Chapter 4: Captured
"Hey Sabo how do you think we'll find these girls just waiting out here at sea?" Ace asked.
"And what if they got into trouble yoi?"
"What kind of trouble?"
"They could be stuck on an uninhabited Islanded."
"Or captured yoi?"
"Well either way eventually they'll end up on this ship." Sabo said.
"Do they know they're supposed to come here?"
"Don't know?"
"Do they now that they're the guardians yoi?"
"Don't know."
"Are they male or female?" Ace asked.
"Don't know." Sabo sighed.
"What do you know yoi?"
"Everything I've already told you."
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'Why's it so cold?' Rachel thought before her eyes snapped opened full of fear. 'Mom?' She looked around the steel room she was in to find she was still fully clothed not an ounce of skin showing save for her face. 'Where am I thought I was on an Island. She then took notice that she was chained to a thick steel pole.
"So finally awake huh?"
"Who are you? Where am I?" she all but growled at the fat sweaty man with oily long black hair.
"I'm Corny…" he was saying when Rachel interrupted him.
"I don't care about that, who are you?" She snapped inwardly smiling at the peeved look on the man's face.
"That's my name you stupid women, and I would watch what I say you're on my smugglers ship and right now we're currently on route to Shabondy to sell you."
"To sell me!" She was completely shocked she didn't think stuff like this still happened in the world.
"Don't worry we'll treat you kindly after all we don't want to damage the merchandise, but forget about food we don't want you getting fat after all." This comment made Rachel flinch she was really sensitive about her weight, and if the man was worried about damaging her it meant he didn't know.
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'Okay where am I now?' Lexi thought exasperatedly.
"Good morning, sleep well?" Asked a greasy looking man with bad teeth.
"No now that you mention it, my back hurts from being tied to this pole." Lexi responded honestly, irritation lacing her voice.
"I'm Corny…" He introduced but stopped when he was interrupted.
"Ooh sorry man but I can't help you with that."
"That's my name!" The man yelled. "Damn these infuriating women." The man mumbled as he pulled out her purple egg.
"Hey that's MINE!"
"And you're on my smugglers ship, on route to being sold to a noble so you better behave or else I'll hurt those precious friends of yours." The man yelled he smirked when a look of disbelief and fear appeared on the girl's features. "Don't worry we'll clean you up before then, and get you a change of clothes but for now I like the view." He said gesturing to her revealing dirty outfit that was filled with wholes, lucky she was wearing underwear, but at the moment she could care less either way all she was thinking right now was, "No! This can't be! I thought I escaped from them.'
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A whimper escaped the blonde girls lips as she looked up at her surroundings. She was trembling at the sight it looked like a steal cage and she was alone her friends nowhere to be seen and she was chained to a pole. She flinched when a man came in holding her orange egg, her face quickly adopting a look of horror causing the man to smirk.
"Hello I'm Corny…" He paused waiting for an interruption but smiled when he didn't get one.
'I don't see how that's my problem?' the mute girl thought trying to figure out what this man wanted.
"You're on my smugglers ship, I'm taking you to the human auction house to be sold as a slave." He explained causing the trembling girl to go wide eyed.
"Don't worry though we won't hurt you, you are precious merchandise after all." He said leaving with a laugh. "Oh and don't worry, I'll wash the blood off your body personally before we dock. Until then I'll be holding on to this beautiful egg of yours." He leered.
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"Hello princess my name is Corny."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Corny. My name is Zena." The girl answered automatically like she was trained to do despite her current situation.
"Well aren't you polite I almost feel bad for chaining you up." He said.
"I'm sorry for making you feel bad." She apologized.
"No no it's quite all right I forgive you." Then man said. "Anyways behave alright you're going to make me a lot of money since you're all ready so nicely trained." He ordered.
"Yes sir. I'll do as you ask." She responded any light that was in her eyes when she was with her new 'friends' was gone now and she returned to the same robotic girl she once was.
"That's what I like to hear. Now you stay there and don't cause any trouble." He ordered.
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3 Weeks had passed since the girls were captured and put on a slave ship but that was because they were found on an Island deep in the New World and were now treading in Whitebeards waters. Corny new what would happen if he was found by Whitebeard him being a slave trader would get him a one way ticket to Hell by the most powerful man in the world, so he made sure to be extra careful. Not like it would do him any good, after all he didn't know where his ship was and it could appear on the horizon at any given time, and since he's not an alley, Whitebeard could attack. On the bright side he's only a week away from the entrance to the new world and the girls were ready to be sold after they get cleaned up. Corny has allowed them one restroom break a day, and has made sure to feed them but only enough to stay alive, but it's weird that brown haired and blonde girl refused to eat anything and when he forced it down their throat they threw it back up, lucky for him they at least drank the water. Little did he know right at this moment, an orange egg was hatching revealing an orange catlike creature with yellow paws and blue eyes. 'Hello?'
'Hello?' replied a scared voice.
'Oh you must be the one who found my egg.' The cat thought happily.
'Eh?! I don't understand am I going crazy?'
'Nope. I'm an Exceed I can communicate telepathically to the one who touched my egg first. We've formed a special bond so we'll always be connected.' Explained the cat.
'Oh, what's your name?'
'You found me. You should name me." the cat responded.
'Well what do you look like?' She asked.
'I have orange fur, what where are you? I'm sensing that your hurt…Oh my god you were kidnapped. And you're going to be sold. I've got to get you out of here?!' The cat panicked.
'How'd you know?'
'I can see all of your memories and vice versa.'
'Wait that means you know?'
'Yeah don't worry I'll speak for you until you're ready.'
'Thank you.'
'No…wait I think I heard something on deck. I'll go check it out.'
'Wait be careful! I haven't named you yet.'
'Okay. I promise.'
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"Oi there's a ship on the horizon!" The lookout called.
"Who is it yoi!" Marco called back.
"Looks like a smugglers ship! It's heading in the direction of Shabondy!"
"Must have potential slaves." Sabo inferred.
"Yep should we go take a look?" Thatch asked their Father.
"Yes bring back who ever is on that ship, they might be from one of our Islands." He said.
"Yes Oyaji who should go?" Vista asked.
"For a ship that size?" Ace pondered. "I should be more than enough." He said with a smirk.
"Even so I'm going to." Sabo said with his own smirk staff in hand.
"Well I'll still get there before you yoi." Marco said as he got ready to fly off.
"Oi! No fair!" Ace yelled as he and Sabo hopped on to a boat. He would have taken the striker but if there were soon to be slaves on the ship he'd need something to take them back on.
"Guess we'll leave it to the three of them." Izo said with a nod.
"Right I'm going to prepare lunch call me if anything interesting happens." Thatch said before heading off into the kitchen.