I keep roaming around the place, until I spot a whole platoon coming my way. I quickly look around and see stairs, so I go down and close the door behind me.
It's a dark place, very big and dusty. And full of maps. But I am not alone in here, I sense it. So I go back to being invisible for a second, until my eyes land on an orange-haired girl with a Marine uniform. She's moving around frenetically, as if she was looking for something. Somehow she does not fit in. She seems in a rush. That's what gives her away, I don't think she's a Marine.
Anyway, that's none of my business. I have other things to take care of. As I make my way out of the room, the stupid sword falls off and I trip right into it. I knew it was going to bother me.
"Who the hell are you?" and of course, she saw me. I stand up, dusting myself off and I notice the girl has a baton as a weapon. Another sign she's definitely not a Marine.
"I am you, but with black hair"
"You have your uniform in your pocket?" she's still trying to fool me into thinking she belongs here.
"Oh please, you're not a Marine. A sea cow would guess that. So I suppose you're here to steal something" she spreads her feet slightly for stability and opens her baton in a pose that should be threatening
"Why are you down here?" but I maintain my nonchalant attitude, even because I don't mean to stick around.
"I got lost. Anyway, I am done with troubles today so I leave you to your robbery or whatever this is. I have some shady stuff to take care of myself. " she does not let go though.
"What are you looking for?" perhaps she's afraid I'm here for the same thing she is.
"Fine. Might as well be honest here. I am looking for the captain's office. I need to sign myself a document"
Before she can say something else, we hear noises. Someone else is coming here. But I don't bother to stick around. I need to get out of here as soon as possible. Aileen's waiting for me. I hope she's not creating too many troubles for Luiza.
I resume my uncertain wandering, each corridor seems identical to the previous one, and the same goes for the doors. The only thing I could go on is the statues, but even those are pretty similar. This is becoming quite a stressful search.
And then here's my first stroke of luck in a long time, I see a guy with an axe for a hand coming out of a big door. Bingo.
I would like to be as quick and stealthy as possible, and the risk of the sword falling again and making noise doesn't help. So I hide it carefully behind a curtain situated behind a statue.
I'll recollect it once I'm done, what could possibly go wrong?
In next chap we will see a bit more interaction between Xia and Zoro :D
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XIA | (Zoro x OC) - One Piece Netflix FF
Fanfic"Her name's Aileen, means 'bright light' in Irish" "Bright light, but she's a panther, as black as night" "Zoro you have the depth of a puddle. Wasting my breath" "After what you've done to me you're lucky I don't throw you overboard" "I'd like to s...
