word count: 100
parallel: puzzle pieces
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Marco sailed with them for a brief period, making plans and preparations.
Before he rose to leave, they stopped him.
"No one's told us exactly how Luffy got captured. From the retellings, it seems that things were going well near the end. What happened?" Sanji asks.
Marco pauses, eyes barely visible beneath the lines of exhaustion. "Akainu." He rubs his forehead. "Akainu cornered them. Ace took the brunt of his attacks trying to protect Luffy, but at the last moment, Luffy threw him to us, and that's the last we saw of him.
No one told you because no one knew."