Vik didn't know what to expect as he sat down. He didn't like the look his father was giving Kitt, but didn't say anything.
Kitt on the other hand, looked rather oblivious to his father's gaze. Instead, he was complimenting the smell of the food.
To his right, Pops looked like he was trying to figure out what was on Dad's mind. He sure hoped he had all of this cleared up before he caught wind of what his father was pondering. He didn't need both of them going after him and Kitt.
"So, what did you boys do last night while Xenia was here?" He almost cursed Lisanna for her innocent question.
"Not much really." He lied. Well…it was not that much of a lie. He really didn't remember much, except meeting up with a certain red head.
"Oh, well that sounds boring." Lisanna lamented, dumping some potatoes on to her plate.
His father cleared his throat. "So Kitt, can you enlighten us to why you wanted alcohol earlier?" He could already see an evil gleam playing from across the table, waiting to strike.
"I know people around here, they just give me whatever. It's not like I over do it." Kitt said giving him a frown.
"I didn't even have that much." He said defensively.
"Yeah, yeah. Excuses, excuses." The other boy teased him. He really didn't need this right now.
"Vik, you really shouldn't have been drinking." His Papa said, now adding to the conversation.
"Again, I didn't have that much! It's not a big deal." He said trying to get them to change the subject.
"It is. You are far too young to be drinking and what if something happened. Remember we have connections with many high ranking officials. It would be wise to act accordingly." His father said crossing his arms.
"But nothing happened. Not a damn thing!" He was getting angry.
His father and brother gave him a confused look, but that didn't stop his father from commenting. "Still you shouldn't even try it."
He crossed his arms, annoyed. Not even touching his food.
"Maybe I should keep you from doing missions for a while. If you're going to be drinking. I can't have you getting drunk on the job." Bickslow teased.
"But I wasn't drunk on the job. I just had a couple of drinks at the bar, there's a difference!" The more they talked the more he just wanted to leave.
"That may be so, but you have to learn that there is a time and place for everything." Pops jumped in as well.
"If you all just want to sit here and attack me that's fine." He stood up from the table and left, running out the door and into the night. Hearing all of them yell after him.
He hated when they did that. Sure, they were joking, but still he didn't like being the butt of their jokes.
In his anger, he didn't see where he was going. Everything was jumbled as he passed street after street. Knowing his parents, they would start looking for him. He needed a way off of the streets. Somewhere out of their line of sight.
"I didn't expect you to be on this side of town." He heard the ever familiar voice of a certain red head behind him.
He didn't have time for Edvin's shit, he needed to get as far away as possible.
"You seem to have something on your mind. Can I offer you some help?" The boy said with a sexy smirk on his face.
He was going to smart off, as a light bulb went off in his head. He couldn't help but grin. "I think you can help me out. How much free time do you have?"
The other boy's grin grew as he offered him a hand. "I got all the time in the world, do you have something in mind?"
Stress, anger, annoyance, pain, rejection, and frustration. All those feelings at once combined as he took the other boys hand and leaned in close to his ear, whispering the words he thought he would never say. "Submit to me."
He got off the train with his companions in toe. Juvia did her job, clinging on to Gray's arm as they exited the station. Not that he really needed to tell her to do such things.
It wasn't far to their destination and from what he gathered on the train, 3 of the other guilds had already converged. Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, and Sabretooth. Lamia Scale was still running behind, which was odd. Ooba was rarely late for anything. Maybe the train on her end was having some difficulties.
As he entered the building, he and the others were greeted by the other guild masters and their companions. Ichiya was flanked my Hikabi, while Sting sat there arguing with Rogue. The guild master Mermaid Heel, Asrai Adella sat alone. Her gaze like a deadly wave of destruction. Her brown ribbon like hair pulled back into a sever bun.
"You're late." She said flatly.
"Yes, there was a delay. I see that Babasaama is also running behind." He said turning his eyes to friendlier faces.
"I see you have brought the finest of parfums with you." Ichiya said taking Juvia's hand and trying to plant a kiss on it. He was given a fast punch in the face, slamming against the wall.
"Juvia's hand is only for Gray-sama, Gray-sama will think less of Juvia if you dirty her!" The woman said offended.
He face palmed, why did he think it was a good idea to bring Juvia with him again. Erza would have been a better choice, but she had gone on a job, plus it worked better with their excuse.
"Really if you have time to fool around, I'm leaving." A voice came from the door way and the old hag made her presence known.
"Good for you to have joined us, you old hag." Sting said, before regretting it immediately as he started spinning rapidly.
"I take that you had a snag like I did." He said respectively.
She gave him a knowing smile. "Unless you had an experience from beyond the grave, I highly doubt it."
What was she talking about? "No, I can't say I have."
"Look granny, spill what you're talking about. I don't have all day. We have a treaty to talk about." Asrai said seconds before she was left spinning at maximum speed.
He pulled out a chair for the elderly woman and she took a seat. All eyes fell on her and the words she had to say.
"Lamia Scale was visited this morning by a former member, Warner Brass." She said calmly.
He stopped breathing, a member of Raven Tail, but they were dead. The entire guild was destroyed. "How?"
She let out small laugh as she grabbed herself a cup of tea. "He and his wife came by, they were in search of some information. He wanted to know about my granddaughter for some odd reason. That and he seemed to speak in riddles."
"What do you think he was trying to say?" Ichiya said after finally recovering from his blunder earlier.
