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Ace hummed as he saw Mika, and it had been some days since her ordeal, and looked at her. "How are you?" Mika gave a sigh. "I have some meetings with Quinn, and she says I'm doing okay. But… could you grab Cioup if she is available?" Ace nodded. "I can, and I am sure she can make time. For you, always." Ace then moved a hand to her shoulder. "You're doing great." Mika shave a half smile. "Doesn't feel like it. I will head and relax in my room, send Cioup if she can come." Ace nodded and then Ace went to Amegakure and first found Moira, updating her, saying that Mika needed a break, and she got it and cleared it, before he found Cioup, the fire-haired woman seeming shocked to see him. "Ace? Watcha doing here?"
Ace gave a small hum. "Mika needs you." Cioup blinked. "What? I mean- what? Why..? She never needs anyone, we need her. She is so strong!" Ace gave a breath, before he updated her on the situation, and when done, Cioup stood up and gathered some stuff in a bag, before she looked at him. "I am ready. If Mika needs me, I will always show up." Ace smiled. "You are amazing. Come on, let's go." And they went to the Moby again and Cioup went to Mika's room, and he hoped this would help her. It was a long road, but he knew Mika was strong.
Ace was also searching the island and asking around, but didn't find anything, not yet. And Cioup never ventured far away from Mika, which she seemed to appreciate. Trevor also was close, but also kept his distance and seemed to be careful with her, which he did get. Mika had gone through a horrible ordeal. But then, when they docked a day later and they walked around, Mika with them, she suddenly stopped as she looked at a woman a bit away, and then she looked at him. "Ace! It's her." She said in a half whisper, and Ace knew what she meant. Mika had met a woman who said she needed help, her daughter stopped breathing and Mika went to help, before she was jumped and then assaulted, the woman working with them. So Ace nodded and started to follow the woman, seeing her seeming cautious, probably because they were here. He had a feeling she didn't know who they really were. That they were assassins.
After a bit, the woman went into a building, and Ace followed after, using his powers to make everyone inside the home, 7 people, go into a trance, and then checked them, and no one had the tattoo Mika had seen. But still, they were with the woman, and might know something.
2 hours later Ace had a lot of information, 6 people dead, leaving one alive to spread the message that Ace was after them, and Ace had had his small fun with them and now knew a lot more, and he had a place to go to. So he went and updated Mika, Trevor, and Cioup. Ace had been told they needed to find this group that believed fishmen and fishwomen all deserved to die or be slaves, which made sense as the ones who had raped Mika mentioned that Trevor was awful for helping freaks, and Trevor had, not long ago, helped a group of fishwomen, and that seemed to be what had made this happen. Trevor did look guilty as he knew he was to blame, but didn't get to think it too long as Cioup looked at Trevor. "You sulk more, I will get my unicorn onesie and hug you, with glitter." Trevor looked at Cioup. "You're amazing." Cioup blinked and looked at Ace. "I think he is having a stroke! Call Bay!"
Trevor chuckled a bit. "I am not, I just, you're amazing, Cioup. We need you." Mika nodded. "We, I, sure do." Cioup hummed. "Well, I am amazing. Now, how will we handle this?" Ace hummed, before he told the plan, to go and then find out if they were right or not, and then take it from there, and if they were right, they would have some fun with the perpetrators, especially Mika and Trevor, they needed that.
So they went and they were right, it was the right perpetrators, them hiding in a house, trying to lay low, but failing. And Ace left Mika and Trevor to have fun, and he knew they both needed this. It was a bit over 4 hours later that Mika and Trevor came back, seeming to be in a good mood. Ace did ask how it had gone, and Mika hummed. "They regretted being born. This was perfect." Ace was glad about that. The next day, it was in the newspaper. It mentioned a group was found massacred and tortured, and mentioned how some of the people had gotten limbs severed when still alive, being kept alive. It was gruesome, the newspaper said, but they could have done worse. Ace couldn't help but think to the one Ace was testing some things out on, who should still be alive, and Ace would visit him soon, he was being taken care of by someone while Ace was busy anyhow.
It was a couple days later that he noticed Mika seemed off again, she seemed upset, and Ace went to speak with her in her room and asked what was wrong. Mika shook her head a bit. "Trevor doesn't like me anymore." Ace blinked. "What? He does, Mika. Why do you think that?" Mika looked at him. "No, Ace. Men need to own their pussies. That's why they don't like to share. Trevor no longer owns mine, so he doesn't like me. That's why he has been avoiding any sexual contact." Ace blinked. "No, Mika, Trevor loves you. He is just being cautious. You went through a very traumatic thing." Mika shook her head. "No. I think it is over, Trevor no longer loves me. I'm used goods. Just go, I need to think." Ace wanted to argue, but it wouldn't help, so Ace nodded and left, and marched straight to the galley, where he knew Trevor was.
