Chapter 2
"Did you get him?" Bellamy asked as he approached Sarkies who nodded.
"Yeah, wasn't too hard." Sarkies stated as he went over to the small form tied to the chair in the middle of the room, the hostage still and compliant.
"Good, I accidentally got the wrong guy. I can't believe it was bloody First Fist Ace." Bellamy seethed before wincing, his wounds protesting. "He beat the shit out of me too for trying to grab Law."
"You know Ace and Traffy?" A muffled voice came from the bag over the prisoner's head, startling him.
Sarkies yanked the bag off his head, revealing a young face making Bellamy grimace, now having a terrible feeling. The kid had dark hair and darker coloured eyes but he swore that Law wasn't this young otherwise how on heck would Doflamingo even know him?
"God dammit. The tanned one, he's Law isn't he?" Bellamy seethed, storming over and yanking the kid's hair, tugging his head back. "He's the one the Young Master was after."
"Young Master?" The kid blinked.
"The greatest man of all time. Doflamingo." Bellamy grinned. "And he is after your friend, so tell me who it is so I can deliver him. You don't want to anger him now do you? He's a Lord after all, the strongest one."
"Mingo?" The kid frowned, looking strangely serious now. "He told you to kidnap Traffy?"
Before he could reply the door to the warehouse suddenly burst open, flames flying into their base making his men scream as it hit them. A familiar dark haired man was walking over, looking bemused as their eyes met.
"Oh, it's you again." Fire Fist Ace greeted.
"Not you again! What the hell do you want?!" Bellamy yelled, stumbling back before raising his gun, determined not to be caught off guard again.
Why the hell was he even here?! He hadn't even done anything to the Whitebeard clan!
"I'm here for my little brother." Ace jerked his thumb at the kid who still looked serious.
"Ace, they want Traffy."
"I know Luffy."
"He's here under Mingo's orders."
"Ah, well that's not so good then is it?" Ace sighed, adjusting his hat. "Gonna break those ropes Lu'?"
"Sure." The kid shrugged, the ropes instantly tearing apart as he stood up, glaring his way now. "Traffy's busy at the moment so we should deal with this."
"Agreed."
"Hold on a minute! I've got a gun to your head!" Bellamy barked out, making sure to keep his finger on the trigger. "Now tell me where Law lives. Do it before I shoot him! If you give me enough information I might just let you off easier!"
"You should shoot them full of holes Bellamy. Show them your true power." Sarkies grinned.
"Yeah like hell we're letting such a creepy guy near Law. Right Luffy?" Ace snarked, looking completely relaxed even as he kept the gun trained on him.
Bellamy glanced back over at the kid only to see a fist flying at his face. The moment it hit him everything turned black as he felt himself fly.
"Damn, you're the most annoying husk I've ever met. I know you come back with me every time but this time you're so bloody stubborn." It said as it glanced down, watching as the junk yard finally swallowed it's husk whole.
Kid was still thrashing down below, it could feel him. The shadowy figure rolled it's eyes before pausing when it felt a very familiar presence emerging into it's realm, the presence feeling so much younger which made it chuckle, amused.
"Jeez, he feels like he's still just a kid." It remarked to itself, turning around to see Law a few piles away, standing on one of the hills of scrap.
It grinned at the sight, pleased to see Law again who seemed bewildered at being here. The figure tilted his head, considering how young Law seemed this time it could be that he had never done this before.
Enter another Lord's soul.
"Hey babe, looking for someone?" It indicated to down below where Eustass was buried, earning a confused look.
"Where the hell am I? And who are you?" Law asked, that demon blade of his summoning into his hands, even here in this realm.
"I suppose considering the circumstances I can forgive you for not remembering me." The figure laughed as it approached Law, it's old companion."But you're also smart, so, where have you seen me before Law?"
"A shadowy figure?" Law murmured before stiffening, his sword lowering at that which made it chuckle further.
"Think you got it?" It asked, amused at the look on Law's face. "Now maybe you can actually help get my Key back. I'm looking for it and I know someone very special has it. Do you remember who?"
It already knew, but it wondered if Law was smart enough to figure it out. It did remember that Law's memory of any Lord was worse off though, considering the three that he has had already. Well it was mainly two, there was that time Law had travelled around with that other dragon brother after all before the runaway brother got dragged back by the older one, that or murdered, that's happened several times before too.
Two dragons Lords. Jeez they were a pain.
