Warnings: Dark themes, lots of mentions of death, strong language, human experimentation, experimenting on children, child abduction, graphic descriptions of experimenting, lots of needles, lots of violence, poor descriptions of panic attacks, descriptions of blood, rated M for safety.

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Chapter 47: Adventures on Sabaody

It had been another sleepless night for the brothers as they mulled over what answer they should give to Whitebeard. On one hand, they already stayed on the ship and hung around everyone. Joining wouldn't be much more different than how things already were. On the other hand, joining would mean that they would have to answer to Whitebeard as a Captain. Also, if the brothers wanted to leave, it wouldn't be as easy as it would if they didn't join.

Ace, for once was unsure about what to do. He didn't feel strongly toward one side or another, and that actually shocked Sabo and Luffy more then Whitebeards offer had.

"It's only because you've been trying to convince me they're good people!" Ace had defended indignantly, arms crossed as he looked away from his brothers' suspicious gazes.

After having slept on it, albeit it having only been a few hours of sleep, the brothers were still just as far away from an answer as they had been yesterday.

"Maybe if we eat then we'll know!" Luffy suggested, his stomach growling as he smelled breakfast. Sabo sighed but smiled at Lufffy's antics.

"Breakfast is done now, so we may as well go and eat," Sabo said with a shrug. Ace was silent, but nodded his agreement, following his brothers out the door.

They didn't know if Whitebeard had talked to everyone else about the fact that he wants the brothers to join, but not knowing made every pair of eyes that much more overbearing. They knew Whitebeard had told them they could take their time in thinking over their decision, but how long was he willing to wait?

When they got to the galley and got their food they ate it silently and quickly. Right as they stood to leave though, Izo stopped them.

"Don't forget your wristbands today." The brothers were a bit confused as to what that meant, but Izo continued.

"We should be landing at Sabaody today. I was just saying that you should remember those wristbands I made you if you wanted to walk around." Izo elaborated.

"Oh, thank you Izo, we'll be sure to wear them then," Sabo said, completely forgetting that they were supposed to be landing today. Sabo said their goodbyes and the brothers headed straight to their room.

"Sabaody's the place Thatch was talking about, right? The one with the marine base?" Ace asked as Sabo took out their wristbands that he had put in the desk drawer. The blonde nodded, handing Luffy and Ace their bands while slipping his over his wrist. It was surprisingly comfortable.

"It is. That means we should probably stick around the pirates or even the ship. We don't want to risk wondering over to it." Sabo said, shutting the drawer and sitting in the chair.

"We can't go exploring then?" Luffy asked sadly, already pouting. Sabo sighed.

"We cant Lu, sorry. Maybe next time, when we know it'll be safer to explore." Sabo said. Luffy nodded, still obviously upset, but accepting his brothers' words.

"In the meanwhile, we should probably discuss Whitebeards offer more," Sabo said, leaning back in the desk chair and staring at the ceiling.

"We don't want to leave so joining is the best option, but we also don't want to be restricted because we joined." Ace summed up as he laid down in bed, Luffy curling up beside him. Sabo nodded with another sigh.

"We also know that, so far, they've passed all of our tests. I don't know, maybe these pirates really are nice and just want to help us." Sabo said, conflicted. Ace frowned at that.

"I don't know... what if they just want us to feel that way so they can learn about what happened in the facility? What if, when they find out, they don't want us here anymore?" Ace asked, Luffy curling up closer at the mention of the facility again.

"The only way to know for sure would be to tell them and see what they do. There isn't really a test we could do to figure out how they would react to information like that." Sabo said in frustration, wishing things could just be easier for them. After everything the world had thrown at them, why couldn't things just be easy now?

"There should be..." Ace muttered dryly, and suddenly, Sabo had an idea, one he knew Ace definitely would not like by any stretch of the imagination.

"Actually... I think there is..." Sabo said a bit hesitantly, regretting the words as fast as he spoke them. Ace and Luffy sat up, both looking at Sabo in confusion. Ace, because he wanted to know what Sabo's idea was, but Luffy because he could feel the apprehension and worry coming from Sabo from the idea.

"What is it?" Ace asked. Sabo bit his lip, looking away from his brothers.

"You're not going to like it." He said, hoping Ace would drop it after that, knowing he shouldn't have mentioned it in the first place.

"So what? I haven't liked half of your plans, but we still did them." Ace said with a scoff.

"Yeah, well... this isn't like my other plans," Sabo admitted, only making his brothers more curious.

