Hey guys! Wow, hasn't it been AGES since I last updated? Well, welcome back to "Dark Ace's Really Bad Days"! Any new guys, hello and I hope you enjoy! I actually had written this a while ago, but I have only gotten around to posting it now… This was inspired by a friend of mine having a sore throat and losing her voice…
"Um, Commander Ace, sir?" came the quiet and timid voice of the young talon from outside the room. He didn't dare actually enter the room; for rumour had it that the Dark Ace was in a very, very bad mood. Oh, and that he didn't wish to be disturbed. Since the man had an infamous, furious temper, the Talon believed that since he was on this suicide mission he would have to take things as carefully as he was able. Which meant that all he did was hang around in the hall, outside the Commander's apartments and knock quietly and not actually enter.
The Talon heard nothing from within so he decided to call for the Commander again and hope for the best.
"Commander Ace, sir? You've been summoned to see Master Cyclonis, sir!" he said, and after he said it he began to pray that the man wouldn't kill him there and then for being disturbed.
He had wanted to run away when he had been told to go and get the Dark Ace and bring him to Master Cyclonis. But the Master and simply smiled her special, evil little smile when she had seen the look of horror that had passed across his face when she had told him what do to and said that he had better just go and get him.
"After all, who are you more scared of, my little servant - Dark Ace, or myself?"
He had quickly bowed and hurried out of the Throne Room to the Dark Ace's quarters, where he was now, hopping about on one foot outside the door.
And there he would have remained the entire day, if not for the opening of the door and for Dark Ace himself walking out.
"Sir-"
"I know. I did hear you, funnily enough. Master Cyclonis has sent for me." The Dark Ace quickly cut through the Talon's attempt at talking to him with a frown. He was fed up, and all he wanted to do for today was to lock himself up in his room and stay there. And not to be disturbed. But apparently the Master had decided that she really wanted to annoy him all the more and send for him.
The Talon was still there; looking up at him. Dark Ace briefly wondered if he was actually that intimidating. He opened his mouth and straight away the Talon braced himself.
So he did look that intimidating then. Whether it was always a good thing that he did, he would find that out some day. Now he had to go and see his lovely Master, and find out why she had decided to send for him at ten in the morning.
"Okay, you. You do know that you can go, right? I do happen to know my way to the Throne Room!" He said angrily to the Talon.
After all, I have to go there at least once a day… I actually spend most of my time on Cyclonia there, or so it seems…He thought, watching the Talon take to his heels and race down the corridor in front of him.
"This had better be something good, or I swear…" The Dark Ace muttered to himself, following the Talon down the corridor, only not in such a hasty fashion.
"Excuse me, Master? You want me to do what?" Dark Ace asked incredulously. Turns out, it wasn't for something good after all…
"Dark Ace, I do hope that you are not questioning me or my orders for you." Master Cyclonis said, with a hint of anger laced among her normally cool voice. "After all, we all know what happens to those that do. I would hate to see you among their numbers."
Dark Ace glared at the back of the cloaked ruler, thinking of as many curses as he possibly could. It was the only way he could vent his anger.
He had gone to the Throne Room and after entering and bowing as he usually did, he had asked the Master why she had sent for him. She had smiled, and had then revealed her plans for the day to him. To his horror, he found out that she was sending him out on yet another crystal mission, but that wasn't it, unfortunately.
"Master, why another "Protector of Crystals" mission? And why do I have to go with her? With Ravess?" He spat the last words out. It really wasn't fair. He knew that he sounded like a spoiled child but his honestly didn't care anymore. It was unfair. Why did the Master always give him these stupid missions? Did she enjoy it, or something? Watching him carry out tasks meant for lesser ranks than his to do?
"Dark Ace." The Master's voice as firm and would brook no complaints. "You will do this task because, how can I say it, you have failed yet again with the Storm Hawks. Think of it as a punishment, of sorts. You will do this mission I have given you, with Ravess, and maybe while you do it you will understand why I am making you do it. Simply defeat the Storm Hawks the next time, as you have promised me, and then no more "Protector of Crystals" missions." her voice was now tinged with amusement.
