"Ah, Tony Tony Chopper. Probably one of the best docks on the seas." Hawking commented as he looked at the reindeer before looking at the orange haired woman and the rest of the crew. He knew some of them like Nami, Chopper, Zoro, and Luffy, but the others he didn't know. "Where's your captain? If like to speak with him or her."

Nami pointed towards the back of the ship and said "His in the main cabin with our cook. I'm sure Brookes can show you" She turned and the tall bone man walked forward, bowing to them all. Scarlet moved back and Dante said "Relax, Scarlet...they won;t eat you" She nodded, but didn't look like she believed that. Franky and Zoro walked over, helping pick Wolf up gently. Chopper said "Be very careful guys, her body has been thru enough as it is"

(You know you can play other characters right? I don;t have to play everyone and their uncle)

(I know. I'm going to take control of Sanji and Luffy, as well as some of the others on the crew)

Hawking nodded to Nami and went to the back to go to the ship so that he could talk to the captain. He knew a few things about Monkey D. Luffy, mainly the fact that he did eat a devil fruit, but he also knew of the man's exploits. As he reached the door, he opened it slowly and peered inside to see two men talking about something. One of them had blonde hair, and was dressed up in a nice suit, and the other one had an open red shirt, shorts, a large "X" shaped scar on his chest, and a straw hat. Both of them stopped their conversation to look at Hawking and eyed him curiously. The didn't know that the others had just found the remains of another crew, so that were curious as to why he was there. "Captain Monkey D. Luffy. I need to talk to you about a few things, as well as negotiate some terms." The Blonde man shot his captain a serious look, and Luffy only looked at the new person with a blank face. "Alright, but who are you? I'm pretty sure we haven't hit land yet, so you probably sailed around to find us."

(Sweet. Just wnated to let you know. I've had ppl in the past be worried to control others)

Zoro helped Dante lay Wolf down, then looked up at him. "She's your captain I take it?" Dante nodded, looking worried as Chopper pushed his stool over to get up to the bed better. Zoro nodded and looked down at her. "She looks like a fighter...I'm sure she will pull thru" Dante said "she is always pulling thru...i'm just worried its taking too much this time..." Chopper listened to her heart again and said "I need to do a full work up...do you mind if I do this alone?" Dante nodded and Zoro showed him out, shutting the door behind him.

Hawking nodded silently to the pirate captain and stood there without saying a word. None of them said a word for a few minutes until the Blonde sighed. "I'm just gonna go outside.. See what the others are up to. Luffy, we can talk when you're done with him." Sanji headed out the door to see if there were any others, leaving just Luffy and Hawking. "I should get you up to speed before anything else." Hawking announced, bringing Luffy's attention back to him. He spent the next few minutes telling the pirate captain about how he used to be in the navy before defecting, and how something had happened to cause Wolf's powers to act up. He never used his personal nickname for her while she was talking about her, since it was a serious matter.

"Well..." Luffy said as he scratched his chin in thought. After a moment, Luffy smiled. "We'll help you out! Seems like you've been through a lot recently, and whatever happened to her will get worse later on... We gotta open her up and find those mystery shards!" He called out as Hawking deadpanned. From what he knew, Luffy always called things 'Mystery things' when he didn't understand what they were or how they worked. "I'm thankful that you can help us, Luffy. This truly is a peculiar case, since nothing like this has happened before..."

Dante was pacing in front of the bedroom door, Scarlet sitting on the floor watching him. "Dante..." He suddenly cursed loudly and hit the wall with his fist, breaking knuckles as he leaned his head against the wall. "I should have seen this sooner...I should have been able to help her..." Scarlet got up, not sure what to do or say. They heard steps and they looked over to see Nami with Sanji. Nami smiled and said "Why don't you guys come get something to eat? With all thats been going on food might help you feel better..." She looked at Sanji. Scarlet nodded and said "That's a good idea...we haven't really eaten since this happened...I can help, I'm the cook for our crew..." Dante didn't move, still leaning against the wall. Nami looked at Zoro who was leaning against the door, hoping he would say something to Dante, then she looked at Sanji for the same reason.

Sanji looked at Scarlet with a small smirk on his face as he neared her. "If you're the cook, then let's get going. I can't stand not being with you any longer!" He declared with hearts in his eyes and spread his arms out wide. "Not only are you really hot, but you're also a cook! You have to know how to properly love food and that only makes me love you more!" Zoro sighed at Sanji's antics and looked at him with a bored expression. He then looked over at Scarlet and shook his head. "Since Luffy hasn't burst out of his door and ordered for you guys to leave, you're fine with me. Don't be afraid to knock Sanji into place if he starts groping.." He said with a small sigh as Sanji glared at the green haired swordsman. "I wouldn't DARE touch such a perfect product! It's too perfect!"

