Ace's Island Week One (by Shandi)


Day 1

    Ace Frehley gathered up his most needed supplies and 
shoved them into a carryon bag. He threw the strap over his 
shoulder, picked up his guitar, and walked out onto the 
deck of the boat. He thought this KISS cruise was a pretty 
cool idea, but the fact they were stuck on these islands 
almost made him wish he hadn't gotten persuaded to go. He 
watched all the female fans going onto his island. 

"Not as many as Gene and Paul," He chuckled, "But, I'm sure 
I'll survive."
   
    Ace followed the ramp down off the boat and onto the 
island. The sand was white and the water was as blue as the 
sky. He decided it might not be a bad thing, being stranded 
on this gorgeous island for a little while. He followed 
some of the attendants past some shrubs to where they had 
set up a large tent for him to stay in. He sat in the door 
way of the tent and lit a cigarette. 

    A young girl walked by and smiled at him. He smiled 
back, wondering who she was. He had heard the group of 
girls from the Girl_Talk list were going to be on the 
cruise, and he planned on spending some time with them.

He thought to himself about how the group on his island 
would work together and get organized. 

"I'll figure it out tomorrow" he sighed. It was early but 
he felt exhausted. He took one last drag from his cig and 
flicked it, then went inside the tent and layed down to 
sleep.

*Deeper into the jungle of the island*

"Them look like I," she whispered peering out of a high 
tree towards the boat and people. The spider monkey looked 
at her questionably.

"We stay always looking" she said. "Try keep away, if them 
get close." 

The girl leaned against the trunk of the tree. The monkey 
sitting next to her jumped onto her shoulder. She wondered 
what these things were doing on her island. She had never 
seen anything like them before. She grabbed a long vine and 
swung out of the tree into the darkness of the jungle. 

Day 2

     Ace jumped out of his sleep, startled by the sounds of 
the jungle. He peeked out of his tent and saw the sun was 
rising over the ocean. He stood up and stretched, then went 
out onto the beach to raise his blue flag for the first 
morning. Everything seemed fine around the island.  He went 
back into his tent and grabbed some shampoo and soap, then 
ventured into the jungle to see if there was any fresh 
water streams around. There were the sounds of monkeys, 
birds, and insects that made there own music in the trees. 
He hummed along as he walked. 
  
  She swung from tree to tree watching him. Trying to be as 
inconspicuous as possible, she continued to follow him.

  Ace heard a rustling in the trees and looked up. The 
sun's light broke through the vines and leaves of the 
trees. 

  She saw him stop to look and hid behind a branch, she 
didn't want him to see her.

Ace shrugged the sound off and continued walking. She 
smiled in relief that he hadn't noticed her. She grabbed 
another vine and went to swing when it snapped and she went 
falling down to the ground.

    Ace heard a female scream and spun around to see the 
girl laying on the ground. She lifted herself up slowly and 
shook off the fall. He ran toward her and she struggled to 
push herself away from him. 

"Easy girl," he cooed as he tried getting close to her. "I 
won't hurt you."

"No!" she yelled. She stayed on the ground, but pushed 
herself away from him.

"Please...I won't hurt you" he said reaching his hand down 
to help her up. She studied him cautiously, before putting 
her hand in his. He helped her up and she brushed herself 
off.

"You ok babe? That was some fall." 

"Vine." she mumbled pointing up. "What you?" 

"I am a man." Ace chuckled. "At least last time I checked I 
was." 

She reached up and ran her fingers through his hair sending 
chills through his body. She was a beautiful girl, wearing 
nothing but one torn cloth around her breasts and one over 
her other private areas. She had a very thin muscular body 
which her long brown hair flowed over.

"Man?" She smiled. "Me like man." 

Ace smiled at her, looking into her big blue eyes. "That's 
a good thing, honey." He laughed. "So, what are you doing 
out here?" 

"Home." She replied.

"You live on this island?" Ace asked shocked.

"Have for long time." 

"All by yourself?" 

"Me, islands, Coco." she said pointing towards the monkey 
in the tree.

"Have you grown up here on this island?" 

She shook her head. "No remember."

"Wow, a real jungle girl!" Ace cackled at himself. 

She giggled. She was glad she met this 'man'. 

"So whats your name? I'm Ace" he asked.

"Name? Ace?" she questioned. 

"You know, a name. Your monkey's name is Coco, My name is 
Ace, whats yours?"

The girl thought for a moment, then suddenly the monkey 
came running over to them, interrupting the conversation. 
It jumped onto the girl it squeaked it's little heart out. 

