"Death City? Again?" Axel yelled.
"Is that a problem ?" he asked, flipping through papers.
"Yeah! I think someone in Death City is after Larxene!" he said.
"Larxene has already fallen under someone's radar. Why am I not surprised?" he chuckled, "Whom is after No. XII?"
"Someone who controls snakes," Axel said.
"Hm, after all the recon we've done, we haven't found anyone with that particular power," Saïx said.
"Really?"
"Your mission has changed. Instead of just looking around, you have to figure out who controls these snakes and how they have not come up,"
"Yes sir,"
When she found out as had recon in Death City, Larxene knew that Axel was going to give her lots of guff.
"What are we doing today?" Larxene asked.
"Trying to find allies," Axel answered.
"Ahhh, okay. What's that got to do with recon?" she asked.
"Well, we have to investigate individuals and ask them questions,"
"Hmm,"
"Hey, I think we should split up,"
"What? Why?"
"This city is pretty big, it would be faster if we split up,"
"What if one of us needs to fight?"
"Well, we'll do what the witches do! We'll use our magic,"
"Well, okay," so Axel was starting to trust her. That gave some piece of mind.
"Lord Death," Axel bowed low and gracefully.
"My guards say you demanded an audience with me. Why?" Death asked.
"I need to speak with you concerning a resident in this city," Axel answered.
"Oh? Who is this resident you need to know about?"
"That's why I've come to you. I have no idea who this person is I'm looking for,"
"Do you even have a gender?"
"No sir,"
"Tell me about who you need to know about,"
"Who controls snakes around here?"
"Ah, you're looking for Medusa,"
"Medusa. Thank you, that's it,"
"Why did you need to know?"
"You'll know soon," Axel ran out of the Death room and went in to question others about Medusa.
Maka started to walk home with Soul when she saw Crona all alone, "Hey! Crona!"
"Oh, hi Maka," he muttered.
"What are doing here?" Maka asked.
"Nothing. Why do you ask? Am I not allowed here? Did I do something wrong?"
"Calm down Crona. I mean why are you here all by yourself?"
"Oh. I'm just thinking,"
"Why don't you come hang out with me and Soul?" Maka held out her hand.
"Really?"
"Of course!" she laughed before helping him off the ground and walking off with him.
"Excuse me! You three!" called a voice.
"Hey Maka. Check it out. It's that guy from the other day," Soul said.
"I have a few questions for you three!" said Axel as he rushed over to them.
"Hey Axel!" Maka waved.
"Oh, it's you two," Axel said, "Who's this guy?"
"This is Crona. Our friend," Maka answered.
"Whatever. I need to ask you guys something,"
"What is it?" Soul asked.
"What do you three know about the witch Medusa?"
Crona's eyes widened and he grimaced and winced and shook in fear.
"What?"
"You scared him!" Maka snapped at him.
"So you do know something!"
"Leave him alone! He doesn't like to talk about her!"
"No, Maka. It's okay. I'll have to talk about it sometime," Crona muttered.
"Tell me everything you can,"
"Medusa is my mother. She isn't a great one, but she was all I had a month ago. She experimented in me, injected black blood inside of me to make me a kishin. She put a demon into me which gave me a demon sword. She told me I had to collect and eat souls, and for awhile I did. I was close to becoming a kishin, but Maka saved me. She was cruel to me and everyone here except Dr. Stein. She is a witch who controls snakes and has thousands of snakes inside of her. She was the school nurse for awhile so she could revive the kishin. Medusa was killed not that long ago after she was caught by the academy. But she still succeeded. The kishin is revived,"
"Thanks; that'll be all. Continue with your day," so what he was dealing with was a witch that was supposed to be dead.
"Thank you for your time," Larxene said before leaving yet another failure, "This is ridiculous,"
She walked along the road, trying to find anything interesting, but there was nothing that caught her interest for the Organization.
Then she heard a hiss from the grass.
"Doctor Stein, what can you tell me about Medusa?" Axel asked.
"She is a rough and powerful witch that controls snakes," he answered.
