*THIS CHAPTER HAS SEXUAL ABUSE*

Marco punched the man in front of him, sending them into a wall with a sickening crunch, but Marco didn't pay it any mind. The only thing running through his mind was saving his little brother.

5 days. 5 days had Thatch been gone. He'd been sold 2 days ago, if their intell had been correct. What had happened over those two days, Marco didn't want to even think about. The keys to the bomb shackles weighed heavily in his pocket. Another guard got pushed out of his way, and met his end at Ace's flaming fist. He, Ace and Izou were running down a corridor, following Thatch's Vivre card. Pops, Haruta and Sabo had gone after the nobles, much to Sabo's happiness, and the rest of his brothers and sisters had gone to free the other slaves.

Guards were at every turn, and even if they were weak, they were still a hindrance. They never seemed to end. When they took one out, ten took their place, and he didn't have time to take care of these small fries, he needed to get to his brother. What if Thatch was being tortured this very moment? What if he hadn't eaten? What if- No, Marco couldn't think like that. Thatch would be alright.

"Now we have you, rotten pirates," barked a guard. Marco would roll his eyes, if he was in the mood, but right now he simply wanted to destroy anyone who got in his path. Just as he was about to send a kick towards the guard, the guard was put on fire. Marco turned his gaze towards Ace.

"Me and Izou we'll take care of these weaklings, you focus on finding Thatch," Ace grinned. Marco nodded, giving his brother a small smile.

"Go back to the ship when you're done, yoi."

After getting a nod from his brothers, he looked were the vivre card was moving towards, and raced forwards.

"Shh, blueberry pie. It's alright. We're here, don't worry," Sanji tried comforting the shaking boy in his arms. This was not good, if this continued Luffy would go into panic mode, and if that happened, the castle falling apart wouldn't be their only problem.

Zoro was glaring at the man, or 'Thatch' as he had introduced himself as. He had pushed Thatch up against the door, glaring daggers at the man.

"What in the holy hell is going on, Braidy? What the fuck do you mean with 'Pops',"

Zoro growled, making Luffy whimper and cling to Sanji even more. When all of this was over Sanji was going to kick that bastard so hard between the legs that he would never be able to have offspring. Really, he would be doing the world a favor.

"Oi, don't call me that! I'll have you know that my hair is the most taken care of hair on this side of the grand line!", Thatch screamed back.

"Who gives a flying fuck about that?! Just answer my goddamn question!", Zoro demanded, eyes glowing with rage.

"My family is coming to get me, they're the ones wrecking the place."

Sanji nearly laughed. His family? Did he seriously believe that? How big of a moron was this guy? The chance of his family coming to save him was non-existent! No one would ever break into a noble's home, and if they were so stupid to actually try, they would be dead within a minute. Hell, this guy even looked proud. How could he be proud of his family dying? Zoro seemed to share his opinion.

"So your 'family' is comin', huh? Why didn't you just say that?! Let's pack our bags and leave," he sneered. "Oh, wait! We can't do that because we'll be dead before we even leave the room! Your family are probably already six feet under!"

Everything that was left of Thatch's happy demeanor disappeared, being replaced by rage. He stepped towards Zoro, taking a hold of the silk around his chest.

"Listen, you little brat," he hissed. "I don't care what you say about me, but don't talk shit about my family!"

Luffy shaking worsened, and Sanji felt how his energy started to decrease. If Zoro and Thatch continued, they would all be done for. He needed to stop this, and he needed to do it now.

"Stop it!", He demanded, keeping his voice quiet as to not hurt Luffy. "We don't have time for this! Whatever is happening right now, the mansion is going down either way. And I don't want to worry about both that and you two morons fighting each other!" As he was talking, he gave Zoro a stare before looking down at Luffy and up again. Zoro's eyes filled with understanding.

"As much as I hate to say it, he's right." Zoro turned towards Thatch, glaring at him. "Let's finish this when we're safe."

"You're right." He turned towards Sanji and Luffy "I'm sorry if I scared Angel," Thatch said, nodding towards Sanji. Luffy looked up, staring at Thatch with a small pout.

"'m not scared," he mumbled.

Sanji was about to agree with Luffy, to calm him down, of course, but he wasn't even able to open his mouth before Luffy flew up from Sanji's grasp. He looked around the room with a worried look, before his eyes stopped at the door. His eyes widened.

