The time for Fairy Tail's battle against E.R.7. and liberate Natalia from them has come. Natalia finally got the chance to speak her mind and claims that she wants to live and go back to the guild. Natsu and the others are going to make sure that happens.

"These people are insane!" Sonder said. "They shoot our flag and declare war against us. It seems like they'll stop at nothing to get in our way."

"That's exactly what they're like." Rod said.

"You have no idea what they're truly capable of." Natalia said.

"I think I've heard enough out of you." Sonder said as he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back. Natsu is done with all this standing around.

"Let her go already!" Natsu shouted as he jumped into the air and used his flames as a boost.

"I've got you!" Happy said as he flew down and grabbed a hold of him and tried to carry him to the top of the tower. "Time for Plan T. Am I right?"

"Yeah. Take them by storm." Natsu said, but they felt something was wrong. The weight around them increased and they started to plummet down.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted.

"Happy! What are you doing? Fly up!" Natsu said.

"I'm trying, but something is pushing me down." Happy said. Happy was able to fight it enough to pull Natsu over land and flew right into the fortress. Makarov used his magic and grew his arm as he pulled open the bridge.

"All of you get in there and give Natsu a hand. The rest of us will wait out here until you return with our fellow Fairy Tail wizard." Makarov said.

"You heard the master. Let's move!" Erza said and all of them agreed. They jumped off the arch and landed on the bridge with all of the running inside.

"Wendy, wait for me!" Carla called out as she flew in to join them. Makarov watched them all head inside and had absolute faith in each one of them.

"Master, should we go in and help them?" Mirajane asked.

"There's no reason for all of us to go in." Makarov said. "Natalia knows how we all feel about her now. Besides, if those seven can't do it, I'm not sure if anyone can. All of them have embodied the heart and spirit of our beloved guild more than anyone."

"Good point. That is practically our strongest team formation in the entire guild. I doubt we really have that much to worry about with them." Mirajane said. It was decided. If those seven can't save Natalia, perhaps no one can.

….

E.R.7.

"This is bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad." Sonder complained as all of them retreated back inside. "You just had to do things your way, Rod. We wouldn't really be in this mess in the first place if you would have just killed them all right from the start."

"I told you it would be more fun this way." Rod said.

"What's done is done and there's nothing we can do about it now." Kallie said.

"They've made their way inside." Kaemin said. "They'll be coming for us. We need to get ourselves ready for battle. So whatever we're going to do, we need to do it now."

"I was hoping to do this here, but there's no time. We'll have to take Natalia to another base and execute her there." Sonder said. "I have a boat on the other side of the platform. If I can get there with this traitor out to the Forgotten Sea, they'll have no way of coming after us."

"Just how do you plan on getting there through all of Fairy Tail?" Natalia questioned. "The moment they see you, especially Natsu, they'll wreck this entire fortress."

"Easy. I can just sneak away with this." Sonder said as he pressed a hidden switch in the wall and a hidden door opened up.

"A secret passage?!" Natalia said. "Even so, that won't be enough to slow them down. They'll turn this entire place inside and out if they have to."

"That's why I have a plan." Rod said with a sneaky smile on his face. "Since Fairy Tail is claimed to be the number one guild in Fiore, we'll test them to the full extent of their abilities."

…

Fairy Tail Team

"For crying out loud, Natsu. How did you get your head stuck in the floor, you idiot?" Gray said as he and Gajeel were trying to pull Natsu's head out with it wedge into the ground. They gave it one last pull and pulled him right out.

"Are you okay?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah. What the hell, Happy?!" Natsu said. "Where did you learn to fly? That was your worst flight yet."

"You're actually blaming me?!" Happy said.

"Who else was carrying me while they were flying?" Natsu said.

"It wasn't my fault!" Happy said. "It was like the weight around us suddenly changed and increased. I couldn't fight against it. I think that means one of these guys can use gravity magic."

"Happy could be right. It did seem like there was a shift in gravity." Erza said.

"Does it really matter? Let's just get up there and make some noise." Gajeel said as he was ready to fight and wanted to see how tough a member of E.R. can really be.

"Gajeel's right. Let's just climb the stairs and get up there before it's too late to do anything." Laxus said.

"Cha-cha-cha. It won't be as easy and simple as you think." All of them looked to the doorway and saw Foota hanging upside down like a bat at the top.

