Chapter 11
"Nami-sis! That's bad! You stole one of those fancy cars! I bet it was Doflamingo's!" Franky lectured, looking upset.
"Oh shut up! Of course I stole it! They destroyed our base!" Nami snapped, growling when she heard her Lord whine again. "AND YOU BE QUIET!"
"...Our secret base..." Luffy sulked.
"It wasn't very secret considering what just happened." Zoro noted with a scowl.
"...Our not so secret base..." Luffy corrected, still completely sulking much to Nami's irritation.
"Yohohohoho! That was scary! I thought my eyes were going to pop out when the building collapsed!" Brook laughed cheerily. "Oh wait! But I don't have any eyes! YOHOHOHOHOHO!"
"YOU SHUT UP TOO!" Nami barked out. "Dammit this is bad! Corazon was there and he ordered Shachi to stand down!"
"I saw Killer on the motorbike. He barely escaped in time." Zoro grunted. "He was releasing some serious murder intent."
"...Base..."
"WE'LL GET A NEW ONE!" Nami yelled. "Besides! You're lucky! You had all your stuff in your apartment! My stuff was in there and Doflamingo will pay me back for that!"
"You're gonna sell the car? Aren't you?" Franky drawled out, looking amused.
"Of course!" She smirked but paused at the sound of a phone buzzing, it was hers so she tossed it back for Zoro to answer.
"Yo." Zoro greeted lazily as he put it on loudspeaker.
"I just got a call from Penguin." Killer told them, without even a greeting in return.
He sounded pissed, the anger alone made Nami shudder.
"Did he tell you where they all are Killer?" Franky asked.
"Doflamingo kidnapped them. Penguin barely had it in him to tell me that they were forcing Chopper to make Law's and Lami's cure at the Donquixote Hospital. I lost him soon after that."
"What do you mean 'lost him'?" Nami frowned.
"He told me both Doflamingo and Corazon used their will on him. They ordered him to tell them where we were. He managed to regain himself for a while and call me while the Dragon Lords were away but during our conversation he drifted again and fell back under their control." Killer growled out, and yep, he was definitely pissed off. "He told us that we should surrender and hand Law over. That Law would be safer with them."
"We need to meet up and decide what we're going to do. I told everyone I could to go meet up at the apartment." Nami said.
"Law's and Kid's? Right. I'll be there soon."
.::.
Law frowned at his glanced over the vaguely familiar junk yard. He could see his Lord wrecking the place, kicking and throwing thrash everywhere as he screamed and raved. Law sighed at the sight and walked over, dodging a projectile can.
"Eustass-ya, you need to calm down. It's making it more difficult to heal you, especially when you keep dragging me into your soul room." Law said, finally able to recall what this place was now that he could remember his Lord.
Basically, it holds a Lord's soul. Kid's was a junkyard. If he remembered right Luffy's was a forest with a little hut and a pirate tree house, though it sometimes changed to an actual pirate ship too. Doflamingo's, the last time he had been there, had been a castle. They were all different, they rarely changed much, excluding Luffy's but he always changed the 'known'.
"Don't tell me to calm down Law! That pink bastard killed Bonney! He nearly kidnapped you! Fuck sake he kidnapped Shachi and Penguin too and got Jean-Bart killed! I barely got to know him in this life and he's gone!"
"I know he's gone! He was my friend as was Bonney-ya." Law snapped. "If I hadn't ran away, or at least ran away to you and Luffy-ya's clan they would have been safe."
"Don't start with that bullshit. It's bad enough you actually think of the pink bastard as a father figure at times."
Law shrugged at that, unsure what else he could say. "He's raised me so many times. It's hard to think otherwise sometimes. I don't think I can recall a time where I always had my parents. It's always been him and Cora-san that have raised me into adulthood."
"You've been with Ace and Luffy since you were fifteen. They hardly raised you this time." Kid grumbled, much to Law's amusement.
"Don't get upset about it. I found you a year after that."
Law paused when Kid was suddenly in front of him, cupping his cheeks. He frowned softly at the desperate look on the redheads face, knowing it didn't suit him but he remained silent. He knew Kid wanted to speak but needed a moment to sort out his words.
