking away. Yasopp actually felt that he started to crying hearing those words, feeling relived.
"Thank you" was all he could answer and Usopp looked at him, also crying and Yasopp hugged him before he could stop himself. At first Usopp got stiffed, before he hugged him back.
"I have missed you dad" Usopp said.
"And I have missed you" Yasopp answered him, hugging him closer. They stood there for a while, until both felt better, and it started to get a bit awkward.
"Um, so…" Yasopp said, which made Usopp laugh.
"What about some stories from the sea?" Usopp asked and Yasopp nodded as he started talking.

"For fuck sake" Smoker muttered and threw his cup at the wall, which made Tashigi jump. "How many?"
"Two men are wounded, three are confirmed dead, and five are still missing" she answered and Smoker felt like screaming. He did contain himself since it would only scare Tashigi, and not solve anything. But he was sick of this, so damn sick.
"How did it happen?"
"The tower got stuck by lighting, and since the west tower was already bad it…" Tashigi said and Smoker stopped her. He knew that the west tower was in a terrible state, and had been a long time. But what should he do? He didn't have the men to repair it, no one else helped the marines, since almost everyone blamed them for everything, more than the gangs. So he had done what he could, supporting it, hoping to be able to fix it one day. But now? It had backfired, he was down three men, men he would never see again, two was hurt, and he still missed five, all because no one could repair a god damn tower. And he had been forced to use it, because he needed to be able to defend the west side, towards, by now, Kaido's gang. He preferred when it was Hawkins, it was better.

"What do we do?" Tashigi asked and he thought. The story was taunting him, stopping him from doing much, but he knew he couldn't leave his men.
"We keep working" Smoker said and turned to the soaked woman.
"The men are tired, they are freezing and scared. We haven't had a storm this bad in years"
"I fucking know that" Smoker shouted, but Tashigi looked at him. "I am sorry. But I can't leave the missing men, knowing that they may be alive"
"Sir?" she asked as Smoker walked towards her.
"Tell the men to get inside, eat some food, dry up and prepare better before they get out again" Smoker said and she nodded.
"And you sir?"
"I am going to continue looking for my men!" Smoker said as he headed outside.

Ones he got outside the rain hit him. He felt the pain on his face, but he kept walking towards the collapsed tower.
"Smoker-San" his men said and he only nodded.
"Everyone may go inside, get something to eat and dry up, before you get out again" Tashigi said as she walked after Smoker. Smoker felt how his men looked at him, as he started lifting away rocks.
"We stay as long as captain is here!" they said, and Smoker smiled a small smile, he didn't have many men, or not many good men, but the ones who was, were loyal into death.
"Thank you" Smoker said over the rain as he kept moving rocks. He was well aware that this wasn't a good way of doing this, or rather not a safe one. But he had no other way as it was now, so he kept walking with his men, moving one rock at the time, very carefully not to make anything else collapse, and hurt possible survivor.

At some time, Smoker wanted to give up, feeling like nothing happened, feeling that it didn't matter how many rocks he moved, they didn't become less. He was even wondering if someone was carrying back the rocks he moved. But he kept going, refusing to let the rocks win, and to let his men see him give up. But when they founded the first person, dead, he looked to the sky, cursing god, if there ever was one. If there was a God, Smoker was sure that he loved to piss him off. And he got even more sure of that when they founded the second and third body too. He even screamed in frustration. His men looked at him, a bit worried, but they didn't say anything, and he understood him, what could they say? Nothing. If there ever was a time Smoker really felt like giving up, it was now. He was even thinking about just lying down, on the rocks, waiting for God to take him too. Feeling like, all this, would be someone else problem. Smoker looked at the rock, they almost looked appealing, and he almost took a step towards them when someone ran towards him.

"We found someone alive" a young man said.
"Who?" Smoker asked, not that it really mattered, but he guessed it was a normal question.
"Helmeppo" the man answered and at ones Smoker felt unease, if Helmeppo was there, Coby hadn't been far away. And since he hadn't been reported for, it meant that Coby was the one that was still missing.
"Take him to the doctors at ones, and keep digging, Coby must be here, somewhere" Smoker said. Knowing that Coby was somewhere beneath the rocks, gave Smoker new energy to keep digging, hoping to find the man alive.

