**ilovetralala you got sharp eyes!
I'm sorry for not inserting Sting in two previous chapter, but in this chapter, there are Sting and some other Sabertooth mages. I'm not really sure how they use their magic, so I use my fully imagination. And some researches. Hope you satisfy!
Alright, now! Please read, enjoy, and don't forget to review!
p/s: I didn't own FT, even if I would love to.
"Let makes this meeting short. Give me the girl."
Lisanna lifted the little girl into her arms. Gajeel and Pantherlily covered her but they were stepping backward too.
"What do you want from her?" Gajeel finally spoke.
The woman laughed.
"Fairies, you really made my day. You are taking care of her, but you have no idea what she is? What a dummy!" She stretched out her hand and a clear orb appeared around her hand. "Give me that girl! Or you have to face your death very slowly!" she shouted.
"Over my dead body!" Gajeel replied. "Take her away!" He said to Lisanna without looking at her. Lisanna nodded and took the little girl away from them.
The woman's face frown when she saw the female Fairy Tail mage ran away with the girl. She glared at the male mages left halting her way.
"Well, as you wish!"
She threw her orb toward the mages. Gajeel quickly transformed his arms into steel while Pantherlily turned into his actual form and drew his sword out. They shielded the attack successfully but it took much of their energy.
"Who the fuck are you?!" At the same time Gajeel attacked the woman with his iron rod and Pantherlily with his sword.
The woman avoided his attacks by surrounded her body with her orb. She smiled watching the mages' fail attacks. Tired of waiting for them to reach her, she manipulated her orb and it grew bigger and exploded, threw the mages into the air. She laughed when she saw the mages fell on the ground and unable to move. She walked to Gajeel.
"Isn't it hurt to be beaten by a woman?" she asked cynically.
The woman raised her left leg; high enough for Gajeel to see her panties, and thumped on his chest. He screamed and blood spilt out of his mouth. The woman's chuckles turned into loud laughs. Pantherlily who had turned back into his small form tried to stand up and grab her leg. His weak touched turned the woman to her. She smirked.
"Oh, little cat. Dragon slayer's little companion. I really hate cats," she said to the cat.
She took Pantherlily by his head. "But you're a bit different than Sting's and Rouge's." She lifted her hand to back and threw the cat to a tree. The cat's screams heard and sound of tree breaking came shortly after. The woman brushed her hands while chuckling lightly. Then she sighed harshly.
"I shouldn't waste my energy on you weaklings," she said and turned around.
She walked away from them. At the same time, Gajeel tried to get on his feet.
"Who are you?" he asked, hardly and stuttered.
The woman stopped and glanced at him through the end of her slanty smoky eyes. "Whatever my name is, none of which you're worthy of pronouncing."
By then, she walked away; left the partners in pain, and searched for the other member of Fairy Tail that had what she wanted.
Lisanna flew high in the sky with the little girl in her bird's feet. She didn't know where to go; either search for help or hide. That woman that had just attacked them looked extremely dangerous. She glanced at the shivering little girl. What could that little girl offer that the woman would attack them like that? She was just a normal child.
Almost engulfed in her thoughts, Lisanna saw a group of man on the ground. She flew down to them, hoped that they are powerful mages and they could help her. She quickly transformed back to her actual form as she touched the ground and took the little girl into her arms. However she turned speechless before she could ask for help.
They were the mages from Sabertooth and they were led by their guild master. They called her 'fairy' as soon as they saw her guild mark on her thigh. Sting watched her without saying anything. Her mouth opened but she couldn't say a word. But when the little girl moved in her arms, brushed her cold cheeks on her neck, she woke up.
"Help…me…" she said, almost unheard.
Some of the mages laughed out loud. They whispered to each other. "Fairy Tail is asking for help…hahaha…"
Rouge glanced to his friend when he didn't move a muscle. He stepped forward and went to the female mage. She hugged the little girl tighter while her eyes couldn't move away from the blonde mage.
"Why?" Rouge asked.
Lisanna stepped backward and slowly spun around. "Nevermind," she whispered.
She spun around and walked away from the Sabertooth mages, hugging the frightened little girl in her arms tightly. Sting was about to take the first step to his bestfriend when he heard her shouted, "Stop where you are! Do not come any closer!" He stopped. Her steps died too. But not long after that, her feet moved backward. Soon, he heard a laugh of another person, obviously not from any of them.
"How beautiful!" A voice that he recognized. Belongs to someone he had been searching for. He went up to Rouge.
