Author's note: Hey guys, here's the next chapter.

Sorry this took me so long to post i just had about 3 weeks of mock exams so I had to revise, I intend to keep updating as often as i can however there will be some weeks i dont post for a while.

Aslo sorry for any spelling/grammer mistakes, I wanted to upload this quickly so I havent checked it properly.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.

I'll always be there

Chapter 12 : Lost hope

The ship rocked slowly to the rythem of the calm waves, the motion made Psycho sick, that, and the metalic smell that hung heavily in the stuffy air of the tiny room that had become Psychos whole world.

It had been over 3 weeks since Psycho had been taken and the men that had taken her had been less then welcoming, blood saturated her clothes from the hundruds of small cuts that covered her body,her hair formed dreads where the blood had dryed and stuck it togther, and there was currently a small pool forming under her leg where, she gussed, one of her more recent cuts had reopened, that along with lack of sleep and some unwelcom touching had made the experince a rather unplesent one.

Psycho was feed once a day, 1 slice of bread and 1 glass of water, she had not been over weight before but now she was verging on dangerously underweight, and she was dehydrated, she drifted in and out of concoiusness, and had no grasp of time, a piece of cloth was kept tied over her eyes preventing her from seeing her sourroundings leaving her in complete darkness, however she knew, from when she was first put in the room, that it was a small dark room with nothing but a heavy door on one of the walls, she had also noted that the door locked from the outside.

The only thing that kept her fighting was the thought of her brothers and the promise they had made.

The door creekde open and Psycho herd footsteps enter the room, Her head snapped up at the noise but her vision was blocked by the colth making it impissible to know which crew member it was, a tray with her daily allowance of food was placed infront of her and the door creeked closed leaving her alone in the tiny room again, her heart pounded and her breating rabidly increased.

Psycho tryed to calm herself down, she closed her eyes, focousing on her breating, and thinking of the good memories of her childhood, her brothers, and the kind eyed boy, the calming effect of his gaze and she had a strange feeling, like he was watching out for her, like a gardian angle.

Psychos breathing was shallow, her eyes where heavy and her head hung as she didnt have enough energy to hold it up, slowly she reached, searching cearfully for the glass thet had been placed on the floor infront of her, once she had found it, she lifted it up to her mouth, her arms where heavy and she could bearly move her body due to the sea prisim stone handcuus she had on. Her lips were dry and cracked and her throat felt like sandpaper, she sipped at the water, the cool liquad gave her a small boost of energy lifting her sprits with it .

After she had finshed the water she eat the bread, it was dry and stale but it gave her the energy she neede, after she had eaten she let her eyes shut again, in hopes of a break from the pain that came with sleep.

She lent against the wall trying to find a more comftorble position, however she stoped moving when she felt a few small scraches reopen, she remembered her home, Ace, Luffy, Garp, Makino, and all the other people that had been there for her, she thought back to the last time she and her brothers had all been togther, the way Ace ruffled her hair, and Luffys chilidsh comments.

She wished either of her brothers were with her now, she knew they would have some crazy plan, 'what would they do?' she asked herself, 'they wouldnt just sit here like i have beeen doing' she sighed considering what to do next.

Psychos mind was fuzzy, she was exausted, both physically and mentally, in the 3 weeks since she had been trapped on the ship she had bearly slept more then a couple hours, the amound of blood she had lost left her feeling cold and the sea prisium hand cuffs made her whole body heavey and almost impossable to move, but she refused to give up hope, she refused to let her life end in this little room.

Psycho thought cearfully about what she knew about the ship, 'its old and wooden, the door is heavy and locked with bolts on the outside, but there is a crack, a small weekness in the middle of the door, the ship its self is quite small, not to complicated to fine a way out', She thought cearfuly to herself ' but the crew is always walking around the ship, plus i can't move as long as i have these stupid hand cuffs on' she sighed, but remained optimistic, trying to think of a way to get out of the hand cuffs.

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Days passed and Psycho made no progress in her plan, as more time slipped past her optimisum began to run out however she still refused to give up, the memories of her brothers forced her to keep fighting, their dreams, and their shared promise, Psycho remembered the first week she had spent with Ace and Luffy,

"IM GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES" Luffy crowed, throwing his hands in the air, the children had almost made it to the top of the mounain, Luffy had spotted a rock that was shaped like a ship and was currently stand in top of it, "Like hell you are Luffy, Because im gonna be the knig" Ace stated confidently pressing his thumb aginst his chest gesturing to himself proudly, pushing Luffy off the rock.

The memory was small, just siblings messing around, but Psycho found strenght in small memories like that, she kept fighting searching for any way to escape.

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Another week passed and Psycho was still trapped, the beating from her captors had become more frequant, the hope she had clung so tight to had slipped away, "WE WILL RULE THE SEAS TOGHTER."

Those words replayed in her head over and over and over in her mind, the promise she had made with her brothers, 'can i give up on my word so soon?' she had asked herself repetadly.

Psycho had nothing left, she had once viewed herself as strong, but now she could see that was not the case, she was weak, she had no hope left, she let her head slump agianst the wall, there was no more fight left in her, she was ready for this suffering to be over. She sobbed quietly.

"I'm so sorry Acey, I'm sorry Luffy, But I can't fight anymore, I'm just to weak, I'm sorry ..."