Opening his eyes and blinking away the blurriness, Alex looked around the room and saw that he was in an infirmary of some kind. He looked up to see the IV and followed the line to his arm. Groaning, the young Reaper attempted to sit up, but his body felt like lead. The dull burning of pain flowed to every part of his body.
'Dammit. Everything in my body hurts! It feels like lead. This is pathetic, how can I let my body become like this? Or better yet, what the hell happened to make me like this?!'
The memories came flowing back into his head, like a truck. With a sudden burst of energy, he managed to sit up and look out the window. It was the middle of the afternoon. Ripping the IV from his arm, Alex slowly left the room to find someone.
/
In the central room of the DWMA South American Branch, the Death Scythes, their meisters, the senior class, and Kid and his friends were standing in the middle of the room. They were having a meeting about everything that had happened. Although, the atmosphere was a bit somber. They (except for those who didn't know Alex) were a bit somber at what had happened to the teen. They watched the two brothers grow up and were heavily attached to them, especially Stein and Spirit, as their godfathers.
"We should've assigned a rotation of people to keep an eye on the place. The protections that were on the building weren't there before and it would've taken a long time of planning for someone to have taken Alex like that. Haaa, anyway, Stein how was Alex?"
Stein was looking into the distance and was trying to piece together the information they gathered and his thoughts.
"Well, he did have a couple of broken ribs and he had lost a lot of blood. According to the runes that were carved onto his body, they were for an ancient ritual. I don't know the kind of ritual, but we should hear back from Lord Death soon about it. He has ordered that we figure out what happened, who took Alex, and why they wanted him. He also wanted us to get rid of them."
"Not them, a who."
They whipped around to see Alex standing in the doorway looking at them all. He was a bit pale still and leaning on the doorframe. Markus and Kid quickly jumped up and helped Alex walk into the room. They settled him down onto a chair and sat on either side of him. Alex grabbed Kid's hand and held onto it while leaning onto Markus' side.
"What do you mean, Young Lord?"
Alex looked at Enrique and pouted. The senior class felt like an arrow had pierced their hearts and they looked away from the cute sight.
"Exactly what I mean. Ten years ago, when Kid and I were walking around the city with Marie and Nygus, there was a cloaked figure. I didn't get to see his face since it was covered, but we accidentally bumped into him and he apologized. It didn't feel right. There was something about the man that made every fiber of my being afraid of him. Anyway, it was him that did all of this."
The tense silence of the room returned and they were all lost in their thoughts. Alex closed his eyes and leaned back onto his boyfriend, keeping a grip on his baby brother's hand. His soul sang in happiness at being reunited with his mate. Deep down, he could hear Markus' inner vampire purring in pleasure. Alex jerked back up in remembrance.
"Oh!"
They turned to look at Alex and saw him wince while getting onto the ground. Markus and Kid were keeping a sharp eye on Alex and hoped that he wasn't going to do anything weird. They watched as Alex removed one of the many bandages on him and squeezed his arm to let loose some of the blood and watched as it landed on the ground.
"Protectors of the world hear me. Come forth thine protector as I call your name, Kaius."
Another cartoonish-sounding pop sounded through the room and a bandaged fat cat was on the ground.
"Ka~i"
The fat tabby looked up and saw his master looking down at him. He mewled and jumped up into Alex's arms and began licking him aggressively. Alex giggled and the others fell in love with him all over again as they watched the boy and his cat.
"Kai, I'm sorry that I couldn't do anything."
The fat cat shook his head and sat on his master's lap.
"No, I'm sorry. You're my master. I should've done more to protect you."
The cat's ears and tail sagged down and he looked down sadly. Alex smiled down sadly and pet his cat.
/
Later on that night, the pair was sitting on the roof of the building. Alex was petting the cat and looking out into the distance. Kai was purring contently and looking up at his master.
"Are you sure about this?"
Alex didn't look down at his familiar but hummed as an answer.
"No matter what, it doesn't change the fact that he was after me for a reason. I don't know what it is, but we have to stop him. You with me?"
Kai jumped up onto Alex's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek with his head.
"I'd follow you until the very end."
Alex nodded in appreciation.
"Then, it's settled."
/
The next morning, the entire branch was thrown into panicked disarray when they couldn't find the Reaper and his cat familiar in the hospital bed. In their place, a note.
'To whoever finds this,
I'm sorry for leaving. I felt that this was something that I needed to do. As long as I stay with you all, you're in danger. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if something happened, that's why I've taken it upon myself to deal with the problem. Markus, forgive me, my love. I wish I could've involved you, but I need to do this. Kid, you behave and listen to everyone. I promise when I get back, I'll make it up to you. Don't cause a mess and be a good boy. Izzy, my meister, I know that you'll kill me and never let me live this down, but you know right? I'd never be able to forgive myself if anything happens to anyone. I love you all, behave yourselves, and take care of each other.
Love,
Alex and Kai
P.S- don't any of you dare tell dad about this :('