Lisanna who was kept stepping backward didn't notice that Sting was right behind her till her back hit him that then she looked back. She could see his faint shocking face when he saw why the take-over mage was asking for help.
The woman; who had attacked Gajeel and Pantherlily; had now tracked the little girl that the Fairy Tail mages were babysitting. Her steps were nicely arranged that she gracefully walked toward them. The slit of her black strapless dress revealed her left leg up to her thigh. She smirked as she saw her old friends.
"You're not going to defend that weakling fairy, aren't you Sting?" she asked while continued walking closer.
"What do you want from her?" Sting asked. He pulled the white-haired girl to his side without his hands leaving her shoulders.
The woman chuckled.
"How sweet. Since when you have that sympathy? Doesn't fit you at all." She stopped.
A faint smoke appeared and covered her body. Her outfit slowly changed, and so was her appearance. Two curled horns appeared on her head and her guild mark gradually visible on her waist. Some black patches appeared on her body, from her right eye down to her left leg. Her new outfit revealed more of her cleavages.
"Minerva…" She smirked wider when she heard Sting said her name.
"You remember me," she said. "Now, give me that girl."
Sting pushed Lisanna behind him. "What do you want from her?"
Minerva laughed. "Don't be mad, Sting. You can keep that fairy. All I want is that little child. Give her to me then I'll let all of you go. I have no intention to kill her. I'd rather chase Titania Erza than wasting my energy on a weak fairy!"
Sting glanced to Lisanna and the little girl in her arms. Both of them looked frightened but Lisanna tried hard not to let it show.
"She is just a little child. What do you want from her?" he asked more.
Minerva was getting impatient. Her smirks and smiles died.
"My father was such a weakling that he had been defeated by you. You're not going to have another winning today!"
She ran toward the mages and attacked the twin dragon slayers. Sting ordered his members to protect Lisanna and the little girl while he and Rouge fought Minerva. The men formed a half-circle to protect the girls.
She looked to the man that stood right in front of her. He wore dark attire and covered half of his face. His brunette hair almost covered his black eyes. His fingers fisted, showed that he had to control his desire to fight that woman in order to protect her. Next to him was a calmer man wearing a crimson hat with furry plumage on its side. He wore a pair of matching mask covering the upper half of his face.
Sting and Rouge tried hard to fight the woman that they knew her strength when they were mates. But this fight today was completely different. She was a different level. She was known to be strong in close combat. However, her strength and her punches were different. Like she had doubled or tripled her power that the twin dragon slayers almost breathless to defend themselves against her kicks and fists.
"Shut your eyes and close your ears. Everything will be fine soon," Lisanna whispered to the little girl. She stroked her small back gently.
Lisanna almost ran forward when Sting was kicked and thrown into the air, but the mages of Sabertooth stopped her. Her heart raced and her legs trembled. She wished that she could pull him away from that demonic woman.
"Take her away." She heard Rufus Lore, the man with furry plumage hat said to his friend. It was the second time she heard it. When Dobengal, the man in ninja-like attire grabbed her hand to take her away, Lisanna snatched it back.
"I'm not going anywhere!" she snapped.
Minerva stopped in the middle of her fight after she heard the fairy's voice. At the same time, Rouge took his shadow on her and hit her on her back. Minerva fell on her knee. She glared to the black dragon slayer. She stood back and raised her hand. Rouge's shadow moved following her hand's movement. Then, she threw them away. Rouge fell on the hard ground and his shadow disappeared. After that, Minerva walked to the remaining mages.
Dobengal pulled Lisanna again but she refused to move. She looked at Minerva into her eyes while refusing the ninja-like mage's pulls.
"Fairy Tail won't run away from fight," she whispered to herself. "My job is taking care of Dyme. Running away never solved problem."
Rufus Lore stood before them, but Minerva kept walking.
"Off my way, useless memory!" Mineva threw her orb on the gentleman and he disappeared.
Lisanna almost screamed when the man disappeared. Does that mean she just killed him? Dobengal threw his stars on Minerva, but suddenly she vanished. All of them shocked. Including Sting and Rouge. They stayed alert and watched around.
"What if I take both of you…" Lisanna glanced behind her, to where the voice came. Minerva suddenly reappeared and grabbed the girls. "…you won't be a big problem for me."
Suddenly Rufus appeared and he pushed Minerva and tried to pull the girls but he only got the little girl. Minerva pushed backward with Lisanna in her arms. Minerva screamed unsatisfied. She threw Lisanna away and ran toward Rufus.
