Laxus stands over a defeated Yonku. Yonku's magic made it a little more challenging than Laxus thought, but he was able to win in the end. Still, Lucy already got his key and now that's one less enemy to worry about.

"I hope the others are having better luck." Laxus said, but is not aware of the challenges that they are all facing.

…

Lucy

Lucy wasn't doing much better against Kallie. Kallie's bubble magic was more dangerous than it looked. It has the ability to drain some energy out of whoever Kallie uses it on. She also did something to Gray and that's exactly what Lucy was on the lookout for.

"Are there any other spirits you like to try and summon?" Kallie questioned. "Do you plan on letting your spirits do all the fighting for you?"

"No. I'll find some way to beat you while keeping my spirits safe from harm by you." Lucy said.

"Really? I've faced a few celestial wizards before." Kallie said. "They always let their spirits do all the fighting. Without them, they'll be helpless. You won't be any different."

"We'll see about that." Lucy said as she pulled out her whip and lashed it out at Kallie, but Kallie moved quickly and was able to avoid it. "Gray was right! She's fast!"

"Gray's the man that was in here, wasn't he?" Kallie said as she appeared next to Lucy and gave her a strong kick to the side that knocked her down. "I can tell he was actually stronger. So this won't take much longer."

"I'm not beaten yet!" Lucy said as she tried her whip again, but Kallie jumped and flipped over Lucy and got behind her. Kallie placed her hands around her and had her in her clutches. "What are you doing?"

"Don't worry. You won't feel a thing." Kallie said as she kept her hands right on Lucy and bubbles started to for, and the bubbles were soon covering Lucy up entirely.

"What's happening?" Lucy said.

"Bubble Body!" Kallie said as she swiped her hands away. The bubbles cleared away and something happened with Lucy as she felt some of her power was gone and she dropped her keys and her whip.

"What the heck?!" Lucy said as she looked over herself and she looked just like Gray did when he crashed near her earlier. "This is what she did to Gray. What did you do to me? I look like some sort of doll."

"I'll admit that it doesn't do well with your curves, but it makes you feel refreshed." Kallie said. Lucy tried grabbing her keys and her whip, but she couldn't keep a hold on them or even stay on her feet. She kept slipping around.

"I can't grab my keys or my fleuve d'teroiles." Lucy said.

"You're in quite the predicament, aren't you?" Kallie asked. "Without your keys, how can you really summon your spirits to help you?" Lucy could see she was in a lot of trouble now and didn't know how to get out of this. "You never think of it before, but all forms of magic has movements or postures that must be done in order to use whatever magic you learned."

"What?" Lucy said.

"You probably never noticed before, but there is always a certain posture, a stance or movement, you must take when casting a spell." Kallie said.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy said.

"Let's take you for example." Kallie said. "In order to really use your kind of magic, you must be able to grab a hold of those keys and hold them out to open a gate. If you can't really do that, how else can you really summon a spirit? Since your body is all slippery that you can't even keep your balance, how exactly can you do that?"

'She's right!' Lucy thought as she realized what Kallie was talking about. 'That must have been what Gray meant. Whenever he uses his magic, he always places his fist in his hand. Since his body is like this, his hands must have kept slipping and he couldn't use his maker magic to make anything proper.'

"Since you're not able to use your magic anymore, you're nothing more than my new dummy to practice my kick boxing." Kallie said. Kallie gave Lucy a powerful kick and Lucy slid against the floor until she hit the wall. Since Lucy isn't able to use her magic, how is she suppose to fight back?

…..

The Town

Things have pretty much settled in the town. Fairy Tail was able to get most of the townsfolk to settle down even when they were all holding back. They were putting all their faith in Natsu and the others at this point.

"Panther Lily, do you think they're all okay in there?" Levy asked.

"I'm sure they're fine. Everyone in there is among the strongest in the guild and they are hardly ever defeated." Panther Lily said.

"I guess you're right. You know, if you want to go in there to help Gajeel, its fine by me." Levy said.

"I appreciate your concern for Gajeel and what I would want, but I gave my word to him that I would protect you." Panther Lily said. Levy appreciated how concern Gajeel was, but sometimes she does wish he stopped worrying so much. She might be pregnant, but she can handle herself just fine. As she looked towards the fortress, something caught her eye and it was floating up by the side of the fortress.

"What is that? Something is flying up by the fortress?" Levy said. Panther Lily was able to find a pair of binoculars and looked towards where Levy was looking and saw Gajeel flying up with Foota.

