Emotionless
Chapter 57, Wrath of the Fairies
A/N: Always accepting OCs!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
Normal Pov..
"Prepare yourselves. This is the strongest team in Fairy Tail!" Lisanna shouted determinedly, the others showing they're mug faces to Eisenwald who approached them with smirks and frowns, or everything in between.
Erigor smirked at the scene from above. "I'll leave the rest to you. While I go play the flute." He said, rushing over to the window, gaining the Fairy Tail mage's attention. "Let these clueless flies feel the power of Eisenwald's darkness."
"I've felt darkness far stronger than this." Lucy said, facing down the large group of mages.
The sound of a window breaking caught everyone's attention, but very few spared a glance not allowing an opening for the Eisenwald mages.
"Are you running away, Erigor!?" Erza demands, staring at the broken glass from Erigor's escape.
"Shit! Is he running to the next building!?" Gray shouted.
Erza turned to the others before barking out orders. "Natsu! Lisanna! Both of you go after him! You guys work good together, so you shouldn't lose Erigor, now go!"
Natsu and Lisanna looked to each other than nodded determinedly, before the two ran toward the other exit, hopefully the passageway towards Erigor.
Erza turned back to the remaining team: Lucy, Gray, Mirajane, and herself.
"Lucy! Gray! You guys take the other corridor, see if you can ambush Erigor together with Natsu and Lisanna."
Lucy and Gray turned to each other, nodded then fist bumped before rushing into the other passageway and soon disappeared from sight.
"No way am I letting that bitch get away!" Kageyama growled, disappearing into a wall as a shadow.
"Mirajane, you and I will take care of these guys." Erza said, two swords glowing in gold into her hands with her magic before it faded revealing twin swords.
Mirajane cracked her knuckles and allowed her aura to roll off her in waves as her arms slowly took the shape of demon claws, her eyes narrowing and shaded black resembling a demon's eyes, her ears lengthened and pointed backwards, and then a black crack bled down the right side of her face.
She was not even half transformed, but it was plenty power for these mages.
"Let's see who can defeat the most!" Mirajane shouted, charging into the battle with Erza right by her side.
Lucy and Gray ran together through the hallways, their pace a sprint but an easy endurance for the two.
"So Gray, how long do you think it'll take Erza and Mirajane to crush the others back there?" Lucy asked randomly.
Gray smirked and turned to her as he sprinted. "Like five minutes, at most."
Lucy smirked back. "If it were us?"
Gray chuckled, "Probably the same."
"Hmm." Lucy slowed down suddenly, causing Gray to do the same and look at her in question.
"We're at a fork." She told him, pointing in front of them revealing the two different pathways.
"My guess, they lead to the same place, just different areas." Lucy told him.
Gray nodded and stepped to the left, showing he would take that side, to which Lucy understood and took the right.
"Oh and Gray?" Lucy questioned the ice mage, who turned to look at her.
"The sun is dawning." Lucy said, before accelerating off into the right hallways leaving Gray running into the left, wondering what the riddle meant.
Dawning meant that something was closing in, but what was the sun?
Gray looked up, catching the afternoon sun in the window pane, a shadow illuminating into the building from the light and then Gray understood Lucy's riddle.
The sun is dawning meant that the shadow was closing in. He thought back to the mages that used shadow magic, and Kageyama popped into his mind when he remembered the shadow claw.
Kageyama was closing in, that's what Lucy's warning meant. So that meant, which path of the fork would he take?
Erza lowered herself to one knee, her breath coming out in pants from the magic exhaustion she was nearing. She had used more magic coming here than she had originally though, and now her body was feeling the consequences.
Fortunately all the enemies had been defeated except for one that had fled nearing the end of the battle, from what it appeared Natsu and Lisanna would be finding an early opponent rather soon.
"Erza." She suddenly felt herself lifted, finding herself being held up with the support of her rival, Mirajane. "Come on, we're not done yet." Erza nodded, and began to walk forward, ready to help out her teammates despite her exhaustion.
