As Lucy prepared for battle, Happy gave her a deadpanned expression as he sighed.
"Ah, why do you have to try and steal the spotlight from them?" Happy asked.
He shook his head while knowing Rizzo and Erza wouldn't need the help from anyone. In fact, they nearly took down half the guys.
"Open: Gate of the Giant Crab!" Lucy said while using one of her gold keys. "Cancer!"
Cancer appeared from a golden ball of light, and Rizzo actually paused in her playing to looking over curiously. She looked at the spirit that appeared while noticing his long crab legs. A giant crab man?
"You need me to fight the dudes, baby?" Cancer questioned.
Rizzo sweat-dropped thinking that this celestial spirit seemed kind of lame. Or maybe it was just her.
"I've never seen such a horrible hairstyle!" One of the men said.
"You look like an idiot!" Another shouted.
That didn't seem to set well with Cancer, and he quickly went to take care of them men with his scissors. Their weapons fell into pieces and they were all suddenly sporting bald heads. Rizzo let out a laugh guessing that was one way to take out those thugs.
"That was impressive." Erza said.
"It helped out for sure." Rizzo said still grinning.
She's never seen Celestial magic in person, but it certainly was something interesting.
"Thanks, but it's not big deal." Lucy said while blushing then turned to the side. "Alright, I totally scored points with them!"
Rizzo chuckled finding Lucy amusing
"However, this grab spirit of yours, the way he calls you baby…I find it rather insulting." Erza said.
Lucy and Cancer looked away both looking bothered, and Rizzo rolled her eyes.
"Points unscored." Lucy said.
"Whoa…ba-bam." Cancer murmured.
Rizzo laughed thinking she was going to like having Lucy around as part of their group.
"Still so many." Erza said. "I thought we took care most of them."
Rizzo refocused on the wizards before her as they started to rally once more. Looked like there was more work to be done.
"Obviously not." Rizzo said. "If you're starting to get overwhelmed, Erza, then you can sit the rest of this out. It's not like I need help from you."
As Rizzo snapped her fingers, Lucy watched in awe as the speakers disappeared into thing air. The guitar went next before a violin and its bow came appeared in Rizzo's waiting hands.
"Don't worry about me." Erza said. "It's annoying, but I can take them out."
The red magic circle appeared under Erza as her entire body started to glow. Her clothes disappeared, which had the Eisenwald guild to hoot and holler like perverted monkeys. Rizzo rolled her eyes at the men's reactions.
"Most magic swordsmen can only swap their swords, but Erza can switch into magic armor to enhance her abilities." Happy said as Erza's armor finished reequipping. "It's a talent that only she possesses. That's what makes her magic special. A technique called…the Knight."
Rizzo frowned feeling as if she was totally being shown up here. She couldn't have that, so she prepared her violin as Erza prepared her swords.
"Now, dance my swords," Erza began as Rizzo was saying, "Time to play a medley."
"Circling swords!" Erza shouted.
"Song of the Dancing Wind!" Rizzo called out as she played vigorously on her violin.
As Erza's swords shot forward, a blast of magic wind flew out of the magic circle in front of the violin. The attacks merged with a blasting light appearing that blinded everyone for a second. When the light cleared, Lucy gasped when seeing only two men were still standing.
"Whoa, they nearly wiped out the entire guild!" Lucy said.
One of the men went flying at Erza as the other called out that he should stop. Before the man could reach Erza, Rizzo, who had sent her violin away, whirled around placing a kick to his face. He dropped like a fly, and Rizzo raised her head to glare at the last guy. He stiffened with his eyes widening.
"Looks like you're the last one, pal." Rizzo said as she cracked her knuckles. "Since I think using magic will be a waste of time, let's trade fists."
The man started shaking as Rizzo stepped forward ready to kick his ass. However, he took off running before he could get her hands on him.
"I imagine he's going after Erigor." Erza said. "You two should follow—"
"Lucy, follow the flunky." Rizzo interrupted Erza. "I'm sure you and Happy can handle it. I'm going to follow after the boys to see if I can help them with Erigor. Erza, I think you should clear the curious bystanders outside the station."
