Charlotte's jaws opened wide.
It was a brief moment, but it is enough for Tomoe Mami only to be able to turn around and witness the impending doom before her eyes.
"Mami-san! No!"
"Mami-saaaann!"
The cries of her two juniors, Kaname Madoka and Miki Sayaka, was all that can be heard, helpless as they are now.
Everything seemed certain. Unless, even for this brief moment, a miracle happens - all is over for her now.
BOOM!
All of a sudden, Charlotte's head exploded. It all happened in an instant. So quick, that they were able to react a second later, witnessing what has happened before their eyes.
"Are you all right!"
In a corner, stood a blonde man with ruffled hair, holding a rocket launcher on his right shoulder. A human. Perfectly ordinary mortal flesh. Except for two, one can wonder how could this man arrive all by himself.
"Y-You... who are you?" Mami stuttered. Everything happened so quick she struggled to regain her composure just to pose such a question.
"I... uh, just some lucky bastard. A lucky bastard who somehow managed to see other people here alive, I guess," said he. Even with the weirdness one can barely contain to comprehend, it is a wonder how he could say that with an awkwardness seen when one introduces themselves to another friendly person. "More importantly, are you okay? You look terribly shaken."
"... Ah, um, I-I'm fine. Thank you..."
"Mami-san! The witch is getting back up again!"
The smoke from the explosion slowly subsides. Charlotte's silhouette can be seen recovering from the shock received earlier. It truly is frightening how such a being can still be alive after a blast that can destroy even the most modern battle tanks in the world.
"Looks like we got one hell of an enemy here." the man said. "Geez, I wanted to have some self-introduction done first, but looks like we'll have to talk later. Say, you have more guns?"
"... Of course. You're not half-bad yourself," Mami, finally regaining her full composure, replied. "Let's have some tea for that later, shall we?"
"Oh please, I'm too much of a ruffian for such fancy things, but LET'S DO IT."
"Your pleasure."
"GO FOR IT, MAMI-SAN! AND SOME RANDOM GUY!"
I really want to say something back to these two rascals for that "some random guy" line, but I'll have to leave it for later; that man's little heart whispered as he took aim.
BOOM.
And so the witch's barrier echoed with a sound which only leaves this line for thought: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, but as I told you this is based on certain scenes from the PMMM anime, as far as my memory serves me - which means, I only remember by summary and not by actual watching - well, if there's anything that could say that I really watched the series, I'd call it "second hand watching" - kinda like how you do second-hand smoking.
Also, TAMnI characters will be referred to with their family names except for Accelerator since he doesn't have a proper name to start with. This is subject to change as I am very well aware there exists another Kamijou in the original PMMM series. Maybe I'll start referring to everyone by first names as soon as there's scenes involving him later.