The New Reaper

Chapter 20: The Awakening

Spirit's POV

"Get the restraints!" Lord Death ordered me and Stein. We put a limp Medusa in wrist and ankle cuffs, along with a hard, metal neck brace. The neck brace and ankle cuffs were both attached to the wrist cuffs with heavy chains. We also had Stein use his soul stitch on Medusa's tattoos so she couldn't attack with her snakes.

"Get ready, Spirit," Stein said as Medusa started to stir. I grabbed one of the chains that was dangling from Medusa's neck brace, Stein took the other.

Eureka just whimpered as if in fear, and backed off of the platform we were doing the surgery on.

Stein and I took a symmetrical stance o on either side of Medusa and I chuckled when I thought if how happy this would make Kid. More or less, we were doing this for him. To bring Medusa back and help Cora.

I stared at Medusa as she wiggled around, it was like the soul was getting readjusted to her body. Her eyes remained shut and back against the bed.

Medusa started to cackle and her bright yellow eyes broke open. "You did good, Eureka," she chuckled and sat up with a sneer. She immediately looked over at Lord Death, who was taking his mask off.

"Well, well, well," Lord Death said, returning Medusa's sneer, "We have you, the next move is yours."

Medusa stopped giggling and said, "I guess you want me to awaken Cora, huh? Makes sense, she is probably experiencing an excruciating nightmare right about now," she was looking at her nails nonchalantly.

"Well we could do that, or we could just throw you back in the dungeon and not let your little plan unroll like you think it will," Stein said, getting close to Medusa's ear.

"That's enough, Stein," Lord Death said, "That's where she's going anyway."

Medusa started an all out laughing spree. "You really think I believe that you," she pause and laughed a little more,"That you are going to throw me in the dungeon? You just brought me back to life-and to what? To just pay to feed me? I was dead! If you truly wanted to get rid of me you would've kept it that way."

Lord Death groaned and turned to face the door. He made a 'follow me' signal with his hand as he started walking down the along hallway to the school. We had Eureka follow from behind, we were sure she was too afraid of Medusa to try and harm the plan they had set up just to escape, we also had her fooled to think we were sort of on her side by helping Medusa.

"It's clear," Eureka's frail voice squeaked. We moved through the door at the end of the hallway and swiftly made our way to the nurses room.

"This looks familiar," Medusa provoked,"All too familiar, really, you should change it up a bit, I mean really, so drab."

We pushed Medusa down on the bed next to Cora's. The curtain was draped around her bed so no one could see her directly.

Medusa chuckled again, "She's in there huh? Y'know this whole intimidation this isn't really working."

Death pulled the drapery around to the opposite side of the bed, revealing Cora's lifeless looking body.

Medusa got up and stroked Cora's hair and sort of fixed her makeup like a caring mother would. "Do you want to make a deal?"