A nice hot cup of English tea outside in 90+ degree Texas weather… And yet I'm still completely content ^^
Also, I do have a warning. Not so much in this chapter, but in future chapters, things may get graphic. Not as in 'sexual' graphic, but as in gore and maybe even some kinda messed up stuff… I'll be sure to put a warning before those chapters, but I'm giving you a before hand warning now.
If you watch the anime 'attack on titan', then you should be good.
Things were fairly quiet after awhile; well, if you could ignore the shuffling zombies inhabiting the ground below. Kid sat in silence, his back to a corner as he tried to fight off sleep and the chilling breeze that occasionally drifted through the broken through window. Staz had volunteered to take first watch, but the reaper declined his offer; though the brunette's intentions seemed to be of the utmost purest, he had no intentions of putting that risk on the line. After all, his brother was the owner of the pistol that had been placed to Maka's head hours before. They could easily been robbed blind in their sleep if they weren't careful; Kid suspected this was the beginning of a new age. A times where human morality would deplete with every maddening moment; a time were the Rotters and the kishins weren't their only enemies.
A sudden though occurred to him as he shut his eyes, slowly letting himself drift to the souls of the ones around him. Kid made a face as he strained to read the others; his powers were still weak and dull. The first one he reached was Soul, he let the emotions of the white haired boy infiltrate his thoughts. Even in his sleep he seemed on edge, but not to an alarming extent. He reached out to Liz next, worried that the traumatic experience might have scarred her a bit too deep this time, but to his relief, she was scared, but at the same time she seemed to be keeping it together. He over looked Blackstar, Patti and Tsubaki, almost ensured they were stable, then he finally came around to Maka. The stubborn blonde had even turned away from him defiantly in her sleep next to Tsubaki and Liz; but as expected, she was cool, calm, collective and determined. He let out a sigh of relief, glad to know all his friends, in their own way, had accepted the new world.
His father had told him once before the souls of weapons and meisters always had a constant strain of madness on them, seeing as they came in contact with kishin eggs more frequently than the average human. He had also explained to Kid that excess amounts of emotions such as pain, stress, fear or depression could throw even the best death scythe or meister over the edge, and cause them to do the unthinkable. Kid was relieved none of his friends were in that situation; at least not yet anyways.
It was only when the disturbing smell of burning flesh entered his nose when Kid actually paid attention to the Rotter's screams. He jumped up and ran to the window to investigate to find he couldn't see the ground. Rows and rows of flesh eating creatures filled in all the gaps around the buildings, all trying to file their way into the building occupied by the group of teens; but it was the sinister orange glow coming from the lower level that had Kid shaking everyone awake. He felt so stupid! The smell was obvious to him now as it quickly worked its way through the dust.
"Mmm, Tsubaki, what's for breakfast?" Blackstar muttered as Kid jabbed an elbow in the sleeping boy's stomach.
"Kid, what's going on?" Soul muttered from the ground, still in a sleepy-like state.
"You guys sure don't act fast do you?" Kid yelled and he nudged Staz frantically with his foot. "Untie your brother, the buildings going down."
By the time everyone was up and equipped with a duffel bag or backpack, smoke was pouring ruthlessly into the room. Somehow, Staz was able to wake Riz up from his unconscious state and got him moving on his feet; amazingly, the hooded brunette seemed completely civil now, as he muttered a brief 'sorry 'bout your girl,' to Soul , causing the weapon to blush slightly at the implication.
"I suggest we head towards the forested side of the Death City boarder." Staz said, pulling Kid aside to a near closet. "The Rotters at the festival went out towards the desert side, plus, I think we'd have a better chance under tree cover." Staz pulled open the closet door revealing a plethora over various bladed weapons, everything from curved butcher knives to sharpened hatchets to five pointed ninja stars; the dark haired reaper even spotted a few full length wooden scythes. Kid honestly felt like he was looking at a medieval torture cabinet. Looking at a wide eyed reaper, Staz smiled. "Didn't think the only weapon Riz and I had was a wee old pistol did you? We took advantage of the time the Rotters were gone." He said, stuffing weapons in his and Kid's bags wherever they fit. "You'd be amazed at the things people have as decorations. Oi! Load up!" He called the rest of the crew who wore the same expression Kid had.
"Staz said the Rotters left town on the desert side last time. When we get out of here, head north to the forests. Stay in a tight group." Everyone nodded, fumbling with the blades as they raced against time.
