Yeah! Another chapter! I told you that i wrote ALOT! So step back, and enjoy the story!
Stein and Spirit were chained and beaten, their blood dripping to the floor into large puddles. Maka gasped. "Papa!" She screamed, and Spirit looked up, his face face and a black eye on him.
"Oh, hey Maka... How are ya? Pa-Papa loves you..." He groaned out, kinda out of it. Maka looked horrified and distressed. Everyone was too. This was Deaths favorite Death Scythe, and the best meister to graduate from the academy. Stein was kinda unconscious though...
The room looked the same as always, the mirror was in the middle, further back, and graves surrounded it. The only difference was that to the right of it was a desk, and to the left were the chained Stein and Spirit.
It didn't look like Mathew was in here, so Kid nodded the ok for Maka to go to her Papa. She dropped Soul, who transformed before he hit the floor, and ran over to Spirit.
As she was lifting her Papa up, Soul went over to the desk and found the keys. Together, they unchained Spirit, and moved onto Stein. Maka had Spirit on her lap, and was stroking his red hair as she sobbed.
I transformed, along with Liz and Patty. The Thomson sisters ran over to comfort Maka and try to dress Spirit and Steins wounds. I walked over to the mirror and examined it. I stroked the reflection, making the smoke move. I tried putting my hand through, but my tattoos glowed, and i could only touch the reflection. It was true. I couldn't go home.
I smiled, and turned to face the others. Black*star and Tsubaki were guarding the door while the others tended to Stein and Spirit. I looked over to Kid, and he was at Mathews desk. I sighed, and sat down on the steps.
I closed my eyes, and did a soul search. Stein and Spirits souls were hurt and weak, but they would live. Liz and Patty were concerned for Maka, while Makas soul was tearing apart. Kids was the usual, observing. Ema was sitting down, probably doing what i was doing. Smart girl. Reggie was behind me, looking at the mirror. Black*star and Tsubaki were... moving? Closer to me. Wait, what was that on Black*stars soul?
My eyes shot open, and oh did Emas. There was a shadow that passed over me, Reggie! He had leaped over me, and... He threw Tsubaki out of Black*stars hands, and held Black*stars arms with his own behind him.
Everyone looked up at the commotion. Tsubaki transformed, looking dazed and confused. "What the heck Reggie? What are you doing?" Soul asked, looking at Reggie like he was mad.
I stood up and walked over to them. Soul dashed over to Reggie and tried to get him off of his friend.
I ran over to Soul and threw him off of Reggie. "Stop it! What Reggie is doing is necessary!" I explained, and glared at Black*star.
"Jenifer, what's going on?" Kid asked, walking over to the struggling group. Ema walked over to us, never taking her eyes off of Black*star.
"We have a visitor... Why didn't you tell me Kid?" I asked, looking at Kid with disappointment and hurt. Kid looked at me confused. "What are you talking about?" He asked.
I sighed. "Its Luna. Shes back and has a hold of Black*star. Reggie just saved my life." I explained, and there was a dead silence.
Realizing what i was saying, Kid flopped onto the stairs, his head in his hands, sighing. He had kept a secret from me.
"Wait... Did everyone know about it? Has everyone been keeping secrets?" I asked, looking around. None of them looked into my eyes except for Ema.
I sighed and rubbed my temple. I walked over to Kid, and sat next to him. I leaned my head into his neck on his shoulder, and sighed. "I forgive you, just don't keep any more secrets from me." I smiled, and kissed his cheek.
He smiled faintly, and nodded. I stood up, and walked over to Black*star. He looked dazed, like he wasn't really there. I did what i had to do. I punched him.
I heard Liz snork and Patty giggle. Black*star looked up, and glared at me. "How dare you punch a star! And get off of me peasant! I will surpass God!" He declared. Everyone laughed at his outburst, and Reggie released Black*star.
Then, there the room started to shake. Like, the desk started to move, and we all fell down hard. I looked to see if everyone was ok, as i sat up.
"Head count..." I mumbled, rubbing my head. "Here." Maka mumbled. "Not cool." Soul groaned. "I see stars..." Spirit giggled. "Me and Patty are ok..." Liz mumbled. "Yup!" Patty smiled cheerfully. "This star has fallen... hard." Black*star groaned. "We're ok!" Ragnarok explained, poking Crona. "Knock it off Ragnarok! Stop bothering Crona." Reggie growled. "Symmetry..." Kid mumbled, in a daze. "Im ok..." Tsubaki smiled painfully.
