AN: So here it is, the big chapter, I hope you all like it. I've updated the harem list on my profile, added a few more girls along with some possibilities, if any of you have any suggestions of who you want in then feel free to PM me about it, I'll do my best to work them into the story, even if they are just a one night stand, which could develop into multiple nights. Also I can't stress enough that this is an AU, which means that things will have played out slightly different in timeline, this is my own story and not a direct continuation of Hiro Mashima's work.
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Guest009: I'm glad you like END, who knows, Juvia may end up in that situation.
To make it easier on everyone, the people that have doubles in 137-C will called by their last names so Levy 137-C will be known a McGarden, Natsu 137-C will be Dragneel, there are a few exceptions though, Mira will be MJ, Juvia will be Juv, Elfman is Elf.
Previously
The projection grows from the IVD and encompasses the table, showing a Guild Hall similar to that of the one they had just after Phantom Lord attacked along with younger members of the guild.
The guild looks relatively normal except for a few differences, A heavily scarred Natsu Dragneel, a Levy with a scar on her left cheek, a tough looking bluenette, a Wendy who looks about the same age as their own, and multiple other differences, the largest being the strange and extremely deadly weapons carried by the mages.
A small light flashes on a device similar to their own in the projection which displays the number of their own universe, this gets picked up by the heavily scarred Dragneel who gets up and starts walking to it just as a blue vortex opens up in the centre of the guild, the man turns to it as smiles as two pink haired women step out, both wearing white scaled scarves, one of the twins runs over to the male pinkette and tackles him into a hug as the portal closes behind identical blue exceeds.
Natsu turns to the bluenette next to him. "Levy, does the dimensional rift generator work?"
"Yes." She replies as she looks up to the man.
"Open it to that universe, we are going in, Erza, Lucy, Gray, Happy, Carla, Wendy, Mira, Juvia and Seilah, I hope you all are ready as you are coming with us." Natsu said as a blue vortex opens behind him, courtesy of Levy, an identical portal opening on the holographic display.
"Let's go everyone." Natsu commands as the group of mages enter the portal.
Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia, Fiore – Universe 137-C
Dragneel sat at a table in the guild, enjoying some peace and quiet as he cleans and oils his disassembled Lancer MKII assault rifle as he hums a tune.
He looks up from his weapon and looks around the hall at his guild mates, enjoying the liveliness of the guild after being stuck on an island by himself.
He spots a light flashing on the IVD and reassembles his rifle before getting up and heading to the device. "Huh, 129-G, haven't heard of that one yet."
A portal opens up as he reaches the halfway point, he turns and looks at the portal curiously as two female pinkettes come out, each dressed identically with identical scarves and identical Happys on their heads.
"Dragneel!" One of them shouts cheerfully as she runs to the scarred man and tackles him in a hug as the portal closed.
Dragneel smiles softly as he hugs the pinkette. "Hey Natsumi, I see you brought a new person, where is she from?"
"She is from 121-M, basically in the same situation as me, but she has Freed, Elfman, Gray and Laxus after her…" Natsumi said as she gives him a quick kiss before she sat up.
Dragneel sits up and looks over the shoulder of his girlfriend at the third pinkette in the room. "What can you tell me about yourself?" He asked as he studied her.
As the second Natsumi was about to open her mouth to speak, a new portal opened up causing heads to turn to it as a group of older Fairy Tail mages step through with an unknown horned one.
The unfamiliar group of mages look around the hall with a fondness in their eyes as Scarlet marches over, fuming at the mages' lack of responsibility and carelessness for making a blind portal to an unknown universe.
"What the fuck were you lot thinking!" Scarlet shouted as she came face to face with the older Natsu. "You morons made a blind fucking leap into another universe, you didn't even fucking check to see if this place is ok before coming here."
"But we…" Levy started to say in a small voice as she looks up at the red-head in military fatigues.
"But Nothing! There is no excuse for carelessness. That is how people die." McGarden yelled as she walked over.
"We did check." Natsu said as he looked at Scarlet as she grabs his coat.
"Bullshit!" She shouts in his face.
Natsu's eyes go red as he stares the scarlet soldier. "Let go, back off and listen carefully." He commands with a growl while using Macro.
Scarlet's eyes go wide in confusion as her body bends to his command and she moves back. "How are you doing that!?"
"Now shut up and let us talk! One: we are older and know more shit then you so don't think we are like the other versions you know. Two: We did check, we watched you all and saw that IVD over there, then a portal opened up and those two female versions of me step out. So of course we wanted to come see what is up." Natsu said as his eyes return to their normal colour.
The scarred Dragneel walks over to the group after saying back and reserving his judgement. "He's not lying, I saw the indicator come up on the IVD, you guys are 129-G right?" He said as he stood between the two groups.
"Yes we are." Levy said as she stepped around Natsu. "You look completely different to Natsu back when he was your age."
"They has seen some shit Levy, I can see it in their eyes, in their demeanour." Natsu said as he looked between three younger versions of them then around the hall. "They have lost people, the scents that should be here, have no traces here at all…"
Dragneel looked at the older version of him, taking his appearance in, from the short stubble to the longer hair and different than usual outfit then his eyes land on the sword attached to the belt. "First things first, call my people by our last names, Juvia and Mira can be their nicknames, Juv and MJ. Secondly, let's go to the bar, I have a few things I want to ask you."
"You're not the only one with questions Dragneel." Natsu said as he turned to his group. "You guys can spread out and spend some time with your doubles. Get to know them"
"Aye Sir!" Happy shouts as he flies to the three other Happys then they all pull out a fish and hold it out to the others. "Want a fish?" They ask in unison.
"They are all the same in all the universes, no matter where you go, Happy stays the same." Dragneel said as he led his double to the bar as Mira takes up position behind it and next to MJ.
"Really? I don't know if that surprises me or not… he is very unique but I guess they are all unique in the same way." Said Natsu as the two pinkettes sat down on bar stools.
"The usual?" Both white haired barmaids said at the same time with Mira letting out a giggle.
"Yes please Mira." Natsu replies as Dragneel gives a nod to MJ before turning to his older double.
"So why do you carry a sword?"
"Do you know about him? About dad and where he is?"
Dragneel looks over at the other dragon slayers and nods silently to Natsu.
"I don't know if it's the same for you, you'd have to ask him, but this sword was created from the remains of our mother and grandfather, Igneel's mate and his dad." Natsu said as he drew the sword from the sheath and holds it out to his double.
Dragneel takes it and frowns while Natsu gives him a knowing look once the sword is handed back to him. "Make sure the others don't know about our parents, they aren't ready for it yet."
Natsu nods then looks around the hall. "Hey Wendy can you come over here."
The slightly older bluenette happily runs over and stops before him. "Yes Natsu?"
He leans down and whispers almost silently into her ear. "Please don't tell the dragon slayers here about yours and Gajeel's dragons, even if they ask, just tell them I told you not to tell them and if they have a problem with it then talk to me."
Wendy nods and with a pat on the head from her pseudo older brother, she heads back to Marvell.
One of the two Natsumis pounces on Dragneel and gives him a hug as she looks at the oldest Dragneel in the groups with her double joining them soon after.
"So what does the future hold for us?" Asked the Natsumi hugging Dragneel.
"First things first, Natsumi," Dragneel says as he looks to the pinkette in his arms. "For now you'll be Nat so we know the difference between you two."
"Ok." Nat replied with a smile.
"Here, this will help too." Natsu said as he stood up, took off his coat then draped it around Natsumi's shoulders with a smile. "Keep an eye on that for me."
Natsumi looks up at the taller, older and male version of herself and returns the smile. "Thank you Natsu."
"So, looking at your Guild Hall design, I'm guessing you are post Phantom Lord, am I right?" The oldest Dragneel said as he took his seat in time for the two white haired barmaids to give them their orders.
"Yes, our approximate timeline would be after Edolas for everyone else, I believe we have the Tenrou incident next right?" Dragneel replied as he took his drink.
"Yes, and Acnologia turns up after you're fight with Grimoire Heart and decimate the Island but Mavis saves you but in turn puts you all in stasis for seven years, you'll also meet a black haired guy that is crying, his name is Zeref, don't fight him or yell at him, approach him carefully and be nice to him, but be careful as his magic is sporadic and can burst out of him, killing anything in a circle around him, I got hit by it but the scarf." He reaches out and taps on Natsumi's scarf. "It will protect you."
"What is so special about this guy?" Nat asks as she sits on Dragneel's lap.
Natsu contemplates answering for a minute. "I guess it can't hurt, his last name is Dragneel, he is our brother, though he could be a she is some universes."
"I've dealt with Acnologia before in other universes so I know what to expect." Dragneel said.
"Don't get cocky kiddo. He isn't a push over, and he'd most likely be stronger in this universe. That being said, I know you can do it, I did after all." Said Natsu with a serious face as he looked at the battle worn face of Dragneel.
"Kiddo? Look kid I've seen and done things that you would see in your darkest nightmares, I fight in a genocidal war…" Dragneel starts.
"Enough trying to measure dicks, all Natsus will have nine thick inches and all Natsumis will have big breasts." Natsu cuts him off. "Point is you are what, 17 or something? I'm 21, I've seen and done shit that you have yet to do, fought in a genocidal war? Done that, we got invaded by the Alvarez Empire, people died in that war and if we had lost, then life as we knew it would have ceased to exist. Nightmares? I see the future version of Lucy die right before my eyes because I was to slow to save her, I see my family dying to dragons that the seven dragon slayers were almost powerless against." He smashes the glass on the table. "I see Lucy die right in front of me during the war, right before I lose control and slaughter a bunch of people. Have you been so consumed with rage that your magic literally turns everything around you to ash?!"
After a few minutes of silence caused by the eldest Dragneel's outburst, MJ speaks up. "So Natsu, what's with your tattoos?"
"They aren't tattoos, they are demonic markings." Said a new voice.
The group turns and sees a voluptuous horned woman walking to the group. "It's because he is an Etherious, like me."
"And you are?" MJ asks with a frown as she takes in the woman's appearance.
"Her name is Seilah, an ex-member of Tartaros." Mira answered as Seilah sat on her master's lap.
"The Dark Guild?" MJ said as she got ready to fight.
"Formally, she is with me now, and is one of my girlfriends." Natsu said sternly as he revealed Seilah's guildmark.
"She is one of our members now and I personally know she won't harm anyone that doesn't deserve it." Mira said as she made a vanilla sunday for the demon.
"How do you know? She could still be evil." MJ said as she rounded on her older double.
Mira sighs softly and hands Seilah her sunday before facing MJ. "Look, when you take over a demon and she is still strong enough to maintain a consciousness, you tend to talk to her and get to know her, she saw things that I saw and I helped her understand what human life is like, after years of talking with each other we became good friends, when we sensed the return of her master." She points to Natsu. "She wanted to be set free and the only way that could happen is with Natsu's help. So she has both of our blessings."
