Cynthia's flames were as dark a shade of red as they could get, red sparks dancing around her body every other second; her eyes blazing red as her body twitched uncontrollably. "D-Destroy…Destroy…."
"C-C-CYNTHIA!?" Wendy took a step back from pure shock. "W-What did you do to her!?"
"Actually," Aiden retorted with a sly grin. "It's what YOU did to her."
"W-What!?" Wendy looked up at Aiden with a confused look.
"Wendy didn't do anything to Cynthia!" Chelia shouted, attempting to punch through the force field around her and Natsu.
"Yeah, so quit lying you dirty bastard!" Natsu roared, throwing multiple punches and kicks at the force field, making absolutely no progress whatsoever.
"On the contrary, Salamander," Aiden grinned. "Granted what happened to everyone else in this tower did spark her emotions, when she saw Wendy suffering at Aloysius' hands, that was all it took for her emotions to spiral out of control. All of that power she was trying to contain spilled out at an alarming rate."
"That doesn't explain why she's like this!" Wendy shouted. "Last time I saw her, she had control over that!"
"Oh, well you see, it got to the point where she couldn't control them…so I simply forced those flames back into her body, causing this. The only person she will listen to and take commands from is ME. This is truly the grand scheme of Fiore's End." Aiden nodded, looking over at Cynthia, then at Wendy. "With all this power, she's become unstable. Her body is in self-defense mode...and as such, it will do anything and everything I tell her to do, because I am the only one that can guarantee her survival."
"Cynthia's not some tool for you to be using like this!" Wendy objected, glaring hatefully at Aiden.
"Oh really now…?" Aiden rested his elbows on his desk, and then looked down at Cynthia. "Fiore's End, what are you?"
Cynthia's eye twitched uncontrollably as the red sparks continued to appear on her body periodically, her flames flaring up and down randomly. "A-A tool…to help Master Aiden destroy Fiore…"
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"DID SHE REALLY JUST CALL HERSELF THAT!?" Lucy gasped.
"What the hell did he do to that little girl…?" Taya asked from White Eclipse, looking up at one of the many lacrima screens posted around Fiore.
"H-He did that…to one of MY children…!?" Makarov was seething, he tried to stand up, but he still unable to walk.
"M-Master…!" Lisanna ran over to the old man, supporting him.
"That ain't wild at all…" Bacchus said from Quatro Cerberus.
"How could someone do something like that…?" Sting mumbled.
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"C-Cynthia…!" Wendy felt her heart break from Cynthia's words. "Tha…That's not who you are…!" Cynthia gave no response to Wendy, her body just twitched every so often. "C-Cynthia! Answer me!"
"I already told you," Aiden said with large grin. "She's not responding to anyone but me."
"Cynthia! I know you can hear me!" Wendy shouted, raising her voice in hopes that it would be able to reach Cynthia.
"You're too stubborn…" Aiden gave a disappointed sigh before the roof of the tower blew open; debris falling onto the ground. "W-What the hell!?"
Cynthia and Wendy dodged the incoming debris, causing everyone in the group to look up. It was Blue Pegasus and Cristina! "Ichiya-san!"
"MEN!" Ichiya pointed his fingers at Aiden. "Your parfarm of evil is a disgrace to all those who live in the world!"
"Oh I forgot about this parfarm smelling little…" Aiden glared at Ichiya while speaking. "Actually, this is a great time to test your power, Fiore's End. Destroy that ship."
"CYNTHIA NO!" Wendy objected. Cynthia only listened to Aiden however, puffing her cheeks out as an extremely dark red vortex of fire surrounded Cynthia's mouth.
"Roar…" Cynthia's voice had a monotonous tone to it, as if she really were just a tool.
"W-What do we do!?" Ren asked Ichiya.
"Are we going to shoot at her...!?" Jenny wondered. That was just a little girl!
"We have no choice, men! We must fire!" Ichiya shouted.
"Right!" The Trimens nodded, aiming the cannons at Cynthia, sending powerful magical blasts at the young girl.
