Imprisoned

"Let them go," Law demanded as he stood before Basil Hawkins. The man had Shachi and Penguin standing behind him. Shachi's arm was bleeding heavily from Hawkins cutting his own arm. There was no way in hell that he would attack the man if it harmed his crew members in any way. Sheathing Kikoku, he dropped her on the ground. "Let them go. I'll be your prisoner if you just let them go."

"No!" Shachi shouted as he held his bleeding arm, trying to stop the blood from pouring down.

"Captain! You can't do that!" Penguin cried as he lowered his head. "You can't do this for us!"

"Are you sure?" Hawkins asked in a monotone voice. "I was sent to find you. You're not even going to fight me?"

"No. If it winds up with them getting hurt any more than they already are, I would rather give myself up in their place instead." He stepped back from his weapon. "Is this why you stole them? To get me to come out?"

"Yes. I was ordered to lure you out before bringing you to Kaido." Law froze at hearing that. Why does he want to see me right now? What the hell's going on?

"I thought I would be sent to prison when I got caught," Law said as he kept his head down. This wasn't good news. There was something going on. Kaido was up to something.

"I thought so too. But he wants to meet you face to face right now." Hawkins threw two dolls at his feet before they burned up. Law guessed that they were the ones he used to control his crew members. "You two are free to go. You can go get that bear." Shachi and Penguin ran right up to their Captain.

"Captain! Don't do this!" Penguin pleaded with him as he latched onto his arm.

"What're the others gonna say?!" Shachi reminded him of the Straw Hats.

Still not lifting his head, Law began to talk to them to where Hawkins couldn't hear. "Don't tell them anything. If they wonder where I am, tell them I'm working on the plan. Especially, don't say a word to Straw Hat-ya. I don't need him to screw up any more than he already has."

Nodding, they continued to cry. "Get going," Hawkins said as he stayed where he was. "I need to get him there soon or Kaido will attack again."

After another minute of them crying on him, the two, reluctantly, left him alone with Hawkins. "Can you tell me anything about why he wants to see me personally? I thought we are enemies." That was something he was very well aware of.

"I know that. To be honest with you, I don't know myself. He went on his rampage, fought Straw Hat Luffy, then went back home." Hawkins dropped from his horse before pulling out some cuffs. Law knew what kind they were. Of course, Kaido wouldn't want him to be able to get away from him. "Now, he sent me out to get you. He wants me to bring you to his residence by the end of the day. I would tell you if I knew why he wants you."

"I see. Thank you for being honest." Hawkins just nodded before putting the cuffs on him. "So, how are we going to get there? I'm aware that his home is on another island." He pointed to the one in the distance. "It's that one."

"Don't worry. There's a ship ready for you," Hawkins assured him. He bent down and picked Kikoku up. "Let's get going. The sooner I hand you over to him, the better the possibility is that he won't come back and rampage again."

Nodding without saying anything, Law followed him as the man rode his horse. The walk was quiet and long. It made him think of a way to get out of what might happen when he arrived at Onigashima. There was a possibility that the Yonko was just going to kill him when they met. I mean, he already wanted him and Luffy dead. He wouldn't be surprised if the guy tried to do it as soon as he set foot on the island.

A bit later, Law found himself at the docks of a port. Hawkins kept his back to him and didn't say anything to him as he stopped before the boat. It confused him because there was no one else there. "Are you going to be the one rowing?" Law asked as he stood there. "I can't do shit with these on me." He held up his cuffed hands to prove his point. They clanked together at the movement.

"Yes. I'll be rowing." Hawkins got off his horse before grabbing onto the chain. "Come on. I don't want to upset him more than he already is." Law just grunted as he climbed in. The man was still holding onto his nodachi. He seemed to notice that Law was looking at it. "Don't worry. I'll keep it safe. If you make it out of this alive, I'll give it back to you."

"You say that as if there's a possibility that I will survive Kaido after I visit him. I'm wanted dead by him so there's a twenty percent chance I'll be killed when I enter that island."

Hawkins nodded as if he agreed with him. "Your reasoning is very logical. You're much smarter than others of our generation." Law didn't know if that was a compliment or not.

"I've had it rough for quite a while. When you're left to fend for yourself for a while, you'll learn to use your brain more than brawn." Law sat back in the boat. Hawkins got the bench so he could row. Law sat in the back, both facing each other.

Silence followed his comments as the other man continued to row. It was a little unnerving how Hawkins didn't speak to him through the whole ride. Law chalked it up to him thinking about what he said to him. That was probably it. Especially the way he was looking at him. That was just uncomfortable.

