SoMa at last

Chapter 14

Soul's Pov.

"Let me go! I need to get to her!" I yell at kid as I watch Maka dangling from the monster's grip.

More monsters were appearing all around us, some of them getting up from being "dead", and I knew we would be hopelessly outnumbered and probably die if we didn't get out of here fast, but I couldn't leave her. I wouldn't leave her.

"Go!" Maka's shrill voice pierced the air. She sounded so broken, so defeated, it broke my heart. "please go. I'll be ok. Go get help, you can come back for me. Please just go!" she yells but she doesn't seem convinced by her own words. She believes she is going to die and I can't let that happen.

"I'm not leaving you Maka!" I yell.

"Don't argue with me Soul! Just do it!" And then she screamed. She screamed in pure pain.

"Maka!" I yelled. My heart ached for her. She's in pain, I'm supposta take away her pain!

"Come on Soul! listen to her! We'll be back." kid said, reassuringly, still holding me back.

I seriously want to punch him in the face. Doesn't he understand how important it is that I get to her? It is my job as a weapon to protect my miester.

I started trying to shove my way harder past kid, but he had a really good grip on me and it was hard to get past him.

I started hearing slushing and sucking sounds and I looked up. I watched as one of the needles, same as the one that had hit my blade earlier, flew from the monster's stomach and sunk into Maka's neck.

"Maka!!" I cried out in vain. "I am not leaving her! It is my job to protect her!" I yell at kid. Shoving him harder but he was persistent in keeping me back. I vaguely took note that the others were retreating, trying to keep the monsters at bay long enough to escape.

I looked desperately at Maka then at kid. "I can't let her die! not like this! I-I LOVE HER!" And I meant it.

There was a flash of sorrow and pity in his eyes but he quickly hid it and continued with his hard expression and persistence.

Dammit, I love Maka more than anything, and I've just been beginning to realize that. I need her. I haven't had her long enough, long enough to truly call her mine. I haven't been able to hold her long enough, or kiss her long enough. I haven't made her laugh enough times or say I'm sorry. Sorry for not being able to protect her when I should.

She went limp and with a sickening feeling I realized....

I'm too late.

I failed my duty, I failed life, I failed Maka. I'm a disgrace to society. Maka's dead and I couldn't save her, and it's all my fault.

I stopped fighting and let Kid drag me away, no longer having feeling left in my body.

I am crushed. I don't know how to live with this, with myself. What am I supposed to do? I finally found my other half, only had her for a few days, and already she's gone. I'm so lost and confused without her. And her father. How am I to explain this to her father? Spirit is going to kill me. But I guess that doesn't matter, because of now, I am already dead.

My teammates shoved me into the van, and I found myself caught in a daze, shocked of what just happened. Tears threatened to fall, and I had the distant thought of how uncool it was, but it was quickly pushed away. I had the right to feel this way. The tears burnt my throat, and if I wanted to talk I knew I wouldn't be able to.

Kid floored the gas, and used extra power from his hidden thrusters to push through whatever was stopping the van. We zoomed off back into the fog. Soon we were released from the fog, and we were safe.