A Crazy Thing Called Love
Maka x Soul AU Story
Chapter 29-
"This is fucking bullshit!" I roar as I pace around the lounge on that floor. We are all sitting there minus Maka and Tsubaki (since Maka passed out, Tsubaki decided to take care of her until she woke up).
"The worst part is our cover is probably blown. We will have to relocate if we are going to stay hidden. Those people know where Maka is and if they get another chance to strike, they won't hesitate to do so." Kidd deduces as he continues to type on his laptop.
"Aw man! This sucks! Maka gets shot at and I didn't get to kick anybody's ass!" Black*Star growls. We all glare at him and he starts to sweat-drop.
"What do we do now Soul? It's your call." Liz looks to me. Everybody stares at me at this point. I sigh as I look over several options. I could always contact my friends here but they would only shelter me. Staying here would only provoke another attack. As I ran down my list, there was only one option left. It was one I didn't want to do but had no other choice to go through with at this point.
"We leave now. Kidd, look up another hotel. We leave in ten minutes. Grab your shit and let's get the fuck out of here."
"Hai!" Everybody responds as they run back upstairs. I sigh in defeat as I slump against the couch. That's when a phone starts vibrating. I dig in my pocket and see an unknown number calling me. I had a mind to not answer but some strange part of my brain was telling me to answer it. That it was an important phone call. I went with my instinct.
"Hello?" I answer.
"It's Arachne. I heard Maka was just attacked." She says quickly.
"How did you know?" I growl at her. There's no way she could have found out that quickly unless...
"I didn't set her up if that's what you are thinking. I didn't even know what hotel you were staying in until now. Look, I came to warn you about my cousin Giriko." She says in a rushed voice.
"What are you talking about? What about your fucking cousin?" I hiss. This was getting worse and worse by the minute.
"He's the one who set up the attack but he is acting under someone's orders. I think I know who it is but I can't tell you now. I am sending some of my people over tonight. You won't be able to leave the hotel without being tracked unless you follow my orders." She snaps at me. I can feel my anger rising as I continue to talk to this woman. How Maka could be friends with her is beyond me, but then again, Maka gets along with everybody. One of the traits I admire in her (and I will never repeat those words out loud by the way).
"I'm the one who barks orders here and we are moving out tonight. Maka will tell you more tomorrow." Just as I am about to shut my phone I hear her scream.
"Are you stupid? That's exactly what Giriko wants you to do! He plans to ambush you at the next hotel you decide to hide in. He's tracking you right now as we speak. That's why I sent my guys over there. They are going to take you here to my house. Giriko is no longer welcome here and Maka and the rest of you will be safe!" I grip the phone in my hand as I walk over to the window. I see several black cars already surrounding the building. I growl as I run upstairs to my room.
"Fine, tell me the plan." I put the phone on speakerphone as I open the door. Kidd and Black*Star are staring at me and I give them the look as I set the phone down.
"Here's the plan. There's an emergency exit that leads to alley on the first floor. Giriko's men haven't checked there yet but you are limited to ten minutes as of right now. My men will be there. Maka will know who they are. Now hurry." She hangs up and I jump over and start shoving my stuff into my backpack.
"What's going on?" Black*Star asks as he grabs the last of his stuff.
"Change of plans." Kidd answers calmly.
"Yeah. Looks like that little bastard can't get enough of us. Arachne is going to shelter us for tonight. Get the girls downstairs now!" I command them. They quickly leave the room and I grab the last of my shit. As I run out, I see everybody crowded around Maka. I see her gripping her head in pain.
"I can't see anything." I hear her cry out. I can feel my chest squeeze and I run over to them.
"What are we doing just standing here! We have five minutes to get the fuck out!" I yell at them.
"Maka is in so much pain right now! Moving her will just make everything worse! I don't know if she can survive the chase." Tsubaki whispers softly.
"Fuck this!" I growl as I swoop over and pick her up. She struggles at first but then starts to grip her head again.
"Make the pain go away Soul." She whispers in a feeble voice. It almost tore me apart but I kept my composure as I look to the rest of the gang.
"Let's go." I whisper. They all nod their heads and Kidd starts running down the stairs. We all soon follow after him.