Seilah smiles and thanks her as she takes the dessert, turning to MJ. "You will come across a version of me here too, if you tell her who END is." She pats Natsu's cheek. "She'll most likely defect to your side."
MJ slowly relaxes and lets out a sigh. "When can we expect you to turn up?"
"Seilah was part of the Tartaros attack on Fiore after the Grand Magic Games or GMG, which happened after we came out of being in stasis on Tenrou Island for seven years." Natsu said as he stole some of Seilah's dessert.
'Hey kiddo… I have a question.' Said END.
'What's up END?' Natsu asked.
'Is it wrong to have the hots for a female version of yourself?'
Natsu's eyes drift to Dragneel and Nat. 'They seem to not mind, maybe there is something we don't know about the females, they smell similar but different.'
'Yes, I've noticed that too, they have the same scent from their powers, the scent of dragons and Big Red, but the base scent, the one that is their own is different, if I had to guess they have different lineages.' END summarises.
'Curious… you'd think that we'd all come from the same parents. Can you sense a part of yourself in them?'
'Yes, which means Zeref still exists in some capacity in their home universes, seems like that is still a constant.'
"What's up man? You've been staring at Nat and I for a few minutes now." Dragneel asked with a curious look.
"Ah sorry, was having an internal conversation with my inner demon, he was wondering how you and Nat work due to being the opposite sex of the same person." Replied Natsu with a wave of his hand in their direction.
"Inner demon?" Nat asks.
"END's consciousness developed separate from my own as he was in the book, so when we became one again his consciousness linked to mine and he is now in my head." Natsu informed them.
"What is he like?" Natsumi asked.
Natsu opens his mouth to speak but is cut off by a giggle from Seilah. "END is a real pervert and you can tell when he has said something to Master from the looks he makes."
'Speaking of which, who knew Natsumis could be so hot, Nat seems to be taken by Dragneel, and he doesn't seem like a man that anyone in their right mind should cross, Natsumi on the other hand seems to be free, why don't we get her and Meredy together and have a Pinkette Threesome!' END cheers.
"Ah for fucks sake…" Natsu groans as he facepalms causing the group to chuckle at Natsu's plight.
Meanwhile, three red heads, a brunette and two bluenette walk into a room full of various weapons.
"This is our guild's armoury, here we have weapons from the various universes that we go to, those boxy weapons and the weapon that McGarden had on her table are from a universe we have dubbed "Fallout" due to the planet being consumed by nuclear fire, think like a bunch of Etherion Cannons going off at once and leaving a form of residual waste, it's not a pleasant place." The brunette said.
"Sam is right, the Fallout universe is fucked, only good thing to come out of it is I got my own cat." Knightwalker said.
"What kind of weapons are these?" Erza asks as she inspects one the boxy guns from Fallout.
"That is a Laser rifle, shoots lasers which have a chance of disintegrating the target." Sam replied as the two bluenettes head to a cabinet with different melee weapons.
"Why do you carry a bat around Marvell?" Wendy asks her almost identical double, one of the major differences being Wendy is a bit more developed than Marvell due to being a year older.
"To crack the skulls of perverts and break their bones, making them pay for preying on us." Marvell answered darkly as she opened the cabinet, revealing a wide selection of weapons from knives, swords and bayonets to maces, clubs and bats. "And you should consider arming yourself so in the event that you can't use your magic."
"Like I was in Edolas…"
"If you didn't have an X Pill then yes, like Edolas. There is no method behind using a bat, just swing it as hard as you can at the person, within reason of course, we're dragon slayers which means we are a lot more physically capable than normal mages." Marvell said as she grabbed a metal bat from a rack. "These bats have been made with stronger metals so they can withstand the forces us dragon slayers can put through them."
"That makes sense, what should we do first with it?" Wendy asks.
"Well first, let's personalise it, there spray cans of paint somewhere here." Marvell said as she rummaged through the cabinets. "Hey Sam, you know where the paints went?"
"Ah I put them up in the top cupboard as I found Romeo graffiti-ing the hallways, said he was "Making everything colourful" so yeah, they are up here." The brunette replies as she opens a cupboard, takes out a box and puts it in Wendy's arms. "Go nuts kids."
The two sky dragon slayers run back to the main hall to work on the bat followed by the red head and lone brunette a few minutes later.
Gray starts to pull off his shirt but is immediately stopped his double. "Dude stop, if Marvell catches you stripping then she'll start wailing on you and call you a pervert and shit like that."
"Really?" Gray asked as he looked at Fullbuster before fixing his clothes.
"Yes she did it to me a lot until I stopped doing it with her nearby, so I suggest that you be careful, she may be little but she packs a punch." Fullbuster confirms as he looks over to the two approaching blondes.
"So Gray, I mean Fullbuster, what happened to your eye?" Lucy asked as she and her double sat down at the table that the two men were setting at.
"I'd rather not answer that, just know that it was taken from me and the person who took it is dead." Fullbuster said gravely.
"We were captured by a dark guild who took advantage of Dragneel over there being M.I.A., Missing In Action, he was stranded on an island after being eaten by a really big fish." Heartfilia started.
"OI I Can Hear You Guys, I Don't Want To Hear About That Fucking Leviathan!" Dragneel shouts across the room from the bar.
"Oh Suck It Up Dragneel, You Should Be Used To Being Eaten Now!" Heartfilia shouts back. "Anyway, as I was saying, we got captured by a dark guild, they were going to eat Natsumi's Happy and our Carla, while planning on turning me, Natsumi and Wendy into sex slaves. My boyfriend here was tied up in a different room and was being tended to by a, and I quote, "A gay, raping, cannibal." Who took his eye, we are waiting for Porlyusica to finish up making a replacement eye for him."
"Ouch… I don't even want to imagine that, you two are dating?" Lucy asks as she looked between the two mages.
"Yeah, I saved her during the Lullaby Attack by taking a powerful attack for her and giving her an opening to finish it, we started dating not long after that, who are you with?" Replied Fullbuster.
"Natsu, same with Mira and Seilah, apparently those two had a threesome the first time they got together and tried to have one when they released Seilah." Lucy said getting a weird look from Gray.
"Of course the pink haired bastard has fucked another version of me again, first it was Natsumi and Lucy, then it was Layla and Ur, then he went back and had a foursome with Lucy, Layla and Ur and now you come here and tell me that you and your Natsu have had sex with each other, well at least it wasn't my version sticking his dick in a Lucy this time." Heartfilia groaned.
"I bet blondie would have loved every second of it." Sam said as she walked over to the group and looks at the older blonde. "What about you? Bet you love every second of it too."
Lucy blushes and hides her face in her hands as Heartfilia glares at Sam. "Oh fuck off bitch, go suck Dragneel's cock, at least it will shut you up for a bit."
"I like that idea, Lucy wanna join me? We can have a foursome with Natsu too, maybe even more if the two Miras want to join in." Said Sam with a grin, causing Lucy to turn a deeper shade of red.
In a comfortable corner sat two blue haired water mages as they talked about the differences between their two lives.
"Juvia is surprised that Juv never was a part of Phantom Lord." Juvia said to her younger counterpart.
"Juv never left Trinity Hill, she was found by Scarlet and McGarden when they were looking for Quantum Crystals, they brought Juv home and she stayed here, watched Dragneel fight and decided to join." Said Juv.
"Do you love Gray?" Juv asks her double.
"Yes, Juvia loves Gray-Sama, he showed her the sun and made the rain go away." Juvia says as she looked at the group over at the table with the two Grays.
"But Natsu can make the rain turn to steam and make our body feel so good when he heats us up, when Dragneel and Juv have sex, we turn the room into a sauna but it feels so good, Juv can't get enough of it, plus she knows that he will love Juv unconditionally, no matter what happens, he will love us, and it's the same for all known Natsus too, we have visited many universes and they all have Natsu loving all the girls equally."
"But Gray-Sama…"
"Juv is not asking you to give up on Gray, but for Juvia to give Natsu a shot, give him Juvia's time and see if he works better, go fishing with Natsu and Happy or go on a private mission with him, it doesn't have to be anything big and dangerous, just something that shows that him that Juvia is open to other options and is willing to have a better relationship with Natsu." Says Juv as she rested a hand on Juvia's shoulder.
After a few moments of thinking, Juvia nods. "Ok, Juvia is willing to give Natsu a shot if Juv vouches for him."
"Juv does, she has never been happier in her life than when she is in Dragneel's warm arms."
Over by the IVD, Levy and McGarden pour over different schematics and tech.
"So this gun allows you to open up portals? Levy asks her busty counterpart.
"Yes, Dragneel came up with the idea and we both worked on it alongside another Levy." McGarden replied as she slid a blueprint over.
"Huh interesting." Levy said as she went over the schematic. "Can I see your IVD blueprint while I'm here, I noticed some differences between our two versions."
"What kind of differences?" McGarden asked as she passed Levy the requested material.
"Well for one, mine is smaller and more compact, but that would be because we had more advanced tech and materials at the time of building, this little thing on the other hand, I don't think I would have thought of it." Levy answered as she held up the portal gun.
"How about this, you can keep that one to reverse engineer and do what you want with it, and you can have a copy of the design of it too." McGarden said as she leaned over the table to reach into a bag, knocking her drink over with her breasts. "God Fucking Damn It, I hate these things." She yells as she rights her drink.
"How did yours get so big…?" Levy asked with a hint of jealousy.
"Fucking Dragneel and is stupid dragon hocus pocus made them grow from this." She lightly jabs Levy's bust then grabs her own bigger breasts. "To this, practically overnight, that fucking bastard."
"Huh…" Levy says as she glances at Natsu then back to McGarden, spotting a flashing light on the IVD. "Mcgarden, there is a flashing light on your device."
"Looks like someone is trying to make contact." McGarden said as she took a closer look at the IVD.
Crackle, Crackle, Crackle, POP
The sound of crackling electricity appears in the centre of the Guild hall, causing its inhabitants to turn to the noise as an Interdimensional Communication Window opens, revealing the old and battle worn face of the COG Commander, Colonel Hoffman.
The Colonel looks through the comm window and inspects the Guild of one of the best squads under his command. Eying the older doubles of some of the members as he does a quick scan of the room. "I'm sorry for cutting your little meet and great with a new universe short, Echo, but we have a situation."
"What's the situation, sir?" Sam asked as Dragneel, Scarlet, Glenn and herself line up in front of the screen.
"What is going on?" Mira asked her younger double.
"Dragneel and his squad have to go and fight in the war." The MJ replied.
"We have been in contact with a group of stranded who have taken up residence in the ruins of the city Berephus, inside the ruined high-rises. They wished to try and make it on their own, but we have been supplying them with weapons, ammunition, consumables and first aid to take some of the weight off their shoulders, except there is one problem." The aged veteran explained.
"The Locust, sir?" Dragneel asks.
