Kats: Hello everybody, we're bringing you Chapter Ten of Harmony or Chaos!
Angel: Ello mates
Lucy: Angel why did you say that
Angel: Because I felt like it
Lucy: Really Angel
Angel: So Kats do you want to reveal some of our plan to the audience for this chapter
Kats: Sure...you know what never mind
Natsu:*Yawn*
Angel; Natsu do you want to sleep instead of being in this chapter
Natsu: No, Igneel don't leave me
Angel: …...What was that
Lucy: Just Natsu's nightmare he has been having it since this "Sibling Challenge" started
Angel: Really
Kats: Oh really I thought he dreamt of Lucy *snicker*
Natsu: Whaaaa!? I do not!
Lucy: Come on!
Happy: Kats, Angel, No, Own, Fairy Tail!
Angel: Roll story!
Chapter 10
Day Nine: Lucy's Lucky Plan
Natsu/Lucy/Wendy/Happy/Carla
"What will we do?" fretted Wendy for the millionth time. "Rush in and save Lucy, of course!" Natsu responded instantly for the millionth time. "If we do anything, they'll kill her instantly!" discouraged Carla for the millionth time. "Yeah, but if we don't do anything, she'll still die!" countered Natsu for the millionth time.
This exact conversation had been repeated several times now; such was their bafflement. It seemed like there was not a single solution where they could save Lucy. They were soundly backed into a corner. And so the endless conversation continued.
"What will we do?"
"Rush in and save Lucy, of course!"
"If we do anything, they'll kill her instantly!"
"Yeah, but if we don't do anything, she'll still die!"
"What will we do?"
"Rush in and save..."
Etc., etc.
And so they argued on. (Kats's note: Please wait a moment while I come up with a solution to the problem angel and I created) As Wendy prepared to renew the cycle, a new idea came to her. Instead of fretting what to do, she instead exclaimed, "I have an idea!" in pure joy of the moment of revelation. Three heads snapped to her. "What?" asked Natsu eagerly. "Tell us, child!" urged Carla. "Hooray!" cheered Happy.
After her joy, doubt crept in again, and she looked down. "Well, I don't know if it'll work, but..." she mumbled shyly. "Well, it's something!" exclaimed Happy. Wendy looked up again. "Well, this is what I thought...
"If we openly try to rescue her, they'll k-...they have her tied up good, so I doubt she can escape on her own. But if there's TWO people helping, escape is a bit more likely. So...what if we send one of us pretending to surrender? Then that person will we trapped with Lucy, and they might be able to escape together."
"Well, that's actually a decent plan," admitted Carla. "Not foolproof, but it is something." Wendy smiled shyly. "Who should be the prisoner?" asked Happy. Silence. "Well, since it's Wendy's plan, it should be her," decided Natsu. "No please!" Wendy wailed, panicking. "I'm no good at that kind of stuff!"
They argued back and forth, until they voted, 2 out of three (Carla remained neutral) that Wendy should go. "Best of luck!" said Natsu as they shoved Wendy into the dimly lit hallway. "Please!" begged Wendy, close to tears. "Aye!" chipped in Happy.
Wendy staggered out into the hallway. "Hello?" she asked hesitantly. "I-I um...surrender, please!"
"Don't apologize!" hissed Carla from the shadows. "Aye!" agreed Happy worriedly. Wendy glanced around. "Ummmm...I give up! You win!" she babbled. "Please, I surrender!" she begged. "White flag! Please!"
"No, no!" hissed Carla is dismay. "You'll never fool them like that, child!" Dust rained down from the ceiling. The onlookers darted into shadows. Wendy flinched. "Please! Please! I surrender!" she wailed. "I surrender! Ummm...Please!"
Finally, as if the gods where answering her calls, someone grabbed her their hand over her mouth and their other arm holding her arms behind her back. "Mmmmmmf!" mumbled Wendy, struggling helplessly. "No, child!" whispered Carla from the shadows. "You WANT to be captured!"
"Well, kid, I thought you surrendered. So why are you struggling?" asked Wendy's captor. Remembering, Wendy shut up and stopped struggling. "Thank goodness," sighed Carla. "Good luck, Wendy," whispered Natsu. "Aye," added Happy.