"Oh! Me go now!" she said to Ace as she started to run away 
from him. 

"Wait!" he called to her, as she disappeared into the 
trees. "I don't even know your name!.....Dammit!" he 
cursed. He walked back over to his showering supplies and 
picked them up. 'I hope I find her again' he said to 
himself.

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Later that afternoon Ace had traveled to Peter's island to 
tell him about the girl he had met. 

"I swear, she was a real jungle girl!" Ace laughed.

"Your sure you didn't eat any weird berries or anything?" 
Peter asked.

"I was just looking for some fresh water, and she fell 
outta the tree! She's real man!" 

Ace said getting lost in a stare. Peter snapped his fingers 
in front of Ace's face, 

"Snap out of it. Who knows if your ever gonna see her 
again." Peter sighed. "And if you do, tell her when the 
boat to my island leaves." Peter joked.

"Very funny," Ace sneered. "Well, I'm gonna go back and 
look for her."

"Just be careful in the jungle, who knows what kind of 
things are out there." Peter warned.

"I know, I know." Ace said, getting up and going back to 
his boat. 

  When he got back to his island he went into his tent and 
pulled out a flashlight for when it got dark. The sun would 
start setting soon, and it would take him a little while to 
search the whole island.  He set out walking into the 
darkness of the jungle. He looked for her high and low with 
no luck. After a while, it got dark and the sounds of the 
trees came alive. He didn't want to admit to himself that 
he was getting kinda scared being out there alone, but he 
was.
  
  Ace was just about to turn back when he noticed light 
coming from a cave. He thought his mind was playing tricks 
on him, "It couldn't be," he said to himself. 

He tip-toed into the cave and peered around, "Hello?" he 
whispered. "Is anyone in here?" 
  
  There was no response so he walked in. As he investigated 
he noticed a bed made out of what looked like animal fur, a 
fire in the middle with a hole above it for the smoke, and 
some tables and shelves made out of wood and stone. He 
walked over to one of the tables and noticed jewelry made 
out of twine, stone, and animals bones sitting across it. 

"It must be the girls home." He whispered intrigued.

Suddenly he heard low growling. He held his breath as he 
turned to face where the sound was coming from. In front of 
him stood what looked like a huge mutated mountain lion. It 
stood at least 8 feet tall, with huge claws and fangs. It 
had hair all over its body and large cat ears and tail. The 
thing clenched it's fists and growled as Ace stood in 
shock.

"Listen....I...I'm really sorry...I thought someone I knew 
lived here and I was just..." 

He was cut off by the loud roar of the cat. It snorted and 
moved closer, investigating this intruder. It sniffed Ace's 
hair and backed away. Ace stood trembling as the thing 
looked him up and down. He thought it was going to eat him 
alive! 

"Please...don't hurt me!" Ace begged falling to his knees. 

The cat cocked it's head at Ace in confusion. Suddenly a 
spider monkey came flying into the cave and jumped onto the 
cat's shoulder. Then it jumped into Ace's arms. It pulled 
on Ace's hair and Ace noticed the cat smiling, at least he 
hoped it was smiling.

   Ace just started to feel relieved when out of no where a 
large animal grabbed the cat from behind. The cat howled 
and swung the animal off. Ace noticed that there was a pack 
of large animals surrounding the cave entrance. The cat ran 
out of the cave, obviously trying to get them away from 
it's home. Ace held the squealing monkey as he crawled 
towards the door to watch. The cat was getting attacked by 
the pack at the same time. Ace could tell it was getting 
tired out but there was nothing he could do to help it, and 
did he even want to? 

   With the monkey in hand, Ace made a dash out of the cave 
back towards his tent. As he ran he tripped over a root and 
fell on his face. The monkey sat up next to Ace and shook 
it's head, then looked at Ace on the ground. Ace lifted his 
head and tasted blood in his mouth. 

"What a wonderful thing to happen after all this other 
shit," he spat then lifted himself up. He found himself 
face to face with one of the animals in the pack. The 
monkey jumped up and down squeaking at the dog. 

"Nice doggie..." Ace backed up and tripped over the same 
root again, landing on his ass. The animal moved closer. 
"Please...don't kill me!" he cried. 

The animal lunged forward and Ace covered his eyes, then 
heard snarling. He opened his eyes slowly to find the cat 
kicking the shit out of the animal. The animal went 
scurrying away yelping and the cat stumbled toward Ace.

"Look, you'd probably get along better with Peter! He's a 
cat person!....Please don't hurt me!" 

