Thank you to all the new people! I thank you greatly! Just a heads up, things are about to get a little tricky. I'm starting college in a week. I wont' be able to post for a long time. I have the next two chapters done but, that's about it. I'm sorry. But, please, enjoy Chapter 14, We're Getting Nowhere.
"You damn DWMA brats think that you can just waltz in here and demand access to all out information!?"
"Yes." The head of the CIA scoffed at Kid's confidence.
"Chief! They've been spotted in Singapore," someone yelled.
"Get Singapore on the phone!" the Chief yelled back. Kid stood patiently with his thumbs hooked onto his pockets. He was flanked by the Thompson sisters, naturally. The Chief looked back to Kid. "You're Death's kid, huh?" Kid gave no response. The Chief sighed. "Alright, follow me."
"So this is the owner of the jet?" The Chief nodded. "This is Loretta Evans," Kid repeated.
"Yup, she's Soul's mother. We questioned her as soon as the Disney incident happened. She cleared all our tests. How could she know what her son was up to, when he had been missing for over ten years? Anyways, we dismissed her as an accomplice. Seems like we were wrong. She's MIA now. We can't find her."
"What about her husband?"
"Who? David Evans? He's been dead for about six years now."
"How did he die?"
"Car accident. Loretta cashed in one hell of a life insurance policy, over a billion after taxes. Of course, she was a suspect in that case as well, but again, she checked out clear."
"Why was he so rich?"
"Don't you know? You're Soul's friend."
"He never talked about his past."
"Well, his father made weapons, weapons that could destroy our enemies in the blink of an eye. So in order to keep his weapons on our side, we were paying him one hell of a check every week. After he died, Loretta had threatened to sell them if we didn't find her son. We almost did, but that was when Death came and threatened us as well. He didn't want Soul to be found. We choose our lives and took the weapons anyways. We said it was government property."
"Did you take all the weapons?"
"Sure did."
"What about prototypes, blueprints, sketches? Did you take those?"
"We took everything that looked like a weapon. What are you getting at?"
"I'm saying that Loretta kept one weapon. She kept the most important one." The Chief sat in silence.
"If Loretta has a weapon, then she's going to try to sell it the highest bidder. You guys have a lot of enemies," Kid continued. "I'm pretty sure that Iran and Russia are trying their best to find her as well."
"You don't think I know that?!"
"Kid," Liz whispered, "Don't get him angry." Kid ignored her.
"I think that for all your talk about being the best of the best, you're weak," Kid spat as he stood from his chair. "David Evans isn't dead. He's working side by side with his wife. She's the face and he's the brains. Their son is nothing more than a show piece. He's the demonstration of what they can do."
"Chief," someone called out, "They've been spotted in Sri Lanka!" The entire work force became silent.
"How the hell did they make it to Sri Lanka in under an hour?!" The Chief stormed into the work room. There were a multitude of computers and monitor screens. On the largest ones were the images of Soul and Maka in Sri Lanka.
"Chief! Optics just confirmed that the Singapore images are fakes!"
"I've got a report that they've been seen in Tibet!"
"Optics confirmed that Sri Lanka is a fake as well!"
"What the hell is going on here?" The Chief muttered under his breath. Kid went to stand behind the Chief.
"They're toying with you. The sightings are about to get more outrageous," Kid said.
"Reports are coming in from South Africa!"
"How do you know this?" The Chief asked Kid suspiciously. He sized up Kid. A tall, lanky guy dressed in all black, perfectly symmetrical. Although the three white stripes in his hair were distracting.
"We've been doing our own investigation. We know things you don't. But, you did manage to help us," Kid said staring at the images of Soul and Maka popping up on the screens.
"Are you planning on sharing that information?" The Chief asked sarcastically.
"Yes, but, not here." The Chief raised an eyebrow. "This is something we need to tell the cabinet and the President himself, directly."
"Algeria! Egypt! France! Sweden!" The reports kept flying in at an impossible rate.
"Optics confirmed fakes on South Africa, Algeria, and Egypt!" The Chief sighed.
"Shit," he muttered as he looked at Kid again. "Alright, I'll gather everyone up. Meet us in the Oval Office in two hours." The Chief left Kid to start a report.
x
"Is everyone here?" Kid asked. The CIA Chief nodded. The President sat at his desk with his hands folded in front of his chin.
