Hello everyone, here is an another one shot. This time an event that went different

This is from chapter 14 The Young Commander. When Ace was captured by the nobles, what if he didn't manage to escape?

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Ace wasn't having a peculiar good day. He was actually having an almost bad day. Some nobles had decided to try to force someone to give him a false assignment, sending him to a trap they had come up with. Ace had walked straight into it and they had managed to capture him, and was now chained to a wall in some cell. He was still having his assassin's clothes on, the underlings of the noble having told them to leave it on, saying he wanted to remove it himself in person. As soon as Ace had been chained to the wall, in regular seastone chains, he knew he could most likely lock pick them, the only thing stopping him, was the guy in the corner.

Ace hoped the man would leave, but soon understood he weren't going to in the near future. So Ace decided to play along for now and slumped in the seastone chains, like a normal person would have. Ace hoped to be alone, so he could escape, but it wasn't his day. The guard in the room, never left, always staying and looking at him. Saying he was dangerous and needed to be watched. It was at least a day, maybe even longer, until the guard shift was.

Ace only wished the man would get close to him, so he could choke him. But he wasn't that lucky. But after half the day had gone by, the man finally left. When the man left, Ace made quick work of his shoe, kicking it off. When Ace had taken of his shoe and went to find his small hairpin he had in his shoe, so he could lock pick the chains. It was seastone, but because of his devil fruit being a Legendary, it didn't affect him too much thankfully. Making him able to move.

As soon as he started to lock pick, the hairpin broke.

Ace let out a huff, now understanding it was not his day. Ace was about to move so he could take an another hairpin out, when he heard noises from outside of his cell. Ace quickly got his shoe back on and pretended like nothing. He wasn't completely sure which noble it was, only hoping it wasn't one of the big ones. A couple of seconds later, the door opened to reveal four people, most likely some type of guards based on their outfit. When they walked inside, they gave him various smirks, seeing the great Ace of Spades chained. Ace only lifted an eye brow back, making them sneer. As soon as they were close enough, they put some other seastone chains on him and removed the ones he was in, so they could drag him with them. Ace decided to pretend he was more affected than what he was, so he could form a plan.

And no one usually thought a devil fruit user in seastone chains was dangerous.

Ace was led to an another room, this one a big, almost gigantic research room. He could see some cells on his left, as well as different equipment to his right, next to a surgical table. But, in the middle of the room, hanging from the 25 feet high ceiling, was more chains. There was something about them that seemed a bit weird, but Ace was currently too far away to see what. He was soon led closer, and when he was close enough, he saw what kind it was, making him a bit amazed. It was the kind that you could only open from the top. The shackles that was placed on his wrist was impossible to lock pick or break easily. When Ace saw what kind it was, he decided he would let the noble have his moment in the sun, before Ace would take it all away.

Ace was soon chained to the chains hanging from the ceiling and was actually impressed to see he was dangling by his hands. Maybe 10 inches or so from the ground. That was something new. When Ace was left alone one more time, he tested his mobility, glad to find out he could still use his body and strength to some point. He couldn't do too much, neither could he use his power as a result from the seastone chains still around his wrists. But he could make a fight if it came to it. Ace used his time to look around in the room, seeing he could not reach anything from where he now hangs.

When he heard the door moving, he pretended to not have any power, like the seastone actually had completely drained him. The door opened to reveal a middle aged man, who Ace did recognize. If he remembered correctly, Ace had neutralized some years ago. The man being quite a sadist and doing awful experiments on people. After the noble, came four other people in, probably guards or something, based on the fact they had guns. As soon as the door closed, the noble started to tell how much Ace had screwed up his life. How Ace never should have gone after him and how he would make him regret it. Ace wanted to roll his eyes, but decided to just ignore him, waiting for an opportunity. When the speech was done, taking a whole hour, maybe two, the noble got close to Ace and sneered at him.

When Ace made no reaction, the man got angry and cocky as he walked even closed. When he was right in front of Ace, the noble made a fist and punched Ace, straight in the nose. And Ace could hear it crack.

When Ace still made no reaction, only looking at him and raising an eyebrow, he got madder and stalked off towards a table, probably to grab some instruments. When the noble was turned to the tools, he spoke up angrily, an underlying tone of pleasure in it. ¨Lock the door, make sure no one will get in.¨ One of the guards obligated and closed the door, placing the key in his pocket. While he was doing this and the noble busy with picking instruments, one of the guards came up to him and gave a grin. ¨You aren't getting away, assassin.¨ Said the man, walking up to his face and breathing in his face. ¨We are going to have our fun.¨ As the man went to turn around, Ace took a quick sweep of the room, seeing the noble at the table, two guards at the door and the last being next to an another table, not far away from door.