Wendy's captor dragged her into a secret passage into the wall. She found herself in the cave that was the thieves hideout. She was dragged to the back of the room, to the cell carved into the wall. Wendy was roughly tossed into it. The door slammed shut. She hit the wall with a thud and fell to the ground. "Wendy?" a soft voice asked.
"Huh?" asked Wendy, sitting up shakily. A person stepped out from the other end on the cell. "Lucy?" gasped Wendy. It was Lucy; bruised and battered, but alive. Lucy leaned down and helped Wendy up. "What are you doing here?" demanded Lucy. "I came to rescue you!" said Wendy. "Shhh!" urged Lucy. "Rescue me? How? By being captured?" scoffed Lucy.
"Yeah, that was my plan," explained Wendy. Lucy's expression darkened. "That fool!" she raged. "If he had just given over the treasure, we wouldn't be in this mess! Ugh!" Lucy kicked a rock. "Are you talking about Natsu?" asked Wendy. "Yes, that idiot!" raged Lucy.
Now that she was inside, Wendy could see that the cell was much larger than she originally thought. The back stretched into shadowy darkness. "So, do you have an escape plan?" asked Wendy hopefully. "I thought you were here to help me escape!" snapped Lucy. She shook her head. "No matter. I already have a plan. You can help."
"Really?" asked Wendy, eyes shining. Lucy nodded. "Yep! Follow me." She lead Wendy towards the back of the cell, where there were several dips in the floor. "What are these indentations for?" asked Wendy. "There're not supposed to be here," explained Lucy. "I made them."
"What for?" questioned Wendy. "Isn't it obvious?" stated Lucy self-confidently. "There're all holes to freedom! I dug them all to escape." Wendy observed them skeptically. "But why so many?" she asked. "And how did you dig them? This cell is stone." Lucy smiled. "How I dug them? Easy!" she said. "There's tons on scrap metal everywhere in here. A lot of it, even in the cell. They sweep it all under here. Big chunks, too. And there are huge explosions every now and then, which blows even more in here."
"Yeah, but you can't dig holes with little chunks of metal," said Wendy. "Quite the contrary," said Lucy cheerfully. "The rock is pretty soft, when you dig down a bit more. So the larger chunks do quite fine. I bang on the rock and it goes eventually." "Doesn't that take a long time?" wondered Wendy.
Lucy nodded. "Yeah, but it's not like I have anything else to do," she said. "About the multiple holes...Most of the rock here is too hard to dig quickly, so I'm searching for a softer spot. And I found it! Nice dirt!" Wendy looked at her admiringly. "Did they take your keys?" she asked after a while. Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but they didn't know what they did. They were worried I could pick the lock with them. Idiots."
Wendy giggled slightly. "This would go so much faster with Virgo," she sighed. "Yeah," Lucy agreed. "But I can't call her without the key." "Doesn't she always pop in uninvited?" asked Wendy. "Yeah but I can't control that!" wailed Lucy. They each grabbed some metal and started chipping at one of the deeper holes. After thirty minutes, Wendy collapsed backwards. "Can we just get Virgo's key?" she begged. Lucy fell back, also exhausted. "Okay," she panted. They began to brew up a plan.
To Be Continued
Gray/Juvia
Keep in mind poor Gray and Juvia, trapped in the void of fear along with the other resort visitors. We shall return to them soon.
Erza/Gajeel/Levy
"We're taking a job today," announced Erza. "I will decide. Gajeel took a step back. As Erza scanned over the request board, she stiffened with surprise, then leapt up and snatched a new request from the board. "There's trouble," she said worriedly. "What is it?" Gajeel and Levy asked. They peered at the request.
"Defeat a sea monster terrorizing the ocean near Akane resort," read Levy. "I don't get it," snorted Gajeel. "Doesn't that name seem familiar?" pressed Erza. Levy gasped. "But that's where-" Erza nodded solemnly. "That's where Gray and Juvia went for vacation," she finished. Gajeel narrowed his eyes.
