Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
With Wendy and Charla
The two have arrived to the location where Face is located as Wendy and Charla entered a cave that will lead them to Face
"I'm sorry, Wendy." Charla apologized while being carried by Wendy as the Exceed had run out of magic power
"That's ok." Wendy smiled to her as she walks in the cave with her
"Thank you for trying so hard." She said to her as they walk a path in the cavern
"How are we going to find Face?" she asked, looking side to side for anything resembling a magic-cancelling bomb.
"We don't know what it looks like or even how big it is!"
"Calm down, child." Charla tiredly chided. "If you concentrate, you should be able to sense its magic."
Wendy calmed down and continued onward.
As the pair walked further into the dank tunnel, Wendy took notice of the change in the surrounding air's composition. She opened her mouth, inhaling in some of the substance.
"The air is fresh in here." she announced with surprise. Usually a place this low in the earth would be rife with dust particles.
"That's because of the low temperature and high humidity." Charla lethargically explained. She was growing more tired by the second. She exhausted more energy than she previously thought.
A bug crawled up Wendy's leg, causing the young dragon slayer to squeal in fright. She hurriedly kicked the insect of off her, but she only shrieked louder when even more bugs flew around her. As if to take their comrades place.
"Humid areas also have a high concentration of bugs." The tabby informed.
"You don't have to tell me that now!" Wendy said.
While Wendy calmed her racing heart, Ezel clung to the ceiling, watching her in both disappointment and irritation.
He thought someone worthy of his time would come. Instead his prayers were answered by a child, and a cat. "What's with this little girl?" he griped.
"Is this Kyôka's idea of a joke? A tiny morsel like that would never fill me up! She just had to stick me with a petty task like this one!"
Wendy looked up, surprised to see the demon falling towards her. She jumped back just in time for the demon to fall to the ground where she previously stood. "Tartaros?" Wendy questioned, watching as Ezel rose up.
"He must have been the one who activated the process!" Charla deduced.
Ezel reached for Wendy, but she dodged again. She began to run away, the demon in hot pursuit. "What do I do?!" She asked Charla. "I don't have time to fight!"
"You need to run! You won't be able to face him alone!"
Wendy looked back briefly, Ezel was catching up fast. There was no way she would be able to outrun him and make it to Face in time. She stopped running. "I have no choice! He's too fast for me!"
"Wendy, don't!" Charla protested.
The dragon slayer placed her friend in a safe place and turned to face the demon. She summoned a magical circle as well as a barrier in front of herself.
"Deus Corona!" "Deus Eques!"
Wendy enchanted herself as her body glowed.
"Il Arms!" "Il Vernier!" "Il Armor!"
She boosted her abilities even more. This surprised Ezel.
"So you're an enchanter, huh?" Ezel smriked.
Wendy ignored his question and sucked in as much air as she could.
"Tenryu no! Hoko!"
The boosted tornado ripped through the tunnel, but to Wendy's shock Ezel cut through it with his hands.
"Can I have some fun too?!" The demon laughed manically. He was excited at Wendy's strength. Perhaps she would be worth the effort after all.
"Even though you're a little thing I can let loose with you, right?!"
""He's strong! I have to try and end this quick!"" Wendy jumped to Ezel, gathering air around her foot.
"Tenryu no Kagizume!
Wendy kicked Ezel on the face, but it didn't work as Ezel was unfazed by her attack.
"heheh!" Ezel grins as Wendy tried to attack again but Ezel blocked her attack before he crossed his four arms across his body.
"Tenga Goken!" he said
Charla's eyes widened. She felt the energy emanating from the demon's stance.
"Wendy, duck!" she shouted to the dragon slayer
"Onimaru!"
Ezel swung open his arms as an X shaped slash attack flies towards Wendy who sidestep at the last second, but was nearly knocked away from the wind.
She slowly looked behind and sees the wall behind her had a giant X slash like mark on it.
Ezel grins as he continued to attack Wendy, giving the dragon slayer no time to rest.
Wendy barely managed to dodge each of the air blades. One of them even managed to slice off one of her twin ponytails. Ezel then swung one of his tentacle legs, but Wendy used Skywalk to dodge it.
"You're fast for an appetizer!" Ezel shouted with evil grin. He increased the speed of his tentacles, but Wendy managed to dodge all of them in rapid succession.
Wendy landed on the ground and prepared to jump again, but slipped in a puddle that caused her to stumble back. In her misstep, one of Ezel's tentacles finally hit its mark, catching Wendy in the abdomen and slamming her into another wall.
Ezel crossed his upper arms and readied another attack, refusing to give Wendy time to evade again.
"Juzumaru!"
He swung his arms open again, unleashing a cross wave that sliced into where Wendy was launched.
"Wendy!" Charla cried out.
Unable to dodge at such close range, Wendy was caught in the blast. She crossed her arms over her face, hoping her enchantments would shield her from the worst of the attack. Sadly, they didn't.
""I enhanced my defenses as high as I could. So why is…?!""She cried out in pain as the cross exploded and sent her crashing to the ground and further in the tunnel.
Before she could get up. Ezel steps his tentacles on her wrists to hold her down.
"Look." Ezel said as he looks forward
Wendy tilted her head back, her eyes widening upon seeing a glowing stone head sticking up from the ground.
"This is Face." Ezel explained.
"Only five minutes until it goes off." He sniffed the air, his face twisting in disgust at it's potency.
"Since we're so close the air here is loaded with ethernanos. It stinks! But when you think about it, in just a little while this baby will wipe out all magic on the continent! And curse power will rule over all! So I guess a little stench isn't so bad." He began to laugh.
Wendy struggled to break free, but Ezel increased his pressure on her. "I'll do you a favor and crush you to dust before this thing goes off." He smirked.
"Let her go, you brute!" Charla demanded, launching herself towards Ezel.
"I mean it!" She then started using her claws to scratch at the demon's face, but this only annoyed Ezel.
"Charla…" Wendy rasped. "Stop…run away…"
"Let Wendy go now!" Charla cried, ignoring Wendy's pleas. Either that or she didn't hear them.
"Charla, run!" Wendy shouted.
Ezel grabbed Charla, stopping her flailing.
"What is this?" he asked. He squinted his eyes to get a better look. "A cat? Can I eat it?"
Wendy's eyes went wide. "No! Stop! Please!"
"Down the hatch!" Ezel opened his mouth wide, and began to place Charla's head inside.
"Stop!" Wendy pleaded with tears in her eyes as she watched the demon's teeth draw blood from her best friend's head. She tried to break free once again, but just like before it had no effect. "Charla~!"
""you really turned into a glutton, Ezel"" a voice spoke in Ezel's head as he stop for a moment
""that voice!?" Ezel's eyes widen as he knows that voice from anywhere
"Wendy…" Charla called weakly seizing the chance given to her. "Air."
"Air?" Wendy's eyes went wider in realization. ""That's right…the air here is fresh.""
She looked back to Face.
""Its density is different because of the ethernanos swirling around Face. It's mixed in with the air. She inhaled the air sharply. If I could take that mixture in...then maybe…I could be like Natsu. Maybe I could be like him…!""
Wendy clenched her fists and opened her mouth, expelling a plume of air that forced Ezel off of her and into the air.
He lets go of Charla and Wendy caught her as she fell, placing her safely on the ground.
"Just stay still." The girl smiled. "It's my turn to protect you."
Charla looked at her friend in awe as she sees Wendy's appearance slowly began to change before her eyes.
Her hair grew longer, and her blue hair turned to a bright shade of pink before it curved upward as if the wind was lifting it. scales began to form and stick out from her hands and wrists. They also sprang from her back and her feet.
""Wendy…""Charla smiled as she felt so proud of Wendy
""I knew you would achieve this one day…You used to be so timid and so afraid, but now...""
Wendy glares at Ezel as the wind dance around her
""she has Dragon Force!""
"What is that?!" Ezel shouted.
""I can hear the wind's voice, and the heartbeat of the atmosphere."" Wendy clenched her fists and the air began to swirl around her.
""Right now, the air here is mine to control!""
"Hey!" Ezel yelled. "You sleeping down there?! You're running out of time, human!"
Wendy suddenly disappeared before she re-appeared behind Ezel
"wha!?" Ezel exclaimed before Wendy punches him from the back
Ezel turns around in mid air with an angered look
"You little pest!" Ezel exclaimed as he swiped at Wendy, but she disappeared again.
She re-appears in front of Ezel as she sends a kick that creates a tornado right at Ezel's upper body
"Guuuuaaaahhhh!" Ezel was sent crashing to the grund as Charla looks in amazement
"Amazing." Charla said with a smile
Wendy landed gracefully on the ground and Ezel broke free from the rubble trapping him.
"This is good!" he smirked. He ran towards Wendy, but the dragon slayer was ready for him.
Charla looked to Face. The runes began to circle around the bomb as it grew brighter. Time was running out. "Wendy!"
"I know!" Wendy circled her arms in the air. "I'll finish this now!"
"You're a cocky morsel." Ezel then took notice of the vortex trapping him. "What is this? Wind?!"
"Metsuryu Ougi! Shoha! Tenskusen!"
The demon laughed at the attack. "My Yoto curse power can cut through anything!"
"Mikazuki!"
Ezel waved his hands around, cutting through Wendy's wind with his air blades.
He then grins as he crossed his arms and his body glowed and changed
"Zangeki! Modoo!"
"Now that I'm in Zangeki Mode, my Yoto will be even more powerful!"
Charla looked back at the clock on Face, it was under 4 minutes. "Wendy! The countdown!"
Wendy slid along the ground, stopping her momentum by placing her hands on the rocks.
""I'm almost out of power! I have to finish this!"" She held out her arms to her sides, summoning gust after gust of wind.
"Whatever you're planning won't work!" Ezel shouted. "I told you my Yoto is unstoppable!"
""More…I need more wind."" Her thoughts were akin to pleading.
"Looks like you need another demonstration!" Ezel sliced at one of the gusts surrounding him, but he was shocked when it cut off his blade.
"What?!"
Wendy pulled back her arms, her muscles nearly pulling apart from the centrifugal force of the winds she gathered.
""If I could just have a small amount of their power…please…lend it to me!""
She thrust her arms forward, fusing the winds gathered into a powerful torrent that violently ripped through the cavern.
It engulfed Ezel and Face, taking both down in spectacular fashion.
""I…I did it"" Wendy smiles as her Dragon Force came undone and she fell to the ground.
her victory was short lived when she saw Face's countdown still going.
"Why?" Charla questioned. "Face has been destroyed! Why is the clock still going?!"
Wendy stood up, but soon fell over onto her stomach. Dragon Force had exhausted nearly all of her energy. "My…body…I can't…move."
3 MINUTES
"This…can't be…" Wendy said.
2 MINUTES 40 SECONDS
"I'm so sorry, everyone…" she apologized, tears stinging her eyes.
The cube began to shake again, throwing everyone fighting off-balance.
"What is that?!" Natsu asked.
"It looks like your little friends were too late!" Franmalth cackled. "This is the Cube's reaction to Face! In just under three minutes, all magic on the continent will be gone forever!"
"Dammit!" Natsu cursed.
""Wendy!"" Lucy thought.
END sits on the throne while Mard Geer was kneeling on the ground as vines like roots binds him down
""So, they failed, huh?"" END said with a bored face as he sighs while leaning to his hand on the arm rest
Erza and Kyôka battled above the outer structure of the castle. Both of them felt the rumbling as well.
"What's going on?" Erza questioned as the rumbling grew more fierce.
Kyôka smirked. "It has begun. Finally, it is the end for you, humans!"
Wendy and Charla watched helplessly as Face reached its final two minutes.
"We didn't do it in time." Wendy bit her lip in frustration.
"I'm so sorry." She apologized repeatedly.
"If Lucy-san or Natsu-san were here...they would have stopped it." She began to think of her weaknesses again.
""It's always this way. I always end up being a burden to everyone. I wasn't able to save Cait now Face will activate. All because I'm still so weak."" She began to cry. "I'm sorry…"
Charla slowly rose to her feet. "We're not completely out of options."
Wendy looked to her friend in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Face has absorbed an enormous amount of Ethernanos." Charla began to trudge towards the bomb.
"If we can somehow change the attributes of that energy, we can create a magical pattern that will cause Face to self-destruct."
"How do you know that will work?"
"I had a vision of it."
"A vision?"
"I saw…or rather searched for a future in which Face would not go off. After countless hours, I managed to find one where Face was stopped." Charla reached the bombs activation letters and began to rearrange them.
"That's amazing." Wendy said in awe. "You're incredible, Charla."
"I saw myself moving them like this…and then moving these two letters here and adding these here." Charla mumbled, deftly moving her paws across the letters.
"That means we'll be able to-"
"Then it ended." Charla interrupted.
"What do you mean?" Wendy asked.
"The future after this is blank. I saw…nothing."
"I still don't understand."
"We definitely destroy Face after I touch this final letter…but you and I…no one will come for us."
Wendy was shocked speechless.
1 MINUTE 20 SECONDS
"Can we live without magic?" Charla wondered. "I mean…they seemed to manage in Edolas…so why can't we…"
"No!" Wendy protested, staggering to her knees. "Our friends are fighting right now…without magic they would…"
"You're right." Charla nodded. She moved her paw to the final letter.
1 MINUTE 10 SECONDS
"I don't know how big the explosion will be…" Charla admitted. "You should escape, Wendy. Run as far as you can. I will finish this."
"What are you talking about?! I'm not leaving you behind, Charla!" Wendy struggled to her feet and took five steps before falling over once more.
"Please…?" Charla pleaded. "Save yourself."
"I'm not leaving you alone, Charla!" Wendy repeated.
1 MINUTE
"You have to!" Charla demanded. "How can set this off if you stay here?!"
"No! We've been together all this time, haven't we?!" Wendy argued.
Charla looked back to her friend, tears in her eyes as she watched Wendy crawl closer to her. "I don't have enough energy to fly…we won't be able to get away in time."
"I know…just look at me, I can barely move! So even if I did run I wouldn't get very far."
"Wendy…"
"So I'm not going anywhere!" Wendy reaffirmed. She then used her last gasp of energy to embrace Charla.
50 SECONDS
The tabby smiled, resting her paw on Wendy's arm. "I guess out adventure ends here, doesn't it?"
Wendy nodded, clutching Charla tighter. "But it was so much fun, because we were together."
"You're right." Charla agreed. The two released one another and turned to the bomb.
"So all we do is press this letter, right?" Wendy asked.
"Yes." Charla nodded.
"Then we'll do it together."
"Just like always."
As the pair reached for the letter, they remembered their life together. The moment they met when Charla's egg hatched.
Memories of Wendy happily running around Cait Shelter with baby Charla on her head. All of their good memories flashing back before their very eyes
These memories and others just as important flowed through both of their minds. They looked to one another one last time, tears flowing.
30 SECONDS
"Let's be friends in the next life, ok?" Wendy said.
"Always." Charla agreed. "Of course we will!"
As soon as they touched the letter, they felt something grab their bodies and spirit them away. Face exploded, the shockwave echoing for miles and miles. A pillar of light shot into the air, cutting through the clouds above before slowly fading away. On a plateau a good distance away from the explosion, Doranbolt appeared, holding both Wendy and Charla in his arms.
He exhaled in relief. "I didn't think I would make it in time." He looked down at the pair, smiling softly. "You two really overdid it." He then looked back to the crater where Face once was. "I never thought they would be able to destroy Face. So small, yet so brave."
With Natsu and the others
The rumbling stopped within the Cube and Franmalth cackled uproariously as he thought the victory was assured.
"Face has finally been activated! The time of humans is over!"
Natsu looked down at his hand, it was still lit. "My magic is still here, see?"
"What?! How is that possible?!"
Lucy reached for her keys, which glowed at her touch. "He's right! I can still feel my spirits!"
"looks like those two managed to do it on time" Natsu said with a grin
"How…?" Franmalth said deflated. "That's impossible." He fell onto his stomach.
"So much for your evil plan." Natsu taunted.
Franmalth suddenly darted towards Natsu.
"Your meddling will cost you 100,000 of your souls!" When the dragon slayer dodged, the demon began flailing around wildly.
"Give me your soul! I'll take yours! Then yours!"
"He's completely lost it." Natsu said, dodging the frantic Franmalth's strikes.
"We have to stop him." Lucy asserted.
"You lot will never be able to beat me!" Franmalth exclaimed as he makes several gestures with his hands and magic circles appeared around him
"Amaterasu! Nijuhachi shiki!"
A giant explosion engulfed the Fairy Tail wizards as Franmalth stands while laughing
"take that, Fairy Tail!" Franmalth shouted before he sees Natsu standing in front of Lucy and Milo as he had equipped Enryuo no Yoroi to defend against the attack
"what!?" Franmalth exclaimed in shock
"you two ok?" Natsu asked as Lucy and Milo nodded
""looks like I have underestimated Master's copy a bit too much"" Franmalth said with a grin
"This time I really will have your souls." Franmalth smirked as his hands stretched and wrapped around Natsu and the others
"This will be the start of a new collection! Relinquish your souls to me!"
Lucy and Milo nodded while in pain from getting their energy sucked in
Lucy glared at Franmalth, her body was crying in pain, but she refused to yield.
""Taurus and Aries were sucked into that creep! I at least want to see them returned home!""
"No one gets away with harming my spirits! Taurus, Forced Gate Closure!" Lucy exclaimed as Franmalth's body began to stretch and contort, causing him great pain.
"What's happening to my body?! What are you doing to me?!"
Lucy was confused as well, but she quickly deduced what was going on.
"The gate closure must be pulling him into the spirit world with Taurus."
"I'm not going to allow this!" Franmalth shouted.
"Taurus, release!" he exclaimed as Taurus was freed
"He's out!" Natsu shouted.
"Aries, Forced Gate Closure!" Lucy shouted.
"Oh no, you don't!" Franmalth countered. "Aries, release!" just as Taurus had before her, Aries emerged from Franmalth's body as well.
"I!" Natsu exclaimed as he gritted his teeth and started to push Franmalth's hold on him away
"had enough!" Natsu shouted as he breaks free and dashed towards Franmalth
"Your attacks still won't work on me!" the demon reminded. "It's useless to resist me!"
"then how about these two!?" Natsu exclaimed as he purges off Enryuo no Yoroi and summons Reiter no Yoroi beside it as the two armors went on the attack
"something like this…!?" Franmalth exclaimed before he got attacked by the two armors
"you can't absorb something that doesn't have a soul, can you?" Lucy said with a smirk as Milo meowed
"damnit!" Franmalth shouted before he sees Natsu lifting up a giant slab of rock above him
"try sucking this"Natsu said as he slams the giant slab of rock at Franmalth as the demon was flatted on the ground
"y-you..!?" Franmalth tried to get out but Natsu lifts another slab of rock before slamming it again and again till he was done with Franmalth who wasn't moving again
Enryuo no Yoroi and Reiter no Yoroi disappeared as Natsu sighs before walking back to Lucy and Milo who smiled to him.
"You did it." Lucy smiled.
"nya.." Milo meowed weakly.
The three looked ahead, seeing hundreds of balls of light floating into the air.
"Those must be the souls he absorbed." Lucy figured.
"They're going back to where they belong I guess." Natsu said.
Milo looks at the souls before he hissed at Natsu and Lucy.
"what's wrong, Milo?" Lucy asked the cat before
"It is not…over yet…"
A disembodied voice suddenly spoke behind her.
Natsu and Lucy turned around and saw Master Hades – or rather an afterimage of him – standing behind them.
"Face was not the true goal of Tartaros. Tell Makarov, that the time has come to release the light." With that warning given, Hades disappeared into the air.
"What was that who I think it was?" Natsu asked.
"The ghost of Master Hades." Lucy quivered in fright.
"more like his soul" Natsu said as he gulps
Lucy stroked her chin. "Who do you think he meant by 'release the light'?"
"no idea" Natsu said before he had a piece of paper and a pen appeared in his hands
"anyway, let's Gramps know" Natsu said as he started writing what Hades' soul told to them
"Well thanks to Wendy and Charla we stopped Face, so that's one less problem to deal with, but we still have to find Mira." Lucy said as she stands back up
"Milo, take this to gramps, you think you can do it, partner?" Natsu said as Milo nodded with a meow
Natsu folded the paper before attaching it to Milo's collar as the Vul cat started running while sniffing Makarov's scent
"let's go" Natsu said as Lucy nodded and started running down the hallway
As they were gone, Franmalth started laughing
""was that good, Master END?"" Franmalth said as END who was sitting in his throne room smiled in amusement
""yes, quite a good act you put up Franmalth"" END replied to the cyclops demon
""they will never suspect that their one and close friend is actually an enemy"" END said with a chuckle
""good job, Franmalth. I believe it's time for you to return to the lab"" END told him
""yes, if you excuse me""
Franmalth puffs into smoke as he disappeared
END chuckles as he snaps his fingers and a chess set appeared in front of him as 10 piece has form of each Nine Demon Gates
"how fun the game has come to" END said before his eyes spotted to one chess piece that had the form of Silver
"I do wonder on who is this one, Never heard of an Etherious named Silver"
With Erza
Above the rafters outside of the castle
Erza and Kyôka continued their fierce battle as they were jumping from wooden beam to wooden beam, the two women waged war against each other.
Erza slashes her katana against Kyoka's claws as they duke it out
""That rumbling from earlier stopped. What was that?"" Erza thought as she and Kyoka jumps away from each other
"Tired?" Kyôka asked with a smirk.
"this one still requires entertainment." Kyôka licked her lips and watched as Erza leapt from the pillar and sped off across the beams once more. Kyôka followed behind and soon the two were running parallel to one another, their blades clashing again.
Kyôka stuck out her hand and extended her claws, but Erza managed to knock them away. Having fallen for the demon's feint, Erza was quickly grabbed by Kyôka's other hand and lifted into the air. The demon threw Erza downward with extra force, sending the knight crashing through the wooden beams and into the ground below like a rock.
Kyôka watched perplexed as Erza rushed towards her one more, now wielding two swords. The redhead thrust the hilt of her sword into the demon's cheek, knocking her through a few of the beams. Kyôka wrapped her lengthened claws around a stone pillar to stop her momentum. She moved to the top of the pillar and stood there, looking at Erza with intense confusion.
""She can still use magic?"" Kyôka questioned in shock. ""Has the Face operation failed?""
"tsk!" Kyôka clicked her tongue before she makes a get away
"running away!?" Erza exclaimed
Kyôka jumps away as she passed by a figure
"this battle is now yours to fight! Every Fairy must be eliminated!" Kyôka ordered the figure
"I would have done that anyway"
Erza's eyes widen in shock as to who she sees
"Minerva?!"
"Do you not think this is a fitting place for our reunion, Erza Scarlet?" Minerva said to her
"my name is Neo Minerva, I have been reborn as a demon, you will now have privilege of witnessing my new power!"
Erza found herself unable to process the new appearance of the woman before her. "What have you done to yourself?"
Kyôka continued her escape as she heads inside the castle
""this one has never accounted for the possibility of the Face Operation ending in failure."" Kyôka grimaced.
""this one must seek Master END's assistance!""
With Lisanna and Mira
Mirajane battles Sayla as she had transformed in the Satan Soul, and tries to defeat Sayla who summoned books to attack her.
""She can even keep up with Mira-nee's Satan Soul?""Lisanna thought in worried astonishment.
""she's better than I thought!"" Mira thought as she couldn't attack because of Sayla's books
Sayla thrust out her arm, sending more books flying towards Mira as they flied more faster
""his must be the power of a real demon!""
"Mira-nee!" Lisanna tried to go and help but was stopped by Lamy.
"You should be worried about me right now." Lamy cackled to her.
"Get off of me!" Lisanna exclaimed as she struggled in Lamy's grip
"Not a chance!" Lamy retorted
"Lisanna!" Mira exclaimed as she sees her little sister fighting with Lamy
"Eyes front!" Sayla shouted, sending more books Mirajane's way.
Lisanna continued to squirm in Lamy's clutches.
"Get off me, you…!" Lisanna bent over before she jumped backwards as Lamy was slammed on the wall behind them and forcing the bunny girl to relinquish her grip.
Sayla and Mirajane stared one another down, the former preparing more books to attack with.
"What are you?" Sayla demanded Mira.
"I find it curious that my Macro has no effect on you."
"Macro?" Mirajane repeated in confusion.
"That's probably the magic she used to control Elf!" Lisanna said while holding down Lamy
"it's called curse power!" Lamy corrected her as the two girls were currently pulling and scratching at one another.
"Yes, though you have proven resistant to my Macro, your brother is another story. Would you like to know something else about my power?" Sayla inquired rhetorically.
"Once I cast it, I can control the affected from any distance. No matter how great."
"you can't mean.." Mira said as her eyes widen
"I can direct your brother to harm himself at will." Sayla told her
"No! Don't do it!" Mira shouted at her
The chamber beside Sayla suddenly bubbled and surprised her as she sees Ezel appearing in it.
"BUaaaahhhh!"
"Ezel-sama!?" Sayla said in surprise
"Revive me! Revive me now!" Ezel roared in the tube.
"That damn brat! That damn brat! That brat~!"
"what is this….?" Mira said in confusion
"Hurry up, Lamy!" Ezel demanded. "Revive me!"
Lamy was unavailable as Lisanna punched her with a right hook to the face
"Sayla!" Ezel roared out
"I am currently engaged in battle, Ezel-sama." Sayla politely explained to her enraged comrade. "I will tend to you later. Please be patient."
"Forget that! Revive me now!"
"Revive?" Mirajane questioned.
"That's right! this is Tartaros' respawn point, Hell's Core!" Lamy informed with a cheeky smile.
"Respawn point?" Mirajane repeated.
"according to our contracts with the Underworld King and Master, we can revive here in this laboratory when we've been killed. That makes us an immortal guild!" Lamy said in glee
"Underworld King? Revived? What the?" Lisanna said in confusion
"such things are better left unsaid, Lamy-sama." Sayla said to the bunny girl.
"te hee" Lamy said as she playfully stuck out her tongue and hit herself on the head. "Sorry."
"That could be trouble" Mira said as she transforms back to normal.
"it's look like my first priority should be wreck this place."
"You believe that is within your abilities?" Sayla questioned her
Mirajane smirked to her.
"it's easy enough." Mira replied before the chamber behind her shattered and exploded
"What?" Sayla gasped.
suddenly each chamber in Hell's Core was destroyed including the one Ezel was in.
"guaaaaaaaaahhh!" Ezel shouts in pain as he fades away
Franmatlh appeared in one chamber with a smirk
"yes yes yes, now if you would let us regenerate m- gaaah!" a second later his chamber also exploded
"My…..My lab!" Lamy panicked
"That was amazing, Mira-nee!" Lisanna praised her big sister
"what's going on!?" Franmalth screamed as he fades away
Sayla looked around at the destruction wrought by the Fairy Tail wizard. "How…how did you do this?"
"My takeover." Mira answered her.
"before you arrived here, I had already taken over and controlled the tentacles in the chamber" she explained to her with a smile
"Your takeover allows you to absorb demons?! Is that why my Macro has no effect on you?!" Sayla asked.
"It's possible. We're not so different, you and I." Mirajane explained. "My takeover doesn't seem to work on you either."
"that means…" Lamy said while still in the cat fight with Lisanna
"neither can use their best attacks" Lisanna said before Lamy's face went serious
"it intimates that naught but superior physical power may decide this battle!" Lamy declared surprising Lisanna
Mira changed into her Sitri form as she smirks
"so, it's hand to hand combat? That's girlish enough!" Mira declared
"there it is! Mirajane Sitri, the most powerful demon ever!" Lisanna declared with a smile
"'The most powerful demon'?" Lamy questioned with a dark glare.
"You've got some nerve saying that in front of one of the Nine Demon Gates. You know nothing of how fearsome the Nine Demon Gates can be!"
"This is a command." Sayla muttered.
"that won't work" Mira reminded her as Sayla continued her command
a bright blue light envelop around Sayla as a great build up of power surrounds her.
"I hereby order my limiter…" Sayla said as the energy build up was getting stronger
"She's using her ability on herself?" Mira exclaimed in surprise
"Released!" Sayla exclaimed as her body undergo changes that made Sayla look like a true demon.
Sayla screams before rushing forward Mira and ramming her fist into Mirajane's stomach.
"gah!?" Mira grunted in pain before Sayla pushed her back.
Sayla whirled around, hurling Mirajane into Lisanna and Lamy. Mirajane stuck her claws into the ground to stop herself, but as soon as she looked up, she saw Sayla already preparing her next attack.
Sayla lifts a hand up as it had a glowing circle appearing in her hands before an eye appeared next.
Sayla thrust her arm forward as a fierce blast of energy shoots out of her hand that eradicated everything in its path.
The dust settled as Mira, Lisanna and even Lamy were sprawled out on the ground
"what…is she" Lisanna said while trying to get up
Mira's take over came undone as she tried to move, but couldn't as she took too much damage from Sayla's attack.
"Sayla-sama…why did you get me too..?" Lamy asked as she had injuries all over her
"Did she lose control of herself?" Lisanna asked as Mira looks up at Sayla who charged towards Mira
Mira got rammed by Sayla as she tried to fight back
"how does she have all this power…!?" Mira said in pain "I can't beat her in a straight fight"
""if only I could do Takeover"" Mira thought as she place a hand on Sayla's back
"cease your efforts, takeover is not effective on me." Sayla reminded to her before she pushed away Mira
"I order myself to rend this enemy limb from limb!" Sayla ordered her body as she started slashing her claws as Mira who screamed in pain to the attack
"Mira-nee!" Lisanna watched in horror as Sayla continued her attacks, Mirajane's screams echoing through the ruined lab.
"Stop it!" Lisanna tried to go and help but was stopped by Lamy who forced Lisanna to the ground, holding her head down as she held the girl's arm behind her back.
"Take a good look! I want you to watch as your sister is slashed to pieces!" Lamy exclaimed whiel cakling.
"By the way…are there any cute guys in your guild?" Lamy asked her
Mirajane gasped when Sayla pushed her back, her consciousness beginning to fade.
""Demons…""she thought.
Her tragic past memories came flooding back to when she and her family was driven out of their own home and into the world as they had rejected Mira who has the power of the demon
But that past was overcome with Lisanna and Elfman and her family, Fairy Tail.
Mirajane caught herself as she slid along the floor with cuts and bruises on her body
""I used to hate my power. Sometimes I still do, but if I can use it save my family…!"" She lunged towards Sayla and grabs her leg.
""Then I'll become a demon, or even abandon my humanity to protect them!"" Mira declared
Sayla scoffed at her as she looks down on Mira
"How many times must I repeat myself? Takeover is not effective on me" Sayla told her
Mira ignores her words as she grips her leg tighter.
""I only need a little bit…if I could just get a small amount…"" Mira started to gather all her power as she tried to use Takeover on Sayla.
"Mira, run!" Lisanna shouted, she was still being held down by Lamy. "You have to get away! Please!"
"It's useless." Lamy laughed.
Mirajane's power began to spike as she cried out, her body starting to glow a pale green.
Sayla felt herself growing weaker all of the sudden as if something was being drained from her.
""What is this?!"" "Do no touch me!" she shouted, creating a shockwave that knocked Mirajane back.
""She drained some of my power? But how?! Her takeover should not work on me. I'm an etherious from the Book of Zeref!"" Sayla pressed the bottom of her palms together, ancient text once again circling her hands. ""She is dangerous! I must eradicate her now!""
"Mira-nee!" Lisanna cried out.
Mirajane slowly sat up on her elbows, her teeth clenched and her eyes narrowed in defiance.
""I believe in my power…I will protect my family!""
Sayla looked up lasers emitting from her eyes.
"Magan! Kaihou!"
She rushed towards the downed Mirajane, her arms drawn back to prepare her final attack. "BEGONE!"
"Your Macro…" Mirajane began. "You said you can control people under its influence even from a distance, right?"
Sayla's eyes went wide. ""Is that what she took over from me? That lone ability?""
"I thought so." Mirajane smirked. "That's how I gave my order."
"Impossible!" Sayla protested. "None other than me can issue a Macro command!"
"Elfman" Mira said before Elfman in his Beast Soul came jumping in as he slams his fist at Sayla's back
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhh!" Sayla screams in pain as she was sent crashing down to the ground by the force and the weight of the attack
"Come to your family!"
"Elf-nichan" Lisanna sees her brother, relief washed over her face.
Sayla reverts back to her previous form as she was defeated
"we lose…" Lamy said as she fell down
"I will.." Elfman said as he reverts back
"protect my sisters!"
That's a wrap!
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