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 54: Pesky Narcolepsy

Waking up was a slow-going process in the brothers' room. Even though breakfast was ready, even though Sabo could hear the mutterings of the crew wondering where they were at, even though the delicious smells wafted to Luffy's nose, none of them could find it in themselves to get up to go eat.

Ace was still snoring away beside the two. Although he had been woken up four times now, each time he had just fallen right back asleep. They couldn't blame him really, yesterday hadn't been a good day for him in terms of narcolepsy attacks. He had a few more than he usually would and they left him exhausted. Sabo and Luffy, however, were just lazy.

"We should go eat," Sabo said, but despite his words, he didn't move.

"Mm." Luffy hummed, also not showing any signs of moving anytime soon. They both stared at the ceiling for a minute before Sabo sighed, flinging his arm out across Luffy and hitting Ace in the chest.

"Oi, Ace, get up, we have to go eat," Sabo said, and Ace woke up, startled by the sudden impact on his chest.

"Wha-?" He asked, blinking slowly as he sat up, looking around.

"Food," Sabo said simply, and although Ace looked tempted by the idea, he also looked tired. His tired eyes closed slowly and opened even slower. Sabo was pretty sure that if nothing was done, he would fall asleep sitting up.

Sighing, Sabo pushed himself up, ignoring the complaints in his head telling him to just lay back down and sleep a little while longer. There wasn't any real reason they had to be up now other then breakfast, but Sabo didn't want to worry the crew if they didn't show up.

"Come on, I think Thatch is getting ready to come check on us. They think we're having another bad day." Sabo said, hearing the Commanders talk amongst themselves, wondering if the brothers were going to stay locked away again today.

"Let them, we can sleep then." Ace said, falling back onto the mattress. Sabo frowned, turning to glare at the oldest.

"Ace, I swear to Kami, if you fall asleep right now I'm gonna tell Thatch to limit your servings." Sabo threatened. As much as Ace wanted to sleep, his love for food overpowered that and he shot up in bed, eyes open while Luffy laughed beside him.

"There, was that so hard? Now, let's go, maybe if we start moving we'll wake up more." Sabo said, standing up and turning to practically drag Luffy out of the bed, Ace helping. The rubber boy slumped to the ground with a groan, Sabo holding his now stretching arm. Letting it go it recoiled back to the youngest with a snap and Sabo put his hands on his hips, frowning again.

"Seriously, you two are like children. Luffy, don't make me limit your servings too." Sabo said, making Luffy groan, but slowly push himself up. The blonde rolled his eyes and shook his head at the theatrics, heading to the door. Ace and Luffy followed a bit slowly, but Sabo had been right, once they were out of their bed, they felt more awake. Along with feeling more awake, they also felt more hungry, and soon they outpaced Sabo, making their way quickly to the galley and practically leaving Sabo behind who huffed.

"Oh, there you three are! We were beginning to think you weren't gonna show!" Fossa said, smiling to the brothers who sat down at the table. Sabo smiled to them, Ace and Luffy already shoveling food into their mouths.

"I had a bit of trouble getting these two out of bed was all," Sabo said, jabbing a thumb to his brothers as he picked up his fork to start eating as well.

"Hey, you didn't want to move either!" Ace said indignantly, to which Sabo rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, but I got up without any threats necessary, unlike you two," Sabo said, not even looking to Ace who scoffed at him.

"Threats?" Kingdew asked, all of the Commanders curious as to what Sabo meant.

"Nothing lethal if that's what you're thinking. I just told them I would tell Thatch to limit their servings which was enough to get them up and moving." Sabo said with a shrug. Some of the Commanders laughed at that, Whitebeard smiling from where he sat at the head of the table.

"They sure do love food a lot!" Vista noticed.

"Always have, always will. They've always had big appetites." Sabo said, remembering their days back on their home island when they had to hunt multiple animals just to satisfy the brothers' hunger.

"It's not surprising when you think about who you're grandfather is. Garp can eat just as much as those two, if not more!" Haruta mentioned, watching the two eating. Sabo chuckled at that, nodding.

