Chapter Twelve: Is there Such Salvation

Without thought or consideration for who may be watching, Penguin dropped the ropes over his shoulder and nearly dropped the little brown back containing his old clothes and both their masks as he ran. Actually, he ripped open said brown bag and pulled out his hat which he tugged onto his head clumsily as he ran. His feet pattered over the wood that stood with an unstable tremble over the deep blue ocean. Killer stepped forward to pick up his blue and white mask that had been dropped carelessly but smiled, a little hysterically when he saw their salvation. It was somewhat bothering it was in the form of Captain Law but it was hardly a complaint.

Penguin in the meantime had leapt onto the deck, missing the narrow gap of splashing sea water. Screaming gleefully as he made his way to the tight suction door, before he got there it opened to reveal Shachi and another crew member who were complaining about Shachi missing a pair of his sunglasses when the auburn hair man stopped.

"P-Penguin?" he whispered and the other member turned with mild surprise and confusion and then gasped when the young heart pirate threw himself at them.

"Penguin!" Shachi yelled, gripping the hat clad-man in his arms as they shrieked and yelled with laughter.

"Oh my god, what...what?!" the other member cried, joining with the embrace but shock evident on his face.

"We need to get Captain, he's on the island looking for you!" Shachi told Penguin who was being shoved into his chest, muffling in agreement. He then turned to check for Killer. The man was standing on the docks watching with his head tilted to the side with a smile before he realised some of the heart pirates could see him and recognise him and snapped on his helmet. Unwinding his hair.

Penguin darted off to him, the others watching with surprise and falling still when they recognised the kid pirate. Either way the returned heart pirate stood before him with a grin and reached under his hat to undo the bandages covering his tattoo.

"They say my captain is on the island, it's safest we stay on the ship and wait for someone to get him"

"Fair enough, did any of them say anything about my captain?"

"No, I'll ask-"

"Hey...Hey! You! It's you!" both whirled round to see a young man in a small crowd sitting outside a pub pointing at them, Killer noticed with horror at the flattened WANTED poster of them roughly made by Captain Arabella Mint.

"We'll endanger the ship if we go back on it" Penguin more or less spoke to himself but Killer reacted accordingly.

As the group started approaching, grabbing their short knives and guns, Killer grabbed Penguin and pulled him behind him, pulling out his own small dagger from his make-shift belt. God he just wanted his blades back. Penguin turned to Shachi nervously who braced himself for a fight and cocked his head to the side in confusion when the hat-clad man shook his head and made motions for him not to interfere. Shachi only just complied when he saw Killer deflect a thrown knife with his own small dagger and a thought came to him. Running back inside quickly, the man standing with him watched with horror as Penguin was loomed upon by the crowd, with only the blonde shielding him.

Shachi returned in no time and hissed something to the heart pirate before chucking off his hat, keeping his sunglasses on and dropping the top part of his overalls, wrapping them around his waist, underneath was a slim maroon tank top. The other heart pirate who went by the name of Snowie* watched in awe as the auburn clutched two long blades in his hands and ran to the end of the ship, jumping off onto the dock, away from the crowd.

Raising the swords in the air at Penguin wildly before setting them down near a bush, he ran back onto the ship. As Penguin leant up and told Killer about the new weapons. Killer acted fast, knowing he would have to leave the heart pirate for a moment in order to grab the weapons. He rushed through the crowd, some of them going after him but they mostly went for Penguin who braced himself, hands up and chest and abdomen sweating a little with the fear and adrenaline. He managed to kick and punch at a few, being back further and further toward the sea when Killer returned, flipping in the air as though in slow motion before landing in front of the group.

"Back off" he growled, gripping the swords with skill. Standing in front of the heart pirate

"The price we'll get if we nab him though, fuckin' worth the fight" one of them muttered darkly and there was a yell of agreement. Killer rolled his eyes under the mask.

"We need to get away, lure them away and then get back to the submarine" Penguin hissed behind him, taking some short sharp tools from Killer's belt to use for himself.

Shachi and Snowie watched with disbelief as the kid pirate willingly and fiercely protected their Penguin, they looked over their unusual appearances for a moment but dismissed this when they realised they ought to do something to help.

"Go to the main control and start alerting the alarm, we need to get captain and Kid back here now!" Shachi told Snowie who dashed off down the stairs. The two pirates were successfully making their way through the crowd and soon all of the angered men and women would be too out of it to watch them enter the infamous submarine ship of Captain Trafalgar Law of the Heart pirates. Penguin had left the shelter of Killer's back and swiftly attacking any aggressors.

