Chapter 16

"So, we landed in front of the manor huh?" Marco raised an eyebrow, amused as he glanced at Nami. "You do realise it's pretty much destroyed right and my brothers and sisters are trying to rebuild it?"

"It's only half destroyed." Nami huffed, Law leaning heavily against her.

Marco chuckled at that, allowing his flames to heal with own wounds as Luffy collapsed on to the grass, looking exhausted while Sanji carefully sat down, his legs bleeding sluggishly from the wounds he received from the corrupted feathers. He couldn't see any corruption in Sanji though, either it due to him being a dark being already, considering he was a Vampire, or those flames he could summon cleansing them already.

The flame thing confused him. Vampires hated fire, it killed them. So how the heck could a Vampire set his leg on fire and use it to fight without burning himself alive?

"It's as good a place as any I guess. You guys need somewhere to rest and recover from your wounds after all." Marco murmured. "I'll get Bay, she should be able to fix you lot up while Trafalgar sleeps."

Sabo nodded at that, looking the least injured out of them all, well apart from himself of course, being a phoenix was always a handy thing after all. Luffy's snoring interrupted the quiet though while Nami laid herself down beside her Lord, looking relieved.

"We all got out of there okay." She breathed out.

"Yeah but where did the mosshead go?" Sanji asked, bemused.

"WHAT?!" Nami yelled as she sat up. "He teleported with us of course!"

"I think he somehow managed to get lost while teleporting." Sanji mused.

"Not even he could do that!" Nami frowned before sighing, shaking her head. "He...He really did didn't he?! But I had us teleported here!"

"Dumb mosshead."

"I'll go get help." Marco chuckled, ruffling Ace hair as he walked past his little brother who was past out against Smoker now, fast asleep.

"I'll contact Tashigi. Check how the arrest on Doflamingo's men went." Smoker said, though he was holding Ace in his arms, seemingly not wishing to let him go yet.

"Maybe wait an hour, or at least half an hour. We just got Ace back after all." Marco urged, leaning over to speak to him quietly. "You barely slept without him nearby, try get a nap in now while the others recover alright-yoi?"

Smoker grumbled at that but he laid back on the grass, keeping Ace close who mumbled something sleepily, only to quieten down again when Smoker smoothed back his hair. The sight made Marco smile fondly before he took off, flying right back into the mansion.

"Marco! You're back!" Izo called out before grinning. "Does that mean Ace-"

"We got our little brother back." He confirmed, nearly grinning at the sheer joy his family released just from that alone. "But I need Bay, most of the others are injured and need medical attention."

"How is Ace?" Haruta asked, looking very worried.

"He's exhausted. He's asleep right now so try not to disturb him too much." Marco told them.

"We managed to set up a tent for any our our injured siblings. Bay is probably there right now." Izo said, patting his shoulder. "And welcome back Marco."

"It's good to be home." He smirked. "I'll be back soon, we'll talk more then alright-yoi?"

"Off with you then. Go mother-hen Ace for a bit." Izo teased, waving him off as he rolled his eyes, flying off again.

It wasn't too long before he finally got ahold of Bay and flew her over to where he left the others. Luffy was currently sleep eating the grass, complaining how it wasn't meat while Sabo watched, amused. Brook was sitting up, somehow with a big cartoon of milk in hand and drinking away from it, his bones beginning to heal immediately, much to Bay's astonishment as she examined Trafalgar.

Once she was done examining everyone and briefly fixing any major wounds Bay ordered him to get them moved to the infirmary tents. Sabo nodded at that and picked up Luffy, his other arm hoisting Nami up over his shoulder who looked bemused but laid there anyway without a fuss.

Sanji whined that he wanted to carry Nami but Brook only laughed and helped him up, Sanji did limp a little bit he went easily enough. Marco glanced over to Smoker who was getting up and scooping Ace up into his arms who was snoring quietly. At least much quieter than his baby brother was.

Marco picked up the last one, Law, who was unconscious too and flew over to the infirmary, setting Law down on one of the spare cots before waiting for the rest to approach. He nearly chuckled at the sight of Sanji cooing over Bay, clearly enthralled while the doctor ignored him, not impressed apparently.

"Right, I want blood types from that one." She pointed at Law, then Sanji. "And that one. They lost the most blood."

"Bay-chan my apologises for interrupting but I'm a Vampire." Sanji swooned.