Law badly needed the key given to his Lord to remember anything. Unfortunately his Lord was still preoccupied with it's husk.
"Law, don't think too hard on it right now." It grinned, flicking Law's nose who frowned. "Your memory will always be the worst since you've had a few Lords now remember?"
"How do you know about that?" Law frowned at it.
"Don't be stupid." It mocked before reaching out to stroke Law's cheek. "Now, make sure Eustass doesn't take anymore drugs will you? I want to actually join the game sometime soon. I've already missed out by several years because of that bastard. That 'Smile' crap at least gave me enough of a shock to wake up for a bit but I'm drifting again."
Law frowned at that. "Wait, but you-"
It cut him off though, jerking him closer, one hand holding that damned cursed sword away as it pressed their lips together, earning a muffled protest. It deepened the kiss, slipping it's tongue in and frowning at the faint energy it could feel inside of Law. It needed it back but it couldn't do that in this state.
It roughly pushed Law back, smirking at the startled look. "Remember what I said okay? Don't let the brat take anymore drugs."
"Wait, what is going-"
"See ya Law." It smirked as it clicked it's fingers.
Law vanished instantly, it banishing him from the realm and back into his own body. He should be done healing them both after all by now, Law was probably just tiring himself out at this point.
"How are the preparations going? Will it be open in time?" Doflamingo asked gleefully from his place on the couch, his mobile sitting on his lap, on loudspeaker.
"Yes indeed sir! We're right on schedule!"
"Fufufufu, good to hear." The blonde chuckled before pausing at the sound of the office door being knocked on, Vergo's head emerging through from behind it. "I'd love to continue our chat for a bit longer but it seems I have an emergency to contend with. I'll speak with you later."
"Of course Young Master, please enjoy your day!"
He hung up after the goodbyes, grinning over at his trusted friend who approached, looking as expressionless as ever.
"Hey Vergo. I heard you had an interesting day at work."
"Law has grown quite a bit, hasn't he Doffy?" Vergo commented idly.
"Fufufufu, to think he used to be a tiny seven year old who would fall asleep on my lap." Doflamingo chuckled, remembering the angry, little ball of rage. "Now he's growing up so well. I'm glad to see Kureha's medicine is doing the trick. It is a shame she kept such a secret from me though, she does know how long I've been looking for Law. Fufufufu, I thought she wouldn't have known after he ran away from all of us, even Rocinante!"
"Do you wish for me to deal with her?"
"Unfortunately we can't touch her. I don't know how to make our precious Spirit Healer's medication." Doflamingo grumbled. "Only that witch does and she always refuses to give us the recipe. Caesar hasn't even been able to figure out how she makes it either."
"We could torture her."
"Fufufufu, I'd rather not take the risk of losing such good medication. Law's white patches are all gone now, so at least we know it is working on him just as well. We also know he works at her hospital now, so that's also another handy thing." Doflamingo paused, considering before chuckling again. "Vergo, you mind fetching Monet for me? I might actually have a little job for her."
"Of course Doffy." Vergo nodded, turning around to obey while Doflamingo sat back in his chair, pondering.
It had been so nice to see little Law again. Perhaps this time they could actually bring him home.
"I can't believe you knocked him out in one punch." Ace remarked as he and Luffy strolled back down to the hospital. "Man, that was a terrible!"
"He's trying to kidnap Traffy for Mingo!" Luffy huffed. "Of course I punched him!"
"Oh? Not because he was pointing a gun at your big brother?"
"That too." Luffy grinned brightly. "Even if you could have handled it no problem!"
"Yeah well-" Ace began but cut himself off at the sight of a familiar police car pulling up in front of them, Smoker at the wheel making Luffy instantly beam.
"Smokey! Are you here for a match?!" Luffy laughed, clinging to the car window as it rolled down.
"I'm here to pick up your brother." Smoker scowled before his gaze met his own, making Ace grin. "You coming trouble?"
"Coming babe." Ace grinned, ruffling Luffy's hair as he turned to look at his brother. "You okay by yourself for now?"
"Yep! Gonna meet up with Chopper! He's done with his shift in five!" Luffy laughed.
"Try not to get kidnapped again alright?"
"Shishishi, sorry again Ace!" Luffy apologised before rushing off.
Ace got into the passenger side of the police car, Smoker raising an eyebrow at him as soon as he was safely inside. "He got kidnapped?"
"Yeah, getting himself into trouble as usual." Ace remarked, amused as Smoker drove off. "So we're having dinner at yours right?"