"I was told about Death's son," the President started, "But who are the other four?"
"These are my weapons," Kid began, "And-"
"I'm Black Star," Black Star interrupted. "This is Tsubaki, she's my weapon." Kid sighed and walked over to the windows. He wrote Lord Death's number on the glass and stepped back as the image of his father appeared, all false appearances dropped.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Lord Death began. "I have met with many of you before. But, for those of you who do not know me. I am Lord Death, the Grimm Reaper. Two of my students have been kidnapped. They are the exact two that you have named terrorists."
"We know this already," the President interrupted. "What is the weapon that Loretta has?" Lord Death looked at every one in the room. He knew most of them would not believe what he would say.
"Immortality," he said simply. "They have found a way to preserve one's soul in a vessel outside of the body. This, along with magic involved, allows the human body to regenerate even after the most brutal mutilation."
"Magic?" The Secretary of Defense scoffed. "You're kidding me, right?"
"Do you think we'd be here if it was a joke?" Black Star growled, his voice dangerously low. The Secretary of Defense moved farther away from Black Star. Tsubaki stood defensively behind Black Star.
"This is the first time I've dealt with you," the President said. "I know you've been here longer than this country has," he said directly to Lord Death, "But I need proof."
"Did I say you could take your eyes off me?" Black Star said seriously. The President turned to look at him, offense written clearly on his face.
"Learn who you're talking-"
"Tsubaki, transform," Black Star interrupted the President. Tsubaki didn't question Black Star and transformed into her kusarigama form. It surprised everyone in the room except for Kid, of course. "Ninja star mode," Black Star whispered. As Tsubaki transformed again, the people who ran the government stood in awe. "One last time, Tsubaki. Demon sword," Black Star whispered softly. As she transformed one last time, Kid smirked.
"Patty, Liz," was all he had to call out. The sisters looked at each other before transforming. They knew Kid didn't like being shown up. Instead of hold the twin pistols, Kid was holding two semi-automatic, 22 caliber, sixteen inch barrel, black assault rifles whose hilts conformed to his forearm. Black Star smirked as Kid rested the guns on his shoulders.
"Lucky for you," Black Star began speaking to stunned faces, "We have two pieces of Soul's soul." Black Star placed the tiny tin box on the President's desk. The President opened the box to see the wedding rings. He looked up to Black Star with disbelief.
"These are holding his soul?" he asked incredulously.
"Do not mock us, Mr. President," Kid growled. "These guns don't shoot bullets," Kid finished his sentence by aiming the guns at the President. In no time at all there were two red dots shining on Kid, one at his heart, the other at his head.
"Don't mock us, Kid," the President replied easily. Black Star took the rings back.
"Normally it would pretty simple to track someone's soul wavelength but, Loretta has gone through great pains to hide, not only Maka and Soul, but her own soul and the ones of those close to her," Lord Death continued. "So, unless you want an army of immortal soldiers knocking at your door, I suggest you lend us your help."
"Wait, I thought you were going to offer to help us," the President asked. He looked at his cabinet for assurance.
"No," Kid picked up for his father. "Unfortunately, our methods are a little outdated. We've been trying for the past few months on our own, but technology is so advanced that we keep running into it. We're asking the country with the some of the most advanced technology in the world to help us."
"You just happen to get something good out of it, too," Black Star finished. The President rubbed his face in his hands.
"This isn't something we can go to Congress with," he sighed. "You two," he pointed at Kid and Black Star, "Go stand by the window." When they were out of the way, the President looked at the twenty three other people in the room. "We'll vote here and now. All those in favor, raise your hands."
Kid's shoulders slumped and Black Star cursed as only six people raised their hands. The President looked back to the meisters.
"I'm sorry; the United States of America will not help you," the President solemnly said. "We will, of course, continue to search for your two students but only under the pretense that they are terrorists." With that, the cabinet was dismissed. Lord Death left the window. Black Star stormed out of the room with Tsubaki quick on his heels, and the Thompson sisters transformed back into their human forms.
"Thank you for your time," Kid whispered to the President right before leaving the Oval Office. On the plane ride back, Kid took Liz's hand and held onto it tightly.