"How is he doing that?!" Lucy said. All of them got ready to fight the first battle, but Foota wasn't really going to fight them.

"There's something you all should know." Foota said. "Natalia's execution ground is going to be moved to a different place. She's being taken to the platform behind us and will soon be heading out to sea."

"No! Not that!" Gray said.

"What are you talking about?" Natsu said.

"I tried to tell you before, but you got impatient." Gray said. "We're by the edge of a part of the ocean called the Forgotten Sea. If they take Natalia out there, there's no way we'll be able to track her."

"However, there's something else." Foota said. "Natalia is wearing sealed stone cuff that block her from using her magic. She becomes less of a hassle thanks to that. Of course, if you want to free her, you're going to need to find the right key."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Erza questioned.

"There are five keys that have been given to a member of E.R." Foota said. "Even if you do manage to save Natalia, you need to find the key to free her. Good luck with your hunting." Foota left through the door and went into hiding.

"So not only do we need to save Natalia before they take her out to sea, but we're also hunting for some keys?" Laxus said.

"Who cares about some dumb keys?! I'm going after Natalia!" Natsu shouted and just started running somewhere in the fortress.

"Natsu, wait!" Happy called out as he chased after him.

"What a bunch of fools." Carla said.

"Lucy, what do you and Natalia see in him?" Gray questioned.

"Let's not be mean about it." Wendy said.

"Actually, let him go. Natsu might have the right idea." Erza said.

"What do you mean?" Gajeel questioned.

"Think about it." Erza said. "That E.R. member just said that we need to find one key to unlock the cuffs that hold down Natalia and there are a total of five. I doubt they're just going to hand them over to us. There are seven of them, but only five keys and at least one of them must be taking Natalia away, but that one could still hold a key."

"I see what you're saying." Lucy said. "They're trying to buy some time by keeping us distracted with this key hunting. So it won't matter even if we get all five keys if they succeed in getting Natalia out of here."

"Exactly." Erza said. "There are more members then there are keys as well. So we won't know who is holding a key and who isn't. However, if we can get Natalia before she heads out to sea, we have a chance."

"I get it. Leave Natsu to go and rescue Natalia while the rest of us go searching for the key that could free her." Laxus said.

"You really think that idiot could pull it off? One of these bastards did give him a good thrashing." Gajeel said.

"We have no choice. Time is something we can't afford to lose. Perhaps with Natsu's strong sense of smell, he'll be able to get to her before it's too late." Erza said.

"Let's hope so. In the meantime, we better split up. We'll cover more ground and find those keys a lot faster." Lucy said and all of them agreed to that. With a plan made, all of them spread out and searched through the fortress to find a key or Natalia.

….

Natalia

Natalia was being taken through some secret passages. Rod and Sonder were making sure that she gets through and plan to take her through the Forgotten Sea.

"That was genius, Rod." Sonder said. "Spreading the keys through the rest of the team will surely keep that group of crazy people occupied long enough for us to escape."

"Yes. If they hope to find the keys in time, they'll have to split up." Rod said. "If they have to fight the others alone, it should buy more time. On top of that, if things go like they did in their guild, they won't stand a chance. All the others have to do is sit tight and wait for Fairy Tail to come to them."

"I'm wondering how a pathetic guild like that is number one in all of Fiore." Sonder said. "Perhaps guilds aren't really all that." As the two of them were talking, Natalia still held on to the hope that she's going to make it out of here, but she knows too well that if the fights go the way Rod says they might, it's not going to go well for Natsu and the others.

'Natsu….everyone….please be careful.' Natalia thought.

…

Gray

Gray and a couple others went up a few levels in the tower itself. Gray was searching around for a sign of Natalia or anyone of E.R. who might be holding a key. He soon came across a wooden door.

"Let's see what's behind door number one." Gray said and kicked the door open. When he went inside, it wasn't what he was expecting. "What the hell?" The room was pink and designed with some furniture that was designed like a bed room, but there was a tub in the middle of the room. "Not what I was expecting for a place built for people who are suppose to be like assassins. Is this a bedroom or a bathroom?" Gray questioned.

"Hm." Gray felt trouble right behind him and that trouble was Kallie. "It's not nice to barge in on a young lady like this." The search for the five keys that will free Natalia begins, but it has already led others into trouble.