Chance Encounter

Thirteen was thrown into a sand dune and groaned, throwing up blood. He sat up in the sand and the other him clicked his tongue, saying "Just let me out, I can kill that clown!" Thirteen held his stomach, replying "Shut up, idiot."

The other him scoffed "You'll never win against him, you're just a trash slave. Let me do it!" Thirteen sniffed the air as he answered "You said we're the same." the other him said in surprise "You realized?!"

Thirteen replied "No. But if you think so, then you must think you're a trash slave too." The other him was speechless for a few seconds before replying angrily "Is that an insult!? You fucking slave! I am liberation! I am the God of Death! I am the nightmares that will haunt everyone!"

Thirteen blinked and ignored him as he focused on a certain direction. It was the same smell he followed when he landed on the island. He didn't know what it was but it smelled different than anything else on the island.

He started walking towards the direction, he had gone in that direction before because of this smell. It was strange and distinct, which made him think that's where Crocodile was last time. His guess was proven to be correct as the smell led him to Crocodile.

He didn't care what the smell was but it was useful to find his way back.

What Thirteen was actually smelling was the Dance Powder that Crocodile used to make it rain at Rainbase. Normally, this powder didn't have a smell but thanks to Thirteen's nose, he was able to smell it.

As the powder was used to make it rain, it was actually scattered around Rainbase, they were just tiny used particles but they still came from the source and gave off a faint smell that was incoherent with the rest of Alabasta.

Thirteen had no idea how far he was from Rainbase but he picked up his pace and started running. His legs bulged and he pushed off the sand, blasting across the desert faster than a bullet, leaving trails of sand clouds in his wake.

He was extremely far from Rainbase.

So far in fact that by the time he got close, 2 days had passed.

Thirteen was running in the desert, his stomach had already healed and he was back to tip top shape. He experimented with his fruit and his build bulged, he went down on all fours and exploded off the ground, faster than a rocket.

As Thirteen sped up, things happened at Rainbase that put it in even more disarray than before.

Thirteen approached Rainbase but stopped and turned his head in a different direction before changing courses, going faster than before.

Luffy was laying in a quicksand pick, looking near death.

All-Sunday looked over the pit and crossed her arms. Her pupils shrank and she jumped back extremely quickly as a sharp claw pierced where she just was. Thirteen punched through the sand, landing on his free hand and feet, looking at her hostilely.

She put up her arms and appeared to be slightly afraid as she said "It's not what it looks like." Thirteen disappeared from where he was and appeared under her, shooting his leg up at her head.

She backed off and arms grew under Thirteen, pushing his hands, making him fall to the ground and off-set his gravity center, leaving his leg to swipe in front of her face and miss. He backed off continuously as arms pulled Luffy out of the quicksand to the normal sand as she said "See? He's free now. I was trying to help!"

Thirteen pushed off the ground and lunged at her, he slammed his tail on the ground and avoided the hands aiming for his legs. More arms grew from his body and tried to pull on his arms and legs but Thirteen's body hardened.

He flexed his entire body and the hands exploded into petals, All-Sunday released her hands from in front of her with a painful expression on her face as she shouted "Ah!" Thirteen reached out and grabbed her neck, lifting her into the air, blinking at her emotionlessly.

She grabbed his wrist and clawed, mouths grew on her neck and bit at Thirteen's hand as she desperately sucked in air, choking slowly. She tapped his arm and wrote on it 'Your friends are in trouble, there's a bomb in the square in Alubarna. They're heading there right now.'

Thirteen tilted his head and she added 'I can take you there, spare my life.' Thirteen released his grip slightly and she sucked in deep breaths of air, sighing in relief as she could finally breathe again.

Thirteen looked at her and she smiled as he dropped her to the sand. She rubbed her neck and chuckled, muttering "Not a corpse yet… That's good…" Thirteen ignored her and walked to Luffy, before a man appeared in front of him, eyeing Thirteen warily, asking "Who are you, Cat Man?"

Thirteen looked at him and Luffy said weakly "Thirteen…?" Thirteen looked at Luffy, who grabbed the air and continued "I'm… gonna… beat the fuck… out of you… who are… you… to leave… my crew…?"

The man looked at Thirteen with his mouth open in shock, he immediately regained his composure and said seriously "My apologies, I thought you were a foe. It seems we're on the same side."

All-Sunday chimed in from the back "He needs water." Luffy coughed "Water… That's it…! Shi… shi… shi…" Thirteen looked at Luffy, who looked to be on his last breath, while the man said "Not to worry, I will bring him to Alubarna. I can assure you he will be alive. I am Pell, pleasure to meet you."

Thirteen nodded and turned around, walking towards All-Sunday.

Suddenly!

Luffy struggled to get up, looking at Thirteen as he said "Get… Back… here… I still… have to beat you up…" Thirteen paused before continuing again as Pell grabbed Luffy and transformed into a bird person, flying away.

Luffy flailed weakly before shouting with all his strength "I… WILL… GET… YOU…!!!"

All-Sunday watched and said "Very dramatic." Thirteen kicked her, sending her rolling in the sand and coughing up saliva, holding her stomach. He looked down at her and she got up, saying "You're really not a nice person." Thirteen blinked blankly and she weakly chuckled before whistling.

An alligator with a banana shaped tail sped over.

All-Sunday made a 'after you' gesture as White hopped up and down on the alligator. Thirteen looked at her and grabbed her collar, dragging her with him as he got on the alligator.

All-Sunday coughed and patted the F-Wani, saying "Alubarna, please." The F-Wani trembled as Thirteen looked at it, All-Sunday looked at him and asked "Can you stop scaring Charles? He's very nervous." Thirteen looked at her before looking away, she smiled and patted the F-Wani, who gulped before taking off at great speeds.

It looked like it was running for it's life.

Well, it was… but the details didn't really matter…

Anyway!

Thirteen leaned back on the F-Wani with All-Sunday in front of him. White was sitting in All-Sunday's lap and she was petting him with a smile on her face.