Okay, guys! I am now officially back in LA(home sweet home), where the dead grass grows and smog is at it's worst. I'm having a hard time with the breathing adjustments. ASIDE FROM MY UNIMPORTANT ISSUES: Here's chapter 10 - Enjoy :)
Chapter 10 - Nightmares and Lingerie Shopping
"How could you let her get away!?" Kid screamed at Christian.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't fast enough!" Christian yelled, trying to catch up with Kid who was already in his car. "What about Maka's car?!" Kid sat in thought before he got out of his car and got into Maka's.
"Kid! Your shirt is torn!" Patty yelled.
"So?"
"It's asymmetrical." Kid looked down and then back up at Patty.
"Who cares!" Kid yelled. "I'll drive hers, you take mine home." Kid sped off, but not towards gallows manor. He went in the direction Maka was taken, sensing her soul far away.
"W-we have to follow him," Liz sniffled, climbing into the convertible with Patty and Christian and sped off after the young reaper.
"We're gonna murder Soul." Patty said, sounding quiet yet demonic.
Maka woke up, her arms and feet were bound by steel cuffs which partnered with the cement ceiling of the old airport in the middle of nowhere. She struggled, but with no prevail. She tried resonating with her black blood, but nothing happened. Maka began to panic, thrashing around, only to find that her body couldn't move, and she couldn't feel it either.
"How do you like feeling weak? The feeling of being helpless?" Soul stepped out of the darkness and into the light that shone on Maka.
"What did you do to me?!" Maka screamed, feeling the pain in her spine.
"Wes was fortunate enough to learn pressure points from his trip to China. All the ways to block your natural flow. We made sure to hit every last one three times for good measure. Who knows how long your body will be that way." Soul walked up to her, his finger a mini scythe. "Let's see if your healing powers still work." Soul stabbed Maka in the thigh, earning a loud scream.
The blood kept pouring, the wound remained open. Maka prayed to Lord Death Kid would be on his way. She looked down at the wound and hissed.
"Oh, I see they don't. Well, I guess that means we can get down to it." Soul picked up a metal rod. When he deemed it too light, he set it down and picked up the steel baseball bat. He swung at Maka, hitting her in the stomach dead center. Maka spat blood as Soul kept hitting her.
"LIZ, DRIVE FASTER!" Patty hit the elder Thompson sister on the head.
"I'm not used to this!." Liz floored the gas pedal, sending Patty and Christian back in their seats.
"Lord Death, we're here!" Liz screamed, quickly jumping out of the car.
"KID!" Patty screamed, reaching for her Meister.
"Liz, Patty." Kid smiled, tears streaming down his face.
"C'mon. Let's go kill some asymmetrical bastards." Liz smiled.
"I can feel her soul fading." Kid muttered as Liz and Patty transformed.
"What do I do?" Christian asked.
"Wait until Maka can fight. Then, assist her." Kid kicked down the door to see the horrific sight before him. Maka was suspended in mid-air by steel cuffs and chains, Soul was holding a baseball bat and was positioned to hit her, and Wes was in the corner with a hangover. "Actually, Christian. You can beat the shit out of that guy." Kid said, pointing to Wes.
"How'd you find her!?" Soul bellowed, throwing the baseball bat away and pulling a gun out. Maka willed her blood to work faster and numb the pain so she could fight.
"Do you not remember how Maka and I can see souls?!" Kid yelled back, arms dropping to his sides in disbelief. "Asymmetrical and stupid. Then again... we all knew that."
Soul took another step towards Maka, holding the gun so she stared down the barrel. "One more step, and she takes it between the eyes."
Maka could feel the blood rushing through her veins, she could feel the pain numbing and beginning to die down.
"Please... Just this once." Maka muttered so only she could hear. She silently resonated with her blood, the tattoo started to form around her body. Slowly but surely, the wounds began to temporarily patch up. Kid saw this and nodded at Maka who winked in return.
"I SWEAR I'LL KILL HER!" Soul said, pushing the gun into her forehead.
"Go for it." Kid waited until he saw the anklets form and complete the resonance to make this statement. He took a step forward, Liz and Patty yelling and pleading.