"I'll make it go away. Just hang on a little longer." I whisper in her ear as we run down the stairs. As we round the corner, we see some weirdos at the lobby desk. I immediately crouch behind a table as I watch them look around. I recognize Giriko in the group of hoodlums and curse under my breath.
"Don't worry. Kidd has a plan." I hear Black*Star behind me. I turn around and see Tsubaki holding several smoke grenades in her hand. I nod my head and Black*Star disappears into the shadows. I turn around and see the grenade flying over my head. The smoke starts to emit from the grenade.
"AHH! A FIRE!" A woman screams out of nowhere. The people around start panicking and coughing. I continue to watch Giriko and his goons running around like crazy. I make my move as I run across the room and towards the doors leading to the first floor. As I bust the door open, I see Giriko out of the corner of my eye.
"Run!" I hear Kidd and I take off on a full sprint. I feel Maka trembling in my arms but all I can focus on is the exit door. According to the diagram that we had seen earlier (as I investigated the hotel and all its potential getaway exits), the fire exit was in two left turns.
"Guys!" I turn around and see Kidd, Patty, Liz, Tsubaki and Black*Star all scrambling behind me.
"What the fuck are you doing? Keep going!" Black*Star roars. I see Giriko and his goons behind him. I make the first left when I see random people walking down the hallway.
"MOVE!" I roar as I push them out of the way. They start to scream when Tsubaki runs past them but they at least manage to slow down Giriko and his bastard friends.
"There's the second left!" Kidd shouts from behind. I turn around and see the lights flashing to the fire exit. I breathe a sigh of relief as I make the second corner, but then I get the shock of my life.
"Hurry the fuck up man! We don't have all day." Eruka sneers at me as she holds a paintball gun in her hand. I shake my head as I run past her and see Azusa holding the door open. I throw myself in when everybody squishes in as well. Luckily my back was to the door so I was able to protect Maka from everybody.
"Step on it man!" Eruka screams as Azusa peels out of the alleyway. I manage to see Giriko in the back window and mange to flip him off as we make a turn.
"That was too close for comfort! Too close!" Liz screams as everybody starts groaning.
"Man Patty! Get your damn foot off my godly stomach!" He groans.
"She would if you would get your damn arm off me and her!" Kidd groans from underneath him.
"Quit bitching and be thankful that you are at least alive right now!" Eruka shouts from the front. I see that we are in another black SUV but this one seems to be fitted more like a party van rather than a traditional SUV. I see a mini fridge with drinks inside and different colored lights lighting up the floor and the ceiling.
"This is my party van and the only car I had available for the operation." Eruka explains as she points to the right for Azusa. After everybody gets comfortable, I look down and see that Maka is breathing normally.
"It doesn't take long for her to recover." I hear Eruka mention. I nod my head as I check her over to make sure she is fine.
"That paintball attack really freaked her out. I thought they were gun shots for a second." Tsubaki starts to tell us.
"Those bastards are going to pay for attacking us like that." Liz growls.
"That's right. They made Maka sad so we gonna kill them. Right sis?" Patty looks to her expectantly.
"There will be no killing." Kidd intercedes. Patty starts whining and Liz tries to calm her down.
"Once again, I didn't get to kick anybody's ass. The great Black*Star is fucking pissed." He growls as Tsubaki starts sweat-dropping. I ignore them all as I lean against the seat. At least we are safe from those bastards. What I want to know is how they found out we were there in the first place.
"I don't know how those bastards found this place since you guys are supposed to be experts at hiding or something. Either way, Arachne will explain everything once we get back to the smoke shop." Eruka growls at us. At this point, I was too tired to argue. I lean back against the seat and make Maka comfortable in my lap.
"This limo..." Kidd whispers to himself. Everybody sits still for a minute and stare at him as he starts inspecting the entire perimeter. Suddenly, his eyes start to glow and Liz shakes her head.
"Not again." She mutters.
"This...is...PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL!" He squeals in excitement as he starts bouncing around. Everybody screams in terror as he goes mad with happiness. Eruka only stares at us as she watches all of us restrain Kidd to a corner of the limo.
