Soul and Krissy cautiously made their way to the nurses office, outside stood Stein with a smoke in hand, he saw the two approtch him and his eyes widened.
"K-Krissy, S-Soul?" He asked dazed- did he think they were an illusion?
"Stein...?" Krissy asked cautiously.
"Y-you guys are near each other... a-and aren't hurt..." Stein pointed out, still seeming out of character.
"Well, yeah...," She trailed off with a grin. "Though, I can't say we're completely in good shape- y'know, training for so many hours..."
Stein's eyes seemed to get bigger. He seemed to be focusing on something.
"Ah, dude?" Soul asked.
"I can't believe it... y-your wavelengths are actually compatible again... maybe even more than before." Stein said, baffled.
Krissy scratched the back of her head and looked up at Soul. "I think he's finally lost it," She whispered, loud enough so Stein could hear her.
Stein glanced up toward his bolt before looking back at Krissy. "I lost it long ago, Krissy." He laughed. "Jade has been asking for you... I'd go and see her if I were you." Stein said as he took a step to the side from Soul and Krissy.
"Can I talk to you after, Stein?" Krissy asked, serious.
Stein looked confused but nodded anyway. "Go talk to her first, alright Krissy?"
"I was planning on," She stated, pushing the door open. "C'mon in Soul, and remember, don't mention anything to her."
Soul nodded. "I think I'll forget anyway, I know she is about to flip." He said with a sigh.
As the two walked in they could see all their friends gathered around Jade's bed. Jade looked worse since the last time Krissy saw her. There was heavy bags forming under her eyes, her eyes themselves were blood shot like she hadn't slept in weeks. Her hair was tousled and messy, but when her eyes landed on her sister, her face brightened a bit, then faded when she saw Soul.
"What is that bastard doing here?" She spat weakly.
Soul shifted his feet awkwardly as he looked at Krissy.
"Uh, well, uh we uh figured that it'd be best if uh, Soul and Maka went to go fight the witch with them," Krissy quickly lied, offering a smile. "I mean, it's better to have more people to help out, right?"
Jade frowed at Krissy. "D-didn't they tell you?" She asked Krissy, hurrying on before she could respond. "I told them not to go after that w-witch, I'd die happy just having all of you here, including you K-Krissy." She admitted before smiling weakly.
Krissy's head pounded as she sobbed against Black Star's chest. She felt like she was going to be sick and her heart felt like it wa sslowly being swallowed by a darkhole.
The door swung open and Stein alogn with Lord Death entered the room,Stein looked serious and concered.
"So this is what they've done is it?" Lord Death spoke outloud.
"Father!" Kid yelled now facing Lord Death. "W-who did this to her?" He sobbed, like Krissy, he too looked liek he was going to be sick.
Lord Death seemed to ignore the young reaper as he continued to speak with Stein.
"Do you think she will make it?" Lord Death asked Stein.
"It's hard to tell, her wounds are very deep and serious, it's hard to tell what she did and what they did." Stein said sternly.
Krissy frowned at her sister. "Oh shut up with that whole dying nonesense; they'll go out and find the witch, you'll stay here, and I'll be attending class," She told her as though nothing were a big deal.
"Krissy no. I told Lord Death not to let anyone leave my side until I die." Jade said like it was no big deal.
"I told you you're not going to die." Kid scolded her.
"Face it guys, I am, now get over it!" She yelled weakly before coughing up some blood. She tried shrugging it off casually by wiping it on her hospital blanket.
Krissy felt sick and absolutely useless, sitting there watching her sister in that condition. She clenched her fists and took a shaky breath, resisting the urge to smack Jade. "You're not gonna die unless I kill you, so shut up, stupid!" She scolded, annoyed with her. She wasn't going to die. Krissy wouldn't let that happen, and neither would her friends.
Jade's eyes suddenly fell shut and she began to mumble some stuff. "Wewill... see... dearest... sister..."
"Stein what's wrong with her?" Kid screamed, becoming panicked.
"She's fine, just sleeping, haven't any of you noticed the heart moniter I have her hooked up to?" He asked guesturing toward the machine. It showed a heart beat that went at a nomal pace then suddenly stopped or skipped beats completely.
"We need to let her sleep now, you should all clear out now." Stein said as he shoed everyone out and took Krissy aside. "So what did you need to talk to me about?" He asked her, Soul still nearby to Krissy.
"Uh, yeah, uh right," Krissy said, trying to sound coherent as she spoke. "How long do we have and uh, y'know those pink pills, right? Well, what if I get hurt, could I use them on the spot like you'd done earlier?"
Stein laughed sightly. "You could try using the pills like that but I honestly have no idea how much help they will be." He admitted, then his expression fell to serious. "At the pace Jade is failing you don't have long, I'd head out as soon as you can." He told her.
She frowned and stared at the ground- that didn't sound too good, not at all. Krissy'd been hoping to at least get a night's rest, but by the sounds of it, she didn't have time for that. She was almost convinced she'd die of exhaustion before they actually went after the witch.
"Do you think we have enough time to train once more?" She wondered, hoping he'd say yeah, if not, they'd have to make it work out.
He thought for a moment. "If it's a quick practice then yes, I think you would." He stated.
Krissy sighed and leaned against the wall, rubbing her temples; she'd never been this stressed and she wasn't coping too well with it. "Well, c'mon Soul, let's try and get a bit more in," She said, though, her spirit wasn't so much into it, anymore.
"Wait!" Stein hollared back, the two stopped and looked at him. "Get the others, you should be practicing Resonance Link in the time you have left."
