Back with the continuation
Sorry for the long hiatus
My laptop broke and got to get a new one with the addition of my college life, things been a hectic around here
Anywho
"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 but the scarlet Knight held a firm composure as she glares at Kyoka who smirked
"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 three individuals who are in their way
"Well this is quite the surprise." Midnight smirked as they were Jellal and the others
Jellal removed his hood, his eyes never leaving the rogue wizards.
"Meredy, Ultear, I will handle this." Jellal told the two as he took a step forward then another
"What?" the magenta-haired girl looked to Jellal with worry. "There are five of them, Jellal. You ca –"
"No." Ultear stop her "Jellal can handle this. There is no need for us 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, and Juvia 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." Gray 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."
"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. "Fairy Tail always pulls through in situations like this, right?"
"Right." Juvia nodded in agreement as they continued their way to the guild
With Natsu
He was flying in the air towards the direction of where he found the magic trail of Erza's and Mira's
"there a head" Drac spoke out as Natsu saw the headquarters of Tartaros
"Finally," Natsu spoke out as dark markings slither around his neck up to the left side of his face "time to show these low demons the real definition of 'terror'"
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.
Natsu dash towards Crawford and punched the old man on 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?" Natsu demanded the Cyclops demon
"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.
Back with Natsu
"what will it be, one eye? Tell me or I'll get it out of you" Natsu said as he cracked his neck then punched his knuckles together
"Oh my!" Franmalth voiced with pleasant surprise. "You mean those two captive human girls? Then you must be part of Fairy Tail!"
"tell me now" Natsu growled as he clenched his fist
"How did you find this place?" Franmalth interrogated. "You must have followed the chairman here. How much will he pay for this blunder? How much?"
Natsu dash towards Franmalth as he punched the cyclops on the face with a flaming fist that sends Franmalth spinning round in the air before falling back to the ground.
"You talk too much" Natsu said with anger in his voice
After a few seconds Franmalth rose from the ground, his surprise now replaced with anger.
"You dare to hit me?! How much will your punishment cost you? How much?!" Franmalth shouted as spikes started appearing on his back body and arms
"The price is 10,000 souls!" he exclaimed as his arms stretched and attacked Natsu
Natsu step aside before grabbing a hold of the elongated hands and then tugs the cyclops to him before kneeing him to the face and then a black flaming punch to the face
"Gaaahh!" Franmalth shouted in pain before Natsu grips a hold of Franmalth face then scorched his face to the point that a direct explosion was caused instantly to the cyclops
""impossible! How can a human!? How can a human harm me?! A demon!?"" Franmalth thought in shock as Natsu's attack cause so much pain to him
"That's enough, Franmalth." A voice interrupted. "Let me take it from here. You get the chairman to safety."
Natsu looked at this new challenger with confusion. Franmalth was more than happy to step aside out of fear.
"S-Silver-sama." He announced shakily.
Natsu looks at Silver as his nose smelled his scent
Franmalth grabbed the unconscious Crawford and began a hasty retreat.
"I-I'll just leave the intruder in your hands then. I'll see to the chairman's injuries and make sure he gets the necessary procedures started."
"Alright, alright." Silver groaned. "You don't have to go over every little detail."
After Franmalth had retreated – leaving only Natsu, and Silver.
"So you're the one who melted Sun Village, huh?" Silver asked Natsu.
"You the one who froze it?" Natsu replied his question with his own
"Well I gotta thank you, seeing as how the whole thing was an accident. Kind a would felt guilty if it stayed that way forever, ya know?" Silver said with a laugh
"your smell reminds me of…" He shock nearly rendered him speechless.
"Hm?"
"Gray…"
Silvers mood shifted and he swiped two fingers across the air, flash freezing the dragon slayer into a statue.
"Do not speak that cursed name." Silver ordered.
With Kyoka
Kyôka was sitting on a couch with Sayla in front of her
"You say you know which three humans constitute Face's ward?" Sayla questioned.
"Precisely." Kyôka boasted. "Even this one will concede that the former chairman's Super Archive is an impressive magic."
"Does this mean we no longer need to exert energy on extermination missions?" Sayla wondered.
"In a way." Kyôka answered. "Two of the three have already been removed by us. The remaining link is Jellal. Once we rid ourselves of him, we will be able to activate Face."
