Chapter six: Missing weapons and meister. Will the trio return to DWMA?
Mello groans as he starts to awaken. He blinks open his eyes and finds himself along with his weapons tied up together as well as dangling above a merciless hard ground of an abandoned part of the city. He looks worriedly to his weapons who haven't awaken yet.
"Ribbit. Now it is time to wait. They will send a search and rescue in which we will have more to kill. Ribbit. I sure love being a witch since I get to destroy so much stuff." The witch standing on a giant tadpole looking familiar lets her thoughts be known outloud.
Mello growls. "When they send the search and rescue then you'll be toast!"
The witch shrugs as the other small witches join her side. "That is not true. We are strong." She counters with such strong belief in it.
Mello snarls then he remembers something important and looks to Near.
Near is still knocked out but there is some red on his clothes visible as blood is coming from his wound that he got.
"Near…." Mello quietly speaks to himself worriedly not noticing when Matt begins to awaken.
Flashback:
The battle has raged on for a little bit now and it is so intense that it has left Mello panting so far they haven't dared to use their ultimate power yet since the witches are not all together in the same spot.
So if they used it and got knocked out they'd be vulnerable.
"Damn it." Mello curses as they are surrounded.
One witch comes at them making Mello jump back a little only to fire at her with both his weapons. She is knocked backwards and hits the ground only to bounce then land on her feet on the ground again this time skidding slightly.
"Nice shot!" Matt comments.
"We aren't done yet." Mello responds and turns to the next witch that charges at him.
It is now getting close to evening.
They have tried soul resonance form and Mello begins to wonder if they should just use their ultimate power.
Mello jumps out of the way of a witches attack and rolls on the ground of the roof they are fighting on only to get to his feet skidding a little. "We need to use our ultimate power." He says quietly to his weapons. "The death scythe is taking too long."
"So then we need to try to get them all together at once. It'll be our best shot at succeeding." Matt speaks out in agreement.
"Mello! Look out!" Near suddenly warns and Mello turns to notice one of the smaller witches is coming at him.
Mello tenses knowing there is no time to escape and he tries to raise one of his weapons to attack but there isn't any time to try to attack or even get one of them far enough up to shoot.
Suddenly Near transforms and holding Mello's hand he quickly moves out in front of Mello so that the attack hits him instead.
Mello's eyes widen as he sees this and the witch flies off as Near collapses with the blonde catching him letting go of Matt who transforms to human form. "Near!" He looks to the bleeding wound. "No! Near!" He pulls Near close while putting his hand on the wound as a desperate attempt to try to stop the bleeding.
Matt transforms his arm into the gun barrel and protects Mello and Near from the witches by shooting at them to make them back off.
Near looks to Mello a little weakly. "Mello….." He reaches up and puts a hand on Mello's cheek.
Mello keeps Near close. "Shush. Save your strength. We're going to get you help. I promise. I promise I won't let you die."
"I trust you Mello…." Near says then his eyes start to slip closed and his hand falls from Mello's cheek but right now Near fights to stay conscious.
Mello shakes in anger that is directed at the witches. He looks up with tears in his eyes that he is trying to hold back. "That is it! You witches will die where you stand!"
Matt feels a surge of power and the surprise of the suddenness makes him be fully human again. He knows what Mello is doing. He glances back to the other. "Mello…" He says mostly under his breath and he knows this is dangerous especially since they've been fighting for so long that they are all exhausted mentally as well as physically.
Mello just silently glares at the witches as he stays where he is still holding Near.
Matt nods in determination then turns back to the witches. "I won't let you down." He closes his eyes not even fighting the new surge of power. He starts glowing slightly blinding the witches for a few moments. He floats slightly up into the air as the wings from his weapon form come into view on the red heads back this time sized to his human form.
The wings glow Matt's transformation color and detaches from Matt's body.
Mello closes his eyes as the wings come over to him disappearing into him only to come back glowing and big on Mello's back spreading as if to show power. The blonde opens his eyes that are also glowing the same color as the wings. "Hells wrath." He says and Matt, still in human form but still glowing since Mello won't leave Nears side so they do it with Matt in human form, points his hands towards the witches firing a very powerful red beam that has a spiral of fire around it.
The witches seem to brace themselves for impact as well as getting their magic ready to defend.
The beam hits and destroys one entire side of the massive building almost completely destroying it but also destroying a lot of other buildings.
The massive building, which is an office building, and the area was evacuated when Mello shouted at an officer to do that so that the fight won't hurt anyone.