"Correct Corporal. The Locust have been mounting raids on the encampment for the past two months, increasing the frequency of their attacks as well as the intensity, reports say that the force almost doubles with each raid. Seismic readings predict a large fighting force moving through the ground towards the ruins." Hoffman informed Echo squad. "We have dispatched multiple Heavy Infantry Lift Transports to evacuate the civilians, Delta and Sigma squads are riding with the birds to provide cover to the evacuation, your squad will be running interference, we predict that the force will be coming from the north as the other directions are heavily reinforced and very well guarded so your job is to start at the compound and push as far north as you can, holding off the enemy for as long as you can, fall back if you absolutely have to but make it as hard as possible for the Locust to advance. Got it?"
"Affirmative." Echo squad replies.
"Good, sending through the coordinates of the city." Hoffman said before he closed the comm window.
"Gear up Echo." Sam commands as she is handed her armour and weapons by Scarlet, who requips hers on, Dragneel and Glenn donning their armour and picking up their weapons too.
Dragneel turns to Natsu as he checks over his weapons. "Time for you to see the difference between a war between nations and a genocidal war." Scanning his eyes across the visiting mages as they gather around. "This is the war we wish on not even our worst enemies, what you are about to see is literally Hell Itself. If you don't think you can handle seeing something like this then I suggest you leave."
Seeing none of the mages from 129-G nor Natsumi make a move to leave, Scarlet turns to McGarden. "Fire up the IVD Levy, lets see the situation and find a good drop point."
McGarden gives her a nod and powers up the device. "Alright lets see what fucked up shit is happening today in Sera." She said as she inputs the coordinates and activating the holographic projector.
A hologram fills the hall giving a view of a once beautiful and bustling city now marred by the scars caused by the horrors of both the Pendulum Wars and the Locust War, buildings that used to pierce the sky now lay across torn up roads and cratered parks, the ground scorched and cracked from the time that the COG ordered a Hammer of Dawn strike on the city in an attempt to wipe out the attacking Locust during the Hammer of Dawn counterattack, one year after Emergence Day. Just one bloody year full of the genocide of millions followed by even more death when the Hammer was dropped on every last bit of land, except the Jacinto Plateau, on the planet. Within a few short seconds the world was set ablaze and the majority of the once thriving planet of Sera was completely burned to ashes, killing untold millions of humans who couldn't make it to safety in time.
McGarden pans the display over to the docks just as the COG H.I.L.T.s fly over it, heading inland to the few remaining tall buildings left in the city which were joined together by numerous bridges and cables for gondolas. "See anywhere you like?"
"Drop us off at the foot of the tallest building, right here." Sam says as she points to where she wants the portal opened.
"Got it, one portal to hell coming right up!" McGarden calls out as she fires up the portal, ripping a hole through the fabric of space and into the Seran Universe.
"Please come back safely." Called out Marvell as she runs up to Sam with Wendy running alongside her.
"Yeah, you are really nice and fun to be around!" Wendy says cheerfully.
Sam smiles and pats both of their heads. "I can't promise that I will be able to do that, it's life and death out there, but I'll do my best and fight my hardest to come back, then we can hang out some more." She says softly then turns to the portal. "Lets move out Echo."
Echo squad walk through the portal to what will come to be Hell on Sera.
Universe 942-F, Berephus
Delta and Sigma squads, comprised of Marcus Fenix, Dominic "Dom" Santiago, Damon Baird and Augustus Cole. Clayton "Grub Killer" Carmine, Alex Brand, Jace Stratton, the Seran born Lucy Heartfilia, respectively, sat inside the transport that they are sharing.
"Open the hatch." Marcus called out to the pilot in his gravel-like voice as he stands and heads to the back of the aircraft, shortly joined by the rest of his squad as the rear door opens.
The transport turns around as it approaches its designated building, giving a view of the road below as a shimmering blue vortex opens, out marching Echo squad.
"Hey it looks like the kid is joining the party." Baird called out as he pointed out Echo to his squadmates.
"Heh you know what that means don't ya Baird? We are in for a hell of a party with some killer fireworks baby! WOO!" Cole cheers as he throws a fist into the air.
"Echo, this is Delta, do you read?" Marcus asked over the comms as he presses his fingers to his ear.
"Loud and clear Delta. Heard Sigma is joining us today." Sam's voice came back through the radio.
"Yeah, Were here for the party, Cole said you guys are bringing some fireworks?" Jace says as the HILT lowers down onto the rooftop and both squads dismount, heading to the centre of the roof.
"You're god damn right about that." Dragneel says through his comms.
"Hell if you throw Sam in then we have a Laser Light show too." Dom said with a chuckle.
"What about that Knightwalker chick? Scarlet's twin or something?" Alex asks as she checks over her Lancer.
"Ever heard of the Electric Boogaloo?!" Cole cheers as he does a quick groove to imaginary music getting laughs out of all three squads.
"Hey Echo, you guys just missed something great." Dom said as he looked over the edge of the building and down at the squad on the road.
"Was Cole dancing again?" Scarlet asks with a light-hearted giggle.
"You know it baby! Can't stop the Train, WOO!" Cole called out. "So what's the order Marcus?"
"Baird, Cole, You two take your Longshots and provide covering fire for Echo when they call it in, otherwise take out any targets of opportunity you see. Dom and I will be going through the buildings and assisting with loading people onto the transports" Marcus commands his squad.
"You heard the man, Lucy and Carmine, I want you to join Baird and Cole while Alex and I pair up with Marcus and Dom." Jace ordered.
The two groups split up, four heading to the northern side of the building while the other four heading inside the building to start the evac.
"We're in position Echo, we have your backs when you are ready to move." Carmine calls out over the comms.
"Roger that Carmine." Sam's voice came back through radio.
With Echo
Sam points down the road. "North is this way, lets get a move on." The sergeant says as she takes the lead, the rest of Echo falls in around her in a staggered formation, keeping their guns raised and their eyes sweeping the area around them in wide angles, the four of them keeping alert and ready for the attack that could happen at any second.
After a few blocks worth of silence Scarlet speaks up. "Anyone else have a bad feeling about today?"
"Yeah, I can feel it in the air Scarlet, something big is going to go down soon." Sam responds as her eyes move to the ground floor of a bombed out two-story building to check if there is any danger in it.
"Hopefully some motherfucker doesn't eat me this time!" Dragneel said as he kicked a rock in annoyance.
"They can help that you are so delicious Dragneel. Even the Locust want to eat your meat." Sam says casually with a chuckle.
"Oh god… I think I'm going to need some heavy-duty soap to wash that statement from my memories." He replies while he runs a gloved hand over his battle-scarred face.
Fairy Tail, 137-C
MJ walk over to Bisca and places a hand on her shoulder.
Bisca turns to face her. "Hey MJ what's up?" She says as she turns back to the projection that was following Echo squad.
"I think Red is right, something doesn't feel right… do you want to head to the house and view from there just in case they need extra equipment?" MJ asks the Green-haired sniper.
"It's better to be safe than sorry so yeah, let's go now and get prepared." Bisca replies and the two mages leave the guild, heading to their house.
Seilah watches them go curiously from her spot at the bar as she sits on Natsu's lap. "Master, where do you think those two are going?"
Natsu turns his attention from what is happening in Sera to the beautiful golden horned Etherious in front of him then to the door as he catches a glimpse of the two women leaving. "I think they said something about preparing for something."
"Huh, wonder what it is…" Seilah said as they both turn back to the projection.
Fullbuster walks up to McGarden. "Any idea who is assigned to Heavy Metal, Levy?"
"Not yet, we don't know the situation, once we do then I'll make up a squad." The genius replied. "So far there hasn't been any signs of Locust activity but that can change in an instant."
"Yeah, I guess we'll have to sit tight and wait for the call to come in." The ice mage said. "If it comes in."
"Let's hope it doesn't come in Gray." She states while keeping an eye on the IVD.
Berephus, 942-F
Echo squad makes their way through the ruined city streets, climbing over the rubble of fallen buildings and going down alleyways when their path is blocked.
"It's too quiet…" Glenn said to Dragneel as the squad walks down a wide road littered with wrecked cars.
Rumble… Rumble, Rumble
"Fuck… you had to say it. Everyone into cover!" Dragneel calls out and gets behind a ruined car as a large E-hole opens up further up the street, spilling a horde of Locust Drones from it.
Echo slams into cover as bullets rip through the air around them, peeking over the car to get an idea of how many there are, Dragneel immediately pulls his head back down as a bullet ricochets off the metal. "Couple fucking dozens of Grubs over there!" He yells to his squad over the loud report of heavy gunfire as he builds up a ball of fire in his hands.
"Close that hole, Dragneel!" Sam orders as the sound of heavy rifle rounds crack over their heads, followed by the tell-tale pop in the distance as their sniper cover drops four Drones in rapid secession.
"We've got you covered Echo, burn those fuckers, make them crackle like bacon." Carmine says through their comms.
Taking another quick peak as the Grubs got into cover to avoid the sniper fire, Dragneel lobs the ball of fire through the air and straight down the hole, blasting it shut in a pillar of fire, roasting the Locust yet to come out of the E-hole.
"Nice throw Dragneel, now let's clean up this mess!" Scarlet calls out as Echo pops out of cover and fires their weapons at the enemy who are slowly advancing, using their numbers against the squad and putting them back into cover.
Rumble, Rumble
The sound of another E-hole opening up around the corner reaches the ears of the four soldiers, Scarlet curses at the sound and primes a Bolo fragmentation grenade, spinning it as she stays in cover behind a van that has been flipped on its side. "Frag out!" She yells as she blind throws it over the top of the van, hearing the faint clink of it hitting the asphalt then an explosion as the grenade does its job, landing in the middle of a group of six Locust and detonating, ripping the Drones to shreds as metal fragments tear through the bodies.
SCREEEECH
"We've got Wretches!" Glenn shouts as dozens of doglike Locust round the corner, having emerged from the recently opened E-hole.
"Delta, Sigma, We need all of the sniper fire you can drop on these ugly fucks!" Sam yells through her comms.
"One special delivery of hot lead coming right up baby!" Cole replies through the earpiece as multiple large calibre rounds rip through the air and into the bodies of Drones and Wretches alike, blowing off heads and chunks of their bodies as the heavy metal rain shreds them.
"Scarlet, Dragneel, pull out your Mulchers and open fire on those bastards!" Sam orders the two S-class mages as the place their Lancers and give a feral grin to each other, with a nod they both requip a Mulcher each and heft them onto appropriate cover.
"Eat Shit And Die!" Dragneel shouts at the Locust as both he and Scarlet spool up the machine guns then spit hot lead at their foes, timing their long bursts so when one takes a break to cool the barrels, the other is firing as to keep a constant stream of bullets racing downrange at anyone unlucky enough to be in their path, bullet holes popping up all over the Locust's bodies, ripping them into two or more pieces.