"Dyme!" Lisanna shouted as Minerva threw her orbs toward Rufus.
Rufus floated a nearby big stone and threw against Minerva's orb. The explosion of the orb gave Minerva an opportunity to attack Rufus. At the same time, Lisanna transformed into cat girl and jumped on the dark mage's back. She clawed Minerva's neck but the dark mage managed to escape. She disappeared and came back behind the fairy and knocked Lisanna onto the ground.
"You disgust me," she said to the Fairy Tail mage.
She raised her leg high and thumped hard on Lisanna's stomach. The take-over mage screamed out of pain and she vomited blood. Minerva snorted. Electric charges appeared around her right hand. "Die." She brought her charging hand toward the take-over mage.
Lisanna chuckled lightly. "I died once. If I'm going to die now, I won't be alone." She forced another transformation – into the giant rabbit – and jumped on Minerva.
"Lisanna, no!" Sting shouted.
But it was too late. For both, Lisanna and Minerva. An explosion occurred threw the mages around them a few metres away. Dust floating in the air covered their sight. Sting tried to look for the Fairy Tail mage. Dyme was in Rufus arms. Her fears failed her to speak. As soon as the dust died down, they saw two girls lying helpless on the ground.
"Lisanna?" Sting tried hard to climb on his feet.
Dyme's eyes started to water. Her mouth opened a little bit. Her eyes widened. "Nee-san…?"
Sting walked toward the girls. He tried to fasten his pace when he saw some movement from the girls. But then his heart almost stopped.
"Stupid fairy!"
Minerva pushed the take-over mage's body from on top of her body. Then she climbed back on her feet and walked toward Rufus. She ignored Sting who was walking toward them. Sting did the same thing. All he could see was the unmoving white-haired girl. She is fine. She is fine. She is…fine.
Dyme almost breathless when she saw the one that just stood up was the woman who was trying to kill them all. She looked at her 'sister', lying helplessly on the ground. "Nee-san…" She started to sob.
Rufus tried to calm the child down. His inexperience with children almost made him panic. But with Minerva drawing closer, he had to remain calm.
"Give me that child if you don't want to end up like that fairy," Minerva threatened.
The little girl's sobs became worse. She shut her eyes and ears. She cried louder. When she opened her eyes, the white area of her eyes disappeared, replaced by black colour of her pupils. Suddenly she screamed out loud and long. The scream hurt everyone's ears. Rufus had to release the little girl and covered his ears. Minerva couldn't move as the scream hurt her ears and made her head spinning. Even the shadow dragon slayer couldn't avoid it.
However, Sting kept pacing toward the unconscious Lisanna. As if he was never affected by the scream.
No matter how hard they tried, the scream kept attacking them. They couldn't even perform their magic as the scream tried bursting their heads off. They tried to scream to fight against the killer scream.
What is this? Is this what Kyouka said about this child? Is this why she wants her?
Suddenly a woman appeared from nowhere, ran toward the child and hugged her.
"Dyme honey, this is mummy," she whispered to the child's ear. Ruby tried hard to endure her child's scream. She stroked her hair gently and kept whispering to calm the child down. "Honey, look at mummy. Mummy is here. Look at me, Dyme honey." Her eyes watered. She pulled the child's face to face her. She kissed her a few times. "Calm down, Dyme. Mummy's here. There's nothing to be afraid of. Mummy will take care of you."
The scream slowly died down. The child's eyes slowly regained their colour. Dyme stared blankly at her mother. However a few seconds later, the little girl fainted in her mother's arms. Ruby cried while hugging her little girl.
Minerva climbed back on her feet. She generated an orb while pacing toward Ruby. "Give me that child!" she shouted and threw her orb. Ruby quickly covered her daughter with her body.
However, a root of a tree hit the orb and absorbed its power. Minerva shocked. Who had just disturbed her mission? She watched around. Suddenly a tree log flew fast toward her. She jumped out of its way. However, another tree root caught her body and it's windinggraduallyshrinking. Minerva screamed when the windingtightening and breaking her bones. Erique came out of his hide. He watched the woman screaming. His face showed no expression.
Minerva's face became white and her body weakened. She glared at Erique. Using her left strength, she exerted her power and her body surrounded by purple magic power which gradually became black. Minerva screamed and then disappeared.
Erique didn't move. He scanned the surrounding. However the only thing he heard was the gentle wind that breeze lightly. He looked around. He was afraid that the woman might show up again. But there was nothing. He hoped that she would never come back again.
more on next chapter!