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Chapter 7

DWMA, Outside Dispensary, 8:23pm

It had been almost two hours since they arrived at the Dispensary. Maka had to explain to Nurse Nygus what had happened to him, and she asked the three of them to wait outside. During that time, they had heard screams of agony coming from inside, and they made Maka shiver with fear. The screaming suddenly stopped and Maka looked up. She thought Robert might have died, but the screaming continued a moment later. Maka sighed, and looked beside her. Soul was sitting next to her on the bench, and Stone-Hammer was sitting on the floor.

"Maka, relax," Soul said without looking up. "Robert's tough like nails. He'll pull through." Maka gripped her arm, noticing she still had Robert's trench coat on. She sniffled a couple times, feeling a few tears drop.

"It was just like with you," Maka said.

Soul turned to his meister and said, "Excuse me?"

"You put yourself between me and certain death the first time we faced Crona and Ragnarok. He did the same thing."

Soul smirked and said, "Yeah, guess he did." The screaming stopped again, and Maka looked up. Nurse Nygus came through, with Sid, a zombie and former teacher, and Dr. Stein behind her, and the three stood. "How is he?" Maka asked timidly.

"Well," Nygus started, "there's good news, and bad news."

"Good news, we successfully stopped his bleeding in time and put his arm and shoulder in a cast," Dr. Stein said.

"And the bad news?" Maka asked.

They were all silent for a minute, then Nygus said, "The muscle in his upper arm is completely torn. Entire chunks of it were missing."

Sid stepped forward a little and said, "I'm sorry, his right arm is useless." Frantic footsteps could be heard down the hall, and Maka turned to see Black*Star, Tsubaki, Kid, Liz and Patty running towards them.

They stopped in front of them and Kid said, "I saw the battle from the viewing mirror and brought Black*Star and Tsubaki with me."

"Is he okay?" Tsubaki asked, worry in her voice. Maka almost burst into tears when more footsteps were heard and a woman in a yellow dress and stilettos came running up to them.

"Where is he? Where's my son?"

"Calm down, Mrs. Greenwood," Dr. Stein said, "your son is resting now, so you shouldn't disturb him."

Robert's mother burst into tears, and she began to cry out, "Oh, my baby boy! This is all my fault, I should have been there with him!" She began to cry harder, and Maka stopped crying for a moment.

"He was very brave and clever, you know. He made them confused and scared, enough for me to finish most of them off."

Ms. Greenwood momentarily calmed down, and said through small sobs, "Th-thank you. I wish Robert could be more like you."

Before Maka could correct her, Sid stepped forward and said, "It's been a busy day. We'll talk more about this in the morning. Right now you need rest." He turned to Ms. Greenwood and said, "Ma'am, you're more than welcome to stay in Death City until your son is feeling better." She nodded and said, "Thank you Sid. I'll probably be down at Chupa Cabra's for an hour or so, and then find a motel for the night." Sid nodded and urged them forward. Maka turned to the Dispensary one last time, and made a hopeful wish that Robert would be alright.

DWMA, Inside Dispensary, 8:33pm

Robert was on one of the hospital beds, asleep. Nurse Nygus had given him a sedative to relax during the operation, but even then it still hurt like hell. Only after the operation was he able to rest. His entire right arm and shoulder was in a cast, only his hand was free. He was lucky to have survived. Then, the window on the opposite end of the room opened, but no one was there. Then, a figure (I won't say who) climbed in and walked over to the unconscious Robert. The figure noticed his immobile arm, and said, "How unfortunate. You can't even do anything now." He moved to the side where his arm was and touched it. "Unfortunate indeed." He gripped the cast harder.

"Soul Protect, Release."

DWMA, Hallway, 8:37pm

Maka gasped slightly, and Sid said, "Maka, what's wrong?" She turned in the direction they came from, and used Soul Perception.

Her face grew grim and she said, "Witch."

Everyone's attention was now on Maka, and Sid asked, "Where, in Death City?"

Maka's eyes grew wider, and she almost whispered, "The Dispensary." Everyone was now on high alert, and Maka was the first to run back.

"A witch inside DWMA?" Sid yelled, "Is that even possible now?"

Stein replied, "We'll worry about that later, right now we need to get to the Dispensary." They found the door, and Maka leaped into the air, kicking the door down.

DWMA, Inside Dispensary, 8:37pm

"There, it's done. Now, a gift." The figure had finished the spell and pulled out a necklace. It was chain linked with dog-tag chains. At the end of it was a small silver charm. It was shaped like a normal soul, and had a blue topaz core in the center. The figure wrapped it around Robert's neck and went back to the window. As he came to the window, the door crashed open and the figure jumped out and flew away. Sid ran to the window and saw the figure, and sighed.

"Gone." He turned to Robert, and the lights turned on. "How is he?" Nygus was using a special tool, one used to examine patients for traces of magic that had been put on them.

"That's strange," she said, "I am picking up a spell, but it's all concentrated on his arm. On top of that-"

A groan from Robert caught everyone's attention. Robert's eyes partly opened, and he smiled at them. "Hi guys," he said weakly, waving his hand.

His right hand.

"Robert, your arm..." Maka said, her sentence trailing off.

"Yeah, what about it?" Nygus grabbed a pair of surgical scissors and began to cut the cast away. Bit by bit it came off. Once it reached the upper arm, everyone was shocked. Where everyone expected a large, bleeding, open wound was skin. Nygus took off the rest of the cast and Robert sat up uneasily. Nurse Nygus asked him to move his arm a little, and he did so with ease.

Everyone was surprised, and Ms. Greenwood half-sobbed, "Oh, my baby." She went up to him and hugged him tightly continuing to bawl, "I thought I lost you. Please don't do that to me again."

Tears were running down her face and Robert said, "I'm okay, Mom. Really." He hugged her back and she stopped crying for a moment.

"You're hugging me back? You haven't hugged me since your father left."

Robert smirked and said, "Maybe I've got a new perspective on things." She released Robert and he looked to Maka. "Hey, Maka," he asked, "when did you say that party was? The 'Welcome to DWMA' party?"

Maka was a bit surprised and said, "Well, it was supposed to be tommorow after school, but-"

"I'll be there."

"Wait, what?" She asked, surprised.

"I said, I'll be there." Maka was speechless for the most part, and Robert stood up fully. He flexed and moved his arm around, saying, "I'm a bit tired. Is it alright if I go home?" Nygus looked to Stein, who nodded his head.

"Alright," she said, turning back to him, "but if you feel anything in your arm, I want you to report here first, understood?"

Robert nodded his head, and walked through the small crowd. Stone-Hammer was following close behind, and Robert said, "You know Stone-Hammer, maybe we could stay here for a while longer." Stone-Hammer grunted in surprise, and Robert continued, "I still want to go home, but we're in no rush. Why not do a few missions, get us back on track to making you a Death Scythe? Maybe even me if we have the time." They continued to walk until they reached the exit and left DWMA.

Okay, so that's as far as I got for now. R&R, PM, and :P (ha ha, sorry, had to do that).