A week had come and gone and he had seen no sign of Raven Tail anywhere. Looking over at his wife and friends, he was starting to think that the old hag had just dreamed up Warner's existence.
At the moment, Mira and Laki were making funny faces for the camera, while Elfman and Ever argued. Freed seemed to be calm for once. At least getting away from the guild did some good.
"Mrs. Modd said that she was going to make a local specialty for dinner tonight." Freed said making small talk.
He just nodded, he couldn't really focus on conversation. He just couldn't see the old woman having a dream that clear about a member of Raven Tail, how could she just pull that name out of nowhere and use it?
As he looked away from Freed, he could see someone walking down the road towards them. Whoever it was, they seemed distracted. She seemed to be carrying a baby.
As the woman looked up and locked eyes with him, he knew it immediately. It was Lisanna.
The others remind distracted as she ran into an alley and out of sight.
He stood up quickly. "I'm going to go for a small walk."
"I'll join you if you want." Freed offered.
He nodded, it was time that someone else knew why they were really here anyway.
As he walked up to the alley, he almost dragged Freed out of the street. "Laxus, why are we going down here? The main road is…"
"We don't have time for that right now." He made off into a run.
Freed followed him, looking perplexed. "Where are we going?"
He didn't look back. "Keep your eyes peeled. You may see a face from the past."
Freed didn't stop. "We came out here for more than just a vacation didn't we?"
He didn't have time to answer Freed. He swore he could smell Lisanna. She couldn't hide from him. She had a baby with her, so she couldn't transform.
They made their way through a busy street, full of street dealers and tourists. He clicked his tongue in irritation. "She can't hide from us forever. She'll have to come out at some time."
"Who is this she?" His friend asked, curious to know who they were after.
"Lisanna." As soon as the name left his lips, could feel Freed's judgmental stare.
"Laxus, you know that Lisanna is dead." Freed said flatly.
"From what we were told." He didn't even look at the other, he was too busy monitoring the streets.
"Where did you even get such information?" Freed asked, he didn't have any emotion in his voice. Like he wasn't going to let himself hope.
But he didn't have time to answer the green haired mage. He caught her going down a different alley. Her hair was still shorter than Mira's but it had grown out some. The baby she was holding could only be Bickslow's.
Now that he thought about it. She could have easily lost him in the crowd. She wanted them to follow her.
He broke through the crowd and was surprised when they turned around a corner, coming face to face with beautiful house. He watched the door creak open and she placed her hand outside of the door, motioning for him to come in.
He turned to look at Freed, who looked beyond shocked. "Do you believe me now?"
His friend nodded and they made their way to the door.
The door opened easily. Letting him into a simple family home. Nothing too fancy, but they looked far from poor.
His eyes found a set of pictures sitting on a table. He could clearly see Lisanna, the baby, Bickslow, his father, that Remy guy, and the former assassin. The assassin looked mad that his hair was being ruffled by his father.
There were a bunch of pictures of the baby all over the table. He couldn't help but smile at the girl's white hair and red eyes. At least he hoped it was a niece. He didn't think that Lisanna would put a dress on a boy.
The door behind them closed and they came face to face with the white haired female.
"How did you find us?" She said, looking worried.
Freed looked speechless. Like he couldn't believe that he was right.
"The old hag from Lamia Scale ran into two members of Raven Tail. From there I figured that all of you had to be up here. Hiding from us." He said, slightly angry.
She looked down sadly. "We weren't given much choice. After the guild was destroyed it was the only way to stay in hiding."
"So how did you end up here? This house is rather nice for someone that is in hiding." He stated. He had to know everything, it was the only way he could deal with them putting them all through so much grief.
The baby cried and she made to walk away, he grabbed her arm to stop her, but she glared at him. "You'll have your answers, Laxus. If you and Freed make yourselves comfortable in the living room, I will be back in a minute. I left my daughter in her high chair."
He let her go, remembering what happened the last time they had tried to hold Lisanna down. He could not have her running off again. If he scarred her, she would be off like a rabbit.
It only took her a couple of minutes, she returned, baby in hand. She set the girl on the floor with a small container of snacks.