Down a slim wooden corridor they went, Kid intrigued with Law's close proximity to him as they followed Captain Arabella Mint as she gave them a narrated tour of her ship. Law stuck close for the sake of quick escape and the tiny expectation that the younger man would no doubt help him out if conflict were to arise.

"So as you can see, we would be able to accommodate yo-"

Law went rigid and all three fell silent at the sound of a familiar, dangerously loud alarm sounding outside the thick walls of the lower layers of the ship.

"...That's my ship" he muttered and the woman narrowed her eyes at his words.

"Your ship?"

"...We have to go" he said, charm in his voice diminished and he tugged Kid's coat further onto his shoulders to turn and urge Kid to practically run to the top of the ship.

"W-What? Where are you going?!" the woman yelled as they ran down a corridor, stopping to look around for the stairs leading to the deck.

"There" Law motioned and the redhead darted for a glimmer of light around the next corner. Dashing up, Law was thrown back as the white lipped woman caught his ankle.

"I'm not too fond of the idea of losing another valuable prisoner, so you're staying here" she snarled. Law frowned and shook his leg hard for release but her long nails dug into the flesh of his bare feet and he gasped lightly.

"Fuck" he muttered and looked up to wear Kid was watching with pissed horror, catching Law's hand he pulled him hard and Law feared for his limb being separated from his joint as both refused to let go.

"Nah bitch" Kid finally snapped and lifted his hand to send a nearby metal hinge to fly at the woman. Arabella released Law who fell upwards to the deck where he was caught by Kid and the captain below raised her hand to block the metal with her acidic touch.

Darting up the stairs, Kid and Law had already gone for the edge.

"Shit, what's going on?!" the redhead exclaimed as he pointed over to the mass of people fighting outside where Law's ship had been docked. The Surgeon of Death squinted in the bright sunlight and saw Shachi and Snowie atop the deck waving their arms frantically. Seeming to have spotted their captain.

"Go" he breathed and they both went for the bridge leading to the harbour when they were blocked by the Teeth Captains henchmen.

A large, unintelligent looking one spat on the ground with a grim smile, raising his sword.

"The captain told us if either of you try to get off this ship we are to stop you, you know, since the only way you'd be getting off is if she failed to catch you bellow deck" the others laughed and lunged. Law jumped back and drew out the sword he had hidden under Kid's coat.

"Room"

The faint whirring sound and pale blue dome surrounded most of the crew going for the attack and they paused in confusion at the slightly shimmering frame surrounding them.

"What the-"

"I'm no dentist, but it would be terribly amusing for the Teeth pirates to lose their teeth" Law spoke up, sadistically smiling and standing straight he raised his hand, curling the undeniably graceful and skilled fingers towards him in a 'pulling' fashion. All the attackers went still as their jaws were involuntarily snapped open by the Heart captain and their teeth tingled unusually. Before the array of canines, incisors, molars and so forth floated before them.

Screams filled the dome and Law grinned as they tried to reach for their lost body parts.

"Shambles" came the dark whisper and with it was the rearrangement of teeth into the wrong mouths. Roots of teeth being stuck into different gums, one man had all incisors filling his mouth whilst another was given a comical two canines either side of the top jaw, as though a vampire.

Kid shivered a little at the sadistic play and took his time in preparing with a plethora of metallic items, from swords and guns to tools gathered over the ship and harbour. Creating a singular fist with all the different parts, he battered off bullets

and swords, swinging it to knock others off their feet and over the side of the ship.

Law went to remove his 'Room' and leave the unfortunate Teeth pirates as they were but when a cold and hot hand slipped around his throat, he went still and gulped.

"Return my crew to normal or I will cut your throat and you know I will" she snarled into his ear. Law didn't move at first but with a sour expression worked his hands to return the crew to the teeth they were born with.

Law dropped his 'Room' and stood almost patiently as the Captain spun him round to face her, hand never moving and Law would have activated his room or slashed her with his blade but the sensation running through his throat was unbearable, the mixture a sickening feeling that he couldn't escape from, he could only focus on breathing steadily.

"Trafalgar Law, the only user of the Ope Ope no mi fruit naturally and known as the Surgeon of Death...on my ship!" she purred cruelly.

"Close your eyes, hun"

Obviously Law didn't and didn't have much time to figure out why when she planted her frosty white painted lips upon his and clutched his neck to trap the oxygen rushing through them.

With a gasp he opened his mouth and her slick tongue plunged into his mouth, releasing the toxic in her touch, the gritty, slimy liquid dribbled down the inside of the older man's throat and he spluttered, spit falling from the sides of his mouth in desperate attempt to spit it back out but he was forced to swallow and began to convulse.

It was as though an white hot iron band was clasped around his ribs and was ever so slowly crushing his insides. Falling to his knees when she let him go he stared at the decking beneath him with blurring vision and made a vile retching sound.

