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Chapter 34

Unforgivable Destruction

She was in pain and felt utterly miserable. She hated being here. She hated going under all this magic amplification which was causing her so much pain. She missed being at home having a normal life. Most of all, she missed her mother terribly. Forget about undergoing all of this just for the sake of her mother. All she ever wanted was to see her mother again. She had been wanting to see her mother ever since she woke up in this strange place. Sadly, the staff members told her the same thing over and over again.

"We can't allow you to see your mother until your magic has grown stronger."

"That was her request after all."

"You have to get stronger for your mother's sake."

"I wanna go home..." she wept as she fists clung a fist full of sheets. "Please come and get me, Momma... Momma..."

As she cried burying her face into the sheets and unknown to her at the time, her magic power began to respond to her feelings. It built up more and more inside of her and then...

"MOMMA!"

With a cry of despair, Ultear released the powerful force of magic making the entire room around her crack and crumble from the shock. She also felt something rain down on her from above causing her to look up. Her eyes then widened. The force of her magic was so strong that it caused the window above her to break. As soon as she saw that, she realized that she had an opportunity. An opportunity to leave this place and escape to find her mother.

Somehow, she was able to climb out of the window and then make her way down the building and safely get onto the ground. Moments later came the alarm and Ultear could hear the voices of the staff members.

"Subject three-three-seven-three has escaped!"

"A sudden spike in magic power's been detected!"

Ultear then took off running as fast as her little legs can carry her. She didn't dare look back nor did she stop running as she ran across the lifeless wasteland.

"Momma... I'm coming!" she said to herself as she ran and ran until she was out of sight from the Bureau.

Ultear never stopped running for many days and many nights. She was starving and thirsty due to the lack of food and water during her stay at the Bureau as well as her journey. Not to mention due to the magic amplifications, her mind, as well as her body, was battered and weary. However, that didn't stop her from running. There was only one thing that was keeping this girl going. And that was her desire to see her mother Ur. As long as she would see her mother again, there was no pain emotional or physical she couldn't endure.

Eventually, she made her way up to the mountains where she and her mother lived. There were blankets of snow everywhere. Ultear was now feeling cold. Her feet were turning red and she was shivering, but she was almost at her goal. She was so close and yet so far. After walking up the mountain trail, Ur saw something that was a sight for sore eyes. There at the end was a wooden house. It was a small bungalow wooden house with a wide porch in front, a small chimney on the roof, and two pine trees growing next to it. This was Ur's and Ultear's home. As soon as she saw it, she immediately ran towards the house.

"Mama! I'm home! Mama!"

Ultear called out to her mother eager to see her face again now that she was home. She knocked on the door furiously and tried opening the door. The door was locked and there was nothing but silence. Ultear then went around the side of the house and peeped in through the window. Her mother was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is she?" she wondered to herself. "Maybe she's in the forest somewhere."

At first, she planned on waiting for her, but after being away from her for so long she decided to go looking for her. She went walking around the forest desperately searching for her mother. She walked past tree by tree and search all over for her. Then she came up to a tree on top of a small hill and then she looked down. Her eyes then widened.

Then below her was a young woman. She wore a short, tan jacket with a dark brown collar and cuff and two breast pockets, unbuttoned to reveal a maroon tube top exposing her midriff partially. She also wore a pair of black jeans and a belt with a scaly design and metal buckle along with a pair of simple brown shoes. She had about the same skin complexion as Ur did, had black iris colored eyes, and dark messy purple hair at chin length coming down the sides of her face and covering her ears with a few strands of her hair hanging down her temple and between her eyes.

Immediately upon seeing her, Ultear's eyes welled with tears of joy.

"It's her... It's my mommy!" she thought to herself.

There she was. The person who she had been wanting to see in so long was right in front of her a few feet away. Ultear was about to call out to her, but then her feelings of joy soon disappeared. For she saw that her mother was not alone. With her were two little boys both of which appearing to be about her age. Both of which were lean and were practically wearing nothing but a pair of boxers. One of them had boxers that were dark blue with spiky hair and eyes to match. The other had light blue boxers along with bluish silver hair with spiky strands that jutted upwards on top of his head and some which were pointing downwards covering the upper left part of his face.

As they talked to her, Ur couldn't help but smile and laugh as if she didn't have a care in the world. At a glimpse, Ur didn't seem to notice or care about her daughter being missing like she had moved on from her. Ultear couldn't believe what she was seeing, nor did she understand. Why? Why was she so happy with those two boys who weren't even related to her while was being put through hell for the past couple of weeks? Did she abandon her? Did she even know that she was gone and suffering all this time? Her feelings of joy were quickly replaced with feelings of sadness, anger, and most of all abandonment and betrayal.

