Torture; Horrifying power?
Maka's POV
The picture seemed as I'd expected: A boy around the age of thirteen was tied to a chair with leather straps on his wrists and ankles along with a cloth over his mouth, I hear Tsubaki cover her mouth to suppress a sob. I continue to watch as a bald man in a white lab coat walks into view with a syringe in one hand and the other hand empty, he walks over to the boy and chuckles in an old man type of laugh that sounds like a crazed scientist.
''Now Now, why so scared? You have been chosen to become one with the order, be proud!'' He says in a crazy-happy tone. I feel a shiver go down my spine, The Kid screams are muffled by the cloth as his wide eyes frantically scan the room for help.
''Now hold still for a minute...'' He says and produces a scalpel from his sleeve, he grips the back of the kids head and the kid freezes in fear. His eyes were the size of oranges as the scientist plunges the scalpel into the kids eye and from the angle we were watching from I could see the blood spurt out of the child's eye and coats the scientists lab coat and paints it red, despite being muffled by the cloth you could here him scream. I look to my friends and see that Tsubaki is gagging as she watches, Stein looks... intrigued... by it. Everyone else looks unfazed by it or at most slightly disgusted, with the exception of Kema who had an empty look to her face. I turn back to the mirror to see that the bald man has attacked the other eye and now backs up, leaving us to view at the two black holes where the kids eyes were with blood gushing out. I refrain myself from throwing up and watch as the man walk backs over to the kid who was now hysterical and rams a needle into his neck, the kid slowly begins to quiet down before going limp. The scientist reaches over to a metal table and picks up two shiny red marble-looking things, he returns to the boy and carefully plants them inside his eye sockets. He reaches a hand out and flames emerge and burn his eye sockets and the surrounding skin, I feel sick. He reaches onto the metal table and picks up an ancient radio phone and puts it to his ear.
''Yeah I need you to take him into the metal health care unit'' He said and nods over and over before putting the radio down and sighing, seconds later two Templars enter view and unhinge the kid. One of the Templars slings him over his shoulder before walking out of vision, The scientist sighs loudly before the picture cuts out.
''I think I'm going to be sick...'' Tsubaki groans
''What were they doing?'' I ask wearily
Kema says nothing as the mirror vanishes in a puff of pink smoke and begins to walk away, the hood shrouding her face. I look to my Mom but she runs after Kema just as she falls to her knee's.
''Keep an eye on us through the mirror Lord Death'' Mom says as she carries her sister out of the room in a sudden hurray.
''What the hell is going on here?'' My dad shouts as he and Lord Death turn to the large mirror that is always present in the circular platform.
The rest of us gather round the mirror and watch as it blurs into focus, Mom was riding on the broom with Kema sitting on the back with... sparks coming out of her? They arced around her and into the air as they flew through the skies, the ground beneath them changed from houses and street to open desert. Soon the pair landed and Kema practically fell off as the lighting grew in size and how many there were, Kema walked over to a very large rock that was the same size as the walls that surrounded DC. Kema began laughing very eerily causing my mother to take a few steps back.
''Why?... Just Why?'' She whispered to no-one as she arced her back so she was looking at the sky, her pupils were frantically going all over her eyes until they stopped suddenly.
''Hidden technique: Bloody slaughter''
Suddenly the rock that was in front of her was sliced in two, the cut was diagonal so the top part of the rock slowly slid off the bottom part until it collided with the ground and crumbled.
The lighting still grew in size and she laughs in a similar way to the scientist, my mother looked completely unfazed by this whole show.
''I need more...''
With a mix of luck and chance, a group of red Templars were heading in her direction. She looked at them before laughing manically again, drawing the Templars attention. The all raised swords and charged straight at Kema, due to the distance it took half a minute or two before they got to her though it felt like an eternity. With a metallic sound Kema's arm turned into golden scythe, causing it to glint in the sunlight like real gold. The Templars charged onwards, unfazed by Kema now terrifying appearance, When the Templars were only metres away Kema laughed quietly.
''Devil's longsword''
Her scythe arm extended from being the length of her arm to ten times it size, the Templars halted their assault despite being only metres away from her. In a quick swift movement Kema moved her scythe-arm from right-to-left and cut all of the Templars in half, I gasp unintentionally as I watch.
