Natsu reared his head back, his cheeks puffing out as streams of fire appeared around his mouth. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu threw his head forward and opened his mouth, unleashing a funnel of orange flames that raced towards the wall; the impact was a fiery explosion, and to Natsu's surprise, the wall that had caused him so much trouble was now a pile of rubble. He knew his persistence would pay off. Now, rushing out of the cell, his flames flared around his body as he shouted, making sure that everyone could hear him. "YOU WANTED A FIGHT WITH FAIRY TAIL WELL NOW YOU'VE GOT ONE!" He spun around on his heel, his arms flaring intensely as he created a ring of fire around his body. "FIRE DRAGON! CRIMSON LOTUS!" the flames did what they were known for: Destruction. A large explosion occurred on the floor Natsu was on, surely catching some attention; just what he was aiming for. "COME ON OUT!"
From the control center, King watched as Natsu started to cause a riot in his area. Though King wasn't exactly enraged by this, he was a little aggravated. He knew things would get intense, but he wasn't exactly happy with what Natsu was doing. "Heartless…" King started, but he remembered that Heartless had gone to deal with the escapees. "Oh, yes…that's right…JOKER!"
A mere second after his name was called; the mighty SS class mage appeared to King's left, his arms crossed behind his back. "Yes, King?"
He knew Joker was there, and he didn't even have to look. Without turning to face Joker, King spoke again. "That boy with the pink hair, who is he? He is causing much more of a ruckus than I would like…"
"That would be the infamous Salamander of Fairy Tail, Fire Dragon slayer. Natsu Dragneel, son of the former dragon king, Igneel." Joker read from the dossier of Natsu. "He is one of Fairy Tail's stronger, more prominent members."
"He's loud," King immediately said, almost interrupting Joker. "I want him to be dealt with immediately. He's a wild card…in this game, wild cards are dangerous. I want to preserve our wild card until the very end."
"As you wish, King," Joker nodded and turned around, beginning to walk off. "I'll see what can be done about him."
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Luke and Heather skidded to a stop in front of a cell, a slight smirk on Heather's face after knowing for sure this was the spot they wanted to be in. "Here we are…"
"Eh?" Luke tilted his head in confusion. "Whose in this cell?"
"Just watch." Heather replied as poison coated her left arm. "Poison Dragon's Iron Fist!" She called this out while drawing her arm back; she then threw her arm forward, slamming the poison coated fist into the wall. This took more than a few punches, but after a few minutes, the wall corroded from the poison and crumbled. "Structure is weaker on the outside than it is inside…"
"I was wondering how long it would take you to get here," Kairi said as she walked out of the cell, giving Heather a slight smirk.
"I told you they would come soon," Clover said as he stepped out behind Kairi. "I see you two are doing well."
"Better than ever!" Luke replied to Clover with a grin. "So, now what? We just do this for everyone else?"
"That won't be needed," Clover said while looking down the corridor.
"Why's that?" Heather asked while placing her hands on her hips, eying Clover curiously.
"We overheard a conversation while stuck in there," Kairi started. "It seems as though there are six generators around here, and if we were to destroy them, this whole place would fall."
"So we get to cause some destruction, eh? I like the sound of that!" Luke's grin widened as a black and white aura surrounded his body. "I really wanna pay these guys back, and what better way to show appreciation than smashing their things!"
"You're kinda sounding like Salamander there…" Kairi said to Luke.
"…I know and that worries me…" With an awkward cough, Luke decided to lead the way, pointing down the end of the corridor he and Heather didn't come from. "Let's go that way; we're bound to find something there!"
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Three bolts of lightning crashed in the air; they then turned back into their physical states. Laxus and Taranis stood across from Spade Magnes, who was just smirking towards them. Lisanna and Melanie ran up to the two lightning slayers. "Laxus, let us help…!" Lisanna pleaded.
"No." Laxus replied in a stern tone. "This is about to get messy, so it's better if you're not around. You two can take care of yourselves, right?"
"Well, yeah…" Lisanna gave a slow nod.
"Then get going!" Laxus ordered, more concerned for the wellbeing of Lisanna and to a lesser extent Melanie than he was letting off.
"G-Good luck!" Melanie nodded before she and Lisanna ran off.
