Back with the continuation

"speaking"

""thinking""

On with the story

With Erza

Erza slowly wakes up as she opened her eyes and sees Kyôka in front of her

"Have you finally awakened?" She grinned.

"Wha…Who are…?" Erza looked down, her eyes widening upon realizing her newly naked state. She gasped in embarrassment.

"What is-?!" She tried to move, but felt herself restrained along with a clanging sound. Looking up, she saw that her wrists were chained, forcing her arms up towards the ceiling of the dungeon she was being kept in. Her feet were chained to the floor as well.

"Welcome to Tartaros." Kyôka greeted.

Erza looked back to her jailer."Tartaros?!" she exclaimed

""I was captured? But how? I remember fighting off those men with Mira, then everything went blank."" She thought before she realized that she was the only in the cell

"Where's Mira?! And the chairman?!" she demanded.

"The former chairman has joined us." Kyôka revealed.

"Once our plans our complete he will most likely return to his position of power. Unfortunately, you and your friend fell prey to his trap, and now you are our prisoner."

"That's impossible!" Erza protested. "The chairman would never betray his people like that!" She tried to break free from her chains, but it was no use. Her energy was drained.

"It is futile to resist," Kyôka advised. "The chains that bind you were created with a magic-blocking ore. While bound you are unable to use magic."

Even with this fact, Erza continued to struggle. "Where is my friend?! Where is Mira?!"

"She still lives." Kyôka grinned. "She will be of use to this one as a subordinate, but first her flesh must be…altered."

"No! Don't!" Erza interjected.

Kyôka clutched Erza's chin between her index finger and thumb, tilting her head upward to face her. "Cease your wails. You have knowledge important to this one."

"What are you talking about?" Erza implored. "What knowledge?"

"The whereabouts of Jellal Fernandes."

Erza's eyes widened in shock. She was right in her earlier hunch. "Jellal?"

"We know of the relationship you two share."

"What do you want with him?" Erza replied

"Where is he?" Kyôka interrogated.

"Speak!" she pinched Erza in the side, and an intense pain shot through the redhead's body. She felt as if she had just been stabbed by a blade.

"aaaaaaaaahh!" Erza cried out in pain much to Kyôka's delight

"This one's curse is able to alter human sensation. The shock you felt is due to your pain receptors being changed to maximum sensitivity. Is it not a pleasant feeling?"

Erza's body twitched in pain.

"Speak." Kyôka ordered.

"I…don't know…where he is." Erza answered through haggard breaths.

"Hmph." Kyôka's index finger extended into a whip that she lashed across Erza's abdomen.

"AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Erza screams in pain again before Kyôka grabbed Erza by the hair, forcing Erza to look at her.

"At first we intended to kill every member of the council in order to obtain the means to Face, but thanks to the chairman we were able to figure out the three who held the keys to the seal. We have already killed two, which only leaves one…"

"You mean…Jellal…is…."

"Yes." Kyôka inched her face closer to Erza's. "Once Jellal is dead, the safeguards around Face will fall."

"No…" Erza's eyes widened in horror.

"Oh my…" Kyôka feigned surprise. "It seems this one revealed too much information? Now you will be less willing to talk."

"I am telling the truth!" Erza insisted. "I have no idea where Jellal is!"

Kyôka whipped her again as Erza screams in pain

Erza shook her head, her breaths nearly gone. "I honestly don't know…"

"i….realy don't know!" Erza said as her breathing was ragged

"please! Don't kill Mira" Erza begged the demon who smiled in delight

"ah…you shall give this one more enjoyment, hmmm?" Kyoka said as she readied her whip like claw

With Doranbolt

Doranbolt stood inside the empty cell that once housed Cobra as his words voice out in his mind over and over

Flash back

"Tartaros is after a weapon called Face." Cobra revealed.

"Face?" Doranbolt questioned. He had never heard of such a weapon before. "What sort of weapon is it?"

"It's a magic pulse bomb." The criminal explained to Doranbolt's shock. "Once it goes off, its supposed to render all wizards on the continent unable to use magic."

"Then how will Tartaros be able to accomplish anything without magic? They'll be affected as well!" Doranbolt countered.

The dragon slayer smirked at the councilman's distress. "Apparently Tartaros doesn't use magic…they use curses."

Doranbolt's eyes went wide. "Curses?"

"Yep. Rumor has it that they are supposedly much more powerful than regular magic." He then looked up at Doranbolt. "That's all you get for free. You want the rest, you know what to do."

Flashback ends

Doranbolt had released Cobra and the rest of the Oracion Seis from their cells.

""There's no going back now."" He reminded himself. ""I will crush Tartaros, but I will leave the Seis to you…Jellal.""

Faraway

The Oracion Seis were in a wasteland far away from the ruined council building.

With Cobra leading the exposition, Midnight, Angel, Racer, and Richard all journeyed with him as they were free.

Cobra stretched his arms over his head, exhaling in relief. "Nothin like the taste of fresh air, right guys?"

"Those words are so cliché." Angel commented.

"Yeah, freedom sure is great." Racer agreed.

"It seems our love was received by someone…oh yeah." Richard smiled.

"It is certainly better than being trapped within that lowly prison." Midnight said.

Though enjoying their freedom, the Oracion Seis were missing a member.

"You think the council will come after us for killing Brain?" Racer asked.

Cobra didn't turn around as he answered his friend's question. "That gut wasn't a 'father' to us at all. He only used us his pawns for his own goals. I heard him. Right, Midnight?"

"Yes. If you heard him, then it must have been true." Midnight grinned and nodded, approving of Cobra's actions.

"So what are we going to do next?" Racer inquired.

"I want to take a shower." Angel spoke up.

"I'll continue my search for my brother-"Richard began.

"Hold on!" Cobra called to the others, silencing them.

They all stopped walking, taking notice of the cloaked pair in front of them, a man and a young woman. Though concealed beneath hoods, the members of the Oracion Seis instantly recognized the man before them. It was Jellal.

"Well this is quite the surprise." Midnight smirked.

Jellal removed his hood, his eyes never leaving the rogue wizards. "Meredy, get out of here."

"What?" the magenta-haired girl looked to Jellal with worry. "There are five of them, Jellal. I should stay here and –"

"No." Jellal shot down. "I can handle this myself. There is no need for you to be involved."

"You don't think much of us, do you?" Racer irritably asked.

"Upsetting." Angel spat.

"I see now." Cobra smirked in amusement. "Doranbolt set this up. Sly bastard."

"You wish to send us back to prison?" Midnight inquired to Jellal.

"A fugitive returning others like himself to prison?" Jellal questioned rhetorically. "That's a funny thought."

"We just got our freedom!" Racer shouted. "There's no way we're going back!"

"We'll kill you, Jellal!" Cobra threatened.

"Hmm…" Richard mused. "Seeing as how I have vowed to follow the path of love, I will remove myself from this battle."

"Hoteye!" Angel scolded. "You're still under Nirvana's spell?!"

"Not at all." Richard beamed. "I have truly become a being of pure love. As such I will do as Mr. Jellal demands."

"Are you serious, Hoteye?!" Cobra yelled.

"It doesn't matter." Midnight waved off.

"But-"Racer began to protest.

"We all have our freedom now. We can do whatever we wish with it, that includes Richard." He patted his friend on the back as he walked past him. "He has the right to choose his path for himself."

"Thank you, Midnight…oh yeah." Richard bowed his head.

"My name is Macbeth! And I will destroy anything that stands in the way of my freedom."

Jellal prepared himself for battle. "Then come at me." He challenged. Suddenly Racer appeared behind him.

"I'm already here! I got sick of waiting!"

"Jellal!" Meredy cried out.

Racer swiped at Jellal at high speed, but the azure-haired wizard evaded his strikes with relative ease. "You're fast, Sawyer." He complimented.

"Who said you could call me that?!" Racer angrily shouted. While Jellal continued to evade him, Racer managed to push him back far enough for Cobra to attack.

His fist covered in a poisonous aura, he lunged towards Jellal. "I can hear your movements!" To his shock, Jellal caught his punch, unaffected by the poison.

"I can hear yours too, Erik." Jellal clutched Cobra's fist and threw him into Racer.

Angel summoned numerous little balls with sharp teeth and feathers, sending them forth towards Jellal. "O Angels!" she prayed. "Devour Jellal! Swallow him bones and all!"

The cherubs circled around the Crime Sorciere wizard, but once again he showed no signs of distress. "I see you've learned some new magic, Sorano." he held out his hands, creating a force that blasted away all of the cherubs around him.

"My angels…" Angel quavered.

Racer and Cobra glared at Jellal, while Richard simply smiled. Macbeth smirked in anticipation. "This will be much more fun than our last fight."

"Guess we can start getting serious then." Cobra grinned. He coated his arms in his Poison Dragon scales and rushed Jellal, slashing at him with his claws.

Due to his opponent's increased speed, Jellal barely had enough time to block. The force of Cobra's attack forcing him backwards, Racer appeared, striking Jellal in the back with the point of his elbow.

Angel raised her head, looking down her nose at the now defensive Jellal. She then licked her lips in satisfaction. "That's more like it. I finally feel warm again."

Jellal glared at his enemies, readying himself for their next attack.

with Gray and the others

Gray, Juvia, and Yukino rode back to the guild hall on a massive cheetah-like beast. Each of them more than uneasy at their current predicament.

"We're gonna go check back in at the guild!" he told them. "They said they've found the addresses of more ex-councilmen."

"I have a bad feeling about this." Juvia worried.

"Me too." Yukino agreed. "There is something here that just doesn't make sense with what we know so far."

"We're up against guys who can reduced an entire town to a disaster area with ease. I can see how you two would be worried about that." Gray said while riding the cheetah

"No." Juvia shook her head against Gray's back. "This is…different. I can't explain it but…" Juvia stopped talking when Gray gripped her hand.

"Don't worry." He said. "We're here with you."

"Fairy Tail always pulls through in situations like this, right?" Yukino said with a small smile

"Right." Gray nodded in agreement. "We'll win just like we always do. You can count on it."

Juvia smiled softly at her companions' words, as they continued their way to the guild

With Natsu

He was flying in the air towards the direction of where END pointed out to where his guild was situated at

""there it is!"" Natsu looks in front and sees an eerie looking building

""stop here"" END said as Natsu crash down to the ground

"what you do that for!? I need to save Erza!" Natsu shouted at him

""make a clone and reside your conscious there"" END told to Natsu as he stands up

"what? Why?" Natsu asked as END grins

""the time is near"" END said as Natsu's eyes widen in shock

""you know what that means, right?""

Natsu gritted his teeth and nodded

""good"" END said before a clone appeared beside the original

""meet up in the right time"" END said as Natsu took off while END resides in the original body with black markings slithering around his skin

END smirks as he walks towards the building with a smirk plastered on his face

""the time has come for me to return""

At Tartaros

Crawford and Franmalth walked the halls of Tartaros' guild hall as the former chairman was less than pleased with the demon.

"Your men completely destroyed my house!" Crawford exclaimed.

"Oh, calm down, chairman." Franmalth said.

"I gave up my retirement fund to take part in this little plan of yours!" Crawford angrily reminded.

"Ah, but think about it…" Franmalth prompted. "How much will you make after our plan succeeds?"

Crawford sour mood instantly shifted to one of joyful glee.

"Well I suppose losing the house is no problem if the 'Crawford was captured by Tartaros plan' works out in the end. By the way, what did you do with the two girls I brought in?"

"Mistress Kyôka is currently interrogating them. They're in for quite the painful death." Franmalth replied with a cackle

"They better be!" Crawford waved his finger. "If they were to live then they would most certainly out me!"

"I wouldn't worry about that. No one will ever be able to find this place." Franmalth reassured.

"I certainly hope so." Crawford looked out of one the windows he and Franmalth were passing by. Seeing something odd, the elderly man squinted his eyes at the object in the distance. "What is that?"

"What is what?" Franmalth asked, now looking out the same window.

As the object grew in size. Crawford's eyes widened in fear. "It's coming straight towards us! Franmalth, you said no one would be able to find this place!"

Both Crawford and Franmalth yelled in fright as Natsu burst through the wall with a loud crash.

"I found you!" the dragon slayer punched Crawford in the face, knocking his dentures loose from his mouth.

The rumbling was heard throughout the building, alerting all the other members of Tartaros.

Seeing Crawford was unconscious, Natsu turned his attention to the still shocked Franmalth.

"Where are Mira and Erza?!"

"An intruder?! Impossible!" Franmalth shouted. "No one should be able to find this place!" He looked up to the wall that Natsu had busted through, his surprise increasing. "How much do you think that broken wall is going to cost to fix?!" he barked. "How much?!"

In the cell

Upon hearing the rumblings from down the hall, Kyôka retracted her finger whip after torturing Erza till she was unconscious Erza,

She turns around after hearing the ruckus outside

"It is raucous without." She sighed, then looked to the ceiling. "Yakdriga!"

Frog/ octopus like demon with tentacles slinked its way from out the shadows, awaiting its master's command.

"Watch this woman." Kyôka ordered. "This one will go check on the commotion."

The frog demon smiled openly, its wet tentacles slithering towards Erza.

"She is not to be touched." Kyôka added, deflating the beast and freezing it in its tracks.

She then turned her head and grinned lustfully. "You may deprive this one of much anticipated enjoyment." With that she left the room, leaving Yakdriga alone with Erza.

As Kyôka left the area, Yakdariga smiles wickedly to Erza without noticing Erza's brand was glowing

"Na….tsu…" Erza muttered out unconsciously

That's a wrap!

And for those who are wondering, Ultear used Last ages in the story but I never wrote it

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