Wooo! I think last chapter was literally the best chapter I've ever written! I should write in 3rd Person POV more often! Okay, so this chapter is written while I was listening to Phoenix by Fall Out Boy, so more action and stuffs! Yay! Also, this chapter is dedicated to cyber samra who left me four reviews, which made me feel special and super happy. Thank you!
Chapter 14: Phoenix
The twins looked at the Queen of Spiders, horrified. Maka stood stock still, she never thought she would have to face this woman again after the defeat of Asura the Kishin, but here she was.
"What are you doing here? Leave now, unless you want to be sliced like Darth Maul from Star Wars!" Myra threatened Arachne.
"Stay out of this, it doesn't concern you," Arachne replied calmly to Myra.
"Like hell it does. You come into my home and threaten my family and friends, of course it concerns me," Myra said angrily as Arachne studied her. Maka watched the two interact, tightening her grip on Soul, ready to attack if needed.
"Then you have sealed your ultimate doom, young one," Arachne told her. "It's a shame, really. You could have been the greatest meister of all time." The Spider Queen gave a wicked smile.
"Oh, I intend to become the very best, like no one ever was. And that starts with killing your slutty ass," Myra taunted. She then lunged at the woman, bringing Donna in front of her to slice at Arachne's abdomane. But before she could even cut the fabric of the dress, Myra was knocked to the side, landing on the coffee table, which broke on impact. Seeing that, Maka sprang into action as well, doing a spin move, only to also be knocked aside. By that time, Myra had gotten up.
"Oh, I know you didn't just hurt my sister." A switch had turned on in Myra's head, playing every song inside that works with battles. The first one being Phoenix by Fall Out Boy. 'Perfect' she thought as she started using her dance training that Donna took her to, using the beat of the song to battle. Maka fell in sync with her sister, even without hearing the song inside of Myra's head.
The two jumped and twirled, slashing their blades hoping to cut the witch. But every time they got too close, she would use her magic to make them move a wrong way and miss, or hit each other instead. Myra got increasingly more angry the longer the battle went on. Eventually, she pulled out a magical weapon from her breasts, Maka and Myra could feel the soul Arachne stole to create the weapon. The twins could hear the soul screaming inside it's weapon prison.
"Zeus' Lighting Bolt, how big are your boobs?," Myra asked, dumbfounded how a long sword could fit in her bust.
"My intention at this time is not to kill. Not yet at least. But seeing as you won't go peacefully, I have to resort to fighting back."
"Well, good luck, bitch," Maka said. The twins fought hard for a long time before they lost consciousness. When they did, Soul and Donna did their best to hold off Arachne, but they too became too beaten up to continue fighting before long. (I'm bad at writing fight scenes, cut me some slack)
Arachne had her spiders tie up, and transport the four teens to her base of operations. When she arrived, Medusa and Shaula were waiting expectantly.
"I see you were successful in your endeavor," Shaula pointed out, seeing the teens wrapped in spider webs.
"Don't act so surprised, little sister," Arachne told Shaula with a smirk.
"Now all we need is for the other children to take the bait," Medusa said.
The three witches cackled to themselves, admiring their plan as a familiar face led the spiders to a room filled with chains and spattered with blood.
-Kid-
"That took a lot less time than we thought," Liz noted while walking next to her meister, Patty on the other side of him.
"Yeah! It was super easy this time," Patty added cheerfully. Kid said nothing, smirking to himself, as the three of them continued to walk to the bus stop in the town they were in.
"And now that we're done earlier than expected, Kid gets to be reunited with his girlfriend sooner," Liz smirked, nudging Kid.
"Really? I had no idea that would happen if we finished early," Kid said sarcastically. He had picked up on a lot of Myra's little quirks and personality traits during the time they had been dating. Including Sarcasm.
"You intentionally chose an easy task and lied about when you would be back so you could surprise Myra, didn't you?" Liz asked, knowing full well that it was true.
"Indeed I did. Sue me," Kid replied.
"Does she still think you're only 17?" Patty asked, walking on the edge of the sidewalk.
"She does, and it's going to stay that way," Kid warned.
"You need to tell her eventually. One day it's going to accidentally slip out that you're actually 5 centuries old and then who knows what'll happen between you," Liz instructed.
"I know, I know. I will eventually, just not quite yet…"
"She's not going to live forever like you Kid. And the more you push it back, the more devastated you'll be when she does die."
"Fine. I'll tell her when we get back. I just hope she takes it well…"
"If she really loves you, she'll understand why you held off telling her and you'll live happily ever after."
"And if she doesn't?"
