"Where's Lucy?!" Natsu dragged the Phantom goon through the ground, who was pleading to be released.
"Look man; I don't know anything." He insisted. "I don't even know who this 'Lucy' chick is!"
"You better not be lyin' to me!"
"I swear, I'm not!"
"If you Phantom creeps hurt another one if my friends... I'll burn every one of you to a crisp!"
"He won't know." Natsu looked around, trying to find where the voice came from.
"Who's there?"
"You don't need to worry about that right now; finding your friend is your top priority, isn't it?"
"I... look, what's your point? And why do you smell like bones?"
"The Phantom Lord headquarters. If I were to take a guess, I'd say your friend is being kept there. Funnily enough, we're not too far from there."
"How do I know you're not lying just to save your buddy's skin?"
"It honestly doesn't matter to me, but I don't really care if you believe it or not. I've given my piece, take it or leave it." The voice said dismissively. "I will warn you though, if you do take her back, Jose won't like it. There'll be hell to pay."
"I don't care about him right now, it's a problem for later." There was a silence in the air before it was broken by a light chuckle.
"You really care about this girl, don't you?"
"She's a member of Fairy Tail, part of the family, of course I care about her."
"Heh. Alright then, good luck to you." Not another word came from the voice, so Natsu threw the goon away and began to run.
"I'm worried, Grillbs." Sans chugged the bottle of ketchup down while conversing with his favourite bartender, Grillby. "There's gonna be a real battle soon, and neither Fairy Tail nor Phantom Lord will leave unscathed." The fire wizard nodded as he got Sans a bottle of ketchup. He knew that one of these days Phantom would run itself into the ground. That was one of the reasons Grillby quit. Well, that and starting a family.
"They're getting the giant ready. Papyrus is even setting up some of his puzzles for intruders." The skeleton sighed. "But I'm worried, worried that he might get hurt in the process. Undyne is there, but she seems too set on fighting that Erza lady. Ugh, I just don't know if he'll be safe at all. This is war we're talking about, you can understand wanting to protect your family, right?" Grillby nodded. He never wanted his daughter to join Phantom Lord, so he sent her off to school far away from Oak Town.
"I guess I'm rooting for Fairy a Tail on this one, it sounds like it was a nice place before Gajeel trashed it, it'd be a shame is Jose wiped them out."
Papyrus felt a surge of anger from upstairs in the headquarters, as did everyone else who was there, before it suddenly disappeared. Perhaps it had something to do with the screaming he heard outside. He had heard master Jose yelling something about getting the giant ready, so he had checked as many puzzles as he could before disabling them so all the members could run through.
"Alright!" Papyrus perked up when he heard a familiar voice. Undyne looked incredibly excited, like she was about to bounce off of every wall in the building.
"Undyne, what has you so chipper?" The skeleton asked.
"Why am I so chipper? I'm pumped because I'm gonna squash every single Fairy Tail wizard that comes my way, especially that Erza chick!" She grabbed Paprus's shoulders and shook him vigorously.
"PLEASE DON'T SHAKE THE SKELETON!" He pleaded, but Undyne was too happy to listen.
"The thought of a guild falling so quickly, it's so sad!" The fish lady turned around, seeing Aria tearing up as usual.
"Well at least one of the Element Four is here." She grunted.
"Make that two, mon ami." From the ground below them popped up Sol, the element of earth.
"Great, I get stuck with the annoying ones." Undyne grunted. "And just when I was in a good mood."
"Now now, Madame Undyne, we have a job to do, do we not?"
"Yeah, defeating Fairy Tail, I heard."
"Non, non, non, our main priority is the capture of miss Lucy Heartfelia. A fight with Fairy Tail comes second."
"They'll almost certainly resist." Her frown became a grin. "And I'll pile 'em down. I'll go down there and fight every last one of 'em."
"Now now Madame Undyne, you forget that the Fairy Tail guild will most likely be brought to the ground not by your hands, but by the Jupiter Cannon." Sol wagged his finger at the fish lady.
"You always find a way to kill the mood you little piece of crap!" She grabbed Sol's collar, growling at him.
