CHAPTER 12 / Timeless: Part One
The maid threw the door open and entered the corridor.
I recognized her. She was the other person from before. She wore a standard maid's outfit, except instead of black, it was a faded navy blue colour. She had silver hair and cold, faded blue-grey eyes. She was holding a throwing knife in her hand.
She didn't seem to want to waste time with banter. She ran towards me aiming to perform a sort of melee-knife attack. She got up really close to me, and, before I could move, punctured my arm with her blade. Lucky, however-she was aiming for my chest, but I moved in an attempt to dodge.
I kicked the killer maid in the side, creating some distance between us. I reached for my spellcard pouch-oh, right. I didn't have them.
She stopped and looked at me. Then, she took something from her pocket. It was my leather spellcard pouch. "Looking for these?"
I scowled. No doubt she had Marisa's deck as well.
Marisa was just now getting up. Without her spellcards, she was just a standard human. Only magic thing she could do was fly. I, on the other hand, had an advantage, unbeknownst to my enemy. My carbon atom manipulation didn't necessarily need spellcards to work.
She had gotten out three more knives. Marisa thought she could try and tackle her and get her cards. She started to run toward the maid, who saw her coming, and threw the three knives at Marisa. I grabbed Marisa's collar and pulled her out of the way, and stopped the knives in midair so that they would not hit me. Marisa was sent off-balance and fell to the ground.
"Idiot!" I shouted to Marisa. "What the hell were you thinking!?" She just stayed there and looked at me. Without her spellcards, Marisa wouldn't stand a chance against her. "Stay back. I'll get our spellcards."
I turned back toward the maid. "So, what is your-" She wasn't there.
"Raz, watch out, ze!"
The blue-clad maid was now behind me. A knife was poking my back, at the base of my spine. Another was at my throat. When she spoke, her voice was cold, yet somehow polite.
"My name is Sakuya Izayoi," she told me. "I am the chief maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, under order of my lady Remilia Scarlet. And you, Razu Teionhakushi, and your friend Marisa Kirisame, are trespassing on my lady's property." She pressed the blades against me. I arched. I couldn't do anything. Sakuya had me.
Marisa kicked Sakuya's feet from under her. She didn't expect it. She went down, but her knife scraped down my back as she fell. I moved away, paying no attention to the blood trails on the floor from my arm and back. I looked at Marisa.
"You're insane."
"I know, ze."
Sakuya was not pleased. She got back up, and looked at Marisa, now with red glowing eyes. I didn't see where they came from, but she suddenly had four knives in each hand. Then she disappeared. Where'd she go?
"Careful, ze! Sakuya can stop time and move around while time is stopped around her!"
Sakuya was standing behind us. I turned around, only to find a barrage of eight knives coming my way. I stopped them in midair like I did the ones before. Sakuya appeared impressed by this. I was even more pleased. I had projectiles now.
I started sending the knives her way, one after another. She danced and dodged around them. She was toying with me. I didn't think I was going to hit her at all, since she could simply stop time and walk around the knives in still time.
Marisa picked up a knife from the ground and tried to throw it. She hit Sakuya, but only with the round end of the throwing knife, and THAT was only because Sakuya didn't see it coming. Wow, Marisa was absolutely lost without her magic.
"I said stay back!" I forced Marisa back down the corridor, and sent her back into the cell, and manipulated the steel door upright. I warped the steel so that it would hold in place. Marisa beat on the steel door, while I was left facing Sakuya on my own. That's how I wanted it.
I stood there before Sakuya. We both waited for the other to make a move. I grinned, and urged her hand.
"Ladies first."