"Law, don't go alright?" Kid pleaded softly. "Stay with me?"
"That was the plan." Law said easily.
"I still love you." Kid admitted. "Even after all this time. I won't lose you to that pink bastard, I swear it."
Law snorted. "Well you definitely won't romantically. Just the thought of Doflamingo and I together like that makes me want to be sick-"
He was cut off when Kid kissed him, strangely gentle. Law resisted the urge to sigh at being interrupted and pressed back, humming against Kid's lips as the redhead pulled him closer. He opened his eyes and glanced down, spotting Kid's left arm still there, even in his soul's realm as his Lord pulled away.
"Still got your arm I see." Law noted.
"Here at least yeah." Kid nodded just as everything began to slowly fade around Law. "Be there when I wake up? We need to talk."
"I plan to be but if I'm not just wait for me, I doubt I'd be long." Law reassured. "And Eustass-ya?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too." Law smiled, even as everything finally slipped away.
.::.
Ace watched in sheer relief as Luffy was kicked into the apartment by Nami who was dragging in Zoro by his ear, the green haired swordsman cursing in her grasp.
"How could you get lost?! Jeez Zoro, you were only meant to get inside the building and climb up a few stairs!" Nami ranted. "Instead I find you going over the road! What is wrong with you?!"
Law was cleaning Kid's blood soaked chest and the stub of his arm gently, looking exhausted now. He had been using his healing powers to help Kid recover faster but still hadn't bothered to let himself rest. Sabo had left earlier with Bonney, warning him not to go anywhere, much to Ace's frustration. Law had even reassured Sabo by saying he'd just cut Ace into pieces and wrap them up with seastone so he couldn't just put himself back together much to both their horror.
"Your directions were confusing woman!" Zoro snapped.
Suddenly though the front door banged open and a familiar white puff of smoke began to form in front of the door that slammed shut behind it. Ace watched as his boyfriend formed, his eyes dark and grim much to his confusion as they landed on Luffy and Kid. Luffy who looked puzzled while Kid was still passed out on the couch.
"You're both here then." Smoker growled darkly while Luffy tensed, surprisingly weary.
"Chase?" Ace frowned, not liking that tone and the urgency in it.
It worried him, worried him so much that he couldn't help but say his lover's first name instead of his usual go-to.
"Stay out of it Ace." His lover demanded and suddenly the room filled with white smoke, Law snarling as Luffy yelped, being slammed in the floor. "I'm here to take your head. Both your's and Eustass Kid's."
"What the heck Smokey?!" Luffy cried out, struggling but instantly going limp when Smoker pressed his jitte to his little brother's neck.
Ace instantly retaliated, throwing a punch where Smoker should have been who leapt back, looking grim as their eyes met. Ace cracked his knuckles, smirking at his boyfriend.
"Are we about to have a re-enactment of how we first met babe? Because we might just wreck another restaurant." Ace couldn't help but tease, earning a scowl.
"Don't get in my way Ace. I need to save Tashigi."
"Tashigi?" Zoro tensed, seemingly concerned.
"She's Doflamingo's prisoner."
"You got caught." Ace frowned. "I can't let you take my little brother's head babe. You have to fight me first."
He was actually surprised when the smoke drifted back into Smoker, his eyes softening which nearly made Ace beam then and there at the affection in them.
"Shishishishi! I really like Smokey, he doesn't want to hurt you at all Ace!" Luffy beamed while Smoker instantly flushed, seething. "Traffy, we should go take down Mingo together! You, me and Smoker can make another alliance!"
Law scowled at that, finally looking up from his work on the redhead. "I'm a bit busy Luffy-ya."
"How did Eussy lose his arm anyway?" Luffy asked, moving round to try poke the stub but Law only smacked him away for it. "Aw Traffy!"
"Don't disturb him. It's been a long day." Ace urged, tugging his little brother back. "But I like the idea on beating up Doflamingo. We could work on that-"
"Ace you can't go near him." Smoker growled, much to his annoyance.