He was right. She did enjoy dishing these missions out to him. She actually found it funny!
She was looking at him, now opening smirking.
"Ravess?" She called. The doors opened and there walked in Dark Ace's best friend…
Ravess bowed, and then looked over to the Dark Ace, who glared at her.
"Well Ravess, I have told him what to do. I trust," The Master turned to face him, "that you will do this mission?"
He stopped glaring at Ravess -who was also smirking at him- and made himself appear to be accepting of his task.
"Of course, Master." He bowed, and proceeded to walk out, with Ravess following him at his side. Soon the doors closed behind them, and Ravess burst out laughing.
"What," He said, swinging around to face her, "in the name of Atmos is so funny?"
She appeared to have difficulty in actually speaking as she was laughing so hard, but eventually she calmed down.
"The look on your face…was priceless!" She burst out laughing again, laughing harder when the Dark Ace viciously kicked a wall in his anger.
"This, will not be an enjoyable experience…" He muttered to himself, walking as fast as he could away from the laughing Ravess.
"So, Dark Ace…tell me, what does it feel like to have to work with me again?" Ravess asked the man in front of her with a smile on her face.
They were currently on their skimmers, heading towards the tiny Terra Cristallo. It was a newly discovered Terra, and so far no people had been found living there. What had been discovered though, was a large mine full with bright gold -coloured crystals. Master Cyclonis herself did not know anything about these new crystals, and if she did not know anything then who would? So that was why she had sent Dark Ace and Ravess to pick up a crateful of these crystals just for her, while the others would be sorted in a safe place until the Master discovered what these crystals where and what they could do.
She has told them both one thing worth remembering though - not to touch the crystals directly with bare skin. For since she did not know anything about them, all precautions must be taken and carried out. The crystals could be poisonous, for instance. So she had told them to wear the special gloves she had made for this occasion.
Dark Ace turned around on his skimmer easily and looked at Ravess smiling at him. She really could be such a bitch on certain days, and this appeared to be one of those days. He knew what she was getting at. The time when he had been sick with hypothermia and she had to look after him. Well, he could remind her of certain things too, if that was how she wanted to play!
"Well Ravess, I must say, it has to be difficult for you." He said, watching as her facial expression changed from one of gloating to one of confusion.
"What do you mean?" She asked, clearly confused.
"After all, the last time we were both on a mission, I seem to remember you in a…lets say, a certain state of undress…" He said, watching now as she flushed and glared at him.
"So," He continued, "it must be difficult for you to have to work with me this time with your clothes on, you see…" he finished with a smirk of his own.
Ravess was bright red at this stage, both with embarrassment and with anger. She appeared to want to say something back; but thought better of it and closed her mouth, though she was evidently mad.
"And by the way, Ravess, your face really does clash with your hair when you blush." He couldn't resist from giving her another blow to her pride. It worked, for she didn't speak at all for the rest of the ride to the Terra.
"Ah, the power of words…" He grinned to himself.
She was still mad when they reached Terra Cristallo, and she still refused to speak to Dark Ace. Not that he, of course, minded or anything.
He watched as various Talons ran around the entrance of the huge mine. It was huge - even bigger than the mines of Terra Tundras, and that was saying something. Those mines on Tundras never seemed to run out; but now this mine looked as if it would and could be used for years.
He looked over at Ravess.
"Well, what are we waiting for? The sooner we get this over with, the better…" Ravess threw him a look; refusing to talk to him. She was still mad.
"I must say Ravess, it doesn't seem right with you not talking; but they do say that "silence is golden", whoever "they" are…" He said with a laugh. He laughed a little more when he saw that Ravess actually had a smile on her face now.
"Oh come on then…I want to get this over with too, you know. No use standing around here and doing nothing!" She said with a toss of her head, sending her hair flying and around her neck.
She saw Dark Ace looked at her.
"What?"
"Trying to strangle yourself now, or something?" he said, gesturing to her hair wrapped around her neck.
Ravess sighed. "Oh shut up, you."
It appeared that they were both about to start up yet another "verbal war" with each other - so much for the apparent truce between them - when Dark Ace spotted a figure running over to them.
It appeared to be a Talon.