As the final body drops to ground, a lifeless husk of a Locust as its blood pours from numerous holes, the two S-class mages requip the Mulchers away and Echo slowly get out of cover, Glenn moves up to the corner and presses against the wall, checking around it before grabbing a frag and throwing it into the hole, closing it.
"Nice work Echo, but that won't be the last of them, gather ammunition and get ready to move on." Sam says as she walks to a dead body, rummaging through the pouches and scavenging all the ammo she can as the other squad members do the same.
"Which way should we head?" Glenn asks the squad.
"East, I can hear the Locust making their way down a road three blocks over and about four blocks north, if we head directly east then we can lay a trap for them." Dragneel states as he turns to the mentioned direction as an IVD comm window opens in front of him.
"Dragneel, I have spotted a large force coming from that direction, I'm seeing Bloodmounts, Boomers and Grinders mixed in with Drones and Theron Guards, and what looks like a few Kantus. So get into cover as soon as possible, I advise using the sniper support to deal with the Mounts before they can reach your position… Wait… We've got Flame units and a lot of them coming from a hole behind the Grubs, looks like they have modified standard units with flamethrowers and other incendiary devices, be careful Echo." McGarden says to the squad of COG soldiers then closes the window.
"Thanks Lev." Dragneel said, knowing she can still hear him, he turns to the others. "Sounds like the Grubs have some new toys."
"Seems like it, you take point Dragneel." Sam says and receives a nod from her boyfriend who turns and makes his way down the road with Echo spread out behind him.
Tick tick tick
Dragneel's ears twitch as he hears the dreaded sound. "Tickers!" He shouts as little creatures with liquid explosive packs attached to their backs scurry out from the rubble and run to the solders who start opening fire on them, blowing a few up.
One ticker manages to get close to Glenn and primes its pack, flames shooting from pipes. "Fuck!" He curses as he sends a heavy boot into the side of the critter, sending it flying into a group of them and setting of a chain reaction as the pack detonates.
"Be advised, we have no line of sight on you at the moment Echo." Lucy's voice enters their ear.
"We know blondie! Kinda in a mess here, being swarmed by tickers!" Sam calls out back through the comms.
Echo keeps shooting the monsters until there is only exploded corpses left then they lean against the nearby walls and rubble for a short breather.
"Fucking hell, I lost count of how many there were." Scarlet says as she reloads her Lancer.
"A fuck tonne, that is how many." Dragneel responds as he loads shells into his Gnasher shotgun.
"Regardless, we need to keep moving so we can head off that group of fuckers before they pass us." Sam said as she moves off a wall. "Let's keep moving Echo, double time."
Echo nods and takes off at a fast jog through the fallen rubble and crater filled road as they make their way to their destination, turning a corner and meeting a fallen building.
"Lets get inside, we can use that building as cover and a chokepoint of we need to fall back." Dragneel suggested and the four solders run to the building.
"Echo we have eyes on you again, there is a large amount of Locust approaching that building from the other side, should we open fire?" Baird asked over the radio.
"Negative, wait for our order, we want to get the drop on them and catch them off guard." Sam replies as she presses two fingers to her earpiece while making her way through the ruin.
"Copy that, we'll sit on our asses and have a little tea party while we wait for you." He says in his sarcastic tone.
Echo sets up by the holes in the walls and windowless frames as they get ready to engage the hostiles, peeking the corner to get an idea of numbers, Sam pulls her head back and looks to her squadmates. "About four to five "Fuck Tonnes" worth of ugly fucks out there, pull out those Mulchers and get ready to fire on my command, Parks, grab your Boomshot, we'll need it."
The squad nods silently and gets prepared, Sam puts her fingers to her ear and activates her comms. "Echo is in position, fire on my command, Ready… Open Fire!" She shouts as Dragneel and Scarlet spin up their Mulchers then let loose bullet after bullet at the Locust, sweeping their guns in wide arcs as Glenn pops out of cover and sends a high velocity grenade into a pack of Bloodmounts, obliterating both beasts and riders in the deadly cloud of shrapnel.
The crack of sniper rounds can be heard as the bullets fly from the tower all the way to the firefight and punch through the heads of some Boomers as they were about to fire, one was unlucky enough to die as it pulled the trigger, the rogue grenade shooting off into a group of charging Wretches and killing all of them.
"WOO BABY! God Damn! Did You See That? Can't Stop The Cole Train Baby, took them motherfuckers Out!" Cole yelled through the comms.
"Nice shooting big guy, keep it up and I'll shout you a few beers and a full three course dinner from MJ." Dragneel shouted back through the comms.
"Hell yeah Baby, let's do this shit!" Cole replies as the sniper team keeps firing on the Locust forces.
"Sounds like a full-blown party out there." Dom's voice comes through the radio.
"You know it Dom, even got firecrackers!" Sam said as she shoots the tank of a Drone with a Flamethrower, causing it to panic and try to get the tank of its back but ultimately fails as it explodes in a cloud of red mist and takes a nearby Theron Guard out with it. "Boom, two for one!"
As the soldiers cut through the ever-encroaching horde, rumbling could be felt under their feet, brass casing rattling on the wall turned floor that they lay on as the asphalt cracks and bows vertically before a large Corpser bursts out of the road and lets loose a monstrous roar.
"OH FUCK THE HELL OFF!" Dragneel shouts angrily as he focuses his aim on the beast's soft underside making it howl in pain as hot lead meets flesh before diving back down into the ground.
"Nice work Dragneel!" Sam shouts over the heavy gunfire as more and more Locust flow out of the holes.
"We need to fall back!" Scarlet shouts as a group of Wretches with Incendiary packs strapped to their backs charge the squad but get quickly shredded at the halfway point, the charges detonate and sprays a gelatinous substance in a wide area, a lone bullet sparks as it ricochets off the road, the sparks land in the gel and set it alight, the fire rushing to the other pools of gel left from the rest of the pack of Wretches.
"That's Fucking Napalm!" Dragneel yells in shock. "You guys fall back, I'll cover your backs!"
"But.." Sam starts.
"But Fucking Nothing Sam, Move!" He shouts and motions them to leave. "I'm immune to it so I'll be fine. I'll be right behind you guys!"
The rest of Echo look at each other then Scarlet and Sam place a kiss on Dragneel's cheeks then run out of the building from the way they came with Glenn right behind them.
Dragneel requips the Mulcher away as he gathers fire in his mouth, moving out of cover he quickly releases it. "Fire Dragon's Roar." A cone of fire rushes out of his mouth at the horde in front of him, the Locust sizzling and crackling as they get burned alive by the spell, after decimating a large amount of the enemy he turns and runs through the building and out the back, meeting up with his squad.
"There we go, cook that damn bacon!" Carmine calls out through the radio as the sniper team keeps firing.
At The Towers
Marcus, Dom, Jace and Alex emerge from the building and direct the Stranded to board the awaiting HILTs. "Come on people, Move It." Marcus said in his gravelly voice just as explosive rounds hit the side of the building, screaming could be heard below them.
"Reavers! Get on those Troikas and take them out!" Marcus commands as he and the rest of the evac group man the turrets and start to open fire upon the incoming airborne Locust.
"Fucking squids!" Dom shouts as he peppers the flank of a Reaver with bullets, tearing through its hide and making it explode in a shower of blood and gore while its riders fall helplessly to the ground, dying with a sickening yet satisfying crunch.
Numerous Reavers fly through the air as they try to dodge the wall of lead from the four Troikas firing on them while they fire explosive rounds into the towers and killing unknown amounts of Stranded.
"Control! We need Ravens in here! Reavers are tearing up the tower." Marcus calls out through his earpiece.
"They are on their way Marcus, ETA ten minutes." Anya's voice comes back through the comms. "Just hold off a little longer."
"We are getting swarmed out here Anya!" Marcus yells as they keep gunning down the incoming Reavers.
"What about Dragneel? Can he send in support?" Anya asks.
"He hates putting his family in the line of fire, unnecessary risks and deaths." Marcus replies as explosions rock the building. "Fuck it! Dragneel, We Need Some Fucking Back Up!"
"Kinda fucking busy killing grubs Fenix, they have outfitted them with Fucking NAPALM!" Dragneel's voice can be heard through the radio.
"Can you get anyone to portal to us, someone who can fly would be the biggest fucking help right now!" Marcus yells. "Reavers are bombing the fuck out of the towers, we are still trying to evac them!"
"Fuck! I'll see who I can send!, it wont be much as its not Heavy Metal bad!" Dragneel yells back through the comms as he and Echo fight off Grubs in the streets.
Fairy Tail, Magnolia
"Lev, I hate to ask this, but Delta and Sigma need backup. This is NOT a Heavy Metal situation, I repeat, This is NOT Heavy Metal, send someone with a big fucking gun to help them fend off the Reavers and save the Stranded." Dragneel's voice comes through the IVD
"You heard the man, I need a volunteer to assist Delta and Sigma squads. Gray, Juv, Gajeel and Elfman, you four are on standby for Heavy Metal, get prepared as it may come soon!" McGarden yells to the gathered mages.
"Those things look god damn disgusting…" Lucy said to Gray.
"Yeah, can't imagine what it is like on the ground down there." He replies as Heartfilia speaks up.
"You don't want to go there, it's a nightmare, the shit we have seen haunts us."
"Let's go guys!" Fullbuster says as he stands and the selected people start to head to the Guild's armoury.
"I volunteer to assist the tower group." Natsu said as he moves away from the bar and steps forward, the mages from his universe and the visiting Natsumi staring at him in shock.
"No you fucking won't." McGarden says to him. "You have no fucking idea what it is like over there, you have had no training or anything, You Wil Die!"
"Wouldn't be the first time McGarden, look I'm tougher and stronger than the average Natsu that you would have come across, my timeline is years ahead of yours and we been through things that you have yet to be through, hell my Lucy can do things that your one has never even thought of, You want to fucking know something?" Natsu says as he walks forward. "We have been through war, we have killed and watched family die too, I have killed to protect my family and I'll do it again in a heartbeat if it means that they survive, fuck I'd lay my life down if it meant saving all of them!"
"Fine! But if you get fucking hurt or critically wounded, don't say I didn't warn you, you are just like him…" McGarden says as she looks to Fullbuster. "Show him the way and get him suited up, give him a run down on how to operate the weapons."
"Got it, come on Flame Brain." He said as he leads the way to the armoury and grabs a set of Fiorian Armour, which is based on COG Armour, a Lancer MkII and Gnasher. "Your Lucy told me that you know requip so pick what else you want to bring once you put this stuff on, load up on ammo too."
Natsu watches as Fullbuster gets into his own armour then copies him but leaves his arms uncovered, displaying his markings as he picks up the weapons and listens to the short briefing on how to use them which is given by Redfox. He looks around at the other weapons around him as he grabs the correct ammo and requipping it away along with a Boomshot Grenade Launcher, spotting a large weapon, he points to it. "I want that one."
