Sorry for the delay, it's been nearly a month since I updated this story. I've just been really bust recently and am in fact moving tomorrow, leaving my home town behind for good possibly. I'm surprised by how sad actually doing so is making me.

So yeah, preparing for all that has taken up a lot of my time over the last few weeks and will continue to do so for probably a bit, a couple of months maybe. It's unfortunate, but that's just the way it is. Sorry.

"So what is your problem anyway?"

Bellamy, handcuffed to a pole, scowled at Nami. The orange haired girl was mirroring his expression back at him, her tied to a chair a few metres away from him. They were currently both being held in a nearly pitch black room, no idea where exactly they were. "Shut it, bitch."

Nami however wasn't willing to give up so easily. After waiting for what was in reality about two hours in awkward silence with Bellamy, she had gotten bored and figured that she may as well try and make conversation with the blonde. Plus, she felt safer talking to him now that he was restrained. "And that's exactly what I'm talking about. What have I ever done to you to piss you off this much?"

"Just shut the hell up…" Bellamy grumbled, looking in the opposite direction to Nami. Said girl glared at him, Bellamy not aware of Nami's famous temper.

"Why do you have such a bad attitude? Look, like it or not, we're both stuck here, so we may as well try and at least talk to each other!"

"When I get out of this place, I swear I'm gonna hurt you… badly."

Nami rolled her eyes, seeing she was getting nowhere. "Forget it, this is hopeless."

With that, the two returned to uncomfortable silence, both scowling in the opposite direction to the other. After a couple of minutes, Nami relented, turning back towards Bellamy. "Why me though? Why are you so pissed off at me?"

Bellamy didn't bother turning to look at Nami. "It ain't you I'm pissed of at, it's Monkey D Luffy."

Nami scoffed. "Oh, I get it. You don't go after Luffy, because you know he'd kick your sorry ass, so you target me. That's pathetic."

Bellamy whipped his head around to glare at her, Nami clearly touching a raw nerve there. "That ain't it at all! I have orders that I can't touch that bastard, that's why I'm forced to go after you!"

Nami raised an eyebrow. Now she was getting somewhere. "Orders? From who?"

Bellamy grinned, figuring Nami wouldn't know anything about Doflamingo. "Joker."

What he didn't realise was that Nami knew a lot about him. Her eyes widened. "You're working for Doflamingo?"

Bellamy gritted his teeth, he didn't think Nami would know who Joker was. "What, how do you know about Joker? Looks like I really will have to kill you…"

Nami was about to retort when they heard the sound of a door opening. From outside the dark room they were in, Nami could make out the sound of the voice of the bony man from before, followed by a second familiar voice. After listening for a couple of seconds, Nami quietly gasped, recognising the voice to be Coby's. She was about to call out when the door opened, light flooding into the room. Nami looked up to see the pink haired teen smiling relievedly at her.

"Nami! Thank God you're safe!"

He was about to step towards her, when he was yanked back by Ryuuma, pulling him back into the main room of the factory. Ryuuma didn't bother shutting the door, meaning Nami could see everything. The main room was largely filled with crates, although there was a space cleared in the centre where Nami could see that Coby was now standing besides Helmeppo. Ryuuma was standing between the two and the room Nami was in, his back to her.

"The girl is safe," Ryuuma stated. "Do you have the money you owe Mr Moriah?"

Helmeppo gulped. "We have… money."

Ryuuma maintained his neutral expression. "That's not answering my question," he said evenly.

Helmeppo clutched his bag tighter. "We… we couldn't get the whole amount on such notice, but there's over $3000 here."

Ryuuma continued to stare calmly at Coby and Helmeppo, neither of the two knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, quick as a flash, Ryuuma closed the distance between the two teenagers and himself. Before either of them could blink, he had already lifted Helmeppo up by his collar. "The boss asked for the full amount…" he muttered threateningly.

"Helmeppo!" Coby shouted. "Wait, Ryuuma, we can-"

Coby was interrupted by the sound of the factory front door opening. "Kishishishi… did I hear that correctly? $3000? That's it?"

