Crumbling Sky
"Alright, let's hit those two where it hurts!" Natsu said angrily. "If the Engineer and Retra, want a fight," Gray said, "then we'll give them one." "Wendy needs to heal Grey quickly, though." Lucy interjected. "They're both sitting ducks." "They'll pull through." Carla reassured. "For now, let's stop them." The celestial spirit nodded, and dipped a golden key of hers into a puddle to summon one of her spirits. Open Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius! From Lucy's gold key, Aquarius emerged from the celestial spirit world looking ready to fight, but not with the intended opponents.
"I swear, Lucy, if you summon me in a crappy place like that one more time, you're as good as dead!" "Sorry!" Lucy apologized hurriedly, "It won't happen again!" "Good." Aquarius scowled. "But since you're here," Lucy said, "Could you blast those two with water, please?" "Whatever." The spirit replied sarcastically. She readied her vase and blasted a powerful shot of water towards the Engineer, making him turn around angrily.
"How the heck did you get out?" He asked. "Magic." Natsu answered comically. "But now we've gotta wallop you." The Engineer fixed his gaze on Natsu, but a grin that covered his face made Lucy worry a bit. The Engineer whispered something to his partner, Retra, and he took off into the distance.
"Well Engine's got a little thing he needs to sort, so I'm going to get you guys down for the count." Rushing Flash! Retra cloaked herself in a blinding light and charged towards Natsu, and the fire mage just barely dodged her attack. Max Speed! Happy hit Retra square in the chest, knocking her off the flying platform she was using and Gray followed up by crushing the platform. Ice Make; Hammer! With a single blow, the platform was destroyed.
"Not bad," Retra admitted, "But I'm just getting this party started. Get ready, 'cause I'm about to blow the roof off of this place!" As she said that, six more buildings exploded into color, and left nothing behind. While Natsu and the team were distracted, Retra pulled out what looked like an electric guitar, and put the strap around herself. "Are you ready to rock, Fairy Tail?" She exclaimed. "No we're not!" Lucy said. Retra ignored her and swiped down on the strings, making sounds that shook the ground, making the wizards press their hands to their ears, wondering if it even made a difference.
"It's so loud!" Happy yelled, barely hearing himself. "I can't feel my ears!" Natsu shouted. "Make it stop!" Juvia cried, and as if to answer, the music stopped and the wizards dropped their hands, relieved that it was over. "So how'd you like my solo?" Retra asked, crossing her arms with a smirk.
"Here's what I think about it!" Natsu retorted. Fire Dragon Roar! Natsu's fire flew towards Retra, but ended up making a sharp curve and it missed entirely. "Why can't I aim?" Natsu complained. "What?" Lucy asked, not hearing him at all. "I said why can't I aim!" "I don't know!" Retra watched with amusement as the team quarreled with each other. "That's what happens if you turn it up to ten!" Retra said.
"So now I'm gonna turn it up to eleven!" Retra started to play her guitar again, but this time the sound waves were actually pushing the wizards backwards. "Augghh!" Natsu shouted, feeling like his ears would burst. "We've got to fight it!" Gray said. "Yeah, and how?!" Aquarius exclaimed.
"C'mon, c'mon." Wendy said to encourage herself. She was at the top of the prison tower, trying to heal Grey of his injuries, but these were quite serious and fixing them proved to be a challenge, even for her. She began to focus her powers, despite Retra's loud music, and concentrated all of her energy to her hands. She closed her eyes and hoped that this would work.
"Wendy." Grey's voice said. Wendy opened her eyes and saw Grey sitting upright, about a foot taller than her. "Oh, thank goodness!" Wendy cried as she hugged the wolf. "Thank you." Grey said kindly. "Should we join the others now?" "Yeah," Wendy said "They'll need our help." "But they're not gonna get it." the sudden voice made the two turn and they saw none other than the Engineer looming over them.