"Can I not do anything anymore?!" Ace demanded, peeved but Smoker only shook his head, looking desperate much to his own alarm.
His lover was by his side, tugging him close and muttering in his ear. "He knows who you are Ace. He knows about the Vault Keeper-"
"WHAT?!" Ace screamed, pulling away. "HOW?!"
He ignored everyone jumping, the Straw Hat clan members all startled.
"I don't know Ace." Smoker sighed, obviously agitated. "I don't want you anywhere near him though."
"Halt the production!" They both paused at Nami's sudden interruption, only to realise she was talking to Luffy who looked bored now, and was halfway out of the door. "If we just run into the hospital we could ruin everything! There are children living there remember? It was originally a hospital for kids after all! If we go in and wreck everything Doflamingo will just shift the blame entirely on to us! We'll be arrested!"
"So what should we do?" Zoro asked, seemingly bored too now.
"I'll sneak in with Law and Usopp." Nami said, seemingly ignoring Law's protest of how he was busy already. "Usopp is a compulsive liar and Law is a doctor and should know how hospitals work perfectly!"
"I'm still busy!"
"Will Eustass die if you leave him?"
"No but-"
"Then you're coming. Killer can guard him." Nami stated. "I would also have brought Sanji since he has those strange sneaky moments at times but I can't risk that with him being a vampire."
"How would that be a risk?" Luffy asked.
"Too much blood. He doesn't drink a lot remember?" Zoro reminded. "Shitty cook might not be able to control himself."
"Ah yeah! Vampire's drink blood!" Luffy beamed, as if he had just received the answer to life.
Ace wished he could be pleased that easily. Right now he was just upset that he was being left out again.
.::.
"This was a terrible idea." Law grumbled to himself as he slipped the doctor's coat on and a name badge, relieved that all the staff were pretty much new and would hardly notice him.
He, Nami and Usopp had instantly been separated in the chaos of the new hospital. He had no idea where either of them were anymore and truthfully he wasn't entirely sure where he was either. Law sighed at that, deciding it was going to be an extremely long day.
.::.
Smoker grumbled unamused as he slipped in through a window. Straw Hat had gotten impatient and chased off after his friends who had been infiltrating while the swordsman Tashigi kept getting into spats with followed him along with the blonde vampire who declared that he would keep the both of them from ruining his 'Nami-swan's' plans.
He was glad him and Ace weren't like that. They didn't drool over one another, they loved each other and showed it through small gestures and kept calm and relaxed. Well, depending what mood Ace was in at any rate.
He would reunite with his lover after he saved Tashigi and dealt with Doflamingo. The bastard wasn't going to get away with this, he wouldn't allow it. He hoped that Tashigi was alright, she was a young vampire who was clumsy and that brunette woman seemed too interested in her.
He disliked the idea of the whole 'doll' thing they spoke of.
"Hold on Tashigi." He growled quietly as he slipped into the air vents. "I'm coming."
.::.
"So you're the inspector? I'm Brownbeard, one of the chief members of the hospital." The giant guy introduced himself while Usopp fought not to whimper.
"It's great to meet you! I'm Captain Usopp!" Usopp put on a grin. "How is everything working out? Are the staff keeping happy? Are patients well? Is everything clean and tidy?"
"We've done our best to make sure it is." Brownbeard nodded in confirmation but paused as the door opened up, Usopp spotting a tall dark haired man with a strange beard standing behind one of the security staff.
"Sir, the head Inspector Mr. Donquixote sent us has arrived!"
Usopp gaped at that, stunned at his misfortune but stiffened immediately as the tall guy wearing sunglasses looked at him. He could feel his eyes on him, making Usopp cower as Brownbeard loomed over him.
"If the Inspector is right here, then who is this?"
"I don't recognise him." The scary guy said calmly. "Lock him up downstairs for now in the underground. We don't know what he has seen."
"S-Seen?" Usopp stammered as two guards went and grabbed his arms.
"Tell Miss Trafalgar that she is free to interrogate him however she sees fit." The guy ordered much to Usopp's horror.