"It's a two-man weapon, one is on the gun and the other is cranking the ammo drum to feed the gun." Elf says. "You are going in alone, so how do you plan on using it?"
Natsu takes the large weapon off the wall and attaches the drum to his back, spinning the multiple barrel as a grin forms on his face. "Macro." He says simply.
"What's that?" Juv asks curiously as she leans against a table, not putting on any armour.
"It's a Curse I can use, Curses are the opposite of magic and are fuelled by external emotions, the more negative the emotion, the stronger the curse power gets, when I came here I felt the hatred. When I go into Sera I'll probably get hit by a shit tonne of fear and hate." Natsu says as he uses Macro to give the drum a crank. "Good, my idea worked, time to save the day again."
He grabs some spare ammo for the weapon and puts it in his requip dimension. "I'll probably see you guy on the ground." Natsu said with a wave over his shoulder as he walks back to McGarden, leaving the backup squad in the armoury to finish preparing.
Berephus, Sera
"Where the fuck is our back up!" Lucy shouts as all of Sigma and Delta fight off the Reavers from the rooftop.
"The kid said that he has requested some help from his universe, so hopefully soon, it's a fucking Grubfest!" Baird shouts back as he manages to nail a Reaver in the eye with his Longshot, the bullet punching through it and into the beast's brain, bouncing around in its skull and turning the contents into mush.
"Dragneel won't let us down, he never has before!" Dom yells from his position on a Troika. "He has always found a way!"
"Well it better get here soon then because I don't know how much longer we can hold out!" Lucy shouts as she scores a quad head shot on the four riders of two Reavers.
"Woo! Nice shot baby! Keep it up." Cole cheers as he fires off rounds into the side of an airborne Locust.
"Dragneel! How long until we get that backup!?" Marcel yells through the comms.
"Soon! Like anytime now!" Dragneel's voice comes back through it.
Crackle, pop, Pop
"About Fucking Time!" Baird shouts as he turns to a blue vortex opening up in the middle of the rooftop.
A heavy boot of Fiorian armour steps out of the portal, followed by the man it belongs to, wielding a large multi-barrel Gatling Gun, the man looked like Dragneel except this one was taller with longer hair, had some short pink stubble, different scars but most notably, he had strange black ember like markings on his arms.
"Who the fuck are you!?" Lucy shouts at the man.
"Sup Luce, you guys can just call me either Natsu or END." Natsu says as he sucks in a breath of air as he feels a large rush of power. "Holy shit that is a lot of fear and shit."
Cole turns around after killing another Reaver and spots Natsu. "Damn is that a Vulcan! Baird check that shit out!"
'Hey Kiddo quit marvelling about the increase in curse power and aim that cannon up in the sky, there is a fucking shit tonne of those squid fuckers incoming!' END shouts in Natsu's head.
Natsu's head snaps up in time for a Reaver to fire a high explosive round down at him. Leaping to the side, he brings up the gun, spooling up the barrels as he uses Macro to crank the ammo drum. "Die…" He snarls as he opens fire at the incoming Reavers, hot lead rushing out of the barrels as the spin rapidly, each individual sound from a bullet firing melting into the next one, creating a cacophony of explosions as the rounds roar out of the barrels at 1200 rounds per minute, the recoil being easily absorbed by his draconic and demonic enhanced body as he moves about the roof with ease.
The volley of bullets rip through Reaver after Reaver as Natsu sweeps the cannon through the enemy ranks, eviscerating them before they could avoid their doom. Locust blood and guts rain down onto the rooftop as none escape the onslaught.
'Heh heh heh, this is fucking awesome!' END shouts in bloodlust which seeps into Natsu, causing him to give a demonic grin as his eyes change to crimson and his markings extend around his body while also turning red.
"Holy shit, this guy is way different than Dragneel!" Dom shouts over the roaring of the Vulcan Gatling Gun.
"You're right, this one has a different feel to him." Jace shouts back as the gun clicks dry and the shredded remains of the last Reaver falls onto the building.
Natsu lowers the weapon to point to the rooftop as he directly requips out the empty mag from the drum and replaces it then feeds the bullets into the gun for the next conflict, looking around at the soldiers around him with his red demonic eyes. "Everyone alright?"
"We are now kid, where are you from?" Marcus asks as he walks towards Natsu.
"I'm the Natsu from 129-G, we just got our IVD running and happened to be visiting 137-C when the old guy called Dragneel and his squad." He replies as he stands straight and looks Marcus in the eyes.
"So what's the deal with the red glowy shit? You some kind of walking night light?" Baird asks sarcastically.
"Well I'm an older version of Dragneel, so I have seen and fought shit that he has yet to see and face in his timeline. He might not even turn out like I have if what Levy said about the multiverse theory is right, which I don't doubt that it is. Long story short, shit happened and I became like this." Natsu said as he turned to the north and to the sounds of a firefight. "Sounds like Echo are busy, you guys all good up here?"
"We are now kid, thanks for the assist." Alex says as she and the rest of the evac team start ushering people onto the transport that just landed.
Natsu nods and heads to the sniper team on the northern edge of the building, requiping the Vulcan away and bringing out the Lancer MkII and Gnasher. "Do you know what Echo's current situation is?"
"Well…" Cole starts.
With Echo Squad
"…Fuck!" Dragneel shouts as he slams into cover after falling back close to half a block. "How Many Fucking Grubs Are They Going To Fucking Throw At Us!?"
"Stop Fucking Complaining And Kill The Fuckers!" Sam shouts back while blind firing around her cover.
Scarlet and Glenn pop out of cover and fire their Lancers at the approaching Locust, dropping a few before getting back into cover.
"Sigma, Delta. This is Echo, what's your status?" Sam asks through her radio, holding her fingers to her ear while blind firing over the cover just as the ground shakes and bows out.
"We're all fine now, backup arrived and he took out all the Reavers, so we have your backs again Echo." Lucy says over the comms as the grubs start dropping from sniper fire. "He is heading to your position now."
"The Guy Has Fucking Dragon Wings!" Baird shouts through the radio.
"We could use all the help we can get." Sam said back through the comms, ignoring Baird as fires rage around them due to the Napalm that the Locust are using.
The ground bulges out and bursts in a shower of dirt, rubble and asphalt as the Corpser from before busts out of the ground with a roar.
"It's fucking back again!" Scarlet yells as she opens fire on the Corpser, aiming for the eyes of the beast.
The Corpser brings its armoured legs in front of it to protect it's soft underbelly and eyes, the bullets hitting the legs and occasionally ricocheting off into a random Locust as they keep advancing towards the pinned down squad.
"SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!" Shouts a voice from above as a large mass of reddish black fire crashes into the Corpser and setting it on fire, causing it to thrash around and take out the surrounding Locust troops as it burns to death, the figure leaps backwards through the fire, large draconic wings spread wide and pink hair whipping around in the wind caused by the firestorm.
"Holy Shit, Is that Natsu from 129-G?" Glenn asks Echo.
"Ember Shot!" Natsu shouts with outstretched arms pointed at the Locust as he fires off small balls of fire that race towards his targets, burning right through two dozen Grubs.
"Yeah, it is." Dragneel says as Natsu slams into cover behind a pillar next to him. "Now Why The Fuck Did You Come Here You Fucking Idiot!?"
"Your friends up on the tall building needed backup, so I volunteered and brought a big fucking gun!" Natsu said as he dispels his wings then presses his back firmly on the wall.
"And? I'd rather not get other universes in a war that they don't need to fight!"
"Focus, we still have that same damn war to fight!" Sam shouts at the two nearly identical pinkettes. "So raise your fucking guns and shoot some fucking Grubs before I come over there and shut you both up!"
"Aye Sir!" Natsu shouts as he and Dragneel blind fire around their respective cover.
"You sound like Happy." Sam shouts over the gunfire.
"Little guy's catchphrase rubs off on a lot of people." Natsu replies.
"We need to start falling back again." Dragneel said as he peeks over the cover. "Delta, how's the Evac coming?"
"We've got almost all of the survivors Kid, not much longer now!" Marcus' voice comes through the comms.
"Can you pick up the pace! They are giving us hell down here!" Dragneel said through his comms as the roar of a Lancer's Chainsaw Bayonet is heard from around the corner of the pillar Natsu is behind.
"Natsu, rev up that chainsaw and meet that fucker head on!" He commands as he points to the Drone as it rounds the corner.
Natsu does as he is told and brings up his chainsaw as it spins up and slams it into the Locust's gun, they meet in a flurry of sparks as they fight to the death in a battle of strength.
"Diieee Pinnkkiee!" The Drone rasps out as it tries to push the spinning blades of death past Natsu's own and overpower the Dragon Slayer.
"It's Fucking Salmon!" Natsu shouts back as he forces the Lancers to the side, throwing the Drone off balance as he grabs the Grub and pulls it around the pillar. He activates his Bomb curse and punches the Drone in the gut then throws it into a pack of other Drones, a Theron Guard and a Boomer.
"Boom Bitch!" He yells as the group of Locust explode in a gory mess.
"Damn! I didn't know he could do that!" Sam calls out while she watches the secondary explosions go off as the Bolo Frags are set off, shredding more nearby Locust.
After close to twenty more minutes, the firefight started to die down and the soldiers regroup behind a ruined bus. "Everyone in one piece?" Sam asked as they stayed close to the cover.
The others confirmed in their own fashion as Dragneel keeps an eye down the road to the north and Scarlet does the same for the south.
"Good, Natsu you said you know requip like these two." She points to the two other mages of Echo Squad. "What did you bring?"
"Lancer, Gnasher, Boomshot and Vulcan." He replies as he keeps his back to the bus.
"Vulcan? The machine gun that requires two people to function effectively?" Glenn asks as he turns to the older pink haired mage. "How the hell does that work!?"
"Macro." Dragneel answers for Natsu. "He was telling me about how he and Seilah can use it to control people and objects."
"Dragneel is right, I crank the ammo drum using Macro to keep the gun fed with bullets, it allows me to use it by myself."
"Huh, that would be handy in a fight, what about reloading?" Sam asks, intrigued at the abilities of the older version of her boyfriend and wondering if Dragneel could do it too.
"Directly swapping the empty mag out for a fresh one using requip magic, works the same way as requipping a sword from and to its sheath." Natsu said as a far-off noise causes both Dragon Slayers' ears to prick up.
"Something is coming, get ready." Dragneel said as he keeps his eyes trained down the street, looking out for the slightest disturbance as Natsu joins him.
"It sounds like something big chasing something small, but the big thing isn't doing a good job, I can hear it running into stuff." Natsu said as he focuses.
"Yeah, it sounds like a Berserker, scratch that, there are two but the second one is a bit behind the first."
"Berserker?" Natsu asked.
