Chapter 5; I Told Her So
Zoro was in a bad mood, but that didn't mean that he was just going to let her leave like that. He knew the part of town they were in, and it wasn't a good one. Whether she knew it or not he was going to follow her, just to make sure she got back to the school in one piece. The last thing he needed was a rape or worse on his hands because he was pissed off at her, for reasons she didn't even know, and pissed off at her boyfriend, for reasons he was fully aware of. Zoro had been going to school with Law for years now and he knew how the man worked inside and out. He liked to pick out the vulnerable girls; the ones he knew wouldn't put up a fight against his advances, so why he was with Nami was beyond Zoro. She was a little hellcat, and he had a feeling it was going to take a lot more than whatever Law had planned for her to tame this particular wildcat. It was going to take a man who was just as wild to calm the wildfire that raged within her. The most Law would do, would be to stoke that fire to disastrous levels.
That still didn't change the fact that his skin was a itching like crazy. He knew something bad was going to happen, he'd had a bad feeling all day and the second he saw Nami, caught the scent of her body spray on the wind, he knew that it had something to do with her. Which is why he was following her. He nearly lost his head when she stopped at the gas station. He wanted to get out of the car and haul that pretty little ass of hers into his car and drive her straight to the school. He didn't care if her car needed gas or not, there was absolutely no reason for her to stop.
He drummed his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel as he watched her fill up her tank and disappear into the building. He'd been watching her closely and it looked like she knew how dangerous this part of town was because she seemed nervous. She was always looking around, looking for something or someone; like at any moment someone might jump out at her. At least she had some common sense in that pretty little head of hers.
Or so he thought.
Zoro swore a string of curses when he saw her come back outside just to walk down the alley. Did she have brain damage that he didn't know about? He growled and quickly got out of his car, making sure he had his gat on him as he ran towards the building across the street. Why the hell was she going down an alley? There were no other cars in the parking lot and even she wasn't stupid enough to walk up to an animal that could be lying back there. For all she knew it could have rabies.
Zoro reached the alley and looked around it before he made a move inside just in case there was something wrong going on; he didn't need anything to happen to Nami because he'd compromised the situation. "Law?" he heard her asked.
A cold dread spread through Zoro's body as his skin paled. Oh hell fucking no. It was way too early for Law to be making his move. He usually waited at least four months, why the hell was he cutting the time in half? Speaking of his move…what the hell was he planning? This wasn't like him. Zoro glanced back down the alley just in time to see Killer knock Nami over the head, knocking her out completely.
Growling Zoro pulled the gat from the back of his jeans out and pointed it directly at Killer's head as he moved around the side of the wall and started down the alley. Law looked at him over Killer's shoulder and smirked. "We have a guest," he murmured into the darkness. Zoro willed his eyes to adjust to the dim lighting as he moved closer. It looked like it was just Killer and Law, he could handle them alone, and he doubted they had any kinds of weapons on them. After all they weren't planning on running into him, just Nami. The bastards had probably followed her out here, just waiting for an opportunity to get her alone.
"What are you doing Law?" Zoro asked, making sure that when Killer turned around to look at him the barrel of the gun wasn't pointing at Nami in any way whatsoever. The hairs on his arms started to rise as he took in the situation. Nami was unconscious in Killer's arms, Law's arms were crossed, but Zoro could see the .44 in one of his hands, and the slight indent where his finger was over the trigger. Zoro took in Killer more closely and noticed that the man had a firearm as well hidden under Nami's arms that fell limply from her body to dangle in the air.
"I'm going to get what I deserve," Law chuckled. "What else?"
Zoro growled a pure demonic sound that tore from his throat with disgust. "If you fucking touch her I'm going to kill you," Zoro warned the man. The fact that Law had to follow Nami out here and the fact that both men were packing added to the fact that Nami was unconscious at the moment told Zoro one thing. Law was going to rape her, then threaten her with death most likely if she ever told anyone. Zoro was a bastard, he picked on women, slept with them and never called them the next day, make sexist jokes, and drank more than he should for only being eighteen, but never would he ever, ever stoop so low as to rape a woman or lay a hand on her in anger. Law was really testing his patients.
"I don't think you have any grounds to make threats on," Law chuckled as he finally drew the firearm from under his arm and pointed it at Zoro, Killer following suit, pointed the barrel of his own .44 at Zoro from underneath Nami. Even if Killer managed to hit Zoro without actually shooting Nami he had a feeling she have some burns on her arms just from the gun going off so close to her porcelain skin.
"I'm warning you right now Law, let Nami go." Zoro's eyes narrowed as he tried to think of a way out of this. He glanced at Law then Killer. It would be smarter to take Killer out first, even if it did mean risking getting shot by Law. Zoro was quick; he could manage to at least take out their knees before anything horrible happened. "Let, her go," he growled when Law took a step closer to Zoro. His mind was racing as the adrenalin started to flood his system. He knew Law wasn't going to listen to him, so he made up his mind. He was going to end this before things got ugly, or he hoped to.
Zoro pulled the barrel of the gun off Law and pointed it at Killer, lowering it to his shin and squeezed the trigger. Killer barked out a cry and fell to the ground hard enough to knock himself out on the pavement, Nami collapsing on top of him. However, before Zoro had a chance to turn his aim back on Law, he heard the gun go off and felt the burning sensation of a bullet tearing itself through his kneecap. Zoro fell to the ground, taking all of his weight to his good knee. He glanced down and saw the blood running down his leg, pooling at his feet. Damn it. He grunted past the pain and tried to stand, but before he could force his shaky legs to work enough for him, Law walked over and knocked him over the head with the butt of his gun.
Law grabbed him by the short green strands of hair on his head and pulled his face up so he was looking into the soulless eyes of the man he loathed. Law opened his mouth to say some smart ass remark but a soft feminine groan tore both of their gazes over to the redhead on the ground. Law smirked as a devious plan started to form in his head. "I was going to just leave you here to die, but I've got something better in mind." Law looked back at Zoro and moved his head so the man was dangerously and uncomfortably close. "I'm going to make you watch," he hissed into Zoro's ear.
Zoro grunted as Law threw him to the ground and kicked his gun away. Zoro glared at the man as he walked closer to Nami who was starting to come to. He looked around desperately trying to find something that would get them out of this mess. He looked over at Killer who was still out, and it didn't look like he was going to come to any time soon. His .44 was lying just beside his hand and if Zoro could just move without being seen he could get it. Killer's gun was the only one close enough for him to reach to, so when Law picked up Nami and pulled her over to the other side of the alley, his back turned to Zoro he smirked. Law was just making this too easy.
But Nami was regaining consciousness too soon. He heard her voice over the roar of the blood in his ears. "Law?" he taupe eyes looked over at Zoro. "Zoro? What's going on?" he asked looking at her boyfriend who was to blame for all of this. Damn it, Zoro needed to move fast, or things were going to get ugly real quick. His mind made up he started inching closer and closer to the gun that would save Nami from the fate that Law had planned for her.