As Erza lied on the ground, motionless while Reaper charged his attack. With the lightning sphere fired, Erza closed her eyes and smiled as he released it from his hand. Suddenly, a huge explosion followed, causing a massive tremor around the area. Reaper turned around and started to walk away, when all of the sudden, he notices a young girl with flames covering her body, standing just in front of Erza.
'Blaze..' said Reaper as he turned towards her.
'You..saved..me!' whispered Erza as she opened her eyes and saw Blaze standing just in front of her, who took a direct hit from his attack.
'Yeah, don't... Worry' she replied as she fell on her knees and began to pant heavily. Erza suddenly lost consciousness and closed her eyes.
'She's pretty beaten up' thought Jen as she watched her.
'Pathetic!' yelled Reaper as he fired a few alpha rockets at Jen, who got up and moved swiftly across the room.
'He's weak when it comes to defense, so if I get up close, I might have an opening, then again I'm not nearly as skilled as Frost is in hand to hand combat' she thought as she kept dodging his attacks.
'You're a pest!' he yelled as he fired tripwire rockets towards her.
'It's those rockets again! There is a line between them, If I time my jump right, I'll be able to dodge his attack' she wondered as the rocket grew closer. She jumps a second earlier before the tripwire could catch up to her. The Reaper watched as she dodged his attack.
'I'm impressed' he taunted with a smile.
'I'm a lot smarter than you think' she replied.
'In that case, I guess I'm gonna have some fun!' he yelled as he attacked her using his fire-bird strike, knocking her back. As she recovered mid-air, she was greeted with double grenades around her, which she couldn't handle.
'And here I thought you would be fun to toy with' said Reaper as he watched Jen get blown up mid air. She falls onto the ground, bruised. As she opens her eyes, she watches as he walks towards her.
'No, I can't win.. I.. Can't.. I'm.. So weak' she mumbled with tears in her eyes.
'I guess you need to be put out of your misery as well, and when I'm done with you, I'm gonna make redhead over there fly sky high' he said while he raised his right hand and charged it with electricity.
Mira and Ursa rushed Cole to the guild hall, where everyone get's surprised as Mira rushed in with Cole on his back, unconscious.
'What the hell happened?' asked Natsu as Mira placed Cole on the table. Wendy quickly rushed to his aid and began to heal him with her healing magic.
'Mira? What happened?' asked Gray as he watched Mira in tears.
'I have to go back..' she replied with tears rolling down her cheeks.
'Erza, she's facing him alone' she further added which shocked everyone.
'She's facing whom?' asked Master Makarov.
'I... I don't.. Know' she replied.
'What about Jose? Was he there too?' he further questioned.
'Jose is dead' she replied. Everyone stood in shock after her words, Mira further explained how she came all the way here alongside Ursa, who didn't speak much after she arrived.
Natsu clenched his fist in anger and yelled 'I'm not just gonna stand here and let that creep get away with this!'.
'I'm with you, whoever attacked Cole like that is gonna regret it' added Gray.
'No, we must wait for Erza, we can't take a high risk like that' replied Master Makarov.
'How is he holding up Wendy?' he further asked as he turned his attention towards her, when all of the sudden, he fell in shock as he watched tears in her eyes.
'His life, it's draining away...' she added.
'No..' mumbled Natsu as he looked at Cole.
'You tried to play hero and lost' taunter Reaper as he approached her.
'You're right, I lost it, but I'm gonna die trying if I have to!' yelled Jen as she threw a fireball at his face. He blocked her attack with her hand and stood still, which shocked her.
'No.. He, he blocked it like it was nothing' she mumbled as he stood near her. As Jen closed her eyes, an icicle spear attacked Reaper out of nowhere.
'Gah! I keep getting interrupted when things get interesting, who wants to get their ass kicked this time?' he yelled as he turned around and saw no one nearby. Suddenly, Frost appeared out of thin air and struck his shoulder.
'It's you!' he yelled as she drew out her frost blade and attempted to strike, when all of the sudden he blocks her attack with his gigawatt blades.
'I don't think so!' he yelled as he turned around and used his punch blast to knock her back.
'Frost.. It's you' said Jen as she approached her and lifted her up.
'Yes' she replied as she stood up.
'We gotta take him out!' yelled Jen as she covered herself in flames.
'Agreed!' said Frost as she created another Frost blade and held on to it.
'Oh, I see how this is going, so Frost over here is your friend right?' asked Reaper with a smirk on his face.
'We gotta do something!' yelled Wendy with tears.
'I'm afraid there's nothing much we could do' said Master Makarov with a low tone.
'Please! Natsu!' she yelled with tears in her eyes.
'Cole, I know you can pull through' he mumbled as he held his hand and got up. Wendy began using her magic once again, when all of the sudden Karla interrupts her.
'Don't overdo it child! You're being reckless' she said.
'I know what I'm.. Supposed to.. Do' she replied as she began to sweat.
'It's because of that, dark skull faced guy who attacked him, he tried to suck out power from Cole, we were there to stop him, but I didn't know something like this would happen' said Mira as she watched Wendy heal Cole.
'Wendy..' mumbled Gray as she watched her.
'What do you mean?' asked Jen in confusion.
'Oh, let me get this straight, Frost, is that what they call you here?' asked Reaper.
