I think I like this chapter better then the last one, for sure, because I'm actually feeling myself as Teri. It's so much harder for me to do a story about my character when I'm not in her POV, and now i give you the next chapter
I couldn't believe how stupid I was, I knew this had to happen eventually. I knew the ex-marine would wanna get even but I never thought this would be how. By destroying the only place I could really relax and sing then kidnapping me, who woulda guessed right? I sure didn't, I thought he woulda killed me on the spot and I bet that's what he was trying to do when he constricted me with his Gomu Gomu abilities. But why had he fell when my sea stone charm hit him? Oh yeah now I remember, a few days before I left for East Blue I had met another marine, damn marines, and she told me about it.
"Is there a Teri here?"
"That's me. Are you a marine?"
"Yes actually." I went to shut the door but the woman stuck her hand against the door. "I was told to give you something for your own protection. The marines have reason to believe that the man who was discharged has eaten a devil's fruit and thus making him weak against this." She dropped a small stone into my hand.
"Huh?"
"It radiates the same energy as the sea and people with devil's fruit powers are weakened by the sea."
"Thanks but good bye. Oh, and I have a question. He murdered a kid so why was he just dishonorably discharged?"
I blinked and saw familiar light green hair. "Emmi?" I asked half dazed.
"Yeppers, I knew captain Jigoku would keep you here." She stabbed a needle into my arm. "It's an antidote; I stole it a few days ago." She steadied me and began untying my hands which had been tied behind my back tightly with a bit of cord like a rope but several times stronger.
"You mean you were working for him?" I asked rubbing my wrists as I stood steadying myself bit by bit. "I've known you for nine years!"
"Yeah, Jigoku told me that he had my baby brother as a hostage and if I didn't 'befriend' you he'd hurt my brother real bad, turns out I didn't even have a brother." Emmi said checking outside a door. "Well that antidote's doing well in your system already 'Poison Girl' it'll keep up your strength for an hour and a half, enough time for you to get outta here unless you're gonna do something stupid."
"Like stealing the antidote for Kestia venom mixed with snake venom from 'Captain Hell' who was once a marine officer then became an evil pirate." I said grinning, Emmi looked at me and shrugged saying that I had a point there. She shoved her braids into a little pouch she pulled from her green jeans, Emmi never really could pick out good jeans, I guess I had to take her shopping afterwards and-hang on, now wasn't the time I had realized as I gave her outfit a once over very dark green jeans and a very light blue T-shirt, nasty looking really and I knew she loved it anyways.
"Just go." She said as she finished by pulling a red wig over her head. Then I recognized her as someone else.
"You slut!" I recalled when I ran into a red headed hooker outside my aunt's place.
"So what it put food on my table didn't it? Don't question what people will ask you to do for some cash Teri." Emmi put some sunglasses on and grinned. "It honestly took you seeing me disguise myself to realize then, eh?"
"I'm not as smart as you think I am."
"Okee, chatting was nice but you have to leave now. I told you that antidote isn't for the long run." I ran out the door without a 2nd glance back at her but with a single thought in my head. 'Be safe, Emmi, please, just be safe.'