"You!" Grey snarled. The Engineer flew using a dented and rusted jetpack, but it still supported him. Grey aimed the mini-guns on his shoulders at the vile wizard, ready to attack. "Don't try it." The Engineer said calmly. "I've got better things to do, like demolition. And I'm gonna start here. Say hi to death for me, will you?" The Engineer summoned a blast at the base of the tower and the top of it, completely destroying everything within the vicinity of the shockwave, and throwing Wendy and Grey off the grinned and went back down to join Retra, leaving Grey and Wendy for dead, when in fact they weren't dead, rather Grey was dangling on a ledge with Wendy clinging to his tail.
"What do we do?" Wendy cried. "I don't know!" Grey panicked and tried to claw up the loose rubble. He got a hold on a crevice with his paw and supported himself, but the small crack couldn't handle such a load and gave way, leaving Grey hanging by one paw, and a frighteningly loose grip on the tower's surface. "I can't hold on!" Grey warned. Wendy dared herself to look down at the drop and she turned her head slowly and when she saw the length of the fall, she became completely paralyzed with fear. They were about twenty stories up, and falling from that height would certainly kill them. Wendy was separated from her thoughts by Grey's sudden warning.
"I'm slipping, Wendy! We're gonna fall!" Wendy could only watch as Grey's claw scraped the brick surface and just when it couldn't get any more worse, the Grey's strength faded, sending them both into the abyss. "Augghh!" They both shouted, seized by terror. Grey was tumbling through the air with no control and a sudden current of wind tore him away from Wendy, and made him slam into another building.
"Grey!" Wendy shouted. With the wolf gone, time seemed to slow to a crawl. Wendy felt like the gravity was barely tugging her downwards, and what was once falling was now gently floating, but she knew the impact would end in the same fate. She remembered that she started twenty stories up in the tower, but now there was only eight more floors until the grizzly end. She began to count the time until she hit the bottom, and it felt like hours to her.
Eight. She counted down to herself.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three- "NOOO!"
The shout broke Wendy from her thoughts and she witnessed a shadow hurling itself through the air and grabbed her, then turning itself so that it's back faced the ground, while Wendy was on it. Whoever the person was, their grasp was warm and it felt like a welcoming hug. Her mind then snapped back to the danger soon to come but before she could look down, she slammed onto the ground, but was unharmed due to the shadow, who wasn't fine. She heard the figure groan in pain, and she realized the shadow was a guy. Wendy fought to notice his face, but the fall dazed her, so she couldn't process a clear picture but as she leaned closer she recognized the man. The messy hair, the gear-shaped ring on his right hand, and the unmistakable scar; it was Nick, her brother.
"Nick!" she cried. She hardly recognized him, but that was mainly because of his new clothing. He had short a black cloak that started at his neck and barely draped over his torso, only really covering his shoulder and stopping at the waist. It made him look quite different but he still had his dark cyan shirt that still had it's right sleeve shredded, which revealed his guild mark. His elaborate hakama pants were substituted for dark gray, pocketless pants, and his sandals were replaced by the boots that every guy at Fairy Tail seemed to wear. And for some reason, he wasn't wearing his crimson sash as a scarf, rather it was tied to his left wrist.
Wendy shook herself from thinking about his wardrobe change and went to his side, then she lowered her head, and listened for a heartbeat. The lack of his heartbeat made Wendy freeze, but thankfully it resonated and Wendy sighed with relief. He wasn't dead, but he just took a huge fall, and something in him must've been, at the very least, shattered.
"You alright?" Nick rasped, while opening his eyes. "Yes," Wendy replied, "But what about you?" "I've felt better," he admitted, "But I'm not gonna let my little sister die. We just figured it out today, and I want a lot more time to enjoy it." "Nick, you could die!" Wendy said urgently. "Don't you remember?" Nick asked. "We swore to help each other, and I'm pretty sure that when you're falling from twenty-five stories, you're gonna need a little help."