"You're right about that." He said. The Commanders split into their own conversations after that, Thatch joining in soon after. Sabo listened per usual, not forcing himself into any one conversation, but preparing himself in case anyone decided they wanted him to join in. Luffy and Ace seemed wide awake now, the two of them eating with their normal gusto, and Sabo could feel that even he was awake now. Apparently, they were just having a lazy morning. It wouldn't be all that surprising, especially since they had all been a bit on edge ever since seeing the doctors coat on Fishman Island.

Breakfast began to finish up and the brothers left to go sit near Whitebeard. Suddenly Sabo's mind wandered to the fact that it had nearly been an entire month of being with the Whitebeards, being free of the facility that had tormented them for years on end.

Ace had mentioned it yesterday, but they hadn't really discussed it much. In just two days they would have to give Whitebeard their decision on whether or not they wanted to officially join the crew or not.

Sabo let himself get lost in thought on the matter, trying to weigh the pros and cons, trying to find reasons they shouldn't possibly stay, trying to find reasons they absolutely should stay. Of course, they would all talk about this in more detail tomorrow with each other, and even the day after, because none of them wanted to agree to stay if they were just going to regret it immediately.

Sitting on the railing, their usual pass time, was becoming more and more boring for the three. Even though Sabo was distracted with his thoughts, Ace and Luffy still weren't doing much. Luffy was trying his best to let the clouds and ocean entertain him, but his limbs ached to be stretched, to extend as far as possible. The few times he'd had the chance to had been glorious, but now he was back to forcing himself to remain normal, to give no indication that he had a devil fruit.

Even though no one on the crew had even an inkling that the brothers possessed devil fruits they had to stay cautious, Sabo had said so. Even though they had seen Luffy treading water all that time ago, they still had to be careful with what they showed. Luffy knew that Ace was having the same problem as him, the eldest's fire just itching to rise to the surface, but he controlled himself too.

If Ace could do it, Luffy could too.

That doesn't mean he was happy about it though.

Luffy pouted as he stared at his feet which were swinging freely in the air. If they joined would he be able to stretch? Surely he would because then that would mean they trusted the crew enough to know about their powers. However, Luffy didn't want to join just so he could use his powers freely. Sure, it would be a plus, but Luffy didn't want to join solely because of that, he wanted to join when he knew that he could trust the crew to keep him and his brothers safe, without doing anything to hurt them.

They'd kept so much from the pirates, kept so many secrets from them, that Luffy didn't even know that, even if they joined and they told them everything, how they would react. Would they suddenly change their minds once they knew about their powers? Once they knew about what the facility did to them?

He knew Whitebeard wouldn't, Marco either, and maybe not Thatch and Izo, but everyone else was still up in the air to him. It was impossible for Luffy to get a good read on everyone on the ship without having to get close to them, and they hadn't been there long enough for that to be possible. With more time, Luffy would definitely be able to determine that, but for now, he only had a general feeling that most people on the Moby were good people.

Luffy sighed quietly, ignoring the feeling of sudden worry coming from Ace.

'Why don't we go talk to Thatch?' Sabo suddenly tapped, shocking Luffy as he looked over to the blonde who was smiling to him.

'You said we might be able to trust him, right? Like Marco and Whitebeard?' Sabo asked, Luffy nodding minutely in response.

'Then let's go make sure.' Sabo said. Luffy beamed happily, ready to do anything as long as it was entertaining, and he spun around, planting his feet on the deck and standing. Ace stretched, once again putting on the act of having just woken up, and stood as well, ruffling Luffys hair as he did so. Sabo stood as well and took a second to listen for the chef, finding that he wasn't too far away. He was out on the deck, a bit closer to the galley. He was doing... something. Sabo couldn't quite figure it out with sound alone, but it sounded a bit like he was scrapping something.

Shrugging it off, Sabo began leading his brothers his way, and soon he was able to see the man sitting against the railing, sharpening his knives.