He watched the child as it played on the floor for a second. She looked like her mother, but those eyes were her fathers.
"Where is Bickslow?" He asked, turning his attention to Lisanna, who had sat across from them.
"He's in his office working. Even I rarely see him these days." She sighed and he could hear the frustration in her voice.
Freed almost laughed and they both turned to glare at him. "What? The idea of Bickslow working an office job is unimaginable."
"He's the guild master for Raven Tail now." She pipped up.
Now that got his attention. "I thought my old man and his friend were?" He still couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that his father was gay. He didn't know either of them real well, so it was hard to even think of them as family.
She gave him a smile. "Ivan and Remy retired. They mostly train new recruits now." She giggled. "They got married as well."
He blinked a couple of times. "How?"
"It's legal here. It was less than a year after the guild was destroyed." She seemed to like having him be uncomfortable. "They're happy."
He nodded, wanting to change the subject. "So, you said that Bickslow is the guild master."
Her smile faded. "Yeah, he's so busy with everything."
That was confusing to him. He always had a lot of free time, even with all of the letters of destruction that he got from Team Natsu. "What is he doing?"
Lisanna almost burst into tears. His heart almost stopped as she said the words that made his world go black. "He's planning a war."
Ivan watched as Remy paced again. His husband had not told him how his conversation with their son had gone. But from how he was acting, it couldn't be good.
"Remy, you're wearing a hole in the floor." The other stopped to look down at the floor and then over to him.
His lover sighed. "I'm sorry Ivan. I'm just a little pissed off."
He gave him a grin. "I can tell. Now sit down and tell me what's wrong."
Remy gave him a sad look as he sat down. "I think my talk with him only made things worse."
"How so?" Ivan said, taking his lover's hand encouragingly.
"All I did was distance myself from him. I can't believe that he has forgotten who he was. He doesn't feel like my son anymore." His lover tried to look down, but he could tell that he was on the verge of tears.
He pulled Remy into a hug. "He'll come around Remy. Give him time. He will see what he is doing is wrong."
"What if it's too late?"
He kissed his brow. He couldn't answer that. All he could do was hope that things would change. That Bickslow would see the light in all of this and come around. He didn't know what they would do if he didn't.
He had dropped Vik off at Kitt's place before going back to his office. They had trained all week and both of them had improved. Vik could control himself for about 20 minutes, while he had broken past a couple of hours.
They had gone with training that morning due to him having a meeting with Magnus that afternoon.
As he looked over the paperwork in his office, he and Cetus went over how to get rid of Modd.
'Removing his soul would be easy.' Cetus said.
He shook his head. 'It would be easy to figure out who did it. I am the only one that can do that. Remember, it has to look like an accident.'
'But it would be the easiest. Remember, he is an old man. You could even say that he had a heart attack.' The demon said in the back of his mind.
'That could work, but it would greatly work in our favor if it looked like Fiore was responsible.'
The demon seemed ready to make his case as a knock came to the door. The door opened and shut. He couldn't help but smile as she walked into the room, tossed her hair, and pulled her findings out of her bag and onto his desk.
"Did you have any trouble getting back into the country?" He asked leaning forward over his desk. His elbows were propped up on the desk, with his fingers locked together.
Flare gave him a small grin. "I had no problems, Master."
"Good." He said picking up her report and looking it over. "It looks like he's taking a lot of time off."
"You know how lazy he is. He only will get involved in something if it is of interest to him. Besides, he thinks that we are gone. So he's relaxed himself." She said messing with her long red hair.
He felt himself chuckle. "Which will only make it better when his world goes up in flames."
She giggled. "I can only imagine the chaos. To see his life in shambles, would that please you?"
He couldn't help but smirk at her. "More than that. He doesn't even deserve to be walking around. He should die a criminal's death."
She leaned forward. "And how will you do it?" Her voice was almost seductive in away, there was a twinge of excitement to it.
He felt himself leaning forward. "Matters on how I'm feeling at the time."
"Really, Master?" Her elbow was on the desk, she was looking at him with utter adoration and admiration.
