"Um... you okay Kid?" "NononothingisokaynothingsilleverBEokayeveragain!" "Why!? What happened!?" Maka said alarmed "This island has ZERO SYMMETRY! The trees are all over the place! Th-the tents! They are all mixmatched! And And an-" he started hyperventilating "KID CALM DOWN!" she put her hands on his shoulders "I-i cant! I mean IM not even symetrical! My sleeves are ripped un evenly! One pant leg is shorter then the other! Not to mention these THREE FREAKING STRIPES THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO WILL NOT GO AWAY! CANT DO TH-" Maka slapped him across the face "Better?" Kid took a few deep breaths "Sorry...without Liz and Patty... I get kinda crazy" Maka laughed a little "Its okay, ill just slap you when you go OCD mode, but we will need to control that somehow..." Locke and Boone walked up to them "Listen if Jack asks, we are going hunting." Maka nodded then had an idea.
"Is it okay if Kid here joins you guys?" "Wha-!?" Maka pulled him up and patted his back "Itd be good for you to explore more of the island."
"Sure he can join, we'll be back before dark." Maka watched them walk onto the trail into the woods and chuckled but a presence startled hed "Hello Maka" she turned and saw Ethan standing there, his soul was dark which scared Maka "H-Hi Ethan..." she said nervously "Wheres your friend going?" His face was masked with a fake smile "Kid? Hes going hunting with Locke and Boone" right when she said Locke ethans creepy smile wavered, "wh-why do you ask?" "Nevermind, if he gets back, tell me" Maka turned pale "Why would I-"
"Hey Maka!" A British man with messy blonde hair named Charlie walked up, he looked at Ethan who was starring at Maka "is something going on here?" He questioned kinda stepping in between the two,
"Nothing, remember what i said Maka." Ethan walked away Maka had tears in her eyes "Hey hey hey whats the matter?" Charlie said sitting her down on the dirt "H-he scares me..." "Yeah he creeps me out to"
"N-no, hes really i-interested in my fr-friend K-kid" she wiped her tears as she spoke,
"Wh-what did he say?!" Charlie asked alarmed, maka took a deep breath "He kept asking abunch of questions like where is he going and stuff b-but when I said hes with Locke... he changed. He then told me to tell him when kid gets back, I-i dont know..." Charlie thought for a moment "I got it, just dont tell him anythin-in fact! Dont speak nor get near him!"
"Yeah... I guess thatll work, thank you Charlie." He smiled "Nah dont worry about it, I better get back to Claire" "Oh yeah! How is she?" Maka remembered that all through the night before Claire would wake up screaming saying that someone tried to inject something In her stomach.
"Shes a little shakin but no visible injuries."
"Thats good, im going to walk on the beach."
"Okay and dont let this Ethan thing bother you alright? Your friend will be fine"
at the beach
"Opponent is two yards on my right, the wind is blowing past me so ill have to run even faster if I wanna beat this punk! Nothing can beat the amazing Blackstar!" He thought to himself as he dug his foot into the sand, his friend Walt had his blonde lab Vincent next to him and was ready "1...2...3!" Walt threw the tennis ball across the beach and Vincent took off, blackstar was close behind. Hd was trying so hard not to use is assasin skills to move faster because he did not wanna blow his cover so he just ran as fast as he could. When he got close to the tennis ball he jumped into the air and reached for it but as if it was slowmotion, Vincent the dog tackled him from behind and still caught the ball. "Hey! Thats cheating!" Blackstar sat up and saw Walt dying laughing , he then looked at the happy dog and patted its head.
"Hey the goal was for one of yall to catch the ball! Doesnt say you cant interfere" Blackstar took the ball from vincent and tossed it to Walt "What should we do no-"
"Walt!" Shouted another voice coming toward them, it was Walts dad Michael. "Where have you been!?"
"I was playing ball with Vincent and blackstar" Michael looked at blackstar then at his son "Listen I need your help with moving some supplies"
"Aw but cant I play just a littl-" "Now Walt!" Walt sighed and looked at blackstar "thanks for playing...Cmon vincent.." walt followed his dad to his camp leaving Blackstar behind,
"Geez, his dads annoying..." Blackstar, he had been feeling alittle lonely without Tsubaki around to talk to. He looked around the beach and saw Sun, the Korean woman who sat next to him on the plane, walking down the shore. Blackstar had an idea and ran to her "Hey!" He shouted and startled Sun, she looked very confused. "Listen I know you are shy and all but I just realized that you are just like my friend tsubaki and I just thought maybe if I talked to you then youd loosen up, so hey! Im the amazing Blackstar!" She starred at him for a long time and had a confused and scared expression on her face, blackstars mood sunk "You dont speak english do you...?" She shook her head "No english..." "Of course..." he sighed "well bye I guess..."
