~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 6 / Desperation
Zoro awoke from a fitful sleep as nature called to him. Still nearly half asleep the swordsman walked to the bathroom, however when he reached the bathroom and opened the door he found himself in the kitchen. What the fuck?! When would Franky stop switching things around on this damn ship?!
He was just about to turn and leave when he noticed Sanji sitting at the table talking to someone.
"What about Zoro?" questioned the blonde, the voice holding sadness he had never heard from him before.
Of course it being him talked about no way was he about to leave now.
"What about me?" He asked and yawned out still fucking tried. He then blinked guessing he started the cook as the man jerked his head up and sat stiffly still with his back still turned to him. That's right Zoro had to be nice to the cook and keep him calm. Zoro stepped into the room and looked around for who else was up at this hour. Must be Chopper he had thought since Sanji was up and about but no. Sanji was the only person in the room. He also now was being way to quiet.
Zoro narrowed his eyes at the back of the cook's head then eyed at the drink on the table. "You sure you should be drinking that right now cook?" not like he was one to talk but still.
The swordsman stood there still, and got no reply just the soft sounds of dripping. Franky should really fix that sink he thought looking over to the sink but it was not dripping. Zoro listened more carefully and tracked it down to Sanji. This time he took in the whole sight of the man. There at the cook's feet was a pool of red liquid as more dripped into it. Looked like it had been dripping for some time to make a puddle like that he could not help but think. Zoro looked back to the table again. The bottle didn't seem like it had enough missing to make that kind of mess maybe another bottle? Then the swordsman's eyes caught to the paper there and then one word 'Sorry' written.
"Oi cook?" Zoro question and still didn't get a reply. The room seemed to be so quiet all but that dripping as Zoro's heart started beat a little faster. He couldn't…he wouldn't …Zoro tried to assure himself as he took steps that though he was sure where near running seemed take forever to reach the blonde.
The swordsman came to a full halt as he reached Sanji's side. The sight of it was just a pure shock for the green haired man. Sanji was holding a knife that he had clearly cut into his own arm as that other arm was covered in so much blood and dripped down as he drained his own blood to the floor. Sanji…one of Zoro's nakama was trying to take his own life. Sanji! Sanji was trying to take his own life. Sanji, girl chasing, amazing cook, his rival, his nakama, his Sanji was trying to take his own life. No this was not Sanji dammit, no not his Saniji! His Sanji would not do this! But….he had.
"You fucking dumbass!" roared Zoro and ran to the counter pulling a dish towel form it to turn back to the cook going to his knees as he tried to wrap it around the pale bloody arm. "CHOPPER!" the swordsman yelled out not knowing what else he could do.
"NO!" Sanji near screamed and Zoro so surprised didn't even notice the leg lifting till it was too late and he was soaring across the room and crashing into the wall.
Sanji tore off the dish towel from his arm and raised the knife as if to slash again at his arm but by then Zoro was already on his feet and dove the last few steps to Sanji grabbing the blonde's arms to stop him. The action caused Sanji to topple back out of his chair landing with the swordsman on top of him as the chair broke against the floor half trapped under there bodies.
"Sanji stop it stop!" Zoro yelled trying to get threw to the blonde
"No don't you see Zoro it's what you wanted it's what's best for the crew!" Sanji cried out as that one blue eye stared at Zoro with pure desperation in it.
"Baka! I never wanted you to die!" Zoro yelled as he felt tears in his own eyes spill over to his cheeks as he struggled, grappling with the cook trying to get the knife from him. Zoro had been in many fights, many battles. Yet never one where he was trying to keep someone from killing themselves, especially not someone he cared about.
Zoro won the battle of getting the knife from Sanji but once more was launched threw the air as the cook kick flipped him off. This time however Zoro's landing was much softer as he landed on top of Chopper, Franky and Usopp as they had just been coming in the doorway only now to be crashing out of the room and threw the railing and on to the deck below in a tangle of limbs and bodies.
"Dammit." Zoro cursed as he tried getting up only to end up losing his balance as someone else was trying to get up then as well. Zoro looked up at the broken railing to see Luffy and the girls, "STOP HIM! He is trying to kill himself!" Zoro yelled and that was all Luffy needed.
As the Captain entered the kitchen the cook was just pulling a knife from the wooden knife block on the counter. Luffy stretched out his arm to great lengths due to his rubber power and grabbed Sanji's wrist that held the new knife and pulled the cook to him as if reeling him in as Luffy ran meeting him half way in the room. Luffy then took a firm hold on his cook once the two of them where in normal arms length though Sanji kept trying to get the new knife to slice any part of him self. "STOP!." Luffy yelled with such command and presents it was overwhelming in the room. The captain's dark brown eyes held such seriousness that was truly rare to see as they stared down the blonde that was now withering in his hold.
