SABO POV
"No..." Muttered Sabo. "NOOOOOOO."
Sabo eyes snapped open and he was finally woken up from his coma.
"You are awake," said the strangers.
His eyes glanced towards the woman who had just spoken to him, and Sabo instinct told him he was safe and that this woman was the reason his body felt a lot better than before, there were traces of medicine applied to his body.
Surprisingly, there is not a single man in this room except him, while they are many people around him. About 20 other women are also who are looking at him. They are clearly eager to look at his body, something clicked in his mind about them.
They are all a female pirates, the unique clothing and Sabo instantly recognise who they were.
"Thank you," said Sabo. "For saving me."
"Don't thank me, but thanks to Hebihime sama, who decided to save your life," said the strangers.
Sabo nodded before asking her.
"Are you Kuja Pirates?"
"Yeah and you are Sabo from the Revolutionary Army," replied the Strangers.
Sabo didn't find it weird that people knows about him, his poster had been plastered in newspapers alongside the Revolutionary Monkey D Dragon.
"Sorry, I didn't introduce myself, my name is Sabo and you?" asked Sabo.
"Call me Marguerite," replied Marguerite.
"Marguerite, may I know where I am?" asked Sabo, wanting to confirm his suspicion.
"You are on our ship and thanks to Hebihime sama, she was the one who agreed to save you," reminded Marguerite about the one who had saved him.
Sabo nodded and couldn't help but ask about his teammate.
"Am I alone or did you see anyone except me when you guys saved me?" asked Sabo, his spirit lifted a bit, and he really hope the others survived too.
"Except you, there is no one else," replied Marguerite.
Sabo body slumped a bit and the sadness returned. Still in this condition, he thanked her and Kuja Pirates.
Suddenly someone entered the room.
"Marguerite, Hebihime sama said if he is ok, then bring him to meet her," said Dahlia, who had just arrived in the room.
"He..." Before Marguerite can continue, Sabo tries to stand up.
"My body is in a good condition, I will go meet with your queen," said Sabo but suddenly winched in pain. "Aaaarrrhh...."
The attack he received from Shamrock leaving a deep gash behind his back.
"Dahlia, tell Hebihime sama that he are still in bad condition," ordered Marguerite.
"I... Where is my suit?" asked Sabo.
"Owh that black thing wrapped your body," replied Marguerite. "It comes of your body when we wanted to apply the medicine."
Sabo can sigh with relief, with the combat suit he can contact with his teammate.
SAINT FIGARLAND SHAMROCK POV
"Tsch, he ran away," said Shamrock.
He clicked his tongue in annoyance, his grip tightening slightly on his sword before sheathing it back.
Shamrock still couldn't believe it even after they manage to surround him completely, that man still managed to escape.
They had been confident that this operation would be successfull but now it all failed miserably.
When Sabo fall down into the sea, they only need to retrieve Sabo body from the sea but no one expected him to suddenly dive deep into the ocean and disappear like that.
"…Pathetic," Shamrock muttered under his breath.
"His condition was already critical and yet he still had the strength to escape," said Killingham.
"It wasn't his will or strength that he manage to escape, but the power of that black suit," Shamrock who happen to attack him saw the propeller that thrust Sabo deep into the ocean.
"Eventough he had escaped," added Maffey coldly. "With that kind of injury he won't survive long."
Shamrock let out a low scoff. "I wouldn't underestimate him. People like that… tend to cling to life longer than expected."
They both become silent because this is the mission personally given by the great being, Imu sama.
Because of that, they had vented their frustration on the remaining survivors of the Revolutionary Army, even their corpse were dismembered by them.
"Have you done the job?" asked Shamrock.
"Don't worry, they all died," replied Sommers.
"Good," Shamrock said flatly, though his expression remained displeased.
"Still…" Killingham spoke again, glancing toward the sea, "if Sabo survives, he could become a bigger problem in the future."
Shamrock eyes darkened.
"…Then next time," he said coldly, "we won't give him the chance to run."
THE TEARS OF THE DRAGON
"What? They all died," said Monkey D Dragon through the intercom.
"Yes, we have arrived here and we will give you the coordinates," replied Jack. "I don't think it was suitable to leave their corpse floating on the sea."
"Has Sabo also died?" asked Dragon.
"We are not sure that yet, his corpse is missing and I will create a device to find him," answered Jack.
"Thank you for telling me this, Jack," said Dragon. "We will go there now."
He answered before cutting of the communication, a moment later, tears come out from his eyes gone into his cheek.
When he noticed through his observation haki that someone wanted to enter the main room, he wiped the tears and remembered that they needed to collect their fallen members body.
"Dragon-san, we tried to contact them through Den Den Mushi unfortunately, it failed," said Koala.
The others also nodded and Dragon saw Koala and several others looking panicked because of the situation where Sabo and the other crew were ambushed.
"Don't search them anymore, Jack just arrived there and wanted to help unfortunately, none of them are alive," said Dragon, his face grimmed but didn't even shed a tear as a leader, he cannot cry in front of the others.
"What?" Everyone was surprised and people like Koala slumped on the ground, looking surprised and sad.
"We will go to their location now and give them a proper funeral," said Dragon.
Hearing this, the others cried, especially Koala, who was very close with Sabo, just a few hours earlier, they had talked through the intercom and now she heard that he had died.
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