Ace quietly kicked of his shoes and as soon as they were off, Ace grabbed a hold of the chains, getting some leverage, and quickly used his legs to choke the guard. The guard reacted exactly the way Ace wanted and took his gun out.

Before the guards with the door could react and grab their guns, Ace did a quick snap with his legs, snapping the guards neck and grabbing his gun with his leg and brought it up and aimed for the guards by the door first and fired.

The guards were stunned for a second, seeing Ace managing to take the guard down, giving him more than enough time to shoot. He did miss, but managed to take both of them down. As soon as they were down, Ace went for the last guard, hitting him on the first try. Ace look towards the noble, who was staring at him in fear and ran for the door. Ace decided to see him understand he made his own prison. As soon as he tried the door, the gigantic thick steel door, he could not open it, the door being closed and locked. The noble turned around and looked at him, understanding his mistake and that he was trapped. Ace lifted his eyebrow at the man as he pointed his gun at him. The man was about to open his mouth, probably to plead for his life, when Ace pulled the trigger, hitting him straight in the chest.

As soon as the man was down, giving a gurgle before he went limp, Ace made a grimace, his nose hurting. Ace always wondered why people went after the nose when they punched, the eye would have been a smarter move. Ace did a shake of the head before he looked up, giving an annoyed huff as he realized he needed to get up there to get lose. The worst part, was that Ace couldn't get a hold of his shoes, where most of his hair pins were. Ace had a few on his body and would need to use them. Ace gave a last annoyed sound, before he used every bit of his strength as he started the climb up the chains, heading for the top.

It took some time, a bit over half an hour, but he was finally up. When he was at the top, he would not be able to keep his hold too long and grabbed the chain and twisted it around his leg, making so he hangs by it so he had his hands free. As soon as he was sure he would fall, he relaxed a second, getting his breath and some strength back, also taking his mask off, not liking to wear a mask full of blood. He felt some blood drip down his face, but ignored that for now. After some minutes, Ace used his strength to move his body up and took a hair pin, so he could start trying to lock pick the chains, hoping he would be able. This was a tricky, real tricky lock to pick.

Ace continued for almost half an hour, breaking pins, getting more and more annoyed. Ace soon gave up using pins and grabbed a small hidden knife, trying to pry the chains up. As he was doing this, he hoped the pirates had not done anything stupid, seeing he was late, by over a day, maybe even two or three, seeing as he couldn't be sure.

What Ace didn't know, seeing as he couldn't hear or see what Dust did, was that the bird had flown off the moment he was captured.

-x-

Whitebeard sat in his meeting room, all his commanders present, looking at the Den Den, not wanting to make the call. Whitebeard gave a sigh, knowing he had to do something, Ace should have been back 15 hours ago. Whitebeard quickly dialed the number and waited for the other captain to pick up. ¨You've reached Shanks! What may I do for you this fine evening?¨ Said the usual overexcited voice. Whitebeard looked serious at the Den Den, ¨Shanks.¨ He said, using a firm voice. ¨Ah, Whitebeard! Why are you calling this late? And why sound so serious?¨ Whitebeard let out a sigh, Shanks was way to jolly right now. ¨Ace got an assignment, but he hasn't returned yet and we're not sure what to do.¨ Said the captain, not liking to ask for help from the red head. Whitebeard was expecting a reaction from the captain, what he didn't expect, was a nervous laughter.

¨Shanks,¨ They heard Benn growl, ¨Weren't you supposed to call them?¨

That shocked them, did they know anything? Before they could react, they heard more nervous laughter and an ¨Ops… I forgot.¨ From Shanks, before the distinctive sound of Benn hitting his captain. A sigh was then heard from Benn, as Shanks let out a whine. ¨Newgate,¨ They heard Benn say. ¨Ace got in some trouble, Dust is here. We're headed to Wihwa. That's where Dust say he is. Which Shanks should have told you hours ago.¨ They heard an another whine from the red head, ¨I forgot…¨ Benn let out a sigh. ¨What is your location? We're about two days away.¨

Whitebeard felt a bit relieved, knowing they knew where Ace was. But also annoyed Shanks had known for some time. The captain looked at Namur, who was the best of them in navigating time from the map. The merman looked at the map for a second, before looking at his captain, getting a nod. ¨We're about 2 or 3 days away, depending on the weather.¨ Whitebeard nodded, as well as the Den Den. ¨We'll meet you at the island then, Whitebeard. Also, be ready to fight.¨ Whitebeard nodded, before looking serious at the Den Den, ¨Is Dust fine?¨ He asked, knowing if the answer was no, it meant Ace weren't either.