"Bad fucking news, and if we have two coming our way then we'll need to get moving, I don't have the magic capacity that you two have and since you have another source of power that my Dragneel doesn't have, it gives you an even better advantage." Sam replies to him.
"What about the little thing in front of them?"
"It's not a Wretch, I'm sure of that." Dragneel says as he peeks the corner as sees more Locust troops. "Everybody in firing positions! We've got incoming Grubs!"
The soldiers rush around the bus and drop into cover behind slabs of concrete from a fallen building that gives them an elevated position compared to the opposing force.
"Open fire!" Sam shouts as she pops up out of cover and starts firing down at the Locust as they approach followed by the other soldiers.
The crack of more friendly sniper fire snaps over their heads as the bullets collide with high priority targets in the horde, dropping Therons, Boomers, Grinders and Kantus alike.
"Nice shooting guys!" Glenn calls out over his radio to the sniper team.
"Boomshots up, blow those fuckers to bits!" Sam orders as Glenn and Natsu rise with their grenade launchers.
"Heh Boom…" Natsu mimics a Boomer as both he and Glenn start firing off grenades into the pack.
CRACK… PING!
A Longshot round from a Locust Sniper ricochets off the armour on Natsu's shoulder and ends up hitting a building behind him, making him drop down behind cover. "We've got snipers!"
"Baird, find that bastard and put a bullet in it's head!" Scarlet shouts through her comms as they all duck down to avoid getting their heads blown off.
"I'm looking…" Baird's voice replies through the comms as he scans the buildings after a few minutes he sees a glint from a sniper scope and fires at it, getting rewarded by a headless Grub falling forwards out of the window. "Sniper down, we'll keep looking for more, be careful Echo."
"We'll try but who knows, Dragneel may get eaten again." Sam jokes.
"Don't even fucking start Sam! I don't want you to jinx this mission!" Dragneel yells as he blind fires over the cover.
"Aaaahhh!" Comes the scream of a little girl who was running from the pair of Berserkers as she runs out onto the battlefield.
"Fuck we've got a civvies!" Lucy shouts through the radio.
"Damn it…" Natsu growls out as he leans out of cover, trying to cover the girl as she ran towards them, upon a closer look he could see that the girl was only about fourteen years old, reminding him of Wendy.
"She won't make it…" Dragneel says softly to Natsu.
"Yes she will, we just have to cover her!" Natsu shouts back at him.
CRACK…!
A pained scream comes from the little girl as she falls to the ground, a bullet from a Locust Longshot penetrating her back and ripping through her spine, paralysing her from the waist down, she tries to drag herself to the soldiers as she bleeds out from her bullet wound, tears running down her cheeks from the pain as her eyes meet the red eyes of Natsu.
"Nooo!" Natsu yells as he fires upon the Locust as anger rushes through him.
CRASH, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, SPLAT… "ROOAARR"
A Berserker busted out of a wall beside the girl, charging to her and crushing her under it's large foot, sending blood and guts splattering out across the road.
"Fucking Bitch!" Sam yells as the colour and sound fade from Natsu's perception, his eyes on the bloody mess.
A quiet and faint voice, similar to his own, comes through the muteness as the muzzle flashes of a Lancer light up next to him.
"All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very
mad world mad world."
Dragneel's voice in soft, melodic tones broke through the stunned silence that is Natsu's mind, slowly getting the gears in his mind going again as the sound rushes back to him with a loud ringing, blood surges throughout his body as he starts to heat up, scales slowly appearing on his skin as his markings glow brighter.
"It's Fucking Coming This Way! Sam Shoot The Bitch With A Laser!" Scarlet shouts from the other side of Dragneel.
"Laser Light!" Sam yells as she fired off a magical beam of light at the Berserker but misses as it starts to charge them.
"ROOOOAAAARRRR!"
A loud roar rips through the battlefield, a roar of unholy rage that strikes fear into all on the battlefield, be it the Locust attacking the soldiers or the COG solders and Stranded themselves.
"What The Fuck Was That!" Marcus shouts over the comms as the Stranded panic around him.
"It's Natsu, not Dragneel but the other one, he just went psycho!" Baird shouts back though the radio.
"ROOOOAAARRRR!" A second, even louder roar rings out as Natsu rises out of cover, panicked Locust troops firing at him, but the bullets don't hit.
Red fills his vision as his power bursts out of him with such intensity that it cracks and craters the ground around him, the heat turning it into glass. Red and gold draconic eyes stare down the Berserker that killed the little girl as flashes of his young friends enter Natsu's mind. "Time To Die…" He utters quietly and demonically.
In an instant he appears in front of the female Locust which tries to squash him with her hands. He grabs them and with an ungodly amount of strength, he rips the arms out of the sockets in her shoulders, tearing the flesh and flinging the arms aside and to the buildings nearby.
"Holy Fuck…" Lucy mutters, stunned and fearful at this version of Dragneel.
A fist of multi coloured fire with arcing lightning mixed in slams though the centre of the monster as Natsu punches the Berserker though the heart then flares his power, blowing apart the beast and turning it into ashes soon after as he stares at the second Berserker with nothing in his eyes but anger, hate and rage. He charges at it and slams a powerful kick into the side of its head.
Fairy Tail 137-C
"What The Fuck!?" Heartfilia yells and turns to her double as Natsu blows the first Berserker apart. "What is happening? Dragneel hasn't done that!"
"They've pissed Natsu off…" Lucy replies softly as she watches her boyfriend. "You don't want to piss him off…"
"Why?" Fullbuster asks as he walks to the two blondes and his older double, wrapping his arms around his blonde girlfriend.
"Natsu's magic gets stronger with his emotions, he's at his strongest when he feels nothing but rage, he unleashes the rage of a dragon… but unlike Dragneel, Natsu has the ability to use his Etherious power, his Curse power, it is the opposite of magic as it takes emotion from around him to make him stronger… Hate, fear, anger… how much of it do you think is in Sera right now?" Gray replies with a question to his double who just looks at his blonde girlfriend then back to the two older versions of them.
"A planet full…" Heartfilia answers.
"Demons like Natsu feed off of the negative emotions around him, its most likely why he immediately went into his Etherious form as soon as he got there, all the emotions would have forced a transformation, and when he saw that little girl, that he could have saved, die right before his eyes… He would have snapped, gone Berserk, I've seen it a few times and have been on the wrong end of it before, but that was before he knew how to use it…" Gray said to a quiet room.
"Well those Locust are fucked then." McGarden says loudly as they all turn back to the projection.
"You have no idea McGarden…" Erza said softly from next to Knightwalker.
Sera 942-F
A growl emanates from Natsu's throat as his kick completely disintegrates the Berserker's head, making it's lifeless body fall backwards as he flashes towards a large pack of Grubs, planting a heavy boot on the shield of a Mauler and sending it flying into a building, squashing the large Locust between the building and it's shield, splattering blood out from behind the large circle of metal.
In a flash of multicoloured fire, a Drone gets bisected as a large two handed sword made of fire is formed in Natsu's hands, he swings it around and through the midsections of half a dozen other Drones then throws it at a line of Therons, impaling them all on the fiery blade as he runs after it, using the great sword as a springboard, he launches off it and lets out his wings, soaring up into the air then flips over, diving down as he becomes engulfed in fire and lightning, slamming into the ground and incinerating a hundred various Locust in a single second.
As he rises from the fire, the Seran sniper team gets a good look at something they can only describe as the Devil himself. Large draconic wings, horns made of fire, red scales on his body with glowing crimson markings on top of them, his eyes glowing an odd combination of gold on the inside of the iris and crimson on the outer portion of the iris, his pupils thin and dragon like. His body partly shrouded in multicoloured fire with lightning arcing off him to the ground and body parts around him.
"Marcus, Dom… Get up here and take look at this…" Baird said over his comms.
"Where here already Baird, what's the situation?" Marcus says in his gravelly voice.
"You gotta see this for yourself…" Cole said as he and Baird hand their rifles over to Dom and Marcus then point to where they need to look, not that they needed to with the mass of fire and lightning lighting up the area and the fires around the city all leaning to one point… Natsu.
"Shit… That's the one that was up here right? What happened?" Dom asks quietly.
"A little girl was shot through the back by a sniper then stomped on by a Berserker… he lost it, ripped the arms off of it then punched a hole though it's chest, kicked the head off of a second Berserker, now he is slaughtering the rest." Lucy replies as she and Carmine give their Longshots to Jace and Alex.
"Fucking hell…" Jace mutters as another roar rocks the building.
A bullet crack right by Natsu's head as he moves it to the side to avoid the bullet, looking up at the sniper he lets off a Fire Dragon's Roar at it, killing the Sniper and making the building come crashing down as he runs through the horde of Locust, swinging his katana and fire sword, slicing through Grub after Grub.
'Kill the fuckers Natsu.' END says demonically as Natsu lets out a loud, throaty, bestial growl, knowing nothing but rage as he uses both swords to shred the Locust at a rapid pace.
He throws the sheath of his katana at the head of a Drone and pierces it, following the blow up with a quick slash, decapitating the drone as he picks up the sheath and smashes the head of the dead Locust into the head of a Theron with such force that both heads shatter.
Echo stands up from cover, not concerned about the Locust as all their attention is on the berserk mage running amok among their ranks.
"Well Fuck, he is stealing all the fun." Dragneel complains jokingly.
"Damn, remind me not to get on his bad side…" Glenn said. "He is going through them like Carmine goes through bacon."
"Fucking fast." Sam says with a chuckle.
Natsu squares up in front of hundreds of Locust that have been flowing out of E-holes faster than he can kill them, they all aim at him with various weapons as he takes a deep breath. "LIGHTNING FIRE KING'S ROAR!" He yells as a massive cone of intensely hot multicoloured fire and powerful lightning rushes out of his mouth, tearing through the horde and ground in front of him, obliterating everything in his path and leaving absolutely nothing left for a long distance.
"Fuck…" All the COG solders say at once as Natsu finally calms down and falls to his knees, panting with exhaustion and taking deep breaths as his wings and scales disappear, hearing footsteps come closer behind him he looks over his shoulder and sees Echo squad.
"You ok Natsu?" Dragneel asks as he helps his double to his feet.
"I am now." He replies as his scales fade away. "Sorry about that… I lost control again…"
"It's ok Natsu." Scarlet says softly as she hands him his weapons.
"Again?" Sam asks curiously as she looks out on the destruction. "This has happened before?"
"Yeah, he has gone berserk like that twice before from what he told me about his life, once against Alvarez during the war he fought in a few years ago, and the other being the other month, his team was in a life-threatening situation, faced with the possible death of him and his team, after they had their fun of course, he went berserk and killed all two hundred of them." Dragneel said as he offered a fiery hand to Natsu.
"Save it, you need your magic too, I'll just eat the fires around the city…"
"You're lucky there isn't burning bodies everywhere." Dragneel said with a stoic face.