Wendy remained still for a moment, unsure what to think but she remembered the whole reason she stayed up there in the first place. "Grey!" She said to herself. "Wait, where is he?" Nick asked urgently. "A gust of wind caught him, and he went flying into a building!" "What?!" Nick shot up and ran towards where he thought his wolf companion would be. "Do you know where he is?" Wendy asked. Nick turned around and fixed his eyes to hers. "I do know."
He rushed off into the alleyway, leaving Wendy behind. "Wendy!" The sky mage turned and saw Carla racing over to her. "I saw the explosion! Please tell me you're ok!" "Nick saved me." Wendy replied. "I thought he was sleeping." "I guess he couldn't fall asleep." Carla breathed and hugged Wendy. "Wait, where's Grey?" "Don't worry, he's alright." Wendy felt bad about lying, but she was certain that Nick could take care of the situation. Carla noded, and gestured for Wendy to get up.
"The others need our help." "On it!" the two ran to the sight of the battle and saw that Retra had trapped the team in a sound wave from her electric guitar. She took in air and let out her attack. Sky Dragon Roar! Wendy caught Retra off guard, and in the brief moment where she stopped attacking, Team Natsu scattered about, making another guitar sound attack impossible. "You're alive!" Juvia exclaimed. "Nick saved me." Wendy said.
"Ooh, so Lightscale's here, too?" Retra asked, her eyes sparkling. "Yeah, what about it?" Gray asked. "Don't you know?" The Engineer asked suddenly. "He's worth a fortune. You know what, Retra? Find Nick, and I'll take care of these guys." "Rad idea." Retra ran off into the distance, leaving the others to worry about Nick, but they didn't have time to think about him for long, they had a foe to face. The Engineer wasted no time and readied an attack. Cluster Blast! A single blast started, but more explosions circled it, then more, then more. Team Natsu ran from the blasts and just barely escaped the final shockwave. Lucy whipped out one of her golden keys.
Open: gate of the maiden, Virgo! "Is it time for my punishment, princess?" Virgo asked. "No!" Lucy exclaimed, "It's not time for that at all!" "Disgusting." Gray whispered. Lucy ignored the ice mage and instructed the spirit, "Virgo, bring The Engineer down to our level." "Yes ma'am." Virgo threw the chains on her arms to The Engineer, and successfully brought him down from his position in the sky and slammed the jetpack onto the ground, destroying it.
"Now throw him around!" Lucy said. Virgo began to spin the chains in a circle overhead, and launched The Engineer into a giant cedar tree. "My turn!" Natsu said. Iron Dragon Fist! Natsu charged towards the opposing wizard and hit him square in the chest, but The Engineer felt no effect. "My blast suit protects me from heat based attacks." He said. "That's a load of crap." Natsu remarked. Smoke Bomb! The Engineer threw down a cloud of smoke and disappeared. "Where'd he go?" Wendy asked.
"Not far." The wizards looked around but they were unable to figure out where the voice was coming from. "It's like he's everywhere!" Gray said. "Keep your guards up." Juvia advised. The team remained quiet, until they heard the bushes rustle. They got ready to attack, when Nick came flying from the underbrush, but caught himself by using his spatial make magic to produce claws on his right hand, and dug it into the ground to slow his momentum. Retra then burst from the foliage and used a spell;
Game Ender! Her fist became surrounded in a big pixelated fist, and slammed at Nick, but the spatial mage doged backwards and slashed at Retra with his spatial claw attack. While Team Natsu was distracted, explosions erupted from behind them and sent them flying, and Virgo was caught in the middle of a blast and sent back to the celestial spirit world. "No!" Lucy cried. The Engineer appeared, but Grey leapt from the underbrush in his beast form, and tackled him, trying to bite through his suit with electrically charged fangs.
"Stupid dog!" The Engineer threw punches, and when one hit Grey, the impact exploded, and he leapt off, stunned. Ice Make, Bazooka! Gray shot a shard of ice at The engineer, and hit him hard. Spatial Make, Staff! Nick created a staff, and began to attack The Engineer relentlessly. Nick spun his staff and hit The Engineer repeatedly upside the chin, stunning him. Spotlight! A rainbow shaft of light shone on Nick and immobilized him. Another light nearly hit Gray, but he did a sidestep to dodge.