Well, that made more sense.

Sabo smiled in greeting as they got closer and Thatch beamed happily back. He'd always seemed interested in the brothers, and not in a bad way. He always seemed like he genuinely wanted to get to know them better, and according to Luffy, he was always more than happy whenever they went up to talk to him. Now, didn't seem to be any different as the brothers sat beside the chef, Ace doing his best to keep the scowl off his face as he saw the many eyes on them. It wasn't often that they did anything other than sitting on the railing, so it was no surprise that they had garnered the attention of most of the crew by coming to sit with Thatch.

"Hello Thatch." Sabo greeted, still smiling to the chef.

"Hey! What's up?" Thatch asked, curious as to why the brothers were suddenly sitting and chatting with him. It wasn't often they went and initiated conversations with anyone, and when they did it was with Marco or Pops.

"Not much, it was just getting a bit boring sitting on the railing, you know?" Sabo asked, turning to look at the deck, the crew avoiding his gaze and pretending to be suddenly busy. The blonde held back a laugh at that.

"Oh, yeah, I guess that would get pretty boring, huh?" Thatch asked, also turning to look at the deck. The chef wasn't quite sure if he should continue the conversation or wait and let Sabo do it himself. Normally the brothers didn't like to be bothered, and when they initiated conversations they normally had something they wanted to talk about, but as the silence stretched on Thatch realized that maybe he should speak. Or maybe they wanted silence?

"I like your hair! It's poofy!" Luffy suddenly piped up, shocking Thatch from his thoughts. His feelings of turmoil quickly slipped away as another smile graced his face, turning to look at the youngest of the brothers excitedly.

"Thanks, you know, I use this special gel to make it this poofy!" He said proudly, touching the extended hair gently with a hand.

"Really?! Can you make my hair poofy like that too?!" Luffy asked excitedly, practically bouncing where he sat. Thatch chuckled at that, noticing that the older two brothers were watching him with looks that didn't give away their emotions. Sure, Sabo had a bit of a smile on, but his eyes told him that he was feeling more then he was showing. What he was feeling, though, he had no idea.

"I don't think you have enough hair, but maybe if you grow it out it would work!" Thatch said, looking at Luffy's short hair. He remembered when they had first taken the brothers in, how all of their hair had been long and unkempt. He had nearly forgotten about that, though it hadn't been all that long ago.

The conversation continued between Luffy and Thatch over the course of an hour. Sometimes Sabo would join in, and rarely Ace would make a comment as well, but for the most part, the older two remained quiet, watching. After the hour ended though, Thatch had to, regretfully, bid the brothers goodbye.

"Sorry, but I have to go start lunch now. It was nice talking to you three!" The chef said, standing. The brothers stood up as well, Sabo's small smile growing in size as he said his goodbyes.

"Its no problem Thatch, thank you for talking with us," Sabo said, Luffy nodding and waving happily.

"I liked talking with you, Thatch! Bye!" The youngest called. Thatch smiled and waved back, turning to walk to the kitchen.

'So... back to the railing?' Ace asked, looking around the deck. Marco and some of the other Commanders were standing near Whitebeards chair, only Namur, Rakuyo and Jiru missing from the group. And Thatch as well, obviously.

'Guess so. Lunch should be soon so that's a good thing.' Sabo replied with a bit of a shrug, already beginning to walk away. Luffy and Ace walked next to him, Luffy in between them like normal, and they made their way over quietly.

They were almost there when it happened. They were just nearing Whitebeard when Ace felt the sudden tug of exhaustion fog his mind. Luffy could feel Aces feelings become muted like they normally did whenever someone went to sleep, and Sabo could hear Aces normal breathing become much slower and deeper. In a matter of seconds, Ace went from walking and awake to falling and asleep.

Sabo and Luffy both moved into action, the youngest grabbing Aces arm in an attempt to slow his fall while Sabo rushed around Luffy, grabbing the fire users head to prevent any injury to it in his fall.