"It's good you let those two run off…" Spade smirked as he waved his hand in an arc, creating five magic seals. "It would be a shame for them to see you fall!" From the magic circles, a plethora of rockets shot out towards Taranis and Laxus. "Rocket Launch!"
"I'm gonna enjoy wiping that smug look off your face!" Taranis shouted as he entered his lightning body, using his speed to move in a zig-zag motion, evading all the incoming rockets. Laxus followed suit, taking the high road as opposed to directly charging. When Taranis was close, he allowed his lightning to engulf his hands, and he swung at Spade, landing a direct hit across his face.
"Oof!" Spade grunted at Taranis' punch struck his cheek. He stumbled back a step, but shrugged the hit off like nothing happened. "Not bad, but not good either." Spade grinned, forming a red electric sphere in his blue hand, causing blue electricity to spark around said sphere. "Lightning Burst!" Spade threw his hand forward, unleashing a powerful (but short ranged) burst of blue and red lightning towards Taranis. Since Taranis was in close range, it was nearly impossible to evade the attack, but Taranis had another idea. Demon's lightning was the most powerful lightning there was, even surpassing the lightning of Gods. Taranis opened his mouth, preparing to consume the incoming attack…but his eyes widened; he couldn't eat it. The Lightning Burst slammed into him, the impact strong enough to send him flying almost through the nearest wall.
"G-Gah!?" Taranis' top hat fell off as he pried himself from the wall, panting somewhat as he looked at Spade with a look of shock. "What the…I should've been able to eat that!"
"This isn't your normal every day lightning, Demon," Spade said with a grin. In the next instant, Laxus came in with a spinning electric roundhouse aimed for Spade's head. Spade was fast enough to narrowly avoid it, but was unable to counter. "Dreyar…" Spade's grin turned into a smirk as his signature lightning formed around his fist, and he engaged the S class slayer in close combat. Laxus threw an uppercut at Spade's chin, but Spade was faster than Laxus gave him credit for; Spade threw a blue lightning infused kick at Laxus' side, landing the hit, but Laxus held his ground, only letting out a small grunt. Spade threw yet another punch, but Laxus opened his hand and caught it.
"Fast, but not fast enough…" Laxus said as he drew his other arm back, throwing it at Spade's face for a heavy haymaker, but Spade ducked, now holding his red hand at Laxus' stomach.
"Gravity Push!" Spade's red hand placed a red symbol (a + sign) on Laxus' stomach, and the force instantly pushed Laxus away.
"Lightning Demon's…" Taranis replied as he started inhaling, but before he could finish, the pushed Laxus had slammed into him. Taranis rolled away from Laxus with a clearly angered expression. "Watch where you're going, dammit!"
"That wasn't me!" Laxus shouted back, now looking at his stomach, the red symbol was gone now. "What the hell was that…?"
"Magnets…" Spade grinned. "That's what my last name means, if you weren't smart enough to realize it earlier. Spade Mangets. But Magnes sounds better."
"Tch," Laxus cracked his neck, now signifying to Spade that the warm up was now over. "Alright, asshole. I'm done playing games." Lightning surged around Laxus before his jaw popped open, and he unleashed his Lightning Dragon's Roar towards Spade, the bolt of lightning cutting through the air itself.
"Lightning Demon's Screech!" Taranis exclaimed, finally unleashing his own bolt of lightning to join Laxus'.
As the two attacks came towards him, Spade merely smirked, closing his eyes. "Heh…" The two lightning attacks slammed into Spade, creating an electrical explosion.
"Tch, we get him?" Laxus asked as his eyes narrowed, trying to focus into the smoke.
"He would've been done sooner if you didn't get in my way!" Taranis shouted.
Light laughter could be heard coming from the electrical smoke cloud. When the smoke cloud cleared, Spade began laughing manically. "HAHAHA!"
"No way!" Laxus grit his teeth, clenching his fist as he looked at Spade in annoyance. "That should've finished him!"
"You two are idiots!" Spade then pointed to the battery pack on his chest, which was glowing, indicating that it was fully charged now. "You never took notice to this?! It's there for a reason! I'M ALL CHARGED UP!" Spade pointed his chest forward, a loud screeching sound emitting from the battery before a large burst of blue and red electricity shot out, destroying the ground it traveled with no trouble, now racing towards the two slayers. "FIRE!"
