Chapter 6.

With the aid of Rin Ciaran lifted Kayo and deposited her onto the sofa. Rin went and got a bottle of antiseptic and a roll of bandages, Ciaran filled a metal bowl with water and grabbed a cloth out of the drawer. She sat up and knocked Rin's hand away.

"I'm fine." She snapped

"Let me help you!" Rin advanced with bandages in hand as Silver went insane, throwing himself around barking. Ciaran started dabbing the blood from her face with the wet cloth and she attempted to pull away, but he pressed forward and carried on wiping. Finally he could see the cut, whatever had hit her had only glanced across her temple and it wasn't deep. With the wound cleaned and the blood flow being held back they relaxed. Kayo logged into her phone and handed it to Ciaran:

"Call Alex tell him I'm here." Ciaran pressed onto the name on the contact list and called Alex, after a lot of questions he finally got the message across and Alex told them he'd be over as fast as he could. As Ciaran hung up on Alex Rin hung up on Katarina.

*Some time later*

Everyone was gathered in the house, they listened to her story with bandages wrapped around her forehead.

"So you're telling me that they were beating up a manhole cover?" Alex peered at her, confused.

"Yes!" She yelled frustrated by the volley of the questions.

"I'll call Lord Death." Alex went into the bathroom and breathed on the mirror until it fogged. Using his finger he wrote the numbers "42-42-" Blue waves radiated throughout the surface in a pulsing circular pattern and after a minute of waiting Sid answered.

"Alex? You do realise how late it is don't you?" The zombie looked tired

"Sir we need to talk to Lord Death!"

"You can't." Sid rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"What!" Alex cried

"He had to leave town to attend to some business."

"Look Alex I need to get some more work done I'll speak to you later!"

"Wait-" The mirror faded and Alex was left with his own reflection. He stormed into the other room and informed the others.

"We need to deal with it ourselves." Alex grunted. Kayo swung off of the sofa and leapt up, before anyone could stop her she had stomped to the door and threw it open.

"Kayo wait!" Ciaran bellowed.

"Hurry up!" She yelled. Confused looks were exchanged and finally they motivated themselves to leave. The group made haste through the crisp night air with the streetlights soothing glow lighting the pavement. They reached the spot where Kayo had been attacked and saw it was swarming with policemen and ambulance workers. They looked at the approaching group and a porky officer attempted to bar their way to the spot.

"Please stay clear this is a crime scene." He puffed his chest out in a desperate attempt to seem intimidating.

"We're from the DWMA." Ciaran didn't grace him with a reaction.

"Yeah right!" He scoffed "You're just kids." Rin transformed and Ciaran caught her in weapon form. The others did the same behind them. Ruby transformed into a scythe double the size of Katarina and Alex followed suit. He stepped back and went deathly pale. The group weaved around him and ignored the attempted intervention of the workers. Ciaran looked at the cover, which glistened with coagulated blood in the combined efforts of the streetlights and the soft moonlight. Katarina stepped forward and rammed the tip of the scythe's staff into the slot and with a sizable amount of effort the cover finally fell back onto the road with a clang. Ciaran timidly looked down into the darkness and a narrow beam of light allowed them a small look into the sewers below. The fall was small. Ciaran went around to the officers and came back a moment later with three torches.

"We need to take pictures." Kayo pulled out her phone and checked it's battery. The stepped into the opening and one by one they fell onto the surprisingly clean raised path. The sewer was basic, along the sides of the wide tunnels were raised paths and a few feet below was a central canal for the waste to travel down in the murky waters. There was little smell and the walls were made up of mismatched and misshapen bricks. There was a trail of something glistening on the path. Ciaran lit his torch and aimed it in front of him, the only thing he could hear was the soft rush of water and the ominous rumble of a car passing above. Ciaran held the sword in front of him and followed the trail until they rounded a corner and saw a soft light coming from a small tunnel to one side. Ciaran crouched and stalked towards it, he tried to make as little noise as possible. He peeked around the corner and looked into a large room. Most of it was consumed with shadow but the center of the room was dimly lit by a blazing fire. There was a table but Ciaran couldn't make out what was on it, he almost cried out when a black dress swept by. The dress went by again and the cold voice came from the figure.

"Will this work?" The voice was female. "Will there be enough!?"

"I have no idea you're the one who does this shit!" A somewhat familiar gruff voice came from the corner "You're the one who does the experiments." A spike slammed into the floor and pierced it, Ciaran held the smartphone tightly and it videoed every word they said.

