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Alright no time for intros its story time.
Ch 32: Gray and Wendy vs Pestilence
Pestilence sneezed and stared at Gray who stood in front of her with a sword made of ice "you'll get sick if you're naked and cold.." she said.
Gray looked down at himself and shouted in surprise as he located his pants and slipped them back on "prepare to lose" he said as he held out the sword in front of him.
Wendy observed the two with a nervous look on her face. She glanced at the sickly soldiers and gulped apparently this girl had made all these soldiers fall on her own and although they were alive for now they were in intense pain. Wendy stood and rushed to Gray's side "be careful Gray... This girl isn't right.." she advised.
Pestilence shrank back and shuffled around nervously "achoo!" she sneezed "I-I'm going to have to kill you now..." she said quietly and held out a hand with a sickly green energy.
"Let's go Wendy" Gray said then rushed towards the girl with his ice blade ready. Wendy followed.
Gray went for a long slash at Pestilence's side while Wendy flanked her from behind with a wing attack. Pestilence remained still "f-fever ray" she said and held out a hand at the ice blade. The blade melted instantly leaving Gray without a weapon she then kicked away the ice wizard with an unexpected amount of force. However Wendy's flurry of air had landed and shot Pestilence into the wall of a nearby building. Gray had slid back quite a few feet but easily recovered "ice make lance!" he held out his hands and a barrage of ice lances shot out and towards the stunned Pestilence piercing her cloak and pinning her to the wall seemingly unconscious.
"We did it Gray!" Wendy shouted in delight.
"No you didn't" Pestilence said quietly from beside Wendy.
Wendy quickly jumped away and looked at Pestilence "how did you...?" she asked if only a little curious.
"Sickly hallucinations... You've been infected..." the girl explained weakly as she pointed at the image on the wall that faded away from sight.
Gray watched the image disappear then looked at Pestilence with a look of fear. How did she infect him? When?! He grit his teeth and faced the girl "I don't care what you've done with us... We're still going to... Beat you..." Gray said confidently although his breath was heavy and his vision began to blur.
Wendy rushed to his side to help him. She was apparently infected as well but.. It didn't seem like it at all. Pestilence was puzzled by this. All her victims received their symptoms in a matter of moments perhaps because of the girls magic? She couldn't know for certain.
"Gray are you alright?" Wendy asked her friend with a worried expression.
"I-I'm fine Wendy.." Gray wheezed as he shook his head to get rid of the blur in his vision. He slammed his fist into an open palm and an icy mist formed around his hands "but let's end this quickly"
Wendy stared at Gray with that same worried look but nodded her head and got ready to fight again.
Pestilence attacked first this time. Her movements were sporadic and unpredictable. Her hands covered in a sickly green energy. She lunged a lazy palm at Wendy to begin. Gray summoned an ice sledge hammer and swung at the woman from above. Pestilence dodged it by mere inches by simply turning her body to the side. Wendy ducked under the palm attack and retreated for a moment. Pestilence pursued, whoever and whatever this girl was she could resist her plague magic and she needed to be killed now. Gray attacked again with an icebringer sword slashing horizontally toward her torso. Pestilence slid underneath the attack and sent a few palm strikes toward the man's bare chest. One, two, three hits quickly turned to ten and Gray was sent away with a powerful tenth strike, leaving the ice wizard paler and looking weaker than before. Wendy attacked with a sky dragon claw aimed at the girls neck and head. Pestilence dodged and in the blink of an eye spun her leg around to hit Wendy in the head only to be intercepted by a wall of ice from Gray who was on his knees wheezing. Wendy took this chance and while pestilence was distracted sent a sky dragon roar toward the horsewoman. Pestilence was hit and sent skidding across the floor as Gray fell to the ground as well.
Pestilence stood and dusted off her robes like nothing had happened but did sneeze and wiped her nose with her robes "you can't win... My sickness doesn't just kill my enemies.." she began as Gray began to cough violently "it restores my energy... The closer they get to their demise.." she said in that eerily calm voice. Wendy knelt beside Gray and looked up at Pestilence. She shook Gray, urging him to stand and fight again. Pestilence walked slowly towards Wendy a blank and almost dead look on her face "You will not restore him… but if it consoles you at all… you will soon be joining him…" she said.
Hey guys it's Natsu here.
I am a horrible writer… I'm so sorry you guys… I'm close to graduation and I have to get all that stuff out of the way so I have little time for writing. But, fret not dear readers! I will never give up!
So guys until the next batch of chapter cookies!