Chapter 8: Treatment and Tears
Lucy waits around sitting on a bed in the nurses' office. Looking very unhappy, probably because a mad scientist was treating on her. She looks around the room and sees a desk with the name Mila Naigus on. Assuming she's the nurse then thinking why could I have been treated on by her. The doors then swung open and Mila and Stein carried in Kid on a stretcher. Lucy moved out the way of everyone and saw that Kid's stomach was sliced open along with a wound down his chest, still bleeding.
"Get him to the bed", Mila ordered and they quickly rushed him to the bed.
"On my count, one, two, three", Stein said and he and Mila lifted him off the stretcher and onto the bed.
"Get his shirt off", Mila said. Stein ripped his jacket and shirt off and tossed them at the side.
"My god…", Mila said looking at all the scars and symbols on him. Lucy also got a peek on the shirtless wounded reaper. When Mila shook the distraction from her head she rushed to get important medical gear as Stein applied pressure.
"We've got to hurry Mila!" Stein hurried.
"Kid!" the voice of Maka echoed the corridor. Spirit ran into the room.
"Shut the door, keep her out", Stein said. Spirit hastily shut the door and locked it. Maka arrived at the door and started hammering on it. Realising her efforts are futile she looked through the window to see Stein and Spirit assisting Mila in operating with Lucy by the window, looking on. Liz and Patty then came running behind Maka and looked over her shoulders to see Kid getting operated on. Soon Black*Star and Tsubaki arrived behind the girls to see what was happening. Maka looked on at the operating and the soundless hasty speech between Stein, Mila and Spirit.
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Maka waited by the door, sitting on the floor against the wall. Patty was playing with what looks like a paper elephant, which she threatened and started to crush. Liz was pacing up and down the corridor. Tsubaki sat next to Maka while Black*Star leaned against the wall near her. Soon the door opened and Stein and Spirit stepped out.
"How is he?" Maka asked hastily.
"He's currently in a coma. His lucky to be alive, but then he's not like anyone else. He's the grim reaper after all", said Spirit.
"Will he wake anytime soon?" Maka asked.
"It's not certain, even when he wakes he's not going to be able to go out and about for another week or two", Stein said.
"Could we see him?" Maka asked.
"Right now Mila is busy, but maybe another time", Stein answered.
"You should run home and get some sleep children", Sprit said. Everyone was hesitant but eventually one by one they began to head home until Maka was the last to leave.
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Maka opened the door to her apartment and stepped in, shutting the door behind her. She went to her room and placed her bag at the end of her bed. Maka then turned around to go back in the living room where she spotted Soul watching the TV.
"So where were you then?" Soul asked. Maka frowned at him.
"You know where I was", Maka said.
"Yes, putting yourself in danger and becoming a massive drama queen", Soul said bluntly.
"He needs friends by his side! And you turn away!" Maka shouted back at him. Soul turned off the TV.
"That guy could kill anyone. He is unpredictable, unstable and is on a warpath for revenge. He doesn't care who dies or who gets injured in the process, and your putting yourself in unnecessary danger by hanging around him. And stop crying over him your acting like a emo", said Soul.
MAKA CH…Maka's wrist was caught by Soul who quickly stood up. Maka looked into Soul's fiery red eyes as he squeezed her wrist tightly so she'd let go of her book that appears when she does her Maka Chop.
"Argh Soul!" Maka gritted as she dropped the book. Soul let go of her.
"Stop getting into things that don't concern you at all! Something's aren't any of your business so stop trying to get into everyone else's! You've almost died because of that, many times before", Soul shouted at her, Maka looked down.
"Your behaving like a spoilt brat, you don't care about anything, so just go back to your studying!" Soul shouted at her, and then went walking to the door.
"Don't yell at me thinking you know what I think, what I care and what I feel! Kid's recently been a very good friend to me! More than what you're being!" Maka shouted back, tears coming from her eyes.
"I'm going out for a walk, try to grow up while I'm out", Soul said as he opened the door and shut it behind him. A book was then tossed at the closed door. Maka looked at her wrist, it looked red but would go away eventually. She went into her room and sat on her bed, her knees up to her chest. She looked out the window to the DWMA then back to the floor, thinking about Kid, hoping he would recover.
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Kid began to open his eyes slowly, seeing nothing but a bright light from the ceiling. Once Kid's vision became less blurry he found himself in a bed in the nurses office. He then moved to sit up then he heard:
"Good evening", Kid looked around to see where the voice had came from then looked at Lucy by the window.
"Hi", she said with a smile. Kid looked around one more time before answering.
"Hello?" Kid finally said.
"How are you?" Lucy asked.
"A bit cold", he said.
"I'm not surprised, without any shirt on", Lucy said. Kid looked down himself to find out that she is correct. He hastily tries to pull covers over him, making Lucy laugh with a little mouse squeak at the end. She walked over to him and sat by his bed.
"So you're feeling fine?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine", Kid answered.
"Good", Lucy replied, then sent forth her hand, slapping Kid across the face.
"OW! Hey what was that?" Kid yelled.
"That's for leaving me with that mad nail head doctor to have his hands all over me! Instead of the nurse!" Lucy shouted back.
"She's not qualified to know magical origin curses or anything like that!" Kid yelled back. Lucy sat back down with a huff while Kid rubbed his face.
"So how come your still here?" Kid asked.
"Because that stitched lab coat said that it's best if I stay here until it's safe for me to wonder around", Lucy answered. The door opened and Stein came in. Lucy leapt out of her chair and made a quick run to the window, getting away from Stein.
"I see your finally awake my Lord, just in time for Christmas", Stein said walking towards Kid.
"Christmas?" Kid asked.
"Yes, you've been out for four weeks, it's the twelfth of December", Stein said.
"I was out for that long? But Galorphar? Did you manage to find him?" Kid asked quickly.
"We've not found him since, but we've had a crack down on two of his fortresses and found lots of gold", Stein said, Spirit entered the room.
"I don't care about riches, I want him dead! He dishonoured my father by calling him a thief and that he was my father", Kid said. Spirit looked away and pulling a guilty face, Kid caught him doing so.
"What was that!" Kid shouted, pointing at Spirit.
"What?" Spirit asked, a little surprised.
"You pulled a face as it that accusation was true", Kid said.
"Um…", Spirit said.
"Because it's not true! Stein, it's not true right?" Kid asked. Stein remained silent.
"Guys… its' not true…right!" Kid yelled. Both Stein and Spirit remained silent, Kid eyes widened.
"Kid listen…" Stein tried to speak.
"Get out!" Kid spat out.
"Kid listens to me…" Stein said again.
"GET OUT!" Kid roared, shooting a purple beam at Stein, which sends him through the wall. Spirit legged it out the room to see to Stein on the other side. Lucy kept well back; Kid pulled his legs to his chest and buried his face into his knees.
"It's not true…it's not true…!" Kid repeatedly shouted into his knees, crying. Lucy looked at her chance to escape then back a Kid. She them found herself slowly making her way towards Kid, She sat beside him on the bed and lifted her hand and placed it on his back. She remained sat her, comforting Kid as he cried into the night.
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Later that night Lucy woke up in the middle of the night; she looked around to see Kid on the other bed asleep. Lucy then looked around then quietly got out of bed. She tiptoed to the draws and started searching for something. She continued to search through many draws as quietly as she could. Until finally she found what she was looking for. She didn't take it out of the draw at first, she just looked at it for a while, imagining what she's going to do. Slowly but surely she put her hand in and pulled out a big knife.
Lucy turned around to Kid and quietly made her way towards him. Holding the knife close to her chest she slowly walked towards him then stood at his side. She looked down at him. He was red around the eyes, from the hard crying earlier. She then looked down upon his scars and his symbols, pitying him. She looked back at his face before slowly placing the point of the knife on his chest, right above his heart. She began to sweat, her hands began to shake, her thoughts conflicting with another, and she slowly began to raise the knife in the air. She was going to do it. She had to do it. She wanted to do it…
She couldn't do it… she lowered her hands and dropped to her knees she began to quietly cry to herself then hid the knife under the bed. She then made her way back to her bed and cried herself to sleep.