The Talon finally reached them and as soon as he had he saluted. "Commander Ace, sir! We have the crate of crystals for Master Cyclonis ready for you." He turned to Ravess. "Do you wish for us to carry the crate over to you or do you wish to collect it yourselves?"
Dark Ace shrugged. "Whatever is quickest…"
Ravess sighed. "That means that we should probably go and collect it ourselves; rather than let those idiots do it. We would be quicker."
The Talon nodded, not looking the least put out even though she had insulted him.
"Okay, I will lead you over then." With that, he started walking in the opposite direction, with Dark Ace and Ravess following.
They set off across the busy area, having to weave their way through the hustle and bustle. Talons running left and right, or workers racing form one place to another. It was rather chaotic and it came as a relief to both the Dark Ace and Ravess when they finally reached the entrance to the mine itself at last.
"We have left the crate inside, in a chamber we have recently built for the storage of the crystals." The Talon said to them both. "I will take you there."
"Oh good…Here's me thinking that we would have to make our own way there." Dark Ace said sarcastically. Ravess elbowed him.
"Take us there then." She said, throwing Dark Ace another look.
"Ow! You have pointy elbows, woman!" He said, with a glare.
"Stop being so moody. Just because you think that you are too high and mighty for a mission like this does not mean that you can get away with being so grumpy to everyone!" She hissed at him, following the Talon into the mine.
Dark Ace didn't even bother to reply to that. He only rolled his eyes and followed the Talon and Ravess deeper into the mine.
Eventually, after what seemed like ages, they stopped in front of a black door that had two Talons guarding it on either side.
"The crate is in here, along with the other crystals we have uncovered from the mine. They are under guard twenty-four seven, and are regularly checked on." The talon said.
"Do you have any idea yet what the crystals actually do?" Ravess asked.
The Talon shrugged. "We have a small team of scientists looking at them as we speak, but they don't know anything yet. They are hoping that the Master will find out more than what they have."
"So they have found out something?" Dark Ace said, picking up on what the Talon had just said.
"Well, sir, we don't really know. They have said that the crystals could maybe remove certain senses, like seeing, and so on…or something along those lines. Other than that, they honestly do not know." The Talon said, before making the guards move aside and unlocking the door.
They walked through the door to a unexpected bright and large room. Tables and benches are places around the walls, various pieces of lab equipment scattered around on them as well as some of the gold-coloured crystals that they had been sent here to collect for the Master. There was also a small band of white-coated people who seemed to be scientists, clustered around a table right at the back of the room.
"What are they doing back there?" Dark Ace asked the Talon who had led them to here. He looked over to Ravess who shrugged her shoulders. She evidently didn't have a clue as to what they were doing over there.
The Talon frowned. "I think that they didn't expect us to be here so soon, sir, and haven't finished doing their daily tests on the crystals yet. I think it would be wise for us to leave here and wait outside until they have finished. Who knows what stupid thing they will try out on them and what would happen if they did so."
He turned and walked towards the door followed by Ravess. The Talon paused at the door.
"Are you not coming, sir?" he asked.
"I want to see what they are doing, it may be useful for telling the Master in case she asks what tests have already been carried out." Dark Ace replied. He looked at Ravess. She sighed, and walked over to him.
"I swear, if something happens I will blame you for us being here." She muttered at him with a frown as the scientists took out what looked like a Bunsen burner.
Dark Ace laughed. "What could possibly go as wrong as what happened during our last mission together?"
Famous last words, those.
How it happened, they had no idea. It just happened so suddenly. One minute they were walking towards the table, watching as a scientist held with gloved hands a fragment of the crystal to the flame of the Bunsen burner. They watched as the flames licked at the crystals, which appeared to ignore the fire, until suddenly it began to glow.
"Watch out!" The scientist holding the crystal called out to the others around him. They hastened to move away quickly, and their decision to move came not a second to soon.
The crystal exploded with a very bright gold-coloured flame that seemed to fill the whole room. It shattered and fragments were sent everywhere, causing scientists to yell and bump into each other as they tried to get away from them. Chunks of earth and wood fell from the ceiling and everyone braced themselves, ready for the worst to happen.
Luckily enough, the whole ceiling did not cave in on them but a fair amount of earth did fall down, causing many to fall to the ground.
After several minutes, the smoke from the explosion cleared and people began to pick themselves off the floor, mumbling angrily about the scientist who had thought it was a great idea to hold an unstable crystal which nothing was known about to a flame.
Ravess picked herself up with a cough. She brushed herself down, sighing as she saw that her smart uniform was ruined with the smoke and dirt. Coughing once more, she quickly brushed her hair off her face and looked around.
Some scientists were still on the floor, apparently knocked out from the explosion. However, she couldn't find the Dark Ace anywhere.
"I swear, that man invites trouble for himself…" Ravess muttered to herself, before turning around to look in the opposite side of the room.
A scientist was crouching over someone, and he called out quickly to his fellow scientists.
"Get over here! We have a problem!"
Ravess walked over, managing to be the first there. She crouched down to the scientist's level, and she was about to ask what was the matter and then she saw it for herself.
"Stupid fool…" She said, trying to mask her worry.
The Dark Ace was lying on the floor, not moving. Ravess pushed past the scientist who had found him and looked at him. He was pale but that seemed to be all that was wrong with him. She allowed herself to relax. He seemed fine; maybe he had just been knocked unconscious like others in the room had.
She turned around to face the small cluster of the white-coated men around her and say something when she heard a cough and a "What the hell…?"
Soon to be followed by a "Ravess, you do know that your ass, as lovely as it may be, is right in my face…?" She heard a snigger from the one of the scientists and she glared at the one responsible, who immediately looked to the floor.
She looked at Dark Ace. He was grinning at her and he did seem fine.
"Dark Ace…glad to see you are actually awake. Now, let's get that crate of crystals and get out of here." She said to him, before standing up and waiting for him to do the same.
Dark Ace shook his head to clear it (for it felt that everything was fuzzy) and put his hands down on the ground, and suddenly felt a small prick of pain in one of them. He lifted his left hand up and saw a piece of a gold-coloured crystal embedded the palm of his hand. He watched as the fragment of the crystal looked as though it was drowning when blood began to trickle out of the deep cut.
Ravess was looking at him with something like worry reflecting in her eyes but that was replaced with a smile instead.
"What is it, Dark Ace? Surely it doesn't take even you all that long to get up of the ground!" She said with the fake smile playing on her face. In answer he held up his hand, and was about to say something when he saw the scientist that was responsible for the explosion step forward with a gasp.
"Dark Ace, sir! Tell me you did not just touch…" His voice trailed off when he saw more clearly the piece of crystal in the Talon Commander's hand. "Oh. You did." he said, clearly deflated.
"What is the matter now?" Ravess said with a tinge of exasperation in her voice. She looked at the Dark Ace's hand and then she too stood still.
"Dark Ace, do you feel okay? Do you feel dizzy, sick, anything of the sort?" The scientist fired questions at the dark-haired man on the floor.
Dark Ace almost smiled. He felt fine, and would tell him so. He opened his mouth and began to speak, but suddenly stopped. He couldn't hear his voice…Nothing at all was coming out of his mouth…
Had he lost his voice? He tried to say something; anything; and no sound came out.
The scientists were all looking at him with fear in their eyes.
Of course. If they had injured Master Cyclonis' right-hand man in any way…they know that she wouldn't be too happy…Dark Ace thought.
Ravess looked at him. "Dark Ace? Can you hear us?"
He tried to speak again but gave up and instead nodded.
Ravess looked shocked. "Can you speak? If you can't, just shake your head…" She said, watching to see what would happen.
Dark Ace shook his head. He couldn't say a word! Nothing at all.
Ravess quickly pulled herself together and looked at what was the head scientist, who was at the front of the crowd of scientists.
"What has happened to the Dark Ace…" She quickly read the man's nametag on his white coat - "Dr. Tomas? How could he have been speaking one minute and not being able to say a word the next?" she finished, finding herself fearing what the answer may be. If Dark Ace had lost his voice, she could only hope it was temporarily.
If it was permanent, then Master Cyclonis…Best not think about that now…She thought. Let's just concentrate on the here and now…
"Well, Madame Ravess, I do believe that he touched the crystals…even a small shard of those crystals are incredibly powerful. We believed that they could possibly remove senses, such as seeing and hearing and so on. However, they may do more than that, as we see here with Commander Ace. They appear to do something with the part of the brain which controls talking, listening, etc and deprive you of something from that part of the brain…so that shard," here he gestured to the piece of crystal still embedded in the Dark Ace's palm, "is able to block the signals from Dark Ace's brain when he wishes to speak -"
"Yes, yes, thank you for that lesson doctor," Ravess interrupted. She was losing her patience, "but I need to know one thing and one thing only - for how long will he not be able to speak?"
Dr. Tomas sighed and shook his head. "I'm afraid that I do not know the answer to that, Madame Ravess. It could be only for a few hours, or at the most a day, but…" He trailed off.
"But?" Ravess asked rather pointedly.
"But we do not know. After all, we didn't actually know that the crystals could remove the power of speech as well as hearing and so on, so who knows if the rest of our knowledge of these crystals, as small as it may be, is correct in any way?" he sighed once more. "So I am sorry, but we do not know. He will have to wait it out."
Dark Ace, who had been listening to the conversation between Ravess and the scientist frowned and snatched in a single movement a sheet of paper and a pen of the closest desk, and began to write quickly.
Once he was finished, he poked Ravess and handed her the paper.
Ravess read it and sighed. Trust the Dark Ace to still be annoying even when he couldn't speak!
I really don't like being talked about as if I wasn't here! Ask him again if he has any idea as to how long this will last for…even if all he has is a rough estimate!
Ravess rolled her eyes and glared at Dark Ace, who simply stuck his tongue out at her.
"Mature!" Ravess hissed at him, before resuming her conversation with Dr. Tomas. Dark Ace smiled at her. She was so easy to annoy…
"Dr. Tomas, Dark Ace would like me to ask you again - are you sure that you don't have any idea as to how long his current condition will last for?" Ravess asked, and on seeing that Dr. Tomas was confused as to how she knew what Dark Ace wanted, she held up the piece of paper he had wrote on. "He wrote it down for me."
"Well, as I have said before -" he was interrupted by a sheet of paper brushing against his hand. Dark Ace, who was still sitting down, looked at the Head Scientist in such a way that he took the paper and read it quickly.
Seeing as you are talking about me, why not speak to me as well? If you would be so kind, that is. Of course, I don't want to put you out of your way, or anything…
The Head Scientist nodded and made sure that he looked at Dark Ace as well as Ravess; who, on reading the note to Dr. Tomas from Dark Ace, turned to Ace and glared.
"Will you quit being so rude! He is trying to help you!" she said angrily, before looking to the Doctor. Dark Ace rolled his eyes at her before looking at the Doctor too.
"Well Dark Ace, as I said to Madame Ravess I do not know. All I can tell you is that if you cannot talk again within a few hours, then…" Another sheet of paper was hastily written on and handed to the Head Scientist.
I won't be able to speak again?
Dr. Tomas nodded. "I'm afraid so, Commander. I am very sorry. Rest assured that I will see to it that the man responsible for the explosion of that crystal," - He looked at a certain scientist in the small cluster of the men who were still hovering around though keeping their distance; and on catching his eye, glared at him- "will be punished for it. All you can do now Commander Ace, is to wait it out, and don't try and sue any other crystals to try and help deactivate the one that caused this. It may make matters worse!"
Ravess thanked the Head Scientist and then proceeded to help Dark Ace stand up.
"Are you okay? You don't feel dizzy, or anything?" she asked him.
Why was it that whenever they did a mission together, he ended up hurt in some way and she was the one to look after him? She thought.
Dark Ace rolled his eyes at her. He too was thinking along the same lines, but he had to admit that he was thankful for her being there. If Snipe was there instead, well…He probably wouldn't have been as helpful as she was being right now. Even if she was acting like some type of mother hen to him.
He picked up a stack of paper and scribbled on the top sheet before handing it over to her and folding the other ones to go into his pocket.
