James’ Revenge

Noire's p.o.v.

"Nick! What are you doing?"

"Why in the holly roman empire is he here?" Fade asked me softly.

"Me." I said quietly. "Nick, seriously what are you doing here?"

"I want to take you to school! Come on let's go!"

"You don't even know where I go to school!" I crossed my arms.

"That is what a gps is for."

"Electronics can fail you." I warned thinking about the million ways I could sabotage it.

"Come on, Lord Death gave me directions."

"Seriously? LORD DEATH! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" I walked over to Lord Death and stared at him. "Why?"

"He tricked me, I swear." He ran away to his study.

"NOW I SEE WHY KID IS A WIMP! HE GOT IT FROM YOU!" I shouted after him. He came back into the room and shinigami chopped me.

"Don't defy me."

"You are the one who is running from me. ME. Out of all people." I stared up at him rubbing my head.

"I was not." He chuckled. "Shouldn't you children already be at school?"

"Kid's fault I'm late." I said quickly remembering what almost happened.

"Oh, then I should have a talk with him."

"HEYYYYY DADDY! CAN YOU GO GET ME SOME WA- BETTER YET KEEP THIS GUY ENTERTAINED I NEED TO BORROW NOIRE." Fade pulled me up the stairs. "I am sooooo saving you."

"You certainly are living up to Black Star's name for you." I giggled. "Thank you so much!" I gave her a hug.

"It's no problem." She led me to her balcony and there was a rope hanging off it. "All we do is slide down and make a run for it!"

"Ok, run to my motorcycle though. It's faster and easier to maneuver plus  I have the keys right here." I smiled at her and gestured for her to go first.

"Ok." She crawled down the rope first and jumped off on the last few feet. "Come on." I followed her to my bike and we drove off to school as fast as I could. After we had climbed the steps we ran into Stein's classroom without worrying about how to come in and Stein paused.

"You're late." He stared at us.

"Ye-yeah." I said. "Traffic was terrible and we had a few surprises that came up this morning."

"Good morning to you too Stein!" Fade said cheerfully.

"Sit down you two." We went and sat down and Kid was already there with Liz and Patti. How did they beat us?!? "Today's lesson is a dissection!" He began cheerfully down there next to the chalkboard. "However today is a little different! Today you can vote on what to dissect! Either the meisters dissect the weapons, without killing them of course, so we can learn a bit of weapon anatomy or we can dissect a mouse." He smiled at us all. "Go on! Choose!" I shrunk down in my seat and glanced over at Fade who was glancing out the window obviously not paying any attention. I nudged her.

"We have to vote Fade."

"Vote for what?"

"Dissecting the weapons or a mouse today." I tried not to wince when I said the first one.

"Stein, I don't think we should be dissecting our weapons." Fade stood up obviously going to debate about this with him.

"It's a great learning opportunity. You get to see what makes Noire tick."

"I really don't want to know what her insides look like. I doubt the weapons would want to be cut open so let's not do that unless you want to just operate on Spirit and let everyone else watch."

"Mice it is." Stein went to a closet and grabbed a box full of cages and started putting a cage with a poor mouse inside each one in front of everyone. "Ok, make sure you use this to knock the rat out." He held up a bottle and a cotton ball and gave one to everyone. He put a scalpel on my desk and I picked it up. I stared at the poor black and white mouse in my cage which was cowering in the corner. Shit. I can't hurt this thing. I looked over at Fade to see what she was doing nervous about hurting the mouse.

"Stein, is cutting a mouse open a standard that has to be taught in this class?" Kid asked.

"It's one of MY standards and this is MY class. I still think we should have cut the weapons open. You will have a quiz over what you see in this rat at the end of class."

"EWWWW. I will get my nails dirty, shouldn't we be given gloves or something?" Liz questioned Stein.

"OH! I forgot. Sorry class but when I dissect I don't really use gloves so I tend to forget them for you. Here." He handed out gloves.

"Why is it a mouse and not a frog? Why cant you just put up a powerpoint instead telling us what is in a poor little mouse?"

"Would you rather we dissected puppies? I think not. Now, why do you go on missions for Lord Death and get your hands dirty. For the learning experience to get stronger and to collect souls yes? Well, why doesn't Lord Death just make you read text books about souls and how to get stronger? Because it needs to be done. Everything we do is for a reason. We are taking a quiz at the end of this class. Think of it as collecting a soul if you ace it." Stein chuckled.

"I am going to ask my dad if this is really necessary to learn."

"Oh, it is in my book." Stein stared at us. I glanced at the baby mouse. Shit. I stood up and picked up the cage and went down to Stein.

"I can't do it. Just let me take the test and let this one go, and let me go to the bathroom before I get sick." I held out the cage to him.

"Noire? Are you ok?" Fade asked me.

"I'm not dissecting this poor creature. It never did anything to me." I stared at Stein.

"Alright, go to the bathroom. You can let it go outside."

"Thanks Stein." I smiled cheerfully at him and walked over to the door and went to the bathroom splashing water on my face trying not to feel sick about the mice and what almost happened to me had Fade not interfered. I stood up and looked at the mouse. "You are not worth all this trouble....." It squeaked at me. "Don't do that! You'll make me feel bad about your buddies." I walked out of the bathroom and towards the front entrance of school and let it go on the stairs. "There be free!" I laughed as it scurried down the stairs towards the city. "Bye bye!" I walked back to class and smiled as I was about to turn the doorknob when I was yanked backwards and pulled into a tight hug.

