Both politicians made their way to their podiums as he watched from above. The older man to the right started his speech and he chuckled as he found his little puppet sneaking through the crowd. No one would figure out what she was doing until it was too late.
His eyes scrambled to that dimwit from Fairy Tail, the brother of his host was looking around warily. He must have known that something was up.
To his right, he could see that family of his looking for him in vain. It only wanted him to play with his toys even more. Should he possess another and watch as the sparks began to fly or keep the one toy that he had for now? In all reality, they were no threat to him. None of the other weapons had his power and any S class mage would be no problem.
He looked all around to find another puppet. Maybe the Fairy Tail members would work, but their minds didn't seem as destroyed as his current puppet. He would have to take someone from Absolon to do it.
His eyes caught more than one target and he gave a twisted smile.
He heard the crowd cheer as Modd told them his plans for the future. He only laughed before snapping his figures and sending his first puppet to take down his prey. Now that he had four, he could sit and watch the sparks fly.
He looked up at the stage. Senator Modd was giving his speech, but he paid no mind. He was on a mission.
32 had to be somewhere. He knew that he wasn't just imagining things back at Lisanna's.
He took a deep breath as his parents looked all around him, scouring for Bickslow, but not finding him. No one said anything. If they did, panic may ensue and the last thing they need was for the crowd to freak out and get in the way.
His eyes looked around the stage again, looking for any clues. He was going to turn to look around when an idea hit him.
He pulled away from his parents, neither of them seeming to notice that he had started towards the stage. If Cetus was going to cause problems, then his first target would be the politicians. Or at least he politician that was going to stand in his way. And from what Modd was saying, he was clearly a target.
Just as he was about to squeeze between two young people, something emerged from the ceiling above Modd. He froze as he saw the girl he knew as a sister drive her magic around her killing all of the body guards on stage in one hit.
The crowd panicked as she pulled a dagger out. "THIS IS FOR FIORE!" She cried.
He didn't know how he moved that fast, but in seconds he was in front of her, pulling one of his old swords out of from his illusion. Striking the dagger as it made to stab Modd in the chest.
Her eyes flashed at him as she looked over him. "You don't want to do this 32!"
She just laughed. "This doesn't concern you!"
She tried to turn around him to send the dagger straight at Magnus instead, forcing him to move twist around her to stop her. He watched as her eyes flashed at him again. "You're being controlled 32! You're stronger that this!"
Around him he knew that the crowd had all ran off. Both Modd and Knud had run from the stage. She growled as his parents came into view. Off to the side, he could hear some screaming.
She giggled as she slid down, sweeping her leg, knocking him to the ground. She whirled around throwing the dagger straight at Modd, who was now standing a couple of yards away arguing with Magnus.
The dagger came within a foot of the senator's face, as a blast of lightening shot it away. He looked over finding the Fairy Tail mage that he once tormented.
The man looked enraged, as he sent a massive blast of lightening his way. He closed his eyes expecting to be hit, but found that he was out of the blasts way. Instead, the brunt of the attack was attempting to shock 32, but there was some kind of barrier between them.
Behind him, he heard two screams of pain and he turned to find both Modd and Knud with what looked like sand, striking them in the abdomen. He heard a number of females screams as both men were pulled underground.
A flash appeared around the Fairy Tail mage, sending lightening out across the courtyard straight at the other Fairy Tail mages. He knew them all, having done horrible things to all of them.
A shield came out protecting the mages. His parents were now standing in front of the person that was using the magic.
He had only seen the man a few times. He must have used his mimic ability to copy the blonde's magic.
He couldn't focus on that right now though, as 32 kicked his side. "You are defying the Master! You turned your back on the Master!"
He couldn't figure out who she was talking about, she was clearly being controlled by Cetus, but somehow it felt like she was talking about Fiore. "Fight it! You don't have to be someone's puppet!" He said, sliding out of the way as she made to kick him in the face. He pushed himself to his feet quickly. As he felt his own eyes flash. He was going to have to take this fight elsewhere.