The cat whimpered and fell to the ground. Ace peered at it 
and was about to make a break for it when he realized that 
it had saved him from the wild dog. He sighed and turned 
back towards it, then noticed the monkey run to it. 

"Wait a minute." He bent down next to it and gently touched 
it's wrist for a pulse. It had one, but it was beaten up 
pretty badly. Ace looked at the monkey then realized it was 
the same monkey that was with the girl. "Why didn't you 
tell me she was a giant cat?" Ace smiled at the monkey.
   
  Ace paced back and forth, he didn't want to reveal her to 
the other people because they might want to hurt her, but 
he had no way to carry her. Suddenly he heard the monkey 
screaming. He stared down at the cat and watched the animal 
morphing. It's ears went from cat to human, the fur 
disappeared, the claws and fangs shrunk and there on the 
ground layed the naked girl. Ace blinked his eyes and shook 
his head. "What the??...Man, shit like this drives people 
to drink!"

He bent down next to the girl and lifted her in his arms. 
He was going to carry her to her cave, but figured he'd try 
to bring her back to his tent. He had more supplies to take 
care of her there. He heard the monkey squeak, and looked 
down at it. 

"She called you Coco right?" Ace asked. The monkey just 
stared up at him. "C'mon Coco, I'm sure you could use some 
rest too."

As Ace neared the camp spot, someone jumped out of the 
bushes and almost made him drop the girl. Coco, ran behind 
Ace's leg to hide himself.

"Ace, are you ok man?!" Peter asked, then looked down at 
the girl. "Woah, is that your jungle chick?"

"Yes! What the hell are you doing hiding in the bushes?! 
You nearly gave me a coronary!" Ace complained.

"I had just looked around camp for you and no one knew 
where you went. I got nervous about you traipsing around 
the jungle alone. So, I was on my way to find you when I 
saw you walking this way, didn't mean to scare you. So, 
what happened to the girl?"

"Peter, if I told you, you'd never believe me." Ace sighed. 
"She got into a fight, in the morning I'll give you 
details."

"That bad, huh?" Peter smiled.

"Yeah, you wanna crash over here for the night instead of 
making another trip on the boat?" Ace offered.

"Sure, I wouldn't miss out on spending the night with a 
naked jungle chick!" Peter laughed.

"Your starting to act like Gene." Ace shook his head, then 
headed toward his tent. 

He layed the girl down on one side of his bed, pulling one 
of his t-shirts over her head. He examined her wounds and 
grabbed the First Aid Kit out from under his bed. He 
carefully wiped away blood and dirt with some peroxide, 
then bandaged the wounds. He pulled some blankets over her, 
then went to get Peter some sleeping supplies. Peter sat 
next to the girl while Ace was gone, to watch over her. He 
was startled when Coco came running in, then dived under 
the covers next to the girl. Coco looked at Peter.

"She's a friend of yours?" Peter laughed.

Ace walked in and noticed Peter studying Coco. "The monkey 
stays with her at all times." He chuckled. "Here's your 
stuff, get comfortable, and keep to your side of the tent."

"Thanks" Peter smiled taking the blankets and snuggling 
down in them.

Ace pulled his shirt off, then climbed in the bed next to 
the girl. Coco was cuddled under one of her arms sound 
asleep. He ran his fingers through her long hair and 
sighed, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Day 3
 
Ace woke with a start and glanced to his side, noticing the 
girl wasn't there. He glanced around the tent and noticed 
Peter was also missing. He got up and pulled a shirt on, 
then walked outside.

Peter and the girl were sitting in the sand talking. Coco 
was laying next to them, chewing on a piece of fruit. Peter 
glanced up and saw Ace walking out of the tent.

Nudging the girl he said, "There's your man."

She looked over, then jumped to her feet running to Ace and 
throwing her arms around him. Ace smiled, wrapping his arms 
around her tiny frame.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"I better." She smiled.

"Good." He said putting an arm around her and walking over 
to Peter.

"She was trying to tell me about her life." Peter gestured 
to the drawings in the sand she had made. There were 
animals, a boat, and her cave.

"Woah, you know how to draw?" Ace asked.

"Me put pictures from here to there." She said pointing 
from her head to the sand.

"Oh...I get it." He complied. "So, can you tell me about 
you turning into a huge cat?" 

She shyly looked away from him. 

Peter glared at Ace, "what are you talking about?"