"Hello Noire."

"J-James?!? What are you doing out of class?" I looked at him and smiled.

"I was walking down the hall to use the bathroom and I seen you walking here from the outside doors."

"Oh ok. Well, you should let me go back to class and go to the bathroom like you are supposed to be doing."

"No, I think I want you to come with me." He put a hand over my mouth.

"Whmt lkme tm thn bthrom wim yom?" Translation: What like to the bathroom with you?

"No, but if you want then sure we could stop there on the way to my basement."

"Wife thn basmnt?" Translation: Why the basement?

"What... oh uh...because I want you there." He started dragging me down the hall.

"Nmh uhm!" Translation: Nuh uh! I stomped on his foot and elbowed where his solar plexus is and bit his hand to free my mouth and turned around and did an upward thrust on his nose trying to break it.

"OUCH! That's it." He grabbed me and threw me over his shoulder. "CALM DOWN. We will be at my house soon."

"No!" I dug into my pockets the best I could and pulled out that scalpel Stein had put on my desk and cut his arm a little trying more for pain than blood.

"Don't do that smart one." He took the scalpel.

"No! Let me go!" I kicked him with my feet as best I could and picked up a vase on one of the small tables in the hall and smashed it on his head. He crumbled to the floor and I stood up quickly. He grabbed my ankle to get me there.

"Your coming home with me!" 

"No! I belong to Fade!" I smacked him and grabbed one of the glass shards about to use it as a dagger but it backfired and cut my hand making me drop it on the ground. "Ow! Damn that hurt!" I touched the cut I had given him and pressed into it as hard as I could.

"Owe! Stop that!" He pushed me away grabbing the glass. "COME ON." He picked me up quickly again carrying me bridal style. "Your so complex to kidnap!"

"I try to be! It's my New Year's Goal to not allow myself to get kidnapped!" I looked around for a way out of this then grabbed a lock of his hair and yanked very hard on it. "Mwahahahahahaha!"

"Let my hair go or I will throw you out a window."

"NO! THROW ME OUT A WINDOW!" I glared at him.

"No I rather kidnap you." He sat me down and took off his shirt and tied my hands together behind my back then grabbed some tape from on a table and taped my mouth shut. He picked me back up and carried me outside at a good pace.

"Hmph! Smeboy! Hmph! Steimph! Jmhs! Lmh tmh abomt thimh!" Translation: Help! Somebody! Help! Stein! James! Let's talk about this!

"Sorry princess but I don't exactly understand you."

"Tkmh thm dmnh tpmh ofmh!" Translation: Take the damn tape off!

"Give up princess cause I still don't understand you." He smacked my butt. "Be quiet ok?"

"Nvmh! Dmnh ymh! Dimh!" Translation: Never! Damn you! Die!

"You are so hard headed!"

"I knmh! Lmt mhn gmh!" Translation: I know! Let me go!

"HUH? LET YOU GO?" I nodded. "No, I am having way to much fun with this.  You are my Noire now until I get board of you and then I will hand you over to god." My eyes widened. He's gonna make me his until he's bored of me then kill me?!? What if he takes all of me at once, gets bored in an hour because there is nothing else to conquer? Does that mean he will kill me then or give me ice cream first to make my death sweeter! I DON'T WANNA DIE DAMN IT!

"Ymh limmtl shmt! Hmh fmhing dmh ymh!" Translation: You little shit! How f**king dare you!

"You'll love it, I swear you will. I got your teddy bear from your bedroom when I stopped by earlier."

"Tmhmy? Whmh?" Translation: Teddy? Where?

"In my car." He carried me down the long stairs.

"Thmh somh lmkh thommh thimhs thmt gmh pemhpmh kimh. Thmh gmh inkm somhomhs cmh amh dmh." Translation: This sounds like those things that get people killed. They get into someone's car and die.

"Well that is the road your going on."

"Fmh mh tmhmy bemh?" Translation: For my Teddy bear?

"Teddy bear?" He shrugged. "You have no choice."

"I dmh tmh hvmh a chmh!" Translation: I do too have a choice!"

"Says the one tied up."

"Bhmstmh! Stmh desmhinh mnh famntsmhs!" Translation: Bastard! Stop destroying my fantasies!

"What?" He laughed and me then we got to his car and he stuffed me into the back seats.

"Dmnh ymh! Kmhs gommnh mumher ymh! Fmh tmh!" Translation: Damn you! Kid's gonna murder you! Fade too!

"What?" He shut the door on me and it locked then he got into the front seat and started driving. The car has child proof locks.

"Whmh thm hmll inh tmhmh?!?" Translation: Where the hell is Teddy?!?

"Oh yeah your bear." He threw me teddy.

"Thmkh yumh." Translation: Thank you.

"No problem, see I know you as well as Adrian did, he talked about you a lot."

"Hmly shmt! Hmph! Tmh gumh whm mumemh mhm mumher! Ymh hmh sdmh kcmh! Dmh yhm! I wihm nvmh lvmh yhm!" Translation: Holy shit! Help! The guy who murdered my mother! Your his side kick! Damn you! I will never love you!

"What? Dang your confusing."

"STMPH THMH CAHM!" Translation: STOP THE CAR!

"I cant understand you." He laughed and kept driving. I moved to one of the tops of the seats and got a little bit of the tape stuck on the seat and ripped it off that way.

"YOU BASTARD!"

