A/N: Soooooo... Only six votes, but STILL A DAMN TIE! But there's still technically 1 more chapter for the nay-sayers to convince me, so PM me. This is where the action really starts.
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Bookworm and Her Scythe
Chapter 10: Gorgon Calypso
Even though the flight was 10 hours, because of time zones, it was technically only 3. So, it was late afternoon in Norway. Plus, it was winter, so it was COLD. 3 below zero, to be exact. Maka and Soul walk down the street with lots of jackets and scarves. Maka was grateful that Kid had assigned her the south quadrant and her parents the south. The town they were in was called Kristiansand, but it was an understatement to call it a town. It was made up of mostly shops and houses, but it spanned a large area. To the north of the address was a forest, so they were tromping their way through the brush.
Stupid Papa. Now I'll never forgive you. Maka kept thinking. She finally thought that she'd gotten far enough away from her parents when she stops and reports in. "Kid, we're far enough north to start searching."
"Good. Anyone else?" Two more confirmations ring out over the walkie-talkies. "And Black Star?"
"Yeah yeah, i'm walkin' in the door right n...
"...GUYS I FOUND 'EM!" Everyone yells disbelief into the mics. "WHAT?"
"They're in the apartment. Just sitting there. "YAHOO! I FOUND "EM! NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR GOD?!"
Maka and Soul sweat drop and breath a sigh of relief. "Okay, well then why'd we come all the way out here?" She asks absentmindedly.
The walkie-talkie sparks to life again. It's Kim. "Hey Kid! We're real sorry! For some reason there was no way to contact you! Every phone we tried got cut off! And when we would try to call you by mirror, they would shatter! We think it's a curse or something..."
That would make sense, if it's Calypso. She can interfere with communications, at least that what Kid said. Soul thinks. What do you think, Maka?...Maka? He looks over at his meister. She looks like she's concentrating, and he notices she's using soul perception.
"What is it? Is it Calypso?" Her eyes get intense.
"Yeah. It's a witch's soul. Probably Calypso, and she's coming toward us."
Soul instinctively changes into weapon form and is grasped by Maka's gloved hand. "She's coming, Soul."
Soul concentrates, and he hears a faint shuffling of bushes ahead of them. It's slowly getting louder. Pretty soon, he is anticipating so bad that he's growling, and Maka's just as patient. "Geez, stop walking so slow and just face me already!" She huffs.
The ruffling stops. Then she steps out into the clearing, her figure set alight by the moon. Maka gasps.
Calypso looks nothing like her sisters. She looks to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with hair straight and a deep-chocolate brown. Her breasts are comparable to Maka's, which is even more surprising, considering the other two gorgons have rather large busts. Her eyes glint a light blue color, almost Aquamarine. She does not wear a dress like most witches. She is instead garbed in a more modern-looking outfit, with shorts that were way too big, going well down to her mid-thigh, along with a grey sweatshirt that was also too big, as it sagged far wider and further than her scrawny arms. She was about Maka's size when they fought the Kishin, and just as thin-framed. On her feet, she wears a pair of basketball shoes, but no socks.
Her hood is up and covering most of her face, all but her mouth, which is open because of her labored breathing. Maka notices she had teeth like a vampire.
"You're Calypso, aren't you?" Maka asks harshly. The witch calms her breathing and tilts her head. She then spins and jumps around like a child, using each step to turn around another time, getting closer to Maka and muttering soft giggles and "weeee!"s as she goes. Maka's brow crawls up her forehead. Is she a witch, or a child? She examines her more closely and is taken aback when the girl turns again. On the back of her sweater is witch writing. And on the sleeves-
-Bat wing designs.
The now completely positive Maka gets more intense, because the definite witch is prancing around rather close to the meister and her weapon. She stops and plops down in the grass just five feet from the two, facing them. She falls over onto her back and throws her arms in the air. "Finally!" She shouts to the sky.