"Then you're most likely going to be single."
Kid sighed and shook his head. "Doubt it, but okay."
The three reached the bus station and only waited a few minutes for the bus, which they boarded along with their bags. Though, Liz had mysteriously lost one of her bags in luggage claim when they had arrived in this town.
-Back in Death City-
"Home! Yay!" Patty exclaimed after the three stepped off the plane.
"Calm down Patty, home isn't that exciting," Liz said, putting emphasis on the word 'That'.
"But our friends are here," She told her sister. "I'm excited to see them again!"
"We've literally been gone for two days."
"Still though."
"True. True."
"Let's catch a cab and go home," Kid said, stepping in between the two girls and walking in step with them.
As the three walked outside the airport, they saw a multitude of cabs ready to take people to different destinations. Kid picked one out from the crowd and they all got in. Liz told the driver the address of Death Mansion and they were off. After about twenty minutes, the driver turned onto the street where Maka and Myra lived. Kid thought about asking to stop, but then he realized that Liz and Patty just wanted to get home.
The sound of sirens suddenly filled the ears of the four occupants of the cab; the driver started to pull over ( as was the law) to allow the police car to pass. Kid didn't pay much attention to it until Patty said something that made him both curious and worried.
"It just pulled in to the twins' house! Must have been one great party," Patty said absentmindedly. It's true that the police were once called to the Albarn dwelling because of a party, but after that everyone agreed to, well, not have such rambunctious parties.
"Hey, driver," Kid started.
"My name is Paul," Paul informed Kid.
"Sorry. Paul, can you just drop us off at that house instead?"
"Sure I guess," Paul the cab driver scratched his head, wondering why this teen wanted to go to whatever danger could be happening at this house, but then he remembered that he was in Death City and more dangerous stuff happens all the time. Paul pulled away from the curb and drove to the Albarn house where police were already putting up police tape. he pulled over in front of the house and Kid, Liz, and Patty all got out (Liz had to grab her bag from the trunk). Kid paid Paul a handsome amount of money and Paul drove off, leaving the three on the sidewalk in front of the Twins' house.
Kid quickly walked up to the door, ignored the officer who told him he couldn't go inside, and walked right into the house. Liz had to explain to the officer who they were, then he allowed the girls to follow Kid inside. The Thompson sisters gasped at what they saw, whereas Kid just fell to his knees in the middle of the room. A broken coffee table, chipped wall scaffolding, and blood spatters greeted the reaper and his weapons. A few stray spiders crawled around the room, out of sight, but watching all that happened. The couch was ripped to shreds, large piles of fluff strewn about the room. A hole was visible in the television screen, the sink head was bent in an odd way and some cabinet doors were hanging by their last hinge.
It was obvious to the three that there had been a very tough battle here, and Kid became increasingly angry the more things he saw that were broken and mutilated.
"See Tsubaki! I told you something fishy was going on!" an annoying voice said. Kid didn't take his eyes off the room, but Liz and Patty turned to see Black Star and Tsubaki walking in the house. "Hey, you guys are back early," he noted.
"Black Star, do you know anything about what happened here?" Liz asked him. He shook his head.
"No, but I have a pretty good idea. And if Tsubaki had listened to me earlier, we could have helped."
Kid suddenly stood up and walked over to the blue haired meister. "What happened?" he asked through gritted teeth.
"We have a theory." Tsubaki said.
"I have a theory," Black Star corrected. "So you know about those three girls that were kidnapped earlier this week?" Kid nodded. "Well, yesterday Chrona went missing. We went to check it out. No huge sign of a struggle, small carpet a little bunched up from kicking probably. After doing a little investigating, I found signs of Medusa being there in his apartment."
"Medusa?" Liz asked frightened.
"Yeah," Black Star continued with Kid listening intently. "So I got to thinking about those girls who were kidnapped and went to their dorm. I found a scorpion stinger thing on the desk."
"Shaula…" Kid said softly.
"Yup. So that's when I got this bad feeling that if Medusa and Shaula are kidnapping people who have done wrong to them, then what's to stop Arachne from coming for the rest of us? I kept telling Tsubaki this, but of course she didn't believe me and said it was probably just a coincidence. Then, when I heard the sirens, I dragged her here. This couldn't have happened too long ago."
Kid's eyebrows furrowed and stayed quiet for a moment, taking in all of what Black Star had said.
