Chapter 9: Dusting with Death
Justin was asleep inside the church of Death City. Lying relaxed in his bed dreaming of happy thoughts through the night.
"PATTY?"
Justin shot up from bed from the scream. Justin quickly rubbed his eyes and grabbed his 'Law Abiding Silver Gun' from under his pillow. He quietly got out of bed and made for the door. He exited his bedroom and turned left to the indoor balcony. He slowly went over to the railing and pointed his gun down below. He saw Liz awake and sitting up on her bed in a panic. Justin sighed and holstered his pistol.
"Ma'am?" he called to her. Liz looked straight up to Justin on the balcony.
"Where's my sister? Where am I?" Liz shouted up to him.
"Please don't shout you are in a church. I'll be down in a moment", he said and turned away from the railing. He quickly made his way to the room and got his D-pod out and put his headphones in his ears. It is a wonder how Justin was able to have such advanced technology, but he refused to let any professor or doctor to examine it. Once he turned the D-pod on he pocketed it and made his way to the stairs. Liz was looking all around her; she was in a dark hall with tinted windows on the walls. Soon Justin entered the hall and made his way over to Liz.
"Your in my church in Death City. My name is Justin Law. You've been asleep for two days, you took a nasty blast", Justin informed.
"Two days? But…but what about Patty, who's been looking after her?" Liz hastily questioned.
"I'd advise you calm yourself down, you've been seriously injured, some of the burns on you aren't healed yet", Justin tried to say.
"No no you don't understand I need to look after Patty. She's my sister I need to see her! Where is she?" Liz continued to quickly question.
"She's not here", Justin simply said.
"What you mean not here were is she?" Liz grabbed onto his shoulders with a look of desperation.
"We…don't know… she's been missing for two days", Just said calmly.
"What?" Liz shouted.
"Please…we're in gods house, don't shout", Justin tried to calm her down.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S MISSING? HOW COULD YOU LOOSE MY SISTER!" Liz cried out shaking Justin wildly, knocking one of his headphones out.
"I'm not sure how I'm just a priest. Please stop shaking me", Justin pleaded. Liz let go of him and passed back and forth frantically.
"She couldn't have disappeared! She couldn't have! Patty!" Liz stuttered in her own words as tears were forming in her eyes. Suddenly the doors of the church were kicked open.
"YEEHAW!" the very loud and energetic deputy shouted as he came in with duel pistols.
"I the mighty Black*Star is here to investigate a disturbance! There has been shouting heard in the church! What seems to be the problem!" Black*Star shouted.
"Why is everyone shouting? Would everyone stop shouting in gods holy church!" Justin shouted.
"You're the one shouting here father!" Black*Star shouted.
"Both of you are shouting!" Liz suddenly shouted.
"Now you are!" Black*Star shouted.
"For the love of all that is holy will you both shut up before I shoot someone!" Justin shouted at the top of his voice.
"Ahah! Threatening to shoot someone! Your days of crime are over father!" Black*Star shouted walking towards him.
"What? Are you serious?" Justin continued on the yelling fest.
"I am a deputy of the law! You have the right to remain silent!" Black*Star shouted.
"God what is wrong with you!" Liz shouted
"How dare you use God's name in vain!" Justin shouted. Suddenly a gunshot echoed the church and everyone went quiet. Maka stood at the entrance to the church with a gun pointed in the air and her free hand to her forehead.
"Okay…now everyone has quietened down, what exactly is the problem?" Maka asked quietly. She then saw Liz behind everyone with almost watery eyes.
"Oh my god Liz your awake!" Maka said rushing over to her. Justin twitched when Maka said 'god' but chose to keep quiet for the sake of not having a shout out again.
"Where's Patty", Liz asked quietly.
"Erm…she's gone", Maka said with her head down.
"How…can she be gone!" Liz spat out, trying to hold back her tears.
"She was getting visits from Death the Kid, when I found out I confronted her about it. I scared her and she ran off. I then found her with Death the Kid. I was going to shoot him but…she pulled his gun on me. She was scared and confused. Then she fell backwards and shot a chimney that fell down on me. When I woke up I was at the sheriffs office and Patty was gone, with him", Maka sighed out. As Maka told the story Liz broke down into tears and fell down to her knees. Maka knelt down and hugged Liz.
"I'm sorry Liz, I'm so sorry", Maka whispered. Liz wiped her eyes with her hands.