"Damn it! Even my awesome power can't control this poor tortured soul!" Black*Star shouts as Kidd squirms out his grasp. Kidd leaps towards Eruka when we all hear a small yawn.
"Oh...Kidd? Everything ok?" We see Maka sit up from my lap and look at us all curiously. Kidd freezes for a second before he smiles and then faints.
"What happened? Kidd, are you ok?" Maka jumps off my lap (unfortunately) and tries to shake Kidd back to life. Liz puts her hand on Maka's shoulder as Patty drags Kidd onto the seat.
"It's ok. He just overloaded on seeing this place. Apparently, it was too symmetrical for his simple mind." Liz explains to her. Maka nods her head and then looks around to everybody's shocked faces.
"What happened? What did I miss?" She asks curiously. Everybody breathes a sigh of relief but Eruka's squeal destroys whatever sanity I had left in my head. In the blink of an eye, she had climbed from the front of the seat to the back. I couldn't help but to admire her flexibility along with her ability to squeal in a high-pitched voice. I thought Patty was the only one able to do that but apparently I was wrong.
"MAKA! YOU'RE OK!" She cries on Maka's lap. Maka stares at her in shock before she starts caressing her long turquoise hair.
"It's alright. I didn't realize that paintball hit me that hard. I guess I went into survival mode that once I got over the shock, that's when I felt the pain. I am really quite alright." She reassures Eruka. I lean back against the leather seats as Azusa continues to drive. About fifteen minutes later, we arrive at the smoke shop. As we climb out, I see that the street looks completely deserted.
"Arachne!" I hear Maka call out to her psychotic friend. Arachne opens the door and motions us to come inside. We all sprint inside when I hear Kidd scream.
"OH MY GOODNESS!" He cries.
"What is it now?" Black*Star mumbles under his breath.
"This...place...the shelves...they are so SYMMETRICAL!" Kidd runs up to the shelves with tears in his eyes. Maka starts laughing and soon enough, Patty starts laughing. Liz and Tsubaki laugh as well and I think Black*Star grinned for a minute there. I shook my head in embarrassment when we hear a click.
"I'm not taking any chances. I'm surprised you all actually made it out of there." Arachne mutters as she bolts the door shut. Black*Star growls in anger when Kidd recovers.
"We didn't want Maka to be moved but since you forced us to move, we had no choice. Besides, Maka trusts us with her life. You should at least be aware of that." He says in a cold voice. I stare at him in shock before Arachne takes a step forward.
"So...I see you bite...he...she does pick the most...interesting of friends." Arachne smiles to herself. Maka steps forward and gives Arachne a hug, much to everyone's surprise.
"I'm so glad that you and Eruka have made up. She really did miss you, you know?" She says as she releases Arachne. Arachne looks to Eruka and they both smile to each other.
"Alright, now that this lesbian love fest is over, when are we going to kick some ass! The great Black*Star is tired of having nothing to do! I'm ready to take anyone on!" He screams out. Maka glares at him and we all take a step back as Arachne and Eruka take a step forward. I am not going to intervene in this latest fuck-up of his.
"I dare you to say that again, you little punk." Eruka snarls as she smiles in a deranged kind of way. It reminded me of Chrona smiling (shudder).
"You heard me you psychotic weirdo and emo-goth bitch! I am ready to take anyone on!"
"So this little boy thinks he can take me on! I would love to see him try." Arachne pulls out some leather gloves and starts putting them on when Maka steps in the middle.
"This is no time to be fighting. We just got attacked. We are all allies here. Save the fight for when it matters!" She looks to Black*Star and then to Arachne.
"I apologize for his behavior. He rather rash at times." I apologize rather reluctantly. I'm going to kick his ass and remind him what's at stake here.
"Keep your dog on a leash then." Arachne snarls at me. I glare at her as Black*Star is restrained by Kidd.
"So what now?" Maka asks her. I see a grin spread on her face. It can't be good.
~It's been so long. I apologize for the absence but do not fret. I will finish this story no matter what. It might take me a while but I guarantee this project from start to finish. I thank all of you who have sent messages and comments. I appreciate that there are still fans out there who are reading my story. I dedicate these next three chapters to you. As always, enjoy this chapter my kiddies. Comments are appreciated.
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