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Something was wrong... he wasn't sure what it was yet, but something had woken him. Sanji looked across the room to see that Zoro was also awake but he was staring in Luffy's direction with a strange expression on his face as if he was worried about something. Sanji looked over and frowned, "What in the world..." he whispered. Luffy whimpered while he tossed and turned in his sleep, something was wrong. "No... No!" he whispered, clutching the sheets he was under in a death grip. Soon his whimpers grew into panicked cries and suddenly he started screaming and thrashing around before falling onto the floor and continuing his fit. Sanji jumped over and tried to shake him awake but Luffy only began shivering and screaming more violently. "Hey! Wake up! Common wake up already!" he yelled.

The door opened up and Nami rushed in, a blanket hanging over her shoulders. "Don't touch him, its only making it worse!" she yelled making her way over. "We can't just leave him like this!" he yelled back. Nami shook her head and crouched down next to Sanji, "Nothing can wake him once he starts screaming. Trust me, I've tried everything." she said. Sanji let go of Luffy and sighed, "What's going on?" asked Zoro from where he stood just a few feet away. She bit her lip before nodding, seeming to have decided on something, "Both of you come with me, I'll make some coffee." she said standing once again. Luffy continued to thrash around and scream in his sleep as the three closed the door behind them.

His screams could still be heard echoing through the hallways. Even if they weren't as loud they still sent a cold chill up and down the spines of anyone who heard them. Nami padded quietly down the hall and into the kitchen only to see that Usopp was already there making his own coffee. He turned around and watched the three enter the room, "Usopp, could you make three more please?" asked Nami quietly. Usopp nodded and fetched three more cups. Nami sighed and walked over to the small table in the corner of the room that had just enough seats for four people and motioned for the two to sit down while claiming a seat of her own.

She sighed sadly as the other two sat down. Usopp walked over and placed down the cups in front of the three before joining them. He tapped the table in front of Nami, catching her attention before pointing at her; he then touched his mouth with one finger before pointing behind him. She nodded, "Yeah, I need to tell them otherwise they won't understand. Luffy won't like it much but what he doesn't know won't hurt him." She said taking a sip of coffee. Sanji frowned, "What's going on? Luffy seemed fine, but now he's screaming bloody murder in the next room!" he yelled. Nami shushed him and frowned.

"Keep quiet." She hissed. "Do you want the patrols to hear you?! We aren't even supposed to be awake, not to mention talking over a cup of coffee." She hissed before scoffing. "You higher-ups have no idea of what people like us and Luffy have had to go through, what we still have to go through; you had your fancy raid shelters deep underground. All we had was the skin on our backs!" she spat. Zoro scowled, "What the hell are you talking about!" he snarled narrowing his eyes at Nami. "What does any of this have to do with Luffy screaming like a maniac?" muttered Sanji trying to avoid any conflict in case Nami threw them out; she didn't seem to like the government much. No matter how much she had tried to hide it, he had seen the change in her behaviour since she found out they were from the alliance. "This has everything to do with his screaming!" she yelled.

Nami settled back down into her seat and sighed. "I don't know why he has these nightmares of his, or when they started... apparently he's had them even before I knew him. But I have a vague idea of what they are." she said quietly. "In these dreams of his... I think Luffy is forced to re-live his past. Most of what hat he has seen and endured would be enough to bring even the strongest of men to their knees in horror or wish themselves dead." She said calmly. "I don't know much about Luffy's past... he's been willing to tell me a little, but even that was enough to chill me to the core. He's a fighter though, it's probably the only reason he's still alive." She said taking a large mouthful of coffee. "He proved this to me the first night I met him." she whispered before trailing off.

It hurt, more than anything else it hurt. Everything else seemed to have been put on hold, he didn't even know where he had rode... not to mention how far. Most of the skin on his torso and right arm had been charred black by the fire in the explosion and he could feel the splintered bones in his ankle grinding against each other with even the slightest movement, forcing him to clench his teeth in an attempt to stop himself from screaming. Everything hurt...

Up ahead he could see lights glowing. It was a city... Luffy almost cried for joy; it had been two days since he had seen any form of civilisation. The sign up ahead said Portland but Luffy didn't care, all he wanted was something to take away the pain then after everything else to sleep. The streets were empty but that was probably normal since it was already very dark and all the lamps had been turned on. He turned into one of the side streets and was about to continue down the road until suddenly his motorbike span out of control and tipped over, trapping him beneath it while it skidded along the asphalt.