"Kid," Tsubaki said gingerly. "Are you o-"
"I am going to kill those fucking witches. They are going to regret everything that they have done," Kid interrupted, everything about his body language screamed anger. His friends could see the fire in his eyes. "Black Star, do you know anything of the whereabouts of the Gorgons?" The assassin shook his head no, everyone afraid to speak because of how Kid looked. As if no matter what they might say, he could go off on them. And they all knew that he was worried for their friends. Worried for his girlfriend. And he was scared. Scared of what could be happening to all of them.
"Hey, Kid, you never know. I mean, Myra gets scary when she is angry, and this will definitely make her angry. So the witches probably won't stand a chance now!" Patty said, trying to cheer up Kid. But it was to no avail. He was pissed, no, more than pissed. He was furious with what happened and with himself for not coming back sooner. Kid was also furious that the two strongest meisters he knew couldn't overpower one witch. Then again, it took he, Black Star, and Maka combined to kill one kishin, even if he was the most powerful kishin in history.
"You said it couldn't have happened too long ago. What do you mean by that?" Liz asked Black Star.
"The blood. It's still dripping on the walls, see," He walked over to the nearest blood spatter which was indeed, dripping.
"The they can't have gotten far," Kid stated. He looked around the room for a minute or two.
"What are you looking for, Kid?" Tsubaki asked.
"Aha!" Kid exclaimed, holding up two keys. "Soul and Myra both have motorcycles, though Myra hardly ever uses hers. Afraid to dent it." Kid then tossed the key to Soul's motorcycle to Black Star. "Let's go. Liz, Patty, I can't have both of you in human form while riding it. One of you change."
"Okay!" Patty transformed into her pistol weapon form without any discussion and Liz caught her.
"Good, now. We are losing daylight. We need to leave now," Kid instructed. Everyone in the room nodded and ran outside, Kid leading them to the side of the house where the motorcycles were parked and tarped. He uncovered them both. Soul's was matte black with a red stripe going through the middle of the body. Myra's was an electric blue with a streak of yellow lightning painted on the side. Kid hopped onto the blue one as Black Star and Tsubaki mounted the Matte Black bike. Liz climbed on right behind Kid, keeping hold of Patty, and wrapping her arms around Kid's waist as he revved the motorbike. None of them had helmets, but that wasn't their first priority. The two motorcycles sped off the yard and into the street.
"Wait, Kid. We don't even know where to start looking," Liz pointed out.
"Simple. We follow the Gods Damned spiders," Kid said. He could see things at a faster rate than most people. He could see spiders, ones that aren't very small either, all crawling in the same direction, as if being called home. He followed them, with Black Star riding Soul's motorcycle right beside him.
"Are you sure you know where we're going, Kid?" Black Star shouted from his motorcycle.
"Not really, At this point I'm really just hoping I'm right," Kid admitted. He kept watching the spiders when all at once they changed directions and Kid had to break quickly. It was as if Arachne knew they were following the spiders and told them to switch it up. Instead of going forward, the spiders turned right for a ways then right again. Of course, the two males on motorcycles didn't know they were being tricked. Kid revved the engine once more and followed the spiders that led them to the wrong location.
-Maka-
They were locked in a room with shackles on their arms and legs, and enchantment placed by Shaula so Donna and Soul could not transform into their weapon forms. Maka was scared and she felt more pain than her weapons at the moment. Myra was nowhere in sight. Medusa had taken her somewhere else and now, well, because of their Twin-Sense, Maka could feel every bit of pain her sister felt. She was being tortured, but for what? She hadn't ever fought the witches before. Hell, they didn't even know her, but she was being treated the worst.
All at once, it stopped. Just, everything that Myra felt stopped. Maka couldn't sense any emotion or connection to her twin. 'This is bad…' she thought to herself. It wasn't long until Shaula opened the door to their room with a triumphant smirk on her face. Maka wanted to smack that look off her face.
"What have you done with my sister? Where is she?" Maka screamed at the youngest Gorgon sister. She just laughed.
"She is fine, better than fine actually. Don't worry, you'll see her again soon enough, Pigtails," Shaula affirmed.
"You bitch! Tell us what you've done to my meister!" Donna yelled with a fire neither of the other two had seen before.
"Why my dear, I've already forgotten," Shaula cackled and left the room, not closing the door all the way like the other two Witches did whenever they visited the three teens. Soul, who was on the far side of the room, saw someone walk by behind Arachne and Medusa. The person had bangs that went straight across her forehead with a short bob. And hair as red as blood. Her face looked like Myra, but Soul didn't want to believe it was her. Because as she walked past the door, she smiled a sinister smile. Directly. At. Soul. She wasn't beaten up, in fact she looked like she had recently showered. No scars, no bruises, and no broken bones. Soul got a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. 'Myra...what have they done to you?' He asked himself.