Ramble, ramble, ramble, plot bunny!

Oh, and maybe slight 'creepy' warning?

Everything was hazy before Maka finally regained consciousness in unknown surroundings. "Blackstar?" She called, faintly remembering him carrying her off. She squeezed her eyes shut one last time, trying to completely clear the haziness, and opened them up again; but it was no use. The only thing she could make out was the few trees and bushes that surrounded her in near vicinity. She closed her eyes, using what little soul perception abilities she could to sense someone, anyone, but to no avail. She tried to stand up only to be rudely reminded that she was host to an injured ankle and sat back down, scooting back so the backpack that still barely clung to her shoulders leaned against the base of a tree trunk.

She took in a deep breath, trying to take the fleeting, jumbled mess she called a brain and sort through her thoughts individually and carefully. Her first thought was to recall all the events she could before. She went down with Blackstar to help out Soul, who had fallen. The three of them were backed up in an alley… Yes, she could remember that. She shut her eyes tight, fighting to remember the strained memory. Something had been thrown at her, something big; but someone had pushed her out of the way… Riz… She had fallen backwards wrong, she put her ankle in the way… Damn it! Why did she have to be so weak?! She grunted in frustration and turned her thoughts to another subject at hand.

Right. Where the hell was she? The woods obviously; but what part exactly? And an even better question, where were the others? Soul told Blackstar to take her to the rest of the group… Soul… What happened to him? He didn't look so good after he fell. Maka brought her grimy hands up to her face, trying to wipe away the tears that welled in her eyes. There was almost no way for him to get out of there, not injured like that. Not without help at least, and Blackstar had left him alone in favor of saving her. She ran her fingers through her hair in frustration, the bands that held her pigtails long since released. It was all her fault! What kind of a meister was she?! She left her weapon to a certain death… Her breath caught in her throat as the sharp snap of a twig broke the eerie silence of the forest and brought her back to reality. She looked around in what little moon light was let through the canopy of the trees but saw nothing. She took a deep breath, yet again wiping away a new bout of tears and cleared her mind. Now was not the time to grieve over the past, she had to survive; she refused to let Soul's death go in vain.

She shrugged the backpack off and rummaged through the perfectly organized contents. Clothes, mostly. They had divided everyone's clothes and tried to distribute them out evenly through the bags, that way, they didn't have to keep track of a specific bag and say the unthinkable happened (which it did) and some members got separated from the main group. She pulled out a few t-shirts and some shorts before getting to the more crucial items in the bag. The blonde haired meister took careful inventory of the bag. 4 bottles of water, a bag of trail mix, a box of protein bars, a first aid kit (much to her relief), a small rope, the assortment of bladed weapons that had been stored in Staz and Riz's hideout and other small, various items. Maka nodded, memorizing the list by heart as she packed up her supplies.

A sudden, loud crash turned her attention away from the bag, she felt her hand grip the exposed handle of a decent sized machete. Soon after the noise, the blonde meister shrunk in on herself as shuffled footsteps were headed her way; the only thing keeping her in that spot was the thought that it might be the others coming to meet up with her. As if to confirm her worst fear, she began hearing the unmistakable groans of the dead. Maka tightened the straps of her backpack, readying herself for a fight; there was a good chance it was only one, maybe two Rotters heading her way, seeing as the noise wasn't too loud. Sure enough, two rancid smelling creatures stumbled into Maka's limited view, eyes almost glowing in the harshly lit forest. They both seemed to be in their slow, dormant states, meaning they hadn't noticed the small girl crouched at the base of the tree. She smirked at the almost ideal conditions; they wouldn't know what hit them. Prepared for the attack, Maka kicked off the ground from her crouched position with her good foot, launching herself at the two unsuspecting creatures, sending them tumbling to the ground. Without hesitation, she dug her blade deep into the eye socket of one, careful to keep her mouth shut in fear of contamination as its sour blood splattered everywhere, then rounded on the other, which met the same fate moments later. She watched the now still bodies for a moment later, ensuring they were, in fact, dead. Maka sighed as she let the adrenaline die down in her veins. It was actually kind of nice really; to have something to kill to release some of the built up anger and build up self esteem. She would survive, she knew she would.

As she wiped off her blade on the shreds of clothes left on the Rotters; clear, hurried steps made themselves heard. Maka's eyes widened, had she caused nearby creatures to frenzy? As quickly as she could, the scythe meister grabbed her weapon and tucked herself back against the tree in the same crouching position she had been before. She tightened her grip on the blade, not completely sure if she could take down a frenzied beast in her current condition, but she would sure as hell try. The steps got closer and she only had a second to take in the brightly glowing, yellow eyes before she launched herself with all of her might, tackling her prey. It landed with an 'Oof' and before she was able to bring her blade down into the creature's awaiting eye socket, she was thrown off. She let out a sharp gasp in surprise as the creature climbed on top of her and pinned both her wrists down with a firm, harsh grip and bore its luminescent eyes into hers. She shut her eyes tight, waiting for the pain, feeling the gnashing, unforgiving teeth to rip into her flesh, eating her alive. She felt her bones crunching and splintering as she was thrashed around brutally, unable to even put up a fight as the beast savored the metallic taste of her blood and tore into her soon-to-be carcass like a savage animal. She snapped back to reality when she was met with a befuddled yet relieved voice.

"M-Maka?" The creature said; you could almost hear the smile in its voice. Maka let out the breath she didn't know she was holding and let her tense body go limp.

"Kid…" She said airily, her heart still running laps in her chest. "Why the hell are your eyes glowing?" She almost growled.

"Oh… Uhm, shinigami eyes kind of… glow." He said lamely. "Sorry…" He muttered, dismounting the dazed scythe meister. They sat in an awkward silence as Maka's heart slowed to a more or less stable pace.

"Where are the others?" She asked finally, though she was relieved she was no longer alone; the young reaper wasn't particularly high on her requested company list.

Kid was quiet for a second before answering. "We got swarmed… I swear there were thousands of the things... We were all split up… What about Soul? And Blackstar?"

Maka winced at her former weapons name. "I don't know… I just… Woke up here…" She sighed, not particularly wanting to relive the terrible events in words just yet. Kid seemed to pick up on that and didn't push it.

Kid jerked his head, eyeing something off in the distance. "What the hell…" He whispered, getting up to his feet. Maka looked up and Kid's glowing orb-like eyes grew huge. "We've got to go. Now." Kid held out his hand to help Maka up.

"What's going on? I don't hear anything- and the others know I'm here and-"

"We've got to go. Now" Kid hissed.

"Kid, I can't walk." Without hesitation, the reaper picked up the wounded blonde bridal style and took off running, full speed, into the depths of the woods.

Enough 'fluff' to hold you for awhile? Sorry their relation is progressing a bit slow… But that always makes it better :)

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