Ultear fell to her knees letting her tears fall into the snow. She felt so alone like she had no one else that cared about her nor did she have anywhere to call home. Then something changed again within the girl. She no longer felt the mixed emotions she was experiencing.

Instead, she felt new feelings bubble up and burn inside of her.

Feelings of revenge and hatred.

"Unforgivable..." she thought to herself. "Unforgivable..."

Her feelings of revenge and hatred suddenly took hold of her making want to do one thing, kill the person who betrayed her. And there was only one place that could help her realize that dream.

Eventually, Ultear made it back to the Bureau. When she got there, she found that a crowd of staff members along with Brain and Silver Beard were waiting for her.

"I take it that you came here of your own free will?" asked Brain.

Ultear looked up at the man and answered with a single nod. Brain then turned to the staff members.

"Take this girl to her new room," he said. "And make sure that she's ready for the magic amplification."

"Yes sir," the staff members replied as they walked away with Ultear in tow.

Ever since then, Ultear wanted nothing more than to kill the woman who betrayed her. The woman who chose those two other boys over her. Her so-called mother, Ur. That was why she had been pushing through the experiments. This was why her magic power had been growing stronger and stronger.

Granted it was painful, but the pain was nothing to her. The only thing that girl was feeling as she went through all of that was her desire to take her revenge on her mother. As long as she could have that, then there was too painful for her to endure. She grew stronger and more powerful until one day, everything changed for her. She was being put under the amplification process once again. However, the staff members were surprised to find that her magic power had risen at an incredible rate and was continuing to grow.

"Is something the matter?" Brain asked one of the staff.

"Well Sir, the thing is this girl's magic power has been increasing abnormally at an alarming rate over the course of these past few days," said one. "I'm afraid that it might be too dangerous to continue the magic amplification."

Brain looked down at the girl. Then he smiled. "This child is full of untapped potential. I was hoping that she would be one of the five brave warriors that I've been looking for, but I guess it wouldn't appear to be the case. I'm afraid that this girl's magic is of a different quality. I doubt that a body link would even be possible. It's really quite a pity."

He turned to the other staff members as he walked out of the room. "I want you to increase the power to the maximum level."

The staff members gasped in shock.

"But Sir, if we do that it'll overload the system!" said a female. "Then the entire place will come crashing down!"

"Do it!" commanded Brain as his attire changed into his previous attire holding his staff. "I no longer have any need of this place. It can crumble to the ground for all I care. I already have everything I need in regards to spells. I'll leave the Ur's daughter to him as a parting gift."

Suddenly Ultear began to glow in a bright violet light erupting with magic power. It seemed that hearing her mother's name had caused her to become enraged.

"Hey! We got trouble!" said a staff member. "The magic power's reversed flow! It's going to explode!"

"Evacuate! Evacuate!" yelled another.

The metallic structure above began to heat up having too much magic power contained within it. Then it exploded with a mighty boom. Everyone inside began to panic and try to get away, but one by one the explosions swallowed them up killing them. Eventually, the building was engulfed in flames from the explosions. So much so that the metal began to melt and because there was no way to support it began to lean. It creaked and groaned as it no longer could stand upright. There was no sign of survivors except for one person who was walking away from the destruction. That person was Ultear. Having no longer a purpose to stay now that she was strong enough, she continued on her way in her quest for revenge.

Ultear's eyes snapped open as she woke up from her dream. She slowly sat up as she took a look around wondering where she was. She found that was in a huge library and that she had fallen asleep at the table surrounded by books.

"Damn it. That dream again," she said to herself. "How irritating. I must have fallen asleep after studying so hard."

She then sat up rubbing the sleepiness out of her eyes. Over the past couple of years, she had aged quite a bit since her departure from the Bureau of Magic Development. She was a bit taller and her hair had grown past her shoulders and to her hips styled in two pigtails. She also wore a purple dress with large gaps on her sleeves and also wore maroon boots.

That at that moment, she heard the sounds of footsteps coming towards her causing her to turn around curious as to who it was. Walking towards her was a shadowed figure. The figure appeared to be a tall and elderly man that wore a long black cloak. Upon seeing him, Ultear immediately jumped out of her chair and kneeled before him.

"My, my. Quite a lot of books you've got here," the figure said. "I see you've developed a keen interest in Time Magic, have you not?"