Soul gets tense. Not only does she kind of look like Maka, but she sounds EXACTLY like her back then. Maka notices this and cringes. The witch sits up, leaving her hood behind on her back. Both weapon and meister are shocked at how strikingly similar she looks to Maka and possibly her mother when younger. If either of them had pointed teeth, that is. The only gorgon left alive smiles up at them with childish glee.
"You're here!" She says with a sweet smile.
Kid sits in the apartment, eyes twitching in slight irritation. Black Star has been ranting and raving about how he's a god, and the master of finding things, and that he can search and rescue in two seconds flat. In fact, everyone is quite annoyed by him, because he's been going on for 10 minutes now. Kim is threatening to use hear magic to 'heal' his mouth closed. It finally ends when Kami and Spirit walk into the apartment and everyone looks at Kid expectantly.
"Now that everybody's here, i guess we can begin with phase two-"
Stein buts in. "Where's Maka and Soul?"
everyone is silent. Nobody even noticed the pair's absence. "Oh yeah." Kid sighs. He picks up the wakie-talkie and presses the button on the side. "Maka, report."
What responds is a very high pitched, very loud, skree-ing noise. Like when fingernails scrape a chalkboard. Kid's eyes widen as he realizes what this was.
"Calypso." He looks at everyone, intense look in his eyes. "Everyone to the north sector, NOW!"
They all jump up and run out the door before they even know what's going on. They fly out into the streets when Kami asks. "What is it, Kid?"
"That screeching on the channel? That was the witch interfering with Maka's wakie. She's close to them. She was interfering with Ox's Team's communications as well, and the humans-turned weapons? They were just decoys to get someone out here. In truth, she just wants Maka and Soul." He tisks. "How could I have fallen for such a simple trap?"
Spirit's head appears an the scythe blade. "What does a witch want with my daughter and her partner?"
Kid looks at them with his intense eyes again. "I think you know."
"What do you mean by 'you're here'? You sound like you've been waiting for us." Maka says angrily at the witch. She is angry because she is getting nowhere with this little brat. Questions of 'Who are you' and 'Are you the Gorgon Calypso' are met by immature answers of 'Your Mom' and 'I don't know'.
Another childish response comes after her question. "Stuff." Maka growls ferally at her. The witch looks up at the now night sky with a look of complete and utter boredom.
Is she an idiot? She reminds me of you back then. Soul laughs over their resonance and sneers.
I was gonna say the exact same thing.
I was NOT a brat like her back then.
Huh. Couldah fooled me. Maybe you didn't do it as cool as her, but you were still frustrating.
Wha-... Whatever.
"This little punk..." Maka mumbles as she stomps towards the witch. She gets into Calypso's vision and asks again. "Who. The hell. Are you?"
"Stars are purdy, aren't they?"
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGG! She must have NO BRAIN!
Maka tries one more time before she flies off the handle. Through clenched teeth Maka asks, "What do you want with us? Please, tell me. Before I STRANGLE YOU."
Calypso answers her question with one of her own. "You are Maka Albarn, right? And your weapon is Soul Eater Evans, the Death Scythe?"
Maka hesitates. "Yes. Now answer my question."
Calypso looks down at the ground so that her hair covers her face and only her lips show. She grins, looking eerily similar to Medusa's evil smile. Then, she looks back up at Maka and answers her question as though it had been so obvious, her face smiling a normal smile.
"I want your blood, silly. What else?"
A/N: Okay let me explain. Maka's blood is gonna effect the story one way or another. It's whether or not she can turn into a weapon that i'm concerned about. Vote, PM me the reason for your vote, and then wait for next chappie.
So, how'd you like the first little taste of action? It's only a taste though, not a huge meal, with crispy fries, a juicy steak, and a tall, cool glass of lemonade. Mmmm, i'm hungry now. Anyways, Steak in the next chapter! The only reason i've held back the action this long is cuz of the friggin' tie so VOTE NOW. Love you all! Peace!