Soul Eater Brotherhood Part 11
At the dark alleys of Death City, an innocent young woman is walking after she went shopping in the local supermarket. She is unaware that she is been followed by an inhuman creature with razor sharp claws, his long, snake-like tongue licks his lips in hunger for the young woman's soul. He bears an upside-down cross between the devilish eyes of the creature; his body structure is flexible and wears some kind of clerical clothing except it's dirty and ripped.
The creature kills the poor woman with only one strike at the stomach. As the woman lies on the cold floor dead, her soul, purely bright with innocence, floats above the dead carcass. The creature stares the floating soul in hunger for awhile and chomps the soul in one gulp. He then sniffs in the air, searching for more souls, craving for more.
Then he spots another one, this time a girl, not older than ten years-old. But he made a mistake in ambushing the clueless girl: the creature's claws accidentally created a sharp noise that the girl noticed and ran, terrified by the creature's horrifying appearance.
It was too late. The girl ran into a dead end completely frozen in fear as the creature crawls towards her. Again his tongue licks his lips, desiring the girl's soul. Suddenly he heard a warning voice from the alley.
"Stop."
The creature turned in annoyance. How they dare disturb his feast, he thought.
"Who is this Kishin, Maka?" Soul asked in a bored voice.
"This is Anastasius, the heretical Pope" Maka replied.
Anastasius growls at them and lunges at Maka and Soul with his razor sharp claws but they dodge his attack.
Soul transforms into his scythe form. "This guy is a joke" he remarked, "He kind of reminds me of Jack the Ripper, except he's weaker than him."
"Never underestimate the Kishin, Soul" Maka reminded.
"Yeah, yeah, boss."
As Maka wields Soul, she slashes Anastasius in the gut, his entire body morphs into a blob before disappearing into nothing but his crimson soul floating in mid-air.
Soul half transformed himself just to get the Kishin's soul. He chomps the soul down to his throat and thanks his meal politely before burping abruptly.
"It never gets old" Soul said to himself, transforming into his human form.
Unknown to him and Maka, a dark figure watches them on top of a building, observing their movements silently. He prepares his two katars from his hands and jumps down the building, 5 storeys high, landing on the ground unharmed.
This both surprised Maka and Soul. "Who's that guy?" Soul demanded, clearly annoyed by the figure's sudden appearance, "Is he a Kishin?"
Without a moment's hesitation, the figure attempts to cut down Soul but he avoids the strike by turning back into a scythe again. "This guy's nuts" he said.
"Hey!" Maka called, "What's your problem?"
The figure did not respond. Instead, he stabs ferociously at them. Maka barely dodges his attacks and can't hold on her guard much long
With a tiny opening, Maka manages to hit the figure by cutting his left side and kicks him after that. The figure winces in pain but he didn't complain about the injury she made.
"Must get blood sample from the boy" he responded.
The figure took something from his coat and a syringe appears in his hand. He then injects the syringe in his arm, the luminous colour of the liquid starts to flow through his veins.
Then, something happened. A glowing red aura appears before him and the figure starts to smile evilly at them. Before Maka can even make a move, the figure, quick as the mind could see, dashes in an inhuman speed.
Maka became startled by his sudden change. She can barely dodge the figure's inhumanly fast attacks and instead, she blocks the attacks.
This only causes more damage to Soul even in scythe form. "Darn it hurts" he complained painfully.
Maka noticed the problem they are fighting. That syringe of his... she thought as she tried her best not to get distracted by the figure's attacks. Did it make himself stronger and faster?
With the final slash, Soul was forcefully reverted back to his human form, battered and injured. Maka rushes over to her partner but the figure swatted her away like a fly.
"Mistress will be pleased..." he muttered in satisfaction.
The figure pulls out another syringe and kneels down near Soul's unconscious body. Maka tries to crawl towards him but faints afterwards; being tired of fighting the figure's inhuman fighting style. The last thing she saw the figure kneeling near Soul as he was about to get stab.