"Oh!" Sun dug in her pocket and pulled out some worn fabric and handed it to Blackstar, it was one of his gloves! 'This was in my carry on!' He thought "Thanks!" Sun smiled and nodded, she left to go get some water and blackstar thought for a second then smiled "Yep shes like tsubaki"
in the jungle
Kid sat in a tree watching the ground below, he held his net tight and was ready for the prey. Locke was behind the bush ready to attack. They both were waiting for Boone (the bait) to come running with a hog or two. Kid could hear running in the distance and the noise of pig squeals he repositioned himself so he could get a better angle. He could see boone in the distance running toward them with a few hogs behind him. Kid readied himself and just as Boone ran under him he threw the net over the hogs and jumped down next to Boone. It worked for a couple seconds but the hogs started running again with the net dragging behind them and heading toward Kid and Boone "Hey should we run?" Asked Boone kinda cluelessly "YES!" Kid and boone started running through the jungle screaming as the boars chased them but when they reached the end of the trail they realized that the boars were gone! They walked back and saw that Locke had taken down all three of them! "Looks like we have dinner tonight" he said as he slung the hogs kver his shoulder, Boone and Kid starred at him in shock as he walked past them carrying the hogs "Whoa...thats awesome!" Boone said as he turned and followed locke, they had actualky been hunting for a few hours and were now heading back. Kid felt relaxed and smiled a little but something made him pause, "4 8..15...16 23...42. 4...8 15 16...23 42... 815..." he could hear whispers saying these numbers and grew louder as he walked. Kid started to panick and turn around looking for the cause of this but he was in a dark room, these numbers were plastered on the walls and the whispers continued, he stumbled backwards "Kid?" The whispers stopped and kid was back in the jungle, he turnex and saw a confused expression on boone and Lockes faces "you okay?" Kid blinked a couple times "Y-yeah I just need some rest" he was about to follow but something caught his eye, a yellow head band was caught on a tree branch. Kid walked toward it and pulled it off the branch and his eyes widened, it was Souls head band.
"No way..." he placed it in his pocket and followed Boone and Locke back to camp. As they made it to the main trail Kid felt a disturbance in the wavelengths, something was going to happen. He looked around and noticed a second trail with footprints in it,
"Do you guys mind if I take this route?" Locke and boone looked at the trail "Sure, as long as you can find your way back." Kid walked down the trail and could hear the whispers again but pressed on. The trail led to a cross road, kid paused and went down the left trail. He could hear voices in the distance and recognized them "It must be Charlie and Claire... guess they were exploring to.." as he got closer their voices stopped as if they were startled.
"Charlie claire? Is everythjng all-" kid saw charlie standing in front of claire with his arms extended and a few feet in front of him was Ethan. They all looked af kid who starred at them, ethan turned and slowly walked toward kid "Maka didnt tell me you were back yet." Kid felt a streak of fear because he couldnt see Ethans soul, but he stood his ground "Why does it matter?" He said confidently. Suddenly he felt his shoulder being crushed by Ethans hand! Kid struggled to get himself free but felt himself lifted and thrown against a nearby tree! He blacked out for a second but could hear claire scream, kid sat up and looked up at Ethan who was towering over him "Your father shouldnt of sent you here...now you will die" in an instant kid felt a sudden force kick his head against the tree, blood trickled down his forehead as his vision blurred. He felt of piercing pain in his stomach knocking the air out of him. Kid gasped a single breath but Ethan kicked him harder in the chest. There was a small break which gave kid the chance to spit the scarlet blood onto the dirt, as he took a few breaths he saw another figure collapse but when he looked up Ethan slammed his boot against Kid's skull. Kid laid there his eyes opened, his vision was blurring and was soon consumed in darkness.
at camp
Maka rummaged through the leftovers from the wreckage. She was worried about kid's saftey and wanted to find something that could help him with his OCD attacks. "Lets see...theres metal...more metal...and even more metal..." shd sat back and sighed "this is gonna be harder then I thought..." she sat for a moment then had an idea. Maka stood and ran to Shannon who was sun bathing (as usual) "hi shannon! D-do you have any nail polish?" Maka asked trying to sound casual, shannon let out and long sigh then lifted up a bottle of purole nail polish "Here" she held the bottle up and Maka took it,
"Thank you, ill give it back when im done"
"Whatever..." maka ignored shannons rude response and ran back to the pile of metal, she dug around and finally found a piece that was square shaped and wasnt jagged "Perfect!" She took the nail polish and unscrewed the cap and startsd painting.
