Ragnar sighed as he looked around his living room. " Seesh, get a little out of control while training and you get grounded. All I did was almost destroy half the city, I was able to steer the blast away from it so what's the big deal?! I'm so bored!" He scanned the walls without interest. Wish I could've gone with Storm and Violet... wait, did I just wish I could spend time with my brat sister? Oh God, that's never happened before! Ragnar got off the couch and turned on some music and got his dumbells from his room. Suck it mom! I do what I want! You don't run my life! Ragnar got on his back and started doing pushups and sit-ups. He then sat on the couch and began curling the dumbells. Ragnar was so focused on his workout that he failed to notice the door open and someone wearing a hood walk in and quietly walk behind Ragnar and inject a syringe into the back of his neck. Ragnar dropped the dumbells and fell on the floor eyes shut. When he came to he was chained to a wall with his living room on fire" oh shit" he said as the fire raged.
Storm coughed after coming to. He didn't know where he was but by the looks of things he was in an icy cavern. He groaned as he tried to move. Oh crap! He thought suddenly remembering his guildmate. " Violet? Violet?!" " Will you shut up?!" came her voice. Storm sighed in relief as he scanned the cavern for her. He saw her laying on her stomach with her leg at an odd angle. " Oh shit" Storm said. " It's broken ain't it?" " Oh no, it's supposed to be like this!" Violet snapped. " Why did you have to yell?" " Hey, this isn't my fault!" " Yes it is!" " No it isn't!" " Yes it is!" " No it isn't! Just... look arguing isn't going help so let's just not okay?" Violet opened her mouth to protest at first but sighed " yeah whatever. So, how are we supposed to get out of here?" " I dunno. I can't move and you're clearly not fit to walk. Guess we'll just have to wait and hope for a rescue team."
Violet nodded and to pass the time the two began to talk about random stuff. It started off awkward at first but soon became friendly banter as days passed and turned to weeks. To pass the time Storm and Violet slept and talked. At first, they tried to be optimistic but as time passed their own mortality was beginning to dawn on them. Storm felt himself getting weaker as the days passed by. " Hey Violet, this isn't looking good is it?" " No it's not. At this rate..." she trailed off not wanting to say what was on their minds. "Say, Violet, I have a question." " Yeah?" " If I had... say... asked you out, how bad would you have beat me up?" Silence followed his question. Storm craned his neck " Violet?" " Why ask me that?" came her response. " I'm just wondering. And truth be told, I'm kinda into you." " I thought you hated me." " I thought you hated me." Violet paused " I... I never hated you. Truth be told, I liked you for years now but I didn't think you'd fee; the same so I started to treat you like my rival. But now... I don't know." They fell quiet, neither one sure what to say next. Storm yawned as his eyes started to close. Is anyone coming for us?
" Hey, look over here!" a voice shouted, causing Storm to wake up. Violet had tears in her eyes " is this a dream? Are we dreaming?" " No. No, it's not a dream!" Storm said hardly daring to believe it. Three uniformed rescuers entered the cavern " hey, we found the kids!" They checked on Storm and Violet " don't worry kids we'll get you out of here, Just hang on." Violet smiled as she and Storm were carried out of the cavern eyes closing. We're gonna make it she thought before slipping into unconsciousness. When she woke up she was in a hospital. " Where?" " Guess" came her brother's voice. She looked to see Ragnar laying in the bed next to her. " Hey" he said sounding bored. " Ragnar? What are you doing here?" Violet asked. " Some fucking asshole broke into our house and tried to burn me alive" Ragnar said. Violet gasped " is our house okay?" " oh yeah, Violet I'm fine, thanks for asking" Ragnar said rolling his eyes. " I don't care about you, is the house okay?!" Violet demanded. " Actually no. Most of the place went up in smoke by the time the fire was put out. I guess it's a good thing mom and dad have been considering moving. They've been looking for a new house but I gotta say you and Storm had the whole guild worried sick. What happened to you two?" " We got caught up in an avalance" Violet said than gasped " where is Storm?!" " Calm down, he's in another room" Ragnar said as a nurse walked in. " Mister Dreyer, it's time for you to be released." " Yes finally!" Ragnar said as he was handed papers. He signed them and looked at Violet " get to feeling better soon. I'd stick around but I've got some investigating to do."
