Chapter Five - Where Is She?

*Flashback*

Stein had decided to keep Lord Death's 2-year-old son in overnight after his mother brought him in with a broken wrist.

As the boy, with his broken wrist now in a cast, sat and played with some wooden building blocks that had been laid out for him, Stein sat next to him on the floor and talked to him as he played.

"What're you building there Kid?" asked the Dr

"Daddy's House" replied Death The Kid as he put the blocks in his desired position. "Need's another piece…"

Stein reached into the box of blocks and pulled out a pyramid shaped red block.

"Here, how about this one?" he smiled, holding the block towards the boy.

Kid looked at the block and shook his head rapidly, followed by him folding his arms as if he was pouting.

"Nuh-uh!" he snapped "Don't look the same! Not Sim-ect-ical!"

Stein giggled at the way Kid said the word "Symmetrical". Lord knows where the whole obsession with Symmetry came from but it was pretty adorable. As Kid played, Stein decided to ask him a few questions about all the injuries he had.

"Kid, can you tell me how you hurt your wrist?" He asked gently

Kid stopped dead in his tracks and dropped the block he was holding. He avoided eye contact with Stein and just stared at the floor.

"I…I hurt it in a door…" he said quietly.

"Oh you poor thing…" Stein sighed, merely humouring the boy's obvious lie "But I bet Mommy kissed it better for you didn't she?"

Kid's tiny body began shaking. His little heart began to beat so hard Stein could practically hear it. Too afraid to tell the truth, he simply nodded back at the professor. Stein had another question to ask…

"Who do you love the best Kid? Mommy or Daddy?"

This would be a really tough question for any child to answer. Under normal circumstances, a child would probably chose both parents, not wishing to hurt either's feelings but, with Abuse victims it can be a little more complicated.

"Mommy." Replied Kid instantly and rather coldly.

"Why's that?" he asked, clearly puzzled by the child's reaction.

"Because Daddy never helps me." Answered Kid, tears soon filling his eyes "I cry and cry but don't matter how much I cry he don't come and help me."

"Doesn't help you with what?"

"When I hurt…"

*Flashback Ends*

There was a knock at the door.

"Yeah? Who is it?" asked Stein

"It's me." Said the voice behind the door.

"Ah. Come in Kid"

Death The Kid walked into the office. Glancing over at Stein's horribly un-symmetrical desk and saw a brown paper envelope with his name printed on the front.

"What's that?" he asked politely

Stein quickly shoved the envelope into one of the desk drawers.

"Oh that, it's nothing!" he smiled "So, how's your head today? You had a nasty fall."

Kid suddenly scowled at the doctor.

"Oh don't worry." He spat "It can't be any worse than the OTHER injuries I got as a child!"

"So you were told?" he sighed as he reached over to grab an old steel chair. "I guess you wanna talk about it huh?"

Kid said nothing. He simply walked over to the chair and sat down. He reached into his pocket, pulled out the photos and slammed them on the Stein's desk.

"Where's my mother!" he said loudly, his voice filled to the brim with rage.

Stein glanced down at the photos and the memories of all the injuries he treated Kid for came flooding back to him. Envisioning the scared little boy's face in his mind made his heart drop with sadness. Of course Kid would want to confront her...still he felt hesitant to give the young shinigami an answer, unaware of what he might do.

"I know you're upset…" he said "But I really don't think-"

"Tell me where she is Dammit!"

At this point, Kid was furious. Sick of all the secrets, all he wanted to do was to find her and ask her why she did all those cruel things to him.

"Please Stein…" he said sadly as he started to tear up "I just…I just want to know why she did it…"

Stein handed Kid a tissue to wipe his eyes.

"Your father forbade me to tell you because he didn't want her anywhere near you." He said "I can't just go against his orders like that Kid."

Without warning, Kid dropped to his knees and bowed low to the floor as if he was begging for his life.

"Please!" he begged "Please! I…I just want an answer…"

Adjusting the bolt in his head, Stein sighed as he reached for a piece of plain paper and an old, chewed pencil. Kid rose to his feet as he heard the professor writing something down.

"Here." He sighed as he handed Kid the paper "This address is where your father sent her when he…well, when he found out what she did."

Kid said nothing. He simply wiped his tears and stuffed the paper into his pocket. Just as he was about to turn to leave, Stein had one more thing to say.

"Hold on. Make sure you take someone with you! Be it Liz and Patty or Maka or anyone. Just don't go alone."

Kid clenched his fists by his side.

"With all due respect Stein…" he said coldly "I'm not a child anymore. I won't let her hurt me again. And don't worry, I won't tell my father you told me where she is…"

On that note, Kid left the room.

Stein couldn't help but feel uneasy about the whole situation. He looked at the photos once again, thinking of how guilty he'd feel if something happened to Kid and he'd end up in hospital like last time…despite what Kid said…He'd have to arrange some back-up…

Author's Note: OMG I am SOOOOO Sorry for the long wait guys :( I feel so horrible for making you wait! You guys have given me so many awesome reviews and I'm so grateful! I'm currently training to be a teaching assistant and my college work caught up with me so I haven't had much time :( in fact, even as I write this it's around 1:45am and I'm only keeping myself awake with energy drinks…

Anyway…Here's the new chapter :) Big stuff happening next chapter :) Will Kid get the answers he wants? Find out next chapter :)