The Den Den nodded. ¨I have a feeling you are asking more about Ace. I did not know you knew about their connection. Anyhow, Dust is fine. He is upright, only a bit weak and unable to contact Ace or use his power, meaning Ace is in seastone but fine. I'll call you if something happen.¨ Whitebeard nodded, letting out a relieved sigh knowing Ace were somewhat fine. The captain nodded, ¨Thank you, Benn.¨ He said. The Den Den nodded. Before anything else happened, they heard an another whine from the red haired captain, ¨Why are you only thanking him?¨ Whitebeard felt his eye twitch and was on his way to speak, but the Benn started before him. ¨We'll see you soon, Whitebeard.¨ He said, and just before he hang up, he could hear the man growling again. ¨You forgot! How do y-,¨ And the Den Den went back to sleep.

Whitebeard let out an another relieved sigh, knowing they could at least get to Ace. And hopefully would before it was too late. The captain looked at Namur, ¨Son, go tell the navigator to head for Wihwa as fast as they can.¨ Namur nodded and went off. When the door closed, everyone turned to him. ¨What should we do now?¨ Asked Thatch. Whitebeard gave a sigh, ¨Now we wait, as well as prepare for a fight.¨ Everyone nodded. before everyone went off, Whitebeard gave a last reassurance. ¨We will get Ace back. And anyone who stands in our way, will die.¨ Everyone nodded, ready to fight anyone in their way.

The pirates informed everyone the next day, telling Ace had done some small private business when he had been ambushed and captured, and that they were going to get him back. It looked like everyone believed the story, which was good. It wasn't the entire truth, but the captain thought Ace wouldn't like him telling everyone. They hoped they would arrive fast and was pleased when the wind was in their favor, making them arrive in only two and a half days. When they got to the island, they met up with Shanks and his crew. Whitebeard was glad to know he had not been called again, knowing if he was, it would have meant something had taken a darker turn. Shanks had arrived before them, but had waited. They were pleased to see Dust fine, making them glad. Knowing if the bird was fine and awake, meaning Ace was awake and that they only needed to find him.

Shanks and his crew joined the Whitebeards in their meeting room. Where they went over everything. Shanks being able to figure out who was at the mansion and somewhat figure out where Ace was being held. ¨Ace is most likely in the basement, it is where one usually keep prisoners. We should go together and not split up. Seeing as they managed to capture Ace, means they might have some real decent fighters. I suggest we try to draw them out, before going inside. The ones to go inside, should be strong ones, as well as know who Ace is. The rest being out on watch.¨ Everyone nodded, many also impressed by the well thought out plan Shanks had. They had never really seen him as a tactician. But it seems he might be a decent one.

The plan was soon told to everyone and half an hour later, they ran at the mansion.

They were pleased to see Shanks plan working. As soon as they started to attack, people came rushing out, trying to protect the mansion and leader, who they never saw. They had a few problems with some of the people, seeing as some were decent fighters, but it soon died down, making so it was only a couple of people from the mansion still standing. As soon as only one was left, Whitebeard stood in front of him, trying to intimidate the man, asking where Ace was. The man tried to not tell, but soon told them the 'demon' was in the basement. As soon as the man told them, he was quickly killed, no one liking the name he called Ace. It was decided that the ones to go into the mansion, was Whitebeard, Marco, Thatch, Izou, Rakuyo, Shanks and Benn.

They made their way inside and tried to figure their way to the basement. It was a bit of a surprise to see Whitebeard able to walk in the mansion without being too large. It made them worry about other large people and was on extra guard. They found some stray people going around, which they quickly asked for direction and killed, even if they answered or not. The only reason for Ace to be here, must be because they were bad people. And they had seen blood here and there, signalizing there had been a fight, most likely a fight Ace had been in. When they finally found the stair down, they quickly went down. When they got to the bottom, they were in a single hallway with a door at the end. Most likely the door Ace was held behind. But when they got closer, the pirates, especially the Whitebeards, got worried.

They could see blood coming from underneath the door. Making a small pool.

