I blinked, trying to clear the grogginess and blurry shapes from my vision. I only saw 3 dark walls, the 4th was a large row of bars. Panic immediately ripped through me and my heart began to pound in my chest. I tried to jump up but a wave of dizziness made me stumble back down again, but bumping into another body next to me. As my eyes adjusted, I saw the tall, dark form of Death the Kid, laying unconscious.
"Kid!" I yelled, grabbing his shoulders. "Wake up!" I shook his body and breathed a sigh of relief when his yellow eyes finally opened. He looked at me, then around at the dark room.
"Where are we, Soul?" he asked, just as out of it as I was. I slowly stood with a hand on the wall for support. I couldnt remember anything on how we got here. Just that we were all fighting Madusa the Witch with Proffeser Stein. Stein! Maka! Black Star! Why was it only me and Kid in here?
"Where are Liz and Patty?" Kids voice was beginning to have an edge of panic. He stood next to me, looking around our cage. It really was a cage, or cell. It had a couple benches along the walls that could act as beds.
"Hey! Who the hell is here, huh!? What's the big idea!?" I cursed into the dark hallway in front of the cell. My words echoed back at me. Kid took his hands off his ears and frowned at me.
"This cell is disgusting. Just look how the one bench is shorter than the other, how theres three windows in random places, and the first row of bars on the door is unevenly spaced!" Kid was down on his knees now. "Such a horrid, dreadful place, I cant stand to be here!" I looked back at the windows he had mentioned.
"Kid, give me a boost." I said and tried to jump to see out the barred window. Kid continues to moan on the floor now, pounding a fist into the ground.
"Just let me die here." he cried.
"Get your ass over here! Now is not the time to be whining like a baby! We have to get out of here if we're ever gonna see our partners again!" I yelled, which sent Kid into sputtering chokes. He finally got up and dragged his feet to where I stood.
I peered out of the window at the night sky. We were in a large building of some kind, with another smaller building attached to it. But this was the only building for miles. Kid dropped me and I sat on the bench. I leaned my head into my hands, plagued by a splitting head ache.
"Damnit. Where are you Maka?" I hissed quietly. Kid sat down on the other bench, staring into the dark hallway.
"I can feel the presence of another soul..." he whispered and I glanced over at him. His yellow eyes were transfixed on the passageway. I followed his gaze and waited for a second. A small movement caught my eye.
"Good to see you two are finally awake." The voice was all too familiar. Stein.
Kid POV
Soul was busy cursing out Professor Stein, banging on the bars of the cell, trying to reach through and grab the white lab coat the doctor wore. But I could only sit and stare at the large snake coiled around Steins soul...the snake of Medusa the Witch. She had total control over him somehow...
"Do you hear me Stein!? I'll kill you for this!" Soul continued his rant. Stein only stood there quietly, unmoving, and with a small smirk across his stitched face.
"Soul, it's not Stein. Its Medusa, a curse or something. Shes controlling him." I breathed and Soul finally shut up. His mouth wide open in shock, he took a couple steps back. The witch had the most powerful meister in the academy as a puppet?
"Where is Maka!?" Soul demanded now. His fists balled at his sides.
"The other children have been properly taken care of. They are not your concern." Stein said calmly. "I will report your condition, good night." he turned and disappeared down the dark hallway. Soul shouted after him.
"Soul, please, you're going to make me deaf by the end of the night." I winced and Soul took a deep breath.
"We need to get out of here tonight, like for real. Who knows what insane experiments the doctor will do to the others if hes out of his mind?" Soul was pacing now. I was suddenly exhausted, and felt only the need to sleep now.
"Just take a rest will you? We can figure this out in the morning." I lay down on the hard bench. It wasnt comfortable in the slightest, but I was so tired...
Soul POV
My anxiety ridden mind would not shut down. I kept thinking of Stein cutting Maka open, stitching, and poking around, it made me sick. The professor wasnt in control either. I finally sat down on my bench, seeing Kid now asleep. He looked beat up and tired. Scrapes and cuts littered his face, his black shirt was torn across the left shoulder and his Jean's had holes in the knees. My own black and yellow jacket was stained with blood, and I wasnt sure if it was mine or not.
"Damnit." I cursed and finally lay down on the bench. Worrying myself to death was definitely not cool right now...