"I know, you described it well enough." Natsu said as he drew in the fires from around the city and consumed them. "Nah there were a few in there it seem…" He groaned out in disgust as he wipes his tongue comically.
"We should get moving, I don't know whether that roar would have attracted the Locust or made them pop up somewhere else, but we need to be ready. Dragneel you're on point, Natsu you take up the rear, keep your ears open for any Locust, right now I have two Dragon Slayers on my squad and I'm damn sure that I'll use them" Sam orders as she starts walking south east with Dragneel moving up in front of her and the others spreading out.
Ten Minutes Later
Echo and Natsu were running down alleyways to a new source of Locust spewing out of large E-holes.
"Marcus, how is the evac coming along?" Sam asks through her comms as she puts her fingers to her ear.
"Loading the last transport now Sam, they had to refuel but we are almost done here, tell Natsu I owe him a few beers after that display." Marcus replied over the comms.
Sam chuckles and looks over her shoulder. "Hey Natsu, apparently Marcus owes you some beers for blowing up a bunch of Locust!"
"I'll take my payment in fire whiskey Sam, top shelf." Natsu says back to her as he glances around.
"Hah, Oi Dragneel, We should hang out with this one more often, I like him." Sam said as she nudges her boyfriend with her elbow.
Dragneel chuckles and comes up to the corner of the building at the end of the alleyway, he peeks the corner then pulls back. "There is a few fuck tonnes up the road from us, Natsu you said you have a Vulcan right?"
"Yeah, ya need it?"
"No but I think the Grubs need the bullets, want to donate some?"
"Heh heh heh, alright. One donation of hot lead coming right up." Natsu says as he requips his Lancer and Gnasher away then brings out the large gattling gun.
He steps out around the corner as he spins up the barrels of the Vulcan, causing the Locust to look to the noise and point at him, raising their weapons just as he opens fire upon the Grubs, the high velocity bullets tearing through Locust after Locust as Echo steps out and opens fire.
"Fire while falling back!" Sam orders over the racket of gunfire.
Natsu hot swaps an ammo drum while he keeps the trigger pressed down and bullets going down range at his targets, moving back as he fires. "Could really use a shield right now, no clue how much longer I can stand out in the open like this before I get shot!"
"Kinda busy shooting ugly fucks!" Sam shouts as she looks around for better cover. "Get behind those vehicles."
The soldiers make a beeline for the vehicular cover and get behind it, Natsu kneeling behind the front end of a sedan as he keeps spewing out a hail of death from his Vulcan from next to Sam. "Much better! Now I don't feel like I'm going to be shot through the gut!"
"Don't jinx yourself Natsu!" Scarlet shouts as she reloads her Lancer.
"Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened!" Dragneel calls out from across the road.
"Yeah, you tend to get eaten every time!" Glenn chimes in with a grin.
"Can it Parks!" Dragneel responds as he fires upon the thinning Locust Horde.
THUD THUD THUD
"Guys you have a Brumak coming up on you… Fuck, make that two, the second looks different though, two massive armoured tanks on its back and more armour plating on its body, don't think normal bullets will punch trough them." Baird says through the comms as the two behemoth Locust round the corners at the end of the road.
"Well Fuck…!" Sam shouts as the normal Brumak opens fire on the soldiers, pinning them down behind cover as the second, modified, Brumak closes the distance and raises it's arms at the humans.
"What the fuck is this one planning!" Dragneel shouts as he shoots the beast's legs to slow it down.
The barrels on the Brumak's arms glow and out shoots two large and long plumes of fire at the soldiers.
"Fucking hell! Sam, Scarlet, Glenn get over here!" Natsu shouts as he manifests his wings.
They didn't need to be told twice as they huddle together underneath Natsu's dragon wings, right in time for the Napalm from the Flamethrower Brumak to collide with their cover, the two Natsus impervious to the fire and the older of the two protecting the rest of the squad.
"Call it in Sam!" Scarlet shouts to Sam over the roaring fire.
"Levy! It's time. Heavy Metal is in affect for the rest of the mission, we need backup to kill these fuckers!" Sam yells into thin air.
Crackle, Pop, Pop, VROOOM!
The sound of a portal opening up reaches their ears, followed by the sound of a roaring engine and spinning tracks as a 1945 Pershing-like Tank races out of the blue vortex, on the cannon of the tank was the stencil "Jupiter".
"BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKERS!" MJ's angelic war cry came ringing through their ears thanks to the tank's inbuilt comm system.
The cannon on top of the Brumak swings around to aim at the incoming hulking mass of metal and it fires off a ball of fire at the threat, the tank crashes through the fire without slowing down, little fires burning away on the tank but having no affect on the armour as the tank tracks collide with the semi crushed vehicles behind the soldiers' lines as it rapidly climbs up it, launching off the vehicles turned ramps the tank soars through the air as the barrel moves up to the face of the modified Brumak and starts to glow as the main gun charges up.
Time slows down for the pinned soldiers as the look up at the flying tank, the treads less than a metre from their heads as it ramps over them, the engine roaring loudly and a light glowing brightly from the barrel of the cannon. "That's my baby!" Dragneel yells with a large grin.
"FIRING MAGICAL CONVERGENT CANNON: JUPITER!" Bisca yells through the tank comms as a beam of intense magic power shoots out of the main cannon, the force of the gun firing shunting the tank back in mid-air, but it keeps it's momentum and continues to move forwards.
The powerful beam of magic collides with the head of the Brumak, being held back for a few seconds before burning past the armour and completely destroying the head, leaving nothing from the beast's shoulders up as it falls backwards and crushes the pilots and two Napalm tanks under its weight, causing an explosion and blowing it apart.
"Nice Shot Bisca!" MJ shouts as the tank lands on the ground, rocking about from the impact before surging forwards towards the second Behemoth.
"Thanks MJ! Charging Jupiter!" Bisca shouts back as the Brumak opens fire on the tank with its arm mounted guns, the bullets bouncing and ricocheting off the tank's heavy armour, not even leaving a dent. "Incoming Rocket Salvo!"
The tank swerves to the left and smashes through a pack of Wretches as it dodges the rockets, splattering blood on the tank. "God Damn It! I'm going to have to wash that later!" Dragneel yells.
MJ drives past the monster and slams the break on the right track, putting full power to the left and spinning the tank around so the barrel points at the back of the Brumuk, the barrel of the tank glowing and ready to fire.
"Firing!" Bisca shouts as she shoots the cannon, sending the magical beam into the back of the beast, scorching the pilots as the beam meets their mounts, burning through the armour and punching right through the chest of the Brumak, killing it and leaving a large hole in its chest as the behemoth falls to its knees then to the ground.
"Thanks for the save you two." Sam calls out through her comms as the tank rolls back over to them and MJ and Bisca pop their heads out of the hatches.
"You two are cleaning the blood off my tank when you get back, I didn't really want to have it painted red." Dragneel said as he and the other soldiers walk up to the tank.
"Aw come on hot stuff, we just save your asses." MJ said as she grins and watches them approach.
Natsu shakes the flaming goo off his wings as he walks. "Damn that thing is mean looking…" He said as he walks around the tank. "I heard "Jupiter" don't tell me this thing is outfitted with that beast of a weapon?"
"Yeah it is, this was actually the first time my baby has seen combat, how'd it go?" Dragneel asks his girlfriends in the tank.
"Runs great, handles great." MJ says and Bisca finishes. "Shoots great too."
Crackle, Pop, Pop
A blue portal opens near the group and out walks Fullbuster, Juv, Redfox and Elf in their Fiorian armour with the exception of the Rain Woman as her water body allows her to remain unharmed by bullets as they pass through her harmlessly while disintegrating due to the rapid transition from air to water.
"Sorry we're late, we were watching the tank fuck the ugly bastards up." Fullbuster said as he looks at the remains of the Brumaks.
"Its fine, the tank saved the day but we should start moving again, fall back to the tower." Sam ordered as MJ and Bisca dropped into the tank.
"Why don't we hitch a ride on the tank?" Natsu asks the group and they all look at each other.
"Why not." Dragneel said as he climbed aboard his tank, followed by the rest of them as Natsu puts his wings away and climbs up.
Fifteen Minutes Later
"Ok, who shit themselves? Was it you icicle dick?" Natsu said as he turns to Fullbuster and getting a "Fuck off." In return.
Dragneel sniffs the air. "Smells like Seeders. Delta, Sigma, do you read?"
"Echo… break… think…. Seeders are… need to…" Was the only response he got back.
"Everybody off the tank, MJ see if you can portal back!" Dragneel commands as everyone disembarked.
MJ pressed a button and after a few tense seconds, a portal pops into reality but is struggling to maintain itself.
"Get the tank out of here before the portal closes!" He yells and the tank drives through it, going back to Magnolia with the portal closing right after them.
'Hey Kiddo, while you were on the tank... I wasn't stopping you motion sickness, something must have cured it…' END told Natsu.
'I'll ask Dragneel.' He replies as he walks over to his younger double. "I didn't feel sick on that tank, any ideas why?"
"It's the interdimensional portals, I found that when I was sent here all those years ago that I was cured of it, every version of us and the other slayers that come through portals, no longer have that shitty weakness." Dragneel replied as he starts leading the way back to the towers.
"Eyes up everyone, we still have a job to do." Sam calls out then puts her fingers to her ear. "How's the evac coming along guys?"
"Last b…tch… civvies… airborne… we've b…rded… tran…ort and… to you… fifteen minutes…" The garbled voice of Dom came back through the radio as Sam turned to the group.
"Alright everyone, move up to the large intersection up there, should be able to be seen by the bird pretty easily but that also means that we'll be wide open for the Locust."
"You heard the woman, double time it people!" Dragneel called out as he jogged to their destination with the group of soldiers and mages following in a scattered formation.
Soft rumbles could be felt as they made their way to the landing zone. "Feels like we are about to be hit hard." Scarlet pointed out as she got behind cover among the ruined vehicles with Juv getting down next to her.
Various mages and soldiers paired up behind cover with the two pink-haired dragon slayers behind a car and looking down the wide road they came down.
"How much longer do you think we have to wait?" Natsu asked his younger double.
"About ten more minutes for the transport but if you mean the Locust, then any minute now." He responded.
Natsu looks around at the other members of their group, Fullbuster had formed an Ice Lancer, Redfox was next to him in his Iron Dragon Scales and carried Lancer, moving his eyes to the next piece of cover Natsu saw, Elf with a Mulcher behind a van with Glenn who had his Boomshot in his hands, moving to the other side of them he saw Sam moving over and planting herself between the two hot blooded alphas having moved from Knight and Rain Woman who had her arms transformed into water whips.
"This is it you two, how are you on magic?" Sam asked from between them as she silently enjoys the warmth.
"More than enough for one last battle." Dragneel replied, followed by Natsu.
"Running on more magic and curse power than I need."
