Hello, once again. Chapter 2 is ready for reading, as you might be able to tell. This chapter is going to be a surprise for you all. I'll let you read it and find out what it is. Before I forget, thanks to Assault Godzilla for giving me a list of names. I liked them all, but couldn't decide on one, so I'm putting a poll in my profile of the top 3. You all can go and vote on it. So, onto the story:

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or Halo.

Edit: Wow, I completely forgot to let you know that I've changed the story line. It is now set post-Grand Magic Games, when Fairy Tail got 1st place. SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE MANGA: I'm ignoring the whole "dragons will wipe everything out" until further information is provided. So, now you can read this. Sorry.

As Thomas and his partner, William, entered the city, called Magnolia by the sign, all they could see were banners, streamers, and other party things. Everything read, "Congratulations, Fairy Tail!," "Welcome back to First Place, Fairy Tail!," and, "Fairy Tail, Fiore's #1 Guild!". He and William knew that they had found the right place to find Fairy Tail. He knew that the other groups would no doubt find the banners and come to the same conclusion.

The banners were leading down what seemed to be a main street, towards the city center. The two followed the evidence of heavy partying and parades. They soon arrived in a park, where there were multiple cherry blossom trees, or at least trees that looked like them. Since they were in a different world, they couldn't be sure of what everything was. Under and surrounding the trees were what had to be thousands of people, all cheering for other people on a makeshift stage. Thomas almost couldn't make out what everyone was saying, but he could hear snippets.

"Hurray, Fairy Tail!"

"We love you Fairy Tail!"

"Can you sign my kid?!"

Thomas grimaced at that last one. He turned to William.

"I think we found them."

"Stating the obvious, huh. Oh how far the mighty have fallen."

"Ah, shaddup. I'll take half your rations for that."

"I don't think so. You still owe me for losing that bet on the Chief being found."

People who spent a lot of time around these two quickly figured out that they were brothers, though you couldn't tell be looking at them. You could only tell by what they said and did. Everyone on the squad knew of their rivalry, and often came up for suggestions and bets for the two.

"Hey, you're the one that said he wouldn't come back."

"No, Thomas, that was you. You said that there was no way that he could survive four years in space!"

They would have continued, but the crowd had quieted down, and they turned their attention back to what was going on. An old man had stepped to the front of the stage, waiting for silence.

"I thank you for the festivities. I wasn't expecting something on this scale. However, we want to get back to our guild hall. We'll continue the celebration tomorrow with a barbeque. Everyone is invited, and there will be beer and wine for everyone!"

The crowd cheered once more. The people up on the stage looked happy. The crowd started dispersing, but some of the onlookers went up to the people on stage. They began talking, but soon everyone started for home, wherever that was. The people on the stage didn't leave though, instead talking amongst themselves. Thomas and William took the opportunity to get a better look at who they were.

The first was the old man, wearing a yellow coat. He had almost no hair, and seemed to be the leader of the group. Next to him was a much taller individual, yellow hair, an overcoat, and he had a lightning shaped scar going across his right eye. The third was a white haired lady, with a red dress. She was smiling at the girl next to her, which was a blonde girl who had a whip and a set of keys. Her outfit, Thomas noted, didn't leave much to the imagination. The girl was suddenly struck from behind, and she turned to yell at a pink haired boy, who was laughing at her. He was wearing a white scarf, which was strange considering the warm weather. He then pointed at another individual, a black-haired boy who was missing all of his clothes except for his boxers. The boy walked up to the two, and the two boys seemed to be arguing. This was stopped when a tall woman with scarlet hair and armor came up to them. The boys and one girl seemed to be afraid of her, since they all cowered when she spoke to them. After she finished, she turned to another black-haired man, who had piercings all over his face. He was standing next to a blue haired girl, who was much smaller than him. She looked nervous, presumably because of the two men standing on either side of her, glaring at the black-haired man. One was enormously fat, while the other was skinny. The man with piercings didn't seem to care all that much. There was another individual to his right. He had white hair and was completely muscle bound. Someone said something to him, and he then shouted, "That's manly!" The person who had spoken to him was a white-haired girl, much smaller than him. Thomas thought they looked related. There were others, but he decided to examine them later.

