Dear Readers,
I'm so sorry about this long update. I hope you can forgive me. Its just that college hit me hard this year. I hope you like this chapter. I have some few ideas for Angelina and Mihawk. It is so awesome. I will update a.s.a.p. with the chapter Winner and Losers. Anyway to the reviews.
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Alejandro rearranges the flowers beside Angelina's hospital bed. Its her favorite flower, Angel's Trumpet. She always said it reminds her of cake. A small smile tugs on Alejandro's face. Angelina loves her food especially, cake and cookies. Yet, he knows what she loves the most in the whole world, her family.
"Angelina, whatcha dreaming of?" Alejandro said, as he looks at his sister. Her face is pale with no color. Her hair drapes around her face. It looks like she lost a few pounds being in a stress induced coma. Angelina twitches a bit. Alejandro holds his breath, hoping that she is waking up. Angelina stops twitching and Alejandro lets out a sigh. Then she starts to mumble.
"No..you can't...I don't want it," Angelina said, gasping for air. Her heart rate starts to go up and the sound of Angelina gasping for air echos in this small room. Quickly, Alejandro went and presses the nurse call as Angelina's heart rate triggers an alarm. Alejandro just stares at his sister. He did this to her. He made the pact with the devil and he is paying for it. Every time he comes to the hospital, Angelina is getting worst and worst. Angelina's body starts to attack on starts to come in, hearing the alarm from the monitor.
"Someone get an air mask! Stat!" the head nurse yells, as she check Angelina's breathing. She starts to do CPR on Angelina. Alejandro wallows in his misery as he watches his sister slowly die.
I sit up in my little cot as Usopp finishes is contraption. I try to breathe normal, but couldn't. I definitely need the oxygen tank. Chopper checks my lungs again with his little doctor tools.
"Angelina needs oxygen, Usopp. Are you done with that?" Chopper said, yelling at him. I begin to sweat, trying to catch my breath. Suddenly, Chopper gave me an oxygen mask and finally I could breathe normally.
"Angelina, are you okay?" Usopp said, grabbing my shoulder. I gave him a weak smile, and give him a thumbs up.
"Y-y-yea. I'm o-okay...," I said, breathing deeply. I would never take oxygen lightly again. They smile and cheer. Yet, my body feels heavy like lead, and my chest tighten a bit.
"Alright. We can go to Sky Island!" Usopp said, cheering. Chopper cheer with him. I held my mask and tied it so it stays on me. The tank is the size of a small lapdog, but heavy as a fifty pound weight. Chopper sees me, trying to get up. He stops me.
"What do you think you are doing?!" Chopper said, pushing me down to lay down in his man-form. I blush in embarrassment. I open my mouth to say something, but Chopper shakes his head.
"You need to rest for awhile. You might just knock yourself out again if you exert yourself too much," Chopper explain. I sadly nod.
"Okay,I'll take a nap, Dr. Chopper," I said, smiling. Chopper transform into his small form and starts to blush.
"That doesn't make me happy at all," He said, dancing. Usopp and I start to laugh. Unfortunately, Nami calls Chopper and Usopp to check something out.
"Usopp! Chopper!" Nami yells from the deck. Sometimes I wonder who's the captain in this crew Luffy or bossy Nami. I sigh for some reason. Lately, I feel a lot moody. I guess I can blame it on my period for now.
"It seems Satan is calling you guys. I'll pray for you," I said giggling to myself. Usopp and Chopper stares at me and then to each other. They burst out laughing a bit, probably imagining Nami as Satan himself. Then we stop once we hear Nami screaming for them again. They went on their merry way. I snuggle myself into my cot, ready to take a short nap when I hear a familiar ringing.
Ring. Ring. Ri-Ring.
'I wish I can change the ringtone to something more cheerful,'I thought to myself. I reach into my pocket to get the snail. I pick it up, hoping that Dracule doesn't get too worry.
"Hello," I said, through the phone. I notice my voice sounds a bit muffle through the oxygen mask. I can hear something in the background noise. It sounds like he's in a bar.
"How are you? You sound like you have the flu," Dracule said, with concern. A small smile crept onto my face, relaxing at the sound of his voice.
