*UPDATED VERSION 8/3/2018*

Lucy's POV

Tower of Heaven

"So do you want the short version or the long version?" Erza asked me.

"Um, the short version will work. I have a feeling we need all the time we can get," I said having a sense of foreboding.

"You are correct," Jellal said over the speaker lacrima.

"What is going on Jellal? What did you do?!" Erza yelling at the speaker. I looked around the room and found faces of varying surprise. Did they seriously forget?

"All I know is that the Magic Council is going to fire the Etherion Cannon in 5 hours," Jellal said.

"WHAT!? That won't only kill us but destroy you and the Tower as well! What are you playing at?!"

"Nothing, my dear Erza. But now you know your time limit. You are only wasting it now," Jellal said in a smug tone before the speaker lacrima went dark and floated away. All was silent in the room, coming to terms with what has been said.

"Dammit Jellal! What have you done! Why would you want this destroyed after all of this!" Simon yelled surprising all of us.

We all were startled by his sudden outburst. We turned to him, seeing an angry yet fearful expression. In fact, most of the group had similar expressions. Etherion Cannon... Oh it's THAT thing.

"What an E-ter-on cannon?" Natsu asked. Of course he would botch it as well as have no idea. His brain is just filled with food and fighting.

"Seriously Ashtray? It's Etherion cannon and even I know what it is," Gray said.

"You want to go Popsicle butt?!" Natsu yelled while charging his magic. Gray answered the unspoken threat by charging his own magic.

"Stop it! No fighting! We have bigger issues at stake. The Etherion Cannon is a cannon that has enough magic power to destroy all of Magnolia. Only the council has access to it. It is currently being trained on our location. So let's cut the crap and get it together! I'll get an explanation after all of this since it shouldn't be too important and if it is Loke can tell me. Now, who are his mages?" I said. I swear I saw jaws drop. Thankfully Simon answered replied.

"He has hired the group Trinity Raven. They are part of a dark guild, so they have no qualms over killing. It is made up of three mages, all highly trained assassins," He said.

"Crap, okay well I guess we should start to devise some sort of plan," I said and started to mentally started to make three groups.

Jellal POV

Top of the Tower of Heaven

I was watching through the speaker/ viewing lacrima of the little flies and traitors trying to get away. Erza my dear, we finally get to meet again. But who is the blonde figure? She seems very smart. I should probably be wary of her…

"Vidaldus!" I called out.

"Yes?" he said materializing out of the shadows.

"Send out Trinity Raven," I said starting to place pieces on my board, "The game is about to begin,"

Lucy POV

"Okay so, Simon, Shô, Millianna, Wally, what magic do you use?" I said taking charge of the situation. Well I am a strategizer. I have to be with my magic.

"I use Magic Card," Shô said and pulled out a few cards from his pocket. Okay, I know that magic.

"I use Binding Magic," Millianna said. Oh. Okay, well I know that magic since I was subjected to it!

"I use Polygon and Guns Magic," Wally said.

"Okay so I know what guns magic is but what is polygon magic?"

"I can make things out of polygons if I have absorbed them,"

"Can you form anything?"

"Yes but I really only do guns which works with my guns magic,"

"Okay, and Simon I know you have telepathy but do you use any other magic?"

"Yes I use darkness magic. And how did you know that I used telepathy magic?" Simon asked.

"You earlier said 'That's why I couldn't contact them' when Natsu was found dragging them behind him unconscious. So moving on. I think we should split into 3 different groups so that a group can take on a mage and hopefully make this faster," I said continuing with my mental process partially aloud for the others to hear.

"That is a good idea Lucy. Do you have any in mind?" Erza said.

"Yes. So Team A would be Natsu, Gray, and Simon,"

"What?! I don't want to work with Icicle butt/Flametard!" both Gray and Natsu said simultaneously.

"I do not believe it would be smart to put those two together Lucy," Erza said frowning.

"Actually, they would. Despite them seeming to hate each other, their opposite extremes are good at creating mass destruction, which is what we are going for. If we were going for stealth, neither of them would be on the operation. Maybe Gray if he was away from Natsu but Natsu is way too loud and destructive,"

"Okay, I'll have to trust you since you seem to have a plan Lucy," Erza said.

"Why am I in this group?" Simon asked me.

"Well they create a lot of destruction but they tend to butt heads often. You seem a pretty calm and collected person that could herd them to wherever they need to be and who to destroy. And you could contact me or Erza and put us through to their minds to get them to stop fighting," I said.

"Okay, I shall do my best,"

"Okay, so Team B is Erza, Millianna, and Shô. Any questions?"

"Nope," Shô said.

"And finally Team C is Juvia, Wally and myself,"

"But Juvia wants to be with her Gray-sama, not Love-Rival!" Juvia wailed while attaching herself to a scared, and blushing, Gray. OOOHHHH I CAN TOTALLY USE THIS LATER!

""Well there are two reasons that you are not with Gray. The first is that you would be distracted and would not be able to fight, incapacitating not only yourself but Gray as well by holding onto him. As a result, we would be down two very capable mages. The second is that you would disrupt my balance of each of the groups," I said explaining it to Juvia as well as the rest of the group.

"Balance?" she asked me.

"I am also curious on how you created these teams," Erza said with the rest nodding along.

"Well taking into account magic and fighting styles, I created these teams. Each has at least one mage with a more melee style and then another with distance style of fighting. In Team A, Natsu is the melee mage. He likes to get up and personal but also has a few spells that he can do from a distance. Gray primarily is a distance mage due to his magic not being a close combat magic. Simon's magic works best as a distance mage, despite me not know or have watched him fight before. Am I mistaken in my assumption?" I said.

"No you are correct," he said surprised and slightly in awe.

"Team B, Erza is the melee mage while Shô and Millianna are distance mages due to magic types, correct?" I continued.

"Yeah," Shô and Millianna said.

"And Team C Juvia is both a melee and distance mage, depending on her mood and what spells she is using. I am a distance mage. I use my whip but many of my spirits are melee types. Wally is a distance mage due to his magic type, correct?"

"Yeah. That's correct," he said.

Everyone had different expressions of shock and awe, except for Natsu that was confused and bored. Not surprising. Seriously though. I am a celestial spirit mage. I have to be a good strategist or else I would never win a battle. I have to be able to assess the situation and make a decision fast.

"Who knew you were such a good strategist Lucy. And that was really fast planning yet it is very well done," Erza said in shock and awe.

"I'm a celestial spirit mage. I have to be able to assess and make a decision fast on a battlefield or else I wouldn't be here today."

"..." silence filled the room at my comment.

"Okay.. so no objections? Good. So which groups are going in what direction?" I said


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