Hi there! shadowmistx98 here!

Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater.

After a week of staying in Maka's apartment, everything made Maka very comfortable, forgetting what happened last time. Carlos had been absent for the days which made his classmates suspicious. It was Friday and Maka and Soul decided to spend the day out. Liz, Patty, Tsubaki and Black Star had moved out. Soul parked the motorcycle in front of the restaurant she and Soul went in with their first date and the restaurant they favored.

"After you" Soul smiled at her as Maka went inside first.

"Why thank you! What a gentleman" she smiled back and went in. Soul followed her and they both searched for a table to sit. They saw an empty one and approached it but they didn't see Carlos sitting there staring at them. Soul's grip on Maka's hand tightened. Maka gulped.

"Oh, it seems you two have stumbled upon me… Would you care to share a table with me?" Carlos asked arrogantly. Soul returned him a snob.

"C'mon, let's go…" Soul whispered to Maka. They both turned their back away from him and went out. Carlos smirked and got up.

"Urgh… And that guy had the nerve to speak to us…" Soul and Maka went to the motorcycle. Soul gave her helmet. Maka sighed.

"Hey! Why are you guys ignoring me?" Carlos went out of the restaurant with a large grin on his face as he approached the two. Maka glared at him.

"You know the answer, don't you? Now bug off…" Soul scowled at him. Carlos went to Maka. She automatically took one step backward making Soul twitch.

"Aw, don't be like that… Soul was it? I was just going to talk to Ma-!" Soul instantly cut him off by grabbing his collar.

"Don't you make a mistake getting close to her… I swear, if you do what you did the last time, I won't be able to hold back…." Soul hissed at him. Carlos raised his arms like he's innocent. He then sighed and put them down. He slowly backed away as Soul loosened his grip on his collar.

"C'mon, let's go Maka" Soul hopped on his motorcycle and wore his helmet. Maka followed him and soon enough, Soul drove his way to Maka's apartment. Carlos followed them with his eyes and grinned largely enough for people to assume he's crazy.

Soul and Maka went in the apartment.

"Sorry, we weren't even able to eat because of that bastard…." Soul sat on the couch. Maka smiled and shook her head.

"I should thank you for being there for me… And besides, I can still cook for both of us!" Maka smiled at him sweetly that made Soul at ease.

"Ok… But I'll help, alright?" Soul stood up. "Sure! Two heads are better than one, aren't they?" Maka chuckled as Soul went to the kitchen with her.

Kid was in Liz's house, arranging the furniture symmetrically. Patty gawked at him as he lifted up the table with his bare hands, quite amazed on how he did this. Then Liz came following what Patty was doing.

"Is he done yet?" Liz whispered to Patty. Patty giggled as she shook her head. Liz sighed and looked at the sweating Kid.

"Um, Kid? Maybe you would want to take a break for a moment?" Liz shouted from afar to make her voice loud and clear from his side.

"Um, no thank you!" Kid glanced at her.

"Then, maybe you would want some refreshments?" Liz asked again.

"Oh, if you could, please! An orange juice would be fine, just remember to place three equal cubes on it!" Kid answered. Patty laughed.

"Sis, why did you like him, anyway?" Patty turned to his sister. Liz smiled.

"I have no idea" Liz laughed with her sister. "Well, keep eye on him, I'll be in the kitchen preparing this symmetrical refreshment!" Liz went to the kitchen as Patty nodded.

"Yes!" Patty twitched and looked at Kid who was already done arranging the room.

"Whoa…. It really is symmetrical…." Patty looked around. Liz came back with three glasses of juice on a tray.

"Wow! Way to go, babe!" Liz approached him with a smile.

"Why, thank you, I really appreciate it" Kid grabbed a towel and wiped his sweat. Liz placed the tray on the table on its center so Kid won't have a symmetry fit. She distributed the glasses to Patty, Kid and to herself.

"So, how is Maka?" Kid asked Liz.

"Oh, yeah… She's been pretty fine now that Carlos is absent for days now… But I can't help but worry…" Liz said sadly.

"I can't believe someone could go far in doing that…" she added. Kid sighed.

"Yesterday…" Kid started. Liz and Patty looked at him as he said this.

"I browsed through my father's records of the students in the school… And I came across his…" Kid drank.

"What did it say?" Patty asked. Kid took a deep breath.