"Well, let's call the others. We found what we're looking for."

William nodded. He started reaching his hand up to the bottom of his helmet, when they were interrupted.

"Hello, gentlemen."

Makarov had noticed the two strange people standing, watching the Fairy Tail group. He was curious about what they were wearing. It looked like armor, but it wasn't any armor he had ever seen, and he had Erza, the re-quip champion of the guild. He decided to go talk to them, see what they wanted. He made his way off the stage. The strange people didn't seem to notice him, instead talking with each other.

"Hello, gentlemen."

The two turned towards him, he could see now that they had a green-black armor color scheme, complete with helmets, and some sort of knives in different places. If he didn't know better, he would say that they were part of the Magic Council's Detention Corp., but they wore completely different uniforms than these two.

"Hello, sir. Uh, may I ask, who are you?"

Makarov was surprised. Everyone had heard about Fairy Tail's recent victory, so they should know about him.

"Well, that's a strange question. No matter. I am Master Makarov, the current Master of the Fairy Tail guild. Who are you?"

"Sergeant Thomas of the UNSC Marine Corps. This is my subordinate and, unfortunately, brother, Corporal William."

"Hey, watch it, bro. I can make you suffer. I'll tell the Chief that-"

"Okay, moving on." Thomas said nervously. Makarov continued.

"UNSC Marine Corps? I've never heard of that guild. Or is it a guild, even?"

"It's not a guild sir. It's a defense force, dedicated to protecting Earth and-"

Makarov noticed that the man seemed to hesitate, hiding something. But it quickly passed.

"Dedicated to protecting Earth, and all her peoples."

"Ah, so you're a part of the Magic Council, then?"

"Uh, no."

There was that hesitation again.

"We are a separate group from the Magic Council. They don't even know we exist. We do all of our operations in secret. Unfortunately, we are cut off from our chain of command, and we have no way of getting back. We were told by… someone that we should seek out the Fairy Tail guild, and ask to join."

Makarov smiled. "Well, the more the merrier. Is it just you two, then?"

"No, sir. We have others. They are busy with other matters right now."

"Then bring everyone by the guild hall later today." Makarov pointed at a house or farm on a hill. "That is our guild hall. Drop by there later today, and we will get you your guild marks."

"Thank you sir. I'll leave you to your other guild mates."

The two walked off. Makarov joined the others.

"Who were they, Master?" Mira asked.

"Some new people in the guild. Though something was off about them. They were hiding something."

"Hiding? What do you mean?" Erza and the others joined the conversation.

"They said that they were a part of a secret group, dedicated to protecting Earthland, and all her people. But they didn't say Earthland, they said Earth. And they continually hesitated. They also said that the Magic Council had no idea of this group's existence."

"What was the group's name?"

"They called it the UNSC Marine Corp."

The name puzzled everyone. No one had heard of them.

"It's certainly strange. I know that they are hiding something. But they seem to be honest about their mission. I get the feeling that they are hiding the other information because they need to protect both us and themselves. I trust them. They seem alright."

"But Master, why did they ask to join the guild if they already had a group that they were part of?" Gray asked.

"They said that they were cut off from their group, and had no way of getting back. They also said that someone said to ask us if they could join Fairy Tail. It's alright, children. They seem to be honest in their intentions."

Thomas and William were heading back to the firebase. Though they were somewhat shaken up.

"Magic Council? You really think that this place has magic?" William asked.

"I really don't know. I don't think Makarov was lying, but you never know. But magic? That's a little far-fetched."

"Yeah really. And you almost spilled the beans about what we were really about. These people have no idea of who the UNSC really is. We've got to keep it hidden. Something tells me that this Magic Council isn't exactly the type to take friendly to other groups. And did you see the technology of these people? They barely have electricity! How are we going to explain our tech to the world when they don't even has space capabilities? They won't understand!"

"That's why we're not going to discuss it. But I don't think that we will be able to function without our stuff. We don't have magic. If anyone asks, what we have is our magic."

"But won't they still be interested?"

"No one will be allowed to have access to our equipment. Not unless we allow it."

The two stopped talking, finally arriving back at the firebase. Vigilance met them.

"Reclaimers, you're back early. You still have 4 hours."

