"He's close." I muttered. Logan took a step in front of me and glared around the forest. We were on our first official soul collecting mission, in Georgia. Logan had been extremely nervous an hour before, but now she was hard-faced and steady, which surprised me; she was usually hyped up and pissed when it came to fighting. I wonder what's gotten into her.
Something moved in my peripheral vision. Before I knew what was going on, Logan pushed me down just as a knife flew past my face, cutting my cheek.
"You two lost?" An oddly distorted voice asked. I had to swallow the bile that rose in my throat at the sight of our target. It was about 8 feet tall with huge radioactive green eyes and its body was dripping a strange dark substance.
Logan and I rushed at him. She jumped up high and transformed in mid-air.
"We've come to take your soul." I caught Logan and swung her hard against the monster's face. Her blade cut deep, but it just laughed maniacally.
"Oooh, you're from the DWMA, hmm?" There was a strange sucking sound and its wound was gone.
"Shit." I swung again, but to no avail.
"Try a barrage of attacks. Maybe he can't heal more than one wound at a time." Ok, what the fuck is up with this chick today? Strategy from Logan Hale? I shook my head and backed off the monster for a bit.
"What's the matter, boy? Come play with me more!" It opened its mouth wide and its tongue lashed out. It was forked, like a snake's, and razor sharp.
"Try to go for its eyes." Logan appeared on one of the axe blades. I nodded and quickly twirled her around just as the tongue swiped at my face. I ran at the monster and stabbed it in one of its eyes with the spear in between the two blades. It let out an unearthly scream and clutched at its eye. I felt myself smirk. Huh, so Logan can actually be right about things, then. I jumped up from the side and threw Logan as hard as I could. She flew straight through its neck and got embedded into a tree. The monster screamed again as its head soared into the air. A few moments later, its head and body disappeared and only its glowing red soul was left.
"Fucking shit, that was awesome!" Logan came up beside me, back to her old self. She had a huge triumphant grin on her face. "You should listen to me more often, Chase."
"Yeah yeah, Lo, just enjoy your damn meal already," I smiled too, gesturing at the red blob. She grabbed it and swallowed it whole.
~The Next Day~
"Hey, Lo?"
We were on our way to the Academy an hour early because I was paranoid about being late and sleeping in Stien's class again.
"Yeah?" She stuffed her hands in her pockets.
"What was up with you yesterday? You barely said anything." I zipped up my green hoody and flicked the hood over my head.
"I was just thinking." Logan muttered, kicking a rock down the road. "You know how I get."
"Right..." I tried to search her face, but she gave nothing away. Goddamn, she's the only one I can never fully read. I shook my head and started walking slowly up the enormous staircase to the Academy.