The darkness came and surrounded the two of them. If he was going to get through to her. This was the only way.
He looked at the cloud of darkness and noted that Rosa was now in the illusion with 55. He could now focus on the asshole that had chosen to attack his wife and friends.
He looked around himself as he saw the mage that he had seen at the grand magic games. The man made a hissing noise. His black eyes flashing red. "My massster wantssss your head." Kurohebi said.
He glared at the man, did he really think that he had a chance against him. Last time the mage tried to attack him back in the games, he had taken him out with one punch. "Stand down. You are no match for me." He stated.
The mimic mage laughed, as turned to sand and disappeared from view. He stood waiting for the man mage to attack, expecting for him to try and come at him from behind.
The sting came to the side of his face as he was punched in the face. He was knocked onto his back as runes covered the area around him. He was using Freed's magic against him.
He jumped back to his feet, sending electricity around him. His opponent maked a shield just as it was about to strike. "You really think that you can beat me?" The mimic mages eyes stayed completely red.
"So you like being a puppet?" He said, not taking his eyes off of his opponent.
"My Massster is none of your concern. I will give him what he wantssss." The man wasn't even blinking anymore. Hell, was the man even alive? It was almost like he was a walking corpse.
"And who is your Master?" He said preparing to attack.
The man laughed. "Maybe if you beat me, you will find out!"
He looked behind him. He could see Lisanna's siblings staring at his back.
"What is going on!" The woman with the purple hair said.
"I will have to explain later. Remy will get you to a safe house from here." He said.
His lover gave him an annoyed look. "You really think that I am going to leave you here alone?"
"Come back after you drop them off. I'll be fine." He said.
Remy glared at him. "One of our children just got consumed and the other is around here somewhere pulling the strings! I can't just leave!"
"The longer you wait, worse it's going to get! You need to get them out of here. Lisanna will be happy to see them anyway." He stated.
"My sister is alive…" He heard the woman with the long white hair say in shock.
He grabbed Remy's shoulder. "The boys will still be here when you get back. Just get them out of here. Laxus and I will hold down everything until you return."
"What about Warner and Carma?" Remy asked.
"They must be with Lisanna or on their way here. You can always bring them if they are. Now go!" He said pushing Remy away.
The other still looked conflicted, but turned to the Fairy Tail mages. "I will take you to your sister. She will explain everything."
"What about my husband?" The Lisanna's sister asked.
"Ivan will be here and I will return. Laxus is stronger than most so I believe that he will be fine. We just need to get you out of here." They didn't look like they were going to question him as he wretched out to them. As soon as they all had a hold of each other, Remy's eyes flashed and they were gone.
He sighed as made to run to Laxus's aid, but forceful, searing pain hit his back. Almost as if a thousand needles were stabbing him over and over.
He felt himself cough up blood as he was hit again, send him flying over onto his back.
His attacker was laughing, his purple face and blond hair in contrast with his glowing red eyes. "Well if it isn't my old guild Master, Ivan-san."
His back felt wet, blood was seeping through his clothes. He touched his back feeling how many holes now covered him. His hand came back around and he stared down at his hand covered in blood.
He looked up at his attacker. "You have made a mistake, Nullpudding." The ground around them began to change as he set up the illusion. He pulled himself to his feet. He didn't care if this man was being controlled by Cetus. He had just gotten in the middle of him and the child that he had never been able to know. "Prepare yourself!"
He wanted to go out to the square, but for some reason, Lisanna insisted on going back to her house.
He sighed. They weren't going to get anywhere with this.
His son was on the floor with Xenia now and two teenagers seemed to be sitting in the dining room talking.
"Why are we just sitting here?!" He asked annoyed.
His wife placed her hand over his. "The others are going to come back with news. We have to be patient."
He looked over at the screen and found that nothing was on it. It was like the cable lines were down or something. There was no way that he could be comfortable with this.
The room filled up with quite a few people as Remy teleported in. Lisanna cried out as she launched herself at two people that had to be her siblings. All of the newcomers looked perplexed. Like they had just had the wind knocked out of them.
