Chapter 9: Symphony of The Mermaid Witch

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Binky is inside a massive concert hall. She's at the centre as the Mermaid Witch slowly climbs down her throne. Decorated with swords and flags, they flutter as she summons her Kakuja. An orchestra starts playing in the background, composed of Aogiri members. The Mermaid Witch swings at Binky who barely parries her blows. She tries to counter attack but the speed of the witch makes it impossible. The witch finally summons her Kagune, increasing the size of her Kakuja to about 1 and a half metres. She flopped her tail on the floor and did a crescent swipe, damaging the ground they stand on. Binky fired all of her kagunes at her, only for them to be cut down. She regrew them quickly. The witch kept cutting at her relentlessly with everything she had. Binky fired all of her kagunes at the witch and then started thrashing them around violently. She managed to put a sharp dent or two into the side of the witch, getting a tad bit closer to defeating her. Her silver bob fluttered as she did everything she possibly could to bring the mermaid down. Finally, she had enough. She fired her bikaku in a spiral, tearing the floor beneath up and dropping Binky into a room below, filled with water. It looked like the upside down version of the concert hall and painted blue. She dropped to the floor and the Mermaid witch came plummeting after her and she finally revealed why she's called a mermaid. She swam after Binky at incredible speed, stirring up the water really hard. Binky was tossed around in the water as she tried to break to the surface. She managed to poke her head above the water but to little success. The witch raised her tail above the water and slammed it down, stunning her and activating her diving reflex. She slowly fell towards the bottom of the water.

Scimta... Qwitz... Pink... Somebody... Help me...

The witch gently swam after her and held her tiny body in her hands.

At Harmony...

"Where's Binky?" Scimta asked.

"Oh she said she's gonna buy some pills." Qwitz replied.

"She should be back by now." Scimta said.

"Ugh lemme find her." Qwitz said and she activated the quinque. She grunted. "I can't find her. It's as if she was..."

"You don't think..." Scimta said and rushed out. Qwitz followed him. They went towards the pharmacy. It was closed.

"OH FUCK'S SAKE!!" He shouted.

"WAIT! I'm sensing something. It's as if she was asleep." She said and started following the direction of the sound. Scimta kept up in her trail. She went to the train station. The officers were trying to open the hatch that Binky opened. The entire railway was closed.

"That's where the noise is coming from." Qwitz said as Scimta summoned his kagune. He fired a wave of shards at the officers and brought them down. He stabbed his kagune through the hatch and tossed the lid aside. He jumped down along with Qwitz and they saw the door open, ringing with symphony. They rushed inside the concert hall to see a massive hole in it. The mermaid witch climbed out of the water. She pointed at Binky who was tied up on a giant cast steel train wheel. A rope was suspending about 50 of those wheels, ready to plummet at the cut of a rope. Qwitz tried to climb the curtain and grab Binky, but that plan was short lived. The mermaid witch cut down the rope that held up the curtains and she fell back down. Scimta clashed with the witch who threw him in the water and jumped after him. Before she jumped into the water, she cut the rope that held up Binky, causing the entire army of wheels to start falling. Qwitz released her own kagune and clashed it with the wheel that was holding Binky. She freed her friend and landed on the ground. Scimta surfaced, but got pulled back down. Qwitz plunged in to see the mermaid slowly suffocate Scimta. She tried to swim to her but eventually, she had to surface for air. She saw Binky get up.

"I won't let others get hurt because of my stupidity..." She said and her eye gave off a massive red flair. She released 14 kagunes. She plunged them in the water and impaled the witch repeatedly. Her kagune dissolved and Binky fished Scimta out of the water. She took him into her tiny little arms and tried to bring him to the surface while simultaneously fighting the witch. The witch slammed her iron tail into the floor and boosted herself up, catching Binky and Scimta. Binky did a last ditch effort to get Scimta to air. She grabbed him with all of her kagunes and tossed him up. Above the water, Qwitz caught him as Binky sunk into the deep dark water. She managed to brawl herself on top of the witch, where she stabbed through her armor and killed her off. As the witch died, the water drained. Binky finally got a breath of fresh air. She coughed and panted as Qwitz leaned into the hole.

"BINKY YOU DID IT!!" She yelled. Binky looked up at her and smiled, then looked over to the witch. Her armor slowly dried up and crumbled down, revealing the distinct shape of a girl. She had blue hair and blue eyes. She had a school uniform on. A tear rolled down Binky's eye as she spoke up.

"Thank you.." She said with a bittersweet smile on her face and died. Binky held her hand.

"I'm sorry.." She said as she held her hand even tighter. Qwitz climbed down.

"What're you crying for? She tried to murder us." She said.

"She was my neighbor.." Binky said and sobbed.

"That's not so bad?"

"Oktavia von Seckendorff. She used to be a member of the CCG. She wielded a dual Rinkaku quinque that was wired to her. She could use the quinque to stop the blood flow.. One day she got fired and swore vengeance against Arima... She had a Bikaku Kakouhou implanted but she was exposed to radiation during her work as a construction worker.. The genes mutated and caused an abnormal growth capacity... She just wanted her old life back somehow..." Binky cried.

"Come on, let's go.." Qwitz said and helped Binky up.

" Qwitz said and helped Binky up

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At Harmony...

Dav is still guarding the Box Witch with Neko. The witch is drooping with bodily fluids from neglect and torture.

"You can kill her now." Pink said "Without her, none of the witches we killed got healed."

Dav and Neko each summoned 1 kagune and pierced it through the witch who died with a wide smile on her face. Dav stepped out for some fresh air. The basement of the factory is not an inviting place. She ran her hand along the ruined walls as he came across blood. He decided to go for a run after all. She's listening to city pop. The night aura of the town is soothing. He decides to switch to parkour. As he makes his way from building to building, he takes a moment to stare into the night sky.

At Aogiri...

The Rose Garden Witch is crying and laughing alone in her garden's remains. One of the Drama Witches servants stepped in.

"Walpurgis said she'd like to speak to you." They said and Gertrud dashed to them and slit their head off. The other Aogiri members witnessed the act. They subdued her and took her to the witch for a trial.

"This isn't the happiness that I wished for..." She cried and a teardrop fell to the ground.

To be continued...

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