Lucy's mouth dropped open in shock that Rizzo was giving the orders since the blonde was sure that it wouldn't set well with Erza. However, instead of waiting around to see if everyone was okay with the plan, Rizzo took off running in the direction the boys went. Lucy blinked before looking to Erza.
"So, uh, should we really go after that guy?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, just go!" Erza said.
"Yes, ma'am!" Lucy said then took off running with Happy right behind her.
Erza let out a huff as she fell to her knees. She really did overdo it with the magic mobile. She looked in the direction the boys went along with Rizzo. She hoped the pinkette found the boys in time and could help them. She wouldn't be of much help for a bit. She just hoped everything ended soon and with her guildmates alright.
Rizzo ran through the hallway while running as fast as possible. She needed to catch up to Natsu and Gray. Hopefully they already found Erigor. She came to a split in the hall with a frown forming on her face. Which way did she need to go? Her head whipped around when a large crashing noise came from the hallway towards the new line. Looks like that direction was her best bet. She took off down the hallway while following the sounds of fighting until she came to the studio room.
She noticed the door was kicked down, and that there was a large hole leading into the other room. As she hurried over to it to step inside, a shape flew right at her causing her to gasp. She was hit head on while falling to the floor with this thing on top of her. Once she gained her bearings, she realized it was Gray who was laying on top of her causing her brow to twitch in annoyance.
"Gray, get your fat ass off of me!" She snapped.
"What'd you say?!" Gray demanded then blinked as he finally realized he was laying on top of Rizzo. "Rizzo, when did you get here?"
Rizzo's brow twitched more in annoyance before she shoved Gray off of her. He grunted hitting the floor behind her as she sat up.
"Just now." Rizzo said. "Care to tell me why you're fooling around?"
Gray frowned at her as he sat up as well. Before he could answer, the guy he was fighting attacked with those long black wraps of tape from around his fingers. Gray moved quickly as he grabbed Rizzo, who gasped in surprise, to jump out of the way. He landed on his feet a few feet away with Rizzo still in his arms. He glared at his opponent as he set the pinkette down.
"I came here looking for Erigor, but found this punk instead." Gray explained as he stood with Rizzo. "Turns out we had their plan all figured out wrong."
"Great." Rizzo said frowning. "I guess that means you were just about the beat the answers out of this guy."
Gray nodded his head as his opponent retracted his magical tape as he glared at Gray and Rizzo.
"Turns out they only took over this station to cut off connection to Clover." Gray said. "The town where the Guild Masters are meeting, and what's keeping us from going there is a wind barrier that Erigor set up."
Rizzo's eyes widened before she turned her head back towards Erigor's flunky as he laughed.
"So you finally figured it out, huh?" The guy asked. "Well, it's too late to stop us now!"
He attacked once more with those weird wraps of his, and Gray pushed Rizzo out of the way to take the hit himself. She shouted her protest as Gray was sent flying into the air. Gray ignored her though as he kept focused on his opponent.
"You Eisenwald punks must be pretty brave to take on a pretty powerful group of wizards." Gray said.
"Those ignorant old fogies won't even know what hit them once Lullaby's Song starts playing." The guy retorted. "There's no way Erigor's plan will fail!"
The guy then attacked once more while wrapping Gray and Rizzo both up before the pinkette could even stand. She frowned down at the tape finding this all very annoying.
"You and your little Fairy friends are stuck in this station, so there's nothing you can do about it." He taunted. "Soon we'll have our revenge on everyone who tried to keep us down! When we're done they'll be completely wiped out!"
His head then whirled around to Rizzo who chuckled as her lips turned up into a smirk. She lifted her head to look at the guy with a dark look in her green eyes.
"You and your little dark guild friends are pretty stupid, aren't you?" She asked causing the guy's brow to twitch in annoyance. "Do you really think you and Erigor's little barrier is going to stop us? Especially after you tell us that the Guild Masters are in danger. To you they might be old fogies, but—!"