"Oh god, you can talk now."

"THAT'S DAMN RIGHT! PULL OVER NOW."

"No you're my hostage!"

"YOU HELPED ADRAIN KILL MY MOM! YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU EVEN COME NEAR ME! KID AND FADE ARE GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS! I WILL NEVER EVER LOVE YOU! YOU AREN'T GETTING WHAT YOU WANT SO JUST LET ME GO NOW!" I shouted at him.

"I don't need you to love me, I just want you in my basement so be quiet."

"WELL YOU AREN'T GETTING THAT EITHER! I'M LEAVING!" I looked over at the window and grabbed something hard with my mouth and smashed the window out. He pulled over quickly and got out going to the back with a needle and opened the door. He held me down quickly as I kicked at him with my feet. "YOU AREN'T STICKING THAT NEEDLE IN ME!" I kicked his face with my combat boots and he fell over on the ground bleeding and I climbed out of the car grabbing Teddy and stomped on him before trying to run down the street while pulling my phone out of my front pocket with my hands holding Teddy and being behind my back. Sighing I jumped and pulled my legs close to me switching which side my hands were on and pulled out my phone and speed dialed Kid with Teddy in my hands as well. This is really hard. I might lose at this.... PICK UP DAMN IT.

"NOIRE WHERE ARE YOU!"

"NOIRE!" I could hear both Fade and Kid. Before I could answer I was tackled to the ground and I felt the needle being stuck into my arm.

"GOT YOU!"

"SHIT YOU BASTARD! I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!"

"Sh, your the only one going to be doing the napping around here."

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME! HEY THIS IS A STREET! OH MY GOSH I'M SO STUPID! EVERYONE IN THE VICINTIY THERE IS A FIRE CALL 911 TO THIS EXACT LOCATION!"

"Come on in the car you go- what's this, you called someone?" He picked up my phone and then threw the phone into the road where a car ran it over.

"I ALREADY LET THEM KNOW WHO HAS ME! THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU! YOU BEST LET ME GO RIGHT NOW MISTER! LET ME SLEEP THIS DRUG OUT ON THIS SIDEWALK."

"Nope, they will still want to kill me so might as well have a little fun before my death! AHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" He grabbed me and threw me into the car as everything start to get dizzy.

"LEAVE ME ALONE! WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?!?"

"You killed Adrian."

"He was gonna kill me! or Fade! actually both!"

"I am just going to carry out his plans."

"What exactly is in store for me?" I narrowed my eyes. He said he wouldn't kill me right away.

"I think I will torture you on video then kill you and then I will go after Fade next." He got into the car.

"Oh so like in Twilight how James the vampire wanted to film Bella's torture then give it to Edward before killing him but instead filming it and my death and sending it to Fade and Kid? That's a nice plan. It'll back fire when I say your name and call you a bastard if you send it before you capture Fade. Waaaaaait, YOU CAN'T HAVE MY FADE! SHE'S MINE YOU BASTARD."

"You seem to really care for her, she will go first then, and you will follow and in the end I will take Kid down." He nodded his head as he told me his plan.

"I should stop talking. It's giving you bad ideas. No you see, you kill me first so that way I don't escape and kill you right before you kill Fade therefore you can never even get to me or Kid. Poor Fade though. She might get a little tortured before I escape....."

"You wont escape. So shush while I think."

"I know what you should be doing but you are telling me to shush when you still don't know what you are doing? Sounds pretty stupid to me."

"How is it you have yet to pass out?"

"I'm magically fighting it." I kept the dizzy part to myself.

He shrugged and watched me. "I probably should have just gave you the whole thing. I was uncertain for your weight. Oh well."

"Oh my weight it's 1- shut up stupid!" I shushed myself before I gave him my weight so he could drug me better.

"It is ok, I gave you a estimate. I think I got the right numbers."

"Which were? How much do you think I weigh anyways?"

"I might've overdosed you by a little."

"Then how come I'm not out? All I feel is dizziness."

"You are fighting it."

"Oh so that's what that dizziness is? My will to stay awake? AWESOME!"

"Yeah, I bet you cant move though." He chuckled.

"You aren't going to do anything to me in this state though. You wouldn't have any fun so the whole point of drugging me was probably to shut me up which still didn't work. Hah! Your plan fails!"

"I don't mind you talking, I will definitely have some fun with you at my house though in this state since you wont shut up."

"What kind of fun? It can't be a board game..... And you just said you don't mind me talking."

"You'll find out when we get there."

"Torture fun?" I watched him.

"Yes!" He smirked and I could see in in the mirror.

"Oh? What kind of torture? Spiders?"

"I'll whip you."

"Whip me?" I looked out the window the best I could memorizing where we were going.

"Oh yes."

"Oh.....shit....the edges are going dark... James?"

"See you when you wake up baby."

"That's weird you call me baby but then you say you are going to whip me. I don't get it.....you're weird."

"I'm a guy, I was born naturally weird."

"What did you.....put in me?" I started feeling drowsy and yawned.

"Some tylonal pms."

"Oh....whatever that is....James....don't touch me in my sleep. You'll have more fun if I'm awake for everything. I swear you will have a lot more fun that way." I closed my eyes.

"No, I wouldn't touch you with you unconscious, that is just rude."

"Thanks. Oh.... before I die.....my last request is ice cream."

"I thought you wanted your teddy bear or freedom..."