Ice Make, Hammer! Gray swung the mallet, and knocked Retra into a building. "Need some help Nick?" Grey asked. Nick remained motionless, since the light stopped all movement. "Ok then." Grey ran off leaving Nick alone. "I'll get you out when we're done." Lucy promised, rushing to The Engineer. She pulled out her whip and struck the mage repeatedly. Land Mines! The Engineer scattered explosives around the ground that camouflaged themselves to blend in with the dirt. "Where are they?" Lucy asked frantically. "I don't know," Happy said, "But I can give you a lift!" Lucy nodded, and Happy took her up into the sky, and circled around their opponent. By instinct, Happy dropped Lucy, and she struck The Engineer once again, but Retra was there to back him up.
Rhythm Arrows! A sort of dance pad appeared under Lucy, with eight arrows pointing in eight different directions. "Wha-?" Lucy asked herself as the arrows started to light up, and when one arrow lit up, Lucy's foot followed it, causing her to dance. "I can't stop!" Lucy exclaimed, followed by Natsu's laughter. "Well you can dance now, Luce!" The fire mage fell over laughing hysterically, angering Lucy. "This is awesome." Grey said. He sat down and returned to his normal form and whipped out a camera and started to record Lucy. "Turn that thing off!" Lucy yelled. "Not a chance!" Grey said. "This is pretty funny." Juvia said, sitting down next to Grey. "Good luck!" The water maged chimed. Retra laughed and said; "Well looks like you got some fly moves to boot!"
While Retra was distracted, Wendy attacked. Sky Dragon Talon! Retra was struck, and retaliated by swinging her guitar at Wendy, who gracefully dodged. Gray then stepped up and got ready to fight. Ice Make, Gadlings! Gray swung his fists at Retra, but she dodged nimbly in a dancing fashion. "You don't have smooth moves like me, poser!" Gray growled and continued to swing but to no avail. "Follow her pattern!" Natsu called while wrestling with The Engineer. Gray didn't acknowledge Natsu, but he took his advice and studied Retra's movement and struck. He missed at first, but eventually hit her in the stomach area.
"Not cool!" She said. Neo Flash! Bright lights erupted from Retra's hands, temporarily blinding Gray. Game Ender! Retra slammed a massive pixelated fist at Gray, launching the ice mage through five buildings before finally slamming onto a boulder, cracking it's surface. "Gray-sama!" Juvia cried. Water Slicer! Juvia hit Retra five times and knocked her into the air and then continued to attack. Water Make, Whiplash! The water mage threw the whip upwards, ensnaring Retra's ankle, and pulled on the whiplash, slamming Retra to the ground. "Oh no you don't!" The Engineer said angrily. Nuclear Punch! Juvia didn't have enough time to react but she didn't need to since Natsu countered the attack by tackling The Engineer. The fire mage threw his foe into the air and seeing this, Happy and Carla took the opportunity to launch themselves into The Engineer, and sent him hurtling to the ground.
"Alright!" Happy celebrated. The exceeds gave each other a high-five but were interrupted by another blast from The Engineer that sent them smashing into each other, and they soon fell from the sky, unconscious. "Carla!" Wendy cried. Sky Dragon Wing Attack! Wendy crashed into The Engineer, sending him sprawling on the ground. "Keep it up, Wendy!" Lucy encouraged, still stuck by the rhythm arrow spell. "Don't give up!" Nick said. "You can talk again!" Wendy said. "Yeah, and that's about it." Nick remarked. "Guess it weakens over time." "You're right there, dude." Retra said. She approached Nick and leaned on him with her elbow while examining her hand. "It's a little bit of a bummer it doesn't last longer, but I still think it's a pretty rad spell." Nick eyed the seductive wizard with annoyance.
