Talking and Escape

Talking awoke Ash from sleep. She could make out Baby 5's voice. She sounded pissed off about something. "No! You can't come in! She is no dressed and it is rude to wake up a woman!" Ash sat up in the bed. She looked toward the door. It was slightly ajar.

"Well, I'm only staying for a bit. I have to hurry up and go back to my crew. Don't waste my time." That voice was different from everyone else's. She had never heard the man's voice before.

"Fine! I will wake her up! Give me five minutes! Go wait in the infirmary!" The woman still sounded pissed off.

"Don't order me around." As heard him walk away. Baby 5 groaned. She stormed into the room. Baby 5's anger suddenly disappeared when she looked over to Ash.

"Good. You're awake. Do you need help getting dressed?" Ash shook her head. She was still a little slow but was able to get dressed by herself. Baby 5 stayed with her just in case. Ash put on a pair of black, baggy, white-spotted jeans, a green t-shirt, and her tennis shoes. He felt better than the day before.

When she was dressed, Ash still had shaky legs but made a noise that she was fine. She even wrote it down for the woman. the problem was that she could speak, she just didn't trust the others yet. Baby 5 walked with her to the infirmary.

Inside the room, Ash was surprised to see a man in there. He dressed very differently from the others. He wore a yellow and black hoodie, blue and black spotted jeans, and a white and black spotted hat. The man also looked very young but the dark circles under his eyes gave off that he might be older. She looked to his hands and saw 'DEATH' tattooed across his fingers.

"This is her?" He sounded surprised. Ash wondered why.

"Yes. Her name is Ash." Ash sat on the bed. She was afraid that her legs would give out if she continued o stand.

"Leave." Baby 5 looked offended.

"What?! Why?!" she screamed. Ash held her ears so that it wasn't as bad. The man didn't seem to be bothered by her shouting.

"Because, what happens between a doctor and his patient stays between them." Baby 5 huffed before leaving. She stomped her way out of the room. The man turned back to her when the door was shut. "Now. My name is Trafalgar Law. Can you speak?"

"I-I...c-can a...l-little b-bit." It didn't hurt to talk but it was hard for her voice to get out.

"Hmm. I was aware that there are markings on your body. May I see them?" Ash nodded. She turned around and lifted her shirt. Law undid the bandages and looked at the wounds. "This is fascinating. What did this to you?"

"A s-sea...k-king." She used the name that the others called it.

"This is unusual. I have never heard of a sea king letting a person go when they have a man or woman in their jaws." He touched the wounds.

"AHHHHH!" She screamed at the pain in her back from him touching them. It spread across her back to her shoulders and down to her tail bone. Ash shot away from him and used the bed as a block between them. "T-That...f-fucking...hurt," she said between pants. She wasn't angry at him but she was still suffering from the pain in she just felt.

"What are you doing in there?! You better not be hurting her!" Baby 5 shouted from the other side of the door.

"She's fine. I was checking something." He looked back to her. "I'm sorry. So, it seems that it might still be sensitive." He rubbed his chin. "Can you tell me if you have had problems like this before?" Ash nodded. She got back on the bed but made sure that he didn't try to touch her again.

"W-When I...f-first got...h-here...B-Baby 5 p-poured...a l-liquid on...my back..." The memory hurt and made her flinch. There was so much pain. "I-It...burned like...h-hell." She moved slightly away from him. "T-The s-second...time...s-she put me...in a b-bath. T-That hurt...too."

"Hm. It seems that it is still sensitive with touch. Is there anything that was put into your body when you got this? Poison or something?" Ash remembered what the sea king had told her.

"A p-paralytic...p-poison." He looked to be thinking about something.

"It seems that it might be infected. There is redness around the two wounds shows that they are inflamed. I don't know how deep they are but I could always take a look." Ash wanted to say no but she needed his help. She nodded.

Moving to where he could look, Ash waited for something to happen. A hand was placed on her back. She held back the scream that bubbled up inside her. Ash grabbed the side of the bed as he stuck a gloved finger in one of the holes. Tears fell down her cheeks. It hurt like hell.

After a minute, he pulled back. Ash gave a shuddered breath when the pain was now a dull ache. It hurt like a bitch. She looked down and saw that she had ripped the bed sheet on the bed. Ash sniffed. She brought her hands to her face and wiped away her tears.

"Sorry if I hurt you." He placed a hand on her shoulder. She didn't moved away from it. "It appears that the holes are about six inches deep but I can't say properly. How you are alive now is beyond me." She nodded. Her back was like it was on fire. "Are you okay?" Ash shakily shrugged her shoulders.

A little while later, Law was finished with his examination. He let her know that the poison in her body was almost gone. He had called a few members from his ship to come to him. She was lying with her back on display. He had been doing tests on her to see what affected her back.

A polar bear walked in. She was in awe. I have never seen a bear walk on two feet like that. She was fascinated.

"Sorry," the bear said. The two men with him looked annoyed.

"What are you sorry for this time, Bepo?" the man with the Penguin hat asked.

Can you hear me/ Please, say yes if you can. Bepo turned to her with wide eyes.

"Y-Yes. I can hear you." The other three looked between the two of them. Ash rose to her hand and knees on the bed. She put her shirt back on and moved to sit on her knees and face the bear.

