'W.. Wendy?!' exclaimed Cole as he looked at Wendy, wearing a black robe with a few scars on her face

'Cole..' she replied, with a sorrowful tone

'What happened to you?' he asked in concern as he held her

'Cole.. I..' she replied, while tears started to fall from her eyes

'Wendy..' said Cole, right after which she hugged him , and began to cry out loud.

'Did someone hurt her? Was she lost? She was in the tavern a moment ago..'

'What happened to you?' asked Cole, as he kept his hand on her head

'I never ...thought ...I'd be able... to see you again..' replied Wendy, with her strength decreasing

Cole held her, and felt a lot confused as he noticed her wounded.

'Tell me, what happened to you' he asked gently, as Wendy stopped crying

'There's a lot you should know' she replied, with her eyes closing

Cole noticed something was odd, he then noticed Wendy beginning to cough out loud.

'Wendy, are you alright?' asked Cole as he held her shoulders.

'Cole.. I.. I have..' she replied, after which her eyes closed.

'Wendy.. Wendy.. Stay with me!' persuaded Cole, right after which he laid her on the ground and used his pulse heal in an attempt to wake her up

'Come on..' he grunted, after attempting twice, with no luck.

Cole punched the ground in anger, after which he kept his hand on her palm

'She's alive.. But.. What's wrong with her..' he though, after which an idea struck in his mind. Cole used his radar pulse, and to his surprise, sensed the plague within Wendy's body

'No.. Way..' said Cole, as he stood up and started shaking his head

'The plague.. Here? But it was.. All supposed to end.. Right there!' he said as he clenched his fist in anger

'I don't have time to lose, I have to get Wendy to the guild, right now!' Cole thought as he picked her up and started sprinting towards the tavern. He caught the attention of all the locals who watched him carry an unconscious Wendy across the streets.

'Do you need help?' asked a bystander

'Thanks, but that won't be necessary' replied Cole with a tone of hesitation

After minutes of running, Cole barged in the guild tavern, catching everyone's attention as he walked in with Wendy unconscious

'Cole.. And is that Wendy?!' asked Natsu as Cole placed Wendy on a table

'But.. If that's Wendy, then who is..' added Gray

'Is that me?!' yelled out Wendy as she ran in and had a look.

'Wendy?!' yelled out Cole as he looked at her, watching over the other one

'What's going on here? Why are there two Wendys' asked Lucy.

'I... I don't know, I saw her at the park, she was so scared, and I brought her here after she fell unconscious' replied Cole

Wendy started to use her sky magic in an attempt to heal her

'The plague..' Cole kept thinking about it in his head as he watched Wendy attempting to heal her.

'I.. It's of no use, my sky magic is getting blocked, what's wrong with her?' she said as she looked at her hands

Everyone was surprised over her claim. Cole felt uneasy and suddenly punched the wall in anger

'Cole.. Are you alright?' asked Erza

'It's the plague.. The same one from my world' replied Cole

'The plague?' she further asked

'Yes..' replied Cole, after which he sat down.

'We'll figure out something, in the meantime, someone get Cole a glass of water' ordered Erza, after which Ursa got Cole one.

Cole took a sip of water and then looked at Wendy, standing right next to the injured one.

'The god damn plague..' he thought as he took another sip

'You need some rest Cole, we have a big day tomorrow and..' said Lucy

'This isn't about the games anymore.. Don't you get it, suddenly we have two Wendys, and the plague is back!' replied Cole

'Cole.. Stay calm, like I said, we'll figure out something' said Erza, after which Cole just sighed and stared at the ground

He looked around, as he was a little restless, when suddenly his eyes lit up

'That's it!' he said as he stood up and sprinted towards the exit

'Cole.. Cole!' yelled out Erza in an attempt to stop him

'Let him go' interrupted Master Makarov

'But Master..' she said, as she looked at him

'Right now, the boy might have figured out a way, need I remind this disease is something from his world' he replied

'Alright.. Where are you' Cole stared at the sky as he sat down at a rooftop and focused his energy. Seconds later, he felt a signal. He leaped through the buildings, using his lightning tether combined with Ice jump and frost dash, till a point where he saw the castle.

'What's he doing over there?' he thought as he looked at the big castle of Crocus. Cole used his Radial pulse to detect his location, and noticed him standing in a room.

'How am I going to get past those guards' Cole though, as he counted the number of guards, encircling the castle.

Reaper stood inside the room , waiting behind the curtain, the same curtain in which he hid before. He had been waiting there for almost half an hour, when suddenly he heard the door opening.

