That moment when you almost go to A-kon 24, but don't; and then Todd Haberkorn decides to be there Yeah, I hate those moments… Maybe he'll be there next year?... I'll get him to sign my skateboard :3
Kid sat silently, waiting for the others with his partners, thankful that Patti was taking things seriously and keeping her giggling to a minimum. It had been well over 10 minutes since he had gotten there and he was beginning to worry about the rest of his friends. He arrived there completely undetected by the creatures and he could only hope the rest of them were as lucky. The reaper had a method in the order he had asked them to go in. He went first, ensuring the way he had planned was safe. Knowing Maka and Soul were smart enough not to alert everything within a one mile radius, he told them to go second. He chose Blackstar and Tsubaki to go last, almost certain Blackstar would stir up trouble and make it impossible for anyone to follow him.
"Where do you think they are?" Liz asked with enough sense to speak just above a whisper.
"I don't know…" Kid sighed, his anxiety growing with every silent second. Not long after his reply, a gloved hand made its way over the side of the roof. Letting out a sigh of relief, Kid went over to help a less than grateful Maka and Soul up onto the building.
"Sorry for the hold up." Soul whispered, about to answer Kid's unasked question. "We got cornered by one of the things; we had to go a different way."
"You two weren't… Bit or scratched or anything, right?" Kid ensured; feeling slightly foolish that he was referencing years of zombie movies and T.V shows.
"Nah," Soul smirked, "He didn't even come close enough. They're slow at first."
"At first? The little girl I fought seemed like she was pretty slow the entire time." Kid replied, recalling his previous encounter with a shutter.
"Not this guy. Sure at first he was slow. He walked just like they do in the movies. But he got faster, a lot faster; he even came close to us once, but luckily we found a ladder in the alley and climbed up it. He got bored with us pretty quickly and moved on." Soul shrugged.
Kid thought on Soul's encounter for a moment. "He got bored with you? Even though he could plainly see you?"
"Yeah, I wondered about that too; but I think their sight is off, I think they rely mostly on hearing."
"That makes sense." Kid nodded.
"Any sign of Blackstar?"
Kid shook his head. "No, none at-"
"YAHOOO!" Blackstar called, jumping up to the roof with the rest of the gang.
"Your god has arrived!" He gleamed, arms in the air with Tsubaki right behind him.
"Blackstar, hush!" Kid growled, looking down at the ground were the dead were beginning to crowd. Kid groaned. "See?" He hissed, "now you've done it! They're all riled up." He took another glance at the crowded ground. "Damn… There's a lot more than before…"
"They're rushing the building!" Soul called, not bothering to whisper any longer. The group instinctively stepped backwards to the middle of the roof. Panicked, Soul looked around for a way out.
"Over here!" He called, running and jumping on another roof, the others hot on his trail. Their attempts seemed to be in vain, every building they neared was surrounded by thrashing bodies.
"It's no use, I think we're going to have to-" Maka's sentence broke out into a blood chilling screech as her body disappeared into a hole in the roof.
"Maka!" Soul yelled, following in pursuit of his fallen meister, only to be held back by Kid's hand that.
"Soul, you can't just go plummeting in after her; We don't know what's down there, and we can't lose someone else just because of reckless behavior. By the look of it, it, she smashed through multiple layers…" Kid rationalized, peering down the hole, only to see a cloud of dust and darkness.
"Reckless behavior?!" Soul said, shrugging away from Kid's grip. "What? So we're just going to leave her there?" He growled.
"Absolutely not." Kid retorted, already heading towards the side of the building, jumping onto a near by fire escape. "We're just going to think before making critical decisions." Soul smirked in relief, following Kid down the iron stairs to the nearest unlocked door. "The rest of you stay put. We don't want a crowd going in and having to stumble over each other if we have to make a quick get away." Kid called as Blackstar was about to take his first step on the metal escape grate. "Watch over the others." The black haired boy continued, humoring the assassin's egotistic personality. He nodded, climbing back up to the roof, but not before tossing down the scabbard that was tied around his waist.
"Just in case." The ninja grinned, Kid smirked in response and nodded, following the weapon in front of him through a metal door. Blackstar may be annoying and careless, but he defiantly had his moments; especially when it counted and for that, Kid was grateful.
"Maka?" Soul whispered, cautiously stepping into unknown territory. The room seemed to be luxurious long ago before it was lost and forgotten in the unforgiving speed of an advancing city. The state of the room itself was quiet acceptable, beautifully carved chairs and loveseats were placed symmetrical around an old style television set, a once beautiful oak china cabinet now lathered in dust sat in the corner of the room, partially covered by a sheet and forgotten. Kid looked around in amazement, aghast that such a place could be forgotten; but upon further inspection, his unasked question was answered. Several small cracks in the wall climbed the sides of the room like a ruthless vine, the once cream carpet now stained and ruined due to poor roofing conditions. Kid shook his head, he didn't have time admire the antique furniture or criticize the beings that left them there; he was here to find Maka. Moans and growls filled the air as the undead infiltrated the surroundings below; a sharp crash caused the reaper and weapon to jump in fright, though the noise was far off.
"Sounds like they wormed their war into the lower level…" Soul remarked grimly. And now the clock was ticking. At a quicker pace then before, the two boys located the hole where the floor gave in just under the roof. "I guess she's downstairs…" Soul remarked, poking his head down in the hole, only to find pitch blackness.
"Theres a staircase over here," Kid called, already nearing the paint peeled rails. Soul nodded, obviously eager to rescue his fallen meister. Upon entering the lower level, Kid guess it was probably the 4th or 5th floor, massive clouds of dust threatened to choke out and blind the two rescuers. Through seemingly endless fits of coughing, a sharp, metallic click and deep chuckle made itself heard.
"Don't move."
PLEASE READ THIS: Alright you guys, so though I have fully mapped out the basics of this plot and where it's going to go, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm going to try and explain it, but please understand I cannot give too much away. There will be a part in the story were I will be running low on characters and I can fix that with 2 ways: 1- don't mess with it at all and stick with the basic Soul Eater characters, but do be warned, it may get REALLY dry and boring because I need more to move along the plot. Or 2- Add in some OCs took keep more of a plot going and 'give the characters something to do' so to speak. I personally think that adding a few (no, I do not just mean one or two) active OCs is almost essential for the plot to progress, but I know several people reeeally don't like OCs and I don't want to loose and disappoint my readers with them. If I have to, I will find a way to write it with out them, but like I said, it could get real dry. That being said, I'm opening up a poll for my readers to vote on this situation, look for it on my profile. Also, you may review with your opinions on the matter. Thank you all for reviews, comments and suggestions. And don't worry, "Maka power" (as someone in the comments put it) is in our near future ^^