Bickslow walked down the hall again. The last couple of mirrors were at the end. He practically ran towards them, hoping to get the last bit of information. But a wall come up in front of him.
"I see that you are having fun." Cetus's voice said from behind him.
He turned around, to see the Cetus's human form. The man that was once Cepheus. "Give me my body back!" He lunged forward, but only went through the demon.
Cetus only chuckled. "There is nothing that you can do, Bickslow. This all belongs to me. No matter what you do or see, it won't help you."
"You really think that this is what Cassiopeia would have wanted!" He yelled at the monster.
He was punched hard in the face. "Don't you defile her name with your tongue. You know nothing, peasant."
He growled. "What about your child then? What happened to him?"
Cetus only glared at him. "That is none of your concern!" Cetus turned his back to him. "Your family has abandoned you. Soon the country of Absolon will be my Miresa again. Even if you are able to get past me, you will be hunted and hated. Its best if you listen to me. Stay here, together we can be immortal."
"What about Lisanna? My daughter? I can't abandon them. Besides, I would rather stay with them, instead of you!" Bickslow said.
Cetus only smirked. "I don't know about the powder puff, but your daughter is interesting."
Bickslow glared at him. "Leave Xenia out of this!"
Cetus began to fade out. "I'm sorry dear Bickslow, but my mind has been made up." With a turn of the demon's hand, he was pushed into a wall. The room was filling with some kind of gel. Before he knew it he was surrounded and the world went black. "As I said Bickslow. I will take what is mine."
Remy looked around Lisanna's home as they teleported in. He knew that they didn't have much time. Cetus would cut them off to everything, but then there was the problem of Vik. His youngest child was still somewhere in the city, much to his dismay.
Lisanna looked at him sadly as he looked over the rest of the room. They didn't have a choice. "We have to go to Fairy Tail. This country is about to be over run."
Laxus didn't look happy, really no one looked happy. But this had to be done. "What about Vik?" Kitt said coming forward. Him and Edvin looked perturbed at the idea of leaving him.
"I don't know where he is, but at this point, we have no choice. It's either stay here and live under Cetus's thumb or go to Fiore and at least have a chance to fight another day." He stated.
"But aren't you at risk in Fiore. The king will not stop if he discovers you alive." Laxus said.
"It's a risk that I'm willing to take. Lisanna was never reported with Raven Tail. Warner and Carma can return to Lamia Scale." He stated.
Warner looked wary of the idea, but a small red head that he had never seen before pipped up. "And I will return to spy on the King."
"25, no!" Warner said to the young girl.
But the girl seemed to have made up her mind. "It is the only way. If I go back to my post, then I can keep Fiore's eyes on Cetus!"
"Enough! We can argue when we get out of here. But for now we must get to safety. I have no doubt that Vik will figure a way out of here. I have to trust him, even if it means waiting for him to return." He said angrily. The idea was really eating him up inside, but he was once again the guild master of his guild.
He took a deep breath as all everyone took a hold of him. To his side, Lisanna was in tears as she held Xenia. He wished that he could promise her that Bickslow would come out of this fine. He felt tears creep at the side of his eyes as they flashed yellow and they disappeared.
Cetus laughed to himself, everything was going perfectly. He wanted to see his beloved. He needed to share the news with her anyway.
He teleported back to her, seeing the look of shock on her face. He could tell that she was thinking. She wanted to get rid of that powder puff. Something that was already a distant thought. The powder puff was not that important. Only her child.
He pulled her against him. "I've returned my love. And the country is ours."
Flare looked confused. "But I thought that was the plan in the long run?"
He smirked. "This turned out to be the proper time." He leaned down kissing the side of her neck. She clingged to him. "Now come, my queen. We have much to do."
"Queen?" She wanted him for herself, he knew that.
"Of course, Flare. Who else would it be?" He chuckled.
He could see that same spark in her eyes. The spark that he fell in love with thousands of years ago. "You mean it? You're going to forget Lisanna?"
He chuckled teleporting them across the city, letting them look up at the sky. He shot a shield spell at the sky, sending it out and watching as it covered the entire country. "She is nothing compared to you. You're the woman I want." Cetus said.
That smile. How long had it been since he had seen that beautiful smile? "I love you, Bickslow."
He leaned into her ear, slightly angry to hear that name on her tongue. "Call me Cetus from now on. That old name means nothing to me."
She didn't question it. "Okay, Cetus. My love."
He smirked, that was better. "I only love you, Flare. Remember that."
She threw herself into his arms, smiling into his chest. "I want to stay like this forever."
He chuckled. "We will, my queen. We will."
Vik looked down at 32 as she shook her head. "Your name is 55."
He glared at her. "It hasn't been that in 3 years. I have moved on. I'm no longer the puppet that you are."
She continued to shake her head. "I don't understand. Our master saved us! Raven Tail has poisoned your mind!"
"No, they've freed it. How is it that hard to explain?! I know that you're not that stupid 32! Can't you see past he lies!" He yelled back at her. His eyes continuing to stay red in color. In the back of his mind, the monster that was 55 was lurking, waiting for its turn to resurface. But he couldn't let up on it. 32 was using her power as well and if he let it down, he would surely die.