"Hey little guy!" Larxene said and leaned down to the snake, and it hissed again.
"I know that, tell me more," Axel said.
"She is a master at manipulation, and will stop at nothing to get her way," Stein answered, "She was able to use me to get her way and I never noticed until now,"
The snake slithered up her arm and wrapped itself around her arm and made its way to her neck, "Hey, are you the same snake from yesterday?"
"What if she was still alive? But had to take a form as a snake or something like that?"
"She would stop at nothing to get a body she deemed fit and possess it,"
The snake tightened around Larxene's neck, "Hey!" she yelled and tried to throw it off of her, but it clinged onto her.
"GET OFF!" she began to spass out, desperately trying to get rid of the thing.
"What if she did get a hold of a body?" Axel asked
"That person may as well be dead,"
Axel ran out of the office.
The snake shoved its head into her mouth, "What the-" but it was able to shove itself completely into her body.
"LARXENE!" Axel yelled.
"You friend is looking for you. You should go to him, he'll be worried about you," a voice said in her head.
"There you are!" Larxene turned around to see Axel running to her.
"Yeah, here I am," Larxene muttered.
"I freaked out! I found out some stuff about that snake from yesterday," Axel said.
"Really?" she said quietly.
"Yeah. Apparently it's a witch that's supposed to be dead that is trying to possess a body,"
"Interesting," she muttered and felt an uncomfortable stirring in her stomach.
"You okay? You seem pretty out of it," Axel said.
"Lie to him, you don't want to worry about you," the voice said again.
"I'm just tired. Let's RTC," she said and summoned a dark corridor before stepping into it.
She had done it. She was in Larxene's body. She was still adjusting and getting ready to take full control, but Larxene liked to fight.
Although, Medusa wasn't one to give in oh so easily. She would work as long as it would take.
"Why are you doing this?" Larxene asked her.
"I need to so I can live and gain control over Death City," she answered.
"Is you name Medusa?" Larxene asked.
"Mhm,"
"So you were killed a month ago?" she asked.
"Correct,"
"How long with you stay in me?" her voice trembled.
"Forever, if I like these accommodations," Medusa laughed at her discomfort.
"I knew we shouldn't have talked to that guy! He's crazy!" Soul said as soon as they walked into their apartment.
"Let's just not stress it, okay?" Maka suggested as she plopped onto the couch.
"I wonder why he was asking about a dead witch," Soul wondered aloud, "Maybe something is wrong,"
"Medusa is dead," Maka growled.
"I know that. But you're the one who said we have to be open," Soul pointed out.
"But Medusa is dead damn it! She can't come back!" Maka yelled and slammed her fists onto the coffee table before storming out of the living room.
Soul flinched at the loud slam of Maka's door and sighed. He knew she was over reacting so much because she was Crona's friend.
He didn't understand Maka most of the time.
Maka buried her head in her pillow before screaming very loud.
How could Soul say stuff like that? Crona was their friend! They were supposed to be on Crona's side and see Medusa as a threat just by breathing!
After all she had done to Crona Maka had more than just little reason to hate her!
After all, she was one of the DWMA's mortal enemies. That meant that they shouldn't be even thinking about the possibility of her being alive!
Stein cut her in half with her father. That's what he told her. Medusa was long gone, there was no way she could be alive.
And Axel! He didn't have to traumatize Crona like that! He saw that Crona was distraught. After he said he would, he should've insisted that he didn't have to talk about her!
Maka didn't understand why everyone was being so stupid! That wasn't being open! That was being stupid!
She didn't understand Soul most of the time.
Axel clicked in the link on the computer. He began to read what was on the page and tried to put together the vast puzzle before him.
He had bought a computer from Death City and was using it to understand the witch Medusa.
So far, all he had gotten was the intel he had gathered from Death City earlier that day.
He huffed and pushed his chair away from his desk and began to ponder the same information he had read all day.
He looked at his notes.