"I know that you idiot!" She hissed "But will it be able to-" An inhuman screech came from behind Ciaran, he spun in time to see Kayo sweeping Kat behind her while simultaneously blocking the swing of a shovel using her weapon. She knocked it away, smacked him in the face with the stock of the rifle. Stunned the attacker had no time to stop Kayo kicking him into the canal with a splash. Ciaran stumbled back as a pair of piercing green eyes flashed in the shadows and narrowed at him. He cried out and tried to flee as another person attempted to swing a pickaxe at Kayo. The Meister twisted her ankle and cried out, she sprawled and the weapon slammed into the ground. Kat screamed and wildly swept the razor sharp blade across his chest, he fell to the left and tipped over. Into the rushing water. Kat looked down at her hands, numb with shock. Something fell from the ceiling and landed in the water with a plop. Ciaran looked to the ceiling as scorpions the size of babies began to seep from a pile in the ceiling in a mass of blackness. Ciaran cried out and slipped the phone into his pocket. Kayo helped Kat's feet move, they ran as fast as they could with the ominous chittering of the bugs behind them. The group reached the ladder as the black mass of bugs closed in from both sides, stingers held above them dripping dark green venom. They advanced upon them, the scorpions suddenly melded together and formed a shape. The knitted themselves together like a jigsaw puzzle. They formed a foreign outline and pale milky flesh stretched across the front while thick black segmented armour stretched across the black until it became a monster.

It was a giant scorpion. But it was a human as well. At the front there was a woman with long black hair and the same piercing eyes as the woman before, the scorpion part of her body was covered by thick black material and it stretched up into a sting. The bulb was engorged horrifically and the tip was bright green. The woman's features were the most noticeable features. The black material stretched across her chest and covered her breasts, across her back was a small collection of grey, pointed spikes. Her mouth was stretched into a sickening grin and Ciaran held the katana out in front of him as she reached behind her and tore a spike from her back with a sharp snap. Kayo raised the scope to eye level and fired a shot at the chest, it hit the black armour stretching across her. A heavy screech burst from the point of contact and it rebounded straight into Kayo's chest, it burst in a brilliant purple light and hurled her into the wall with a crack. She slid to the ground, blackness across her chest. Ciaran charged with a yell and swung, the tip slid across the armour with a shower of sparks and another deathly screech. The scorpion swung her spike at Ciaran and he dodged as the point swept through his hair, Kat slashed at the tail and it rebounded. The scorpion turned on Kat and stabbed at her, the barb pierced her arm and became impaled itself in the wall. Katarina screamed in pain and clutched at it as blood began to pour from the wound in a cascade. Another spike flew through the air and impaled her hand to the wall, she screamed in agony with tears rushing down her face. Ciaran felt his soul and Rin's resonating, the same blue flames started to lick at the sides of the blue orb that hung around him. The blade of the sword lit up with a frighteningly bright glow, the hiss of the cleansing flames becoming more and more audible as they resonated. The scorpion turned her attention to Ciaran and readied a spear to throw and pierce his heart, he went into a stance like a runner. He moved so fast that Kat's eyes couldn't make him out, he flew into the air above her and raised the sword above his head. Flame surrounded him like an aura, he felt the warmth that was just warm enough that it didn't sear his flesh. He clasped the katana in both hands and began to spin until he was like a blue catherine wheel, combined with the brilliant blue flames he looked like a comet. Ciaran fell from midair and with a loud below he cut her across the middle until he finished his twirl and landed in the ankle deep water. Ciaran landed and he felt his ankle twist and give, he fell to one knee and his cloak of fire dispersed in a wave that swept across the water and turned it to steam instantly. Ciaran cursed when through the steam he could make out her face, her eyes were wide and tear filled, Ciaran then noticed her mouth. It was stitched together in an "X" pattern the skin was red and looked painful to touch. Realisation hit him like a bus. She raised her hand to strike him down as he whipped his sword through the air, a wave of blue fire burst free and engulfed her. She reared back and Ciaran watched in horror as the black plating began to melt into sticky black goop that puddled onto the floor. The bulb on her tail burst in a shower of venom which evaporated instantly, the stitching on her mouth turned to ash and she looked at Ciaran. A small smile crossed her face and she mouthed the words:

"Thank you."

A/N: Evening. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves, sorry for slow updates I've been snowed under with homework because I started year 11 recently ;( so erm in response to Mushybooma they are not a thing I have some plans laid down but you'll have to wait :P thanks for reading~