"Yeah, I have work tomorrow so I thought dinner and a movie back home would be nice."
"Sounds great! But you do realise you can't cook right? Unless it's a fry up?" Ace pointed out, grinning at his boyfriend's bemused look. "Babe you nearly burned down your house last time!"
"We could cook together?" Smoker offered, his cheeks flushing and making him grin even brighter.
"That would be great. I could teach you not to boil pasta in a frying pan."
"That was one time." Smoker said, disgruntled.
"Yeah it was one time too many." He replied back cheekily.
It didn't take them too long to arrive back at Smoker's house and set up dinner. He guided Smoker through making some macaroni cheese before they ended up sitting at the table to eat. Ace ended up asking about how his boyfriend's day went and earned the most disgruntled look he had seen in a while.
"I was on patrol with Tashigi today and we had found this redhead, who I will actually need to talk to you about now that I think about it-"
Ace decided to play innocent. "A redhead? Who was it?"
"That friend of yours, Law wasn't it? His roommate was the one. He was picking up drugs."
"Drugs? Really?" Ace made sure to frown as he munched on more of the pasta.
"Yes, and Tashigi and I managed to block their exist but Trafalgar interrupted, trying to talk me down before another college of mine, Vergo, appeared. He saw Trafalgar and pinned him to the wall, saying he was a runaway child." Smoker frowned at him. "Another thing we need to talk about. You've been friends with that one for years. You know exactly what the hell that was about, don't you?"
Ace nodded. "Yeah, most of it but it is kinda private."
"Well if you can tell me what you can I would appreciate it." Smoker sighed. "But that wasn't the worst part. Vergo, he somehow gets things stuck to his cheeks all the time, I don't know how but anything will just stick to it. So while I would normally expect that I wouldn't normally expect to see his trousers just go up in flames!"
Ace couldn't hold back a grin at that, remembering the scene fairly well and especially his boyfriend's expression of complete disbelief. He managed to hold back a snigger by devouring the last of his plate though his eyes quickly met Smoker's bemused pair who was watching him now.
"It was you, wasn't it?"
Ace felt his grin widen, much to his horror but he couldn't stop it. "Me? Smoker, baby, it's not nice to just accuse me like that!"
"You're lying." Smoker smirked.
"Am not." He couldn't help but pout. "You aren't being fair."
"And you only act like this when you're lying." Smoker teased, completely amused now. "So Ace, why did you set his trousers on fire? Were you trying to let them escape?"
"Law doesn't want to go back to his family." Ace sighed, sitting back against his chair. "His family are very possessive, and controlling and he's fed up of it all. He ran away from them years ago to get away from it all and we're friends. I can't just let him go back there if he doesn't want to."
Smoker shook his head at that. "You always somehow have to get yourself involved."
Ace grinned at that. "Would you love me any other way?"
"I would love it if you could stay safe for once." Smoker grunted, Ace relaxing instantly when his hand slipped into his hair, ruffling the black strands. "You know I have to interrogate Eustass Kid right? I know he's at the hospital. He took some of that stuff he bought and overdosed, didn't he?"
"Not really sure what happened." Ace muttered, leaning into the touch as Smoker slipped off his chair, tugging him out of his own. "The dishes?"
"We'll get them later. Let's go watch a movie." Smoker said as they both moved into the living room, quickly settling on the couch. "So Trafalgar definitely doesn't want to go back?"
"No. He really doesn't." Ace shook his head as Smoker tugged him closer, letting Ace lean into his warmth.
"Alright, fine. I will be interrogating Eustass Kid however, he's still a criminal."
"I know. It's your job after all." Ace smiled.
"I should be arresting you too, considering your ties to the Whitebeards." Smoker grunted.
"You can't prove nothing." Ace chirped out cheerfully, sticking his tongue out and making his lover roll his eyes.
"I'll arrest you yet. Don't you fret."
"Have to catch me first." Ace then smirked, blowing on his boyfriend's ear who shuddered. "Then chain me up."
Smoker arched an eyebrow at him, even though is cheeks were flushed. "You would like that, wouldn't you?"
"Oh yes. Speaking of which, think you have some lying around?" He chirped, laughing when his lover gave him a deep kiss in return.
Monet glanced up from her phone as she heard the doors to the car park open up, Law Trafalgar, the one that the Young Master had briefed her on, was walking out, looking exhausted. Somehow even more tired than he had been in the photograph she had been shown of him.
