New Nakama (Heart Pirates)
Rated T for violence and swearing
Chapter 2 Meet the captain
"Do you think she's dangerous?"
"I saw her wearing a marine cape..."
"Shhh!I think she's awake!"
I tried to open my eyes and was greeted by a strong light. I instinctively squeezed my eyes, then proceeded to open it slowly. I heard the beep of a machine and saw outlines of 2 people. As my eyes focused I saw they were men wearing white boiler suits. The one on the right had a black hat with a yellow duck bill and the word Penguin was sported on his hat. He had raven black hair up till his neck. As he tilted his head up I saw he had chocolate brown eyes, like me. Then the man on the left had a red and green sports cap and black sunglasses making it impossible to identify the colour of his eyes. This man had light brown hair, a bit longer than the Penguin hay guy.
"Where am I?" I asked weakly
They looked at each other as if having a silent debate on weather to respond or not. Finally one of them spoke.
"I'm Shachi," said the man with the sunglasses, "and this," he pointed to the man next to him, "is Penguin, you're on a submarine."
I looked at Penguin who tilted his head back down, covering his eyes, a small blush noticeable from his pale skin.
"H-Hi." he mumbled.
Obviously shy I thought, I probably won't get a lot of information out of him. I took this time to recall what had happened. I was drowning...drowning...then there was...something yellow...a submarine? I sat up, pain coursed through my shoulder and back, I decided to ignore it.
"Why did you save me?" I questioned. Better to find out their motives now, or I might be sorry later.
"Captain's orders." came the blunt reply from Shachi. He was observing me, probably deciding if I was dangerous or not.
Captain? I thought, am I? No...on a pirate ship? I stared at them trying to figure of if they were. It took me a while to recognise them and when I did, I almost jumped out of the bed. How come I didn't recognise them sooner? I mentally scolded myself, Well, my head is probably full of seawater. They were wearing white boiler suits with a jolly roger on it. The jolly roger belonged to the Heart Pirates. The captain of the Heart Pirates is Trafalgar Law. Trafalgar Law is one of the 11 supernovas and had a bounty 440 million beri before it froze as he became shichibukai. Well shit, I thought. I grabbed the inside of my jacket to pull out my sword, only to find it wasn't there.
"Where is my sword?" I demanded, murder in my eyes.
Nobody, and I mean nobody touches my sword without my permission. Back in the marine base, anyone caught holding it would have there hands chopped off. Yes, that's how precious it is to me. My Uncle gave it to me for my 4th Birthday. It is my only remembrance of my family, a family that has now ceased to exist.
Shachi and Penguin took a step back, fright written all over their faces.
"Where is my sword?" I hissed again.
Just then the metal door burst open to reveal a tall man standing near the hallway. He was pretty damn tall, say 190cm? Not like I had any time to measure. He wore a furry northern-style hat with hat with a duck bill and brown spots. The shadow of his hat made it difficult to see the colour of his eyes. Moving my sight downwards, I saw he was wearing a dark blue jacket with blue feathers warming his neck, It also had the yellow, grinning jolly roger advertised at the front. He also wore light blue trousers with the same brown spots. His shoes were shiny black clicking softly as he walked in.
It was none other than Trafalgar Law.
"What's the commotion about?" Law asked tilting his head up to reveal stormy grey eyes. His face was blank as if wearing a mask to hid his emotions.
"Trafalgar law," I stated coolly. "Why did you save me?"
Better get straight to the point instead of stalling for time I thought.
He move his eyes, which bore into my brown ones, waved a hand and everyone scurried outside. He walked over to me and checked my shoulder.
"Your bullet wound id still pretty bad," he mused,"don't try moving it for a couple of days."
He then proceeded to check my back.
"Take off your jacket and shirt so I can see the cut." Law stated calmly
I looked at him to check if he was serious. All I got was a bored expression.
I crossed my arms over my chest and said," You didn't answer my question."
He sighed, " I have no obligation to save you, I simply did it out of curiousness. It's not everyday you see a marine captain getting attacked by her own subordinates. Now take your shirt off, I need to check the slash."
I hesitated before wriggling my jacket off the pulling my shirt over me head to reveal bandages underneath. The doctor wasted no time and got to work removing the bandages and treating them. I watched his hands work expertly over my slash taking care not to hurt it.
"Law," I said, surprisingly successful in getting his attention, "where's my sword."
He looked up at me and then continued wrapping a new bandage around me. "I'll answer that question if you'll answer one of mine."
"Shoot"
"Why were the Marines attacking you?"
I looked down and debated weather to answer or not. I decided I've got nothing to lose. I was probably hated by Marines and Pirates alike.
"I betrayed them." I answered.
He stopped what he was doing and looked up clearly interested.
"Why did you do that?" He asked curiously.
"It's a personal reason, connected to my past, I...don't want to talk about it." I replied.
The Surgeon of Death kept looking at me as if expecting me to say more despite what I just said. When I didn't. He just turned back to the wound and proceeded to Bandage it up.
"Don't carry anything heavy or put stress on your back, don't walk for too long or it'll start bleeding again." advised Law.
Carefully, he got up and walked over to a desk with books and pencils. I took this time to take in my surroundings. The room was painted turquoise and there was 4 metal beds, excluding the one which I occupied. I saw 2 surgical tables with sharp looking scissors and a bunch of other instruments I didn't recognise. Over to the left was a desk with books and pencils and more books.
"Where's my sword?" I inquired, remembering my original question.
The said man didn't look up and just stated, "The swords with me. It's safe."
"Can I have I back then? I asked exasperated. All this talking was making me tired but I can't rest before I know the sword was in good hands.
"No."
"Why?"
"You're a Marine. You might attack us."
" I wont." I said through gritted teeth, "I'm not even a Marine anymore."
Trafalgar Law looked up from his book, piercing me with a cold stare, unsuccessfully getting a reaction from me, He looked annoyed and looked back at his book.
"You can have it back in a few day." was his only reply.
I sighed, knowing that that was the only answer was going to get. I decided to let it drop. It was no use arguing. I just had to play by his rules if I wanted it back. And I did.
"There's food in the gallery if you're hungry." came Law's voice.
I looked up from the bed to the man on the desk.
"I am hungry," I admitted sheepishly, But I don't know where the gallery is."
Without looking up, the supernova gave me directions, "When you get out the door turn right, then continue till you reach the 2nd corridor, go in there and keep walking, it's not far, you could just handle it. If not Ill know to look if you don't come back I an hour."
I glared at him. He was seriously underestimating me if he thought I couldn't make it that far.
I jumped out of bed and mumbled a thanks, before closing the door I swear I saw a smirk from under that hat just as the door squeaked shut. I decided to ignore it and continued on my way, not long before I left I bumped into someone familiar. It was Shachi.
"What are you doing up?" said Shachi, "you're supposed to be resting."
"I'm going to the gallery to eat." I replied.
Shachi rose an eyebrow then said, "Ok then, I'll take you there. It's only the chef and Penguin in there."
I nodded without hesitation, somehow, I felt comfortable around these guys, even if I was raised a Marine. I took Shachi's offered shoulder and felt him tense up as if he didn't expect me to take it.
"Umm...I didn't catch you're name earlier..." said Shachi scratching his head.
"The name's Megan, but call me Gem for short."
"Alright Gem-chan, said Shachi suddenly happy, " I'll introduce you to the other guys."