The next thing Maka remember was that she woke up in the school's clinic all of the sudden.
"What...?" she responded drowsily, "What just happened?"
Maka looked around the clinic for awhile checking if Soul is still here.
"You're ok, huh?" someone asked.
She turned and saw Soul sitting beside her bed side, grinning like nothing has happened. Though he has a few bandages around his body, he seems to be in good condition. But he has a suspicious dressing on his left arm.
Maka nodded. "How about you?"
Soul stares at his left arm before answering Maka's question. "Fine, I guess" he replied.
"Oh, I see you're finally awake" Nygus said all of the sudden. She still wears the pink nurse outfit as she enters the clinic. "Lord Death wants to see the both of you."
They bend their necks in confusion. "Huh?" was their respond.
"Hey, hey" Lord Death greeted at Maka and Soul as they enter the Death Room.
"What's up?" Soul asked.
"Is there any problem, Lord Death?" Maka added.
"No, no, just a little warning" he replied, waving his big hands at them.
"Can you describe the person who attack you last night?" he asked, "I know it's a bit sudden but this is important."
"Well..." Maka explained, "The guy looked rather old in appearance wise, but his movements is very fast-"
"He nearly killed me with those unusual weapons he holds" Soul interrupted, before being slammed by Maka's infamous "Maka Chop".
"He wears some kind of clothing... like a butler would wear" she continued, ignoring Soul's head bleeding like a fountain, "But the most unusual thing he did to himself is he stab himself with a syringe, and after that, his speed and attacks were unstoppable."
There was silence across the Death Room. Before the silence breaks, Death Scythe appears all of the sudden, crying and whining like a baby. He kept saying "Maka, are you all right?" all the time that Lord Death is annoyed by his sudden appearance that he made his famous "Reaper Chop" on him.
"Clearly, you speak of Igor" Lord Death said, "Igor is a butler who is infamous for his inhuman speed and agility for at least four centuries ago who happens to serve to a witch named Scylla Fantina."
"How is he related to the attacks yesterday?" Maka asked, "What did he do to Soul?"
"Perhaps Igor was getting some blood from him" he replied, "He rarely attacks a person if his mistress said so."
"Who is this Scylla then?" Soul asked, recovering from Maka's attack.
"Scylla Fantina, by the way is different from other witches" he explained, "Though she uses magic and witchcraft, Scylla combines them with modern technologies and her motives are considered to be dangerous that of Medusa Gorgon and Arachne combine."
"Which is?"
"To assume head of all witches and create the Philosopher's Stone so that not only to attain immortality but to create an army of Kishins made from the souls trap inside the Stone, use it to rule the world and, if it's possible, revive the damn God of Madness Asura and destroy me."
Lord Death spoke with a microphone while the spot light hits him like a superstar.
"That was awkward" Soul remarked.
"So I'll give you a mission that requires teamwork and trust" he said.
"Lord Death, we know" Maka said, "I'll keep an eye on Death the Kid and put a leash on Black Star."
"Well no actually" Lord Death said, "I meant you are going to partner up with the Elrics."
"That's their last name?" Soul commented, "The name is sure is funny-"
He was immediately interrupted by a "Maka Chop" before being unconscious. "Why them?" Maka asked, "Why not Kid and Black Star?"
"Because both the brothers hold the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone" Lord Death replied, "If it gets on the witch's hands, catastrophe will linger not on Death City itself but the entire world. Besides, my son and Black Star will join of course."
"What is the mission then" she requested.
"Your mission is to infiltrate the Fantina Manor in Kent, England and stop her before it's too late" he said, "before you leave in three days, try to brush up the Chain Resonance just in case. Your skills are strong but practice a little bit."
It appears that our heroes are going to stop a witch from taking over her own community and the entire world as we know it. Will they succeed? Find out at the next Soul Eater Brotherhood!