The Finale

Auboron stalked through the guild towards the main hall. He was furious that he had been interrupted and if it proved to be for nothing, the messenger would pay! He stormed in the hall and sat in his seat.

"This better be good," he snapped.

In front of him a short, fat man was kneeling on the floor.

"It is, my Lord. I was at Narissa's place and I heard talking. The girl I was with tells me things. She said that a group of strangers had come through some tunnels and were talking to Narissa. They had the same guild mark as that new girl you sent over there," the man said.

Auboron looked at the man, "Can this girl be trusted not to lie?"

The man chuckled, feeling more confident, "Yeah I tell her I can get her released and she tells me tales on everyone who goes there. It is what I do you see, collect information to be passed on,"

Auboron nodded, thinking. "Well they will be expecting to catch us by surprise so how about we spoil that for them. I want you all to look casual, lets lure them in and then when they get into this room, we finish them once and for all."

Auboron looked around the room, he had heard the rumours of the Fairy Tail guild and he was not entirely sure he would be as easy as he was making out but he had a big guild and even if the Fairies took out some of his men, they would need a miracle to take out them all. Auboron sighed, his little birdie would have to wait.

Erza and the Others

Erza and the others stood at the entrance to the tunnels. Narissa had established how the news had got out and the girl in question was now locked in her room, scared to death of the furious Narissa.

"Bloody stupid girl believing a man could free her!" Narissa muttered. "Well there is nothing for it now. Of course, Auboron does not know that we know he is expecting us and so that is still in our favour!"

Erza nodded, "Right we go in hard. It is all we can do now."

Gray and Natsu fist bumped, "Is there any other way?" Natsu asked.

"Right, same plan. We hit the main hall, Lucy, Carla and Loki go look for Wendy. Don't try to be subtle, just take anyone out you come across. They are dark wizards and deserve nothing less!" Erza said.

With that, they group headed into the tunnels and towards the guild, moving quickly but quietly, all of them focused on finding Wendy and kicking the ass of anyone who got in the way! The tunnels winded under the city and in no time, they were standing outside a door that led into the guild.

"Where does this come out?" Erza asked quietly.

"At the far side of the guild by the kitchens. It is not far from the main hall but the guild is big. If your friend is not in the main hall, I would think he has her in his rooms. They are on the other side of the guild, so you will need to head that way," Narissa said looking at Lucy.

Lucy nodded and with that, Narissa opened the door and the group headed into the guild. They moved quietly through the store rooms and once into the main corridor, Narissa pointed one way to Lucy and Loki and led Erza, Gray and Natsu the other way towards the main hall.

The corridors were quiet to begin with, too quiet maybe and if they had not known that the guild was waiting for them, the group would probably have let their guard down. As it was, they moved as a group, keeping their eye out for guards or people waiting to attack. Within a few minutes, they arrived at the entrance to the main hall and with a last glance at each other, they charged into the room and the attack began!

Lucy, Loki and Carla

Meanwhile, Lucy, Carla and Loki were heading further into the guild, hoping to find Wendy without too much trouble. Realising they had no idea where Auboron's rooms might be, they had not choice but to just look in every room that they came across.

"This is going to take ages," Lucy said, walking out of another empty room.

"We don't really have much choice, we need to keep looking," Carla said.

Loki walked out of the room opposite and shook his head, "Nothing here."

Lucy sighed and led the way around the next corner, coming to a sudden stop as facing her was a room with a group of guild members armed and waiting. They stood blocking the corridor leading out of the room and Lucy assumed that this must lead to Auboron's rooms and they were there to stop anyone getting through. She glanced over at Loki who shrugged and raising his hands, the fight began.

Erza, Gray and Natsu

Erza should not have worried about them not catching the guild by surprise. Even though they had been expecting them, the sight of a furious dragon slayer, an ice wizard and Erza in full Black Wing Armour caught many of the lesser wizards off guard and their reactions were slowed. Auboron stood up next to his seat and watched, one eyebrow raised as his men fell. Erza looked over at him and yelled at Gray and Natsu.

"Remember if you get too close, he can control you. Stay as far away as you can!"

Auboron frowned, there was only one person who could have told them about his magic and he caught sight of Narissa standing by the door. When this was over, he would make that bitch pay for this! Even now, Auboron had no doubt that there was no way this small group of wizards could be able to take down his entire guild.

Natsu and Gray were systematically burning and freezing their way across the room, heading towards the platform where Auboron was standing. Erza was fighting with a wizard whose own skills with a sword were impressive and it was taking her longer than she would like to put him down. Auboron was still watching, he had not made a move to help any of his guild mates. It was clear that in this guild, it was each man for himself. Auboron seemed to realise that things were not going his way and he yelled at two nearby wizards to join him. As he did, he grabbed hold of them, taking their power and amplifying it. He stared out across the room, meeting the eyes of Natsu and Gray. As he did, he raised his arms and alongside the wizards he had borrowed power from, he brought the guild hall ceiling down on top of them.

Gray threw up a barrier of ice above himself and Natsu but he was too far away to cover Erza as well. In the chaos, Auboron left the room. His own wizards had also been taken out by the roof falling but he did not care in the slightest. They were replaceable. With a final look at the now buried main room, he headed back to his own room. He would take what was his. He might not be able to win this fight but he would make sure that his little birdie never forgot her time with him and maybe afterwards he would take off her collar and make her fight her own friends. The craziness that had always laid under the surface of everything Auboron did was now fully in control and he ran through the halls, heading back to his little birdie.

