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One day, far in a marine base, Zoro sprints down some halls, turning each corner, unable to find his way out
"shit... shit... shit!" Zoro grumbles to himself, turning more corners, only running into a dead end, then turns another corner, getting stuck in the same dead end, but then steps on a loose tile, and falls into a cage, being closed off inside it, the bars made from sea prism stone.
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Luffy sprints down a hall, fighting a large group of female marine soldiers, kicking half of them down, but getting more on him, tiring him out, then, Luffy trips and falls into the same cage as Zoro, it opening for a second to let Luffy in, but then slamming shut the moment he enters.
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Sanji runs through the halls of the Marine base, running from a large group of female soldiers, unable to fight any of them.
"fuck, fuck, fuck! why are they all women?!" Sanji mutters to himself, sprinting into a room slamming the door shut, starting to catch his breath.
Then, the marine captain, a female, steps out of the corner "Black Leg, welcome." Her voice is smooth, welcoming, happy, but weirdly manipulative?
Sanji looks up at the captain, still catching his breath "what do you want?" mutters, staring up at her, recognizing the manipulative tone, but unable to fight back.
"oh, nothing. just to do my job. capture the Straw Hats Monster Trio. I already got two, all I need is you, which is practically done." She says sweetly, her smile wide with a false sense of kindness.
"what? no, you won't catch me. I'll kick whoever tries." Sanji growls, getting his guard up, but not towards the captain, for any other soldiers ready to creep out of the corner.
"will you? we've studied each of the Monster Trios weaknesses, Roronoa's being directions, so we trapped him in a maze, Straw Hat's being exhaustion, so we had him fight soldier after soldier until he got tired, and yours being chivalry, the refusal to hurt a woman. so, there are only female soldiers in this fortress!" She snaps, her expression getting pissed as she glares down at Sanji.
"then, the rest of my crew will come" Sanji replies, like its obvious, his shoulders getting less tense.
"no, they won't!" The marine screams, losing her patience, then she takes a deep breath, and continues calmly "they won't come and save you, because, we sent them on a different path. they think they're heading after you, we planted seeds leading them towards the wrong direction, but by the time they find out, it'll be too late, since they'll be half across the world!"
Sanji stares up at her, observing her mood swings between pissed and sweetness, but still refusing to do anything.
"SAY SOMETHING, BLACK LEG!" She screams, kicking Sanji to the side, as Sanji just takes it, sitting back up, refusing to fight back.
Her face twists to an expression of pure rage, staring at Sanji's calm, neutral expression, and then a slow, sly, sadistic smirk spreads across her face and she grabs Sanji by the collar, and drags him into a room.
She throws Sanji into a room, and growls "these are you're friends, in the cage. I don't need to tie you up, since you'll refuse to hit me anyways. so, just watch them suffer."
Sanji sits up in the corner, looking over at Zoro and Luffy just chatting together about some random shit, not even caring about their situation.
Sanji does a light chuckle at them, then looks over at the marine, her expression still pissed.
"Black Leg, SAY SOMETHING!!" She punches the bars, but then she falls down because they're sea prism
"shit... I forgot they're sea prism..." She mutters to herself, standing back up.
"what devil fruit did you eat?" Sanji finally says, looking up at her.
"me? I ate the mizu mizu no mi!! the water water fruit!!! I prefer to not use my devil fruit, though." She purrs, happy over the fast that she ate one of the legendary devil fruits.
Sanji stares at her for a few seconds, then lets out an exhausted chuckle.
"shit, a water fruit?! didn't even know something like that existed! that is even more useless than Chopper's hito hito no mi!!!" Sanji thinks, rubbing his hand over his face.
Luffy screams "SANJI!!! IF YOU HIT HER, WE CAN GET OUT!!!"
Sanji jumps up and yells back "WHAT?! BUT I CAN'T HIT HER!!! SHES A WOMAN!!!"
"WELL ITS OUR ONLY CHANCE OUT!!" Zoro barks, standing up in the cage and putting his hands on the bars, staring at Sanji.
Sanji nods and stands up, walking over to the woman, his hands starting to shake.
"What, are you gonna hit me?" She growls, staring at Sanji.
Sanji does a light kick, then freezes up, and stumbles away, shaking.
"heh. of course not." She says, her smirk widening.
Sanji stares at her, still shaking, then sprints over and kicks her to the ground, knocking her out.
"shit... shit... shit! what the hell did I just do?!" Sanji thinks, his hands starting to shake more violently, his breathing starting to come in shallow gasps
"shit... I'm a fucking monster... I can't hit a woman! but its too late... shit..." Sanji thinks, grabbing the keys, the keys chiming from his trembling and unlocks their cage.
Zoro stands up and lifts up Luffy, who's unable to stand because of his sea prism stone handcuffs, and walks out the cage.
"know where the keys to the handcuffs are?" Zoro asks Sanji, but instead of responding, Sanji just nods towards the woman, and Zoro grabs a ring of keys from her pocket.
the handcuffs fall on the ground, and Luffy sprints free, running around outside the marine base.
"oi, cook. you did what you had to do." Zoro says, looking at Sanji with concern in his eyes, despite his stoic expression.
Sanji nods in response, walking out the marine base, Zoro following shortly after.
Sanji looks back at the marine captain one more time, his chest aching, then turns back around, letting Zoro wrap his arm around him.