Coby froze. He knew that voice. He had to force his body to turn around to face the man who had just entered the room.

Gecko Moriah grinned the second Coby's eyes met his. He reached into his pocket, taking out a gun, much to Coby's horror. That was honestly why he'd done it. Just to see the frightened look on Coby's face.

He strolled up to teenager, an amused smirk plastered across his face the whole time. When Moriah finally reached Coby, after what seemed like an eternity, he pressed the gun against Coby's forehead. "Kishishishishi… Stop kidding around Coby. Where's the rest of the money?"

Nami stared wide eyed at the scene outside, the situation she was in really sinking in now. It wasn't just the two outside, she too was in serious trouble. Coby met Moriah's gaze, trying as best he could to keep his composure and not let his enemy see how terrified he was. "That…. is all the money we could gather for tonight. If you just give us a week, we can get the rest."

"Hmm…" Moriah hummed loudly, his amused smirk remaining intact. "No deal."

Helmeppo's eyes widened. "Wait!" he shouted, before Moriah could do pull the trigger. The gang boss turned around and grinned at him, still not removing the gun from Coby's temple.

"Ah, Helmeppo, my boy, I trust you're about to tell me why I shouldn't blow young Coby here's head off, right?"

"I… I can get more money, tonight, right now! J… Just let Coby and Nami go, I promise in an hour I'll have all your money!"

Helmeppo looked hopefully at Moriah, praying that his offer would be enough to convince him to spare Coby. Moriah just looked blankly at Helmeppo for a couple of seconds before bursting out laughing. "Kishishishi… you are a little worm, aren't you Helmeppo? Now your brother… he was a weakling, just like you, but he never did this… standing in front of someone like me, whining like a little girl. I gave you a chance to give me my money, and you failed, so now it's too late."

As if to emphasise this point, Ryuuma tightened his grip around Helmeppo's collar. He shoved the teenager roughly into the wall of the factory, before releasing Helmeppo's shirt from his right hand, still keeping hold with his left. He withdrew the free right arm, before punching Helmeppo hard in the gut, causing the blonde to cough up blood. Moriah laughed happily as Ryuuma let the teenager fall to the ground in agony. He turned to face his boss.

"Which one should I torture first, the girl or Coby?" He asked in an alarmingly calm manner. Moriah chuckled yet again, pressing his gun harder against Coby's head.

"I say we start with the girl. I think poor Coby here's had enough for now."

Nami was about to cry out at the sight of Ryuuma approaching the open door to the room she and Bellamy were in when the lights in the factory suddenly went off, everything instantly going pitch black. Nami could hear Ryuuma running towards her, however before he could reach the room the door slammed closed, Nami hearing someone locking it behind them.

"What going on?" Moriah shouted into the darkness, Nami praying that Coby had used the opportunity to get away.

"Boss, I'm gonna go turn the power back on!" Ryuuma shouted back, Nami hearing his pounding footsteps running away from her now.

Suddenly, Nami felt someone put their arm on her shoulder. The person switched their phone on, illuminating their body. Nami smiled widely at the familiar face. "Robin!"

Her best friend smiled relievedly back at her. "Nami, I'm so glad you're OK. Sorry we're late."

"We?" Bellamy asked from the other side of the room. Robin, not realising he was there, jumped slightly. When her heart had restarted, she flashed her phone in Bellamy's direction. She blinked in surprise.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, his presence not something she was comfortable with even if he was handcuffed.

"It doesn't matter," Nami said before Bellamy could likely insult Robin in response. "Listen Robin, Coby and Helmeppo-"

"It's fine, Zoro will save them, plus Sanji and the rest of the guys are on their way. We just need to focus on getting out of here," Robin interrupted, untying Nami's bindings. She looked over to Bellamy. "Hang on, I'll get you free too…"

Bellamy shook his handcuffs against the pole. "You need the key."

Robin shook her head. "I don't have it. One of the two in the factory probably do. I-"

The dark haired teen was interrupted by the sound of someone hammering on the door. "Who's there?" Gecko Moriah shouted, sounding absolutely enraged. "When Ryuuma restores the power and returns with the keys, I'm gonna fucking kill you all!"

