Secret Weapon (Eustass Kid x Reader : Modern AU)

12. Hostage

Killer somehow manages to convince Kid to postpone his hunt until the following day. It isn't easy, of course, there is a lot of knives thrown around, narrow escapes by blocking flying weapons with scythes, but he is able to settle down a little bit.

You take this momentary pause as a chance and you call Tashigi. You don't go into specifics, but you warn her that a gang war is brewing between the Kid Alliance and the ASL Brothers and that it is advisable to increase the number of patrol cars along the border of their territories.

Killer's plan of course is to hold a meeting with Bonney and Hawkins as soon as possible to discuss this matter. The meeting is held at Bonney's bar, Sorbet Blues. Even those who didn't go, like you, got to hear of what a disaster it was. Chairs were thrown around, glasses were broken, swords flew into the wall and bullet casings were all over the floor. Even though Kid is on a war path for the next few days, he has two problems preventing him from reaching his goal.

The first is his arm. It becomes apparent that something is wrong when he wears neither the white lead arm nor the magnetic one, but instead clutches the electrodes that connect the missing arm to the rest of his body from his shoulder, in pain.

That morning, Killer brings him to the med room and asks you to look at him since you are the one who has been helping Law to take care of him.

"Can you tell what's wrong?" Killer asks.

"What else could it be? Trafalgar must have been administering some slow acting poison to kill me eventually! Well, you just wait! He'll be the one to die by my hand!" The captain barks.

"I don't know, Law doesn't like to kill. He's a doctor above all else, he wouldn't try to kill you for no reason." Killer points out.

"That's right." You say. "The problem is that you haven't had a shot of antibodies the entire week, Captain." You explain.

Killer looks around. "Well, then give it to him, what are you waiting for?"

You look up helplessly at him. "I can't. He used up a lot of them after Arlong Park because he got poisoned from overusing the white lead. Law said that he would get more of them made, but obviously, he left before he had the chance to give it to him."

"Good fucking riddance! I ain't accepting shit from that bastard!" Kid howls standing up.

Killer steps in his way. "I don't care what you say, no white lead anywhere near your body until you get the antibodies you need."

"You're such a nagging bastard. Hawkins is here, go meet him. I'll be there shortly." Kid tells him.

"I'm serious, Kid." He warns before leaving.

"Yeah. At least take something for the pain!" You say.

"Pain won't kill me." He snaps.

You walk up to him and put your hand over his human arm, and you look up at him nearly crying.
He returns your gaze with a frown of his own.

"No, but white lead poisoning might. I'd give you my antibodies, but our bloodtypes don't match." You say desperately. "Please, Captain. Take the pain medicine."

The dark, angry expression he is wearing evaporates as soon as you touch him, it is replaced instead with a sigh of resignation.

"How can I say no to you when you look at me with those worried and concerned eyes." Gently, he takes the tablets from you and drinks one more than necessary. "I suppose it won't do for me to faint while killing him."

"Captain....are you really going to kill your friend?" You ask quietly.

He puts on his coat. "If he were really my friend, he wouldn't have betrayed my trust."