"You can't just bring it up and not tell us, come on." Ace pushed. Sabo sighed again, this time in defeat.

"I warned you. The only way we can know how they'll react to having such sensitive information about us is if we tell them something equally sensitive." Sabo began. Ace raised an eyebrow at this, waiting for Sabo to continue.

"And I was thinking that the only other information we've got that's that important would be... your father," Sabo said, not even daring to speak his name.

As expected Ace immediately grew angry, scowling and making fists.

"Nope. No way." Ace said immediately, not even allowing himself to think about the idea.

"And this is why I didn't want to tell you. That's the only thing we could do to figure out how they would react to the facility." Sabo said.

They're conversation was cut short when Sabo heard that they were docking. Telling his brothers as much they all got up and headed to the deck where they stood by the railing, out of everyone's way. They watched people get ready, heard the Captain give orders, and watched people walk off the ship with smiles and coins.

"Alright you three, let's go touring!" Thatch spoke up behind them. Turning, they saw the chef heading their way, holding out three bags for them to take, presumably filled with money. Thanking the chef, they each took a bag, Sabo taking Luffys, and followed the man off the ship.

"You're our tour guide today?" Sabo asked lightly, noticing that Thatch seemed extremely happy.

"That's right! Good ol' Thatch'll show you all the hot spots here at Sabaody! All while avoiding those pesky marines!" Thatch announced. Luffy decided that he liked Thatch a lot, and it wasn't just because the man was radiating good emotions either. He hadn't forgotten that Thatch was one of the first people he had met, and not only that, but he was someone who kept promises and made food, which were all bonuses in Luffy's eyes.

Yeah, Thatch was a good guy.

"Where to first then, Mr. Tour Guide?" Sabo asked as he and his brothers looked around, noticing the tall mangroves and the bubbles floating up from the ground.

"Well, I think the most logical place to start would be groves 40-49, the tourist section!" Thatch exclaimed as he headed, presumably, to those groves. The trio followed, watching with wonder as bubbles formed out of the ground, floating high into the sky to the point that they couldn't even see them, save for Ace and his supervision, before popping.

"Anything you want, I bet you'll find it here!" Thatch said, gesturing his arms out wide, showing off the giant selection of stalls surrounding them.

"Woah! So much stuff!" Luffy exclaimed, ready to run off, but knowing he couldn't.

"That's right! Why don't we go look around for a bit? As long as you can pay for it with what's in your pouches, you can get it." Thatch said, gesturing to their pouches of money they had been given.

"You mean like a hat for Ace? And Sabo too!" Luffy asked, confusing Thatch a bit, however, the chef nodded.

"Yeah, even hats. Why do you ask?" Thatch asked as Luffy practically began dragging his brothers off to the many stalls, looking specifically for one selling hats.

"Because Ace needs a hat like me and Sabo's! And Sabo lost his hat a long time ago, so he needs a new one!" Luffy said a determined look on his face as he scanned the stalls around him. Ace and Sabo were a bit surprised that Luffy remembered the fact that he wanted to get them hats seeing as he had mentioned it so long ago.

"Ah, I guess that makes sense. What about that one?" The chef asked, pointing to a stall that was, indeed, selling a wide variety of hats. Luffy beamed, already dragging the group that way, careful not to stretch his arms too far.

"Perfect!" He said happily as they walked up to the cheery looking vendor.

"Hello there and welcome to Humphreys Hats! Any hat you could ever want or need can be found right here!" The man, presumably Humphrey, said cheerfully. Sabo smiled to the man seeing as Luffy was already knee deep in hats. The stall was a standard size with hats lining the shelves behind Humphrey, as well as a few racks in front of the counter that Luffy was perusing through, picking up and inspecting hats before dropping them to the floor and moving on to the next. This left Ace and Sabo with the task of catching and returning the hats to their proper place before continuing.

Thatch, however, was right by Luffy's side, helping him pull off hats and showing them off to the youngest, sometimes even placing the hats on Ace and Sabo's head so he and Luffy could see what they looked like.

"What about this one?" Thatch asked, holding up a very jester-esque hat, to which Luffy shook his head with furrowed brows.

"Mm... No, maybe something more like this." He said, holding up a very bright red hat that almost looked like a mariachi hat with two black tassels hanging off of it. Thatch nodded, seemingly in understanding, as he continued his search.

"Who do you think he wants that hat to be for?" Ace asked as he caught the red hat before it hit the ground, turning it over with a grimace. Sabo smiled wickedly at him, making him frown.

