Defeat from an unexpected ally; a new ally appears?
Maka's POV
The witch had smooth green hair, eyes and lips. She had an orange robe on with green sandals, ugly choice of colours in my opinion.
''Bitch!'' Black Star shouts and leaps out towards the witch, with a sudden swift of a movement she dodges to the right at an incredible speed and Black Star misses. With nothing to leap off of he just falls to the ground and tries again, he speeds through the air and throws one half of Tsubaki's chain scythe only for it to miss and grip onto the side of the the school. The witch looks at him and grins, Black Star grins back and yanks on the other half of the chain scythe. Suddenly one of the red spikes of the school and it begins to fall towards the witch, me and Kid jump out of the way while the witch just zooms it the right slightly. She returns the smile to Black Star and this time he just looks frustrated.
''Tsubaki, Fey Blade mode!'' Black Star yelled and Tsubaki changes into the Uncanny Sword.
He leaps out again with Tsubaki held out like a spear, the witch dodges again and Black Star lands on the side of the building and leaps again.
''Speed Star!'' Black Star yelled and sped up significantly as he charged again for the witch.
When he was (literally) millimetres from the witch when she placed her right hand over his face, everything paused for a second before she spoke.
''Soul Force'' She said calmly and a golden light shone out of her hand before Black Star went flying down to earth, crashing into what remained of the red spike. Tsubaki changes back to her human form and crouched over his body, shaking him and calling his name.
''Our turn'' Kid said and began a volley of his bullets, Before they reached their destination the witch
held out her hand and from that a purple shield emerged. All of the bullets impacted with the shield but none of them penetrated the purple shield. Kid stopped firing and I leaped up, swinging Soul round to cut the shield in half but at the last second the witch and her shield disappears. Although I cant see it I feel her behind me and the sudden weight on the back of my head.
''Soul Force'' She said and suddenly my body is racked with the feeling of a hammer, the pain was incredible and so intense I didn't see the ground coming until it hit me in the face.
''Bastard'' I hear Kid say and the sound of his twin pistols launching yet another barrage.
Despite the pain I was in I force myself to turn and look at the raging battle. Kid was firing rapidly against the purple shield but was doing little-to-nothing to it, Black Star had stood up despite his bleeding wound. He jumps upwards with Tsubaki still on the ground, his hand outstretched. It takes me a moment to realise he is intending to use Soul Force, The witch is too distracted with Kid to bother about Black Star who is right behind her. But when he is just within range she turns and grabs his face, how did she do that so fast?.
''Foolish boy'' The woman said ''Soul Force''
Black Star went plummeting to the ground and crashed into the previous crater. He tries to stand up but the witch lands on him, hand on his neck. Her hand glows weakly, despite her not talking you could tell she could blow his head off before he could do anything.
''Why are you doing this?'' Kid asked, the woman turned her head for a moment before turning back to Black Star. Who for the first time in his life, looked afraid.
She grinned menacingly and placed a hand on his stomach. Her grin grew tenfold.
''Soul Force'' She whispered, almost inaudible. A thunder-coloured glow emerged from her hand as a *Bang* noise was made and blew on his stomach, causing Black Star to cough a little blood.
''Black Star!'' Tsubaki cried as she watched in horror.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Everyone watched in horror as the woman with a crazed grin continued to blow her soul wavelength through Black Stars stomach. I turn to see Kid, lying unconscious on the ground with Patty and Liz hanging over him and shaking him. My vision shakes and I realise its Soul, he is trying to tell me something but I can't hear over the booms.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Tsubaki charged at the woman but when she was a metre or so away she suddenly collapsed, the witch didn't do anything but I suspect she had something to do with it.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
I stand up with as much strength as I can muster and feel light-headed, over the bangs I can faintly hear Souls voice. He is saying no, but I cant leave Black Star.
''Soul...Resonance'' I whisper and he nods with a grin, changing into a scythe.
''Soul Resonance!'' We shout in unison, The witch stops her attack on Black Star and stands up.
She stares us down as I charge up, a cautious but curious look.
''Witch Hunter!'' I cry and Soul changes into a diamond-shining scythe, built for taking down witches. I charge at her and she grins widely but I charge onward. I swing Soul downwards onto the woman but to my surprise she outstretches one hand and stops it completely. I jump backwards and swing Soul in a horizontal arc but she jumps over it, doing a backflip out of the way.
I notice Kid has gotten up and is as weak as I am, he looks at me and nods as he aims Patty and Liz.
I swing again but this time she ducks and runs under the scythe and disappears from my vision, suddenly I feel a hand on my back and an arm around my neck. How did she get behind me?.
She looks at Kid from behind me and pushes her hand deeper into my back, emphasising her point.
Kid looks angry and confused at the same time, he can shoot and only have a chance at hitting her but getting me hurt severely in the process. The pair stare each other down for several moments before she laughs manically. A sudden nudge in my back confuses me, before I feel an agonizing amount of pain. It was like lying on an oven, the heat burned my flesh despite it not being an oven.
I feel the pain again and again and again, I feel it several more times before she stops.