The sudden noise around them clued them into the fact that everyone was beginning to freak out, having just seen Ace suddenly collapse in front of them. Sabo cursed silently as he heard the Commanders rushing over and saw Luffy looking at him with wide, scared eyes.

They hadn't told anyone about Aces narcolepsy, and now they were going to have to face the consequences of that decision.

Sabo heard Izo tell someone to call Whiskey and his worry began to increase. Luffy and Sabo both knew that Ace was fine, they both knew that this was just a normal narcolepsy attack, but the rest of the crew didn't know that, and by the looks, on their faces, they were worried that this could be a lot more serious then it was. Sabo could even see Whitebeard watching them carefully, a look of worry in his eyes as he gripped the arms of his chair a bit too tightly.

Normally whenever Ace had attacks he had a bit of warning, but apparently, this one had happened so suddenly he hadn't had a chance to warn them of it.

"What happened, yoi?" Marco asked as he came to kneel beside Ace with the brothers. The Commanders stood behind him, but not too close, giving them space. Sabo didn't know how to respond, because he knew what had happened, but should he tell them? Surely he should, to stop all of this chaos, to make them realize this wasn't that big a deal, but he was stopped from answering when Whiskey ran up to them, dropping to her knees as she looked to him and Luffy.

"What happened here?" She asked, unknowingly repeating Marcos question. Luffy looked to Sabo, not knowing what to say, not knowing what his brothers would want him to say. He could feel the anxiety and fear in Sabo, and he could feel the muted fear from Ace. The eldest was probably having another nightmare, and that wasn't going to be good when he woke up.

"We were walking and he suddenly fell," Sabo said after a minute of internal debate over what he should say. He knew he should just tell them what happened, tell them that Ace had narcolepsy, but the fear of everyone suddenly knowing his brother's disease kept him from saying it. The fear of what Whiskey might do if she knew that they had kept the condition from her, even after she had asked them in the beginning if they had any medical issues.

Normally Sabo was the logical one, but in this situation, all of his logic was thrown out the window.

"His breathing sounds ok, his heart too, Marco, carry him to the infirmary for me, I'll need to check him out ther-" Whiskey was cut off when Ace suddenly let out a gasp, shooting upwards with eyes open wide in panic. Sabo vaguely heard Luffy tap to him that their brother had had a nightmare as Whiskey and Marco backed up a little to avoid getting headbutted by the now awake Ace.

The raven looked around in confusion for a minute before seeming to figure out what had happened. Sabo and Luffy both had a look of fear that made Ace suddenly realize that there was a nurse at his side, as well as the first commander. Not to mention, the hundreds of eyes on them.

"Are you alright? Does anything hurt? Head, eyes, chest?" Whiskey suddenly asked. Fighting the sneer, fighting the urge to yell that he was just fine, Ace swallowed, his lips twitching a bit downward.

"No, nothin' hurts, 'm fine." Ace said, his speech just a bit slurred, and he cursed himself for that. He was trying to get the nurse off his back, not justify her claims that he was not ok.

"I'd like to do a check-up if you don't mind, just to make sure you're ok." She said, and the brothers could sense that it wasn't really a suggestion like she made it sound. It was more of a demand, and that only put them all even more on edge.

"Can you walk?" She continued, not letting the brothers think for even a second. Ace, still not knowing what he should do, only nodded and began pushing himself off the ground, his brothers standing with him. Marco and Whiskey stood as well and the group began making their way to the infirmary, Marco heading towards Whitebeard instead.

The brothers were actually a bit dismayed to see him walk away. Even though they didn't want anyone knowing about Aces narcolepsy, they also didn't want to be left alone with a bunch of nurses. Marco was someone they knew they could trust, someone they knew was safe, and his presence in the infirmary would definitely have helped.

It was too late to change anything now though as they all made their way into the hallways leading to the infirmary. Sabo could hear the immediate uproar on deck as people began discussing what had happened, all of them trying to figure out what happened in the first place.

