Chapter six is finished. I noticed that while writing on my phone that autocorrect would change Marie to Maria so I went back and changed every time I could find and I believe I updated those chapters. If you find a mistake please let me know. I want to make the story read as easy as I can for you guys and sometimes a mistake will slip past me. But, here we go. Please enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think.

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Maka dreaded even coming out of the bathroom and when she did and they hushed like that it made her regret not escaping through the window even more. She stood in the hall frozen for a moment as she took deep breaths and collected herself. Once she felt confident she walked over to the table where they sat and joined them. Soul was conveniently nowhere to be seen. It was a relief to Maka that he wasn't there.

"So what do you guys know about what is happening? What has Soul told you?" Maka asked. She was angry, rightfully so. She believed that Soul had run and told Professor Stein on her and betrayed her trust despite having been told by her not. She expected him to respect her privacy and her choices but he had not. She knew it wasn't solely from concern. It was also from jealousy.

"He told us about your issue that's been causing your sleepless night's and your nightly walks that it's been leading to. That you're pushing yourself to stay awake as often as you can." Stein said as he took his glasses off and wiped the lenses off with his jacket. Marie's fists were under the table balled up and clenching the edge of her black shirt.

"It's going to be-"

"How's being cursed or hexed by a witch going to be okay?!" Maka shouted. She stood up and slammed her hands down on the table. She was furious and it showed as her seat fell to the ground behind her. "You don't understand Miss Marie!" Maka was scared but wasn't sure how to convey how she felt in words and this just fueled her anger even more. "I...I'm scared…" Maka felt the tears sting her eyes and tried to hold them back. Her arms wrapped around herself.

"There's no need to yell. You are not hexed or cursed." Stein raised his voice. "Now apologize and sit back down." He added. Maka was shocked. She felt horrible about having yelled at Marie who had just been trying to comfort her.

"I'm so sorry Marie I hadn't meant to take everything out on you." Maka picks up her seat and sits back down. She runs her hands through her hair and lets out an exhausted sigh.

"I understand that your emotions are running high right now." Marie said as she placed a hand on her stomach. Her smile made Maka's guilt build. Turning back to Stein she focuses on the problem that had been plaguing her.

"What do you mean it's not a hex or a curse?" Maka asked. She had been certain that it had to have been that. It had to have been something that happened during the battle that left an effect on her. Some sort of outside force slowly assaulting or killing her. If a witch had hit her with one of their spells it would make perfect sense, but finding out what kind, then isolating it, and curing it before it killed her or whatever the final phase ended up being.

"We observed what happened to your body while you were unconscious," After having been knocked unconscious by force, "That whatever the disturbance that is happening to you is originating from within you. Your wavelength shows that it is not an outside force but a part of you Maka." Stein leaned on the table with his chin cupped in his hand and supported his weight on the table. They videotaped the occurrence and were glad they had. Marie had been uncomfortable with the idea of recording Maka sleeping but when her body began to produce the blades she was glad they had. This shouldn't have been possible for a Meister. They knew that Maka was a Meister, the tests as a child confirmed it. Her dna, though carrying weapon dna, was not that of a weapon so why was she now presenting as a weapon when even her soul was that of a Meister? The weapon dna was inactive.

"Then what's going on with me?" Maka asked. She looked between the two. As a scientist Stein knew what they observed should not be possible so he wasn't sure how to describe it. His observations very imprinted on his brain and would no doubt be there for years to come clear as day, but his scientific side wanted to throw it out because it still shouldn't be possible. It would be like oil and water mixing perfectly together. Marie knew what his struggle was and decided it would be easier for Maka to hear coming from her any ways. Marie's hands wrapped gently around Maka's and provided them with the tender maternal comfort Maka had not experienced in so long.

"You are an extremely special young lady Maka." Marie's voice was soft and steady. There wasn't an ounce of fear or uneasiness to throw Maka's fragile emotions further out of control like what the impact of her words may do. They were in unknown territory in every means of the saying. "A miracle happened and you are able to tap into your weapon half's abilities." Marie knew there were many ways one could continue this conversation but she wasn't sure how to do it for Maka.

With Black Star, Marie would talk about how much a big star like him could accomplish by being able to master being able to self-wield while carrying a Death Scythe. Death the Kid wouldn't be that big a deal as long as it was symmetrical which was easy for the most part with positioning. Maka on the other hand is a sleep deprived bookworm who has pretty much isolated herself socially except for work or school related requirements. She doesn't even make her own trips to the store anymore. Maka uses delivery services through her mirror when she needs something from the store unless she knows Soul is going to be in that area.

"That's not possible…" Maka said rather loud.

"I know. We thought that too." Professor Stein pulled a cigarette and his lighter out of his pocket and proceeded to light it. "I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it." He tucked his lighter away then cranked his giant bolt three times.

"There's no way…" Panic began to slowly lace Maka's words. "I can't possibly be a meister AND a weapon!" Marie snatched the cigarette from between Professor Stein's lips and transformed her hand to snuff the lit edge out.