"A magic pulse bomb." Sayla mused. "It seems like a most frightening weapon."
"And yet we require it."
"I am well aware of that. How close are we to finding this...Jellal?"
"That depends on Erza." Kyôka chuckled.
"Loosening lips is your specialty, Kyoka-sama." Sayla praised her
"In honesty, your Macro would be more effective in coercing her, but that method offers too little sport for this one. That being said, we must prevent Fairy Tail from meddling further."
"I have taken care of that, Mistress." Sayla smiled lovingly. "I have crafted the perfect ending for Fairy Tail's story."
Kyôka looked at her subordinate with satisfaction. "Come here, Sayla. You have been deprived of this one's affections for far too long." She lead her to the bed.
"Kyôka-sama~." Sayla breathed in lust
With Jellal
Jellal crashed against the ground from the force of Angel's attack.
"Jellal!" Meredy called out and tried to go and help but Ultear stopped her.
Oracion Seis had gained the upper hand, and Meredy was powerless to help. Everytime she tried, Jellal would always push her away and insist on doing it on his own.
Jellal rose to one knee. "Get out of here, Meredy!"
"But...I can't just leave you here by yourself!"
"This is something I have to do on my own!" he insisted. Racer and Cobra rushed him again.
"Nobody's taking our freedom from us again!" Racer proclaimed.
"Nobody!" Cobra added.
They both punched Jellal, who managed to block. Racer zoomed around and kicked him in the back of the neck while Cobra pushed him back with his poison claws.
"The chains that bind us are no more!" Angel declared, summoning more cherubs.
"Our paths began in a dark tower..." Macbeth began. "We thought ourselves freed by Brain, but it was a false freedom!"
Jellal remained on the defensive as Macbeth continued his speech.
"We have torn away from our families, and for that reason, we cursed the world. We were nothing, mere pawns used to bind Zero. But now...our true freedom is right before our eyes...and we will-"
"I will free you!" Jellal shouted. His body glowing from his Meteor spell, he evaded Racer's kick and countered with a punch to the speed wizard's face and slammed him into the ground much to the shock of Oracion Seis. "The 'freedom' you think you have now is still a lie!" He then zoomed past Cobra, his target being Macbeth. "As long as you continue to be mired in darkness, it always be a lie!"
Macbeth's eyes narrowed. "You dare...?!"
at Fairy Tail
At the Fairy Tail guild, the frantic wizards began suggesting ideas on how to proceed against Tartaros.
Everyone from the away teams had returned to the guild except for Natsu, Erza, and the Strauss siblings.
With Natsu, Erza, and Mirajane missing, and the Thunder Legion still down for the count, Fairy Tail's fighting force was nearly cut in half as things were only growing more desperate for the strongest guild in Fiore.
"where's Papa?" Aya asked Gray who came back with Juvia
"he's a bit late because he still needs to help out the others" Gray told her "don't worry, he promised to be back, right?"
"We investigated the former chairman's home, or what was left of it, but…" Charla began.
"No one was there. Not Natsu. Not Erza. Mirajane. Anyone." Lucy finished. "It was all but abandoned."
Wendy sulked next to the pair, looking down at the floor in shame. "I couldn't pick up any of their scents either."
"What happened there?" Gray wondered.
"I'm worried about them." Juvia said.
"If only we knew Tartaros' location we could counter-attack." Levy mused in frustration.
"Gajeel, perhaps you could find a trace of the chairman's smell." Lily suggested. "Your nose is stronger than Wendy's isn't it?"
"Even if it was, a person's smell doesn't linger around all that long." He placed his hand on the still-sulking Wendy's head. "If the squirt couldn't pick up anything, then I wouldn't be able to either."
"I'm sorry." Wendy apologized again.
"Stop beating yourself up, child." Charla said. "No one blames you."
Makarov took in all of the information being tossed around and hummed to himself. He was deep in thought about what to do next.
"We can't get ahold of Lisanna or Elfman either." Cana reported. "That's only worrying me more."
"What about the other guilds who are helping us?" Max asked Laki. "What's going on with the other council members?"
"They're all reporting that no action has occurred." Laki reported.
"We have to find out where Tartaros' guildhall is located quickly!" Makarov announced loudly "if we do not act fast, Tartaros might get a hold of Face and activate it!"