"Of the Omega Fire Dragon…" Cynthia opened her mouth, sending a massive funnel of fire towards the Christina. The roar easily overpowered the blast and hit the right side of the ship, causing a massive explosion, and the ship to fall down to the ground.
"GAH!" Jenny cried. "We're going down! The damage is too much!"
"HANG ON!" Ichiya said.
"Blue Pegasus!" Natsu's eyes widened as the chip crashed into the ground, creating a noticeable explosion down below. The earth itself even trembled a bit because of it.
"OH! That was GREAT!" Aiden gave a hearty laugh. "That's what you get for messing with my Omega Fire Cannon!"
"T-That was horrible…" Chelia brought her hands up to her mouth, her eyes wide with shock at how easily Cynthia was just able to do such a thing.
"Cynthia…This isn't you! Please stop…!" Wendy pleaded, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "PLEASE STOP!"
Cynthia didn't respond to Wendy immediately. Her body gave a twitch before she responded. "W-Wen…." She couldn't finish the word; she just stopped as the red sparks danced around her body from the overload of power in her body.
"Hm…Alright, I'll give you one last task, Fiore's End," Aiden said. "Before we truly begin, I want you to..." Before Aiden could finish, he noticed something casting a shadow above him and looked up. It was...Blue Pegasus, still airborne, just without their ship! They held some damage from the explosion, but with Ren's air magic, they were able to propel themsevles all the way back up to the top! "What!?"
"Did you really think you could get rid of us that easily!" Ren shouted. "You're putting an innocent little girl in danger, and Blue Pegasus will not let that stand! Aerial Phose!" There was a massive swirl of air gathering around Ren, which then pushed outward and expanded to try and strike Aiden.
"Blizzard!" Eve added onto this, throwing his hands forward to send snow that mixed with Ren's attack, creating a fierce blizzard!
"TAKE THIS! Scatter Shot!" Jenny was in her Machina takeover, swinging her hands down to send multiple blazing bullets at Aiden as well. They weren't giving him any quarter!
"Ngh!?" Aiden's eyes went wide and he swiped his arm to the side, an anti-magic barrier forming around him. This meant Ren, Eve, and Jenny's attacks were completely ineffective against him. "How dare you get in my way! Fiore's End, strike them down!"
"Yes..." Cynthia nodded and started to lunge at Blue Pegasus, but she was stopped when Wendy grabbed her from behind for at tight hug. "Agh!? Release me...! I must...help Master Aiden!"
"I WILL NOT LET YOU GO!" Wendy cried out, clinging to Cynthia for dear life. Cynthia was physically stronger than her, but that didn't mean Wendy wasn't putting up a desperate fight.
"Keep her down!" Hibiki told Wendy. "If we can get rid of this madman, we can deal with Cynthia properly! Leave this to Blue Pegasus, we will not let you down!"
"O-Okay!" Wendy nodded. There was hope here...and she was going to cling onto that hope as tightly as she was holding onto Cynthia. "We're going to save you, Cynthia!:
"And just how do you intend to stop me!?" Aiden smirked. "This is an anti-magic barrier! None of your powers will be able to break through it!"
"Only Anti-magic?" Hibiki smirked. "Then that's not going to save you at all, isn't that right, Ichiya-san!?"
"MEN!" Ichiya plugged two vials up his nose. In an instant, his body began to transform and turned extremely muscular as a result of his perfume. "MAXIMUM MANLINESS!" The strength enhanced Ichiya charged towards the anti-magic barrier and slammed his fist into it. Because this was an purely physical attack, it was able to shatter through it and his fist hit Aiden as well. "HAAAAH!"
"GAH!" Aiden grunted from this powerful hit, tumbling along the ground. A scientist he may be, but he was still just a man. And that hurt.
"NO!" Cynthia kept thrashing about in Wendy's grip. "LET ME GO! LET ME GO!"
"NO!" Wendy cried out. She didn't want to fight Cynthia. She didn't want to hurt Cynthia. That's why she was mustering strength she didn't even know she had to hold Cynthia down. She wasn't as strong as Natsu at all, but when it came to Cynthia, she would be.