He was dead. He was so dead.
Wait did he say 'Trafalgar?!'
.::.
Nami threw down the mop with a snarl, shaking her head and storming off once she noticed the supervisor was gone. She couldn't clean up that entire hall herself! It was huge!
She needed a better disguise than this. Everyone just ordered her around while she was dressed up as a cleaner and she couldn't get anything done. She couldn't find Chopper or Robin and most importantly she couldn't steal the hospital's large amount of money that came from the funds!
She had wanted to take some of it with her as compensation for this entire trip. Doflamingo owed her a lot after destroying the base like that, with most of her stuff being in there too.
Nami grinned at the sight of the changing rooms, quickly slipping in and breaking into one of the units to find a nice nurse's uniform waiting for her to try on. The witch quickly redressed herself and sighed in relief, knowing she wouldn't have to clean anymore floors, which was a big relief indeed.
.::.
"Mr. Sanji I need you to prepare the food for Mr. Brownbeard and the Mr. Inspector!" Doe-chan called out, those big, brown eyes watching him as he beamed back.
"Of course my beautiful Doe-chan! No problem at all!" Sanji grinned, he made sure to dish both plates up quickly, eager to help and satisfy any lovely lady.
"Oh! Mr. Ceasar also requests food for him and his guests! That will be five more people Mr. Sanji!"
"No problem Doe-chan! Seven dishes all ready and waiting to be served!" He declared as he laid them out of the serving table, much to their lovely Head Chief's delight.
"Right then, I think you could use a break Mr. Sanji, please take your friend with you. He'll just keep testing everything otherwise!" Doe-chan smiled sweetly. "You pretty much served all of Second Floor yourself, we can handle it for fifteen minutes ourselves."
"Sanji! Let's go!" Luffy was quick to drag him out, much to his protests at leaving the lovely beauty in front of them.
It was so unfair!
.::.
Lami chuckled softly, twisting the knife inside her newest acquaintance's gut who moaned painfully, gasping as she glared back at her making Lami laugh further.
"It's your own fault you're here Nico Robin." Lami teased. "You've been terrible, you and all your friends, keeping my big brother away from his home all this time."
"Robin?!" She heard an unfamiliar voice call out, turning around to be greeted by the sight of a long nosed guy being dragged past the cell currently holding her newest toy who was chained to the wall by seastone.
"One of your friends?" Lami drawled out, raising an eyebrow as she eyed Rebecca who was reading a book in the corner. "Do you recognise him Rebecca? You used to know all the Straw Hat's and Eustass' men."
"Usopp-san." Rebecca murmured. "He's Luffy-san's human pawn."
"Really now? Oh dear. I guess I need to call my Father then."
"W-Wait, you're Law's little sister aren't you?!" Usopp gaped at her, looking alarmed as she approached, twirling her scalpel in hand.
"Yes I am. Do you know where my brother is Usopp-san? We've been trying to bring him home for a while now." Lami smiled pleasantly at him. "I would really hate to have to slice your nose to pieces, but I am certainly interested in discovering how your bone structure has turned out that way."
She flinched when Usopp instantly burst into screaming before promptly fainting. Lami ignored Nico Robin's chuckling, the woman sounding amused before wincing once she jard her wounds.
"Well, that wasn't expected. Go put him in a cell would you?" She told the guards before beckoning Rebecca over. "We will go contact Doffy meanwhile. I'm a bit concerned now that I know one of the Straw Hat's are here. They must be looking for their doctor and their banshee."
"You're terrified of death." Robin noted, her eyes glowing eerily which only pissed Lami off even more. "You wished that your parents had survived, that Law-kun was still as mentally scarred as you were so that you would have more in common with your brother-"
Lami had strode back over to the bitch and grabbed her tongue, shoving her scalpel beneath it. "If you keep talking with that horrid mouth of yours, I might just have to cut your tongue out. So keep it behind your teeth, alright? Stupid banshee."
.::.