"Call everyone back, Vigilance. We have a lot to talk about."

"You cannot be serious!"

"I am serious! Why would I lie about something like this?" Thomas had just finished explaining their current predicament. Needless to say, no one was taking it well.

"While I don't believe that you would lie, Thomas, I hardly believe that this world has magic. It is a mythical thing." Even Vigilance didn't believe them.

Cortana spoke up.

"Why would he lie? If this world didn't have magic, then why would they have a governing body for it? As far-fetched as it is, I don't think that they would go to that measure for something pointless."

"Spartan, what are your thoughts?" The Arbiter was not really sure how to take the news of magic, if it was true.

The Chief was silent for a minute. Everyone looked at him, to see what he would say. Finally, he spoke.

"I'll play the devil's advocate and say I believe that this world has magic capabilities. Even if they do, how does that change our mission? We are obviously on Earth, or a version of it. Whether or not magic is real here, there are people that will use their talents against others. Even if we must face magic, we will beat those people, and make sure that everyone here is safe as they can be. They are still human, and therefore, we will protect them. That is our mission, even if we go up against something unknown. If we all backed down against something unknown, we wouldn't exist. So, we are going to face this. Obviously, we are going to gather information, but we will face whatever we have to. We will make sure that the people of Earth are safe from any threat, magic or otherwise."

The Chief's speech had the desired effect. But Cortana decided to comment on it.

"That's the most even I've ever heard out of you."

Everyone laughed, which got rid of most of the tension. But there was still something that needed to be addressed.

"Well, what about us? We have to tell someone, otherwise we're never going to get any information." One of the marines voiced.

"I vote that we tell the Master of Fairy Tail about us. He seems trustworthy. But under no circumstances is anyone else allowed to know unless we all agree on it." Thomas said.

"That is a sound plan, Thomas. But what about me?"

"You will stay here, and make sure that no one gets access to the base. And especially not the Flood containment facility."

Everyone agreed to that. That was the main priority: to make sure that the Flood didn't escape.

"Well, now that we have settled everything, we should go to the guild hall." Thomas said.

"Wait, one more question." The Arbiter interrupted. "Do you want us to be known?"

Everyone thought about that.

"I think, Arbiter, that you Elites are one of the most valuable parts of what we have here. You can't be kept a secret. You all should come with us. But try not to scare the humans, alright?" Thomas teased. The Arbiter smiled.

"Thank you, human. And we shall do our best not to scare the others."

Everyone in the guild looked up when the door to the guild hall opened. Makarov looked up from his beer to see the two men he had talked with earlier. He got up. His beer would have to wait.

"Welcome to Fairy Tail! Thomas and William, right?"

"Yes sir!"

"Well, come in! It won't do to have you all standing outside."

Everyone stared as they saw 20 being come in the door. They varied in height and armor, though the majority had the same armor as Thomas and William. They stood in a 2 rows, since they would not all fit in the same one.

"ATTENTION!" Thomas yelled.

The newcomers were all ramrod straight, hands at their sides, feet together, looking forward, never blinking. Makarov wasn't sure about how to deal with that.

"Uh, there isn't a need for all this formality." He said to Thomas.

"At ease, men."

Everyone relaxed, spreading their feed and holding their arms behind their back.

"Uh, okay then." Makarov cleared his throat. "I hear that you want all want to join Fairy Tail."

Everyone responded to that. "Sir, yes sir!"

"Well, good. As I said before, there isn't a need for all the formalities. We're family here. Brothers and sisters to each other. We look after one another. Can you do that?"

"Sir, yes sir!"

Makarov sighed. He didn't suppose that he would get then to act normally. But he could overlook that.

"Well, then. Mira, get the stamps." He noticed that no one in the entire guild was talking anymore. Everyone was too interested in the newcomers. Even Natsu was keeping quiet.

Mira soon came with the stamps. Everyone was stamped. And that was it. Makarov decided that he would make then loosen up a little.

"Good, now let's get some drinks going! You all are much to tense."

"Unfortunately, we can't do that, sir." Thomas said, catching Makarov off guard. "We have some things we need to discuss with you in private. And we don't drink while we're on duty."

"Ok, then. Do you want to come up to my office?"

"No sir, I think it would be better and more believable if you came with us."

