Sorry, it's been a while, everyone. Wasn't sure what direction I wanted to take as I look at winding down WLS in the next 5ish chapters or so. Hope you all enjoy this new chapter.
White Sea mages were gearing up to save its Master and guildmates from the clutches of the Joyan Warqueen. Weapons were being sharpened, supplies were being loaded onto airships, plans were being finalized yet Lucy was still uneasy about something. It had been gnawing at her all night and she knew she just needed to talk to someone about it. The drugs that were used to knock out the guys would be incredibly strong and while Cobra could produce an anti-venom he needed to be able to gather the raw materials to make it work.
"You're right on creating it Tink," Cobra said as he and Evergreen rounded the corner followed by Gajeel, Juvia, and Zen. "I need to be able to get a taste of the goods, create the anti-venom, and then it can be mass produced."
"But how?" Lucy sighed as she plunked down onto the floor where her papers were all spread out. "I have been going over this for hours and nothing. New sets of eyes would be appreciated." The group sat down to assess everything and started throwing ideas around, none of which seemed to stick.
"Do you think the concoction of drugs is based for just males?" Wendy asked as she lifted up a piece of paper. "Do you think that the Warqueens would want to knock out and give aphrodisiacs to women when they just want to mate the guys to produce offspring?"
"Juvia thinks that Wendy is onto something. If we can send undercover mages with Cobra to Joya fast then we can test this theory, plus Juvia thinks we need to ask Mest to help as well."
"What do you think he can do?" Gajeel asked the water mage.
"Mest can give the illusion that White Sea mages are on the horizon, waiting to attack. No one has to know what's really going on until Cobra and team can get inside, then we can move forward with the plan."
"This is going to put us a full day behind, if it works," Gajeel muttered while he mulled it over. "We'll be going the night before the full moon then."
"Which will give Cristoff a wicked power boost and he'll still be semi-cognisant of what's going on," Zen went through a couple of papers while talking. "Kaleb will also get a boost due to the purity of the moonlight and since we're going at night now Vander will be at full capacity as well."
"Juvia and Wendy can use our powers to charge the air so Laxus can get some static electricity."
"So how do we disguise women as men to see if Wendy's theory works?" Evergreen asked the group.
"I can use Gemini. I won't be able to take more than two other women with me and I could only hold the transformations for maybe an hour, but it's doable," Lucy pressed her hand to Gemini's key who was eagerly letting her know that they could definitely do it while she was in their star dress. That sparked a bit of hope within the celestial mage as they went through the complexities of what would need to be done. "Alright, so I won't be going in with Cobra and the other three mages that we send. I need to focus on keeping up their appearances already. Zen and Mest will stay with me, Gajeel will follow Cobra, Wendy, Juvia, and Evergreen into the forest nearby. We will need to find some ordinary male mages that have good looks and decent powers in order to copy them. Ones that are not in Kaleb's elite squads would be preferable."
"I've made some amulets for you to put under your clothes so that it will absorb whatever potions get thrown at you," Freed said as he handed them out to the four mages. "You will still need to pretend to fight the effects and faint so it looks realistic."
"I'll send Virgo out to finish off our enemies and have Mest wipe their memories. Once the coast is clear then Gajeel can bring you four back to me and we can gate hop home."
"One problem Tink," Cobra voiced as he looked at his favourite blonde, "you can only gate travel with women who have your kin markings."
"Shit, well I guess that means Xally and Emzadi will have to go with you Cobra. Freed would you mind grabbing the girls and filling them in on the plan please?"
"Of course Miss Lucy."
"So now we need to find two mages. Any ideas Zen?"
"I'm going to suggest Ando and Kurt. They are fire and water mages respectively who are working their way up the ranks, so it should be easy enough to pull off."
"Do I get to put my hands on Ando's luscious ass?" Emzadi purred as she rounded the corner.
"Hand holding is all you'll need for skin on skin contact, sorry Em," Lucy giggled at the pouting woman. "Besides I thought you wanted to get inside Presca's pants?"
"Oh I do, but that man manages to evade all my attempts."
"You're in luck Bunny, Mest is in Northern Bosco for the council and will be here shortly." Lucy clapped her hands together in glee as their plan finally started to form. "He's more than willing to help us with this mission on his way back to Crocus and is fully up to speed."
"I've brought the guys up," Zen smirked as the younger men eagerly walked into the room. Lucy star dressed into her Gemini outfit as the twins came through their gate.
"You'll need to hold hands please, keep it clean ladies." Lucy laughed at the slight glares the four of them sent her way. She listened to Gemini as they instructed her on how to change the girls' appearances, and after a lot of concentration, she was successful. She felt her magic and decreased but not near enough for them to have to worry about her for a long while yet. "Alright, you four hold tight. Gajeel I'll meet you and Mest there." I golden light erupted followed by a dark shadow being thrown over the room and the six mages were gone.
