A/N Hey I got the sweetest review ever from Storm Fullbuster so this chapter is a thanks to them! Now without further ado I don't own Fairy Tail and this is Phantom Lord Arc: The Element Four. Note that the villains are OOC because I forgot how they talk. Sorry.
"Shades? What the hell are those?" Mira snarled as she steadied Lucy. The blonde had stopped bleeding but she looked deathly pale.
"Just a little something to keep you guys busy until a bigger and more powerful Jupiter strikes in fifteen minutes." Jose cackled manically. Everyone grit their teeth in frustration.
"That's it! We have to do something. Reedus come take Lucy to the hideaway and treat her wounds." Mira whispered to the large painting mage. He nodded somberly before taking the injured dragon slayer away from the fight. Her faint sounds of protest were drowned out by Natsu.
"I'm all fired up!" Natsu roared. He launched forward to attack the giant moving guild hall but Erza yanked on his collar.
"We will do this properly! Who is willing to go inside and find a way to stop all of this nonsense with me?" Erza asked the crowd. More Shades were approaching at a rapid pace.
"I'm going. Luce is my sister and this is my family!" Natsu volunteered immediately.
"Can't have this idiot go in by himself. Count me in." Gray chimed in as he stood next to Natsu and Erza.
"Fighting is manly!" Elfman roared as he joined the group. Erza nodded approvingly at the three and ran to the cylinder where Jupiter was going to be fired from.
"We should be able to get through from here." Erza called back. The boys followed her without a second glance at their guild mates.
"Be safe!" Mira managed to shout before the Shades descended on Fairy Tail.
Inside the Phantom Lord robot or whatever it was, Natsu didn't have to move too far to find a target. Totomaru was the fire mage of 'Element Four' and despite how much it pained Natsu to say, he knew his fire. Toto (as Natsu had affectionately nicknamed him) managed to control all the attacks Natsu threw at him. Since playing fairly wasn't working in Natsu's favor he decided he needed to get down and dirty if he was ever going to win. That's why his next attack was extremely justified.
See if that gentleman can still talk about manners with Natsu's spit in his eye.
Karma balanced out in the end because after Natsu managed to get a huge flame that destroyed Jupiter from firing again and attacked Toto, Master Jose used his greatest weapon.
Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II. Which took all of his energy to remember because that's a very confusing name. Who uses two adjectives in one title? Then the MK and ugh it was simply too much work. Alas since this turned the entire building into a robot (that moved), Natsu ended up with a green face and his butt in the air as he lied on the cool steel floor. Toto's orange flames still were stinking up his nose so he couldn't even breathe in some fresh air.
"Idiot. Can't even handle another pyromaniac." Gray's irritated voice broke through Natsu's motion sickness haze. The temperature dropped drastically and Natsu assumed that Gray had used his magic. He looked up and saw Toto was incased in ice. A scaly hand reached forward and punched Toto into the sky. Only one person can punch that hard….
"Punching the enemy is manly!" Elfman roared.
"At least Flame Breath shut off Jupiter. Now we should get going. Just leave pyro here. No one else should be coming in this room now that Jupiter is disabled." Gray ordered. Elfman nodded and the two shared a determined look before running in opposite directions. Meanwhile Natsu was still in the room groaning in pain. He tried to stand but every time he fell short. Finally the movement stopped and Natsu ran out of the lacrima room and down the halls. He finally got into a wide open room and saw another mage there. It was Aria from Element Four.
"I'm all fired up!" Natsu grinned.
"Why is the Phantom Lord Headquarters changing?" Cana asked as she threw cards at the Shades. Each card did something differently but they all killed off at least one Shade. Her latest card burst into blue flames and burned the surrounding Shades.
"I don't know. Jupiter is gone but that golden magic circle looks almost as menacing." Bisca replied back without taking her eyes off of the Shade she was putting a bullet through. Alzack was behind her and picked off Shades left and right. The pair was by far the most valuable asset to the ground Shade team. Nearby Bisca had to double check to make sure her eyes weren't deceiving her when she saw Lucy waving her arms around in front of the Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II.
"I am here! Please let me take the place of my brother Natsu and just take me!" 'Lucy' had said and that's when it all clicked. Mira was using transformation magic to imitate Lucy. Since the Shades were clearing up, everyone stopped to stare at the confrontation.
"That's a lie. I should crush you for trying to deceive me!" Jose snarled and a mechanical arm picked up Mira. It was squeezing her tightly and the Fairy Tail members looked on helplessly as Mira grit her teeth in pain. Hopefully someone inside could help.
Inside the Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II, Elfman looked out of a many window. He was shocked to see Mira dangling from one of the metallic arms.
"An opponent?" Sol appeared from a side hallway and Elfman glared at him ferociously.
"How do we stop Abyss Break?" Elfman yelled before punching Sol. The other mage jumped out of the way.
"You can't lay a finger on me. You're very weak. Couldn't even save your baby sister." Sol sneered and continued to dodge all the punches. Finally Elfman was forced to do what he promised he would never do again.
Try a full body TakeOver.
Elfman's heart was pounding despite the determination and anger blazing in his eyes as he focused on becoming a beast. The transformation was going well until Lisanna's face appeared in his mind. All his resolve crumbled and Sol use this moment to beat him up. With one of the more painful attacks, Elfman's head was turned to the window. Mira was still in the metallic arm and now had tears running down her face.
