Chapter 3 Start

"No fucking way!" Natsu shouted as Axel pulled his sleeve down over the mark "You joined Fairy Tail?!"

Axel rolled his eyes "Do you have flames for brains as well? Go and ask Makarov if you don't believe me." Natsu barreled past him and into the guild "Seems as if I may be hated around here."

"Um...Axel?" A timid voice belonging to Wendy asked him.

"Yes?"

"You are really on our side now?"

"Yeah." He walked over to the doors and pushed them open "I may need assistance to complete my one goal anyway." He walked into the guild.

"Why?!" Natsu was shouting as the others and Axel walked in.

"He has given us proof." Makarov answered "He helped you capture members of Black Wings, he himself does not have their insignia on his body and he has provided us with information about his former guild."

"You gave him information?" Erza asked Axel "the same information you would have given us if we beat you?"

"Exactly. I intended to give you the information anyway, but I had to get away from your group first."

Wendy spoke up again "Does that mean-"

"Sorry, but no. I don't intend to tell you how I know your name. Maybe I will tell you soon, but not now."

"...ok..." she said rather disappointed "But that means you didn't just research the guild to find out my name?"

"That much is true Wendy, but that's all I will say of it."

"Axel...are you truly on our side?" Gray asked.

"I am. Why?"

"Then you have something to explain." He said.

"Ah. Why did I join the Black Wings? Let's sit for this tale." He said walking over to one of the tables, sitting down, the others, including Natsu now, sitting around the table.

"So the reason I joined the Black Wings...joined would be the right word. I had no choice, it was a life or death choice and I happen to be quite fond of living."

"They forced you to join?" Lucy asked.

"Yes. They attacked me and I lost the fight and they said either I lost my head or I join the guild. Which is why I refused to give them my name, and was referred to as Zuma while working for them."

"That's horrible..." Wendy muttered "Forcing you to work for them."

Axel looked down, and his voice took on a serious, hate filled, yet depressed tone "Not only did they do that, but they attacked my village and killed my loved ones...my parents..my sister...my friends. I fought for revenge...yet I failed and was forced to work for the very people I craved to kill! My one goal in life, is to destroy Black Wings and kill their leader!"

"You said thank you." Erza pointed out "You said thank you for capturing the ones in the building you were in."

"Yes. Let me explain something, when I protected Wendy with my wall, saying she will be the easiest one to contain and get answers from, I said it knowing of my plan then. I was planning to destroy that building myself and kill then and I would have freed Wendy as soon as I did that. I was never on the Black Wings side. Erza, the reason I said thank you was for this reason. If I had done it myself I would have had to disappear and I would instantly have become a traitor to them. From the first time you saw me to today I put my new plan it action."

"What new plan?" Natsu asked, still annoyed.

"Let me explain the Black Wings first. It is divided in different divisions. These divisions have access to higher priority information and contact with higher ranked commanders. There are 11 divisions, but advancing is close to impossible. The 10th division is only one person. One person who is said to be able to kill you before you realize it yourself. The Bringer Of Death, and the personal guard of the Black Wings leader. I do not know the name however."

"That's quite a complex way to run a guild." Gray said "It's a little disappointing that you didn't find out the guard's name."
"Who's in the 11th division?" Carla asked, only now landing on the table.

"Who else is higher then the guard? The leader. He is alone in the 11th rank and is the most powerful mage in the guild...yet the name is still unknown to me."

"I'm going to hate asking this...what division were you in?" Erza asked.

"Think about the people I was matched with. I was in the 1st division. The lowest. I was put there because of who I was. I was forced into the guild, and most likely to be a spy. They made sure I would never advance higher since I would never be able to use information against them."

"I see." Makarov said from behind them, startling them all "Yet the information you gave us could help. You knew of other locations where the Black Wings were hidden."

"Only other rank 1 places. In one of them the connecter is within."

"What's the connecter?" Gray asked.

Axel noticed most of the guild was quiet and listening now, but continued "This is connected to my plan. The connecter is one person in each rank that has access to more information and then pass things on to another connecter, who passes it on and so on until it reaches the leader. I found the 1st connecter, but they do not stay in one spot and told him I saw my team mates taken before my eyes, and that I feel so weak and feel unable to serve the Black Wings. Best performance I ever put on."

"So the message got to the leader" Wendy started "and he allowed you to leave the guild?"

Axel smiled "You are quite smart. Yes. That is exactly it and as soon as we attack the other Black Wing buildings we will locate the connecter and only if there is a survivor will I be labeled a traitor of the Black Wings."

"Who said you get to join the jobs that involve the Black Wings?" Natsu asked angrily.

"That would be me." Makarov said "A deal that was made for information and since he knows where the other areas are."

"Also I am allowed to bring any one I chose, and have a max of 7 people to bring. I request you 5 and the two winged cats to escort me in destroying the rank 1 buildings."

Erza smiled "We accept this request. Don't we?" She asked looking around the table.

"Of course we do." Lucy answered first "We will take out Black Wings."

"They don't know who they are messing with!." Gray answered smugly.

"Even though it's you asking" Natsu said glaring at Axel "I can't help but get fired up at the thought of pounding these guys!"

"Wendy?" Axel said after a few seconds of silence.

"Y-yeah?" She asked, snapping from her daze.

"Do you accept my request?"

"Yes." She said nodding "We will help as much as we can."

"Glad I can count at you all."

"Axel, if you don't mind, can you explain your magic?" Gray asked "Plasma Magic, right?"

"Correct." He said "Not much to say about it. It's a mix of lighting and fire/heat I guess and it can burn a human's skin. It is a very strong magic and like in the graveyard base when I used discharge, that was proof that not even the user is safe from the power of plasma and must be extremely careful while using it or they could end up killing themselves."

"Then you must be a very gifted wizard." Makarov said.

"Thanks. I have basically mastered my Plasma magic now."

"So, about the job." Erza said changing the subject "Where is the area we have to go to first?"

"That's the thing..." Axel muttered "I was hoping it would be possible to split the 8 of us up into smaller groups so we could locate the connecter faster then going one by one."

"That sounds suspicious..." Gray muttered.

"Let me explain. My goal is to kill the leader and wipe the Black Wings from existence, and to do that we need to first, locate the connecters who we can then use to find areas where the other connecters are hidden. The faster we find that the faster I can exact my revenge."

"So you just want to do it as soon as possible?"

"Exactly Gray." he answered "Is that okay with you Erza?"

"Yeah, it sounds like a good plan as well. The 8 of us will split into 4 groups, Happy and Carla you are one of them and will be scouting the other areas we can not attack at once."

"Aye sir!" the blue exceed responded.

"Understood." Carla replied.

"We will figure out the other 3 groups and then head out!"

Chapter 3 End

A little short...but the next one will be longer.