Everyone nodded and tried everything to find the whereabouts of Tartaros before Elfman came in from the front door
"Elfman!" Jet shouted.
"You alright?!" Macao asked.
"Wait…" Droy noticed something was off. "Where's Lisanna?"
Elfman didn't answer his friends at first, his eyes were filled with Sayla's Macro influence.
With Natsu
Natsu was in a prison cell with Lisanna as both were shackled and imprisoned
"so, what happened to Elfman?" Natsu asked her while trying to get out of the shackles that was chained on their hands after he hears her part of the story of how she got captured by the enemy
"I don't know," Lisanna replied while feeling worried for her big brother "I'm worried for Mira-nee, how are we going to get out of here?"
"Just leave that to me." Natsu said without realizing that the dark markings on his face was increasing even more on his back and to his left shoulder
With Jellal
Jellal stood across from the defeated members of Oracion Seis as he used Sema to deal the final blow upon them and came out victorious.
"he won!" Meredy exclaimed in joy with Ultear smilng
"What terrible magic…" the reformed dark wizard shuddered.
Midnight stirred awake. Unable to move, he simply spoke. "I've lost…kill me…"
"I'm not going to do that." Jellal refused.
"Are you…going to take us back to jail?" Angel asked.
"No. I'm not going to do that either." Jellal answered.
"Then…what are you going to do with us?" Midnight inquired. "Leave us here to lick our wounds?"
"I want you to join Fairy Tail." Jellal revealed to the shock of everyone. He walked over to the downed Midnight. "I'll make sure your prayers are all fulfilled. I promise." He knelt down, gripping Midnight by the collar of his shirt.
"come with me to the light! I want us to work together to take down Zeref! Will you help us?!"
At Fairy Tail
Back at the Fairy Tail guild everyone gathered around the returned Elfman, asking him question after question.
"Are you alright?!"
"What happened out there?!"
"You look terrible."
"Where's Lisanna?!"
"Why didn't you contact us?!"
"Lisanna…" Elfman began. "Was captured."
Everyone let out a collective gasp.
"No…" Wendy gasped
"They got Lisanna, too?!" Lucy shouted in disbelief.
"We were too late to save Elder Yuri…" Elfman explained monotone. "I was right there with her but…but I couldn't…"
"No one blames you for what happened," Gray reassured. "It's not your fault."
"He's right." Lily said. "Levy is currently locating Tartaros' base. There's no need to worry. We will get them back."
"Yes. Don't worry." Juvia nodded. "We will rescue Lisanna and the others!"
"Right…" Elfman trailed off.
"You're hopeless!" Cana chided to the surprise of the others. "You mean you let the enemy take your sister and you didn't go after them? You just tucked tail and came back here?"
"Cana-san!" Wendy shouted worriedly.
"I-I lost them…' Elfman defended.
"How?! You can turn into a beast! You telling me you couldn't track them down?!" Cana interrogated.
"Cana, will you cut it out?!" Gray scolded.
"But it doesn't add up!"
Elfman turned away from everyone. "Sorry…I need to rest for a little while." He walked away, leaving everyone to their thoughts.
"You didn't have to jump on him like that!" Gray said to Cana.
The fortuneteller ignored him and continued to watch Elfman walk away as she knew something was off
Once Elfman was far enough away he pulled the lacrima bomb from his pocket and clenched it tightly in his hand
"If I want to see Lisanna again…I have to destroy the guild."
In Hell's core
Inside the laboratory, Lamy shook her butt happily from side to side as she monitors her ally's regeneration.
"What'll we do? What'll we do if they're born early from all the shaking? Should I worry?" Lamy quickly grew serious, raising her arm to her forehead.
"Never!" she then just as quickly returned to her happy demeanor.
"I mean they're already revived, right?" She turned to a man with shoulder-length blonde hair and brown skin.
The man raised his hand to his face. "Is this my new body?"
"That's right, Tempester!" Lamy nodded.
"Tempester? Is that my name?"
"It sure is! And look how hot you are!" Lamy gushed. "I mean if we have to revive you, then a hot guy would be best, right?!"
"I do not care about looks."
"What's the big idea?!" Jackal complained, emerging from his own pod. The only thing that had changed about him was his outfit, longer ears, and his now bushy tail.
"How come you only did that with him?!"
"Because you were cute to begin with Jackal!" Lamy answered happily, hugging the revived demon's arm.
"Get off me would ya?!" Jackal pushed away. "You're creeping me out!"
"Jackal?" Tempester asked.
"What's up, Tempester? Guessing you don't remember me, huh?"
Lamy began to sob. "Tempester loses his memories every time he regenerates. It must be because of his anti-magic particles." She wiped her tears away. "Poor guy." She once again turned serious. "But I am here for him!"
Jackal remembered how he was defeated by Natsu and the sense of terror that ran through him
"THAT BASTARD! WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON THAT FIREBALL!" Jackal shouted in anger
"You're so hot when you're angry!" Lamy squealed. "It revives my spirit!"
"You're so annoying!" Jackal groaned.
Footsteps approached from the right. Each of the demons looked to the source.
"Who is that?" Tempester asked.
"Yeah. Who are you supposed to be?" Jackal questioned.
The figure was a woman with long black hair and horns sticking from her head. Her right eye was covered by what looked like ink and she wore a cloak that opened in the front, revealing her bandage covered breasts and waist. A black mark trialed from her chest to her leg and her Tartaros guild mark was positioned on her abdomen.
"Oh yea, I forgot." Lamy giggled. "That's Minerva. She's a human that Kyôka-sama found." Lamy sighed with boredom.
"I gotta say though, I have no interest in girls."
Minerva looked at her newly formed claws. "So this is a demon's power? I can feel it coursing through my veins."
"Minerva." Tempester repeated.
"A new member to the club, huh?" Jackal smirked
"Speaking of things I have no interest in…" Lamy ran to another pod, pressing her face against the cold glass. Inside it was an unconscious Mirajane, whose limbs were being held by demonic tentacles.
"What was her name again? Mira something, right?" A sadistic smile crossed the bunny girl's lips.
"You think you're so cute, don't you?" she said to the unconscious Fairy Tail wizard. "Well I'm going to turn you into the ugliest caterpillar in the world." She began to laugh manically.
"Shut up will ya!" Jackal shouted. "You're pissing me off!"
Jackal then remembers the demonic like feeling Natsu gave of when the two fought
""that fireball ain't no human at all, he's a demon-like us. But why is a demon with those weak humans!?""
In a monitor room
Inside a giant room further in the guild hall, Crawford used his Super Archive magic. Establishing what he called a "real time link" he searched the entire continent for any trace of Jellal.
Franmalth watched him wiggle his fingers before looking up at the giant hologram globe above them.
"Hmm." Crawford mused. "Let's see…" his eyes narrowed, a sadistic smile forming on his features.
"There we are." He walked down the stairs of the tall platform, Franmalth following behind him.
"Have you found Jellal?" the demon asked.
"Even better." Crawford answered with evil glee. "I've transferred his key to me using my super archive powers!"
Franmalth was even more confused. "Huh?" he tilted his head.
Crawford sighed and held up his finger to explain. "In layman's terms I've take possession of Jellal's key."
"You have?!"
"Indeed." The former chairman nodded. "And using those same principles I'm able to transfer it to someone else on the continent and we can kill them to eliminate the ward! We could use one of those fairies we caught."
"Hold on, chairman. You're saying that you now possess the final key?"
"Yes, you nincompoop! To be honest, not even I thought this could be done! My Super Archive magic is beyond magnificent!" He looked back the transparent globe.
"Now once we take down the wards around Face, the world will be ours to control!"
"Wow. It's hard to believe that such a well-guarded key could be stolen so easily." Franmalth marveled.
"This is just proof of how powerful I am!" Crawford boasted.
"I wonder if that is really the case." Franmalth said darkly.
"What are you- gah!?" Crawford couldn't finish his sentences as he was pierced from behind by a sharp blade.
"This would do away with the final ward, yes?" Kyôka asked as she was the one who stabbed Crawford.
The former chairman gargled and gasped for air before falling to the ground, dead.
"Oh my. Oh my." Franmalth cackled.
Suddenly the floating cube began to shake, alerting the two of them
Kyôka looked around the shaking room, not the least bit fazed by the tremors. "Even the cube reacts." She observed.
"Face's wards have been vanquished."
With Natsu and Lisanna
As the Cube shakes, Natsu took it as a chance to escape
The Dragon Slayer tugs the cuffs on his hands before breaking them apart with just his brute force
"now yours" Natsu said as he melted off the chain on his legs
"ok!" Lisanna said as Natsu rips of the cuffs on her
"Let's go save the others!" Natsu said before he breaks the cell door with just a punch
"Ok!" Lisanna changed into her Cat Animal Soul and stood next to Natsu who equips on Drac
With Kyôka
Inside the archive room Kyôka and Franmalth were beginning to succumb to the effects of the tremors.
"This is quite the reaction!" Kyôka noted, trying to keep her footing.
"There's no doubt! The wards on Face have been released!" Franmalth exclaimed while holding a pillar for life
"What are its coordinates?" Kyôka said to him
Franmalth slowly moved to a screen near the wall and typed away. "It's quite a long way from where we predicted."
"No matter. Begin the operation!" Kyôka ordered.
"Well…about that…" Franmalth began. Just as he was going to voice his concerns, the rumblings stopped. "Hey the shakings stopped."
"Never mind that." Kyôka deflected. "What were you saying earlier?"
"Oh. We can't activate Face from here."
"What?!" Kyôka exclaimed at him
"Face can't be controlled remotely." Franmalth clarified. "It can only be activated manually. Well to be more accurate, the chairman could have activated it but…" the demon began to cackle.
Kyôka grimaced, looking at the dead body of Crawford.
"Perhaps this one acted…prematurely. We have no other choice, we must send someone there to activate Face."
"Fine with me! I just hope Fairy Tail doesn't interfere again!"
Sayla walked into the room. "You need not worry on that account. In but a few moments, the tale of the fairies will come to an end. And the tale of the demons has begun"
At Fairy Tail
Elfman knelt before the bomb lacrima he had placed on the ground as he was in the basement store room.
Tears streamed down his face as the bomb reached critical mass. He hated himself for what he was doing to his friends and his home, but he wanted Lisanna back, and he would do nearly anything to see her again.
"Elfman…" Cana called out to Elfman as she walks down the stairs
"You've been acting strange lately. So I just came to check on you and-" as Cana entered the room, she saw the glowing orb. "What's with that lacrima?"
In a rage Elfman leapt towards the fortuneteller. "Stay back! Don't interfere!"
"Elfman!" Cana was tackled into the shelf, knocking over all of the bottles and charts. "What the hell is wrong with you?! Get off me!"
"Don't interfere!" he repeated. "Don't interfere!"
Cana struggled under his grip, barely managing to turn her head to look at the lacrima again.
She began to recognize the strange symbol. ""A bomb?!""
"Someone! Hel-"Elfman covered her mouth, muffling her cries to the others.
""Is someone controlling him?"" Cana pondered in a panic. Her mind was racing, thinking of any possible way to avoid the bombs inevitable explosion.
""If I don't do something quick, we're all gonna be blown to hell!"" She managed to move her mouth free.
"Elfman, snap out of it dammit!" she kicked against his ribs, but it had no effect.
"Fairy Tail will be destroyed…" Elfman muttered. "Destroyed."
Cana reached into her pocket and pulled out a blank card. "Sorry, big guy, but I have no other choice!"
She slapped the card against Elfman's face, and pointed the index and middle fingers of her right hand at it.
In a flash Elfman was sucked into the card, still repeating the word "destroyed" as he banged on the invisible barrier keeping him there.
Cana grabbed the card and rose back to her feet. "Good thing that hot friend of Erza's taught me that trick a while back." she thanked. She looked back at the bomb and then ran up the stairs.
"It's gonna blow any minute! I have to save the others!"
Above ground, Fairy Tail continued their preparations, unaware of the danger just below them.
"I got it!" Levy shouted. "I've located their base!"
"Good job, Levy!" Jet praised.
"I knew you could do it!" Droy cheered.
"Where are they?" Makarov asked.
"Right above us!" Levy pointed.
"Huh?" Lucy questioned. "What do you mean 'right above us'?"
"Judging from what Natsu said, they were on the Bosco national border before he came back here. Judging by their speed and direction, they should be above Magnolia right now!"
Gajeel's eyes narrowed. "So they came to us."
"It seems that way." Lily nodded.
"We can save Natsu and others now." Lucy said happily.
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Gray shouted. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!" everyone yelled in unison.
Suddenly Cana emerged from below, a deck of cards in her hand. She swiped the cards, all of them flying towards her guildmates.
"All of you, into cards!" A bright light enveloped the wizards, and soon they were all sucked into the card dimension.
"What's going on?" Lucy asked.
"What is this?' Juvia questioned.
"Wait, I know this magic…." Gray remembered.
"What's going on, Cana?" Levy asked worriedly.
"Salavage!" Cana exclaimed as all of the cards holding her friends all returned to her hands
She then turned herself into one. "Charla! Lily!"
The exceeds – who remained in their normal states – ran to the cards.
"What is this?" Lily inquired.
"The guild is about to explode!" Cana explained hurriedly. "Take the cards and fly us to Tartaros' base! It's time for a counter-attack!"
"go it!" Charla said as she and Lily grabs the cards and barely escaping before the building exploded.
With Natsu and Lisanna
Natsu and Lisanna ran down the corridors of Tartaros' guild hall, the dragon slayer taking out any guards standing in their way
"How far is it?" Lisanna asked.
"Close. We're almost where Erza is being held. I can smell her." Natsu replied as he had black flames on Drac
"there!" Lisanna exclaimed as she pointed to a cell door that had the sound of screaming coming from in it
"stand back" Natsu said as he lifted Drac towards the cell door before crushing the metal door with just a grip
The door was broken as Natsu throws away the crushed-up door and sees Erza being tortured by Yakdriga
"Erza!" Lisanna shouted in shock to see Erza being tortured
Natsu dashed towards the frog creature and grips a hold of it
Natsu growled in anger as he creates a direct explosion at the creature's face ad burns the creature into a crisp
He then turns his attention to his Erza who was getting her shackles freed by Lisanna
"Erza?! Erza!?" Lisanna called out to her as she can't believe that there were so many scars and bruises on the Scarlet's knight bare naked body
"move" Natsu told her as he kneels behind Erza and place Drac over Erza's face
Green aura appeared on Drac as Erza's body glowed green before dimming
Erza grunted before slowly opened her eyes, her first sight being Natsu. "Nat…su…?"
"Yeah." Natsu said as he takes off his vest and gave it to Erza
"Who did this to you?" Natsu asked while Erza to sit up
"A demon named Kyôka. She was torturing me in order to find information on Jellal's whereabouts." Erza replied
"Why Jellal?" Lisanna asked her
"She said he was one of the links to Face." Erza answered. "They were planning to kill him."
"where is Mira-nee?" Lisanna asked Erza
Erza shook her head. "I don't, but Kyôka mentioned something of remodeling her into one of their number."
"Oh no." Lisanna gasped.
With Kyoka
Kyôka watched Fairy Tail's explosion along with Franmalth and very pleased Sayla.
"It is as you see, Mistress Kyôka." Sayla smiled with pride, directing her eyes to the smoking crater on the screen.
"Excellent work, Sayla." Kyôka commended.
"I wonder how much life has been lost." Franmalth cackled. "How much?"
"If the fairies have been completely annihilated, then there is no need to guide the Cube into this airspace. We will return to our original objective. Face! The time has come! How fitting is it that the legacy these humans have created for themselves out of jealously and fear will ultimately bring their destruction! We will use Face to wipe out the humans, and usher in a new demonic age! Then all of our efforts will bring about the world our master Zeref dreamed of."
Franmalth saw lights flashing on a nearby screen and began to type. "Hmm? What's this?"
"What is it, Franmalth?" Kyôka requested.
"It looks like we're picking up multiple magical energy readings."
An armored guard rushed into the room. "There's trouble!" he shouted. "Scouts have confirmed two objects flying towards the Cube!"
"Two?" Franmalth questioned. "The scanners are picking up much more than that."
"We've only confirmed two, sir!"
"An explanation is required. Sayla." Kyôka requested.
The horned demon typed on another screen. "I will check the Under-Cube images."
On the screen Sayla was shown, the radar picked up three small dots, surprising both Sayla and Franmalth.
"What is that?!" Sayla implored.
As the objects drew closer, the three dots were revealed to be Charla, and Pantherlily.
"Cats…?!" Sayla questioned.
"You say there are multiple readings emanating from these small creatures?" Kyôka inquired.
"Look, Mistress!" Sayla pointed. "The cats appear to be holding something." She squinted her eyes to see.
"Cards?!"
Charla and Lily flies closer to the Cube with all they got
"Those cards must be holding the Fairy Tail humans!" Franmalth deduced.
"No…" Sayla shuddered. "My attack…failed?"
Kyôka turned to the guard and began to give orders. "Establish defensive parameters! Engage the Under-Cube's gravitational field, and set the rear and side cubes to battle condition one now! Let none reach the top cube!"
"Yes ma'am!" the guard saluted and bolted out of the door.
Charla and Lily got closer to cube with their friends in the cards
"We're almost there!" Lily told his comrades before they felt a force pull them to the underside of the cube.
"What is going on?!" Charla shouted.
"Were' being sucked in!" Lily yelled.
Charla landed with a thud, but Pantherlily managed to land on his feet.
Charla got up and sees a group of armored men advancing towards them with weapons. "The enemy is approaching!"
"Ok!" Cana said, coming out of her card.
"I'm going to release everyone!" With a wave of her hand, the other Fairy Tail wizards were back to normal. Each of them ready for battle. They began their charge.
"Fairy Tail, attack!" Cana shouted.
In Hell's core
Lamy stood in front of Mirajane's pod, an irritated look on her face as she listened to all the commotion from above.
"There sure is a lot of noise going on out there." She shrugged her shoulders and smiled again.
"Whatever. Who cares?" She turned back to Mirajane. "First, I'm going to mess up that pretty face of yours!" she giggled menacingly. She watched in shameless mirth as the tentacles holding Mirajane infused her with demon genes.
"Well?" Lamy rhetorically asked. "How does it feel to have your body flooded with demonic genes?"
Mirajane's face began to react negatively, further amusing Lamy.
"You'll be reborn ugly!" the bunny-girl squealed. "So ugly that you'll hate it! You will hate it so much!"
Suddenly Mirajane's eyes opened and the pod holding her shattered, the force sending Lamy sliding across the floor. "W-What is this?! What is this?!" Lamy yelled hysterically.
"Sorry." Mirajane apologized. She turned to look at the surprised bunny-girl, the tentacles holding her now draped over her body.
"I already have my fair share of demon genes thanks to Satan Soul, but I do thank you for the pick me up. Now I'm all revived."
Lamy shrieked in fright, scampering back to the nearest pod.
With Kyôka
Kyôka hurriedly walked through the corridors of the Cube. Time was running short, and she needed a way to stall Fairy Tail.
"Perhaps Erza will be of use." she implied. "Hostages tend to be the most effective with humans."
When she approached her torture room, she was shocked to see that the look to the door was completely destroyed.
"What happened here?" When she entered the room her eyes went wider at the vacant space. "Where is Erza? Who made this hole?!"
Kyôka suddenly felt a dark aura approaching from behind, before she could react, she was suddenly slam to the side by a powerful swing before getting punched through the wall by a flaming punch
"stand up." A dark voice snarled at Kyoka as an armored claw grabs Kyoka's face and lifted her up
Kyôka grunted as blood seeps through between her lips.
"H-How did you escape?" Kyôka said before she sees Erza and Lisanna coming into view
"You showed me such hospitality while I was your guest." Erza said to Kyoka "Allow me to repay you in kind."
Kyôka gritted her teeth in anger, her obstinate glare focused on her former prisoner.
"Or if you would like…" Erza trailed off before Natsu slams Kyoka to the stone floor and then slams his foot over her stomach causing the demon to gasp out air
"I can leave your care in the hands of my friend here."
With Fairy Tail
Elfman's eyelids twitched before flying open as he sat up and sees a battle waging just a few meters ahead.
"What's going on? Where am I?" he asked without realizing what he had done
"You back to your senses?" A familiar voice asked.
Elfman looked up and saw Cana standing over him, a smirk on her lips as he remembers the things, he did to the guild
"What have I done…?"
"You're about to save your sisters, right? So get on your feet!" Cana exclaimed at him as she kicks his back
Elfman's eyes narrowed in determination as he stands up "You're right." He said before he changes into his Beast form.
"Let's go!" he roared as he raced into the fray.
Cana grinned. "That's more like it." She pulled out a deck of cards and joined the battle alongside him.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye