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Everyone had got a kick out of seeing me run around shirtless with the sash on and I went about like that the whole day. By the end of the day, Marco had swept me up with me laughing hysterically and he smothered me in his bed with feathers to my face. It had me wiggling before I was able to breathe and wrangled him to the side to curl around him. Coos had left him as I pet him through the night, falling asleep like that at some point.

"Good morning, yoi…" A light cooing follows as I groan and grip to a body while wiggling into his side more.

"No~, no early birdie getting a worm!" I whine, causing him to snort while shifting around. Complaints leave me as he is on his side and I stop when he pulls me fully into his hold, a grin splitting my face. Legs entwine together as I nuzzle into his neck and give a breath of relief of being able to linger like this with him.

"You know I have to do some paperwork?" He asks while I huff and move a hand to place against his face in a weird manner as I can't see and still a little foggy by sleep still trying to cling.

"Sshhh, pretty birdie. Sleep…" I mention, getting chuckles from him as he takes my hand with his to pepper in kisses and I hum.

"Just a little longer…" He whispers, and I give a light noise of cheer while snuggling to be as close as possible.

Dozing off again, we were startled at the sound of someone hollering of land and that has me jolting up with a look to him. Confusion plays on Marco, as well, not seeming to be aware of an island near here and he was the top navigator. I even viewed over his shoulder recently on our course, an island still a week away—weather permitting of course—and he could detect when such things were there. We move to get up, me making sure to head for the infirmary for my medicine as I usually did before or after breakfast and he went to go check with the navigators.

I had my shirt back on, giving his sash back as something was going on and needed to be figured out. Making my way, others seemed confused and I had only glanced out over the side to see the island that was somewhat floating above the water, not much thickness to the land, almost as if it was on a disk structure. Continuing, I went to see Maybelle to gather my medicine, drinking a glass of water as they asked about what was going on.

"I'm not sure, but Marco looked like he wasn't aware of an island near us." I comment and seen a few nurses giggle as Maybelle gives a thoughtful frown.

"Well, keep us updated and go find Commander Rakuyou, if he has the time. It's only to let him know of his divisions checkup time." Maybelle mentions, and I nod in understanding before turning to leave. The thought of forgetting my necklace and headband reaches my mind as I have a hand rubbing to my free hair. Grasping to the doorknob, my hand stops before it, as if it hit something and I pull back with eyes going along the area. "Ace?"

"Um, I don't know…" I mention while shifting to the side and seeing Maybelle giving a raised brow, the other nurses leaning to gaze in curiosity. Lilith comes up easily with long legs and tries for the doorknob. Her hand is stopped as well, and she yanks back in surprise with a confused look.

"It's as if the door is out of reach or something." Lilith comments while turning to the head nurse and Maybelle comes over to try herself, finding the same result.

"Camille," Maybelle starts out while turning and I notice one of the nurses' nod and go to the main desk area in the middle of the room to look around since the front part is covered to keep papers more stable. "We have a Snail in here to be ready for certain emergencies and this seems fitting." She comments, and I watch as Camille is holding up the small snail that does its ringing. I move to investigate whatever is blocking the way, sliding fingers along it, feeling smooth, and I flicker eyes along it before there is a wave in it.

"A mirror?" I ask out, having the other two with me turn to gaze at the door and it does the flicker again.

"Yes, we appear to be trapped in the infirmary." Camille starts out as soon as someone in the communications room answers. "We are not sure, but something is blocking us from leaving the room." She continues as we are slightly shifting from the door before chains come through the 'image' and snag around the three of us. A yelp leaves Lilith, Maybelle shouting out for the others to get back, and I grunt at the tight grip as I am yanked first.

"Ace!" The echo of the nurses is there before I am rolling on the ground with gritted teeth and quickly looking around. Maybelle and Lilith are pulled through and land not too far from me while I shift to get onto feet. Flames over take my body and I notice a smaller man being startled, chains wailing around him with fear on his face. Moving feet, I shift to run towards him with flames flaring along the ground ahead of me with a yell.

"Mirror Mirror; Prism!" I smack into a type of wall and fall back, the chain letting me go. I scramble to feet to notice it was black around me, but there is an echoing of snickering. "Ah, well we meant for the women only, but you shall do just as well." The voice comes out along with Maybelle making retorts with a sharpness to her tone.

"They broke it on the other side, boss." Someone speaks out, a shattering following, and I try pushing at my walls as only cracks of light are coming through.

"It's fine, they will do." The guy who used this prism, the boss, mentions while I notice as the mirrors open on one side.

"Ace! Watch out!" Lilith hollers and I turn, but can't dodge in time. A bullet lodges into my side, my legs feeling too weak to hold me up any longer and I tumble lightly to fall back against one of the mirrors while slouching forward with a grip to it. Peering up, the mirrors disperse except the one behind me and I wasn't used to having seastone in me. The overpowering feeling of being drained and my powers sealed is unpleasant.

"There," the boss in a nice white suit and cane made of silver is resting before him as he grins. "Now, you won't cause too much issues."

-o-o-o-o-

"Sorry I'm useless right now…" I mention to the two nurses who were in the prison next to mine as I was laid out along my front side with rope tying me up around my torso.

"Oh, honey, we weren't able to warn you good enough." Maybelle comments offhandedly and shifts as she gazes to the handcuffs on her. "Plus, the others will guess easily enough we are on that floating island and be up here in no time."

