Maka's mind raced as she completely shut out any feeling of fear that tried to protrude her thoughts. The voice was male, not one she had ever heard before. Judging by the size of his hand, this guy was huge; meaning he would more than likely be slow. Two other men emerge from the shadows in front of her, both bearing sinister grins. One was extremely tall and lanky, Maka's machete now in his grasp, though he looked as if he had never seen a fight in his life; she could tell his smugness was all an act. This brought her gaze to the third and final man, he was rather short (though slightly taller than herself), but he seemed to be the most threatening of the group. With his thick, meaty arms bounded in tattoos and small beady eyes that held an animalistic quality, Maka would've been slightly intimidated just to walk by him on a normal day. Not to mention the menacing looking blades in his hands. Maka knew she couldn't scream for help. Despite the dirty hand over her lips, if she were to scream, rotters would swarm, they seemed to like noises of distress, and put everyone back at the cave in danger.
Maka took a deep breath and let her body go completely limp, which earned a deep chuckle from her captor. The more they underestimate me, the better. "Smart girl. See? This will be so much simpler for you if you just cooperate." The short man sneered, a smile evident in his venomous voice. She let her head loll forward, bangs covering her face, as she heard soft steps come closer. "Not very busty is she?" He commented, poking at her chest and earning a few chuckles from the other two.
"I'm telling you, boss. She was travelin' with two other chicks. They we hot." The taller man smirked. Maka tightened a fist, though they didn't seem to notice. So they were being followed? No way would she let assholes like these around her friends…
"No matter… We could still use her." He grinned. Though they couldn't see it, Maka returned the grin. They had made a fatal mistake. Without warning, Maka swung her leg out from under her and landed a heavy kick to the shorter mans face, catching him of guard and sending him to the ground clumsily. Without a moment of hesitation, she elbowed her captor in the gut and turned to knee him in the crotch at the same time with more force than he expected and sent him doubling over, involuntarily, in pain. The third, slightly uncertain, guy furrowed his brows and against his better judgment, pursued the girl, grabbing at her wrist. Maka laugh internally at the foolish gesture, this was the first thing they tell you not to do in hand to hand combat. Her hand reached around and grabbed the wrist that restrained her own and twisted it painfully with all her might, causing him to release and retract his now stinging wrist. Attention on his arm rather than his attacker, the man was completely open to the kick and punch combo Maka dealt with ease. He landed on the ground and though he was still conscious, the blond knew he wouldn't be getting back up to fight.
Hearing shuffling behind her, she turned to see the man who had restrained her regain his composure and slowly rising to his feet. Maka ran at him at brake neck speed. Thinking he would outsmart the small girl, the man opened his arms wide to grab hold of her once she came near. Already expecting him to react in such a way, Maka ducked under his huge arms and ran at a tree behind him. She partially ran up the trunk and used it to kick off of sending her flying, full force, at the confused man's back and ultimately sending him to the ground where his head smacked against a rock with a louder than expected crack. He was immediately unconscious. She smiled at her handy work, but only briefly, then turned to face the final man; only he wasn't there. Just before she was able to realize what was going on, she felt a sharp pang in the side of her forehead and everything went black.
Kid frowned slightly as he put in the final layer of sand into the water system. He still didn't like the fact that Maka had went to collect firewood on her own, even if it was just firewood. Nobody should be out there on their own. He shut his eyes and reached out for her soul with what little soul perception he was allowed. Since they had moved to the cave, his soul perception had only gotten worse. This confirmed his suspicion that the rotters dead souls were interfering with his and Maka's abilities. Seeing as there were more rotters around the cave, it was only nature that his talent would be weakened. Either way, he still sighed in relief as her light orange, pigtailed soul came into view.
"So, Kid." The reaper's eyes flew open at the accusing voice of his weapon. He looked up to see the twin pistol smirking at him. "You and Maka still seem pretty… Close." She drug out the word, assuring her naive meister would catch her implications. "Must've been nice, you and Maka, alone again, in a nice cozy cave by a fire…" Her smirk grew as a brilliant blush crept across the reaper's otherwise pale cheeks. "Ha! I knew something happened. Go ahead, spill." Kid's eyes widened and resembled that of a deer in headlights. No way was he going to tell Liz what happened; it was such a bittersweet moment that was his and Maka's alone. No one else could have it; just this one thing he felt he could be greedy over. Unfortunately, Liz took her meister's coyness and facial expressions the wrong way. "Death The Kid! You did not! You both are far to young- and not to mention innocent- for such scandalous behav-" She gasped.