"Alright, just get him plenty of bags to drink then." Bay nodded. "I still need Trafalgar's though. One of you will be removing that bullet from Ms Nami's thigh and someone go find that kid some damn meat before he eats the grass again!"

Marco blinked at that before glancing back, seeing Sabo trying to drag Luffy back in the tent but the kid, still fast asleep, was clinging to the grass and eating it. He shook his head at the sight as he sat down on a chair, noticing Bay glowering at him.

"Marco, you're getting an examination too!"

"I already healed myself." Marco grumbled but submitted when one of his little sisters approached, laughing softly at his protest.

He let her work without a fuss and relaxed. Relieved now that they had brought their little brother home, safe and sound. Nami was texting on her mobile, ready to gather all the others together while Marco frowned. He knew what he and his family needed to do next.

It was just getting started on it.

.::.

"You got arrested?!" Smoker-ya barked out, though instantly quietened down when Ace stirred against him.

Law nearly groaned at that from his cot. "Eustass-ya, you know it was meant to be you guys getting Doflamingo arrested right? Not the other way around?"

Kid didn't even say anything at that, he was still staring at him, eyes hard which worried Law a bit. He didn't understand why he wasn't getting an explosive reaction, he should be pressing all the right buttons after all to get one. This Kid was just too focused for his liking.

"I'm sorry Smoker-san. Doflamingo must have cleared the entire research facility in his underground labs before we could even get there. There was no trace of anything except it being used as storage." Tashigi explained. "He ended up taking all of those we arrested, Monet, Caesar and even Lami Trafalgar and Rebecca Riku."

"The charges were all completely dropped too." Killer stated, looking grim. "Doflamingo is still toying with us even now."

Law was about to speak up but being stared at so intently was getting rather distracting now. "Alright Eustass-ya, what the fuck are you staring at?!"

"You nearly died." Kid growled out, his eyes even darker now much to Law's surprise. "Who was the bastard that nearly killed you?"

He saw Luffy-ya stiffen up too, looking frustrated much to Law's annoyance. "I got distracted and Laffitte cut off my arm for it. The blood loss and shock left me weak and so it hit me even harder than usual when he brought out those damned corrupted wings. The sight of them sickens me beyond measure."

Zoro-ya, who had finally returned, spoke up at that. "Light creatures are so fragile at times."

"Law-san was already exhausted though to be fair." Nico-ya frowned, looking over his arm. "I can't believe they did that to you though."

Law sighed at that, lightly gripping his arm, relieved it was still there. "I'm just lucky I ate my Devil Fruit. If I hadn't and lost my arm I wouldn't be able to stay as a surgeon anymore."

"We'll make Blackbeard pay for it." Phoenix-ya stated, he was lounging one of the chairs sprawled around the tent. "Our priority is to deal with him now before he does anymore damage. He'll probably come back for Ace again too, considering that One Piece is apparently in that clearing."

Smoker growled. "You're pretty much throwing Ace right at them if you go."

"Ace won't be fighting Teach." Marco replied.

"I could keep an eye on him while you deal with that?" Sabo-ya suggested.

"Or maybe I could make the decision myself?" Ace's murmur caught their attention as he sat up.

"Sorry we woke you-yoi." Marco apologised.

"It's probably a good thing since you guys are making decisions for me again." Ace-ya held up a hand when it looked like he was going to be interrupted. "I lied to them. One Piece isn't there."

"Excuse me?!" Sabo cried out. "But Ace your lying skills-"

"Are thankfully not as bad as Luffy's." Ace pointed out. "And Teach got excited so I pretended to be overwhelmed, which wasn't exactly hard to do since I already was. I barely slept and he kept me chained in a cell and kept smothering me in darkness to keep me weak and exhausted. He's also a paranoid bastard so he didn't try and torture any information out of me which helped."

Marco-ya sniggered. "So you tricked all of them?"

"Hell yeah I did. I really wanted to screw them over." Ace grinned before sagging, still looking just bone dead tired. "Look, I can't fight him right now. I know that. My strength has pretty much been completely sapped. The seastone, the darkness, lack of food, lack of sleep. It all took it right from me. I can barely stay awake right now and I've been asleep for hours haven't I?"

Smoker-ya grunted. "You have but Ace, you need to stay out of it completely. He's after you."

