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Spirit Albarn was pacing back and forth in the Death City police station. He was in the room along with Mr. Death, or just Death as most people call him, Sid, Nygus, Masamune Nakatskasa, and Wes Evans.
"Look, my daughter was supposed to be in Florida three days ago and I haven't received any call from her saying otherwise. Something's wrong!" Spirit exclaimed.
"I understand that sir, but we can't do anything until we've received a probable cause. Not receiving any phone calls doesn't necessarily mean anything." The secretary said.
Before Spirit could say anything that would get him arrested, Death cut in, "I don't know if you understand this, but my son, Death the Kid, was on that plane, along with six other kids. If I understood correctly, the pilot had some heart conditions in the past."
"Yes, and just because the pilot was cleared to fly that day, doesn't mean he couldn't have experienced heart failure." Nygus added. She was a nurse at the local hospital, so she knew what she was talking about. Sid, her husband, nodded in agreement.
"I understand that, but-!"
The secretary was cut off by the head of police, Jonathon Marshall. "What seems to be the problem here? I heard arguing and I want to see if I can clear up any misunderstandings."
Marshall knew them all personally, so of course he would help them. It also helped that Death was the principle of the prestigious school, Shibusen.
Death spoke up, "My son, along with six other kids did not arrive at their hotel in Florida. They've been missing like this for three days."
Marshall nodded, "Yes, this does seem to be a problem. If you all would just come with me and answer some questions, I will see what I can do."
The four adults complied and followed Marshall into his office. "I apologize on the secretary's behalf. She's new at this."
Spirit didn't say anything. He was too worried about Maka.
"It's quite alright." Death said.
"Now I need you to tell me who the teenagers are and what your relationship is with them." Marshall requested.
Death listed off the teens' names. "Kid is my son." He then said.
Sid and Nygus explained that that Black*Star is their adopted son and Spirit said that Maka is his daughter.
Wes looked at Marshall and said, "Soul's my brother."
"Tsubaki is my sister." Masamune said.
A flash of confusion crossed Marshall's face, "Where are your parents?"
"They're at work. My parents seem to believe in the philosophy that their career comes before everything else." Wes said. They never did seem to have time for their youngest son…
"And my parents are over in Japan. My sister and I transferred over to America for educational opportunities." Masamune explained.
"Hmm. And what about the Thompson sisters? Do they have anybody we can contact?" The head of police asked.
"No. They died when they were young." Death responded, "The sisters live alone."
Marshall nodded in understanding while writing everything down on a notepad.
"Okay, first thing we are going to is check in with the airport the teenagers were supposed to land in and we'll get the needed information." Marshall concluded. "We'll call you for further information."
The adults all said goodbye to the head of police and left the station.
XxXxX
Evening was falling fast in the forest. The people were stuffed with the fish from the creek and were now relaxing by the cave.
Maka had commanded Soul to massage her back and had told Black*Star to rub her feet.
"Oh, this feels really good." Maka's face contorted in frustration, "Black*Star, pick up the pace, you're slacking." Maka said.
In response, Black*Star narrowed his eyes and applied more pressure onto Maka's feet.
Soul sighed and looked at Maka's calf. The bleeding has stopped a considerable amount now, which was pretty good. Now the only thing they could do was to keep it from getting infected.
Or keep any more bacteria from entering the gash, at least.
"Okay, you guys are free for the time being. I'm going to read before it gets any darker. I have to know if Tris ever forgave Al or not!" Gleefully, Maka sprang up.
A wave of dizziness and nausea washed over her. She swayed a little and blinked the black spots out of her eyes before carefully walking over to her bag.
No one noticed.
"Alright, the fire is done!" Patty called out.
"It's about time too. It's pretty dark out." Kid said, looking up at the darkening sky.
"Hey Maka, you are going to go blind if you read right now." Soul absently warned.
"I won't go blind. Besides, I'm at the part where Tris finds out that-!" Maka was cut off.
"No one really cares." Black*Star deadpanned.
"Silence servant. No one asked for your opinion." Maka
"Servant? I'm not a-!"
"Ah, but yes you are. You could have avoided this if you didn't lose the bet." Maka shrugged, "But you did. You can't do anything about it now." Maka went back to her book.