The lightning around Kema fades a bit and shrinks but still remains, Kema laughs psychotically as her arm turns back into a normal arm. She walks over to the floating Kinshin eggs and one by one swallows them whole with a giddy smile on her face, Mom just watches from a distance with the same unfazed look on her face. A minute or two later I counted thirty-two Kinshin souls, she ate thirty-two Kinshin eggs... wow.
After eating the last Kinshin soul she fell to her knee's and began sobbing loudly and screaming as she covered her face with her hands. Mom finally moves and crouches next to her and brings her into a hug.
''Lets get back to DC'' Mom said helping Kema to her feet and walked her over to the broom, a moment or two later the took off and the picture left.
''Again, what the hell just happened?'' Dad asked looking at all of us
''I know the answer to that'' Stein said and we all turned to him ''That boy we saw was Kema's adopted son, Kay. Kami will have to explain more of the in-depth facts but from what I can gather, what we just saw was a mixture of Kema's rage and madness''
''Rage and Madness?'' Kid asks himself ''The rage is obvious, but why the madness?''
''Kami will have to answer that but all I can say is this: Give Kema some space as she may lash out at you if you approach her'' Stein said as the door burst open with Mom walking in (That was fast), without Kema.
''Where's Kema?'' I ask curiously
''Left her at home'' Mom said and approached us ''She needs to blow off some steam so we're gonna go around Nevada and blow up some Templar outposts''
''There's more of them?'' Lord Death asks cheerfully ''Good hunting then!''
''Thanks. I just needed to tell you that so you guys know we wont be back for an hour or so, depending on how much Kema's madness and rage will push her''
''Has this happened before?'' I ask approaching my mother
''Yes, When our mother died from a gang attack. They still didn't find all the body parts''
''Oh yeah, The Paris massacre incident'' Lord Death said
''Paris massacre incident?'' Black Star asks with his hands still behind his head
''Yeah. Kema killed a gang of over seventy people in the space of an hour'' Dad said
''So she's got a temper then?'' Soul asks
''In a way'' Mom said
''Shouldn't we be concerned about that or try to keep it under control?'' Kid asks
''Keeping her anger or madness under control is a death wish'' Stein said bluntly
''Well I best get her to some Templar base to evict some blood-lust'' Mom said ''Bye!''
With that she walked out of the main circle and began walking along the guillotine hall and I waved at her with a nervous smile, Lord Death turns to us.
''Maka and Soul, Black Star and Tsubaki, Kid, Liz and Patty you will all be heading for the Amazon to do recon work the day after tomorrow at 10am. Spirit and Stein you two will try to work out what they are doing with the children and where their main base is'' Lord Death said and we all nod, Black Star suddenly charges off of shouting random praises with regular 'Yah-hoo's'' here and there. Everyone begins to leave as Spirit and Stein chat behind us and I turn to them.
''Stein?'' I ask and he turns to me ''You said that when Kema gets angry that she coughs up blood, why wasn't she doing that earlier?''
''I honestly have no idea'' He shrugged
''I see'' I say and turn back to my friends and run after them.
Crona's POV – The Next Day
After I had calmed down about the Medusa situation we all went to sleep, the next morning was quiet and we went about what a normal person would do: Brush your teeth, take a shower, get breakfast. We came back to our room and began packing our backs when a gentle knock at the door drew all our attention, Free went to answer the door and when he opened it the person who stood there was... familiar. She looked like the classic teenager but had a weird mix of blue and pink in her eyes and hair which ended in a scorpion looking tail.
