Chapter 10
Nami had been having a terrible day. First, Luffy had brought both his big brothers to the hideout, and usually it was great to see them, even if they ate a lot of their supplies. However, Ace was in a foul mood lately and Sabo seemed peeved about something. Secondly, Robin, Penguin and Chopper, none of them had gotten into contact with them ever since they went on that shopping trip the other day. Sanji, Bepo and Usopp had gone to try track them down so she had hoped that they would be back with good news.
Unfortunately, none of them had returned in time to help defend their base against an attack.
Nami yelped as Luffy suddenly threw himself at her, knocking her out of the way of the caving in ceiling as Pica, a Golem like Jean-Bart was, came crashing through the wall, Jean-Bart struggling against him. Metal flew past her and Luffy, the fridge crashing into the rock creature, sending Pica tumbling back.
"How the fuck did they find us?!" Kid cursed loudly, looking beyond pissed. "Oi Trafalgar! What happened during that meeting you had with the bird bastard?!"
"Nothing that should have led to this!" Law snapped, one of his 'Rooms' opening up to slice a dark haired woman into pieces who gave a cry, shouting at Law in protest who only glared at her, silencing her immediately. "We have to get out of here though! The building is getting torn apart!"
A sudden howl cut them all off as the ground trembled just as Nami got back up to her feet, she could see a massive dog now towering over the building with three heads-
Cerberus. Shachi had turned into Cerberus.
"Traffy! Get you and Nami out of here! Take Eussy with you!" Luffy shouted and Law listened.
She felt that disorientating wave brush by her before she reappeared out in front of the building where Cerberus howled.
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Kid cursed, this was getting out of control. Half of the hideout was collapsed by now and he wasn't entirely sure if the others had gotten themselves out okay or not. Killer and Bonney had both been in there and so had that Jean-Bart guy. Shachi was outside, apparently trying to use to tall brown guy as a chew toy who kept dodging, cursing loudly.
"Eustass-ya!" Law called out, looking grim. "We have to find the others and retreat! Doflamingo has us too boxed in here-"
Another loud snarl cut them off though as what appeared to be an ten headed snake appeared from nowhere, instantly attacking Shachi who howled and charged at him, knocking them both over and making the ground shake, sending Law to his knees while Kid struggled to brace himself. Nami let out a startled cry too, the girl collapsing on to her backside and looking terrified.
"What the hell is that thing?!" Kid yelled, horrified as one of the thing's long necks wound itself around one of Cerberus' heads, squeezing and earning bared teeth in response.
"Hydra!" Law cried out, looking a mixture of scared and pissed off. "Gladius, one of Doflamingo's pawns! He's Hydra!"
"Can we do something?!" Kid asked, debating if he should chuck a car at the pair.
"Hydra's poisonous! You can't go near him!"
"Can Shachi win?!" Nami whimpered, looking beyond stressed out now.
"I don't know!" Law admitted, looking uneasy. "It depends if Doflamingo or Cora-san are here then they might be able to make Shachi stand down but otherwise I've never seen or heard of these two fighting. Neither of them have ever died in the game before!"
"Shit." Kid gritted his teeth before growling. "I wanna charge in but you said he's poisonous and I ain't Straw Hat, the lucky shit. We'll go make sure the others are fine first. Bonney only has one life left and I want to make sure she's okay."
"Make sure you protect me too!" The witch demanded instantly. "I'm important here!"
"Protect your bloody self woman!" Kid snapped but Law's Room was back up and he found himself halfway across the street, a familiar pink bastard in his place, the ground below his feet broken into pieces while Nami let out a cry and stumbled back, trying to hide behind Law who was glaring at his hands-
Fuck, they were shaking.
"Fufufufu, hello Law." Donquixote Doflamingo greeted. "Still trying to protect that little human I see? I really don't understand what you see in him. Humans are such weak beings after all."
Weak?! The fucker thought he was weak?!
"Law, I'll go find the others. Let's meet back up later." Nami said before suddenly disappearing from sight.
"Agreed. We need to get out of here." Law nodded, looking bitter as the pink bastard laughed.
"I don't think your human will run Law. Not after the surprise I've left out for him." Doflamingo mused, jerking his head up to one of the nearby rooftops of the other abandoned warehouses.
Kid reluctantly followed the gaze, before gasping. Bonney was strung up, as if crucified, even though nothing was holding her in place.
"BONNEY!" He screamed, cursing loudly but before he could charge, what felt like string, pierced his chest, making him cry out in pain as he was pinned against the wall.