Scarlet giggled and then walked over to Sanji and grabbed his shirt collar. "Then what are we waiting around her for...come on Romeo..." She pulled him along behind her as Nami looked at Dante and then Zoro. "I'm going to check on the others...don't be too long you two" She left and Dante said "Go ahead, Swordsmen...I can't leave her..." His hand was aching, the knuckles broken but he didn't care.

Zoro nodded at Dante and moved from his spot against the door. "If you want some, I've got some Saké in my quarters. Helps in rough times like this." He said as he walked away to wander around some, not really sure what to do now other than to see what Brook, Franky, and Usopp were up to. Hopefully he would find a way to bide his time until they hit land.

Hawking walked out of Luffy's cabin slowly and looked around for the others. He had just stuck a deal with the pirate captain. Hawking had told him all that he knew about the Navy, and most of the routes that were in the area. The Information helped Luffy out some, and he allowed for the other crew to stay with them as long as they wanted, going as far as to let them fully join their crew. Hawking told him that he couldn't accept the offer since Wolf was his captain and she made the decisions.

Dante sighed then said before Zoro was gone "I failed her. She was hurt because she took a hit for me...that wound was suppose to be my death...and now my captain is laying in there...I'm a doctor and I couldn't help her at all. I could do nothing!" He hit the wall again with his broken hand, shaking in his anger.

Scarlet was watching Sanji pull supplies and tools out, then said "YOur crew seems nice...and loyal...how long have you been with them? ANd who are they?"

Chopper moved back, sighing as he shook his head. "Oh my friend...what have you gotten into...you've not had a easy life have you?"

Sanji shrugged as he pulled out a few tools and foods from cabinets and other storage spaces. "We've been together for a few years. three or four at the least." He smiled a little as he thought about the crew that he was with. They truly were an interesting cast of characters. "Luffy is our captain, but he doesn't really act like one all the time. Hardly ever pulls rank, and always treats us as equals. He isn't the brightest guy, but his heart is in the right place and he's a completely different person when fighting."

"Zoro is our swordsman, and probably one of the most serious people on this ship. Despite what he thinks, he'll always side with Luffy because he's the captain. He may be a good fighter, but he has a horrible sense of direction." He smiled a little more remembering how many times they had gotten lost because Zoro believed that he knew the right way.

"Brook might be undead, but he won't bite. As much of a 'gentleman' he tries to claim that he is, he's probably just as bad as I am. He's also our musician. Usopp is our sniper and scout, and an overall alright guy. Robin and Nami have a sister-like relationship, but only Robin and fully put up with what goes on in this crew. Franky's alright I guess."

Scarlet nodded, tying a apron around her wasit and said "Reminds me of my crew...well, the old crew. Who knows if they are still the same..." She placed her bag on the counter and opened it, showing a carrying case for knifes and other tools of the trade. She smiled and said "Its been a while..." She pulled out a pearing knife and reached for a carrot from the box Sanji had put on the counter.

Nami was waiting for Zoro and when he walked by she said "This crew is a mess. Whatever they have been thru, its showing. How bad is their captain, really? You carried her in"

The door opened and Dante stood up, his hand red and purple. Chopper walked out and said "She needs to rest for now...but I need to talk to Luffy and the others...I fear I might have to open up her back and find the cause of the attacks..." Dante blinked and said "How did you know..." Chopper said "She almost had one in there, luckily I was able to stop it"

"You must have been through a hell of a lot. You and your crew looked like there in shambles when we first saw you guys." He said as he started to heat water in a large pot. He then grabbed a few more vegetables and started to cut them up. "Couldn't imaging what I'd do if something like that would happen to us.." From what he saw, things looked pretty grave, and even though he wasn't with the others to see the group first arrive.

Zoro sighed again and Looked at Nami as she came into view. "She's been through a lot. Hopefully Chopper can fix her up, but I've got no idea what's going on with her."

Scarlet smiled at him and said "But everything will be alright now. Once boss gets better....everything will be back to normal...they have to..." She lowered her head, moving the carrots she cut and picking up herbs and started cutting, a couple of tears hitting the cutting board. "She has to be alright..."

Nami sighed and said "I don;t even her crew does...she looked familiar though. I can't place her face...if anyone needs me I'll be in my cabin" She started to walk away, wanting to look at the wanted posters they had collected. She had a feeling this was no small random crew.

Chopper opened the door to The main cabin and looked inside "Luffy? you in here? I have finished my exam of their captain..." Dante was behind him, looking grim

Wolf was resting in the cabin, then softly opened her eyes and tried to sit up. "Dante? Scarlet? Hawking....crap...what happened..."

Sanji shook his head and looked at Scarlet, stopping his cooking for a moment to talk to her seriously. "Things won't go back to normal. I don't know what you've gotten yourselves in to, but something this bad won't just wash away and make everything better the next day. Your captain might recover, but that doesn't mean that things will go back to normal." He said calmly just before resuming his cooking and placing the chopped vegetables into the boiling water.

