Stretching my body, I sat down beside Trenza, who surprisingly wasn't in the mood to have sex as she's usually quite horny, not to mention it's been like ten days since we've done it, but I guess she wasn't in the mood right now.

'Tsk, well, she better be soon.' Mused Diddy with a slight frown as he glanced at the depressed Trenza before folding his arms, closing his eyes, and leaning back.

"Oh, yeah, nearly forgot, what the hell happened while I was gone? Also, where is Freyja? Is she dead? Tsk, she better not be fucking dead, I've been keeping her alive for the last nine years, and I swear to fucking god if someone else fucking killed her!" Asked Diddy curiously as he snapped his fingers before glancing at his crew, only for him to growl while his expression morphed into anger.

"She's not dead." Replied Scar softly as he glanced at Diddy while reaching into his pocket before handing him a small, burning piece of paper.

Grabbing the burning vivre card, which carried that heavenly bewitching scent that I'd never forget for as long as I lived, I couldn't help but frown at how absolutely small it was; every commander, along with Freyja's two officers, has a piece of her vivre card, with me being the only exception, as a matter of fact, I have no one's vivre card, I don't even have one for myself. Anyway, this piece I'm holding is supposed to be at least half the size of a regular piece of paper, which always stays on Pandemonium. Yet, now, it was smaller than my fingernail, and that just goes to show her terrible condition.

"So she's alive? Haa, that's good; I was about to go on a rampage. Do you guys know how absolutely annoying Freyja can be? Keeping her alive for nine years was damn near torturous, and if I found out someone else reaped the fruits I had sowed? Hehe, the world would've felt my wrath." Remarked Diddy with a sigh of relief as he tossed the tiny vivre card onto the ground while his eyes took on a dangerous glint, murderous thoughts occupying his mind.

"Anyway, can one of you guys tell me what the hell happened? I'm starting to get annoyed." Asked Diddy with a frown as he glanced at Scar, who was stuffing the vivre card of Freyja into his pocket before glancing at the only person whose brain he could rely on.

"Haa, the Marines… Captain. Admiral Kizaru happened to intercept us, and given our injuries, we put up a rather pathetic resistance, so in an act of bravery, if you could call it such, Freyja took Kizaru far away while Pandemonium swam to safety." Replied Sebas softly as he shook his head and sighed before glancing at Diddy, who raised an eyebrow and nodded.

"Hmm, I see. While I can understand why Scar would be depressed, why are you and Mael also depressed?" Said Diddy as he rubbed his chin while glancing between Mael and Sebas, both sporting defeated expressions.

"Hmph, I'm hardly concerned about Freyja; I'm more angry at the fact we couldn't deal with a single Admiral." Said Mael calmly in slight anger as he clenched his fist, causing it to erupt into a ball of flaming plasma.

"I, too, feel similarly, Captain. As an Apocalyptic Commander, my weakness before an Admiral was inexcusable; I'm more than just a little embarrassed at my display." Remarked Sebas lightly as he sipped tea while calmly looking at the window, his eyes flashing with various emotions.

"I think… We all feel the same as Father and Mael, Captain. I mean, Freyja can be annoying, but I am still a little worried for her." Said Trenza softly as she raised her head and glanced at Diddy, who was sitting directly to her left, causing him to fold his arms.

"Do you guys all feel the same?" Asked Diddy with furrowed brows as he looked at his fellow cremates.

Although no one else spoke, they didn't need to; their emotions weren't hidden from my haki, and while everyone except Mael and Sebas was partially worried about Freyja, they all felt similarly, causing me to nod as I stood up.

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"Well, you guys all know how I feel about weaklings, but I wouldn't expect you all to resist an admiral with your current injuries; hell, even I would be hard-pressed to defeat an admiral currently, let alone you guys. Of course, I would've had to severely beat you all to the brink of death if this had happened when you guys were in perfect health." Remarked Diddy lightly as he glanced at his crew, who all subconsciously shivered from his words, each having experienced his punishment methods at least once.

"However, since you guys all feel the same, let's go rescue Freyja then." Added Diddy with a feral grin, his words causing everyone to widen their eyes slightly in surprise.

