Regan sighed, a month had past since her first date with Ace and now it was time they would have to part. She pulled up her boots and brushed her straight hair out. She looked in the mirror and saw Aymi standing in her room, "Aymi what are you doing here?"

"Checking to see if you are okay, you won't be able to see Ace for awhile."

Regan nodded stiffly and gave a strong smile, "I know but when we do meet up we will catch up."

Aymi smiled and hugged her, "Have an amazing date."

Regan returned the hug and nodded, "I will." She left the ship when Mina walked up surprisingly giggly. In her hand was a baby duck and a note. "Are you okay?"

Mina looked at her and nodded to her sternly then handed her the note, "Someone handed me that for you." The small duckling moved and Mina looked down and snuggled it, "Your so cute! Let's go take a bath!"

Regan sighed as she watched the tall powerful woman walk away who was acting like a small child in a candy store. She looked down at the note she had and smiled; it was from Ace. "Meet me in Pirate's Tavern at noon. Love Ace." Regan looked at the time and realized it was almost that time so she left the ship and headed to the Pirate's Tavern, a local bar that served pirates. She entered the building and felt the hair on the back of her neck stand. She looked around, not seeing Ace. The pirates present were quiet, too quiet. That's when she felt a blow to the back of her head.

Meanwhile…

Ace looked up at the sky, Regan was late, very late. He sighed and looked up the beach. She was never this late, heck she was never late. Ace had a bad feeling so he headed to his ship and Whitebeard. He saw Marco first, "Hey has Regan stopped by here?"

Marco shook his head and then pulled out a letter, "However, someone delivered this to you."

Ace looked down at it and saw the letter from Regan, "Meet me at the Pirate's Tavern at two. Love Regan." He looked at Marco and sighed, "I thought something had happened, still it's weird she didn't let me know about this right away."

Marco looked at him and then the letter, "Do you think it's a trap?"

Ace shook his head and began to walk off, "No it's fine; we just missed each other. If I don't show up tonight then send the search party out." He joked as he walked off the ship and headed to the tavern. He entered and looked around and saw her sitting at a table, her long purple hair flowing down the back of the table. He felt a sigh of relief, but as he got closer he couldn't shake a feeling of something bad had happened. He walked quicker and placed a hand on her shoulder when she turned, gagged and tears falling down her face. That was when he felt the blow to his head, "Regan…"

Regan tried to scream through the gag and tried to free her hands from the sea stone handcuffs keeping her in the chair. She watched as he slid down her lap to the floor, handcuffed with sea stone. She glared at her captor. She saw them drag Ace away and then she felt another blow to her head. She fell forward slowly as everything went black around her. Her last thought was of Ace.

Later…

Chesha paced on deck of her ship waiting. It wasn't like Regan to be out so late. "If that flame brat hurt her, I swear…"

"He wouldn't hurt her, and you know it." Arianna said with a sigh as she looked up.

Rosaleen headed off the boat, "Let's see if Whitebeard knows anything."

Chesha nodded and stood up, "Arianna you stay here and guard the ship. Rosaleen let's go."

Rosaleen looked down at her short captain and bit her lip, Chesha was nervous. She had bitten her lip hard, leaving a faint cut on her lip. "Chesha do you think she's in trouble?"

Chesha nodded slightly and kept walking, "I'm hoping it's Ace's fault, but if it's not it is probably much worse than we initially thought." She continued her quick stride to Whitebeard's ship and boarded, much to the guard's dislike.

"Hey you aren't allowed to come up here." He said as he blocked the path of the small woman in front of him. When he noticed she didn't even reach his shoulder he let his guard down, "You should go home little girl, this isn't a place for you to play."

Chesha grabbed his throat and lifted him into the air, his feet just out of reach of the ground, "Little girl? I think not." She tossed him aside like a used handkerchief and knocked the men away from her with a flick of her hand till she reached Whitebeard. "Old man, where is Regan?"

Whitebeard looked down at her and the bad feeling he had had all day grew, "She isn't back yet either?"

Rosaleen sighed, "So she's out with Ace still…"

Marco looked up nervously, it had been dark for a bit now, "He should've been back by now, he said he would be back before dark…"

Whitebeard looked at him, "When did he say that?"

"A little before two, he got a note from Regan to meet him at the Pirate's Tavern." Marco explained as he thought back to his earlier conversation.

Chesha narrowed her eyes, "Pirate's Tavern? Regan said they were meeting at the beach at one."

Marco looked at her surprised, "She never showed up though, he came back and there was a note from her telling him to meet her at the Tavern."

Rosaleen touched her swords to try and relax herself; "Regan left the ship earlier than she should of if they were meeting at one."

Chesha turned around and began to leave the ship, "Maybe we can find her there."

Whitebeard stood up and followed the girl, "I will go too. After all Regan and Ace are my children."

Chesha nodded and ran to the Pirate's Tavern to see it empty. She walked in carefully and saw the place in shambles, "I know the pirates can be rough, but this is worse than usual."

Whitebeard looked around, "I don't see any signs of fire or water damage…so Ace and Regan weren't responsible."

Rosaleen bent down and picked up a pair of broken glasses, "These are Regans." She handed them to her captain who grew eerily silent. "I think she was ambushed." She glared at Marco and Whitebeard, "Ace must have attacked her!"

Marco glared at her, "You heard the captain, no fire or water damage. They didn't fight each other."

Whitebeard looked around and saw something in the corner, "Marines." He spit as he picked up a blue scarf they wore around their necks. "The Marines must have sent the not to Ace."

"Then how did Regan end up here?" Rosaleen wondered aoud.

Chesha stood up and walked towards her ship knocking down the door with a flick of her wrist, "Let's go see if Regan had a note."

Before they made it to the ship Arianna was dragging a much taller Mina towards them. Arianna pulled her forward and held a small duck in one hand, "Someone gave her a note that told Regan to go to the Pirate's Tavern at noon. To distract her they gave her a duckling. I think Marines took Regan. Not many of our enemies know about Mina's little issue."

Mina pulled back and dropped to her knees, "I'm so sorry captain, they took advantage of my weakness it will never happen again."

Chesha rose an eyebrow and took the duckling and placed it in front of Mina and watched as it began to waddle away. Mina saw it and then gave a goofy smile and began to follow it. Chesha clenched her jaw and walked towards the ship, after pushing Mina over. "Useless, we need to set sail now. The marines have her, and we need to get her back."

Whitebeard nodded and moved around Marco who was helping Mina up, "I'm going too." When Chesha nodded her agreement he grinned, "Those poor stupid Marine's they just pushed two of the strongest crews together."

Rosaleen grinned, "This is going to be fun!"

Chesha nodded and cracked her knuckles, "Time to teach the government a lesson."