When they arrived at the island, the sun was already beginning to lower in the sky. It was worrying that they arrived on time. He had hoped to arrive later or not at all. It just made him feel even more discouraged about what he was wanted for.

After the boat was docked on the beach, Hawkins got Law to get out of the boat. The scenery was depressing. There was so much snow everywhere and it looked like a deserted and dead island. He didn't feel any better knowing that he was most likely going to die there.

"Come on. We have to get to the mansion." Law nodded as his chain was grabbed once again. He wanted to complain but chose not to. The situation felt just like Dressrosa. That thought made him almost roar in frustration. He was, once again, captured and held hostage.

Walking up to the mansion, Law saw that it was huge. Hawkins led him to the door. He knocked on it before it was opened. A hulking man stood there. He was a good meter or so taller than both him and Hawkins.

"What do you want?" he asked in a gruff voice. The guy sounded disgruntled. It didn't faze the other Captain.

"Kaido sent me to get him," he said as he motioned to Law. "I've got him. I need to bring him to him." The man grumbled as he moved out of the way to let them in. As they walked through the halls, the feeling of his impending doom was starting to set in. Hawkins seemed to feel it and spoke to him quietly. "I will tell you this, you don't die in this meeting."

Raising an eyebrow, Law spoke back to him. "How do you know? Couldn't you have, at least, told me that earlier?"

"I didn't feel like it. I checked the cards before you showed up to save your crewmates." Huffing, he just kept following him. It was getting frustrated that he wasn't getting all the information he needed on what was going to happen to him.

At a wide, massive oak door, Hawkins knocked, loudly, on the door. There was the sound of grumbling and a smash of something glass before anything happened. "Come in!" was shouted at them. The sudden loudness made him jump a little.

Hawkins opened the door and guided him inside. What Law found worried him greatly. On one side of the room was a cage. It looked sort of like a cell because it was built into the wall. There was a massive bed in the middle of the room and another door on the other side. A chandelier was hanging down from the ceiling.

Sitting on the bed was Kaido. There were bottles and buckets littering the floor around him and the bed. "I brought him," Hawkins said as he released the chains. Kaido turned to him. It was terrifying to be so close to him.

"Bring him closer then leave," Kaido demanded as he threw his head back and began chugging the alcohol he had been holding.

Doing as he said, Hawkins brought him to stand in front of him before walking away. Law wanted him to stay near him or just in the fucking room. It freaked him out that the Yonko was clearly drunk and aggravated. His hope shattered and his fear rose as the door closed after the older man.

Turning his attention to Kaido, he saw him staring at him. He tried to keep his emotions in check as he stood in his presence. "You're the one that sided with that punk, right?" he asked as he continued to stare at him. Law was confused about his calmness. He was told about his ruthlessness and cruelty. Right now, he was being calm and reasonable.

"Yes," he answered. There was something off about how the other was acting.

Suddenly, he was lifted up by the chains on his hands. He bit the inside of his cheek at the pain it sent up his arms. The cuffs were starting to bite into the skin on his wrists. "You're pretty small," the man said as he held him there. Law could smell the overpowering odor of alcohol on his breath. It was almost to the point of making him pass out. After a minute of dangling there, a nose was pressed into his chest. It took up at least half of his chest with how big Kaido was. "You smell nice." That shocked him even more.

Without warning, Kaido stood up before walking over to the cell in the wall. It confused him and startled him. I thought he was, at least, going to attack me. I mean, he wants me dead with Straw Hat-ya, right? Is there something wrong with him?

He was dropped, unceremoniously, inside before the door was shut in front of him. It confused him even more that the guy was going to lock him up without any punishment for what he had done. "I'll be back in a little while. Don't go anywhere," he said as he walked to the door. "Hawkins will be back to get the cuffs off you since you can't go anywhere."

With that said, he left the room. Law guessed that the cell was made of sea prism stone. No surprise there. About ten minutes later, Hawkins came back into the room. He looked a little surprised that he wasn't harmed.

"It seems that he wasn't in the attacking mood," he said as he walked closer. "Hold your hands out." Doing so, Hawkins unlocked them before removing them. "He's gone off to kill people."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I was expecting him to attack you instead of doing it to other people."

"Point taken." Law huffed as he sat on the ground. "This is just going to be a waiting game."

"I'll keep an eye on your future. If I do find your death in the near future, I'll tell you about it."

