Maka was surprised that night and day seemed to be correlated with her night and day at home when Kid so carelessly kidnapped her into another universe it was 10 and it seemed to be around the same time here and she still hadn't slept. Honestly she thought it was a bit of a dis advantage to her but Kid didn't seem the type to play fair, or accept someone asking for him to. As the thought it took around 20 minutes for her to reach the entrance, or at least where it should be. The wall was tall, like more than five elephants stacked on each other huge, and as an added bonus; she couldn't find the damned entrance.
She walked across the wall running her fingers against it trying to find an in, "you know you can just ask how to get in" she spun around to find someone sitting behind her. "Another idiot trying to get in, why does everyone want to get themselves killed?" he had white hair, and a black jacket; he was hunched like he had been sitting there for years, his shoulders rounded forward.
She crossed her arms and faced him "what concern is it of yours, old man" she snapped and he looked up glaring at her.
"I'm the keeper of the gate so you'd better talk nicely or you won't get anywhere" she froze, his eyes were blood red and his teeth were sharpened into points. Okay the thought be nice to the scary monster.
She stared at him before she frowned "you look like a teenager."
He rolled his eyes getting up, "nicely spotted, Holmes any more brilliant deductions" he snarked and she smiled slightly, okay, a funny guy.
"So you know how to get in?" she asked and he raised an eyebrow.
"No, I'm the keeper of the Gate but I have no idea how to open it, of course I know how to get in; whether or not I let you in is a different story."
Maka scowled "why wouldn't you let me in?" honestly this guy was a bit of an ass, why would he not let her in to go to her death? It was a simple request.
"Because Maka, Kid doesn't want you to win and I want to keep my head attached to the rest of my body" he walked past her and she found herself following him, wait how does he know my name? She frowned and repeated the question and he looked over his shoulder; "how could I no? Kid only spends most of his time creeping about you" she shivered in revulsion. How much time had Kid spent watching her? "Anyway, I'm surprised he hadn't abducted you sooner, although" he turned and looked her over "no offence but you don't look overly remarkable."
She huffed ignoring his comment "well how exactly are you, besides keeper of a dumb invisible gate, you're not that impressive if you ask me" she sniffed and he looked over, slightly offended. "I'm Soul Eater" right because that's a freaking normal name wait SOUL EATER. As in EATING SOULS. Like a Kishen or pre-Kishen, and he had abnormal looks and oh, god.
"You're not a Kishen are you" she squeaked and he looked over, slightly amused before he leaned close into her personal space.
"Why? Do I scare you?" she shook her head and he just grinned wider "well you should, you should be scared of everything here, everything can kill you and most will want to."
She stepped back shaking slightly and he looked back over her before turning to the wall. "You can go in now" she looked up and there was an opening he looked over, his eyes bored "the best way to move forward is to admit when you're lost or scared, Maka"
"I can go in?" she asked still slightly shaken by his speech, he crossed his arms again .
Yeah but I wouldn't suggest or indorse it; you're not going to get out, Maka. Even if you reach Kid, he won't let you go; he isn't right in the head."
She nodded but moved forward and turned back to him "I figured, but that's a risk I'll have to take" She walked in and looked up and down the curved passage way she turned back to Soul through the closing doors, he looked back up "also Maka, be careful of-" the door closed on them and She was alone.
Twenty minutes in and I'm lost, she though bitterly and turned back from the latest dead end. There were so many around there were no way show would find her way. She frowned "yeah, well no matter how many dead ends I'll find the way there. I'm perfectly okay" she snarled at the ground. Maka had begun to skim her hand across the wall after her when to lean on one and fell through. She had been in there for nearly half of an hour and felt like it was pointless. She found a fake wall and ran up it, taking different turns and she felt like she was actually getting somewhere.
She could start to see the moon creeping over the wall and ran faster until she came to a left or right turn. She picked right and ended up at a dead end. Again. Maka shouted and kicked the wall before yelping, stupid hard walls always abusing me, she knew what this was, the Labyrinth could be manipulated by its maker, and she knew who that was. "I'm not giving up kid! She shouted into the void "so you can stop messing with me." She turned around to find herself boxed in "oh, Hell no! Kid you Jackass, you let me out right NOW!" and he did at that very moment. He took the floor away.
It was not an Alice in Wonderland moment with a long and slow fall full of bookshelves and marmalade. This was fast and terrifying and Maka screamed like a preteen meeting Justin Bieber (except this was fear). This is it; I'll never get into an Ivy League school unless they give scholarships to the dead.
A minute after Maka accepted her fact she landed, in a pair of arms to be specific. "Wow from your screaming you'd think you were dying" she looked up to find Soul's good for nothing smirk aimed at her. Nope, she thought I accepted death don't give me this. "I have to say though, a gave you a max of 5 minutes but you lasted 20" he moved, putting her up right and onto her feet. "You're alive and have all your limbs so why don't you quit while you have a head." She frowned confused and he rolled his eyes "come on Maka you must see you can't win, just give up go home; live."
Maka felt outraged, "no, I've got this far and I'm not going back I've done great and I would be going better in that good for nothing, psychotic, evil son of a-" Soul clamped his hand over my mouth looking terrified.
