Herbert Schmidt had almost reached the Mage's Association, he hadn't had a hitch and there were already men waiting for him and who worried when they saw that the van that was approaching them had suffered damage. The vehicle stopped. Herbert got out of there and exclaimed to the two men:
« Give yourself a move! We have a problem! »
« What's happening? »
« A traitor is chasing me and wants the relic! We need to get it in a safe place before it's too late! »
The men however didn't obey the orders, Herbert, stressed and confused, asked:
« What the fuck are you doing? Come on, help me! »
« We were hoping to talk to you in a different situation but we might as well say it right away: the Mage's Association has rejected your offer. A few hours ago your boss was contacted, we don't want your relic, it's too dangerous for London and the whole
world. »
« Son of a bitch! British cocksuckers! Don't you dare tell me these things as if nothing had happened! I was going to die just to bring you this fucking relic and NOW you tell me that the agreement is over? »
« I understand the discomfort we caused you but ... »
« I'll wipe my ass with your understanding! Ugly dickhead! I don't want to die and you'll protect me from Friedrich Wolff! »
« He's the least of your problems. » A female voice.
Herbert turned and saw Yukiko Kumahira approaching the van she was alone and was stroking the cold metal with her hand. The two men from the Mage's Association took up their muskets and pointed them at the girl.
« Who are you? Identify yourself. » Said one of the men.
« Me? Let's start with you. Who are you? The Mage's Association, right? » She asked with a demonic grin: « You're a very ancient organization that has always defended the interest of the magi and has always claimed to be important. But you're not so different from a typical English aristocrat. »
« Identify yourself or I'll shoot! » The man shouted.
« The aristocracy, like you, is self-referential and dated. The Mage's Association was the most important organization of wise men in Europe, perhaps we're talking about twelve years ago, but now you are a disgrace, you're similar to cockroaches ... and I'm the poison. »
« FIRE! »
The two men fired in unison against Yukiko but the bullets didn't hurt her, didn't even open a hole on her skin, simply collided with the girl's body and bounced like grasshoppers.
« You know what happens to useless parts of an organism, do you? »
« Hurry, run inside! We have to sound the alarm! » The man yelled at his colleague.
Yukiko killed the magus that was running, by ripping of his trachea with her bare hands and dropped it on the ground; the other guard, shocked, fired three times but the girl didn't die.
« The Mage's Association hindered me last time ... now it won't. »
Suddenly about fifty magi who belonged to the organization came out, they began to hit Yukiko with Magecraft and set up a magic barrier to protect the Mage's Association from any attack. The girl was forced to back off because of too many attacks but had no intention of running away from her enemies. Some magi began to come out into the open with the aim of eliminating the girl and she managed to kill one after the other without difficulty, when the seventh died someone shouted:
« Stop attacking! We must defend the Mage's Association at any cost! Call the principal, we have to get rid of the threat before it's too late! »
Other magi were coming and this time they had enchanted rifles with them; one fired and the shot scratched the girl's cheek, it was obvious that those weapons were not as weak as before and so Yukiko decided to change strategy and hid behind the buildings.
Twenty magi began the hunt of the girl, they knew they had the advantage and they had no intention of losing her with such ease but Yukiko Kumahira wasn't a magus like others.
The teachers of the Association were preparing to use heavy weapons in order to get rid of the girl. One of them, unnerved, asked:
« How is it possible that a girl alone can do all this? »
Herbert, who was fortunately inside the magic barrier, replied:
« You British thought you were unassailable, you were put in check by your own arrogance and now I have to die here with you ... just because you are inept. »
« Pay attention to how you speak! We didn't start this damned war! Now it's involving us and it's all your fault! »
Twenty bodies fell from the sky, staining the magic barrier with blood; the men looked up in terror and saw Yukiko Kumahira in the sky: she was flying.
« No ... it's impossibile ... » Herbert said with a scared voice.
« Do you quarrel often? If you want I can help you, I'm very good at family therapies. The solution is simple: adults must be allowed to speak first while children must
listen. »
« Who are you?! Damn bitch, won't you really hope to destroy the Mage's
Association?! »
Yukiko ignored the old magus, with her eyes carefully sifting the men present and then, with a disappointed look, she said, sighing:
« I see that the pederast with the cigar and his blonde girlfriend aren't here. It's a real problem for you if he isn't in London, well ... I would've liked to kill those two but apparently fate saved them from me again. » Then, with a sadistic smile, she said: « Well, it means I will just have to raze the Mage's Association to the ground. »
The girl opened her hand and said:
« Mitt Kvicksilverhjärta. »
A strange wind rose, in the palm of the girl's hand appeared the Magic Circuits that were releasing an incredible amount of energy, the men on the ground were upset.
A small sphere about the size of a crumb appeared, it was blue and released continuous electric discharges; the sphere began to grow until it reached the size of the hand, the center of the sphere took on a white color while a sort of dark blue crown formed around it. The sphere became even larger until it reached the size of a basketball.
The girl began to hum:
« ♫ Build it up with iron bars, iron bars, iron bars, build it up with iron bars, My fair lady; Iron bars will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break, iron bars will bend and break, My fair lady. ♫ »
The magi prepared for a direct attack, the magic barrier would surely have resisted a simple magic bullet. The girl seemed to be on the verge of launching the sphere but then closed her hand, the sphere became smaller and went out; the men were confused; Yukiko, raising her eyebrow, motioned to one of them to turn around, this he did and saw that same magic sphere appear inside the magic barrier.
« RUN! » The panicked man shouted.
Yukiko snapped her fingers.
A magical explosion engulfed the place and destroyed part of the Clock Tower which crashed to the ground destroying everything that was in its path. The building that housed the Mage's Association was razed to the ground in an instant.
Nobody survived the explosion.
Yukiko dropped to the ground and began dancing in front of the flames that were devouring that scenario of silent death:
« ♫ London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady. ♫ »
Friedrich came with Specter and turned pale when he saw that hellish scenario before him. The screams of frightened citizens began to fill the city, thousands of sirens sounded and in the midst of all that chaos there was Yukiko, that girl who was laughing and dancing in front of the flames that she herself had created.
She looked like a little girl hopping in front of the Christmas tree, her sadism, her love for that destruction were such as to make her look like a real demon. When Yukiko saw Friedrich she made a theatrical bow and said:
« Out, out are the lights, out all! And, over each quivering form, the curtain, a funeral pall, comes down with the rush of a storm, while the angels, all pallid and wan, uprising, unveiling, affirm that the play is the tragedy, "Man", and its hero… the Conqueror Worm. » Then, with a satisfied smile, said: « So ... let the tragedy begin. »
