Maka was sitting on her bed, eyes sore, shiny, watery – reddened by the tears her cheeks were still stained with. She held her hips tight, like she was trying to hug something. She was still upset, and began crying and sobbing all over again, desperately.

The door opened revealing a boy with milky hair and crimson eyes. Like her, he had a pained look on his face, even though he was trying his best not to cry as well. He wanted to be a reassuring figure to her. He knelt and watched Maka in the eyes without saying a word. Then he caressed her face gently, and as a moment passed she talked, her voice broken by weeping:

"Soul… I'm sorry…"

"For what, Maka?" asked Soul, confused by those words.

"Now… now it's all…"

"Shh, Maka. Don't say this. The world is not over." The albino interrupted Maka by gently putting a finger on her lips, then hugged her and, in the end, put a blanket over her shoulders in order to wrap her.

She felt less sad after Soul's care, but she was still upset about what had happened.

"I… I don't know how it could happen…" Maka said.

"I don't know that either, but I know one thing… we can try again."

"If we won't succeed anymore you'll leave me, won't you?" Maka was on the verge of another breakdown.

"No, Maka, no. I would never do that. I'll stay with you even if we won't make it." the Death Scythe promised, hugging her tight.

Maka hugged him back and said, now calmer:

"Thank you, Soul. You cheered me up."

The week before…

Maka and Soul were in charge of a mission in order to reap the evil soul of a brutal serial killer: Dex R. Gein, an evil human living and hitting in Milwaukee.

Soul wasn't really that convinced, because of Maka's conditions, but she wanted to go anyway after she had read the killer's dossier and stated that she wanted to kill him personally. At the end the latter got half of what she wanted: She would be escorted by Spirit during the mission.

It was harder than they'd expected: In Cathedral Square, Maka and Soul were forced to fight harshly against the void of morality by themselves, since Spirit got knocked out after an incredibly brutal fight just to hit the creature. The latter was at the corner but thought he could escape by hitting Maka with his dagger. She clenched her teeth and, even though she'd been stabbed, she managed to slay the killer.

Soul transformed right after that and, leaving the soul there, took both Spirit and Maka to the nearest hospital, the three of them all on his motorcycle. Once there both, Soul and Maka received some news that shocked them both, especially Maka:

The monster's stab had provoked a miscarriage in Maka. Spirit recovered rather quickly and when he heard about the tragic news, tried to comfort her daughter, but it was all useless: Maka, in that moment, was inconsolable.

Chapter 2: LOSS


Hello!

This chapter, as you saw, had a really delicate theme.

I wanted to talk about it with the most consideration as possible.

If this choice didn't please you, tell me what I've been doing wrong and I'll try to amend.

The name I gave to the chapter (The one you're reading in the chapter menu) it's made on purpose because I wanted to keep secret the reason behind Maka's sadness until the end of the fic.

Here's a little anticipated FAQ:

1) Maka wants to go anyway even if she's pregnant? Why?

Well, I did it mainly because Maka is a determined character. But my friend (who I consider a great expert of the Soul Eater universe) told me that, if she was going to fight in that condition, only because she was determined it was a stupid choice. So I decided to justify it with the killer's behavior.

2) What the killer has done so badly?

I'll give you a single clue: Leatherface.

3) Dex R. Gein? Who's he?

Here I got inspired by Ohkubo's mind for the name of the killer: I've inserted two realistic references in the name. In this case they're both serial killer's names: One fictitious killer and one really who did live, but who inspired some fictitious killers.
If you want to understand who's the real killer… I suggest you to watch some documentaries about the topic (I could suggest you a youtube channel, but it seems that YouTube America doesn't deal with scary stuff/real horror stories and such, which is quite hilarious since they're the main sharers of creepypasta).

4) How could Shinigami send Soul and Maka in such a dangerous mission?

Shinigami underestimated the enemy and it wasn't aware of the fact that Maka was pregnant (since she still was in her first weeks) and Soul, who under Maka's advice did not talk about the fact, had to pull out a credible excuse.

5) Spirit was beaten? But wasn't he a Death Scythe?

As I said, the enemy was considerably underestimated. And all of the Soul Eater fans know that the weapons are better when paired with a meister. Spirit was alone.

I hope that you liked this chapter or that, at least, it made you cry.

See you to the next chapter; I'll publish it in a week time if there aren't any personal business.

But before that, don't forget to review!

Bye!

Ray