Makarov wasn't sure about how to take this new information. What he saw, through the eyes of the others, was nothing short of absolute horror. The Covenant, the Flood, the Didact, the Halos, everything. He wasn't sure how these people could know and live with that, not without going insane. He now knew that these were people to be respected, and be wary of. They could kill anyone without thinking.

"I- I'm guessing that you want me to keep this a secret?" He could barely talk, unsure of what to do with the people who had been to hell and back.

"Yes. It is important that our origin stays a secret. Who knows what people would do if they found out."

Makarov nodded.

"Now, if you don't mind, we have some questions for you."

After recovering from the initial shock, Makarov told everyone about how magic worked, what types there were, everything. They were unsure of how they would deal with it, but he assured them that they would be fine.

"You all are good enough to be S-Class right now!"

"Thank you for that vote of confidence, sir, but it would be suspicious to the others if we were already S-Class. We'll rank up the same as everyone else."

Makarov thought about that, and knew it was true.

"Still, if you ever change your mind, let me know."

"Will do, sir."

"And stop with the military formalities already! It's getting annoying!"

"Alright, s- Uh, Master."

"That's better."

"Hey, do you think Gramps is alright? He's been gone for a while." Natsu asked.

"I'm sure he's fine. He can take care of himself." Erza replied. It was then that the door opened again, and in walked the very subject of their conversation.

"Hey, Gramps! Where you been?"

Everyone noticed that their Master seemed to be distracted, not even getting his beer back at first. But he soon got a hold of himself.

"Now, where were we?"

Everyone was soon back to partying.

Two days later, after the barbeque, everyone was discussing the new "UNSC Team". Erza was particularly interested, as they had made the Master distracted, which was a very hard thing to do.

"I'm going to invite them on a mission. See what they're capable of." She told her team.

"Alright, new people! I'm all fired up!"

"Yeah, should be good!" Gray began taking his shirt off, again.

"Isn't anyone else worried about why they made the Master nervous?" Lucy asked. "I mean-"

"Ah, calm down, Luce! It can't be anything bad!"

Wendy joined the conversation.

"I agree with Lucy. Shouldn't we ask the Master?"

"Nah, it'll be fine." Gray answered.

"Then it's settled. I'll go pick a mission."

"Erza, pick one from upstairs!"

"Yeah, that should be a good test." It was one of the only times that Gray and Natsu had agreed on something.

"No, I think-"

"Please, Erza!"

After holding out for a minute, Erza finally gave in. "Oh, alright. But I pick the mission."

"Ok, as long as-"

"I know!"

Erza ventured upstairs. The others waited at the table.

"Are you guys sure about this? We don't even know what magic they use." Lucy continued.

"Luce, it'll be fine. Even if they can't do anything, we'll be there. And no one can beat the guild's strongest team!"

Erza soon came back down the stairs.

"So, whadja pick?" Natsu seemed more excited than normal.

"I picked a mission that you would like, Natsu. 10 million jewel reward. Take out a dark guild who has been tormenting our city. The leader is wanted by the Magic Council. Make sure that not even the building survives. Extra reward for the leader provided by the council."

"Alright! Finally a job worthy of our talents!"

"Yes. Now, I'll go ask Thomas what he thinks."

Needless to say, Thomas immediately accepted the job. It sounded like something they could handle. Erza was making plans.

"Alright, we'll attack at midnight, when they'll least expect us. But we have to make sure that the mayor of the town knows that we are coming. So, here's what we'll do. Natsu and Gray will go tell the mayor that we have accepted the job, while the rest of us will go to the dark guild. We'll wait for Natsu and Gray, get some sleep, then attack." She turned to Thomas. "It's a day long trip by train."

"Well, we have to get some stuff. How about we meet you outside of the guild, and you all can go to the mayor and tell him. We'll be waiting."

"That sounds acceptable."

"Then we'll see you there."

Erza, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, and the exceeds all got off the day-long train ride. Natsu was, of course, sick for most of the walk to the mayor's office afterwards. They arrived, and he had some new information for them.

"Here is a picture of the leader, the one that the Magic Council wants. He is wanted alive."

Erza nodded, and looked at the second piece of paper the mayor was holding out to her.