Zoro scowled at the sign above his head. Why was this hospital's layout so messed up?! He had been in this hallway at least five times now and still hadn't found anyone. Luffy, Nami, Law, Usopp and Sanji were all wandering off on their own and probably getting themselves lost without him there.
Or into trouble. That was Luffy's thing after all.
He was pleasantly surprised though when he walked into the next corridor to find Luffy and the shitty cook there before tensing. The blonde was leaning heavily against Luffy, panting and sickly while Luffy looked grim before relieved as their eyes met.
"Zoro! Sanji's hungry!" Luffy called out as Zoro ran over, his partner's scent weak when usually it was strong which made him nearly curse.
"I told you to stay behind if you couldn't handle the blood." Zoro scowled as he grabbed Sanji's other arm. "What happened?"
"We found this room with a lot of blood bags. It was pretty cold but Sanji could smell them." Luffy explained, looking frustrated. "I had to order him out. I didn't want to."
"We told you to use your will on us if you ever needed to." Zoro reminded. "If the Love Cook was getting overwhelmed by blood then it's a good thing you did. He would have went into a frenzy otherwise."
"...Sorry..." He heard the Vampire apologise, making him grit his teeth.
"Shut up. Just come here and drink some of my blood already would you?" Zoro muttered, dragging Sanji into an embrace so that his face was resting against the crook of his neck.
"Shurorororo, what do we have here?" Zoro gritted his teeth at the sight of a tall, purple haired guy with very pale skin and what appeared to be gas leaking off him. "Oh, you're the Straw Hat's that Joker warned me about, aren't you?"
"Hold on a minute Sanji." He muttered, forcing the partner to lean against the wall instead while he drew his swords just as the armed guards came round the corner. "Heh, never known any hospitals with armed guards running about."
"This is a very special hospital." The guy remarked. "I'm afraid you fools are under arrest now. Will you come willingly Shurorororo? There's no way you can defeat me after all!"
"Oh?" Zoro smirked as he dived forward, slicing a guard's chest before going to attack another-
"SANJI!" Luffy yelled and Zoro cursed.
"Shit!" He turned back around, Sanji's scent had changed instantly, from weak to bloodthirsty as the blonde dived at the guard but before he could grab Sanji or Sanji could reach the guard he burst out into flames.
"Ah, ah, don't hurt my precious guards Vampire! If you continue that I'll have to burn you alive." The bastard crooned just as Luffy went flying past with an enraged cry.
Sanji thankfully went still though, collapsing on to the floor and panting as he clutched his shoulder, the fire burning them dying down while Zoro's vision completely blurred, confusing him. His throat felt tight and he collapsed to his knees as he struggled to inhale some air.
"Ooooh, that's interesting." The bastard was looming over Sanji, making him grit his teeth. "Usually vampires can't regain control of themselves like that. It's mostly those of the 'head clans' that can. Just who are you then?"
Zoro cursed and tried to move, he needed to get back to his feet but everything was quickly growing dark and heavy. He felt himself fall on to his side and soon there was no more. It was frustrating that his last sight was of Sanji curled up, looking pained and panicked.
.::.
"Nami-ya? You're dressed as a nurse?" Law asked, a bit surprised as Nami, panting and looking exhausted approached him.
"It's still better than the cleaner disguise." Nami huffed.
"Do you even know anything about being a nurse?"
The witch raised an eyebrow at that. "Don't nag me right now Law. We have important work to do remember?"
"True enough." Law sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I haven't encountered anything that suggests Chopper-ya or Nico-ya are here. Penguin did say Chopper-ya was here though and I trust him with my life."
"Yeah but he's also under Doflamingo's control." Nami reminded him, as if he didn't already know that. "This could be a set-up."
Law tsked. "I don't think so. Doflamingo would make sure Chopper-ya has the best medical equipment that money can buy to recreate my medication. He should be fine, I'm more concerned about Nico-ya's whereabouts. They might have decided just to kill her off."
"Law! Don't say that!" Nami snapped.
"It's a possibility." Law grimaced. "I have an idea but it is certainly risky. I can give you my heart and pretend to be a dead patient to get placed into the morgue where all the records are. There might be some information on Nico-ya there that I can access."