Ravess took the proffered sheet and read it.
Ravess, seriously - no need to mother me. I'm fine…apart from the whole not-being-able-to-speak thing going on…But really; I am fine! Let's just take those crystals for Master Cyclonis and go. The sooner I get out of here the better!
She laughed and then nodded.
"Okay then, but you are not allowed to carry anything, okay?" Seeing as he was about to start protesting by written means she poked him. "I mean it. No touching anything related to crystals. Got it?" At his rather reluctant nod, she walked to the door and ordered the Talon who had led them there to send for some other Talons to come and carry the crate for them. He nodded and disappeared.
She walked back in and called out to Dark Ace.
"We're leaving!"
She waited for him to walk over before she got one of the Talon guards to lead them back to the entrance of the mine, while behind them a group of Talons carried the heavy crate full of those gold-coloured crystals.
"So, Dark Ace, I must say, it is really odd not to hear you talking…or should I say, complaining? That is what you usually do, I have to admit…" Ravess said to the man who was near her. They had gotten on their skimmers and where now heading back to Cyclonia to give Master Cyclonis her "test subjects". Ravess, even though she knew it was wrong, couldn't help but feel slightly happy at the fact that Dark Ace couldn't speak. It meant that he couldn't mock her or annoy her. She could do the same to him and for once he couldn't reply. It was heavenly!
However, when she thought of why he couldn't speak she was forced to think of the fact that he may never speak again. Ravess, although she was often angry with the man didn't want to see that happen to him, so she decided not to enjoy herself to much with her gloating.
"Like you said to me, some people do say "Silence is golden", do they not? I now know what they mean!" she laughed.
Well, she could enjoy herself a little!
Dark Ace glared at her. By Atmos, she really could be bitchy…He took out the handful of paper he had lifted of the desk from the room in the mine and began to write, and after he was finished he tossed it at Ravess' face, grinning to himself as he heard her complain loudly about it nearly hitting her eye.
That isn't funny, Ravess.
Ravess laughed again when she read the note.
"Well, you laughed when you said it to me, so why not let me laugh when I say it to you?" She said to him, watching as he rolled his eyes and snatched the paper back. He scribbled something and tossed it back at her, this time making sure that he was aiming for her eyes.
Ravess shouted angrily at him before reading what he had written.
That isn't funny, Ravess.
"Oh Dark Ace, smile a bit, would you?" She said to him, hiding the fact that she was worried about him. She of course would never tell him that!
She watched as he wrote again on another sheet of paper and this time she was prepared for the paper plane that headed her way. She had to admit it; she was impressed at the way he could write on a skimmer and fly at the same time. But once again, she would never tell him that!
Well then, let's see who is smiling when we have to go and talk to Master Cyclonis after we get back to Cyclonia! I can't wait to see your face then! You said my face was priceless last time, will it be your turn this time around?
Ravess looked at Dark Ace with a frown on her face. Was he trying to say that it was her fault that he couldn't speak? He was the one after all who had wanted to stay in that room when those scientists were working…
Dark Ace smiled to himself, making sure that Ravess couldn't see him doing so. Even though he couldn't speak, he could still make her be quiet! It gave him something to do, after all…
He refused to think about what would happen if his voice didn't come back. Instead he decided to concentrate on annoying Ravess as much as possible before they arrived back in Cyclonia.
This will be fun…he thought to himself. Winding up Ravess is the best way to spend the time when travelling between Terras.
Dark Ace wrote quickly on another piece of paper, and quickly made yet another paper plane. He aimed carefully at the thoughtful Ravess and smiled when it hit her right on the nose.
"Dark Ace! Would you please stop doing that? It does hurt!" She shouted at him. He merely rolled his eyes and smiled more when she replied with a well-known hand gesture.
He shook his head as if to say "Now, now, Ravess, no need for that!"
Ravess decided to ignore him and instead read the latest note from him.
Ravess loves me, this I know;
Even though she doesn't tell me so…
"Dark Ace!"
If he had been able to laugh; hell, he would have laughed for ages at that.
