Suta shivered in her sleep, the thin blanket not warm enough in the cool night air. Contorting her face, she rolled over. Luffy was about to tag her, when a huge snake came up behind him and was about to bite him, when Suta let out a piercing shriek, and tackled Luffy to the ground, making the snake miss and hit the floor. Panting, she got off of Luffy to check if he was alright, to see him gaping in horror at the floor. Confused, Suta looked to where he was staring and saw a huge hole in the floor, the deadly result of the snake's venom. The snake, really mad now, lunged straight for Luffy. Not being able to react in time, Suta screeched when the giant fangs pierced Luffy's neck, blood pouring profusely from the gaping wound. Suta sat up screaming, coming out of her dream. Suprisingly, nobody was awake. It was still night, but her scream should have woken them. Suddenly, the door banged open and a figure, his features hidden by the shadows, was standing in the doorway. The man stepped inside and called her name. She recognized that voice easily. It was one she would know anywhere.
"LUFFY!!" She screamed, relieved tears streaming down her face. Luffy grinned, then fell to the ground with a pained and surprised expression on his face. Suta caught a glimpse of a long slithering length of scales before she sat up again, gasping instead of screaming this time, from her sleep. Breathing heavily, she checked her sister and looked around, making sure she hadn't woken anyone up. Once she was sure nobody was awake, she fwumped back down onto the cold wooden floor, and tried uselessly to sleep.
Zoro ran toward her, reaching for her. De-Ji tried to move, to reach back for him, but she couldn't move her body. Zoro fell, and De-Ji spotted a snake attached by it's mouth to his left calf. Getting up again and shaking off the snake, Zoro headed toward her again, limping and grimacing. The snake recoiled and lunged again, hitting him in the other leg. De-Ji screamed Zoro's name, but nothing came out of her mouth. Tears ran unheeded down her cheeks as Zoro once again got up, but fell. The poison was getting into his blood stream. He had to stop moving! De-Ji tried looking away, but she couldn't. She probably would have watched anyway. A muscle in her arm twitched, waking her up. Breathing ragged breaths, she willed her heart to beat slower. Eventually it did. De-Ji looked over at Suta, who was halfway asleep, watching the door for some reason. Not wanting to expose her hands to the cold air outside of her blanket, she blew warm air into Suta's face, resulting in a glare.
Suta whispered, "what do you think will happen?" De-Ji shook her head and answered that she didn't know, but that she was sure that Luffy and Zoro would come for them. Not looking totally convinced herself, Suta had to add. De-Ji was sure, but it might have just been a hopeless thought of a girl who was about to be traumatized. Fighting the tears welling up behind her eyelids, De-Ji told herself that she had to be strong. Not only for herself, but for Suta as well. Not to mention Zoro. What would he think of her if she cried just because of this? That cleared her head, and she sniffed. Forcing her muscles to relax, she slipped into sleep after a while, leaving Suta awake. Suta watched De-Ji for a little while to make sure she wouldn't wake up again, but soon turned her attention back to the door. Eventually, she slipped off to sleep as well.