I smiled. Everyone was ok... Wait... where was... "Ema?" I asked, looking around. She wasn't here! I looked at Kid frantically, and he seemed to realized what was wrong. He lifted himself up, and below him, was Ema, covering her head. I smiled.
"Ok, lets finish this." I stated, and stood up fully, ignoring the soreness in my back. I transformed, and Reggie caught me. Everyone transformed, and we left Spirit and Stein to rest. Maka wasn't very happy about it, but understood why.
As we walked out the door, i remembered the dream i had. I would make that a reality, if it was the last thing i did.
Mathews POV
"Let me go!" I roared, shaking the bounds that held me. I hated this. I hated destroying everything that Death created. I hated hurting my friends. And i hated hurting my little sister, Jenifer.
He smirked, and turned to me. "How about... NO!" He shouted, then went into hysterics. I glared at him, and pulled on the chains, earning me an electric shock.
"You know you cant escape! You're not as strong as Jenifer, and you never will be! Not until you submit to me! If you do that, then you will be 3 times as powerful!" He declared, and looked at me hungrily.
I glared at him. "And become entirely mad? NEVER! I will never submit! I will keep fighting until i cant draw breath!" I screamed.
He looked at me in interest, but also in rage. "You think you're so smart? Making me lose that battle against the junior Shinigami?" He asked. God, he looked so much like me. But he also looked insane, so i get some points there, right?
"If i keep fighting, and if i keep hurting myself, you grow weaker, you son of a..." I began, but he hushed me.
"No need to say such mean words! I thought we were getting somewhere?" He asked, but i could see the pain in his eyes.
I pulled on the chains, earning a massive shock... but i didn't stop. I howled in pain, but looked to see the result of my effort. The... thing, seemed to be growing weaker and weaker. Soon, he was whimpering in pain.
I smirked, but stopped. If i had continued, i would of died. The good thing about this place is, i could heal. He couldn't. The bad thing was he fed off of evil, and that gave him more strength to carry on.
I looked at him, and it seemed my effort was also physical. His hair was white, and his skin was pale. He looked kind of boney, but he still had my build, which was strong since i worked out.
"Now, that wasn't very nice." He looked at me, madness clouding him. He couldn't hurt me, but he could hurt my friends, and thats what scared me.
"Why should i be nice to you? Every time i come here, you infect my body, chain me up, and take control! We almost destroyed everything if it hadn't been for my niece!" I yelled at him, remembering when Ema had bravely stepped out of the shadows and sent me back home, ridding my body of the evil.
"And it was fun, wasn't it?" He asked cheerfully, his eyes wide. I smirked. "Fun? You and i have totally different definitions of fun." I spat, glaring at him.
He frowned, and turned away. "Oh well. Soon, you will submit. I'll crack you... someday." He muttered. I smirked. "That day will never come, i promise you." I stated.
He shrugged. "Ok then. Lets go back to our feature presentation!" He exclaimed, and the whole room went white. Then, it showed where we were. In reality.
Come on Jenifer. You gotta make it! I looked entered the viewing area, and it began.
"He should be in this room." Kid explained. He had brought us to one of Deaths special rooms, one of his places to get away.
We all nodded, and immediately entered the room. There, on a chair, was Mathew. Everyone got into a fighting stance, ready for anything.
Suddenly, Black*star turned around and faced us. I smirked. "Tut.. Tut... TORTOISE, TURTLE!" I chanted, and Black*star got 2 tiny turtle shells around his ears. He shook his head, and turned back to Mathew.
Mathew looked amused. Than, Kid started to struggle. I looked at him, worried. Ema looked at me and smiled. I blushed.
I turned him around to face me, him struggling to take control as the siren song reached him. I looked into his eyes softly, then kissed him on the lips. When i pulled away, the siren song was all but a memory.
We turned back to face Mathew, who looked kinda mad. Then, i noticed something different about my brother. He had streaks of white hair, and he was as white as snow. He even seemed skinnier.
