1 month after the previous chapter
death grocery store
"ah, symmetry! Such wonderful symmetry!"
anyone who's watched soul eater pretty much whatsoever knows who just said that remark.
If you don't, congratulations! You are officially more stupid then a rock.
Anyways, kid, liz and patty walked out of the grocery store, each carrying a bag of groceries; kid in the center, flanked by his two weapons.
This particular bit of adoration from kid came from the fact that he had managed to buy 8 of every item they needed, AND managed to arrange them exactly symmetrical in the bags!
Which had taken an extra half-hour.
Much to liz' displeasure.
Of course, patty didn't care, because… c'mon. she's patty.
Anyways, the trio were walking through death city, carrying their bags (kid marveling symmetry, liz complaining about how her nails would be ruined, patty singing a song about giraffes) when a voice from a nearby alley said, "hey. You in the tux."
As kid stopped and turned to see who had spoken, huge arms reached from the dark alleyway, and scooped the trio in!
Before they could even register what was happening, they were pinned against the wall, by a thief, a mugger.
It was too dark to really see him, but what they could register of him were tattered jeans, and a bare, muscular chest. His eyes and most of his head other then his mouth was covered by a black bandage.
"dammit kid!" said liz, temporarily ignoring the mugger. "when a voice from a dark alley tells you to stop, DON'T STOP!"
"technically, he did not tell me to stop, he merely addressed me." Kid said. "furthermore, simply ignoring someone like that would be incredibly rude, Elizabeth, and I have more manners then you do."
Liz facepalmed. Or she would have, had the mugger not had them all pinned against the wall, side by side, one hand on either side of them, his head inches away from kid's.
The mugger smiled, his teeth showing. They now saw that his teeth were sharp and pointy, like soul's.
"kid… how much do you have in your wallet right now?" said liz, turning back into the scaredy-cat we all know and love.
"n-not much." Said kid, his cool composure slightly breaking. This man's wavelength… so negative… so much hatred…
The man suddenly laughed. A chuckle which sounded like a hoe being dragged over gravel.
"oh, I do not wish your money." He said, in a bizarre accent. Impossible for even the many-language kid to place.
"a-a r-r-rapist?" said liz, cowering. She had thought she was rid of those ever since she left the streets of new york!
"oh, I do not wish your bodies either. Though…" the mugger's head turned to Liz, a pointed tongue snaking from his teeth and licking his lips. "…yours does look particularly delicious."
"meep." Said liz, clutching kid's sleeve with the hand closer to him.
"liz get off! You're making me unsymmetrical!" kid said, jerking away from her as best he can.
Symmetry. He can't forget it for a second.
"no, I seek not your money, or bodies…" the mugger said. "I merely seek… sustenance…"
"sustenance? Y-you mean… food?" said liz. "you want our… out groceries?" a light appeared at the end of the tunnel.
"Hee hee! Mr mugger's just hungry!" said patty cheerily.
"correct, child. I am… hungry…" at this, his head darted back to liz, his snake tongue licking her cheek. Liz made a small squeaking noise, like a mouse being stepped on.
Then, with incredible speed, the mugger's arms shot closed on the three bags of food, and he sped off down the alleyway, leaving just a tub of cool whip® in his wake.
"well… that's a relief… ok heart, you can start beating again." Said Liz, a small, relieved smile appearing on her weary face.
"oh oh… kid' maaaddd…" said patty, making a little pose at kid.
"such perfect symmetry…" kid said, picking up the tub of cool whip. "destroyed by that barbarian…"
"liz! Patty! Weapon forms! We're going after him! Let's teach that bastard a lesson in symmetry!"
"roger dodger!" said patty.
"o-ok." Said liz. Now that kid was wielding them, her fear had vanished.
The duo transformed into pistols, landing perfectly in death's hands, who rode on his skateboard after the mugger.
Seconds later, the mugger came into sight. Hearing, kid's skateboard wheels rolling on the ground, he could tell kid was right on top of him.
"shit!" the mugger said. he sped up, but human legs were no match for a death-god-powered skateboard. Kid bore down on him, and fired a pair of pistol blasts directly into his head.
The mugger stopped. "uh… u-uh…" he made small gasping noises, his head reaching back to where a large chunk of his neck had been blown off. A couple more blasts from kid severed it entirely, leaving the man's head brutally decapitated from his body.
Kid slowed down, hopping off his skateboard, tossing the Thompson sisters behind him, who turned back into human form.
"kid… that guy wasn't even an kishin… you kind of overdid it…" said liz, turning a little green at the sight of the blood spewing from the body. The head, still covered by the bandadge, twitched a little at the corner of it's mouth.
"who cares? That bastard got what he richly deserved." Said kid, picking up the stolen groceries. "liz! Patty! I'm going to rearrange these so they are symmetrical again. You two clean up the mess."
"kee hee! Ok!" said patty, flouncing over to the decapitated body and head.
But then, as the trio acted…
The decapitated body sat up.
Liz screamed, shrilly.
The body got on it's hands and knees, and patted its hands around the alley floor. At first the trio didn't know what it was doing. But then they knew. It was searching for its head.
Kid got into a fighting stance, prepared to counter if the body suddenly attacked.
The body found its head, which had rolled to the edge of the alley. With fumbling hands, it managed to place the head back upon it's neck.
"what's it doing?" said kid. "it's not like its head is going to magically reattatch itself…"
"actually, it just did."
The gravely voice made the trio jump. The mugger got to his feet, and slowly turned to face the trio.
"you try anything, and we'll kick your ass!"
"symmetrically."
"kya ha ha!"
"no…" said the mugger, his voice cracking. He suddenly THUNKed to the floor of the alley, cradling his head in his hands, sobbing his eyes out. Was it a trick? No… those were real tears! "please! No more! It… it hurt so bad… guhh…" he sobbed.
The trio stared. Five minutes ago, this had been a blood thirsty monster, but now, he was sobbing helplessly, at their mercy.
Patty bounced over to the mugger, and (ignoring the other two's protests, warning her to be careful) gave him a hug.
The mugger's head shot out of his hands, staring at patty through the bandadges. Then, slowly, a smile appeared on his face, and he hugged patty back. "thank you…" he said.
Liz' heart opened up to this stranger. After all, she had risen on the streets, too, and this poor stranger was in an even worse state then the Thompson sisters had been on their worst day. She slowly walked over, and patted the mugger on his bandaged head. "hey. You're gonna catch a cold without a shirt like that. C'mon back to our place. We'll warm you up." She looked at kid briefly, for conformation that this was good with him. Kid nodded. Though this dirty stranger would mess up the symmetry of his home, he wasn't completely heartless.
Gently, liz and patty stood the exhausted mugger up. Liz delicately unwrapped the bandage from his head; she was curious to see what was under there.
The mugger's hand shot to where Liz was unwrapping the bandage. "you can look under there… but it's not a pretty sight." He said.
Liz nodded, and the mugger's hand lifted off of hers, allowing her to unwrap the bandage the rest of the way, and see his true face.
It was green hair.
(did you expect doctor Frankenstein? –annoying author)
Liz gasped, recognizing him from soul and maka's description. "you…"
"yes Elizabeth." The mugger said, turning to look at her with those eyes, one brown, one yellow-black.
"how… how do you know my name?" said Liz.
"it's a long tale…" The mugger said, walking out of the alley into the dark night, patty still clinging to his bare chest obliviously, "…and I wish to do it justice. I shall tell it to you, once we reach gallows manor."
Liz and Kid looked at each other. Then they turned, and followed the stranger into the dark night.