The Saltwater Room (A Trafalgar Law Love Story)

Chapter 6 : 'The Saltwater Room'

Kai woke up coughing. Water poured out of her mouth from her lungs. It was extremely dark. Her face was sticking to something wet and gritty. "Ugh…" She groaned as she moved her head. Something in her shoulder creaked and she cried out in pain again.

She slowly sat up and her eyes began adjusting to the darkness. She realized that it wasn't really dark at all. Everything around her was just dimly lit.

"What happened?" She groaned. Then it all came flooding back. "Law! Oh no!" She spun around causing her neck and shoulder more pain.

"Law!" She saw his body not too far from her. She crawled over to him and rolled him over so he was facing up. She wasn't sure if he was breathing or not. She shook him but he didn't stir. She hoped she wasn't too late. She crawled over him and began pressing on his chest. "Don't die on me." She leaned over and placed her lips onto his and began CPR. She came up again pressing on his chest. "Come on!" She cried. She leaned down pressing her lips to his again breathing into him.

She tried it one more time and was relieved when he began coughing up water. "Oh Law!" She grabbed him. "I'm so glad you're ok…!" She cried.

"Wh-what happened?" He questioned. He moved her off him and attempted to stand. He was extremely weak though he didn't want to admit. Kai wasn't afraid to admit it. She was dead tired, in pain, and felt like she was going to puke.

"You were knocked off the deck…I jumped in after you."

"Where are the others? Where are we?" He questioned looking around.

The dim light in the cave began growing brighter. Kai looked up and saw thousands of tiny green and blue spots. "Not outside…" She stared hard. They looked like stars but… "We're in a cave!" She exclaimed.

"What?" Law was so confused. "What are those glowing lights?"

"Glow worms… Some of them are found in caves." Kai remembered reading some information about cave creatures. There were so many of them. They let off some more light. Kai could now see Law a lot better.

He didn't look too good.

Law leaned against a cave column and put his head in his hands. He didn't look too good.

"Law, Are you ok?" Kai moved over to him and touched his shoulder.

He moved away from her, "I'm fine. We need to find a way out of here." He looked around.

"Ok." Kai began searching for a way out. There were several other caves connected to this open area. She searched through some and Law through others but in the end they grew too narrow to move through or went into a dead end. Kai trudged back in a somber mood. Law soon followed after. He walked over to a small pool of water and dipped his finger in it to taste the water. It was salty. "All the water tastes like salt."

"Duh, it is a saltwater room."

"Some fresh water is found in caves too." Law stared at her.

"I know." She groaned. She was just in a bad mood and was trying to be complicated. She pulled her legs up to her chest and sighed heavily. She felt a jolt through her arm and she let out a yip.

"What's wrong Kai?" Law questioned.

"My arm is hurting." She wasn't even trying to cover it up or act tough. "I want to be back on the ship." She added.

"Don't worry. The crew will look for us." Law walked over to Kai and knelt beside her.

'That doesn't mean they will find us.' Kai thought.

Though Law was weak and possibly in pain himself he took Kai's arm and tried his best to fix the bandages so her arm would feel relieved.

"Law you need to rest. You've been through a lot." Kai moved his arms away from her. "I'll be fine."