"You think you can stop me!?" Aiden placed his palm on the ground. Since this was his tower, he had it prepared for something like this. Multiple turrets appeared from the ground and began unleashing magical bullets upon Blue Pegasus, which they had to shield themselves from. "I've come too far to be stopped now!"
Hibiki quickly pulled up his Archive while they were all under fire. "Unfortunately for you, your ambitions end here! Archive magic: Barrier!" Hibiki used his archive to pull out Barrier magic, shields appearing around his guild mates to protect them from any further damage. "Go!"
"Once more!" Ichiya told the others. He drew his fist back while Ren, Jenny, and Eve attack with him once again. Aiden put up another barrier, but Ichiya was confident he was going to shatter through this one again. "Your evil deeds will not hold up against my handsome fist!" Ichiya's fist, along with the other elemental attacks slammed into Aiden's barrier, but it didn't break. "What?!"
"Did you think I'd make the same mistake twice!?" Aiden grinned while pointing his hand forward. This barrier was composed of the same material of Byron's Shield, so it took these hits, absorbed them, and then...blasted it all back at Blue Pegasus, shattering their barriers while blowing them all back to take them down. "Fiore's End, what are you doing!?"
"Ngh...!" Cynthia shook her head. Her emotions were still going wild. The red sparks around her body were intensifying the longer she was unable to help Aiden.
"It's okay, Cynthia! I'm here...!" Wendy was trying to reassure Cynthia that it was okay. She wasn't sure if her voice was getting through.
"Damn..." Eve grunted.
"Finish them off, Fiore's End." Aiden said while adjusting his tie. Ichiya left a nasty bruise on his cheek. But the interventions were over yet, because a flash of pink appeared in front of him. "What?"
It was Meredy. She landed a few feet in front of Aiden, holding her hand out as multiple cyan blades were around her. "Magulity Sodom!" She yelled, her blades flying forward.
"You!?" Aiden's barrier appeared once more, but...since this was a reflective barrier and not an anti-magic one, the properties of Magulity Sense allowed it to pierce right through. The blades struck Aiden and he cried out from the pain of this realization. "Ngh!? This magic is...!"
"Meredy!?" Natsu's eyes widened.
"We were held up, but we made it in time!" Meredy shouted before pursuing Aiden. She was going to keep the pressure on him.
"FIORE"S END, DO SOMETHING NOW!" Aiden demanded as Meredy drew closer. Cynthia had no choice. Even if Wendy wasn't letting her go, she could still open her mouth, and she did. From her mouth, Cynthia released a potent funnel of flames aimed directly at Meredy.
"Meredy-san!" Wendy shouted to warn her, attempting to turn Cynthia away so her Roar would miss, but she couldn't. She could barely muster the strength to keep her still, and that grip was slipping.
"Huh?" Meredy turned, eyes widening at the incoming roar. She had to turn and cross her arms, crying out as she felt her body get burned from Cynthia's power. This last second defense didn't do much for her and she nearly collapsed on the spot from her injuries. "Ngh..."
"Stupid girl!" Aiden had a knife in his hand and attempted to bring it down on Meredy, but someone grabbed his wrist before he could. "...!"
It was Jellal. "This ends here." Before Aiden could even utter a word, Jellal slammed his fist into Aiden's chest and threw him back, the knife flying off somewhere.
"Gah!" Aiden grunted as he staggered back. "How did you two get here!? I made sure that...!"
"Jellal-san!" Wendy's eyes lit up. They were here to help!?
Jellal wasn't going to answer that. With heavenly body surging through his body, he flew towards Aiden, slamming a few attacks into him before flying into the sky. "The only thing you need to be concerned about...is the end of your ambition!" In the sky, there were several glowing lights shining brightly. He had plenty of time to draw this before his arrival, and now it was time to strike. "GRAND CHARIOT!" These lights shot down towards Aiden with the intent of taking him out, once and for all.
"...!" Aiden's eyes widened. He didn't have the time to put up a barrier. It all happened so fast, multiple explosions occurring on the spot. Jellal peered into the smoke as he landed on the ground.
