Chapter 4

This confirmed it, the boy was absolutely insane. Sanji had woken up an hour ago tied to Mrs. Wednesday on the deck of their boat. Everyone had gotten out of the whale while he was unconscious and he was relieved to see the princess in one piece sitting next to him. Luckily for him the crew had not noticed he was awake they were to focused on watching their captain being an idiot. Why did the boy waste his time on that whale? He should have just sailed away with his crew as soon as they were out. But instead he had instigated a fight and made another dumb promise to the sobbing whale. Sanji just didn't understand sometimes what went through people's head.

He was watching the boy paint a crappy drawing on the whale's forehead. But at least now he knew that the straw-hat boy was powerful, probably the only reason why the others sailed with him. He discreetly took out a knife from his pocket and cut the ropes around him and the princess. Vivi was too focused on the scene in front of her to even notice what her partner was doing. When he was finished, he had to tap her on the shoulder to get her attention. He helped her stand up and they tiptoed towards the ladder.

However, Sanji suddenly grabbed her arm and made her duck beside him. Both of their backs were against the ramp.

"What is it, Mr. 9? Our boat should still be docked there on that side of the lighthouse." She whispered to him confused at his actions.

She watched him take a look at his small black watch. He frowned at what he saw. He leaned towards her to whisper in her ear.

"It seems Miss Wednesday the time given to us to succeed our mission has expired. Furthermore, I just saw the Unluckies circling over our boat, they are probably awaiting our return."

Vivi's eyes widened in fear. This was bad. Mr. 0 had probably sent those to beasts to finish them off.

"What are we going to do?"

She turned to him hoping he had a plan in mind. Sanji could see her face was pale with terror. Mr. 0 was not a forgiving man. He was known for eliminating and replacing his number agents quite often. Sanji took a few seconds to put his thoughts in order, this would change a lot of things in his mission. The princess was in danger right now. He couldn't let the two animal assassins find them. They were not known to listen to excuses. For now, what they needed was a den den mushi to report back to their boss and try and convince him to give them a second chance. Whale hunting was quite a pathetic reason to kill an employee. He told all of this to the princess. He nodded towards the opened door of the pirate boat's kitchen.

"First we need to hide from the unluckies our only chance to get of out here is this crew."

They crawled towards the kitchen, trying to stay out of the unluckies and the straw hats' sight. Sanji closed the door and told the young girl to sit down while he stood near the door trying to listen to what was going on outside. After a few minutes, he poked his head out. When he closed back the door he turned and walked towards the kitchen counter.

"The unluckies are gone. They probably left to report back to base."

Vivi let out a breath of relief. Sanji however was still nervous. Until now everything was going well. His mission was a success and easy to perform. But because of these pirates, everything had gone to hell. He did not know what the situation would be back at Whiskey Peak. Did Mr. 0 already inform them of their failure? Did he send out orders to kill them when they arrived? What would his father want him to do now? Did he keep on pretending to be an agent and ask Mr.0 for his forgiveness or did he kidnap Vivi and ran away with her where it would be safe for both of them. He could keep her there until his father ordered him to return her.

He walked towards the old coffee machine hidden in a corner. To help himself think straight and put some order to his thoughts he started making two cups of coffees. When his hands were busy, he was able to relax and calm down. He noticed that Vivi was biting her bottom lip like she usually did when she was anxious. While he poured the water, he thought back to what his father had said earlier this morning.

In both scenarios his father had described, the rebels winning or the royal army succeeding in pushing them back, Vivi's approval was crucial for Germa to gain access to the oil spills in the country. She was the royal heir. Her opinion would always matter to her father during his rule, and she would sooner or later inherit the throne and everything that came with it. All of this meant, he ,as an agent sent by the Germa kingdom, had to stay on her good side if one day he wanted her to agree to a deal with Germa. Thus, he could not force her to do anything she did not want to do. However, that did not leave a lot of options for him.

He grabbed two cups and filled them with the hot beverage. As he placed the two cups on the table and sat down in the chair in front of her, he asked the question that was both on their mind.

"So what next? What do you want to do? Do you want us to go back to Whiskey Peak?"

She sipped a bit of her drink before answering her partner's questions.

"I'm going back, I want to check on Mr. 8 and Miss Monday and explain to them what happened. They are our superiors for this mission maybe they can do something about the situation?" He nodded.

"I agree, I will also go back. I left some of my personal things there I couldn't run even if I wanted to." He explained to her between sips of his coffee. They were both slowly drinking, savoring their hot drinks. Trying to keep their mind off of their terrible situation.

"This coffee is really good. Don't you think Mrs. Wednesday?"

"It is very good coffee, Mr. 9"

Nami chose that moment to enter the kitchen. Her jaw dropped to the floor at the sight of the two agents calmly drinking coffee in their kitchen, but her stupor was quickly replaced by anger.

"What are you guys doing here!?" She demanded.

Her face was red in anger and shark teeth were coming out of her mouth. The two did not flinch or move from their spot. Sanji even thought that now that he could have a good look at her without any straw hat idiots punching him or old geezer making boring speeches, he couldn't help but think that this pirate girl was gorgeous. And he thought the red flush of anger only made her cuter.

"Would the beautiful lady want a cup of coffee as well?" He asked all while holding up the pot of hot coffee unashamedly. That question only made the red head angrier. And prettier in Sanji's eyes.

"I DON'T WANT YOUR STUPID COFFEE!" She yelled at him.

"Well actually it's YOUR coffee…"

When the others came to investigate the commotion, they found a seething Nami hovering over the blond dude from earlier. He was sprawled on the floor, rubbing what looked like a painful bump on the back of his head. From the look of their hostile expressions, Sanji knew he would have a lot of convincing and negotiating to do if he wanted to get the princess back to Whiskey Peak safely.