"Well, last night when I went looking for her, I had gotten 
attacked by a pack of wild dogs. Then suddenly this huge 
cat came and saved me, but got beat up really badly. I was 
about to make a run for it, then the cat just collapsed. I 
figured I'd help it since it saved me, so I stuck around. 
Then out of no where, the cat mutated into the girl."

Peter stared dumbfounded at Ace. "You mean to tell me, this 
girl is some sort of mutant? and a cat no less?" 

Ace nodded.

"It true..." the girl said sadly. "I am cat and person."

"Hey, don't be sad." Ace said hugging her. "I think it's 
pretty cool!"

"You not scared?" she asked.

He kissed her forehead, "No, not at all." 

Peter wondered, "Do you know why you turn into a cat?"

"Since I remember, I take care of islands from dogs. When 
me are angry, me change to big cat. Then me able to be 
strong."

"But you don't know what gave you the ability to change?" 

"I not remember," she said shrugging her shoulders.

"Hmmm....that's very interesting." Peter smiled.

"Hey I have an idea!" Ace said happily.

"Oh boy, here it comes!" Peter joked.

"Why don't you stay with me while we're stuck on the 
island? I can teach you some more English and show you some 
cool stuff, what do you say?" 

The girl smiled brightly, "Me like to stay with you!"

"Great! Now we just gotta get you some clothes!" he 
laughed.
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Ace decided to visit an old flame who was now a close 
friend of his, Ana. He had met her a long time ago at a 
concert in Brazil and they had dated for a while, until 
distance and him being on tour became a hardship they 
couldn't work out. They decided to stay friends and had 
kept in touch through the years. She had told him that the 
cruise for the fans would be an awesome idea, and she had 
also informed him of the mailing list she had been on for a 
while, Girl_Talk.

Ace pulled back the tent door, "Ana, you in here?"

"Ace, I'll be right out!" Ana replied from inside the tent. 
A few seconds later she came running out, greeting Ace with 
a big hug.

"It's so great to see you again!" Ace admitted. "Are you 
enjoying your time on the island?"

Just as Ace finished asking the question, Ana's own "Ace" 
came out of the tent and walked past Ana and Ace with a 
grin on his face.

Ana giggled. "We've been having a wonderful time!"

Ace chuckled, "I'm glad to hear that. Anyway, I came over 
here to ask for your help."

"What do you need?"

"Actually, some of your clothes." Ace laughed at the sound 
of that.

"What? why?" Ana was totally confused.

"Just bring a couple shirts and shorts, and come with me, 
I'll explain everything to you on the way to my tent." Ace 
said.
*************************************************

"So, I figured you could help show her some girl things, 
and maybe befriend her so she feels a little more 
comfortable while we're here?" 

"That's amazing! I'd love to help her out!" Ana smiled.

"Well, there she is...." Ace said as they approach the 
young girl.

Ana studied the girl. She was very pretty, and Ana could 
see why Ace would want to keep her near. 

The girl looked up and smiled at Ace and his friend. "Hi" 
she said, waving to Ana.

"Hello" Ana said softly. "I'm Ana, a friend of Aces'."

"Ace" the girls eyes brightened as she looked toward Ace.

"Yes," Ana giggled. She could see the girl really liked 
Ace. She bent down and took the girls hand, "Come with me 
hun, we'll get you changed."

The girl followed Ana into Ace's tent. Ace sat down next to 
Peter in the sand. 

"I'm worried about her..." he said sifting sand through his 
fingers.

"Why? She seems ok." Peter shrugged.

"Yeah, but she's been on this island her whole life, 
doesn't know how she got here. And don't forget she's a 
mutant, don't you wonder where she came from?" 

"Hmmm...I see your point. How could we find out how she got 
here?" Peter asked.

"I don't know, but I will find out before we leave these 
islands." Ace peered toward the tent and watched the 
shadows of Ana and the girl. He sighed. "Do you think we 
should take her back with us?"

"I don't know about that, this is her home. Plus...how do 
you think people will react to a mutant?" Peter tried to 
reason.

"Your right...but...I don't think I could leave her 
here...." Ace murmured.

"Let's cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, teach 
her some things, keep her company, just be there for her." 

"I will..." he smiled.
**************************************************

"Here..." Ana said, handing the girl a pair of shorts and a 
tank top. "Sweetie, do you have a name?" Ana asked.

The girl shook her head. "Me not have name."

"No name?" Ana whispered. "Well, would you like a name?"

"Me want name!" the girl nodded her head eagerly, as she 
pulled the shorts on. Coco sat on Ana's bed observing what 
was going on.

