One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Seventy One [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Seventy-One-

"I don't know, he kind of just disappeared on me all of a sudden" I shrugged.

"Then it looks like he wasn't able to make it out, I didn't see him anywhere" Franky frowned. "Probably because he's wearing that stupid armor, he blends in with the rest of them..." he grumbled in annoyance.

"That might be it, unless..." I trailed off as we stopped and looked back.

"Unless?" Franky questioned. "Wait, you don't think he disappeared too, do you?" he asked.

"It's not a good idea to wait and find out, those zombies will catch up to us any second" Robin said.

"Hey, Straw Hat!" Franky shouted.

"Ahh! This sucks!" we perked up to the sound of Luffy's muffled shout suddenly coming from above us.

"What the...?" Franky frowned as I grew tense at the sight of the spider webs that engulfed the coffin that came swinging by.

"Let me go, you bastards! Open up this coffin and let me out!" Luffy's muffled voice demanded from inside the coffin as wildly swung back and forth as if to confirm that he was inside.

"Is that a coffin?" Franky asked.

"You're going to regret this!" Luffy muffledly snapped.

"That voice..." Robin muttered.

"It's Luffy!" I gasped. "But...how'd he get in there?" I frowned, unsure how he had gotten himself caught so easily.

"Whoa! Wait, you mean Straw Hat's inside that thing?" Franky asked as the coffin disappeared out of sight, being carried away through an opening in the side of one of the nearby buildings. "Come on, Robin! Skylar! After it!" he shouted, motioning for us to follow as he took off running after the coffin.

"Right!" Robin and I nodded.

"What are you doing in that box, dumbass?! Why did you go and get yourself caught like that?!" Franky snapped. "Hey! Straw Hat!" he shouted when he didn't receive an answer.

"That's far enough!" we came to a screeching halt at the sudden shout of a high-pitched, scratchy voice from behind us. Curiously looking back, I felt every muscle in my body tense as my eyes widened and the blood drained from my face upon the sight of the monstrosity before us. My ears rang to the point that I could barely hear a word it was saying as I shakily drank in the sight of its mismatched body from head to toe. From the monkey head, paws, and tail to the...to the...the...

"Sp-sp-sp-spider!" I screamed.

-Everyone's P.O.V-

Robin and Franky flinched at the high-pitched scream that left the brunette's lips, both watching in stunned silence as her head frantically swirled around in all directions—her wide, frantic eyes shining with fear and desperation as she looked for an escape route. Looked for a place to run to in hopes of putting distance between her and the abomination before her. It wasn't long before she thickly swallowed the moment she saw that there was only one real possible route for her to take if she wanted to get away.

"Skylar, wait!" Robin shouted the second the brunette mowed her way down the walkway, harshly sliding underneath one of the gaps in the spider monkey's legs before scrambling to stand and leaving the area completely. Her eyes screwed shut and her head tilted down the entire way as she ran as fast as her legs would carry her.

"Never thought I'd see another person run that fast in heels other than Nami" Franky whistled, amazed that the brunette hadn't twisted her ankle. Sure, the heels to her boots weren't that big, but he was quite aware that the teen usually wore shoes with a flat bottom—never anything with a heel to it.