"I want all three but I already have Teddy and you won't give me freedom. I've already asked more than once....so yeah....that's my last request if you get to kill me....." I passed out.

Fade's p.o.v. (backed up to when Noire left the classroom to go to the bathroom)

"Hey Kid, where did Noire go?" I asked as I panicked a little not hearing where Stein had dismissed her to. Wherever she went she had been gone for more then a minute. Stein looked up at me and at Noire's seat then at the door and his watch. I could see him tapping his foot from up here getting impatient. I adjusted in my seat getting worried like Stein. 'Kid..."

"I think she went to the bathroom." WAYYYY TO LONG!

"Stein! WHERE IS MY NOIRE!!!!" He tensed up and flinched.

"I....I sent her to the bathroom and to release that mouse of hers outside....." I hopped to my feet getting a bad feeling.

"I have to find her!"

"Here, just let me look in the hall to make sure she isn't coming down it as we speak ok?" Stein smiled nervously and went over to the door twisting his screw and poked his head into the hallway and very quickly came back in. "Ummmmmm....Fade. I need to speak with you."

"WHAT." I hopped to my feet and rushed to him. "She didn't puke in the hall did she?"

"There's blood out there, and broken things. The hall is in disarray like someone was struggling big time. Fade.... I think Noire has been kidnapped or killed." I went to the door and slung it open and looked down the hall then turned around. "CALL 911 CALL LORD DEATH GET MY DAD, KID, RED ALLERT! WE HAVE BEEN BREACHED! I REPEAT WE HAVE BEEN BREACHED MY NOIRE IS GONE! NOIRE HOLD ON I WILL FIND YOU!" I screamed and dropped to my knees.

"What?" Kid stood in front of me. "What did you say? Just now?"

"NOIRE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED! AHHHHHHH!"

"No.... She's in the bathroom. She has to be...." Kid looked at me. "Calm down."

"KID! GET DAD NOW." I grabbed his shirt and pulled him into the hall and watched him. His eyes widened as he took in the scene of the knocked over tables and the broken vase that had glass all over the floor mixed in with blood and then a silver scalpel was on the floor blood stained. Splatters of blood were on the floor and a few bits on the wall.

"Wh-what hap- Noire. Oh god."

"Call him." I walked back into the class room and pulled Liz and Patti out to Kid. "Stay with him okay, girls?"

"No! He's got that look! Don't make us stay with him!" Liz said getting on her knees with Patti and started begging me to not make them stay with him. Kid stood there staring at everything his hands balled up into fists.

"Fine! Go tell my dad what happened. Kid and I are going to go look for the sick bastard that done it."

"Oh he's going to die." Kid said in that mad state of calm. I flinched a bit.

"YEAH. Come on Kid." I walked past him quickly.

"You sure Liz and Patti shouldn't come with us?" He asked without a trace of emotion. He followed me.

"Your scaring them, and I don't think we need our weapons to take care of that freak that has our Noire."

"Your right. It's better this way. I get more fun out of it."

"And it is safer for me!"

"No it's not." I saw something silver flash on his fingers. "But I'm not going to hurt you."

"Good cause I don't want to be in pain. Who do you think could have done it?"

"I've got an idea, but that's it. Just an idea. More of a feeling of hatred that makes me think he did it."

"James?" I looked at Kid.

"Oh.... I hope it's him."

"That is...a load to take on." Maybe I should have brought Black Star and Soul, maka and Tsubaki as well.

"WAIT UP YOUR MOVING TOO FAST!" Maka shouted from behind me. Soul was in weapon form in Maka's hands and Tsubaki was a chain scythe in Black Star's hands. I grabbed Kid by the hand and stopped waiting for them. He of course stopped as well. I watched them catch up. I heard Kid's phone ring and he pulled it out quickly. He answered it putting it on speakerphone.

"NOIRE WHERE ARE YOU!" Kid and I yelled.

"NOIRE!" Maka yelled towards the phone.

"GOT YOU!" That guy sounds awfully familiar...

"SHIT YOU BASTARD! I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!" I heard Noire yell and then I heard wind and car horns along with a dog barking. The phone shut off on us after we heard what seemed like the phone was being thrown. Noire is in a whole lot of trouble.

"HEY! Thank you for coming with us." I looked at them that had caught up with Kid ad I.

"Great. More help. Not that we need it, but it's nice to know you've got my back for me." Kid smirked at them.

"Kid. We don't know what to expect so come on. Anyone know where James lives, he is our first subject. The guy on the phone... I think that was him..."

"Oh James?" Stein walked up behind Maka and Black Star. "You think he did it? Well he is marked absent in that class he should be in right now.... Yeah I know where he lives."

"Where Stein we need to go there quick. Where is Spirit?"

"Spirit.... I dissected him recently. He's still knocked out...." He told us where James lived. I grabbed Kid by the hand and ran off down the stairs knowing where his house is, right on the edge of town.

"Follow me, ok?" Kid and I summoned our skateboards and I lead us both to the James's house.

Noire's p.o.v

I groaned as I came back to consciousness, but everything was dark. "AHHHHHHHH! IT'S DARK IN HERE! WHERE THE HELL AM I?" I sat up and looked around for any source of light. I seen a small window leading outside. There was also light coming from the door. I felt Teddy in my arms. "At least I have you in here. Damn it James! He got me here! He might actually get away with this...." I heard the door start to crack open and then it swung wide open, there in the doorway stood...Oh my god, he looks like Adrian! "Holy shit! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE ADRIAN?!?" I backed away into the corner and clutched my Teddy trying to get as far away from his as I could. He smiled sweetly at me and then pushed in a cart with food on it.