"KID, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?" Liz yelled. Kid squeezed them both, and they shut up, worried faces showing on the surface of the gun.
"He doesn't care about her." Soul looked Maka in the eyes before pulling the trigger. Maka's breathing hitched and her eyes were wide open and glossed over. The bullet lodged itself in Maka's forehead.
"MAKA!" Liz and Patty screamed, watching her head roll to the side.
"Haha, she's finally dead. The bitch is dead!" Soul's smile was purely insane. Maka opened her eyes.
"I can't hold my breath anymore." Maka took in a long breath. "Let's do this." Maka yanked her hands free and then her feet, pulling her chains out of the floor and ceiling. She tore the cuffs apart, marching towards Soul. She simply reached up to her forehead and pulled the bullet out, the wound closing and disappearing.
"I think you'll be needing this." Maka smiled. She stood by Kid, eyes narrowed at Soul. "I like your abs." Maka teased a little, seeing his washboard abs through his torn shirt.
"What is this!?" Soul screeched at Maka. She turned around to face Christian beating the crap out of Wes.
"Christian!" Maka yelled, reaching for her partner. Christian ran towards Maka, jumping into the air to transform into his weapon form.
"Maka, I do believe you get to go first."
Maka didn't hesitate to run up to a fleeing Soul and smash him down into the ground with her sledgehammers. Kid was close behind her, shooting at Soul. Maka hit him a few more times before she lifted him out of the crater she made and throwing him into the air. Kid shot him repeatedly until he hit the ground where Maka was right on him, smashing him underneath one of her sledgehammers. When she saw a blood pool form underneath the hammer, she fell backwards onto her butt.
"It's finally over." Maka said, tattoos disappearing and the blood's strength starting to diminish. She suddenly felt the wound on her leg reopen. She reached for her forehead and was relieved that the bullet wound didn't reopen. She smiled up at Kid. "Thanks."
"Maka?" Kid touched her face lightly, watching as she closed her eyes and went limp. "MAKA!"
"We need to get her to the D.W.M.A. now."
"Maka's the only one who can drive fast enough." Christian said, transforming back into his human form.
"We have to try! Get her in the car NOW!" Kid screamed, holding Maka close and running to the cars. Liz got in Kid's car and Kid carefully placed Maka in the passenger seat of her car. Kid looked down at her and saw her ring. He smiled through the tears that were streaming down his face.
He turned the car on and floored the gas pedal, shifting swiftly. They were in the middle of nowhere, so they drove for a while without roads or traffic. When they appeared at the freeway, Kid weaved in and out expertly. Looking ahead, he saw traffic. Kid nearly had a heart attack, and then he remembered how Maka won the race that night they went to the burger joint. So he took the same exit and drove surface streets for a while before he got back on the freeway.
When they arrived at the D.W.M.A., he bolted up the stairs, Maka in his arms.
"Please, Maka. Stay with me!" He screamed. "NYGUS! MARIE! STEIN! FATHER!" He yelled. He ran into the nurses room, relieved to find three of the four names he screamed sitting there, talking amongst themselves.
"Help!" Stein and Marie jumped to grab Maka while Nygus cleared a bed and got the medicines ready.
"We have to remove her clothes to see the damage." Marie said to Kid.
"Do whatever it takes to make sure she's 100% okay." Kid wiped a tear away.
"Can you hold onto this?" Stein handed Kid the ring. "You also need to stand outside."
"O-okay." While the three ran around Maka, stabilizing her, Kid stood outside. He leaned against the wall by the door. Kid fell to the floor, crying.
"Kid, it'll be okay." Liz said, hugging her meister.
"Maka's strong!" Patty yelled.
"Tsubaki, Blackstar, Marcus, and Kyle are on their way." Christian said, shutting his phone.
"We're gonna need a tranquilizer for Blackstar..." Liz muttered. Kid laughed a little, but that didn't stop his tears from falling.
"How's her soul look?" Christian asked, sitting next to Kid.
"It's faint, but it's still there." Kid said, fiddling with the ring in his hands.