"Oi, Angel wh-," before he was able to finish his sentence Luffy sprinted forwards, taking hold of Zoro's and Thatch's arms, pulling them away from the door. Just as he had pushed them out of the way, the door was kicked open.

Sanji flew up from the bed, ready to attack if needed be, and Zoro grabbed Luffy and pushed him behind him. Where the door once had been was now a man. He had blond hair in a weird hairdo. It looked a little like a pineapple. On his chest was the same tattoo Thatch had.

"Thatch!", The pineapple man grinned, which Thatch happily returned.

"Marco! Took you long enough!" Thatch ran forwards, hugging Marco tight. "You have no idé how happy I am to see you!" Marco's smile widened, but it disappeared when his gaze found the bruises around Thatch's neck.

"What happened, yoi?", his voice was quiet, cold, full of rage. Thatch simply smiled, waving the man off.

"It's nothing, I just got in a small accident."

"That doesn't look like a small accident," Marco murmured, but he the rage had died down.

As the two men talked to each other Sanji moved to Luffy's side. Luffy's panic seemed to have died down, but he was still shaking a bit, his knees not strong enough to carry him after years of abuse. He put a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"'m fine," he whispered, but the waver in his voice showing that he was anything but.

Sanji was about to argue, but he was interrupted.

"Who are they, yoi?", the man asked Thatch, staring at them. He most have heard Luffy. Zoro, seeing that the new man's attention were entirely on them, made sure that he was in between the men and Luffy. The marimo hybrid may be an idiot, but sometimes he could keep his priorities straight.

"This is Angel, Beast and Demon. Boys, this is my brother, Marco" Thatch introduced.

Sanji's eyes widened as pure fury enveloped him. How, how dared he?! Who did he think he was just giving this man their "names" without even asking if it was okay? Luffy had, for the first time since Sanji had met him, clearly misjudged someone.

Marco shoots his brother a raised eyebrow. "Are you sure that those are their names?"

"Well, it's the only thing they'll tell me," Thatch chuckled.

Yes, Luffy had clearly misjudged this man.

Thatch stared at the three boys, surprised by the rage from two of them, and the betrayal from the youngest. He took a step forwards, only for Beast to take a step back and making sure the two behind him did the same. He opens his mouth to ask what was wrong, but a big explosion cut him off. He looked back at Marco, question clear on his face.

"Pops wanted this place destroyed," he shrugged. "They hurt one of his sons, what did you think would happen? Oh, about that, we should probably get out before the roof comes down."

Marco took out a key from his pocket, before going down on his knees and opening the shackles around Thatch's ankles. The pure rush of freedom nearly knocked him back a few paces. The shackles may not have been surpresing anything physical, but it still had felt soul crushing to be chalked like an animal.

"Marco, I could kiss you right now!"

"Don't even think about it," Marco grumbled, standing up and brushing off some imaginary dust from his shorts. When he was done, he started to walk towards the boys, only to be growled at by Beast.

"Don't come any closer," Demon hissed, hugging Angel close to him as he glared at Marco. Marco raised an unimpressed eyebrow.

"Listen kid, we need to get out of here, or we'll die. Let me unshackle you, and then let's get going," Marco told the three boys, but instead of agreeing, they kept glaring at them.

Beast puts his hand out. "Give them to me," he grumbled. Marco, not wanting to make a big deal out of nothing, simply tossed the keys to the boy. Beast, giving them one last glare, turned around opening Angel's, Demon's and his own chakles. He turned once more towards them, waiting.

Thatch cleared his throat, turning towards Marco. "Let's go then."

He was running down the corridors of the mansion, Luffy between him and Sanji. All around them were guards knocked out. In front of them were the pineapple man and Thatch. Marco had told them that he and his 'family' had a ship at the docks, and that they would be allowed to travel with them. Of course, Zoro had wanted to protest, but after Luffy had agreed, he'd swallowed his protest. Luffy had already come close to go into panic mode, and that was something they couldn't risk happening again.

"So, everyone is here? Just for little 'ol me?", Thatch asked Marco, smiling at his brother. And that was another thing. Thatch actually had a crazy big family that had come to his aid. Right now they were destroying the place. Tearing it up, destroying everything and everyone in it, all because Thatch had been hurt. Zoro had to be honest, he was a bit jealous.