"Did I..." Jellal was wondering if that was enough, but as the smoke cleared, everyone's eyes widened. Cynthia managed to break free from Wendy's grip at the last second and she took the Grand Chariot for Aiden instead. "No...!"
"Agh..." Wendy was on the ground. Cynthia slammed her skill into her nose to make her break free, and such an impact left Wendy stunned.
Aiden let out a small sigh of relief. "Good. You're not a dud. You had me worried. That little girl should not have been able to hold you. Destroy them all."
"Y-Yes..." Cynthia winced. She had plenty of damage on her just from that attack alone, but her sense of pain was dulled so she could fight like the machine she was raised to be. She started with Meredy who was the closest and the weakest. Her blazing fist struck Meredy in the chest, slamming her into a wall and knocking her out upon impact.
"Meredy!" Jellal's eyes went wide. Cynthia was coming for him next, or so he thought. She sped right past him and moved to Blue Pegasus instead!
"Look out!" Hibiki exclaimed. Blue Pegasus...wasn't really one to hit women, or little girls for that matter. The Trimen just tried to defend themselves, but Cynthia took them all out in a single blow, including Ichiya.
"..." Jenny had a shot. Cynthia was focused on the others, but Jenny saw an opening. It was in that brief moment that Reve's words played in her head again. How this was the worst case scenario. But when Cynthia turned to her, Jenny hesitated. She saw a tear roll down Cynthia's cheek. "I can't..." And that thought went unfinished, because a blow to her skull knocked her unconscious as well.
"This is bad..." Jellal said as Cynthia now focused on him. He could easily take her out, but he also paused. He couldn't help it when he saw the look in her eye. Her eyes weren't dead, but she was in pain. She wasn't in control, despite her desperate attempts to do so. He knew that look...he tried to focus on Aiden, but his decision making was too slow. Cynthia slammed her fist into his face, her raw power slamming him into the wall next to Meredy and knocking him unconscious as well.
"There. The trash has been disposed of." Aiden grinned. That was admittedly a little closer than he would've liked, but it only served to show Cynthia's obedience to him now. "Now, back to what I was saying..." He pointed at Wendy, who managed to get back onto her feet now. "Kill her."
"W-WHAT!?" Natsu's body immediately covered itself in flames as he threw multiple punches at kicks at the force field, still making no leeway. "CYNTHIA DO NOT DO IT!"
"Yes…Master…Aiden…" Cynthia turned to looked at Wendy, not showing an ounce of emotion anymore. Whatever tears rolled down her cheek earlier, were all evaporated by the flames.
"Cynthia…" Wendy held her ground, looking at her best friend. She felt bad she couldn't hold Cynthia down. That she couldn't stop her from hurting the people who tried to help, but that didn't mean she was going to give up. "I'll save you…" With that comment, Cynthia dashed forward at an incredible speed, catching Wendy off guard as the tool appeared behind her, throwing a high kick to her back. Wendy yelped from the kick, stumbling back a few steps before turning around. She really didn't want to hurt Cynthia, but if she could snap Cynthia out of this state, it would be worth it. "Sky Dragon's Claw!" Wendy jumped forward, swiping her hand at Cynthia, but the emotionally unstable girl jumped back just as the wind slashed at her.
Cynthia jumped into the air, forming two spheres of darkened red fire in her hand, merging them together over her head. "Radiant Blaze of the Omega Fire Dragon…" Cynthia then hurled the blaze towards Wendy.
"Wah!" Wendy dove out of the way of the incoming blaze, the explosion blowing her away a bit, causing her to stumble back. "Cynthia, stop this, this is crazy!" Wendy shouted, but before she could get her own attack ready, Cynthia came in with a powerful punch across Wendy's jawline, causing the sky dragon slide back across the ground.
"Cynthia! Look at what you're doing!" Chelia shouted.
"This isn't you!" Natsu yelled.
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"Kehehe…" Aloysius grinned at the sounds he heard coming from the laboratory, completely ignoring Sidney, Gildarts, and Jura.
"What's so funny!?" Gildarts asked.
"Our job here is done…" Aloysius said.
"Job?" Jura raised an eyebrow.
