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Lost Keys

Chapter 4

Stein walked back to his office, holding a thick book. He opened the door to see Maka, Soul and Max waiting in his office.

"Hello again. I thought you were going to ask for help from Shinigami." Stein pushed his glasses up.

"We did, but he wants us to take care of Max for a while." Maka explained.

"I see." Stein sat on his chair and started flipping through the pages of the book. "And you came back here because...?"

"Class will start soon and we don't know what to do with Max right now." Maka said. Max was placed on her lap and Maka's arm was around his stomach to help keep him in place.

Stein posed for a while, "Well," he flipped over another page, "I suppose I could watch over him tel you finish class. But he mustn't touch anything."

"Really? Thank you! And don't worry, he's very polite." Maka grabbed her bag and hung it over her shoulder, "Max, be a good boy and wait here, alright?" she kissed his cheek, which caused Soul to growl.

"Okay," Max blushed and nodded.

As soon as Maka and Soul left, Stein stopped flipping through the pages and found what he was searching for. A smile reached his face when he read a few pages.

"Boy, do you want to play a game?"

The boy smiled, "A game?"

"Yes, a game. I ask you a few questions about you and you answer. Easy enough?"

"Uh-huh!" Max nodded and sat on the chair next to Stain.

"Now, there is something you need to do first. Can you take the eye-patch off?" Stein pointed at the eye-patch.

"But Ms. Maka said I shouldn't." Max said in a low voice, not wanting to sound rude.

"But I'm the doctor, and you should always follow the doctor's orders."

"But... won't Ms. Maka be mad at me?"

Stein reached out and removed the eye-patch himself. "Don't worry. She won't. Now, are you ready to play?"

"Yes."

"Good. Tell me, how old are you?" Stein asked. The boy scratched his head, searching desperately for the answer.

"I... I can't remember..."

Stein's smile grew, "I see. When is your birthday?"

Max looked down at his shoes in defeat, "I can't remember..."

"You can't remember your own birthday? Well then," Stein put his palm under the child's chin and raised Max's head up to have a look at his face. The scar over his eye was glowing a bright blue color. Just as Stein predicted.

"What is your full name?" Stein asked.

"I can't remember." The glow brightened and traveled near his eyelid, very close to his eye. "Doctor-Stein, my head hurts..." Max clutched his head. A whimper escaped his lips.

"It's alright, just one more question," Stein pulled out a cigaret from his lab coat, grabbed a nearby match and started smoking."Do you remember anything about your parents?"

Max's eyes widened, "My parents?" His head throbbed in pain. Clutching his head harder, begging for the pain to stop. The glow on his eyelid traveled down and reached his eye. His eye opened as wide as possible and glowed a light so bright the green color in his eye was almost invisible. His arms and legs fell limp and his other eye closed, leaving him sitting on the chair with his arms and legs dangling.

"Tell me, Max, what do you see?" Stein asked calmly and breathed out smoke.

Max's fingers started twitching, "I see faces..." he whispered, still watching whatever was happening in his head, "They're waving goodbye. Why? Are they leaving me?" Max's face did not show any emotion and his glowing eye did not blink.

"Wait, why are you leaving? Come back. Don't go." The glow slowly faded. "Mom! Dad! Don't leave me!" His body snapped back and his eye returned to normal. He jumped off of the chair and was about to dash to the door before Stein grabbed his arm.

"Let me go! Let me go! I need to find them! They said they'd come back. Why aren't they back yet!" Max struggled but Stein had a strong grip on his arm.

"Do you remember anything about your parents now?" Stein asked.

"Yes. I remember now. I remember!" Max sobbed.

"Do you remember anything that they did today?" Stein asked.

"I remember they said you would look after me before they left." He tried to pull away from Stein, but failed with every try.

Stein nodded, happy of what he had seen. "Good. This is a big school and you might need help finding their class."

Max stopped struggling and looked at Stein, "Y-you can help me find them?"

"Now open your books to page 188" Marie said and opened her own book.

Soul opened his book but didn't bother to read. He glanced at his partner and noticed the worried look on her face.

"What's the matter with you?" Soul whispered to her. "It's not about that Max kid again, is it?"

"I don't know, Soul. I don't feel like leaving him with Stein was the best idea."

"It's not like you had a choice. Class already started and we can't go home right now just to drop him off." Soul said, "Besides, you said he was polite so what can go wrong?"

At that moment, a child came running through the door, panting heavily as he searched the room.

"Oh my, what do we have here?" Marie covered her mouth with her hand, surprised of the sudden entrance.

"What the hell is that kid doing here?" Soul pulled on his hair, Maka couldn't get herself to speak.

Max spotted Maka and Soul and started running to them. "Mom, Dad! I found you!" He reached out his arms and hugged them. Both Maka and Soul felt themselves freeze. Mom and Dad? What was going on? Everyone in class started to stare.

"M-Max! I thought I told you to stay with Stein." Maka pulled him away.

"You said you and Dad would come back. You didn't."

Soul cringed, "Who're you calling Dad, brat?"

Max hugged him tightly, "But Dad, you said you loved me. Why are you so mean now?"

The students gasped and Soul was pretty sure someone in the backseat fainted. He looked over to BlackStar and Tsubaki who were staring with wide eyes. BlackStar's mouth fell open and hit his desk.

"I-I-I never said that!" Soul screamed and struggled to get the child off of him, but Max's hug was too strong.

"Yes you did! You did!" Max sobbed and buried his face in Soul's stomach.

"Maka, need a little help here!" Soul tried to walk but was unable to due to the child hugging him.

"Marie-sensei, may we be excused?" Maka asked .

Marie didn't answer for a moment but then snapped back to normal, "O-oh, yes... Of course..."

Maka grabbed Max's legs and lifted him up, his grip on Soul didn't change, but it was easier for Soul to walk to the exit now, "Nothing to see here folks, just a little misunderstanding - WOULD YOU LET GO OF ME ALREADY?" Soul shouted before they existed the classroom.

The room was silent. Students were staring at the exit wide eyed. Marie's book fell out of her hands, still shocked. "Well, that was interesting..."

To Be Continued...

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I don't own Soul Eater.