"That's right, yoi. I was against it, of course, but Pops had made his decision," Marco answered, shrugging his shoulders, faking a sad face.

"You were worried about me, admit it," Thatch grinned, his laughter echoing around the corridor. Fuck, couldn't he be quiet? For all they knew, an admiral had already arrived and was looking for them right now to kill them. Maybe Thatch should just start screaming his location, while he was at it.

Soon they entered one of the great halls, usually the one that they would have smaller parties in, and were met with a gruesome sight. Everywhere were bodies, sliced up and burned. Once upon a time, Zoro would have been sickened, but after everything that had been done to them and Luffy, he couldn't help but feel satisfied.

"Seems like they've already left," Thatch mumbled, looking around the room. His gaze stopped suddenly, a small gasp left him.

"Well, would you look at that." No, not now. They were so close! "Did the broken toys thought that they could leave their doll house?" Luffy whimpered, clinging to Sanji. "How stupid."

They turned towards the voice, and were met with a sight that were even worse than the bodies around them. The Lady. She was smiling at them, eyes crazed, hands shaking, blood splattered over her clothing. Marco's attention shifted to the woman.

"Who are you?", he asked. The Lady giggled, before she started to laugh maniacally, like what Maro just had said was hilarious.

"Marco, that's her. She was the one who bought me," Thatch told his brother, looking a bit worried.

"That's right! I am the Lady. I am the one that train you worthless beings in the name of the young Master! And now, you've destroyed it!" She was screaming now, mad with rage. "I had EVERYTHING, as long as I trained worthless things like you, I got EVERYTHING I wanted, and now the Master is dead because of you!" Marco stepped forwards, rage clearly visible on his face. The Lady just laughed. "Oh please, like you'll be able to defeat me!"

She raised her hand, pointing her ring finger towards Marco and Thatch. Zoro felt shivers run down his back. He may not like these two, but no one deserves to go through that.

"Akuma Akuma beam!" She screamed madly, a dark beam emerging from her finger, traveling towards the two men. The two were able to dodge, and when Zoro looked up, the beam was in front of him, and he wouldn't be able to dodge.

"Luffy!", Zoro turned at Sanji scream and saw Luffy running towards him, pushing him aside before the Lady's ability can hit him. Zoro fell on the floor, and when he looked up, he saw Luffy being thrown back by the force of the beam hitting him.

Luffy's screams echoes around the chamber before he even hits the ground.

When Luffy opened his eyes, he was met by a white landscape. Everywhere he looked, just white. Where was he? Where was everybody? The last thing he remembered was pushing somebody out of the way. But, why? He can't remember. He stood up, dusting off his shorts. He grasp after his hat, only noticing that it wasn't there.

"Hello? Someone there?", He asked the void. Not getting an answer, he started looking for his hat. After all, he couldn't lose it. How was he supposed to keep his promise to Shanks if that happened?

"Luffy?"

Luffy turned around, and happiness surged through him.

"Ace, Sabo!", He cheered, running towards them. Ace and Sabo broke into smiles. opening their arms for him. He hugged them tight, laughing. He didn't know why he felt so happy and relieved, but he wouldn't complain! He let go, looking at his brothers. "What are you guys doing here?"

Sabo and Ace smiled, stroking their little brother's cheeks. "Well, isn't that obvious, Lu?" Their hands traveling down to his neck, and then they closed around him, strangling him. "We're here to punish you."

Fear wrapped it's disgusting claws around him as he looked up at his smiling brothers. The world around them turned a dark red and a disgusting smell filled his nose. He pushed off the two older boys, falling onto the ground. It was soft, sticky, trapping him. He couldn't get up. Ace and Sabo laughed.

"Look, brother. The whore is scared," Sabo giggled, walking towards him. Ace bent forwards, staring into Luffy's eyes.

"What's wrong, slut? I thought you would open your legs for anyone," Ace beamed, softly stroking his cheek. Their eyes looked hungry, but for what, Luffy didn't know. Luffy tried to get away, but the ground wouldn't let go of his arms and legs.

"N-no, St-stop" Luffy stuttered. He had never felt such horror before.

Sexual abuse warning

Sabo crouched beside him, still giggling as he took hold Luffy's face in one of his hands. He opened his mouth and licked his cheek. Luffy couldn't move, he was too terrified. Why were his brothers doing this to him? Why are they trying to hurt him? Didn't they love him?