"Fiore's End is set," Aloysius replied. A bright flash of light appeared, and every Tartaros and Silent Sanctum member vanished.
"What just…?" Jura raised an eyebrow.
"Magic proof force field…" Sidney said, pointing to the wall in front of the doors where Natsu, Chelia, and Wendy went through.
"Oh?" Gildarts opened his hand, sending a white beam towards the force field. However, not even the mighty Gildarts could break the force field standing in front of him and the other two powerful wizards. "W…what…?"
"I believe he is correct, Gildarts-dono," Jura said with a very heavy, and disappointed sigh. "I don't think we'll be breaking through this in time to help..."
"DAMMIT!" Gildarts threw a powerful punch towards the barrier, but nothing happened. "I'm going to keep trying anyway! You're either with me or not!"
"I am with you, Gildarts-dono," Jura replied, creating a fist made from rock and iron, slamming it into the force field, though there was no effect. Sidney decided to follow suit, but for his own reasons as he fired off a seemingly endless barrage of tombstones at the force field. Even with the three powerful wizards combined, the force field did not give an inch.
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"Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Wendy's leg surrounded itself harsh winds, and she spun her leg at Cynthia's stomach. However, the tool easily caught her leg, and then threw Wendy into the air. "Agh!" Wendy spiraled around in the air for a few seconds before catching herself, spreading her arms out. "Sky Dragon's Wind Attack!" Wendy threw her arms down, sending sharp winds in Cynthia's direction.
Cynthia spread her arms out, mimicking Wendy's actions, "Omega Fire Dragon's Wing Attack." Cynthia threw her arms down, sending waves of red fire to match Wendy's winds, the two colliding before creating a large explosion.
"What…!?" Wendy landed on the ground, her eyes wide.
"Did you forget?" Aiden commented from his desk. "She's a fast learner."
Wendy ignored Aiden's comment and puffed her cheeks out, allowing a blue vortex of wind to form around her mouth. "Roar…"
Cynthia followed suit, her cheeks puffing out as a vortex of red fire formed around her mouth. "Roar…"
"Of the Sky Dragon!" Wendy opened her mouth, sending a massive hurricane towards Cynthia.
"Of the Omega Fire Dragon…" Cynthia opened her mouth, sending large funnel of red fire towards Wendy's roar; Cynthia's roar ripping through the ground it traveled before clashing with Wendy's roar, the two seemingly even for a few seconds before Wendy's roar was overpowered. Wendy flew into the wall after getting hit by Cynthia's roar, her outfit burned.
"Wendy!" Chelia shouted in worry.
Cynthia pounded her fist together, creating a red magic circle. Cynthia's fists then surrounded themselves in dark red fire. "Iron Fist of the Omega Fire Dragon…" Cynthia charged forward towards Wendy with a fist pulled back.
"Look out!" Natsu screamed, still attempting to get through the force field.
"Ugh…" Wendy looked up, just in time as she moved her head to the side just as Cynthia brought her fist forward. Cynthia's fist hit the wall, punching through it. Wendy immediately threw her leg up, finally landing a hit as she landed a Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang at Cynthia's chest, causing the girl to stumble back a few feet. "Cynthia! LISTEN TO ME!"
Cynthia shook her head slowly; it wasn't a verbal response, but it was a response. "Wendy…I-I'm losing control of….m-myself…I-I'm scared…"
"What…?!" Aiden was surprised that Cynthia responded to Wendy. "Tch…Fiore's End, don't do that again!"
Cynthia's body snapped back into place as the red sparks appeared around her body. "Yes, Master Aiden." Cynthia snapped her fingers, causing multiple red magic circles to appear around Wendy.
