Maka
Abel moved faster than possible. He knocked Soul out quickly with the bottom of his scythe, then mercilessly kicked Crona in the back of the head. Then, Abel spun around and touched Kylie lightly with an open hand.
"Wha-" Kylie began when electricity flew through Abel's hand, electrocuting Kylie until she passed out.
"Now," Abel said, "it's your turn."
I gritted my teeth. Murphy told us that we'd be knocked out by Abel, and that I'd probably get the worst, just for Abel to show it to Riley to drive him insane.
Riley
I flew out of Cain like when Ichigo turns into a Soul Reaper.
...I watch too much anime.
"Old bastard!" Cain shouted, hitting Grandpa Murphy. But Grandpa was too fast, and caught Cain's hand and threw him across the bridge.
"C'mon lass, we need ya'." Grandpa Murphy said.
"I'm good." Maka said. All over the bridge our friends were standing up, hurt but ready to continue fighting.
"I love you guys." I smiled, but frowned when I saw that Demon-thing in that weird room, offering me the Flying V. But I hatched a crappy plan that I'd probably regret later. "Kylie, protect my body. I'm gonna use this black-blood." I said, and grabbed the Flying V. As I guessed, I passed out immediately, but Kylie dragged me off the bridge. She didn't have to protect me on her own, though: Stein and Ms. Marie ran from where they had been waiting and surrounded me, wondering what was going on.
In my head, I was tuning the guitar.
"It's perfectly tuned." Demon-thing said.
"I can see that." I said. "Right. What to play, what to play."
"Freebird!" Demon-thing shouted.
"I hate you." I said, and began playing as hard and as fast as I could.
Maka
Though we had no idea where it was coming from, the music we heard made it a million times easier to link our soul wavelengths.
"What's going on?" Kid asked.
"Soul's using black-blood." Soul said. "I can tell."
"Tell him to play faster. This guy's holding me back from surpassing god." Black Star said.
I attacked first, spinning and hoping to take Cain's legs off, but he jumped and kicked me in the face. But it was nothing like his attacks before. He was weak, and no longer had a Weapon of his own.
Kid shot Cain several times, but Cain dodged several of them, though a bullet went through his shoulder, and another hit his leg. Cain took a few more hits before he sliced Kid's chests a bit, then kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying back. Crona tried chopping Cain's head off, but he shot back and hit her in the face, sending her flying on top of Kid.
Black Star used speed star, and quickly stabbed Cain in the back, but Cain whirled around, flinging a punch at Black Star's middle, but he missed.
"Play faster, Irish!" Black Star shouted.
"For the love of...I'm playing so fast my fingers are bleeding!" Riley said inside of our heads.
"Play faster or you'll never surpass G-" Black Star was unable to keep talking because Cain gave him a nasty uppercut, then stabbed him in the chest. Black Star kept back most of the blade with his hands, but was still too injured to keep fighting.
Suddenly, Riley's intense guitar-playing was replaced by static.
Riley
I was shredding as fast as I could, blood running down the guitar strings and sweat running down my face. I felt the Demon-thing's hands grab my shoulders and begin absorbing me when I quickly turned around and smashed the Flying V over his head. The Demon-thing fell to the floor, surprised, and I grabbed his shoulders and shoved his head through the amplifier.
"Our deal..." The Demon-thing said weakly.
"You don't make the deals." I said.
"Yes, I do. You used my power." Demon-thing said, pulling his head out of the amplifier.
"You think you're the leader, don't you?" I asked.
Demon-thing looked angrily at me.
"You are part of me. Not the other way around." I said, walking out of the room. I opened the door and, right before walking into the darkness, I said "Get it right." Then, I slammed the door and returned to the bridge in London. Everyone was unconscious but Maka and Kylie (again.)
"C'mon, Rye!" Kylie said. "Maka needs help."
"Alright," I said, shaking my head clear. I stood, flexing my legs and bleeding fingers, and held Kylie's hand. She transformed into her Weapon form and I ran, tackling Cain. Almost immediately, he put those clammy hands on the sides of my head.
"You should've fought that through." Cain said.