"Alright," Krissy muttered, following beside Soul.
Finding the others was easy. A little ways down the hall stood the whole group, Krissy and Soul explained how little amount of time there was and how serious they all needed to be. The seven of them made their way outside and each prepared themselves to link.
Matching all their wavelengths was made easy this time because no one wanted to step over the other, no one felt under the other, they all just had one motive - to kill Lucrieta in order to save Jade's life.
As they seven felt their soul's resonating Kid spoke up to the six of them, "Guys listen to me for a second." Everyone looked at him, giving their full attention. "I know how to find this witch, but it's up to Krissy." He stated in a serious tone.
Krissy held onto her side, breathing hard as she waved him on with her hand, telling him to continue without actually saying it.
"You have the strongest bond with Jade, as long as she's alive that witch will have a part of Jade with her, meaning, if you can tell the difference between the real Jade and where only a small part of her is, we can find the witch and where she is hiding out." Kid explained.
She blinked over at him and tilted her head to the side. "What?" Krissy asked, not getting it at all.
"He means that if you can find where a small portion of where Jade's soul is, we can find the witch." Tsubaki broke in making it more clear for Krissy.
"Oh!" Krissy exclaimed with a nod. "I get it! Though, I'm not too sure how easy it'll be. I'll try it, but we don't even know where to begin to start searching, so it'll be hard to pinpoint her soul."
"That's why I said you're the only one who can do this." Kid explained again. "You're her meister and sister, that makes sencing her soul much easier... do this, look for her soul anywhere but at the DWMA."
Krissy closed her eyes, and did her best to find her soul. Easily, she found the one at the DWMA, but she ignored it. She clenched her teeth together as she tried concentrating harder- more, more, more, more! She needed to be able to cover all of the area. Faintly, she could trace a bit of Jade's soul, on the outskirts of Death City. She slumped against the ground, breathing heavily, her head was aching from concentrating so hard, but nonetheless she had a smile on her face.
"Got it."
Despite seeing the pain Krissy was in they all smiled. "Lead the way, Krissy." Kid said brightly.
She took a few deep breaths before forcing herself up, reminding herself that she wasn't the only one that was suffering at that point. "This way," Krissy said, starting through the forest, West.
The seven followed Krissy's directions until they reached an underground cellar door. They all hesitated outside it.
"Is this it?" Black Star asked Krissy.
Krissy closed her eyes again, concentrating again. After a moment, she could trace the soul of her sister. She gulped and nodded. "Y-Yeah, this is it," She replied, almost frightened to continue.
Black Star rested a hand on Krissy's shoulder and placed a quick kiss on her cheek. "Don't worry, we're all here for you." He said with a smile.
"What are we waiting for!" Patty asked happily.
Krissy gulped and pulled the door open, revealing an staircase that led to darkness. She looked at the group before taking the first step into it- if there were any traps, she'd be willing to take the damage for them. She nervously walked down a few steps, so far nothing had happened, but she was still tense and wasn't gonna go making assumptions.
As they made their way down, they began to see some light. Traveling further they saw candles after candles on the walls. At the end of the long dungeon like hallway, stood a woman with her back to the kids, the hallway came to a dead end at this point.
Krissy turned back and looked at the group, not too sure what to do next. She didn't know if they should've snuck up, or maybe ask politely if she could stop what she was doing to Jade...
The woman suddenly turned and smirked. The kids could now see that her hair was long and purple with piericing yellow eyes- you could almost say she looked like Blair's evil twin. Her lips formed a deadly smirk as she looked at the ground of kids.
"Can I help you?" She purred; her voice was as deadly as her look was.
"Uh, y-yeah," Krissy stuttered, taking a gulp. "Uh you need to stop taking control of all the people in Death C-City and stuff like that, so just like stop..."
From behind Krissy she could see Kid face palm himself, then her attention was turned back when the witch began laughing.
"You think asking me politely to leave your sister and Death City is going to work? I am a witch sweetheart, I listen to no one, now leave me, I have a soul to consume." She turned back around.
"Soul," Krissy said, holding her hand out behind her. She'd tried to avoid the violence, but there was clearly noway that was gonna work out.
Soul nodded and gripped Krissy's hand tightly, instantly turning into his scythe form. Kid, and Black Star ordered their weapons too. The three meister's glared at the witch.
Lucrieta turned back around and looked shocked for a second before she started laughing.
"You're all too cute! You're just young meisters and weapons from Lord Death's precious academy." She stated. "If you've come to eat my soul, it will only work for one weapon." She explained.
"We don't care about your soul- we care about Jade's! For all I care, your soul could just disappear forever!" Krissy shouted, running towards her head on.
"Ah, ah, ah, child... not so easy against a brain witch." Lurcrieta hissed as Krissy's legs suddenly gave out and she collapssed. "Your brain orders your legs to move, if I can control that, I can control your movements too." She purred.
Krissy's grip around Soul was released and she couldn't seem to move a muscle. She was trying so hard to move that it was actually hurting her. "Stop!" She screamed, clenching her teeth still trying to move. She was terrified.
Lucretia walked up and knelt down infront of Krissy. "Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we, girl?" Lucrieta hissed as her eyes narrowed on Krissy's. "At a young age your family was murdered by witches like me... oh! You're sister and you are alone... just recently you treated her like crap over a boy! Hm... what else can I find, oh you have a boyfriend... would you like to see him in pain?" Lucrietia asked as she pointed in Black Star's direction.
Black Star suddenly collapssed and couldn't move as he began to scream.
"Black Star!" Tsubaki screamed through her weapon form.
AN: Oh noo! :O
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