"So what was this for?" Ando asked the group.
"A minor mission to help Master Kaleb," Wendy smiled at the now blushing man as she walked up to each of them, kissing them briefly on the lips in thanks. "You should probably finish getting ready yourselves." They nodded in agreement and headed off to do as Wendy suggested.
"Damn Wendy," Evergreen said while cleaning her glasses, "Vander would have been proud of how you subtly used your sex appeal to get those boys out of here."
"Vander has been an amazing teacher and so has Blair, the stand-in Suddepah I've been working with."
"Juvia is proud at how you've grown. I'm sure the rest will be equally as excited when they find out."
Lucy and the crew landed in a forest far enough away to not be detected by the Joyan warriors that were patrolling the forest but close enough that Gajeel, Cobra, and Emzadi could scent some of the women in the area.
"No time like the present to test your theory, Tink. Just need to wait for a slow ass iron dragon to stop snacking on the metal he find on his way here."
"Heard that," Gajeel grumbled as the two of them materialized from behind a tree.
"Nowhere near as fast as Vander but he might be willing to help you."
"Fuck you angel boy."
"Not really into men, being a slave and all." The girls giggled as Gajeel rolled his red eyes. "Alright. Quick in and out, make this as smooth as possible."
"You've come to the right guy, cherub." Cobra cackled as he dodged a swing from Zen, then took off running into the forest with Emzadi and Xally trailing behind him. Within minutes they were quite literally running into a wall of multi-coloured smoke, Cobra tumbling to the ground as his body was assaulted with at least six different chemical compounds. Xally and Emzadi followed his lead as they "tried" to breathe normally before passing out.
"Look at this haul Jezzy. Three very attractive men with decent magical power levels that will be sure to bring new genes to the lower class Joyan women."
"You're right Halle. We should call this in and then . . ." before the mage could utter anymore words Virgo has effectively pulled her underground followed by the woman named Halle.
"How are you feeling Mr. Corba?" Virgo's unblinking eyes watched as the slayer was on his back staring up at the blue, cloudless sky.
"Cobra? You alright?" Xally asked the man as she slowly walked up to him, in case he startled easily.
"Why is the sky so blue today? How did the clouds get so white? When did birds learn to fly?"
"Holy fuck! He's fucking baked from whatever is in his bloodstream," Gajeel pulled himself out of the shadows, staggering a big from the leftover chemicals floating in the air. "Damn, now I know why those four were captured. This is some potent shit."
"Everyone alright?" Lucy asked as Zen landed with her and Mest. "Virgo, would you bring the two women up so Mest can alter their memories, please?"
"We weren't affected by whatever they was released. By the way, they didn't throw it at us, it was released when we hit a specific point a couple feet back," Emzadi stated as she looked around the forest. "I'd guess that the entire forest is rigged the same."
"Their memories have been wiped until shortly before we arrived and replaced with what they were doing before. Is Cobra going to be ok?"
"Give me a minute," the poison slayer stated as he put his head between his knees. "Fuck that shit was fuckin nasty, but the high from it was the most intense thing I've ever experienced." Lucy handed Erik a vial as he sunk his fangs into the leather lid and let the anti-venom fill the bottle. "Think you've got enough to work with Doc?"
"More than enough, thanks."
"Let's get the fuck outta here before we're caught," Zen muttered as the group of mages left the quiet forest.
"Lucy!" Wendy jumped up the minute golden flecks started to float in the air. "How'd it go?" Wendy's glowing hands were instantly on the blonde who was being held up by Zen.
"Went great, just a tad tired from the magic that was used."
"Juvia would like to know if the potions worked on Emzadi and Xally."
"Nothing happened. We were perfectly fine!" Xally smiled before she took off in the opposite direction.
"You'll have to forgive her, she's excited to get to her lab and recreate the anti-venom," Emzadi smiled as she watch Cobra make a bee-line for Evergreen. "He's sporting a real good high from earlier Ever, so he's going to probably be handsy if dealing with a moondrunk Cristoff has taught me anything."
"What do you mean hands . . ." Evergreen was caught off as Cobra's warm lips found her own, hands grabbing her ass and lifting her up so she could wrap her legs around his slim waist. Evergreen wasn't going to argue about how the high was making him want to touch and kiss her, she would let this play out and enjoy it.
"Get it girl," Emzadi cat called to the couple, as Cobra flipped her the bird causing the group to laugh. "Well now that we know that other women aren't affected that means we have a change in strategy.
"Yes, we do," Lucy smiled to Zen and Gajeel as they all left the room to work on their new plan of attack with what they had learned. Tomorrow they would take down the Joyan Warqueen and get their men back. Then life could settle back to normal and she would FINALLY be able to mate with Laxus.