I observed this, then closed my eyes. Everyone knows a witch can use soul protect. But you cant use it while casting as spell. But not everyone knows that a witch can trace that spell to its owner. I listened.
"Gotcha." I simply said, and looked at a curtain. Kid nodded, and fired at the curtain. "YAHHHH!" A scream came and out came Luna, her clothes smoking.
"Um, OW!" She stated, looking very annoyed. She noticed Reggie, and her face softened. "Hey Reg." She said sadly. "Hey Lu." Reggie said back, pain in his voice.
Luna sniffed, then looked at Kid and smirked. "Hey Kiddy boy! Ready to be mine?" She asked, trying to look tempting.
I stepped in front of him protectively. "Back off Luna. He will NEVER be yours!" I stated, my hand finding his.
She snorted and walked over to Mathew. "I still get them, right? After this is all over, i get Reggie and Kid to myself, right?" She asked. Mathew rolled his eyes. "When i'm done with them, yes, you can have brother and future lover." Mathew stated, clearly annoyed.
Then, they started discussing us like we were property! "The pink haired one with that growth, she'll go to a museum, or a zoo..." Mathew commented, pointing at Crona.
That pissed some people off. Reggie started throwing every foul word and insult he knew, until i felt like washing his mouth out with soap.
"I am NOT a growth!" Ragnarok declared. "Let me at em, Let me at em!" He declared, leaning forward.
"And i think the one with pigtails would be an excellent maide! And the Scythe could be a butler/guard for one of us..." Luna suggested, pointing at Maka and Soul. Maka blushed and Soul started acting like Reggie.
"Hmm, the guns could either be in our personal rodio... or maybe be strippers..." Mathew commented, undress them with his eyes.
"Whats a stripper?" Patty asked innocently. "You don't need to know Patty..." Liz muttered.
"Shes gonna need to! Shes gonna be one!" Luna laughed, and Mathew joined in with them. I looked at them in disgust. "How can you people talk like that? You make me sick!" I screamed at them.
"Oh, what will we do with her?"Luna asked, eyeing me like i was an ugly dog. Mathew smiled. "Shes gonna stay with me! They will all stay near me... but i think she needs personal attention." Mathew explained.
I steamed. "Why the heck are we just standing here?" I asked, and transformed. Reggie caught me, a murderous look in his eyes.
Then, they came in. They looked just like us. Well, them anyway. Except, they were darker colors. Like black, grey, dark blue, dark green, a dark mustard color. Just... dark.
The dark doppelgangers looked at their originals. "Only one must survive!" The dark Maka shrieked, and charged Maka and Soul with Dark Soul in her hands.
The other dark doppelgangers charged their look alikes. There was even a Dark Reggie... with no weapon. Reggie threw me, and started fighting hand to hand with him.
I transformed on the fly, but my hand was a blade while the other a chain. I looked at Mathew, and his hand was a Rapier. Interesting choice.
I lunged, my blade clashing against his. But, i had a chain. As my blade went against his, my chain wrapped itself around his leg. He looked surprised, and i pulled his leg out from under him.
He... He kinda did a split and screamed like a little girl. Laughing, i put my hands down on his back and flipped over him.
As i landed on my feet, he was already up. He lunged, and i had just enough time to block it before he took my arm off.
We continued to fight like that. Block his blade. Whip him with my chain. Block his blade. Dodge his big attacks.
He changed it up a bit by adding blades to his feet. He tried kicking me, but i flipped out of the way. He wanted to play dirty? I could play that game too.
I added blades to my feet as well, but i added an exotic turtle poison. Very rare, Very deadly.
It was like a dance. Strike, Strike, Block, Flip, Kick, Block, Strike. Strike, Strike, Block, Flip, Kick, Block, Strike.
And as we were doing this, we were moving as well. We were getting closer and closer to the window.
Ema seemed to notice this. "NOO!" She and Dark Ema cried. They looked at each other and nodded. They both raced over to us, and Dark Ema grabbed Mathew away and Ema grabbed me.
"Ema, what are you doing?" I asked, looking into the girls eyes. "This is what i need to stop. You guys can't go to the window! You both get pushed out, but you can fly. Mathew can't fly. You didn't know that and... Well, i think you get it." She explained.
My eyes widened, and i looked over at Mathew. His eyes widened, and looked at me.
