Enjoy chapter 9.

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Secret Pasts

Law walks through the corridor in deep thought. An agonising scream leads him to the living room. He looks into the room and sees a group of the heart pirates standing around a table. Sally and Penguin are playing GO. Penguin is clutching his hat. Despite the awkward encounter a few hours ago she had left her room for a round of GO.

"Argh. I lost again!" Penguin groans.

"Sorry." Sally grins sheepishly.

Penguin blushes a little and grins back. Law approaches the gathering.

"What are you doing?" the Captain asks.

"Ha, now this will be a challenge. The Captain vs Sally." Shachi shouts with excitement.

Sally jumps a little. This was what she tried to avoid and without listening to Law's protest of not wanting to, Shachi pushes his Captain onto the chair. They look at each other awkwardly and Law places the first button. She looks at the board and also places her button. The time passes and the crew look around.

"It's a tie again." Shachi says with disbelieve.

"Wow."

Law leans back and scratches his head. She was truly a formidable opponent since none of the other crew members could beat him. Even though she is smart she is also clumsy. He smirks and Sally blushes. While the crew members congratulate her, Penguin leans over to Law and whispered into his ear.

"She would be great addition to our crew."

"That's my decision to make."

"Okay, okay. It was just an idea."

Law looks at Sally who was patted and surrounded by some of the crew members. Their eyes meet and Sally looks away quickly. Law smiles and stands up and stretches. Bepo also yawns.

"I'm tired." Shachi yawns.

"Me too." Bepo rubs his eyes.

"I'm going to bed." Law also yawns.

The yawn travels a few face further and all of walk off to their rooms. Sally was the first finished in the bathroom and stands quietly in front of her bedroom door when Law walks past her.

"Good night." he avoids her glance.

"Good night." she answers quietly.

Sally looks after him until he disappeared next door. She opens her door and goes to bed. She lay awake for a few minutes but soon found her sleep. In her dream there is a small thin boy with grenades wrapped around his body. He wears the same hat as Law.

"I want to destroy it all." the boy spoke.

The image changes. In a dark alley, two men talk to each other quietly.

"White town. A dangerous disease broke out on that island and everyone was killed so it wouldn't spread." says one.

"And that kid survived? If he carries the illness we are dead, too." says the other.

The image changes and the little boy from before stands in front of two men.

"I don't believe in anything."

The boy has white marks on his face. Was he ill? She sees him stand in front of a man.

"I only have 2 years left to live. Until then I want to destroy as much as possible."

Again she sees the little boy screaming and crying as if he was being tortured inside of his mind. The agonising scream wakes her as it somehow came out of her own lungs. Sally is bathed in sweat and breathing heavily. The door suddenly opens and Law bursts into the room. He is only wearing trousers and a worried expression.

Here is the FIRST PART of Chapter 9.

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