"Please, please." Sanji sobbed limply hanging now in Luffy's hold. "I have to sacrifice myself. I have to do it to keep you all alive. Luffy please!" Sanji cried all the harder.
Luffy frowned as his eyes turned to pain due what one of his nakama had just said to him. Hurting him more then any blow could. The presents Luffy had commanded moments ago seemed to vanish just as fast as it had come leaving to wherever it had come from.
Sanji then just went ballistic and started screaming wordlessly as he thrashed out and attacking Luffy in a series of wild un-aimed kicks that was so unlike Sanji as he tried to get Luffy off him.
Luffy pinned the cook to the floor just as the others where coming back in the room though Nami in tears stayed where she had been in the doorway clinging to Robin as the older woman tried to assure her everything was going to be alright though she was not so sure it would be in honesty.
Chopper was quick to act but was forced once again to give Sanji a sedative as Luffy kept Sanji pinned to the floor for it.
As the new drug took its toll on the cook he soon laid there calmly on the floor looking up at Luffy with heavy lidded eyes. His voice coming out in mumbles "Gotta…best for my nakama. Don't need me …got to sacrifice myself…so the others can go on for there dreams." and then his eye lids dropped the rest of the way and his head fell to the side as the drug knocked him completely out.
The room was quiet all but Chopper franticly working on the cook's damage arm and Nami's soft crying.
Slowly Luffy stood up his eyes looking over the kitchen taking in the damage that had been done and the blood from Sanji smeared around on it as well as himself and Zoro too.
"We get changed and go to town now." Luffy said his voice was hushed but no one would miss a word from it not with the depths of levels of anger that rattled threw it.
There was no doubt now what the drug had been made to do, and the bitch had used it on Sanji. Zoro could feel his blood boil and he made quick work of changing as the rest that where going did too.
Luffy, Zoro, Franky and Robin walked into the only hotel the town had just a little after six in the morning. There was an aura around them that was making most people who where up this early scurry to get away from them. For sure the guy at the front desk on duty wanted to do just that but held firm shaking in his seat.
"Dr. Morin's room number?" Luffy asked in a no bullshit tone that got the little man with odd hair shaking all the more.
"T-three –twelve." stuttered the man and the crew took to the stairs. Luffy and Zoro leading with Franky and Robin at there backs.
As they reached the room down the hallway they didn't stop to knock unless count Luffy's fist smashing threw the door as an overpowered knock? The people with in the room sure didn't seem to.
Three male marines stood around a desk where Dr. Morin was seated. She looked up in alarm. "Needles out boys seems we have company." She smirked.
"Morin!" yelled Luffy. "You're coming with us to fix Sanji now!" he ordered, as he and the rest of his crew that had come filled into the room.
"Oh am I?" She stood as the marines pulled out needles from there pouches on there hips and stuck them into there own arms shooting up with something.
"I think not Strawhat. I think you all will become new test subjects for me." She looked to the marines. "Captures these guys and take them back to the lab and then go get the others. I can't wait to see the effects of what my new treatment has done to the cook's brain." She then held the back of her hand to her mouth as she laughed out her head tilting back as she did.
"You're not getting your hands on him again!" roared Zoro and leaped into an attack drawing two of his three swords.
A clang of swords echoed the room as one of the marines stepped in with a sword drawn to meet Zoro's. It then became a battle of strength but the marine was already slowly winning making Zoro's feet slide back as the man push down more trying to back Zoro to the wall.
The other two marines also jumped in one sending a powerful blowing hit to the chest of the captain that sent Luffy threw the room's wall and into the next room across the hall.
Robin then using her devil fruit's power tried to crush the guy that had attacked Luffy but found the man's strength unbending to her many hands that bloomed on him. Rather then go after Luffy now the man turned to attack Robin.
Franky tried to go to her aid but was stopped by the third marine knocking Franky to the ground.
It seemed as if no one could stop the man from coming after Robin, though Robin tried in futile admits to stop him as many hands came from the floor tried to hold his legs in place but it merely only slowed him down as he pulled his leg from each hand to take his next step towards her.
As the man neared he reached out a hand to Robin's neck when the familiar cry of "Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" rang out and a fist came down in a crushing blow to the man's jaw making him stumble back and away from Robin. Luffy then appeared in the hole in the wall and rocketed him self to the man.
Robin grateful smiled and turned her attention to the man now trading blows with Franky and tried a different tactic. Arms sprouted on the shoulders of the marine with Franky and nails then clawed the man's eyes making him grab at his face and scream out. Franky then took the advantage and started to pummel the man.
Dr. Morin getting upset the advantage was slowly shifting to the other team finished stuffing her bag with her research notes and pulled out a spray bottle. It would be just enough to get away or so she hoped. Slipping around the fighters she snuck up on Robin and sprayed the contents of the bottle in her face. "Bad girl." She snickered then turned on heal to run for the window.