A sad look fell upon her face. "I feel our work for a treaty will fall on deaf ears. He kept saying that darkness was closing in. War is going to happen."
While he didn't like the sound of war, he was rather intrigued. "Did he say anything about the rest of the guild?"
She let out a snort. "Only that we were stupid enough to think that an etherion blast would be able to destroy them, apparently they had information beforehand. I don't know how they got out or what they are doing, but they did. But he wouldn't tell me anymore. Only to keep my eyes open. He seemed more interested in Winoona's things than anything."
"Well that makes sense considering what Master Bob thought years ago." Ichiya said sadly, speaking of his former guild master and friend.
Now the old hag looked confused. "What did Bob and yourself know that had to be kept from the rest of us?"
"I knew." Laxus said. "Bickslow was one of them. It matters on how far you're willing to look."
"Again with the riddles. You realize that it makes it hard to trust you with our guilds when you do that." Sting said finally out of his fit of dizziness.
Asrai gave him an angry look. "Listen we are here now, so let us in on the details."
He sighed. Looking to Gray and Juvia. "Can you and the others cover the perimeter?"
They nodded and motioned for the other's to follow. Hikabi and Rogue followed suit.
"Leon should be out there already." Ooba told them as they exited.
He looked over at Ichiya. It wasn't that he liked sharing this information. After everything that had happened, Fairy Tail and Blue Pegasus decided to keep the information between the two of them, after all they were the most effected by the King's efforts 3 years ago. They both lost more than just guild mates. Pegasus lost more than a guild master, they lost a father, a teacher, and a friend in Bob. Fairy Tail lost friends and family, fathers and brothers, sisters and children. It had taken a toll on both guilds.
The other man gave him a nod and he sighed. "3 years ago we found out what Raven Tail was really doing, remember when we told you that.
"Enough with the small talk, tell us already!" Sting said impatiently,
"Raven Tail had a reason besides just uncovering the King's plans for war. They were out for revenge. The two guild masters of Raven Tail were my father Ivan Dreyar and his best friend Remy Resus. It was believed that Remy died over 20 years before then, but that was not the case. Remy Resus lived and Raven Tail was formed.
"Why did people think he was dead?" Sting asked, leaning back in his chair.
Ichiya slammed his hand on the table. "Because the King planned to kill him and his friends. The King succeeded in part of his plan. Four of Ivan and Remy's friends were killed, all so a man could try and control the nation to the north."
"But what did they do? They had to do something to get on his bad side." Asrai said smirking to herself.
"There crime was knowing too much. My father and Remy were spies for the King. Their job was to gather information about Absolon, but after they were no longer needed, he tried to see their end. The same goes for their friends. They were also hired to spy for Fiore." He could see all of them were quite shocked. "My father was hired because of his illusion skills, Remy could create shields and could speak telepathically with my father." This was it, it was time to reveal the names of the others. "From Phantom Lord they hired Sasha Peters, a word mage capable of decoding any code and solve any puzzle. Carolta Seabress of Mermaid Heel was used as an interrogator." He watched as Asrai froze up, he could guess where her mind was going. "The last two were Arlington Brass of Blue Pegasus, hired for his ability to dig up information." Ichiya nodded, but Ooba had a different look on her face.
"Brass?" He then remembered that Warner used his father's last name.
"Yes, he was Warner's father." He might as well tell her now.
"Then why wasn't he dropped off at Blue Pegasus?" She said confused.
"Because it was his mother's guild. The last mage that was called was called for her weaponry skills, Winoona Fertus."
He watched her reaction. She had dropped her cup of tea, the cup shattering. "But how? He's far too young to be hers!"
"Before they were sent off on the mission that would end their lives, the King took some blood samples. These samples were used to make super weapons. Warner, Bickslow, and Carma were those weapons."
Ooba seemed about to respond to that, but Asrai beat her to it. "Carma? That airhead was a super weapon?"
"Is." All eyes turned to Ooba. "She married Warner. She was with him."
"But that's not all." Ichiya said. "Ivan and Remy removed them from the government and eventually they returned to Raven Tail, but they weren't the only ones that were created. The King made three more. Master Bob's life was taken by one of the other 3."
"Yes, they go by numbers instead of names. 27 and 32. The one that killed Bob is no longer with the King. Raven Tail captured him and either they were able to pull him from the control the King had over him or he is dead." He still couldn't believe there was a possibility that Bickslow and the others could still be alive. If they were, maybe he could try and contact him. If there was anyone he could trust it would be him. But if he was alive, then why hadn't he tried to contact him before? Was it too dangerous to do so? If that was the case, then he needed to tread lightly.
"So what do we do now? If we can't make a treaty and if what you say is true, then war is unavoidable." Asrai said.
He took a deep breath. "I know, but at least we can try. There is too much at stake to just give up."
"I agree with Asrai." Sting stated, confusing the rest of the room. "Whether we like it or not, this war has been planned from the beginning. If Raven Tail is still living, they are most likely on the other side of the playing field. The ever growing darkness that this Warner guy spoke about. He must know something about the other side. Absolon must be gearing up for war as well."
Everyone continued to stare in shock at the white dragonslayer. He himself was kind of impressed. But he couldn't give up on trying to stop a war. Even if he was alone.
To Be Continued…
Author's Note
So now the guild masters know that truth. Seems like Edvin is getting what he wants out of Vik. I wonder how his family will react to that. I wonder how Kitt will react as well.