Dark Ace grinned to himself. This had proved to be the best fun he had had in a while…
He had thrown paper balls at her head, or made more paper planes. But the best thing he had done so far was writing continuous notes that said:
Are we there yet?
He decided to throw another note saying that at Ravess once more and she how she would react to the fifth message that was the same. He wrote down the message, folded it up rather neatly and tossed it at Ravess.
Who sighed and wearily began to open it. She has decided to stop shouting at him and had instead taken up an "appeasement" type of action.
Even so, when she read what he had written she felt that if they didn't reach Cyclonia within the next ten minutes, she would end up either pushing him of his skimmer or jumping out of hers.
Are we there yet?
"Dark Ace!"
They had finally reached Cyclonia, and so Ravess did not have to push Dark Ace of his skimmer or thrown herself of hers. She was however, worried about how she would tell Master Cyclonis that her favourite Talon as not able to speak. How would the Master react? She knew that she would be furious, to say in the very least. All she could do would be to tell the Master that there was a chance that he could speak again and also that none of this was her fault. She could only hope that Master Cyclonis would punish the scientist responsible and not her.
Dark Ace looked over at Ravess. He knew that she was worried about meeting the Master; knew that she was worried that she would get blamed for his…voicelessness. But he would make sure that she wouldn't get into trouble for that because after all, it really wasn't her fault.
He decided to go over to her and tell her that. Oh wait…he couldn't…With sigh, he reached into his pocket for more paper and began to write. When he had finished he handed the message over to her.
"Another silly and annoying little note, Dark Ace?" Ravess sighed; not taking the letter but letting it stay in his hand. She was fed-up with the messages from him and she blamed herself for the fact that he had to write in order to communicate; even if it was for something stupid.
She was surprised, however when he shook his head, and offered her the letter again. When she still did not take it, he reached for her hand and placed it on her palm. Ravess saw the bandage on his hand as he did so and when she remembered what it was for she felt more upset. He looked at her and pointed at her and then to the note.
"You really want me to read this, don't you?" Ravess asked him. Dark Ace nodded, and pointed at the note again.
Ravess slowly opened the note and began to read it, with Dark Ace standing beside her as she did so.
Ravess, look - I don't blame you for what happened. It wasn't your fault and you could have done nothing to have prevented it from happening. I know you; so I know that you are beating yourself up over this and worrying about what Master Cyclonis will say. Don't worry about it - I will tell her (somehow) that none of this was your fault and you are not to blame. It is my fault, because I did not look at the floor when I put my hands down and I wasn't wearing those stupid gloves! So stop blaming yourself and start acting like the annoying woman that you are!
Ravess laughed. She couldn't help it. Dark Ace, even without a voice could still be annoying, yes, but he was still blunt and managed to make the words have a voice of their own. She looked at him.
"Thank you…" She couldn't say anything else, but he understood.
"No problem…" he said, and then he stopped. Ravess looked at him.
"Dark Ace…did you just say something?" she said, sounding excited.
"Well, I opened my mouth and words came out so yes, I believe that means that I said something." He said with a smirk. His throat hurt and his voice sounded very weak but so what? He could speak again!
Ravess laughed with sheer relief.
"Shut up, you! Come on, we have to go and talk to the Master!" She said, and for once she smiled at him with no gloating or malice there.
He rolled his eyes at her with a smile.
"Why are you so happy that I can talk again, Ravess? Did you miss me talking?" he asked her as they walked down to the Throne Room.
"Of course not. "Silence is golden", remember?" she replied.
He laughed. "Sure…sure…I think you missed me, because after all…" he said, taking out a piece of paper and giving it to her. "Read it!"
Ravess took the paper and read what was there, wondering why the man started to laugh as she did.
Ravess loves me, this I know;
Even though she doesn't tell me so…
"Dark Ace!"
Wow, that was long! But then again I haven't updated this in ages so I thought, why not go on for a bit longer than what I usually do?
I loved this…it made me laugh so much writing it! I had never intended for any of the one -shots in "Dark Ace's Really Bad Day's" to have a pairing in them, but I suppose that you can get a DA/Ravess pairing if you wish out of this now
Well folks, please review and let me know if you liked or disliked, and if you actually still like these one-shots!