Natsu and Wendy stood out of breath as Lavender and Adam stood without a scratch.
"Damn you!" Natsu breathed, "Give back Auron!"
Natsu went to attack again, but was knocked back by Adam once more.
"It's no use, Salamander." Adam said then looked behind him,to see two more chains break.
"Natsu..." Wendy said, laying on the ground.
"I'm not gonna give up!" Natsu yelled, "You attacked our guild, hurt our friends, and kidnapped a valuable member! You will regret the day you made an enemy out of Fairy Tail!"
Adam started to laugh maniacally, which made everyone stop and look at him.
"Don't you think it's a little strange?" Adam asked, "All 6 of Devil Heart's strongest members being out matched?"
"Well it is Fairy Tail we messed with." Lavender said.
"The chains, the ancient writing." Adam laughed, "Do you not find it a little interesting?"
"The chains linked to the Devil Heart members?" Wendy asked.
"Those aren't body links," Adam said, grinning, "It's a countdown."
Adam then stabbed Lavender in the heart and turned to watch the last two chains disappear. Auron's body fell to the ground and his eyes looked to be pitch black, as though possessed.
"Allow me to introduce the Angel of Darkness." Adam said
"What have you done to Auron!" Natsu yelled.
"It's not about what I've done to Auron," The Angel said, "It's about what you Humans have done to me."
"What?" Natsu asked.
"My entire existence ever since being locked up by the Humans," The Angel explained, "They tortured me to no end, and when I thought it was done, they kept on tormenting me. Until a nice human by the name of Halsey decided to hear my side of things. I eventually got done telling her and she told me that there's always a light in everyone, even Demons. She agreed to let me go and I was on my way to find something I could appreciate in life. But all I saw was the wretched behavior I had encountered while held captive by the council. I heard tales of a great Demon Slayer going insane and of a woman that sealed herself with Deloria. I heard of a powerful Celestial wizard getting killed, leaving her Daughter and Husband all alone. Even of a magnificent tower, that enslaved people of all ages to do forced labor. I even heard about Dragons leaving their pupils, or children as you call yourselves, all alone with nothing to hold onto. After all of that, I decided to focus on one person that interested me the most. I had decided before that that I would wipe all humans from their existence, and build up from square one again. But there was a problem with that, My time in captivity had drained all my power from me, so I clung onto Auron's mind, drawing power little by little and learning about who he really was."
"Why does that give you the right to think every human is abusive?!" Natsu asked.
"Because I saw that even the most innocent child," The Angel said, "Can become the most feared man in all of Fiore. This child I speak of? Actually consists of two people. Zeref Dragneel, and Jellal Fernandes."
"That doesn't mean that you can kill every single human!" Wendy told him.
"That is not my true purpose." The Angel said, "My true purpose is to rid the world of everyone who would try to stand up to the grand Dark Wizard."
"Even the weak?" Natsu asked.
"If that is what it takes to create the world Zeref had in mind," The Angel said, "Then i will eradicate all life from this world, demons, angels, humans, it doesn't matter to me. All life is the same, worthless and unworthy."
"But why did Zeref make you?" Natsu asked.
"He made me when he wasn't a dark Wizard." The Angel explained, "I was supposed to uphold and keep the balance between Humans and otherwise. But then I saw Zeref change, and then my purpose changed little by little until I finally decided that all humans are shifty and cannot be trusted. Then I reached now."
The Angel started flinching in pain until a figure popped out and Auron Solidified from it.
"The Meltdown lives again!" Auron shouted.
"Meltdown?" Natsu asked.
"Oh yeah," The Angel said, "Auron is the Nightmare Meltdown, a collection of everyone's Nightmare from the past, present, and future, waiting to be unleashed in one bodily form. A forbidden demon created by Zeref and placed in the future, when Natsu and Lucy have an unexpected child. When he grew up, he 'disappeared' and was in the past in the Nightfall family, and was eventually left alone to train with Nightanum. He the wound up in the tower of heaven, died, went to Edolas, and somehow made his way back here. His life may be complicated, but the only thing that matters to him, is that he's a lousy Fairy Tail Wizard and a worthless Dragneel."
"Did I ever thank you for making me view my own subconscious?" Auron asked The Angel, "Cause I found someone you should remember... Halsey, I think it was?"
Auron walked up close to the Angel and put his hand on the Angels shoulder. He whispered something that made the Angel start to tear up. Then the Angel pushed Auron out of the way and looked out of the window.
"I will not fall for your trap!" The Angel said, lifting his arm as an explosion went off outside, "No one can stop me, not even the Magic Council!"
"Oh really?" Golem's voice rung out from the door, "How much you wanna bet on that?"
A shaded figure appeared out of nowhere outside the window, with her arm raised in the punch position.
"Lava Dragon," The girl said, "Boiling Hammer!"
She thrust her arm forward, which cause Lava to shoot out at The Angel, hitting him directly in the eyes. He held his eyes and screamed in pain. Golem fell to the ground and formed a smug look.
"Nice one." He told the girl.
"I don't deserve all the credit, Halard." She responded.
"What?!" Adam exclaimed, "How did I not see that?! Devil Heart's most valuable member was actually a council official?!"
"You brat." The Angel said, furiously.
"Huh?" The girl asked.
The Angel struck her with a powerful magic attack that sent her flying down the mountain at record speed.
"Zeref's own will is not so easily fooled!" The Angel said, "Vezlov the Angel will not be so easily defeated!"
"Finally he says his name!" Auron exclaimed, "Wait. What?"
The room went quiet as there was much surprise from everyone there.
"One of the Co-founders of the council?!" Auron asked out loud, "Vezlov the wise!?"
"Talk out people that can change." Halard mumbled.
"Zeref brought me back to life, and I owed him my life," Vezlov explained, "So I vowed to carry out his very will on whatever task he gave me."
"I expected a plot twist," Auron said, "But not like this... Never like this."
"He promised to restore my former self if I carried out his will for him, especially after he changed." Vezlov said.
"But you can still change back." Wendy said, "It's not too late."
"No." Vezlov told her, "It's too late for me. Who I was is dead, I am the Angel of Darkness now, and all of you will suffer."