Chapter 6
2 weeks later…
"I'm just saying to remember he's a murderer, Maka!" Soul huffed.
"I know that! All I said was that I can understand why those girls were so attracted to him…" Maka said trailing off.
"Whatever we are here. We will discuss this later."
Soul and Maka split up as they normally do at the last cross stop before the Maid Café. Soul would walk an extra block or two and eventually end up in the Café.
'Be safe, Meister.' Soul sighed as he put one of his head phones in.
Suddenly a large van pulled over in front of Soul and two men jumped out. One was very large and built the other pretty average.
"Can I help you?" Soul snarled.
The average man answered with a laugh and held up his gun and fired. Soul smirked as he deflected the bullet with his scythe that was once his arm. The bullet shattered instead of bouncing off the blade and a few shards pierced through Soul's skin. Soul wiped the blood that was dripping down his face and looked up at the two men that were slowly walking towards him. Soul's vision began to blur and he was hit with a sudden wave of nausea. Soul dropped to his knees and expelled his stomach contents.
'What the fuck is happening to me?! Why can't I keep my eyes open?'
Soul's paralyzed body fell to the ground and the last thing Soul could make out was the two men standing over him.
Maid Café
"So miss Maka tell me; are you seeing anybody?" Joji asked in a smooth seductive tone.
Maka blushed. "Oh! Not at all!"
Joji glanced down at his phone and smiled.
"That's great! How about a date?"
"Sure!" Maka answered so fast her mind couldn't keep up. 'What am I doing?'
"Great! I'll see you around 8? Let's meet here." Joji waved as he slipped out the front door.
Maka slipped down into her seat. 'Soul is going to kill me.'
She looked around at all the other booths and realized her weapon wasn't there. Panic was creeping through Maka's head. Maka used her soul perception and couldn't locate her partner. Maka immediately abandoned her shift and ran out of the Café back to her and Soul's hotel. Maka opened the room, hoping her partner was just sleeping. She found nothing but a dark and empty room. Maka sighed and turned around to shut the door but came face to face with none other than Joji. Maka almost screamed when Joji put his hand over her mouth and forced her into the room and slammed the door behind them.
"So, this is where you two have been staying. I thought you said you weren't seeing anyone." Joji said into Maka's ear.
Maka thoughts were racing as to what happened with Soul. 'He set us up.'
Maka elbowed as hard as she could into Joji's ribs. Joji gasped in pain as he threw Maka to the ground.
"Where is Soul?!" Maka demanded.
Joji recovered quickly and snatched Maka from the floor and held her against the wall by her throat.
"Don't worry, baby. I guess you can say he's here." Joji said whispering in her ear.
Maka went pale. 'Did he kill Soul?' She still couldn't sense his soul.
"What the hell does that mean?" Maka snapped, tears forming in her eyes.
"Well physically he is not here but he can see us. I've placed cameras throughout the room. So he can watch as I take you for myself." Joji licked up Maka's neck.
Maka shuddered at the repulsive man. Any attraction she had for him quickly dissipated and was replaced with disgust and rage.
Maka punched him hard in the sternum but Joji refused to budge. Joji dragged Maka across the room and slammed her on the king sized bed. Immediately Maka's head flooded with the memory of a familiar scene in the Book of Eibon with Giriko but this time she wasn't going to lay there and give up. A wave of numbness over took her and before she had time to consider worry, a giant black and silver scythe blade shot from her side and grazed Joji. Joji was shocked by the sudden pain he felt and pushed himself off of the meister.
"Ah, What the hell?! I thought the kid was the weapon!" Joji gripped his bleeding side.
"Where is Soul? Tell me where Soul is!" Maka's body reacting on its own, jumped up from the bed and lunged at the startled man. Joji jumped out of the way as Maka's dual scythes pierced through the wall he was previously up against.
"You crazy bitch!" Joji stood and punched the meister as hard as he could and sent her falling to the ground then darted for the door. Leaving with a slam and Maka unconscious on the hotel room floor.
