Chapter 07: Beastmaster?
Not that it was dark, the torches were still lighting the whole corridor. Nevertheless, they stopped after a look at the clock that told them that it was already midnight.
They checked the whole floor to make sure it was safe, then sat down on the floor.
With Ace's help, Sanji started frying the meat.
Luffy carefully laid Mia down on a blanket, she was still unconscious, maybe she was even asleep, then he joined the others with a look at her and cheerfully stuffed the food into himself.
“What crap there is no wood here! ", Tasha grumbled," then it would be a bit warmer here! "
“I can warm you! ", Sanji called and opened his arms overzealously. But hugged Zorro, because Tasha had managed to look early enough.
“I'm not that cold either! ", she commented on her behavior, got up and sat on the other side.
Sanji let go of Zorro immediately, he didn't prevent the argument, which was very welcome on both sides.Your scolders, with whom they were considering each other, are already keeping them away from the walls.
“Like us, they are only in male form! ", Tasha giggled and nudged Jacqueline lightly in the ribs.
“That's right, but fortunately we know how to control each other in some ways! ", she took a sip from her flask," I've never heard swear words before! "
“That’s cinema! ", grinned Jack, but at the same time slapped Luffy on the hand, who wanted to take his sideburn away," that's mine! "
,,All right! ", the latter grumbled but then peeked out at an abandoned plate in his vicinity.
A hand raced up to him and pinched his cheek more or less tenderly:
“This is Mia's plate! ", Charlie explained to him with a scowl," besides, you can't take it anyway! "
"How do I not take it?"
"I mixed a few remedies under it so that she got a normal body weight!"
“Do you really think that she doesn't notice! ", said Beatrice mockingly," I've tried that often enough, she then eats two or three forks at the most, then she will notice it by herself! "“Has she always been underweight? "Chopper asked worriedly.
"She has always been thin, because she climaxes after Mum scratches it off!"
"W-How did your mother die? "asked Dorothee carefully.
“She starved to death, well more or less. She crawled into her bed, barely spoke, was constantly plagued by a fever, anorexia and at some point she didn't wake up. It died like such a beautiful flower! "There was an ironic smile on her lips," The best psychiatrist could not have prevented that! "
"That must have been bad!"
"As one takes, she warned us in advance, we knew it had to come! ", she waved off," so don't make a big fuss about it! "
"We don't have it!"
“That means that we have to get rid of your underweight somehow differently! ", Charlie turned to Chopper," you have an idea! "
“We'll think of something! ", said Chopper with a grin," after all, we are the best doctors! ""Charlie is not a doctor, he dropped out of training! "said Jack.
“Does that mean we let a bungler sew us together all the time? ", Tasha shrieked and moved away from him," You don't have a diploma or anything! "
,, Nope, do you need that? "he asked Chopper.
"Well, I wasn't really examined either, it was more indirect!"
"And I don't have to be a doctor, Mia said, the main thing is that I know everything that is necessary so that she doesn't bleed to death completely, at least she said ... until now I've always managed to do it well, at least I think ...!"
“I could have bet you were a doctor because you always did it so well! "said Chopper promptly.
“This little moose is great! ", shouted Charlie and slapped Chopper on the back without warning.
“He makes his patients himself! ", Ace whispered in Beatrice's ear, who nodded in confirmation.

She heard voices. Whispering voices around them.People around them.
A feeling crept into her high, a feeling of fear.
She tried to remember how she got here. It was so hard and yet she felt a soft blanket under her. Body heat around you. Something soft was behind her, leaning against her.
She opened her eyes. There was a stone wall in front of her eye.
She turned around. There was a large dog lying there with its back to her.
She sat up slowly. The corridor was lightly lit, it came from a couple of torches on the walls. Two people sat upright, the others slept, scattered all over the corridor section.
,, Wake up! ", one of the two voices had turned a little louder to her.
,,Where are we! ", she got up. Anna slept close to Daro.
The two whispering people were Ace and Beatrice.
“We walked a little further, you were passed out, but you didn't miss too much! "Ace remarked, taking a swig from a dark bottle.,,No matter! ", Mia let herself fall next to her sister," You survived the stairs, it looks like! "
“It wasn't that difficult at all! ", Beatrice laughed softly.
“That says the right one! ", Ace remarked," After all, you managed to break one of the stairs! "
"But only one, Daro broke in a lot more!"
"There were three, and damn few for his height!"
"Yes, yes, just pick on me, I'm just not that strong and skilful and so on, yes!"
“A stupid reason to be upset! ", Mia thought," why don't you hit? "
"Didn't you say something about a beast?"
"It is not here, it could not survive the stilt canyon!"
"Good to know ... will we even survive them then?"
"If you don't act too stupid, I'm just worried about Daro, he's way too big!"
"It'll be fine!"
,,Yes!"

