Warning ⚠️: Blood, Violence & Death
TIME SETTING: 2001
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IT WAS ALREADY THE NEXT IN THE AFTERNOON. Ace was in her room doing math homework when she heard her father call her down stairs.

As she was making her way down she also saw her sister making her way down as well. They both met in the kitchen and saw their brother Chris and his wife Victoria.

They all gathered around the kitchen island and Gerard began to explain that they would be going on a hunt tonight.

Seeing as Ace was focused on her upcoming basketball game tomorrow she tuned out most of the things her father was saying.

Looking down on kitchen island she saw maps with circles and x's marked all around it. They were mostly where forest were in the state of California.

"After we put the modified sonic emitters in the ground to lead them to us, then we round them up and put them down. Is that clear?" the eldest Argent asked.

Everyone nodded their heads and began to leave to get ready for the hunt tonight. Ace decided to talk to Victoria since the last time she talked to her was on the phone for her, favorite niece Allison, surprise birthday party since she was about to turn 7.

"Hey Vic, how's Ali doing?" She questioner with a smile on her face.

Victoria wasn't one to smile a lot but she did when she talked to her sister in-law.

"Allison is doing well, I'm thinking that I'm going to put her in gymnastics cause she won't sit down for anything." Victoria said, laughing as she thinking of her daughter runs all around her house.

"She got Argent blood in her, I don't know about you Mayfield's but when we were younger we never really stayed in one place as well." Ace stated as they were now walking up stairs going to their rooms, seeing as Victoria shared a room with Chris when they stayed over night.

They also didn't live in the state, Chris didn't want Allison around the hunting life. So they lived in Nevada and had a baby sitter that didn't ask questions when they had to leave abruptly.

Victoria chuckled at Ace's remarks to how they were when they were younger.

"Well, thank you Ace for that very informative insight into the Argent family." Victoria said saluting as she was standing in front of Chris room.

"You are very welcome. See you later tonight,Vic." Ace said waving.

And they parted ways to get changed for tonight's hunting party.

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Ace was in her closet picking out a leather jacket to go on top of her black zip-up because she knew tonight was going to be a cold one.

She was also getting herself in the right head space, because sure she was a hunter and proud of it but she also wasn't as cold as the rest of her family.

So like she's done many times before, she did her research on the man they were supposed to be going after tonight. And boy she found the jackpot

They were going after Wendigo tonight, cannibalistic shape-shifters. They had a code stating that they would feed on the living and they would just get unmarked body's from the morgue, but this man Thomas Shay wasn't abiding by those rules.

It said in there neighborhood they had people disappearing then being found with their intestines eaten out.

While the police were looking for suspects to the heinous crime, Ace knew exactly what did this.

She understood it was their nature to feed on humans since it was their #1 source of food, but this was down right murder and she couldn't stand for that so tonight she was bringing on her A-game.

Ace was now attaching her knives on to the side of her calf so when her pants leg fell it would be covered up. She then got her gun holster and attached it to her torso so it would set by her arm.

After arming her self she then finished putting on her outfit which consisted of and black zip-up hoodie, a black leather jacket, military green cargo pants and her black combat boots. She also tied her hair up in a bun then brought her mask that she would put on when she was in a hunt.

Walking down stairs, Ace was geared up and had a void expression on her face which didn't go unnoticed by her family.

Anyone who knew Ace as a hunter knew that when she got like this it meant tonight was going to be a bloody one. Gerard had a sadistic smile on his face because he was proud of his daughters technique when it came to hunting especially on nights like these.

Some would say it was like Ace had a switch in the back of her head and when she turned it off you wouldn't want to get in her way.

As soon as everyone was down stairs and was ready they all headed out in there separate vehicles.

The drive was about 45 minutes and Gerard was in the lead with his wife Lila in the passenger seat. Ace was trailing right behind them in her car and she was followed by her sister — Kate — and lastly Chris and Victoria were in their car.

They neared an isolated part of land. Parking some trails away everyone got out of their cars and trucks and nodded to each other signaling that we're splitting up to do their individual tasks.

Chris and Victoria scaled the land while Gerard and Lila put the modified emitters around Thomas cabin. Kate waited by a tree with her shotgun in hand aimed at the door. Gerard then broke a window and through in a smoke and flash bomb.

