The Saltwater Room (A Trafalgar Law Love Story)

Chapter 5 : 'Your Soul Is Anchored'

The crew from the other ship began swinging onto the submarine. Kai didn't hesitate to begin battle. Whether she liked it or not she was a part of this crew and she was going to fight alongside them. Law wasn't even breaking a sweat. He was off alone with several men around him. Obviously, none of them were his own.

He was smirking and his crewmen were making sure not to be too close to him. Then something weird happened. There was this slight glow over an area and he sliced his sword through the air. The several men that were surrounding him fell into pieces! Kai could feel the bile rising in her throat. A head even rolled by her.

"What the…? What just happened?" Kai screamed as the head began speaking. She kicked it back over toward the other squirming body parts.

A cannon blasted past Kai and slammed into the metal of the deck. It left a giant dent and bounced over the edge taking a piece of the railing with it. Kai breathed a sigh of relief that it missed her. She didn't get to breathe easy for long. Three other men began converging on her. She blocked and sliced. They were inexperienced with the swords and were easily taken down. The only true problem was the cannon-fire.

Law was handling himself but he began to look weary. Though, he kept his smirk firm. He was back up near the railing using it for support. The bright dome of light came again on top of a few other enemies and again he swung his sword, not even touching them, and their body parts flew everywhere.

Kai couldn't help but watch. There was something horrifically fascinating about it. How was he doing it?

She didn't have time to think about anything after that. One blast from the cannon jerked her from her wonderment. What happened next Kai barely had time to react to. The cannon ball slammed right into the metal around Law's feet knocking him back. He fell over the railing toward the water.

"The captain!" Bepo yelled. He went to save him but more of the enemies blocked his past. He began raging. He wouldn't reach him in time! Kai didn't even think. She threw her swords down and was already diving over the edge.

She opened her eyes under the water. It was pretty dark but she could still slightly see Law sinking further and further down into the depths. She began swimming toward him praying she wouldn't lose him in the dark. She reached out and grasped his arm. He was pretty heavy. She was dragging him toward the surface as fast and as hard as she could but she was struggling. Her bones were aching and her lungs were indeed screaming for air. She didn't think she was going to make it but she broke through the surface. She gasped for air but a wave knocked her back under. She broke the surface again and kept herself and Law on top of the waves as much as she could. She held his face above the water.

Kai saw Law's ship disappearing further and further away. The waves were separating them.

"Oh no! What are we going to do now…" She cried. They were stranded in the middle of the ocean! With no hope of being rescued at that.

The storm was only growing worse and Kai was growing exhausted. She had almost passed out twice and had a few panic attacks as a water spout sprung up nearby.

Kai tried to keep her eyes open but it was getting harder and harder.

Suddenly, something jolted her awake. She felt herself and Law being sucked forward. She looked ahead in the direction they were being pulled and she said a silent prayer. Up ahead was a wave at least 200 feet tall. Maybe she was exaggerating but she knew they probably weren't going to make it out of this. She held Law close and waited for it.

The wave crashed over them. It knocked them deep under the water. Kai kept her grip tightly around Law as they were slammed around under water. They weren't exactly hitting anything but they were being jerked around. Kai's lungs were filling with water and she began panicking again. She squeezed Law still form wishing she could wake up from this nightmare. They finally stopped being shoved around under the water. Kai felt numb now. She was ready to let go now. She had a great run. If only she could have done so much more… She felt the pull of an underwater current.

Then there was nothing.