This World of Darkness
*Do not own Soul Eater or any of its characters. Just a huge fan.
Chapter 6: New Ally Part 2
"Um...Ummm. Okay so..." the Shinigami stood in confusion trying to comprehend what he had been told. Stein tried to explain the story to Lord Death as best he could, but Death continued to "um" and "huh" for a moment. "Um okay, so let me see if I got this straight." he pointed at Stein. "You're no longer under her control..." then he pointed to Medusa. "She has changed her ways and wants to help us take down Arachnophobia..." He then looked at all of them in general. "And all of you want to discuss a way to take down both our remaining enemies by using the knowledge that Medusa has as both a tactical and field advantage?"
Stein nodded to clarify hat Death basically understood the situation. "That is correct, sir."
Death was silent for a moment. He then looked at Medusa. "You really changed your mind about all this. Should I really believe anything you say. What if you're lying and this ends up hurting us more than helping us?"
"It's a small price to pay for my freedom and to be with my daughter. I will help you destroy Arachnophobia and take down the Kishin, AND I am willing to accept any punishment you bestow upon me in the end so long that it is not the death of me nor the harm upon my child."
"Really...?" Death asked. "I just find it hard to believe that you would give up your goals so easily."
Medusa smiled. "I don't choose to think about it as much as giving up than I have simply changed my intention." she turned her head slightly to look at stein. "Besides, I guess you could say that someone got to me..." she blushed, Stein tried to look away.
"Um...okay..." Death said ignoring the obvious.
Azusa, who was also in the room and standing next to Death spoke up. "If I may intervene, this seems far too easy. I don't think we should take a chance to trust someone so dangerous when we are already in a dangerous situation." this caused Medusa to frown. Azusa then looked at Stein. "Even if a superior meister such as you as approved it, Stein." she said fixing her glasses.
"Well hold on Azusa. Maybe this isn't such a bad thing." everyone looked at him oddly in surprise that he was possibly going to accept this so easily.
"Lord Death..." Azusa began. "You can't be serious, this is the woman who released the kishin in the first place."
"I said I was sowwy..." Medusa said in an innocently cute voice.
"You stay out of this witch." Azusa exclaimed.
"Enough..." said Death.
Azusa looked at him. "But sir..."
"If Medusa wants to try and help us and also agrees to paying for her crimes against the school and the world, then I feel obligated to give her a chance." He looked at Medusa. "It is also because of you that your daughter almost got into a very bad situation with us but I don't believe we should separate a child from it's mother." Medusa didn't smile but she did feel a little grateful.
"How about this..." Death said raising a finger. "Crona may return to the academy if and as she chooses and Medusa, who's punishment may be discussed later, shall help us against Arachnophobia and the kishin."
Azusa and Spirit looked at death, Azusa's eyes wider than Spirit's.
Death pointed at Medusa. "but I think that it goes without saying that if you DO try and pull anything, this time you will be locked up with no chance of ever seeing the light again." his voice grew deeper as he finished his sentence. It actually frightened Medusa a bit.
"Okay then..." he said with his voice returning to its cheerful self. He then took a step closer to Medusa and Stein. "There's just one more thing I would like to take care of..."
The two looked at him with confusion.
"REAPER CHOP!"
CRASH!
A split second later, Medusa and stein found themselves ben over in pain. "OWWW! What did you do that for!" Medusa shrieked.
"Sorry, Sorry, it's just that I feel that it was necessary. I mean like Azusa said, this is technically your fault to begin with."
"Why did you hit me?" Stein said getting up.
"How about leaving us in a crisis situation and bringing her here without contacting me first. It would have been nice to know if I was going to see her ahead of time so that I could mentally prepare myself."
Medusa and Stein looked at each other a little annoyed with what just happened. Spirit tried to restrict himself from laughing. Usually he was the one getting "CHOPPED" so it was a little funny to him to see his much more serious friend get it for once.
"Now then..." Death began. "Remove those cuffs on her arms for one thing." everyone including Medusa stared at him with wide eyes.
"SIR?! Are you sure about that?!" Spirit exclaimed in shock.
"If she truly wants to help us then I will trust her not to use her magic against us but if she does then I think she knows what's going to happen." he said raising his chopping hand.
At first Medusa looked irritated the he threatened to once again give her a reaper chop but she understood. "I swear..." she lifted her arms for the cuffs to be taken off. "I swear from this day on I will do no such thing to harm you or anyone else."
Death stared at her for a moment before nodding his head. "Alright Stein, take them off."
Stein pulled the key to the cuffs out of his pocket and unrestrained Medusa's arms. Everyone could not help but tense when her arms were freed, almost fearing that they would be struck down the instant she could use her magic.
Medusa rubbed her wrists. "Ah...That feels better." the others took a quiet sigh of relief when she did nothing to harm them instantly.
"So..." Death said coming forward. "Just what knowledge is it that you have that could benefit us anyway."
Medusa smiled. "Hehehe, A lot ore than you might think."
Maka, Soul, Marie, and Crona were still standing outside the death room. Stein thought it would be better if they waited outside and told Marie to stay with them. They were beginning to get bore of waiting for them to decide on something but Crona was worried. She was praying that Lord Death give some mercy to her mother. She knew of his care free attitude but she still feared that he wouldn't look to kindly on Medusa's past behavior.
"Something bothering you, Crona?" Maka asked placing her hand on Crona's shoulder.
"Wha...Oh, it's nothing really." she responded with a nervous smile.
Maka stared at Crona a little worried. "You're worried about your mom, aren't you."
Crona, who was already sitting down curled up into her knees, hid her face away feeling that she might cry.
"Oh come on." Maka sat with a smile as she pat Crona's back. "I'm sure that Lord Death won't go to hard on her. Besides, Professor Stein said that he would make sure everything would go alright."