"Come now. You know you want it." The voice started and he shook his head. Bickslow had already been possessed. They didn't need him falling as well.
He felt a small twinge of pain in the back of his brain and sent 32 a glare. She was trying to enter his brain. "You really think you're going to get in there?" He chuckled. "My brain isn't as weak as it used to be. I'm not the same little kid."
She looked at him in fear. He could see it all over her face. "I can't save you…"
"That's because I don't need saved. You're the one that's lost." He stated.
She started shaking as she started to walk backwards. Fear coated every single one of her features. "Get away from me!"
He wondered what was wrong with her. He couldn't be that scary. Hell, he wasn't even trying to attack her. But just as he was about to ask, he watched as she fell back, her blood ripping through the air. He looked down at his hands, they were covered with blood. He heard the demented laughter of 55 in the back of his head. "You'll never escape it. You'll always be a killer. We'll always be a killer."
He turned around looking for the evil and twisted side of himself, but couldn't find him anywhere. Off to the side, he could hear 32's labored breathing. "You're wrong!" He made to turn back to 32, only to find 55 standing there. "Get away from her!"
55 chuckled darkly. "Why? She's only in the way. Besides, you need me."
He continued to glare at the evil side of himself. "I've never needed you!"
"You really think that? You think that you will survive with Cetus here? Absolon is finished, Miresa is going to rise again." 55 said clearly.
"What are you talking about?" He tried to back away from 55 but he found that he couldn't move.
"Viktor, Viktor, Viktor, you really think that I'm just a darker side of you?" The killer said shaking his head. "The creatures known as the weapons of Fiore, once lived another life. You three that stayed with the King were filled with parts of the souls of heroes of the past."
"Then why are you so evil?" He said trying to push back against the monster.
The man chuckled. "After all that I've seen, it's a side effect of what I've been though." To his surprise, he watched as 32's side was healed. "You need to learn to trust me. Get close to Cetus, it's the only way to stop him."
The girl looked at him in shock as something pulled from her. "It's been a long time, Per.."
"Shhh, that is not important Minerva or should I call you 32 now?" He seemed to be getting a kick of this.
The woman that looked a lot older than 32 only nodded. "I believe that is our role now." Her eyes turned back to the body that she once used. "So it is Rosa for you then."
The girl that he knew as 32 stared at him in confusion, wanting an answer for what was happening, but he had none. "Are you saying that we are going to be stuck in Absolon?"
55 shook his head. "No, Miresa. The demon king, Cetus has risen to power again."
"But that doesn't explain anything!" Rosa said to his side.
"You don't need to know everything now. Just do what Cetus asks of you. Follow his orders. Get close to him. Over time, we will see if you are ready. At that time, Andromeda will join you." 32 said.
"Ready for what?!" He asked, but as he said it they disappeared. Falling back into the shadows.
His illusion fell and he was back in the city. Both he and 32 looked at each other as a strange shield same over the city, possibly the country. He wondered where he family was, but he already knew. 55 must have known that they had gotten out before the city fell. It was only him and 32, who would be locked with the demon king that was controlling his older brother. He sighed. "Come on, let's see if there are any others."
She shook her head. "I can't even find 25. There are a lot of the citizens but no one familiar."
He figured. "I guess that means that we follow 55 and 32's orders."
She still looked shocked. "I just don't understand. Why would the king put those souls in us?"
He looked up at the sky. "Who knows." As he looked up at the sky, he feared what would happen to both Kitt and Edvin. As much as he wished that he could be with them. This was his mission. He didn't know how long it would take, but he would get to the bottom of this. No matter what it took, he would destroy Cetus.
Flare smiled as they walked into the parliament house. A woman was cowering in the corner. The wife of the former prime minister. "What do you want done with her, my love?"
Cetus only laughed. "Do what you wish. She's trash."
With that she drove her hair through the woman's chest, killing her on the spot. She laughed. "Trash has no place in our future."
He smirked. "That's right. Those without magic have no place in our presence. They will be brought back to what they once were."
She came up and grabbed his arm. "What they once were?" What did he mean.
"Trash is only suitable for enslavement. We will bring this country to its knees, before going after the rest of the world." He stated.
She melted into his side. This was all too good to be true. "I can't wait, my love."
He chuckled, as he led her down the hall, past many more people. All of who were cowering away from them, but she didn't want to focus on them. She only wanted to focus on her lover. She still couldn't believe that he was hers and hers alone.
He opened a door and she came face to face with what had to be the quarters of the Prime Minister's family. "It's changed, but I will return it back to its former glory soon. But I have other plans for the moment."
The door closed behind her and she looked at him questioningly. "What?"
But she was quickly pulled into his arms and pushed down to the bed. "You. I want more of you." He leaned in kissing the slid of her neck and she moaned against him, a smile graced her face. She would give him whatever he wanted. As long as she could be by his side forever.
To Be Continued….
Author's Note
Look, it's on time! It's been a long time sense I was able to do that. So after the next chapter, you should expect a time skip. The next four or five chapters after that will have scenes that happen during the time skip.