How far would you go to save someone?

That's what they asked me. And I always said the same thing.

I would risk my life.

Then they would bring in more doctors and psychologists. And I would obediently sit in my chair, my arms and legs strapped to the white table top. In the white padded-room. In a white paper gown. And they'd ask me more questions.

Then why did you do it?

I would stare at them painfully, and my eyes would dart around the room before I could respond again.

I didn't do anything.

The shaking of their heads, the pity in their eyes, the disappointed glances, I was sick of it. Sick of it all. I needed to be free. But I knew I would be alright. Death would come for me.

"Tell me why were here again, Kid. I don't like the feel of this place at all!" Liz asked, trying to keep up with her miester. Kid walked fastly down the hallways, avoiding eye contact with any of the patients. This place was scaring him too.

"Ha ha, Liz is scared! Just think of it as a hospital with many, many criminals in it!" Patty chirped. Liz's face paled and she latched onto Kid's arm, slowing him down a bit. He sighed.

"Read the note again, Patty. What room is she in?"

His younger female weapon cheerfully slipped the skull-shaped note from her jean pocket, written by Death himself. The group leaned against the bar-downed windows lining the hallway and Patty rehearsed the note.

"Dear Kiddo-kun, I have a new mission for you! But this one will be quite tricky...You see, I need you and your weapons to head down to the Mortality Mental Asylum, right on the out-skirts of Death City. I included a map to show you how to get there. When you arrive, an escort will lead you inside, but no further. You will have to find room 13B in cell block A of the "Dangerous Patients Ward" of the hospital. Once there, you will retrieve a patient and bring her back to the DWMA. I'll explain what we need her for, once she is safely brought back to the school. Thank you, and Love you son! From, your Papa!"

Patty read happily. Kid sighed in relief. His father had written the room down. And planned to tell him what he wanted with this patient. Good.

"So, room 13B in cell block A of the 'Dangerous Patients' ward? This patient must have done something horrible!" Liz yelped, grabbing Patty. Kid stared out the window as the rain gently started to patter on the glass. This was a very odd mission.

"Are you lost?"

Kid turned his head to find a young brunette nurse, looking at him worriedly. Kid smiled.

"Actually, could you help us find this room, please?" Kid showed her the note left by his father and she stared at it for a while before looking back to him. Her hazel eyes blinked with worry, making Kid a bit squeamish.

"Are you sure that's where you need to go?" She asked. Kid nodded and gulped down a bit.

"Is there a problem?" He asked. Liz and Patty took their spots at his sides, Liz holding his arm again, and surprisingly enough, Patty gently held his other hand, tugging on it nervously.

"No, no, not a problem at all." She responded with a smile. The reaper and his weapons sighed in relief all together.

"But be carefully young man. Very careful." She said, looking at the three. Then she pointed past them, making them squint their eyes to see clearly through the ill-lightened hallway.

"Just past that lounge area and at the very end of the hall is the room." She said. Kid look to where her hand pointed and nodded, finding the route to be sufficient.

"Ah, thank you-" He stopped short in his sentence and looked around. Patty and Liz only squeezed his hands harder. The nurse had vanished.

"This is getting creeper than it needs to be!" Liz commented as the group made their way further down the hallway. A sign above them read the following: Now Entering Dangerous Patients Ward. The rain on the windows pounded harder, matching the nervously fast beat of the reapers heart. Passing by the lounge, patients were scattered around on the couches, all not really paying much attention to the television in front of them. Some looked over and smiled, some just continued staring blankly at the floor or ceiling, seeming to be out of it. One old women in particular, was arguing with a doctor as they passed.

"I swear! I swear officer! There is no body! I didn't kill him! I swear!" She yelled at the doctor. The doctor called for nurses and tried repeatedly to calm the lady down, but she pounded her weak fists on his chest. Kid, Liz and Patty gulped in unison. The old lady caught their eyes and began running toward them, pointing and yelling.

"You believe me don't you? Young lady, you believe me right?" She said to Patty before nurses and doctors began dragging her away. Patty hid behind Kid and Kid patted her on the head softly then pushed the two frightened girls down the hallway.

"It's alright you two; I'm right here." He reassured. They nodded slowly, but returned to holding his hands. He sighed. He was scared too. Soon, they finally arrived at the last door to the hallway. The door read the following:

13B Cell Block A

Kid exchanged looks with the two girls. They nodded confidently. Holding his breath, Kid turned the handle on the door and walked into the brightly lit room. Blinking to get used to the lighting, Kid was suddenly shaking someone's hand. He blinked some more. It was a doctor.

"Glad you could make it, Kid! Death told me you'd be coming! Surprising you made it before the storm, eh?" The doctor chuckled and Kid pulled his hand away in disgust. Kid examined him thoroughly. The man had curly red hair, loose and greased back in some places. He had deep 5 o' clock shadow, showing his lack of shaving in a while and his teeth were a slimy yellow. The only thing clean and symmetrical about him might have just been his lab coat. The doctors seemed to be on the same level as their patients, because as far as Kid could tell, the lab coats were the only thing to tell them apart. His tag read 'Doctor Melton'. Kid gave a small smile and nod. The Thompson sisters quietly greeted the other doctors in the room as well. Kid coughed a bit into his hand. Inside the giant room was a sound-proof recording room. But it had been altered into a interrogation sort of style. Doctors stood around the white table in the room, blocking Kid's view of the patient. The one he had come to retrieve. Doctor Melton caught his stare and smirked, then pointed his thumb to the glass-boxed room.

"Your patient's in there. Sora Urameshi, a feisty one at that. Would you like to speak with her?" He asked, flashing Kid another unruly toothish grin that Kid wished he hadn't.

"Yes, if that's alright with you." He responded, moving his head away from the man. The man grinned again and wafted over to the recording equipment in front of the room. He pressed a button and spoke into the microphone.

"Alright, everybody out. Death the Kid has come for his patient."

The doctors filed out of the room immediately, all stopping to bow in front of Kid on the way. Kid modestly waved them on and looked at the now empty room. Except for the patient. It was girl with long flowing black hair, the cleanest of the patients or doctors hair's he'd seen so far. And her eyes. They were a deep alluring and mysterious blood-red, drawing kid in as they stared at each other through the glass. Kid turned to Patty and Liz and dropped their hands hesitatingly.

"I promise I'll be out as soon as possible. And I promise you'll be fine. I'll just be a few feet away." He reassured them. They nodded sadly and watched him flee into the white-padded room. Her took a seat on the opposite side of the table and looked at the girl. She stared back blankly at him.

"Who are you?" He voice suddenly rang, making Kid jump a little. He cleared his voice and straightened his back.

"I am Death the Kid."

A sly smirk spread across her face.

"Finally. Death has come for me."