She was intently reading the pages until someone plucked the book from her hands, "Soul's right about your eyesight going bad if you read in this light." Liz shoved the book into Maka's bag.
Maka calmly waited until Liz was a good distance away before she pulled her book from her bag. If they didn't want her to read, then they should've taken the bag away from her…
The sun had completely disappeared from the sky and the only light Maka had was the fire. The others were chatting about random things, but then finally noticed Maka squinting at her book.
"She's unbelievable…" Liz shook her head in disbelief.
"Maka, reading in the dark is not good for you!" Tsubaki cautioned.
"It's not entirely dark right now. I have the light from the fire!" Maka said, looking up from her book.
"Whatever. I'm going to laugh when you have to wear glasses next year." Soul said, closing his eyes.
Maka glared at him. She then froze when she focused on something in the dark sky. She calmed down a little when she noticed it was just a bird landing in a tree, but then she narrowed her eyes.
"Ugh, I really don't like birds." She muttered.
Tsubaki turned around. Her indigo eyes brightened, "An owl! I love owls!" Black*Star chuckled at his girlfriend's reaction.
Kid looked at Maka, "Hey Maka, how come you don't like birds? You seem to give them the death stare every time you see one."
Maka sighed and closed her green eyes, "Well, it all started with a really creepy dream. It didn't help that the following day; almost every single bird that lives in Death City were staring at me, following me, and landing on my shoulder."
"Ooh, tell us about the creepy dream!" Patty exclaimed.
"Oh no, let's spare Maka the effort, Patty! I don't think she wants to talk about it anyways…" Liz laughed nervously.
"I wanna hear about the dream, though!" Patty whined.
Maka sighed again, "Let's just say that ostriches are not supposed to fly." She shivered, remembering the dream she once had.
Black*Star laughed, "I can't believe the tough Maka is afraid of birds!" Soul snickered when Black*Star said that.
Maka scowled, "You have no room to talk, Black*Star! You were afraid of a little bunny rabbit!" Now everyone was trying to hold in their laughter.
"For the last time, it's a strong dislike, not a fear! Besides, a big man like me is not afraid of anything!" Then Black*Star smirked at Maka, "You know, I remember this one time-!"
"Nope, don't speak. I forbid you." Maka held her hand up.
"You can't make me be-!"
"I have a book. You don't want to test me."
Black*Star glared at Maka, but didn't say anything. Maka-Chops do hurt, you know…
Silence washed over the gang. It stayed like that until Tsubaki spoke up, "Do you think anyone is looking for us? We've been missing for a couple of days now."
"I'm sure that my father has noticed we are missing. He would've gotten a call from the pilot when we landed and, well, Josh can't really do that…" Kid said reassuringly.
"Yeah, and Maka's dad is probably calling the FBI, CIA, or whatever government agencies that handle missing people." Soul said with a shrug.
"Yeah, Dad is probably going insane with not knowing where I am right now…" Maka agreed. Liz and Tsubaki absently nodded while Patty was asleep on her sister's shoulder from boredom.
"How long do you think we will be out here?" Liz asked to nobody in particular.
"I don't know. I really don't want to think about it to be honest." Kid said.
That statement put a new thought into everybody's head. How long were they going to stay out here in the wilderness? And will they be able to survive a long period of time if no one found them?
It definitely wasn't very pleasant to think about.
Then a rumbling sound of thunder appeared. It could be heard in the distance, "I guess it's going to rain tonight." Liz said, looking up at the sky, "Which is weird, considering there were absolutely no clouds earlier."
"Weather can be weird sometimes like that sometimes." Kid replied. It thundered again, but this time it was louder.
"Yeah, we should probably go inside the cave now before it rains." Maka suggested.
Everybody complied while Liz dragged a very sleepy Patty into the cave and Kid put out the fire.
Yeah, I'm not very proud of this chapter. I honestly had no idea what to write, and this is the product of a brain dead mind.
And I am SOOO sorry for not updating sooner! Between my very tiring summer camps (my parents believe in "productivity" in the summer. :P) and an incureable disease called procrastination, I kinda put this off... And to warn you, there might be another late update next week. But the week after should be faster!
So, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! And please review! It's an author's best friend! ;)