Hello everyone! Here is a new story!

This will have more chapters, but this is the first one! This is based on a random fucked up thought I had

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Whitebeard watched as they neared the island. They were on an island not that far away from Fishman Island, as Ace had said he would depart from this island, he wouldn't join them. And that did make Whitebeard sad, as he liked Ace.

Ace had been with them for almost 2 months now. The first month, Ace had tried again and again to take his head, to kill him. And Whitebeard had to say the kid was very courageous and confident. Even when Whitebeard had pretended like he would go all out and use all his strength, Ace hadn't even flinched one bit. Many who tried to take Whitebeard's head or status, always flinched when Whitebeard just moved, but Ace, he didn't even flinch when Whitebeard pretended to be furious. Yes, he had been a bit miffed, as Ace had tried for an attack from behind, but had given himself away by making a charging sound. At times, Whitebeard even felt like Ace wanted Whitebeard to kill him. Ace was just 19, he was so young and already so courageous and brash, he never backed down. Even when Ace had gone overboard one time, Ace had seemed shocked to realize they had saved him, even seemed a bit upset by it. He felt Ace didn't have people who stood with him.

Yes, Ace had his crew, who seemed to like Ace as a captain and supported him, but they were on Moby 2 right now, and Ace hadn't asked for them much, just to be nice to them, and they would. Ace had said he was headed to this island and needed to be here before a certain time had passed, and that time was in 3 days, and Ace didn't seem to be as cheery as he had been lately.

The last month, Ace had been civil and he was very nice. He seemed to want to live his full life every day, do everything and anything, like he had a rush on it. Ace had said he just liked to live life to the fullest, but he felt there was more there, but Ace wouldn't tell more and while it seemed to be truthful, at times, he didn't feel it was the truth. They had learned Ace had a younger brother who he adored, which made sense. Ace seemed to like them now and was civil and joined in on escapades they did, especially Thatch. They had tried to persuade Ace to join them, but he said no, he couldn't, he had something else he needed to do on this island and they would part there. Ace wouldn't say what, but they would try and make Ace stay, Ace seemed to be fond of being here, and they were fond of him.

Ace wasn't really known, but he also seemed to disappear for months on time, as he had since he was first in the news two years ago. It was odd, and Ace wouldn't say what he was doing. He also had a Devil Fruit, the Mera Mera no mi, and was made of fire. Ace seemed to be in control of his powers, in the sense to contain them, but not the best in using them. He had hoped Ace would stay so they could help teach him how to use them more, he felt Ace had so much potential. He also had a feeling, based on some looks, Marco was also very interested in Ace, but if Ace didn't want to stay, he got if Marco didn't want to come forward and try a relationship if Ace would just leave in 3 days anyhow. He would see how this went.

When they did dock, it was nearing night as the clock was almost 6pm, and this island was known to be a sort of party island, so they had made it so that many could head off and have fun, and also change shifts so everyone could enjoy the island if they wanted to. They also invited Ace out, but he did seem reluctant, but did decide to join after a bit, and it was decided they would go all out and the one Ace seemed to really have made a connection with would go, which was Marco, Thatch, Izou, Rakuyo, Haruta, and Whitebeard himself. They would try and see if they could make Ace change his mind and stay.

As they moved on the island to find a place, Ace seemed to be in good spirits, which was good. As they walked around, they soon saw a large bar which seemed to have many people already, but not too crowded, and they headed there. It had music and many people, most were standing or dancing, but it also had some seats and booths. As he looked around, he saw that by one booth, it was almost empty, but as he saw who sat in the booth, he got why.

In the booth sat Virgil, 2 women and 2 men with him, who all leaned on him to please him. Whitebeard knew of Virgil's reputation. He was an awful man, who was sadistic and used those who had nothing, lured them into his trap to use them for their bodies to make money. He had a few very unfortunate souls who Virgil had tricked into signing a binding contract to him, and if they did, Virgil could do whatever he wanted with them, and he used this until they were nothing. Most he had he just had for a day or an hour to make quick money, but even those were sickened by him, and he had heard rumors that those who had signed the contract had it so much worse, each day was Hell, but no one could speak out, it was against the contract. Whitebeard felt sorry for all of them. He could see his children scattered a bit, and he could also see to the left, was Marco, Thatch, Izou, and Ace, speaking, which was good. They should try and keep a distance from this sick man, they should maybe think of leaving as he was sick and knew who to target, and Whitebeard didn't want to accidentally get in his way.

