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CHAPTER 2 IS HERE

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She awakens

It is quiet in the cabine. Too quiet. Only the sound of Law scribbling stuff into a book where he kept notes about his patients was heard. He looks back at the notes about the Strawhat. He was still amazed at himself for having saved him out of such a critical state. He sighs and looks over to his new patient. The woman was quietly sleeping, her chest rising and falling slowly. He smiles. It had been difficult to calm her down. She had every now and then opened her eyes as if she was searching for something or someone. Every time he laid his hands over her eyes she calmed down a little. But inside her mind she isn't calm. In her dream she sees a burning house, dead bodies and a crying boy. The flames fly into the sky and she wakes up. Panting heavily she looks around and sees Law sitting at a desk writing into a book, his hat lying next to him. She sits up and eyes the young man's back.

"Where am I?" her voice breaks the silence.

Law looks over his shoulder to his now awake patient. She didn't look rested at all but she seems to have rested enough to be able to sit up by herself. What a fragile looking woman.

"Save for now. But it was a close call."

Law walks over to the bed and sits by her. She looks at him with her chocolate brown eyes and when their eyes meet she sheepishly looks away. Law places his hand on her forehead. She looks at him again. Whoever he is, he looks serious. But there is something about his eyes.

'Was that...?' the woman eyes him carefully.

"37,7°. It has gone down but you still need to rest." Law scratches his head.

"Heh, you're a doctor? How lucky." she smiles.

It was a pretty smile. Although he didn't think much of it.

"You're in your 8th month of pregnancy too. Traveling on a small boat in the middle of the ocean isn't the best option. If we didn't find you you would have been dead in a day."

A sweat drop appears on her head.

'How blunt!' she thought as she looks at the man.

He makes an expressionless face. Well, he was right. She could have died if he hadn't pulled her out of the ocean.

"I know. I just wanted to get somewhere safe for the baby to be born." she finally said.

"If you want you can stay here until the baby arrives." Law said without a thought.

Why the hell did he just say that? Didn't he have enough trouble already? He looks at the woman and all the thoughts were forgotten when he saw her thankful smile.

"Really? Thank you."

It was strange that she agreed so quickly. She wasn't scared at all. Law smiles and takes her temperature again. He also takes her wrist and checks her pulse. Her wrist was really thin. He wondered why she was chased by the marines. The woman twists her hand to turn his and starts to look at his tattoos.

"Trafalgar Law." his name escaped her lips.

Law looks up. She knows him? Just by looking at his arm? They were his trademark but how many criminals did she know to recognise him so easily. Was she a rough-marine? She places a finger on his forehead and tilts his head back.

"You look a bit older than on the Wanted Posters. I guess the photo is a bit old."

Law smirks.

"Heh, then I guess you know my bounty, too?"

"Yeah, 200,000,000 beri. One of the nine rookie supernovas with a bounty over 100,000,000 beri."

Spot on. How in the hell did she know that? Was he that famous? He was a member of the Worst Generation as the World Government called them but he didn't think that they were so well known. Maybe she was a marine afterall. But there could be another reason why she knew him.

"Do you have a bounty too?"

That could be it. She could be a pirate as well. Her silents is a good sign. Suddenly Bepo and Shachi burst through the door simultaneously, of course getting stuck in the narrow doorway. Bepo waves a wanted poster in his furry paw.

"Captain, we know who she is now!" Bepo manages to push himself into the room.

Law looks up and the woman's eyes widen. Bepo walks over to his Captain and holds the wanted poster in front of his face.

"She goes by the Name of Water Witch Sally and has a bounty of 490,000,000 beri." he gasps and covers his mouth.

She heard him and now he was scared. A woman with such a high bounty was bound to be dangerous. But she just stared at him.

"A talking bear!" she screamed in surprise.

Bepo is stunned and drops his head in shame.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't apologise!" Shachi hits him across the back of the head.

Law grins at the young woman. So she was a criminal as well. It was better than her being a marine.

"You're quiet somebody, huh?"

"Are you gonna sell me out to the marines?" she partially hides her face behind her blanket.

Law starts to laugh and gently pats her head.

"You're my patient and therefore my responsibility."

The young woman slightly blushes and looks away. She somehow felt like she could trust the Surgeon of Death.

"Thanks. I will pay you back." she quietly muffled into the blanket.

"Worry about getting better first. Anything can damage the last developments of the fetus."

"Okay."

Law walks back to the table to write stuff down. Bepo and Shachi return to their duties and leave the room in silence. A few minutes pass when Law returns and changes the wet towel on her forehead. Colour started to return to her face. She didn't look as pale as before which was good. He watches her rub her bump.

"Are you married?" the question broke the silence.

She looked into his smokey grey eyes. He was serious.

"Huh? Why would you think that?"

"Whose child is it then?"

"Oh. Well, to be honest this child was a mistake but for his sake I will bare it." a sad smile.

"Who's sake?" Law raised an eyebrow.

"I can't say but he died not too long ago. I don't want this child to share his fate."

A tear rolls down her cheek.

"If I weren't pregnant I would have been able to save him." she leans back and looks at the ceiling, crying silently.

Law watches as she cries. It was certainly something he didn't want to see again. He pats her head again. Why? It just seemed to calm her. She looks at him with a look that seemed to say 'help me'.

"Well, you're alive so that's a start, right?" he smiles at her.

"I guess."

A smile returns to her face and then looks at him.

"You know I heard a lot of terrifying stories about you. Your Ope-Ope no Mi is quite a fearsome power. But you seem like a good guy, Law-kun." she giggles.

Sally smiles a bright smile and Law looks at her surprised. Nobody has ever said that to him. Everyone was somewhat scared of him but she seemed just as calm as a child in the arms of its own mother.

"Don't be so sure." he smirks.

Sally just looks at him confused. She didn't seem to sense any danger from him. Either that, or she just couldn't. But her bounty was higher than his so she might just feel confident enough to be able to defeat him if he was ever going to do something to her. That thought made him feel uneasy. A knock on the door and one of Law's crew members walks into the room.

"Food's ready." he eyes Sally and then quickly looks away.

"Get her some too. But with all the vital vitamins." he points at her and her stomach growls.

"Of course."

The man returns with a tablet with food on it. He places it on her bed.

"Thank you." she swallowed.

"No problem, any wishes and I'll cook it up." he proudly smacks his fist against his chest.

"Really?"

"Of course." his nose seems to get pointier.

Sally looks at the food and takes a bit. Her facial expression showed that it was very tasty. Law smiles and leaves the room. Bepo walks after him. He catches his Captains hoodie and makes a worried face.

"Are you sure about her, Captain? She seems dangerous. I only heard bad things about her." Law could hear how nervous the bear was.

"Right now she is a woman who just wants to bare her child. We can decide afterwards what to do with her. At least her fever is gone." he leaves Bepo in the corridor.

Bepo looks after his Captain and tilts his head in confusion. What was the Captain thinking?

Well, I hope this was worth the wait for most of you. :)

I'm not at home for next week but I'll do my best to post Chapter 3 next Sunday.

Well, please review and see you all next week.