Chapter 1:
Spirit sighed as he pushed the door to Stein's eerie house open. He'd never liked this damn house, especially now that he knew Stein had experimented on him here. "Stein?" Spirit called. Lord Death had sent him to check up on Stein since he'd been refusing to talk to Marie. Spirit was eager to leave, and was just turning to go, when he noticed a wisp of smoke drifting from down the hallway. Spirit sighed again. It looked like he'd be talking to Stein today after all. Down the hallway was Stein's lab, where Stein would sit typing endlessly away at his computer, only pausing occasionally to twist the massive screw in his head. Even from the opposite end of the hallway, Spirit could see the artificial glow from the computer's monitor. Spirit set off down the hallway, his breath frosting into clouds in front of him. He had forgotten how damned cold this place was. When Spirit reached the room at the end of the hall, he was unsurprised to find Stein hunched over at his computer, the endless lines of numbers reflecting off of his glasses. Stein reached his hand up to the side of his head and turned the screw once, twice, three times as a curl of smoke rose up from the cigarette resting between his lips. Spirit hesitated. He hadn't thought about what he was going to say to Stein. Perhaps he could just leave. 'Stein surely hasn't noticed my presence yet!' He turned and took a few muffled steps towards the hallway before he was interrupted by Stein's low chuckle. "Going somewhere, Senpai?" He asked.
'Shit.'