Chapter two.
The candle lamp shone and quivered strangely in the centre of the dining table, the light flame quivered and the Sunny creaked noisily nullifying Law's angry groans and efforts to escape the many arms that strapped him to the deck of the kitchen. Sanji and Luffy wrapped up by warm clothing from the cold night retrieved the remaining Straw Hats and a frozen Chopper. They now sat around the table looking bored, tired and listening to Robin's adventures with the Revolutionaries.
Coolly lighting a cigarette Sanji looked at Robin and spoke smoothly "So, you're saying Robin chan, that whilst in the two-year time skip in a winter slave country with the revolutionaries, you heard the rumours of an Island that traps unwary ships in the midst of bright moonlight?"
"Yes, mister cook, except it's not a stationary island. It drifts in the sea ensnaring nearby pirate and marine ships, no one has ever escaped, it is said that there is only an entrance but no exit…."
Ussop leapt out of his chair blue faced with shaking legs while Luffy's eyes sparkled and his mouth broadened "Like The Rainbow Mist?!"
"Yes but a little different Mister Captain."
Ussop had no words to say but shake uncontrollably and act like he's seen a nightmare again "R-R-Rainbbboow MMMiiissststtt!? T-he- ship gr-av-e yyyaaaarrdddd?! NOOOOOO!" Ussop collapsed into the wall and shivered over and over muttering one word in shaky breaths "Scary…..scaaaryyy…"
"Where's Marimo?"
"Zoro kun?"
"Oy Zoro?"
Nami's fist slammed into Luffy's face causing him to collapse with a purple buldge sticking from his face "You can't go outside there Idiot! You want to freeze?!"
"Naammmmiii, That huurrrtttt…" the captain wined and recovered soon after.
"Shish, he's probably frozen solid by now…."
"That is unlikely Miss navigator."
"Huh? What do you mean Robinnnn?" Nami folded her arms under her breasts and watched with the rest of the crew as Nico Robin walked up to the squirming Trafalgar Law.
"I have only seen the last of the events; Law kun might have an explanation…"
"He's SUUUPERRRR hostile for negotiation….what do we do then Nico Robin?"
"We'll remove the mask with Mr doctor's help."
Chopper stood stiff gaining a blue hue to his forehead while his jaw dropped low to the floor boards "EYY!?"
"Oi Chopper,"
"Sanji! Robin! his face is scary!"
Sanji looked down at his left shin being hugged by Chopper and tried to pry him off near Trafalgar "Oi! Chop-per! We need answers from him! Go do something!...Gyth-Oww! Too tight!"
"His face-smells like a wolf!" Choppers' voice wined until they needed to do it themselves.
"I'll SUUUPEERRRR smash it off!"
"Wait Franky! Maybe-"
"Maybe try poking his eyes! Or spitting on it!"
"WHAAAATTT!"
"Baka Luffy!"
The crew were now quarrelling over what they could do while Sanji threatened Luffy with his legs until water rushed over them and onto Law's face. The reaction of the water was instant, the mask gradually peeled off and collected into tiny pools of liquid grey steel around Law's head. Underneath Law's right hand a blue dome formed as words spoke out from Law's mouth
"ROOM. Shambles. Tact combo…." Law had used his Ope Ope abilities to fuse the many globs of the mask onto the bucket that had no water and threw the metal container attaching it to the Ship's prow. Standing up suddenly he blurted commands out at the crew "turn port! Follow the moon's reflection! Zoro ya-"
"Oi law….why so alarmed?"
"That island only appears at this full moon time, Zoro ya will be lost forever!"
Law made another room and directed Franky and Sanji to the ship's helm, why wasn't the crew moving fast? Their crewmate has gone missing!
"Robin ya!"
"Traffy, you're talking too fast! Shishishishishi!"
"So you're saying that we follow the moon's reflection?!"
Robin finally registered "We should hurry to this island, I've further learnt from the revolutionaries that by daybreak the island inhabitants become burnt to a crisp"
Ussop prone to negativity screamed and fainted "Stop with the dark thoughtS!"
"Its true Ussop ya, Doffy once told me of frightening islands and I've learnt something insane from elsewhere about that island, Devil Fruit users are endangered when they set foot on that island. I tried to use my powers to bring Zoro ya back on the ship before I was attacked by Smog."
"Smog? Who is Smog?"
Looking at Nami and the rest of the crew he took another breath "Smog is the Lord of the maze. He is a deadly pirate turned into a monstor. The island is his domain and his powers are otherworldly."
"A Devil Fruit user?"
"A very sophisticated one."
