Usopp's POV

Usopp woke up in a dark room. When he tried to stand up, he felt weights dragging down on his arms. He looked down at his wrists to see what was wrong. Thick manacles gripped his wrists, painfully tight. Groggily, he tried to remember ho he had gotten here. When he remembered, he shook his head with a sigh.

"Why was I so stupid?" he asked himself out loud.

He didn't regret trying to help Shiro, but why hadn't he made sure that her master wasn't listening in on their conversation? How could he get out of here? Shiro was the only one who knew where he was and she had no idea who his friends were.

With an angry sigh, he tried to get comfortable leaning against the cold stone wall. As he sat staring out of the bars that kept him trapped, he hoped he could think of a way to get himself out of this prison.

Shiro's POV

She led him silently down into the cellar of her masters mansion. There was an entrance to the dungeon they could use, one that she doubted even her master knew about.

"Here," she said, holding out a thick black cloak to Luffy.

"What's this for?" Luffy asked, wrapping it around his shoulders.

"It will make you look like a servant. That way no one will question you being here," Shiro explained.

"Why can't we just break in and get him out?" Luffy complained.

"It's easier this way. If anyone saw us, they'd kill us!" Shiro insisted.

Luffy sighed, sounding annoyed, but didn't protest further. Shiro walked over to the row of shelves on the far wall. Without her glasses she had difficulty seeing the small mark that would tell her that the door was behind it. She had to run her hand over the wood, waiting until she found the sign.

"Got it," she whispered, feeling the raised piece of wood that looked like the World Governments symbol. Grabbing the back of the shelf, she pulled, shifting it out of the way. Behind it was a gaping black archway.
"That will lead to the dungeons."

"Thanks!" Luffy said, rushing ahead of her.

Shiro didn't want to leave him alone in there. If he was caught he wouldn't know what to say to the guards to convince them that he was a simple slave doing his job. Shiro took a deep breath and rushed after him.

She hated the dark. Memories swirled in her mind of other dark rooms surrounded by other cold walls. Memories of pain and fear. Being left all alone in one of those rooms for days. Not matter how much she had screamed, there was no answer. She had been alone.

She shook her head fiercely to rid herself of those memories. Usopp was in danger. Shiro would help him, even if it meant risking herself.

Luffy's POV

Luffy looked at the rows of cells. All of them were empty. Where was Usopp?

"Uso-" he began to yell before Shiro clamped a hand down over his mouth.

"Quiet!" she growled, her slitted eyes flashing with panic. "Someone will hear you!"

"But I can't find him!" Luffy insisted.

"He should be in one of those cells," she pointed towards the far end of the room.

"Then let's go!" Luffy said, rushing ahead. The cloak annoyed him. It was itchy and too long. He almost tripped in it more than once.

"Usopp!" he cried, seeing his friend inside one if the cells.

"Luffy!" Usopp gasped. "How did you find me?"

"Shiro brought me!" Luffy explained. "I'll get you out!" He raised his fist, but Shiro stepped in front of him.

"That'll be too loud! I can get it open!" she said.

Luffy stepped back as she put her hand on the metal. She ran her hand along the length of the keyhole, and red sparks spread across the cells door. With a soft click, the door swung open. Shiro stepped inside, freeing Usopp from his handcuffs in the same manner.

"How did you do that?" Luffy asked.

"I ate the Hex-Hex fruit," Shiro said, blushing. "I just cursed the door so that it can't lock anymore."

"Wow!" Luffy cried. What a cool Devil Fruit power!

"Come, we must hurry!" Shiro said, leading them back towards the door they had come through.

Luffy looked at Usopp's wrists, rage filling him. There were bruises and cuts where the manacles had bitten into his skin. Whoever locked him up would pay!

"There you are, Shiro," a deep voice said. Luffy looked at the Shiro. Her eyes were filled with terror. He looked at the door.

Standing in their way was a tall man, with ten men standing behind him.