The blonde sighed and could see Luffy fumbling with the hem of his shirt nervously, no doubt the smell of medicine and rubbing alcohol already reaching his nose. Ace was clenching and unclenching his hands nervously, and Sabo was no better off than his brothers, hands twitching at his side.

The walk was made silently and within seconds they were entering the infirmary they had come to know a little too well. Whiskey gestured to a bed in the front, telling them to wait for her there as she went to a cabinet and pulled a paper out, attaching it to her clipboard as she grabbed a few tools for the check-up. Ace, Sabo, and Luffy watched her movements carefully, not daring to look away for even a second, while also being aware that there was also a multitude of other nurses in the room with them.

Whiskey returned quickly, scribbling something down before looking at Ace with a smile.

"I know you guys don't like it here, so I'll try to be quick. Just explain to me what happened while I take a look at you're reflexes as well as make sure everything else is fine as well." Whiskey said, clicking a tiny flashlight on that she began shining in Aces eyes, moving it back and forth while instructing him to follow it.

"Well, uh, we were just walking back to the railing after talking to Thatch, and then Ace fell unconscious," Sabo said reluctantly. There was no use trying to hide the information or lie, after all, everyone on deck had seen the whole thing.

"Has this happened before?" She asked. There was more silence as the brothers mulled over their options. They could just not answer, but that would be answer enough. They could answer truthfully, but that would just lead to more questions, as well as the inevitable conclusion that Ace had narcolepsy. They could lie about it, but then Whiskey would probably keep them here to make sure things were fine, and still might even find out about the narcolepsy regardless.

So what choice did they really have? Even if they told the truth, told her about the narcolepsy, that would just end in her being mad at them for not telling her in the first place.

'Ace, what do you want me to say?' Sabo asked the eldest, knowing that, ultimately, it was his decision. Ace's lips thinned, Whiskey still waiting for an answer, and thought. He had already come to the same conclusions that Sabo had, and it was just a matter of choosing which evil he wanted to face.

Of course, Ace had to take into account that in just a couple of days they would also be making a decision on whether they wanted to join the crew or not, and if they did join, they would have to tell them about his condition anyways. Maybe it would just be better to get it off their chests now rather than later when it would be an even bigger issue.

'Just... tell her.' Ace finally decided, much to his brothers' surprise. He wasn't happy about this, not one bit, but it would have happened eventually. After telling Whitebeard and Marco about his father, this should be a walk in the park, but this felt different. When they'd told the Captain and first mate about his father it had been their choice, they had decided amongst themselves, in their own time, to tell people that they trusted.

Now, however, they were practically being forced to give up information they weren't yet ready to share, and to someone that they trusted the least on this entire ship, of course, not including Teach.

Sabo, still in a bit of shock, turned to look at the nurse, preparing himself for whatever was going to happen now that they revealed the information they'd held for so long.

"I-it, uh, has happened before," Sabo said a bit nervously, though trying his best to keep from showing just how nervous this whole thing made him. Whiskey seemed to notice the nervousness and raised an eyebrow, writing more information down.

"Do you know how many times?" She asked, and Sabo was tempted to just tell her outright that it was narcolepsy that caused this to stop any further questioning, but he couldn't find it in himself to say it just yet, instead opting to answer the question.

"No, it's happened... it's happened a lot." He said, waiting for the anger that he was sure was going to come. Luffy was watching the nurse intently, watching her aura for any sudden hints of gray or even black, while also keeping a read on her emotions for any anger or malice towards his brothers.

"A lot? As in a couple? A handful? A dozen?" She asked, needing more specific information than that.

"More like a couple hundred..." Sabo mumbled but was loud and clear enough for the nurse to understand. It was true though, that Ace had had hundreds of attacks. They didn't always used to be as frequent when they were children, but after everything that had happened in the facility his attacks had become much more frequent.

Whiskey had gone silent at that, and the brothers watched as her lips thinned a bit. Luffy could feel a hint of anger beginning to take form in the nurse, causing him to shift nervously away from her and closer to Sabo. The two of them were sitting on the bed with Ace, but Luffy had positioned himself the furthest away from the nurse in fear that something like this would start to happen.

