Ivy's Pov
After we were separated from Rayden, a ladder was at the end of the hallway we were now in. We could only go down. We had wandered the halls for what felt like hours, trying to find anyone. We looked everywhere. Finally, one specific hallway was different. There was a hole in the floor, which we jumped down. There were pieces of drywall and metal scattered randomly around the room, many of the pieces having blood on them. There was an unconscious girl around seventeen years old where we had jumped down, and not to far from her a trail of blood leading into a room with a closed door. We cautiously opened the door, only to see a horrifying sight. "Rose!" I gasped out, falling to her side.
She was unconscious, lying in a pool of blood, deep gashes all around her body. Storm checked her pulse and said that her heartbeat was hardly detectable. The only thing we cared about was that she was alive. I instantly started creating little bubbles of water around several of her cuts at a time, a small attempt at cleaning them and to see if she was still bleeding. Overall, it wasn't safe to carry her because the gashes could start bleeding again, and that was something we couldn't afford. "Ice Make: Cart!" Storm casted, obviously creating a cart to put Rose on.
Things started shaking again, and right in front of us, a ramp appeared. It's almost as if whoevers doing this wants us to find something.
We carefully walked down the ramp, descending many, many floors. Once at the bottom, there were rooms full of empty cells and doorways that just led to more rooms with empty cells, but finally, there was a door. A steel door with many locks and three steel latches at the top, middle, and bottom of the door, and all were made to prevent being damaged by magic. "Why would someone go through this much trouble to keep a door closed?" I asked no one in particular.
I started moving the steel beams while Storm froze the locks so they would unlock themselves. We had to literally throw ourselves into the door to open it. Once open, we couldn't believe what we saw.
Kayden's Pov
I was carrying Amber bridal style, wandering the halls trying to find an exit. She was okay, but I thought about what Nashi said. She said that if you end up alone, find someone to help. I walked past a huge opening, about to go through the entrance to another hallway when something grabbed my shoulder. I jumped and spun around, coming face to face with the worst thing of all time. Our parents. The only upside was that they only looked worried at the moment. Except for Erza who looked pissed.
We were all staring at each other and I began to struggle with Amber, and Jellal came over and took her from me noticing that. As soon as she was out of my arms my mom rushed over to me, dragging Dad behind her. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" She was turning me around, making sure I had no injuries. "Oh my gosh, Kayden, what happened?" She asked panicked, looking at the stab wound from earlier.
"Mom, I'm fine, we won the fight." I reassured her. "It stopped bleeding a while ago."
"Nice job, Kayden!" My dad praised.
"He said it so casually..." Levy mumbled.
"Don't encourage this!" Erza scolded him angrily. Dad cowered in fear, then Erza turned to me. "Where are the others?"
"We got... Split up?" I answered.
Erza looked as if she were going to kill me. "Dad?" A weak voice whispered. Erza froze and rushed over to Amber, the source of the whisper. "Mom? What happened?"
Jellal sighed. "Apparently you got in a fight."
The adults continued to fuss over us, insisting on dealing with our injuries that very second, however Amber and I managed to convince them that it could wait. Amber had just convinced Jellal to put her down when the shaking started again. My parents grabbed each other, and pulled me in between them, shielding me with their bodies in case anything fell while Amber's parents doing the same. Everyone else grabbed the one closest to them, and one by one, they began to disappear.
Jay's Pov
"I'm honored that you chose to fight me! I'm Skylar." The woman introduced. "Shall we?"
Before I could even think of replying, her neck was glowing, and once the glowing subsided, there was an elegant necklace with green jewels on it. Next thing I knew, there were piece of the building flying all over our enclosed area. I managed to dodge the pieces, then her necklace glowed again and was replaced with a simple one with a red jewel hanging from the chain. Red balls of fire appeared in her hands. "I get to imitate the powers of a wizard once I defeat them, and a small portion of their magic power is turned into a necklace, and the power multiplies over time." She began. "This is Natsu's power, so imagine how powerful it's gotten after three years." She came at me, trying to use "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist"
I countered it. "Earth Dragon's Iron Fist!" Dirt and fire spun around, creating a mini explosion, sending us both back a few feet (one meter). We didn't hesitate to run back towards each other, just using the same attack, but all it was doing was gradually draining our magic power, mine more than hers. The power of her attacks raised to lower the effects of my attack, considering that fire magic is weak to earth magic. "Just how powerful is she?" I thought to myself. I was panicked. If I lost and Nash wins her fight, then she'll have to fight Skylar. Her ice may not be able to match Natsu's flames. And for that reason, I have to win this battle. Also 'cause she annoys me.
"Earth Dragon's Roar!" I shouted, the mixture of dirt and rocks flew at her.