This is a better way to talk since you can hear me. Please, ask Law to take me with you. Please, I need to get out of her. Bepo nodded. He turned to Law with a lowered head.

"Captain, she wants us to take her with us when we get ready to leave." Law turned his gaze to her. She nodded to him.

"Is there a reason that you want to leave?" Ash nodded. She knew that something wasn't right about this place.

Taking a deep breath, she decided to try and speak again. "Y-Yes...I d-don't...t-trust D-Doflamingo..." She forced herself to try to speak more. "H-He is...t-treating m-me...like a p-prisoner." She remembered the night before. "He d-disturbs...m-me at t-times as w-well."

Law seemed to think it over. "I guess. This is going to be difficult, though. They are walking us in and out and watching our every move." She already had an idea. It was going to be a difficult thing to try but she wanted to try.

"D-Don't worry...about m-me. I-I will f-figure...my o-own way o-out." Law nodded. He told her to meet him by the shore by nighttime. She agreed. Baby 5 entered a few minutes later and took her away.

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When dinner was around the corner, Ash had a plan. She had packed up her clothes without Baby 5 knowing. She told her that she needed to use the restroom. Baby 5 got her there and stayed outside the bathroom door.

Closing her eyes, she placed her hand on the floor. She imagined the bag she had packed. It was a blue, cotton bag filled with all of her clothing. There were dark spots on the straps that could pass for blood. Her hand slowly went through the floor and she grabbed something. Pulling back, she found her bag in her hand.

Ash smiled. She was understanding what she was doing. Placing her hand on the floor again, she imagined the shore of the beach that Law had indicated. It was rocky with the sea just out of the reach from the rocks. The sand was a golden yellow colour and glowed in the light of the setting sun.

Her hand went through. Pushing herself through the floor, Ash found herself on the beach next to a yellow submarine. The same symbol that was on Law's hoodie was on the side of the sub. Getting to her feet, Ash limped her way to the sub.

Bepo walked up to her. "Come with me. I'll get you settled in." Ash nodded as he helped her get on the ship. There were tons of men on the ship and many were staring at her as she walked past them. She couldn't see many of their eyes but she knew that they were staring.

Getting to an open room, she was able to see many fish. Walking up to the window, she saw a small, green fish swim close to the glass. "You need to get out of here. They are on their way." Ash knew who he was talking about.

Turning to Bepo, she gave him a worried look. We need to go. Now. Doflamingo is on his way. Bepo looked frightened.

"Jean! Go under! Now!" Law walked into the room with a confused look.

"What's wrong? Why do we need to go right now?"

"Ash said that Doflamingo is on his way!" Law paled and told Jean to hurry. As soon as they were underwater, Ash felt better. Law walked with the two to a room. It was small but good enough for her. She thanked them and they left her to get settled in.

After a bit, she left the room using the wall. A couple of the crew members offered to help her but she politely decline. She didn't need help to walk. She was trying to get along without help. She did have to ask where Law was. Some pointed to a room down the hall.

Arriving to the room, Ash heard Law talking to someone. "No. I didn't kidnap her. She came on her own." Ash opened the door. Law didn't seem to mind her.

"Why would she leave? She said that she liked living here. You stole her against her will." That was Doflamingo. He sounded pissed off. "Bring her back and I might not kill you."

"Let me ask her if she wants to come back." He turned his attention to her. "Do you want to go back? If you do, I will take you back." Ash shook her head. "She said no. She still can't speak. Maybe she will be able to tomorrow. She can tell you herself them."

"Fuffuffu. You are testing my patience, squirt." Ash raised an eyebrow. Law waved her off as if not to ask a question. She didn't say anything. "If anything happens to her, you will regret it."

"Okay. I have to go. Goodbye." He put the phone down. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes." Ahs pointed to the object that was like a phone. "W-What...is t-that?"

"It is a transponder snail. We use it to communicate." Ash moved around the desk to look at it. It looked like a large snail that had a phone on it's back.

Touching it, she was able to feel a heart beat. "I-Is it...a-alive?" Law shrugged.

"Nobody really knows. They do sleep when not in use." She nodded. It was strange. Ash touched it and found that it wasn't slimy like the ones at home. "Would you like to come with me? I have somewhere to be in a month or so."

"S-Sure." Ash's vision swam before her and her back started to burn. She screamed as she fell to the ground.

"Ash-ya!" She saw Law crouch before her. She was dizzy and her back was on fire. "Are you okay? What happened?"

"I-I'm...fine." She held a hand to her head. "J-Just...d-dizzy." She didn't tell him about her back. Ash was worried that he would touch the wounds again.

"You should get to bed. It might help with your dizziness." Ash nodded. Law helped her up and guided her to the room she was given. She had put her bag next to the bed. Law stayed there until she got settled into bed.

Before Law left, he gave her a medicine that he said should help with the pain in her back. It was more to see if it would actually do something. He cut the lights out before leaving. Ash felt a little lonely that Baby 5 wasn't sleeping next to her. It was a little uncomfortable. Slowly, she was able to fall into a fitful sleep.

Hope you like the new chapter. Took me a while to write. Please, tell me what you think. Have a great day. Tatty-bye!