-x-
Whitebeard sat and enjoyed the day in the galley, playing poker. Just because the weather was bad didn't mean they couldn't enjoy themselves. As they were, Ace came in and seemed determined for some reason, and walked up to Trevor, before he hit Trevor over the head, which had the silver-haired assassin look annoyed at Ace. "What! I am winning this hand!" Trevor was in a game of poker, and was winning. Ace looked at him seriously. "Fold your hand, take what you have, and go fuck Mika and tell you love her." They all blinked, especially Trevor. "She was raped not long ago." Ace nodded. "Yes, but she feels unloved. As she just told me, she is sure this relationship is over since you no longer love her. The reason; you no longer own her pussy since she was raped. She is used goods. Go prove her wrong."
Trevor blinked, looking shocked, before he threw his cards onto the table and ran out the door. Ace then packed up his winnings, before he sat down. Thatch looked at Ace. "Will they be… okay?" Ace hummed. "Most likely yes. It is an adjustment, but it will go fine." Cioup then came inside and sat down. "Why is Trevor running around?" Ace hummed. "Just stuff, don't bother him. He needs to fix something." Cioup nodded. "Oki. Trevor is like a headless chicken at times, just making sure he is okay. After everything." Ace hummed. "And I am sure things will go fine." Cioup nodded. "Good."
Then the day went on and when he saw Mika and Trevor again, they both seemed to be okay, which was good, and Mika managed to hold her head held high, which was good. He was sure things would be okay.
-x-
The next day, them having set sail, Thatch hummed as he walked to the kitchen, going to start on breakfast early today, as he wanted to try something new. But as he got to the galley door, he blinked as there was a flyer on it. Thatch took it and looked at it, and it was to a bar that was on an island, and it wasn't that far away, and it looked nice, really nice. They always liked to drink and enjoy new places, so this might be fun. He would ask Pops about it.
So as they were eating breakfast, he showed the flyer to Pops and asked about it, if they could stop. Pops did ask where he found the flyer, the newspaper hadn't come yet, and Thatch shrugged and said it was on the galley door, which a few did find odd, but it sounded nice, so they set sail towards it, it would just be a day's travel, and it was a new bar. Ace also seemed interested in it, especially how the note was left. But Thatch was sure it would be fine and they would have a good time.
-x-
Whitebeard watched as they neared the island with the bar, and he could see many other boats there, it must be popular. So they docked and it was a sizable bar with many workers. Some didn't seem that happy to work there, and once one had gone away, before he was suddenly back again and seemed annoyed, but did his job. The owner was a nice man, who worked a bit here and there, but mostly in the bar. Ace also seemed interested and went and spoke with a few workers, and the captain did wonder if this place was good or not, but he was sure Ace would update him if it was a bad place. Ace did leave after a bit, and said he would be back soon. Whitebeard hoped things were okay.
-x-
Ace walked onto the island again, as he felt he got how people were forced to stay on this island now. A few had said they were forced to work there. He walked into the bar, heading to the edge of the bar and Subayai D Silverado, the owner, came over to him. "What's your poison?" Ace hummed. "What's the strongest you have?" Silverado hummed and grabbed a bottle. "96 percent with favor. I have this, vanilla, and I have cinnamon, strawberry, and almond." Ace hummed. "What about no flavor?" Silverado hummed. "I like your style." Then he grabbed another bottle and poured him a glass. "98%. This one will be free, as I like your style." Ace hummed, before he spoke. "Who do you think is fastest? Me or you? I mean, I don't just run." Silverado hummed. "True, but, you do leave a trail. Not sure if you know that." Ace had felt he saw something earlier and had teleported to check, only to see a glimpse of Silverado and a worker, before they were gone, the reason he felt he got this. Silverado was fast. Ace hummed. "So you can see as fast as you can run?" Silverado looked to his left, being sure no one was too close. "When running at the speed of light, you kind of need to process the world fast enough so I don't run into a wall, or a person." Ace chuckled. "I have teleported into a wall once." Silverado chuckled. "Sounds fun." Ace nodded. "Yeah, it was." Silverado hummed. "You must be able to process the world fast as well, since you saw me." Ace hummed. "Maybe." He had never thought about it before. But he maybe did.
Silverado then grabbed a cloth he had on his shoulder, it made a necklace he had under his shirt be shown, and it was a key formed as a seashell with a seashell keychain. The seashell keychain was a scallop shell, blue in color and had a picture of 4 other seashells on it, in other colors, which were red, yellow, green, and purple. Ace did blink when he saw it, before he smiled, and moved a hand to his pocket, taking out a seashell key he had with a red seashell keychain, the same colors, but no red, and a blue one instead.
Ace put it on the counter, and when Silverado saw it, he looked at him with a smile. "Gotta love Shay. He trusts the right people." Ace nodded and put it away. "Yes. I feel like we could become friends. I mean, if Shay trusts you," Silverado finished it. "Then I trust you. He does create his own luck." Ace nodded. "He does. He is a good man." Silverado nodded, and Silverado went over to a man that came for a drink and Ace looked at Silverado. He had to be someone trustworthy if Shay had given him a key. Ace had gotten his key some months ago, Shay asking him to drop by. Then Shay had said he put Chaicariosu a safe place, and it needed multiple keys, and Shay wanted Ace to have one, as he trusted him. So Ace had a key. He guessed there were 5 keys, and it looked like Silverado had a key as well. He also felt like Shay had one. Ace didn't need to know where every key was, but even if he did, he didn't know where the fruit was kept. But he trusted Shay.