'That will be the agenda for the day' said Princess Hisui, after which the guards bowed and she closed the door.

She sat down in front of the mirror and breathed a sigh of relief, after which she looked at herself.

'Two days..' she said, as she looked at the reflection of the window

'Yeah.. Two days' said Reaper, as he removed the curtain from himself.

'You must be here for a reason' said Hisui, unmoved by Reaper's presence, as she kept looking at him through the mirror

'I mean no harm princess, I just want answers' replied Reaper as he stood with his arms folded.

'I'm willing to talk' she said as she turned around and looked at him

'I already know these games are a huge set up for something' said Reaper, while folding his arms. Princess Hisui felt a bit surprised, but carried on

'So, apart from telling me what's it all about, you need to tell me why you've recruited one of my guild members, Yukino' he asked.

Hisui sighed, as she looked at him then took a deep breath

'If I tell you, you're going to help me, I need someone as powerful as you, just in case something goes wrong' she replied.

'I'm not giving any promises princess' replied Reaper

'The Eclipse project' she said

'We're gathering energy from the magic games, and we use that energy to power the eclipse gate. We will use that gate to travel back in time and stop Zeref, eliminating all evil from this world' she added.

'Time travel.. And to kill.. Zeref?' asked Reaper, after which he suddenly remembered his fight against Zeref before

'Yes, and the reason to recruit Yukino, was to harness the power of the zodiacs.' she further added

'This all sounds a little to sketchy to me, how can you be sure the world will head towards a positive direction if you re-write history?' asked Reaper

'I know I have to try' she replied

Reaper grinned, right after which he walked towards the window.

'Wait.. Reaper!' she yelled out, raising her arm

'You have to help me' she added as Reaper turned around.

'Alright..' he said, after which he used his fire bird strike to move away.

Cole was hanging on the ledge of the window as watched Reaper fly away.

'Crap! I can't let him get away!' Cole immediately used his lightning tether and hatched onto Reaper.

'What the.. Cole?' thought Reaper as he noticed Cole traveling with him mid air

Reaper stopped near a rooftop, and Cole used his static thrusters to land himself

'Well this better be good' said Reaper, clenching his fist with red lightning

'Hold on' replied Cole, covering his hand with lightning as well.

'What do you want Cole?' asked Reaper as he shot a bolt in anger. Cole leaned to avoid the attack.

'I'm not here for a fight, I just wanted to talk' replied Cole, as he powered down

Reaper felt surprised, after which he powered down as well. The two kept staring at each other for a moment, as a breeze blew in

'Today, I came across Wendy in a park, and guess what, she was infected' said Cole, in a serious tone

'Get her a doctor?' replied Reaper, brushing him off

'But it's no ordinary infection, it's the plague, the same one back at our world' added Cole, which surprised Reaper

'Wendy's got the plague?' he asked for an reaffirmation of what Cole stated earlier

'And another thing, the Wendy I encountered, isn't the same Wendy from our guild, she was badly injured when I found her, and she wore a black robe' said Cole

Reaper remembered his encounter with Wendy before.

'So there are two, and the one you're talking about is infected with the plague' said Reaper

'That's right' asked Cole out of frustration

Reaper had a pause, as he sat down and looked around, at the edge of the rooftop

'What's his deal? I've never seen him so calm before' Cole thought, after which Reaper stood up, and looked at him

'Listen, I know you don't give a crap about this world, or it's people, but I'm just giving you a heads up' said Cole as he felt disappointed and was about to leave

'You must have been so desperate about it, if you had to come and talk to me' replied Reaper, making Cole stop and turn around

'And what makes you think I won't end your life right here?' Reaper asked Cole

'Because, you could have when you had the chance before, and you didn't' replied Cole confidently

Reaper grinned as he gathered lighting, which turned into fire seconds later.

'There's a lot of things going on around here, and like I said, there's a storm coming in' he said, as he started walking towards Cole. As he stood beside him, he kept his hand on his shoulder.

'You knew I had the powers of the beast within me, I'll help you, but just this once Cole' he said, after which Cole closed his eyes

'Thank you' replied Cole, right after which Reaper began to absorb energy off of Cole's body

'Agh.. What.. What do you think you're doing?' yelled Cole in pain, as Reaper kept absorbing his energy, seconds after which he stopped and gathered lightning around his right arm

Cole stood up in anger, as he gathered lightning around his arm and was about to attack.

'Do you want my help or not?' asked Reaper in a bold tone

'What's his deal? A moment ago he tried killing me, and now he's talking like this' Cole just nodded his head as the two headed to the tavern

'Will she be alright?' Wendy wondered