Remy on the other hand, made it over to him. "I need to go back. Are you coming with me?"
He nodded, looking over to his wife. "Stay here with Gunner."
She gave him a slight nod, right before he and Remy teleported back.
As they materialized in the square, he could see the look of panic on Remy's face. "Ivan?" He was looking around desperately for his husband.
As he looked around himself. He could see that there was a massive wall of black. That had to be where Vik was. He could also see a fight going on between that Laxus guy and Kurohebi.
He made to walk forward, but Remy put out his hand and stopped him just as a bullet made it through the air. He looked over and froze as a young woman came into view. Her red hair was blowing in the breeze and her eyes were red.
She only stared at him as she popped her gum. "So I get to play with someone, finally. I don't know what is taking her so long, but you will do."
For some reason, he felt some kind of connection to her. "Who are you?"
She laughed. "That is none of your business, peasant."
He activated his own magic, pulling out two guns of his own. His weapon mode activated as well.
She frowned for a second, almost shaking her head. "How can you do that?! Only the Master's fighters can do that!" Her eyes flashed down from the weapon red to dark brown that was the same as his.
"Are you by any chance an agent for the King of Fiore?" It was just a hunch. But looking at her, there had to be no other option. If she was Carma's sister, she would have had darker skin, but this girl was pale.
She almost dropped her gun. "Who are you?" Her voice was almost panicked.
He lowered both of his guns. "I'm your brother."
She looked over him almost speechless. "That's impossible!"
He made to walk towards her. "You've been lied to, 25."
She looked like she was about to cry. She made to put down her gun, but then froze up. Screaming as if something was entering her brain. She fell to her knees as she pulled at her hair. Fighting against whatever was trying to get in.
He couldn't help himself, as he ran forward. Throwing his weapons to the ground as he made it to her side. "Fight it!"
She grabbed onto his arm, looking completely terrified. "Help me." She said as her eyes faded to a bloody red. She began to laugh in a sadistic manner. He only had seconds to get away from her, as she made to grab for her gun again.
The two of them stood there with their guns locked on each other. "Master Remy."
The older man was still behind him, looking on at what had happened in shock.
"Find, Bickslow! Get rid of Cetus because if I have to kill my own sister, I won't hesitate to kill him!" He almost pleaded. He hated begging, but he couldn't help it. She wanted freedom, he could see it in her eyes.
The older nodded, before teleporting away. Leaving him with his sister. Hoping that he could save her.
Above the city, he looked down still laughing to himself. He turned around to look at his prisoners. Both Modd and Knud were knocked out, but they were still alive.
He would fix that soon. The country already believed them to be dead anyway.
Modd shook his head, coming to. "Where am I? Magnus? Hey Magnus wake up!"
He chuckled. "Do you really think that puppet of mine is going to say anything."
"Who are you?" Modd said fearfully.
He smirked. "That is a good question. Miresa has long forgotten me. The masses seem to have enjoyed this putrid thing called peace."
"You wish for war!" The politician yelled at him angrily.
He only cackled. "I wasn't the only one." He pointed to Knud. "That puppet was the one that suggested the idea to my host. After that I have been pulling the strings, and I hate to say…who am I kidding. I love to say that I was called to eliminate you, well my host was."
"You're not making any sense." Modd stated.
He turned his back on the human. "No one will get in my way. This war shall happen. And I will take my place as the ruler of this place once again!"
"Ruler? What are you talking about? Absolon always has been a democratic nation. The human said angrily.
He glared down at the ground below him. "Yes, Absolon has always been a filthy, democracy, but my Miresa wasn't….it was beautiful. Something greater than any dream…. but everyone has forgotten! Everyone must pay for their insolence. I will not be silent anymore!"
To Be Continued…
Author's Note
Damn, looks like things have not only gone to hell, but look now we have four separate battles, some reunited families, and the backstory of Cetus. It all depends on what you want to read first. Lol. Also quick credit to Paupus, which kind of inspired the idea of using the other Raven Tail members. I didn't know how I could fit them in until I starting writing this.