"Get offa me." "Or what, dork?" She asked sarcastically. "Gonna start dissing me?" She stretched her arms upwards without the slightest hint of worry or care. "Why don't you just take a chill pill, and stay there. Your little gang's gonna get decked." "Will you stop talking like that?" Grey shot, "The eighties are freaking dead!" Retra shrugged and said; "Maybe. But things were righteous back then, and things now are just gnarly." "Good God." Natsu rolled his eyes and ignited his fists, Wendy started a cyclone around her hands, Juvia summoned whirlpools around her hands, and Grey grew to his beast form and readied the mini-guns atop his shoulders and all four of them were ready to attack.
The Engineer smashed his fists together, causing them to glow orange from superheating, and he charged towards Natsu and the two of them began to strike each other with destructive blows. Retra whipped out her guitar and strummed the strings, making a sonic boom that tore the ground. The others dodged the sound blast but Retra didn't cease playing, rather she aimed directly towards Wendy and attack with another sonic boom. And it hit. "No!" Nick shouted. "Wendy!" Lucy cried, still trapped by the dance floor spell. The sky mage stood there, immobilized by the soundwave and fainted.
"What the heck was that for!?" Nick shouted, enraged. "Relax, geek," Retra said, "She's just takin' a little snooze. No reason to lose your mind." Natsu saw the blazing anger and crushing heartache in Nick's eyes; he wasn't sure why this was but he decided to act. "You listen to me! Any attack any of my friends, is an attack on all of Fairy Tail!" Natsu shouted, "When someone beats a friend, we're all gonna react! We only lose one thing, and that's our temper, and I'm out of patience! We don't lose our minds, but you're gonna lose yours!" he ran towards Retra. Iron Dragon Fist! Natsu aimed straight for Retra's gut, and he hit her with multiple blows and delivering quite a beating. When Retra was momentarily stunned, his fist became cloaked in a white blaze, and Natsu swung his fist, but Retra swiftly blocked with her guitar, and smashed it at Natsu's head and kept on hitting him with it, until he was bleeding from the head, but that didn't stop his relentless attacks. "I don't care how much you hit me or make me bleed!" he said while attacking. "If you got the nerve to hurt innocent people, I'll beat you 'till you can't even crack a smile! That's the way we roll at Fairy Tail!"
"Then this is where your jam ends." Retra said darkly, "It's important to care for friends, yeah, but your health should also be a concern." Her guitar turned multicolored with pixels and slammed it into Natsu's head rendering him unable to stand and collapsed, too. "No!" Lucy shouted. "How dare you!" Juvia said. "Well, it's two v two now," The Engineer said. "You and the wolf should give up. There's no hope for you being victorious, so here's an offer. Leave us with Lightscale and the wolf, and we'll let all of your friends, and this town off the hook for good." Juvia was ready to shoot down the offer, but she looked around at the scenery and she saw nothing but destruction. Almost every building was demolished, fires burned strongly, people were running and screaming with fear, and death was staring right towards the water mage. Not to mention Gray, her beloved Gray had crashed through multiple buildings and was lying limp and in pain, which Juvia couldn't bear to see. But if she were to give Nick and Grey to the two, all of this could end. No more homes would burn to the ground, no more innocent people would die, and her friends could be in peace.
This is my only option. Juvia thought to herself. I must use it. I refuse to let any other people die. Please understand, my friend. Juvia glanced one last time at Nick, and then to Grey. The wolf saw the look in her eyes, and mouthed, 'no. please no'. Juvia tore her gaze from the beastly, but worried wolf and locked her eyes with The Engineer and Retra.
"Fine." She said coldly. Grey gave her a horrified look and stood with his mouth open, stunned and hurt. "If you truly want them that much . . ." Juvia stopped short and gave her opposers a cold glare. "You'll have to defeat me first! Grey sighed with relief, and a thankful tear ran down Nick's face. "I'd rather die than give away any of my friends!" Juvia said sharply. Her shout made The Engineer and Retra flinch in realization of what she said. "I'd give away anything else. I'd give my life, my home, and my magic if it means my friends are safe!" The Engineer froze for a moment and slowly nodded. "Then don't say I didn't warn you." he raised his hand towards Fairy Tail, and an orange glow emitted from his palm. "What are you-" Juvia was interrupted by the guild.