 "HI! I am Kaleb. Sorry your trapped down here, want some cakes? Or something to drink? James said I shouldn't be down here but I couldn't help but to meet the weapon that killed my brother." 

"Adrian was your brother? Oh shit.... What's James doing Kaleb? Like anything particularly evil looking that could be done to me or something?" I stayed in the corner deciding not to trust that amazing looking food.

"Right now he is boiling water." Kaleb rubbed the back of his head.

"I hope for hard boiled eggs or ramen." I winced as I thought about how much boiling water hurts.

"I am going to leave soon, I don't want to stay and watch the show, even though you killed my brother I wouldn't wish this on you, so here is a nice meal I prepared for you instead. When you get there tell Adrian I said hi!"

"I'll kick his ass first then tell him for you ok sweetie? I would love to trust that food but I can't so you can go ahead and take it out of here. Sorry, but you never know when something drugged to make you paralyzed or something like that."

"Well I was just trying to be nice. Good day I will leave this in here for you." He points to the tray of food and then the silverware on the cart. "Don't thank me to much." He winks at you.

"Bye sweetie! My name is Noire by the way! Just thought that I would give you my name since how you gave me yours." I walked over to the cart and pocketed the knife and the fork and put the spoon on a piece of cake to make it look like I tried it.

"I hope you have an amazing time in here." He took out a knife and fork putting it in the place of the silverware and walked out dropping a key. I grabbed the key and stuck it in my pocket as well.

"Thanks.... maybe you are different....." I said quietly.

"KALEB! I NEED HELP!" I heard someone yell from upstairs most likely James.

"I won't forget you. Thanks Kaleb." I smiled at him cheerfully and went back to my little corner with Teddy. Kaleb nodded my way and started to whistle and disappeared from view. I sat there for a few minutes and waited in silence for James to come in here so I could stab him and run. After a few minutes James walked into the room with a bucket of water and a whip.

"HEY CUTIE. I got your water ready for you, turn around."

"Nuh uh! You boiled that!" I stared at him and reached towards my pocket for the knife.

"Pick a side, front or back."

"....Front." I gripped the knife and stared at him tensing up and getting ready to strike.

"I rather go from the back to the front."

"Do it the way you read a book: front to back."

"Okay." He walked up to me and started to get ready to sling the water at me. I stood up quickly and stabbed his leg as hard as I could with the knife and knocked the pot out of his hands. I took the whip from him and yanked the knife out and ran towards the door.  I soon was tackled and pinned to the floor, a bell rung though out the house. "HUH? Looks like we have visitors." He grabbed the knife out of my hand and I heard footsteps running upstairs. I struggled to get loose and get the knife back from him even kneeing him where a boy shouldn't be kneed.

"WHOEVER THE HELL IT IS SHOULD TOTALLY NOT CHECK OUT THE BASEMENT!" I shouted upstairs.

"NOIRE! Hold on we have to get the door open up here!" I heard Fade yell to me. James took out a pocket knife and pointed it at me and took his chance stabbing my lower midsection on the side. I screeched in pain and tried to push James off of me and found myself crying.

"FADE!!!!!!" I yanked the knife out of my side and threw it making sure it embedded itself in the wall. He could easily take it from me if I had it. "I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU, YOU BASTARD!" I screamed. The basement door busted open and Fade got to the door first followed by Kid. Fade pushed the door open and in stepped Kid. He didn't even say anything. He just yanked James off of me and dragged him upstairs. Fade walked in quickly and held my side.

"Whoa! I am so sorry this happened to you, come on let's get you out of here."

"I stabbed his leg though." I said through clenched teeth as I tried not to cry out as I sat up. Fade lifted me up into her arms quickly and slowly carried me upstairs being careful.

"It's ok, I am gonna get you out of here safe."

"Don't kill Kaleb! He looks exactly like Adrian or very close to him anyways. He helped me with what he could. Don't kill him." I said quickly.

"I stopped Kid before he could. He did get a bloody nose though, my bad." Fade carried me into a room where Maka and Black Star stood with Soul and Tsubaki in weapon form. They were questioning Kaleb.

"Hey Kaleb!" I said cheerfully. Well, what I could manage with a stab wound.

"Where is Stein?"

"Outside." Maka pointed to the front door and Fade carried me out to Stein who was already preparing to stitch something up.

"Stein, your in luck. Come help her." Fade set me down on the front porch swing. Stein started coming to me with the thread and needle. I shrinked up into a ball. I shook my head no and stared at Stein. There is no way I'm letting him touch me.

"It's ok Noire, I know how to stitch up some wounds well, just stay still. It will hurt worse then a bumble sting but less then a paper cut."

"THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE SAME SCALE!" I pouted and held my side with my hand and realized I might have to throw this shirt out. It's got way too much blood on it...

"Fade I need you to destract her for me." Stein suggested and Fade stood over me and made me look at her. Stein started to lift my shirt up.

"HEY NOIRE! REMEBER WHEN WE FIRST MET?" Stein started to clean away the blood and Black Star brought out towels and water for it.

"NOIRE! HOWS MY GIRLIE GIRL!" Black Star smiled softly.

"Oh hey there Black Star. What's going on? What do you think of Kaleb?"

"Kaleb seems like he had been bullied around by James and Adrian, he seems ok."

