Ace died in my arms that night. Even though he had put me through hell, I couldn't help but mourn for him. He was my leader, my "friend", and so much more. Tears ran through my eyes as I looked at everything that had happened that day. I saw a girl, became entranced by her, apologized for my actions, talked to her, got busted by Ace, found God, and had just witnessed the death of the closest thing I had to a friend. I looked up at the sky and asked "Is this the plan you had for Ace? You just let him go crazy and let him get run over by an 18 wheeler!! Why, God?" The only thing I had heard was His voice saying "Fear not, Sanford. My plans are meant to give you a hope and a future. Trust me. I know what I'm doing," he said. I nodded and tried so hard to agree with this new Friend of mine.

"Go to your friends and tell them everything that has happened," God said to me. I didn't want to leave Ace, but as I held him, police cars started driving towards us with flashing lights. As they came, so did the Powerpuff Girls. When they saw me, they glared at me as they came towards me. "Snake! What have you done this time?!" asked Blossom, looking as tense as ever. Buttercup and Bubbles were right behind her, but it was Buttercup who first noticed Ace's dead body lying in my arms.

"Snake, what happened to Ace?" she asked fiercely. I sighed and told them that he was run over by an 18 wheeler and had just died. I hoped that they believed me. Bubbles was the first to believe me apparently. When I'd told them of Ace's death, she gasped and a tear ran down her face. "Why are you crying for him?" I asked. She told me that any type of death even to the likes Ace made her upset. Blossom looked at her sister and told her that death is just as normal as life. I nodded and agreed with her. Blossom shot a mean look at me. I figured that she still had her suspicions about what had really happened. While we were having what would be our last encounter, an ambulance came and two doctors came out on a stretcher. I told them that he was dead, and in doing so, the two doctors picked up Ace's dead body, placed it on the stretcher and placed a white sheet over him. I watched them pulled Ace away. That was the last time I ever saw Ace in physical form. "Goodbye, Ace," I said.

As I tear ran from my eye, I remembered what God had told me to do. I started to run away to my fellow Gangreen gangers, but the girls stopped me. I had to leave, but they wouldn't let me go. Blossom then pulled me up into air by my shirt and was about the beat me, but before she could lay a fist on me, she stopped at the last minute. Then, she lowered me to the ground and let me pass. I remember hearing Bubbles ask her why she didn't beat him. I stopped and looked back as I heard Blossom say "I'm not sure. It was as if I heard a voice say to let him go and let him return to his friends." I sighed with relief, remembering who it must have been who told her to let me go. The last thing I saw of the girls was Buttercup. I saw her watch the ambulance drive away. I noticed tears running down her face, probably remembering the history she knew she had with Ace. "I'm sorry, Buttercup," I said. Then, I turned away and ran back to the dump. I never saw the Powerpuff Girls again after that eventful night.

After I went back to the dump, I told the remaining members of the gang. Big Billy was the only one who believed me at first. As the three of us watched Big Billy sobbed with tears running down his face, Lil Arturo confirmed that he didn't believe me had his suspicions and as for Grubber, I could just tell from the look on his face and the way his raspberries sounded that he didn't believe me either. To prove I was telling the truth, I showed the scene of the accident. When we got there, there was already a drawing of Ace on the ground where he died. When Lil Arturo saw this, he buried his face in his small hands. Grubber stood before the scene of the accident speechless. Tears ran down his face though, a side of Grubber I had never seen before. Big Billy's emotions got the best of him and the moment he saw where Ace had died, he started wailing.

After the fiasco, Arturo and I went back into the shack and started arguing. He kept saying that it was my fault that Ace was dead. I tried to tell him that I didn't kill him, but Arturo still wanted to pick a fight. Grubber was blowing raspberries in a fit of rage, obviously supporting Arturo in this fight. Billy, however, was on nobody's side. Last time, we'd checked he was out in the dump digging around. He couldn't hear him dig anymore, so we just figured that he went out for a walk. While Arturo and I argued, my short friend put up his fists and threatened to fight. I stopped in my tracks and backed down from the fight. I tried to end the fight, but Arturo's anger consumed him and pushed me away. He announced that he no longer wanted to be apart of the Gangreen Gang, and charged out of the shack, with Grubber following him. I tried to catch up with them, but Arturo threatened me again, making me step back.

After the two of them left, I just sat down in the dump and started talking to God again. "Now what do I do?" I asked. I was interrupted by the loud stomping of Big Billy. I looked up and saw him carrying four flowers and a body wrapped in cloth. "Who do you have there, Billy?" I asked. "Duh, I'm gonna give Ace a funeral," he said. My eyes widened. I stood up and smiled though. "Can I join you?" I asked. Billy nodded. "Yeah!" I smiled and witnessed Billy as he put Ace's dead, but wrapped up body in the hole he had made.

"What's this?" asked Lil Arturo as he passed by. He and Grubber saw Billy putting the body in the hole. "Billy just stole Ace's body. We're about to have a funeral for him. You can join us if you want," I said. We were still incredibly mad at each other, but Arturo and Grubber had every right to be at the funeral.

We were the only ones who were there for Ace at his funeral. Billy placed the body in the hole, and filled up the hole up, making it a mound. We found a large smooth stone in the dump, we wrote Ace's full name on it, and placed it on the mound. Billy gave us each a flower. Mine was blue, Arturo's was red, Grubber's was yellow, and Billy's was purple. Arturo stepped up and talked about how funny he thought Ace was. "Ace was though a bully, he seemed to make up laugh a lot, especially when he burped. I'll miss him a whole lot." He placed his flower on the mound and stepped back. Billy stepped up and talked about how Ace always seemed to know what to do. "Duh, whenever I was confused or somethin', Ace always knew what to do. How am I gonna know what to do now that he's gone! Thanks, Ace," he said sweetly as he put his flower down and stepped back. Grubber stepped and blew raspberries about how Ace was always really observant and how life will definitely won't be the same without him. "Pppbbbbhhhtttttt ppppbbbbhhhhttt ppppbbbhhhttt ppppbbbbhhhttt. Ppphhhhbbbttt!" he said. Grubber's speech was the most touching all of their speeches. Then finally it was my turn. I didn't know what to say at first. As the others looked at me, probably wondering what I was going to say, I glanced back at them and then looked back. I blinked and as my eyes opened, my eyes grew irritated and tear filled. When I closed my eyes again, a tear fell from them. "Despite what happened tonight, I'm really glad I've had the opportunity to meet you and hang out with you." I placed the flower on the mound and buried my face in my hands. Billy placed his large hand on my shoulder in comfort. I looked up at him smiled.

After paying our last respects to our leader, we took some old spray paint cans and spray painted a message on his tombstone. It was a good thing we knew his full name.

ACE DAVID COPULAR

FRIEND, FIGHTER, AND LEADER OF THE GANGREEN GANG

October 2nd, 1981-March 19th, 1999

"We're gonna do it the Gangreen way."