Gajeel was able to catch up to Natsu very quickly. Rod tried to hold them back, but Gajeel was able to get through. Gajeel pushed open the iron doors and descended down some stairs with only a simple hallway in his way from saving Natalia now.

"Good luck." Natsu said, but was given an uppercut and Rod shoved Natsu off him. Rod watched as Gajeel ran off, but he kept his focus on Natsu.

"Do you really think he can make it to her in time?" Rod said. "Once Sonder takes her out to sea, it will mark her end."

"Gajeel will make it. Natalia's going back to the guild where she belongs." Natsu said.

"You're so foolish. Sonder isn't much of a fighter so I say it's about fifty-fifty that he'll actually succeed." Rod said. "If he fails, I suppose I'll just have to finish the job myself. I'll just kill Natalia with my own hands."

"No way! I won't let you!" Natsu shouted.

"Do you really think you can keep her safe?" Rod questioned. "The rest of E.R. will just finish the task. When Sonder said that Natalia's soul is stich into our flag, you shot at it as a way of saying she's free, but the truth is that she won't ever be free."

"I've heard enough of all that!" Natsu shouted as he ignited some flames around him. "Natalia's coming back to the guild and that's all there is too it!" Natsu went to strike, but Rod was able to block his attack and wasn't harmed by the flames.

"Get real. Your flames won't be able to burn me." Rod said.

…

The Botanical Room

Almost everyone was gathered in that very room. Erza was busy fighting Kaemin. Jaccu tricked Wendy into giving her the key and when her guard was down, he attacked her and was about to kill her. Just when it seemed like Wendy was finished, Gray and Juvia arrived and saved her.

"Am I glad to see the both of you?" Lucy said. "I'm even more glad to see that you're back to normal, Gray."

"It was all thanks to you finding the answer, Lucy." Gray said.

"Yes. I figured out what you were trying to tell us." Juvia said.

…

Flashback

"I figure it out. Water. Water is…." Lucy didn't finish as Gray and Juvia saw Lucy being thrown back into her room from when she was fighting Kallie.

"Lucy!" Juvia said out of concern. "Did she say water? What was she talking about?"

"Wait." Gray said as he might have figured it out. "Juvia, try using some of you water on me." Juvia did what he told her and was able to get him back to normal.

End of Flashback

…

"I got that water was able to change my body back to normal. It's a good thing that worked or else I wouldn't have been able to save Wendy just now." Gray said.

"Yes. Thank you for saving me, Gray." Wendy said.

"I take it you were able to beat that woman, Lucy. Thanks for that." Gray said. "How many keys do we have now?"

"Three." Lucy said.

"So these two might hold the last ones we're looking for." Gray said. "You girls better go on ahead and try to catch up with Natsu to save Natalia. Leave these two to me and Erza. We owe them a lot of payback for what happened on their train."

"Hey! I don't like being ignored!" Jaccu called out. "I'm still standing and I can still fight. So you better take this serious or you'll be sorry."

"If I remember correctly, you use maker magic like I do." Gray said. "That means I'm the best match to take you down." Jaccu was ready to fight him, but he remembered where he saw Gray before.

"Wait a minute. You're that same punk from our train." Jaccu said and was starting to get cocky. "This shouldn't take long. You use ice and I use iron. Your fragile ice doesn't stand a chance against me."

"Don't be so sure. Ice can be pretty tough itself." Gray said.

"Yeah right." Jaccu said as he got ready to attack. "I'll smash it with your bones. Iron-Make: Rammer!" He shot his piece of metal at them, but Gray was ready for it this time.

"Ice-Make: Shield!" Gray formed his shield made out of ice and it was able to hold against the attack.

"What?!" Jaccu said.

"This isn't going to be like how it went on the train. I'm already in a bad mood because of another one of your buddies, but since I can't get payback there, you're the one who will have to pay." Gray said.

"You're little threats don't scare me!" Jaccu said as he went to attack them up close, but Gray grabbed a hold of him and tossed him right out the door and on the terrace.

"Hey! Watch where you're throwing people!" All of them looked and saw Happy flying into the room with him breathing a little hard.

"Happy! There you are. Where's Natsu?" Lucy said.

"Natsu was close to Natalia, but the guy that beat him around back at the guild got in the way." Happy said. "We need to hurry because Natalia is in a lot of trouble at this point. I can show you guys the way."

"Wait. If we go the same way you did, it will take way too long. Especially if Natsu is fighting. We'll have to work around that." Juvia said.