"And getting back out?"
"I'll teleport if it comes to that, or wait until the shift rotation if you can distract the swap."
"This seems very risky of you." Nami frowned, looking a bit concerned but Law was swift to cut it off.
"We're in Doflamingo's hospital, his allies are everywhere here and if I am discovered I might end up getting dragged straight back to him. I would prefer to avoid that and that means I need to get out of here as quickly as possible. I dislike taking such a risk but this situation calls for it." Law said firmly. "And worst of all we have also lost Usopp who may have run into who knows what. I don't know this hospital, and with there being muttering of an underground area it seems too high of a risk to remain here for too long."
"Do you think they might be in the underground?"
"I'm not too sure. Smoker-ya was heading that way to save Tashigi-ya so he might encounter them on his way. I doubt he would leave them there since that would upset his boyfriend so we might end up lucky if he does run into them. There is also the chance the others could be still held in the hospital itself, it's so large that it is nearly impossible to tell without asking and we can't risk being noticed."
"Fine! Fine! I get it! Give me your heart then!" Nami demanded, holding out her hand while he opened up a small Room and carefully pulled out his heart, making Nami shudder.
"You look pale Nami-ya." He couldn't help but tease.
"Be quiet! It's creepy when you do that so calmly!" The Witch yelled as she carefully took the beating heart into her hands, the horror on her face making him nearly chuckle. "So this means when you go into the morgue they can't hear your heartbeat right?"
"Yes, I'll be able to just slip in undetected." Law confirmed but a sudden gush of wind threw them both apart, snow instantly filling his vision while he opened up a Room just as Nami screamed.
He choked and stumbled back, hitting the wall to try cover his back as his Room fell. His heart felt like it was being crushed, making him curse as he fought to get a good look through the snow which was slowly dying down. He could see Nami-ya lying several feet away, smothered in snow and shivering harshly, his heart missing from her hands which made him tense as his eyes landed on a very familiar person who was approaching.
"Hello, Law-kun." Vergo greeted him calmly.
"Vergo. I should have known you were here." Law hissed, agitated at the situation.
.::.
"...Law..." Nami croaked, she couldn't find the strength to sit back up after being nearly completely frozen over by the snow while Vergo was squeezing Law's heart until finally the Spirit Healer collapsed against the wall with a breathless cry.
"Have you finally given up Law-kun?" The man asked as he approached Law's panting form.
Law's chest was heaving, trying to take in some much needed air as Vergo held his heart up again in warning. The man slowed to a stop just out of the Spirit Healer's reach who seemed to be on the verge of passing out while Nami could only lie there and shiver, trying to keep warm.
The snow was so heavy, she could barely move.
"I thought you were supposed to be clever Law-kun, the children never win against the adults, I don't see why you even bothered." Vergo commented coldly. "You will be going back to your father, willingly or not."
Law frowned for a moment as he fought to regain his breath before speaking up. "...I... Won't..."
"Oh dear." A green haired woman purred as Vergo squeezed his heart again, earning a breathless cry.
Nami curled up on to her side and shivered as the green haired woman walked by and stepped up to Vergo's side with a smile. Law slide down the wall and was forced to sit on his backside, leaning heavily against the wall, clearly in too much pain.
"Is he still not calming down Vergo-san?" The woman asked, tilting her head as she licked her lips.
"Rebellious children never do until you teach them a lesson. That human 'Lord' has had too much influence over him."
Law let loose a shaky chuckle. "You and Doflamingo... You're both so cocky... I can't wait to see your faces when your 'empire' comes crashing down around you..."
Nami flinched as Vergo's haki infused bamboo stick smacked Law across the face, sending him crashing on to his side with blood now trailing down his chin. Law looked disorientated while Vergo slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a den den mushi.
"Did you hear that Doffy?" Vergo commented as Nami paled.
No way. Doflamingo knew they were here?!
"Fufufufu, Law does sound like a little rebellious child doesn't he? He hasn't seemed to be able to grow out of that stage thanks to that redhead of his."