"I'm fine. Let's just say I'm out of breath," I said, covering myself with a blanket.
"Mhmm. Is there a double meaning to that as well?" He ask me. I laugh nervously. Dracule knows me too well. There is always a double meaning for some of the things I say. Last time we hang out, it was late at night and I said The Joke.
"I want something long, thick,hard and it would last me all night long," I said, looking up to the stars. I miss Dracule's eyes widen, and turning to stare at me. He starts to blush, thinking something other than a book. He awkwardly clears his throat.
"...What do you mean by that?," Dracule said. I turn my head and tilt it in confusion. He looks away when we locked our eyes.
"Um. I think I can handle a book, Dracule. Its not that hard," I said, innocently. Dracule tense up. I wonder if he's okay.I lean in to see him better.
"I..I think I should go now," Dracule said, trying to get up. I didn't want him to leave just yet. Somehow, I mange to make us stumble onto the deck. Dracule was on his back, his hands on my shoulder. I had my arms around his stomach and unknowingly press my chest against his. I look up, with a sad face.
"Please don't go," I said, whining a bit. His blush intense even more. I didn't get it at all. I thought he was getting sick.
"Hey, are you getting a fever?" I ask, crawling on top of him, on all fours. I reach out and feel on his forehead. I frown a bit, feeling he is a bit more warm than usual. His hands are still on my shoulder very tensely.
"Angelina, do you know what you just said to me?" Dracule said, looking into my eyes. I look right back, thinking of what I just said. I know what I said because Josh would always say that to me all the time. I narrow my eyes, thinking that Dracule couldn't be.
"...Dracule, you pervert," I said, mumbling under my breath. I look at his face and my eyes widen. The moon came out of hiding and shine some light. I could see clearly that Dracule ,under the moonlight, looks cute. His raven black hair, is mess up, leaving some hair in front like bangs. His pale skin looks like living marble. His golden eyes remind me of a picture that my history teacher showed me. It was the Versailles Queen's Chamber. The gold in that room made everything else so elegant. I didn't know I was leaning in so much until I notice that he was blushing.
"Angelina!" Dracule said, in my ear.I snap out of daydreaming.
"Sorry, I remember the first time that you thought that...,"I said, giggling at the end. I hear him chuckle at the other side of the line. Then a sharp pain went through my body, stopping my giggling. 'Shit. The cramp are coming,' I thought as I curl into a fetal position.
"I can't believe you call me the pervert, while you were the one coming up with such... words," Dracule said, cutely. Instantly, I thought of a lot of perverted thoughts.
"I hope you don't mind that 'cause I make alot of those when I'm dating," I said, telling him the truth. The cramps are getting worst and my breathing is getting a lot heavier. Sometimes, I wish I didn't have these. Then I didn't hear anything from the other line for a long time.
"Eh? Dracule, you still there," I ask, hoping to hear his voice. I wait for a few moments, yet there is still nothing. 'What is with him and hanging up on me?' I thought as I hang up on him. I snuggle into my cot, going to sleep, and missing a lot of action.
Nothing normal can happen to this crew. Nothing! I swear this crew is curse for having this kind of bad luck. Ever since I join this crew, somehow I get injured, scared for life, or even both. The time that we went to save Nami from Arlong, I still have small scars on my sides. When we went on the calm belt, I have nightmares about the sea kings, especially that frog. Yuck! Then we hit an island infested with bounty hunters and I met Mihawk there. Well, that wasn't too bad until we were drag into the Crocodile scandal. I beat myself up everyday for being so weak. I broke an important rule. Never separate from the group.
After we left Alabastra, I kick my training hours a bit longer, hoping to get stronger to protect myself and the crew. In Java, I did a good job protecting Robin from drunks and perverts. Yet, once we reach to Sky Island, I'm useless again. I couldn't adjust to the oxygen levels here. I need to have an oxygen mask and tank with me at all times. My friends decide to not pay the fee and somehow get in trouble with the natives here. Chopper and I are left behind with the ship on a alter.
Zoro woke me up from my little nap and told me to go outside, where Robin told me everything that I needed to know. I decided on my own to stay behind. I would only hold them back.