Ragnar walked to the entrance of the hospital and bumped into Cana who looked relieved to see him " hey, you're out?!" She asked. " Yep and my first order of business is to find my attacker and reduce whoever it is to ash. Anyway, I know you're here to see Violet so I won't keep you." " How is she?" Cana asked. " Well, she can still run her mouth so she can't be in too bad of shape. I tried seeing Storm but they're not letting people visit him. Anyway, I gotta address the guild but be seeing you" he said floating in the air and taking off. He arrived at the guild and before he walked inside waited to see Jeremiah and Alain. Half an hour later he spotted his best friends. " Hey guys!" he called heading towards them. " Ragnar! You're finally out!" Alain said. " How's Storm?" Jeremiah asked with a look of concern on his face. " He's fine. They wouldn't let me see him but they said he's fine. Now I'm about to address the guild regarding all of these attacks and I want you two to accompany me so that whoever the SOB is, they'll know The Brotherhood is done screwing around.
Ragnar led the way and the whole guild stopped their conversations as Ragnar marched his way to the stage accompanied by his friends. He ignored all friendly calls of welcome and climbed on top of the stage, getting everyone's attention. " Now before I begin, Violet and my brother Storm are going to be alright." Loud clapping erupted from the guild members. Ragnar waited before speaking again " now as regards to me. I didn't want to believe it. When Master Makarov said that the person trying to kill me was from our guild, I laughed it off. I thought there was no way. but, it seems as though he was right cause only someone from this guild could have pulled it off. Now I'm not gonna accuse anyone but I will say this. Whoever you are, I will find you and when I do, you will be begging for your life. Cause as of this moment, The Brotherhood is done playing games." Alain nodded " when you mess with one member of The Brotherhood, you mess with all of us and it doesn't matter who you are or why you've targetted us, you screw with us and we will make sure you regret it for the rest of your miserable life!" Jeremiah spoke up " whoever you are, you pissed off the wrong group of brothers. Believe that."
The next few days passed as normal and Ragnar was cleared to take jobs again. " But try to be careful will you?" Mira asked worriedly. " Don't cause trouble." " Do I ever-" " Yes". Ragnar smirked as he looked at the job request. He looked around the guild hall, searching for anyone watching him. Instead, all he got was his sister complaining about every little thing and demanding people sign her cast. " Your sister is milking this for everything it's worth" Cana remarked from the bar counter. " yeah, kinda thought she would" Ragnar said grabbing Cana's beer and finishing it off. " Anyway, got to go" he said slamming the mug down. Cana stared after him in shock " he...drank my beer" she said unable to believe it. Mira smiled " do me a favor and go after him, you know how he gets whenever he is able to take on jobs after being unable to do so for any amount of time." Cana sighed " fine. He still owes me for the drink though."
Ragnar arrived at the random forest clearing the job has said for him to go to but he didn't see anything. " okay what the hell?" he grumbled looking around. " Well, I didn't think you'd show" came a voice. Ragnar turned around to see Bluenote Stinger on the other side of the clearing. " Tell me, have you learned to fly yet?" Bluenote asked walking towards him. " You're the cilent?" Ragnar asked raising an eyebrow. " Oh no, you don't seem to get it. The person who seeks your life made that job offer up and hired me to destroy you. So I guess you could say, you are the job." Ragnar's eyes flew open at this. " Wait, you know who's after my life?! Who?!" " If you want me to tell you then I guess you're going to have to beat me in battle now aren't you?" Bluenote asked. " Very well. I'll be honest, I've wanted another crack at you for a while now. We never did get a clear winner at the Grand Magic Games did we?" Buenote's eyes flared angrily and next thing Ragnar knew he was face down in the dirt. " How dare you mention that to me?!" Bluenote roared angrily. " I am Bluenote Stinger! The very earth bows to me and yet I fought to a draw with a child?! I have never gotten over that!" Ragnar grunted when the increased gravity wore off and slowly stood up. Alright, I may be in some trouble. I'm not at a hundred percent right now. I've got hurt ribs and that little gravity change he just pulled didn't do me any favors. I'll have to hit him hard and fast. This bastard wants a fight? I'll give him one.
