Magical Girl Outcast

Chapter 3: Mercy

''A lot of people ask me why I made my identity public when so many Magical Girls try to keep their Magical Girl identity and civilians identity separated. The answer for me is that I really do not have a life outside of being a Magical Girl. I have no family and no friends outside of my Magical Girl colleagues.''

''So to me having a secret identity would be a wasted effort, in my opinion. But I understand why so many girls decided to keep their identity secret. It can be exhausting to always be recognised by everyone you see in public and I had to deal with more than a few annoying trespasers and stalkers at my own home.''

''There is also the fact that I really don't give a shit if the News media try to smear my name by digging into my personaly life. I'm here to destroy some alien bitches. I couldn't care less what people think of me.''

Interview with Lucy Meres, also known as fifth ranked Magical Girl High Noon. -2047

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She had always found the stairs to the school's basement creepy. But now descending them knowing that an Unfeeling was waiting at the end of it made the feeling expand tenfold.

[Uh oh.] Rin stop as she heard the worried tone of Lupin.

''What's wrong?'' She asked worriedly.

[There's two more Unfeelings downstair since the last time I checked.]

Rin eyes widened. ''W-what?! How did that happen?'' She whispered harshly.

[I suspect the Unfeeling I felt earlier got it's hands on some victims to drain and they in turned became Unfeelings too. I'm sorry about this but there's a real possibility you might have to kill the Unfeelings of your fellow students.]

Rin hands shook as the implication fully hit her. Sure it's not like she had any actual friends at this school. And most of them had treat her like the school freak. But she didn't know if she could handle killing her own classmates. Even if they were now nothing more than some soulless zombies.

[You might be able to avoid them without having to slay them yourself. After all Emotionless are pretty slow and dumb. But in the end even if you don't kill them yourself someone else will have to do it either way. We can't let any Unfeelings roam around freely.]

She nodded shakily and took her resolve in hands before continuing deeper downstair. Finally she arrived at the end of the stairs and saw...an empty hallway.

For some reason she had expected to be attacked as soon as she arrived in the basement but it seem like the Unfeelings were deeper in. She started advancing as silently as she could. But right as she was about to round a corner Lupine spoke up.

[The Unfeelings are right around here.]

Rin took a deep breath and peaked over the wall. Just as Lupin had predicted there were two Emotionless shambling around the door and moaning uselessly. Rin realised with a start that the two of them were part of the group that had attacked Lupin earlier in the day. The ringleader of the group however was nowhere to be seen.

They were a bunch of bullies and she hated them after what they did to Lupin and after they beat her up. But they didn't deserve this fate. She wouldn't wish turning into an Unfeeling to her worst enemy. She didn't want to kill them but seeing them like this with their eyes devoid of any inteligence made her realise that putting them down would be a mercy.

Taking a breath to calm her nerve she raised her gun and took aim to the head of the Emotionless on the right.

BLAM! BLAM!

The first shot only grazed his ear but the second bullet hit straight between the eyes and the Emotionless crumpled on the ground as the eery purple glow left it's eyes.