Robin ignored the threat, making note of the fact that it the other man besides Moriah who had the keys. That meant that it was up to Zoro.

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Ryuuma opened the door to the factory's power room, knowing even in the dark where everything in the building was. The generator and switch were on the far side of the room. Ryuuma was about to walk over to them, when he remembered the fact that there were intruders. Sure, there was definitely one in the room were Bellamy and Nami were, but he didn't know if that was the only one in their hideout.

"Is there anyone there?" he called out, no traces of nervousness or fear in his voice despite the current situation.

When there was no sound, not even of anyone moving in the dark room, Ryuuma hesitantly moved forwards. He still was far from convinced he was alone, but he had to turn the power back on. He reached the generator's switch, turning the power back on. However as soon as the light had returned to both the room and the factory, Ryuuma's suspicion was proven to be correct when Zoro emerged from his hiding spot behind the open door and tackled Ryuuma to the ground. The bony man reached for his gun in his pocket, but Zoro stamped on his arm before he could, causing Ryuuma to cry out in pain. Zoro, thinking Ryuuma was done, let his guard down however the bony man using this opportunity to roughly push Zoro off him.

Zoro, sent tumbling backwards, just about evaded Ryuuma's attempt to pin him down. He quickly picked himself up and swung at Ryuuma, who dodged it, landing a kick on Zoro's sides. The teenager staggered to side slightly from the impact, seemingly give Moriah's henchman an opening. Ryuuma tried a punch, but Zoro recovered just in time, blocking it with both arms.

"Who are you?" Ryuuma asked through gritted teeth, for the first time that night seemingly losing his cool.

Zoro smirked. "I'm Coby's friend. You're done messing with him, got it? Or else you'll have to answer to me."

Ryuuma didn't respond, instead swinging another wild punch at Zoro, who caught it. He roughly pulled Ryuuma towards him, grabbing Gecko Moriah's henchman by the collar and roughly shoving him against the wall. "Is this familiar?"

And in the same way that Ryuuma had punched Helmeppo in the gut earlier, Zoro dug his fist into Ryuuma's stomach, the only difference being his attack was twice as powerful. Ryuuma gasped in sheer pain, Zoro's punch seemingly squeezing the life out of him. As Zoro withdrew his fist, Ryuuma slumped forwards, unconscious, falling to the ground when Zoro had released him. Ryuuma's keys slipped out of his pocket when his body hit the ground. Zoro reached down and took them, figuring they might come in handy. He glanced back at the window through which he and Robin had originally entered the factory, figuring that would be the best escape route when he had Coby and Helmeppo.

Zoro quietly slipped out of the room, quickly crouching down behind a crate before Moriah, who was prowling the main room of the factory, saw him. The gang boss was standing alone on the other side of the room, presumably searching for Coby and Helmeppo who seemed to have found their own hiding places whilst the power was off. Zoro figured could probably have taken Moriah in a fist fight, but he knew that the gang boss was armed. But at the same time he couldn't just lay hiding forever. If Moriah found Coby or Helmeppo, they'd be in huge trouble. That meant that Zoro had to act now.

The green haired teen stood up from behind the crate he was hiding behind, alerting Moriah. Quick as a flash, Zoro darted back into the generator room, only just evading a couple of bullets Moriah sent his way. The gang boss swore loudly before running after Zoro.

When he'd disappeared into the generator room, Coby and Helmeppo emerged from their respective hiding spots, eerily close to the area Moriah had been searching before he'd been distracted by Zoro. They crept over to the room where Robin, Nami and Bellamy were. Coby quietly knocked on the door, although he probably didn't need to be so cautious given Moriah's attention was fully on Zoro at this point. "Hey!" he whispered urgently. "Moriah's gone, let us in!"

Robin complied, instantly opening the door and locking it as soon as the two younger teenagers were in. She smiled relievedly at them. "I'm glad you're both OK. What happened to Moriah?"

"He's gone chasing after Zoro. He really saved our lives, if he hadn't distracted Moriah when he had, we would be goners."