"Hmmm....what would be a good name for you?" Ana asked 
herself. "How about a KISS song?"

"KISS song?" The girl questioned.

"Yes! That'd be perfect...Christine...Beth...Shandi...."

"Shandi!" she yelled, interrupting Ana.

"You like Shandi? Then you'll be Shandi!" Ana smiled. "Now 
c'mon, let's show Ace how you've cleaned up."

Ana and Shandi with Coco in her arms walked out of the 
tent, Ace and Peter looked up with smiles.

"Hey she looks great!" Ace said, walking up to Shandi and 
hugging her.

"We picked out a name for her..." Ana grinned.

"And that would be?" Peter asked.

"Shandi!"

Ace looked at Shandi, holding her in his arms, "My 
Shandi...," he whispered, leaning forward to kiss her. 
Shandi was not quite sure what he was doing, but she went 
with the flow and allowed him to kiss her.
*****************************************************

For the next few days, Ana spent some of her time showing 
Shandi how to act like a lady, and teaching her things 
about romance and relationships. Ana bonded to Shandi, 
feeling as though she had known someone like her from her 
childhood. Ana shrugged the idea off as a coincidence, but 
couldn't shake the feeling she had met Shandi sometime 
before.

Ace helped Shandi learn some extra English and he tried 
teaching her how to play guitar. Peter had stopped by Ace's 
island every so often to see how his friend and Shandi were 
doing. One of the days Peter had stopped by, Shandi had 
sensed the dogs close to the peoples camping area, and so 
showed off her morphing ability to Peter and Ana. Needless 
to say, the dogs never came too close to the camp, so 
Shandi had never had to expose her secret to the other 
people in the camp.
****************************************************

It was nearing the end of the first week on the islands. 
Ana had Shandi in her tent and was trimming her long locks 
of the dead ends. Ace had asked Peter to stop by to give 
him advice, so the two were sitting by Ace's tent smoking 
cigarettes.

"So whats up?" Peter asked, lighting a Marlboro.

"It's about Shandi...." Ace sighed.

"What? Is she ok?" 

"Yeah she's fine..." Ace paused and looked down at his 
feet, "I really think I'm falling for her."

"That's understandable. But what's the problem?" Peter 
asked.

"Well, I want to show her how I feel. I want to sleep with 
her. I just don't know if she understands and I thought I'd 
ask you what you would do in my place?"

Peter laughed and smacked Ace on the back. "Your too much 
Ace..."

"I'm being serious!" Ace barked.

"I know you are." Peter calmed his chuckling, "Listen, if 
you like the girl that much...ease her into it...explain 
what you have to, let her ask questions. I'm sure it'll go 
smoothly..."

"Good...I'll do it tonight then. Wish me luck!" Ace smiled 
and went into his tent to prepare for the evenings events.

"Good luck man..." Peter sighed, hoping his friend knew 
what he could be getting himself into.
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Shandi walked down the beach from Ana's tent to Aces'. She 
wore a long white sundress Ana had lended to her after 
Shandi mentioned Ace was planning something special for 
her. Coco would be staying the night with Ana, she had 
insisted. As she approached Ace's tent, she felt a knot 
twisting in her belly. She didn't know why she was nervous, 
she was never nervous around Ace. 

"Ace? Are you here?" she asked approaching the tent.

"Shandi, come in...." He answered from inside.

She pulled the tent door open and gasped at all the candles 
lit around the tent. Ace approached her with a flower in 
his hand. He kissed her gently and handed her the flower.

"This is for you." He said, stroking her cheek.

"Thank you. This is very beautiful." 

"I thought it would be perfect for my beautiful girl." Ace 
said slyly.

Shandi blushed. "Your so sweet, but what's this all for?"

"Well..." Ace took her hand and led her over to the bed 
where the two sat. "I want you to know that I really care 
about you. I know Ana has been telling you about how 
relationships work and..."

Ace was cut off by Shandi's lips on his. He surrendered to 
her kiss, wrapping his arms around her. He eased her back 
and kissed down her neck.  He looked up at her, "You 
understand this right?"

"Yes, please don't stop," Shandi whispered.

Ace grinned and did not stop. 

Afterwards, she ran her fingers through his hair and smiled 
to herself. She knew her life would be changing now, and 
for the better. She'd have Ace with her, and he accepted 
her for who she was. Even his friends liked her. She didn't 
want anything to ruin this, especially the past that she 
couldn't remember. She closed her eyes and drifted to sleep 
listening to Ace's shallow breathing.