"What do you mean Papa's hurt?" Dark Maka asked. We all turned to see they were talking. "I mean, Papa is in Death office, and is very hurt." Maka explained. Dark Makas eyes widened and she turned to Mathew.
"Not cool." Dark Soul and Soul said at the same time. It seemed the doppelgangers and originals were getting along.
We all turned to Mathew. "Um, i didn't lay a finger on them!" He declared. I looked into his eyes to find a lie. There wasn't any.
"He isn't lying..." I gasped. Everyone turned to me. "And how do you know that? Who made you so high and mighty?" Dark Maka asked.
"Yeah, who made you the star?" Dark Black*Star asked. I looked at them, unsure of what to say.
"I... Uh, ya see..." I mumbled. I had no idea what to say. The doppelgangers were coming closer to me, questions in their eyes.
"Shes right. Mathew didn't do this to us." A voice declared, and we all turned to see Spirit supporting Stein in the doorway.
"Wait, then who did?" Kid asked. We all looked around. "I did." A small voice stated. We all turned around to see Dark Ema, smiling in a mad sort of way.
"I beat up Stein and Spirit. I led you to the underground bunker. I trapped Death. I made the other doppelgangers. I poisoned Mathew. I revealed the Ema's hiding place. I called Black*star and Tsubaki away. I told Death to bring Jenifer here. I told Luna what to do. I did it all." Dark Ema explained, and evil smile on her face.
Everyone was shocked and confused. "Explain." I told her. She shrugged. "Theres nothing to explain.
"Why did you do it?" Kid asked. Ema smiled. "I did it... for fun." She said darkly, then began laughing.
"You see, i've already been back here. I've already fixed time and saved Mathew. But now, the future isn't fun. So, i came back and made the doppelgangers. But not Jenifer. I don't want someone telling me what to do. I don't want a controlling mother." Dark Ema explained.
Then, there was laughter. Everyone turned to face Ema. "You don't want a mother? That explains so much. Why you're evil. Why you're bad. Why you don't know love!" Ema shouted, and expanded her white wings.
Dark Ema did the same, except her wings were pure black. "I feel sorry for you, Dark Ema. I don't know why you've ended up this way... And i'm sorry you think the future isn't "fun". But, i cant let you hurt my mother. Because i love her, and i will NOT let you hurt her!" Ema screamed, and then tackled Dark Ema. Dark Ema fought back, but they ended up crashing through the window.
"EMA!" I screamed. I ran towards the window, and saw them falling. They were also fighting. I realized tears were streaming down my face.
She loved me this much? She would jump out a window to save me? I looked at the ones i loved, and smiled sadly.
Then, i jumped out the window too. My wings grew, and i plummeted down. I saw that Ema was winning the fight, but Dark Ema knew how to play dirty.
Dark Ema hit and kicked and scratched Ema as they went down. I realized... Ema had stopped fighting. Instead, she was holding onto Dark Emas wings. So she couldn't escape.
"EMA! STOP! LET GO OF HER WINGS!" I screamed as i tried to get closer. Ema looked up at me, tears in her eyes.
She mouthed 'Im sorry! I love you momma!'. And she punched Dark Ema until she was unconscious. Then, Ema directed themselves to the water.
She was going to drown them, both of them! I cried as i tried to get closer, but Emas wings we were and she had more practice with them.
I used all my soul energy, increasing my speed. I put my heart and soul into the flight. I wasn't going to loose my baby. This was NOT how it would end!
I flew harder, thinking over and over how i was almost there. That was, until Ema hit the ocean. I wiped the tears from my eyes, and hit the sea full force.
I saw Ema, trying to swim further and further underwater. But it seemed, Dark Ema had woken up. She was frantically hitting Ema over and over again, running out of air.
I was a witch. And my animal was good on land... and in water. I zoomed through the water, closing in on them.
It seemed that Ema was starting to slow down. Dark Ema had stopped moving completely, but her eyes were open. She was trying to save her air.
I closed my eyes, and put a burst of speed into it. I kept swimming, until i could feel Ema. I opened my eyes, and saw my baby.
I grabbed hold of both of them, and started to swim up. But, i felt the air leaving my lungs as i tried to go up.
I realized i wasn't going to make it. I looked at them, and did what any mother would. I grabbed their faces and breathed the last of my air into them. That woke them up.
