Sorry about the cliffhanger yesterday, but I couldn't resist! This chapter is much shorter, but I'm trying to keep the updates coming quick. Now without further ado, on with the story! Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 6

"Laxus, light please," Lucy whispered. Laxus allowed some electricity to flow along his body casting a soft glow. "Thanks Virgo! Good work!"

"Of course, Princess. Punishment time?" The pink haired maid spirit asked opening the hole back up, so they could get out.

"No, Virgo," Lucy rolled her eyes and sent her spirit back.

"So that's the kinda thing your into, huh, Cosplayer?" Bix asked poking her. She swatted at him turning to face the group.

"Nice thinking Lucy," Freed said, "Now we may still have the element of surprise."

Lucy smiled at him but gave a small shrug, "I was more just terrified of being wyvern food. I bet it still knows we're here, though." Everyone looked at her confused, but she gestured to Laxus.

Laxus nodded in agreement, "It can probably smell us. Wyverns have a great sense of smell. I mean they are related to dragons after all."

"That was a wyvern?" Evergreen asked. "I've never seen one so big before."

Freed nodded, "While uncommon, the alpha males of a large pack grow to be huge, but the rest of the pack tend to be the normal size."

Lucy looked at him confused. "Spit it out, Blondie," Laxus said catching her look.

She was shocked that he noticed her, but obliged, "It's just that, well, haven't you heard of the beta females before?" Everyone looked at her clueless except for Freed.

Freed nodded, "The ones who sire the alphas children. What about them?"

Lucy looked unsure, "It's just that all of the stories I've read, the betas are even bigger than the alpha."

It was Freed's turn to look confused, "I haven't come across that before. I suppose it's possible, but it's highly unlikely that there is a wyvern bigger than that one." He didn't mean to write her off, but he really didn't see how a wyvern could be any bigger.

"Right, I'm sure I'm just getting it confused with something else," Lucy conceded. She trusted Freed, but it was still nagging at the back of her mind.

Laxus considered his group for a moment, "Alright. Regardless, be on guard. There will be more of those guys in the cave. Let's go."

Following Laxus's lead, the group made their way into the cave. Laxus brought up the front using his dragon slayer senses to keep the group on its toes. Bix's totems scouted the side tunnels to make sure they weren't ambushed, but Laxus followed his nose towards the main group. Lucy trailed behind the group worry eating at her.

They marched on for what seemed like an hour when finally they came across carcasses of dead animals. Evergreen made a face, "Now we know where the town's livestock are." Everyone nodded grimly and kept moving. Based on how many bones there were, this was a decent sized hoard.

Laxus put up a hand to have everyone be on their guard. They all peeked around the corner which let out into a large cavern. Laxus had no trouble seeing due to his slayer senses, and Bix could sense the wyvern souls. However, everyone else was at a loss. They were going to be practically useless.

They pulled back for a moment to discuss strategy. "I got five around the perimeter and the big one in the back," Laxus said.

Bix nodded and said, "I think there's another behind that one. I'm getting another soul reading back there."

Laxus nodded at him not doubting his friend, although he was confused as to why he couldn't see that one.

"We can't see in there. How do we deal with this?" Evergreen asked annoyed that she was going to have to sit out of the fight.

"Loke could light up the room?" Lucy asked/ stated.

Laxus nodded at her, "Before that, Freed I want you to write a rune trap to keep them in there. Don't want any escaping on us." Freed nodded. "Lucy, take the three on the right. Ever, two on the left. I'm going after the alpha. Bix, provide support where needed. Freed after you finish the runes, figure out what the thing behind the alpha is." Everyone nodded getting into formation.

Lucy pulled her whip and fingered her keys. She was going to summon two spirits and take the third on herself. She assumed that's why she got the three side. She was proud that Laxus had this much faith in her and didn't want to disappoint.

The group charged into the room. Lucy immediately summoned Loke and Taurus. Loke charged his fist which Freed immediately wrote a rune to contain. This successfully lit up the room. All of the wyverns shrieked in protest at the sudden light. While they were disoriented, the group charged.

Evergreen broke through and hit one of her wyverns with her eyes. It effectively turned one to stone while she turned a fairy machine gun on the other. Lucy, Taurus, and Loke all charge at a Wyvern in turn. With all of the "small fry" preoccupied, Laxus charged up the center right at the alpha. The wyvern was just as big as earlier, but that didn't even slow Laxus up as he charged the thing. He drilled it right in the side of the face with a Lightning charged punch. The wyvern looked taken aback, but quickly shot out a claw at Laxus. He dodged with his lightning and the two continued to play cat and mouse.

Bix immediately sent his babies in to help Lucy trusting Ever in her one on one. He was slightly shocked that Laxus had sent Lucy against the three, but after giving her a moment he understood why. With her spirits, Lucy was a small army on her own. Not to mention, she was holding her own with the whip although it wasn't the best offensive weapon for facing a wyvern. He used his babies to blast her wyvern back which allowed her to get a good grip on its leg with her whip. This one was much smaller than the others which allowed her to rip its leg out from under it causing it to fall. Meanwhile, Loke and Taurus had both battled their wyverns back smashing them with their lighted punches or ax, respectively. Right when Lucy's wyvern fell, Loke smashed his sideways into hers causing them to collide and tangle. Taurus finished his wyvern off by picking it up and launching it at the other two. It was a wyvern pile where legs, wings, and tails were all wound up. After assuring they were down, Lucy dismissed her spirits with an exhausted smile to Bix. Holding two spirit gates open while fighting was exhausting, but she was proud of herself even if she needed the assist from Bix.

When they turned, Evergreen was just turning her other wyvern to stone and met the group in the middle. Laxus was just dealing the final blow to the alpha when they heard a screech ring through the cave. Freed was thrown across the room into Bixlow where they landed in a pile of limbs. Laxus had turned to look at them, but went rigid when Lucy's eyes went wide at what was behind him.

The back wall of the cave seemed to be moving as a pair of gleaming eyes peered at them accented by a full set of razor sharp teeth. "Damnit Blondie, why'd you have to be right?" Laxus whispered as the cavern opened up to reveal a much larger wyvern at the back of the cave.