"What're you idiots doing?" Undyne looked up, Black Steel Gajeel was standing there with his arms crossed, an impatient frown on his face.
"What's it to you?" She responded.
"Nothing, but Master Jose wants to meet the lot of us in the main room, so wrap it up and get moving." He said and began walking past them. Undyne begrudgingly dropped the earth wizard to follow him, as did the others.
"Gee, what do you think Master Jose want with us Undyne?" Papyrus exclaimed excitedly.
"My guess is it has somethin' to do with Fairy Tail. That much is obvious." Gajeel rolled his eyes. "Bonehead."
"AAARGH! Sans isn't even here yet I still hear horrible puns!" Papyrus clenched his head as they all walked into the main room next to Juvia and Totomaru. Jose sitting at the top with some of his goons working to activate the headquarter's legs.
"I see everyone's here... except Sans, but this will have to do. It can't wait. We will bring the guild with us storm Fairy Tail. We will give them the ultimatum for the retrieval of miss Lucy Heartfelia. Should they refuse, we will fire the Jupiter Cannon."
"If that fails?" Undyne asked.
"Then we will use the Abyss Break. If that happens, then the Element Four will need to be alert. If the fairies feel the need to interfere, then I will use my Shades. The rest of you will be on guard duty." Undyne's head sank when he said that she would be stuck in the guild throughout the battle.
"I see. Anything else?" She said.
"No. Now get into your positions, the guild will be ready soon."
Sans opened one eye as he heard sounds of concern and fear from down below. They had arrived in Magnolia. The guild towered over the entire town. Citizens and mages alike were frozen in place. He could almost picture the grin on Jose's face looking down on all the frightened Fairy Tail members. Given the chance, he'd probably go down there and kill each and every one of them if the Jupiter Cannon didn't.
"Attention Fairy Tail. Your master has been defeated. Surrender Lucy Heartfelia or face the power of the Jupiter Cannon." Sans could see many wide eyes in the crowd, they all shook in fear, but in there eyes they were still unyielding.
"For get it!" A voice yelled. "We'll never give up Lucy, or any member of our guild!" Jose's laugh echoed through the town.
"Very well, have it your way then." The cannon began to light up as the noises of concern were heard once again.
"Welp. They were pretty strong while they lasted." Sans shrugged. "But they'll get out of the way of the cannon if they have any brains." Contrary to what he said, the Mage he knew was Titania walked in front of all of them, her body becoming enveloped in a yellow light. The red- hair woman, once wearing a simple skirt that was strangely paired with a silver chest plate that Sans could only assume was casual for her, had changed into a bully white armour covering everything except her face, two large shields attached to both of her arms.
The Jupiter Cannon fired with full force, Erza being the only thing between it and Fairy Tail. She raised both the shields and blocked the blast in its entirety. None of the cannon's magic power slipped past her. However, the armour she was wearing began to chip away, slowly but surely breaking apart. Jupiter became inactive, and Erza Scarlet fell to the floor, her armour destroyed.
"Huh. She actually blocked it." Sans chuckled. "She really is strong, isn't she? Of course, she just got knocked down with who knows how many injuries so she probably won't be able to pull that stunt again."
"Your master has fallen, and now Erza can't even stand. Any chance of victory you had has slipped through your fingers, Fairy Tail. Surrender Lucy Heartfelia immediately or suffer the consequences." Sans heard shouts of defiance in response to Jose's threats, all talking about how they would never give up one of their own or how she was part of their family.
"You have 15 minutes before Jupiter fires again to reconsider your options, Fairy Tail. I suggest you make the right choice." It was as Jose released his Shade soldiers that Sans noticed something; the fire Wizard Natsu being carried by a flying cat towards the cannon.
"So he plans to destroy Jupiter?" The smile on his face widened as he thought to himself. "Someone's got a thick skull, heh. Good luck to ya kid. He has a skele- ton of work ahead of him. Now, Papyrus is probably waiting for me." The skeleton vanished from the roof.
Well, that was chapter 2. You'll get to see some more action in the next chapter. Also, many of you asked me to add Mettaton into the story. Well I've got a few ideas floating around.
Good day to you all and I'll see you in the next chapter.