"Angelina, I don't want you to exert yourself," Chopper said, as I continue to do push ups. I notice I start to sweat a lot that I have a layer of it. I shake my head and go for at least fifty more.
"Sorry, Chopper, I just can't sit here and wait for the others to save me. I need to do something to keep occupy," I said, going onto my twentieth push ups. Chopper whimpers, as my body starts to shake. I lay on my stomach to catch my breath, as Chopper went to get the whistle from the mast. Robin told me that they got it from the Knight.I crack my wrist a bit and start to do push up again. I change to a gray tank top, with blue shorts. I threw away my Mihawk's shoes since the other one was lost. I use my running sneakers, that was all black with red bottoms.
"If we have this whistle, the Knight of the Sky will save us," Chopper said, putting it on. I grab the oxygen tank and out it in my mini backpack. I put it on, waiting for I hear a familiar ringing sound again. Chopper must have hear as well. I nervously laugh and inch my way to the door.
"I'll be right back," I said, before ducking behind the door. I quickly went to my shared room, looking for the phone. I pick it up, ready to greet my Mihawk, but a joyful laugh blast through the phone. My breath is stuck in my throat. The laugh isn't a normal laugh is not from Mihawk's or his friends. This is a woman's laugh. 'What the hell is going on here,'I thought.
"Oh Dracule, You're such a joker," she said, through the phone. My jaw drops. He better not be flirting with anyone. He's mine. My grip on the phone tighten.
"Well, Patricia, you didn't change at all. Even your taste in wine is still the same," Dracule said, almost purring it. I want to hang up and not hear this, but I couldn't. I mean this is basically eavesdropping, an invasion of privacy. Somehow, I need to know if this is a friend.'Pleas be a friend,' I thought as I hold my tongue. I didn't want to speak, so Dracule can continue with this friendly conversation.
"I usually drink beer, but ever since meeting you, Dracule, I guess my tastes changed," she said. I hear something going on, but I couldn't tell. I hear some clothes being play around here. I didn't know if I should be sad or angry right now. I decide to be angry now and be sad later.
"Come on, Dracule. You're a man of the sea, Let me give you...some woman's attention," She said, whispering the last part. I couldn't hear this anymore. I slam the phone shut and left it on the table. I growl at myself.
"How dare he?! When I see him, he has a lot explaining to do," I said to myself. I went back to the deck, stomping my way up. I slam the door open and Chopper is still at his post. He opens his mouth to say something to to ask what happen, and why do I look as if I wanted to cry. I shake my head and took my post near the sheep's head.
"I'm okay, Chopper, just give me some space," I said, not bothering to look at him. It takes me awhile to what I did. I slap myself on the forehead. I'm being mean to Chopper. I turn around to see Chopper look at the distance. I walk up to him and he notice. Once I reach him, I lay my hand on his cute pink hate and rub it with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Chopper. I'm just a bit grumpy when I have my period," I said, giving him a lame excuse. Chopper blushes and quickly looks away.
"I'll accept your apology, you fool," he said, giggling a bit. I laugh at his cuteness and return to my post, a bit happier than before.I hear something in the distance, not knowing what it is. I stop and quickly get on my feet in defense stance. It sounds like the beating of giant wings. I look around and hear nothing from the jungle, meaning something is near by. Suddenly, a giant bird carrying a full grown man appears in front of Chopper.
"What? You two are the only sacrifice to kill?" he said, making his presence know. Chopper instantly blew the whistle. I took a good look at the bird and the guy. The bird is all purple with red feathers on the neck and white feathers on its head. The guy had pointed mustache that splits into two parts; on his head there is an aviator hat decorated with wings, and a pair of goggles on the front.
His attire is composed of an orange fur-lined jacket, with brown swollen sleeves decorated by beige spots; loose matching orange pants held up by a belt, fur-lined gloves and boots, and a purple scarf. Also, he has wings on its back, which is weird. It looks like a pair of wings I get from Party City for Halloween.
"No one is making sacrifices out of us," I said, growling at him. Chopper ran behind me, while I went to defense stance. I put my fists up, ready for a match. I'm glad I have my gloves on with the padding.