Hours passed by before anyone walked out of the nurses office. Blackstar and Tsubaki were there, and surprisingly enough, Blackstar wasn't jumping around. He was worried, too worried to even care about godliness. Kyle was pacing back and forth and Marcus was sitting and staring blankly at the floor. Liz had went to get food for everyone, because she knew Maka would hate it if they weren't eating properly on her behalf.
"I don't want to eat." Kid said, pushing away the burger Liz handed him.
"When we get home, I'm telling Maka how you refused food and she's gonna Maka chop you into next year, so I suggest you eat." Kid hesitated, but he finally took the burger out of her hands.
The door opened and Stein stepped out, a bloody towel in his hands. Everyone shot up and stared at Stein.
"She's okay." Stein smiled. Everyone cheered and hugged each other.
"SHE'S OKAY!" They all screamed, holding each other and jumping with joy.
"You didn't let me finish!" Stein yelled, holding his hand up. "She's lost a lot of blood, and she's gonna need a lot of love and care and rest, but she's gonna be just fine. She's awake now, if you want to see her." Before Stein could even finish the last part of the sentence, everyone pushed him aside and ran to Maka.
"Hey guys." Maka moaned, turning her head a little to see the crazy people she was glad to call her family. Kid put the ring in his pocket to see if she noticed it was gone.
"How are you?" Liz asked, sitting on the chair to the left of Maka.
"I'm okay." Maka smiled. "But I seem to be missing my ring." Maka looked at her hand, the band missing. Tears started to fill her eyes. "Did Soul take it?"
"No." Everyone looked at Kid who held the ring between his index finger and middle finger.
"Kid!" Maka smiled brightly when she saw he was okay.
"Hey." Kid kissed her forehead lightly. "It seems you couldn't wear this when they were fixing you up."
"I think we'll leave you two alone." Liz said, dragging Patty and Blackstar out of the room while Kyle, Marcus, Kid and Tsubaki walked out calmly.
"Kid, you can take Maka home later on today." Nygus said, walking out of the room with Stein and Marie.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Maka smiled, throwing her arms around Kid who still held her ring.
"I thought I lost you... your soul was so faint." Kid kissed her over and over again, not wanting to let her go.
"Gimme." Maka grabbed the ring and returned it to where it belonged.
"Maka..." Kid looked at her, his eyes soft and kind.
"Yes?"
"I love you."
"I love you too, Kid." She leaned up and kissed him softly.
That night, Kid signed her out of the hospital, bringing her home to rest peacefully. She had just fallen asleep when it happened. The nightmare.
The light lit up the doorway perfectly. I hear footsteps, but I can't tell who it is. My hands, my feet, they're chained to the floor and ceiling. Kid, it's Kid!
"KID!" I screamed for him as he ran into the room.
"Maka!" He shouted back at me.
"Thank Lord Death you're here." I sighed.
"It's okay, Maka. I'm here no-" BANG! No... No! KID! I looked at Soul who stood there looking victorious, holding a smoking gun.
"KID! KID!" I kept screaming, but nothing happened. My love was dead. All because I couldn't break free. All because I was weak... I mustered up all the strength I had and screamed one last time. "KID!"
"KID!" Maka screamed over and over again, thrashing around and gripping her head.
"Maka!" Kid yelled, trying to hold her and keep her calm.
"KID!" She just kept screaming. Kid was grateful for the soundproof walls, or else the entire neighborhood would be in his room.
"Maka, shh, I'm here, baby. I'm here." He finally got her in his arms, petting her and kissing her head.
"I-I th-thought I los-st you." Maka stuttered, calming down enough to talk.
"I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere." Kid said, holding her tighter.
"Don't leave me..." Maka muttered, pressing her body against his bare chest.
"Never." Kid pulled back a little to look at Maka's beautiful face. "Why would I want to leave such an amazing, beautiful, and perfect woman such as yourself?"
"I'm not beautiful..." Maka blushed, fiddling with the sheets.
"Yes, you are. Scoot closer." Kid demanded that she close the gap between them. Maka curled up against Kid, holding onto him tight, not ever wanting to let go.
"I love you, Maka. I'm never leaving you." Kid promised her.
"I love you too, Kid." Maka's voice was small because she was falling asleep again.