All of the Whitebeard got ready to fight, believing it was Ace's blood, seeing as he was being held captive. When Shanks and Benn put their weapon away they were shocked. ¨Why are you putting your weapon away?¨ Started Whitebeard, glaring at Shanks. ¨There is blood there, it might be Ace's, and you are putting your weapon away?¨ Whitebeard growled out the last part, not at all liking the nonchalant look and attitude to Shanks. Shanks however, lifted an eyebrow, before shaking his head. ¨It isn't Ace's blood.¨ Said the red haired captain, heading for the door. ¨How do you know that, yoi?¨ Asked Marco, frowning. Shanks looked at them, an eyebrow lifted again. ¨If you have a room, most likely a room made to torture or kill. You don't do it close to the door. You want to keep evidence away, so it don't look suspicious.¨

The pirates thought for a second, realizing he was right. ¨Then why, yoi?¨ Asked Marco, not understanding why the blood made Shanks and Benn relax. Shanks shook his head. ¨The blood is most likely from one of the ones who captured Ace.¨ Said Shanks, now close enough to try the handle of the door. When he found it closed, he gave a sigh, looking back at them. ¨Who is best at lock picking?¨ Izou came forward and managed to lock pick the door. As soon as the door gave a click, signalizing it was open, the Whitebeards got ready to fight. Shanks gave a chuckle, seeing them so ready. ¨You won't need to fight. Ace have probably taken care of it.¨ He said and started to open the door. ¨How do you know tha-,¨ Started Thatch, but the words quickly died in his throat when the door was opened.

There were two dead bodies close to the door, clearly the same as the ones they had fought. As the door was more open, they could see two more dead people, one dressed different than the others. There was only one issue,

The room was empty. Aside from the bodies, there were no one.

The Whitebeards was saddened and worried in not seeing Ace in the room, and was about to go inside to look for clues, when Shanks suddenly yelled, looking at the ceiling. ¨You okay up there?¨ When they followed the red haired captain's line of sight, they were shocked at what they saw.

Ace was at the ceiling and fiddling with the chains he was chained in.

The Whitebeards was shocked to see Ace had somehow managed to climb the entire way up and keep himself up. Wasn't he chained in seastone? After the words left Shanks, Ace leaned backwards so he could see them, letting out an exasperated sound. ¨I am perfectly fine. It is not like I am chained to a ceiling by chains nearly impossible to lock pick.¨ Ace then gave an 'are you stupid' look to Shanks, making him chuckle. The captain was worried when he saw a bloodied face, the blood seeming to come from Ace's nose. Also making him wonder why his mask was off. Shanks shook his head. ¨You are always so irritated when you are captured by morons.¨ Shanks looked around, ¨Who have the key?¨ They heard a sigh from Ace. ¨The noble by the table to your left I believe.¨ Shanks nodded and went to look through the man's pockets.

Whitebeard looked worriedly at Ace, who just seemed annoyed. ¨Son, are you okay?¨ Ace looked at him, looking utterly exhausted and irritated as he gave a tired sigh, ¨Yeah, I'm fine. My nose is most likely broken, but I'm fine.¨ The pirates nodded, glad to hear that. He didn't look hurt, other than the blood from his nose. ¨Found it!¨ They heard Shanks exclaim as he stood up. The red haired captain moved to stand underneath Ace, ¨Catch, kiddo!¨ He yelled as he threw the key up. They expected Ace to use one of his hands to catch the key, but when Ace let go with both hands, all of the pirates let out a shocked sound, expecting Ace to fall. But Ace only did a swing as he fell, the chain secured around his leg.

All of them watched as Ace cached they key and when he had it, he put it between his teeth and swung his body. Ace swung so he could grab the chain and climbed back up to the top, and started to open the locks. ¨You should move.¨ Said Ace as he unlocked one of the chains. The long chain fell to the ground, Shanks barely making it out of the way with a yelp. When Ace opened the last chain, making it fall to the ground, Ace held himself fast by a small hook in the ceiling. When he hang by it, Shanks made his way to stand under Ace again, holding his hands out. ¨I'll catch you kiddo.¨ He said with a grin. Ace just looked at him like he was stupid. Ace then shook his head as he took a deep breath, before he disappeared and repapered on the ground.

