Avara stared at Tia and Kou in silence from the other side of their cell. Aside from the bruises they'd recived the other day from Diamante they were both perfectly fine.

"You really fucked up didn't you?" Kou asked with a laugh, "Half the crew dead and the other half almost beaten to death, you picked the wrong man to side with"

"He's even got her in seastone cuffs" Tia added, "Maybe he'll kill her after us"

Avara stayed silent and looked back at Doflamingo. He had his usual wicked grin spread across his face, but that comment had caused the vein on his forehead to pop.

"Can get rid of them already?" Avara asked, disregarding the two's comments, "Or are you going to make them fight in that arena?"

"That'd be too easy" Doflamingo said as he raised his hand and attached his strings to Kou, "Much too easy for idiots like these two"

Avara raised an eyebrow and looked back over to Kou, who had failed to even noticed the strings that had attached themselves to him.

"Kou..What would you say if I were to offer you freedom?" Doflamingo asked

"Freedom?" kou scoffed, "You're going to kill me and we all know that"

Doflamingo laughed, "I'm quite fond of those who are willing to claw their way to the top and your obviously that type of person"

"What are you talking about?" Avara muttered as she looked back at Doflamingo

"If you want freedom, there's a simple fee" Doflamingo said, "Just kill your first mate"

"He wouldn't-"

Tia was cut off by Kou lunging at her, grabbing a hold of her throat and throwing her to the ground.

Doflamingo laughed, "Strangling? How cruel, I would've offered you a gun"

"I'm not doing it!" Kou shouted as he tried to stop himself from choking Tia, "I'm not!"

"Air" Tia spat out as Kou's grip around her neck tightened even more, "Air"

"Fufufu~ What a cruel man"

"Vergo-san, where did Doffy and Avara go?" Sugar asked

"They went to go deal with the captain and first mate from that crew" Vergo said

"How long do you think it'll take?" Dellinger asked

"Doffy will probably take his time with the captain" Vergo said, "As for the first mate, he'll probably just use her to get to the captain"

"What do you mean?" Dellinger questioned

"That captain and his first mate are very close" Jora said, chiming into the conversation, "The young master knows how to exploit that as a weakness"

"Shit!"

Avara leaned against the wall and watched as Kou went flying down the hallway and into the bars of another cell.

"Don't lose consciousness!" Doflamingo shouted as he made his way over to where Kou had fallen, "It'd ruin the fun if you did"

"Son of a bi-"

"Watch what you say" Doflamingo warned as he wrapped his hand around Kou's neck and dragged him back over to where Avara was standing.

"What are you doing?" Avara questioned

"Finishing up" Was all Doflamingo said as he tossed Kou back into the cell

Kou huffed and looked up at Doflamingo and then over to Avara. His face was covered in bruises, his arm was probably broken, and he had blood dripping from his mouth, nose, and even ears.

"Should've just killed you when you were a kid" Kou said as he coughed up more blood, "What a worthle-"

Kou gagged and coughed as strings sliced through his abdomen, cleanly cutting him in half.

"Gross" Avara mumbled

"Fufufu, it's not much different from what you do when you phase people together" Doflamingo said as he turned to face Avara with his wicked grin.

"At least you can't see..that" Avara said as she motioned to Kou

Doflamingo chuckled and continued to watch Jora lecture Avara for the third time today.

"Leaving for such a weak crew, what an idiot" Jora stated, "Not to mention you actually let them hit you!"

"Yes yes, I'm just such an idiot" Avara said idly

"What a fool, you're lucky that the young master has taken such a liking to you or you'd be dead too"

"Yes, I'm so lucky he's taking as much as a liking to me as he has the other women he has running around the palace, I fell so special"

"Why you-"

"Jora, I've got a question for you" Avara said

Both Jora and Doflamingo raised an eyebrow at this.

"What is it?" Jora asked

"How'd you manage to get so fat?"

"Excuse me?" Jora asked

Doflamingo chuckled and walked over to the pair. Normally he'd allow Avara to poke fun at the woman, but considering she was in seastone cuffs he didn't want Jora getting to upset and attacking her. Not like she couldn't defend herself, but she was more violent when she didn't have her ability to flee.

"It's just a simple question" Avara said, ignoring Doflamingo's presence, "You're too old to have chil-"

"Fufu..You've gotten quite vicious haven't you?" Doflamingo asked as he covered her mouth with his hand, "You should know that women are sensitive about these things"

Avara raised an eyebrow but didn't bother trying to speak. It wasn't her fault Jora had come along and ruined her good mood. She was fine with spending the rest of the day relaxing after dealing with Kou and Tia but of course something had to come up and ruin that.

"Tantrums, sass, and attitude, you've become quite childish haven't you?" Doflamingo asked as he dragged Avara through the palace back to his room

"I wouldn't be so pissy if she hadn't started lecturing me" Avara defended, "I regret going with them, I don't need her help with that"

Doflamingo chuckled, "It doesn't matter anymore though, you're back with us again and that crew no longer exists"

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Real quick info~ First of all I am so sorry that this took so long to upload, I've been real busy with school work. Secondly, I won't lie, this chapter was slightly rushed(even though it took me so long) because I wanted to get one out for you guys, so because of that I was just trying to get the whole old crew thing resolved. Lastly, in the next chapters there will actually be some progression between Doflamingo and Avara, so yay!

So to sum it all up.

1. I'm sorry this took so long

2. Next chapter will have actual Doflamingo moments in it, or, er, as moment-y as it can get with Doflamingo.