"Do you think they're in trouble?" asked Levy. Erza shrugged. "Maybe. They can handle themselves, but this monster seems dangerous. It must be trouble if there's a request to eliminate it." "Does it say any more about the sea monster?" asked Levy, peering at the paper. Erza nodded. "Yes. It's so dangerous because it uses a form of emotion magic. It paralyzes it's prey with unimaginable fear, and makes them suffer before it eliminates them." "That sounds terrible!" fretted Levy.
"Yes. We should go investigate the situation," said Erza. They boarded the train to the resort, worry heavy in air (maybe not as much for Gajeel, but he was still slightly concerned). After a few hours, they jumped off the train and walked the extra mile to the beach. They looked up at the enormous hotel. "Something's wrong," stated Erza.
It was dead silent.
No voices, shouts, footsteps. Not even a bird chirped. All that could be heard was the sloshing of the waves as they lapped at the shore. "Proceed with caution," warned Erza. "Yeah, I know," grumbled Gajeel. They slunk into the hotel, every step tentative and silent. They tip-toed around, being careful to be as quiet as their surroundings. "Do you feel that?" whispered Erza.
They all did; the nagging feeling of unimaginable fear, clinging to everything around them. "It must be the sea monster," whispered Levy. Erza flipped through the check-in book. "I know which room they're staying in," she announced, leading the way up. They climbed up, up, up the stairs.
Erza busted down the door ("Was that necessary?" fretted Levy). "Gray! Juvia!" she shouted. There, at the window, Gray and Juvia jumped as if woken from a trance; indeed, they actually were. "Wha-?" gasped Gray. "My love!" wailed Juvia, much to the exasperation of her rescuers.
"What happened?" demanded Gray. "You tell me!" countered Erza. She gave them a brief rundown of the situation. "So let's beat up this monster and save the vacationers!" decided Gajeel. "Let's go!" urged Juvia. They ran down to the beach. They looked at the waves.
"I'll check for the sea monster," said Juvia, walking towards the water. "Take us with you!" called Erza. "It's too dangerous to go alone!" Juvia paused. I can't leave Gray alone with these girls, she thought. "Very well," Juvia said aloud. "Here, take a water bubble so you can breathe."
They dived under the water. Staying in the shallows, under the assumption the fear spell won't work at long range. They were right. Soon, they could see a dark, long shadow slinking through the water around them. "Eeeek!" shrieked Levy. "Come out!" roared Gajeel.
There was a dark snarl that pounded through the water that sent shivers through them. "He sounds angry," shuddered Levy. "Bring it on!" challenged Gajeel. There was another dark snarl, filled to the brim with hate and malice. "Stop it! You're making it angry!" wailed Levy. "What else should we do!?" countered Gajeel. "Stop challenging it!" shouted Levy. "Well, we need to fight it!" responded Gajeel.
"Shut up!" snapped Erza. They shut up. Another snarl ripped through the water. "Show yourself!" called Erza angrily. So much for shutting up, thought Gajeel. The snarl came again, seething with ferocious, uncontrollable anger. Then, a voice, filled to the brim with malice and barely restrained anger spoke. It seemed to echo right inside and out their minds, lashing out in hate at everything around it.
How did you escape? it asked quietly. Its voice was quiet, calm, but they could feel the disbelief and struggling anger behind the words. They all flinched. "Does it matter?" said Erza bravely. I suppose not, the voice admitted. However, you have made me angry by escaping the fear. You shall regret that. I shall tear you limb to limb and make you suffer unimaginable pain!
"It's using telepathy to speak to us!" realized Erza in a moment of clarity. "BRING IT ON!" she howled. Very well, snarled the voice, its anger rising. Perish, ALL OF YOU! The snarl came again, louder and angrier than the first few times. "Gah!" wailed Levy.
Then the shadow twisted and lunged. "Ice Make: Prison!" chanted Gray, creating an enormous ice prison. One inside, the sea monster's invisibility faded and it revealed to be an incredibly ugly monster resembling a dinosaur. "Gosh!" gasped Levy.
"Let's take it down!" roared Gajeel.
