Previously on…
"You know I always get what I want, Gray." I grinned and he rolled his eyes. "Also Gray?"
"Yeah?" He said, taking his eyes off where he was going to look at me for a moment.
"Don't freak out." I said as I passed out.
I woke up laying on a cot, Mira was bandaging my shoulder. I hissed as she tightened the bandage and she dropped the end of it, startled. "You're awake! Thank goodness, everyone has been so worried about you."
She finished tying the bandage on as I eased upright. I waved Mira off me as I stood up from the bed. "I'm fine now, thanks for patching me up. Now where's Erza? We have to coordinate the next attack." I stated as I made for the door. I stepped out, Mira close behind me to see a room full of bandaged wizards.
"Erza's cleaning up, and Natsu, Gray, and Lucy are over there." Mira pointed to the rest of Team Natsu minus Erza, all who appeared to be deep in conversation. "We discovered why we were targeted now of all times." Mira whispered softly, her eyes fixed on Lucy.
"Why?" My voice came out harsh and cold. "What justification do those bastards have for attacking us now of all times?"
"Lucy."
The word sent a chill through me. "What does she have to do with this? She's a sweet girl, I can't see her having pissed off the wrong person, she didn't even know what Phantom Lord was until this whole thing happened."
"She's Lucy Heartfilia. Her father is one of the richest men in Fiore, he hired Phantom Lord to bring her back to him after she ran away." Mira whispered, without dragon hearing I wouldn't have been able to hear her.
I was shocked. I had read magazine articles about "Lucky" Lucy Heartfilia. It was surprising, but it didn't matter. Lucy was a member of Fairy Tail, no matter who her father was. "It doesn't matter." I whispered to Mira, who looked at me in surprise. "It doesn't matter who she was or who her father is. What matters no is that she is Lucy Heartfilia of Fairy Tail, and we're not letting her go without a fight!" I said fiercely and Mira gave me a nod and a small smile.
Mira and I made our way over to a small corner bar we kept in the basement (Heavens know why). Cana flung yet another card down and then scattered them in frustration.
"Come on! I'm not getting any kind of read on where Mystogan is." she sighed in frustration then saw Mira and I approach. "You're awake. I'm glad you're on your feet. We'll need you." Turning to Mira, Cana made her report, I assumed she had been trying to track down Mystogan, Laxus, and Gildarts, the other three S-class mages of Fairy Tail. "I got Laxus on the lacrima, Mira you try to reason with him, because he makes me want to strangle him."
Nodding, Mira walked over to the lacrima as I stole one of Cana's bottles of beer and took a swig. Probably not the best thing for my condition, but such is life.
I tuned back into Mirajane and Laxus's conversation, when he started making perverted comments about Lucy. "You are such a pig!" Cana shouted at him, as the bottle of beer cracked in my hands.
"You sure you should be yelling at the guy you're asking to save you?! How 'bout this, if the geezer pulls through, tell him he's over the hill and he should pass the guild to me!" Laxus burst into cackles and Mirajane slammed the lacrima into the counter causing it to shatter.
Tears streamed down her face as she spoke through clenched teeth. "I don't understand, how can someone in Fairy Tail be so heartless and cruel? I can't just sit here and watch, I have to join the others and fight!" Mira turned and I grabbed her by the hand as she made to go join the group planning the next offense.
"Mira, you can't." I spoke gently but firmly. She hadn't been able to use magic since that day.
"I feel useless, just sitting here at the guild hall. I want to help!" She pleaded as more tears streamed down her cheeks.
"We understand that, but you'd only get in the way as you are now." Cana stated softly as she placed a hand on Mira's shoulder. "Even if you were once an S-class wizard, you couldn't help now." Mira cast her a bitter look as I threaded my arms around the younger mage, letting her sob it all out. Fairy Tail needed to rally, with this air of desperation and depression, we would lose for certain.
Suddenly, a loud bang could be heard echoing throughout the basement, the rafters began to shake and dust was dislodged from the ceiling.