"Yes, I could be happy about finally getting my hands on him, so happy that I would just remove his soul from his body slowly." He let out a crazed laugh. "Or he could catch me when I'm irate, which would force me to get a lot more physical as I dispatched him." He didn't really care if he sounded insane. He and Cetus had agreed on this over a year ago. They would not allow the King to live.
Flare seemed to shiver as he spoke, her voice coming out as a whisper. "What if anyone gets in your way?"
"I will crush them." He whispered back. He didn't know where all of this was coming from but he was beginning to feel really comfortable around the redhead. She had proven her she could track down some useful information. What other uses could she provide him?
'I can think of a few.' Cetus said, almost chuckling at his question.
'Get your mind out of the gutter! We're married.' He thought back.
The demon continued to chuckle. 'We?'
He would have countered the demon, but Flare had noticed his look of agitation. "Master is something wrong?"
He shook his head. "No, I just have a headache." It wasn't really a lie. He had headaches all of the time. Cetus seemed to cause them on a regular basis.
She stood up from her chair and made her way around him. "I can help." She said massaging his scalp. He couldn't deny that it felt good. "You're so tense." Her hands moved down his scalp and down his neck to his shoulders. Part of him was screaming at himself. This was wrong. He had to get her to stop.
'You don't want her to stop, just admit it.' The demon laughed.
Cetus's words seemed to have the opposite affect though, as he slanted away from her hands. "It should be fine, Flare. I'll just get some tea or something when I get home."
The redhead gave him a sad look and stepped away. He almost breathed a sigh of relief. "I didn't mean to over step my bounds, Master."
He gave her a smile. "It's okay. I've just had my mind on somethings. You were only trying to help."
With that she smiled, as she made her way back to her seat. "What's been on your mind then?"
He thought it over. Should he let Flare in on the assassination? She had proved herself to be efficient. Why not allow her to prove her loyalty to him? "Do you know about a member of the senate named Fredrick Modd?"
She nodded. "Yes, I've heard the name, but I don't think I'm familiar with him. What about him?"
He felt himself smirk. "He's trying to contest Magnus for the Prime Minister seat. If that happens, we will lose everything. We can't mold Modd to our will." He hated to admit it, but he had Magnus eating out of the palm of his hand. He was like dough in his hands. He could get the man to do anything.
Flare seemed to get what he was saying. "He's a threat then."
"Yes and like any threat, he must be dealt with." He said.
His arm laid across the table and her hand drew towards his and began to caress his arm, almost drawing circles on his forearm. "Do you need me to take care of him?" She practically purred.
He couldn't believe that she was offering to get rid of the senator. He sighed. "It needs to look like he has been taken down by Fiore. If he just falls without that, another threat could spring up or Magnus's camp will look guilty. We have to tread carefully." He warned.
She only smirked. "Are you underestimating me, Master?" Her hand was still stroking his arm. "Those papers weren't the only thing I brought back from Fiore."
He looked at her questioningly. "What else have you brought me?"
She withdrew, grabbing her bag from the floor and tossing a couple of daggers on his desk. All of which had the royal seal of Fiore on them. "Now, I think that those could be quite useful."
He couldn't believe it. His problem was solved. He could kiss her right now.
'She's right there, kiss her. You know you want to.' Cetus chuckled, but he ignored him. Instead he stood from his desk and grabbing some blueprints from the cabinet behind him. Both him and Flare had an assassination to plan.
To Be Continued…..
Author's Note
Oh snap, Laxus has found Lisanna and knows everything. I kind of wonder what Laxus and Bickslow are going to do once they are face to face again.I have a feeling that neither of them are going to be very happy about seeing each other. Poor Remy, he's just worried about his kid, as he should be. Bickslow, Bickslow, Bickslow, you're becoming a monster.
I thought that I should answer some of my reviews at the bottom of these chapters, so if you have any comments/questions, I'll answer them here. If I don't have a lot I'm going to do some character bios.
Cardfighter By Maple-It is to be expected. He does spend all of his time with Cetus. He really is the worst influence. Cetus was never a good guy. He just wanted to get out of the cave before the blast and appealed to Bickslow when he was desperate.
Paupus- Trust me, Flare is not going anywhere. She's going to practically be a main character in this fic.