When she finished and let it dry she skipped back to the caves excited to give it to Kid but when she got there he was gone.
"Oh hes probably still with Locke and Boo-" she saw Locke cleaning his knives and boone at the waterfall. She quickly walked over to Locke "Well hello Maka, how are you?" He said as he placed his knife down.
"Im good... d-do you know where Kid is?" Locke thohght for a moment then remembered "Oh he took another trail on our way back"
"W-Wait why!?" She asked nervously "He was acting a little strange on the way back and I guess he wanted time to himself." Jack ran up to them with Hurley (a larger guy) close behind "Have you guys seen ethan?" Maka dropped Kids present and starred at Jack "Hes...hes g-gone?" "Yeah Charlie and Claire are to" hurley added "Kids gone to!" Maka added, jack saw the worry in her eyes "I-im sure theyre all fine" something caught his attention and he walkdd away with hurley close behind maka waited a second then followed. She hid behind a boulder and listened carefully "Sayid where have you been!?" "Where is Ethan!?" Sayid said hesitantly "I dont know why do you as-" "He is not one of us!" They were quiet "Wh-what do you mean hes not one of us?!"
"Jack think about it, no one remembers him being on the plane, and his name wasnt on the passengers list. He is a spy" jack didnt speak "I knew there was something weird about that dude" hurley added "All that matters is to keep everyone away from him." Jack froze "Dude what is it?" Asked hurley "Charlie, Kid, Claire, and Ethan arent here!"
later
Maka paced back and fourth shaking as Blackstar attempted to calm her down "Maka chill! Its Kid we're talking about, nothing can take him down"
"Y-yeah but h-he couldve had another OCD attack and and that Ethan guy scares me like I cant tell what hes thinking and an-" "Geez now I know how Soul feels.." Makas eyes locked on blackstar "Arent you just the slightest bit worried about kid?"
"No cause I know hes fine!" "Oh like when you two fought Asura and he was stabbed because you didnt listen!" Blackstar stood and clentched his fists "Y know that was a mistake I mad-"
"O-or when you purposely ticked him off so you could fight him!"
"Hey! I needed confiden-"
"Or when you were an asshole to him the first time we all met an-"
"Maka!" Blackstar shouted, "look, I know you're worried about him... but you have to calm down or we'll never find him." She bit her lip and sighed "Youre right..."
"Hey Maka" jack walked up with Kate close behind "locke, boone, and us are going to find charlie claire and kid if you wanted to come alo-"
"Yes!" Maka quickly responded "Blackstars coming with me"
"I am?"
"Yes!" "Perfect, we'll be leaving shortly."
They walked deep into the forest but came to a cross roads Jack studied the three seperate trails "Okay, kate and I will go down the right trail, locke and boone go straight, and Maka and Blackstar go left okay?" They all agreed then separated. Maka and blackstar walked down the mossy path as rain clouds came from the north. Blackstar (who was leading) turned and looked at Maka, she sas starring at the ground and drug her feet.
"Ah cmon Maka! We'll find him!" Blackstar said trying to cheer her up,
"Yeah...I just keep thinking tha-" maka stopped in her tracks, she starred at the ground as she could feel a weak soul wavelength in the distance. She looked up then darted past Blackstar "Maka wait!" Makas heart pounded as she jumped over the tree roots and bolted passed boulders, 'Kid im coming!' Was all she thought as she ran down the trail, she came to a screeching halt and froze, Blackstar finally caught up "What is wrong with you!? Why did yo-" Maka let out a scream of pure terror as she starred ahead. There was a tree with a body tied to the truck by its limbs, the body's eyes were blindfolded but one thing stood out. The three lines of Sanzu that stopped half way around its hair, it was Kid.