A/N: I can't believe it's been soooooo long since I've posted a story/chapter, but I'm sad to say the next month or two won't be any better. Exams are coming fast, and graduating year isn't the easiest to balance with work, friends, and the thing I love to do the most -writing. And it's unfortunate that the thing I love is what's had to be cut down :/

However, I'll be trying my utmost hardest to get the next two chapters of this written and posted. I don't think it should take much more than that to finish the story -Just know that I have no intentions of leaving it unfinished :)

Anyway, I've kept you from reading this one long enough, so I'll let you get right to it! :)

Enjoy!

Chapter 12

Luffy paced me as we ran, but I just wanted to get to Zoro, fast, before anything happened to him.

"He can take care of himself for a while, Robin," Luffy told me. I couldn't run far ahead of him, because only he knew the way back to Zoro.

"Just get me there, alright?" I said impatiently, panting heavily as I waited for him to catch up.

"Calm down," Luffy's gaze was hard, making me swallow hard, but I pressed forward. "Oi! Robin –"

"Luffy –Zoro –"

"Stop," Luffy grabbed my shoulder. "I brought you along to protect you –not to let you wear yourself out. Panicking isn't going to do anything, Robin."

I took a deep breath, closing my eyes.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine," I murmured, opening my eyes once again. "Sorry. I just want things to return to normal."

"There's a baby growing inside of you," Luffy let his hand fall to his side. "Things won't be normal ever again."

I clenched my fist as he turned away, and began to walk down the hall. Tears threatened to overflow.

"But you know what?" Luffy turned around, grinning as he walked backwards. "I like adventure."

A sob of relief escaped from my lips and I quickly swiped at my eyes.

"Shishishi," Luffy laughed as I hurried to catch up.

I wiped my eyes again as I laughed too.

"Thank you."

Zoro

"Ow," Robin said, holding onto her stomach.

"Are you okay?" I asked, pressing a hand to her back and leaning in.

"The baby just… kicked really hard. I think it's the stress," she forced a smile.

"We should have gone with them."

"No –I don't think I could handle the Marine's again," her face held a small sign of panic.

"I could handle them. You had so many of us here to protect you," I muttered.

"And I'm very, very lucky," she reassured me, reaching out to touch my face.

Imposter. Fake. I could see right through her. She looked nothing like Robin. But everyone else had seemed to think that this woman was her. I wanted to know why she even bothered.

I shivered in disgust when she touched my skin. She was trying to manipulate the situation. I could kill her. Right here. Right now. Or at least knock her out and just walk out of here like the rest of the crew. Instead I remained there, not completely sure of the reason.

Suppose she knew the real whereabouts of Robin?

There was shouting outside, and I picked up the sword.

"I'm sure they're just going after the others," she said.

"As if that's any better," I snorted, looking down at her.

She used that moment, to engulf my mouth with hers. I didn't know what was happening at first –she was a fake, after all –until I swallowed something hard.

I shoved her away, coughing. I tried to throw up whatever she had forced down my throat, but it didn't come.

"Now, now, Roronoa," the woman said, getting to her feet and dusting herself off. "That's no way to treat a pregnant woman."

"What was it?" I asked, feeling a numb tingling starting in my fingers.

"A paralyzer," she said, sticking two fingers in her mouth and letting out a high pitched whistle. "I'm just glad you stayed behind, Zoro. I'm not sure what I would have done if all of you had left. At least I can work with some dignity."

"You're an idiot, you know," I tried wiggling my fingers, but they no longer had any feeling.

"An idiot?"

"If you hadn't come in, in the first place, then the others wouldn't have escaped because of you."

Her foot collided with the side of my face, knocking me back. I didn't go far, but now I wasn't on my hands and knees, though I couldn't really move my body to get them out of their positioning.

"Don't get me wrong. We would have still escaped," I said, feeling my lips go numb.

She wouldn't talk to me anymore. Instead she walked to the door, opened it, and waved a couple of men in. They came in, picked me up, and then transported me out of there, moving me deeper into the labyrinth of the ship.

