We had already sailed off, and I had gone up to the crow's nest to read. As I was about to settle myself, the window behind me was suddenly shattered. I quickly crossed my arms but was too late. I felt something make its way through my stomach. When I looked down I saw half a sword coming out of me. Blood was quickly spreading through my shirt and dripping onto the wooden floor of the crow's nest. I slowly turned my head to look at who did it. I couldn't recognize the man but I could tell that he had to do with the government. He came in through the window after pulling his sword out of me. I fell to the ground, struggling to cross my arms and get rid of him.

"Ah, Nico Robin," he said, smiling. "I didn't think it would be that easy to hurt you."

Suddenly the door of the crow's nest opened. It was Zoro. He took one look at me and his eyes turned to the man behind it.

"And what do you think you're doing?" he said, unsheathing his katana and walking over to the man. The man seemed a bit nervous, but he didn't move.

"I've come for Nico Olvia," he said. "Looks like I got lucky and can take her daughter, too." Zoro, wasting no more time asking questions, attacked the man and easily got rid of him. He called out the window to Chopper.

"CHOPPER!" he yelled. "Robin's-"

He paused. I struggled to look over at him. An angry expression was on his face as he cussed under his breath.

"They're everywhere," he said, turning to me and picking me up carefully. I could tell by the way he was holding me that he was trying to be gentle, but the position I was in made my stomach send a sharp pain through my entire body. I flinched, letting out a sharp gasp. He repositioned the way he held me to make it more comfortable and started running down the stairs. He had to change my position again and hold me with only one arm so he could hold his katana with the other and fight off the men that came in his way. There was a ship beside ours that the men kept coming out of. I noticed that the rest of our crew was handling the men as well. Suddenly I thought of my mother and a chill ran down my entire body.

"Zoro," I whispered, too weak to talk loudly. There was too much noise, and he couldn't hear me. I patted his back a few times to get his attention. He kept fighting but he noticed.

"What is it?" he yelled as he slashed another man that came in his way.

"My mom," I said, in the midst of a bout of coughing. He quickly turned and made his way to the kitchen. There were countless men on board. Luffy, who wasn't far from us, noticed us.

"Oi!" he yelled, dodging a punch from one of the men. "What's up with Robin?!"

"No time to talk!" Zoro yelled back as we finally reached the kitchen. He burst into it, only to be welcomed by more men. He dodged one of their kicks, but when he moved, my head hit the side of the doorframe and it started bleeding. Zoro turned his head to me, realizing what happened.

"Crap," he said, turning his head away quickly and entering the kitchen. When he wiped out the men, there was no sign of my mom.

"My room," I managed to say. He got out of the kitchen and ran. But he wasn't running towards my room. He was heading down to the aquarium. I shook my head.

"Zoro, that's not the way," I said. Talking was extremely tiring. After that I tried leading him by pointing. When we got there, she wasn't there either. The whole place was a wreck. When he ran out to the deck, things had quieted down. Usopp and Nami were lying on the ground, exhausted. Chopper was nowhere in sight. Franky was cheering that they'd gotten rid of them, along with Brook who was laughing. Luffy ran over to us.

"Zoro, what's wrong with her? What happened?" he asked, freaking out. Zoro was distracted. He was looking out to sea, trying to spot the ship, but it wasn't there. It was out of sight.

"Dammit, how'd they leave so fast?!" he yelled. Luffy seemed confused.

"Why? What do you want with them?" he asked. Zoro looked over at me briefly, an irritated look on his face.

"We can't find Robin's mom," he said.

"What?!" he shouted, scratching his head. "That's no good."

"Where's Chopper? Robin's in trouble," Zoro said, looking around the deck. He spotted Chopper coming out of the infirmary with bandages, and called out to him.

"ROBIN!" he cried out, rushing over to us. Zoro headed to the infirmary at Chopper's request, and put me on the bed. As soon as he set me down, I felt drowsy. I couldn't see things clearly anymore. Everything was blurry. I was starting to feel nauseous as I slowly lost consciousness.

When I woke up, the thought of my mom being taken away immediately came to mind. I felt infuriated. There was no one in the infirmary, which I was glad about. I slowly turned my entire body so that my back would face the door. I didn't feel helpless. I knew my crew and I would go out to get her back, but at that moment, all I could think about was the unfairness of the whole situation. I had felt this anger before, but I trained myself to be able to control it. I tried so hard not to let it out, because I didn't think it would do any good. It would only worsen the situation and my condition. But my attempts failed. Slowly I felt the anger turn into tears. I began to cry. I cried and I cried, and I felt childish. I felt angry that I had let it out, which only made me cry more. Suddenly I heard the door open. I quickly shut my eyes, hoping they'd think I was asleep. Another childish act. I was thankful that I'd turned to my side. I could tell the person paused after coming in, as if they'd figured out what was going on. They closed the door.

"Robin," the voice said. It was Zoro.

I swallowed, realizing that he knew I wasn't asleep. I was also surprised he was the one to come visit me. Although, the rest probably came to check on me while I was unconscious. I hoped that my voice wouldn't come out quivery.

"Yes, Zoro," I said. It came out sounding pretty convincing.

"Dinner," he told me. He walked over to the bed and I heard him set the food on the table beside me. He wasn't the sort of man to get into people's business, so I thought he'd leave after that, which would've relieved me. But he did not.

"Face me," he said.

"And why should I?"

"So you could get rid of that damn stubbornness of yours," he said after a short pause. That surprised me. And it wasn't because of the way he said it, which was a bit harsh, because I'd already gotten used to the way he talked.

"I don't believe you're one to talk," I said, my voice starting to quiver. I mentally slapped myself when I began to cry again. There was no way to hide it now. It felt like I kept crying for a very long time. And all the while, Zoro had stayed. After finally feeling that I'd gotten rid of the angriness that had built up inside of me, I stopped crying. I let out a long sigh.

"Are you satisfied?" I asked, smiling to myself slightly as I closed my eyes. He didn't answer. I didn't hear him move until after a long time of waiting. He slowly walked to the door and exited.

Yes, I believe he was.

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Hellooo! So, I'm trying to keep Zoro and Robin in character, and knowing Zoro, he wouldn't exactly cuddle Robin to comfort her, so I thought that was a good way for him to help her. Anyway, tell me what you think about it ;D!