Rise of Pandora's Box

Chapter 34 part 2

"He's in there. The person who burned down my home!"

"Who? Who burned down your home?" Sapphire asked worryingly.

"I-I don't know who. I just know," Zeke stepped forward.

"But you once told me you don't know anything from the past," he was right. I don't.

"I… It's that mark on the guildhall. Every time I see it, I get this image of a burning building with a man in front of it and he has the mark on his throat. I don't know what it means. Please help me. I don't know what to do," Kai grabbed my arm and forced me to stand up.

"Stop crying. We're going to take care of this for you. Just this once. Because we're a team," He held out his hand.

"Well spite everything. You are my best friend," Zeke put his hand on top of Kai's.

"There's no way anyone's getting away with hurting my friend. Let's do this," Sapphire slammed her hand on the others.

"I suppose I can't let them go in without a bit of reasonable sense," Silver said placing her hand over the rest. I could feel tears starting to form in my eyes.

"I couldn't ask for a better team if I tried," I placed my hand on top of theirs. We all pressed downward and the four of them turned around walking towards the guildhall. Kai looked at the sky. "CELESTIAL GEAR OF AQUARIUS! INFINITY OCEAN!" On his hip appeared a tiny tank filled with water and on his hands a pair of gloves. Zeke requipped his blade falcon wings. Silver's hair began moving. Sapphire kicked the door in without any trouble.

"Whoever's in here better get ready for a huge beating!" she yelled into the hall. Gin and his spider were standing at the bar making a drink out of the spiders poison for one of the guildmembers. At the longest table was a big chair at the end and someone was sitting in it. On the side were two other bigger chairs each with a person in them. The rest were normal chair filled with guildmembers. On the floor in the middle was a little blonde child playing with his toys. Unlike everyone else in the room, he seemed happy and innocent.

"Who's in charge here? Cause I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" Kai said standing forward as everyone around the tables looked at him in a funny way. Then they started laughing, but suddenly stopped when the man in the biggest chair stood up.

"That would be me Kai. Still as stubborn as ever I see. This might be one of the biggest threats to your guild ever and yet you refuse to get help from anyone but your team."

"How do you know my name?"

"Oh Kai. I don't feel like answering that right now."

"Then we'll just beat the answers we want out of you," Kai jumped through the entire room and prepared to strike. The man sat down again like nothing was wrong. Suddenly he was hit out of the air. He slammed down on the table and made a quick recovery before inspecting his opponent. Gin had grown massive spider legs, walked over and hit him with one of them in the split second from Kai leaving the ground. He retracted them and sat down at the table.

"Would you mind showing this idiot out?" The leader said to the girl sitting on his right. She stood up and removed her hood. She had long black hair in a wide braid running down her back. She had blood red eyes and tons of make-up on.

"Let's take this to my torture chamber shall we?"

"Shut up. Either fight me or get out of my way!"

"That's what they always say," She pulled a lever and the table and floor Kai was standing on opened without warning. He fell down and slid down ending up in large room with cobblestone walls and several horrible torture devices on every wall. You'd think it was Laki's room. The girl came through a door in the room and locked it after her.

"It's just us now. It's going to be beautiful watching your pain," she said diching her cape to reveal a dominatrix outfit.

"You disgust me," she giggled a really creepy giggle.

"You wouldn't be the first. By the way I'm Hera, just so you know what to scream when you're in pain," Kai looked at the ceiling a grunted as he couldn't see the constellations.

"Dammit," he grunted to himself. He looked at the tank on his hip, which was now his only weapon.

"Like my master said, he knows you and your weaknesses."

Sapphire attempted to reach the hole Kai fell down before it closed up. She just missed it.

"Dammit. Kai might be strong, but not when he doesn't have access to the sky."

"I know. That's why I sent him down there," Hera evilly grinned.

"You witch."

"Thanks," She laughed. Sapphire gritted her teeth and leapt after her. She was suddenly stopped in midair allowing Hera to get away. The man on the leaders left side had stood up.

"What's going on?"

"You're 100 times stronger than usual, but also 100 times slower," He said. Zeke came flying to her rescue.

"Sapphire! Get your hands off her you bastard," the man put his hand up. "ARC OF BALANCE MAGIC AND POWER," Zeke suddenly couldn't move his wings and he started falling. Gin fired a tread and cocooned him.

"What should we do with this one?" Silvers hair suddenly smashed at Gin who swiftly dodged.

"I hope you villains are prepared to face the consequences of your actions."

"Mike. Go to your playroom. You'll have a new friend waiting for you," The leader said to the little boy, who hadn't noticed any of the commotion. He jumped for joy and started running to the back. The leader nodded at Zeke. Some of the other guildmembers smirked and carried Zeke after the little boy.

"Let's see what you've got hair girl," Gin said walking on his spider legs in a stalemate with Silver. Sapphire broke free of the spell, continued in her at regular speed, and hit the wall, but got up quickly. She jumped on the table and stood in front of the boy who'd attacked her.

"Arc of balance huh. What's your name?"

"The name is Yami. Remember it well. For it will be the last name you ever learn."

Zeke was hurled into a big room. The tread disappeared allowing him to roam free. He looked at the surroundings. The walls were painted with flowers and clouds in all shapes and sizes. There was a neat and comfortable rug beneath his feet. It was well lit and everything. The little kid Mike was sitting in the middle playing with an action figure. He noticed Zeke.

"Do you want to play with me? I have another,"

"No I need to help my friends fight."

"Please play with me. Just a little bit. The others never play with me," He held another action figure in Zeke's direction.

"No! I don't wanna play with you!" He said raising his voice a little.

"Are you mad at me?" He was about to cry.

"No I'm just not a big fan of child games. I'm leaving. Don't try to stop me."

"Please don't leave. I don't like being alone. Please," Zeke ignored him and he began to cry. Zeke completely froze when he did. The ground started shaking.

"What the…"

My team. Risking their lives for my sake while I try to sort out my mental issues. This really was the spirit of Fairy Tail!