Author's Note: Yes, this is an extremely short chapters but I felt as if an update was in order. I would rather do several short updates against one long one, but sometimes I get annoyed when I know I can just combine all these short updates into one long chapter. Anyways, thank you for all your feed back and I'm sorry for making Doflamingo a "creep" toward Velica, I honestly hadn't noticed. But, we shall get him back into character and move onward with the story, starting with this chapter. Please, continue to review because it helps me to make this story even better for all of you! Thank You!
"Prepare to dock!" Buffalo called out as the ship drew closer to the island and slowly came to a stop. Velica watched from the side of the ship as the island held an eery gloom through the mist. She narrowed her eyes and griped onto the railing, something was going to happen, but she couldn't tell what.
"Velica my dear," Doflamingo called out, walking toward the exit of the ship. Velica disappear and re-appeared within the blink of an eye at Doflamingo's side making him smirk and walking onward. They walked through the thick brush and toward the current known home of Doflamingo's business partner. As they approached the tall and stone structured building, Velica felt a build up in her stomach as she tried to calm her nerves.
"You know what to do." Doflamingo told her, not sparing her a glance as he walked beside her. She nodded, her eyes narrowing and finally grabbing hold of her emotions and putting them back into place before they both entered into the darkened building.
Eyes slowly opened to a larger room that was decorated with many, many men. Velica glanced around and watched as some men turned into Zoan creatures. Doflamingo chuckled as he walked toward the large stairway that held a chair at the top.
"I see that you're putting my Devil Fruits to good use." The person was covered within shadow, so they were unseen to Velica which caused the girl even more uneasiness within her. Not being able to see her opponent was one thing, but knowing who her opponent was and not being able to see them was a whole other game.
"Doflamingo, you've brought the items?" The deep and rough voice asked. Doflamingo chuckled and gave a snap to his fingers which ordered his men to carry in the cargo crate and open a few of them. The Devil Fruits spewed out onto the floor and rolled all about. Velica kept her eyes on the mystery man above that watched them all from his seat.
"Pay him the amount agreed on." He spoke, causing one of the men below to walk over with several other men and pass over to Doflamingo several crates filled to the brim with gold coins. Doflamingo chuckled and ordered his men to take them back to the ship. Velica stayed close to Doflamingo, ready to reflect any unseen attack that might target him.
"Tell your little pet to calm down." One of the men that they had traded with laughed, noticing how tense Velica currently was at the moment. She narrowed her eyes toward the man.
"I am no one's pet. Though I cannot speak for yourself." The man snapped, taking a few steps forward and starting a Zoan transformation which caused him to change into a large snake that was 100 times the size of Velica. He hissed at her, trying to strike even more fear into her, but she just continued to stand there and looking up at the Zoan Devil Fruit user.
"It seems that you're just all talk, kid." He hissed, causing Velica to close her eyes and smirk with a small snort.
"No. I just know my place when around my captain, much unlike yourself who attacks without orders." Velica spoke, arms crossed over her chest and looking up at the current threat.
"I don't know about your captain, but with ours, going against orders is instant death." Velica no sooner finished her sentence before the snake suddenly was sliced into millions of little pieces and blood splashed everywhere. Velica turned around, seeing Doflamingo standing there with his hands in the position to allow her to know that he had killed the man.
"Come Velica, we're done here." Doflamingo ordered, causing Velica to frown slightly. Doflamingo was pissed and she could hear it within his voice, she knew she herself had messed up as well. She turned her back to the seen and hurried after him, leaving the place a bloodied up mess.