Law blinked but managed to look up from the floor. "How did you even know... About Eustass-ya? H-He's hardly done anything yet... And yet you knew...You knew he was the Human Lord..."
"I told you Law-kun, you can't fool us adults." Vergo stated coolly before turning his attention back to the mushi, a frown set on his features as usual. "What would you like me to do with Law, Doffy?"
"For now make sure he's secured, I believe that the other Straw Hat's are there with you at the hospital and are looking for their missing pawns. I haven't heard anything about Law's lover though."
"Monet?" Vergo asked quietly.
"I'm afraid nothing about a redhead has come up. Well, apart from the woman of course." Monet offered as Nami began to feel sleepy, struggling to keep her eyes open.
"I can imagine the human Lord won't be moving around too soon considering I sliced his arm off. Fufufufu, did you manage to fix that Law?"
"...Perhaps..." Law answered vaguely, gasping and coughing when the man crushed his heart again.
"Oh dear, you don't sound so good Law. You should behave for Vergo, you know how easily he ticks. Be a good boy now and make it easier on yourself. You have your health to think about after all."
Nami watched helplessly as Vergo brought out a pair of seastone cuffs from his pockets and began to bind Law with them who was limp, focused on breathing and recovering from having his heart so violently treated instead of trying to get away. Monet was holding the snail with a smile while Vergo lifted Law up over his shoulder just as Nami's vision faded, sleep coming to claim her.
.::.
"Law!" Kid found himself crying out, jerking upright only to fall flat on his side with a startled noise.
"Don't sit up too quickly Kid!" He heard Killer call out sharply, his face hovering over him as Kid seethed, his shoulder throbbing.
Kid gritted his teeth as he glanced down, grimacing at the sight of his arm gone, only a stub remaining. He cursed at the sight, shaking his head as he remembered Bonney falling, blood splattering along the ground while that bastard just laughed and mocked him.
"That son of a bitch..." Kid scowled, clutching the remains of his arm. "Where's Law?"
"Law?" Killer frowned.
"Something's wrong, that bastard's done something. Dammit Killer I refuse to let him take anyone else!" Kid snapped as he swung himself off the couch, recognising it as his couch.
His and Law's.
"I need to find Law-" He cursed when he immediately fell, his legs refusing to support him.
"He's away infiltrating the Donquixote hospital." Killer told him, much to his anger.
"Why the fuck is he there of all places?! That's like telling Doflamingo 'here's Law, take him!' I don't want to give that bastard anything except a bullet to his fucking face!" Kid snapped, squirming as Killer helped him back up to the couch. "Why did you let him go?!"
"Nami, him and Usopp all went together-"
"The weakest of the Straw Hats?!"
"And then Luffy, Zoro and Sanji followed them-"
Kid interrupted him again, feeling vengeful. "And why didn't they go with them in the first place?!"
"Because Nami's group wanted to sneak in." Killer answered, his voice as calm as ever.
Why the fuck was he so calm?!
"Then we need to go-"
"Kid, you're missing an arm."
"Good observational skills! I would clap if I wasn't missing a fucking hand!"
"The cyborg is making you a new arm."
"Franky is?" Kid paused at that, a bit relieved. "Huh, that's pretty good then. He's gonna put some rocket launcher in it right? I want all the cool crap- THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR THIS! WHERE'S THAT FUCKING BIRD FACED PRICK?!"
Killer sighed. "It's Law. He should be alright by himself."
"I felt something going wrong. Law's in trouble and that bastard's probably to blame."
"Kid's right." He paused as Ace walked in, looking grim. "I felt something happen to Luffy too. Something's going wrong."
"SEE?!" Kid yelled, making the blonde cringe.
"And you're staying out of the way until the arm is made." Killer insisted.
"Oh yeah? And why the fuck would I?" Kid asked and instantly regretted it when his best friend glowered at him.
He wasn't entirely sure if he could get past Killer currently.
"I'll grab Brook and we'll go and check up." Ace reassured from the kitchen as he came through, dumping a sandwich in front of him.
