Change of Plan

On the other hand Tesoro also hurried back to his room with an excited face but as he got closer to his room his footsteps slowed down and tried to walk more lightly. He didn't want his loud foodsteps to disturb the person sleeping in the room. But as soon as he opened the door the girl sleeping on the bed slowly opened her eyes.

"Tesoro, Are you back?" She spoke softly.

The girl had golden hair colour and deep blue eyes but beautiful face was full of exhaustion and sadness. But even so she showed a kind smile when she saw Tesoro came back.

"Stella, I am back. Are you feeling any better"

Tesoro had only deep love in his eyes when he looked at her and couldn't help but asked the same question he asked her everyday even though he knew he would get the same answer.

"Yes, Tesoro I feel a lot better today. How was your day? " She still gave him the same answer with a beautiful smile. Tesoro then told her about what happened today.

"Stella, we will escape from this place and find you a good doctor. Then we can live the happy life you always wanted."

"Yes we will, Tesoro, I will always follow you wherever you go".

They felt asleep thinking about their amazing future. But they never mentioned to each other about what will happen to them if they fail.

.....

A few days passed and the fog continues to thicken. One morning when Michael woke up he cannot see anything from his window, the gorgeous scenery of Mary Geoise completely disappeared from his vison. All he saw was a thick blanket of fog clouding his vision which even affected the vision inside the room.

He quickly got up feeling excited, walk up to the sleeping girls and shook them up.

"Hancock, Sonia, MariGold wake up!!! It's happening"

"Michael, what's happening, stop disturbing me! Do you know how early it is" Hancock didn't even open her eyes and continue sleeping.

Michael could not wait to share his happy news with someone and who else could be better than Hancock. He directly picked her up in his arms and carried her to the window.

"Hancock, open your eyes and look out the window and tell me what you see"

"Michael let me sleep, I will tell you when I woke up" Hancock was still sleeping in Michael arms. She is already somewhat used to being hugged by him. It's not once or twice that he took advantage of a situation to hug her in the past months and sometimes she also threw herself in his arms.

Michael looked at the girl in his arm speechlessly but also with deep affection. Now it's not a secret among them that there is some ambiguous feelings between him and Hancock. It's just that their situation doesn't allow these feelings to progress further. He didn't continue to disturb her anymore but he aslo didn't put her down either. He just continued to hold her and stood by the window.

'I picked her up with my strength, why can't I continue to hold her' he quickly found himself a reason for holding her.

As he looked out of the window he couldn't stop his restless heart. The next few days will be the most relaxing period for the slaves and it will also be the time for them to escape from here. Most World Nobles will not come out of their home in this weather which will give them a lot of convenience in their action. He tried to calm himself down by looking away from the window and concentrating on the beautiful girl in his arms.

Time slowly passed as he was lost in a beautiful dream and Hancock also slowly opened her eyes. Hancock woke up feeling cold and the first thing she saw was Michael holding her and looking at her face blankly. Her heartbeat couldn't help speeding up and her face reddened a bit. She wanted this moment to last longer but she still couldn't hold back, her mouth opened before she could regret

"PERVERT!!!! What were you doing while I was sleeping? Michael, I am so sad, I thought you were a good and honest person but how could you do this to me. Now nobody will want me anymore" She directly entered her drama mode with a crying face.

Michael was shooked back from his daydream but he also entered his mode quickly

"Sorry, it was my fault. I woke you up to tell you an important thing but you were sleepy and you told me that you want to continue sleeping in my arms. I thought you agreed to me so I only took a peek at your lips. But don't worry I will take responsibility, I will take care of you till I die"

His determined voice might even move the world nobles if they heard him.

"You did WHAT!!! " Hancock was totally awake and quickly jumped away, a little fluttered.

"Hehe🤭... I was joking, but by the way you look cute when you are sleeping" He had a satisfied expression on his face when he saw Hancock's shy and embarrassed expression.

"I knew you were lying. Why did you wake me up so early" Hancock quickly tried to change her expression back to normal and change the topic.

"Look out of the window and you will see why I woke you up"

"I don't see anything, Michael"

" Yes Hancock, that's right, we can see nothing in this weather, we can finally begin our plan in a few days"

Hancock instantly got excited after she was reminded, before she was a little muddled by the situation. She quickly ran to her sisters and woke them up and for some time there was only laughter and excitement in the room. It took a while to calm down. They finally decided not to wait anymore and escape tomorrow if the weather remains the same.

