Ginger: And so the next chapter begins. Sorry that the last one was rather boring, have to start somewhere. But you're lucky because the first three are all uploaded at once. Anyway, time for the disclaimer. It's your turn Happy.
Happy: The Ginger Ninga does not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does. Now where is my fish? I was promised fish.
Ginger: Alright, here it is. *hands over a raw salmon* Now go back into the story.
Happy: Aye Sir!
Fairy Tail's strongest team was currently in a carriage on their way to Cedar. The small port village was located on the far west side of the country and rather isolated from the rest of it, due to the surrounding mountains. This led it easily forgotten as a port with Hargeon being both larger and in a more connected area.
The team was forced to take a train down to Hargeon before getting on a carriage that drove along the coast. The trip would take overnight, which most members of the team had no problem with. Natsu, on the other hand, had half of him hanging out the window, trying to fight of the urge to vomit.
Gray was forced to sit next to Natsu, with Erza and Lucy sitting across from them. Happy said he got bored from sitting in the carriage, so he was currently flying behind them. Gray pointed to the half of Natsu that was inside. "Anybody every find out why he's like this?"
Erza shook her head. "No idea, but it gets rather annoying. Anyway, we should probably get some rest. It's going to be a long ride." There was a loud groan from Natsu.
Fiore Maximum Security Prison: Later that night
Talbot jumped off the building, Amanita in his arms. He started to hurtle towards the ground, building up quite a bit of speed. Seems like falling down eight stories would do that. When he hit the ground there was a loud snap and small cracks formed in the cement as he fell onto the ground. Talbot had to stifle a scream as he realized what snapped. Amanita got out of his arms and helped him sit down. "What happened? Are you hurt? Did you break something?" She touched part of his lower leg, causing him to clench his teeth in pain.
Talbot gave her a look that pleaded 'Stop doing what you are doing' before answering. "No, I'm perfectly fine. I am just holding back screams for fun." Amanita just glared at him.
"This is no time for sarcasm." She brought her hands back to the injured leg. "Now tell me what's wrong."
Talbot sighed and pointed to his leg. "In case it wasn't obvious, my leg is broken. I got internal bleeding, which could work in my favor, but I can't start healing it until we realign the bone." Amanita nodded and grabbed his leg. Talbot's eyes widened. "Wait, what are you do-" He brought his hand to his mouth and bit down to stifle his scream as Amanita forcefully put the bone back in place.
Amanita clapped her hands together. "There, all better. Oh don't give me that look, you know it helped." She got back up and helped Talbot to his feet. "Now all we have to do is get to that door. How long until your bone is healed?"
Talbot slowly started to put weight on his leg, before flinching and going back to standing on one foot. Amanita offered help, so he put one arm over her shoulder so she could support him. "Well, the blood clot needs to harden into bone, which takes about eight weeks for normal people." He tilted his head, thinking. "So about fifteen minutes, give or take."
Amanita nodded, the two slowly walking towards the door. "I got to say, this is a very poorly guarded prison." They hadn't seen any guards besides the ones in the front of the building, and this was supposed to be the best prison in all of Fiore.
Talbot looked around, she had a point. There were no guards to be seen. "They all must be indoors, so we got to be careful when we get inside." They were only a few feet away now, so they picked up speed a bit.
Amanita placed Talbot against the wall and tried the handle of the door. It was locked. "Well, guess we got to bust it open. Talbot, can you do it?"
Talbot raised an eyebrow at her. "Not only is that a terrible idea, but I need to focus on recovering. I don't have much power right now so it demands my full attention." Amanita crossed her arms.
"Why is it a terrible idea? We can't get in so we need to break it down."
"And what if someone passes by? They will see a broken door and sound the alarm. Mission failed."
"Well fine, got a better idea?"
Talbot just shrugged. "I don't know, pick the lock?" While it was meant to be a joke, with neither of them knowing how to pick a lock, Amanita took it seriously. She considered the idea before agreeing.