"If I know Luffy? Probably you." Sabo said, catching a baby blue ball cap.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ace asked, catching a pea green knitted cap.

"It means that he's most likely going to find me a hat like the one I already had, whereas he's finding you a completely new one. That one looked nothing like my top hat." Sabo said, pointing back to the red one, simultaneously catching a brown fedora. Ace pouted but didn't say anything more.

"This one?"

"No, more colorful."

"This one?"

"No, too tall."

"This one?"

"No, too glittery." Ace was thankful that Luffy didn't like the glitter bomb of a hat that Thatch had suggested. The pair continued searching with Luffy giving his criticisms as they went, and soon they were running out of hats to look at.

"What about-"

"This one!" Luffy shouted happily as he held up a bright orange cowboy hat with two similarly orange tassels dangling down, connected by a wooden circle with a skull on it. Luffy grinned proudly as he bounced over to Ace, placing the hat down on his head.

"See! It's perfect!" Luffy said happily as he stood back and admired his achievement.

"Huh, it actually does suit him," Sabo said, slightly amazed.

"You're right Luffy, it looks pretty good!" Thatch said, a pleased smile on his face as he took in the hat. Ace didn't know how he felt about all the attention, especially when he couldn't see what the hat looked like on him. Before he could snap though, Thatch spoke up again.

"I guess its too bad we couldn't find something for Sabo here though." He said, walking up to the counter with Luffy.

"What are you talking about? That one's Sabo's." Luffy said, pointing to a navy blue, almost black top hat sitting on the shelf behind the vendor.

"Told you so," Sabo whispered to Ace who hit Sabo's shoulder with a glare.

"Whatever." Ace muttered as he walked up to the counter as well.

"Can we have that hat? Please?" Luffy asked, saying the please almost as an afterthought, but beaming as he felt pride come from Sabo and felt a ruffle of his hair from Ace.

"Right away!" Humphrey said jovially, turning and grabbing the hat and handing it over to Luffy, who placed it on Sabo's head.

"See! Perfect! It's just like your old one!" Luffy said.

"Here, this'll help," Barney said, pulling out a tiny mirror that they could hold. Ace took it first, looking over the orange cowboy hat and finding that he didn't hate it as much as he thought he would. Passing the mirror to Sabo the blonde had a much similar reaction, though he hadn't expected to hate it much at all, after all, it was very similar to his old hat.

"Good picks Luffy. How much for the both of them?" Sabo asked. After getting a price Sabo pulled the amount out of Luffy's pouch, handing over the money and thanking the man as they left.

"Alright, anything else you three are looking for?" Thatch asked, his hands behind his head as he walked casually along.

"Accessories!" Luffy announced, confusing them all once again.

"Accessories?" Ace, Sabo, and Thatch all asked in unison. Luffy merely nodded, seeming to spot whatever stall he was thinking of and walking that way.

"Welcome to Abigail's Accessories! How may I help you?" Abigail asked with a cheery smile.

"We're just looking," Sabo replied politely as Luffy gazed at the many necklaces, glasses, bags, pins, and more. Like the last stall, some were on shelves behind the vendor, some were on cases in the counter, and there was a small shelving unit in front of the stall with even more thing on it.

Luffy looked through all the cases, all the shelves, looking for whatever it was he was after, and after looking into one of the cases his pensive look turned into another smile.

"This one!" Luffy said, pointing inside the case. Abigail bent over the counter to see what Luffy was looking at, and once she recognized it she smiled.

"Ah, yes, the beaded twins! Good choice!" She said, Luffy picking the case up and putting it on the counter.

"And those too!" He said as he peered around the woman to a pair of goggles. She nodded and grabbed the item, bringing it back to the counter with her.

"The beaded twins come with this necklace for free if you want it," Abigail said as she pulled out another item, a red beaded necklace. Luffy nodded happily, turning to Sabo expectantly who sighed, walking up and pulling out the necessary amount of money while Luffy happily scooped up his newly purchased items.

"So, what are those for Luffy?" Thatch asked, confused as to why Luffy had purchased such seemingly random items.

"They're accessories! For Ace and Sabo's hats! They look boring without them." Luffy said, pulling Ace a bit lower so he could place 'the beaded twins' on his hat. It was a similarly red beaded band with a smiley face and frowny face at the front that fit perfectly around Aces hat. Luffy also put the necklace around Aces neck before moving onto Sabo and doing the same to him, placing the goggles on his hat.