Crona brought her head back up. "I guess you're right."
"That's the spirit." Maka said still smiling.
Crona then stood up and looked at the doors to the death room. "I just hope they come out soon."
Maka looked at the doors as well. "Yeah, it's taking a while isn't it...?"
Marie was leaning against one of the doors with her arms crossed and her eyes closed in thought. She opened her eyes and looked at Crona. "Crona...?" she asked.
Crona looked at her. "Y...Yes Miss Marie...?"
Marie hesitated before asking her question. She was worried that what she had to ask might offend Crona. "Do..." she began. "Do you truly believe that Medusa has changed. "Both Maka's and Crona's eyes widened when she asked that? "I'm sorry to ask, I was just wondering how you feel about her reason for doing all this." Marie said slowly looking to the ground.
Crona just stared at Marie but then she started to think. "I..." she thought very carefully before responding. "I...Of course I do..." she said with a vey nervous smile.
"You don't sound to sure of yourself..." Marie said.
Crona looked at the ground. "Well..." now she really had to think. Of course she wanted to believe that her mother had changed but how could she be sure? "I..." the others listened closely to what she was about to say. "I...I believe that deep, deep down she will always be, well, evil..." she lifted her head and made a more serious face. "But I have faith that my mother will do the right thing and help defeat the Kishin."
Marie just stared at Crona for a moment, but then she smiled. "Good..." was all that needed to be said.
Maka then looked at Crona smiling about what she just said. Maka hated Medusa, but if Medusa kept her promises and Crona had fait that she would, Maka felt like she could learn to trust Medusa as well.
Marie was thinking something similar. She was still saddened that Stein seemed to love Medusa more than her, but if Medusa really changed it could help them so much. She smiled as she thought of a future without the kishin and witches could possibly change like Medusa was trying to.
Maka looked over at soul who was leaning against a wall with his eyes closed. "What do you think, Soul." she asked.
"What do I think...?" he said without opening his eyes.
"Yeah."
"I think whatever happens just happens." he opened his eyes and looked at the three with a smile. "But I have no doubts that this is going to turn out the way we're hoping."
The three smiled to the encouragement he just gave them.
*Back in the death room...
Death, Stein, Medusa, and the two death scythes were discussing how Medusa's knowledge over the situation could give them the advantage.
"Okay..." Medusa began. "Arachne already has the kishin, Asura, in her possession." as she spoke, she wrote or drew everything on a white board (the came from nowhere). "But after researching madness for quite some time, I believe I have discovered a way to use the kishin's own madness against him."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Spirit asked. "The kishin's madness drives anyone completely insane just from being in his presence."
"While that is true, there is still a way to take him down..." she drew a stick figure with three kishin eyes on the board. "Okay, so let's say this represents Asura..." then she drew a circle around the figure with a secondary zigzag line surrounding the circle. "And let's say this represents his madness wavelength."
She then drew four more stick figures. "Now let's say these represent Stein, Maka, Crona, and myself; people who have already been exposed to madness and have learned to utilize it, basically."
"That's some amazing artwork..." Stein commented sarcastically with a smile.
"Shut up..." she responded with an angry smile. "How well I can draw isn't important right now."
"Please continue." Death said trying to get them to refocus.
"Right." Medusa said going back to the board. "Now under normal circumstances, attempting to synchronize wavelengths with the kishin would be impossible and the person trying would have their mind torn apart. BUT-!" she said snapping her fingers getting everyone's attention. "From my experiments, I think I have found a way for some one already immersed in madness to actually DE-synchronize the kishin's wavelength..."
They all looked at her with wide eyes. Death was very interested to here where this was going.
Meanwhile back in the war zone, absolute hell was continuing to break out everywhere.
Justin was still locked in battle with Giriko. Neither of them seemed to be getting anywhere with injuring and killing the other.
Giriko took a swing at Justin with his leg blade but Justin dodged and flip backwards to avoid further attacks from the chainsaw. "Dammit, I am getting really fucking sick of having to squash you, YOU INSECT!" Giriko shouted.
"In that case the feeling's mutual." Justin responded as he stood back up. "I'm getting rather tired of having to kill you as well, you insect." he said with a mocking face.
Giriko actually stopped for a moment when he thought he noticed something about the priest. "What's with you..?" he said sounding a little confused about something.
"What do you mean?" Justin said tilting his head with an emotionless face.
"Something about you seems different all of a sudden, and I don't like it." Giriko said with anger growing in his face.
Justin smiled after a while. "I really don't know what you're talking about, but..." Justin looked to the side. Something seemed to be bothering him as well...
"Hey!" Giriko said trying to get the death scythe's attention. "What are you looking at?"
Justin then began to walk away to Giriko's surprise. Justin turned his head to look at Giriko as he walked away. He smiled. "Sorry, I know this is the third time we've had to postpone our dual, but it seems I am needed elsewhere."
"Wait what?!" Giriko shouted in anger. He jumped at Justin ready to cut him to pieces. "DON'T YOU FUCKING WALK AWAY FROM ME, PRIEST!" but as Giriko brought his leg down, Justin vanished. Giriko's eyes widened in confusion. "What in the..."
EXTRA:
Death stared at her for a moment before nodding his head. "Alright Stein, take them off."
"Sorry, I lost the key..."
"WHAT!" Medusa screamed.
"Sorry." he said smiling.
"I"LL KILL YOU!"
Another chapter done. The Extra thing at the end here is something I am actually going to start doing with all of the chapters just as something funny. hope you liked this one, I know I do because I am now in a far better mood than when I was last chapter. I actually feel like trying to get two or three more chapters done this week, so look for those.