"Eh, you're being serious, Captain?" Asked Grand in surprise as he looked at Diddy, who nodded with a smirk.

"Yeah, well, we'll rescue her eventually; for now, let's let her suffer. I'd like a little vacation away from her." Replied Diddy with a nod as he glanced at Grand before grabbing Trenza's hand with his tail, forcing her to follow him.

"Ouch, please be gentler, Captain; I'm still injured. Also, I'm not really in the mood for sex. Can we save it for later?" Asked Trenza softly while wincing in pain as she rubbed her bandaged arm before glancing at Diddy who promptly shook his head.

"No, I'm horny." Stated Diddy firmly as he exited the lounge before leaping towards his hammock and tossing Trenza onto it.

"You know, this could be considered rape, Captain. Do you really want to rape your lover?" Asked Trenza lightly as she looked at Diddy, who promptly tilted his head in confusion.

"I'm a pirate, Trenza; raping is expected of us." Said Diddy as he eyed Trenza before grabbing her clothes and shredding them off her body, revealing her petite figure.

"Well, now that you mention it, you're not wrong. Haa, alright, just try to be ~AHHH~ g-gentle! D-Dear god, w-what was I talking about? F-Fuck my pussy until I'm stupid, Captain!" Remarked Trenza quietly with a thoughtful expression, only to moan loudly as she quickly wrapped her legs around Diddy's waist, staring into his vertical slit eyes with lust.

"Heh, with pleasure." Remarked Diddy with a wicked smirk as he ravaged Trenza's body, her moans resounding all throughout Pandemonium.

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Opening my eyes, I tried to move around, but I could hardly move my body; not only was I chained down with sea stone cuffs, given how I could feel my strength was constantly being sapped away, but I was still severely injured from my battle with Kizaru. I had given it everything I had, but I was still defeated; granted, I had put up a pretty good fight, though that was just me comforting myself; he hadn't even taken me seriously.

'W-Where am I?' Thought Freyja softly as she used her eyes to look around, though with her devil fruit abilities being restricted, all she could see were faint bars in front of her.

'I-I seem to be in a cell. Tsk, great.' Mused Freyja in annoyance as she tilted her head to the side, following the chains that bound her limbs, only to click her tongue.

Unfortunately, the chains I was bound to were quite heavy-duty. I wasn't going to be escaping anytime soon, not with these injuries, and unfortunately, I couldn't even heal, not like I had any stored-up vitality to do so; I use all the stolen vitality to strengthen myself.

My situation was quite dire, and the only saving grace was that I still had my haki, but even that had been weakened; whether it was because of my injuries or these sea stone cuffs, I had no clue, but that didn't matter right now. What mattered right now was that I needed to escape, though to do that, I first needed to remove these chains; only then could I even think about escaping.

"Before I do that, let's first see where I am at." Muttered Freyja lightly as she expanded her haki, encompassing the entire building within it, allowing her to see everything.

'Six levels. Desert, pot of boiling blood, frozen wasteland. This is the exact description Diddy gave.' Thought Freyja lightly as she continued to look before retracting her haki while sighing.

"So, I'm in Impel Down, specifically Eternal Hell? Better than nothing. Now, to escape." Said Freyja lightly as she raised her arm and grabbed the seastone collar, attempting to crush it with her haki.

Despite trying my damndest, I couldn't crush this sea stone collar, something Diddy could do with ease, causing me to huff in annoyance as I realized emission haki wouldn't be enough to get the job done.

'So, I need infusion haki, something only Diddy has? Easier said than done; well, I suppose I've got the perfect chance to practice.' Thought Freyja with a slight frown as she closed her eyes and focused her haki on her hand, while attempting to forcefully infuse it into her collar, to no success.

As I didn't have anything to do, I spent every waking moment trying to master infusion haki, and after who knows how many days, I finally heard a snap, causing me to widen my eyes in joy as I thought I had broken the collar, though, to my dismay, only a slight crack had appeared atop it.

"Hehehehe." Muttered Freyja with a grin as she expressed her joy through laughter before calming down and continuing to practice, rapidly improving her level of armament haki.