Hey guys! chapter three is up! thanks to everyone who has followed my story and thank you to everyone (very few people haha) that reviewed. Just a heads up this story is VERY graphic, there is a lot of violence. I just thought i should warn you. Enjoy!
It a dark and gloomy day, the rain shot down from the sky like bullets from a machine gun and the wind howled at them as they walked down the street. The Dark grey storm clouds seemed to be following the young mages as they made their way towards the last place that the dark guild had been seen. Nashi regretted her choice in clothing (a light blue off the shoulder top and a black skirt) because she was now freezing. Noticing Nashi's shivers, Storm offered her his jacket.
"T-thanks, I o-owe y-you one," she smiled up at him
"No worries, I don't feel the cold anyway and I'm used to the rain because of my mum," he replied.
Nashi just looked at him and laughed, she remembered all the times he'd walked into the guild soaking wet even though it was thirty degrees with a blaring hot sun outside.
"Hey guys we're here!" yelled Rio, she was a little further ahead of them and they had reached what seemed to be an abandoned town. It was charred and trashed, the roofs of the houses had been swept clean off and there was debris and ruin everywhere. Nashi just gasped, it was all she could manage to do.
"W-why would anyone do something like this," she said
"I don't know Nashi but we're here to put a stop to it," said Rio
Storm just gave a nod, he had a really bad feeling about this and his instincts were almost always right. He felt a chill up his spine and shuddered, there was something eerily creepy about this place. Suddenly a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hmm, what do we have here?" asked a creepy male voice
"I think we're gonna have some fun, don't you?" Replied another male voice
"We've been looking forward to this for a while, haven't we boys?" said a third and more sinister voice
"YES BOSS!" the other two replied
There were now three figures coming into view, the first two stepped forward. The one on the left had long blonde hair, he was about an inch taller than storm and he had eyes the colour of charcoal. The second man had short, spiky green hair, the colour of poison, he too was about an inch taller than Storm and he had yellow eyes. Finally their "boss" came into view, he had dark red hair, the colour of blood, his eyes were crimson and he towered over Storm. Storm didn't like the look or sound of these guys and he sure as hell didn't like the way they were talking, they were bad news. He could practically smell the intense magical power radiating off of them. Storm instinctively looked towards Nashi, she was standing firm with her eyes narrowed and her features focused but he could tell that she sensed their power too and she was a little frightened. He stepped forward a bit so he was standing protectively in front of his friends, he was not going to let them get hurt.
"So I'm guessing you're the bastards that did this?" he gestured towards the wasteland around them
"Heh, very perceptive," Replied the red haired one mockingly
"Who are you?" yelled Rio
"My name is lord Makai, the mage to my left (green haired) is Thorn and the mage to my right (blonde one) is Odisse," he boomed
"Why the hell did you do this? These were innocent people!" screamed Nashi, filled with rage
"We've been searching for someone, we thought this might attract them. Looks like it worked too," replied Makai
"What are you talking about?" Rio asked, frustration tinting her voice
"We've been searching for a certain mage, Nashi Dragneel," smirked Thorn
"If you want me to join your stupid guild you can forget it! I've been asked before and I beat the crap out of them, so unless you want the same treatment you can turn yourselves in or shut up and fight us!" screamed Nashi
"hahahaha, you think we want you to join our guild? That's rich," Odisse laughed while wiping away tears
Nashi was just frustrated now, she hated having to hold herself back from fighting but she needed answers. Sure this wasn't the first time someone had gone after her but something felt odd about this and she needed to know what she was up against.
"Really? What do you want me for then?" she replied
"Well, we know that you're a very powerful mage, you have the power of the stars and the flames of the earth. We desire your power, we have no need for your body so we won't be gentle. You will be coming with us, we will take you by force. I'm not stupid though, I will not openly tell you or your friends our plans. I can't have you telling any of your nakama now can I?" answered Makai
Nashi couldn't take it anymore, the anger that had been building up inside her finally exploded into a full blown rage. She charged at Makai, fire blazing all over her body.
"Stars of the heavens and fire dragon's fist unite!" She yelled, still charging at Makai
Realising what she was doing Storm and Rio sprang into action.
Storm charged at Thorn while Rio attacked Odisse.
"Hail and lightning strike!" yelled Storm,
"Earth's deadly shield!" yelled Thorn, suddenly a giant vine covered in thorns sprang from the ground. It twisted around Thorn and spread it's roots out to wrap around Storm, Storm's attack hit the vine and it acted as a conducting rod. It carried the lightening through it's roots and reflected the attack right back on Storm.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" yelled Storm as the lightning attack struck him
"Solid script iron blast!" screamed Rio as a charge of glowing silver flew at Odisse
"Destruction and darkness charge!" he yelled back as his attack passed through Rio's and hit her, knocking her to the ground.
