Velica had to admit, things were certainly most different when it came to Law and his crew. He was laid back with them, but he was so frightful toward them at the same time that they would fall to his orders. Well, perhaps frightful wasn't the correct word to use with Law, but whatever it was with Law his crew seemed to have the up most respect for him and his orders. She had never seen anything like it before, because with Doflamingo it was either "carry out my orders or I'll kill you right here and now." Either way, Velica couldn't help but become slight more at ease around Law than with Doflamingo; remember key word slightly.
She knew better than to lower her guard when it came to Law, he had already tried to capture her once, and she knew his motives behind why he wanted her so badly though she played dumb around Law. She tugged at the collar of her newly found dress code approved uniform; a white jumpsuit and steal toed boots. She tugged at the collar some more, not use to having to ware something that was so constricting with her body. She sighed, finally giving up on trying to get some type of freedom for her neck and stormed off through the sub. The second thing she was certainly not use to was being underwater for the majority of the time. She missed being able to gaze out any port-hole and see the vast blue sky and clear ocean waves, now all she was able to view was the pitch black darkness of the sea.
"I suppose I should find something to do." She sighed, ruffling up her hair as she glanced around her steal prison trying to find something to entertain herself until they reached the surface. She could re-read one of the books she bought, but that would be boring because she's read them both nearly half a dozen times since the last week when she bought them. As she walked along the long echoing hallway Velica couldn't help but notice that she had found herself wandering toward the back of the ship again. She didn't really understand why something kept telling her in the back of her mind to head this way, though she knew that she was likely to be caught by someone and then she would be ratted out to Law since she had already been warned once by Bepo that the back of the ship was off limits.
However, with her powers now fully restored thanks to all the extra sleep time she has been getting she could easily use her powers to slow down time and vanish if she were to hear anyone coming up behind her. Trying to be stealthy in what she was wearing though was extremely challenging. Her boots made a loud 'clank' nose with every step she took as the steal-toes hit the flooring which was actually a see-thru sheet of metal that allowed you to see to the lower levels of the ship. Her uniform also continued to cause her problems as she wiggled her arms about and was having trouble taking steps. She was glad and lucky that there wasn't anyone there to watch her as she attempted to walk; though it looked more like she was a bird out for a stroll as she took long strides and flapped her arms about randomly.
Suddenly she stopped.
She stood there in the middle of the hallway and to her right was a door. A single door down this whole hallway full of pipes and other random machine objects, why a random single door? She turned slowly as she felt something lite in her stomach. It was strange and she knew this feeling; she was preparing to have a vision. She waited for it to happen and all the while never moving, but it never came and the feeling never went away.
This is strange, she thought. I've never had this type of a feeling for this long without something happening. What's going on with my powers? Is this perhaps something new? Her eyes locked with the door. As she gazed at the metal sheet the feeling in her stomach started to tingle more and more. Her breath hitched in her throat as her eyes started to dilate as she stretched out her arm and reached for the old and rusty handle. Just as her fingers grazed the object a bolt of electricity shot through her and random darkened images flashed through her head before she screamed out and dropped to the ground.
She caught herself against the wall from across the door as she had fallen backwards up against the cold pipes and clenched her chest. What was that? What were those random images that she had just seen and could barely make out through her mind? Further more, what the hell happened when she went to touch that door? She pulled the hand that she had touched the door with away from her chest and looked at the inner palm. She clenched her fist a few times as if trying to get the uneasiness to leave her hand.
"Velica, what are you doing down here!" She turned at the call of her name and watched as Penguin and Shachi both came running down to her with tools in their hands.
Shit, I've been caught. Wait, why didn't I hear them coming? Damn it, I was too focused on my damn hand! She cursed herself trying to quickly figure out something to worm her way out of things. Both men stopped right next to her and looked down at her confused, which she also managed to returned the look.
"Well?" Shachi asked, staring her down before looking over at Penguin.
"I was just," Penguin crossed his arms over his chest and glanced back to Shachi as they both waited for an answer.
"You were just, what?"
"I was just heading back to my room to read some more when I heard a strange noise from down this way." Both males looked at each other.
"A strange noise?" The asked in union before looking back down at Velica.
"What type of strange noise?"
"It was a somewhat hissing and crackling sound. I came down here to check to make sure it wasn't one of the pipes and well, you guys came and found me."
"Velica, it's a submarine. It's going to make hissing and crackling sounds!" Penguin told her.
"Besides, it's not like you could have fixed it anyway if it was a pipe." Shachi added, holding up his tool to show just what he meant. Velica forced a smile and faked a laugh as she scratched the back of her head.
"You're right. I wasn't thinking about that!" Both men shared another glance before they shook their head and waited for Velica to get up off the floor. She stood up quickly and continued to take the 'advice' about maintaining a ship and the noises she might hear from now on as the three of them walked away from the door. Velica walked behind the two chattering men and ignored what they were saying.
What was on her mind right now was far too important to listen to those two blabbering idiots. What she had seen, she started to piece it together and it slowly started to form into a picture. However, that picture was far from incomplete and she didn't want to jump to conclusions about what she thought she had seen. She gazed up and seen that the three of them were now at the front part of the sub and headed towards Law's log room. She knew that the only way to figure out what the hell was behind that door was to ask the very person who knew this sub inside and out like their very own hand.
She knew she had to try to get her newly founded Captain, Trafalgar Law, to tell her just what the hell he was keeping in hiding from her behind that door.