Zoro nodded to Nami and watched her walk off. Whoever that crew was, it was obvious that they had been through a lot. The younger male of the group, the one that went to see Luffy, he seemed different than the others. He held himself differently, and it just stuck out to him.

Luffy looked over to Chopper and Dante with a curious look. He wanted to know how their captain was doing, and it she'd make it out alright. "Do you know what's wrong with her? Simon had a few ideas about what was wrong with her, but I'm not sure that he has anything to prove his thoughts."

Scarlet looked at him, her eyes red. "It has too...if not...it would be happy again...she won't smile that smile of hers...like she's hiding something spiecial...Dante won't make his jokes that make everyone laugh....He will keep blaming himself...And the others won't come back...and I...I..." She covered her eyes, putting her knife down. She had been strong this whole time, putting a tough front. But now, away from her family and crew, she was breaking down. "I can't bare to see her this sad...I can't bare to see Dante drink away his guilt that he shouldn't have...I just want my family back..."

Chopper nodded and said "After looking at her scars and new wounds, I believe that when she was stabbed, small shards broke off into the wound. Then she must have hit water, because the water has kept those shards from spreading from that spot into her blood stream. Until from waht I believe was being hit with some kind of current that caused the water to be turned to vapor and the shards now are moving around her body, causing her weakness and power surges." Dante said "No wonder I missed it...nothing was wrong until her fight with Captain Bolt"

Nami was looking thru the stacks of posters on her drawing table, muttering to herself enough for anyone to hear her outside her cabin.

Sanji sighed and looked at Scarlet. He could tell that she had a lot of emotions held up inside of her, and it seemed that she was finally letting them all out. "Things can get better, but they can't be like they were in the past. Things seemed to have changed from what I can see, so you just need to let things calm down before trying to make improvements. Like cooking, you sometimes need to let things settle before you can start actually doing anything with it. May it be adding a new ingredient, or something else, some things need to just happen before you can start to rebuild."

Luffy nodded at Chopped and recalled what Hawking had told him only moments before. "Simon was telling me how she was a devil fruit user, so being hit with water was bad enough. With these mystery shard inside her, it only makes things worse. He also told me about his own fruit, and how he could keep her from moving. Do you think we could get working on her operation as soon as possible, Chopper?" He asked the reindeer as he looked at him and Dante, trying to see if what Hawking had told him was any help to the situation.

Hawking was wandering around the ship to pass time as he waited for something to happen. Was he wandered around the ships living quarters, he could her someone muttering quiet loudly about something. He couldn't make out any specific thoughts or ideas from what he heard, so he followed the sound and opened the door that led to whoever was talking. Slowly, he opened the door and peered inside silently.

Scarlet looked at him, then nodded. "Your right...I have to let time heal the wounds before we can start again....thanks Sanji..." She turned back to what she was cutting, pushing the veggies into a pot then turning to the meat and started to herb and spice it. She paused and asked "Sanji...why is your crew helping us?"

Chopper nodded and said "I can start right away. I'll start on prep. I'm going to need the bigger cabin to work if that's alright?" Dante blinked and asked "Who is Simon?"

Nami didn't look up as she said "Finally...there you are" She pulled out a older poster and laid it flat on the table. It was a wanted poster with Wolf's picture on it, but she looked different then she had as of late. She was smirking and was wearing much different clothes then the simple prison garmets the navy had given her. Nami was reading it, her eyes getting wide. "I have to tell Luffy...she's no normal pirate..."

Sanji shrugged at the question and added his own mix of herbs and spices onto the meat. "Why not?" He asked her. "You guys look like you need help. Plus, you don't look very harmful, so if something were to happen, then I think that we'd be fine. Luffy enjoys helping people out from time to time, so why not now?"

Luffy blinked in surprise at Dante and stood there for a moment in silence. How could he no know who Simon was? He had been with Dante and the others for a little while, and they never got to know his name? "You know, Simon." He said simply. "He was just here not too long ago, giving me the details about your captain's injuries and information about the navy. I'm not sure how long you've been traveling with him, but the first thing you should know should be his name."

Hawking saw this as a problem, and it was a possibility that whatever she found out could change Luffy's mind with allowing them to stay on the ship. He shook his head at Nami and joined his hands together in front of him. He still stood at the doorway and wasn't going to let her through until he found out what she thought was so important. "What did you find?" He asked her calmly.

Scarlet nodded and said "I guess that makes sense...so what are we making? It smells good but I don't know this dish..."

Dante blinked and said "Hawking...so his first name is Simon. Good to know" He sighed and said "I wanted to thank you...for helping us..."

Nami looked up and said "Hey there. She's a famous pirate. Margaret Wolfbane of the ShadowStrike...she is well known but has been off the map for a year and a half...Luffy loves famous pirates, and he might know her and might be able to help her...you don't know your own captain?"