"Trafalgar!" Kid yelled, running up to the woman, reeling his fist back to hit her. She ducked with a smirk but he grinned when she fell for it and grabbed locks of curling green hair beneath her wide white hat as she lowered herself to the ground to avoid the metal fist.

Screaming as she was yanked up to Kid's height, she grabbed his wrist to stop him ripping out her locks from the root but he didn't care.

"Cure him"

"It takes time- aaahh!" she screamed as he dug his nails into her skull.

"It takes time for it...it to fade...fade off" she managed through laboured breaths, her crew standing back warily for fear of the redheads actions.

"Looks like I have to kill time then" his red lips widened to reveal a vicious grin.

Brace lunged at the kid captain and the surprise knocked the redhead who let go of the captain, not without tearing out a few stands of green hair to which she screamed at but stood quick enough with fury in her dark eyes, striding toward the larger man, she caused him to back off, gritting his teeth and raising his metal fist. When his back hit the edge of the ship he growled.

"Take a swim, Stu" she hissed and two men ran up to push him over. Kid cursed loudly and held them off for a few minutes before one thrust him toward the edge from the ankles and he couldn't balance. The metal plunged into the sea water below swiftly followed by his body.

Penguin looked over to the White Knife where; along with Shachi and Snowie, he had seen his captain and captain Kid fighting with the Teeth pirates, he could vaguely see the scene that had unfolded and with wide eyes tried to run toward the ship, only to be blocked by mobsters.

Without thought he jumped into the water, swimming under the bulging ropes holding other ships in place, peacefully bobbing on the rippling ocean waves. His nickname and reputation stood solid as he dove deeper, the pale blue obscuring his vision slightly. Shadows of rocks and forgotten tools further down were noticed by him but as he approached the tell tale pale brown and green of the White Knife ship's painting, he saw a much more prominent object floating in the water.

Killer watched Penguin leap into the water, his bare torso braced for the chilling warmth of the ocean and the blonde allowed a small smile under his mask as he saw him pick up speed toward the white knife, but he knew the heart pirate wouldn't be able to fight off all the teeth pirates on his own so picked up his own pace, thrusting and slashing his borrowed blades at the angered villagers who just wouldn't give up.

Regardless of Penguin's warning, Shachi and Snowie jumped to the decking to assist, soon all of them were down. Killer nodded thanks to the heart pirates who high-fived one another and began running across the harbour to the aggressors ship.

But when he got to the bridge, he watched with horror as the Surgeon of Death was dragged off in a far from dignified manner. Running faster he gripped the blades he held tighter and charged up the small wooden bridge, flipping over the crew mates. He had no obligation to the heart captain but like hell was he going to let this green haired woman take anyone else for the purpose of de-humanisation and labour.

Propelled by this thought, he lunged for the woman, being beaten back by several bloodthirsty members but it was hardly a match any more. The woman had practically thrown Law to her subordinates and he was being dragged off on the shoulder of Brace when she spotted the blonde.

"Are you serious?!" she exclaimed with a beam and rose her spinning blades with adrenaline induced thrill. Two prizes in one, this was a day to be remembered!

Killer didn't anticipate the following events to occur, neither did Captain Arabella Mint but she was by no means disapproving of the crews runt; Paste, a young boy with sugar white hair and shocking blue eyes got a lucky shot with a long, razor sharp blade into Killer's wounded leg as he went in for the kill.

Collapsing and sliding across the deck, he muffled a yell and gripped his wound for a second to ease the sudden throbbing which sent wrecking shivers through his entity. Gritting his teeth he went to stand on his good leg but by then his formerly damaged limb was stood on – hard by Drill who grinned with that disgusting slob of a mouth.

CRASSHCK

Killer did not feel humiliation at the rough, broken scream elicited from him as his bones were shattered under the weighted stamp. He could only feel pain. An immense pain he was almost unfamiliar with considering his recent succession in battle.

"Get him in with the pretty boy, I'm done with fighting now" the captain brushed her hair back and slipped her hat back on from when it had been removed by the brutish 'Stu'.

"Paste!" she yelled as Killer was limply dragged off.

The young boy turned to her a little shaky from his actions but back upright as the woman approached him.

"A feast! Tonight for you, my boy!" she cried and a cheer arose through the crowd as she gripped the boy in a tight one armed hug before leading him into the main cabin, followed by the others.

Penguin slipped his head from the waves once all was quiet; well at least after the mighty cheer from the ship ahead which couldn't mean anything good for him and his allies, either way he went on forward. To see a large, unnatural lump floating in the depths before him. Ducking underwater with wide stony blue eyes, he gasped in a flurry of bubbles and went to the surface for a large gulp of air before slipping under urgently.