"To us they're the closest things to parents we've got!" Gray finished before he started to freeze the wraps around him.
His opponent gasped in shock as the wraps shattered due to be frozen. The rest of his body started being frozen, which included the wraps around Rizzo who broke them with easy once they turned to ice. She gave a slight shiver, but besides that she was fine. She and Gray moved to stand next to each other as they glared at the Eisenwald guy.
"Not to mention you threatened the Master of Fairy Tail." Rizzo said. "You threaten any member our guild especially the old man, you'll find out just how scary we can be."
The guy gulped as Gray reached forward to grip his head in his hands as ice started forming. He started shouting for mercy, but he was soon covered completely in ice from head to toe.
"Well, that's over with." Rizzo said as she turned to leave. "Come on, you took up enough time playing. We gotta get a move on."
"What?!" Gray snapped. "What do you mean playing? And you didn't exactly do anything to help, ya know!"
Rizzo turned around to give him a deadpanned expression as he glared at her angrily.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Rizzo said sarcastically. "I guess I was wrong in assuming you had things handled. You might be a pain in my ass, but I always thought you could hold your own. But was I wrong? Well, if that's the case then don't worry, Princess Frosty, I'll be sure to protect you next time."
Gray's brow twitched in aggravation as Rizzo kept on going while not wanting to waste more time.
"That's not what I meant!" Gray snapped as he hurried after her.
Rizzo and Gray stood out on the balcony with Gray as they looked at the wind barrier in front of them.
"Definitely looks like a tough one to crack." Rizzo said. "And I have a feeling that force isn't going to work, but just to be sure."
Rizzo held out her hand with her violin appearing in her grip along with the bow. She put in place while building up her magic.
"Song of the Dancing Wind!" She shouted as she played her melody.
The spell went flying forward to hit the barrier full force. The attack bounced off while heading right back towards Rizzo. She cursed while taking the hit.
"Rizzo!" Gray shouted as she shouted in pain.
As the spell disappeared, Rizzo stood there with a few cuts on her body though nothing too serious. She had her violin disappear as she glared at the barrier.
"Definitely can't get out of here by force." She said as she held her side.
It was bleeding more than the rest of the cuts on her side, but she'd live that's for sure.
"You idiot!" Gray snapped as he moved to her side. "What were you thinking? You should have known that wouldn't work."
"Well, standing around isn't going to get us through!" Rizzo retorted as she turned to glare at him. "We have to help Master Makarov and the other Guild Masters. We can't worry about being banged up a little bit."
Gray frowned knowing they needed to get out of here, but hitting the barrier and getting banged up along the way wasn't helping either.
"Just wait here a second!" Gray said. "I'll got get Erza. Maybe she'll come up with a plan, and if force is all we've got, we'll need her help as well."
Rizzo sighed not wanting to admit she needed help from Erza, but now wasn't the time to worry about that. She just silently nodded her head, so Gray ran off to get Erza. After he was gone, Rizzo looked up at the wind barrier. They couldn't be stuck in here. They needed to find a way through.
"Master." She murmured in worry.
She knew Makarov was a strong wizard. One of the strongest she's ever known, but still the worry for the man who took her in and became like a father to her didn't decrease in the slightest.
Rizzo gasped as the building started shaking violently, which had her turning her head back towards inside. At first she was confused as to what had it shaking, but when fire shot out of the side, she knew exactly who was causing the damage.
"Natsu." She said grinning.
Looks like the party inside wasn't over, and there was still some flunkies to deal with. Rizzo then blinked as a thought came to mind. If the only way out did prove to be force in the end…then a Natsu-Rizzo power move should do the trick. Rizzo's lips turned up into an almost evil grin as her eyes lit up excitedly. Yeah, nothing could hold up after one of those. Which means she's going after Natsu. Rizzo hurried back inside while following the sound of destruction. Something Natsu is known for causing on a daily basis.
Soon the shaking and explosions stopped, but she still managed to find the room that Natsu was in. Gray and Erza were there as well, and the redhead was yelling at the flunky who had accused Natsu of getting him into trouble with Erigor. Rizzo frowned wondering what was going on when Lucy and Happy joined her in the doorway. Well, at least the group was back together again.
"Bad timing." Lucy said.
"What the hell is going on?" Rizzo demanded.
Gray looked away from Erza to look at the pinkette, who was not looking happy at the moment.
"What's going on?" Lucy asked with Happy nodding.
Rizzo looked to the two while realizing that they were the only ones not in the look.
"Erigor isn't here anymore." Gray said. "His plan wasn't to use the Lullaby here. He trapped us in here using a wind barrier…so we couldn't stop him from his real plan."
Lucy frowned worriedly while not wanting to even think what Erigor's real plan was. Just trying to figure it out had her stomach tightening uncomfortably.
"We'll explain more outside." Erza said as she stood. "Come along."
They all moved outside where the wind barrier was still waiting, which had Rizzo glaring at it. She hated this thing.
"Now are you going to explain?" Natsu asked.
Gray sighed then turned to face Natsu, Lucy, and Happy directly since they didn't know what was going on.
"Erigor wants to use the Lullaby in Clover…where the Guild Master conference is going on." Gray finished.
The air seemed to still completely as Lucy's eyes widened in utter shock. The Guild Master conference? He's planning to kill the Guild Masters? Master Makarov was there!
"What? Is Erigor really planning to use the Lullaby on the Guild Masters?!" Lucy asked.
"We have to stop him!" Natsu said.
"That's easier said than done." Erza said. "Erigor cut any means of reaching Clover, and is heading there by air."
"And using force isn't proving helpful." Rizzo added.
Erza looked to the pinkette seeing she had tried to force her way out as well, which ended with her being injured as Erza had been. And despite everything, Rizzo wasn't about to stop here. She would catch up to Erigor no matter what, and she was sure Natsu was feeling the same way.
"I'm sure we could catch up to him on the magic mobile." Gray said. "But we can't do anything until we figure out how to get beyond this barrier."
"How do we do that?" Lucy asked.
Suddenly Natsu gave a yell as he ran forward wish his fist engulfed in flames. He hit the barrier then shot backwards hurt from trying to breakout.
"See? That's what happens when you try to bust through." Gray said.
Rizzo knelt down beside Natsu to pat him on the head for a good try even if it didn't do anything.
"Kage, wake-up." Erza, who was knelt beside the wounded Kage, said. "We need you."
Natsu jumped up bounding at the barrier refusing to give up on trying to get out.
"We have to save Makarov!" Natsu growled.
Natsu got sent flying again, and Rizzo's grit her teeth wishing brute force was the answer. She then snapped her fingers. Wasn't she going to get Natsu for a special power move?
"Cut it out, you idiot." Gray said. "Obviously brute force isn't going to do you any good."
"Well, we have to figure out something because that Hikariyama guy, or whatever his name is, is useless at the moment." Rizzo said then grinned. "And I think I have solution."
The others looked at her curiously as she put her arm around Natsu's shoulders.
"If Doggie-yama dude can't wake up to break it, I'm sure a Natsu-Rizzo Power Move can destroy it!" Rizzo said giving a thumbs up. "We did punch a hole through a mountain one time."
Lucy's mouth dropped open in shock as she looked at the two pinkettes who were grinning madly.
"No way in hell!" Gray snapped.
"You two know Master has forbidden you two from anymore of those destruction spells of yours!" Erza said. "You will not try one of them."
Both pinkettes frowned at Gray and Erza as Lucy let out a sigh of relief. It was probably for the best that Gray and Erza told them no. Natsu then moved away from Rizzo to look at the barrier. Well, they still needed through somehow.
"Can't you freeze it, and Natsu like melt it?" Lucy asked.
"I would have tried that already if it was possible." Gray said.
Natsu, who was determined to bust out, ran through the barrier again to try and break free. He didn't even use fire this time as he hit the barrier.
"Natsu!" Gray and Rizzo shouted.
"Would you stop trying to be the hero?!" Lucy demanded. "You're going to be torn to shreds!"
Natsu just kept pushing against the barrier trying to crack it, but he ended up being shot back into Lucy who grabbed a hold of him.
"Just stop it!" Lucy begged.
Natsu frowned then his eyes widened a bit as he turned to look at Lucy who blinked in confusion.
"Wha…what is it?" She asked.
Natsu cried in a 'ah-ha!' moment, and he waved his arms widely, which shoved Lucy back.
"We can use your spirits." Natsu said. "Back at Everlue's mansion I was pulled from one place to another through the spirit world!"
"But normal people would suffocate to death if they did that." Lucy said. "They can't breathe in there. Besides, celestial wizards can only open a gate wherever they're standing!"
Which means that's a bust. Man, they needed to think of a way out of here. Makarov and the other masters were in danger, and they were stuck behind a stupid wind barrier.
"Huh?" Natsu asked.
"Okay let me simplify this for you." Lucy said.
Of course her next explanation didn't mean a thing to Natsu, and the two ended up arguing about it. Gray sighed in exasperation as Rizzo ran her hand through her bangs. Happy then let out a scream that had the others jumping.
"I just remembered, Lucy!" Happy said.
"Remembered what?" Lucy asked.
"WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU ON THE WAY HERE!" Happy shouted.
Rizzo blinked wondering what Happy was going on about. She also wondered if it was important enough to bring up now. They were trying to get out of here after all.
"Here!" Happy said pulling out a key.
"Where the heck did you get your paws on Virgo's key?!" Lucy demanded then grabbed Happy's mouth. "Didn't anyone ever teach you it's wrong to steal things?!"
"But I didn't steal it!" Happy said with his voice sounding funny. "Virgo asked me to give it to you!"
Lucy let go of Happy's mouth seeming surprised that Virgo wanted Lucy to have her key. Rizzo frowned not really understanding.
"Come on, we're wasting too much of our time listening to this nonsense." Gray said.
"Who's Virgo?" Natsu muttered. "Oh wasn't she that big gorilla maid?"
Rizzo tilted her head to the side really confused now. She thought Virgo a celestial being known as the Maiden.
"Apparently her contract with Everlue was broken the moment he was arrested." Happy said. "When we all left that day, she came up to me, and said she wanted to make a new contract with you, Lucy."
"Great, I get a big ugly spirit." Lucy said. "Anyway, thanks for letting me know, but I'll have to deal with that later. If you didn't realize it, we need to find a way out of here."
"But—" Happy was cut off by Lucy who went all demonic.
Natsu and Gray leaned away feeling uncomfortable by the dark energy Lucy was giving off. Rizzo just blinked as she watched Lucy pull on Happy's cheek.
"She can be pretty scary, huh?" Gray murmured.
"Guess she learned it form Erza." Natsu said.
"We don't need another Erza." Rizzo deadpanned.
Natsu and Gray nodded their heads in unison as Happy crawled away from Lucy with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." Happy said. "I just thought that since Virgo can drill roles that she can dig through the ground to get us to the other side of the barrier."
Everyone looked at Happy with wide eyes when those words left his furry little mouth.
"She can?" Erza asked.
"Seriously?" Gray and Rizzo asked in unison.
"You're right! She can!" Lucy said suddenly turning happy as she held Happy up in the air. "You're so smart, Happy! What didn't you mention that sooner, silly kitty?"
Rizzo blinked starting to wonder if Lucy might have split personality disorder.
"Because someone was pinching my face!" Happy said.
Lucy got down on her knees to bow deeply to Happy who was still holding the key.
"My most sincere and heartfelt apologies." Lucy said with tears running down her cheeks. "I promise to make it up to you. Just please let me have the key!"
"Give me some fish and all is forgiven!" Happy said smiling
Rizzo, Natsu, and Gray watched the two with sweat falling down the back of their heads. Rizzo then cleared her throat as Happy handed the key over to Lucy.
"Now that we have a way out, how about we hurry it up?" Rizzo asked. "Gramps needs us."
"Right." Lucy said nodding as she stood up with key in hand.