"Forever and always." Kid whispered, kissing her forehead before wrapping himself around her.
Everything was right with the world. Soul was dead, Wes was severely injured if not dead; Maka was happy and healthy, Kid was back to OCD mode; Blackstar was obnoxious, Tsubaki was caring; Patty was crazy, Liz was the same; Kyle decided to call off his singing career to stay near Liz and (mainly) Maka; Marcus had moved into Gallows Manor with them and Christian was still learning the ropes of the house. Yep. Everything was right with the world.
Eight months ago, you would've thought Maka was dead given the position she was in. Now, the nightmares don't haunt her and she's on her way to creating her Death Sledgehammers. Eight months after the kidnapping had occurred and Kid was still cringing when he remembered the bullet she had to take.
Now, at this very moment, Christian collected his twenty-first Kishin soul.
"Every soul is a step closer." Maka smiled, hugging her partner.
"Wanna celebrate?"
"Can't, remember? My wedding is in three weeks. We still have a lot of planning to do."
"Ah, that's right. August 8th." Christian laughed at Maka. "Why didn't you get married November 11th?"
"Cause Kid likes 8 more."
"That explains why you put your wedding off for nearly nine months!"
"Hey, this guy wants to marry me. He loves me and he said he'd never leave. Does it matter how long we're engaged so long as he never leaves?"
"Maka, 'no sex until marriage' won't last very long." Christian leaned agains the railing of the stairwell they were in.
"It will last until three weeks from now."
"Let's hope."
"C'mon, we gotta get home." Maka said, getting into her car.
"What's for dinner?" Christian asked, curious and hungry.
"Hm..." Maka thought hard before turning on her car and driving away. "Why don't we just order pizza? Easy enough, right?"
"Are you just lazy?"
"Maybe..." Maka smiled sheepishly.
"You're so bad." Christian smirked.
"Shut up!" Maka pulled up beside the gate and entered the code on the silver pad near the gate.
"Isn't your birthday in a month or two?" Christian asked when Maka turned the car off.
"Yeah, so?"
"What are we doing?"
"I have a wedding to take care of." Maka opened the door. "My birthday is the last of my concerns at thi-"
"MAKA!" Marcus shouted from the balcony on the second floor. "GET BACK IN THAT CAR! WE'RE GOING SHOPPING!"
"For what!?" Maka shouted, although not nearly as loud as Marcus.
"HANG ON!" Marcus ran back inside, down the stairs and stood next to Maka's car while Christian inside. "Tell Kid we're going out!" Marcus waved his hands in the air.
"Where are we going?" Maka asked, pulling out of the driveway and onto the road.
"To get things for your wedding night, of course!" Marcus started listing all the dirty little tricks Maka could use in the bedroom with Kid.
"Wait, that does what!?" Maka asked, not sure if she heard him right.
"Yeah, if you do that it'll drive him MAD!" Marcus repeated the motion for Maka. Maka blushed so hard it brought shame to beets.
"I... Maybe I'll try that.." Maka thought about the way Kid would react to it and blushed even more.
"OH! THERE IT IS!" Marcus yelled. "VICTORIA'S SECRET."
"Alright, what are we looking for?"
"Something that spells... SEX!" Marcus ran to the leather corsets and fuzzy stuff while Maka looked through the small articles of lacy clothing.
"DOES THIS SAY 'FUCK ME'?!" Marcus shouted from behind a rack, holding up a corset.
"Um... sure..." Maka looked down at the black lacy things before her. "What the fuck is going on..."
She picked a few things which Marcus said wasn't sexy enough. Then Marcus picked really weird things that Maka said was too much. They finally met in the middle with a black lacy bra that had a small tie instead of a clasp and panty. Little fabric, lot of "sex," as Marcus said.
"He wont be able to keep his hands off you!" Maka blushed as Marcus purchased the items for her.
Maka, being a modest woman who didn't enjoy putting herself on a silver platter, would do this only once. And there would be only one reason: it was her wedding night, and she wanted Kid to make her his and his alone.
So I'm sorry if it sucked, I got writers block before I left Hawaii. Anyways, lemme know what you guys think.
THANKS FOR READING! I love you all
XOXO - bassaddict