He cringed and clenched his teeth as the skin of his legs and back was being torn away by the asphalt. The bike finally stopped and the tenseness in Luffy's body suddenly melted away and he let himself sink limply into the road. This was it... he had finally gotten this far, in the morning people would find a corpse in the middle of the road and laugh, "Got so close!" yeah... that's what they would think.
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Nami frowned and put down her coffee. She looked across the table to see Usopp had done the same, "You heard that too right?" she asked. Usopp nodded and glanced at the window. He stood up after a moment and carefully walked over; he leaned against the wall next to the window and lifted the side of the curtain so he could peer outside. His eyes widened and he pulled the curtain open fully. He looked at Nami and gestured rapidly to the window. Nami frowned as Usopp ran out of the room and down the hallway to the stairs that lead down to the shop. She stood up and stood up before walking to the window.

She gasped, horrified by what she saw; there was a young boy no older than twelve lying in the middle of the street in front of the shop. She quickly followed the way Usopp had taken down stairs and ran through the shop and onto the road where Usopp was already trying to lift the bike off the youngster. He managed to push the motorbike off to the side and knelt down besides the kid. "Is he still alive?" asked Nami crouching down as well. Usopp felt for a pulse and waited a few moments. He nodded and slowly began to lift the boy up.

The kid groaned in pain as they walked back across the small road causing Usopp to walk a bit faster. Nami ran ahead of him and pushed open the door allowing Usopp to go straight through and on to the next door. He pushed it open with his back and ran up the stairs two at a time. "Put him on the kitchen table! I'll be there in a minute!" yelled Nami from behind him. He nodded and quickly walked through the halls to the kitchen, he carefully put the kid down making sure not to knock over the mugs before quickly bringing them over to the sink. He bit his lip gently and waited for Nami. This kid didn't look much younger than himself; maybe just two or three years younger, not even that...

Nami rushed into the room carrying a First Aid Kit and immediately began to start cleaning the wounds. She was soon done and had finished wrapping the wounds and burns and sighed deeply. "I wonder what happened to him..." she said slowly shifting some of the raven black hair out of the boy's eyes. Nami gasped as he suddenly grabbed her wrist. His eyes slowly opened and he looked around blearily before his eyes fell upon Nami. "W-Where am I?" he asked.

Nami smiled gently, "Don't worry, I'm Nami. You're in my apartment. Usopp and I found you outside." she said. "Do you remember your name or what happened to you?" she asked cautiously. The kid seemed to think for a moment before he shivered slightly and nodded. "Luffy D. Monkey." he said laying back down and letting go of Nami's wrist. She saw that he was already starting to drift off again. Before he did he whispered a few quiet works; "L.A bombed... Escaped... No one else followed..." before Nami could gasp; Luffy had already fallen unconscious again. She looked at Usopp with teary eyes and covered her mouth with her hand.

Usopp frowned and Nami knew he was asking what was wrong. "He's... he's from the bombings..." she whispered. Usopp's eyes widened and his jaw hung open. This kid... survived a Buster Call! It was unheard of... any chance of living to tell the tale was impossible. But this kid had survived...

Zoro sat frozen in his seat staring at his mug and Sanji was gaping at Nami looking a bit like a fish out of water. "B-But, there was a raid shelter! I read the file myself!" he yelled. "Right?" he said looking to Zoro for confirmation, only for him to turn away in something akin to shame. Nami frowned and shook her head. "No, there wasn't. Not for people like Luffy. The noble family in control of L.A claimed if for themselves. Only those able to pay One Billion Dollars each were let inside. It was built to shelter the whole city... in the end only thirty five people made it inside." she said. "Ironically... the roof collapsed. Everyone died. The people left outside were either blown up, buried under rubble and crushed, or burned alive." She muttered with a grim expression. "Luffy hasn't told me much else... not even how he survived. He's too afraid of his own past."

Sanji continued to gape at her before looking away and biting his lip. "Now you understand..." she whispered sipping her coffee. Zoro raised his head, "That explains why he wouldn't say anything then..." he said looking at Sanji who nodded and drowned the rest of his coffee. Silence settled over the room and the four soon realised that the screaming from down the hall had now softened and no one could hear anything. Usopp seemed to sigh, "Its over for tonight," said Nami standing up and gathering the empty cups. "If you want you can go back in or you can stay here for a while longer. I'll be in my room." she said wrapping the blanket tightly around herself before walking into the hall and entering one of the rooms.

Usopp nodded at the two and then left as well. Sanji sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Well I defiantly wasn't expecting this." He muttered leaning back in his chair. Zoro stared at a spot on the table and began to drum his fingers against the wood, "Let's just hope that this hasn't jeopardised the Revival." He muttered. Sanji quickly shook his head, "No, it shouldn't have... According to the elders his soul is still pure." He said quietly. "We just need to get him to One Piece and it will take care of the rest."

(Buster Call= Bombing of a city or country, until nothing remains. The decision for a Legal Buster Call can only be made by either 6 governments all agreeing or in Illegally through Terrorism/War.)
(Survival rate: none.)

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