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"Strong Swing!" Strong exclaimed as he brought his club down on Erza (who was now in her Flight Armor) but with her speed, he missed, and only caused another crater on the floor. "Hold still!" Strong continued to swing his club wildly, looking as though he was playing a game of Whack-a-mole, and Erza was the mole.
Erza kept her focus as she dashed from side to side; she knew being hit once would be trouble. She couldn't afford to let up on an opponent whose raw strength exceeded her own. She saw an opening. "You're open!" Erza exclaimed as she approached Strong with her blinding speed, jumping up to aim a slash on the large male.
"Too slow!" Strong exclaimed himself as he showcased his amazing reflexes. He reacted to Erza's slash perfectly, his body leaning back so that the blade was mere centimeters away from touching him. Erza was surprised that a man of his stature had great reflexes. Strong was in no position to land a hit with his club, so while Erza was still close, he swung the back of his arm at her, his strength sending the knight all the way into the nearest wall.
"GAH!" Erza yelped out as she hit the wall, but she quickly pulled herself out of it. "This will be a lot more troublesome than I thought…" Erza thought to herself as she watched Strong carefully. "Kanso!" A heavenly light wrapped itself around Erza's body, and when it faded, she was in her Heaven's Wheel armor. Wasting not a second after, the knight took off into the air, raising her arms above her head, creating a multitude of swords (estimated to be about 70) to circle around her. "Dance, my blades!" The blades then spun around in a circle around Erza before launching themselves towards Strong.
"Eh?!" Strong's eyes widened somewhat at the incoming blades, but he didn't fret for very long. No, instead he began to spin around, quickly gaining speed as a cyclone of wind appeared around him. This protected him from most of the incoming swords as they flew off to the side before they could strike him, but the last two swords slashed his shoulders, causing him to grunt and stop, blood now trailing from his shoulders to his arms from two decently sized cuts. He didn't have time to look them over as Erza took this opportunity to fly forward, her two swords now raised over her head.
"You're finished!" Erza yelled as she brought the swords down, but Strong showed he wasn't done yet; he clasped one hand on Erza's swords just before they could slash him; of course his hand was bleeding due to the sharpness of the blades, but he stopped Erza's momentum completely, causing her eyes to widened once again, and her pupils to shrink.
"Sorry, but I think you're the finished one here…"
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Luke, Heather, Kairi, and Clover sprinted down a corridor, coming to a left turn. When they turned, they had a straight forward path ahead of them; one that led to a generator, no doubt. But that's not what caught their attention first. Heartless was standing there, waiting for them. "Oi, move it or loss it!" Luke shouted.
"Careful…" Heather placed her arm in front of Luke to stop him from doing anything rash. Her eyes narrowed as she looked over Heartless. "Something about this woman bothers me…"
"Aside from the fact that's she most certainly the enemy?" Clover asked.
"Where do you four think you're going?" Heartless inquired while keeping her eyes on the group.
"Where do you think?" Kairi almost immediately replied, stepping forward. "If you want to get in our way, that's fine with me. I can show you what happens when you decide to pull a plan like this…"
"Hm…" Heartless observed Kairi now, a slight smirk appearing on her lips. "Interesting…Angel Soul: Lucifer…doesn't seem like the angel has completely submitted to you yet because you're not powerful enough to control it…but you're still powerful nonetheless…"
"W-What…?" Kairi was taken aback by Heartless' words. "How do you know about that…? Who are you?"
Luke stepped up next to Kairi, glaring at Heartless now. "Oi, you just gonna stand there, or are you going to move? We can do this the easy way or the hard way, I'm fine with either!"
Heartless ignored Luke, now drawing two cards with the Heart symbol on them. "You two will do quite nicely…" In one swift motion, before Luke, Clover, or Kairi could react, Heartless threw the two cards towards the copy mage and the angelic mage.
"Look out!" Heather shouted as she pushed Luke and Kairi out of the way, the two cards latching onto he; one on her head, and the other on her chest, just around where her heart was located. A large heart symbol appeared before Heather, and magical sparks flew, the area started to shake as Heather let out a shriek of pain.
"H-HEATHER!?" Luke quickly stood up, running over to Heather with Kairi.
"W-What happened?!" Kairi asked as she looked at Heather with an immensely concerned look.