"I promised…our mother…that I would look after her and keep her safe. And now she's gone!" Liz sobbed. Maka sighed looking away from Liz. Maka felt responsible for the entire thing. If only she didn't scare Patty off she wouldn't run into Kid and she wouldn't have gone away with him. Instead she's here to tell Liz that because of her scaring Patty she's gone off with the most wanted bandit. Liz sobbed loudly, wanting her little sister back. Everyone looked at Liz who continued to cry through the halls of the church that night.
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Patty stirred in her sleep. She let out a happy sigh as she slowly began to wake up. She felt so comfortable in her bed hugging onto a teddy bear. Then Patty realised she didn't have a teddy bear to hug in the first place. She blinked a few times to see something white and black in front of her. Then she realised it was Kid's head, and she was hugging onto him. Patty blushed a deep red as she slowly pulled her arms free, not to wake him. Patty sat up and got out of bed quickly to see Kid sleeping soundly. She couldn't believe she fell asleep with him. She shook her head of all the thoughts in her mind. It wasn't like they 'slept' with each other. She quickly scurried off into her room to get changed. She got changed in a white shirt and tie and a blue skirt, then started fitting on her black boots. She let out a sigh and began left her room to walk down the stairs.
"Good morning", Yumi said from in the living room as she heard Patty reach the bottom step.
"Oh…morning", Patty replied quietly.
"So you decided to sleep with Kid last night?" Yumi suddenly asked.
"What? No! He was going to shoot himself! I stopped him and made him go to bed…I just…fell asleep too", Patty said trailing off at the end.
"Ahuh… well you've got some chores to do today. In fact all of them are with Lord Death. Hmm", Yumi pondered. Patty tilted her head to the side with a confused look.
"Well I wouldn't keep him waiting, he should be in the cave", Yumi added, not taking her eyes away from her schedule.
"Cave?" Patty questioned.
"Oh yeah, there's a cave behind the house in the mountains. That's where Lord Death usually is", Yumi informed Patty finally looking to her. Patty nodded and made her way to the front door.
"Your not allowed to touch anything in the cave", Yumi called after her as Patty left. It was a bright sunny morning and Stein was harvesting wheat in a field using Spirit in his weapon form. Patty looked around to also see Sid working in the stables and Marie carrying buckets of water for the horse. Patty then skipped happily to her left to go around to the back of the house. Once reaching the back of the house she saw the cave. The entrance to the cave was an archway big enough for a stagecoach. Patty took a long look at the cave's entrance and then stood up straight and marched herself inside. When Patty entered the cave she slowly began to loose her confidences and her march turned to a hunched walk. The cave was very dark and hard to see in. The light from the caves entrance reflected off of a line of guillotines hanging from the ceiling. Patty took slow then quick steps when going under the guillotines. As she got further into the cave the light from the entrance soon disappeared and she relied on her feet to continue on. Patty was now getting a little scared, she was always brave because she was too distracted with her sisters cowardice to focus on herself being scared. She then suddenly saw a faint light ahead of her. She decided to pick up her pace a bit, heading towards the light. She got closer and closer until suddenly she tripped over and fell to the ground. She groaned in pain as she got on her hands and knees. Her eyes widened when they saw a pair of boots in front of her. She looked up the boots to some legs and soon looked up to the covered face of Lord Death.
"My my, you took a tumble there Patty", he said in his jolly voice and offered a hand. Patty smiled as she took his hand and was helped back to her feet.
"I'm fine Lord Death", said Patty standing at attention.
"All right then. It seems you're with me for the day", Lord Death smiled happily under his mask.
"Right, what chores are there for me to do?" Patty asked with her arms straight and her hands behind her back. Lord Death looked her over, she was a cute innocent looking girl. He was happy that Kid found another nice girl in his life that's just as fun loving as Maka.
"Well if you'll follow me you can help me dust my possessions", Lord Death said turning around and walking towards the faint light. Patty followed him until they walked into a wide-open space in the cave where many old fashioned furniture stood. There were chairs, a table, drawers, lamps and candlestick holders. All metallic objects were made of a golden brass that was dusted over. As Patty stepped in she looked down to the red carpet that covered the floor.
"First things first, we're in need of dusting", Lord Death said pulling out two feather dusters from his holsters. Patty broke into a giggle and took one out of his hand. She quickly made a run to a bookshelf ready to dust it off.
"Hold it Patty!" Lord Death called to her. Patty stopped in her tracks and turned to see Lord Death wearing a frilly apron and holding one similar to his in his hands.
"We need to be properly dressed don't we?" Lord Death said with a smile. Patty burst out laughing at the fact that Lord Death wore a frilly apron. It took away every little bit of intimidation on him. Patty skipped over to him and took it out of his hands. As she slipped it on it suddenly shrunk to her size. This made her jump a bit.