"Alright, when did it start?" She asked, not even looking up at them anymore, only focusing on her clipboard.

'She's getting a little angry.' Luffy tapped quietly, his eyes slightly larger, rounder, in fear. Sabo wrapped an arm around Luffy, squeezing his brothers shoulder comfortingly. They had all expected this, knew this was going to happen, so this wasn't surprising, just nerve-wracking.

"Ever since I was a kid." Ace grumbled, having also taken notice to Luffy's sudden rise in fear and unease.

"Before or after the facility." She asked, the brothers flinching at the mention of that place.

"Before." He answered quickly, anger laced in his tone at the memories that were brought up.

"Did you ever get examined for this before?" She continued, crossing something out on the paper. Ace didn't really know how to answer that. He hadn't been allowed to go to the village and there was no way in hell doctors in that stupid noble town were gonna take a look at him, but the bandits had checked on him after his first few attacks. They had been the ones to figure out that he had narcolepsy, but they weren't exactly doctors.

"Not exactly. Didn't visit a lot of doctors, but our... caretakers took care of it." Ace said, not sure how to phrase it. Of course by taking care of it, Ace meant that they told him what it was and left him to deal with it, but that was how they dealt with everything.

"Does that mean you know what this is?" Whiskey asks, finally lowering the clipboard as she looked at the brothers, finally noticing the looks of hesitation and fear on their faces. The fear, however, was easier to see on Luffy then it was on Ace or Sabo, who did a much better job of hiding it.

That didn't mean she didn't notice it though.

She sighed, realizing that she might have just screwed up a bit. They all knew of the brothers' deathly fear of doctors, they knew they were hiding things from them, knew that they were cautious about any information that they gave out, and yet she had gone and pressured it out of them. She had gotten mad, not at them exactly, but she had still gotten mad and put them in a state of fear that she hadn't intended on doing.

"Look, I'm sorry, I'm not mad at you three really, I'm just... upset that you kept something like this from us. The reason I asked in the beginning if you had preexisting medical conditions was to make sure I didn't make them any worse when giving you three any medical care that you might need. I'm just upset that I could have possibly harmed you further because I didn't know about this from the beginning." She said, tone apologetic as she spoke.

"I'm sorry if I scared you or pressured information out of you, it wasn't my intention." She finished, leaving the brothers a bit calmer, but a lot more surprised. Luffy quickly confirmed that she was telling the truth, leaving the three back to square one with what they knew about the nurses.

Back at the facility doctors took and forced information out of them with no remorse. They got results they wanted no matter the consequences, and here they were, sitting in front of a nurse who was apologizing for doing what they had come to know as normal, expected even. Sure, the facility was full of sick, twisted people, and sure, they knew that they shouldn't believe that every doctor or nurse would act the same way that the ones in the facility had, but it was difficult to suddenly change the mindset that all doctors were evil.

After all, if you were told that apples were red your entire life, saw with your own two eyes that it was true, and then suddenly be told that, no, apples are actually purple, would you be all that willing to believe it?

"I-its alright, its partially our fault for not mentioning it in the first place," Sabo said hesitantly. This was new territory for all of them. They knew that Whiskey wasn't that bad a person, that she wasn't like the other doctors, but every time they met with her, all previous interactions were wiped from their minds and all they saw was the big bad evil doctor that was out to get them.

Maybe they should try working on fixing that...

"That may be the case, and it is, but I still should have taken into account you're previous experiences with doctors and nurses alike. Again, I'm truly sorry." Whiskey repeated, sounding sincere as she apologized to the brothers. They sat in stunned silence for a minute before Ace suddenly spoke up.

"Narcolepsy." He said, confusing the nurse.

"I have narcolepsy." He elaborated, Whiskeys face lighting up in realization. She quickly wrote something down, a hint of a smile on her face as she did, and nodded.