"It's Gajeel!" Panther Lily said.

"What?! Give me those!" Levy said as she yanked them out of his paws and saw it for herself. "What is he….? Ugh! He always does something crazy. Panther Lily, get me there."

"Levy, I can't. Gajeel wouldn't want that." Panther Lily said, but Levy grabbed him by the neck and had him look at her. Next thing he knew was that sweet Levy had the face of a demon where even a brave warrior like Lily could only tremble in fear. "Okay. We'll go there." 'Is this common with all pregnant woman or is she taking lessons from Erza?'

…

Gajeel

"Come on. Can't you get back up there any faster?" Gajeel said as he was hanging onto Foota as Foota used his gravity magic to get them away from the falls and back on the fortress.

"Cha-cha-cha. I'm trying." Foota said. Foota waited until they were in the right position and when he saw that they were, he snickered. "Now!" Foota grabbed a hold of Gajeel.

"What are you doing?" Gajeel questioned.

"This!" Foota said and added some power to his magic and caused them to start rolling around like a bowling ball. "I'll slam you against the tower!"

"So that's what you were going for. At this speed, that might be painful, but I got a much better idea." Gajeel said as he positioned himself and actually straddled Foota with him locking his legs.

"Whatever you're doing won't work. There's nothing you can do." Foota said.

"You think so?" Gajeel taunted. "Iron Dragon Club!" Gajeel stretched out his club and it slammed against the fortress. It was painful, but he was able to stop Foota's rotation.

"No way! We're not even rotating anymore! He used his club like an anchor!" Foota said and they began to fall again.

"There we go." Gajeel as he pulled his arm back. "We're right back over land. Now to finish this. Let's see how you handle my roar at point-blank range." Foota wasn't really ready to find out.

"Are you crazy?! Get off me!" Foota said as he tried to pound Gajeel off him, but Gajeel grabbed his arms and moved them out of the way.

"Iron Dragon Roar!" Gajeel unleashed his roar at such a close range. He released Foota and Foota was slammed into the ground from Gajeel's roar and made a crater. Gajeel landed down on the little land that surrounds the fortress. He looked down at the damage he did. "Ooh! That's not pretty. I just hope the key is still in one piece." Not a pretty ending, but at least one more of E.R.7. has been beaten.

…..

Lucy

Without being able to use Star Dress, her whip, or summon her spirits, all Lucy could do was endure Kallie's attacks. Kallie wasn't showing any mercy as she just kicked Lucy around. Lucy laid on the ground with Kallie standing like she's already won.

"Have you had enough or do you want me to just end your life? I'm willing to spare you." Kallie said.

'No. I can't let it end like this. There has to be some way to lift this spell.' Lucy thought as she lifted her head and glared at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You don't really think you can win, do you?" Kallie said. Lucy looked around and spotted her keys. She just needs to get a hold of them and maybe she can use them. "Whatever you're thinking of doing isn't going to work."

"We'll see about that." Lucy said as she ran towards her keys. She kept sliding around, but she kept trying to gain her balance. Lucy was able to get her keys and keep them in place, but they kept sliding around her hands.

"I told you it's pointless." Kallie said as she appeared next to Lucy and gave her another strong kick. Lucy slid against the ground and ended up falling in the tub and got all soaked. "What? How is there water in the tub?" She thought about and realized why and felt so silly for doing something so stupid. "Oops. Silly me. I never drained it." Lucy got out of the tub and was taking deep breaths.

"Now isn't really the time for a bath." Lucy said, but soon realized she wasn't sliding around. She looked and saw her body was back to normal. "My body is back?" She looked around and saw why. "That's it! The water washed it off." She didn't get to appreciate it long as Kallie appeared behind her and gave her another strong kick that knocked her out of the tub and she rolled around out the door. Lucy looked down the railings and saw Juvia and Gray were still down there. "Juvia!" Juvia looked up and spotted her.

"Lucy?" Juvia said.

"I figure it out. Water. Water will…." Lucy didn't finish as Kallie grabbed her by the legs and tossed her back against the tub.

"I should have just finished you when I had the chance." Kallie said. "I'll just correct that mistake!" Kallie charged right at her to finish her, but she saw Lucy starting to glow like a star. "Whatever you're doing won't work." She was about to strike Lucy, but she bounced off against something.

"Your bubble magic is more troubling than it looked, but now it won't be a problem." Lucy said as she got up and showed she was in her Aquarius Star Dress. "I'm afraid you're all washed up this time."