Ragnar flew at Bluenote and threw a punch that Buenote causally dodged. " Shadow Phoenix Scream!" The attack did nothing to damage Bluenote as it hit him square in the face. Ragnar gritted his teeth and was sent face first to the earth again due to Bluenote's gravity magic. " A child like you could never hope to best me" Bluenote told him. Ragnar grunted as he was able to stand on one knee. " You call this increased gravity? Whatever, this is nothing!" Ragnar flew at Bluenote and hit him square in the face with a roundhouse kick followed by a few lefts and rights. Bluenote didn't even move or seem fazed at all. Instead, he just grabbed Ragnar by the foot and punched him in his damaged ribs. Ragnar choked out in pain as Bluenote did it again and again before throwing him to the ground and looking at him in disgust. " Is this all the power you have?" " You wish!" Ragnar said as he activated his Phoenix force. Shadow, Holy and Lightning magic swirled his body as he stared Bluenote down " let's get down to the real fight!"
" Lightning-Holy-Shadow Phoenix Grand Shriek!" A combination of lightning, shadow, and holy magic rushed at Bluenote who was sent flying back. Ragnar was upon him in seconds, beating him down with brutal lefts and rights before powering up another attack. A large orb of darkness and a large orb of white energy appeared in his hands. He put the two orbs together and fired the combined blast at Bluenote with a burst of lightning from his mouth. Bluenote again was sent flying but sent Ragnar crashing face first. As Ragnar fought to get up, Buenote began to brutalize him with vicious stomps to his injured ribs. However, a torrent of water blasted Bluenote from behind. " What the?" Bluenote asked looking behind him to see Cana. " No one is putting that idiot out of commision but me." Bluenote looked at her in confusion than smirked " oh I remember. You're that bitch who couldn't pull of Fairy Glitter. You want your little friend here?" he asked picking Ragnar up by the back of his shirt and throwing him at Cana.
She moved out of the way as Ragnar landed hard on the ground. " Ow" he said. He slowly got to his feet and began to power up. " What are you doing?!" Cana screeched. " Stay out of this" Ragnar said. "Phoenix Slayer Secret Art! Shadow Phoenix Nova Flare!" Ragnar fired the attack at Bluenote who used his gravity magic to stop it in place. A struggle ensued with Ragnar losing ground. He grunted as he saw his own attack slowly head his way. Suddenly a loud primal scream escaped his mouth, sounding like nothing he had heard before. The surrounding area exploded, sending both Cana and Bluenote flying. When Bluenote stood up he stared in shock at Ragnar who looked different. His eyes were silver, his body shone slightly and a light purple energy rose from his body like steam. He looked at Bluenote and seemingly in an instant was upon him. " What?! I didn't even sense him move!" Bluenote said before Ragnar punched him in the gut. Bluenote choked and fell on his knees. Ragnar kicked him in the jaw, sending Bluenote through a tree. Bluenote got up and tried using his energy magic but it had no effect on Ragnar who was upon Bluenote in an instant and grabbed him by the neck, sending him flying with a blast of dark energy. Bluenote was sent flying backward and landed hard on his back. He stiffly got up and backed away from Ragnar. " Dreyer. It's true what my employer told me. You are special. Watch your back Ragnar, you're not safe in your own guild."
Ragnar swayed and fell facedown, his appearance returning to normal. Cana stood between Bluenote and Ragnar " if you come any nearer, I will destroy you" she threatened. Bluenote smirked " ah, I recognize you now, the bitch daughter of Gildarts. You and I have unfinished business, but I'll let you go for now. Just know, that Phoenix Slayer is our objective" Bluenote slowly backed away and disappeared out of sight
When Ragnar woke up he was beside a stream with Cana anxiously watching over him. " What happened?" he asked. " You're awake!" She said sounding relieved. " Ah my head! And I feel like I've been set on fire!" Ragnar groaned. Suddenly Cana slapped him. Ragnar stared at her in shock " what was that for?!" " I'm sick of this! I'm sick of you being so reckless, I'm sick of worrying, wondering if you're gonna make it or not after your battle, and I am sick of feeling like this!" " What are you talking about?" Ragnar asked confused. " Naaahhhhh!" Cana screamed slapping Ragnar again. " I can't help it! No matter how many times I tell myself it's a bad idea, I can't help but feel this way" " Um Cana, what are you-" Cana slapped him a third time " you stupid idiot! Why?! Why do you do this to me?!" " Okay you need to chill out" Ragnar said. " Don't tell me to chill out you bastard! You caused me to worry again, you got yourself beat up, again and I can't help but care because I love you!" Ragnar was stunned " wait, what?!" Cana gulped and took off running.