Dark Ema wiped her mouth, and realized she had air. She looked at me, and then shot up. Ema looked at me, scared. I smiled warmly, and pushed her up.
She shook her head, but i was determined. "Tut...Tut... TORTOISE, TURTLE!" I managed to say, and a shell appeared under her and brought her to the surface.
I smiled as i saw her reach the top. This was it. I was going to drown. I thought of Kid, and Ema, and Liz and Patty, and the rest of my family.
I think i was hallucinating, cause it looks like Reggie was swimming towards me. Funny. He grabbed my face and... And breathed air into my lungs.
Surprised, i looked at him. I don't think this was a dream. He grabbed me, and we shot up much faster than i could of.
"HUAHHH!" I gasped, trying to get as much air into my lungs as possible. I coughed up the water that was in them, and looked around.
Kid, Liz, Patty, Maka, Soul, Black*star, Tsubaki, Crona, and Mathew were all in boats surrounding the area. Kid was hugging Ema, who was shivering in a towel while Dark Ema was being comforted by the Dark group.
Kid looked into the water and saw me emerge with Reggie. He nearly tipped the boat over as he reached over the edge to pull me up.
"Oh my Death, Jenifer! Don't you ever do that again!" Kid cried out, pulling me into his lap and wrapping his arms around me protectively. I smiled and sank into him. I pulled Ema over and into my lap. "Ema, please don't ever do that to me again... I thought i was going to loose my baby." I cried, snuggling my face into her long hair. I felt her nod.
We stayed like that, until i felt pressure on my knee. I opened my eyes and saw Pattys chin on my knee. Liz came on the other, tears in her eyes. I smiled, and the others came and sat around us.
"Why did you do it?" I heard a voice ask. I looked up to see Dark Ema in front of me, avoiding my eyes.
I stood up and put Ema in Kids lap. I moved over in front of Dark Ema and lifted her chin to look into my eyes.
"Because i love my daughter. I bet if you had made a Dark Jenifer, she would of jumped with me after you." I explained, then wrapped my arms around her. At first, she stiffened, not used to love.
Then, i felt her go limp, then wrap her arms around me and begin to cry. She cryed and cryed, her face buried into my shirt.
"Shh, Shh... its ok." I purred, running my hand through her long dark hair. I rested my head onto her head, and we stood like that. Her crying and me running my hand through her hair.
She eventually pulled away, and looked up into my eyes. I smiled, and put my hand to her chin. "Why don't you go make you a mother?" I asked, and she smiled.
The Dark group walked up and put their hands around Dark Ema. She smiled, and looked at all of them. They smiled back at her, and they walked away.
We all watched them, and they disappeared. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the same spot. Then, i turned to look at the others.
"I gave them a transporter." Kid explained. I nodded. Then, i turned to Mathew. He seemed to shrink back from my glare.
"Hes passive now. Now that i know whatss wrong with him, i can take out the poison and revert him back to normal." Kid explained, watching my reaction.
"You had better fix him soon, Death the Kid." I warned, using his full name. He flinched. Not alot of people used his name and lived to tell about it.
That was when i heard a wet, splashing noise. I turned to see Black*star and Soul vomiting over the side of the boat. It was more like a yacht though...
"Can we go home?" Soul asked, very sea sick. He quickly leaned over the side and let over the bile from his mouth.
Maka walked over to Soul and rubbed his back as he leaned over the side, very miserable. Tsubaki ran into the little room on the boat to look for some Tums or seasick medicine.
I laughed, and Kid stood to go take us home. I sat Ema in my lap and started running my fingers through her hair, getting the tangles out. I also took the opportunity to examine her wings. She let loose, so i could move them as i wanted. When they were stretched out, they were very large and long. I flattened them out, removing a stray feather like you would a stray hair.
"GatCHOO!" Reggie sneezed, and moved away from us. I smiled, and saw Patty had a mischievous look in her eyes.
She grabbed a loose feather and started chasing Liz and Reggie around. Crona was caught in the middle and was trying to stop it.
I laughed at my family. Kid driving the boat, Soul and Black*Star vomiting as the sea churned and the boat bobbed up and down, Maka comforting her boyfriend as Tsubaki tried giving her Meister medicine, Patty chasing Liz and Reggie around as Crona tried to stop them and Ragnarok laughing his face off, Mathew standing there like the idiot he was, and me and my baby watching it all.