"Sweetheart, we understand you're scared. We are here to help you through this. We will guide you through this and help you. It'll be ok." Marie got up from her seat and placed her hands on Maka's shoulders gently. "You are not alone."

"I can't… There's no way… No ! I'm not-" Maka's words stopped forming sentences and Marie began to feel discomfort in her abdominal area.

'Sweet child you really chose the wrong time for this.' Marie bit back her discomfort and rubbed clockwise circles with her thumbs into Maka's shoulders.

"Maka, the worst thing you can do right now is reject what's happening to you. It's not a burden. It's not a hindrance." Marie knew that Maka could possibly see the logic in her words despite her emotional state. She just needed to try. Marie's eye's shot up when she felt the muscle's in Maka's shoulder's tense up. Or not…

"No I can't do this!" Maka shouted. She shook off Marie's hands and ran for the front door. Marie didn't run after her as her labor had already begun and she didn't want to risk tripping. Professor Stein followed but was knocked back when Maka sent out a massive blast of her soul wave that went further than he thought possible for her to accomplish. Maka wasn't aware she had sent out a pulse of her soul but she had and it was strong enough to knock Professor Stein off his feet and knock the wind out of Marie for a moment. Across town it dragged Death the Kid's attention right away from his work, Liz from her Mirror on the couch of his office, Patty from her giraffe coloring book in front of her, and Soul from his class work.

Soul's whole class had been on break which was why Liz and Patty were in Kid's office. The whole class had felt the surge but they didn't know who's it was, except for Soul. Soul left the apartment believing Maka would be safe with Marie and Professor Stein since it had been weeks since the last witch attack but he must have been wrong. He ran out of the room and right past Maka's father.

"You get back here!" The red head shouted at Soul.

"Yeah, yeah. Maybe later, old man." Soul retorted and continued down the hall knowing Death Scythe wouldn't follow since he was the substitute teacher since Professor Stein took off to check out Maka at Soul's request. As Soul expected, a grumble was heard behind him and not the sound of running. A low humming noise did soon catch up and Soul heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Soul!" Liz called out. Liz and Patty were in their pistol forms as Death the Kid traveled at a dangerously fast speed gaining on him on Beelzebub.

"Hop on." Kid said not even slowing down. Soul knew instantly that they were heading to the same place for the same reason. "Soul do you know why Maka wasn't at school?" Kid inquired. Soul really didn't want to tell Kid or anyone else what was going on but at this point there was an emergency and Maka was in trouble.

"Maka has been weird lately, like, weirder than normal, weird so I had Marie and Stein check on her. She went out late and came in around 3 in the morning again and she almost ran when she saw them. Stein had to knock her out for her to stay in the room with them." Soul decided not to mention the blades or the sleep deprivation or her isolation. He didn't like that she spent more time with the twins and Kid than him. He was supposed to be her partner.

"I see." Kid kicked up the speed on Beelzebub. When they arrived at the location of the pulse they were surprised to only find Professor Stein and Marie. Stein was knocked out and Marie was fairly well into her labor by now.

"Hey guys." She laughed clearly uncomfortable and concerned for Maka.

"What happened? Where's Maka?" Soul shouted before Marie could get out another word. He had taken steps forward but Liz had detransformed and stepped between them.

"Cool it and let her speak." Liz demanded.

"It's alright Elizabeth." Marie said as she took a deep, slow breath. "I can't tell you all why but we need to find Maka. If others find her she could be in danger." Marie's breathing hitched as she placed Stein's head in her lap and smoothed his hair. "Soul it may be best for you to go back to the school in case she goes there to find you." Marie knew that wasn't going to be the case but she needed him to not be at the house or anywhere near where she actually would be. He was a trigger for her anger recently. It was obvious from last night.

"Whatever." Soul said and left.

"Liz if you could search the east. Patty the south." Marie assigned the girls their search areas.

"You got it." Liz accepted without hesitation or fight.

"Okie-dokie!" Patty laughed.

"Don't goof off this is serious." Liz nagged her sister as they walked out the door. The two ended up walking to the end of the street together then parting ways to search for Maka.

"Kid, can you search the rest? I need to call an ambulance for me and Stein." Marie knew it was a bit of a request to ask seeing as he was also her boss now but she barely had the strength to hold herself up.

"I can take you on Beelzebub, can you stand?" Kid offered. He knew he was able to support Stein's weight no problem as he had been training with the man several times since rising to the title of Lord Death.

"No, my contractions are too strong and too close. I waited for you guys to arrive before I even thought of calling for an ambulance." Marie admitted.

"Can you transform?" Kid asked without skipping a beat.

"Yes but I'm not symmetrical." Marie was forthwith with the information knowing about Kid's OCD.

"I have been… working on that. Do not worry. It will not harm your child, yes?" Kid confirmed. He did not want to risk harming the child with his request.

"It is safe. Only at risk pregnancies need to worry about transformations during the third trimester." Marie eased any worry Kid had. She transformed into her hammer form and Kid held her so the double ended stone head was on the underside of his hand and wrist. His hand securely held her handle so that when he lifted Stein over his left shoulder she was never at risk of slipping.

He took off as fast as he could towards the hospital.