"This is a map of the guild, before it was taken over by the dark guild. There is an escape tunnel that they probably haven't filled in. You can use that to get in secretly. It comes up in the kitchen."

"Right. We'll get the job done."

"See that you do."

They left, and were walking towards the dark guild's location a few miles away. They arrived, and saw the last thing that they expected to see. The UNSC Team was already there. There were 13 people, all human. They had barricades set up, and were all watching the door to the guild. There were some people on the different hills around the area. Each one was carrying a weapon that none of Team Natsu recognized. Thomas was shouting orders.

"I want 4 snipers on those hills! You men, set up a MG nest! I want the artillery in the way back! We don't know how this will go! Make sure that everyone has cover! Come on, move faster! Move, move!"

Everyone was in a flurry of activity, even Thomas. He had strange boxes next to him, and was taking smaller, rectangular boxes from them and distributing them to his men. Team Natsu hadn't been noticed, and they didn't want to. They were curious what was going on, and decided to hang back and watch.

"Alright, men. We're going to watch the door for the night! I want radio silence unless you spot something! Scratch that, I want total silence unless you spot something. Remember, we have a person to capture, not kill, so no lethal rounds, understood?"

"Sir, yes sir!"

Everyone had seemed to stop moving. They were staying where they were now, watching the guild. The men on the hills were lying on their stomachs, eyes against a piece of metal that was on the top of their weapons. No one moved, and Erza decided to talk to Thomas, though she was still very intrigued about what was going on.

"Thomas?"

The marine heard her, and got up from his place with some sort of metal surrounding it.

"You finally arrived. Good, that means we can get started. So, what's up?"

"First, how did you get here so fast? It was a day's trip, and you left after us! You weren't even on the train!"

"Trade secret."

"Fine. Here, look at this. We have a picture of the man that is wanted by the Magic Council."

Thomas looked at it, memorizing it instantly. It was like a cross between a alligator and a circus master. He called everyone else over, and they took it in, memorizing it with a glance. Then they all went back to their positions.

"Ok, anything else?" Thomas asked.

"Yes. We have a way to get inside without being detected. There's an escape tunnel that these people haven't used or filled in. We'll get in that way. You all will stay out here, so that you won't have to fight as much. They will stay on the inside, defending their Master."

Erza thought she saw a look of annoyance cross Thomas's face, but it was gone so fast, she thought she imagined it. Thomas nodded, and returned to his place. Erza could hear him giving orders, though how everyone heard it with him only talking, she didn't know.

"Alright, men. We're holding this position. Nothing gets out, except the fugitive. Since you know what he looks like now, live rounds are allowed. No one sleeps tonight! We're going to keep guard!"

Erza walked over to the others, where they had set up camp, next to one of the people with the long weapon. He was still lying on his stomach, looking like he hadn't moved at all. Natsu was trying to make conversation with him.

"What's that?"

Everyone looked on, having the same question. The man, William, had turned to face them.

"This? This is the SRS99D-S2 AM. In English, this is the Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel. Fires 14.5 x 114 mm Armor Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot Rounds. Gas-Operated, 4 Rounds per mag, maximum of 6 magazines in reserve. Extremely high accuracy, damage per hit is also extremely high. Has a range of 2300 meters. Nice rate of fire, about 2 rounds per second."

Natsu and the others blinked. They knew Bisca and Alzack had sniper weapons, but nothing this good.

"Where'd you get that?" Lucy asked.

"I've had this baby since my early years. Never gone on a mission without her."

One of the other men, who was also a sniper, heard their conversation, and decided to join in.

"Yeah, he's had that thing forever. Treats it like his wife, he does. Sometimes I think that if he didn't marry her, he would have married that!"

"Like you're one to talk, Neil! You sleep with that thing in your bed every night!"

"Hey, better to have a weapon with you than not! You never know when you're going to need it!"

"Maybe, but I don't sleep with mine!"

The men dissolved into a verbal spar, teasing each other about how they treated their weapons. Natsu and the others finally had enough, and decided to ask about one of the other weapons that was being used.

"Hey, what are those?"

Natsu pointed to one of the Battle Rifles.