"If they're taking Natalia to the other side of the building, maybe we can just go around and intercept." Carla said as she tried to get up, but she was in a lot of pain.

"Carla?! What's wrong?!" Happy said.

"Don't put up such a fuss." Carla said. "I have taken some damage. It actually hurts a little to unfold my wings. I don't know if I'll be able to fly. Happy, you look like you don't really have much magic power left. You must have been flying around pretty fast."

"It's a good thing I saved Wendy. As long as we have her, Natalia has a chance." Gray said and was about to step out, but left them all confused. "You guys better get going."

"What does he mean? What can I do?" Wendy questioned as she looked over her list of skills. She soon formed an idea in her head. "That's it. Let's go!" Wendy got up and started running with the others going after her with Juvia helping Carla. All of them made it out and ran around Jaccu and heading up. "Hurry. I think I know how we can save Natalia."

"What are they talking about? Where are you even going?!" Jaccu said as he used his shotgun to try and stop them, but Gray formed a wall of ice and was able to block the attack.

"I'm your opponent. Not them." Gray said.

"You're all so annoying." Jaccu said. "You don't honestly think you still have a chance, do you? We creamed you guys the last time."

"That was then and this is now. Besides, you had the help of your buddies. You're on your own this time." Gray said. "You're learning the hard way that our guild takes revenge when you attack us and hurt our friends. Besides, we've got to save Natalia. I've got a hell of a lot of apologizing to do."

"Icy punk." Jaccu said. He was ready to attack him, but he noticed something on the floor and it was his key. 'My key! I must have dropped it when he tossed me out of the room!' He thought and tried to get it back.

"Don't even try it!" Gray shouted and got him to stop. "That key is coming with us." Gray walked over and to it and take it for himself.

"Fine. It's yours. Not like there isn't much you can do anyway." Jaccu said as he was admitting defeat.

"We'll see about that." Gray said as he reached down to take the key.

'I don't believe it.' Jaccu thought with him getting sneaky again. 'I can't believe how stupid these people are. He let his guard down.' Jaccu formed claws again and was about to attack Gray, but Gray placed his hand on the floor and swung his legs forward and he drove his foot right in Jaccu's face.

"Like it fall for that!" Gray shouted and knocked Jaccu down. Jaccu slid against the ground and nearly hit his head against the wall.

"Okay. That didn't work." Jaccu said as he got back up.

"Thanks for the key." Gray said as he was able to take it without any problems. Jaccu couldn't believe how stupid he acted to allow something like this. He was frustrated, but he wasn't too worked up.

"I was pretty serious. Natalia is just about done for. Even if you have the key, you won't be able to save her in time. Especially if that really is the key she needs to unlock her seal stone cuffs." Jaccu said.

"Well, I guess there's only one thing to do." Gray said and both of them seemed ready for a fight. "Later!" Gray took off with the key and Jaccu was astounded he's doing that, but also realized he has the key.

"Hey! You come back here!" Jaccu shouted as he chased after him. Gray rounded a corner and had his own sneaky smile. Gray used his magic and froze the floor behind him. Jaccu was going too fast and he slipped on the ice with him going off the railing.

"Ice Demon Zero Long Sword!" Gray used his demon slayer magic and slashed against Jaccu's chest and sent him flying to the center of the tower and he had ice sticking to his chest.

"That…That isn't stopping me." Jaccu said as he still had some strength to fight. Gray decided to finish the job as he jumped into the air himself and got over Jaccu and positioned his hands just right.

"Ice-Make: Gungnir!" Jaccu became in cased of ice in the shape of a scepter and was sent plummeting down to the bottom, his screams being blocked by the ice. The ice reached the bottom and shattered against the floor. Gray used his ice to slow his descent to the floor. Gray caused the ice to disappear and it showed that Jaccu was completely unconscious. "Your iron might have been strong, but my ice was stronger." That makes another member of E.R. beaten and another key obtained.

….

Sonder

"Hurry up." Sonder said as he was dragging Natalia up some stairs. "Hurry. Who knows how far behind those behemoths are?" Sonder pulled Natalia up and Natalia could see light at the top. They reached the top and they were on the platform at last. Sonder took a deep breath of fresh air. "Smell that?"

"Smell what?" Natalia said.

"Fresh air of course." Sonder said. "You might want to take as much in as you can. Your life is just about to reach its end. It might not seem like much, but look down at the end of the platform." Natalia did what was told. She looked down to the other end of platofrom. Docked there was a small boat. Small indeed, but it will lead directly to Natalia's death if the others don't hurry as fast as they can.