It was almost a typical day in fairy tail except a special mission just came in for specific mages and it is a dire one.

"Elfman, Lucy, Wendy, and Exceeds please report to my office. a mission has come for you 6 only." Master said as the said mages walk up from the chaos that is the guild. "a dark guild is mass producing a very lethal gas. so lethal it kills when on contact. your job is to fly up there and stop the mages and either contain or destroy the gas." Makarov finished.

"we seem to be a rather unusual team, why were only we requested?" Lucy asked.

"it has to do with the types of fighters you are, speed, versatility, and brute strength. also, Natsu might just blow up the island which is the only floating island in existence that is known. can you imagine the paperwork for the destruction of that island would be?" Makarov finally asked.

"when you put it that way, it makes sense. I'll have virgo pack our things and store it for us, I just need Elfman's address." Lucy said.

"I live in an apartment close to where yours is Lucy, we even have the same landlady" Elfman said with a shiver.

"Is that so? wonder how we don't run into each other." Lucy said.

"I usually go for a run at around 6:00 to 7:00, take a shower, then meet Mira at the guildhall at 7:15. It is a part of my manly routine." Elfman said.

Oh, I just get up at 7:00 then go straight to the guild hall at 8:00." Lucy said.

"Not that I don't like getting to know people, but we should get going soon." wendy said.

"Right sorry. I just gave Virgo your address and she should be finished packing about… now." Lucy said and as if on cue Virgo appeared.

"Princess, I managed to get everything packed and stored. is it time for my punishment?" Virgo asked as Lucy face palmed.

Elfman and Lilly didn't know much about Lucy's spirits minus Loke… Virgo was on a new level of weird to them. He never pictured Lucy as a sadist before.

"How long are you going to ask for punishment when you already know I am going to say no?" Lucy asked.

"Until you actually start punishing me princess." Virgo said.

"We have an important mission so there is no time for that." Lucy said.

"Oh well, maybe next time." Virgo said as she disappeared.

"I am going to tell the rest of my team." Lucy said as the girls and happy made their way to Natsu, Erza, and Gray.

"I'll go tell my sisters." Elfman said as he went to the bar.

"Lilly went to tell Gajeel.

"Natsu, Gray, Erza, I am going on a mission with Elfman, wendy, and the cats." Lucy told them so they wouldn't worry too much.

"Ok, I will see you guys later." Natsu said while stuffing his face in.

"See you later Elfman" Mira said as Lisanna just smiled

Gajeel just grunted to what lilly said.

after being pointed the right direction, Happy took Lucy, Carla took wendy, and Lilly took Elfman as they flew to the flying island. they saw the council flying ships and decided to land there to get information.

"Greetings, I am the new custody enforcement unit director Larry." Larry said. I will tell you what to do when our final guest appears." Larry said. moments later a red rope tied itself around the ship. "Seems she has arrived." Larry said.

"I'd recognize this rope anywhere. it's Flare's hair." Lucy said. just as she said that Flare jumped onto the ship and put her hair back into it's braid.

"Hi blondie." Flare said as she gave Lucy a hug which Lucy returned.

"Flare, how are you? how is the village?" Lucy asked.

"The giants are doing fine as am I, the flame is still going strong. those pesky treasure hunters trued to get the flame again, but with my training, I threw them out of the village and into the next town over." Flare said.

"Good." Lucy said.

"And how are you little blue hair? Flare asked wendy.

"Good, thank you." Wendy said.

"Blue cat, White cat, how are you." Flare asked.

"Doing just fine." Happy said.

"I would rather you just call us by our names instead of hair or fur color." Carla said.

"Sorry, I do that when I don't know a person by name." Flare said

"Black cat… I don't think we have met before." flare said.

"I am Pantherlilly, but my friends call me Lilly." Pantherlilly said.

"And white hair… your new to me too." Flare said

"I'm the real man of the guild, Elfman strauss is my name." Elfman said.

"Where have I heard the name Strauss?" Flare asked.

"You know Mirajane strauss right?" Lucy asked.

you mean the famous bikini model some of the giants have pictures of her on their walls?" Flare asked.

"yes, Elfman happens to be her little brother." Lucy said.

"LITTLE?!" Flare asked incredulously

"She is my big sister, even though I look older, but those comments make me feel manly." Elfman said.

"I thought you were an offspring of a male giant and a female human." Flare said.

"HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK?!" Lucy, Wendy, Carla, Lilly, Elfman and Happy all yelled in unison.

"Not that this isn't amusing but we got a problem that needs attending to." Larry said.

"Sorry." Lucy said.

"Anyways, once you defeat the dark mages throw them off the island and then we will deal with the mist. you must not let it make contact with you. even your hair. the gas can also kill spirits… even horologium. however if it is not concentrated then it is not deadly if the gas takes enough time it will lose all of its concentration and fade away" Larry said.

"so, avoid the gas and throw people off the island. sounds simple enough." Elfman said.

"Alright I will land in a hidden area to let you all out. you will know what to do afterwards." Larry said. the airship landed in a hidden grotto ant dropped off the mages. "Good luck."