Episode 5: Blair
"Aw, did I say something wrong?" asked Blair with every bit of sarcasm. Maka and the others couldn't do anything. They needed to know what happened to their friend, Kid. Even if it means they'd have to tolerate his attacker. However, at present, she seemed more interested in provoking them rather than being taken in quietly.
"Wow, you guys aren't really going to do anything, aren't you?" she clapped her hands together in glee. She chuckled, "I am so going to enjoy feeding your souls to the new Kishin."
"Shut up!" Maka was already gritting her teeth. This person before her is just way too evil and too dangerous to keep around.
"Say, Crona-chan?" she looked to her right, "after I kill that ugly little pest attached to you, would you ever consider pairing up with Maka-chan, here?"
"Who are you calling ugly!?" spat Ragnarok. "I'll cut you to bits!" the Demon Sword began swinging itself while its wielder tried desperately to regain control.
"Oh, I know," Blair closed her eyes and smiled, "I'll just replace that thing with your dear Maka. Wouldn't your mother be proud?"
"Shut the f*ck up!" shouted Maka. At that point, something snapped within her. She felt a strong force inside her, screaming out for blood. She couldn't understand this powerful urge to kill that evil person in front of her. Before she realized it, her hands gripped Soul tighter as she swung the scythe.
"Maka!" yelled her partner.
In order for the attack to be fully effective, she had to swing Soul backward then forward. Nonetheless, it all happened in a split second.
"Too fast!" the thought screamed in Soul's mind as he cut through air. The witch was quick enough to bend forward and avoid the attack, as well as to launch a counter when she delivered a stunning blow to Maka's abdomen that sent her flying several meters away.
"You're dead!" Black Star appeared from above. He brought down Tsubaki in Demon Blade form. A large cloud of dust and debris followed his attack. Once it finally cleared, he found himself standing in a small crater with no sign of the enemy.
"Ya-ha! No one can withstand my attack!" he boasted, "I am-"
"Pathetic!" laughed Blair. She was standing a few steps away. He rapidly blitzed forward to follow up his attack.
"Black Star, something's wrong!" Tsubkai called out to him. But it was too late. As soon as he got close enough to hit her, the Demon Blade dropped like a ton of bricks.
"What the-"
"Our wavelengths aren't in sync, Black Star!"
Blair sighed, "What an idiot," seeing that he was trying to lift his partner despite the fact that it was impossible.
"Die!" shrieked Ragnarok from behind. A swing and a miss. She dodged that with ease as if she had eyes on the back of her head. Crona tried again, but the uncanny speed of her foe proved too much. Blair managed to catch her hands in mid-strike.
"Crona!" Maka was rushing towards them with Soul in hand.
"Let's hear you sing," Blair whispered to her ear, before she abruptly screamed at her. Crona was horrified by this move. Her eyes lost their color. All of a sudden, she began screaming as well.
"Screaming Resonance. Screech Alpha!" declared Ragnarok. Blair quickly jumped high up in the air for Crona started swinging wildly. In doing so, she sent forth solid sound waves. Unfortunately for the smash team, those attacks which were meant for the witch went instead to the distracted Black Star. Now with the close-range specialist taken out, and the Demon Swordsman going berserk, Maka had to choose whether to engage their opponent or to aid her fallen comrades. She chose the latter.
While Soul and Tsubaki tended to Black Star, she went to help Crona. She grabbed hold of her hands and brought them down. This stopped her from slicing the air, but she was still screaming. Tears were flowing down from her pale white eyes. This alone told Maka that she didn't resonate on her own will. Anyway, she calmed herself in order to match their soul wavelengths. She closed her eyes and leaned on Crona's shoulder. Unbeknownst to them, Blair watched intently from afar. Meanwhile, Sid couldn't bear this any longer. He had to help. Since he couldn't land the chopper, he moved it as close as possible.
"Nygus, let's go." Her partner nodded and changed into a combat knife.
"What? Then who's flying this thing?" Liz pointed to the empty seats. Sid leaped unto the structure but not before saying, "You handle it."
"How are we going to proceed?" asked Nygus. Given the fact that the battlefield was made of concrete and iron, going subterranean was out of the picture. In addition, Crona and Black Star proved that attacking from behind was disastrous.
"We have no choice but to improvise," he dashed towards the enemy. Remarkably, he was silent even though he wore heavy combat boots. At about twenty meters, he threw his weapon. The combat knife flew straight passed the target.
"What was that?" she turned around to face Sid who was still charging to her location.
"Nygus! Now!" he shouted.
"Huh?" Blair found a couple of grenades at her feet. Unexpectedly, the explosion wasn't that strong. The smoke cleared and revealed her to be unharmed.
"Is that all you- what?" Sid and Nygus were nowhere to be seen. She looked around, but only the smash team was in sight. Since Maka and Soul were busy helping the others, she turned her attention to the large black helicopter hovering close by.
"Time to get this show on the road," she told herself.
In the meantime, Liz was panicking at the helicopter. She didn't know a thing about aviation. All she could do was to hold on the controls and try to keep it steady. At the back, Patti was still trying to wake Kid.
"Patti, how's it going back there?"
"Kid-kun's sleepy, sleepy!" she chuckled.
"Oh man! What are we going to do?"
"Uh-oh, she's coming here," Patti pointed.
"W-What!?" As if things couldn't get any worse, they were now under threat from the witch. "Where are the missiles on this thing?" she began pressing different buttons in hopes of a reaction. Yet, none of them responded.
"We have to get out of here!?" cried the terrified pilot, she pulled the throttle away. To her great surprise, the chopper spun out of control.
"WHAAAA-" Liz was screaming her head off, while Patti seemed to be enjoying the ride. They were spinning like a top and Blair laughed like a hyena. She was distracted. Now was the time to act, Sid popped out from the ground behind her and pulled her feet under. He was ingenious. By using the grenades to shatter and soften the thick flooring, he was able to burrow and launch his attacks from below.
"My sandals!" she gasped. Without warning, Sid re-emerged before her and attacked with Nygus. The combat knife went straight for her neck. Blair bent backwards at an extreme angle, and avoided sudden death yet again. She immediately returned with a counter punch. However, unlike Maka earlier, the blow was aimed a bit lower.
"Crap!!!" The pain was debilitating. As a normal reaction to this, he bent down to keep it together. A bad move. By doing so, he exposed himself to a powerful uppercut. He was sent flying.
"Sid, are you okay?" Nygus tended to her meister.
"This never happened when I was alive." Sid's voice went higher than a soprano's that day.
"Oh man," the witch sighed, "these sandals cost me an arm and a leg." The ground was soft, so she tried uprooting herself, but made sure not to damage the footwear.
"Team Resonance!"
"Huh?" she looked back and saw Maka, Black Star, and Crona. They were already in the middle of a Team Resonance. Blair didn't seem surprised by their quick recovery.
"You need to be in perfect resonance if you want to beat me," she cautioned. She closed her eyes and sang. They remained unaffected and completed their resonance.
"Soul!" Maka signaled. He initiated the Team Resonance with a strong hand on the piano keys.
"Shadow Star!" The first to move was Black Star. He used Tsubaki's Shadow Puppets to entangle Blair from afar. She offered no resistance even when Tsubaki yanked her off the spot and pulled her in.
"Screech Gamma!" Crona readied her Demon Sword.
"Witch Hunter!" Maka's Demon Scythe changed into a large, crescent moon-shaped blade. Soul played harder on the piano as they approached the climactic finish.