"Yes, Master Hades," Ultear spoke politely. "It's really quite fascinating, Sir."

The shadowed figure who was addressed as Hades then smiled. "You needn't be so formal, child," he spoke kindly. "Please, get back on your feet."

Ultear did so but still remained polite. "Master Hades, you once told me about a magic that can restore lost happiness, remember?"

Hades hummed thoughtfully as he stroked his beard. "Are you referring to the Arc of Time magic?" he asked.

"Yes. I am. As a matter of fact, I managed to find some information about it," replied Ultear happily. She then held up a book presenting it to Hades. "This book contains notes that I believe may teach me how to use it."

Hades' eyes widened a little upon recognizing the book. "The Last Ages spell?" he gasped. Then his face became stern. "No. You must not use that spell."

"But why not? This is exactly the spell that I was looking for!" protested Ultear. "It lets you turn back time and do things over again! I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to master it..."

"It's true that the Last Ages allows you to turn back time," said Hades. "But casting that spell alone comes with a price. To use such a spell, the caster has to give up their own time in exchange.

"The caster's time?" puzzled Ultear. "What do you mean?"

Hades then looked towards the ground his face softening into a solemn frown. "In other words, it consumes the caster's life," he said. "Time will travel back for the world at large, but, for the wizard who casts that spell, they'll lose the rest of their remaining time."

Ultear now understood, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Hades then placed a reassuring hand on the girls head rubbing it for comfort.

"Fear not, child. There's no reason to feel so sad," he said. "I promise you, I will find a way to make your dream a reality. Once we reach the Grand Magic World, there will be no need to worry about the repercussions of that spell. But in order for us to accomplish that, we must find Lord Zeref and revive him. Then once his revival is assured... you'll be able to perfect your Arc of Time Magic and become the ultimate time traveler."

"I know, Master Hades. And don't worry, I fully intend to do whatever I can to bring about the Grand Magic World," smiled Ultear. "And don't worry. I won't use the Last Ages spell. I promise."

"Very good," said Hades as he turned on his heel and started to walk away. "Now, I have some business to attend to, Ultear. Try not to stay here too long. You could use some fresh air."

"Yes, Master Hades," said Ultear.

And with that, Hades went on his way leaving Ultear by herself. She took one last look at the book with the Last Ages spell. Then she picked up the book and placed it back on its shelf.

Meanwhile, back in the Bureau, Brain was now walking down the hall heading towards a particular room. As he walked, he was greeted by Silver Beard who was writing some things down on a clipboard.

"How's progress?" Brain asked Silver Beard.

"Going very well, Sir. The mind control spell has been successfully implanted in him and he has been injected with loads of dark magic," said Silver Beard. "We were actually about to run some test runs on him. We just your approval to start."

"Very well. Proceed," said Brain. "However, I want to see the testing myself firsthand."

"Understood sir."

Then Brain and Silver Beard continued going down the hall until they came to another room. The door automatically opened and they both walked inside. The room was quite large and spacious like the pit, but this room had the appearance of another lab. Above this room was a command center where a bunch of the staff members was watching from above or fiddling with the controls. This room was for testing the subjects that they enhanced or the magic that they had invented.

When Brain and Silver Beard entered, they were immediately greeted upon by the staff members. A staff member came up to them and gave them a salute speaking with a feminine voice.

"Sir. We set up everything just as you requested. Everything is all set for testing," she said. "We can start at any time."

"Good," said Brain. "Begin testing right away."

Then Silver Beard went with some other staff members into the control center above the room. Everyone cleared the bottom room except for Brain and two staff members. A few of the staff members then brought out a strange stretcher carrying it and moved it in front of Brain. On top of the stretcher was a certain young boy. He was still wearing the white scrub and the collar around his neck sleeping peacefully. Then Silver Beard's voice came through a loudspeaker.

"All right then. It's time we get started," he said. "Remove the collar around his neck."

One of the staff members at the sound of his command then took out a lacrima and waved it in front of the collar. After a brief pause, the collar was undone and then removed from his neck. Silver Beard then spoke to Brain.

"Sir. All you need to do is give him a command and the boy will respond to it without question," he said.

"Very well," said Brain. He turned to the unconscious boy and spoke loud enough for him to hear him. "Now... awaken!"

At the sound of his command, the boy's eyes snapped open. Both of his eyes had now gone from dark brown to a bright green color. He slowly sat up after staying there for a few seconds and then got off the stretcher standing up. The staff members then moved the stretcher out of the way. Then a large white magic circle appeared in front of them and from the circle, numerous floating lacrimas appeared. They had the same appearance as the one that was used for scanning before only they looked a little bigger and were colored gray.

