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Lost Keys

Chapter 14

"Soul?" Maka whispered. She was quite surprised when she felt Soul's soul near Max's. She smiled and sighed in relief. With Soul protecting him, she had nothing to worry about. "Nice work, Soul." She said to herself.

"I would hurry up if I were you."

Maka froze. A shiver went down her spin. She was standing on a building all alone, drenched from the rain. That voice… Who was that? She looked around, but found nobody. She was positive that she heard a woman's voice. Maybe it was just the wind? But it sounded so close…

"Idiot, stop wasting time!"

Maka gasped. It really was a woman's voice. "Show yourself!" Maka ordered.

"I would if I could."

"Eh? What do you mean?" Maka asked.

"It's kind of hard to explain. Right now, you have to get to Soul and Max."

"How do you know Max and my partner? Who are you?"

"That doesn't matter. If you don't get there in time, you might lose them!"

Maka's eyes widened. "Wha… WHAT?"

"I have to go – I'll contact you later - !"

"WAIT!" Maka turned her head everywhere, searching desperately for the owner of the voice. No one was around. What did she mean? How did she know about Soul and Max? Why would she try to help her? She had to hurry. At least, that's what the voice told her to do. Uneasy feeling washed over her as she began running again.

What now? Soul thought over and over again. Sure, he found Max, but what the hell was he supposed to do next? Try getting the kid home, risking drowning them both? Or wait for the others to show up?

"Mr. Soul?" Max asked while twisting the end of his shirt nervously, "Will Ms. Maka be mad at me because I run away?"

"At you? I don't think so. At me? Definitely." Soul said the last word in misery. What would Maka do if she knew he was the cause of Max's disappearance? A book to the head was sure to come. The room suddenly went dark, lights immediately shutting off. In surprise, Soul's instincts told him to get out of that room and look for a light source. When he stood up, his foot suddenly collided with a chair, causing him to fall over the chair then slip off of it, hitting the ground. Small hands grabbed his sleeves. "Mr. Soul!" The child whimpered worriedly.

"Shit! The power's cut!" Eddy yelled.

As Soul rubbed his head in pain from the fall, he winced when a light flashed at his face.

"Dude, You alright?" Kiki asked, holding a flashlight.

Soul grabbed the piano's edge to help him up, "Yeah… fine."

Kiki grabbed threw an object at him. Soul managed to grab it in time, but his finger slipped and switched a button, wincing again as light shined at his face. It was a flashlight, and apparently, he was aiming it at his face.

"Looks like the storm managed to kill the power." Kiki said.

Soul felt something cling to his leg. He flashed the light down and saw Max holding on to him.

"I don't like the dark, Mr. Soul."

Great… What was he supposed to do now? How the hell was he going to walk with a kid holding his leg? Unless…

"Give me your hand." Soul ordered, holding out his hand. He was sure he'd lose his cool if Black Star saw this. Max nodded. He released his hold on Soul's leg and reached for his hand. Soul noticed how big his hand was compared to Max's. Even though he was felt embarrassed for doing something so uncool, it was the best way to protect the child.

They walked out of the piano room and ended up standing next to the stairs. Eddy and Kiki were also present. It was when sudden loud noes downstairs got their attention. They leaned at the edge of the stairs and pointed their flashlights downwards, searching for what had caused the noes. From their view, all they saw was room that had turned into a pool because of the flood.

"The hell…?" Eddy pointed his flashlight at something that was flouting on the water downstairs. "My door!"

Yep, the door to his house broke off…

At first, Soul assumed the door broke off the wall from water pressure. But then he saw it… a fin. Soul's eyes widened. That's the bastard that tried to drown him! It must've broke the door to get in! That explains the noes they heard.

The reptile swam in circles before it decided to use the stairs… Wait… It can use the stairs?

Soul finally realized that the monster had arms and started dragging itself up the stairs.

SHIT!

When it looked up and saw Soul upstairs, it giggled and smiled widely, showing sharp teeth as it continued climbing. Soul's sweat dropped. This thing was after him!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" Kiki yelled in panic.

When the reptile finally reached them, Soul managed to know what it looked like up close. It had long, thin arms with webbed fingers, no legs, an eel-like body, a shark fin on its head, gills on the side of its head, a huge grin to show its sharp teeth, and a fish-like tailfin at the end of its tail. This thing looked like it came from another planet.

And for some reason, it looked directly at Soul. The weapon shoved the child behind him protectively. Kiki and Eddy ran to another room screaming like cowards.