As he was thinking this, he saw Haruta was carrying some drinks and on her way towards Ace, but she didn't seem to notice yet that Virgil was here and walked sort of past his table as there were less people there. But as she did, someone seemed to trip her and the drinks fell to the floor and shattered, which had what he felt was Virgil's henchmen, who looked annoyed, but before he could speak, Virgil did. "Quite a mess, dear. You know the glasses here cost a lot, I could help pay it off if you want to? It will just take one minute to repay it." Whitebeard was on his way to move, as this man was the worst of the worst, but everyone seemed to stand still and watch and blocked his path.

Haruta looked to want to move as she knew who this was, everyone knew who Virgil was, but before she could speak, Virgil stood up, and he was large. Not Whitebeard's size, but compared to Harura, Virgil was towering over her, and he was slim, but he was very strong as well. Virgil moved his hand out to her. "What do you say, dear? If you do say no, I will make sure your precious Moby Dick boat won't be able to leave for a long long time, until you pay it off doing cheap work here as a barmaid." Whitebeard knew Virgil had that power, he controlled so much, everyone was scared of him, even the admirals. Virgil had money and power. He even controlled the World Nobles. This might be very bad for them, but he would never let this man get his claws into anyone he cared for, even less his family.

But just as he was about to push everyone away with his powers, as Virgil held his hand out for Haruta to shake, Ace had moved and ran to be in front of her, as if protecting her. Ace had to know who this was, so Whitebeard didn't know how he dared this. Ace was brave and courageous, but this was very stupid and dangerous. Virgil blinked, before he smirked. "My my, if it isn't Portgas D Ace. You made it back early. Are you giving me fresh meat as a gift?" Whitebeard blinked, Ace knew Virgil?

As Virgil spoke, he moved his hand towards Haruta to help her up again, and Whitebeard was sure Ace would let him as Virgil knew him, and Virgil only knew bad people, or those he owned, by name. But as he did, Ace moved his hand away by pushing it as Ace spoke. "She is not yours, she is-" Ace didn't get to finish, as when he moved Virgil's hand away, he moved and slapped Ace hard, so bad so he started to bleed from his mouth, but Ace stood his ground, before Virgil moved and grabbed Ace by his throat, and Whitebeard was frozen in shock. No one dared to stand up against Virgil.

As Virgil had Ace by his throat, Virgil spoke. "I think you forget who you are and who owns you. You are mine, I can do as I please with you. You signed the contract. I own you. So move." Whitebeard felt he couldn't breathe, and could see his children in the same state. Ace signed a contract with Virgil? Ace didn't move, and Whitebeard felt shocked and horrified. Ace shook his head. "I won't. You don't own me right now, I am free right now to do as I please, as in the contract. You only own me when I am under the bindings of the contract. Leave her alone."

Virgil threw Ace to the floor before he walked towards Ace, and for the first time in the time he had known Ace, Ace flinched and cowered as Virgil got closer, Ace was so scared. But as Virgil was close, he spoke. "You're right. And as your contract states, if I see you before your precious free time is over, no matter how long left, you're mine again in 12 hours. And I will make you regret this evening. I hope protecting your little friend was worth it. You will wish for death. This time, I will not hold back, you are after all, the one who brings in the most money." Then Virgil went and sat down again and shooed them away. Ace just helped Haruta up, before Ace looked at Virgil. "It was worth it." Then as Haruta was up, Ace left quickly as he looked upset as he wiped the blood away. Ace was in a signed contract with Virgil, they needed to see how bad this was.

They didn't manage to see where Ace left as he left so fast, but they went searching, feeling worried. They needed to help him. After a while, theft found Ace in a small bar and he seemed wasted and was speaking with 3 men who didn't seem to have good intentions, and as they walked in, he saw one of the put something in Ace's drink and Ace didn't seem to notice as he took the drik up to drink it, and they moved over and said he had had enough and took him with them as he said he didn't want to, and the 3 guys also tried to fight it, but one look from Marco had them back off, Marco was terrifying when he needed to be.