"Those are BR55HB SR Battle Rifles. 9.5 x 40mm KURZ rounds, .374 caliber. Short-Stroke, Gas-Operated, Rotating-Bolt. 2.4 rounds per second, high accuracy. Max range of 950 meters, really nice against shielded enemies. 36 rounds per mag, 4 mags total."

Natsu didn't understand most of what was said, just like the last one, but something stuck out.

"Shielded enemies?"

William and Neil had forgotten that they weren't supposed to say anything about what they were using.

"Uh, yeah. Just ignore that."

Neil returned to his sniping position, and William fell silent. Natsu and the others thought it was time to get some sleep anyways. Very soon, Team Natsu was asleep, with everyone from the UNSC Team watching and waiting.

Lucy was awoken by Erza, in the dead of night. She saw that everyone else was up, waiting to go. She got up and noticed that William still hadn't moved. She doubted that she would ever have that kind of self-discipline.

"What time is it?"

"Almost midnight. Ready?"

Lucy nodded and followed Erza to the entrance of the escape tunnel. Erza went in first, followed by Gray, Natsu, Wendy, and lastly, Lucy.

They were going along for a while, undisturbed. Natsu was busy commenting on how no one would be expecting the attack. Gray slapped him, and they almost got into a fight again, but Erza settled it. Suddenly, the floor dropped out from under them, and everyone except Lucy fell in. They heard maniacal laughter from someone unseen.

"So, Fairy Tail decided to come and take me to the Magic Council. That's a laugh." To emphasize this, he laughed again, not seeming to notice Lucy hadn't fallen in.

A gas started to pour into the hole, and the other members of Fairy Tail started coughing.

"That should keep you there until I make my escape!"

Before losing consciousness, Erza shouted out to Lucy, "Lucy, go back and get the others. Stop the guild from escaping!"

"But-"

"Lucy go!"

Erza slumped over, unconscious. Lucy ran back to the entrance and climbed out. Everyone was still there, and before she could even move towards Thomas, a voice rang out!

"Targets at 12:00!"

"Let 'em have it!"

The air was filled with the sounds of gunfire, which deafened Lucy, not being used to the sounds. She ran up to Thomas.

"They've got the others!"

"What?"

"They trapped the others and knocked them out! They're trying to escape! Erza said to stop them!"

Thomas growled. "They knew we were coming."

"Seems like it."

"Alright, marines! Move up! We're taking this guild out! You stay here, Lucy!"

Thomas ran off, gun firing, before she could protest. The night was punctuated by "Moving up, cover me!" and "Frag out!".

William came up to her.

"I'm staying with you. Sarg's orders."

"I'm not staying behind!"

She was deafened by another shot from Willaim's sniper rifle.

"You're staying here! It's too dangerous, and I'm making sure you don't get hurt!"

Lucy decided that arguing was pointless, and watched the group. They were moving faster than Lucy thought was possible under fire. Everyone coming from the guild was trying to stop the marines, but to no avail. They all fell, and Lucy thought she saw blood coming from them. It made her queasy, so she turned away.

The marines all disappeared into the guild, and the only thing signaling that they were still alive was the constant chatter over the radio. Then something got William's attention.

"Sergeant Thomas to all marines, package secured. Retreat to the LZ."

"Good." William said. Lucy didn't understand any of the conversation.

"What's going on?"

"We just took down the leader. Everyone's coming back out now."

"WHAT?!"

Lucy was extremely surprised that the new people to the guild had done something in just a few minutes that would have taken her and Team Natsu the entire night to do. Even more surprising, they took down a guild master, and they weren't even S-Class. She was beginning to wonder about their story, where they were from, and how they got to be this good.

"How did you guys manage to do that?!"

"Comes with being a marine."

Everyone was flooding out of the guild. There were a few marines holding the fugitive at gunpoint.

"What now?"

"We go get the others, then we get the hell out of here."

Lucy noticed the biggest of the marines, called the Master Chief, walk over to the entrance and climb inside. Some of the others followed him, wearing some sort of masks that she hadn't seen before.

"What are they wearing?"

"Gas masks. They take air from the atmosphere and get rid of anything that isn't oxygen. This way they won't get knocked unconscious too."

A few minutes later, the entire company came back out, carrying Team Natsu. They set them down, and Lucy walked over to them.

"Are they okay?"