Robin

"Hmm," Luffy tilted his head to one side, then to the other side. "I guess they left."

"Thanks, captain," I said, almost a little too bitterly as I surveyed the scene. The broken door, the sword on the ground, and several pieces of cuffs –this was where they had held them. "Where're Zoro, and the fake Robin?"

"I don't know," Luffy said. "They were here when I left. Well, let's go find them."

I clenched my fist, angry.

"Robin."

I unclenched my fist, struck by the hardness of his voice. I looked up at him, surprised.

"We'll find him."

I nodded. He observed me for a long moment before turning and exiting the room. I picked up the sword before following after him. Luffy walked with his hands folded behind his neck, glancing into the occasional room as we went along the hallway. We hadn't been walking long before a single Marine passed before us at an intersection of hallways.

"Hey! Maybe that guy knows something!" Luffy exclaimed. "Oiiii~!"

The Marine looked at us, his face going white instantly. "Eeeeeek!"

"Oiii~!" Luffy called again, beginning to run forward. I hurried after him.

"I don't know anything!" the Marine shouted back as he took off running.

"I didn't even ask you anything yet!" Luffy shouted back. Under his breath he muttered, "Baka."

"That's right," the Marine slowed down. So did Luffy. I panted heavily as I caught up. "What do you need?"

"Do you know where my swordsman is?" Luffy asked without hesitation.

"Swordsman," the Marine took a gulp of air. "Care to describe him to me?"

"Mmm…" Luffy thought hard. "He's short. Kind of looks angry. His eyebrows are always like this," Luffy pushed his eyebrows down with his hands."

"You're going to have to do better than that," the Marine shifted uncomfortably from one foot to another. Can you give me any more details?"

"No… But I can draw him! Have a pen and paper on you?" Luffy asked.

"Uh…" the Marine felt around in his pockets.

"Roronoa Zoro," I said angrily, fed up with their exchange. "Where is he?"

"I don't know!" he said, beginning to run away again, but this time I caught him by the legs, dragging him down. "I don't know where Roronoa is."

"Then tell me what you don't know," I reached down to grab him, to shake him furiously, but Luffy stopped me.

"I don't know that Zoro was paralyzed, and I don't know that he was moved to the holding cell on the third floor –I don't know, I don't know, I don't –" Luffy hit him over the head, knocking him out.

"I guess he doesn't know," Luffy's shoulders sagged.

I pressed my lips together. "Come, Luffy, let's go."

"But we don't even know where we're going!" he said, dragging his feet.

"Oh, I have a general idea."

Nami

I glanced back, past the fake Robin and down the hall, hoping that Luffy and the real Robin would come bounding around the corner as if they hadn't just taken off running into the face of danger.

"This way," Franky led us through the twisting paths of the ship, heading for the room that held all of our weapons.

"How does he know?" Usopp whispered to me.

"He's a cyborg –he has to have a better sense of direction than Luffy and Zoro," Chopper muttered from behind us.

"He must have some computer-system that senses and recognizes the layout of the ship," Usopp said, getting a little excited at the idea.

"Or he's bugged all of our favourite items with tracking devices so that he knows where we are at all times," Chopper, too, was getting excited. "Zoro's swords, Luffy's hat, Nami's clima-tact –"

"Sanji's eyebrow –"

"His eyebrow?" Chopper repeated doubtfully. "No, it'd have to be his package of cigarettes."

"I still just don't get why it's so curly."

"That and this aren't related –"

Sanji kicked the both of them.

"Or he could be following the signs," he suggested, pointing to an arrow on the wall as we ran. Underneath read "Armory –this way."

"I like our explanations better," Usopp muttered, rubbing the place where Sanji's kick had landed.

"Let's just get our shit and get out of here," Sanji muttered.

"Come on, Robin," I took the replica's hand, urging her forward like I would the real one. Under my breath I muttered, "I guess it's a good thing we have idiots for nakama."

She must have heard me, because a small smile broke out on her face as we hurried to keep up with the others.

And behind me, nearly as quiet as I had been, came "Thank you."