30 Days
Day 16
Medusa had hung herself in her cell. Steve was the first to find out when he received the call early in the morning. He had just got dressed when the phone rang. Kami went on a long and rambling story of a strange white robed man in her cell and bible passages scrawled all over the wall. Steve didn't have time to wake Crona, so he went to Shibusen with his file of research and his thoughts racing.
"This is the security footage," Kami said, "looks like she got a divine visit." Steve stared at the screen.
"Scan the wavelengths in the room." Steve said and Kami clicked on the video. Two red souls appeared on the screen. "That isn't Jesus, hon." He said and typed on the computer. A name came up. Judas Iscariot was the other wavelength, Steve turned to Kami.
"Get the group into the meeting room, we need to discuss something." He said and walked off, he knew something was up.
Zanesville, Ohio
Harold Farmer sat in his cell. The former Christian radio show host was humming a hymn as the guards shuffled on by blissfully ignorant of what he was planning. The thing was in the basement, he knew it was the fallen angel Lucifer was in the basement, he just needed to bring him some souls to make him more powerful. It was then the screaming began on in the ward.
The razor sharp scythe and bisected anyone and everyone that had come in contact with it. A nurse sat on the floor, her entrails flowing out of the lower half of her body. A guard's head had been split lite a Pez dispenser, and the patients on the ward had begun mutilating themselves. Gouging their eyes with forks and banging their heads on the wall singing "What a friend we have in Jesus" By the time the slaughter ended, 250 souls were hanging in mid-air. Harold's door slid open. There stood the brown haired man from his dreams and his snow white hared partner.
"Peace be with you." Asura said. Harold walked out of the cell and began grabbing souls to take downstairs.
Death City
"Okay so what do we know," Steve said, "We know that Medusa is not related to Jesus, DNA proves that, not related to Judas either, and so whatever happened in her cell remains a mystery. Now here is what I found out from my research," Steve clicked the next slide, "We found that there are a total of 7 weapons and meisters in the elite unit. Seven appears numerous times in the book of Revelations. How many of you are familiar with Harold Farmer?" Kami spoke up.
"The nut who predicted the apocalypse in 1994?" She said.
"That's him," Steve said, "Now Mr. Farmer is in a medical facility in Zanesville Ohio after he slaughtered his entire radio staff believing god told him to. Now I have some photos here," he clicked the next slide where a series of charcoal drawings came up, "These look familiar?" Steve said.
"That's Soul, Maka, Kid; it's the whole fucking unit." Spirit said.
"Exactly," Steve said, "Mr. Farmer has never met these kids in his life and yet he draws them like they are right there. Why? Here's what I figure. Number one: The Last stop recorded for Soul and Asura was Zanesville Ohio, so Farmer has a connection to them. Number two: Farmer is an apocalypse nut; this could have something to do with his beliefs. Finally number three: There was a rail car from Death City containing a fallen angel; I believe it was Lucifer, which derailed near Zanesville. If I am thinking what I believe is going to happen, then Mr. Farmer has a plan to make his ideas a reality. I need to send a team to Zanesville to check on this." Steve said.
"We'll go," Marco said, "Rachel has healed up nicely and we should be able to leave tonight if possible. " Steve nodded.
"There we go, now let's get back to work. Madness doesn't take a holiday." Steve said and walked out.
Shroyer and James Books
Crona had managed to open the store on time, Kid had decided to stay and help while the two owners were at Shibusen pulling double duty as investigators. Crona looked at the black haired boy standing at the edge of the store admiring the Deadite Press shelf, and looking at the posters advertising new releases.
"Why does Steve sell these kinds of books?" Kid said.
"You mean the indie horror books?" Crona said.
"Yeah, some of the covers are kinda creepy and bloody." Kid said.
"Steve wanted to start a store that would cater to the Otaku and the Artistic types in Death City. Have you seen the Hentai section? Crona said and watched as Kid looked over the Hentai, Yuri and Yaoi with trepidation and fear, she giggled. "Something wrong?" She said.
"It's just that Black Star watches these things, Tsubaki hates it. He makes her try some of the stuff out. One time he tied her up and pretended to rape her." Kid said.
"Gross, why would someone do that?" Crona said.
"Some People have rape fantasies I guess," Kid said and walked over to her clasping her hands, "Crona I want you to know that I would never do that to you. My love is too strong and too deep for me to ever do that to you." He said and kissed her deeply. Their passions broken by the sound of the door chime.
"Hello, young lovers." Steve said. Crona looked at him embarrassed. "It's okay, after last night I think you two should be together as often as possible. After all, I saw the blood stain." He said. Crona shuffled her feet. "It's okay, I remember when I was young. You two should be happy you love each other that much." Crona raced over and hugged him.
"What would I do without a dad like you?" She said.
"Go crazy?" Steve said as Crona gave him a peck on the cheek."You can stay as long as you want Kid, we could use the help today, Lance is upgrading Shibusen's computer system." He said and walked over to his office to do some business.
Meanwhile a Shibusen jet flew towards Zanesville with a Weapon and his Meister on board.
TBC