"Oh goody another reason for me to hate those two."

"He got hit by Kid when we got here, sorry." Fade confessed to me and held my hand as Stein began stitching me up. I winced and gritted my teeth trying not to worry them by crying a little. This actually hurts. Like bad.

"The good thing is you don't need a bunch of stitches Noire, think positive!" Stein told me as he worked gently.

"I stabbed James in the leg with a kitchen knife....."

"Where did Kid run off with him?" Fade asked looking around.

"I think he took him out back." Black Star told her and gave me a warm smile. "Hang in there Noire! I will go get you some pain killers in a minute."

"They better be normal because I've had enough of drugs knocking me out today."

"No knock outs got it." Black Star nodded and then I seen Maka walk out and lean over me.

"Noire! Your ok!"

"Hey... didn't I hear you when I called Kid? I smiled weakly up at her. "I know I heard Fade and Kid before James threw my phone into the street.

"Yeah, I managed to get there in time for the phone call, as soon as the death twins found out you were kidnapped they took off down the hall."

"Sorry about scaring you guys.

"It is ok, besides it is my fault for letting you leave class and the good news is I am halfway done stitching you up now." Stein told me.

"Halfway? Fade.... he said halfway didn't he?"

"He has to get those stitches tight together." Fade told me and watched Stein.

"Man this sucks. Stabbed on my birthday jeez. The universe must hate me."

"Happy birthday!" They all said at once.

"Wow Noire, your birthday is close to Kid's and mine."

"Now I know what I am getting you for your birthday, pain killers." Black Star joked. I giggled.

"Thanks Black Star. Just what I needed. I'd give you a thumbs up but Fade has my hands."

"Almost done Noire." Stein said. "Consider this one free for your birthday!"

"You are amazing. Seriously, don't let Sid substitute for you anymore,"

"Awe, look at her she's done got nice while she's in pain." Soul Joked and leaned over smiling at me.

"What's up Soul?" I smirked at him.

"Watching the birthday girl get stitched up, where is Kid?"

"Around back." Fade answered.

"Ok, ill go see if he has calmed down yet or not." He left us going around back.

"Almost there yet Stein?" I asked hopefully.

"THREE..." He began his count down.

"Whoa, you guys are really good distractions."

"TWO."

"NO PROBLEM!" Maka cheered.

"Let's hope that something like this never ever happens again, and if I guy tells you our teddy is in his car, don't get in willingly. Well, I did fight even though Teddy was in the car. I busted his window and he got to the point to where he drugged me trying to get me to shut up."

"OK, LAST ONE." Stein put in the last stitch then broke the line and backed away pulling my shirt down.

"Can I get up now?" I asked him.

"Whenever you want to, don't rush. You lost a bit of blood." Stein took out his phone and walked off making a phone call.

"Does it hurt?" Black Star asked.

"Don't ever ever get stabbed Black Star. Just don't." I gave him a serious look then giggled. "Yeah it hurts. It's gonna hurt."

"I will meet you girls back at the manor, I will go get you some pain killers, ok Noire?" Black Star informed me.

 "Thanks Black Star!" I sat up and smiled sweetly at him.

"No problem." He walked off to his car.

"Tsubaki and Kaleb are still inside, I soft of left them there." Maka admitted and blushed, "guess the other two boys did as well."

"Well, you can go in there and help Tsubaki if you want Maka." I looked up at her and smiled.

"I think I will, you two have fun on the porch!" Maka walked inside calling for them.

"You ok Noire?" Fade asked me.

"Yeah, I think I'm ok." I patted next to me on the swing. She took  seat by me.

"We will leave when Kid comes around. I think Stein went to call Lord Death."

"Oh shit, Lord Death was dragged into this?"

"Yeah." Fade blushed and looked down at her hands.

"What?" I wrapped an arm around her.

"He should have read the newspaper by now." Fade giggled. "We are in so much trouble."

"This sucks. Maybe we can get out of it...."

"Yeah! No more mad crazy killer on the loose."

"All it took was me getting kidnapped!" I smiled and hugged her. "Hey... how long will it take for Kid to come around?"

"How long will it take for Soul to get him over here to see you?"

"We could speed it up....." I looked at Fade.

"I'll go get him, don't get kidnapped." She slowly got up and stretched.

"They were going to come after you next. James spilled his plans to me after he got me."

"Sucky plan, I am glad he's being taken care of."

"Yeah. That's what I said sort of!"  I smiled at her.

"I'll be right back." Fade left me quickly going around back.

Kid's p.o.v.

I stood around the back of the house with Soul when Fade came around back. I had done handcuffed James to a flag pole and was interrogating him. I had about all I wanted out of him and was ready to just slit his throat ad get it over with. I was furious with him for one thing. He is lucky I might let him win. Depends on what my dad says. He probably will get a life sentence in  dungeon.

"Hey Kid! Noire and I want to get out of here so let's wrap it up and leave. Let Stein- SO THIS IS THE ASS WHIPE THAT STOLE MY NOIRE!" Fade marched right up to James to knees him right where the sun don't shine. The she spit in his face and turned her back on him. "Like I was saying, let's go. Stein will do what Dad wants him to do with this scum we don't need to hang around. Noire needs a pain killer or two. HEY SOUL!"

"HEY!" Soul waved at her.

"Ok, go find Stein and get him to-"

"I can watch this bag of dirt for you, go on home with Noire and Fade." Soul ensured me and I nodded.

