Hello everyone, here is the next chapter

Since the first was from Suicidal with Sabo, this one is from Psychosis, same universe I've made, and an accident that accidentally caused some other things happen

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Ace gave a laugh, managing to get the basketball away from Thatch, who was close to the goal, Ace going to try and get in a goal. It was just him and Thatch that was playing basket, the rest being busy with work and meetings. Izou was also out with them, but he was sitting on the side, just watching and keeping them company, sometimes answering some messages or calls, him also having some work to do. There were usually one around in case Ace needed it, but he was doing fine. He even just had one meeting twice a week with Trafalgar, and nothing had happened either. He felt fine and was glad things were going fine.

He managed to get close to his goal, jumping to try and get the ball into the hoop, when Thatch managed to hit the ball away, doing a small drabble around him, running to his goal, Ace close after. Thatch was way better that him at basketball, but played a bit worse than normal, and Ace found it nice. He was bad and wanted to get better, but this was fun.

Thatch managed to get a goal this time, but it was fine, Ace still had fun. Thatch then showed him a couple moves and tricks, doing his best to show him how to dribble- something he had done 3 times before- Ace just never got the hang of it. Thatch said that he was doing fine, but he didn't completely believe that. When they started up again, Izou was the one to throw the ball up in the air. Thatch let him get the ball first, giving him a chance, Ace even managing to somewhat dribble. When he was heading towards the goal, Thatch close on his heels, he turned his head to see how close Thatch was. However, when his head was turned, he didn't see the rock in the way, tripping over it and falling to the ground. Then, everything went black.

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Thatch watched as Ace looked at him when he was heading for the goal, getting better at basket. But, when he saw Ace fall, seeing he had tripped over a rock and crash into the ground hard, Thatch gave a small hiss as it looked like it hurt. When he saw Ace sitting up, looking somewhat okay, he got the ball so it didn't roll out into the streets or something, before turning to Ace, seeing his arm was not the way it should be, also seeing a bit of blood falling from a small wound on his head. "Oh damn, your arm looks bad, Ace."

When Ace didn't answer, not even giving a sound of pain, he got worried, seeing Izou also being worried and standing up too. "Ace? You okay? You're scaring me." When he got close to Ace, he crouched down and moved a hand to Ace's shoulder, seeing his arm bent a way it shouldn't be. Ace didn't react to him having a hand on his shoulder, seeing his eyes unfocused and not looking at anything, eyes moving at times. "Ace? Ace?! Hey!" Ace didn't react much, only turning to look at him for a second, no reaction, and then Ace's gaze just shifted to just staring out in the distance. This was bad! Marco and Curiel had said this was really really bad. What if he made Ace have a set back! He would get killed by Marco, or Pops, or everyone. This wasn't supposed to happen.

"Yes, hello, my brother fell and at least broke his arm it looks like, while playing basketball." Thatch blinked and turned to Izou, who was on the phone. "No, he isn't reacting to anything, just staring blankly, but his arm is crealy broken. Yes, he had a psychosis thing a few months ago." "Who are you calling?" Izou looked at him. "Ambulance. His arm is clearly broken! Try and get him to react, at least be awake." Thatch nodded, continuing to say Ace's name and lightly shake his shoulder, hearing Izou telling the ambulance their address. Thatch was really worried, sure this would cause a huge setback, and Ace would need to be admitted again and everything. After a minute, Izou asked for his phone, saying he would call Marco too, so the man could meet them at the hospital.

Thatch quickly got his phone out and gave it to Izou, who called Marco. When Izou explained what had happened, and that Ace wasn't reacting to anything, he could hear Marco's worried voice, Marco probably already running out to get in his car. Thatch felt so guilty; this was all his fault.

It took about 8 minutes for the ambulance to arrive to them, a couple ambulance workers coming out. "Hello, how's it going?" Thatch tried to speak. "I- I- he fell! And now, he won't respond… I didn't mean too!" The ambulance worked gave a smile as she walked closer. "It's not your fault. Let's see here. Hello, Ace, can you hear me?" Ace didn't react, just looking on in the distance. "Can I look at your arm and wound at your head?" No reaction still, making Thatch give a whimper, especially when the woman moved Ace's clearly broken arm and he still no reaction. He had messed things up. The ambulance worker carefully put a small thing to keep Ace's arm stabilized, and a small patch on the small wound on his head.

The ambulance woman then looked at him and Izou. "I can have one of you in the ambulance with me. Who wants to join?" Thatch didn't know what to say, when Izou spoke for him. "Thatch will. I will get Pops." Then Izou ran off, probably to get into his car, already dialing Pops' number. The ambulance worker then moved a hand to Ace's good arm, slowly lifting him up. "Ace, let's head to the ambulance and get your arm looked at, okay?" Ace didn't react, but did stand up with the woman, slowly just following where she led him to the ambulance, Thatch being told to sit in the seat close to Ace's head, Ace sitting in the bed there, still not reacting. The ambulance woman, Nami, asked him how old Ace was, when he was born, and what had happened a couple months ago, Thatch doing his best to repeat what Marco had said, that Ace had an acute psychotic break or something.

Nami then looked back at Ace. "Ace, can you tell me your name?" Ace just turned to look at Nami, then back to just staring at nothing. This was so bad. Nami gave a smile to him. "Just calm down, he will be fine." Thatch gave a small half whimper, not liking this. Ace was doing so well. "I- this could- isn't this a setback sign?" Nami gave a small nod. "It can be, if nothing much has happened. But, he fell and broke his arm, which is painful. I have seen this before in patients like this. Sometimes when they get an injury that causes acute pain, or sudden pain, they can leave their mind a bit and become unresponsive. I think this is just that. He will come to himself in a small bit." Thatch blinked. "R-really?" Nami nodded. "Yes, so just breathe and relax." Thatch tried too.

After a couple minutes, them about halfway to the hospital, he noticed Ace blinked a bit, making Nami move a hand to his leg. "Ace, hi, can you tell me your name?" Ace looked at the woman. "Ace." A breath left Thatch, he was speaking. "Good. How old are you?" No reaction to that, the nurse not seeming too worried, tuning to speak to the one who was driving. "Slowly starting to react now." The one in front repeated that on the phone or something.

After a couple more minutes, Ace turned to look at Nami. "H-hi..?" Nami smiled. "Hi, how do you feel?" Ace blinked. "Fine… Where am I? Thatch?" Ace had turned to see him, him giving a small wave. Nami spoke and made Ace turn to her. "You fell and broke your arm." Ace blinked and looked down, seeing his arm broken and in a makeshift cast. "Oh… I don't feel anything." Nami gave a small chuckle. "I've given something for the pain. You left us for a few minutes, good to have you back." Ace frowned. "I what? Isn't that bad?" Nami gave a comforting look. "It can happen to everyone who has a small connection fault in the brain, which includes people with psychosis- which I've been told you have had- and people with epilepsy- they use a bit longer to come to." Ace blinked. "Oh. So, I am fine? I mean, mentally?" Nami nodded. "Yes. This is normal. Now, we will take an x-ray of your arm, cast it, patch a small wound on your head, and you can go home. I've also heard that a Marco, Pops, and Izou will meet us at the hospital." That had Ace smile, making Thatch glad Ace was fine now, that he was fine, he didn't have a setback.

When they got to the hospital and the ambulance entrance, they got Ace out and into an x-ray room, quickly taking an x-ray, so he couldn't be in the room. When that was done, they headed to a room where a doctor would come, Ace still in the bed, looking at his x-rays. "It doesn't look like too bad of a break, a normal stable break." The nurse who was pushing his chair chuckled. "Yes, how do you know that?" Ace blinked and looked at her. "Oh, I'm a dancer, seen many fractures." The nurse smiled at that and asked a bit around Ace being a dancer, Ace telling how it was.

When they got to the room, Marco, Pops, and Izou were already there, all of them looking worried. Ace, however, gave a big smile at them. "Marco! Look! I broke my arm!" Ace then held his x-ray up, making Marco blink. "Yes, I heard. How do you feel? I heard you got unresponsive, yoi?" Ace gave a small hum, giving a small shrug. "I don't know. Nami, the ambulance worker, said the same thing. I don't remember, I was just suddenly in the ambulance." Thatch then spoke, hands up in his hair. "You scared the hell out of me! He didn't respond and I panicked! Nami said it was normal, or something."

The nurse gave a chuckle behind them. "A doctor will soon be here, he can explain everything. But, Ace is fine." It had them all relax, and the nurse left. Marco then moved to brush some hair out of his face. "You're fine?" Ace nodded. "Yeah. I don't even remember pain." The door then opened, a doctor there. "That is normal in your case. Hi, I'm doctor Chopper." They all said hi, before Marco spoke up. "This is normal for him, yoi?" The doctor nodded. "Of course, too often is not good. But, acute pain, is something his mind knows he can't handle, so it shuts a bit down, saving him the pain. It can happen with people that have had psychosis and have a small weakness in their mind- no offence- and goes on medication for it. Now, let's put a cast on your arm, and you can leave." Ace nodded, and the man started putting the cast on.

As the doctor did, Marco gave a breath, giving Ace a kiss on his cheek. "You had all of us worried, yoi. Izou sounded so frantic, and then he mentioned Pops and everything." Ace gave a small smile to his boyfriend. "I'm sorry. I didn't know I did myself. But, I feel fine." That had all of them relieved, and Thatch gave a small groan. "I made so much fuss about nothing! I'm awful." The doctor hummed. "No, you did right. One should always be concerned when someone goes unresponsive." Marco nodded too, same with Pops and Izou. "Yes son, you did everything right. As Marco has said many times to Ace; we want you to do it 10 times too many, instead of one time too little." Ace also gave a nod to him at that. "Yeah. I didn't even know where I was, and I was really glad you were also in the ambulance." It had him give a breath, glad no one thought him to have done anything wrong.

The rest of time at the hospital was spent in good spirits, Thatch still really glad Ace was fine— nothing was wrong with him mentally, Ace was fine— he just had a broken arm, which would heal completely fine. When they got back to the house, they were met by most, who had figured out Ace had broken his arm, Sabo being really glad Ace was fine. All of them signed Ace's cast- something he wanted as he had never broken a bone before. Everything went fine, and Curiel explained to him, Marco, and Izou that what had happened was normal at times, a safety mechanism.

Thatch was just really glad everything was fine.

And that's the one shot, hope you enjoyed

To this chapter: This form of safety mechanism is rarely seen in mental health issues, but it can happen when an acute pain happens, which is anything that causes a lot of pain quickly. It happens since the mind knows one can't handle the pain completely, and shuts a bit down, which also can happen because of medication as antipsychotics make mind connection work a bit different than normal. This is, however, regularly seen in people with epilepsy and this is a reaction after a seizure, as the mind gets back from being overloaded. Somewhat can happen when one hurts themselves; the mind works hard, that's why many pass out. This is close to that, but one never lose consciousness, just leaves the mind for a short time.

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