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Rescue Operation
Sado blinked twice, staring at the giant forms of the dealer, Lucy, and Erza above him. He looked behind him at the odd design making up the back of his prison. He recognized it as the background of the dealer's cards.
"Alright then," Sado growled. "You want a magic battle, then let's play!"
He held his hands out to the sides, shouting in rage and effort, letting his power spike as flames exploded out of his hands, engulfing his prison. Outside the card, a burst of hot air blew all of the other cards away from him, drawing everyone's attention, everyone now including a girl with cat features and a short pink dress under a yellow jacket, a man with a body looking to be made of blocks and styled as a mafia member, and a very large, very broad man with a metal lower jaw, a white turban with a strip of cloth handing from the right side of his head, an eye patch over his left eye with a scar reaching out from under the bottom of it, a green shirt with the left side of his chest and his left arm uncovered, exposing his muscles, a blue sash with an odd insignia running down the length of it, and brown pants.
Finally, the face of the card cracked just before flames exploded out of it, Sado appearing on his feet in the center of the flames, the flames retracting to around his body. He glared at the four newcomers.
"I warned you Sho," Sado growled. "Now, it's going to end poorly."
The girl grinned and an orange cat-tail-like object shot out, wrapping around his body only to ignite and burn to ash in seconds.
"What part of tying up a man on fire seemed like a good idea?" Sado asked, raising a hand. "You all have three seconds to leave."
The gangster's arm vanished below his elbow in a series of flashing yellow squares and Sado spun, grabbing the floating metal gun that had formed, tilting it toward the ground just as it fired, then crushing it. The gangster shouted in pain, the gun vanishing, reappearing as his deformed arm. Sho hurled several cards at Sado who swung an arm up, a wave of flames shooting out of the ground and burning the cards away just before everything went dark. Sado heard movement behind himself and ducked, spinning and punching outward. The lights returned as the big guy sailed across the room into the wall. Then, a gunshot rang out and Sado dropped, feeling pain lancing continually through his back. He pushed himself up, turning as a second shot rang out and Erza dropped, unconscious. Sado lunged at him only for the gangster to swing his gun around just as Sado's sight faded yet again. His torso exploded into pain, and when the light returned, the four of them were gone, as was Erza. Sado looked down, seeing the bruise where the gangster's shot had hit his chest. It had ruined his shirt, but it hadn't been enough to break his skin, thanks to the flames around him weakening its magic. The same was probably true for his back. He stood, walking over to Lucy as he let his flames fade, forming a dagger from them and cutting her free. Then, he turned as Juvia, Gray, and Natsu walked over, all of them bruised and beaten but alive.
"They took Erza," Sado said.
"Happy too," Natsu said. "We need to find them."
"Any ideas?" Sado asked.
Natsu sniffed and grinned wickedly. "I can smell that blockhead. Let's go kick his ass!"
"Natsu," Sado said. "They were following orders. So, when we get there, leave the leader to me. And probably to Erza, as well."
Natsu snorted in amusement. "It's like you don't know me at all. I'm the one fighting the boss. I'll save Erza. You just sit back and watch."
Then, he turned, taking off at a sprint that was terrifyingly fast. Sado sighed, before jogging out of the building and stopping, looking back.
"Well, let's go!" he called back to the others.
Then, he took off, flames flying out of his hands and feet. The trip was ridiculously long. After about ten minutes, Sado had to land and run along with the others. And still they kept running. Finally, Natsu stopped, pointing out to sea. There was a small boat nearby and they all climbed in, Lucy taking the controls. Across from her, Natsu leaned over the side, vomiting. Sado sighed, settling in for a long ride.
Sado stared at the others. They had found an island with a massive tower made from a combination of what looked like tree roots and machines. There were guards everywhere, each one with a pet. Some sort of pink, eye-less reptile with wings. In place of fighting their way up the tower and possibly putting Erza in danger, Juvia had found an underwater path into the tower. It was a ten-minute swim, but Juvia had the idea of capturing air in a water shell around their heads, allowing them to breathe.
"Come on Sado, you'll be fine," Gray said.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to fight underwater?" Sado asked. "Escaping the water sphere she caught me in on the beach took a quarter of my energy and all I had to do was launch flames out of my hands for a second. Under there, I'll be powerless."
"You won't need to fight," Gray said. "Me and Juvia will handle any situations that arise. And once we get out, you'll be able to fight again."
Sado sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Fine. Let's make this quick."
Juvia nodded, forming a sphere around all of the others' heads before they all got in the water, following Juvia to a tunnel and through it. True to her word, ten minutes later they got out of the water onto a small platform surrounded by four pillars.
"Alright, it worked," Gray said. "Good job Juvia."
"Thank you, my love," Juvia said, Sado sighing as Gray cringed slightly, forcibly restraining the action.
Sado turned, looking up and spotting one of the flying reptiles and its rider just as it roared. He launched a fire ball at it, cutting the rider off mid-shout as the reptile swerved out of the fireball's path, breaking its wing against a wall and falling, both crashing into the water where Gray froze them in place.
"Looks like we're busted," Sado said.
Sure enough, in moments the room was filled with soldiers, both standing on the catwalks and raised platforms above them and hovering on their reptiles.
"I suppose there's no choice then," Gray sighed.
"Yup, we're gonna have to fight," Natsu grinned.
"Identify yourselves!" one of the soldiers shouted.
"Allow me," Sado said, stepping into the center of the room, palms together as the others all formed a circle around him. Sado knelt, placing his hands on the ground. "Phoenix Egg!"
A massive egg-shaped wave of flames formed around them, shooting outward, blasting the catwalks and pathways into rubble, burning and hurling the soldiers and reptiles. Then, the flames dispersed, and the soldiers all fell into the water where Juvia formed a massive ring-shaped water prison, trapping the soldiers. Once they had all lost consciousness, she dropped them on the few remaining flat areas Sado had left. Then, a statue on one side opened, its tongue moving out as a ramp.
"What the heck is that?" Natsu demanded.
"An invitation," Sado said. "The boss wants to play a game."
"Alright," Gray said. "Let's get started."
Sado nodded and together, they all walked up the new path.
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