"Fine, thanks Soul. Where is she, is she alright?" I asked Fade.

"She got stitched up by Stein and now were ready to go home."

"Oh ok." I followed Fade to the front porch and smiled softly seeing Noire safe. I walked up to her and kneeled down by her looking into her eyes. "How are you beautiful?"

"Hey Kid!" She smiled at me sweetly. "I'm fine, what about you?"

"I am as fine as you." I smiled. "Thing you can walk?"

"Maybe." She looked around. "HEY could one of you go find Teddy in the basement? I think he was left down there..."

"I'll do it." Fade ran off inside and came back a few seconds later with the teddy bear. "Here you go!" She handed it over to  Noire.

"Thanks!" She stood up and gave Fade a hug wincing a little. "So...home?"

"Yeah, but we got here on our skateboards Kid." Fade bit her bottom lip.

"Riding with Stein. Probably better for me." Noire smirked. "I can get what I missed in class."

"Ok, then we will have to wait on him to get off the phone. Go ahead and sit down." I got to my feet.

"Whaaaaaaat! Who died and made you in charge of me?" Noire said.

"Your last prince charming." I teased and smiled.

"HEY! That's not funny!" Noire pulled me into a hug giggling.

"OH STEIN! I CAME TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN!" OH LOOK THEIR ON THE PORCH." I looked over my shoulder to see Spirit driving a car and waving at Stein.

"Oh god..."

"Do I count?" Noire asked worried. "I don't think I wanna count. He looks like he drank something."

"Come on all you little children! I have candy!"

"CANDY ISNT WHAT WE WANT SPIRIT, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER. WE WANT COOKIES!" Fade screamed at him. Fade stuck her head into the house. "MAKA! YOUR DAD IS HERE!"

"THE LAST ONE THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT STABBED ME, SO I DON'T THINK I WANNA GET IN THE CAR." Noire shouted at him.

"OH MY GOD SPIRIT! YOU AND YOUR WHISKEY FILLED WATER BOTTLES HAVE TO STOPIN MY HOUSE, I GOT DRUNK LAST NIGHT! FROM YOU!" Fade yelled and walked over to Spirit. "So you owe me big time."

"WHEN THE HELL DID YOU GET DRUNK?!?" That's why she never came home last night...

"You got drunk Fade? Poor you, starting early." Noire giggled.

"Ops...my bad." Spirit turned red. "Wont happen again." Noire walked over to Spirit.

"Hey Spirit!" She smiled at him.

"Hi Noire."

"Is Lord Death mad at me and Fade yet?" She asked him carefully.

"Yeah he is mad."

"Is there a chance he might forgive us especially since how I got kidnapped and stabbed?" Noire looked like she was going to panic.

"I wasn't raised by him so don't ask me that."

"KIIIID! IS THERE A CHANCE LORD DEATH MIGHT FORGIVE FADE AND ME FOR THE RACE AFTER HE SEES WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I GOT KIDNAPPED?" Noire turned around and looked at me.

"There is about a forty percent chance."

"That's better than nothing." She walked over to me.

"Yeah, come on let's get into his car and go home." Maka came outside with Tsubaki and got in the car with, Fade, Noire and I.

"Kaleb is staying behind with Stein and Soul." Maka told us as Spirit drove up to the manor. When we got there Lord Death was waiting on the porch. Noire paled and grabbed my hand.

"Holy shit he's waiting for us on the porch. That's not a good sign." Noire got out of the car first and smiled at Lord Death trying for a cheerful approach. I got out with Fade and Spirit drove off leaving us. WERE DEAD, DOOMED. Well they are. "HI LORD DEATH!" Noire smiled sweetly at him and went up and gave him a hug. "I missed you! Being kidnapped is terrible."

"I need all three of you inside now." My dad sounded angry. Three? WHAT DID I do?

"What's wrong Lord Death?" Noire looked up at him pouting.

"I have had the worst day ever."

"Really? Did someone kidnap you, drug you, then try to dump boiling hot water on you, then stab you in the side? On top of being locked up alone in the dark?" Noire tilted her head. "I know that happened to me but you too?"

"No, my day started out with a surprise visit from your dad who wanted to take you to school b-"

"HE'S NOT MY DADDY." Noire crossed her arms. "I wouldn't be here if he was."

"Look, He wasn't to pleased with you running off like that. I had missed a very important meeting thanks to him!"

"He's a butthead. He should just go back to France and stay there." Noire muttered.

"So I ened up running late to school and when I get there I learn your missing and half of the class was running around like a headless chicken. There wasn't even a sub. But that isn't-"

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT JAMES ATTACKED ME IN THE HALLWAY THEN DRUGGED ME GOING DOWN THE ROAD!" Noire was getting upset.

"I was not saying it was, let me finish! GOD NOIRE. NOW I AM GETTING interrupted. So back to my day. I had to fix ALL that mess Stein left behind for-"

"THEN BE MAD AT STEIN! NOT ME!" Noire said defensively.

"SHUT UP WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHO  I AM MAD AT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MY DAY!"

"Ooooooohhh! Ok! So how was your day?" Noire smiled up at him. "Besides the mess you had to clean up from both me and Stein."

"It was horrible! I found out when Iread in the newspap-"

"COOKIES!' Fade ran off while she could.

"DAMN IT FADE! GET BACK HERE I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING! YOU ALL ARE GROUNDED!"