"Shit, Maka do you want him to kill you?" she glared at him and grumbled and he scowled "don't think he won't, he's done it before. Now I'm going to get you out of this god dammed labyrinth and you're going to leave" Soul snapped and Maka opened her mouth, biting down on his hand and he jumped back "Death!, you nutcase that hurt."
Maka stepped away from him, "well that's too bad because I'm not giving up, I don't quit on family, not like my parents do" she glared up at him and she looked frustrated just to be near her. Soul growled yeah growled, I'm still not convinced he is human, and grabbed her wrist, hard.
Maka yelped and he pulled her forward and leaning close the face "You're a stubborn thick headed idiot! Even if you got to the Academy do you think he would hand your father over? Not freaking likely, if you go to him he won't let you or your father go. I'm doing what's best. Right now that's getting you the hell away from here and Kid."
Maka felt her nose start to twitch and her eyes water no, you are not crying in front of this bastard "please" she sniffed "I have to, it's my entire fault. I did this. I have to fix it." She whimpered and then yep I'm crying good job Albarn. Soul looked increasingly distressed at his situation.
"Shit, Maka don't cry please" he rubbed his forehead and looked back to the crying teen and groaned "Fine. Fine; I know people near the city they can help you get in, just stop crying please."
Sniffing she looked up and wiped under her eyes, thank god she didn't wear makeup; her face would be a mess, instead of just red and blotchy. "You won't stay with me?" she asked and he looked at her, and looked for a long while before shaking his head and laughed
"No I'm already asking for it doing this much, anymore time near you and I'd be looking at treason, I'm already in deep enough." He sighed "come on let's get out of under here."
Soul and Maka walked under the very grey, very boring underground tunnels for nearly an hour looking of a way out. Maka found the false alarms amusing; they were large tribal looking statues of heads that yelling things like 'go back' and 'you're going the wrong way'. Soul got into a fight with one, saying that they weren't the bloody tourists so it could shut up. The amusement started to dry up as she got tireder. Soul started to pull on her hand trying to get her to go faster "Come on Maka, we need to go faster do you what Kid to think something's up."
She yawned "you know you're pretty scared of him, why don't you stand up four yourself?" he looked back at her, a haunted look in his eye and shook his head.
"I tried I failed and I'm just trying to stay alive now." He sat her down on the side of the path and said he was going to quickly look for the exit while she took a rest. Maka nodded and watched him walk away then closed her eyes.
She jolted away nearly five minutes later when someone spoke "You should have given up my dear" She looked up to see Kid standing opposite her, leaning against the wall. She shot up, looking up the tunnel to where Soul had gone "Oh, don't even try it, you can't run from me, Love" she smiled and looked at her in a fond way, yeah like a cat looks fondly at a mouse.
I stand tall and face him head on "you don't get to talk to me like that, like you know me." She snarled and his amber eyes steeled, he kicked against the wall, swiftly closing the gap between them. He held one arm against the wall close to her neck his arm slightly covering her body but just enough s she couldn't move.
He cupped her cheek in s soft way that contrasted his obvious rage. Despite all the feelings of fear and dread he radiated toward her Maka lifted her chin defiantly, returning the cold glare. He snarled and she flinched back "I can talk to you any way I please, Love, you're mine".
Maka raised herself again. "I am not yours" she snarled "and I'm not scared of you so you can take yourself and toss off because I'm not afraid of you" she spat back and he smiled, somehow he made that look terrifying and smug.
He moved back slightly "you would do better to be afraid of me and you should watch your tone, I don't like it" he said almost too softly and his hand moved away from her face only to be replaced by a sharp sting, he slapped me! Actually did that.
"Don't touch her you slimy piece of" Soul came running from the tunnel and stopped "Kid" he choked out.
Kid turned to him and sneered "oh Evans, what a surprise. Not that you're here, could never stay in line could you? No I notice you're going in the wrong direction you are escorting her out are you not?" Soul looked down clenching his fist. Maka stepped forward blocking Soul from Kid.
"That's cheating you can't do that." She snapped, irritated "I got that far you had no right to try and get him to take me back" she stepped up and Kid regarded her unemotionally.
"My love, I don't think you quite understand" he drawled "this labyrinth is mine, I make the rules. You are just playing my game. Well as it is I can't have Evans forgetting who's in charge again" he pulled out a gun from his jacket. Maka stepped back and she felt an arm snake around her middle and pull her back and behind Soul. The gunshot resounded in the tunnel and Soul fell forward, one arm holding him up slightly as he gasped for air
Maka moved to his side, kneeling next to him. She looked up furiously to where kid was but he had disappeared again. She helped Soul turn around so he was sitting properly, he clutched his chest and he whacked his hand away, she moved his shirt up, there was a long white scar but no gunshot wound she looked up confused and he shrugged weakly giving a half-assed attempt at a re-assuring smile "it shot my soul not actually my body the bullets from his guns are actually worse that lead though" he explained, "trust me it hurts more but" he groaned getting up holding his chest" it takes less time to recover, come on I found our way out"