The smile on its face never seemed to leave. Soul wouldn't be surprised if it was stitched up in a grin like that. Its body started jolting repeatedly before it coughed out something that landed next to Soul's feet. It was a black box with lots of blue symbols written on it. The child held on to Soul's leg in fear, wandering if the box would come to life or something.

The symbols on the box started glowing. Soul prepared himself for whatever may happen.

"If you have received this recorded message then you must be the person who killed a few of my minions. I have to say, I am impressed, but I'm afraid this is your end. You see, it's most likely that you have forced my Crawl that you have imprisoned into telling you information about me. I'll just send out my pet to kill you, along with the information that you gathered. Well then, goodnight, darling."

With that, the glow from the box faded. The hell was that all about? I loud growl snapped Soul's attention away from the box. Like a fast snake, the monster used its hands to run and jump at its target. Without thinking clearly, Soul grabbed Max from behind him by the arm and tossed him away before the monster locked its jaws at Soul's sleeve. Soul dropped his flashlight and used his free hand to shove the reptile away, ripping his sleeve clean off. The monster charged and tackled Soul in the chest, causing Soul to lose his balance and, unfortunately for Soul, the stairs edge was right behind him.

Clinching his teeth as he fell down to flooded room beneath, hitting the water. A chain of bubbles escaped his mouth. Sinking, Soul flinched when the monster appeared in front of him, still smiling. A quick tail whip to the face sent Soul flying through the water.

This thing moves faster in water!

Soul winced in pain when another unexpected hit from its tail slapped him in the chest. It took Soul's brain a while to finally realize something important…

AIR!

He needed air! Panicked, Soul quickly started swimming upwards – crap! The monster grabbed his leg with its mouth and began to pull him back down. Underwater, Soul's movements were limited and incredibly slow. There was no chance for him against this fast water lizard. He reached out his hand, hopelessly trying to somehow reach the surface, even though it was clear he was sinking. His vision started to fade. Giving up seemed like the only option... He stared up at the surface above as it got farther away. More bubbles racing each other to the top.

The image of his partner flashed before his eyes. Idiot… how could he fail her like this? He wanted to tell her how sorry he was. He wanted to be near her. He wanted to see her one last time. For some unknown reason, Max's face flashed for a second. The child was probably crying his eyes out, wondering why Mr. Soul hadn't come back yet.

"Idiot! Don't give up!"

What the…? Who was that voice? It sounded… unfamiliar. It sounded like a guy with a very deep voice.

"Do you really want to die?"

No, he did NOT want to die… but what choice did he have?

"Wake up, asshole!"

Soul slightly cracked his eyes open. He saw a figure swimming down from the surface. As it got closer, it was clear it was a person swimming towards him. Soul's eyes snapped open in realization. Green eyes focused on her weapon as she reached for Soul's hand. She brought her face close and pressed her lips to his, blowing air into his mouth. They grabbed each others hands tightly and started swimming back up, kicking the water with their legs.

They gasped loudly as soon as they reached the surface, panting and coughing. Regaining his strength, he looked at his hero. She was smiling innocently, relived that he was breathing. "Hi, Soul."

Soul grinned, "Thanks for the save."

After all, it would've been uncool if he dead because of a lizard.

And speaking of lizards…

They both spotted a fin making its way over to them. Its head emerged, revealing its wide open mouth and sharp teeth as it swam to take a big bite out of them. As fast as lightning, something flew by and stabbed the monster in-between the eyes. It slowly stopped swimming and began sinking. Soul and Maka saw a spear stuck deep in the monster's head. Red clouds formed in the water as the reptile sunk down, disappearing under the water.

Who the hell did that?

The sound of Kiki laughing like a maniac brought their attention. She was holding a huge weapon in her hands. Eddy's shocked face was priceless.

"Knew Grandpa had one of these!" She laughed louder.

Both he and Maka swam out and climbed up the stairs to safety, only to be knocked over by Max's sudden hug attack.

"Mr. Soul… Ms. Maka…" He sniffed. Eyes swollen and tears running down his face, he must've been crying for a while. Even though he felt tired as hell, Soul cracked a smile. On the floor, Maka sat Max on her lap and hugged him.

"I missed you too." She whispered. Max tightened his hug on her as he cried like a baby.

Soul's smile slowly faded when he remembered what he had heard under the water.

That voice…

To Be Continued...

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