Doflamingo stayed in his quarters and looked down at the girls wanted poster, "Wanted dead or alive, little ghost, Avara" He said mused the bold letters before looking down at her bounty, "275,000,000 beri"
They had docked two weeks ago and since then he hadn't seen her once. He knew she had snuck off shortly after she was left in Vergo's care. He wasn't surprised Vergo couldn't keep track of the girl, she was after all surprisingly crafty. Still, it upset him that she wasn't here when he returned. Her house was empty, aside from the den den mushi he'd given her. No wonder the brat hadn't picked up once.
"Young master" Baby 5 said from outside his door
"What is it?" He asked her looking over to the door.
She hadn't opened the door but he could tell she was pacing thanks to the clicking of her heels. He raised an eyebrow, Baby 5 wasn't one to be cautious around him. Normally she'd barge into his room, screaming at him for killing her "fiancé".
"Baby 5" He said after a few minutes of silence had ticked by
"It would seem Avara is back" She said
The door to his quarters practically swung open, nearly knocking baby 5 over.
"Fufufu~ Is she now?" He chuckled, "Just where is my little ghost?" He asked
Once again Baby 5 was silent, causing him to frown.
"Below deck" Baby 5 muttered
Doflamingo frowned and looked down at Avara, who was now laying unconscious in his bed. He reached out and placed his fingers on her bandages. They'd just been changed but blood had already managed to soak through them.
He had no doubt the girl had been cut with some kind of sword. The worst injury was on her left shoulder. The cut ran from her collar bone down to her heart, or at least a few centimeters above it. She had also broken two of her ribs and fractured her right leg.
"Stupid brat" Doflamingo said as he sat down next to the bed
Creaking and rocking. Avara shut her eyes tightly and tried to remember where she was. Was her battle with Kuzan a dream? Was she still on the boat? Did they leave the island made entirely out of snow?
Hesitantly she opened her eyes, only to be greeted by an unfamiliar room. Propping herself on her elbows she sat up and looked at the door. Had she been kidnapped or something?
"Where-" Avara didn't have time to finish her sentence because a large hand pressed down on her left shoulder, causing her to collapse back onto the bed.
"Doffy?" She asked as she connected the hand to the body, then face.
Doflamingo chuckled and looked down at the girl. It was apparent she was in a complete state of confusion about what was happening.
"I'm not dead?" She asked looking at him
He grinned and allowed himself to apply some pressure onto the girls wound, causing her to wince in pain.
"Dof-"
"Of course you're not dead" He said grinning down at her, "I wouldn't allow somebody so useful to die"
Avara frowned at the term useful. To think she was happy to have seen his ship before she passed out.
"Now I want to know, Avara~" He said, "Just where is your crew now?"
Avara was silent, which only upset him. Adding more pressure to the wound Doflamingo watched as Avara's face twisted in pain.
"No? " He asked as he continued to apply pressure
"That hurts" She hissed
"Did you split up after being beaten? Or did they throw you overboard? Maybe your captian was finished with you?" He asked, purposely trying to press her buttons.
"We were attacked by fucking Kuzan! We split up to escape you asshole!" She yelled right before her face fell.
"Oh? I heard that crew had escaped from him. A captian who goes by the name, Fallen Angel Kou" Doflamingo said grinning a satisfied smile
Doflamingo was ecstatic now. The entire time he'd been traveling around doing his duties as a shichibukai in order to get a good wrap with the world government he'd kept tags on her but not one article mentioned her crew or who she was sailing with and now, she'd finally slipped up.
"Doflamingo I swear to fucking god if you go after him-"
He erupted with laughter, "What will you do with the condition you're in right now, little ghost?" He taunted.
Avara narrowed her eyes and glared up at Doflamingo.
"He's not allowed to die until I get him to the new world, and he's definitely not going to die because of me" Avara thought to herself.
"Fufufu~" Doflamingo chuckled as he raised his hand from the girls wound, "Killing him without you there would be pointless, I want you to see it when he dies"
Pain flooded through her body as the pressure was removed from her chest.
"Such a shame we don't know where he is" Avara stammered, trying to ignore the pain she was feeling.
"Fufufu~ Don't we?" He questioned as he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the vivre card.
Avara felt her blood run cold. He had the card. It had stopped burning but it was small. She frowned, this was probably the worst possible situation. Doflamingo had her captians vivre card.
"Fufufu, I don't plan on going after him until the card is bigger" Doflamingo said with a wicked smile on his face, "It wouldn't be very fun"
Avara frowned at Doflamingo, who was now laying in the same bed as her with his usual grin spread across his face. She was aware she was in his room, but she assumed it was his call to have put her here and she'd hoped after that lovely conversation they had earlier he would have either moved her to a different room or have slept somewhere else.
"You don't seem to happy to see me" He said, pretending to be hurt
"Get. Out" She said
"Fufufu~ You seem to be forgetting this is my bed" He said motioning to the bed
Avara narrowed her eyes and glared at the man who was lying on his side grinning at her. She let out a sigh and moved closer to the wall, wanting to get as far away from him as she could. She knew she couldn't get up and try to run, the pain in her right leg was a constant reminder of that. She'd thought about using her devil fruits ability to phase through the ship but in her current condition if she happened to become solid half way through an item it would probably completely crush her.
"Avara" Doflamingo whined as she moved away
"Don't you touch me" She said as he reached his hand out towards her
Doflamingo frowned, annoyed with how resistant the girl was to his touch. He felt like that power he had over her a few years ago had vanished. He wanted that power back.
"It's my bed" He said after a few minutes of silence slipped by
"I didn't ask to be in your bed!" Avara shouted, annoyed his childish response
"Fufufu~"
Avara looked up at the rooms ceiling, trying to get her eyes to focus. She had fallen asleep and the last thing she remembered doing was arguing with him about why she hadn't been taken home yet.
Sighing she looked over at Doflamingo, who was now sleeping. He was still on his side and his arm was still stretched out towards her from his earlier attempts of grabbing her, the only real difference was he was no longer wearing his sunglasses.
She stared at his face. This was the third time she'd seen him without them. The first time she'd seen him without them was when he'd forced her to show him where she lived. She was upset with him and the first thing she did when they got inside was throw whatever she could grab at him. Which was the den den mushi he'd given her. It hit him smack in the middle of the face and when it fell of his glasses went with it.
His eyes were a dark shade of purple and surprisingly peaceful, even though she'd just hit him with a snail.
The second time was when she had just been asked out by one of the boys from the town. Doflamingo had happened to have been within ear distance when the boy asked her out, within a matter of seconds he'd kicked the boy through a wall before grabbing a hold of her and dragging her back to the beach.
For the rest of the day he wouldn't allow her out of his grasp, he even used his busoshoku haki to make sure she couldn't phase through him. Then when she wanted to return home he refused to let her go saying she'd go check up on the boy, which she would have but at the time in order to protest she grabbed a hold of his glasses and threw them into the ocean. Looking back on it, that wasn't her best idea at the time.
Avara smiled at the memories. Even though he was a cruel, wicked man, when it came to his crew he was pretty much like any other captian. He wouldn't allow anybody to hurt them without regretting it.
Avara shook her head and turned her attention back to his hand. Which was still reaching out to her. He was known to be ruthless, the heavenly demon and yet he hadn't killed her.
Biting her lip Avara reached out and grabbed a hold of his hand.
"I'm only doing this because I owe you" She muttered before shutting her eyes and drifting off back to sleep.