''Why hello all'' She says and walks into the room and takes a spot next to the door
''Who are you?'' Free asks looking the girl over
''Shaula Gorgon, younger sister to Medusa'' Shaula said and did a little bow to Free
''What is your business here?'' Eruka said, somewhat aggressive to Shaula
''To tell you of my sister's plan'' She says innocently ''The assault on Shibusen''
''Assault on Shibusen?'' I ask and she looks at me
''Oh hello nephew'' She said and smiled at me ''But anyway, Medusa made up a plan to resurrect our big sister, Arachne. After she done that she sent me to come here and get you guys to help the attack, we not using any real plans or strategies. Just plain bomb the place to hell''
''Didn't you die a long time ago?'' I ask
''Not at all, I faked my death on those NOT students to hide myself and searched for Medusa for months until she found me and I helped bring her back to life with the help of my alchemy skills''
''So why does Medusa need our help? You and your older sisters can easily take on anyone in the school'' Eruka asks
''We need Free to lock the Death Room so that we can deal with him lastly, Crona needs to kill the scythe Meister Maka Albarn and Eruka you need to round up the Mizunes to help with the attack''
''What if we say no?'' Eruka asks standing to stare at Shaula, suddenly the end of Shaula's hair speeds over Eruka and stops a centimetre from her neck causing Eruka to gasp
''You don't have a choice'' Shaula said darkly before turning around ''We'll use brooms to get back to Medusa, just leave your bags''
We all nod resentfully and file out the room and down the hall after Shaula, we eventually pass the front desk and they don't say anything as we head around the back of the building. There were two brooms there and Shaula gets on one while Eruka gets on the second and pats the space next to her, I walk over and hop sit sideways on it like Medusa-sama used to do it and Free gets on with Shaula. She takes off and Eruka follows as we take off into the sky, I have to hold on to the broom to prevent myself from falling off. We soar through the sky and I watch the stars go by until Eruka nudges me, I turn to look at her and behind her is a huge wall.
''We're here'' She whispered as she jumped off the broom onto the sand and I followed gingerly into a somewhat large crack in the side of the stone wall. Shaula walks in followed by Free, Me and Eruka walk in after him. The inside was more or less just a tiny crevice that had a fire in the middle with four logs surrounding it. The one in the far left had Arachne-sama sitting on it and the one on the far right had Medusa-sama sitting on it, the pair seemed to be chatting and didn't stopped when we walked in. Shaula-sama sat down on the left log closer to us and Free did aswell while Me and Eruka sat on the log to the right of them.
''So you want me to go into the fray of battle without any tactics apart from just bombing the shit out of it?'' Arachne-sama says sharply
''Exactly, they wont think we would do that. Besides if everything goes terribly then I can change myself into a snake, escape the DWMA and then use my magic to bring you too back. Then we can take a more tactical route''
''I have already told them the plan'' Shaula says cutting them off
''Well then why is Crona still here?'' Medusa-sama says glaring at me ''You have a one-hour deadline to be back here before we start the attack, go''
''R-Right'' I say and sulk out of the small camp and into the laughing sun.
After twenty-odd minutes of walking through the streets, careful not to let too many people see me, I make it to the school grounds. Class must be in session or something because no-one is about the halls or anything except for the odd teacher. I turn a corner and stand in a small cove in the staight hallway when it hits me: Where on earth would I find Maka? She could be in any number of classrooms or she may not even be in school today! Oh this is bad.
''Who's there?'' A voice calls among others, that tone. Maka!
''N-No one!'' I shout back and then hit myself on the head
''That voice...!'' Maka says loudly and I hear a 'Hm?'
''What is it Maka?'' Another voice says, Soul.
This is bad, if she is with her partner then how am I supposed to kill her? How can I even kill her when she is by herself? I cant do this...
''Crona!'' She cries and I hear a clatter of footsteps
Oh no no no no! This is bad. I turn around but there is no-where I can run to without being seen. I'm debating my options when Maka's face bursts round the corner and I can hear more coming.
''Crona!'' She cries again and pulls me into one of her inescapable hugs causing me to gasp at the sudden pain, she looks at me and releases her iron grip and smiles just as the other footsteps turn into the cove and see me aswell. It wasn't only Soul but the rest of the 'gang' aswell.
''Where have you been, you gave Soul that note and just left'' She says as tears begin to fall from my eyes. I couldn't do it, I cant kill her like this if I would ever be able to.
''What's wrong Crona?'' She asks and she holds my shoulders as I hang my head, tears dripping off my face as I try to stop.
''I-I-I-I C-Cant Do It!'' I cry as Ragnarok emerges from my back
''Idiot this is not the plan!'' He says and I slow my tears until I am just making a sniffing sound.
''Screw the plan'' I whisper and raise my head slightly to see all my friends, no. Ex-friends faces looking concerned for me.
