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Time on the Sea

Chapter Twenty

"And you would be Sea Blue Melody of the Straw Hat pirates. I presume." He took another step closer, which was starting to get real creepy as my back was now against the wall. "Yeah," I stepped around him "Sorry, best be going. You know treasure to steal and adventures to go on and all" I laughed sheepishly, though frowned as he seemed to smile greedily. I blanched and turned to run but some sticky substance wrapped around my waist and lifted me into the air. "Ah!" I struggled and tried tearing at the stuff only to get my hands stuck to my sides. "I ate the Wax-wax fruit" Mr. three gloated and came closer "you're not getting away.

Oh well this isn't very nice… I smirked, the man came too close. I kicked him in the face rapidly using the wax as leverage, knocking him back in shock which had me dropped roughly to the ground; though the wax still covered my waist and trapped my hands. I jumped to my feet, and went to attack him again with a round house kick only to have him grab my foot, and coat it in the white stuff. I jumped back, wobbling as I tried to regain my balance with the extra weight. I tried to run only to trip. I couldn't dodge the wax attack that caught my other foot securing it to the grass and roots around us. "Now, now we can't have you running away anymore with those bothersome legs of yours." As he gloated as he encased his own hand in wax, forming a large hammer. "Dick" I fought uselessly, unable to get free as the man smiled down at me, his body and hammer blocking out the sun. "Oi! Hey!" I yelled as Mr. Three swung down upon my trapped legs, the sound of a bone breaking echoed through the trees my scream sounded right after it. I blinked back tears and ground my teeth into my lips trying to ignore the blistering pain in my right leg. I snuck a look at it as Mr. Three laughed and started rambling; my bone was sticking out of my leg, blood dripped over the wax, I panicked, and felt my stomach clench at the sight. My other leg felt nothing like it, but had a dull throb so I pulled with all my might, trying to get it free from its weight only to scream as Mr. Three kicked the open wound, pain blanketed my mind as my vision spotted with black. "Where you even listening to me?!" he yelled, I managed to remark "Who would want to listen to you assbutt. When I'm free I'm gonna beat you six ways to Sunday" my throat was rough and dry my threat barely over a whisper. Mr. Three grabbed the back of my shirt, unattached me from the ground and started away from the wax house and clearing, into the darkened forest. I blacked out as the roots and rocks jerked my injury around even more. 'Damn it! I really hope my leg's going to be fine. The freakin' bone is sticking out of course it's not fine!' I fought with the darkness until my energy failed me.

"Melody!" a cry pierced the darkness, waking me. I then felt someone shaking my shoulder lightly. I opened my eyes to blue hair, "V-Vivi?" I mumbled, as I remembered what happened, my legs burned. It seemed I was in shock. "Melody, thank kami you're awake." the princess stood allowing me to see our surroundings, I tried to sit up but couldn't, my waist and arms were still contained in a wax floor, as well as part of my legs, thankfully It stopped the bleeding. Looking up I saw Nami beside Vivi and Zoro on my other side, the three of them had their feet cast in the wax like myself.

"What's up?" I tried to make a joke while taking in the situation, I looked over the wax floor and could only see a tree line, above there were tiers of wax, like a cake, and we were the decorations. Mist was falling lightly from a spinning pumpkin on top of it all. I guessed we were elevated somewhat. "Melody!" Nami growled "This is serious; we're trapped up here, what happened to you?"

I took a calming breath to ignore the pain "I was running around when I ran into a dinosaur!" gave convincingly fake smile, though by Zoro's frown he saw through it, my heart was racing worrying about my leg. But kept up appearances "distracted I ran into a house where this guy with a three on his head caught me in some wax stuff. I managed to break his nose before he broke my leg; I passed out sometime after that, where is that assbutt, I can't see anything!" I pulled my arms firmly trying to get free.

"He's down there" Zoro pointed lazily "Along with the other two from the last island" I hummed "Really… and where's Luffy and the others?" I winced as I tried to move my feet, which didn't do anything but send pain through my nerves.