Killer grimaced. "You're not meant to be on your own."
"Which is exactly why I'm taking Brook with me!" Ace said cheerily, looking absolutely happy now.
Kid blinked at that as he munched on the offering of food. "Holy shit. You've really been needing to go hit something haven't you Fire Fist?"
"Heck yeah! I'm gonna set something on fire if I have my way! Nobody else has let me have any fun in ages! Fucking Teach's fault too!"
.::.
Smoker slipped out of his hiding spot as the guards walked past the cells. He allowed his smoke to drift out and quickly cover them both, surprising the pair as he choked one unconscious and pinned the other to the wall.
"Where's Tashigi? The Vampire woman you kidnapped." Smoker asked gruffly.
"Y-You think I'd tell you?"
"If you don't want me to snap your neck then yes. You will." Smoker warned him. "Or maybe suffocate you like your friend over there?"
He allowed the man to get a good glimpse of his friend, still choking on the smoke even in his unconscious state making the man underneath his hand tremble.
"Sh-She's one of the young mistress' dolls! She'll be in the living area!" The man stammered.
"And where is that exactly?" He asked, listening calmly to the instruction before knocking the guy out and stuffing both guards into a side room where the lockers were, locking them inside the metal containers before marching back out.
It didn't take him long to find the living area. It was tracking down which room Tashigi was in while not alerting anyone that had been the problem but he did manage to find her. He slipped into the room, finding his subordinate limp on a chair, her eyes blank as she stared at a wall, he grimaced at the sight before pausing. Tashigi was dressed up, a fancy dress on her and her hair and face all done up, a sight rarely seen on her.
He approached, touching the Vampire's shoulder and shaking her, trying to snap her out whatever had her in such a daze. "Tashigi. Wake up. We have to go."
Tashigi didn't respond nor did she move, she was still slumped, eyes glazed over which made him grit his teeth as someone laughed behind him. He glanced back, turning his back to Tashigi to stare at the familiar brunette who was smirking at him.
"Hello again Smoker. I see you found my cute doll." Lami Trafalgar mused playfully, laughing again as she avoided his smoke that he sent to try capture her.
"What did you do to her?!" Smoker snarled.
"I made her look pretty of course. Do you not like it? I thought a blue dress would really suit her too." Lami huffed before pausing, clicking her fingers, her expression mocking. "Oh wait! You meant how she isn't responding to you didn't you? Oh well, that was all me. We Spirit Healers can do quite a lot of things but I don't believe even my dear brother learned how to change a person's soul."
"What do you mean?"
"Spirit Healers can heal sure but we also heal souls. I didn't exactly heal Tashigi-chan's soul though, I played around with it. She isn't a pawn so she doesn't matter that much, unlike Rebecca who my father took to his side of the 'game'." Lami noted. "But yeah, I changed Tashigi's soul, it was fun, I rarely get to play around like that!"
Smoker dived to the side when he felt the killer intent and turned back, horrified at the sight of Tashigi holding her sword which was pointed straight at him. The Vampire had a deadly gaze in her eyes, one usually aimed at violent criminals that needed to be arrested or killed off.
The distraction costed him dearly, the moment the gunshot rang out was the moment he lost. Smoker didn't dodge because he hadn't realised that Lami Trafalgar would carry seastone bullets. He had been too busy thinking about how to subdue Tashigi who was shouldering her sword while he collapsed, the bullet piercing his side and leaving him instantly weak and subdued.
"Seastone bullets really are handy." Lami mused as she approached. "But very hard to carve out."
The last thing he saw was a boot to the face.
.:End of Chapter:.
Okay I couldn't help it, I love the G-8 filler episodes in One Piece, they're just amazing :D And mixing them in with Punk Hazard was too good to miss out on :3 I think G-8 has to be my favourite filler episodes by far though :D
xXMinShadowCatXx: You came back :D And it's alright, I'm glad to hear from ya again :3 And yeah if the last chapter left fates uncertain I wonder what this chapter's gonna do o.o (Opps? :P) And thanks again, always good to hear from you, hopefully things might calm down for you some point :)