"Fufufufu, now, now. I wouldn't make it that easy for you." Doflamingo teased but dodged just as Law dived at him, swiping his summoned blade out. "So lively Law! Here I thought I might get a sickly thing!"
"You wish!" Law snapped out, lashing out again with Kikoku only for the blonde to dodge that too, laughing.
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"Do you really think you can beat me Law?" Doflamingo laughed, while Law tried to ignore the tremble running through his hand, because of course it had to happen now! "Fufufu, look at your hands, they're shaking still. You really haven't recovered at all have you?"
"I'm not an idiot. It's not about beating you. Not yet anyway." Law huffed but went wide eyed as Cerberus tried to swat Doflamingo away, only for the blonde to turn his attention to Shachi.
"Enough Shachi. Stand down."
Cerberus paused momentarily at that, growling angrily as he bared his teeth, only to yelp as Hydra attacked again, the pair fighting it out again.
"Hydra. Cerberus. I said stand down now." Doflamingo ordered again while Law turned and ran over to Eustass-ya who was struggling against the string.
Law opened up a Room and ripped the string straight out, earning a pained grunt. He didn't get a chance to do anything else though because suddenly he hit the wall himself, string binding his wrists above his head. He cursed and struggled just as Kid raised his hand, metal yanking out of the other warehouses to fly at Doflamingo.
"Cerberus, how about you use that human over there as a chewy toy for a while?" It was phrased as a question but Doflamingo was using his will, and currently Shachi was obeying it as he ran at Eustass-ya.
"Kid! Use your willpower! Quickly!" Law cried out, trying to look back over his shoulder to see what was going on.
"Fuck! Shachi sit! Heel! Stop you idiot!" Kid yelled. "FUCK!"
Doflamingo was easily destroying the metal while Kid was running, cursing loudly as Shachi chased after him, actually barking much to Law's bemusement. When Shachi became Cerberus, he seemed to revert back into more dog-like habits and while it could be sometimes entertaining to watch, now wasn't one of those times.
"It's not working Law!" Kid shouted back at him.
Law huffed at that. "Maybe I should just go join Luffy-ya since he's tougher than you apparently! He'd make a much better Lord!"
"Fuck you!"
"You wish!" Law said, gritting his teeth as he tried to ease his fingers through the string tying them together.
They were firmly trapped though and Doflamingo was wandering over, looking completely amused while Law offered him a scowl in return. The blonde only laughed at that though, shaking his head.
"I told you Law. Humans are such weak little things." Doflamingo teased. "Now stop resisting. You're going to let me take you home."
Law tensed at that, feeling the command hit him but he gritted his teeth and shook his head. "L-Like fuck I am."
"Don't be stubborn Law. It's time to come back home and be with your family."
"I'd rather drown." Law grumbled, grimacing as he felt another suppressing wave of Doflamingo's will hit him.
"Fufufufu, rude little brat."
"SHACHI SIT THE FUCK DOWN ALREADY!" Kid suddenly howled, making Law tense as Kid's willpower now washed over him, shocking his system while Doflamingo scowled, looking angry as Shachi sat down, whining. "Dammit that was close! Jeez, you really were trying to eat me! All three heads were!"
"Eustass-ya watch out!" Law warned just as Doflamingo threw his hand out, strings cutting into the spot Kid had been on mere moments ago who actually threw a couple of cars at the blonde as he dived out of the way.
Doflamingo only laughed at the attempt and sliced them into pieces. "The Devil Fruits are the only reason a runt like you has power in the first place and yet, here you are, having only covered the mere basics of it."
"Shut the fuck up you cocky bastard!"
"I wonder, if I started killing all your pawns now, would you be able to stop me?" Doflamingo asked, a dark smirk on his face. "Stay put Law."
With that Doflamingo took to the skies, heading right for Bonney which made Kid curse and Law struggle harder against the string, trying to loose them. He could see Kid running to one of the warehouse side ladders, looking beyond pissed.
"Law are you okay here?!"
"I'm fine but Eustass-ya he's obviously leading you into a trap! Be careful!"
"I'll be fine!" Kid shouted back as he climbed, soon disappearing on to a rooftop to go chase after Doflamingo.
"I can't use my Room when he's pinned my bloody hands like this." Law grimaced, tugging again before pausing as the sight of Zoro running past, cursing.
"Fuck! Where is that damn high pitched guy?!"
"You lost again Roronoa-ya?"
Zoro scowled at that as he approached. "I'm fine. You stuck?"