"Now then... I want you to attack and destroy every lacrima you see before you," said Brain. "Don't hold anything back. Destroy every one of them until none of them are left."

The boy turned towards the lacrimas and then spoke in a low, stoic, monotone-like demeanor.

"Understood."

Then the boy slowly walked towards the lacrimas. They suddenly came to life floating around and scattering all around. As the boy continued to walk the lacrimas surrounded him and then opened revealing a strange looking eye. From the eye, a barrel popped out now giving the lacrimas the appearance of laser shooting droids. They took aim and they all fired beams of lasers straight at the boy. The boy calmly stopped walking and looked at the incoming lasers as he was hit dead on with them. There was a loud boom as a giant cloud of smoke billowed where the boy stood. The staff members who were watching this in the control room were either surprised or disappointed with what has just happened.

"Damn it!" said one. "Someone get the medics!"

"That blast probably destroyed him," said another. "Poor thing. What a waste."

"Now, now," said Silver Beard. "Don't go jumping the gun just yet. He's still alive you know."

The staff members looked at Silver Beard who was staring intently at the scene waiting for something to happen.

Everything was silent and the lacrimas whizzed and whirred trying to see if they hit their target, but then suddenly the boy came out from the smoke in an incredible speed zipping by a couple of the lacrimas and stopping just a few feet behind them holding a katana made of water in each of his hands. However, instead of them being blue colored, their color was now a black color with slight tinges of a rainbow. There were a few seconds of silence. Then suddenly some of the larcimas split in two exploding into nothingness.

The lacrimas seeing their target once again fired. The boy dashed towards them and deflected the lasers with his swords. He then swung his swords at the lacrimas once again using a blinding speed destroying another wave of them. The boy dispersed his swords and jumped into the air summoning a magic circle from his back making a pair of black water wings appear and then took flight into the air.

The lacrimas not letting up on their assault pursued the boy firing their lasers in hopes of shooting him down, but the boy dodged and weaved maneuvering from their attacks as he flew. Soon he came close to a wall and dispersed his wings and then using the wall as a footing leaped off from it heading right for the lacrimas. He released black streams of water from his hands and flung the shockwaves at the larcimas destroying yet another wave. From there he kept on destroying lacrima after lacrima in a blinding speed and fashion.

The staff watched in awe and Silver Beard smiled widely under his mask feeling very pleased.

Eventually, the boy had destroyed all but one lacrima on the ground. It was badly damaged and didn't have the power to fight back. The boy slowly walked up to it and then viciously destroyed it with one single stomp of his foot. The staff members were amazed and Brain could only smile feeling very pleased.

"Well done," he said. "That was quite impressive."

The boy then turned towards Brain and lightly bowed to him.

"Thank you, sir."

Silver Beard then came down from the control room and went up to Brain feeling very pleased.

"What do you think sir? He's quite the obedient and fearsome warrior when you give him the right command isn't he?" he said proudly.

"Indeed. He's not only the magic power but also the battle experience," said Brain. "It would seem that all those experiments were worth it all the while. His attacks are stronger than before if not deadlier than before and he will obey me without any question."

"Yes sir," said Silver Beard. "Thanks to the dark magic we injected he's become the ultimate subject. A powerful bodyguard as well as a killing machine."

"That's very good," said Brain smirking with triumph. "You all have served me well these past few days and you've produced impeccable results."

He paused impressively as Silver Beard and the other staff members all felt proud. Then he gave them all a sinister look as he chuckled darkly as he said these words.

"It's a pity that I no longer have any use for you all."

Silver Beard and the other staff members all looked at Brain confused. Then suddenly, the entire building began to rumble and shake. Everyone other than Brain and the boy all looked around feeling frightened and confused as to what was going on. At the very same time, Silver Beard noticed Brain as well as the boy walking away from the area.

"Sir, where are you going?! And what's going on?!" he demanded.

"I no longer have any need of this place nor do I have any use of you," said Brain. "You've all served me well, so at least I should thank you for providing me with this boy, but I simply can't allow anyone else to know about my plans. Therefore, I must bid you goodbye."

Silver Beard's eyes widened in horror and as Brain and the boy walked away disappearing into the air. "No! Sir!" he cried. "Don't leave us! Come back!"

At that moment, the entire building seemed to glow in a bright purple light. Then before anyone had a chance to react, the building was swallowed by a huge explosion destroying everything and everyone that was inside of it in of its entirity.

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