But.. like she said earlier, at least she has her comrades by her side this time.
Sometimes, being on your own all the time makes life pretty lonely.
It just doesn't suit Scarlet.
"Natsu! Slow down!" Lisanna cried, her legs going as fast as she could but even she couldn't out-run a battle-adrenalined Salamander.
"Omp!" Lisanna was suddenly thrown unto Natsu's back as he slowed down just far enough to pluck the boy-cut white head from the ground and unto his back.
"You didn't have to carry me." Lisanna grumbled, but tightening her hands over his shoulders.
Natsu sent her a beaming grin. "You're my partner, so I'm not leaving you behind, even if you are slow." He teased her, receiving a whack to the back of his head.
"Ow, okay, okay. I deserved that, but at least it's faster now. And you don't even have to do anything!" Natsu cheered, causing Lisanna to merely shake her head in response. She was long use to her partner's antics, but sometimes he still amazed her.
"Wait, Natsu stop!" Lisanna yelled, spotting a fork up ahead. Natsu slid to a stop, staring at the fork with a pout. "I'll take left, Lisanna you go that way." He told her, helping Lisanna as she climbed off his back.
"Ok." She said, and began running into the right hallway, while her partner took the left. "Erigor said he was going to broadcast the Lullaby, so that would mean he would have to be in.. the room with the broadcasting system!" She cheered to herself for figuring it out, and soon spotted the room. She ran at the door, slamming her foot into it causing the door to come knocking down, revealing an empty room.
"What?" She questioned, finding the room empty with the lights off.
"Were we wrong? Does Erigor have another plan?" She asked the silent room, before sighing to herself.
"He must have never planned to broadcast it, meaning this was a lie.." She grumbled to herself, not noticing the Eisenwald member appearing on the ceiling.
Elastic-like bands shot out of his hands, heading silently to the back of Lisanna's head, only to have her leap forward dodging the attack and causing the magic to explode into the wall while debris flew into the air.
The Eisenwald member smirked at Lisanna as she got to her feet. "You.. your instinct is too good. You'll be a nuisance to our plan." He told her, his elastic bands hovering tauntingly in front of him.
Lisanna smirked, revealing her hands to be claws and said, "So there really is something going on, then? Geez.. and you were complaining about not having any real work to do.."
The citizens of the city were gathered in a huge crowd in front of the city square, their questions filling the air like noisy flies.
"What's going on inside?"
"Military personnel went in, but they haven't come out yet."
"Have they been defeated by the terrorists?"
"By the way, the wind's really strong today."
"Look! Someone's coming out!"
The dust in the air cleared enough to reveal Mirajane and Erza walking side by side one another, Erza no longer needing the arm support walked on her own.
One of the officials spotted them, and immediately raised the speakerphone a little higher. "Y-You! You're the one who barged in earlier. What's going on inside?" He all but demanded, however instead of an answer he found Mirajane snatch the speakerphone from his grasp without answering a single question.
Mirajane stared at the gathered people in front of them, it was like they were sitting ducks just waiting for the storm to strike them down.
"May I?" Erza asked her, motioning to the speakerphone.
Mirajane nodded wordlessly and handed it to the Scarlet warrior before covering her ears with her palms.
Not a moment later, Erza's warning voice was blasting through the city so loud some people had to cower back from the volume, but the warning was head loud and clear.
"If you value your life, leave immediately! The station is occupied b dark mages and one of them is ready to cast a spell that will kill everyone around here! Evacuate as far away as possible!" Erza al but shouted.
The town only stared at her for a good three seconds before they turned tail and were running for their lives, even the animals were leaving as fast as they could.
"Geez Erza, I think you made some of them piss themselves." Mirajane muttered, as they watched the citizens flee for their lives.
"Yeah, but it was necessary. We cannot risk their lives no matter what." Erza replied.
