Blind!Ace AU in Impel Down/Marine Ford. Ace i freaking out trying to understand what is going on as he can hear fighting but can't see a dang thing with the seastone blocking his fire that usually helps him see at least faint outlines. Silently begging for Marco and Sabo to hurry their buts up and save him as he is scared out of his wits.
Ace hears the sound of something slamming against metal and he flinches. He isn’t sure where he is, but he guesses some kind of prison seeing as his arms are tied above him and he is sitting on a cold stone floor.
Or he could be in a cage on public display? Or he's already at MarineFord? Who knows?
All around him, there is sounds of people yelling and what sounds like flesh smacking against flesh. Swords clash a bit further from him, a loud bang like a cannon sounds to his right.
It’s the noise of battle he’s hearing, one he is familiar with but right now he can’t even tell who is fighting.
It’s been a while since Ace has been left guessing where he was. When he first got his fruit, the flames had been his eyes. They had licked around his body and given him faint impressions of whatever they touched.
It was like echolocation to him in a way. But since the flames were him it was like he really was seeing it. Ever since he lost his vision at the age of ten, Ace had been so happy to be able to “see” again and more so when his flames danced around Sabo.
His first mate had been the one who found the fruit for him, and Ace couldn’t think of a better confession than that one. Not only did the blond give him love but he also gave him back his sight.
The first bite had been horrible but the flash of his fire had been the best feeling in the world.
It may have been quick but Ace got to see how Sabo had grown, got to see how his smile looked now as a man instead of what he remembered in their boyhood.
He got to see how everyone on his crew looked like, got to see their ship and later on got to see Marco smile at him while handing him a bowl.
Got to experience it all by the flames that made his body.
And the sea stone was now preventing that.
Ace whimpered as the ground he sat on shook. He was going to die, wasn't he?
Alone in the darkness.
“Marco...Sabo...help me..”