Chapter 9
I stared at him. "What?"
Kid sighed heavily and shook his head. "If I had been only a few minutes earlier she wouldn't have had to suffer like this."
"Kid. What are you talking about?"
He looked at me and sighed again. How much can this guy sigh anyway? It can't be good for him, I'm sure of that.
"It was after one of my late classes, before I met either of you. They were attacking her and when I finally intervened I couldn't save her completely. She had been bitten, but I couldn't bring myself to kill her too. She didn't do anything wrong yet. She was practically innocent. Instead i helped her, explained to her. If I had been there a few minutes earlier she wouldn't have been bitten. She wouldn't have turned."
I stopped him there. He was practically shaking. It was obvious that he blamed himself for what had happened to Maka, but whether he was shaking from rage or something else, I could not tell.
I scratched the back of me head. "What's up with the training fields and stuff back there?" I asked in the hope of changing the topic.
He looked past me in the direction of the places in question. "Oh. That's where my various agents train," he simply stated as though it should've been the most obvious thing in the world.
I shook my head. "I was meaning, why are they underground?"
Kid nodded in understanding. "Well, firstly they are too big to have above ground in the middle of the city. And it just felt right to have it here."
I looked back at them, the shooting range and racks of various different weapons catching my eye. "I'm pretty sure half of this is illegal," I said, my cop instincts coming into the surface.
Kid chuckled, causing me to look back at his retreating form. I walked after him as he spoke. "Only 'pretty sure'? You're the one who should know the law like the back of his hand." He had a point there. "It could possibly be. But with half the police force under my orders, who's going to arrest me?"
I frowned, finally catching up with him. "What do you mean by that?"
"Black Star, Liz, Patty and Maka aren't the only people who work for me. I have people everywhere, mainly in the police and forensic department."
My mind was struggling to keep up with this new information. Kid has spies everywhere. Who could I really trust then? Don't get me wrong, I'm still having a hard time believing Kid's "vampire" story, I'm just playing along for his sake. And from the sounds of things, you can get anyone to listen and follow you if you are of enough importance or have enough money. Kid had more than enough of both. Anybody would go along with his crazy stories if he promised to pay them enough. I needed to get him help before he fell to far into his fantasies.
I was pulled from my thoughts as Kid took me into another room. This one was a lot brighter and more elegant looking than the hallway. I frowned and looked at Kid. "Where are we?" I asked.
I could see Kid smile. "This is I come to think and be by myself," he said, walking in with me following him. "This is my actual office and basically my happy place."
I took in the large room around me. It was much larger than most rooms I had seen, possibly the size of the ballroom at the house back when I was still staying with them. If I didn't know any better I would've mistaken it for a library. It was absolutely beautiful, and this is coming from the guy who absolutely hates reading.
I looked back at Kid, who had been watching my every action. "Why are you showing and telling me all this?"
Kid smiled softly. It was genuine this time. "Cause I want you to help me."
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