Grabbing Kid by his shoulders, the strange brown rag shielding his hair floating off aimlessly in the distant waves, Penguin kicked upwards rapidly. Thankful for the water making the large kid captain near weightless.

Gasping as hit the air once more. The noon sun bouncing off the waves to burn his exposed shoulders and back, he clumsily kicked toward the harbour, only a few metres away. Reaching the stone ledge, he hauled himself up before bringing Kid alongside him. Grunting loudly at the strain, the heart pirate only just managed it and looked up to the White Knife. It was leaving. The rope was undone and the anchor hauled, the sails billowing out in the bright sunlight and it was leaving.

Penguin had the kid captain in his arms so there was no way they had won. His heart sunk desperately, wondering who had been taken. But before that he had to deal with the only...potential...ally he had. The redhead wasn't moving. His broad pale chest free to the scolding rays and Penguin tried to shade him slightly with his considerably smaller, lither body as he leant over.

"...K-Kid...Captain Kid" he muttered, shaking him slightly. Not one sign of life and Penguin's heart shuttered with panic. Moving up to him, he started pounding at his chest with his folded, overlapped palms. He could complete CPR with ease with Law''s teachings and natural instinct but this man was terribly large and difficult to manoeuvre as Penguin felt the pull in his muscles as he continued to press down.

Moving to tilt his head back; with mild reluctance, slipping two fingers into his mouth to check for anything blocking his throat or mouth, he found there to be nothing disruptive and then he placed his lips over the captain's and blew air in hard and fast, twice.

Then it was back to heart pounding. He wasn't budging yet but Penguin felt the redhead wasn't about to give up just yet. With a final push, there was gross choking noise and the man rolled over to throw up salt-water and open his sore eyes.

"F-Fuck!" he yelled and Penguin fell back with a relieved sigh, watching the other come to reality.

"Wha-What the..." Kid looked down at himself, then at Penguin then out to sea.

To see the White Knife leaving.

A/N: EVERYONES KISSING THE WRONG PERSON IN THIS ONE!

Quite a long chapter, I usually upload in the morning but I was very busy so here we are! Chapters 1-11 had actually been written a while back so now I'm back to a...current schedule if you will but I'll try hard to keep up with updates!

I'm such an asshole, everything was going so well! There is no Kid/Penguin in this despite the CPR scene but hey! First aid isn't always about the gay! Haha. Nah, there will be more ROMANCE soon enough especially since I'm in kind of a romantic mood in my life right now, I'm a moody person (in a vaguely good way) anyway so I will often write according to my emotions. So this fighting business is a bit off for me to be honest but it must be done to let the story progress!

Captain Arabella Mint is actually a fine ass captain to her own crew but is clearly a bitch to others to whom she can exploit so it's quite fun writing about her and I hope you don't mind her character. I doubt Sandhurst Mirage will return but who knows?

Just wanted to get an overall idea of what people think the colour of Law's eyes are? I know they have been interpreted in several different ways but I'd like a casual majority from my viewers if you wouldn't mind, thank you!

-LAW09

AriesDanger24: My! Such an emotional review, it's beautiful! This cockblocking must stop! Have a good time at the garage sale! Hope you find some decent things for decent cash! ahhah, I'm glad you "quite" like my OC's nonetheless, I wouldn't pair them but I think Penguin and Kid could have a cool, fairly amiable relationship especially since I am considering to make them the same age (about 23?) SHIVER ME TIMBERS. Pirate jokes are the best, I swear one of these days I need to see how many I can get out to people. I would never hate your personal opinion, I intensely respect it! Thanks for the review!

wolves2152: Mmn...sounds good, thank you for the first bit of input, it's almost like the opposite of Penguin's eyes which is pretty cool, ahah! I'm glad you don't mind my OC's, I tend to avoid them unless they are in a villanous position or a minor ally.

WolfirePrincess: Hello again! I hope you also have a great 4th July! I'm thankful you appreicate the layers of personality with them, I sometimes feel I go a bit too overboard so thank you! Please, French away, it's what Arabella is there for, she knows she is a bitch, haha, thank you so much for all of your praise and the review!

"Kid and Heart Pirates" Guest: They do seem to have lost their edge, It's a case of a new enemy and the element of surprise but who knows? They could always snap suddenly...haha, thanks for the review!

"Oda's Intention" Guest: Yeah, I did notice that, ahah, I saw his eyes were conveyed differently in different One Piece media so was thrown off a bit but thank you for your input and for the review!

Questsand: Why thank you! I got that vibe frequently too so shall see what the end result shall be, thank you for your input and the review! :)

Thank you to all my favouriters and followers!