Smoker knew that it was unfair to his other soldiers, but after Tashigi, Coby was his best and most loyal soldier. And where Tashigi was like a younger sister, Body was like a younger brother, or maybe son. Smoker rarely thought about any of them in that way, but in moments like this, he did. He often looked after Coby a bit extra, without him knowing of course. He didn't want to let the man know that he was anything special, or let anyone else know. People already knew that Tashigi was special to him, and that put her in more danger than anyone else, he couldn't let the same happen to Coby. Sometimes Smoker even got the ridicules idea of resigning, giving Coby all the power, knowing Tashigi didn't want it. But he couldn't do that to the man, it wasn't fair to leave this mess to someone else, no Smoker would most likely die on his post before he tortured someone else with all this.

Smoker kept digging his way down, with the thought of, that every second could be Coby's last, if it already wasn't. Smoker just focused on lifting rock after rock, and he was so lost in thoughts that he almost missed when a face appeared in front of him. He almost tried to lift Coby's face, before he stopped himself.
"Found him!" Smoker called and his men walked towards him, starting helping him, removing the rocks. Smoker watched the young man, seeing that he was unconscious, but he was breathing, even if it sounded painful. He saw that he was bleeding from the head, making his pink hair, read. He seemed to have broken bones, and Smoker just hoped he didn't have any internal bleedings. When they got him free, Smoker saw how the nurses took him away at ones, and Smoker almost rushed after, before he remembered himself, he needed to pretend that Coby wasn't anything special. So he forced himself to stay and look at his men.

"Go inside, rest, warm up, eat, help yourself to some of the alcohol. Today you have deserved it" Smoker said and the men smiled towards him. He didn't allow them to drink all too often. But they had lost friends today, and they had done a great work, they did deserve it.
"Thank you, captain!" the men said as they walked inside, leaving him and Tashigi alone.
"I tend to the dead bodies, see if any of them has families to contact" she said and Smoker nodded, squeezed her shoulder as he passed her, on his way to look after Coby, and the others he told himself.

Hawkins sat in the room he had been living in, the past week. It wasn't anything special, but he couldn't complain, he and his men were safe, so far. Even if his men were complaining, he couldn't. They weren't too happy about this, they talked about taking over the district, killing the surgeon. Hawkins had thought about it, he had even studied the card, and they had told him, they would die. And Hawkins wasn't surprised, not that his men wasn't good, but they weren't as good as the surgeon, at least not if you believed the stories. And he had handled the men chasing them, alone. He had tried to talk to his men about it, and for now they had calmed down. Hawkins hoped that it would stay that way, but he was doubting it.

He looked outside and saw the storm, glad that he was inside, here in the hospital. He knew that he and his men would most likely have had a hard time, or even died if they were in their old base. The house hadn't been stable enough to protect them against everything. It had been his fault if is men had died, not being able to protect them. Everything he did was to protect his men, even giving up his own district, and asking the surgeon to take them in. His men may see him as weaker for that, but he didn't care if they were alive. He did what he had to do to keep them, and himself alive. And if he was honest with himself, he knew that he wasn't a great leader. He had taken up that role, because he was the best out of the worse. That they even made it this far, felt like luck. Hawkins wasn't prepared to step over bodies to get where he wanted. All he had wanted was a safe place for his friends and family. And his stubbornness had led to the death, for many of his friends. So he was now hoping he did the right thing.

Hawkins stood up when he heard steps in the corridor outside his room. He knew that the others were downstairs, playing some game with Bepo and his friends. Hawkins was grateful that the bear could keep his men in cheek, as well as he did. But hearing steps outside made him curious, and he looked opened the door and walked outside. When he did, he always walked into the surgeon, who looked at him with empty eyes. His clothes and hair was soaked, leaving a trail of water on the floor, and he looked cold. Almost like a helpless child, who had got caught in the storm outside. Hawkins almost laughed at the scene, but contained himself, not wanting the other men to kill him.