"He's trying to kill off my family, already managing with two people who were very important to me." Ace-ya shuddered at that while Marco's expression darkened, the Phoenix looking away. "And he's trying to kidnap me. This is too personal."

"We'll help too!" Luffy beamed.

"Oi! You didn't even bother consulting me! Ain't we allies here?!" Kid snapped.

"Don't bother." Law drawled out. "This happens all the time. You don't really have a choice in it once you ally with him."

"What the fuck do you mean by that?" Kid blinked at him, bewildered.

Law shrugged. "I gave up years ago."

Law cringed when Luffy began to harshly pat his back, nearly throwing him off his bed as the brat laughed. "Law's been one of my best friends for years now! He's so cool and he knows me so well!"

Law just took it, not bothered to try and get away while Kid just gaped at him, looking horrified. Law felt a tiny spark of relief though when Nami's staff suddenly whacked the Boggart Lord off his bed, the Witch hissing.

"He just had his arm cut off you moron! Don't treat him so roughly!" Nami-ya snapped. "Be more gentle with injured people!"

"I'm sorry." Luffy whimpered out, his face planted on the floor before sitting back up, scowling. "We need to beat up Mingo too though along with the stupid pie guy! And rescue Rebecca, whale guy and the pigeon!"

"Shachi and Penguin." Law corrected automatically.

Nami sighed. "We need to rest first Luffy."

"I just need to eat!"

"Yes but the rest of us won't recover like that." Nami-ya insisted.

Luffy jerked immediately, glancing at Sanji, "Oh yeah! We need to beat up that Vampire Lord guy too! He made you sad!"

"The Vampire Lord?" Nico-ya asked curiously.

"He's my father by blood." Sanji-ya grumbled, crossing his arms over. "That's all he is to me though. The only one I would call family out of any of them would be my sister."

"You had Zeff. The crazy old man is more than enough." Zoro said, eyeing his mate who nodded in agreement, his eyes firm.

"I know. Zeff will always be my shitty father." Sanji smirked. "Besides, I kicked Judge's ass so I'm pretty happy with that."

"Yohohoho, I'll make sure to try harder next time as well everyone." Brook-ya laughed cheerfully.

"You turned into a Reaper Brook-ya, I don't think you could have done much else." Law pointed out.

"Wait, Soul Keeper's can turn into Reapers?" Kid frowned.

"Still struggling to remember everything Eustass-ya?" Law smirked. "Yes, they were creations of the Grim Reaper and carry apart of his soul."

"Yes but that Doc Q is wrong, he's abused Grim-san's legacy." Brook said grimly, much to their surprise. "Doc Q has been keeping all of Marshall D. Teach's memories intact, even after every rebirth. A Lord usually remembers after their eighteenth birthday then unlocks their strength from their key and their pawns. Teach doesn't need to do any of that, he has everything the moment he is born but cannot use it because he is only just a baby. He remembers every single Lord too. He remembered Edward Newgate and still joined him because he wanted to use his strength for his own."

"Bastard." Marco gritted his teeth. "I know him now. I won't let him get away with that again."

Brook-ya nodded. "I hope you live a long time to fulfil that promise Marco-san."

"Ah! I have an idea!" Luffy-ya beamed, much to everyone's concern. "Let's go party!"

"That isn't resting Luffy!" Chopper protested.

"It's fun!" Luffy grinned.

"Forget it! I'm not going!" Nami denied instantly.

Law nodded in agreement. "Same."

.::.

"Why the heck did Luffy choose to go to Crocodile's club?" Ace couldn't help but ask, bewildered while Sabo groaned.

"He probably didn't even think about it." Sabo pointed out as he sipped at the gin in front of him, much to Ace's bemusement.

"I can't believe I'm in a bar and I'm not even allowed to drink." He grumbled as he sat back against the booth, smirking at the sight of Luffy trying to coax Kid into stuffing some chopsticks up his nose who was snarling at his baby brother.

"You're tired and your narcolepsy gets worse the more you drink. You should just be happy enough that your boyfriend didn't drag you back to his house out of sheer protectiveness."

Ace raised an eyebrow at that. "I barely got away from Izo and Marco. Nevermind Smoker! He's probably watching me right now somehow."

"He went to the bathroom." Sabo pointed out.

"Yes, I still think he's watching me anyway."

Sabo tilted his head in consideration. "True, he might have left a camera or a microphone nearby. I'd do the same."

"I know you would. It's creepy."

"You've been held hostage for three days. We just want to keep you safe." Sabo offered, Ace feeling suddenly weary about the smirk aimed at him. "You're very important to us after all. We love you so much, you're a great big brother to Luffy and I, a great little brother to the Whitebeards and an amazing boyfriend to Smoker."

Ace felt his cheeks burn at that. He hated it when the others complimented him like that. It felt nice but it was so embrassing and terrible and Sabo knew it!

"Shut up." Ace huffed, burying his face in his arms, earning a cackle.

"You've gone red."

"No. You're drunk." Ace lied.

"Is everything alright Ace?" He heard his lover call out as he approached the table, slipping back into the booth to sit at his side.

"I'm just telling Ace how much we all love and cherish him because he's an amazing guy." Sabo said smugly, Ace could feel that irritating look just staring at him.

But he didn't lift his head, he only groaned as Smoker's hand ran through his hair.

"Ace's blushing isn't he?" Smoker chuckled, his hand tugging his hair gently. "Not going to lift your head brat?"

He shook his head but paused when Smoker's lips were against his ear. "Well, I think you're beautiful either way, and smart, strong and so bloody stubborn. I love all of that about you."

Ace pulled away from the table, his cheeks felt as if they were on fire as he smacked Smoker's arm. "Don't just join in! Sabo's being horrible already!"

"There, there Ace." Smoker smirked at him while Ace deemed it necessary to hide his face again, this time against the crook of his lover's neck. "You never handle compliments well do you?"

"Shut up."

"He's always been like this. I remember the first time I gave him a compliment his blush went right down to his chest." Sabo said gleefully.

"You both suck."

"Law? You're here too?" A vaguely familiar voice called out, making Ace stiffen and sit back up to eye the woman now at their table.

Lami Trafalgar.

"Hello Lami." Law greeted, gulping down the last of his drink while Kid leaned over, hissing.

"The fuck you doing here?"

"My family and I are out enjoying ourselves." Lami pointed out to the bar where quite a few folk sat, making Sabo shift.

"I see Rebecca." Ace noted. "And Penguin and Shachi are there too but who are the others?"

Sabo frowned. "More members of the Donquixote family. The youngest one is Dellinger, the green haired woman is Monet, who used to work with Chopper and Law at Drum Hospital. The big guy is Buffalo and the girl beside him is Baby-5. The guy Kid is currently storming towards is Corazon, one of the Dragon Lords."

Ace choked at that, gaping at the bar as Kid snarled, demanding Shachi and Penguin to return but Penguin hardly seemed interested while Shachi laughed.

"Heck no!"

"What the hell do you mean 'heck no' you little brat?!" Kid snapped as Law approached, looking bemused.

"Eustass-ya they're under Doflamingo and Cora-san's control right now." Law reminded him as Kid seethed, the redhead immediately glaring at the giant blonde who was staring back.

"Oi, let them go you fuck-" Ace gaped when the blonde literally just kicked Kid out through the window, checking hastily over Law.

"Are you okay?!" Corazon asked while Law flushed, embarrassed. "Who tried to kill you? Doffy and I both felt it!"

"Stop fussing over me. I'm fine." Law complained, pushing the searching hands gently away.

Corazon's eyed hardened at that. "Law come home immediately."

Luffy was instantly there though, his little brother yanking Law back. "Leave him alone! I don't care if you're Traffy's Uncle I'll still beat you up!"

Smoker though spoke up, Ace nearly groaning at what he said. "Don't start a fight otherwise I will arrest you all."

"Kyahahaha! Yes because that went so well for you last night!" Dellinger sniggered, Smoker instantly bristling.

"Ignore the kid babe." Ace urged him, sending a teasing smirk to the blonde. "He's just a little brat."

It was the kid's turn to bristle. "Huh? What did you say-"

The Dragon Lord was quick to boot him out the window too, Kid and Dellinger apparently colliding from the noise made outside and getting into a fight.

This was going to go messy quickly wasn't it?

.::.

"That Human Lord is such a brute." Lami grumbled, Law watching her sit back down beside Rebecca-ya at the bar, nursing her drink. "I don't know what you see in him Law. You could do so much better."

Law rolled his eyes at that even as Luffy-ya scowled at her. "Do you want a fight too? I still owe you some payback for what you did to Robin!"

A boot whacked the back of Straw Hat's head, the blonde Vampire hissing. "Don't be rude to a lady Luffy!"

"Oi Love Cook, you left your drink behind, does that mean it's mine?"

"You don't even like cocktails!" Cook-ya instantly snapped, storming back over to deal with his mate who was quickly downing the cocktail, grimacing at the taste.

"Um excuse me?" A staff member stammered out. "I-I must ask you all to calm down before Mr. Crocodile gets upset. He's in a business meeting with a very important cilent-"

Luffy bristled immediately. "Does Crocodile want a rematch?!"

Sabo-ya was quick to grab him this time. "Sorry for the disturbance. We'll just stick to our booth. C'mon Law-"

"I have a perfect idea!" Lami chimed in with a snap of her fingers. "How about we make a trade Straw Hat? We can give you anything you want."

"Anything...I...Want?" Luffy drooled, much to all their horror. "Meat? I can get all the meat I want?"

Ace-ya was suddenly there, shaking Luffy violently. "Oi Lu'! You're getting dragged into her pace dammit! Oi Luffy!"

"One hundred pieces of meat? Or maybe two hundred?" Luffy's eyes were glowing, drool now pouring out while Ace and Sabo panicked.

Lami purrs. "Whatever you want. Of course you would need to hand Law over without a fuss."

"You're all terrible." Law huffed.

Luffy-ya thankfully snapped though. "I'd never hand Traffy over to you! Not even for all that delicious meat..."

He was drooling again...

The conversation, or bribe in this case, was interrupted though when Dellinger came flying back through the doors, hitting the ground as Kid stormed back in, metal gathering around him as he pointed at Cora-san. The redhead was wearing quite the pissed off expression now.

"Right you! I'm fucking killing you now!"

Law groaned at that. "I'm going back to my drink."

"We're fighting?! Yeah that sounds great!" Luffy-ya beamed while Law immediately walked back over to the booth, sitting himself beside Killer who was extremely focused on his drink.

"How you doing Killer-ya?" He ended up asking.

"Trying not to think about it. Penguin is right there yet he will not accept me in this state." Killer said, gripping the table tightly, making it creak in protest. "If I go over now I'll end up trying to kidnap him."

"Considering the fight that just started you may just make a clean getaway." Law pointed out, jerking his thumb back towards the noisy group fighting, Smoker storming over there, ranting about arresting them all.

He watched, amused as a puff smoke dropped Ace back into the booth, the younger man protesting instantly.

"Don't just drag me out of a fight Smokey!" Ace whined, Law watching as he tried to climb back out the booth.

The smoke only reappeared and shoved him back in, earning a sulking young adult in return who slumped in his seat, surprisingly not fighting back.

"I'm a bit concerned that you're not trying to escape." Law noted.

"Smokey's just worried." Ace shrugged. "I can understand the protectiveness after me being held hostage for three days. I do feel left out though."

"Well that's rather responsible of you." Law smirked.

Ace shifted, his expression sullen. "I worried him... It was my fault-"

Law threw one of the ordainments at him, whacking the moron on the head. "Stop blaming yourself. Blackbeard had planned things out long before you were even born. He knew exactly who and what you were if what Brook-ya said is correct about his memories remaining intact. Blackbeard was always going to go after Whitebeard, with or without you there. It's what the bastard wanted to do. So stop blaming yourself, otherwise I get to blame myself for everything that has happened with Doflamingo."

"You can't blame yourself for that!"

"We're in pretty much the exact same situation Ace." Law hissed. "We both have someone trying to capture us and they will kill anyone who gets in their way to do so. We both have lovers who would die to protect us and we both absolutely hate that. We also have very close friends who would do the same. It makes you feel weak, everytime they get hurt because you won't hand yourself over but you know what? If we handed ourselves over then everything they've done for us will be for nothing. The ones who are to blame for all this? They are Doflamingo and Blackbeard. Not us. So stop hating yourself, because you are very obviously loved and cherished by plenty of people."

Ace was trembling but he ignored it. Ace needed to hear these things, the idiot had been like this for far too long if what Sabo told him was correct. Ace hated himself, or he used to, apparently he wasn't so bad now but when he was a child Ace had apparently been so self-destructive until Sabo finally managed to coax him into being his friend.

"I'm sorry..." Ace apologised, much to his bemusement. "I am trying to stop that..."

"I know. It's difficult." Law agreed, thinking back to the tiny ball of rage and hate he, himself, had been so many times in his lives. "It will always be difficult."

"Law I-" Ace was cut off though at the sound of police sirens, making the pair instantly twitch.

"Police are coming! Run!" Someone in the fight cried out.

They were scattering instantly, only for everything to stop when Uncle Cora tripped up, instantly alight much to Law's amusement. He got up though and went to Kid's side, ready to pull him off Dellinger again who had a bloody nose when he felt all his limbs freeze in place.

Shit.

"Fufufufu, look at the mess all you children are making." Doflamingo laughed as he stepped down from the upper levels.

"Fucking bastard!" Kid snarled, he was struggling, seemingly bound as well.

Law managed to glance around, Luffy was wriggling while Zoro remained still, his eyes watching Sanji who was serving Monet and Baby-5 drinks, much to Law's bemusement. Killer-ya was staring at Penguin though, who wasn't meeting his eyes, the blonde stiff and seemingly uncomfortable.

The only people Law couldn't see were Smoker, Ace and Sabo. They had seemingly disappeared.

"I barely leave you for an hour and you get into this mess." Doflamingo chuckled, a brief cold wind sweeping over them, smothering the fire on Uncle Cora. "I really can't leave you alone, can I little brother?"

Uncle Cora only shrugged at that while Doflamingo snorted, wandering over to him. Law grimaced when the familiar hand ruffled his hair, the blonde looking fond.

"Hello you. It's always nice to see my son again. It's such a rare thing."

Law offered a sarcastic greeting back. "Yeah, it's great to see you too again 'dad'."

"Fufufufu, you're cute." Doflamingo laughed, turning his attention to Eustass-ya. "Oh, and I see you got a new arm? How nice indeed."

Law grimaced at the sight of Doflamingo's string yanking it off, earning a pained snarl.

"Leave them alone!" Luffy-ya yelled, earning a shrug in return.

"The police are here to deal with you lot anyway so it's fine. I'll be taking this one though." Law glowered when the large hand patted his head. "I'd rather keep him out of anymore trouble. He certainly gave me a heart attack when I felt him beginning to die earlier."

He was stuck. He couldn't move and neither could the others. Shit.

This wasn't good.

.::.

Smoker grimaced as Ace thrashed against him but he managed to keep ahold of his lover, his hand clamped firmly over the fire user's mouth to keep his protests at bay. The moment he had heard Doflamingo the comment Vergo had made came straight back to him, about how they knew exactly what Ace was, and he had instantly dragged his lover under the table to hide him from view.

It seemed Ace's brother had gotten the same idea, because he was with them, having fastened a bracelet around Ace's wrist which felt like seastone. It helped in keeping Ace restrained though so he didn't care about it. All he cared about right now was getting his boyfriend to stop fighting him.

"Ace calm down." Sabo urged quietly. "Luffy and Law will be fine."

Ace shook his head and tried to speak but Smoker only clamped his hand down heavier, determined to keep Ace silent for now. They didn't need to catch Doflamingo's attention, even if it seemed firmly on Trafalgar right now.

A very familiar figure suddenly pinning Luffy to the ground is what made Ace stop squirming, finally submitting as Monkey D. Garp twisted Luffy's arms behind his back and cuffed them, leaving his grandson to howl and struggle.

"Let me go Grandapa! I'm gonna beat the crap out of that Mingo!" Luffy shouted.

"Like hell you are! I'm arresting you squirt!" Garp snapped back, dragging Luffy to his feet who tried to escape while the others were cuffed as well.

All except Trafalgar, who had Doflamingo's hand firmly on his shoulder.

"Ah crap, it's that scary old man." Sabo muttered, looking pale while Smoker grimaced.

"Let's get out of here." Smoker muttered, tugging Ace closer. "Before we get spotted."

"Agreed. They're distracted right now." Sabo nodded, patting Ace's leg. "C'mon Ace. The old man's got Luffy, we need to scram before he gets us too. You know he was worried about you, imagine what he'd do to you if he got ahold of you."

Smoker felt Ace shudder against him and immediately go limp, seemingly unwilling to fight either of them now. It would make things so much easier on them if they didn't have a pissed off fire brat fighting them tooth and nail to get free.

.:End of Chapter:.