Nashi charged at Makai ready to attack when he waved his hand and her fire disappeared, she landed her punch without leaving a scratch. He neutralised my power, she thought.
"hehe, I can neutralise any type of magic. You can't attack me with your powers and I am much stronger than you in combat, you have no way of defeating me!" he roared.
"But…h-how?" she replied
"It's forbidden magic dear," he said
Makai threw a punch at her face and she almost dodged, his hand clipped the side of her head and she staggered to the left. Although she was disorientated, she still managed to land a kick to his groin. He doubled over, holding his crotch with a pained expression.
"You're going to pay for that you little brat!" he screamed
Nashi found her balance and threw a punch at his face, she hit her target but he barely moved. Makai punched her again but this time he didn't miss, his hand connected with her stomach and she went flying into one of the charred houses. She hit her head on the debris and was becoming increasingly dizzy. Nashi staggered towards Makai, she was not going to lose this fight. How is he so strong? How come I can barely land a hit? She thought. She tried to land another hit to his face but he beat her to it. His fist connected with her flesh once again, he hit her in the face and she fell to the ground, fighting for consciousness she looked up at him.
"Why am I so weak?" she muttered to herself
"How rude of me, did I neglect to mention I can weaken the physical strength of my opponents?" he smirked
His Foot rose above her head and all she could do was brace herself for the impact. Boot connected with flesh and there was a sickening noise, his foot moved away and she opened her mouth, a trail of blood oozing out from it.
"NASHI!" screamed Storm, he had just recovered from Thorn's attack and was running towards his friend.
Makai simply waved his hand and Storm went flying into a wall. He was in pain from the previous attack and the impact of this one knocked all strength out of him. He could no longer open his eyes and he passed out. Rio ran towards Nashi but Makai did the exact same thing and Rio hit her head on a wall following Storm into unconsciousness.
Nashi tried to call for her but she could no longer speak, she could barely move. She looked up at Makai once again before he lowered his foot on her face. She felt the darkness surround her and she slipped away into the dark abyss of unconsciousness.
Nashi slowly came back into consciousness, she groggily opened one eye. She could feel something cold under her and when she tried to sit up an agonizing pain shot through her body. She looked around to see if she recognized where she was, she was in a small cell. The floor was cold concrete and the walls were dark grey stone, the door had a small window on it that was covered with bars. Nashi would have tried to look out the window if it wasn't for the excruciating pain in her body. She was still dizzy from the blow to her head, she put a hand to the back of her head and it came away wet with blood. I must've hit my head really hard, I didn't think it was that bad, she thought, she tried to sit up again but her arms failed her and she couldn't pull herself up.
Nashi could hear footsteps outside her "cell", they were getting closer and she immediately sat up ignoring the pain. She didn't want to appear weak in front of this stupid dark guild. Suddenly there was a click and the screeched open. Nashi looked towards the entrance and saw Makai standing at the door. He stepped in and closed the door behind him, he looked at Nashi's beat up form. He smiled menacingly and stepped even closer to her. She spat at his feet and glared at him, not flinching once.
"I don't know what you want from me yet but I'm not helping you get it," she snarled
He grimaced at her as if she was some trash lying in the middle of a beautiful field, as if she was unwelcome and disgustingly out of place. Then he smirked and said,
"We don't need you to be willing to extract your magical energy," he stated matter of factly
Nashi steadied herself and screamed "fire dragons ROAR!" but nothing happened, she tried again but still got the same result.
"Hehe, that collar around your neck won't let you use your magic. You're defenceless,"
She froze, they were going to extract her magical energy and she couldn't even fight back. There was nothing she could do but that didn't stop her from putting up a fight. She was going to make this as tedious and annoying (possibly even painful) for them as she possibly could.
She glared daggers at him, "by the time you lay a finger on me Storm and Rio will be here, I will have my collar off and you will be on the floor unconscious." She said trying to sound as calm and cold as she could
"I highly doubt it, by the slight miracle that your friends do find you, they won't be abl to make it past my men." He sneered
"Don't underestimate fairy tail," she warned
His response to her remark was to kick her straight in the stomach, she slouched, gripping her now bruised stomach. He smiled, before flicking his wrist upward and sending Nashi flying into the ceiling. She came tumbling back down onto the cold concrete floor with a thud. She pulled herself up by her arms, looked up at Makai and spat at his feet. He attacked her again and she was growing weary, she wouldn't stay conscious for much longer.
"I'm going to make you suffer, I'm going to watch you scream out in pain and cry for your friends help. I'm going to watch the hope leave you, I'm going to watch the despair sink in, I'm going to watch the life leave your eyes and I am going to savour every last bit of it." he declared.
Hope you liked that chapter! i'm not planning on this being a long fanfic so the next chapter is probably going to be the last :( Thanks for following and make sure you stick around long enough to read the last chapter!
Arigato!
