I'm so so so sorry, for not posting for so long. I've had a lot to do, sorry.
But I managed to write a short chapter, which mainly revolves around two of mine fictional characters added to the One piece world. I hope you will like them and the chapter. Get readdy for some flash backs in the next chapter.
! CHAPTER 10: Bobby
! *in Water 7
! The weather was getting worse and the Aqua Laguna was drawing nearer every minute. Although it was raining heavily, the fire at the Galley-La company was getting bigger and bigger. People from the city left their homes in order to help the workers put out the fire.
But at this tragic night there was only one house, where you could hear people laughing and loud music played. It was the house of the rather wealthy townsman Oscar, whom his friends preferred to call Ossy. He was a chubby man with dark red hair, who enjoyed nothing more than beauty and joy. Tonight it was the time for one of his private parties, when he could forget about the world and people around him and bring some life and fun to his big and lonely house.
Ossy was relaxing on his cosy chair, surrounded by women in provoking clothes, while the small number of men, were having fun on their own at the bar. Ossy gave one of the ladies a charming look, when he reached for his glass of wine. In return he got a charming smile, but as soon as he had received it, his eyes got sight of a beautiful brunette, sitting opposite him. Once his glass was empty, he called out to the men to bring him some more wine, but they didn’t seem to hear his request. On the other hand, the women were all ready to get him what he had asked for. He had a hard time picking one, but fortunately there was a loud knocking on the door. Ossy grew white and looked at the old clock on the wall. Did someone report him to the police, for being too noisy at a late hour? He got up and ordered to turn off the music. Once the music was turned off, everyone stopped talking and waited for the worst to happen. Ossy made some deep breaths before he went to the door. The knocking hadn’t stopped all that time. He saw that there was only one man in front of the door, so he opened them boldly. When he saw Bobby, he exclaimed: “No worry guys, it’s just Bobby!”
He grabbed his friends hand and dragged him into the hall. “Ossy, I need help,” said Bobby, who didn’t seem to want to be in the house.
“Of course you do. Look at you! Where did you forget your umbrella? Did that red-haired girl kick you out again?”
“Which girl?” For a moment Bobby was caught in one of their typical conversations about women, but than he got serious again. “Oh, you and your jokes! There is no time for that! The Galley-La Company on fire.”
Ossy nodded, but you could see in his eyes that he didn’t understand what his friend was trying to tell him and that he didn’t really feel interested in the things he had to say either.
“Pull yourself together!” Bobby slightly slapped his friend twice on the cheeks. “The company is on fire, we need to help them.”
“The company is on fire?” Ossy repeated his words in a mistrusted way.
“Oh, yes! How many times do I have to say it?!” Bobby was becoming impatient now and Ossy gave him a strict look. Once he had examined his friend from head to toes, he said in a disappointed manner: “Forget her already, lover boy. She’s with that pigeon guy now.”
“What? No. I mean, yes.”
“You’re disappointed in love, so what. You must move on, and I have the perfect medicine for that,” Ossy grabbed his hand and wanted to lead him deeper into the house, but his friend refused to move from his spot in the hall. When their eyes met, you could feel a little bit of tension between the two friends.
“They are our friends. Remember all the times we partied together.”
Ossy didn’t say anything in answer, he just turned away and walked back to his friends, who had already turned the music back on. Bobby watched him disappear into the room, from where he heard happy cheers of Ossy’s guests, who welcomed the host back to the party. But than the music was gone and Ossy said in a serious voice: “The party is over. We’ll continue tomorrow evening, because tonight, we have a fire in the Galley-La company.”
Some people gasped, but the majority didn’t seam to fully understand what they heard, due to the amount of alcohol they’ve drunk. Ossy noticed their confused looks, but he didn’t feel wasting his time with them, so he said: “Ok. The ones who want to come with me and help our friends, go outside, the ones, who don’t really know, what this is all about, can stay here.”
The drunk guests accepted the offer with smiles on their faces and some vague words of happiness.
Ossy grabbed his coat and hat and left the house with Bobby, who happily squeezed his friends hand. They didn’t wait for any of the others to join them, they ran down the street as fast as they could.
“So … Bobby, how exactly are we going to help?”
Bobby looked at his friend with a puzzled face, realising that he didn’t really have a plan. “We’ll see what they’ll need. But first we need to get there.”
That kind of answer was enough to satisfy Ossy that night.
! With the help of the townsmen and the Black Rose pirates, the fire was put out in a couple of hours. Some of the workers were wounded, but not from the fire, but from the fight with the CP9 members. Bobby, who was full of dirt, was walking around, looking at the wounded workers, but he didn’t feel like asking them, where Eva is. He remained silent till he saw Paulie. He called out his friends name and ran over to him.
Paulie was sitting on the ground getting his wounds treated by a fellow worker. Bobby kindly inquired after his health, before asking what he really wanted to know. Ossy had come to his friends, when Bobby asked his question. Paulie mad an angry yet sad face.
“What happened? How is she?” Bobby asked with a pale face, fearing that something bad has happened to her.
“Do you two really live in your own world?” Paulie asked with a harsh voice. And hearing something like that from a person, who liked to spend his evening at parties, made both Bobby and Ossy feel depressed.
And as if those harsh words weren’t enough, Paulie added, with a disgusted expression in his eyes: “She betrayed us all. That damn … women,” he struggled not to say the word he had in mind. “She was with the government all the time.”
Bobby couldn’t stand those words anymore, so he grabbed Paulie by his collar. But before he could punch him in the face, like he wanted to, Ossy pulled him away.
“What’s with you?”
Bobby didn’t answer to Ossy, but Paulie: “Don’t speak of her like that!”
Paulie shouted back at him: “I saw it with my eyes, the symbol on her arm and I heard her confess it with my own ears!”
Bobby remained seated on the ground, where Ossy had thrown him, thinking about all the words that were dancing around in his head. For a moment he remembered the night, when he had seen something like that symbol on Eva’s arm, but he couldn’t believe that she was playing a game all these years – at least not that time. He was sure that he had spent his days with the real person, she was, not the one she pretended to be.