"Robin don't let her get away!" Luffy called out just after sending another hit to the marine's face he was fighting.
Robin coughed after getting sprayed her lungs feeling heavy but she nodded to Luffy and crossed her arms over her chest about to call out another one of her attacks but froze her eyes going wide.
Zoro having been pushed back so much put a foot to the wall that was now very close behind him to keep himself from being pressed to it flatly. "Robin wake up!" he called as from the corner of his eye he saw Dr. Morin crawl out the window.
Luffy made an attempt to grab the doctor's leg stretching his rubbery arm out towards her but at the last second the marine he was battling shoulder butted him knocking the captain off balance and making him miss his target.
The extra arms on the man Franky was fighting disappeared in pop of flower petals as Robin fell to her knees. Tears from her dark blue eyes streamed down her face as her body trembled. Her own two arm now gripping herself holding her self in like a hug as she stared at the open window from where Dr. Morin had escaped form and was surly now long gone.
Franky at once took alarm at seeing Robin fall. He had seen the doctor spay something in Robin's face and clearly it was having some kind of effect on her now. "Nico Robin!" he yelled out just wanting her to say something, anything would do so he could know she was ok.
The finish blows now seemed to happen all at once with the alarm that Robin was somehow hurt.
Luffy delivered a Gomu Gomu no Cannon attack cracking the marine's skull to the desk making the wood splitter and crack into two and fall in on the man's face.
Zoro mustered up all his strength and with leverage of his foot to the wall pushed with a mighty force making the sword marine back up a few steps giving Zoro just enough time to draw his third sword and deliver out Tora Gari for his final blow sending the man flying back to land on the floor in defeat.
Franky got a hit in with Strong Right Arm to his marine's head on his temple knocking the man out cold and making him fall to the ground. At once Franky reeled in his arm and was to Robin's side his large arms wrapping around her. "Nico Robin can you hear me?" He lightly shook her.
Robin was shaking like a leaf as thin shine of sweat glossed on her brow. Her mouth hung open as if she was trying to say something but could only make her bottom lip quiver.
Franky shook her a little more forceful now as Zoro and Luffy came over. "Nico Robin!" Franky tried again. This time he got reaction.
"BUSTER CALL!" Robin screamed out in utter terror and doubled over on her self as if she could hide.
Franky pulled her to his chest holding her protectively and looked up to the other two men as they all stared at each other.
Had the crazy doctor been so hasty to place in a Buster Call? Now was most certainly not the time for such a thing, with them needing to get that doctor's research to help cure Sanji and all.
"What do we do?" Franky asked looking to Luffy.
Luffy's jaw was set in a firm clench. "We go back to the ship for now to regroup and take out the base and get Morin!"
Zoro shifted uneasy. He didn't want to go back to the ship he wanted to go take on the base right the fuck now but he would never go against the captain's orders so he would wait for now.
With the threat of a Buster Call looming over there heads they hauled ass back to the ship. Franky carrying Robin as she clung tightly to him a trembling mess that just kept repeating "Buster call." over and over again in shaky breath whispers.
A/N: Ah and here it is chapter 6! And yush it's titled the name of the story but fear not that is by far not the end of the story. There are still a few more chapters left in this story I believe. I mean we can't just leave Sanji like that can we? Also there was the hinting of some Robin and Franky I promised, if I can I will try and stuff in some more the next chapter. *grins* This was better right not such a big cliffhanger this time just Robin flipping out and chances of a buster call and Dr. Morin running lose to who knows where to do who knows what….erm *looks around nervously* I'm not gunna get killed for this one am I?
Chapter Review Replies:
AllBlueChaser – Thanks for pointing out those corrections I went and fixed them. Sorry I did warn I suck at spelling and grammar. Hope I'm not giving you all a headache with it being too bad. Also yay! I'm glade you think it was epic cliffhangerness. As for the almost kiss sometimes kisses that almost happen are just better in my book xD It depends I guess lol.
– Thanks so much for the encouragement! Hehe yes emo lil Sanji-kun though I think he got worse in this chapter. Nahhh *slaps a band-aid on Sanji* You will be fine get over it xD
tazx x x – I hope Zoro's reaction was to your liking. I had it play out a few times in my head before I started writing it. It took him a while to realize what was going on and even then he didn't want to believe it.
Lilliana1981 - *bows over and over again* I sorrie! It's just Sanji is so fun to torture.
datErdbeerschn – Oh no I hope you where able to sleep I'm sorry xD Ah for my main project I hope its as loved as this. Though there will be a lot more sexualness/nookieish in 'Your Mine' I have already wrote one of the sex scenes, a few almost sex scenes and am on paused in the middle of the second sex scene. I will say this, in that story Sanji sure gets around. xD I really cant wait to get back to writing it. *coughs* the story not just the sex scenes, I mean am not a pervert or something … honest *keeps fingers crossed behind her back*