"Doflamingo's strings. I would normally use my fruit's abilities to teleport out of it but he tied my fingers too. He's learning more and more how to subdue me." Law grumbled.
"You seen any of the others?" Zoro asked as he used his sword to cut through the string, thankfully being careful.
"Nami-ya went to track down you guys. She's invisible right now." Law offered before jerking towards where yet again, Hydra and Cerberus were fighting. "Shachi is fighting Gladius and currently Eustass-ya is trying to save Bonney-ya from Doflamingo."
"Jean-Bart's still in the building with Luffy last I saw-"
That was cut off though when Jean-Bart came crashing through a wall, much to their horror with his neck broke at a horrible angle, eyes staring blankly at them. Dead. Law tried to go forward, even as he felt that tearing pain through his chest and he wasn't even sure why he bothered. He knew he couldn't do anything for Jean-Bart, but Zoro held him back, glaring as Pica approached.
"Roronoa Zoro, we meet again."
Instantly Zoro tried to hold back a snigger while Law scowled, picking Kikoku up from the ground as he stared at Jean-Bart's body, his very soul crying at the separation of one of his fellow pawns.
Why did this have to happen? Dammit. Dammit Doflamingo was going to kill all his friends!
"Roronoa-ya, can you handle this? I need to go kill Doffy." Law seethed.
"Don't you dare say stuff like that Law! You could never hope to defeat the Young Master-"
Zoro distracted him though when the green haired swordsman suddenly burst into laughter, his hand waving Law back in dismissal.
"I'll deal with this one Law. I think he still hates me." Zoro smirked darkly, looking plain bloodthirsty which alarmed him but he nodded and ran.
He ran straight for the ladders and climbed them as quickly as he possibly could. He didn't want to leave Kid alone with Doflamingo, he needed to be there to help him. He couldn't let Doflamingo kill Kid, not again. He needed to protect the redhead as much as he could. Just thinking that the two could be fighting made his stomach twist with knots, stress and fear building up within him as he jumped up the last set of steps and ran across the rooftops.
Kid was much further away, his distraction with Pica had cost him some time but if he caught up to his Lord he could help. Doflamingo was looming behind Bonney-ya, holding out a gun to her which she took, looking so reluctant and horrified as her gaze met Eustass-ya's who let out a scream. Law called out to him, trying to gain his attention but Kid didn't even acknowledge him as a familiar bubble enveloped him. Instead of Kid's voice another called out to him, sounding tired.
"Law." It was Cora-san's voice.
Law turned around, stunned at the sight of the man before him before turning his attention back to Kid, feeling conflicted as the redhead continued to steadily make his way to Bonney and Doflamingo on the other rooftop across the street. He wanted to race across and nearly even moved to. The click of a gun stopped him cold however.
"Don't move Law, I don't want to hurt you." Uncle Cora sighed, pushing his messy hair back as he stared Law in the eyes. "Just come with me quietly."
"So what you're still under his control Cora-san?" Law laughed, but it was weak and painful. "Great. That's just great."
"We're worried about you, especially Lami-"
"I don't want to bloody hear it! I'm not some helpless child!" Law snapped before freezing when he heard the cry from outside the bubble.
"Oi Bonney! Get that gun away from your head you idiot!" It was Kid who shouted that, much to his alarm.
Law tried to make a step towards his friends, because they were his friends, even if he would only admit it reluctantly. He had intended to jump to the next roof but a gunshot rang out, just missing his feet.
"I'm not letting you involve yourself in this any further Law. You'll get yourself killed." Cora's gaze darkened as it landed on the rooftop nearby them. "Doffy's plans are in motion and we've been lucky finding you this early in them. So you're coming back with me."
"You were the one who wanted me to be free! And now you want me to come back?! Dammit Cora snap out of it!"
Then a new gunshot ran out, Law knew it wasn't his uncle's so turned back, seeing Bonney's body collapse to the ground as Doflamingo laughed. He watched in horror at Bonney fell, hitting the ground with lifeless eyes and his chest burned harder, the soul screaming at another life cut out, another fellow pawn he was meant to be bound to-
Jean-Bart and Bonney. Both of them. They were gone.
The worst part was that it had been Bonney's last life. Law would never see her again.
Law's dark thoughts were cut off though when he heard Kid's bloodthirsty scream.
The idiot charged forward, even though he had to have known Doflamingo would have set something up against him. Something that would torture him or kill him. Law ignored the threat behind him, knowing Kid was in the most danger and ran, keeping low and on the move to avoid the gunshots that were all aimed at his feet.
