53: Injured

Chopper and Alex then follow the young man who called himself Jiro back to his ship where he brought them below deck and towards a secret room, which alex struggled to get into as the entrance was so small, where he had his captain who was badly injured hidden.

"I-Is that the patient?"

Chopper asked while looking at the almost dead man lying in a small cot.

"Yeah. His entire body is seriously injured. It's been days since the last time he was conscious...Please doctor! You've got to help him get better!"

Jiro says as chopper walks next to the injured man

"What the heck?! This is horrible! His wounds are festering! Why did you let him get this bad?!"

Chopper exclaimed while looking at the wounds

"It's not like i had a choice..."

Jiro replied looking away

"It's not safe to move him! I'm going to begin the operation right now."

Chopper said before beginning his treatment. While Chopper was treating the injured they felt the ship start to move, so alex decided to go see why it was leaving chopper and jiro alone with the patient. Reaching the deck Alex was able to see a rope attaching the Thousand Sunny and the ship she was on so she figured Luffy decided to help them get somewhere, and went back to chopper to tell him about it.

Seeing it was getting dark she figured shed tell luffy about them being towed by luffy before going to get them all food, so she made her way back into the secret room and saw chopper was already finished with his treatment.

"Chopper we're giving this crew a ride somewhere thats why the ship started to move, also its getting late are you gonna stay the night here or go back to the Sunny?"

Alex asked upon entering the room

"I'll stay here, have to make sure the patient doesn't get worse."

Shopper replied not looking away from the injured man

"Okay, do you want me to bring you some food before i return to our ship?"

"yes, please"

Chopper replied with a small smile

"Okay, i'll be back shortly"

Alex then left them and made her way back to the sunny by walking along the rope connecting the ships. When she finally reached the sunny she spotted on of the supposed fishermen slamming anothers head into the ground hile yelling

"You bastards! Don't mess with them!"

Before standing back up and apologizing with a flustered face and seeming nervous

"Oh, sorry! A-A few of my crew mates have shot fuses. It's not like they meant you any harm. Isn't that right? Right? Eheh heh"

"Don't "eheh heh" me! What are you trying to hide?"

Franky asked with a tick mark

"They clearly "meant us harm"!"

Sanji also had a tick mark by this point. Alex having no clue what was going on but figured the fishermen tried something with her crew decided to leave it to them and went into the kitchen as Zoro and Nami were about to leave

"Oh, Nami! Is there any food left? Me and Chopper havent eaten yet and wanted to bring him some before it's all gone."

Alex asked with a smile as she entered the kitchen

"Seriously? Were in the middle of something. Also don't eat the food those guys outside put anesthesia in the food and drink. If you want something you'll have to get sanji to cook more or make it yourself."

Nami said while seeming fed up with the night

"Okay, well sanji is dealing with those guys so i guess ill make something myself"

Alex then stepped past Nami so she could continue with zoro outside while dragging usopp and luffy. Looking in the fridge alex spots some rice a couple of vegetables and eggs and decided to make fried rice for herself and chopper.

First she cut the vegetable which where carrots, onion, green onion and peas into small pieces and placed them to the side. Next she scrambled the eggs and also placed them to the side. She then sautéed the vegetables until they were soft and cooked through. She moved the veggies to one side of the pan and raised the heat before melting butter and placing the left over rice into the pan with the veggies. She then added soy sauce and oyster sauce and stirred the rice and veggies until mixed and the rice stated to brown slightly. She then removed the pan from the heat and stirred in her green onions and scrambled eggs.

After she finished cooking the fried rice she placed it into three separate bowls before washing the pan, cutting board, and knife that she used and took a try to carry the food back to chopper and jiro. Seeing as the crew was still confronting the fishermen alex decided to just leave them be and walked across the rope back to the other ship.

Carrying the tray back to the secret room she hear splashing coming back form the Sunny but ignored it thinking the crew did it.

"Thanks alex"

Chopper said with a smile when alex handed him the bowl of fried rice.

"Your welcome, also jiro i made some for you as well"

Alex said while turnign to him with a small smile

Oh, th-thank you!"

He replied with a blush. When they were almost done eating the ship started to rock around violently causing them to stumble and Jiro and chopper to drop what little they had left of their food.

"Wh-What'd going on?"

Jiro asked as he stumbled about

"Jiro, Alex lend me a hand! This rocking is going to split his wounds back open!"

Chopper yelled out as he held onto the injured guy

"Okay"

They replied as they also held him steady. After holding him down for a bit the ship started to stabilize so they all relaxed and sat back down. Before long they heard Luffy calling out

"Chopper, Alex, where are you?! Hey, Chopper! Alex! We came to get you! Let me know if you're here!"

"That voice...it's luffy. We'll be right back"

Alex replied as she dragged Chopper behind her as she made her way to the deck

"D-Dr. Chopper?!"

Jiro replied in confusion

"Hey, where are you?! Chopper! Alex!"

Luffy yelled before being confronted with one of the fishermen holding a sword

"Wait! Don't move! Don't take another—"

He started to say before being pushed back by his commander

'that's enough! Straw Hat...i'm sorry! I'm terribly sorry!"

He said as he fell to his knees and kowtowed

"Hey, knock that off... why are you kowtowing to him?!"

The guy with the sword yelled out

"Shut up! I am terribly sorry about how rude we've been! I feel bad about tricking you. I'm begging you! Please forgive us!"

The commander yelled as he continued to kowtow

"None of that matters. We just came to get Chopper and Alex back."

Luffy stated before turning to his crew and asking

"Right?"