'Or should I say.. Kuo.. Lucy Kuo?' he further added with a smile. Frost looked at him with her eyes wide open.
'Cole, how did you?...' she asked hesitantly.
'I'm not Cole, and I'm not human' he interrupted.
'Who else could be so skilled in hand to hand militarily training and good with ice powers, than a secret agent named Lucy Kuo. I had my doubts when you attacked me first, but now, it's all clear' he replied.
'Frost, is your name.. Kuo?' asked Jen with curiosity.
'Yes' she replied.
'Well then, I hope you're feeling a lot better about yourself Kuo' he said with a smile.
'It doesn't matter, I'll do whatever I can to stop you, I don't know what happened to you, but I can't watch another world be torn apart!' she yelled as she fired a series of icicle spears at him. He quickly dodged her attack and fired a napalm grenade at her.
'I don't want to fight, Kuo' he said as he stood still.
'You need not hold back!' she yelled as she recovered.
'I know what you want' he said, which made her stop her attack.
'You want to go back don't you? And the only person who could do that is lying down over there' he said as he pointer at Jose.
'Jose, he's.. Dead' she mumbled with shock.
'I know how to go back'he further added which lit up her eyes.
'You can't be serious' she replied.
'If you want to go back, you'll do as I say' said Reaper as he extended his hand towards her.
'She's not falling for that! Come on Frost, let's take him out together!' yelled Jen after hearing what he said.
'Frost?' she mumbled as Kuo walked towards him and shook his hand.
'No, why would you?' said Jen as Kuo froze her legs.
'I'm sorry' she replied.
'Oh, it's so bright' (Cole opens his eyes to see himself in an open field, blooming with flowers) 'Where, am I? Where is everyone?' he mumbled as he walked across. Suddenly, a young girl with sparkling white cloth and golden hair catches his attention.
'What's she doing here?' he mumbled as he walked towards her.
'Hey uh! Do you know where we are right now?' he yelled as he walked towards her. The girl turned towards him and smiled, which kind of surprised Cole, who expected a straight answer.
'Uh, you okay?' he further asked.
'I'm fine, however, I'm not the one who you should be concerned of, Cole' she replied.
'What the heck? She knows my name?'
'What exactly do you mean?' asked Cole with confusion. She grinned and showed him a vision of all the guild members concerned over his condition.
'What the hell happened to me?' yelled Cole which made her nervous.
'Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you or anything' he apologized.
'I didn't get scared, and yes, you almost lost your life in your fight against Jose. I just managed to save your spirit in time' she replied.
'Frost, we were friends, how could you.. Just walk away like this?' said Jen as she began melting the ice embedded on her feet with her flames.
'Take care of her' said Reaper, to which Kuo nodded and dashed towards her.
'I won't, let you..' yelled Jen as she busted out of the ice and exploded into flames.
'What the? No way!' exclaimed Reaper as he watched Jen transform. Her flesh turned brown with patches of fire running across it. Bright red flames covered her entire body as her transformation completed.
'Is that..' said Kuo as she canceled her attack and watched her.
'It is, the beast, but a hell lot smaller!' exclaimed Reaper as he watched from a distance. Jen threw a huge fireball, which knocked back Kuo. As she recovered, a huge volley of flame darts approached her, she dashed her way out of it and closed in.
'I won't let you!' yelled Jen as she intensified the flames around her, preventing Kuo from attacking her.
'Those flames..' mumbled Kuo as she fired ice rockets at her, which Jen canceled out by firing back a couple of fireballs.
'We don't have all day Kuo, take her out' said Reaper as he turned around and started walking away.
'Right, if I cover myself with enough ice, I may loose motility, but I'll be able to get close to her' she though as she re-in forced herself with an armor made up of ice and dashed towards her.
'I thought we were friends..' said Jen as she began to intensify her flames
'I have no friends' mumbled Kuo as she dashed into her flames, seconds later, she comes out with her ice armor melted. Jen suddenly changes back to normal and falls. Kuo walks towards her, to find her in tears.
'I'm sorry, Jen' said Kuo as she looked at Erza. She suddenly looked around and couldn't find Reaper. Kuo took Erza on her arms and instantly dashed out of the hall. She then reappeared empty handed, which surprised Jen.
'Where... Did you take her?' asked Jen as she tried to get up.
'Don't push yourself' said Kuo as she lifted her up and took her to the same place she left Erza.
'Wh...what are you?' said Jen who was then knocked out by Kuo.
'Goodbye, Jen' she said as she left the area.
As Kuo returned to the hall, Reaper arrived a moment later to find Erza and Blaze missing.
'What the hell happened Kuo?' asked Reaper in anger.
'It was, Titania, she woke up and managed to knock me out before she could escape with Blaze' replied Kuo.
'It's fine, but something's really bothering me' he said.
'So John came here too, but what happened to him?' asked Reaper.
'It was Jose, he captured us and tried to control us to do his dirty work. He was successful in making me work, I lost my eye when I fought him. John was afraid of handing over his powers to someone like him, so he gave a portion of his powers to Jen, a prisoner, that is before Jose actually killed him.
'Oh, so the man had a thirst for power, I don't blame him' replied Reaper with a smile
'So, am I dead?' Cole asked the blonde girl curiously