Mirajane waved her hand away from the topic. "I know, and it worked perfectly."
Soon a few officers gathered around the two. "H-Hey! Why are you making the people panic!" He shouted, angered at the mess the mages caused for their city.
Mirajane spun around and sent a menacing glare at the officers that sent the officers stumbling backwards. "Would you rather see them die?!" Mirajane demanded, eyes glowing a dark hue.
Erza stepped forward, her eyes narrowed in seriousness. "What I said is the truth. Of course we are doing our best to prevent it, but we can't guarantee your safety, so it's best for you to evacuate too."
The officers all but squeaked before they too were fleeing in a panic.
"Cowards." Mirajane hissed, before turning back to the sight of the fleeing villagers with Erza.
Suddenly Erza spoke, "The Lullaby is a forbidden magic that kills whoever is exposed to its melody.. Erigor is planning to commit a mass-murder using that. But now that there is almost no one here, it'll be meaningless to use the lullaby.."
Mirajane nodded understanding where she was going. "You're wondering how he will react?" She asked her rival, who only nodded in response before suddenly the wind rushed around them quickly, creating a wind barrier in front of them.
"Shit!" Mirajane cursed as she backed away, "It was a trap!" She shouted, stumbling as far away from the wind barrier as she could get.
Erza stared at the wind barrier in surprise. "Th-this is..!?" She questioned, realizing this was all a trap. But for what? Erigor clearly didn't want them leaving this city, so where was Eisenwald's real plans?
Lisanna faced the elastic strand magic mage, her claws raised in warning and preparation for the battle.
"I'll kill anyone who gets in the way of our plan." The dark mage told her, grinning sadistically at Lisanna.
"Whatever your plan was, this room is the only place to broadcast the Lullaby. If Erigor has the Lullaby isn't here, why did you occupy this place?" Lisanna countered, hoping to get some explanation from the mage.
The mage gave no response and instead launched another attack at Lisanna, who leapt backwards out of the way.
"You just destroyed the broadcasting without hesitation. You don't plan to broadcast the Lullaby after all!" Lisanna voiced aloud her discovery, which was answered by a dark chuckle and another attack.
"So, what is your real plan?" Lisanna asked, once she was at a farther range from the dark mage.
"Heh, it's about time that Erigor-san's magic wall of wind forms." The dark mage replied.
"Magic wall of wind?" Lisanna questioned.
"It's a barrier to keep you guys form leaving this place."
"What?!" Lisanna demanded, realization hitting her full-force.
"H-how can it be?" Erza questioned, in shock of the wind barrier surrounding her.
"Scarlet! Snap the hell out of it!" Mirajane roared.
"The station is surrounded by wind." Erza whispered, not noticing Mirajane step next to her.
"It was a trap, Erza. All a trap." Mirajane answered the armored mage's unasked question.
Erigor appeared outside the wall of wind, spotting Erza and Mirajane below him. "Hmm, what is a fly doing outside?" He asked himself, before appearing inside the wall, in front the two Fairy Tail mage's line of sight.
"Hey Titania, Demon." He greeted the two.
"Ah, you're the ones who made the bystanders run away." Erigor said, discovering his answer for the disappearance of the citizens.
"Erigor!" Erza shouted in fury. "Why did you do this?" She all but demanded.
Erigor smirked. "I wanted to fight you both just once, but unfortunately I don't have time for that right now." He told them whilst grinning.
Suddenly he appeared in front of the two, and kicked both of them further inside the wind barrier just where he wanted them. "Just stay inside and by good girls, alright?"
"Ugh."
"Tch."
The two fell once their backs of the floor, left staring at the gust of wind in their way.
"Bastard, I'll cut off his balls for this." Mirajane grumbled, rising to her feet.
"Erigor!" Erza shouted, slamming a fist into the wind barrier only to immediate pull it back, now bloodied.
"Damn!" Mirajane cursed.