"Hahaha!" a voice came from out of my sight, "I'll speed up my candle so you all will turn into my candle dolls soon!" It was the three dude, I watched as the pumpkin sped up, the mist stuff thickened and Nami started coughing "I can't breathe" Zoro was watching silently. "If this candle mist goes into our lungs we'll be completely candles!" Vivi freaked as I too breathed only to have a lung full of wax flakes, and erupted into a coughing fit. I tried to move my head to the side to somewhat stop the stuff from going directly on my face only to move stiffly, the wax already starting to coat our bodies. "I-I can't move my arms!" Nami exclaimed. "Hey! Can you still move?" Zoro asked someone "If you can lose your arms and legs it's better than dying and not doing anything at all"

"I will try to move too." a voice replied.

"Who's –cough- that?" I asked only to be answered with Zoro taking one of his swords out. "I will cut both my legs off" he smirked "Wanna take care of these people with me?"

"Zoro you BAKA!" I yelled "This isn't time for a stupid joke!" Nami agreed with me.

"If you've never tried you'll never know." He said "anyway we're gonna die so why not try our best?"

I coughed, with a large smile on my face. Adrenaline started through my veins "Hey, I'm not dying here!" I called, as the voice from before laughed and agreed "I will do it too!" "Get me out after yourself, I can't move." Zoro lonely nodded.

"Are you kidding? How can you fight if you lose your legs?"

"Well, the hearts never give up."

"W-wait, I will fight too!" Vivi spoke up, Zoro just said OK and with a sword in each hand he swung down at his legs – "YAAAHHH!" Luffy, Usopp and Carue came flying out of the tree line, and flew right by us. I lost sight of them as they crashed sending dirt soaring everywhere.

"Luffy!" I yelled with a large smile, though unable to see him I relaxed slightly and I remembered the pain…

Nami also smiled, though when we looked down at me I had my face scrunched up trying to forget the pain, and she reminded herself of my wound. "Luffy! Crush these guys quickly, and save us. Mel needs a doctor!"

"N-Nami, I'm fine-" she cut me off "you're not! And neither is Zoro, you dumbass nearly cut half way through your legs!"

"Mel?" Luffy darkened

"Hi!" I called, but couldn't help the strained tone I gave. That's when I saw Zoro's wound, blood gushed over the wax from the two slits, he just stood arms crossed.

"Who hurt her" Luffy's voice sounded dark, those guys are in trouble… I blinked back the wax flakes.

"Wait Luffy! Destroy the pumpkin first before we turn into dolls!" Nami yelled.

"Can you take care of it Luffy; I will take care of the rest"

"Ok"

My sight at the others blurred and disappeared, all I could see were tree tops and heard Nami and Zoro bickering about posing and his legs. I blocked out the sounds and focused on trying to get free, even encased in wax I vibrated my hands, faster and faster it made heat, and slowly melted the wax around them. "Mel, you ok?" Nami interrupted me

"Yeah…. I'm trying to get free" suddenly Zoro yelled out in surprise, and the wax vibrated, jarring my legs.

"He destroyed the pole!" Nami exclaimed happily. But then a larger crash vibrated the wax , "Ah!" I let a scream go as it again jarred my legs even more. "You guys ok?" I heard Luffy closer than before; I looked up as much as I could to see the familiar mop of black hair and straw hat holding onto what looked like a knife handle "No!" Nami yelled "we're stuck"

"Oh"

"W-wait a minute, my body's getting harder" she coughed "I-I can't move" I noticed it as well, the flakes multiplied, and it was getting even harder to breathe "L-luffy, get us out!" I yelled.

But another voice cut in "Candle Harpoon!" Luffy disappeared from my view as a wax weapon took its place. Vivi yelled at him to hurry but the sound was getting muffled as wax filled my ear. I held my breath to stop breathing in wax, and my other eye was covered. Stuck in the darkness my lungs started burning for air.

Whahahaha, aren't I evil :3

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