hey y'all hope u enjoyed Cori's first chapter in the Kiss of Hardship story... i hope u enjoy this chapter also :)
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT IN ANY WAY OWN SOUL EATER WHAT SO EVER!!! if i did, nothing at all would change but still I DONT OWN IT!!!
Chapter 3
Cori
As Luke, Kidd, and Alina (still in Kidd's arms) headed off to the infirmary, I stayed behind to get some answers from Death and the rest of the gang.
"What exactly happened?" I ask as soon as I hear the Death Door shut.
"Alina and Ray were hanging out at the park as usual on their Friday afternoons after Alina gets home from 'normal' school and…" Lord Death stops there and points to the giant mirror and continues to say, "Well, let me just show you."
I turn to stare at the giant thing with awe as the picture changes from me standing in front and then everyone else behind me into a picture of a park. But the funny thing was the park was swaying back and forth like it was swinging.
"I tapped into Alina's memories so I could explain it better to you when you arrived," Death explained.
As the moment develops into the horrifying scene where Ray is knocked unconscious and taken away by a figure in all black. Then finally the man or whatever that figure was turns to look right at Alina and smirk before running away with our friend slung over his shoulder.
"Wow," I heard Black Star say. "Do you get cable in that thing?"
"SOMEONE KNOCK HIS ASS OUT BEFORE I KILL HIM!!!" I exclaim as Maka and Death knock him on the head spraying blood all over his face and the ground. As Tsubaki runs to his aid, I continue with my thinking and contemplating about how we are supposed to figure out who took Ray and how the hell we get her back. I'll apologize later to Tsubaki and Black Star later.
"Has anyone even seen this guy before?" I ask with my back still turned to them.
"I think I heard Luke say something about the guy earlier," I see and hear Soul speak up in the corner of the mirror. "But I'm not sure he really knows him."
I begin to gather myself and head for the door when Death and Death scythe get in my way and stop me before I get off the center platform.
"What is it you're going to do exactly, Cori?" Spirit asks me. "What can a simple one star meister like you do? You don't even know where to find Ray or the figure in the picture." I lower my head facing defeat and I begin to slowly back away from them.
"Now, Spirit," Lord Death confronts him as Skylar comes up behind me and places a hand on my shoulder and whispers in my ear, "Ignore him. You know what you want to do, go out and get it!"
As Death lectures the death scythe, Skylar and I slip off the platform followed by Soul, Maka, and the rest of the crew in tow behind us. They were all with us. I was so thankful for their support and guidance through all the things we've been through.
"Thanks," I whisper knowing all of them can hear me.
Patty and Liz wink at me as Tsubaki smiles and Black Star holds his thumb up and shouts "Yahoo!" through Tsubaki's fingers covering his mouth saying, "Shush Black Star!"
I give a silent laugh and face forward walking towards the nurse's office to give Alina the good news. We are gonna save Ray.