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It had been 5 days since the ambush. Buggy finally woke up and the sheet on his head was taken off of him. He saw he was tied up and inside his circus tent. Did they make it? Maybe Lydia was being playful with him, but part of made him feel she wasn't even here...or even his crew.

Buggy did what he did best when in a sticky situation. He joked, "is this the best way to ask for an autograph? Lydia, baby...? If you wanted a little hostage role play you could've just asked."

There was still silence in the air. He knew Lydia wouldn't keep quiet in a dark room, especially in a public place. His tent. He then got a little frustrated and yet nervous.

"OKAY WHAT DO YOU WANT??!!!" he yelled, losing his temper, "tickets to the show? I can get you house seats...they're pricey."

There was a loud boom in the room. His expression changed to "oh shit" moment realizing who it might be. But it couldn't.

"I'm no fan of yours...," Arlong then stepped out of the dark.

Buggy's eyes widened. There was no way he survived the ambush. Cabaji stabbed him before that whale break their ships. And he wouldn't even make it to Buggy's circus if he swam with him here.

"Arlong....?" Buggy looked around, "if you're no fan of mine then why did you bring me here? This is my tent? And you could've just let me drown, but you obviously chose not to. Why is that?"

"Because you're going to help me clown," he smirked. "Once the little girl sees her little pathetic captain is missing, she will come for me looking for you."

"Her little pathetic captain? Well, pathetic I may be, but she still wants me, tuna-breath. She's not your wife anymore. Cheating makes a marriage invalid....oh, and she says my dick is bigger than yours," he taunted him. He knew it was a bad idea, but he couldn't resist. He hated Arlong for what he'd done to Lydia and her parents.

Arlong looked at him and frowned. He came at him grabbing the back of his neck, "what did you say, clown?!"

".....Aagghh...," Buggy gritted his teeth, he tried to detatch his head...his hands...but he couldn't because he was still weak from being in sea water for too long, "....you...heard me...."

Arlong growled and was about to bite him, but Buggy screamed to stop him.

"Wait wait WAIT!!! If you need me as bait, I'm no use to you dead, am I?? Think about it! Me being alive is sort of the key to the whole fucking plan!"

Arlong frowned, "you're boring me, clown," but he didn't bite him, instead he threw him down in the ground, "I might not kill you then, but that doesn't mean I can't have fun."

Buggy looked at him confused and thought he meant something disgusting.

"......sooner or later my strength will come back and then you won't be able to hold me!!"

Arlong then grinned. That was easy. All he had to do was keep dumping sea water on Buggy, and he'd be weak.

"Too easy, fool!" He snapped his fingers and two mutants came in with a bucket and dumped it ontop of him. He then bursted out laughing.

"Uh....," Buggy felt himself go weak and sagged down onto the ground. He didn't even have the strength to move properly.

He realized then this situation was bad. Really bad. He couldn't defend himself from Arlong. Arlong smirked at him and put his foot ontop of him and leaned down at him smirking, "had enough? We're just getting started, Clown."

Buggy just about managed to lift his hand. He raised his middle finger and flipped him off. Another mistake he knew, but he couldn't resist. It was part of who he was, stubborn and rebellious and he certainly wasn't submissive. Even when he knew he was beaten. Arlong growled at him grabbing by his neck and threw him down. "Fuck you too."

Buggy winced as he was slightly winded, ".... you wish. That's...Lydia's job."

Arlong growled and grabbed him by his neck, "keep her name out of your damn mouth!"

Buggy smiled weakly, "....oh I've had more than just her name in my mouth..."

Arlong was getting angry. It was obvious they had sex and this was pissing him off, "for that I will kill you when she does come. And she wouldn't come for you," he smirked.

He managed a weak chuckle, "oh she did come for me....bet she never could with you," He was deliberately goading him now, and enjoying it even though he knew Arlong was really mad, ".....and you're only going to kill me because you're jealous."

Arlong growled more and started choking Buggy.

Buggy gasped and made choking noises as the mutant's large hand tightened around his throat.

"Uh, Arlong.....," a member of his crew spoke up nervously, "you need him alive, remember....kill him once you have the girl back."

Arlong had enough and threw Buggy down and spit in his face, "fucking clown."

Buggy coughed and gagged, trying to catch his breath. He struggled to raise his arm and wiped the saliva from his face. Then everything went black again as the cloth bag was put back over his head.

"Put him in the torture room," Arlong growled.

They nodded and dragged him through the tent into his old green room. The room where all the circus props were kept. And weapons.

"Now...release Bruce."