Maka nailed Meredith to the ground and punched the woman in the face. It may not have done what she hoped to – which meant knocking her completely out – but it did stun her for a moment, giving her time to search for her soul in the witch.
It flickered back at her and for a moment Maka felt complete again. Then the moment got shattered into a million pieces when Meredith threw her back.
Black*Star lost count at how many attacks he had thrown at the witch. And how many times he'd missed.
For an old rotting witch she's quite tough. The ninja thought through gritted teeth.
He checked on Maka for a second. She was laying on the ground, unconscious.
When Maka had collapsed no one of the team knew what to do. Spirit had transformed back to his human form and tried to wake his daughter but it was no use.
Then a blue glow – similar to Soul's green haze – had started to form around her body as if it was a shield.
From then on, Meredith had tried to get near Maka but Black*Star, Kid and Spirit had managed to prevent it from happening. They fired their attacks on the decaying woman and though it did not do much damage, it did keep her from reaching Maka. For now that seemed to be good enough, if only Maka would wake up.
Black*Star's attention got pulled back when he heard someone scream. It was the witch.
Meredith was doubled over on the ground, breathing heavily while looking anxiously from Kid to Black*Star and then Spirit.
The old man was standing in a fighting pose, his arm transformed in a scythe.
Black*Star couldn't help but think of Soul when he saw the familiar pose. How many times had he seen his friend stand like that to protect Maka?
Soul better be alright or I'll kick his ass! The ninja thought.
Meredith shrieked again and made another attempt to go for Maka, throwing herself at the unconscious girl but was stopped by Kid, firing a stream of bullets at her.
Black*Star – seeing an opportunity for an attack – ran up to the slowed down witch. While running he shouted for Tsubaki to activate the Speed Star ability. After a confirmation from the weapon Black*Star lashed out to Meredith with Tsubaki, moving swiftly around his target in incredible speed to hit her multiple times.
"I will have your soul!" Maka said, determined. "If it is the last thing I'll do."
"I can fix that." Meredith smirked, though it was clear to see that she was worried.
Maka had called out to her soul whenever she was close enough, giving Meredith immense pain. The shard of soul wanted to be reunited with its owner and it seemed like it would break through her body to reach it. Meredith was nearing her end and both she and the meister knew it.
But the task of calling out to her soul did take a tole on Maka. She was running out of energy. If only she had her weapon. Then this could be over in a minute.
Maka shot a look at Soul. Meredith had released him because she was too busy dodging Maka's hits. He was laying on the floor, barely conscious. Could he even get unconscious since they were already in his head? Maka wondered.
Long time to think about it wasn't there since Meredith started to advance on her.
I have to try. Maka thought when she jumped away from the witch. "Soul!" Soul's head raised a couple of inches. "I know you don't believe I'm real. I don't care. I just want to get you out of me. So please, transform and we can end this."
Maka's words seemed to spark something in Soul's eyes as he slowly raised himself to his knees.
Maka saw how he bared his teeth in a wild grin before his form changed into an all to familiar black and red scythe. He flew at her and Maka caught him easily, as if they had never been separated.
Maka found herself smirking too, for she knew things finally would turn for the better.
*Short chapter is short... sorry but I'm kind of getting stuck with the story... I hope I can let Soul and Maka back in the normal world in the next chap and I think after that, things will go better. I'm strangely looking forward to writing angst (don't hate me). Thank you for the sweet reviews, I'll try my best to write a new chapter. Stay cool*