"Have you seen Bepo?" the other man asked.
"He was playing a game with the others, in the cafeteria, when I saw him last" Hawkins answered and the surgeon only nodded. "Did you need something?"
Those words made the other man stop, and look at him.
"Nothing more than see that he was unharmed from the storm" Law answered him.
"That I can assure you off. But you seem to be cold. You should change" Hawkins said and Law laughed a cold laugh.
"Are we friends that care for each other now?" he asked.
"I wouldn't say, but what are we?"
"We?" Law walked closer "saying it like that make you sound like a school girl, talking to her first crush"
Hawkins looked down at the other man, but the look he gave him actually made him blush for some reason, and he didn't know what to answer.
"But I can inform you, we are nothing" Law said with a cold voice.
"You still haven't thrown us out" Hawkins said, feeling that he pushed his luck.
"I haven't been here to threw you out either" Law said.

"So you are going to throw us out!" Mikaro said.
"Neither of you have any idea what it would mean to stay. Walk away when you can" Law said, without looking at them.
"We will die out there!" Faust almost screamed.
"And in here you will live?" Law asked in a cold voice "You have no idea what can happen"
"I told you he will throw us out! We should have taken over when we had the chance!" Mikaro said in an angry voice. Hawkins looked at him, on his way to answer him when Mikaro suddenly got thrown back, towards the wall. Hawkins looked at Law, who had a smirk on his lips.
"Law, leave him be" Hawkins said.
"Giving me orders now?" Law gave him a cold look.
"I am begging you" Hawkins admitted, not having a problem so. Law looked at him, before he just walked away.

Hawkins looked at Mikaro and sighed, he had warned him, at least the other man was alive. Hawkins almost wanted to scream at the other man, but he knew that wouldn't help the situation. Instead he walked after Law, needing to talk to him. He founded Law in his office.
"Law?" He asked, looking at the surgeon who was holding some sort of bottle. Law didn't look at him, or even said anything towards him. "I need to know if I can stay here with my men?"
"Asking that after you man said he wanted to take over" Law said in a low voice. "I don't know if you are stupid or not"
"I have no interest in taking over. I am only interested in keeping my men safe" Hawkins said and sat down, in a chair.
"Then, like I said, you should leave" Law only answered. Hawkins looked at Law, he was a cold looking man, sounded like one, and he had no trouble of killing. Hawkins know that Law was dangerous, and a lunatic, but he had also understood that he had a good heart, something the surgeon didn't want to admit.
"Can't be worse in here, then out there" Hawkins answered him and Law chuckled, and it made Hawkins very unsure.
"Not at the moment" Law said and walked over to the window. Hawkins didn't know what he thought.
"When you start the war to get the throne, it may not be, but for now it's better to be here" Hawkins said.
"My first intention isn't to sit on the throne, even sure I won't be alive to do so" Law admitted and that surprised Hawkins. He had been sure that Law wanted the throne, but it was something else, something that may kill him. Then Hawkins smiled for himself, that could be anything in this town.
"Then may I ask what?"
"You may not" Law said in a cold voice.
"Would it be so bad to let someone in?" Hawkins asked and Law laughed a cold laugh this time.
"Only the naïve one, asks that" he said.
"Not everyone will hurt you" Hawkins informed him and Law looked at him, with cold eyes.
"That is true, but everyone can!" Law answered "And are we having therapy, will it be hugs and cookies?"

Hawkins looked at Law before he smiled.
"I think Bepo made some cookies if you want" Hawkins said.
"No thanks" Law answered, apparently familiar with the bears cooking skills.
"Hearing you say that would hurt him" Hawkins said and then stood up. "What I am saying Law, is that having someone on your side can be helpful, even if that someone can't do much"
Law didn't answer him and Hawkins shrugged his shoulders.
"As long as you won't throw us out, we will stay. I give you my word, that we won't be in your way" He said with a smile. "But if you need something, don't hesitate to ask"

Hawkins let the room, to walk back to his own. He saw that his men had left again, most likely not wanting to talk with Law again. Hawkins was grateful for that, not wanting to see them hurt. Before he walked inside his room, he glanced over towards Law's room. Hawkins new that it would need a lot of work before Law would trust him, if even. Hawkins admitted he was curious about what Law was after, and why it was so dangerous. He was hoping that the other man would trust him one day, and tell him.