"They look splendid!" Abigail said, clasping her hands from where she watched. Luffy beamed proudly at his purchases while Ace and Sabo looked at each other.

"Huh, those look familiar. It's like you never lost your old hat, Sabo." Ace said, admiring how similar to the old one's Sabo's new goggles and hat looked.

"Can't say the same for you Ace, you never had a hat, but you don't look too bad either." Sabo agreed, taking Aces previous statement as a compliment.

"Good job Lu." Ace and Sabo said, patting Luffys shoulders as Luffy continued beaming proudly.

After that the group walked through more stalls, getting some food and other tiny trinkets. Luffy was set on buying a telescope that one of the vendors was selling, and Ace and Sabo decided to split the price seeing as Luffy had gotten them stuff already.

"Now I can see like Ace!" Luffy had exclaimed, looking through the scope happily as he spun around, looking at different things.

"Do you normally have bad eyesight?" Thatch asked, confused as to what Luffy meant.

"No, uh, Ace just has really good eyesight is all. He can see way better than Luffy and I." Sabo said a bit nervously. Noticing that he had slipped up Luffy quickly apologized with taps, which the brothers responded to with a, 'its fine, but be more careful.'

With this new knowledge, Thatch had begun testing Ace on how far he could see.

"What's that say?" Thatch asked, pointing to a sign that the group wasn't close enough to actually read yet.

"Pizzazz's Pizza." Ace said, seeing the sign clear as day.

"What about that one?!" Thatch asked joyfully, pointing to another sign.

"Freddy's Fashion Show." This was almost too easy for him.

"That one?" Thatch asked, but it was just a bit too far for Ace to be comfortable with reading out loud. Normal people definitely couldn't see that far.

"Don't know." He said, ignoring the fact that he actually did know and would be keeping Luffy far away from 'Rory's All You Can Eat'.

"Man, we should have you do watch, no one would be able to sneak up on us!" Thatch said with a laugh. Ace and Sabo smiled along while Luffy continued window shopping happily, enjoying all the happy feelings surrounding them.

It was nice for the brothers to not have to worry about Marines noticing their numbers. It was like they were in a disguise, one that no one would notice unless their wristbands were removed. Even though the threat of marines was still there, they were still relatively safe.

"Why don't we head to the amusement park now for a bit till we have to go back to the ship?" Thatch asked, garnering cheers from Luffy. They were led to the giant park where they stared in amazement at all of the rides and attractions. It wasn't too long after that they were all getting on ride after ride, the sun beginning to set as they did.

"Alright, last one everyone, the Ferris wheel!" Thatch exclaimed, gesturing to the giant wheel. The brothers, who had been smiling happily the entire time, nodded in excitement as they waited in line. The booths had two seats on either side so Ace and Thatch sat on one side while Sabo and Luffy sat on the other. The bubble over the top gave the group a view of the sky while also keeping them from falling out, which was a legitimate worry when Luffy was involved.

"Wow, look, Sabo, we're so high!"

"Ace, look at that! We got your hats there!"

"Hey, I didn't know there was an All You Can Eat place! We should go there!"

All in all, the day had been a good one, probably one of the best days of their lives, save for the day that they escaped the facility.

"Well, I guess its time to head back to the Moby." Thatch said with a yawn after they exited the Ferris wheel. The brothers nodded in agreement, Ace stretching while Sabo and Luffy yawned as well. The walk back was quiet, except for the constant chatter from those around them, still having fun and buying souvenirs.

They had just gotten back to groves 40-49 when Thatch and Luffy both frowned. A slight shiver ran through Luffy, and Ace and Sabo already had an idea as to why. Before they could begin any tapping or questioning though, Thatch pulled them into an alley behind some stalls and shops, hiding them all from view of the street.

"What's happening?" Ace asked in a whisper, peeking out carefully as he asked. Thatch and Sabo peeked out as well, along with Luffy, though he did it much more hesitantly than the other.

'Darkness. Lots and lots of darkness. More then Teach and Haru. Three people.' Luffy tapped out quickly, making Ace and Sabo pale in fear. Thatch, however, didn't notice, instead, he was glaring at the group of people heading their way down the street.

"Celestial Dragons." Thatch spat out, the brothers watching as people began bowing, looking at the ground. The once happy and joyful feelings that had been surrounding Luffy turned to ones of fear and darkness, and Luffy hated every second of it. He only caught a glimpse of the three with the darkness before he had to sit down behind the stall they were hiding behind. He could barely handle this much darkness getting this close.