"Thanks, I guess." After that, he walked back out of the room. That left Law with time to think about what to do to get out of his mess. Then, he remembered something. "I have my snail," he said with triumph.

Digging it out of his yukata, Law dialed for the one Shachi was carrying. It rang a few times before being answered. "Captain! Where are you?! Your signal is pretty bad!" the man almost shrieked into the device.

"Keep your voice down," Law scolded him. "I'm in a cell. I'm on Onigashima."

"What the hell is going on?" Penguin asked. He could tell that they all were distraught. "How are we supposed to get to you? There's no way in hell that we can if you're there."

"I don't want you nor expect you to. I'll figure it out on my own. For now, keep it a secret from the Straw Hats." There was silence for a moment. "Is there something you guys aren't telling me?"

"Um..."

"Luffy's in prison with Eustass Kid," Bepo answered.

That information made Law pause. He hadn't expected to hear that from his crew. "When did this happen? What the hell's going on over there?"

"After his battle with Kaido, he was put in prison. His crew is trying to break him out," Shachi informed. "We don't know what they're planning on doing, but we haven't said anything to them about you."

"That's good and bad news," he said as he sighed. "Well, I'll keep you updated with what's going on here. Until then, I can't contact you all the time. I'll call you but don't call me." He was afraid that if they called him at the wrong time, it would put his life in jeopardy.

"Aye, Captain!" they said in unison. The sound of the door opened again made him have to cut the call short. His fear spiked again when he saw Kaido walk through the door. That was not a pleasant sight to see. He was covered in blood and looked pissed off about something.

Choosing not to interact with him, Law just sat against the back of the cell as the man plopped back down on the bed. He went right back to drinking sake and mumbling to himself. It was a strange sight to see.

All of a sudden, he watched him start to cry. It almost freaked him out when it happened. There was definitely something wrong with him. It made him confused and weirded him out at the same time. The most feared creature in the world was crying like a child while he got drunk.

Law didn't think it would be a good idea to say anything to him at this point. He didn't know if he would attack him or just kill him if he said anything. The man continued to down the contents of every bottle and container he could reach.

Then, Jack burst right into the room. "I heard that Trafalgar Law was here. Is that true, Captain?" he asked as he walked in. Kaido didn't seem bothered by his presence. Law guessed that it was because they had a decent relationship. That was just a guess, though. He didn't really know.

"Why?" Kaido asked. He sounded angry and wasn't crying anymore. Law wondered if it was because the man interrupted his drinking time.

"No reason." Law swore that he was afraid of him. "I was just wondering why he was here."

"Because I want him to be. Leave me alone before I make you." As if he was burned by something, Jack quickly rushed out of the room. Law felt worried when he was left alone with the Yonko once again.

Suddenly, Kaido threw the bottle he had been drinking from toward Law. It shattered on the wall right next to his cell. The action almost made him yelp but it did make him move away from the shards that were near the edges of his prison. There had to be a legit reason he was in this cell and not harmed.

"Straw Hat Luffy's in prison," Kaido said as he grabbed up another bottle.

"I heard," Law answered. He tried to keep his voice from wavering. His body was already shaking. Anyone would be able to tell that he was terrified if they looked closely at his body. That wasn't something he was keen on letting the other know.

Kaido started to laugh. "You won't see him any time soon." Law knew that already. "I'll break his spirit. He'll become a part of my crew." He didn't like the sound of that. "You'll stay here."

"What do you want from me?" Law knew he was treading on thin ice by asking that question. It showed in how Kaido's muscles tensed up. He turned from his bottle to look directly at him. It creeped him out at the look he was giving him.

"I don't have to tell you shit," he growled. "You just need to be quiet and stay in that cell."

Law sighed as he sat against the back of the cage. Like I can get out of here even if I wanted to right now. There's no way in hell I'll be able to break myself out here. The bars are sea stone. Not something I can attack nor break.

"You'll get used to it." Law looked up to find him drinking again. "You'll get fed in a bit. I'm not ready to kill you yet. I want to figure something out first."

Rolling his eyes, he just continued to rest against the wall. It was going to be hard to get out without someone helping him. Now, it was just playing a waiting game. Someone had to come and help him. Or, he could persuade him into letting him out and when given a free change, make a run for it. Only, there was no way that he could persuade him into doing that. The man wanted him dead and now he's got him cornered. Life couldn't get any worse from here, right?

I've been busy with work and college. I'll update the other stories I have when I can. I'm really sorry about that. Anyway, please, tell me what you think of this story so far. Have a beautiful day and I love you all. Tatty-bye!