"They'll be fine." Thomas answered. Then he got onto the radio.

"This is 50th Squad, requesting dustoff. We have the package, and all persons are accounted for."

Lucy heard a very different voice talking back. She wasn't sure who it belonged to. It didn't sound human. Maybe it was those other people.

"Roger that, 50th Squad. Pelicans Bravo 1 and 2 going on station. ETA 3 minutes."

"50th Squad, this is Alpha 1. Ready to commence bombing run. ETA 5 minutes."

"Roger that, Alpha. Marines, 5 minutes!"

Lucy got William's attention again.

"What's going on now?"

"As per orders, we are going to destroy the building."

"How? No one's going in."

William looked at her strangely. "Who needs to go inside to destroy it?"

Lucy would have answered, but something else got her attention.

"Pelicans Bravo 1 and 2 on station. Clear the drop zone."

Two very large and metallic machines were landing in front of them. No one seemed bothered, but Lucy was nervous.

"Ride's here."

The marines pulled Team Natsu into the back of one and strapped them to some chairs along the wall. Another group was taking the dark guild master into the back of another one and doing the same. Lucy joined Team Natsu, who were just beginning to wake up. Erza was the first one fully conscious.

"Where are we?"

Lucy felt herself rise into the air, and looked out the back, where she saw the ground falling away. William answered Erza.

"You're safe. Now, watch. This is the best part." The others were awake, and looked out the back.

"50th, this is Alpha 1. Bombs away."

They saw a strange shapes flying over the guild hall, dropping lots of small objects. These small objects exploded, leaving a lot of smoke.

"Alpha 2, bombs away, bombs away."

They saw a second one, and it copied the first's actions. When the dust finally cleared, they didn't see anything left of the guild hall, except rubble.

"50th, bombing mission complete."

"Wait!" Erza cried. "What about the guild master?"

"Oh, we got him. He's on the other Pelican."

"WHAT?!" Everyone, except Natsu, shouted. He was busy being motion sick.

"That's what Lucy said." William replied, before vanishing behind a door up in the front of the vehicle. He had been the only one who wasn't strapped to a chair. The doors in the back soon closed.

"We're heading to the Magic Council now, to give our prisoner to them." His voice was heard over the radio, though Team Natsu didn't understand that it was a radio. They had all been wondering how you communicated with people miles way.

"50th, we'll see you back at the base."

"Roger that, Alpha. Take care, and thanks!"

With Natsu incapacitated, the others all discussed how it was possible for people completely new to the guild to pull off an S-Class mission, without a hitch. Lucy told them what had happened.

"And then, they went to get you, like they didn't even have a dangerous prisoner with them! They didn't even let me fight, but I don't think they needed help."

"This is very troubling." Erza said. "If they can do this on their first mission, without any help whatsoever…"

She didn't need to finish.

About 15 minutes later, they heard William again.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and those in-between, this is your captain speaking. We will be landing at the Magic Council momentarily. We ask that you now buckle up, put your seats into an upright position, and enjoy the rest of your flight. We hope that you will choose UNSC Air Lines for all your future flights. UNSC Air Lines wants to thank you for your business, present and future."

"What was that all about?" Gray asked.

Wendy shrugged.

One minute later, the door in the front opened, and William came out. The doors in the back opened as well, and William began letting people out of their seats. Everyone climbed out, amazed at how fast they had gotten to the Magic Council.

After breathing in some air, and seeing the other Pelican land, Erza whirled on William, sword drawn.

"Now, you have some explaining to do!"

She heard a series of clicks behind her, and saw that every marine had pulled out their weapons and were training it on her. Lucy shrieked and hid, knowing what those weapons could do. Thomas intervened.

"Stand down, marines. She wouldn't be able to hurt any of us anyways." They slowly put down their weapons.

"What do you mean I wouldn't be able to hurt you! My sword is more than enough!"

Thomas rolled his eyes. She didn't know.

"Look, Erza, if you have questions, take them up with Makarov. We cannot and will not reveal anything, and it would be best if you just let us be. The only reason we showed you this much of us was because you were unable to carry out the job, and we had to improvise. You're lucky to have seen this much. Besides, we have other business to attend to."

