Eternal Darkness

Chapter two: The First Night

The power was still out when I got home. Even though we all agreed not to talk about what happened, I couldn't stop thinking about it. When I entered the house it was unusually quiet. Liz and Patty where normally home before I was. Furthermore, my father was also not home. I had a uneasy feeling as I wander around the house.

Where could everyone be?

I took my cell phone out of my pocket and pressed the eight key which activated the speed dial. The person answered on the second ring.

" Hey Soul, can you come over?"

" Sure."

I ended the calling and waited for him to come over.

I got to Kid's place within twenty minutes. I knocked on the door a couple times and waited for a reply. I heard a faint " come in." So I headed inside. When I headed inside I saw Kid curled up in a ball on the couch. His suit jacket was folded neatly on the armrest. His fragile frame shook with every shake. I cautiously walked over to him.

"Kid, are you alright?" I asked in the gentle voice.

Kid looked up at me. " No..."

I sat down next to him. I wanted to do something but I was frozen. All I did was watch him.

" He's not here Soul..." His voice was shaky as he spoke.

" Who's not here Kid?"

" My father."

I looked over the clock and noticed the time, it was it was 5:30 PM. After what happened today, I was surprised that Lord Death wasn't home yet.

" That is strange."

Kid buried his head in his knees so, what he said next was mumbled. " What if something happened to him?"

" Have you tried calling him yet?"

Instead of answering me, Kid headed to the nearest mirror. He dialed the number and hoped his father answered. Unfortunately, Spirit answered instead.

" Spirit, is my father there?"

" Sorry Kid, but he's not here."

" What do you mean he's not there?"

" The only thing that's here is his mask. Try not to worry, we're looking for him as we speak."

The call ended. Kid collapse to his knees and he pounded the floor a few times. He kept this up until his fists bled. I knew should have said something but I just stood there.

Kid is hurting! Why am I just standing here?

Kid was now crying his eyes out. I kneeled down next to him. " Kid..."

I suddenly became overwhelmed with the desire to comfort him. I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him into a hug. He buried his head into my shoulder and cried. My shoulder quickly became wet with tears but I didn't care. It just made me hold on tighter on to him.

I cried so hard to felt my face warmup. My eyes were bloodshot and puffy but I didn't care. All I cared about was the fact my father was missing. I pushed against Soul's chest to get away from him. I then left the room and he followed me. I opened the front door and left, not even bothering to listen to Soul.

I ran after Kid. Honestly, I don't think he knew where he was going. To make matters worse, it started to rain. At this point I was really starting to get worried about Kid. I knew had to stop him before he could hurt himself. I managed to catch up to him and grab him.

" Kid, where do you think you're going?"

" Let go of me! I have to find my father!"

" How? You don't know where he is." I tighten my grip on Kid because he was a thrashing about a lot.

" I know that but I have to do something."

" I know you want to help but it's best if you stayed at home."

" Stay home! How's that gonna help my father?"

" It'll help him by knowing you're safe."

Kid finally settled down. " I guess...you're right."

Looking at his feet, he finally noticed his feet and pant legs were muddy. He fell to his knees and became depressed.

" Come on Kid, you're not garbage. Besides, you're just getting yourself more dirty by doing that."

Unfortunately, my attempt to get him out of depression backfired. He was crying even more now.

Geez, his OCD is a real pain.

I walked over to a Kid and carried him back to his house. He was still a depressed crying mess when I walked in to his house.

God, there's gotta to be a way to calm him down.

" Here, hand me your shirt."

" What? You're not gonna see me half naked, you pervert!"

" No Kid, I just want to clean your shirt."

Kid glared at me. " Fine, but close your eyes."

I shook my head and did as I was told. Moments later a shirt landed in my hands. I turned my head to look behind me but Kid was already gone. So I headed to the laundry room. After putting his shirt in the washer, I walked out of the room to look for him. As I headed upstairs my face was suddenly met with his pants.

" And clean those while you're at it!"

" What am I, your butler?"

I headed to back to the laundry room and put his pants in the washer started the cycle backup. I decided to go back upstairs because I wanted to check on him. When I got to his room I noticed his door slightly cracked open so, I went in. Kid was pacing around his room. My eyes widened a bit, apparently Kid does his best thinking in boxers.

" Kid, are you okay?"

"S-Soul, what are you doing here?"

" I came to check on you."

We both stood there for a moment in silence.

I stood in disbelief, why would Soul walk in my room like that? He didn't even knock first. His expression suddenly changed.

" Kid, your hand it's bleeding!"

I looked down at my hand. " Oh...that."

Soul stared at me in shock. " How can you be so calm?"

" Because it's not like I'm gonna die from it."

" You're still bleeding Kid!" He ran to the bathroom and grabbed a roll of bandages.

He began to wrap the bandage around my hand. " There, that should stop the bleeding. I can't believe you were willing to let yourself bleed out. What were you thinking?"

" First off, I'm a Shinigami therefore that cut would heal before I bleed out. Secondly, even if I bleed out I wouldn't die."

" You still scared me." Soul glared at me.

I raise an eyebrow. " How did I do that?"

Soul glares at me again. " How do you think?"

I sigh and shake my head. " Soul, I already told you I can't die from a cut like that."

" That isn't the point Kid! It doesn't matter if that would kill you're not. Damn it Kid, I care about you! That's what matters."

" You care about me?"

" Of course!"

We both fell silent for a moment. It never occurred to me how much Soul cared about me. I mean sure, we're close friends in all but this is the first time he seemed to be real serious about it.

" Hey are my clothes done yet?"

" Oh, I'll go to check on it." With that Soul left the room.

Soul came back twenty minutes after he left. I don't know what took him so long. Slowpoke...

" Here you go Kid." He said handing my clothes over.

I took them from him and got dressed.

I was sitting on the couch because Kid kicked me out of his room so, he could get dressed. With the power still gone the wasn't much to do and I became extremely bored. Luckily I had my laptop with me and it had a full battery. After it finished booting up, I opened up The Sims 3. After a while I finally heard footsteps.

" Kid, what took ya?"

" Nothing."

" Hey, what time is it?"

Kid took a look at his pocket watch. " Its 7:00 PM."

" Hey, you have anything to eat?"

" Soul, you idiot we can't open the fridge during a power outage!"

" I don't care, I'm hungry!"

" Well, I care about the food staying edible, think you."

Realizing I was not going to win this argument, I decided to go back to playing my game. While playing I noticed Kid was looking over my shoulder.

" What's that?" He asked pointing at the screen.

" It's The Sims. Basically, it's a game where you're playing as god and you can control these people's lives."

" Now why would you want to do that?"

" Maybe because it's fun."

" I don't know, it looks like a major time killer to me."

I face palm myself. " Kid, that's the whole point."