"Fire Dragon's Roar." She countered. The flames broke through my attack, hitting me.
"What is this?" I thought when the attack ended. She had mostly missed though my arm was slightly burned. "Whenever Igneel and I sparred that never happened. He was never able to break through my roar."
I ran at her, just using my fists, no magic. She was able to block perfectly. "I've been in training since I could walk, Redfox. I've been taught in strategy, enchantments, uses for lacrima, hand-to-hand combat, you name it."
"Why are you doing this?" I yelled at her, continuing to try and land a hit. She froze at the question and I took the opportunity to punch her in the face.
She held her face. "My, my. You could've just asked and waited for an answer. It's because we want to. No official reason. Just want." She whispered demonically. I heard some shouting and turned towards it. I saw Cassie and Rayden.
"Jay!" Cassie screamed, her voice muffled through the runes. I gave her a look, trying to tell her not to worry, then turned back to Skylar.
"So you don't care about the fact that you're hurting people? Innocent people?" I asked.
She hesitated. "I-I... I never... What makes them so innocent? Their own children had no idea about why we took them!"
"You said that you had no reason." I countered. I had a feeling that Alex never gave her a reason.
"I-I..."
I cut her off. "You don't believe that yourself. Whatever you did believe they did, whatever you were told, you don't know or believe it because you didn't experience what "happened" firsthand or if you have proof. Instead, you've caused a family pain. A really large family."
"Why should I trust you?" She asked.
"You shouldn't. But you should at least think about what I've said. Whatever it is that Alex wants, you don't know what that is and I can see that it scares you. You shouldn't be working for someone if you don't know their ulterior motive." I reasoned.
"Even if that's true, there's no backing out now. He's gone too far. We'd probably both be arrested by the magic council and no one would care what I did or didn't know!" She told me before sending another "Fire Dragon Roar" at me. It was weaker not, and I was able to dodge it.
"Don't do this, Skylar. There are other ways." I told her, sounding urgent.
She switched out her necklace again, and the room started shaking violently. I soon realized it wasn't the room, but the entire building. I could hear Alex over with Nashi trying to shout at her to stop, but she isn't a dragon slayer and couldn't hear him. He was yelling at her, "What are you doing? Do not move the location of this building!"
I looked over to where Cassie and Rayden were. Rayden was holding her up, but oddly enough, one by one, everyone began to teleport to that specific area. The small walkway between the two rune barriers. Even a man with pink hair, a woman with blonde hair, and a blond haired boy were teleported here. They were facing Nash, and became panicked. "Nashi!" The three yelled at the same time.
Nashi's Pov
"The building is going to be teleported?" I thought to myself.
"Nashi!" I heard someone yell. I turned. Everyone was there. By everyone I mean the guild's team one and two search teams, which wasn't surprising. The surprising thing was the people who screamed that.
All the people in that little walkway were staring at them, but none of us noticed. Between the shaking and surprise, we didn't care. "Mom? Dad? Igneel?" I shouted.
The shaking suddenly stopped, and Alex attacked again. I could hear the shouting now, they were worried. I only focused on my family though. They didn't know I could use magic, so I wasn't really paying attention when Alex used "Earth Razors" again.
I gasped as the blades sliced my shoulder and my legs. "He's trying to immobilize me..." I realized. I then did what I was taught to do when my dad was teaching me hand-to-hand-combat. I stopped paying attention to my surroundings and only paid attention to the fight. I stopped trying to listen to them and started dodging the blades as I worked on freezing my wounds so I wouldn't bleed out in the middle of the fight. "Earth Spikes." He cast.
I jumped, and in mid air, "Ice Dragon's Roar!" I actually hit him, sent him flying into the side of the rune wall infact. I momentarily turned back into my surroundings, just listening, hearing my parents silence before blocking the sound out again. Alex got up, only with a slight limp.
"Well done, child." He praised with a slow clap.
"Shut up." I growled at him.
"So much anger!" He pretended to gasp in surprise. "What happened to the teenager who was always laughing and incapable of being serious."
"I said shut up!" I launched myself at him. "Ice Dragon's Iron Fist!"
"Earth Wall." My attack was blocked but I was able to freeze the wall of dirt Alex had made, and shatter it with another strike. He wasn't there, though. I turned around and there her was. He grabbed the collar of my shirt to keep me from moving. "One hell of a reunion so far, huh?" He asked rhetorically before throwing me onto the floor.
I know, "Ugh! Cliffhangers! WHY?!"
For the record, I hate cliffhangers too.
NATSU, LUCY AND IGNEEL HAVE BEEN FOUND! YO~SH! DON'T DIE, NASHI!
Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. Not me. BYE~!
~Ice