Lucy, Loki and Carla

Lucy stood catching her breath in the middle of the room looking at the pile of bodies laying at their feet. It had been a hard fight and she was glad that she had Loki with her to help. The way out of the room was now clear and she took a step in the direction of the door. As she did, the whole building shuddered and the sound of crashing came from behind them. Lucy look behind them.

"That came from the main hall, do you think the others are ok?" she said.

"I don't know," Loki said "It sounded like the building is collapsing."

"We need to keep moving," Carla said "Wendy is here somewhere."

"You're right," Lucy said "the others can look after themselves."

She started to walk towards the door out of the room but the rumbling got louder and the ceiling in front of them collapsed, cutting them off from the way out.

"We should probably for back, help the others and then we can all go find Wendy. The whole corridor beyond that door is blocked" Loki said.

Lucy and Carla reluctantly followed him back in the direction of the main hall. This rescue was not going at all how they hoped it would.

Auboron

Auboron dodged bits of falling brickwork and hoped he had not overdone it and crushed his little birdie. Arriving back at his room, he was relieved to see it was still standing. He opened the door and found Wendy cowering on the bed where he left her. He could see fear in her eyes.

"Where you expecting someone else?" he mocked "I dropped the building on your friends so it is just me and you now, little bird".

Wendy didn't speak but her mind was going in circles. Was it possible that he had beaten the strongest wizards from Fairy Tail? Auboron walked across the room and grabbed hold of Wendy, pinning her down on the bed. Wendy squirmed and kicked out with her legs, but Auboron was considerably bigger and stronger than she was and in no time, he managed to strap her to the bed. Wendy continued to thrash about, trying to get loose and yelling at the top of her voice. She might be helpless but she was not planning on making things easy for him! Auboron looked at her, and with a sigh shoved a ball gag into her mouth.

"None of that little birdie, it is spoiling my mood," he said.

Leaving Wendy helpless on the bed, crying tears of frustration, Auboron walked over to a record player on the side and place the needle on the record. The sounds of a classical opera filled the room and for a minute, he stood eyes closed as he listened to the music. Wendy lay on the bed, realising that the man in the room with her was insane.

Auboron finally opened his eyes and opening a cupboard, picked up a jar of ink and a brush and headed back to the bed. Wendy watched him warily. Auboron dipped the brush in the ink and carefully drew and archaic symbol on her arm. As the ink touched her skin, a burning sensation caused Wendy to cry out behind her gag. Auboron continued to draw symbols on her arms and legs before moving to her stomach.

"This is special ink little birdie; I know it hurts but it will not scar your pretty skin." Auboron said, as he painted.

Wendy squirmed as much as she could, tears running down her face. The pain from the ink was bad but she could cope with that, she had been in fights that had hurt worse. She cried not because he was hurting her but because she knew what was coming and although she did not want to give up hope that the others would reach her in time, she was scared that this time they would not make it.

Auboron finished painting and put the bottle on the table next to the bed. He looked down at

Wendy and smiled.

"Right little birdie, let's get you out of those clothes …"

Erza and the Others

Erza groaned and pushed bits of ceiling from on top of her. She looked around the room, trying to get her bearings. Everywhere around her, people were groaning and unsteadily getting to their feet or laying prone and not moving. She could not understand why type of guild master would deliberately bring a guild hall down onto his own guild members! She shook her head trying to clear her mind and she looked up at where Auboron had been and realised he had gone. She looked around for Gray and Natsu and saw them breaking out from the ice Gray had thrown up to protect them from the falling building. Behind her, Lucy and her group ran into the room and to Erza's side.

"We couldn't get through," Lucy said "The building collapsed and blocked the way."

Erza looked around and grabbed the nearest guild member and pulling him to his feet, growled at him.

"Where will your master have gone?"

The man pointed out of the far door, "That was, his rooms are down there on the left."

Erza was on her feet and heading to the door. Gray and Natsu started to follow but she stopped them with a look.

"Stay here and make sure all the guild members are restrained. I have this." The look on her face left no room for argument.

Auboron

Back at his room, Auboron was sipping wine and looking at Wendy. He was taking his time, as his madness took over, he had lost all sense that people may at this moment be hunting him down. He put his hand down and gripped the zipper that went up the front of Wendy's outfit. Wendy cried harder and tried to pull on her straps holding her. There was no compassion to be seen on Auboron's face. He pulled at the zipper, watching the distress on Wendy's face as he did. As the zip got lower, it was obvious that Auboron was excited at the prospect of what was to come. Finally, the zipper reached just above Wendy's groin and as she sobbed, he prepared to pull it down.

Suddenly, the door behind them shattered and Auboron looked down in surprise at the sword protruding from his chest. Blood ran from his mouth and dripped down onto Wendy as she lay, staring at the point of the sword. A second later, the sword was pulled out and with a look of surprise still on his face, Auboron toppled sideways onto the floor. Still holding her sword, Erza smiled down at Wendy and cut the restraints holding her to the bed.

"Sorry I'm late," Erza said.

Wendy sobbed in relief and threw herself into Erza's arms. Sometime later, that was how the others found them. Erza sitting on the bed with Wendy wrapped in her arms as Erza stroked her hair. Gray silently took of his coat and wrapped it around Wendy's shoulders. Finally, her nightmare was over!