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(Muse: Masked Deuce) (To Ace for the idea I said in the DM) Rescue + Grief
darker prompts -> [meme]
He had been bracing for impact, but not in this sense. One moment he was standing in front of Luffy and in the next, he was tackled to the ground with the wind knocked out of him. Ace gasped, mind running wild as he tried to gather his bearings. His mind was on Luffy. Luffy. Panic settled in, terror at the realization that if he had not taken the impact than had Luffy...?
Ace scrambled to his knees, eyes darting over to see Marco and a few of the others jumping in between Akainu and his baby brother. It was a minor relief, but not enough as when he looked over to his side, he saw Deuce laid out with a severe injury- one that Ace should have gotten. It was only then that he had pieced together everything that had happened.
“Deu!” He called to his friend, crawling over to him in a rush. No, no, this wasn’t supposed to happen. Deuce’s back and part of his side were ravaged by magma and Ace felt helpless in his inability to help him.
He picked Deuce up in his arms, unable to take precautions with his injuries as they were in the middle of an active combat situation. The best he could do was to get Deuce out of danger and hope that there’d be some way to fix this, because this couldn’t be the end of Deuce. Marco? Marco would be able to help... right? He had to. If even Marco couldn’t help him then... No, he couldn’t think about that. Not right now. Deuce would be fine. He’d be okay.
















