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Lost Keys
Chapter 9
Max, who seemed pretty nerves, sat down next to Maka. Soul was comfortable on the couch, with a can of soda in his hand.
"How have you been, Max?" Kidd asked.
"Good." Max replayed.
"You saw me before when you met my father, but I didn't get a chance to introduce myself properly." Kidd smiled, trying his best to sound as nice as possible in front of the child. "My name is Death the Kidd, but you can call me Kidd."
Max responded by nodding.
Kidd grabbed the file that he brought with him and pulled out a paper and a pencil. "I heard that you saw a scary monster this morning,"
"Uh-huh," the child nodded, "it looked like a tall doggy, but it didn't have any fur."
"Well then," Kidd gave Max the pencil and placed the paper in front of him, "can you draw that doggy for me?"
Soul snorted when he heard the childish word doggy come out of Kidd's mouth. Max started to draw the odd looking dog that had an oversized head, big pointy ears, a snake-like tongue, four fingers on both front paws with very long claws.
"Done," Max cheered, happy of how the drawing came out.
"Good job, Max. You're very good at this." Kidd said, smiling at the boy Max blushed and smiled back.
"Is it okay if I show it to my father?" Kidd asked.
"Uh-huh." Max nodded.
"Thank you. You may go now."
The child ran back to Soul's room.
Kidd grabbed the file and pulled out a few papers that had drawings on them, "Just as I suspected," he lined them up on the table next to Max's drawing, "it's the same beast."
The papers on the table all had drawings of a dog that was similar to Max's drawing. "Max wasn't dreaming. For some reason, this demon dog is after children." Kidd said, "But why would it show itself to a child then disappear? "
"Do you think there is more than one?" Maka asked.
"Probably, it's impossible for one dog to be found allover Death City in one night." Kidd said then collected the drawing from the table, "Maka, Soul, keep a close eye on Max. We still don't know much about the creature."
"We will do our best, right Soul?" Maka growled a little, wanting Soul to at least try to help.
"Yeah, sure." Soul said carelessly.
"Well, I best be off. Take care." Kidd stuffed the papers in the file.
"You too, Kidd." Maka said as he left. She noticed Soul had gone to her room. Why on Earth would he want to go in Maka's room? When she got there, she saw Soul holding the spare blanket that she used to use on winter.
"Where are you taking that?" Maka asked.
"The brat isn't going to sleep on my bed. If he wants to stay in my room, then he has to sleep on the floor."
Maka pouted, "Soul, why can't you be nicer to him?"
"Nicer? He's sleeping in my room! What else do you want me to do? Bake him a cake?" With his hands holding the folded blanket, Soul kicked his bedroom door open. Max was in Soul's bed, staring wide-eyed at the other side of the room.
"Hay, kid." Soul called, but Max was too busy staring at the end of the room. Soul was about to call again, but noticed that something was different with his room. There was cold wind blowing in the small room. Soul saw that his bedroom window was broken, the shattered glass covering the floor. Soul and Maka heard someone huffing. They both looked at where Max was looking.
And there it stood…
Its saliva dripping down its mouth, its tongue licking around its lips, and eyes focused on one thing, Max. Soul was so stunned by the situation, the blanket in his hands fell. The beast suddenly snapped its head at Maka and Soul then back at Max. Growling loudly, it started to approach the helpless child.
Maka finally snapped out of it, "Soul!" she called, getting Soul's attention.
"Right!" Soul transformed into his weapon form and spun in the air before Maka grabbed him. She jumped in the air and brought down the scythe with great force. The beast didn't bother to run away. Instead, it let out a scream-like howl so strong, it made Maka lose focuses on her target and hit the ground instead.
Maka straggled to get up. Ringing sounds surrounded her. She pressed her hands to her ears, hoping to ease the pain. Looking over at Soul, she saw his reflection on the blade. He, too, was covering his ears.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Soul shouted.
"WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Maka yelled. She suddenly remembered Max and quickly turned to find the dog-like monster climbing the bed, getting closer to Max, who was frozen in fear. She snatched Soul off the ground and, as a fast way to get there, threw Soul at it. Sadly, she missed the dog's head by an inch, and Soul stabbed the wall, right over Max's head.
Soul transformed back to human form, but left his arm in its scythe form, and stood between the dog and Max. Soul brought his blade down at the dog, but the dog turned its head sidewise and, incredibly, caught the blade between its teeth.
"Nobody picks on this pipsqueak but me!" Soul growled as the beat's its saliva dripped down the blade.
Suddenly, the monster slashed its claws at Soul's shoulder and down his chest, shredding through Soul's clothes and skin. Soul screamed in pain, but managed to keep standing. Out of nowhere, the dog yelped and was thrown across the room when Maka delivered a powerful kick to its side.
"Are you alright, Soul?" Maka asked.
"Yeah… just a few scratches…" Soul held his wounds in pain.
The dog got back on its paws and growled, its snake-like tongue licking its jaw, spreading its spit all over its mouth.
"Max," Maka stood on the bed, careful not to break eye contact with the monster, "run,"
The child didn't move.
"Max,"
Max continued to stare at the monster.
"Max… please…"
The child still didn't move.
"God damn it kid, MOVE!" Soul managed to ignore the pain from his wounds and shoved Max off the bed. As soon as Max hit the ground, he finally snapped out of it and ran out the door.
The dog snapped its head at the wounded Soul and charged. It was only inches away from biting Soul's whole face, but was stopped when Maka gave a strong punch to the beast's noise, causing it to fly backwards and slam the wall.
"Soul! Scythe form, NOW!" Maka ordered. Soul obeyed and transformed into a scythe. The dog shook its head, regaining its strength, it howled again. Maka dropped Soul and covered her ears and fell to her knees. She felt like her head was about to explode, but grabbed Soul and stood up again. The beast backed up and, unexpectedly, ran out the door.
"It's after the kid!" Soul yelled in his scythe form. Maka quickly ran after it. Hearing noises in her bedroom, Maka made her way to it. The four-legged beast was clawing at Maka's wardrobe fiercely. It finally broke the wardrobe door with a strong hit from its claw. Inside the wardrobe was Max, screaming in fear.
Maka charged, grabbing both sides of the scythe, she slammed the dog with the middle of Soul's handle. The dog flew and its body slammed against Maka's bookshelf. Maka prepared herself to attack again when the dog stood up again, growling in anger. It stopped growling when it noticed a few books fell from above. It looked and it yelped when it noticed the bookshelf dangerously leaning forward. The dog tried to run, but got squashed underneath the heavy bookshelf when it came down.
The dog's paw was sticking out. Maka stared at the bookshelf… After a while, she saw some blood seeping from under the bookshelf.
…Eh?
"… What the hell just happened…?" Soul asked, but didn't get an answer.
Maka kept her eyes on the bookshelf. She noticed that the dog's paw started twitching.
"Max, get out of here!" Maka ordered. The child quickly ran out. The dog slowly pushed it's self out from underneath the bookshelf, the blood was pouring from its mouth, and Maka saw some teeth fall out. The bookshelf must have pressed the dog's jaws tight shut.
The beast didn't look very happy...
The dog attacked. Maka shielded herself using Soul. The beast bite Soul's handle, but couldn't inflict any damage. It managed to scratch Maka's side using its claws. Maka screamed in pain before kicking the dog in the stomach, sending it flying a few feet away. Maka too the chance as the dog struggled to stand up. She ran towards it, jumped in the air and prepared to swing Soul.
The dog howled again. Maka screamed in pain, but kept her grip on Soul as she brought the blade down.
YELP!
"Lady Blue,"
"Have they found it?"
"Not yet. The hounds didn't find anything yesterday, so I sent them out again."
"Those useless mutts – If they come back empty handed again, kill them."
"Yes, Lady Blue."
"Those parents are fools, aren't they? Giving such a power to a child..."
"Yes, they are fools, Lady Blue."
To Be Continued...
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