Play Your Cards

Baking Show

"Excellent!"

"Exquisite!"

"Extraordinary."

"Abso-" "Ace lets go!" Murphy interrupts her. "I'm coming!" She yells back

"Promise me!" Ace yells

"I already did! Go!" George laughs

Ace hops on the back of a quad as they roll off. She watches the car Doc and George are in go off in the other direction. Ace smiles.

-time skip-

"Is that the bakery?" Warren asks as they step off their quads

"Should be." Ace says, pulling out her gun

"Looks abandoned." 10k notices

"Doesn't mean no one's here." Ace says

She pulls a black skull from her bag, throwing it onto the ground and grasping it back into her hand. Her old skull staff as people know it.

Addy looks at it, "I haven't see that in forever." She smiles

"Let's get moving." Warren says

They all begin their descend down the hill to the large metal place. Ace doesn't bother following them in, she wants to find a back way.

She inches her way around the large walls of the building. The feeling of eyes on the back of her head overwhelms her. She stops, looking around for another person. She expected 10k to follow. But he's not there.

She finds an open window high above the ground.

Ace smirks to herself. She uses the wall to kick herself up and grab the window. She pulls herself through, notice a thick layer of dust on the air inside.

Her steps are quiet and precise. Not making a single sound.

She is on a platform above the bottom floor. She can see everything from where she stands.

She watches Warren walk around the room with everyone else inside. They observe the room, looking for anyone only to find no one.

Machine begin to whirr to life. Ace's ears seem to perk up like a cat's.

"Ace, eyes open. We're not alone." Warren calls to where ever she is

10k comes up the stairs behind her, telling her to cover him as they go through a room.

As they walk through the silent room Ace notices how uneasy he seems.

"Hey, you okay?" She asks

"I'm fine." He says hesitantly

"Okay. Just checking." 10k walks out of the room. "Lefty." She smirks

"Come on, Peg-leg." 10k says eyeing her knee brace

"Oh no, after you, Captain Hookless." She smirks

10k rolls his eyes, going into the room with his gun ready.

10k turns back to Ace, sighing heavily. "Look, I'm just going to say it. What happened with Sarge-"

"It's fine." Ace says quickly

"It meant nothing." 10k lies

"I'm sure of it." Ace says, looking away from him

"Things kind of just...happened. And I thought you died. I didn't know what to do. I just woke up and you were gone." He says

"I get it."

They both pause.

"We should...yeah." Ace says awkwardly