"Ok it's decided, we will escape from here early in the morning tomorrow. Let's take a good rest today. You girls stay in the room, I will go out to take a look."

Since they decided to escape tomorrow Michael also has to do some preparation in advance, at least he must first investigate the situation outside. He decided to go out and have a look.

"Ok Michael, Be careful on the way and come back soon" Hancock also didn't stop him. She knows about his power and in this weather he can easily escape even if he met someone.

After reassuring her Michael turned himself into fog and flew out of the window. After comming out of the room he quickly integrated into the fogs outside and became one with them. As he got integrated into the surrounding fog he felt very refreshed as if a Fish-man had returned to the ocean.

He could easily control the surrounding fog without spending much energy and he can even vaguely feel the surrounding environment a few tens of metres. Its not a long distance but it made a lot more convenience in his investigation. Others couldn't find him but he could easily feel them and avoid them in advance.

Unlike other days, the city of Mery Geoise seemed very lonely today. There were no Nobles on the streets and even the CP agents which were common in normal days were absent. There were only a few of them guarding at fixed positions.

He tried to cover one of them with the fog he turned into but the CP agent didn't notice anything which relieved him a lot. Now he has much more confidence in his escape plan.

He quickly shuffled though the city trying to find the best path to the forest. He wanted to go to the forest not only to meet Tesoro but also because it was very remote. It would be impossible for anyone to spot them if they flew up from that place.

It took him almost an hour to search everywhere in the city. He even checked the Rosward's mansion and found that it was as usual but he didn't go inside, it was not the time yet. He also had a rough map of the distribution of CP personnel in the city. He did not go near Pangea Castle, it was still heavily guarded and he felt a trembling feeling when he tried to go near it.

After he finished investigating the situation in the city he decided to do one more thing before he went back.

He let himself float up higher and higher at a constant but not so fast speed. He found that he can change direction at will, stop at a place any time and even move against the wind direction but he cannot make himself fly faster. He can fly at a constant speed of around 30m/sec but if he wants to move faster then it depends on the speed of the wind. This must be one of the weaknesses of Cloud Cloud fruit.

But he was not too worried, he had just started developing his devil fruit powers. As he rose up higher and higher the fog got thinner and thinner. After flying up for a few minutes his surroundings got brighter and after some time he completely came out of the fog.

A cluster of clouds detached from the sea of fog and floated in the air. A pair of eyes suddenly opened on the cloud and looked around it.

In the cloud form, Michael can only feel the environment, he cannot see it as clearly as his eyes. Michael looked at the morning sun which had just risen and below him was a sea of white, there was not even a shadow of Mary Geoise.

If he had a mouth at this moment he might have laughed out loud. The foggy situation was much more serious than he imagined and the speed of the wind at this altitude is very fast. His escape just got a lot easier. After determining the best altitude where the speed of wind is the best for his escape he quickly fell down again. He has been away for quite a long time and the girls must be worried.

After reaching the surface he quickly flew towards his room. As he got closer to his room a weak crying sound reached his ears. His heart suddenly tightened, he knew the crying voice, he increased his speed and rushed into the room from the window. He didn't care anymore if he would be found out or not, all he cared about at that moment was that the crying sound was coming from his room and he would regret deeply if anything happened to Hancock or her sisters.

As he rushed into the room he saw SanderSonia and MariGold crying on the floor with brushes and whipped marks on their bodies and Hancock was missing. He felt as if something suddenly exploded in his brain and his heart twisted. He tried to calm down as much as he can and asked

"Sonia, MariGold wh..what happened here and where is your sister?" He tried to sound calm but his trembling voice betrayed him

The two girls suddenly looked up when they heard his voice. And as if they found some kind of support when he appeared they stopped crying and quickly told him what happened when he left.

"Michael!!! Quickly!!you must save Hancock!!!!, after you left a CP agent came to the room and took Hancock away. It was the one Hancock told us about. Before he left he said that Hancock was selected by Saint Rosward..... "

"Sonia, Marigold, you wait for me here. I will go and save Hancock, we will escape from her when we come back."

Michael didn't listen to their remaining story. After reminding the girls he turned back to fog and quickly rushed out of the room and then rushed towards the Rosword's mansion. On the way he disbanded the cloud he gave to Tesoro.

He had to change his plan, he cannot wait anymore, he had to quickly rescue Hancock and escape from this place now. If Tesoro is there when reached the forest, he will take him, if not he will escape alone with Hancock and her sisters. His relationship with them is not close enough to risk everything for them.