Blue and Red phoenixes

Chapter 12

Ace was led into the prison, around him the marines, while the vice admiral leaded the way.

"Director" the vice admiral greeted a large man, with his uniform alone you could tell that he was in fact the director Magellan.

Seriously, wings and horns, this guy really wants to look like the devil himself. The background is enough, dude.

Ace was taken in a small room, the marines don't enter but Impel Down guardians did. A woman took off his boots, and put them beside his bag and dagger, on a table. The door opened and the director entered.

"You don't need to take his clothes, vice jail head Domino, he will quit soon enough"

"Yes, director" She saluted him. She turned toward the guard "Take him to the bath." She ordered them.

While someone took his belongings, two guards get him out of the room.

Five successive empty basins were in front of him, what seem like big tanks above. Both guards fastened his chains in two rails. Ace didn't try to break free, seeing that all the room was made of seastone.

Gearwheels began to advancer the chains, and him with it.

When he was in the center of the first basin, the chins stopped, and the tank emptied on him. It was boiled water.

Ace didn't really know the reason of why he didn't feel pain, maybe his devil fruit had some passive powers that he wasn't aware of.

The next tank was cold water. Water temperatures alternated between tanks. Ace didn't scream while the whole process. Not even a whine.

In the end, guards come to detach the chains of the wall. Drop water were the lone sound that they can heard in the hallway of the level one. After the first prisoners, whispers and insults went with Ace until the elevator. Some spat. Even in Impel Down, Whitebeard and his crew were hated.

The level six was disappointing, Ace had heard some rumors about Impel Down levels. That punishments were more and more insupportable. Ace had expected torture devices but no, just cold cells lined up against the walls.

Ace was shoved inside the last cell, he hoped to be at least let free in his cell, but the guards tied again, his chains to the walls. Ace could only be sitting cross legged and waiting.

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Only two days had passed since he arrived. Ace knew because Garp came to see him. Garp didn't flinch at Ace's look, minotaur really liked to beat those who move enough to make sound. Ace and Garp hadn't spoken to each other in the past three years, but somehow it was like always. Garp complained that Ace should have join the marines, that him and Luffy would have been exceptional marines. Ace let him voiced his thought all he wanted. Finally, when Garp stopped complaining, the old man began to tell him about his encounter with Luffy at Water seven.

"Oh, yes. Come to think of it, I told Luffy about his father. He was rather surprised to learn that he even had one!" Garp concluded matter-of-factly.

"It doesn't matter whether we know it or not, the fact remains that both Luffy and I have the blood of a global-scale criminal flowing through our veins. How could we possibly become marines? I took the name of Portgas for my mother whom I owe a great debt. I don't care about the blood from my father, I don't owe him anything." Ace slowly whispered.

"Well I suppose that make sense." Garp cut him.

"And that's why, gramps...." Ace continued like he hadn't be interrupted. "I have only one father and that father is Whitebeard!!" The last words were clearly told.