•Medusa is a witch •Her power is snakes •She deceased in a recent battle with one of the professors in the DWMA •She had revived the demon called kishin, the source of all madness •Some claim that she was in love with the professed who had killed her •Is a very powerful witch •To carry out experiments in black blood, she staged as a school nurse for a month •Her son is Crona •She experimented on him with black blood •She tried to make her own son a kishin •After that failed, she turned her attention on the kishin •Some believe that she is still alive and prowls around as a snake for a new body •She has allied herself with the frog witch Eruka and the immortal Free
Axel huffed. Nothing. He couldn't figure out anything about this witch. She kept herself well hidden.
Axel went back to his new computer and clicked on the search box and typed possession. Search.
Possession
When one takes ownership of something
The origin is from the idea of a demon taking a human body and seizing control.
That didn't help.
Possession witches. Search.
Witches have many powers. Their best and most natural one would have to be manipulation. A witch can deceive anyone if they put their mind on it. A very common way of manipulation that witches carry out is taking other forms. They can either use their magic to create an illusion to other's eyes. Or they could simply use possession. A dead witch that has a large quantity of power has the power to release some of their magic and take that form until they can find a suitable body for them. From there, the body will change behavior and appearance. Eventually, the witch will seize full control over the body, regardless of the bodies' power. The only way to rid a witch of one's body is not found yet.
Axel stood up and ran to Larxene's room and knocked on the door, "Larxene!"
"What is it?" she said in a tired voice.
"I need to get in there!" he turned the knob, but she locked it.
"No, stay away from me you asshole," she said with a slight waver in her voice.
"Larxene! Did you see that snake again today?" Axel asked with urgency in his voice.
"What are you talking about?" she said after a long pause.
"That snake from the other day! Did you see it today?" he asked and pounded in the door.
There was a long pause again, but this time, Axel could hear Larxene mumbling. Not that he could make out what she was saying, "I didn't see anything,"
"Larxene tell me the truth. Don't listen to her," he said in a soothing voice.
"Don't listen to who? You're crazy Axel. Leave me alone," she said.
"HEY I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU!" he said and tried to kick the door open.
"That's not relevant, I'm done talking to you," she mumbled.
"MEDUSA! I KNOW YOU ARE IN HER! AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, YOU'LL GET PUT IMMEDIATELY!" he yelled.
There was a cackle behind the door, "I am alone Axel. I have no idea who this Medusa is," she laughed more, her voice sounding a bit different.
"Damn you!" he yelled before running back to his room.
"He figured it out already," Larxene muttered.
"I see that. Just keep lying to him. He's a fool and he can't do anything about this, and he knows it," Medusa answered from inside her mind.
"He's a fool, he can't do anything," she whispered back.
"Yes, that's right. He knows that there is no point in you fighting. You should give up," she crooned.
"I will never give into you Medusa!" she hissed.
"Haha, be quiet! Someone will hear you," she laughed harder.
"I DONT CARE!"
"Shut the hell up! Some of us sleep you know," Xigbar called from next door.
"You should kill all of them," Medusa said smoothly.
"I can't do that. That would give you away, they know I can't do it all by myself," Larxene answered.
"Your fight is waning," Medusa laughed.
"You wish Medusa. I will never give you an easy time," Larxene scoffed and stuck her nose in the air.
"Hmph," just then, Larxene's head was bashed up against her wall and she screamed in pain.
"Wha-" but she couldn't talk any more and she stood up and went down to the kitchen. Once there, Medusa forced her to get a glass of water.
"What are you doing to me?" she said with struggle.
"Showing his much power I have over you," Medusa stated and laughed as she winced.
Meduds then got poison out of the cabinet, "Oh no," she laughed, "Stop!"
"I don't know-maybe I'll play with you until you break," she giggled, "Tell me Larxene, how does your own medicine taste?"
The glass was forced in her hand, "Wait!"
"What is it now?" Medusa asked, stopping her hand from going to her lips.
"What will happen when you kill me? You won't be able to control me!" Larxene laughed.
"I will, actually. A dead body is easier to control than a live one," Medusa answered.
"Ahh," Larxene's voice shook, "STOP!"
Medusa dropped the glass, "Never underestimate me ever again Larxene,"
"I won't,"