Erigor smirked, still outside the barrier. "Don't bother, if you try to get out, the wind will only slice up your body.. the magic wall of wind only goes one way: from outside to inside." He said, satisfied with his creation.
"What's your fucking plan, Erigor?!" Mirajane demanded right back.
Erigor laughed in response before saying, "It's a birdcage.. or rather, a Fairy cage.. though its a little too big for that! Ha ha!"
"Now, I've wasted too much time on you. If you'll excuse me.." Erigor said as he began to "fly" away.
"Where are you going!" Erigor! We're not done talking!" Erza shouted, frantically.
"Stop, Erza! He's gone. For now we just need to figure out how the hell to get out of here." Mirajane replied calmly, though not blaming the Titania for going frantic. This was not a good situation to be in.
Erza clenched her bloody fist, wondering what the hell was going on and why the station wasn't their target.
"Animal Take-Over: Cougar!" Lisanna shouted, her body shifting unlike it had before. Instead of her body taking some of the characteristics of an animal before, she became the entire animal.
In a way, it could be explained as this being a different dimension with different magic. Yet, on another account Lisanna never went to Edolas in this world where there is next to no magic. Maybe this is the power of her magic that she had never been able to enhance in Edolas.
The question remained unsolved, but this magic was possibly a hell lot stronger, after all it does look cooler.
Lisanna was a larger cougar, standing just to the height of the dark mage's shoulder. Her fur was the lightest blonde with a white snout, paws, nails, and the end of her tail.
She let out a roar before leaping at the dark mage in extreme speeds and ferocity.
The dark mage dodged the attack, but still suffered great damage to one of his arms. "Take-over, aye? I know you.. you're Salamander's partner, the Lioness correct?"
His question was answered with a yowl from Lisanna, as she lunged at the dark mage, faking a lunge and instead going for a flank attack. Her attack succeeded by cutting into his side and sending him flying backwards.
"You flies came out of nowhere! Originally, we occupied this station to block off all transportation access to Clover station, the last stop. That town is on the other side of a huge ravine, and there's no transportation other than this train. Unless of course, you can fly like Erigor-san." The dark mage told Lisanna, ignoring the blood that dripped from his mouth and his side.
Suddenly the dark mage blasted a surprise attack on Lisanna, grazing her shoulders causing her to let out a crying yowl.
Lisanna stared at the dark mage in realization. Eisenwald was aiming for Clover Town because that is where the guild masters have their regular meetings!
That meant their real target is the guild masters!
The dark mage let out a sickening laugh. "Playing the flute for the geezers who are unaware of what's gonna happen should be easy. I'm sure Erigor-san can do it just fine on his own. Besides, people like you guys are in our way can't leave this station. Yup, that means no one can stop us now! We're simply taking revenge for the oppression we had in the past! Everything will disappear into thin air!" He was about to continue, but was stopped when the face of the cougar entered his line of sight, fangs bared ready to devour him.
Claws racked down his torso, creating deep wounds, fatal wounds.. but Lisanna wasn't finished. She sank her claws into her shoulders and leaned closer to the dark mage revealing the sharpness of her fangs.
Then, she spoke. "I'll prove to you that there are guilds more frightening than dark guilds!" Her voice was deeper and growled with the foreign tongue, but it was frightening none the less to the dark mage.
Before he could say or scream another word, he was thrown to the side and slammed far away into a wall, rendered limp from the fall and very much unconscious.
Lisanna smirked in her cougar form, before resuming her original form appearing just the way she had before apart from the blood that now covered her hands.
"We're Fairy tail, and we will stop you no matter the consequences."
And there we are, it's a good 2,000 words longer than the last few chapters so I hope you guys enjoyed it. I also like how I tweaked Lisanna's magic for Animal Take-Over, I was never really a fan of the originally since it was useless and perverted.
No offense to anyone who actually likes the original, that's just my opinion.
Once again, thank you for everyone's support and I hope you continue to do just that ;)
Sincerely,
-Queen