Ace was just strolling down a side walk looking through windows off shops as he passed them. It was noon at the moment and the snn beat down on him so he picked a bench out underneth a large oak. Wemon and girls in frilly dresses, men and boys in suites and overalls scurie around the town as if the end of the world had come. Knocking the brim of hit black hat down around his eyes he began to doze a bit. "Hey"! came a anoying voice "Hey Ace is that you"!? His blue eyes peared out from under the hat to met the grays of a small boy in a long black coat. "Yeah" he mused. "Wow! No one can find you anymore you just droped off the map"! "No I got a new one" He was refering to the fact that he lived with a good friend in his large estate instead of the slums he once called home. "Oh so you don't play anymore"!? The teenager waited for a moment, this was sly the sixteen yearold booky for some of the best yet worst peopl in the game. "Matters whos playing"he said cautiosly. Sly smiled..slyly "Ill give you one guess...". Ace knew exactly who had challenged him..Sam. Now Sam didn't sound look or act like any teyp of threat..but for Ace he was the biggest. When Ace was younger he played Sam..that was whe Sam was known as one of the best players out there. Ace beat him out big time and ever scince Sam has wanted his head on a stake. Ace gave a white smile "Sur..." Wait he couldn't gambel! He had given that up to live with Chopin! He bit his lip and sat up. Sly sighed "I see you don't want to i'll tell him you back out and.." "Wait no"! He wouldn't bet money..Sam didn't want money he wanted his titel back. "I bet my titel at six tonight" he stated. Sly smiled wrote it down in a small note book and scurye off to tell Sam. The red hiared boy sighed and layed back thinking *What could go wrong*!? But of coures..everything did.

Six o'clock that night.

Ace snuck out of the manor..not that he wasn't allowed out or something but he didn't want Chopin to know..he may try stop him or get upset..it was better if he never knew. He quickly made his way to the spot and saw a small group had gathered to see the showdown. Ace was a bit nervous but it didn't show. He hadn't played in months! Sitting down at a small tabel across from Sam he gave a smile "Well well well the grand red Ace has came out of hideing"!! Sam anounced to the small crowd. "I wasn't hideing..I was in planer view then normal..it's just hard to see peopl if you hide in your own shame" Ace said in a cooing voice as if was pittying a sad baby. Sam glared and slamed a deck of cards in the middel of the tabel. Ace grabbed them and shuffeled his eyes stayed on his opponets. He sat them down and began to gental deal them out never looking away from Sam. They fliped, Ace fliped his middel first. They slowly began to work there way into the game over the hour or so they sat there. They peopl cheered and shouted makeing tons of noise when one person busted or the other. A woman who lived one house down from where they where came and complained about the noise..they setteled down but as the game became intense the peopl grew louder. They sereved drinks after a while and someone handed a beer to Ace. He didn't finsih it just drank a bit cause he was thirsty. Sam looked up and smiled at the peopl *Knock* *Knock*. "Please peopl"! He stood up laughing "settel down this nice lady has had to come again"! He opened the door every one expected as small angry woman on the other side..but instead there where five or six police.
The police looked around the room. Drunk minors, fire arms laying around, and what appered to be gambeling...onr long list of illeagel things. The peop in the room began to grab the guns and bolt. Ace jumped from the tabel and was knocke over by some one.He stood up the bottel of beer in his hand.One cop looked at him as the other officers chased the crowd. Ace took one look at the cop then the bottel in his hand and the cards in his other. "Ugh"!? He gave a smile then put his hands above his head. As the officer aproched he chucked the cards and beer momentarly blinding him. Ace bolted out a window. The officer was only feet behind him going out the window also. "Hey Kid get back here"! "Do you really think thats going to help"!? He shouted. Befor turning a corner. He had no shoes on, he had kicked them off while playing. The ground was squishing below his feet with mud. A cople pices of shattered glass slice his feet and he almost triped. The officer was getting closer and closer, Ace jumped a fence one hnad on the top guideing his body over. Landing on the other side he took off again hideing in the shadows as he did. He couldnt hear anything so he was sure he was alone now. He turned to leave and head back to Chopin's estate but a hand grabed his shouler and shoved him to the ground. He felt something cold *Click* he was hauled to his feet painfuly. "Thought you lost me huh kid"!? it was the officer from the chase. Ace sighed. And slamed aganst the handcuffs. They held and sent large amounts of pain through his wrists. Winceing the officer slamed something across his back "keep moving"he barked! Ace walked forward not knowing what eles to do. He and about five other peopl where loaded into a carige and taken to police station where they where put in a cell.
Most of the peopl payed there fines as soon as they got thier and left. Others had friends show up and bail them out...Ace was alone by morining. He cureled up in once corner of the small cell. The officer who had arested him came by "Hey kid you ok" he didn't sound mad or hard like during the fight. "What do you think" Ace hissed. "Hey i'm not the reason youre here and i'm trying to be nice"! Ace sighed the man was right. "I'm fine I guess but I want to leave"! He stiared at the ground. "Well do you have any family"? "No" he whispered. The man felt bad for the kid. "How about friends"!? Ace thought about Chopin...he missed him right now and woundered what he was thinking. "Sort of" he mumbeled. The man sat down cross leged. "The games you play don't set a foundation for good friends does it"? "I have A good friend..he doesn't know about my games really". It was true Chopin knew he gambeled but not that he was now or that he was in jail! "Well we have to turn you over to someone"!? Ace shruged and turned over. They would send him to foster care and he'd break out. The man sighed stood up and walked out. Unbenoste to Ace they put up pichtures in the towns sorunding the station and put his discriptin on the radio. How many seventeen year olds have spiky red hiar and bright blue eyes!? Two day later some of Chopin's parent's friend identifide him and he was loaded into a carrige and taken to the estate. Chopin herd the carrige comeing and headed for the door. He opened it and was bewilere to see Two large me hauling Ace in hand cuffs to his door. They pushed his friend to his knees on the front steps. Ace looked up and met Chopins eyes. His filled with shame and anger. Befor looking back down at the steps unabel to keep looking at his friend. "Is this youres"?the officer hissed ratteling the chains of the hand cuffs.....

Please excuse miss spells I'm a terriabel speller and I feel lazy but still wanted this posted soooo yeah hope ya liked!!?