Nothing told them what time it was in the morning. The corridor was not particularly bright, the torches had almost burned down.At some point they all woke up. Neither because they could no longer sleep or because the volume of the others had woken them.
They went on and soon they knew what was meant by stilt canyon.
It was really a ravine, you could hardly see the end. The stilts were elongated stones that towered high.
“It's not as bad as I thought! ", Mia said when she had examined everything," you can still come over Daro, the platforms are big enough! "
“And how are we supposed to get over there? ", Nami wanted to know," Just take a look at the distances, very few can jump that far! "
“I'm coming over! "Jacqueline answered, Gina nodded in agreement. With the boys, except for Usopp, that was also clear, and Robin made it anyway, through her devil fruit.
“Then the easy ones should go ahead! "said Robin," it won't be too difficult! "
"Who do you rate as easy please! "Jack wanted to know.
,, Mia, Anna, Gina, Jacqueline, Chopper!", she looked at Dorothee and Nash doubtfully," You two won't come over without help, will you? "
,,Hardly likely!"
“I can wear one! "said Mia.
,,Wear?! ", Dorothee looked at her in horror," shouldn't the boys do that? "
"Sure, preferably Charlie! ", Mia groaned and turned against the gorge.
“What kind of problem does she always have with me? "he said to Luffy.
,,I do not know! "he answered honestly.
,, Well, the easy ones! "Nami said," one after the other! "
,,Come over! ", Mia bent down in front of Anna and the little one climbed onto her back," hold on tight! ", And she jumped from one stilt to the next, closely followed by the others.
,, What is actually down there? "Usopp asked, trembling as he floated from Robin's arms along the ceiling like Tarzan.
“It goes deep down there and then there are sharp stones, that means so much, if you are not already dead from the deep flight, you will be the latest when you are impaled!", Mia explained to him when he arrived.
,, Reassuring! "Usopp trembled with fear. On the side it was getting fuller, more and more came over. Daro was the last. He slipped once in the middle of the jump, but still managed to get safely to the other side, where he was then with happiness that he had survived walking around wiggling his tail and licking everyone who got in his way.
“And when does the saber walk begin? "Luffy wanted to know as he led the train backwards. Mia looked up her book as they walked.
A sound, it was more of a short click.
It hadn't taken a second before she had already put her book into the hand of the next person, ran off and knocked Luffy to the ground.
A draft of air passed over them.
,,Now! ", she answered and looked up, the saber had been let out of the wall when Luffy had pushed down a stone in the ground. The saber went deeper with every swing. They quickly propped themselves up from the ground and went a few steps further than a saber had been let out of the wall before them.,, Violent! ", Luffy gasped when they had just come to a stop.
"Hey are you two okay? "asked the others.
,,Yes! "was the short answer, the swinging of the sabers filled the whole tunnel.
More and more were let out of the walls, sometimes they were barely half a meter apart.
,,What are we going to do now? ", Jacqueline wanted to know," They swing so fast that you can hardly get through them and they are at all possible levels of altitude! "
“Yes, and it gets even better, more and more are being let out! ", Mia said ironically," We can't get out of here anyway, so we might as well go on! ", she turned to Luffy. This one grinned at her:
,,It's clear! ", he was happy and immediately took a step forward.
Mia immediately pulled him back, as one of the swinging sabers was swinging past where Luffy had been standing.

(,, The swinging of the sabers filled the whole corridor, some gave their lives under the razor-sharp blades. We couldn't get past them by simply letting them swing, because some higher power never let them lose momentum. .. ", Chapter nine:" The Saber Walk!")

“The ropes are made of a strong material that you can hardly cut through! "Jacqueline called to them from the other side.
“I could have said yes right away! ", Mia hissed through clenched teeth, whereupon Luffy looked at her astonished.
,, Take it easy! "he said. Mia raised her