"I have a question…"
Lord Death made a sound of acknowledgement.
"What are you…?"
"An ordinary Grim Reaper, trying to bring peace to the world." Lord Death shrugged.
Greed went back to rubbing the lump on his head. "So why am I here? And don't reapers take souls and send them off to heaven or hell?"
"Yah, yah, I do do something like that but, that doesn't matter…" The same blocky hand popped out of his robe and he began to wave simply. "We need you for something. We believe you can help us with this problem, Gree-"
Greed turned around with the wave of his hand. "Sorry, Death. I work by myse- Aaaack!" He clutched his head again, but this time it wasn't from the lump received from the cartoonish death god.
"Huh… Weird. I'm not doing anything to take over, but it feels like I'm coming back," Ling noted.
"Dammit, Ling! Fight it! Guh," Greed gasped, clutching his throat. "The hell is going on?!"
"I'm trying to, but it looks like I don't have a choice, Greed," Ling grunted with effort, now trying to claw away at what seemed like nothing to stay in place. "This hurts! Greed, I have no choice! I'm going to be in control, no matter what I do!" That sounds a little off…
"Crap… Why the heck is this happening… Why can't I have control…," Greed gasped as he fell to his knees.
"Hey, what's going on," Kid yelled. "Greed!"
"Y'know that prince guy that was originally fighting Black Star…," Greed grunted through the pain.
Kid nodded. "Yeah, I remember."
"Something's tipped the balance between my control over his body… You see… He let me take over."
Everyone but Lord Death had a slightly shocked expression, and a noise to go along with it.
"Wha- why would he do that," Black Star shouted.
"He was searching for… immortality…," Greed gasped as he fell on his back. "I'm sorry… that's all I can say… Time's up," he rasped while giving a thumbs up and a toothy grin before passing out.
"I know what's going on…," Lord Death noted in a more serious tone. "It's a spell. The souls are no longer as in sync with each other, though they remain able to communicate easily… They're fitting the parameters of a weapon and meister pair- and it's beginning on a rather shaky note."
"Huh, what did you say," a lighter voice inquired from the ground.
"It's that prince guy, again," Patty chirped.
The boy sat up and looked at them. "Ah, this is the source of all that qi. Nice to finally meet you in person, Lord Death."
"You're referring to my soul wavelength, correct?" Lord Death tilted his head to the side.
"Yeah." Ling nodded and looked to the rest of them. "Well, according to Greed, you wanted to use us for something?"
"Yup, and it will benefit both of you. We're looking for an inter-dimensional witch. She goes through dimensions to other places- mostly to gather spells, but also wreaking havoc occasionally for her own dimension." Lord Death pointed at the ground. "So, since you may have seen her- or in your case, sensed her, you may be the key to stopping this witch."
"What about the other people like Black Star and Kid and their magic weapon people," Ling queried.
Lord Death placed a finger to the end of his mask. "I've tried that, but she's hard to track. Her soul protect is rather potent- it takes someone who really knows how to read a soul and sense their personality to find them. That's why your partners for this special mission will be Dr. Stein and his two weapons of choice: Marie Mjolnir and Spirit Albarn- you'll refer to Spirit as Death Scythe."
Ling took a step back, his eyes widened in surprise. "Partners?!" So soon?!
"Yup! I've even taken the liberty to have them come here to meet us."
"I never said I'd do it," Ling protested.
"Do ya want to stay here or do ya want to go home," Lord Death leaned in, the eye sockets on his mask changing into semi circles.
"Alright…" Ling nodded, crossing his arms. He contemplated for a few seconds. "Alright, count me in!"