All three of the people had darkness worse than Teach and Haru combined, and with three people having that much it was a massive cloud heading their way that was starting to suffocate him. There was no warmth coming from Whitebeard to balance the darkness, he didn't even know if Whitebeard could make enough warmth to make a dent in it.

He vaguely felt a hand on his shoulder, could barely register the fact that there was a different feeling other than darkness by him, but the darkness was too strong for him to make out what it could possibly be. The cloud rolled over him now, blanketing him in the slimy, suffocating feeling, making him close his eyes as he attempted to catch his breath. In what seemed like hours the cloud finally rolled passed him and continued on, much to Luffy's relief as he gulped in the clean, fresh air.

"You alright Luffy?" Ace asked beside him, rubbing his back. Luffy nodded, noticing that he had been sweating and trembling.

"Can you walk?" Sabo asked, worry on his face. Luffy honestly didn't know, but the second he tried to stand he fell back down.

"No." His voice was quiet and timid, barely getting the word out. There wasn't a seconds hesitation as Ace hoisted Luffy up onto his back, Sabo helping make sure he was secure before they left the safety of the alley.

"Do you want me to call the nurses?" Thatch asked a bit hesitantly. He knew of the brothers' dislike of nurses, but whatever Luffy had gone through back there looked serious. Sabo roughly shook his head.

"No, he'll be fine, don't worry," Sabo said tensely, still frowning. Thatch felt a bit conflicted, but nodded, deciding it would do more harm to call them right now. He would talk to Pops about it when they got back and see what the Captain thought was best.

"Well... are you feeling better Luffy?" Thatch asked, hoping to see the bright happy teen he had seen all day. Luffy, however, did not look like that now. He looked tired, pale, and sweaty as he clung to Ace.

"Mhmm... Don't worry, 'm fine." Luffy mumbled, not enjoying the worry and nervousness coming from the chef. It was better when he felt happy, warm feelings, not ones that made him want to worry and be nervous too. A hand on his back and pulses of warmth from his brothers calmed him down before any more of the worry from the chef could affect him. Apparently, he was much more susceptible to feeling other peoples feelings when he was this tired. Good to know.

Which reminded him, he never told Ace and Sabo about the fact that he could feel people using haki. Well, that would have to wait.

When they were back at the Moby they avoided questions of whether Luffy was okay or not with answers that he was fine and just tired. When the brothers finally made it to their room Ace deposited Luffy onto their bed while Sabo put the telescope on the desk, along with his and Aces hats.

"What happened back there Lu?" Sabo asked gently as he moved to sit on the bed. Luffy shrugged, curling into a ball on his side, facing the brothers.

"Lots of darkness. I couldn't breathe, and it got dark." Luffy said with a shiver, still feeling a bit icky from how much darkness had passed over him.

"It's over now, that's all that matters. We'll just have to make Celestial Dragons one of the people we stay far away from." Ace said with a sneer as he mentioned the name of those bastards. Sabo and Thatch had briefed him on what a Celestial Dragon was, even going as far as to mention the slaves they kept, and Ace couldn't figure out if he hated them more then the Doctors at the facility or not.

"Thatch is coming," Sabo said, getting up and heading to the door.

"He brought something yummy," Luffy said with a small smile. Sabo chuckled a bit at that, opening the door after the first knock and greeting the chef with a smile.

"Hi, there Thatch, what's up?" Sabo asked casually, finding no need to use politeness when he was still strained from Luffy's panic attack. If that's even what it could be called.

"Well, I- uh, brought this for Luffy. I thought it might help him feel a little better." Thatch said, holding a large glass full of a pink liquid.

"Its a smoothie I made, has lots of fruits and things." Thatch explained a bit quickly as he handed the glass over to Sabo, who took it with a smile.

"Thank you, Thatch, I'm sure he'll love it. Goodnight." Sabo said, Thatch, saying a quick goodnight and calling out a feel better to Luffy as the door shut.

"That was nice of him," Sabo said as he looked at the smoothie, walking over to the bed where Ace helped Luffy sit up.

"Mhmm! I like Thatch, he's a good guy." Luffy said, happily taking the smoothie from Sabo, using the straw to drink it as fast as possible.

"Slow down a little Lu. Is he Marco and Whitebeard good, or just good?" Ace asked as he made Luffy slow down a bit in drinking. The youngest seemed to think about it for a minute, Ace and Sabo waiting patiently for a response.

