Wendy and Cynthia made a beeline for the train station, but they were unaware of the Third Captain, Correll, silently stalking them from a decent distance so his scent wouldn't be picked up by the Dragon Slayer's sensitive noses. "I think we're close to where we came from before we started running!" Wendy said with a relived smile, arriving at the middle of a stone path surrounded by tall grass.
"Are you sure?" Cynthia asked, coming to a stop as she looked around the area. "I don't remember this way at all…"
"I'm pretty sure…!" Wendy nodded, facing Cynthia with a smile.
"Get down!" Correll shouted, a magic circle appearing under both the girl's feet as the gravity increased, bringing the two girls down on their stomachs, lying on the stone path against their will.
"GAH!" Cynthia was unable to move her body due to the sudden change in gravity.
"C-Cynthia!" Wendy attempted to move her body, but she found that she was unable to.
Correll was about six feet away from the two girls, dusting his hands off. "Heh, that wasn't so hard," he said with a smirk.
"W-Who are you!?" Wendy shouted, attempting to force her body to move, but again, failed.
"Third Captain of the Magic Council, Correll," Correll replied with a smirk, unable to help but laugh slightly as the two girls remained helpless on the ground. "Doranbolt had trouble with you two? Hard to believe…"
On the sidelines on some high ground, Maggie and the man in a lab coat were watching the scene as Correll nearly had the two girls detained. "Are we gonna do something now are we just gonna stand here like a buncha ninnies?"
"Not yet…" the male replied as Correll pulled out the magic sealing cuffs, slowly making his way over to Wendy and Cynthia.
"Uhm, he's gonna get them…" Maggie frowned slightly. "I'm going to be pretty pissed if you LET this happen! The nutter isn't supposed to know we're here, right?" As she spoke, Correll was slowly closing the distance between him and the girls, smirking slightly. "He's getting closer…"
"She should be able to get out of it…" The male said with a semi confident voice.
"She's not getting out of it ya bloomin' tosser! Bloody hell!" Maggie let out a frustrated sighed. She then looked on as Cynthia's red flames flared out dangerously, attempting to keep Correll at bay.
"That's cute…" Correll smirked slightly as he took a step back, Cynthia's plan seemingly working. Correll just increased the gravity on Cynthia, adding more pressure as her concentration faded, causing the flames to die out quickly.
"AH!" Cynthia yelped out from the gravity forcing her into the stone.
"Now then," Correll raised the magic sealing cuffs, feeling confident in his soon to be arrest.
"Damn…do it now," the male ordered.
"Finally…" Maggie started inhaling a mouthful of ash into her mouth, her cheeks puffing out. "Ashfall," She threw her head forward, a grey magic circle appearing before her as a giant flaming sphere of ash flew just behind Correll, the impact causing a heavy ash to stain the area, heavily restricting sight.
"What the hell!?" Correll lost his concentration due to all the ash, causing his Gravity Magic to wear off on the two girls. Cynthia stood up, grabbing Cynthia and the two ran off once again, thankful to whatever or whoever caused that ash diversion.
"Who did that!?" Wendy asked, coughing a little from the ash.
"I don't know, but I'm thankful whoever it was did that…" Cynthia replied, coughing slightly from some of the ash that got into her respiratory system.
"Tch…Do you see my point?" The male asked as he looked over at Maggie. "When she becomes strong enough to stand in such pressuring moments, that's when we take her back."
"Tch, I think you're expectin' too much of the bloody child…" Maggie replied, shaking her head. "I doubt many people can resist gravity, you ninny."
"I was expecting too much of her when I expected her to easily escape?! Nonsense! I know full well on what that child is capable of, and I refuse to have anything happen to her until I can harness her power for my own!" The male replied, scowling.
"Don't get your nickers in a twist," Maggie replied, waving a dismissive hand. "You hired us so the Council wouldn't take her; we're going to do what we agreed to, blimey…"
"Good, now come on; I believe they went this way," The male said, walking in the direction Cynthia and Wendy ran off in.
Wendy and Cynthia continued their trek, thankful the ash gave them enough time to escape. They took a breather near a group of trees. "We…we have to keep running," Cynthia said through heavy pants.
"If we wear ourselves out we'll be sitting ducks…" Wendy replied, catching her breath.
"If we stop we are sitting ducks!" Cynthia raised her voice just slightly, trying not to catch any attention. "What are you gonna do…?" She groaned quietly, leaning against a tree.
"The Train station isn't too far from here…I hope…if we can just make it there…" Wendy started, but she stopped when she heard footsteps closing in on them.
"Hide…!" Cynthia quickly grabbed Wendy's arm and pulled her behind a tree, peering from behind the tree just enough to see Correll and a number of Council guards walking past them.
"Sir, where are we going?" A guard asked.
"We're going to the train station," Correll smirked slightly. "No doubt those little criminals are trying to get there and escape before we can get to them." This caused a slight gasp to escape Cynthia's lips.
"They're gonna beat us to the train station…!" Cynthia said in a loud whisper.
"What do we do now…!?" Wendy replied, feeling her heartbeat speed up from nervousness.
"If we sit around…we're gonna get caught…if we try to move…we're gonna get caught…" Cynthia sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of her nose as all of her suggestions ended with them getting caught. "I'll fight them…that way you can escape…" Cynthia said.
"What!? You can't fight them alone, and I'm not leaving you to get caught!" Wendy replied, giving Cynthia a serious glare. "I'm already in trouble, so I'm fighting with you!" Wendy nodded, and then thought to herself; "If Erza-san were here she'd know how to help us…"
"Fine…fine…follow me…" Cynthia slowly walked out from behind the tree with Wendy behind her; the two silently stalking Correll and his men as they slowly made their way to the train station. "Ready?" Cynthia whispered to Wendy.
"Ready…" Wendy nodded slowly, sucking in a breath as a vortex of wind appeared around her more. "Roar…"
Cynthia also took a deep breath, inhaling as a vortex of red fire appeared around her mouth, "Roar…Of the Omega Fire Dragon!" Cynthia threw her head forward, unleashing a spiral of red fire from her mouth.
"Of the Sky Dragon!" Wendy threw her head forward as well sending a sky blue hurricane from her mouth towards Correll in his men; the two roars merged into a unison raid midway through.
"What?" Correll heard the noise and turned, but it was too late as the unison roar slammed into him and his men, causing a large explosion and a large dust cloud to appear. When the dust faded, Correll was hunching over, panting heavily from the attack while his men were unconscious. "You little…" Correll fell to his knees, and then his side, the surprise unison raid's direct hit became too much for his body to take.
"We got him…! Let's go!" Cynthia quickly dragged Wendy over Correll and the unconscious guards. Correll was mentally cursing himself for being unable to muster any energy to use his Gravity Magic to weigh the two girls down as they stepped over him.
"You know…" Maggie started, crossing her arms as she watched the two girls run off. "There are two of our guys stationed at the train station…"
"Keep them there," The male replied, keeping his eyes on Cynthia as he and Maggie walked to keep an eye on the two girls. "My assistant already has everything prepared in case things sdo go wrong."
"They could easily just…" Maggie started.
"I don't see anything they can do besides…" The male stopped, his eyes widening as an idea came into his head. "Actually…there is something I would like to see…"
"And what could that possibly be?" Maggie asked, looking over at the male with a brow raised.
"I want to see what Cynthia would do if that other girl happened to get…injured," A devilish smirk slowly appeared on the male's lips.
Maggie quirked a brow for a moment. But it did sound like a vaguely entertaining idea. "Now you're talking. It's about time you offered something interesting to watch."