Chapter 19

Adella sat with Nami at the deck table. She had been bedridden for one week, but she was feeling better. Adella pointed to the map Nami had in front of her. "That? Oh, that's Sunset Island. We'll be stopping there soon." Adella nodded.

"Hey Adella!" Usopp came up to the two girls. "Adella, Luffy and I wanna know who has better aim with the cannon, you or me? Wanna try it?" She smiled and nodded. "Alright!" He waited for her to get up, then headed for the other side of the ship. Adella suddenly stopped. She put a hand to her chest and her face became red. "Hey Adella, what's wrong?" Blood trickled down from her nose. "Adella, you're bleeding!" She felt her nose, then looked at the blood. She was feeling weak. She began to cough raucously. Usopp put his hand on her back. "Adella, do you wanna go sit back down?" He looked at her bleeding nose. He began to feel weak himself. "Or maybe I should go get Chopper." She coughed out some blood. "Adella?" She looked at the blood on her shoe. She cocked her head to one side. Her vision became blurry and everything began to fade in and out. She suddenly fainted. "Adella!"

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"What're we gonna do?" exclaimed Usopp. "I saw her cough out blood! She's gonna die!"

Zolo's vein popped and he grabbed Usopp. "Say that again and you'll be eating through a straw!" Everyone looked at him. He let Usopp go and sighed. "I'm sorry. It's just that, I didn't know that Adella was sick."

Nami and Vivi suddenly felt guilty. "Um, we did." Now it was their turn to receive looks.

"You did and you didn't tell anyone!" shouted Zolo.

"Adella told us not to tell anyone!" informed Vivi.

"Yeah! And besides, she said that she felt fine and that nothing was gonna happen!" added Nami.

"That doesn't mean that you shouldn't say anything!" shouted Usopp.

"You guys, keep it down!" exclaimed Sanji.

"Sanji's right," said Luffy. "Chopper's trying to see what's wrong with Adella and he won't be able to do it with all of you yelling! Just calm down and we'll get to the bottom of this!"

Chopper slinked out of the room in a daze. "How? How was it possible?" He just sat right there.

"Chopper, what's up with Adella!" demanded Zolo.

Chopper shook his head. "What kind of doctor am I? I should have detected that…but I didn't…I failed…"

"Chopper! Tell us!" exclaimed Vivi.

"What's wrong with Adella?" asked Usopp.

"We gotta know!" said Sanji.

"C'mon!" shouted Luffy.

"Chopper?" asked Nami.

Zolo shook Chopper. "I'm talking to you!"

Chopper slapped Zolo. "She's in a comma for God's sake!"

Everyone's eyes widened. "What did you say?"

Zolo fell on his butt in a total devastation. "She's…gonna die…"

Sanji dropped his cigarette and fell down. "…This…No…This can't be happening…"