"Mmm... he keeps promises, and he hid us from the darkness, and he helped us escape, and he makes good food, and his colors still blue, so... I think he's a good guy. Like Marco and Mr. Whitebeard." Luffy determined, returning to sipping his drink happily. Ace and Sabo took in this new information, knowing now that Thatch was someone that they could be around without worry.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys, but I can feel when someone uses Haki!" Luffy suddenly exclaimed as he finished his smoothie.

"Huh?" Ace and Sabo asked, shocked and confused.

"Mhmm! When I got lost and Marco was bringing me back to you, I felt him use his haki so that he could find you!" Luffy explained.

"That's new. Did you ever feel that before?" Sabo asked.

"I don't think so..." Luffy said, trying to remember if he had felt mystery feelings coming from anyone.

"We haven't been around much haki, to begin with though." Ace said with a shrug.

"That's true, we never really needed to use it, huh?" Sabo said as he thought back to their time in the facility. The times they had used it hadn't exactly been good times for Luffy to focus on someone's feelings either.

"Well, its good you figured that out Luffy, it could become helpful later. Why don't we go to bed now though? Its been a long day." Sabo said, taking the empty glass from Luffy and putting it on their desk. His brothers agreed and all of them got comfy.

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"What happened out there, son?" Whitebeard asked, having seen how Luffy looked when he had come back to the ship, carried by Ace.

"I don't really know Oyaji, one second he was fine, the next he was... I don't know, panicking?" Thatch said, a bit unsure.

"Tell us what was happening before that, yoi," Marco suggested. The Commanders and Captain were sitting in the meeting room, Whiskey as well, as Thatch gave a retelling of whatever had happened on Sabaody.

"Okay, well, we had just finished at the amusement park, the brothers seemed happy and stuff, and since it was getting dark we decided to head back here." Thatch began, trying to remember exactly what had happened.

"And then when we got to the tourist section I noticed that there was a group of Celestial Dragons coming," Thatch continued with a scowl. None of them liked the Dragons, so there was a similar reaction among the Commanders.

"So I took them to a nearby alley so we didn't get spotted by them. One second we're peeking out at them, the next Luffys sitting against the wall and can barely breathe. Ace and Sabo were trying to calm him down, but when it didn't do anything they just went silent and waited. Ace asked who the Dragons were and Sabo and I explained them to him, and once they were gone, Luffy was fine." Thatch finished, still worried for the boy.

"What were his symptoms?" Whiskey asked, thinking maybe if she couldn't see the boys themselves, she could figure out a way to help without having to actually talk to them.

"Symptoms? Well, he was shaking a lot, looked like a couldn't breath, pale, sweating, didn't look like he could hear us either." Thatch said, thinking back to how Luffy had acted. Whiskey frowned as she thought.

"It sounds like he could have had a panic attack. A major one at that." Whiskey said, a bit more to herself than to others.

"A panic attack?" Haruta asked, not having been expecting that answer.

"By the sounds of it, yes." Whiskey affirmed.

"What caused it though? The Celestial Dragons?" Kingdew asked.

"It's possible, however, Ace didn't know who the Dragons were." Whiskey said as they all tried to figure out what had triggered the attack.

"But Sabo knew about them, you said he explained what they were to Ace with you, right?" Fossa asked Thatch who nodded.

"Even if that were the case, wouldn't they all know who they were, not just Sabo and maybe Luffy?" Curiel asked.

"What else could it have been though?" Jozu asked.

"Panic attacks can be triggered by anything. It's possible that it had nothing to do with the Dragons and Luffy simply saw something familiar in the background that caused it. We won't know unless they tell us." Whiskey said with a sigh.

"Is there anything we can do to help him?" Izo asked.

"For now, I think we should just give them some space. Thatch brought over a smoothie which should help get something in his stomach at least." Whiskey said with a sigh, none of them liking that they couldn't do anything.

"Why don't we all go get some much-needed rest then? Tomorrow we can keep an eye on the brothers and make sure they're ok." Whitebeard suggested, everyone reluctantly nodding as they began standing and leaving the room.

They would just have to take things one step at a time.

The brothers have officially experienced Sabaody now, theme parks, Celestial Dragons and all! Thatch is also now officially on the 'Good Guy' list and the brothers might start being more comfortable around him like they are around Marco and Whitebeard. Slowly they're expanding their group of trusted people, one person at a time.

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