Don't startle the witch chapter 2
Madoka stayed close to Mami as the two walked outside the mall, the afternoon sun high in the sky.
"Mami," Madoka spoke, her hand tightly gripped around Mami's sleeve. "What do all of these posters mean?"
"The CEDA posters?" Mami questioned, still in her magical clothes.
"Mhmm." She murmured in her usual scared attitude.
"I'm not sure yet…" Mami put her arm out and stopped Madoka. "Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
It got louder with every step. Crying. Very obvious crying.
"You hear her?" Coach said. "Get ready to toss that witch."
"I got it." Ellis said, running out of Whitaker's gun shop with a fully loaded Spaz-12 shotgun.
"Hey, who's that over there?" Nick questioned, seeing two female shapes out in the distance, one with golden blonde hair, the other with a odd shade of pink. They were slowly walking towards a young woman with white hair and skin, her head in her hands.
"Witch!" Nick shouted. "You two over there! Don't get any closer to her!"
Madoka heard Nick in the distance and tried to pull Mami away from the young woman in the torn clothes. As soon as Mami got maybe 10 inches away, the woman's tears quickly stopped, and her blood-red eyes tore holes in Madoka's very existence. She growled very loudly and showed her long, bloody claws. Madoka quickly took Mami to the ground with a fairly successful tackle, only to see Ellis sneak up behind the witch.
"Take this!" He shouted, blasting 21 pellets at close range through the back of the witch's neck, splattering fresh blood over Madoka. The witch's red eyes went pale as she collapsed to the ground, the back of her neck wide open.
"THAT is how's it's done!" Ellis shouted with a chuckle.
"I think you're finally getting the hang of this, Ellis." Nick said.
"Gee, thanks a lot." Ellis responded, and put his hand out for Madoka. "Come on, come on, let me help y'all up."
Madoka took Ellis' hand and got up. Mami did the same.
"Thank you for your assistance." Mami said to the rest of the survivors. "My name is Tomoe Mami, but please, just call me Mami."
"Umm, you guys can call me Madoka." She said, traumatized by the witch's death.
"Well, gee. I'm Ellis, this is Coach, Nick, and this here is Rochelle. Nice to meet y'all."
"Same for you as well." Mami said, shaking everyone's hand. "My friend here is a little traumatized by what you just did…"
"The Cr0wning?" Ellis said.
"I suppose so. I'm unsure of proper dialogue here." Mami said.
"Well, neither of you look like you're from around here." Coach said, opening a 'Chocolate helicopter' candy bar, then taking a large bite of it.
"We're not. In fact, we're from the other end of the world, so we think." Mami said.
"What, y'all like plane crash survivors or something?" Ellis questioned. "'Cause if you are, that would be awesome."
"It's a long story." Mami explained.
"Long stories?" Rochelle asked, and laughed. "We're the kings and queens of long stories."
"Okay," Mami said, and took a breath. "Do you believe in magic?"
"Ooh, ooh!" Ellis said with an excited jump. "I do."
"Oh my god, he's like a five-year old. With guns." Nick said, bringing his palm to his face.
"Don't be quick to judge." Mami said, throwing her magical musket to Nick. "Try this out."
Nick did as she said and watched as a bright gold-colored bullet flew out of the gun.
"Wait," Nick noticed. "There's no loading or ejection chambers."
"Then toss it." Mami said.
"Toss it?" Nick questioned. "Like throw it away?"
"Yes. Have another." Mami said, and reached down the front of her blouse, and pulled out another musket.
"…Do they all come out of there?" Ellis questioned.
"Not all the time." Madoka finally spoke.
"Here. One for everyone." Mami said, taking off her French beret, several more muskets flying out of the hat. Everyone grabbed one and began to rethink their thoughts on magic.
"So these can only fire one shot each." Coach asked. "But you have unlimited amounts of them."
"Yes."
"Okay, I'm already liking this girl." Ellis whispered to Nick. Nick simply rolled his eyes.
"So where are y'all headed?" Coach asked.
"We're on a mission to find our friends. A witch we were fighting-" Mami started, but was interrupted by Ellis.
"Witch? Like the thing dead down there?" He asked, pointing to the thing with the blasted-open neck.
"No, a different type of witch, Ellis." Mami said. "Where we were before had witches that cast evil spells."
"Oh, that's why you said magic." Ellis noted. "I 'getcha now."
"But Madoka, me, and another companion of mine were separated through a portal in space time."
"Sounds rough." Nick said.
"It was." Madoka said. "Me and my friend Sayuka were separated, but Mami and I stayed together."
"Uh huh." Nick said. "Why doesn't Madoki have a weapon?"
"Madoki?" Mami asked. "You mean Madoka?"
"Yeah, sorry. Learning names."
"Umm, I haven't found a good weapon yet." Madoka explained.
"Then follow us." Rochelle said, leading Madoka and Mami back to Whitaker's gun shop.
"Tada." Ellis said, still marveling over the amount of guns here. One of everything, going from pistols to assault rifles, all the way to several types of shotguns.
Madoka looked around the expansive amount of shiny metal and dull wood, unsure of what to look for.
Why not start you with a pistol? Madoka thought in her head. No, she was wearing a skirt, no place for a holster. A shotgun? Too large. Submachine gun? Perfect.
"I'll take this one." Madoka said, pointing to the glass container holding the guns.
"Ah, okay." Nick said, walking around to the back.
"Finding the key?" Madoka asked, but was cut short by the noise of boot shattering glass. Nope. No key. Zombie appocolypse. Who needs them.
"Here you go." Nick said, handing Madoka the handgun-sized machinegun.
"Wait." Ellis said, holding a belt-like item in his hands, several empty loops. "You might want this."
"What is it?" Madoka asked, inspecting it.
"It's a bullet belt. You put all your bullet clips in it. Easier storage." Ellis explained, as he placed the belt around Madoka's waist.
"There. Don't wanna be awkward, tighten it all you need." Ellis said, backing away.
Madoka fastened the belt around her waist, and placed as many clips as she could into it.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"I'm still waiting for my cola." A older man's voice rang through the gun shop.
"Keep your pants on, Whitaker." Nick yelled up to him.
"Just get me my cola."
"Colas, hmm?" Mami asked.
"Yeah, let's just get him his stupid soda and he'll blow up the truck in the way." Coach explained.
"You mean the one we walked around?" Mami asked.
"Yeah, that one." Ellis said with a laugh.
"Lets just do it anyway." Nick scolded. "Better for someone to live than just us."
"Fine, whatever."