Exploding into flames.
"No!" Juvia cried. Grey looked at the smoldering building in horror, speechless. Lucy had no words. They were that desperate for revenge. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" Nick shouted. "There were people in their!" The Engineer gave Lucy a cold and unforgiving gaze. "I know that, Lucy. Now," The Engineer said, facing Juvia, "We fight." "Let's kick it into overdrive baby!" Retra shouted. Juvia stepped back slightly, worrying about what they would do. They destroyed Fairy Tail and they took out almost everyone within minutes. "Don't worry, Juvia." Grey comforted, "I've got your back."
Juvia nodded and readied herself for the battle. Retra readied a game ender spell, and The Engineer smashed his hands together, superheating them with the blast striker spell. The mini-guns that Grey had suddenly merged into a giant laser cannon that sat on his back. Charge Shot! The barrel began to glow a bright orange, and a massive energy beam erupted from it, heading straight for Retra but she dodged with a frontflip and slammed on the ground with game ender. Juvia leapt out of the way and struck back. Water Jigsaw! She charged at the opposers with lightning speed and hit Retra directly. Solar Particle! A particle floated down from the sun like how a snowflake would float gently through the air. The Engineer bent down in apparent exhaustion while breathing heavily. For such a mediocre spell, it took quite an amount of energy, Retra even went to his side to comfort him. The speck of light landed behind Juvia and sat there. The water mage approached it, curious as to what it was. She knelt down and examined the little object.
It glowed like the sun, but not nearly as bright as the actual thing. She reached out her hand to ensure it wouldn't hurt her, and she gave it a slight poke, but nothing happened. She lowered her hand to pick the object up, but someone tackled her and pinned her onto the ground. "Get off!" she shouted, kicking the mass off herself and towards the speck. She didn't care who it was that tackled her, but she saw a certain outline that seemed familiar. She gasped, realizing that it was Grey she attacked!
The wolf landed near the speck and it started to glow more. "Oh no." Grey didn't have time to say or do anything else. The tiny particle exploded into a brilliant light, tearing the ground apart and giving Grey not just a severe burn, but it his fur began to actually melt into liquid. "No!" Juvia shouted. Nick didn't say anything, but the look of agony and the tears streaming down his face said it all. Juvia raced to the wolf and kneeling at his side. "That's your problem," The Engineer sneered, "You don't work together with your partner. That's how we're winning this fight and why we will win."
A light flashed in the water mage's eyes. He's right. Juvia thought. We're not going to win fighting each other. We must work together as partners. But could they now? Grey's own fur literally melted off of him, and if he wasn't dead, he was certainly close. Only a few minutes ago, the wolf had broken his shoulder, but that could never compare to this. "Please get up!" Juvia cried. "Please stand, please!" "Aw, quit acting like he's cool!" Retra snapped.
"No one's lived from that spell, you know, and it's your fault he's in this little problem." Juvia looked towards Nick and saw fall down his face and while he was immobilized, the pain was still visible and heartbreaking. She turned towards Lucy and despite her dancing due to Retra's spell, she still revealed her sorrow. "Please get up!" Juvia pleaded, "I know you're strong, Grey. You've survived so much, and this will not be how you die! Nick needs you! . . . Fairy Tail needs you." The wolf continued to lay motionless, and Juvia felt tears flood her eyes, but that's when the miracle happened. The wolf's chest heaved with air and he slowly staggered to his feet. "You're alive!" Juvia cried, hugging his neck. Grey smiled and nodded, and gave Juvia's forehead a lick. "You really are kind of like a dog." Juvia said. "In some ways." "H-how is that possible?!" The Engineer stuttered. "How are you alive?" "I wanted to live." The wolf said, locking his yellow eyes with The Engineer's. "And these people whom you terrorize want to live aslo. I will not accept you taking away innocent lives." Grey said. "Anyone who does that evil deserves punishment." Juvia followed instinctively. "And you'll pay for the pain you have caused." They said simultaneously.