"Iron Dragon Roar!"
"Ice Make Lance!"
"Requip! Sea Empress Armor!"
"Water Slicer!"
"I-I'll just let you guys handle it," stammered Levy. The powerful multi-attack flew towards the sea monster, broke through Gray's cage that just moments before the beast had been struggling vainly to escape, and hit the monster. The creature let out a horrible scream, filled with anger and pain and disbelief.
Then there was silence.
"Is it..?" asked Levy. The monster was gone. Just gone. "It disappeared!" exclaimed Gray. "But where did it go?" wondered Juvia. "Do you think the surface is fixed?" asked Levy. "It's the sun the sun is making it invisible!" exclaimed Erza.
"What?" gasped Juvia. Indeed, the shallow waters where they swam was filled with golden light. "It's invisible?!" gasped Gray. They spun around, searching for it. "Look!" exclaimed Levy, pointing. There was a soft shadow drifting through the sand dunes. "There!" shouted Erza. An idea occurred to Gray. "Wait!" he told his teammates. "Let me do this."
He tried, with some, difficultly, to track the invisible creature. Personally, Erza thought ice wouldn't be to keen a choice underwater, but it was obvious he had some sort of plan. Gray Ice-Made a sword, and again struggled to find the creature. "This'll make you easier to find," he muttered to himself.
"Found you!" Gray exclaimed, lunging towards the shadow. He swung the ice sword. *slash* And opened a long cut in the creature's flank. What? wondered Erza, slightly hurt. If his plan involved sword work, I'd have been just fine!
The creature howled in pain and briefly became visible; they used this moment to launch another attack. And it was gone again. But now Gray's motives became clear; the wound bled. The creature left a slight red trail where ever it went. Now they could track it with relative ease. He couldn't tell Erza or the beast would have heard. She gave him a nod of approval.
Oh, my clever prince! thought Juvia. They could easily see the monster now. "Yahhhh!" they howled as attack after attack rained down. And it was over. "We saved them!" cheered Levy. They swam to the surface to see several people wandering about the beach, looking confused and dazed. A confused murmuring filled the air. Birds sang again. "Fixed," said Levy with satisfaction.
"Why don't we all take a break the rest of the day?" suggested Erza. "We'll need the strength for the optional challenge tomorrow." Apprehension filled the air. Right. Master's challenge. They had forgotten in the heat of the moment. "Optional," Erza reminded, amused at their reactions. But they all knew they would participate, with prizes for the winning team. "Rest up!"
Back to Natsu/Lucy/Wendy/Happy/Carla
That Evening
Lucy whispered her plan to Wendy, whose face quickly fell. "That'll never work," Wendy sighed. "You sure you don't have another idea?" "Well, it's better than nothing!" snapped Lucy. "But those plans almost never work!" protested Wendy. "They work sometimes," snorted Lucy. "Once!" countered Wendy. ("And that was an anime only episode!" she adds in our minds)
The guards came to give them dinner. Due to poor design, they had to open the door to give the prisoners food. "Plan into action!" hissed Lucy to Wendy. Wendy shuffled back a few steps. There were two guards. They swung open the door and placed the meal on the floor (a scant thing) before getting up and turning to leave. Before they shut the door, Lucy shouted "Wait!" and put on her most convincing sad face. "What?" asked one guard cautiously, for everyone knows sad ladies, especially pretty ones, are men's weakness.
Lucy smiled a pretty smile (or so she thought) (Lucy's note: hey!). "Could you PLEASE do me a favor?" she asked sweetly, voice dripping with sugar. The guards hesitated, struggling. Eventually, one, with much difficulty, said, "No. You're a prisoner, not a guest!"
"Oh, okay then," sighed Lucy, looking so intensely sad and downcast that the guards stopped again. "F-fine," one grumbled reluctantly, giving in. "Just this once." Lucy instantly perked up and she smiled stupidly again. "Yay!" she cheered dumbly. (faking it, of course.) "What do you want, then?" a guard asked.
Lucy pointed across the room. "Could you pretty please get my keys? I collect them and I just feel...s-so sad without them!" she sniffed and looked down, then continued. "I promise they don't open locks! I can show you and everything! Please?"