"It's outside!" Alzack called from the stair case. He and Bisca had been on watch from the top of the guild.
"Everyone outside! Prepare to fight!" I called out as I thundered up the stairs and out to the back of the guild that faced the lake. The guild poured out and stood shock at the object marching towards the guild hall.
"What is that thing?!" Natsu said in horror as he stared at what appeared to be a guild hall on robot legs marching towards us. As murmurs began to echo around us, the guild hall marched ever closer.
"I never anticipated this." Erza quivered as she stood in a towel at the forefront of our forces. She had been showering before the shaking had occurred. "I can't believe they would go to such extremes to attack us!"
"Erza!" I yelled, drawing her attention to me for a minute. "Focus. You and I are in charge with Makarov out of commission, we can't lose our heads!" I looked pleadingly into Erza's eyes as she took a deep breath to calm down.
We turned as a bay door opened from the Phantom's guild hall to reveal a huge cannon extending out, aiming straight for our guild. A black cloud of dark energy began to swirl around the end of it as the weapon charged.
"Get out of here now!" Erza ordered, turning to order the guild members to flee. The cloud began to swell, generating magic energy I could sense from in front of the guild.
Erza began to run for the edge to the bank, with me in pursuit. "What the hell are you doing?!" Macao yelled at us.
"Protecting my home!" I yelled as I turned to ice and Erza requipped into her adamantine armor. The rest of the guild members yelled protests at us as I formed around Erza, giving her another layer of protection against the Jupiter cannon.
"Stay Back!" Erza commanded. I couldn't see them, but I could hear Natsu and gray screaming for us.
As the cannon fired, Erza slammed her shields together, forming the spell Adamantine barrier. As an enormous magic circle appeared in front of her, another one, a smaller one of my making was layered over it. As Erza and I held the spell, we began to have to brace ourselves against the onslaught of the spell. Erza armor began to crack, as did my icy form. I needed to return to my original form if I didn't want to have to expend energy to form new ice pieces. I wouldn't though, I would hold on until I shattered if I had to. The guild hall needed saving, and only Erza and I could do it.
The blast let out one final shot of power loose, breaking Erza's armor and shattering me into pieces, albeit ones easier to reform. I gathered my pieces together into an incomplete figure, some of me had been blast away. I returned from the ice to a human body, broken, bruised and bleeding.
I landed next to Erza, who was breathing but unconscious. "Er-za." I croaked out as I made to crawl towards my partner. "I-is she okay?" I panted as Natsu raced over to her.
"She's fine, but are you out of your damn mind?!" Gray demanded angrily as he knelt beside me. He gently eased my up and I cried out, looking down to see that my leg was still made of ice, and half of it was gone. I couldn't move.
"I'm not crazy." I muttered with pain as Gray leaned me against him.
"Your master is defeated. Erza Scarlet, nor Aquila Orion can stand. You are defeated. Give us Lucy Heartfilia immediately. You have no choice." Jose's voice echoed from the building.
"Like hell!" I spat out as the guild joined in with the cry. We would not hand over one of our own.
My vision was going blurry. Taking that hit from the Jupiter cannon had hurt me. Not as badly as it could've thanks to Erza and I working together but I was about to pass out. I dimly heard Jose's voice say that he would fire again in fifteen minutes. I grabbed Gray's shirt collar and tugged him to down to me, so he could hear me. "You have fifteen minutes, you and Natsu are the strongest here. Take. Down. That. Cannon." I whispered fiercely. Gray looked at me his face alarmed. I saw his lips moving but I was too far gone. His worried face was the last thing I saw before I fell unconscious.
A/N: Alright, I'm back and a week late. Sorry 'bout that but life and school call you know? I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review. Also, as I have midterms starting this week and going until next week, don't expect an update until after Christmas. Have a Happy Holidays, be safe this Christmas and I will be back with an update after testing and the holidays!