"What?" You could almost literally see Noire's heartbreak being reflected in her eyes. She started crying and hugged Lord Death. "For how long?!?"

"Until you stop giving me reasons to ground you!" Fade came back in.

"Awe dad don't ground them, ground me. I take the blame for it all!"

"NO SPARE FADE! I'LL TAKE THE BLAME!" Noire tugged on Lord Death's cloak.

"I just want to know why you ground me...I haven't done anything bad that you know of."

"You are all grounded until the end of court next week. This will give you time to thingk of how to behave, right. NO STREET RACING! NO RUNNING AWAY, AND NO FAILING MISSIONS." I paled, that is why I am grounded? WHO TOLF HIM I failed the mission!

"WAIT KID DIDN'T FAIL HIS MISSION!" Noire backed up and grabbed my hand. "I SABATAGED IT!"

"He still failed. I am disappointed in you all I have over twenty reasons to ground you two girls, Kid I have yet to count the reasons for your groundation." Noire winced.

"Twenty? That's sad.....so I can't visit Natalie today then?" She rubbed the back of her neck.

"You could, I don't forbid you from that."

"Ok. What DO you forbid us from?" Noire smiled up at him.

"You can only go here and to DWMA or family houses, you cant have your friends over unless its a study group night."

"Sooooooo no freedom. WAIT! I can visit any of my family members in Death City?" Noire looked at him hopefully.

"Yes. To make sure you follow my rules, your chaperones are Spirit and Stein and you all have to wear these tracking bracelets."

"W-what? Ok, well I need to call Spirit then so he can take me to visit Natalie and maybe I can go see if my mom is still here...." Noire took the tracking bracelet and put it on without hesitating so she wouldn't make him mad.

"I guess I could follow that." I grabbed the bracelet and snapped it on.

"UH. FINE. It's not even fashionable, good thing it's not a shocking collar." She put hers on and hugged Lord Death.

"Now I will know where all three of my babies are 24/7. Plus they have it built in to sense your pulse, so I can tell if you are alive or not and where you are by my phone! It's pretty cool! And a shocking collar is the next step.

"NOOOO!" Fade slung the bracelet off and ran to her Ferrari. She climbed into the car an drove off and Lord Death looked furious.

"Kid, Noire come here." Lord Death waved us closer. We stepped closer.

"Yeah?" He grabbed our wrists that we had put the bracelets on and put a tiny key into a tiny lock on the bracelet locking it on us so we couldn't take it off like Fade just did. Noire giggled and hugged Lord Death.

"I wouldn't take it off anyways. It'd make you even more upset at me."

"Dad, what...you have to be kidding me." I groaned and walked to my bedroom slamming the door behind me. "MY LIFE IS RUINED!!!!!!"

Noire's p.o.v.

I smiled at Lord Death. "SOOOOO at least a kidnapping of Fade, Kid, or me shouldn't last long."

"Yeah! I guess I need to catch her by surprise huh?"

"Yeah like while she's sleeping or something...."

"What a great idea! I didn't see her in her  bed this morning, where was she. You was with Kid."

"H-huh?" I blushed. "What are you talking about?"

"I want to know where Fade was this morning, she wasn't with you."

"I heard her say something about she mistook one of Spirit's whiskeys for water because he put it in a water bottle in the refrigerator."

"She got drunk last night! Spirit. Your so dead."

"Hey Lord Death? Wanna help me cook dinner?" I crossed my fingers behind my back.

"NO!" He walked into the house to his study and sat down in there.

"Whelp. I'm stuck doing it by myself." I walked into the kitchen and started making a chicken casserole. When I was done, I wandered around the house bored and eventually found myself outside Kid's room. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....Should I check on him? He didn't seem too happy. Yeah. I guess so. I knocked on Kid's door. "Kid? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just doing homework. Want to come in?"

"You are doing homework so I'm not gonna bother you by talking to you."

"You wont bother me, just come on in." Sighing I realized I got myself into another mess. Probably. I opened the door and came in. Kid was sitting at his desk writing on a worksheet. "Hey Noire!"

"Hi! Sorry about getting you grounded." I sat down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling.

"No it is ok." He looked at me. " I think I can take this thing off."

"I wouldn't try. I think Lord Death said something about it electrically shocking you if you did without the key."

"No! It is so unfair."

"Thaaaaat's why I apologized."

"I am going to find a way to get them off, it is my goal."

"Try getting the key without Lord Death finding out and make a copy of it."

"What a great idea, I am gonna do it tonight."

"No saying it was my idea."

"I won't, it is my idea."

"Ok then. As long as I don't get in trouble. I got Spirit in trouble."

"Why would you do that?"

"Lord Death wanted to know where Fade was because apparently they came in here while we were asleep and I was with you instead of Fade and Fade wasn't in her room."

"Where was she...and where is she now?"

"Probably at the mall right now or at Black Star's house."

"Why do you  think she would be at his house?"

"So they can kiss without us stopping them."

"Well then, looks like I need to get us an apartment."

"Yeah, you should! It could be like a party place or we can stay there every weekend for the whole gang. AND the gang doesn't usually care about relationships except for the boys so Fade and Black Star might go there instead of his place where we can't hear what's going on to save her. Don't tell Lord Death, Spirit, and Stein about it though. No adults allowed. Until one of us becomes one. Then the rule changes to no one outside the gang without an invitation that has been approved by everyone."

"Yeah! I will text everyone about it and we can get one as soon as we get these things taken off."