"WAH!" Wendy had no time to react; all she could do was cover up as the magic circles unleashed fire that exploded on contact, creating a smoke cloud. When the smoke cleared, Wendy was seen hunched over, her body covered in burn marks. "Ugh…Cynthia…listen to me…"
Cynthia didn't responded; instead she jumped into the air, placing her legs together spinning around as the red fire turned into the shape of a drill. "Omega Fire Dragon's Drill…"
"Vernir!" Wendy's body gave off a bright light as she increased her speed, using it to move over to the side, dodging Cynthia's attack. Cynthia, however, subconsciously knew such a thing was coming, so she shifted her body around as she neared the floor, placing her hands on the floor and sprung into the air once again, coming down with the same attack once again, slamming into Wendy's back side, sending the girl skidding across the floor on her side. "N-Ngh…Arms…armor!" Wendy stood up slowly, increasing all of her stats as she turned to look at Cynthia.
Cynthia placed her hands on the ground, causing a red magic circle to appear. "Omega Fire Dragon's Line…" A line of red fire shot out from the magic circle, cutting through the ground as it raced towards Wendy.
Wendy ran to the side of the incoming line, easily dodging it due to her stat boost, and reared a fist back as wind surrounded it throwing her fist at Cynthia's cheek, landing a hit as the girl took a few steps back, rubbing her cheek. "Cynthia, I know you can hear me!" Wendy shouted, panting slightly as she looked at the girl in front of her.
"…" Cynthia stayed silent; a part of her wanted to respond to Wendy, but that part of her was weaker than the part that Aiden brought out.
"Hm…" Aiden tapped his chin a few times, realizing that Cynthia wasn't going all out like he thought she was at first. "She's not giving it her all…she needs another push…but what…" Aiden thought for a few more seconds until an idea hit his head. "Ah, of course! I almost forgot about that…Oh Fiore's Ennnd…"
Cynthia turned around slowly to look at Aiden. "Yes, Master Aiden…?"
"There's something I've forgotten to show you for the longest time now…" Aiden pointed to a screen. "You remember your mother, yes…?"
"Mommy…" Cynthia nodded slowly as a response.
"Ah, well, I would like to show you what happened to her…" Aiden replied, pressing a button that displayed the replay of Cynthia's mother's death.
{Video}
Cynthia's mother had a petite figure; she had long black hair resembling her daughter's current hairstyle, and sky blue eyes. The woman paced around the room. "Why do you treat our daughter like that?!" Cynthia's mother asked, unable to find too many words to express her anger. She was panicking because Cynthia was raging in the background, her flames out of her control. She couldn't get close to Cynthia because the dark flames were just too much to bear. "She doesn't need anything to bring out whatever power you THINK she has! She can discover it on her own! CYNTHIA! CAN YOU HEAR ME! IT'S OKAY!"
Aiden shook his head, holding something behind his back. "That's where you're wrong. That power within her body can only be brought out by technological means!"
"She deserves much more than being cooped up in a stupid lab!" The mother argued. "She's only five years old! She hasn't even seen a town! Look what this has done to her! Her power is out of control! I'm worried about her!"
"I wouldn't expect you to see what I see in that girl…" Aiden walked up to Cynthia's mother, plunging the object he held into her back; a sharp knife. The mother's eyes went wide as she felt her life quickly escaping her breath. "It's okay, Vanessa…" Aiden said with a sick grin. "She'll see this one day, and her true power will come through." Vanessa was mortally wounded from the knife wound, but that wasn't what killed her. It was the way Aiden pushed Vanessa into Cynthia's raging flames. Those flames that consumed and burned her...and Cynthia would never be the wiser at that moment.
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Everyone's eyes went wide from what they just witnessed. Wendy covered her mouth, remembering that Cynthia told her someone killed her mother…but she didn't think… "O-Oh my god…"
"H-He killed…her mother…" Natsu's breath went short as he took a step back along with Chelia, who was at a loss for words.
"Sick bastard…" Reve said from the skylight room.
"How could anyone do such a thing...?" Mirajane asked with a broken voice, tears welling in her eyes just from watching the alleged murder.
"That...that's something a man would never do..." Elfman said with pure shock and horror in his voice.
"Y-You….you killed Mommy…?" Despite her eyes a blazing red, tears started to well up in her eyes. "Y-YOU KILLED MY MOMMY!" Cynthia's flames flared extremely high into the opened hole from earlier, completely blowing the roof off the tower as her flames nearly turned black.