"How did it do that?" She suddenly asked. Lord Death let out a happy chuckle.
"Well lots of our possessions have been made by me and I am full of native powers Patty. Kiddo has lots of native abilities too, just not all of mine yet he's still too young. Has he shown you them yet?" Lord Death asked, dusting a lampshade. Patty was busy taking in what Lord Death said about Kid having native powers.
"Patty? I think that book has no more dust on it", Lord Death said looking over his shoulder. Patty then saw she had been dusting the same book for a while.
"Oh, sorry my bad!" Patty said smiling it off and dusting off other books.
"Well, has he?" Lord Death asked again.
"No…he hasn't. What can he do?" Patty asked looking over her shoulder.
"Oh no if he hasn't shown you I won't spoil it for you", Lord Death said happily. For a while there was a silence between the two as they continued to dust off all of Lord Death's furniture. Patty occasionally looked back to the happy and joyful Lord Death, thinking that this happy man was the father of the depressing symmetrical Death the Kid. Patty then finished dusting a long candlestick holder.
"Oh wow I found it!" Lord Death said happily. Patty then turned around to him to see Lord Death play a small tune.
"My mandolin!" he said with a smile.
"You can play?" Patty said in awe.
"Yup, Kid can also play the banjo. Well he use to play it", Lord Death said sadly.
"Aww, why not?" Patty said walking over to Lord Death.
"He said it was an asymmetrical monstrosity. Kid was a different boy when his OCD was in check. Sometimes I wish I could have that Kid back", Lord Death sighed.
"I wish I knew him", Patty said aloud to herself. Lord Death placed his mandolin down and walked over to Patty. She looked up to him as he towered over her.
"You love him, don't you?" Lord Death then said. Patty was taken back by what Lord Death said. But she lowered her head and nodded.
"Now listen Patty, cause this is important. If you want to be in a relationship with Kid then that is fine by me. In fact it would great to see Kid with someone has happy and energetic as you", Lord Death then said. Patty smiled happily taking a deep breathe in ready to cheer.
"However Patty. If that is the case then you're going to be in a challenging relationship. Kid's mind sees symmetry over everything in his life, even his own feelings. Now Kid I know for a fact loves you. But you are symmetrical. He will treasure you. Make sure you're out of harms way. Like a protective boyfriend if you will", Lord Death continued to explain. Patty listened to everything Lord Death had to say.
"All it takes is a simple scratch to make you unsymmetrical and Kid will immediately pick up on that. Even though he loves you his symmetry problem will take over and will then see you as a monstrosity. He will be torn apart inside emotionally cause he'll won't want anything to do with you because you are not symmetrical. You will face this problem because it is inevitable. It will happen and you need to be ready for problems like this and learn how to handle them if you want to keep your relationship with him. Maka found a way to handle this problem, but she is a very smart girl. Do you understand me Patty?" Lord Death then questioned. Patty slowly nodded; the thought of Kid turning her away just like that was horrible. To think Kid could be so cruel if symmetry was involved.
"If you are not prepared to handle with his problems and help him then I would not recommend being with him. You must be one hundred percent ready to face these problems and handle them. Are you one hundred percent to handle this Patty?" Lord Death asked narrowing his eyes. Patty looked down again thinking it all through. Was she ready? Patty looked up again with a confident serious look and nodded.
"I am", Patty then said in a serious tone. Lord Death smiled and all seriousness around him was gone.
"Great, then you have my full support!" Lord Death exclaimed. Patty smiled widely and jumped in the air with a cheer.
"Yey! Maybe I'll convince him to play the banjo again! We could have a party!" Patty said.
"Well a party sounds like a great idea. We have a mission coming up too. We plan to rob one of Arachne's trains for supplies. If we succeed we could have ourselves a party!" Lord Death said excitedly.
"Yeah!" Patty cheered. The two of them began to talk about the party as if two excited children. Witnessing this was Stein who was about to report something, but he stopped in his tracks to see the two of them talked excitedly and clap their hands about a party. To add to this weirdness was the fact Lord Death had a frilly apron on and feather dusters in his holsters. Stein then turned away and walked away from the scene and out of the cave.
"What did he say Stein?" Spirit asked waiting for him. Stein kept his wide-eyed surprised face as he continued walking.
"What has been seen cannot be unseen", Stein simply said as he made his way to the house.
A/N: OMG OMG OMG An update! I haven't updated any of my stories in a while but this story was begining to dust (Lol at the irony of chapter). Anyway, I am very busy atm doing shows, Final Major project in college, and finally lits of written work need doing. So I am bust and I'll try to update on my stories as quickly as I can.
Hope you keep on reading
The3Ryans