Ace hummed as Silverado came back to him. "Now, how do you have so many workers?" Silverado hummed. "It is many who bail on the bill, this is their punishment, they need to work off their bill. And if they run-" Ace hummed. "You get them." Silverado hummed. "Yes. I also spread words about this bar, you did get my flyer." Ace chuckled. "So you can run on water, how nice." Silverado chuckled. "It is. Was scary at the start, but it's going well now." Ace hummed. "Want more bar goers? I can help spread the word." Silverado hummed. "I would love that. But at what price?" Ace hummed. "You see anyone who needs help, you call me." Silverado nodded. "A deal I like." And Silverado held out his hand, which Ace shook as he spoke. "I think this is the start of a good friendship." Silverado nodded. "I think so too. You seem nice." Ace nodded and they let go of each other's hand. "Same back at you. If Shay trusts you, I will too." Silverado nodded. "Yep. Shay is a good character reader." Ace nodded. "He sure is."
Ace then lifted his glass. "I know you can't drink on duty, but cheers." Silverado hummed. "I can't, but I have some soda." And grabbed a glass with some soda and they shared a cheer, before they both took a taste and Ace hummed. "This is amazing. Would I be able to buy bottles from you? Very few have this strength." Silverado hummed. "Fine by me. Very few like it. Just give me a few hours before you come and get it, so I can stock up." Ace nodded. "That's no issue." Ace then looked at the ones who were working. "You seem to drive a good place." Silverado chuckled. "They only try to run a couple times. They don't even know how they get back. I just quickly grab them and bring them back." Ace nodded. "Smart. And they just need to work off their debt?" Silverado nodded. "Yes, then they can leave, you're free to make sure this is correct." Ace didn't doubt it as he knew people had been able to leave, he had done some research.
He then spoke a bit more with Silverado, before he left, and then the days went on, and after a week, Ace got some news which made him sigh. He knew it was a time coming, but he needed to tell Thatch about this, and went to tell him, as he deserved to know.
-x-
Thatch hummed as there was a knock on his door and went to open it, he knew it wasn't Izou, both since he didn't really knock and since he was in the room with him, them just planning out their day as it was still a bit early. As he opened the door, he blinked when he saw Ace there. "Ace, do you need anything?" Ace hadn't done this before, so this felt… odd. Ace gave a small breath. "May I come in?" Thatch nodded and let him in, and Ace gave a small nod to Izou, before he looked at Thatch. "I got some news, do you want Izou to be here for that?" Thatch frowned a bit. "What is it about?" Ace sighed. "Your family." Thatch nodded. "He can stay." Ace nodded and Izou moved over to him, holding his hand, as this felt bad, maybe someone he was related to had hurt someone he knew? He hoped not.
Ace then spoke. "In 3 days, your mother will be killed. I know you wanted to know if your parents would die, and she will die in 3 days." Thatch blinked. "Wh- now? Why? Why now?" Ace gave a breath. "We think after what Melanie did, making her lose some of her status after showing your picture. She has gone a bit off her rails, upped her game, she is mad. And we need to deal with her." Thatch nodded a bit, and Ace spoke again. "This is not to make you feel bad, you're not the reason for this, she has been close to the edge for a long while." Thatch nodded. "Can I ask for a favor?" Ace nodded, which had Thatch continue. "Can I… speak with her? Before you kill her. Not to make her get free, just for…." Ace nodded. "Closure. I can make that happen. And you can bring Izou if you'd like, or Whitebeard, or both, or no one. Up to you." Thatch nodded a bit, looking at Izou, who had a supportive look, before Thatch looked back at him. "I think I need to do this alone." Ace nodded. "I get that, and you can speak with her before we kill her, no issue."
Thatch nodded. "Thank you. When… when will this happen? Like when during the day?" Ace hummed. "In the evening. She is going to head to a place and we will intercept her and kill her." Thatch nodded. "I see. Will she… suffer?" Ace gave a breath. "Yes, a bit. We need some info as well." Thatch nodded, before he looked Ace in the eyes. "Make it hurt." Ace nodded. "We will. I can come grab you as we leave, and you need to follow orders while we are out." Thatch nodded. "That's fine, I can do that." Ace nodded. "Good. I will come speak with you before we leave, update you and tell you how it will go, so you are prepared." Thatch nodded. "Sounds good. Thank you, for telling me and including me." Ace shook his head. "It is nothing. Have a good day onwards." Thatch nodded and gave a goodbye for now, same with Izou, then Ace left.
As he was gone, Izou squeezed his hand. "How do you feel?" Thatch looked at Izou. "Honestly? I am feeling a bit relieved. It will be odd to see her again, but I need to speak with her." Izou nodded. "I get that, and you can do this." Thatch nodded. "Yeah, I hope so."
And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed!
If you want it, I can make what Trevor and Mika did to the rapists and their group into a One Shot if it is wanted
And Subayai D Silverado is a character my husband made and I like him so I put him in the story, my husband also help make Shay, although he is based on someone from a game
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