Lucci felt numb, unable to move, nothing but a pool of cold emerald, tinged with sapphire. The colors morphed into a dull maroon, finally changing to raven. Lucci felt his heart pounding quickly, he grit his teeth as a pain pierced his chest and in response, he exhaled, bubbles escaping his mouth. The darkness rushed in his ears and nose as he sank into the abyss. He watched the light from above fade, and the crimson slithering upward, leaving him, like everything else had. Lucci closed his eyes, grimacing in pain, still unable to move. 'This can't happen...Things cannot end like this...' He thought. The pressure around him soon faded, his face softened, and his heart's struggling pounding eased. Muffled sounds echoed around him, his senses struggled to awaken. 'I...I'm alive?' The sounds became louder, screams, loud talking and obnoxious laughter. Lucci noticed that his eyes refused to open. He exhaled again, and bubbles escaped, again. The sounds stopped, Lucci heard his heart faintly making a pathethic beat-more like a series of vibrations in its struggle to survive. The sounds returned, even louder now, abrutply they silenced again. Lucci floated in the darkness of the water, his body fully exhausted of oxygen, his heart gradually slowing, his lungs burning. Lucci flinched, slightly as something grabbed him, he continued to drift, confused. Suddenly, he was pulled up rapidly, his closed eyes were slammed with brightness, before he was pulled to the right and slammed onto a surface that his numb skin could not determine. He felt winds flowing against him, he shivered against his will, blood pouring from his mouth, his body limp and pale with a faint tinge of light blue. "Woah, I feel weak...Too bad it wasn't food, like I thought-Huh?" A familiarly raspy voice stated. "The hell?!" A deep voice exclaimed. "Is that...?" A female's voice gasped out. Lucci felt a painful pressure behind his eyes. his arms and legs almost non-existant to him, only his burning abdomen and aching chest. He noticed muffled sounds getting closer to him, which he assumed was walking. The feet stopped and he waited, unable to move, barely able to hear. His left eye was opened, before he could see what had opened it, he was blinded by light-his pupil shrunk and his eye was closed, white spots tinging his vision. "He's alive, help me bring him into the infirmary." Lucci felt himself being liftted and felt water pouring from his ears. His ears popped and he heard a door open. Shoes clacked and the bright light faded into a softer light that was less harsh. He was layed down onto a surface, that his skin could not understand, either. The shoes clacking soon faded and the door closed, wood scraped against something and he heard someone climbing up something.
Lucci's mouth was opened, he felt small hooves grabbing his jaw before his skin went numb there. He felt hooves being placed on his forehead before the skin numbed, also. His head was tilted to the left.
"I'm hungry..." Luffy pouts, leaning on the railing of the ship and looking out into the sapphire waters. Luffy turned and walked into the kitchen. "Hey, Sanji...I'm hungry." "Dinner will be ready soon, Luffy." Sanji stated, still cooking. "Awww...How long is 'Soon', Sanji?" Sanji turned to Luffy. "Whenever it's soon! It means not now, so-wait like everyone else!"
"But, I'm hungry~!"
Zoro looked to Lucci from the side of the infirmary, his arms crossed, he stayed behind while Sanji cooked to make sure Chopper was safe. He was still wary of Lucci, not trusting an enemy, even if it was one from the past. Chopper turned and jumped off of the stool he had been using and looked towards Zoro. "He's stable for now...Though, there should be no more than a max of three people in here, with him being in his current state." Zoro nodded. "Alright..." "It's a miracle that he is alive, he has a collapsed lung and was suffering from Nitrogen Narcosis." Zoro looked to the myriad of IVs, tubes and respiratory aids he was hooked up to. "Does that have something to do with his lungs?"
Chopper nodded. "Since the bottom of the sea is so cold and the pressure there is so strong, many factors affect a human body,Nitrogen Narcosisis just one and it basically makes you very sleepy. There is no air for humans underwater, therefore, after the human is put to sleep, they suffocate to death." Chopper turns to Lucci. "His lips are blue, his skin is faintly azure-he's been underwater for a while. A normal man would have been dead." Zoro blinks. "...Would he still truly be a human?" He asked. Chopper looked towards Zoro. "What do you mean? Devil Fruit Users are still human, they just have special abilities and weaknesses."
Luffy opened the door to the infirmary. "Zoro! Chopper! Hurry up and eat!" Chopper turns to Luffy. "Sorry, Luffy-I have to make sure Lucci stays stable." Luffy nods and turns to Zoro who is now snoring. Luffy shrugs and closes the door, he rushes towards the kitchen. Chopper looks to Zoro. "Are you really asleep?" Zoro continues to snore.
Author's Note: (I almost completely changed this chapter from its original, I'm going to be changing some chapters, if not all. This is due to me wanting to make them..."Better", in a sense.)