He winced as one clipped his leg but managed to jump on to the next roof, heading towards the furthest away one where Kid and Doflamingo were.
It was too late though, the strings were around Kid and were squeezing, earning more enraged snarls as Doflamingo spoke up, sounding all too amused with himself.
"You know you'll be dead by my hand, again." The blonde mocked playfully, squeezing his fingers. "Does it hurt? One of your pawns dying?"
Kid tried to say something but one of the string slipped around his neck, cutting off his reply as his neck bled.
Law stumbled to the ground as another shot hit him, this time in his ankle, he tried to stand but winced, his ankle instantly giving way as he heard Cora-san hop on to the rooftop, for once his clumsiness not hindering him. Kid let out a choked scream though which instantly got Law's attention, Kid's left arm was being crushed and sliced into ribbons-
There was a lot of blood.
And from behind him he heard Cora-san fiddle with a pair of cuffs. They were probably seastone, Law couldn't let him restrain his powers, not now. Law brought up a Room, making sure to cover himself and Eustass-ya, even managing to reach Bonney's limp body-
Then they all teleported away, right into the alleyway he remembered Franky-ya had been fighting in at the very beginning of the attack. He gave a pained gasp when he landed on his ankle, the pain shooting right up his leg, making him stumble. Law managed to keep his footing though and tensed when he came across Eustass-ya, his arm was gone and the thought of that nearly made him sick.
He ignored it though, he didn't have time for the panic to sink in. He was a bloody surgeon, he needed to work.
"Law! Are you okay?!" Ace-ya called out as he and his blonde friend ran over, the pair looking unharmed thankfully as he opened up a Room and began to work on Kid's arm.
"I'm fine but Eustass-ya isn't! And we lost Bonney and Jean-Bart!" Law seethed through gritted teeth as they slipped inside his operation room, the pair looking alarmed. "Ace, I need you to burn his wound shut!"
"What the hell happened?" Ace cried out even as he knelt down at his side, his hand pressing against the end of whatever was left of Kid's arm, instantly getting soaked in blood.
"Doflamingo sliced his entire arm apart before cutting the rest off. I couldn't reach them in time." Law admitted, feeling so stupid. "Dammit I should have just turned myself in ages ago-"
"Don't say shit like that!" Ace snapped even as his fire lit up, the smell of burning flesh making Law instantly pale. "I'm the one whose insecure here remember? You're meant to be the cocky asshole who snarks me and the others all the time."
"N-Not sharing then?" Law struggled to get out, he hated that smell, that disgusting smell.
It reminded him too much of Flevance.
"No. You get to stick to snarky. I get insecurity." Ace said firmly.
Law chuckled weakly at that. "The Whitebeard's certainly have turned you into a demanding brat."
"They like to spoil me." His friend teased before grimacing as his eyes caught Bonney-ya body, who Sabo was now thankfully handling with care. "You were friends with her for years Law... I'm so sorry-"
"Reluctant friends." Law pointed out.
"Don't. Not now." Ace shook his head.
"We can't have this conversation here. Not when Doflamingo and Cora-san will be trying to find me." Law hissed back. "If I don't turn myself in they will never let you all go."
"They'll never let us go anyway. We hid you for years Law." Ace snapped back. "I've known you since I was about eleven-"
"And then when you were old enough you followed me to the apartment. Yes, I remember." Law grumbled.
"You were a cool, runaway fifteen year old. Of course we followed you."
"Troublesome children you two are." Law sighed, deciding to give in for now. "We need to hurry up and get out of here. Any of you seen the others?"
"Nami's rounding them up and telling them to get away. She got into contact with Sanji and told him not to come back with Usopp and Bepo. We're meeting up at your apartment." Sabo explained as he carefully picked Bonney up into his arms, her eyes now thankfully closed.
"Hopefully Roronoa-ya won't get lost on the way." Law grumbled as Ace finished off sealing the wound, Kid stirring momentarily before thankfully slipping back under again.
"Time to go?" Ace suggested as he picked up Eustass-ya while Law stumbled to his feet, removing the bullet carefully from his leg. "Doflamingo shot you too?"
"That was Uncle Cora." Law grunted, testing the weight carefully and grimacing, deciding it would hold him up. "I only just managed to get away before he could put some seastone on me. Now let's get out of here. I don't want to be around when Doflamingo gets impatient."
"Jeez, Marco's gonna kill me for getting involved instead of running." Ace chuckled wearily but followed after them, Law struggling along after the brothers.
He hoped the youngest had gotten out of the warehouse before it collapsed.
.:End of Chapter:.