Erza wasn't satisfied, but she put her sword away. Everyone went in to see the Council. They were very surprised, but accepted the fugitive without complaint.

"Now, be gone. We have other matters to attend to. Bring forth Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy of Crime Sorciere!"

Team Natsu stopped suddenly, and waited, wanting to hear what was going on. Thomas and William stayed with them, ordering everyone else to go back to the Pelicans.

"Jellal, you are brought before us accused of breaking out of the detention center, and having Ultear and Meredy, two other fugitives, help you. You also caused many arguments, and lied about yourself at the Grand Magic Games. You have done nothing but cause havoc, and now come before us, claiming that you've actually done some good."

That was all Natsu needed to hear, before trying to help them.

"Hey, don't think that they didn't! They've done lots of good! They help-"

Erza slapped him and shook her head, but there were tears in her eye.

"I thought I told you to leave, Fairy Tail. Now, go!"

"What's this guy's story?" William whispered to Lucy.

"He really helped us out a while back. He's also a friend of Erza's. He used to be really bad, but that was when he was possessed. He broke out of jail, trying to help people at the Grand Magic Games, and I guess he decided that he should come back." Lucy whispered back.

"So what's Mr. High-and-Mighty's problem with that?" Thomas asked.

"He probably doesn't believe that Jellal tried to help people. But he did. Poor Erza. There's nothing we can do for him."

The trial had been going on in the background. Thomas and William decided to help their friends.

"Hey!" Thomas shouted, getting everyone's attention.

"Do not interrupt the trial!" The head of the council boomed.

Erza looked at Thomas, wondering what he was doing.

"Look, I don't know this guy much. In fact, I don't know him at all. Same for the other two. But my friends here, they say they do. They say that he's done a lot of good, and that you are overlooking that, whether on purpose or accidently, I don't know. Maybe you're not smart enough to see it."

Everyone gasped.

"You're insulting me? Ha. Tell me, who are you?"

"That isn't the point. The point is that you are overlooking a very important point in this trial, and I think you're doing it on purpose."

Erza looked at them again, trying to call them off. But they weren't going to back down.

"What are you trying to say? That you will vouch for them?"

"You can't do that!" Jellal protested. Ultear and Meredy looked confused, not knowing who these new people were.

"Watch me!"

Thomas turned his attention back to Erza, asking her a question with his eyes. She nodded, understanding.

"I will vouch for Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy." Erza said, determination in her eyes.

"Really now? And if I don't let that happen?"

Thomas pulled out an Assault Rifle and cocked it, the sound echoing throughout the room. William did the same, and soon, every marine was in there, weapons ready.

Thomas looked around himself, then back at the Council. "Then we'll have to take him from you. And I can guarantee that you won't like that."

The Council didn't quite know what to do. No one had ever defied them like this before. And since these people were new, they weren't sure of what they could do either. Team Natsu wasn't sure why Thomas and William were protecting people that they didn't know. The UNSC weren't sure either. They just knew it was the right thing to do, and so went with it. Jellal and the others looked unsure of what to do.

"Very well. We shall let Fairy Tail vouch for Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy, under the conditions that they join Fairy Tail, and Fairy Tail will take responsibility for their actions."

"We agree." Thomas said without hesitation. He saw the council members scowl at him. He shrugged it off. He fought aliens bent on destroying humanity. He could handle a scowl. That made the council members scowl even more. Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy were released, and the group went outside. Jellal went up to Thomas, knowing he could get to Erza later.

"Why are you protecting us?"

"It's the right thing to do."

Back at the guild:

"WHAT!?" echoed around the entire city of Magnolia.

Chapter 2 done! If anyone is confused, I'll give you a rundown: UNSC finds Fairy Tail. UNSC joins Fairy Tail. UNSC goes on S-Class quest with Team Natsu. UNSC finishes S-Class quest, without Team Natsu. UNSC saves Jellal and Crime Sorciere, who join Fairy Tail. If you're wondering why, I got the idea from New Universe Returns, whom I must thank for the ideas. However, I modified it a little. The UNSC wasn't supposed to have a hand in it. I know that Team Natsu would never have actually gotten caught in a trap like that, but it was a convenient excuse for the UNSC to show its abilities. So, remember to vote on the names, and I'll see you next time.