The next few months passed uneventfully. Katya, under full disguise as Grace, had become fully trusted by all those in the facility. The children adored her and she sang for them every day.

Under the cover of night, she would use her abilities to sneak to Law's living quarters. Thanks to Katya's Devil Fruit and Law's outward contempt for anyone who disturbed him in his room, they were never interrupted. They discussed strategy against Doflamingo, they trained together, and did an awful lot of making love.

Law had not tried to define them as a relationship, and Katya was content with that for the moment. She had nearly been caught coming back from Law's room once or twice by someone on patrol, but had passed it off to them as insomnia to those who inquired why she was walking around in the dead of night. They had stopped meeting as frequently in the last month due to the fact that Katya had nearly been caught, and they agreed to keep their guards up.

The last few weeks had been strange in the Biscuits Room. Mocha had been withdrawn, as had a young boy with a partially shaven head, who had disappeared shortly after arriving in the room. Katya had attempted to speak to him but it hadn't worked.

She continued to perform her duties but that morning there seemed to be tension around the whole facility. The rumour was that a ship had been spotted on the horizon headed towards the island. Katya had kept an eye out, but kept to herself. If it was urgent, Law would find her.

"Catch me if you caaaan!" Katya raced around the room whilst Ginko, one of the new arrivals, chased her. Ginko was giggling but then the sound of a large explosion rocked the Biscuits Room.

"Everyone, get behind me!" Katya called and turned to face the intruders. Sind dropped his ball in shock.

"Who are you?" Mocha said nervously at the four people that entered the room.

"Gigantic children?" The blonde man said, and what appeared to be a severed head under his arm repeated the words.

"What's going on here?!" An orange haired woman exclaimed.

"Wait," Katya paused and stepped forward. "I've seen you before."

"Who are you?" The severed head screamed. "And what's with the children?!"

"Grace onee-chan..." Jess' bottom lip wobbled and she stepped behind Katya nervously.

"It's okay, everyone." She said soothingly. "Sit down for a moment and I'll talk to our...guests." Katya stormed up to them.

"What are you doing here?" She hissed quietly.

"Wait, I recognise her!" The reindeer, Chopper exclaimed. "We saw her on Sabaody with one of the Supernovas!"

"Shhhh!" Katya hissed and dragged them to the side of the room. "The children don't know that. Are you with Luffy?" She said urgently.

"You know Luffy?"

"Long story, now why are you all here?!"

"We landed on this island. What is this place? Some kind of nursery?" The orange haired woman, whom Katya recognised as Nami, asked.

"Yes. I look after the children here, and they know me as Grace. Do NOT blow my cover, or I will kill you!" She said angrily.

"Grace onee-chan, are they the ones that were frozen?" Mocha asked quietly.

"I'm not sure."

"This island is getting more and more mysterious." Cyborg Franky spoke up and Sind's eyes sparkled. Oh no, she knew that look.

"A robot!" The children all rushed forward excitedly.

"W-what?"

"It's a robot! It's so cool!"

"Watch out!" Katya called as the blonde, Sanji, was nearly sent flying by one of the larger children's feet.

"Oh my my, do you like armoured me so much?" Franky posed for the children.

"Look, it's a stuffed animal!" One of them cried, pointing at Chopper. "A stuffed tanuki!"

"That's a reindeer..." Katya said with a laugh as a large hand picked up Chopper.

"Franky's sure popular with these kids." Sanji said offhandly.

"They're kids, they like shiny things." Katya crossed her arms. "And they're also ill and here for treatment. What are you all doing here? You're going to ruin months of my Captain's plans!" She growled at the man, who paused for a moment.

"A beautiful lady!" The man's body seemed to twirl around happily. He reminded her oddly of Shachi and Penguin, but with even less tact.

"SUPER!" All of the children shouted together happily.

"These idiots are going to ruin everything." Katya facepalmed.

"Hey! Do any of you know a child named Momonosuke?!" A voice cried out. Katya looked at the severed head that had been put on the floor.

"Momonosuke?" She said, stepping forward. "Small kid, top knot, grumpy?"

"Yes! Where is he, damned woman?"

Katya growled. "I don't know! And stop being so rude! You're scaring them! Besides, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you!"

"Eh?!"

"You're in pieces but you can still talk, which means Law cut you up!"

She pulled out one of her throwing knives from a holster under her skirt and held it up ready to attack them. She would protect the children, no matter what. This whole facility was full of enemies, but the children were innocent.

The Straw Hats suddenly looked towards the door, where footsteps were racing towards it. Guns cocked and pointed towards the Straw Hats. Katya screamed and stood in front of them. "Stop! Liam-kun!" She recognised one of the labelled suits. "You'll hurt the children!"

Liam lowered his gun. "Grace-chan, are you hurt?"

"No, I'm okay!"

"Leave them to us!" Liam and his unit ran past them in pursuit. Katya followed quickly and soon outran then, catching up closely to the children.

"Robot-san, you aren't from this island, are you?"

"No-"

"Save us!" Sind shouted suddenly to them. "Please, save us!"

The others joined in and Katya was taken aback. Save them?

"Save you?" Katya said to Mocha worriedly. Mocha backed away from her.

"We're not sick! You know that!" Mocha shouted at her angrily.

"What?" Katya stopped running. "You are sick, they told me that you were sick!"

"Liar! You're with them!" Mocha said, and knocked Katya away with the back of her hand, sending Katya flying into the wall. She felt herself tear up as Mocha shouted to the Straw Hats to save them.

Katya winced as she sat up, her eyes wide in horror. If they weren't sick, why were they there? Her heart sank into her stomach.

"Let's help these children!" Nami was declaring as Katya finally caught up.

"What are you saying, Nami-san?! There's no reason to do that!" The blonde said, the severed head back under his arm. "They even said they were sick! This might be a hospital!"

Katya stepped forward with tears in her eyes. "It's not."

"Huh?"

"I should have realised sooner..." She sobbed and turned to Mocha. "If you were really sick, then they would have gotten Law to treat you!"

Mocha's tears fell down and Katya swallowed hard. "I'm so sorry, I should have seen that this place wasn't helping you!" She knelt down and cried at Mocha's feet. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You must all hate me!"

Little Jess ran forward. "Grace onee-chan, we don't hate you! You were nice to us! You sang songs and played with us and told us stories!"

"They're going to get away!" Liam and the guards were catching up with them. "Grace-chan, get out of the way!"

"My name isn't Grace!" Katya's face lifted, sobs racking her body as she stood to her feet. "It's Katya! Takimi Katya! I'm a Heart Pirate wanted by Doflamingo of the Warlords! And I won't let you hurt these children!" She held up her knives and faced the guards, who were in shock. "So leave now, and maybe I'll let you live, Liam-kun."