I drop soul from my already weak grip and fall to the floor, the taste of iron in my mouth.
Kid's POV
I stare in horror at the body of Maka, she was bleeding from her mouth and stomach. Black Star was the same or even worse, who was this witch?! She was much more powerful than Stein.
I aim and fire rapidly, sending a volley of bullets towards her. She suddenly disappears and I jump forward, expecting an attack from behind. My back was to where she just stood and I was facing towards the school. A sudden weight on my upper back scares me, I try to turn but I get as far as looking at a corner of her face before I am launched forwards, I crash into the wall of the school and before I can recover I am send flying back the way I came and land not far from Tsubaki. This is our chance, our only one.
''Tsubaki... get help'' I whisper and she looks at me in worry before nodding lightly.
With as much strength as I can muster I charge at the witch, I get within close range and jump over her in a attempt to distract her enough for Tsubaki to cross the courtyard.
Mid flight I feel something on my stomach, crap.
''Soul Force!'' She cries and I am send flying upwards into the air, although after a few short seconds I am send plummeting to the ground from gravity. I lay in a crater as the woman walks towards me, her wrists glow and everything from her wrists to her fingertips change into a dagger-spear looking thing. The look like the are made of metal. I stand up weakly and in a weak whisper say:
''Soul Resonance''
Liz and Patty both glow pink as they change into cannons, the woman keeps a strong stride. I crouch down, allowing the pair to charge.
''Resonance stable, noise at 1.5 percent'' Liz reported ''Preparing to fire, feedback in four seconds''
''3'' Liz said
''2'' Patty counted
''1'' Liz counted
''Firing now'' Patty smiled, the woman very close now.
''Death Cannon'' I muttered as the orange Soul Wavelength cannon fired, it only had to travel a short distance to reach its target. We got her, or so I thought.
When the blast got close she positioned her arms in a sort of diagonal line before the it hit her. Several short seconds pass before a gap in the smoke appears with the witch there, blade outstretched and aimed for the kill. I feel every inch of it as it rips through my stomach flesh, I want to yell in pain but restrain myself to a small gulping sound. I stare the witch in the eyes and see that her pupils have disappeared completely, leaving only white ovals for eyes. She lifts her blade-arm and prepares to thrust again when in the corner of my eye I see several figures.
The witch also sees this and jumps backwards and raises her blades just in time to block a bolt of lightning. Through blurred and bloodied eyes I can see several of the other classmates.
Oxford, Kim and Killik, along with their respective partners all stood out the front of the building with a small crowd of onlookers watching. Even in my current state I could tell they two boys were trying not to throw-up over the mess of me, Maka and Black Star. Kim on the other hand had already thrown up.
''Royal Thunder!'' Ox said and launched another blast of electricity, only to be easily swift aside by the witch. Another crazed grin on her face. She moved at incredible speed and thrust her blade-hand through Kilik's stomach, causing him to choke up blood. Kim lifts Jackie but before she can fire the witch swings her leg and in a single swift movement knocks Kim off balance before placing a hand on her stomach.
''Soul Force!'' She yells and a 'boom' sound can be heard a Kim coughs up blood, my vision blurring
''Kim!'' Oxford yells and points the tip of his spear at the witch. She turns at an immeasurable speed and kicks the spear from his hands before punching him in the face. Ox falls backwards, unconscious. The witch turns to Kim, glaring menacingly at her.
Kim looks frightened as you as you could be, Jackie then turns back into her human form and stands over Kim with her arms spread like a shield.
''I wont let you hurt her you bi-'' Jackie said before she was impaled by the blade-hand. Jackie falls to the ground and blood seeps from her stomach.
Then suddenly a blue ball of light hits the ground right next to the witch, she jumps back just in time to dodge a second one before sending a purplish-black bolt of thunder towards the sky.
Nothing happens for a good minute before a woman zooms through the clouds and lands on top of the witch, hand on her face.
''Serrated Soul Force!'' The woman shouts as the witch is flung backwards into the side of the building, coughing up blood. The woman had a look similar to Medusa's old look, adorning the same black dress and hairstyle. What's with the look-a-like?
''So... we meet again... Kema?'' The witch asks the woman, Kema I presume.
''Yes we have Mel'' Kema replied
Kema held her hand in the air and thunder could be heard as a scythe with a golden-tinted blade slowly fell from the sky and gently land in Kema's hand.
''Oh? Bringing your scythe out so early?'' Mel asks as she stands up with her blade-hand glinting in the light. What did that mean? My vision was blurring so much now I was surprised I was still awake. Liz was next to me, shaking me while Patty was poking me in the cheek. I was too focused on the battle to pass out yet.
The sound has disappeared, my body was slowly passing out bit by bit. Kema swings her golden scythe and misses Mel by millimetres. Mel retaliates by sending another volt of purplish-black lightning, Kema blocks it with the scythe blade and swings the scythe again. This time her attack hits and cuts May in half, her mouth opens and I guess she is releasing a cry of pain which she definitely deserves. Her body falls to the floor before turning into a purple soul and Kema turns to me, I can't hold on any longer and my vision darkens before unconsciousness consumes me.