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Chapter 2: Realization
"What are you doing on my ship?" He asked with a glare that seemed deadly to her. Lucy gasped not only because of that; he was too close to her too, their noses almost touching. She felt uncomfortable.
Within seconds she pushed the supernova and tried to escape, but she didn`t go too far – her wound ached and with a silent whimper she fell down on the ground. She heard his footsteps approaching. He kneeled down to her and looked in the scared girls eyes.
Her eyes held a lot of emotions – panic, pain, sorrow and he liked it. Although Law was interested on what happened to the girl and why she was in his sub. But it seemed that before he could get any answer from her, he has to tend her injuries. So, he picked her up bridal style, at this action he received a gasp from her, but he ignored her and went for the infirmary.
As Law walked to the infirmary with her in his arms she didn`t protest, she just tried to focus on her surroundings. Lucy didn`t understand what kind of place it was, and more importantly, what are the intentions of the supernova carrying her. Her eyes widened when on their way the same strange but cute polar bear, looking wary, approached them.
"Is that the stowaway, captain?" He asked.
"It seems so." Law smirked. "Tell the crew not to disturb me." Bepo nodded and went to the upper level to tell the crew to stop the search. Before he disappeared, he sent a last stare at the girl in his captains' arms.
Lucy bit her lip. What`s he`s going to do to her? He was a pirate, a rival. Will he torture her to get some information? Or maybe he will kill her and throw her body in the ocean? That would be horrible! She tried to get away but he held her closer to his chest. His grip got stronger to hold her in place.
"Relax, miss." There was a hint or ice in his voice and she accepted her fate. She knew, even if she got away from him, she wouldn`t get too far.
Law opened the metal door at the end of the hallway. As they entered the large room her eyes started to dart around viewing and trying to find a route of escape. It was an infirmary. The room was white with long shelves on the left side and two hospital beds on the right. In the middle was an examination table.
She bit her lip to stop her panic attack as he placed her on the examination table and went to the shelves. He took the needed materials, put medical gloves and approached the girl. She looked at him and then at the stuff in his hands.
"You have an injured leg, if I won`t stitch it up, you may bleed to death." He stated simply. She nodded. Only now she noticed how much it stung. She looked at her leg – it was covered in crimson blood.
Law injected some pain killers and started to work on the wound. He cleaned the blood and looked at the wound more carefully. It was deep, but there were only few stitches needed. As he was working on her wound, skillfully, without doubt, she felt her cheeks getting warmer. She didn`t understand why, but his presence and concentration on her wound made her blush. Or was it the fact, that she had such a sensitive skin? Now she felt a bit silly thinking about this. At this moment he was a doctor, not a pirate.
When Law finished, he took the flash light and examined her pupils. "You have a concussion, not a severe one, but you have to rest for some time. But before that you will tell me, how you happened to be on my submarine."
Lucy looked confused. She was in a submarine? Well, that is an interesting way to travel. Then she tried to concentrate on why did she enter Law`s submarine. And then she remembered. The faces of her friends flashed before her eyes, pictures of them disappearing one by one and she was useless. She clutched her skirt and bit her lip to hold her tears.
Law looked at the girls stiff reaction but didn`t say anything. He just waited for her response, but the girl put her hands over her face to hide the tears, which were streaming like a waterfall.
"My friends…" she sobbed. "They are gone."
"What do you mean, they are gone?" Law couldn`t believe that the Straw Hats were annihilated, but considering, that an admiral was sent to the Archipelago, he may have attacked the crew. "Was it an admiral?" he asked. The girl shook her head lightly.
"No, it was the Shichibukai, Kuma. I don`t know what happened." She was looking at her knees now. "He made them disappear. One by one." She hiccupped. "I couldn`t do anything, Luffy told me to run, and I ran."
Law frowned. So, the Straw Hats got some problems on the way back. But seeing with his own eyes how crazy the idiot captain is, he will probably get back to the Archipelago and may cause more trouble.
"You can`t do anything right now. Rest." He pointed to a bed. Her eyes didn`t leave the floor as she went to the bed and lay down. Her tears were almost gone, but the feeling of being alone poked dark and empty holes in her chest. It hurt and didn`t let her forget. However, the sedative helped her to fall asleep.
When she woke up she felt a presence in the room. Someone was watching her from a distance. She looked to her right and saw the polar bear, who being suddenly discovered bowed his head and mumbled something like "Sorry."
"I came to watch over you. Captain had to go to the machinery room." He looked at Lucy and came to her bed as she sat up. "You shouldn`t walk, it was an order from the captain." Lucy scowled. She can`t stay here any longer, she had to find her crew.
"I need to go. Now." She put her feet on the cold floor and started to walk away. The bear followed her not knowing what to do.
She felt a bit dizzy, but everything else was fine. Her wound was fine and she hoped it won`t leave an ugly scar. She heard the shy bear trying to convince her to go back to the infirmary, but she didn`t listen and took the stairs which led her to the upper level of the sub. She went in to a room which was a kitchen. The bear followed.
"Please, go to the bed, miss, you might get worse." Bepo tried again but she scowled at him.
"I have to find my crew. They may be searching for me too." She looked around for another exit, but there wasn`t one.
"You don`t understand. You slept for almost a day. Some things have happened and it is dangerous for you to set a foot on any island." Bepo objected.
"I don`t care!" She raised her voice which she didn`t want to, but it seemed she wasn`t understood. Is this crew having issues with loyalty or something? Why can`t they understand?
"What`s happening here?" Law was standing in the doorway, his eyes on Lucy.
"I want to get off this sub. I need to find my crew." She replied.
"My subordinate explained you already, that you can`t leave my ship." He stated simply "Portgas D. Ace is going to be executed at the Marineford and this means a war will take place."
At this she gasped out loud. She met Ace and he was… "This can`t be possible…" she panicked. "He`s Luffy`s brother!"
Law wasn`t prepared for this kind of information but he let it slide for a moment.
"Luffy will try to save him, I know it! And it would be dangerous!" she tried to hold back the tears. So many horrible things happened in such a short period of time.
"Well, by looking at his behavior in the auction house it may be possible, that the idiotic Straw Hat will try to do something stupid. Again." He smirked. Her eyes flashed daggers at him. How could he call her captain an idiot?
"My captain is not an idiot! Take your words back right now!" she yelled. Bepo silently left the room.
She couldn`t register how it happened, only that it happened fast. Her back hit the metal wall and she was trapped by his hands, each one on her sides. She gasped at Law`s action and held her breath as his lips came really close to her ear.
"As long as you`re on my ship, miss, you will have to obey my rules and the first one will be to remember, that I don`t like to be ordered around." She felt him smirk against her ear and even when he turned around and walked away, turning his back to her. "I will personally inform you, if Straw Hat appears at the Marineford. Till then, be my guest." He turned his head and smirked at her.