Hello everyone, here is another one shot, this time from Mute
This is if the Vice Admiral who muted Ace shows up again
This was a request
Hope you enjoy
Read and relax
Ace moved his head as he closed his eyes, letting out a gust of air with a small sound at the end, and it had Thatch blink. "Did… did you just sneeze?" Ace nodded. And Thatch moved a hand up. "But you didn't make the full 'atchoo'!" Ace blinked, before he frowned as he signed. 'I can't make sounds'. Thatch blinked. "But it's just atchoo." Ace shrugged, before he signed again. 'Still it is sound, the start. I can't make those.' Thatch nodded slowly. "Okay… Never thought of it like that." Ace shrugged. 'It's fine' he signed. But Thatch still did look a bit guilty. They all knew Ace wasn't okay with being mute, and they tried not to mention it, but Thatch seemed like he just forgot. That was like Thatch at times.
They then docked the next day, on a huge island that was neutral, and many went on the island, including Ace, who was walking around and just looking. The rest of them stayed in the market, which had many stands with items. It was a very nice island to stock up on things and buy things on. And they would enjoy a day or two here.
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Ace was walking around, he always liked the forest and such, but he didn't want to venture too far, he could still see the others in the market. Deuce too, who always enjoyed when they docked.
As he was walking around and looking at small things, a voice spoke to his left. "Oy kid!" Ace turned around, and when he did, he saw a face he hoped he would never see again, and fell backwards and down, looking at the face of the Vice Admiral who had muted him. He turned to look left and could see the others there, but Ace couldn't do anything. He was mute. The vice admiral chuckled. "Now, I saw your little picture with those pirates. Why don't I finish the job?" Ace felt himself breathing hard, no idea what to do and tried to back up, but he couldn't do anything. He was screwed. He wanted to lift his arm and just burn him, but he couldn't. He was frozen, he couldn't do anything, he was so terrified right now that he couldn't move, he couldn't breathe, he couldn't do anything. He wanted to try and scream, and knew that would hurt, but maybe Marco could hear him.
He was just about to try, when he heard Deuce yell out. "Ace!" Then the Vice Admiral fell down to a knee as a bullet hit his other leg, Izou most likely shot him, Ace was saved. The others were soon there and many flocked around the Vice Admiral, speaking of what to do, and it was quickly decided Pops would handle this. That was good.
Marco then crouched down in front of him, and Ace felt himself shaking. "Ace, look at me! Breathe!" Ace turned to look at Marco, who had a calm look as usual, maybe a bit of worry in his eyes, and Marco moved a hand to his shoulder. "Breathe. You're fine. He's gone. Breathe. In and out." Ace nodded and tried his best, and managed to get his breath back. He then felt tears go down his face and Ace had just wanted to cry out, he wanted to cry, yell, scream, anything. But he couldn't. He was mute. He wanted to just scream.
Marco gave him a worried look. "Ace, did he hurt you, yoi?" Ace shook his head, before he moved his mouth, knowing Marco could read his lips. 'No, I just wanted to… scream, or yell, or anything.' Ace moved a hand to his throat, feeling the scars. Marco moved the hand to his leg. "Oh God, Ace. I'm so sorry, yoi." Marco then moved to hug him, and Ace took the hug, he needed it. Marco then leaned back a minute later and helped him up, and Ace used a minute more to just breathe, he was fine.
Ace then did his best to not look at the Vice Admiral as he was hauled away, and Marco moved a hand to his back. "Want to see his fate, yoi?" Ace shook his head. 'No… I don't want to see that face ever again.' Marco nodded. "Understandable." Ace nodded, glad it was. He then stayed on the island with Marco as Pops handled the Vice Admiral. And when Izou came and said it was over, Ace nodded and he went on the ship again. Everyone asked if he was fine, and he signed he was, he was just shocked to see him again. He didn't want to say he had panicked, he didn't want to seem more weak, but thankfully no one asked too much about it, which was good. The Vice Admiral was gone.
When evening came, Ace went out on deck and joined Pops, who was out in his chair and moved to sit on his leg. Pops did send a look at him. "How are you, son?" Ace nodded, before he signed. 'Okay.' It wasn't a complete lie. Pops did nod to it, and Ace gave a silent sigh, before Ace moved to sign again. 'I just wanted to scream, I almost did.' Pops nodded. "We should have noticed earlier. I'm glad you didn't. I don't want you to hurt your vocal cords further." Ace didn't want that either, but he didn't need to try. But he almost had, and that would have hurt a lot. Ace gave a silent sigh, before he started to sign again. 'I… wish I could speak.' Pops moved the hand to be behind him. "I know, son. I know." Ace leaned himself on the hand, taking the much needed comfort now. It had gone fine and he should be happy about that, but he just couldn't. He couldn't defend himself as he panicked, and he couldn't yell out for help. He couldn't do anything. He had never felt that helpless since it all happened.
Ace would try and keep himself up, the Vice Admiral is at least gone now, for good. He would never see him again.
And that's the one shot, hope you enjoyed
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