"You can just use your blood right? You have complete control of it." Talbot shook his head, claiming that he used too much magic energy to heal his leg. Amanita sighed. "What's the point of being a blood mage if you can't even use blood?" She reached into a small pouch that was strapped to her hip and pulled out a single glove.
The glove didn't really cover her hand. The palm was open and only the tips of the fingers were completely covered. Now on the tips of all five fingers were sharp claws, about an inch and a half long. She brought the claw on her pointer finger to her other palm and made a small incision on it. There was a small drop of blood on the claw. She held it in front of Talbot's face. "Lick." She instructed.
Talbot gave her a quizzical look. "What are you doing?"
"You can get power back by eating blood, so eat it." Talbot didn't want to make her angry, for how nice she seemed, she was terrifying when she was angry. He licked the blood of her finger, feeling a bit stronger. He then licked the blood that was pooling in her palm, feeling new power flowing through his veins. Literally.
The irises of his once brown eyes turned a dark red, matching the color of blood. He stopped leaning on the wall and tested his leg. Satisfied with it, walked to the door. Using Amanita's claws, he made a cut on his palm before holding it up to the lock. He made his blood move into the hole where the key usually went, forcing it to take the shape of it. After a few moments of it taking form, he hardened it and turned it. The door swung open as it unlocked.
Amanita smirked. "See, that's all it takes to get you on your feet again." She walked into the prison. "Now don't worry about finding our target. I can smell him, so just follow me." With that she started to run down the hall.
Talbot started to go after her, but he found out his leg wasn't fully healed, so he had to limp. "What am I going to do with her?" He asked no one in particular. Since she stopped at the first turn, he was able to catch up rather quickly. "Please stop rushing ahead, we need to stick together."
Amanita frowned at him. "Can't we just get to him? He's only a couple cell blocks away." Talbot was rather surprised to find out how close they were. But his surprise was cut short when he saw a quick flash of steel.
He jumped backwards, falling down. He then forced Amanita out of harm's way by using her blood to force her backwards. She landed on the ground as well, before yelling at Talbot. "I thought we agreed you would never use my blood to control me!" She stopped talking after seeing the spearhead crash into the ground where she used to be standing.
Talbot reached under his cloak; it had separated revealing a large collection of blood red knives of all shapes and sizes. He grabbed one of the smaller ones on his ribs before quickly throwing it at the guard who attacked them. The knife hit the handle of the spear, forcing the guard to let go. Amanita used this opening to kick the guard's feet from underneath him before jumping on top of him.
She raised her fist, a dark purple and black magic seal forming in front of it, and yelled. "Poison Dragon's Iron Fist!" She punched the guard in the face, knocking him out. She got up from the ground and looked down at the unconscious body. Talbot walked up behind her and also inspected it. The guard's skin was turning a dark pink with some of the skin forming bubbles filled with dark yellow liquid.
"I think you might have overdone it."
"He would have killed us if I didn't." The look Talbot gave her made it clear that the guard wouldn't have been able to kill them. "Fine but at least he's not going to do anything now."
"I know that, but can't you do something about the poison in this system? The guy's going to die soon if you don't get rid of it."
"Since when do you care about whether or not someone dies?" The two were back to arguing in the middle of the hall.
Talbot rose is voice just a bit. "Since when we were supposed to be on a stealth mission! If someone dies they will know someone was here." Amanita threw her arms into the air.
"Fine, I'll heal him." She held her hand to the guard's face, which was currently getting worse. There was a light purple glow, and soon all signs of infection were gone. "There, better?" Talbot nodded and the two started to move again.
The walked slowly, being careful not to cross the path of anymore guards. When they made it to the cell they were looking for, Talbot pulled out the knife he had thrown at the guard. He was about to cut his palm again, intending to pick another lock when Amanita stopped him. "Don't worry, I got this." She pulled out a metal ring with multiple keys on it.
