It was a reflex. There was no way in hell he would have done it on purpose.

But he was is fight-or-flight mode, keyed up from HIM, Mojo, and Fuzzy busting into the Mayor's office and wrecking him and his boys. His nose was bleeding, his shades were knocked off to God only knows where, everything hurt, and he'd seen enough stars flash in front his eyes to last him a life time thank you very much. So when he'd been grabbed around the back and something roughly slapped over his mouth, Ace had lashed out with a bite on instinct.

There was a quiet snap and a sting zinged through his upper jaw. Did he really just break-

"Oh, poor baby chipped a fang~" Him's high mocking voice hissed into his ear.

He'd bitten HIM.

"I'm dead." Ace thought in a panic and, though it was too-little-too-late, released the bite. Or he would have if the red claw hadn't hardened it's grip, locking onto his jaw and keeping the teen right where he was, forcing him to display his teeth. "Beyond dead. I'm deader than dead."

The collective look of horror from everybody else in the room confirmed how royally and totally boned he was.

HIM tutted as he tilted the gang leader's head to the side, feigning interest in the broken tooth. "Such a shame, it added so much personality to your image. But accidents happen, don't they~ After all you would never mean to do such a thing, would you, Ace?"

The teen shook his head as much as he dared, scared even the smallest scratch from his teeth would put a stop to what appeared to be him getting off the hook with his life.

"Of course you wouldn't. You're too smart for that, value your life too much. But.." The usually high voice dropped into a low, demonic growl. "If you so much as bare your teeth in my general direction again, I'm going to pull. Them. Out. Are we clear?"

Each word of the threat was punctuated by the demon shaking him like a ragdoll, but Ace managed a frantic nod.

"Good." Dropping the teen to the floor- where he was smart enough to stay- HIM smoothly walked over him, ground the missing piece of the fang into dust under his stiletto, and took his leave. He'd had enough of today and was going home for a nice soak.

Author's Note: I had to get this out, it's been on my mind all day. There's a possibility I'll add to this- if I do the rating and genre will change because I am a twisted person and it will most likely be HIM following through on that threat.

Anyhoo, thank you for your time.