Heya, sorry for the delay in posting this chapter. It's been raining alot this past week and the rain is messing with old arm injuries so I couldn't get this chapter out as fast as I would have liked. Please enjoy. Also I am still looking for readers for my book so if you're interested please DM me.

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Three days… I stayed awake all three days and nights we were on the train. We went straight to the hotel and slept through the day in our rooms. Liz and Patty shared a room and two doors down was my room. I reluctantly went to sleep because I knew just about what would happen. I'd have a nightmare of varying subjects and would wake with my clothes and the bed having holes in them. This time I planned on taping it. I set up my camera on the dresser to the left of the bed and went to sleep.

The dream started like a peaceful day. I was walking in the market looking for something when a woman screaming caught my attention. Several people gasp and I look around to try and find what they were focusing on. Everyone's eyes were looking up at the sun and that's when I saw it. Just like after the battle with Asura, a darkness began to take over the sun and soon everything was lit with a cold purple light instead of the warm sunshine of day. The people around me start to mutter and go limp. I watch as the light in their eyes disappear and they turn towards me. Their mumbling gets louder and they soon charge at me. They were all civilians so I tried my best not to harm them. One after another they launch themselves at me and I dodge one flies past my I use his back as a stepping stool to jump over top of him and the others. I set off running and try to find someone who still had their wits about them. I recognized a few of the people who were running towards me from another direction as students from the school but they two did not seem like themselves. The civilians were closing the distance between us from behind so I quickly go down the street where no one was. I soon find myself at the school only to find myself face to face with my fellow class mates minus the twins, Soul, Tsubaki, and Black star bloodied and laying lifeless on the ground. The school was on fire and Everything goes black.

Everything stayed black as a voice called out to me.

"Maka…" I sounded so far away.

"Maka…" It was closer and was sounding familiar.

"Maka…" It kept repeating until…

"Maka don't you know you're-" A raspy snarl echoed in my ears. I shot up in my bed covered in sweat and found myself drenched in sweat and it was already 4 in the afternoon. I had until 8 till I was supposed to meet the girls. The voice echoed in my head as I showered and prepared for the night. The outfit I wore was destroyed so I decided to just toss it in the trash. It consisted of a pair of black dollar pants and a generic white undershirt. I had lost track of time to the point where I was unable to review the video before we went out on our hunt.

Liz and Patty were in their weapon forms in my hands as we sat on the roof watching a man who matched the description of a captain in the organization we were looking for as he went through town. He didn't do anything particular that night. He went to a store and bought a few things and took them to his apartment, went to a bar and had a few drinks then went to the club till 2 then went home. With a sigh, we went back to the hotel, I provided kid with an update on our mission, and kept up the same schedule for three more nights. On the fourth night his habits changed. We followed Cameron to the back door of the store next to the club he spent his time in the last three nights. I followed him in and found a smaller party going on. We kept ourselves hidden and followed him into the back of the shop and silently followed him down a long set of stairs. Cameron quickly looked behind himself. He didn't seem to have noticed us because he went back to walking through the halls and led us to what we came to town for. We found the room full of 60 kishins.

"You're late." An old raspy voice called out and the man's body went rigid. The origin was an elderly man who came into the room from another door with his attendant pushing his wheelchair.

"My apologies master. I was delayed on my way here." The delay had been the barely legal blonde he assaulted in an alleyway and stole her soul when he finished. I hate when I have to let an innocent soul be stolen but on missions like this; you have to wait until you have everyone in the same room and take them out at once. It's just easier for me instead of running all over town for the members of a group.

"Don't let it happen again." The stern voice of the leader said all the men and women looked at the leader with admiration. "Now then. The reason I called this meeting was because the seere has seen something that could mean victory for Kishins like us. The child of two is beginning to awake and finding this child is our number one priority. With the power of this child we can destroy Death and his weapons and they academy where he trains his disciples." I held back a scoff at his proclamation. His men cheered and whooped. No one saw me as I aimed the twin pistols and fired off at the unsuspecting targets. As they tried to find my location I picked off a good number of the kishins. They all came for me except for the leader and his attendant. The attendant ran away as the leader instructed. I let her run because she wasn't a kishin. I shot at all the henchman who ran at her but from the corner of my eye I saw the leader stand up from his wheel chair and charge at me. I hadn't been expecting that. I turned one pistol at him as he screamed. "Who do you think you are?" His words were laced with rage.

"I am Maka Albarn, a meister at DWMA and I have come to retrieve the kishin souls of your organization with Lord Death's twin pistols." It took two shots for me to take down the leader and only a few of his men remained. I quickly finished them off. Liz and Patty returned to their human form and helped me collect the souls.

"Wow Maka your aim is damn near perfect." Liz stated as she handed the last of the souls to me. I slipped them into a sack a rucksack I brought for the mission and closed the pack.

"HAHA yeah you were like -Pew pew- and they were like -groan- 'I'm dying'" Patty laughed as she made guns from her hands and reenacted an over dramatic account of the events. Liz and I looked at one another and laughed as Patty turned her head to the side in confusion. "What?" Our laughing paused for a second but the look on our face brought it back. We laughed once again but Patty joined in this time.

"Alright girls. The night is still young, do you want to sleep the rest of the night and head home tomorrow morning or spend another day and night here then head home?" Maka asked leaving the decision up to the two of them. I didn't really care because either way at the end of our stay, I would have to dish out a lump sum of money to replace the mattress of my hotel room.

"How about we take the train tomorrow night?" Liz suggested. "We can take the day to go round town and shop." Liz said eyeballing a dress in the glass of a shop on the way to our hotel.