The building shifts and roars as it begins to fall.
Mello holds Near bridal style as he and Matt move quickly to get off of the building before it crashes.
Evening is now upon them and they land on the ground gracefully.
Mello looks down to the almost unconscious Near and sends him some strength through soul resonance. "Stay with us Near." He says a little softly to the other.
"Ribbit." A frog is sitting in front of them. "That was a dirty trick. Ribbit."
"You survived?!" Mello glares in hatred.
"We are witches. We made duplicates and that's what you fought for a few attempted attacks on us. Ribbit." The frog witch replies. "Then you killed them with such power. That is surely tons of power."
"What's your name?" Matt asks as he wishes he would recover faster so he can attack the witch as he feels sluggish.
But both Mello and Matt are ready to kill the witch. Mello is holding Near and Matt is getting ready wanting to strike the witch even if he had to do it with his hands instead of his weapon form….. Only currently hesitating since he has Mello and Near's safety to consider.
"Erika." The frog replies.
"Good. Now we know what to call you when we beat you." Matt cracks his knuckles.
"Mizune! Now!" The frog gasps jumping a few hops back.
One of the smaller witches, one of the Mizune's, pours some sleeping powder from a bag over the trio making them drowsy.
"Damn you. You'll pay for this big time." Mello growls fighting to stay awake.
Matt falls to the ground knocked out and Mello follows not long after.
End of flashback.
"We'll get out of this. Just please stay alive." Mello puts his head gently on Nears shoulder closing his eyes. "Stay alive. We'll get you out of here and healed up."
"Mello! Near! Matt!" A voice calls out after a few seconds.
Mello raises his head and sees Stein with Spirit. "Stein! Death scythe!" He calls back happy to see them. "Near's hurt and he needs help!"
"Well get you three out of there." Spirit lets them know. "Just hang tight."
"We can get ourselves out of the binds once Matts awake! My main concern is that Near needs medical help!" Mello responds.
"Get out of the binds and we'll deal with the witches." Stein replies.
Mello nods and turns to Matt who blinks a little sleepily as he glances to Mello. "Matt I need you to change to weapon form." He tells Matt. "Long enough for the three of us to get out of these binds since it's just one rope around the three of us."
Matt becomes more awake and nods. He closes his eyes and starts glowing till he transforms.
The three of them fall out of the binds with Matt turning back to human form and Mello grabbing the unconscious Near into his arms bridal style holding him close protectively.
The two land on the ground on their feet and Mello looks to Near.
Mello shifts Near so he can check for a pulse. He sighs in relief that Near still has a pulse, soft but steady. "He's still alive that's good."
Stein steps towards the frog. "Are you ready to be dissected?" He grins in his insane looking way.
Erika croaks in shock and runs off with the Mizune sisters following.
Stein lets his face go back to normal.
"Stein. Should we go after them?" Spirit questions moving over to beside the other.
"No. The three need our help." Stein turns to the trio.
Near is the only one that really seems to be too badly hurt with the other two looking alright with a few more minor wounds than the amount of major wounds they have.
Though all three of them definitely will have to have medical treatment.
"Let's go." Stein says going over to them. "We'll get him help."
At the DWMA….
The team couldn't really sleep so they are tired when they arrive slightly early in the morning then they hear a commotion.
"What's going on now?" Halle asks.
Ox turns to face the team. "You mean you haven't heard?" He asks.
The team shake their heads then look back to Ox.
"Mello, Near and Matt are back." Ox says fully turning to them.
"Oh that's good. That means they're alright." Rester says thankful for that.
"Not quite." Ox replies with a frown getting the team to look at him again. "They were fighting about eight witches at once. They were very lucky that they are strong or they would have all been killed. But even then they were lucky they weren't killed by battling eight witches at once. They're hurt and one especially is in bad shape. It's unknown if he'll make it. That's all anyone's heard of so far."
The team share worried glances upon hearing this.
"They're strong. I'm sure they'll pull through." Maka says coming over. "Besides. Stein is taking care of them. He's the best so they should be fine in his care."
"I hope so." Soichiro's voice is full of worry for the three.
"Oh and by the way Mogi and Matsuda you two got an invitation to join the EAT class." Maka informs the two. "As partners."
"Really?" Matsuda gasps.
Maka nods. "You did good defeating that kishin."
"Thanks." Matsuda rubs the back of his head with a sheepish grin.
Halle looks away still worried about the trio. "Will they really be alright?" She says softly to herself.