Right on time Thomas Shay ran out the front door of his house trying to flee away.

Kate to her shot and hit him in the shoulder. Sensing he was surrounded by hunters Thomas took of running through the woods.

Kate was about to run after him when Gerard stopped her. "Ace had got this one tonight, something tells me he won't get very far." he said watching the man flee in to the dark night.

Gerard was right, Ace knew Shay would try to run every guilty man does. So she decided to climb a tree and wait for the man to pass by.

On cue, Thomas Shay limply ran and Ace took her knife from her calf holder and threw it with pin point accuracy hitting Thomas in the spine.

He grunted in pain and dropped to the ground on his stomach.

Ace silently climbed down the tree and slowly walked towards him.

Thomas tried crawling away with all he could but Ace took out her pistol and shot him in the other shoulder. He yelled in pain.

Blood draining every where on to the ground leaves painted red, grass stained with his blood.

Ace got close enough to him to turn him around to face her.

He could barely see her face since she was wearing a mask.

Taking off her mask so he could get a good look at her face, she bent down towards him.

Thomas then decided it was a good time to flash his white eyes and several rows of teeth.

Ace wasn't having it and took her Chinese dagger and stabbed him in the stomach and dragged it up his torso.

"You see normally I'm not one for so much blood and brutally killing a person, but you I can make an exception for because you have killed innocent people for your own selfish needs. I know your anatomy I know you need to feed on humans but you broke you code so I'm putting you down for good." Ace spoke in a cold manner void of any emotion looking Thomas in his eyes as he bleed out.

"Je chasse ceux qui ont fait du tort et libère les innocents. Which translated in English it means "I hunt those who have wronged and free the innocent" and you Mr.Shay have wronged."

"This is the last human face you are going to ever see so get a good look because it's all your going a get." Ace said and she let a couple seconds pass by before she took out her Model 617 (6 shot, 6"barrel) Revolver and shot him in the head and another in the heart.

Then stood up and walked back to her father to tell him where the body was so he could get rid of it.

Hearing his daughter coming Gerard nodded his head towards her and she nodded back and he went the direction she left. Chris also followed along to help his father.

Kate saw her sister walking not saying a word so she decided to at least try and talk to her and see if she was alright.

"You okay Ace, I know tonight was a lot?" Kate questioned, Ace didn't say anything but she nodded and walked to her car.

Seeing the interaction Victoria and Lila came over to Kate.

"She'll be alright you know how she gets after a night like this." Lila said, trying to sooth her daughter worry.

"Yeah, you know Ace one minute she quite and emotionless then she's hyper and laughing, I'm sure she'll snap out of it by the time we get home." Victoria said trying to convince the older twin.

"You guys are probably right, Ace had done this before. I'll just have to make a twin day where we hang out." Kate stated, knowing that would bring Ace's spirit up.

As the girls hummed in agree Chris and Gerard walked back, towards the group.

"So what's the verdict on the kill?" Lila questioned, wondering what her daughter had actually done.

"I would say very thorough, and that there's not chance that Shay would ever come back from the dead." Chris said, as he remembered what he saw when arrived to the scene where Thomas had took his last breath.

It was a gruesome one that was for sure.

"Well since tonight's hunt went exceptionally well, let's go home and rest." Gerard suggested, they all agreed and headed towards their cars.

Chris saw his sister sitting in the driver seat of her vehicle looking straight forward. He was a little worried on how Ace would process tonight, but he also knew Ace moved on from things like this and didn't let them hold her back.

Everyone got in their cars and started the engines and left the woods.

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Contrary to everyone's belief Ace saw actually okay, she knew what she had to do tonight and was fine with it.

She had done her research and all the clues facts and information pointed to him being guilty.

So she drove her car listening to music, and arrived home.

Quickly hopping in the shower and washing off tonight's deeds, Ace felt all lot better and was ready for her basketball game tomorrow against Beacon Hills High.

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( 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙂 ) 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨....
𝘼𝙗𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙮𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙣

Ace does in fact have a code of her own : "Je chasse ceux qui ont fait du tort et libère les innocents."
Translated: "I hunt those who have wronged and free the innocent."

Another chapter done!

Ace and Peter are close to meeting!

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