"Where did you get that?" Amanita smiled and just said she got it from the guard that attacked them. She put one of the keys into the lock and tried to see if it worked, it didn't. So she used the next one, and the next one, until she finally got it.
The door of the prison cell swung open, and the duo walked in. On the ground, chained to the floor, was a man with spiky maroon hair and tanned skin. He looked up at them, expecting guards. Imagine his surprise when he saw two mages standing before him.
"What do you want?" Cobra asked. Amanita just walked up to him, helping him to his feet. The chain holding him allowed him to stand, but just barely before it ran out of slack.
"Don't worry Cobra, we aren't here to hurt you." Cobra was about to ask who they were, how they knew his name, who sent them, but he was interrupted by Amanita forcefully shoving her lips onto his. He was surprised, but didn't fight it.
Talbot stood awkwardly in the doorway to the cell, slowly shifting his weight back and forth. It was just a weird situation for him.
Amanita used her tongue to force open Cobra's mouth. This is the first thing that aroused suspicion. Her tongue wasn't human, it was long and flat, like a snakes. But Cobra still didn't struggle. There was something about the kiss, it just tasted… Sweet.
Talbot just watched as the scene unfolded before him. There was a soft glow coming from Amanita's mouth, and it was slowly spreading into Cobra's.
Amanita slowly moved her hands from Cobra's sides to his shoulders, allowing her to kiss him deeper. Inside their mouths, she quickly forced her long tongue down Cobra's throat. She moved her hands to his neck, slamming him to the wall.
Cobra's eyes opened and looked into the purple irises of the girl in front of him. And he was terrified. There was nothing in those eyes other than pure determination. He tried to pull away, but he was already against the wall. He had nowhere to go.
Amanita forced her tongue down lower and lower, her long tongue almost at its limit. Then there was a bright light coming from inside Cobra, near his stomach. The light was able to be seen through his outfit. His eyes and mouth also started to glow, though his mouth was covered by Amanita's.
When it ended Amanita pulled out her tongue and what it grabbed hold of inside Cobra. Both went back into her mouth as Cobra fell to the floor. Amanita reached into her mouth and pulled out a small purple orb, no bigger than her palm.
Leaning down next to Cobra, she whispered in his ear. "Some advice for the future, some poisons taste sweet." With that, she dropped the orb in her pouch and turned to Talbot. "Are we ready to go?" Talbot gave a weak nod. "What's wrong? Are you jealous that I kissed someone else?"
She tried to give him a kiss, but he just pushed her away. "Not after what I just saw. Maybe tomorrow I won't be as scarred." Amanita made a little giggle before walking past him. The two started to make their way out.
The duo had made their way out of the prison and where on their way home. Their two "daughters" had seen the when they came out. They flew down to them and quickly fell asleep after doing so. Lily sleeping in Amanita's cowl and Kiara being held by Talbot. The four of them were almost at the train station when Amanita spoke.
"Hey, aren't we getting a new recruit soon? Someone by the name of Tommy or something." Talbot nodded.
"Thomas, his name was Thomas. I think Drake was going to be running his initiation mission. Make sure he was ready."
Amanita raised her eyebrows. "The famous Drake is going to running it." She said with mock surprise. "He will barely talk to anyone, let alone go on a mission with someone."
Talbot chuckled. "He's always ran the initiation missions. And he talks to us occasionally, but only when we say something first."
"So what's the mission?" Amanita was rather curious. She had to take down a bunch of Vulcans to get in. She didn't want the new guy to get something easy.
Talbot scratched his head as he tried to remember. "Something about bandits and that village close to our guildhall, Cedar."
Ginger: And so ends the second chapter. Small cliffhanger here. But since the next chapter will be up tomorrow it doesn't mean much. If you have any question about what exactly happened just now, feel free to ask. I think I'm going to be more interactive with this story. If something is confusing or if there are problems with something, don't hesitate to say something. Send a PM or leave a review, either one works. I'll make sure to answer.