The guards looked at her face, then down at their feet, shifting uncomfortably. "I don't know," mumbled a guard. Lucy's eyes widened. "Wahhhhh!" she wailed, beginning to fake cry. "N-no! Don't cry!" stammered a guard. "We just don't know if it's a allowed!" said another. Lucy stopped crying and a sly look crept into her eyes. "Oh?" she asked with a soft smile.
"Well, maybe you just need a bit of persuasion," she said, striking a questionable pose.
"Oooohhhh!" gasped the guards, looking at her. "Yes, ma'am!" They dashed to get her keys and give them to her. "Why, thank you," simpered Lucy, striking another pose. "Now, go and do your jobs." The guards wandered off, heads in the clouds.
"Fools," snickered Lucy, turning around with her keys. Wendy stared at her wide-eyed. "Y-your seduction plan actually worked!" she gasped in utter disbelief. "I can't wait to tell Happy," said Lucy rather smugly. "He won't believe it." "I don't either," spluttered Wendy.
They waited until night to summon Virgo. "Open, Gate of the Maiden, Virgo!" chanted Lucy quietly. "Do you want to punish me, Princess?" inquired Virgo quietly. "No!" hissed Lucy. "Dig us out of here!" she ordered. "As you wish, Princess," said Virgo. She began to drill into the ground. After a few minutes, Virgo popped up again. "The tunnel is complete, Princess," said Virgo. "Great! Thanks, Virgo!" whispered Lucy. "Let's go!" Virgo returned to her world as Lucy and Wendy shuffled down the tunnel.
The popped out in the dimly lit hallway. "Freedom!" whispered Lucy triumphantly. They made their way back to the hotel. Lucy burst in. "We're back!" she announced. Happy, Carla, and Natsu looked up. "It actually worked?!" gasped Happy. "Yeah," said Wendy from behind Lucy, slightly annoyed by Happy's doubt. "You'll never guess what Lucy did!" she continued. "What?" asked Happy, intrigued.
"My seduction plan worked!" bragged Lucy. "WHAAAAT?!" shrieked Happy in disbelief. "That can't be possible!" As Lucy smugly explained the details, Happy cried tears of joy, much to Lucy's annoyance. "Really furball what you are so happy about?!" Lucy asked, horrified. "Why, yes, Lucy my name is Happy, so why would I not be happy?" Happy exclaimed exasperated.
As they celebrated their victory, Natsu stopped them. "Can we go beat up those jerks now?" he asked. "What?! Why?!" gasped Lucy. "There's no reason; we escaped!" protested Wendy. "Because it was our job to get the treasure, remember," explained Natsu. "We'll be failing the job if we don't get it back...Plus, they're big jerks!"
"We don't need the treasure!" begged Lucy. Natsu shook his head stubbornly. "We are NOT going to fail this job," he said. Lucy sighed; no use arguing with him. "Well, can we at least sleep?" she asked sleepily. "Sure," grumbled Natsu, not tired at all; no use arguing with her.
~End of Chapter~
Kats: And that was Chapter 10 of Harmony or Chaos! Angel, your thoughts?
Angel: Wow you really wanted to start the end of this didn't you
Kats: I always do the outro. Now, Angel your thoughts?
Angel: Great (I call intro of all the next chapters)
Kats: *absently* Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, the rock city boy
Wendy: What's up, Kats
Kats: Yeah-Hmm?
Angel: Kats recently discovered that the Fairy Tail wiki has videos of all the Fairy Tail theme songs
Kats: It's what I listened to while typing this, and Rock City Boy is quickly becoming one of my favorites
Wendy: I thought Ft. is your favorite
Kats: It's level with Rock City Boy
Lucy: Kats, about my behavior this chapter-
Kats: Got a problem with it? *glare*
Lucy: N-no...
Angel: Wow the commando Kats is revealed
Kats: Yeah yeah yeah...
Angel: Kats is absent right now so I think we can end
Kats: Yeah yeah yeah, the rock city boy
-Angel, Kats, and Cast out