Shanks let out a whine, ¨I was supposed to catch you!¨ Ace only rolled his eyes, making his way over to a small cabinet. Before he reached it, Ace put his hand on his nose. ¨Don't you dare!¨ Almost yelled Shanks. Before anyone knew what he was taking about, Ace did a quick motion with his hand, making a bone chilling crack as he fixed his nose by himself. Ace made a small grimace as he opened the cabinet, a freezer and took an ice-pack out, placing it on his nose. Shanks gave an annoyed sigh, glaring at Ace. ¨What have I told you about breaking your own bones?¨ Ace gave a look full of exhaustion and annoyance, making Shanks give a sigh. ¨Let's get out of here, unless you need to finish anything.¨ Ace shook his head. ¨I have nothing to finish, it was a trap.¨ Shanks lifted an eyebrow, ¨You walked into a trap?¨ A look from Ace was all he needed.

¨That's it. You are taking a break.¨ Said Shanks, looking sternly at Ace. Ace just stared back, looking like he was not in the mood for his antics. Shanks sent a glare. ¨You don't usually get caught. And you need a break. Think of it as a way to be around your new crew or something.¨ Ace gave a sigh, ¨If I say yes, will you leave me alone?¨ Shanks nodded. Ace gave a tired nod. ¨I'll take a small break then. I need one and I also need to get to know everyone better.¨ He said, giving a small smile to the captain. Whitebeard smiled back, not liking how tired Ace looked. Shanks nodded, seeming pleased with that. They then started to turn around to go out of the mansion.

¨Shanks,¨ Said Ace suddenly, sounding utterly exhausted, making everyone halt and turn around. Shanks, the one being closest, looked at Ace, ¨Yes?¨ He asked slowly, taking a small step towards Ace. Ace gave a small nod. ¨I'm going to pass out now.¨ As soon as the sentence was finished, Ace's eyes closed as he lost the ice-pack and fell forward. Shanks let out sound as he rushed forward, catching Ace before he fell to the floor. When Shanks held Ace, he gave a small chuckle and shook his head. ¨At least you managed to warn me this time.¨ Said Shanks, moving a bit so he could look at the others. When no one did anything, only staring in shock, aside from Benn, Shanks lifted an eyebrow. ¨I have one arm, I can't carry him.¨

It was Marco who reacted first and went up to Shanks, lifting the now passed out boy. When he had him in his arms, Shanks shook his head as he leaned down to take the ice-pack up. When he was up again, he carefully placed it on the assassin's nose. Seeing how his head was leaned against Marco's shoulder, made it so the ice-pack didn't fall off. Marco looked at Ace, before he looked at the red haired captain. ¨Have he done that before, yoi?¨ Shanks gave a chuckle as he nodded. ¨Yes. I got mad once, telling him to tell if he was going to pass out. After that, he sometimes manage to give a warning.¨ Marco nodded and looked back at Ace, looking worried at him. Shanks shook his head. ¨He is fine. If he manages to say he's going to pass out, he's only exhausted.¨ Marco nodded, looking going back to his usual bored look.

Whitebeard felt relieved in seeing Ace was fine, knowing he was only exhausted, not terribly injured. only a broken nose. Which was amazing, seeing as he had been gone for 3 days. ¨I think we should leave now. So Ace can get his nose patched and some rest.¨ Said the captain, making everyone nod, looking glad to have Ace back in one piece. Before they could walk out, Shanks stopped Marco. ¨Just a second.¨ He said, and slowly managed to take the cape of Ace and drag it out so he held it. When he did, he turned it around and placed it over Ace, so the inside where upwards. When everyone stared at him, he explained. ¨Just so the ones who don't know who he is, sees his mark.¨ Everyone nodded and understood. There was no way to see Ace was an assassin. He only looked like he was passed out with a cape over him.

The pirates then made their way out, Benn going to pick up his shoes. When they were out of the mansion, Marco headed for the infirmary with Ace, as the others wrapped everything up and mad sure everyone was okay. When they were on the boat, Shanks made one last goodbye to Ace, who was still passed out, by ruffling his hair, also telling them to place him in his room when his nose was patched up, since he didn't like the infirmary. Which Bay surprisingly agreed too. Before he fully left, he told Dust, who had joined them in the infirmary, to go to Daisuke and tell him Ace needed a break. The bird had nodded and cawed as it flew off. The red haired captain then set sail, leaving to do his business.

As the day calmed down, the pirates felt glad to have Ace back. Even more so when Dust came back with a note, a note that said Ace could get 3 or 4 days off. This made everyone smile, knowing they were going to get to know Ace better. It was going to be nice.

And that's the chapter.

I saw a request about this and wasn't too sure how to do it, but hope you liked it. I tried my best. I did enjoy writing it.

If you have any scenes you want to see or event you would like to go different, leave a review/comment and I'll see what I can do