"Were you taking any medication to help it?" She asked, the eldest shaking his head.

"No, I always just dealt with it." He said, the trio slowly getting over their shock as the conversation progressed.

"Did it get better or worse after your time in the facility?" Whiskey questioned, face back down int the clipboard.

"Worse, he had attacks a lot more often. Sometimes multiple times a day. He used to only have them once every once in a while." Sabo said, knowing that Aces memory about his attacks was always a little fuzzy, especially when the doctors would knock him out with drugs and he couldn't tell what was an attack and what was the result of a drug.

"And are they any better since you've been out?" Whiskey continued.

"Yeah, I only ever have them once in a day like before, but they still happen more often then they used to. Sometimes days in a row." Ace answered. A few more questions were asked, like if he had dreams when he had attacks, if he hallucinated before or after them, if he ever woke up paralyzed, and after they answered everything Whiskey sighed, placing her pencil down and looking at the brothers.

"Well, that should be everything. Is there anything else I should know?" She asked, eyeing them all with a raised eyebrow, though she was smiling a bit to ease the tension. Sabo remembered Aces fast healing, but that wasn't something they were ready to mention just yet. Along with the fact that two of them had devil fruit abilities.

"No, that was the only thing for now. However, there are a few more things, but you won't know those unless we join the crew." Sabo said, wanting to prevent any more anger from the nurse in the future.

It was true though because the only way they would tell her about those was if they were apart of the crew, which was still something they were deciding on. Whiskey didn't look pleased to hear this, and Sabo gave her a sheepish look.

"I promise its nothing you could harm with medication, at least, I don't think so. Besides, we'll be making the decision within a few days." Sabo explained, ready for this to be over. They had been in there for nearly half an hour now and Luffy's nose was definitely starting to become too bothersome for him. The youngest kept discreetly trying to rub and mess with his nose, even going as far as to bury his face in Sabo's sleeve to try and block the scent from burning the sensitive appendage.

"I'll let it go this once, but you have to promise to tell me, alright?" She asked, seeming genuinely concerned about their health. Sabo nodded at that, promising despite their fear of doctors and nurses, and Whiskey sighed.

"In that case, you're good to go then. If you want, we can look into getting you medication that would help reduce how often you have attacks, although it's not a guarantee that it will help." Whiskey said to Ace. Ace thought about it for a second before shaking his head.

"I've been just fine without it, thanks for the offer though." He said, and Sabo was proud that his brother hadn't been rude throughout this entire ordeal. Whiskey smiled at them, nodding.

"It was no problem. Thank you for telling me about this. One more thing before you go though. Seeing as you three aren't yet apart of the crew officially I have no obligation to tell Oyaji about this. However, should you three decide to officially join I would have to tell him about this for safety reasons. None of the Commanders would know, not unless its a matter of emergency, but I just thought you should know." She said, standing and heading back to the filing cabinet she'd gotten the paper form, filing it away carefully.

"We understand. Thank you for explaining." Sabo said gratefully. She nodded, telling them they were free to go, and the brothers practically bolted for the doors.

Hopefully, it would be a very, very long time until they needed to be in there again.

Aces narcolepsy has been revealed! Well, to Whiskey at least. It was bound to happen eventually, it just so happened that it happened in front of the entire crew.

The decision to join is coming soon, only two days away now. The brothers haven't really talked over the decision much yet, but in the next chapter they will be going into more depth on whether or not they want to join officially or not. There are a lot of pros to the brothers joining, but there are also some cons that they have to think about.

Also, to everyone wondering if Luffy will still want to be King of the Pirates and have his own crew, rest assured that that is still the plan. Luffys dream is to be the freest man on the seas, and in order to do that, he'd need to become the king which he cant do if hes apart of the Whitebeards.

Thank you all so much for the love and support you give this story! I know after saying it for the past 50 chapters it can get a bit repetitive and start to lose meaning, but I am genuinely more and more grateful with every view, review, favorite and follow you all give this story, or even myself. Thank you all, and I'll see you next Thursday!