Juvia placed her hand on Grey's back, they both closed and something remarkable happened. A light cyan magic circle appeared on top of them as they opened their eyes and magic power began to pour out of them and into a central point above them, and swirled into a hurricane shape. The storm grew more and more, and it started to brim with yellow lightning and gain a bluish hue.
Plasma Cyclone! They launched the incredible spell toward Retra and The Engineer, and they were sucked into the storm. They were struck by multiple bolts of lightning, and slammed into buildings. They were at the mercy of the storm. They flew closer to the eye of the cyclone, and in a final phase, the eye flashed and exploded plasma, and the two were launched over the horizon, and beyond where the eye could see. The dance floor that had trapped Lucy disappeared along with the light that restrained Nick's movement. "That was incredible!" Lucy exclaimed. "Dude!" Nick said to Grey, "How'd you pull that off? That was awesome!" Grey returned to his normal form, and leapt onto Nick's head.
"I don't know, but it was cool!" "Didn't we do something like that a while ago, Lucy?" Juvia asked. "That's right, we did!" Lucy exclaimed. "But what's it called?" "That was a unison raid." Gray's voice made Juvia blush and sigh with relief. "Thank goodness you're ok, Gray-sama." "Thanks." The ice wizard said. "Natsu and Wendy are coming around as well and-." "But what's a unison raid?" Lucy interrupted. "A unison raid is when two wizards combine their magic to unleash a powerful attack," Gray explained, "Though it should only be able to be done by wizards, and not . . . wolf hybrids." Nick joked. "Yeah, so I really don't know how that was possible because Grey's definitely not human." "Or wolf." Happy said. "You're ok, too!" Lucy said. "We're all fine!" Happy said. "Natsu, Wendy, and Carla are digging people out of the rubble." "What do you mean not a wolf?" Gray asked. "He looks like one to me." Juvia said. "When's the last time you heard a wolf talk, change its size, or use guns?" Gray stared at the cat, then to the others, and finally, a nervous Grey. "How do you do that actually?" Lucy asked. "It's just magic!" Nick said hurriedly. "Happy, you use magic, so why shouldn't he?" Happy thought for a moment, and shrugged. "Look, right now let's help the others with recovery, then rebuild this place." Nick said. "How will we do that?" Juvia asked. "Don't worry," Nick said, "I've got a plan."
The team spent about an hour recovering people from the debris, and fortunately there were no serious injuries, and luckily there were few people who died. As for rebuilding the place, Nick took care of it with a spell he copied from someone and stored in his ring. He said it was called 'reconstruct', and it could instantly rebuild anything that was previously demolished. "Nice work." Erza complimented, "You even made me an office." "I thought you'd like it." Nick said. "It's made out of marble, and you have a velvet spinny chair." "Uh," Erza voiced, ". . . Thanks?" "No problem, Erzy!" Nick strolled happily into the guildhouse, not showing a care in the world. Erza rolled her eyes at the nickname, walked into Fairy Tail, and checked on everyone. "How many injuries are there?" "For the most part, we're fine." Wendy said. "Grey does have a pretty bad burn though, so I'm treating it." "My fur melted off." The wolf muttered, "No duh I hurt." "The good news," Gray said, "Is that The Engineer and Retra are gone, and Nick rebuilt all of the buildings were destroyed." "And no one tried to kill me!" Nick celebrated. "Anyways," Erza said, "We should keep our guards up. There's no telling if they'll come back." "In the meantime," Lucy said, "Let's just take a break, and chill out." Lucy was met with nods, and everyone relaxed in there seats. Another battle was won, and everyone was in one piece.
For now.