"His records in his old school are bullying, violence and many bad things… He also had this psychological problem of having a split personality…" Kid said. "Records say, once he doesn't get something what he wants, he'll g violent to the point of hurting someone. He would also do anything…" Kid added. Liz's eyes widened.

"Basing on last week, Carlos wants Maka… Does that mean…?" Liz looked worriedly at Kid. Kid nodded.

"It would be best if we check on her everyday… She isn't that safe…" Kid looked at their worried faces.

The next morning (Saturday), Maka and Soul woke up very early. They were cleaning some stuff around the apartment since it was starting to get dirty. Soul was dusting the books on the shelves one by one, banging his head as his headphones blasted his ears with music.

"Soul! I'm just going to get the trash out!" Maka shouted.

"Uh, yeah! Want me to do that instead?" he asked back.

"No, I'm fine!" Maka shouted back. "You sure?" he asked again.

"Uhuh!" Maka didn't find Soul's asking irritating. She smiled at Soul's caring personality. She was very lucky, she had to admit that, that she ended up with him. Maka opened the door outside. Her apartment room was on the third floor. She walked out with the garbage bags. It was quiet because people were still sleeping. This is what she loved with mornings. She took a deep breath and headed to her right but suddenly someone from behind her covered her mouth with a handkerchief. It had an unusual smell. It's like it was meant for people to fall asleep. She struggled to break free or at least make some noise. She hit one of the vases in display and it shattered on the ground on the hallway. No one came by as expected. Everyone was still sleeping and Soul had his headphones on. Maka could only think of one thing in her mind as she started to lose sight.

"Soul…" then everything went black.

"Black Star! I told you, I can manage cleaning up the dishes. Are you ok? Are you hurt?" Tsubaki ran to Black Star who just broke a glass for water. Tsubaki looked at him worriedly as he stared at it.

"Is there something wrong?" Tsubaki asked. Black Star sighed and shook his head.

"I just felt something bad happened… I don't know why though…" Black Star headed to the storage to grab the broom.

"And what might that be?" Tsubaki asked a little curious. Black Star went back to her and handed her the broom. He shook his head and smiled at her goofily.

"It's nothing! You don't need to worry about your god!" Black Star patted her back. Tsubaki smiled at him as she cleaned the mess up.

Soul had noticed that it has been 10 minutes since Maka left to throw the garbage outside. He uneasily placed the books on the shelf and removed his headphones. He went to the door and to his surprise, it was open. His eyes widened as he gulped hardly. He rushed out of the room and looked at both directions. As soon as he looked at his right he saw a broken vase on the ground and beside it was the trash bag. He went to it and saw a small piece of paper. He quickly opened it. It said:

You'll never see her again! She's all mine! Hahaha!

No doubt, Carlos was the one behind this.

"Argh!" Soul kicked the wall and punched it.

"Damn it!" Soul went back in and got his jacket. "Jackass…" he mumbled. "He belongs in a mental hospital! " he breathed heavily as he looked for Maka's phone. She must've had it. He picked his cellphone up and started to her cellphone.

*beep* The number you dialed cannot be reached. Please try again la-

Soul almost threw his cellphone on the ground. He bit his lip and closed his fists tightly. He then began to call Black Star.

"Hey, Soul. What's up?" Black Star greeted him.

"Black Star, Maka's in trouble, we need to meet up. NOW!" Soul locked the door to the apartment and went outside.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Black Star asked worriedly.

"Maka's been kidnapped by Carlos and I don't know where the heck are they!" Soul said angrily as he turned his motorcycle on. He didn't bother to put his helmet on.

"WHAT! YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT?" Black Star's voice rose.

"Do you think I'll joke around at a time like this? C'mon, I'll go in your house! Tell Kid and the others to be there! We'll talk about how to find her!" he hung up and drove his way to Tsubaki's house as fast as he could. He gritted his teeth as he accelerated almost standing up from his seat in frustration, anger and worry.

"Damn you, Carlos!"

Another sick day yesterday. Girls, you know what I mean.

Anyways... Back to the story, you all know that Carlos is oooone craaaaazy cookie. And Black Star's instincts are cracking up. I know, some of you would probably go angry at me cause Soul didn't even notice Maka getting kidnapped, but he has a moment in the next chapters. (Oh no, I'm talking too much :P)

Hope you liked this chapter!

~shadow