Ace now sat back at his room with Harley. "Well she was fucking wicked." Ace said. "I can't believe you fucked her. The princess no less." Harley said. "I can't resist a nice ass what can I say?" Ace said and went quiet. "I wonder what's keeping Maya." Ace said. The door slowly opened and stepped in Maya except… she was wounded. "Maya what happened?!" Ace said running over to her. "Group… three…. Green hair…." Maya said before she collapsed. Ace went quiet. "Harley fix her! I'm going to repay the fuckers who did this!" Ace yelled, his blood boiling. "What why now?! We should wait until she's better then go get them." Harley said. "No ill go now." Ace said. "Who would give Maya such abuse?" Harley asked herself. "Who? All a bully needs is a fucking excuse!" Ace yelled before running down the stairs. Selles saw Ace run down the stairs. "Ace what's wrong?" Selles asked. "Get the fuck out of my way!" Ace yelled. Selles had never seen Ace like this and thought that it must be very troublesome to get him in this state and he quickly stepped aside.
Ace ran outside and called the Kyuubi. He climbed on and rocketed down the street. He had full knowledge of who did this. Stojan. It was one thing to terrorize him but another to not only terrorize but to physically harm his friend. Ace stopped at each road and looked down them with a scope. After a while he found them. Stojan with his two best friends, the ones who committed the terrible act. All reason had left Ace's mind, for some reason all he wanted was… revenge. He pulled up behind them as they walked down the sidewalk. He turned his headlights on high and slowly followed them as they walked. "Who is this asshole?" The one in casts, due to Ace breaking his arms, asked. "Don't know. Just keep walking." Stojan said. After a while the one in casts had had enough. "Hey asshole! Fuck off!" He yelled. The headlights shut off and a faint ember lit in the skull of the Kyuubi. A laugh started, weak at first but shifted to sadistic laughing. Fire shot out of the eyes and the skull opened. "FUCK RUN!" Stojan yelled. They all ran as fast as they could as the Kyuubi quickly caught up. Stojan and the second bully quickly jumped around a corner but the one in casts wasn't quick enough.
In an instant the Kyuubi hit the boy in the chest, crushing all his bones, and slammed its jaws. The boy screamed in pain as the demonic bike carried him to his death down the street and ripped him in half, all while laughing. When the Kyuubi first grabbed the boy, Ace jumped off and now stood at the street corner, in front of Stojan and his friend. "You!? YOU FUCKER!" The boy yelled and rushed Ace. Ace stood there and waited until the boy's fist was right in front of his face. In one quick motion, Ace took the knife in his right hand and stabbed the boy in the left shoulder and sliced down to the right side of the pelvis like a saw. He took the boys arm and stabbed it at the upper arm, going all the way through, and in one motion cut it all the way down to the fingers. He took the knife in his left hand and cut into the boy's right shoulder and ripped the flesh until the arm fell off. He then shoved both knives in the boy's throat and spun around the boy's body, forming a clean cut and severing his head.
"You're a monster! A freak! Get away from me!" Stojan yelled as he tried to crawl away. "Go Stojan! Run! Like the bitch you are!" Ace yelled sadistically, blood on his face. While Stojan was running, Ace threw a dart at him that hit him in the thigh. The dart contained a highly hallucinogenic serum. Vision started to blur while Stojan ran. In his ears he heard Ace's voice call to him to embrace him. Stojan ran and ran and ran until he couldn't any longer. He turned a corner and cursed himself when he saw it was a dead end. Instead of running further down the street, for some reason Stojan ran further and hid behind a dumpster.
He waited for a while until he didn't hear anything. He kept seeing faces in the walls and was now whispering to himself. That's when he heard it. The slow clicking of shoes on the concrete. Click. Click. Click. Click. Getting closer. Click. Click. Stopped. "Oh Stojan… here you are in an alley full of filth. Fitting." The sadistic voice said. Stojan jumped out from behind the dumpster and saw Ace standing at the entrance. To Stojan it wasn't Ace. A large black figure stood at the entrance to the alley. It was at least 20 tall and hunched over slightly. Circular red eyes dug into Stojan's being. Stojan grabbed a stray pipe of the ground ready to stand and fight. A large smile of jagged and razor sharp teeth formed on the face of the shape. It laughed and the sound chilled Stojan's blood. "It's one thing to harm me but now…. You've gone too far." Two demonic hands reached around and opened the coat the shape wore. The held pieces of clothing seemed to cover the entrance of the alley completely. Black mist slowly crept out from the darkness inside the coat. Dark creatures seemed to try and climb out of the mist and towards Stojan. His hands trembled as his chances withered against the large hoard of monster. Unholy sounds came from the mist. After a while it became too much. Stojan dropped the pipe and backed up against the wall. He fell to his knees and began praying for someone to save him.
He was stopped when a hand viscously grabbed his throat and lifted him off the ground. "Goodbye. Stojan." Ace said. Before Stojan could even beg for his life, Ace shoved the right hand knife into the mouth of Stojan. He took the left hand and shoved it into his left eye. The first knife from his coat into his chest and cut downwards. He took the other two knives and shoved them through the corpse's hands and pinning it to the wall. Ace backed up and admired his work. After admiring his work, his eyes widened and he fell to his knees. "Oh god what have I done? What came over me? I… I didn't mean to kill anyone. What can I do now? Have to make sure I can't be caught." Ace said to himself. He quickly thought of something. He went to the corpse and took the organs of the corpse and fixated them to the wall and to resemble wings, the common calling card of hitman working for the Thorns.
He quickly called the Kyuubi and drove to the river. He shoved his hands into the water and tried to scrub the blood off of him. He washed the remains of the first boy from the skull of the Kyuubi. He did everything he could to remove all evidence of his person. He quickly drove back to the Ivory Life but stopped driving at least a block away. He quietly ran up the fire escape and knocked on his window. Harley let him in and he quickly ran past her and sat down on the couch and threw his head into his hands. "Ace? What's wrong?" Harley said running to him. "I don't know what happened. I don't know what came over me." Ace said. "What happened?" Harley asked. "I… i… i… killed them…." Ace said. "You what?" Harley asked in disbelief. "I killed them." Ace said. "Do you know anything that would have made you want to kill them… besides Maya?" Harley asked. "I'm not like that. I'm no stranger to fighting but when I chased them down… it felt amazing." Ace said then thought to himself for a while. "The only thing I can think that would make me change like this was… there was a man… at the masquerade… red hair and green eyes… he put his hand on my shoulder and told me to stay safe… after that I felt different… but it felt like someone else was with me for the rest of that night…" Ace said.
"Well this wouldn't be the first time this has happened." Harley said. "What?" Ace asked. "The phantom man. That's what he's called. Reports of a man with red hair and green eyes that comes into contact with a person and after that the person changes. It's been going on for years and years, so long that the guy should be dead. He tells them something and, people say, that he gives the person some of his power but it's what changes them." Harley said. "So I'm fucked basically?" Ace asked. "The reports in the news always said that its only in fights. The person can't control themselves. As long as you stray away from fights you should be fine." Harley said. "But I killed them…" Ace said. Harley got right into Ace's face and said. "Look at me. That wasn't you. The man is helping you, probably from something much more powerful than you. The experience you just had is a side effect. He did a good thing but at a price." Harley said. "It. Wasn't. you." Ace nodded and Harley pulled him in and hugged him.