As they got outside, Ace got out of Thatch's grip and said to leave him alone, when Thatch spoke. "You're wasted and they drugged the drink you were about to drink!" Ace looked at them as he looked upset. "I know! I wanted them to so I could drink it!" Whitebeard felt taken aback by that, and he could see the others was as well, before Marco spoke. "Why, yoi?" Ace looked upset and was drunk, maybe more, as he spoke. "Because if I am a mess or broken, maybe Virgil won't use me more. And maybe it will kill me, but that is okay as it wasn't by my hand and that frees us from the contract! If he sees no use in me, if I am too broken, maybe he will let me go!" They all stood shocked and horrified, no idea it was this bad. And that was when Whitebeard realized when he had felt Ace wanted the captain to kill him, Ace had wanted to die. That might be why Ace went after him, Whitebeard was known as the world's strongest man after all.

Ace then looked at them with tears in his eyes as he looked upset and scared. "Leave me alone!" Then Ace was gone in a blink, using his powers. Whitebeard felt horrified, Ace was trapped by Virgil, and he was so young. And to see how scared Ace was off him said everything. Ace never flinched or cowered, never. Ace had wanted to be killed, as he and someone else was in this contract, and he had a feeling it was his younger brother, Luffy, to protect him. They needed to do their best to help Ace, to get him out of the contract. But he had heard about Virgil's contracts, they were binding and had every base covered, rarely any loopholes or a way out beside fulfilling it, and they needed to try and find out what Ace needed to fulfill, what was it that bound him to Virgil.

They then tried to find Ace again, but didn't. When they got back to the boat, they had an emergency meeting and every commander was updated, and they also got in Lance, a guy on the 1st division, and he had had a run in with Virgil before. His mother was bound by a contract, and he had helped her get out of it, but not much more. When they updated him about it, he looked horrified, and said they needed to read it entirely, to read all the small text, what the basis of the contract was. If Ace had signed it, it was a reason for it, Virgil had helped Ace with something, and to pay that back, Ace needed to fulfill something, and that was impossible to say before they read it. But to know there might not be a way out beside fulfilling it, and that could be bad. Lance said a woman was bound by a contract and to fulfill it she had to give Virgil her first born child, but this woman was infertile, but that didn't get her out of the contract, as she didn't fulfill it. Virgil was a very sick and sadistic man who exploited those he could.

So, the next day, they went to the place they were told Virgil was, and as they walked in, he could see many rooms and they all had glass walls, maybe a mirror on the other side as the wall he could see inside the room was mostly mirrors. He could see Ace in it, and while it was just past 7am, he could see Ace was beaten, bruised, and had some cuts. It looked horrible, he had never seen Ace injured before, as it always healed so fast. Ace also had tears going down his cheeks and some blood on his face from cuts and such. But as Ace held out his hand, his form naked, beside a pair of boxers, a man walked over and took off a bracelet using a key, and he saw Ace's powers come forth and start to heal him, and he realized they used a weak seastone bracelet so Ace couldn't heal and would be in pain.

As he had healed, it was put on again and Ace was pointed to a room, and the man left first and they could see Ace looked sad, hollow, and exhausted, as he was facing them, but Ace couldn't see them most likely as all he saw was himself. Before Ace took a breath, moved his hands to go over his face and cheeks, ridding of any blood and tears, also moving over his hair to make it seem collected, and looked normal and okay. And it was so terrifying to see how adept Ace was in pretending, before he walked to the room, and he could see 4 men in it, maybe more, and just as Ace got into the room, one man already grabbed Ace and forcefully moved him to his crotch, before the door banged shut. They needed to help.

As this happened, another door opened and he could see Virgil stand there, looking smug. "Ah, cute. You're here for my little toy? He is mine to use as I please, and he deserves this. He has been fiery at times, but never has he disobeyed me like this, so I need to be harsher for longer." Whitebeard looked at him. "What is his contract?" Virgil gave a hum that made him feel sick, but he didn't know why, before he held out a paper that was rolled up. "Check it over, it is solid. No loophole, he is mine, and has been since he was 12." That was way too young, but Virgil didn't care about age, just that children seemed cuter and more innocent. Virgil was a sick sick man, they needed to get Ace out. They would look at this contract.

So, Whitebeard took it and Virgil just left with a wave and grin, his eyes seeming to glow red. They then moved out of the building as they couldn't do anything now, and they needed to read this very carefully to find a way to help Ace. They couldn't leave him with Virgil.

And that's the first chapter!

The next will be out when it is done, and I hope you want more! No idea how long this story will be, we'll see how it goes and if people want more

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