"Ah, so that's him?" She murmured to herself.
Just as she was about to follow though a few men, vaguely familiar men, walked out from behind the cars, six men all standing around Law who gritted his teeth, looking peeved as a familiar blonde walked up to him, a big, thick bruise covering the side of his face.
"Trafalgar Law?" Bellamy asked, much to her annoyance.
Hadn't the Young Master told him to stand down before he got them into anymore trouble?
"If you're looking for a doctor to treat that bruise on your face then head back out and go through the front entrance. This is a private parking lot." Law snarked. "Now may I go through?"
"You're coming with us Dr. Trafalgar. A very special man wants to see you and you wouldn't want to disappoint him." Bellamy cackled. "This will be worth the whole night that I've gone through. Now come quietly with us and we won't hurt you."
Law threw them a dark look. "Fuck off before I dissect whatever brain cells you have left."
"Right, grab him-"
"Come Kikoku."
Suddenly a long sword was in Law's hand, a demonic presence washing over her, making her nearly stumble back in shock, startled. If her debriefing was correct, wasn't Law a Spirit Healer? Spirit Healers were light beings! It should be hurting him, making him sickly. Light beings could rarely stand dark beings and with a demonic sword as his own weapon-
He should be getting corrupted by it right now!
"Room."
A large, blue dome suddenly expanded over the men around him and Law slashed, chuckling at the sight of them coming apart, the men screaming while Bellamy scrambled back, looking startled.
"What the hell?!" Bellamy cried out.
"You shouldn't have tested me." Law sneered. "I told you to 'fuck off' remember? Now I get to have my own fun now."
Law collapsed to his knees, coughing harshly into his hand, flinching at the sight of bile covering his hand. All around him body pieces were crying out, startled, but they were all mixed up together and unable to get free, some attached to the walls, the cars and to each other.
He felt horrible now though for doing that after using up so much of his energy on Eustass-ya. His body was really protesting now. He needed his medicine before his illness caught up with him-
"You really overdid it, didn't you brat?" He heard Dr. Kureha snarked as she approached, looking bemused.
Law grimaced at being caught out like that but right now he couldn't even stand. He could feel Kikoku's concern, how the blade wavered as he did but he tried to ignore her and focused on catching his breath.
"You should have went and laid down in one of the staff rooms after using your abilities like that. Remember you're still a sickly Spirit Healer, you need your medication and plenty of rest." Dr. Kureha repeated the same lecture he had heard a thousand times already.
It was giving him a headache.
"I'll be f-fine." Law shuddered even as the doctor yanked him up to his feet, though he struggled to regain his footing as Kikoku disappeared again. "I-I'm just a bit shaky."
"Take your medicine you stubborn brat." The doctor ordered, shoving a familiar bottle in his hand.
He opened it up and took out the usual couple, swallowing them both down before returning his attention to the random blonde who had his men attack him.
"How about telling me who you are then?" Law asked, raising an eyebrow as the man's bruised face twitched. "And why you are after me?"
"I was ordered to after Eustass had such a terrible reaction the Smile! What kinda of creature is he anyway to get poisoned by it?! It's not meant to affect humans!"
"Joker's creating drugs that are poisonous to supernatural creatures?" Law frowned, confused.
Why would Doflamingo even bother doing that? Was he planning to take out specific people with them? There wasn't many pawns he knew that took drugs, the only ones he could think of would be even close would be Kaido's men, but they only buy zoan fruits off of Doflamingo.
What was he up to exactly?
"It has an effect on 'humans'." The random guy groaned out, looking pained but Law hardly felt any sympathy as his own vision blurred.
He wavered on his feet but Dr. Kureha grabbed his elbow, looking sternly at him now. "Come on, leave these idiots be. You need to go to bed before you pass out here and force me to carry you."
"I need to-" Law nearly yelped when he was suddenly slammed against a pillar, the familiar cold metal of a scaple pressing up against his neck, making him shift uncomfortably.
"Was that a 'no' little Law?" Dr. Kureha asked darkly.
He paused, considering his choices before relaxing against the wall, surrendering. "I'll behave."
"Good boy." Dr. Kureha smirked, and quickly dragged him away as everything began to grow fuzzier.
.:End of Chapter:.
Sorry guys, running a bit late with the chapter update. Had a late shift then an early shift the very next day so didn't have time to get it up at the time I was hoping for D: