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Chapter 15

"What do you mean they aren't on a bullet train!" Carla hisses into the lacrama.

"It's just like Happy said the bullet train was damaged by something so the station ran a regular train. The girls had no choice; they barely made it onto a train at all." Lily calmly explained.

"Yes, yes," Carla lets out an exasperated sight. "We all know there is no possible way a regular train will be able to out run them. We can't spare anyone else here for back up I'm sorry it's up to you two."

Happy and Lily share a solemn nod, "will the train still make them sick?"

"For your sake Tom Cat I hope so, I truly do." Carla gives him a long look before cutting off their communication.

"Let's go save them Lily!" Happy charges off the second the lacrama is in his knapsack.

Back on the train…

"Alright Lu I've talked to the conductor and we're in a lot more trouble than we thought." Levy re-enters our cabin. "The reason we're on this train is because someone damaged the other one."

I have a sinking feeling in my stomach, "just what kind of damage."

Levy smirks a little, "I think you could guess….it was melted Lu. Not the whole train just the component that essentially gave it the increase in speed."

I raise my brow, "how in the world would he know just what to melt! I can't get that idiot to not destroy a whole town but now he has some serious focus and control!"

Levy's expression fell a little, "they found an engineer upside down in a cocoon of iron. My guess is they planned to force us to the train. They didn't have to find us they knew where we would eventually end up."

I shiver, "this …this is on a whole another level than we even thought they were capable. I mean Levy, are they still even them?"

Levy thought for a moment before answering, "I think they are still themselves in there. You know Natsu is actually great with battle strategy, maybe that's how they're looking at this. Lily and Happy said everything was being driven by their instincts. The very base of human instincts includes survival and securing a partner."

I nod, "and didn't Wendy say the hunting portion was part of their dragon instincts! Ok so they're in there someone but man we are going to need to step up our planning skills."

Levy nods in agreement, "first off we don't know how close they are, second we don't know if they've figured out where we are on the train, and third we don't know if they are listening for us."

Levy and I share a suspicious look and start sound proofing the room with a spell Master taught us. Once completed Levy pulled out a manifest.

"I've told the conductor everything and my suspicions they're moving everyone towards the front of the train. So once we have a plan we can make for the back of the train to keep everyone out of the way. Unfortunately that'll give us away and make it easier for them to find us."

I nod and release our disguises knowing it's useless now, "at least they can't sniff us out. What's on the manifest? And why do you have it?"

"Well the conductors wanted to help us out and when I asked if there was anything on the train that could help us. They talked it over with some of the passengers and they gave us permission to use anything we needed."

I smile touched by their kindness, "ok let's take a look. It would be great if we could find something to travel through the forest. I wish I could transform us into something else but I need a little recovery time. Plus I don't know if there was anything that could outrun them at this point."

"I agree Lu you and spirits were a great help getting us this far. I kind of feel like they would expect us to try another transformation at this point." I nod in agreement with her.

We pour over the manifest marking certain things that could help us. The closest town at this point was Acalypha but even that was still quite a distance. However they could cut straight through the forest to Magnolia since they wouldn't be restricted by the train. Once through the manifest decide to talk with the conductor to let them know just what we were planning.

We walk up to the front of the train and hand the conductor a letter. He looks at us questioningly but opens the letter and as he reads his eyebrows shoot up into his hair line. The letter reads:

We cannot speak our plan aloud as the people hunting us are listening and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. You cannot stop the train no matter what you see. They aren't able to board while you are in motion. We are getting off before Acalypha and will be taking the things marked on the Manifest. Hopefully we will be able to return them to you however if not please have the owners contact Fairytail.

We also apologize for the hole we will need to cut into the floor of the second to last car. Thank you for your understanding and again we apologize for the inconvenience this entire situation has caused you.

He looks up with a reassuring smile, "I understand and good luck."

Back at the Guild….

"Mira you cannot go back out there it's you he is after." Cana cries grabbing Mira's wrist pulling her away from the front door.

"I know Cana but it hurts! I can feel him hurting out there and its making my chest ache!" Mira rubs her chest, tears forming in her eyes.

An agonized roar can be heard outside as thunder and lightning cracks through the sky. "Besides Minerva and Yukino are still out there! You heard Master they were coming here to protect their citizens. They should be close and are going to need help to get through the others!" Mira says with determination in her eyes.

"The guys can handle that Mira! You need to have more faith in them and your brother to handle this! Any girl we've sent out there attracts all of the slayers, they corner them and even tried using Lisanna and Laki as hostages to try and get Kinana and you to go out there! I know you want to help but it also causes everyone to try and save you. You know there's no way you could hurt Laxus at this point."

"Besides Wendy is almost done healing Gildarts and you know he'll make a hell of a difference. Erza and Juvia are doing better too so please calm down. If we really need a distraction I'll have Jet run around in your clothes." Cana laughs trying to make a joke but stops and she and Mira shared an evil smile.

Cana calls the guys in by groups and forces them all to change into the girls' clothing. They had Jet wearing some of Mira's clothing and Warren wore one of Kinana's outfits. The plan was to have Warren jam Cobra's hearing by sending him a barrage of thoughts. Warren was then going to ride on Jett's back and take all the Slayers on the opposite side of town. This would give Minerva and Yukino enough time to make it the final distance to Fairy Hills.

A flare was shot into the sky to signal someone had caught a glimpse of them and to kick off the plan. Jet and Warren took off and not a minute went by and all of the Slayer s took off after them. All the girls anxiously watched out of the windows for any sign. A bright red signal shot into the air and everyone gasped. It meant the plan had failed and they had already been caught.

Yukino appeared out of one of Minerva's portal looking worse for wear. Romeo dashed out of the trees and began helping her to the door. Cana and Mira pulled her in and before they could even ask Yukino what happened she grabbed Cana's hand.

"Help her! Minerva she… she got us all the way here and only had enough energy for one more portal. As we were going to go through Sting appeared and tried to grab me. She pushed me through and closed the portal so he couldn't get me! Please you have to get to her before Rogue does!"

Cana squeezed her hand in reassurance and was about to hand her to Mira to take care of but, "Mira? MIRA!"

Mira had snuck out the door and was gone.

Mira's POV

I know Cana is only trying to keep me safe but there's no way I could leave someone behind, especially with Yukino asking. She was so strong during the Eclipse mess but she looked at me like Elfman and Lisanna always have. I knew she had found her sister but I still felt that pull, the pull of being a big sister. I felt a charge building in the air and knew without a doubt Laxus was closing in.

I felt a shiver of anticipation and pushed myself faster, if he wants a chase he'll get one. I found Minerva just at the edge of town doing her best to pit Sting against Rogue. I pause at their appearance since this had all begun it was difficult to catch a glimpse of just what we were dealing with; but now… I shake my head and can't help but compare the two to ying and yang. Both are covered in scales one glimmering with like a light trapped under water. While Rogue's were so dark they absorbed any and all light.

Sting's eyes glowed white and Rogue's were completely back. Sting had white glowing wings while Rogue had what seemed to be a cloak of shadows resting on his shoulders.

I'm pretty impressed with how she's using Stings light to make sure Rogue can't suck her into his shadows. I smile knowing just the perfect way to add even more light to the situation. I charge at Rogue knocking him back into the woods knowing the closer we made it back towards Fairy Hills the better my plan would work.

Sting started to growl at me crouching ready to pounce on an enemy but then sniffed the air and smirked. "Another queen come to play you are making this too easy!"

I smirk and watch Sting shudder at my dark expression. I purr, "Let's see if you can keep up."