Once the closet was bare and everyone was completely armed, they rushed to the roof only to find the Rotters had found ways to get to the tops of nearby buildings. Their hazy, glowing blue eyes rounded on the crowd as they stood, huddled searching for an escape. Finding an opening, Maka ran ahead of the group, signaling for them to follow her as she bounded from building to building, slashing through the bodies recklessly with her newly acquired scythe as bodies got in her way. Only when she heard a sickening crack did she turn just in time for her to see Soul in mid air, falling to the ground. She stopped in mid stride and ran back to the rest of the group. She peered over the edge of the roof top to see Soul cornered by dozens of Rotters. Though he seemed to be holding his own, he didn't seem like he was standing too well.
"You guys go ahead." Maka told the wide eyed group as she was already making her way down to he fallen partner. "Blackstar, stay with me and help Soul." The group all nodded and everyone except the blue haired assassin continued their journey. He grinned maliciously as he followed his was down to the dirt with the blonde meister.
"It's about time!" He cheered. "Finally we get to see some action! A big star like me doesn't run when there's a battle to be fought!" Soul smirked wide as he heard his friend's remark.
"You guys should've left." He said half heartedly, emphasizing his words with every swing he made with the samurai sword in his hand.
"What kind of a meister would I be if I left my weapon to die?" Maka smirked, digging the tip of her blade deep into a Rotter's eye socket. "That'd be so uncool."
"I guess you've got a point… Whoa!" Soul, though injured, jumped slightly to the right, just in time to miss a trashcan lid that had been hurdled at them. "Looks like they enjoy throwing stu- Maka look out!"
Just as the words came out of his mouth, something tackled Maka to the ground, causing her to miss a sharp looking hub cap aimed directly at her head. She held in a scream as pain shot up from her ankle. She looked up to see none other than Riz giving her a frightened look.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt?" Riz asked, unconcerned about the Rotters coming towards him. Maka looked behind him, wide eyed and picked up her scythe just in time to skewer two growling creature just before they sunk their teeth into the blue eyed brunette. He turned around and then back again, smiling in thanks, "Guess I owe you one?"
Maka tried to smile, but the pain insisted on pounding the inside of her brain; the ankle was broken, if not, badly sprained. She got up, heavily relying on her scythe to keep balance, but soon fell back over to the ground again, cracking her head on the concrete. Her vision went black, but she could still here their voices.
"Maka's down!" She heard Riz's British accent screech above the moans of the dead.
"Blackstar, take Maka with the others. Riz and I-" A loud scream ripped through the alleyway; a human scream.
"He's bit!" Blackstar yelled. Maka opened her eyes, just barely, to see Riz twitching on the ground, grasping for something on his neck that wasn't there, but before he could move any further, Blackstar ran his sword through his forehead.
"Blackstar! Get Maka out of here!" Soul yelled.
"No way! I'm not leaving you-"
"I'm not getting out of here, not without help. There's no way I could get her out of here. At least get her to the others and come back." There was a brief moment of silence before Maka felt warm, grime covered hands support under her knees and around her back.
"Stay alive; I'll be back." Soon after, Maka lost complete consciousness.
Sorry, I had to add that last little bit in there. Yes, this is a KiMa story, but come on, if this were to really happen, it would be too OOC if Soul didn't try to get Maka out of there.
Reply time ^^
Checkered Brooke- Yes, I am guilty of getting his name from Blood Lad. I already had the name 'Riz' and had determined they would be twins, I also really like the name 'Staz' and Riz and Staz just sorta… I dunno has a nice ring to it. And thank you! I knew I wasn't going to have your generally obnoxious OCs that just ruin and take over the story, but I know most people see OCs and automatically think negatively. Though I will say they won't be the last OCs to be introduced.
Wordfiend- Thank you, like I said above to Checkered Brooke, I made sure my OCs weren't obnoxious like most. Though I do have one OC in the (maybe near) future that sorta… pushes the progression of Kid and Maka's 'relationship'.
DeathTheKidsDinosaurRawr- Oh wow, I do believe I just had a mini laughter induced stroke because of your pen name; 'tiz epic! Anywho, in all seriousness, its going to get creepy. I mean real creepy. So far it has been really mild, but it will get worse, I assure you. Just a fair warning.
Mikaela- Why, thank you! I love these guys too; for me, their accent just made it. I can just hear the two bickering in my head XD
Thanks to everyone for the kind and reassuring words! Also! If anyone knows or writes any good KiMa storied, leave the title in the comments; I'm running low on reading material :/