Robin gulped slightly, hoping Zoro would be OK. Nami nudged her supportively. "Don't worry about Zoro. That guy's been in way worse situations than this. He'll be fine."

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Moriah scowled at the sight of his unconscious subordinate on the floor of the generator room. "You got beaten by that kid Ryuuma? Pathetic."

The gang boss kicked Ryuuma's body in frustration once, before turning his attention to the open window through which he assumed Zoro had escaped. He tightened his grip around his gun before climbing out of the window himself. "I swear, I'm gonna kill this runt."

What Moriah didn't realise was that Zoro had never escaped the factory. After Moriah had gone out of the window, Zoro waited for a few seconds before emerging from his hiding place behind the door, the same one he had used when ambushing Ryuuma earlier. He shut and locked the window, seeing Moriah disappearing around the corner in the distance. "He's gone… for now," Zoro muttered to himself.

Zoro quickly made his way over to the locked door where his friends were waiting. He knocked on the door. "Robin, open up, it's me. Moriah's gone, but I don't know for how long, so we need to hurry."

Robin quickly unlocked the door, letting Zoro in. He scanned the faces in the room, smirking at Coby, Helmeppo and Nami before his eyes reached Bellamy. He frowned, confused as to why the blonde was there. Nami sighed. "It's a long story. Listen, Bellamy's handcuffs need a key-"

Zoro reached into his pocket, showing the keys he'd taken from Ryuuma earlier to Nami. "Is it one of these?"

"Hopefully," Nami replied, taking the keys from Zoro and making her way over to the still pissed off looking Bellamy. She tried a couple before finally finding one which fit. As soon as she had unlocked Bellamy's handcuffs, the blonde looked away from her, scowling at the wall behind him.

"Th… thanks…" he said quietly. Nami smiled slightly, before turning back to Zoro, Robin, Coby and Helmeppo.

"Well, now that that's done, let's go."

The group were about to get moving when they heard the doors of the factory open again. The six teenagers froze, thinking Moriah had returned. However, instead of hearing the gang boss' characteristic laugh, they heard a different familiar voice.

"Nami! Robin! Where are you? Your prince is here!"

Zoro rolled his eyes. "Shut up Love Cook! We're trying to be quiet in here!"

The door of the room swung open, revealing Sanji and the rest of the group, Violet standing a little further back. Chopper smiled relievedly. "Nami! You're OK!"

"Listen, we have to go now," Zoro said, him not letting his guard down yet. "I was able to trick that Moriah into leaving, but he's gonna give up trying to find me at some point and return back here. We need to go before that happens. We can save the celebrating for when we're actually safe."

Everyone nodded, Zoro's words reminding them that they weren't out of the woods yet.

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"So what happened Nami?" Usopp asked. "How did you run into those guys?"

It was nearly three in the morning now. After escaping the factory, the group, minus Coby and Helmeppo who had gone to the police, had returned to Nami's house and were currently camped out in her living room. Nami shrugged.

"I don't really know. I was just walking back from the restaurant where I met Hatchi and Keimi when they appeared. I don't know if they were following me, or whatever. Although… they may have been following Bellamy."

"Where did those two go anyway?" Franky grumbled, still a little annoyed that they'd ended up helping Bellamy and Violet. Zoro shook his head.

"I dunno. At some point on the way back here those two slipped away. It's fine, we'll see them at school on Monday anyway."

Sanji's eyebrow twitched, the blonde still furious at Bellamy. "It's not fine. That shithead attacked Nami in the first place, this is all his fault. I swear I'll beat the shit out of him when I see him next…"

Surprisingly Nami shook her head. "It's fine, there's no need for that. I think Bellamy's learned his lesson."

The orange haired girl ignored the shocked look her friends were giving her, expecting that she'd be the most angry at Bellamy. But there was something about the way that Bellamy had awkwardly thanked her when she'd unlocked his handcuffs that made Nami feel that Bellamy may have changed slightly on the back of their shared experience that night.

Sanji frowned, crossing his arms. "I still don't trust that guy, I swear if he tries to do anything else, I'm kicking his ass."