"Oh, but we do, Lu," Ace purred, kissing his neck. "We love you so much. We'll never let you go."

Ace pushed him down onto the ground, and he felt how it enveloped him. It was so cold. Panic roared inside of him.

"Stop! Please!", he pleaded, tears running down his cheeks. Ace moaned, before he sat down on Luffy thighs.

"You're so pretty when you beg, harlot," Sabo groaned, touching himself between his legs.

"You can't get enough of it, can you?", Ace moaned, grinding down on his thighs.

Ace started to open his vest and twist his nipples, and Sabo was biting his neck and - stop! Make it stop, please! Don't touch me! Don't!

Sexual abuse end

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

All of his panic, all of his fear, broke away from him, and suddenly Ace and Sabo were gone. Instead of being surrounded by cold, he was enveloped by warmth. Someone was whispering softly to him. Luffy was shaking, tears streaming down his cheeks. He'd never felt so dirty, never felt so disgusting, so broken. That couldn't have been his brothers, it couldn't. But then he remembered. This had happened before, so many times. How could something that has happened over and over and over again be a lie?

"-sugar cube, breath with me. Me and Marimo got you, you're saf-"

"-here ,captain. It's alright. Nothing is hurting you. We're here-"

Where were those voices coming from? Wait, marimo? Sanji always called Zoro… How could he have forgotten? He opened his eyes, looking up. He was in Zoro and Sanji's arms, he was safe, they would always protect him. Both of them were shaking, they looked like they barely had any energy left.

"Sanji? Zoro?", he whispered, looking at the two boys looking down on him. Smiles appeared on their faces as they saw their captain was back to reality.

"Luffy," Sanji breathed, barely audible. Zoro's smile turned into a big revealed grin.

"What the fuck just happened?", Someone, no, Thatch, asked. Luffy looked up from the protective circle his Nakama had made around him, staring at the two men. Just like Zoro and Sanji it looked like they didn't have much energy left, their legs shaking as they tried to stand up from the floor. How had they gotten on the floor? He looked around the room and saw the Lady passed out on the floor. What had happened?

"We, we don't know," Zoro stammered, and that was not right. Zoro never stammered, he was always confident when he talked.

"That was Haki, yoi" Marco marveled. "Conqueror's Haki."

Thatch snapped his gaze towards Marco. "Are, are you sure?"

"What else could it be? It has to be it, yoi." Marco looked at Zoro. "Beast, you said this has happened before, when was the first time, yoi?"

'No, stop. I thought I could take it, but I can't! PLEASE. STOP!'

Luffy started to shake harder as the memory echoed in his mind.

"We don't have to tell you anything," Zoro growled, tightening his grip on Luffy.

Marco nodded in understanding. "It's alright, yoi." Marco turned towards Thatch. "But one thing we can be sure of is that he's a Haki user,"

"Now that I think about it, Angel pushed me and Beast away before you kicked the door down, like he knew it would happen," Thatch told Marco.

"Both Conqueror's and Observation, yoi," Marco mumbled perplexed.

Luffy felt the frustration Sanji and Zoro were feeling heightening. He didn't have the energy to try to calm them down, so he simply let them do what they wanted.

"What do you mean "Haki"? What the hell is that?", Zoro hissed.

"There's a name for it?", Sanji mumbled surprised.

Marco nodded. "I'll tell you all about it, but we don't have the time right now. We have to get out of here, now."

Zoro and Sanji nodded, hugged Luffy one last time, before helping him stand up. Really, he didn't know why he felt so tired all of a sudden.

"Well then let's get-"

A door slammed open, cutting Thatch off. They turned towards the opening, and Luffy's heart froze. No, please, no.

"Ace, what are you doing here, yoi? Didn't I tell you to go back to the ship when you were done with the guards, yoi?"

No, not again.

"Heh, sorry Marco. Sabo was worried, and he forced me to go back and fetch you two. You know how he can be."

"What's wrong, slut? I thought you would open your legs for anyone."

"Yeah, sorry we got a bit hindered."

"You can't get enough of it, can you?"

"Who are your friends? Holy shit, are you alright? What happened to you guys?"

"Oh, but we do, Lu. We love you so much. We'll never let you go."

"L-Luffy?"

Luffy screamed.