"Good, get ready as the fight is about to start, I can feel it in the air." Sam said as she peeked over the car.
Rumble, Rumble, Rumble
E-hole after E-hole emerged from the ground with hundreds of Locust pouring out of them, from Wretches and Drones all the way up to Boomers and Grinders. "HUUMMAANNSS."
"Here they come!" Sam shouts as bullets fly overhead. "Natsu, how many more rounds do you have for that Vulcan!?"
"A couple more drums worth!" He shouts while blind firing over the cover with his Lancer.
"Pull it out and open fire on those fuckers then!" She shouts back as Juv walks towards the horde of Locust which focus their fire on her, the bullets passing through her body harmlessly.
She sweeps her arms around in front of her as whips of water assault packs of Wretches as they charge the humans, killing the monsters, seeing a Kantus she raises her hand. "Drain." Juv said as she drained the life fluids, killing it.
Natsu takes advantage of the distracted Locust and requips the gattling cannon and popping up out of cover, opening fire on the incoming hostiles as the other soldiers and mages open fire too with Elf using his Iron Bull transformation to become impervious to bullets.
Bullet after bullet tears down range at the monstrous horde approaching the humans' positions, killing many yet many more take their place.
"Reloading!" Natsu yells as he ducks behind cover and requips a new ammo drum into the feeder.
"Keep the pressure on Natsu!" Dragneel yells over the cacophony of weapon fire.
"I'm set!" Natsu shouts as he pops back up and opens fire again into the massive army converging on the last remaining humans in Berephus.
"Seven Minutes!" Sam shouts as she guns down Locust after Locust from between the two pinkettes.
"There are so many of them!" Scarlet shouts as she uses a Mulcher to mow down the enemy.
"Then we fight harder!" Fullbuster yells in response after he blocks off one of the roads with a large wall of ice, him and Redfox moving to Scarlet.
"Last mag for the Vulcan!" Natsu calls out as he requips in a full drum and keeps the pressure up on the incoming horde.
"How many Boomshot grenades!" Sam asks from next to him.
"Two dozen!"
"Switch to that when the gun runs dry and blow these fuckers to bits!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Dragneel yells as he sends a torrent of fire down the road, scorching a large group of Drones and Therons.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel shouts as he adds to the onslaught, fine metal particles shredding his targets in seconds.
"Boom!" Called out a Boomer as it fired its Boomshot at Glenn, the high velocity grenade covering the distance quickly but gets intercepted by the iron fist of Elfman who back hand slaps the explosive grenade off to the side and into a building, causing it to detonate inside it.
"That Was Fucking MANLY!" Elfman roars as he raises the same fist in the air before gunning down the Boomer with his Mulcher.
"Five Minutes!" Sam yells.
"I'm out!" Natsu shouts over the gunfire as he quickly requips the Vulcan away and replaces it with a Boomshot, getting down behind the car and aiming the weapon in the air.
"What are you up to man!" Fullbuster shouts as he notices the pinkette's odd behaviour but only getting a wide grin in return.
"Bombs Away!" He shouts as he pulls the trigger on grenade launcher, sending the round up into the air. "Wait for it!"
BOOM
The grenade had arced back down and collided with the ground in the middle of a Tickers, blowing them all up and causing them to blow up nearby Locust.
"Ha! Dragneel we got an improvised mortar right here!" Sam chuckles as Dragneel looks at his double in surprise.
"Gotta give it to you kid, never thought of using a Boomshot like that."
"You know what they say, With Age Comes Wisdom!" Natsu yells as he fires grenade after grenade off into the air, scoring hits on different Locust groups and making a Boomer look down at its Boomshot before pointing it right up in the air.
"Boom?" It says as it fires the grenade launcher up into the air.
"Uh oh, I think one of them caught on!" Glenn shouted, only for the grenade that the Grub fired to land on top of its own head and blow it apart. "Or not!?"
'Holy Fuck! HAHAHA that was some of the funniest shit I've seen all day!' END yells to Natsu.
"Three Minutes To Evac!" Sam shouts as the sky starts to darken due to the Seeders spitting out Nemacysts and inking the sky.
"Gray! Block that road to our right!" Dragneel shouts as an E-hole opens behind them but gets shut immediately by a well timed frag grenade by Scarlet as she shuts it before any Locust can emerge from it.
"Ice Make: Wall!" He shouts as he slams his hands on the road and making a thick wall of ice manifest and block of that side of the large T-intersection, leaving the Locust only one route that they could use to get to the humans, the wide road that they came from.
CRASH, CRASH
The ground bows up and bursts in two different spots as two large Corpsers bust out of the ground and roar, followed by even more Locust troops as they rush forwards.
"What is this? Bring The Family To Work Day!?" Natsu shouts as he fires the last few grenades into the incoming horde, switching out to his Lancer and opening fire with it.
"Fucking Looks Like It!" Dragneel shouts as the transport arrives and spins so the rear hatch faces the Locust, the hatch opens up to reveal all eight members of Delta and Sigma squads with the Lancers raised at the Grubs.
"OPEN FIRE!" Marcus orders as all the soldiers send a wall of lead flying at their targets.
"Everybody on that bird right now!" Sam orders as seven out of nine members of the group start making their way to the HILT, firing as they leapfrog back then board the aircraft, Sam looks at the two pink haired dragon slayers. "Move it you two!"
"Get out of here Sam, we'll cover your extraction, don't worry about us, we'll be right behind you!" Natsu shouts back.
"You heard the man, Babe, don't worry just get on the transport! You know I love my girls and will always come back to you all!" Dragneel yells back at Sam as he glances over his shoulder at Sam, Scarlet and Juv's worried faces. "I Promise! Now MOVE!"
"You Better Come Back! I Won't Put Up With You Disappearing Again!" Said Sam, the last one to board the HILT, she heads up to the pilots. "Get us out of here!"
Natsu watches the hatch close and the transport fly away to a safe distance as the sky becomes filled with Nemacysts, turning back to the still present threat of the Locust he opens fire with his Lancer.
"Well I guess we don't need to hold back anymore now that they are gone." Dragneel said as he blind fires over the cover.
"Yeah we can roast the bastards!" Natsu yelled as he gathered fire in his mouth, standing up out of cover as he is about to fire off a roar.
CRACK
A well-timed sniper round flies through the air and hits Natsu in the stomach just as he fires off his roar, the spell being knocked off course and flying into where the sniper was as Natsu falls to the ground on his back.
"fuck…" He says as blood leaks from bullet wound, his vision slowly fading to black as the sounds around him start to become quieter and quieter and his body starts to become numb. 'Is this it Igneel? Am I finally going to see you again, fly among the clouds with you?'
"Fucking hell man, you got hit pretty good, you'll need to see the Wendys after this." Came a faint voice before immense rushes through his abdominals and an orange glow is seen in his peripherals as his vision and hearing become sharp in an instant and the voice roars through his ears as a mop of spikey pink hair enters his vision. "Get On You're Feet Soldier, This is Not The Time To Be Dying, SO WAKE UP AND FIGHT! MAKE IGNEEL SMILE IN THE AFTERLIFE AS WE BURN ALL OF THESE MOTHERFUCKERS TO HELL!"
After being pulled to his feet and back into cover by Dragneel, the younger man yells. "Have you done a Unison Raid before!?"
"No, I've seen it done and defeated it with one of my spells but never done it!." Natsu responds as he gets his Lancer pushed into his chest and he starts blind firing over the cover, getting rewarded by the howls of pain from a Drone.
"Well you're about to do one right now!" Dragneel shouts over the gunfire and the ever-approaching horde of Locust. "All out, no holding back at all, if we are doing this, and we are doing this, then we are going to turn this Fucking City Into A FUCKING CRATER!"
Natsu grins as his markings glow bright red and dragon scales form on his skin as he activates his dragon force, noticing his double activating his own. "Fire King size power?"
"All of it, dragon, demon and whatever else you have hidden away."
'Oh boy, this is going to be Fucking AWESOME!' END shouts in Natsu's head.
"Got it, lets do this thing!" Natsu shouts as he holds out his hand.
Dragneel takes his hand and they both stand slowly, bullet flying around them but miraculously missing even if its by a few millimetres, they requip their weapons away and rapidly build up power.
The ground instantly cracks and forms a massive crater as both mages unleash every last drop of power they have in them, whipping up a massive firestorm of multicoloured fire with reddish black fire, and lightning mixed in it as they stand defiantly before the enormous horde of monsters. The immense heat from the power glasses the intersection and melts the ice walls made by Fullbuster as the fire starts to shrink to just larger than the two pinkettes.
"FIRE KING'S: FINAL JUDGEMENT!" They both yell in unison and set off a spell larger than both of them have seen in their lives.
A massive dome of fire hotter than the sun, bursts out from the mages and grows exponentially before soaring up into the sky and forming a pillar that burns right through the inked layer of sky and could easily be seen from miles away as the ground cracks and quakes under the sheer power emitted by the two alphas. The wall of fire races throughout the city and incinerates everything in its path instantly, leaving nothing behind but a massive crater as Locust and building alike are completely vaporised by the Unison Raid spell.
On The HILT
"Holy Fuck…!" Was the common trend of sentence uttered as the massive pillar of fire obliterates everything.
"Damn… and I thought Azure Pillar was powerful…" Said Sam, awed by the power of the two Natsu Dragneels.
The transport shakes violently from the pressure wave cause by the blast and sends Cole running to the rear hatch, opening as he is about to puke his guts out and letting in a massive amount of heat.
"Damn man, if you want a tan, now is the best time to do it…" Dom said jokingly as he held a hand up in front of his face.
"Man I don't even feel sick anymore from seeing that." Cole says as he straightens up.
"Give it a minute big guy, I'm sure it will come rushing back." Sam said as she patted Cole on the back, her eyes never leaving the raging firestorm as it easily goes miles past the city limits before dying down, revealing nothing by a gigantic crater of molten glass which cools rapidly as steam and smoke rises from it.
"Juvia thinks her love has out done himself, she thinks that easily tops any other Unison Raid she has seen him do." Juv says to the group as they appreciate the two mages' handywork.
Scarlet head up to the pilots and tells them to turn back to pick up the two remaining soldiers which the pilots comply and fly the transport back to the crater. to the epicenter of the devastation.
So that concludes part one of the crossover, part two will be the aftermath and the mages chilling out together. I hope you all like it and that it follows thehappy's tone and style of writing of his stories while being faithful to his characters.
Seilah: Master Is Awesome!
Me: Yeah I know, when you get two powerhouses like Natsu and Dragneel then you are bound to see some pretty amazing things.
Seilah: Master is also amazing in bed.
Me: *Looks at her* Great, END has been rubbing off on you hasn't he?
Seilah: Nope, Master has been rubbing off on me, covering me with his hot white…
Me: OK that's enough from you… Everyone, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you all next time!