"Yeah!" Patty shouted. "My order is on the way to the house!" She shouted excitedly. She was jumping around behind us and skipped ahead before going behind us once again. I wish I had that kind of energy. We stopped on our way to the hotel for food. We stopped at a 24-hour diner and waited at one of the booths. It was a quaint little diner with three employees working at the time of our arrival.

"Why hello young ladies. My name is Lori, I'll be your server tonight." The waitress was a older woman around 50 with her white hair pulled back into a neat bun. She was slightly hunched in her orange uniform and had a warm aura to her. I couldn't help but wonder, is this what a grandmother was like? I don't have one still living and I never had a chance to know mine. "What can I get you girls?" She brought out a notepad from her white apron.

"FRIES!" Patty yelled as she jumped up. "A MOUNTAIN THI-I-I-S HIGH!" She jumped up and help her hand flat as high as she could.

"Just a plate of fries will be fine for her. For me I'd like one of your-"

"But I want!" Patty interrupted. Liz put her hand over Patty's mouth and continued what she had been saying.

"One of your Cobb Salads with a sweet tea would be great. A fanta for Patty." Liz finished and gestured to the girl whose mouth she was still covering. I was looking at the menu but couldn't seem to focus on it. I was really hungry but wasn't hungry.

"And for you dear?" She asked. For some reason she sounded so far away that I didn't reply until her third time asking because I hadn't realized it was me she was asking.

"Oh sorry. May I have a cheese burger with a spite?" Though I knew what I wanted, the words came out more like a question than a statement.

"I'll get those right out to you ladies." She brought our drinks out not long after and barely even ten minutes later she brought out our food. I ate a small amount of my food but mainly just poked at it as I thought about what we heard this evening. The kishin said that someone called the 'child of two' can lead to the success of the kishins and in essence will leed to the fall of Death the Kid and all of DWMA. The thought gave me chills. I telling this to Kid is very important but I've tried to keep my updates with him brief. Since my stay at his house I've began to feel ever more jittery around him. I can literally hear my heart beating fast in my ears and when I see him smile a blush creeps across my face. I can't help when it happens and I just can't bring myself to face him as confidently as I used to. I sighed and grabbed for my sprite to bring it up to my mouth. I wasn't as successful as I would have liked. When I brought the liquid to my mouth I tipped it to drink from but it was at the corner of my mouth so the liquid poured all over me. I stopped the cup before half the liquid was gone. Liz passed me napkin after nap kin and I patted my clothing and myself dry. Liz froze in place at some point and Patty's face turned to one of anger.

"Who did that?" Murderous intent dripped from Patty's words as her pupils dilated to a pin prick. Liz's face showed one of concern and anger.

"I already handled it. Don't worry about it guys." I tried to defuse the situation. "It isn't even that bad." I added. To be honest I never really paid any mind to how it looked when I'd cover it up with the foundation I bought. I just wanted to forget about it and for it to disappear.

"Maka please tell us… Was it Soul? Did he do this to you?" Liz asked me straight forward. I don't want to lie to her, but I didn't want Soul to get hurt either. He hadn't meant to do it. He was just frustrated and I hadn't listened to him like I should have.

"I already handled it. It's nothing to worry about." I gave a small wave of my hand in an attempt to dismiss the subject. "I'm kind of tired. How about we wrap up our food and go back to the hotel?" I said hoping they would drop the bruise issue and we could leave the restaurant where all of the staff was now staring at us. I gave the staff an apologetic smile and a nod.

"I'll go pay the bill you and Patty stay here." Liz said and tossed a glance over to Patty who was still staring at the bruise on my neck. Before Liz had even walked away the waitress came over with some to-go boxes.

"I'll check you out up at the counter." Her soft voice said as she led Liz there. I put my food in one of the boxes and looked up to see Patty look away and throw her fries in her own box having lost any interest she may have had in them and looked at Liz who glared at her. I could tell Patty wanted to say something and that Liz was telling her no. I looked down at my hands unsure what to do until Liz came back and paced away her own food.

We all traveled in silence to the hotel and the girls walked me to my room. They bid me good night and I wished them the same. When I closed my door I slumped against it and slid to the floor. They were probably so disappointed and mad at me. I didn't want to make them mad at Soul or for their relationship to be dependants or changed by the state of Soul and mine's.

Pulling out my mirror I really looked at the bruise and saw just how gross it really was. Along with the blues, purples, and reds there were now shades of green and yellow. It was disgusting. The skin was slightly elevated as well. I could only think that since we are a meister and weapon pair his wavelength may have clashed with mine in the heated moment and caused a large welp to form. Was the update to Kid really necessary? Did I need to do it tonight? With a sigh I went to the bathroom and applied a small amount of makeup over the area of the bruise that was washed away by the soda and dialed Kid on my mirror. This was important and needed to be relayed to him as soon as possible. Kid had been at his desk back at the academy when he answered but his hair was a mess and his eyes were drooping. He must have fallen asleep again. It was beginning to become a habit for him to fall asleep at his desk lately. I told him everything about the mission and what the kishin had said He took the information and it seemed to wake him right up. Our conversation went longer than the others we had for this mission because of the information that we had collected, but it was nice to talk to him again.

Towards the end of the call he asked if something was wrong and I told him I was just tired. He wished me a good night and said that when we got back in town we would talk more. Our call ended and I went to sleep an hour later. I woke once again to that strange nightmare and couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. My mirror rang but I didn't pick it up since it was Soul calling. Again. He'd called multiple times while me and the twins were on this mission that I had to leave my mirror in the room from fear of his call alerting the target.

What kind of mess have I gotten myself into...