"No, I didn't kill her. Your flames did." Aiden said with a twisted grin. Cynthia froze at those words. "Your flames did exactly what they were made to do that day. Destroy."
"...I...I...I...!" Cynthia was breathing heavily from this horrific revelation. She never remembered this. Her mother just vanished one day. She knew she died, but she was the cause...?
"Well, if it makes you feel better..." Aiden leaned forward a little. "I suppose it would be more accurate to say...we killed her."
"N-No...! I...I didn't...!" Cynthia shook her head. But her impulses and 'programming' were getting the better of her. Her emotion were at a fever pitch and she simply had no way of controlling herself.
"YES! WE DID! NOW DESTROY HER!" Aiden grinned widely, pointing at Wendy.
Cynthia…complied to Aiden's actions. She dashed forward at Wendy, aiming a near black flaming fist at Wendy's face, sending the girl flying back. Luckily, Wendy recovered just in time to yell at Aiden. "Y-YOU'RE A MONSTER…! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO CYNTHIA!?"
"For the betterment of my research, of course. AND BECAUSE I CAN!" Aiden said with a hearty laugh. "Let me tell you something...this world is ruled by wizardry. I am part of the 90% that cannot use magic. But I was blessed with something else! My incredible mind! So I had a thought...what if I could make the world of magic bend to me!?"
"By using Cynthia!?" Wendy shouted.
"That's right! It was a fortunate enough I was blessed with a child who had so much magical power. I did everything I could to hone that power and make it my own, and look what what I've created!" Aiden spoke proudly about Cynthia, who was just a mindless tool at this point. "Everything worked out perfectly! The greatest scientific mind in Earthland created a tool so powerful, it makes the rest of the world bow down! Using magic to rule magic...it's a little ironic. But no wizard could ever replicate what I've done."
"You're...just...evil..." Wendy shook her head. She had no words for Aiden. The man she was staring at was simply pure evil. There was nothing else that could be said about it.
Aiden laughed before adjusting his tie. "You haven't seen true evil yet. Now, my precious little tool, destroy her!"
"RAAHH!" Cynthia lost complete control of herself at this point, rushing towards Wendy as she threw a plethora of punches and kicks at the girl, unable to keep herself from holding back.
"C-Cynthia!" Wendy couldn't find any words to say, she just used her speed and power to dodge and counter Cynthia's attacks. The two girls dodged, blocked, and hit each other with their attacks. Wendy blocked a kick, landing a punch on Cynthia's chest; Cynthia blocked a punch, landing a kick to Wendy's side. The close combat continued for a while, though it was clear that Wendy was on the losing end of this fight.
"DAMMIT! LET US OUT OF HERE!" Natsu roared, entering his Lightning Flame Mode as he unleashed a Lightning Flame Dragon's Roar on the force field, but just like before, there was no effect.
Cynthia brought her hands down on Wendy, but Wendy crossed her arms into an X formation, entering a struggle as the two attempted to push the other away. "Cynthia! I know it hurts…but you have to stop this!"
"W-Wendy…" Cynthia managed to speak in a weakened, heartbroken voice as tears started to roll down her cheeks, breaking the control that was over her temporarily so she could speak. "I hate this…I don't want to cause you, or anyone anymore pain…" Her voice cracked as she spoke, her mind briefly wandering to the people that tried to help her. Jellal, Meredy, Ichiya, Jenny, Ren, Hibiki, and Eve...they all tried so hard but in the end, she had to hurt them. Her own mother fell victim to the power she couldn't control. She couldn't stop herself, and if this kept going... "So please…before I can cause anyone anymore harm…I beg of you…Set me free…"
Wendy's eyes widened at Cynthia's words, the two jumping away from each other, now a few foot gap separating the two. Wendy now realized what was on the line in this situation; Fiore's fate, or her best friend. Wendy looked at her shoulder realizing that the part covering her Fairy Tail mark was gone, exposing said symbol. Wendy looked over at Cynthia, a saddened expression in her eyes. She knew what Cynthia was asking for, and Wendy, as much as it pained her, planned to deliver... "I'll set you free...I'll bring you out of the darkness...I swear it..."