''What plan?'' Kid asks, I suck in some breath before I speak. Shinigami give me strength.
''Medusa-sama isn't dead nor is Arachne-sama or Shaula-sama. Medusa-sama created a plan to attack the school with brute force alone and she wanted me to come here to kill you Maka'' I say and Maka eyes grow wide but her hands don't leave my shoulders ''Free was supposed to lock the Death Room to prevent Lord Death from stopping them and Eruka was supposed to help with the bombing''
''What? When?'' Soul said
''In half-an-hour, I needed to be back before then'' I sigh as Ragnarok continues to punch my head
''We need to warn your father'' Liz said as she grabbed Kid's arm and began dragging him away with Patty following them.
''Why are they attacking?'' Tsubaki asked
''I don't know... I'm sorry'' I mumble
''When the come to attack we can kick their asses, I mean we got Stein and Kema-'' Soul starts
''-Who is suffering horribly and only got back a few minutes ago'' Maka finishes and turns to me
''Come on, we can get you somewhere safe-'' Maka begins before I interrupt her
''No! I need to get back to Eruka so I can put my plan in action'' I smile confidently, for the first time in my life probably.
''Oh so now you have a plan? Thanks for keeping me in the loop'' Ragnarok said and hit me again
''The plan is simple: I return to the encampment and leave with Eruka and fly back here so that those three will have to deal with you guys first'' I smile and Maka hugs me
''I wish you luck Crona'' She said and released me
I nod and run down the hall and out into the courtyard and down the stairs, making a straight route for the camp. After running through several streets and alleys I finally get out the front gate and find the crack in the wall, I peek around the corner and find Eruka on the edge of the corner aswell.
''Eruka'' I whisper and as turns around the corner to look at me, I grab her wrist and pull her around the corner next to me and thankfully she doesn't make a sound.
''Crona? What is it?''
''Do you want to go through with this?'' I ask quickly
''Not at all, but since Medusa is forcing us to then we have to''
''We're getting out of here, I couldn't kill my old friends so I told them Medusa-sama's plan and I told them my plan'' I say and continue before she can answer ''The plan is we ride on the broom back to the DWMA and hide there until the battle is over. They wont hurt us and they certainly wont hurt you''
''If it means no-more Medusa then I'm in'' She whispers back ''But what about Free?''
''He's loyal to Medusa so we cant bring him, besides he is an immortal so he wont have any problem'' I Said and I rush over to one of the two brooms hovering in place, Eruka grabs one and hops on and I sit on aswell and we take off in a gust of wind. They will surely have heard that and Eruka must have thought that aswell as the broom seemingly sped up a bit and it only took a minute to reach the DWMA. When we do she lands us at the top of the stairs were Maka and Black Star were fighting, when we land they stop and approach us.
''Head to the Death Room'' Maka said as Eruka stood oddly next to the broom
''But I thought that is where Free was going to box in Lord Death'' I say and she nods
''Exactly, if he does that then that means the only way they can get you is by opening the lock which in turn will mean Lord Death will be able to come out and fight them'' Maka said
I nod and grab Eruka's wrist and run into the building, when we were running I turn to her and whisper: ''You've got Soul Protect on right?''
''Yeah'' She whispers back as we climb a set of stairs ''Or else we would have a crowd of students after us''
I smile as we run along another hallway and up a second set of stairs, Eruka trips at one point and I have to catch her before we continue. When we reach the double doors I push them open and walk inside and Eruka walks after me as we catch our breath. I turn to look at her and see that she looks incredibly nervous.
''Don't be nervous, Lord Death is nice''
''Yeah but your not a witch, the main enemy of Shibusen'' She retorts
''He treated Medusa nicely'' I say causing her to sigh
''I know I know''
After she says that we walk up the short set of stairs to find a large mirror that was overlooking the courtyard and the city like you were looking off the main balcony at the front of the school, Lord Death was watching intently at the mirror before looking at me and Eruka.
''Hello Hello!'' He said in his usual cheery tone ''Nice to see you Crona and...?''
''Eruka'' she said and did a little bow
''Right'' Lord Death replied somewhat coldly
We all watched the mirror as three brooms came into view ''They're early''.