(That wasn't supposed to happen…) Heartless thought to herself as she turned around, starting to walk off. (Two control cards on one person…who knows what the effects could be…oh well…I suppose we'll find out…)
"She's getting away…" Clover commented.
"You two go after her!" Luke said while Heather fell to her knees. "I'll keep watch on her!"
"Be careful…" Kairi warned Luke as she and Clover ran off.
"Right…" Luke nodded as Kairi and Clover ran off. Heather's eyes flashed from their usual teal color to red as the double effect of the cards took their effects, but Luke didn't notice it yet…
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Wendy took in a quick breath, her head leaning back as she did so; the young sky slayer then threw her head forward, a light blue magic seal appearing before her. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" As she called this attack out she exhaled, a cyclone of wind forcefully passed through her lips and raced towards Daigo, the 1 of hearts.
"Hm…Interesting…" Daigo stated, his stoic position unwavering. He drew a card from his deck with his index and middle finger, and held it up. "Barrier." Just before Wendy's roar could strike him, an invisible force blocked the roar just feet away.
Wendy stopped exhaling; her eyes now wide as she witnessed her roar have no effect. "W-What?"
"Think you're slick, huh?" Cana drew out her own card, now throwing it down a few feet in front of her. "The Prayer's Fountain!" The card mage exclaimed as the card unleashed beams of water to strike from all directions, leaving Daigo's dodging options limited to the point where he essentially had none.
An annoyed "Hrn…" was audible from Daigo as he realized he had no options to begin with. He merely jumped back, a beam of water now rushing toward him. With outstanding flexibility, he contorted his body in a fashion that made the beam of water just miss him, much to the female's surprise. "That water is quite dangerous…and it would get my suit wet, I can't have that…"
"He's so calm…" Lucy said in a slightly threatened tone.
"He's mocking us…" Cana spoke through gritted teeth, though she knew she, Lucy, and Wendy had the advantage due to the fact Daigo's movements were limited. "Lucy!"
"Huh…? OH!" An idea came to Lucy, which obviously came to Cana first. She pulled out a golden key, and inserted it into the base of the Prayer's Fountain. "Gate of the Water Bearer, I open thee! Aquarius!" A bell chime rang out before the usually ill-tempered water spirit appeared.
Aquarius shifted her eyes over to Cana immediately, a glare present. "Oh, you again, hmmm?" The two were now forehead to forehead, though Cana had honestly tried to avoid the confrontation, Aquarius made her blood boil; there was really no other way around that.
"C-Cana-san…!" Wendy waved her arms around frantically before trying to push the two apart.
"A-Aquarius! Attack that guy, please…!" Lucy somewhat commanded, her voice a bit shaky as she was afraid of what Aquarius would threaten her with this time around.
Lucy had a right to be afraid, Aquarius was pissed. She now shifted her gave over to Lucy, her appearance more menacing than ever before, causing Lucy to comically shrink as the spirit towered over her. "I was on a date with Scorpio! And I specifically told you NOT to call me for the rest of this month! You better make this good or I swear to everything in the Spirit World…"
"I-I'm sorry!" Lucy bowed apologetically for a second or two before her serious demeanor retuned, and she pointed at Daigo, who was watching the entire thing with a somewhat amused look on his face. "We need to get out of here and blow that thing up again, but we need to take him down first!"
With a groan, Aquarius complied to Lucy, but of course it wasn't the order Lucy wanted. Fine, I'll make it QUICK!" Swinging her vase around, Aquarius gathered up all the water in The Prayer's Fountain, and swung said vase all around, unleashing a large tidal wave of water that first swept up Cana, Lucy, and Wendy, and wasted no time making its way towards Daigo.
"Oh my…" Daigo rolled his eyes at the tidal wave, sticking his hand out. "We've no use for you…" A magic circle appeared on the tidal wave, and the water evaporated, causing the females to fall to the ground.
"What?" Aquarius' everlasting glare now switched to Daigo. "What the hell did he just do?"
"He evaporated the water…?!" Cana spoke in shock before standing up. "This guy is really getting on my nerves now!" Taking three more cards into her hands, the usually drunk mage swiped them across the air, sending three ice lances towards Daigo. "Ice Lance!"
"Time Ark, remember?" Daigo repeated in a monotonous voice, swiping his hand across the air once again. The Ice Lances vanished into thin air, leaving the three females speechless. How were they going to beat him?