"Shhh! Keep it down. Though I'm not entirely sure of the extent of your less than pure thoughts running rampant through your head, Elizabeth," he paused, narrowing his eyes at the dirty-minded teen. "I can assure you that whatever you are imagining did not happen between Maka and myself. Now if you'll excuse me…" He trailed, giving one last glance to his pistol then closing his eyes, searching for Maka again.
Liz sighed, knowing his intentions. "Kid, she's fine. She just went to go get firewood. She didn't even have to go that far." She smiled as she spoke, finding it utterly adorable Kid had finally found a girl for himself. Sure he had been friends with this girl for nearly a year now; but she was almost certain these more-than-friends feelings only hit her meister recently.
Kid's face continued to harbor a bright pink as he, yet again, searched for Maka's soul…Something was off… He could sense her soul, but it seemed to be in distress, resembling a soul that was in battle. Not only that, but other souls, though much smaller than hers, surrounded it. Kid's eyes flew open in an instant and he was out of the cave, a knife in hand.
When Maka awoke, she could see nothing. It was obvious something had been placed around her eyes to prevent her vision. She had no way of knowing how long she had been knocked out, just the dull pain of a knot around her temple. She listened hard and carefully to the environment around her, thoroughly surprised by the amount of so many different voices chattering around her. More survivors. She stayed limp as she realized she was being carried. Perhaps playing dead would give her some sort of advantage in the future; not that she could put up much of a fight at this point, her body felt as if it had been beaten brutally to a further extent after she was unconscious. She kept her breath soft and tried not to panic as she felt herself being passed from one set of arms to another.
"Put her with the rest." She recognized the throaty voice of the shorter man from back by the cave.
"Yes sir." The voice of the man who was now carrying her resonated in his chest, vibrating Maka's ear. He sounded much older than any of the men back at the clearing, but his deep, rough voice seemed more than capable of holding up a fight. She vaguely heard him utter a few things such as 'not very appealing' and 'chest-less' under his breath. Is that really what they wanted her for? Perhaps with her lack of bust they would leave her alone… But that was only hoping.
Not long after the exchange, Maka felt herself being set on the ground, and heard the jingling of keys. She was very tempted to run away, but realized her wrists and ankles had been bound tightly together. "Shut up, Shut up!" He called to voices that Maka couldn't quite make out. She heard the distinct cocking of a gun, then the creak of a wooden door. "Get back! I swear, any of you come within 10 feet of the door, your brains will find a new home on the floor!" He sneered and Maka felt herself being raised off the ground again, then tossed onto what felt like a wooden floor. She heard the door close and lock before the whispered chatter grew to voices of concern. Soon, the blonde felt her restraints being untied as soft, cooing voices attempted comforted her. Maka had absolutely no strength to move or any will to speak. She simply let the faceless voices do what they would to her.
"It's ok, we'll have these things off of you…"
"Poor thing…"
"Is she alive? She's not moving…"
"They got another one?"
"This late at night?"
One thing did grab Maka's attention. All these voices seemed to be female, and all with the purest of intentions. Finally, her blindfold was removed and she squinted in the dark, just barely able to make out a familiar dark blue eyed face framed by long, black hair. "M-Maka?!"
You guys deserve to be spoiled so I updated a day early ^^ Holy Crap-ola! More of the gang! Sorry for the fairly short chapter though… And oh, Liz doesn't know how close to home she hit XD
Thinkin' about writing a Bonnie and Clyde style KiMa one-shot to the song 'All the Stars in Texas' by Ludo. Any thoughts?
Replies~!
Checkered Brooke- Yeah, I know :/ sorry for such a cliché and over done situation, but it was very necessary for the plot, and had to be done. I guess you could say we got to see a little more Maka power though!
SecretFantacs- Yes, clueless, innocent Kidd is defiantly, utterly adorable! And huh, I never thought about it like that! I will now make whoever enters my room say that chant before the door is open. It must be done.
Mikaela- And kick ass she did! Until that bastard cheated… Yes, It will be hard to add some of that KiMa fluff at the moment, but as for n future chapters, I can definitely see what I can do. I do foresee one last little blank spot in the plot where I can add fillers with fluff, so we'll see what happens :) Also, thank you, yet again, for such kind words. I really do appreciate every single comment like these (I think you guys are spoiling me with them) and they truly do motivate me to keep writing.
XxDeathTheKid4EverxX- Isn't it though? I'd be kicking some butt then and there though. Nobody grabs me from behind like that! (I've also grown up with two older brothers so they kinda taught me how to fight XD)
Shell-kun- Oh yeah, they did kind of have a little fluff induced moment, didn't they? And oh, trust me. I have an every growing bank of OC's in the back of my mind. But thanks for the offer!