"Making my sister cry isn't manly!" Elfman roared as his TakeOver magic went into action once more. Only this time it worked and he turned into a scaly hairy large beast with wickedly sharp canines. Nothing would stop him from saving his sister. Quickly defeating Sol, Elfman slammed through the window. Glass shattered around him as he ran up the metallic arm to his sister. Hey eyes widened at the sight of him and her lips parted into an o. Elfman ignored all of this as he forced apart the arm to grab his sister.
"Thank you baby brother." Mira smiled at her younger brother as he placed her gently on the ground.
"The magic circle for Abyss Break is being casted slower. Maybe defeating members of Element Four slows it. If we defeat them all then it should stop!" Mira exclaimed as Elfman's TakeOver faded away. Without a second thought the two both went back into action as Mira prayed for her guild mates to defeat Element Four.
In the Fairy Tail Hideaway, Virgo was finishing up Lucy's treatment. The blonde now had a white bandage wrapped securely around her stomach and her skin had regained some color. Reedus stood at the door with a worried look on his face.
"Ugh why did Mira make me come here?" Lucy groaned as she stood up. All of her strength was back so now she just had to make sure that her wound didn't open again.
"Thanks Virgo but you can go." Lucy grunted at the spirit who bowed and asked for punishment but disappeared anyways. Reedus was still silently observing the door and for good reason. A few seconds after Virgo disappeared a new scent registered in Lucy's brain. It was a sharp metallic scent like blood. Moments after Lucy hid her keys underneath her shorts, Black Steel Gajeel burst into the hideaway. Gajeel immediately knocked out Reedus and walked towards the real objective: Lucy Heartfillia.
"Hey there little Lucy Heartfillia. Ready to go back to daddy?" Gajeel smirked as the blonde sneered at him.
"Like hell." Lucy said and proceeded to punch Gajeel in the face. Unfortunately Lucy still wasn't at full strength and was easily overpowered.
"Have a nice nap bitch." Gajeel growled as he pressed a pressure point and Lucy collapsed in his arms.
Back on the Super Mage Giant Phantom MK II, Gray accidently exited the main hallway and entered a balcony. On the pure white balcony was the water mage from Element Four: Juvia Lockser. Rain fell down steadily on the area and it seemed that Juvia didn't notice Gray yet.
"What's with the rain?" Gray thought aloud and Juvia finally turned to stare.
"How beautiful that man is. Is this love?" Juvia whispered quietly.
"I won't go easy on you." Gray warned before preparing an ice cannon. The attack panicked Juvia and she placed her Water Lock on Gray. Once he began to struggle Juvia tried to withdraw the attack but Gray managed to freeze the sphere and broke free. The two began to exchange attacks again.
"Juvia doesn't want to fight you! If you just hand over Natsu and Lucy then Juvia can stop attacking you." Juvia shouted at Gray. His eyebrows knit together in confusion at his opponent. Why would she want to stop fighting him? And why have her attacks been powering down?
"I can't do that. I'd die for Lucy and Flame Brain! That's what it means to be in a guild." Gray shook his head.
"What does this mean?! Does my love enjoy polyamorous relations? Juvia has two love rivals." Juvia screamed as her body began to boil. She attacked with renewed vigor as it took all of Gray's strength to stop Juvia from hitting him.
"I didn't want to do this but…" Gray trailed off as he touched Juvia and froze her body. Except it didn't go that smoothly. When he grabbed Juvia he accidently grabbed her breast.
"Shit! Sorry." Gray amended as he removed his hand and unfroze her. Juvia was in a daze of happiness as she stared at Gray.
"Damn this rain is depressing." Gray sighed as he looked up at the sky. Juvia shook herself out of the trance and glared menacingly at him.
"How could Juvia have been so blind? Juvia doesn't need love." Juvia started up again but this time Gray only froze her again.
"Ice Make: Ice Geyser!" Gray shouted and Juvia was down on the ground. The rain had been destroyed when Gray froze Juvia, so know it was only the two sitting under the clear sky.
"Want to keep fighting?" Gray joked but the comment made Juvia faint with happiness.
"Gah! Wake up!"
Natsu had to admit that this Aria guy was strong. Every attack that Natsu threw at him managed to not hit because Aria would move and Natsu was also getting hit by invisible attacks.
It was all a big pain in the ass.
How do you dodge an attack you can even see? Natsu still hasn't found the answer and Aria is about to unleash some serious magic on him. The Element Four mage himself said he'd use the attack that drained Gramp's magic. Metsu. Luckily someone came and helped him out.
Erza.
Unfortunately Aria thought that since Titania and Salamander were before him then he should go to full power and removed his blindfold.
"Here is Zero. My Airspace of Death." Aria smirked and that was when it all went downhill for him.
"How dare you act like taking lives is so simple? A life is a precious thing!" Erza roared as she requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and summoned Blumenbatt.
Let's just say that Airia didn't stand a chance.
"I would never lose to a scum like that. Now all of Element Four is defeated so Abyss Break should stop." Erza smiled until the robot collapsed. Natsu panicked when she popped up with multiple wounds. Now the only thing that needed to be taken care of was finding Gajeel… wherever he was.
"Hello Fairy Scum. Did you all really think that this was over? Well Gajeel managed to bring home something good. Oh dear Lucy don't you want to say anything?" Jose's voice was broadcasted once more and Natsu's blood ran cold.
They got Lucy.