"Land hoy!" Kid called, earning a wet cheer from Soul and Black*star before going back to throwing up.
I smiled, and hugged my baby to myself. "I'm serious Ema! No more suicide attempts! I don't know what i would do if i lost my baby!" I said in a baby voice.
"Mooom! I'm not a baby and i wasn't doing suicide! I was trying to save you... because i love you! And you haven't even had me yet!" Ema declared.
I laughed and hugged her tighter. "But you're still my baby! You will always be my precious baby!" I declared.
Ema giggled and leaned back into me. I smiled and watched as the dock got closer and closer.
"And you're sure it'll turn him back to normal?" I asked. We had Mathew hooked up, and were preparing to get the poison out of him.
"Im sure babe... It'll send antibodies to fight the poison... pretty quickly. It should take ,oh... ten minutes?" Kid estimated. I nodded, and went back to watching Mathew. They had already knocked him out, cause it was supposed to be pretty painful.
"Lets do it." I said breathily. Kid nodded and signaled everyone to start. Dark Kid began injecting his left arm, Kid began injecting his right arm, Spirit his right leg, and Stein his left. I felt a hand on my shoulder and saw it was Dark Jenifer. She looked like me, except she had dark clothes, black hair, and greyish purple skin. Her hair actually went down to her waist, and all the Dark people had a mark and jewel somewhere on their body. Her jewel on her forehead and her mark on her cheek.
She nodded in comfort and watched. Ema had her arm around my waist and Dark Ema was copying her.
Mathew started to twitch, then full on shaking. I whimpered slightly as i saw pain cross my brothers face. Dark Jenifer wrapped her arms around my shoulder, comforting me.
Liz and Patty did as well, and we all watching Mathew shake violently. A bubbling purple liquid erupted from his mouth and down the side of his cheek. Kid and Dark Kid quickly put bowls around Mathews face to collect the liquid.
Dark Ema blushed at the sight of her own poison, and looked at me apologetically. I nodded, a sad smile on my face.
10 minutes later
I walked into the room alone, even though i knew i was being watched. We had no idea if he was alright. Stein had came in and observed at the 7 minute mark and said that i was the one that needed to test him.
A reluctant Kid let me do it. I needed to do this. I needed my brother back. I walked over to where he was laying down. He looked to peaceful.
We had moved him into a hospital bed in the infirmary. I sat next to him in a chair and looked out the window, feeling the sun on my face.
"You always looked beautiful in the sun." Mathew commented. I jumped, and saw he had awaken. I smiled and looked at him.
"How are you feeling?" I asked, putting my cool hand to his forehead. He grabbed my hand, and my heart raced. He placed it against his cheek and breathed in.
"Im ok... The poisons out, right? I don't feel him inside me anymore." Mathew observed. I nodded. Dark Ema had explained that she placed the gene for Dark Mathew inside of him, and that was what made him evil.
"He's out. We're just... ya know..." I tried to explained, blushing. There was no way i could explain to my brother that we didn't trust him.
"You're just testing me, right?" He asked, looking at me with soft yet curious eyes. I nodded, breathing in heavily.
"Man, i could really use a cigarette..." He mumbled. I giggled. He used to use them alot, and i always disapproved. But i got used to it.
"No more of those. We're gonna break that bad habit." I laughed at his shocked face. "You're taking cigarettes from me? What cruel and unjust world have i landed in?" He asked.
That was when i smacked him. A real good, loud smack. At first he was shocked, then an understanding came across his face.
"Im sorry... I shouldn't of said that. This is your home now. I have no right saying anything against it." Mathew apologised. He took my chin and made me look him in the eyes.
I was kinda crying. His face softened even more. I jumped off of the chair and wrapped my arms around his neck. I was laying next to him now, and i was crying.
"Shh... Its ok J.T... its really ok." He said, using my nickname to calm me down. No one had called me that in a while... and i loved it. I buried my face in his chest, breathing in his scent. I ignored the cigarette and blood smells and inhaled the wood smell and grass smell. He always smelled like the woods.
I had my brother back. The fight was over. Or so i thought.