Suddenly Nami clapped her hands together, smiling brightly. It was weird. She had, by all accounts, had a terrible night. But the way it had ended, all her friends, bar Luffy, together in her house had definitely cheered her up. It was what she had wanted at the beginning of the evening after all. "What's important is that everything worked out and we're all safe now. Thanks so much for saving me guys. You're all really great friends."

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"And just what did you think you were doing, telling them about Joker?" Violet said angrily, still scolding Bellamy as they made the journey back to his house. Violet figured she should probably accompany him in case there was any more trouble with Moriah's men. She didn't really care about Bellamy's safety herself, but she figured Doflamingo would want her to look out for him.

Bellamy scowled at her. "Who cares, Joker can easily crush these losers. If we call him now, he'll probably send some of his best guys over to deal with them."

Violet rolled her eyes. "I doubt that. He didn't send anyone to help me get you back after all."

Bellamy grinned. "I'm sure it'll be different if I ask him. I'm someone who's actually loyal to Joker after all."

Violet ignored that comment, following Bellamy into the apartment complex where he lived. After climbing a couple of flights of stairs, the two finally reached Bellamy's place, although the blonde froze at the sight which greeted him.

The door was wide open.

Violet gritted her teeth; Looked like there was going to be some more trouble. She nudged Bellamy forwards, noticing the blonde was shaking slightly. Looked like the night's experience had affected him more than he let on.

"Who's there!" Bellamy shouted.

"No need to sound so hostile! It's only me!" a childish voice replied teasingly. It was now Violet's turn to freeze. Now that was a voice she hadn't heard in a while...

"D… Dellinger?"

Bellamy grinned at the sound of that name. He'd never met Dellinger personally, but he'd heard about him. To him, it was a huge honour to meet one of Doflamingo's most trusted men. "O..oh, Mr Dellinger! I… I'm sorry!"

With it seeming like the danger was gone, Bellamy and Violet entered the room, although the latter still hadn't let her guard down totally. Sure enough, sitting there was a youngish looking blonde man, wearing a baseball cap with devil horns on. He smiled cheerfully at Violet. "Ah Violet, long time no see! From what I've heard, the SMILE situation is going well! I'm glad!"

Violet didn't answer, noticing that Dellinger wasn't acknowledging Bellamy at all. That wasn't a good sign. Unfortunately for him, Bellamy didn't notice this, moving so that he was directly in front of the seated Dellinger. He bowed his head slightly. "M… Mr Dellinger. It's a pleasure to meet you! I'm-"

Before he could complete his sentence, in one swift motion Dellinger stood up and lifted the much larger Bellamy up by his collar. He forcefully rammed him against the wall of the room, his cheerful smile never disappearing. "Bellamy, right? I know. Joker's told me about you."

"Wh… Why?" Bellamy gasped, unable to struggle out of Dellinger's grip.

"I think you've been up to no good," Dellinger said in a sing-song voice. "From what I saw you got your ass kicked by one of Gecko Moriah's guys before having to be saved by Violet. That's kinda pathetic, don't ya think?"

Violet's eyes widened. How did Dellinger know that? Had he been watching them the whole time? Had he known what was going on and hadn't intervened to help them? Was it possible that… the reason he hadn't intervened was that he didn't care about what happened to Bellamy? "Have you been here this whole time?"

Dellinger nodded, maintaining his grip on Bellamy. "Joker spoke to Bellamy earlier this week. He was worried this guy would do something stupid, so he sent me to watch him."

Violet looked at the gasping Bellamy. "Why didn't you try to save him when he was captured?"

"I asked Joker, but he said to leave it to you. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed that you saved him Violet," Dellinger replied, "But after I'd seen you do that, I called the boss, and he told me to kill this guy anyway. Said that he couldn't have losers like Bellamy associated with him."

"B… But Joker said…" Bellamy choked.

Dellinger smiled cheerfully at the teenager. "Did you really think someone like you could work for Joker? Goodbye Bellamy."

Looks like Bellamy's in trouble, wonder what's gonna happen to him.

Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. The next one could be a while, so sorry about that, but I hope that you won't lose patience with me. Thanks for reading and please review if you have the time.