"Good point…" I comment while closing eyes with a heavy breath leaving me. The adrenaline had worn off and I was feeling the throbbing in my side, thankful it seemed to have stopped from bleeding. I was a little light headed, but it wasn't too much blood and I think part of the reason was from the seastone making me feel heavy.

"How are you feeling?" Lilith asks, and I make a slight groan.

"I hate seastone…" I mutter, causing Maybelle to snort and Lilith to giggle. My breathing is a little heavier than normal, the weight is on my chest as well and I try to stay calm.

"Is your wound too much?" Maybelle starts asking and I open eyes to peer to her as she gazes with a calculating gaze. "What's wrong?" Eyes narrow to my chest and I know she can tell my breathing is irregular than normal, plus she's basically the doctor with a different title.

"My chest feels heavier… like I'm not getting enough air than usual…" I admit, yawning after and my throat feels a little tighter.

"Ace… Just make sure you keep calm and focus on breathing." Maybelle mentions while showing a hint of worry, but staying calm. A noise of confusion leaves me as even Lilith seems to be curious. "You are a fire user, fire takes in a lot more oxygen almost thriving from that. It must have increased your oxygen levels as it could collect through your skin, or pores possibly. Now, your power is gone and that means your levels have gone back to as a normal human, which is a rather big drop from the way you are reacting." She explains, and I nod while keeping to breathing.

We linger in the space and it isn't long before the suit man comes in with a gaze at us. I can barely see him, someone is yelling to him as he starts messing with keys. They open one of the prisons and I notice the nurses moving, Maybelle baring teeth in defiance. I quickly shift to get to knees and give a growl while glaring over to see him inching towards them anxiously.

"Oi! Get the fuck away from them!" I holler, and he looks to me with a glare, frowning with a flicker of eyes. A grin shows before he goes for Lilith, Maybelle hollering, and I follow with that as there is not much else I can do except hopefully stall for the family. The man lifts his cane after tugging Lilith up and the end is pointed towards me.

"I can get your bounty either way." The comment is made with a grin and I am confused before the sound of a shot going off is there.

"Ace!" My name is hollered as I notice the smoke lingering from the cane and there is a blossoming pain in my neck, noticing it go along the side like a skim. I grit my teeth with a glare to the man and he shifts his cane before another shot goes off into my thigh. It has me cry out this time while jolting and end up falling over to the side on my shoulder. Coughs roughly leave me at the lack of oxygen as Maybelle is shifting while Lilith gives a desperate cry in my direction as she is dragged out. Heavy breaths are leaving me as I try to shift a little and get my other leg's pressure off my injured one.

"Focus on breathing, Ace." Maybelle states as my head is tilted somewhat back and ragged breaths leave me.

"Mirror Mirror," the boss starting to speak has me curse lowly before I feel my body almost mending with the floor. "Transport." The word soon has me slip more, Maybelle hollering to leave me alone, but is cut off as I soon land harshly to some type of stone slab. A groan leaves me while I try to shakily inhale and notice as that chain guy is there with chains lingering. "Good. Now, go ahead Doctor Hoffstead." Another man appears from somewhere above my head and comes to my abdomen. A hand grips to a hip and I try to move away, but a chain wraps around ankles easily and I knew there was no way to escape. "Time for an experiment…" The boss laughs while I notice him holding out hands with a sinister grin. "Since your crew seems ready to try and attack me, we will put them to the test!" The digging into my side is in my wound of the seastone bullet and I grit teeth.

"Let me know, Sir." The doctor claims while keeping his spot and I keep teeth gritted as he has something in the wound.

"So, Firefist," the boss starts up with a dark grin and eyes gleaming in amusement. "We are going to see who wins; them or me with the only way to tell is if you were to die." He cackles, and I don't understand on what he has planned before he taps his cane. "Let's see you try to breathe." Those words startled me before the bullet is pulled from my body, the feeling of my ability coming to life, but I am shoved back by chains rolling me easily to soon let go. The rope is burnt, but I have landed in some type of stone casing that they quickly block the top off.

Taking a moment I begin to realize it's a coffin. A mild panic settles, but quickly settle and make sure my flames are gone as I linger in the dark space. The family should be here soon, the guy wouldn't have run in while so panicked and doing last-minute plans if they weren't close. I cross arms with eyes closing as I focus on just stay breathing, but noticed my airways felt fine. If Maybelle was right, my fire would breathe basically for me. This could be troublesome, and I try to connect with my fire more to maybe calm down, but the jittering in my body showed otherwise.

My fire was panicked.

My fire knew there wasn't enough oxygen, which would snuff it out as no more would be provided. Which, in turn, leaves me with nothing to inhale and gets my body panicking. It's not that I want to, but my ability is a part of me and is doing so. Moving arms, I try to push up on the stone, finding it no use and I keep trying alternatives to get out of my situation.

I'm stuck…

Trapped…!

No way out!

"Fuck!" I holler as my body is shaking, hands skimming the stone as it fully settles into me. Flares of the panic is in my brain as I shakily breath and can't calm my panic attack down. The space is small and confining with oxygen running low already, which I may have lasted longer if I wasn't a fire user. I feel the dread seeping through me as I try pushing to the stone with shaky breaths as I yell curses. The suffocation, the way I staggered for air, the high in my head as I try to grasp onto reality.

Nothing.