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The year was X777 and it had been about a year since Jellal, Sho, and the other were informed that Erza had died. Then her body was reanimated after her death. They group decided to keep a low profile for awhile as they wanted discover a way to help Erza out. Of course during last year there was another slave revolt a massive one this time around however it was put down once the Dark Mages seen out Erza to deal with them.

That when it changed from a revolt to massacre as all those involved were killed by the very weapons they were carrying. Erza taking control of them and using them to take them all out. Those that did not have them learned that Erza was not just strong when it came to magic but her body's limiter now off. Even if she was not trained as fighter the sheer brute force she was exhorting made up for it. Though the toll was that forced the lacrima she ran on to run out faster, as it being used to repair the damage going 100% did to her body.

This action basically turned almost everyone that was still hoping that Erza was still in there somewhere. Those people had given up on her completely and utterly. To them she was nothing more then a zombie girl that now has no mind of her own. She was not even a person anymore merely a weapon of the their slavers and if they step out of line, then the possibility that they could be next was now fully instilled into them. They came to fear Erza as symbol of the Dark Mage's might and control over them

Though Jellal and her other friends sat out on the revolt out and did not share this view. Though Jellal was not fighting he noticed something that would give him a clue to helping Erza. Rob had been teaching Jellal all he knew about magic, as the only way they could help her would be with magic after all. Awakening his own magic Jellal trained and used to get around without being noticed. This is when he learned the two way that might be key towards helping Erza

Lacrima

That was the first thing that he noticed as they did not inform the slaves on how they were animated Erza's body but Jellal learned this during the last failed slave revolt. That had some role in keeping her going but there was something else he wonder if that also placed a role in their control over her body.

The eye patch

Erza was missing one of her eyes and wore an eye patch over it. Though why was the question as she merely recover from all other injuries so why could not her eye be recovered in similar manner. Managing to sneak up to Erza while she was working but not being watched. He discovered the reason behind the eye patch, which was in place of her missing eye was a lacrima. A lacrima eye with the crest of the Tower of Heaven Cult engraved into it.

Jellal examined the lacrima eye that they had implanted into Erza and was wondering about how to go about removing it. Thinking that while this might not restore Erza to normal again or even if that was possible given that she was basically a zombie now. At the very least she would not be under the control of these Tower of Heaven cultist anymore. Though he would need some time to think this over as there was also a chance that the lacrima eye was important piece to her body remaining animated. Removing that could undo the magic keeping her mobile.

Placing the eye patch part over her eye, he left her there as he could not really do anything more for her at the moment. Getting caught here would not merely end in his death at Erza's hands, thanks to her being order to do so. It could end in the death of all their friends as well with the Dark Mages thinking they were all in on his plan.

"I will help you Erza. Just wait a little longer" Jellal told her before leaving.

Sometime later...

Koyama entered the room to see Erza still in place where she normally stood when not in use by anyone. Her overall master(the others were seen as secondary master to her) did want her wasting unnecessary power after all. Since lacrima was her power source after all, it was what kept her moving and should she run out then she would stop moving all together until given more. Though recently Koyama was getting pissed as the other Dark Mages were trying to steal his research(or at least that what he thought was going on). The research they thought was pointless and useless now interesting them because he has a successful subject that they could control and had seen the benefits of his zombie girl being around.

Not originally from this Tower, he really had no loyalites to those here. They might be part of the same cult but they were also from different fractions. Not all the fractions got along nicely as the only thing keeping them together was their goal of bringing back Zeref. However Koyama was becoming annoyed by the Dark Mages here wanting to take his research now that it was barring fruit and trying to overwork him to making other successful subjects for their control only. They each wanted a zombie of their own that was for them alone. Causing Koyama to wonder if they were aware that Erza was his and that he was merely allow them to control her. That she would follow his orders over their's should they try to anything funny.

Plotting to take out the other Dark Mages here was not going to be that easy of task. This was something that Koyama was very aware of as his expertice was not exactly combat mage. He was more of researcher of magic thus there were many Dark Mages that were far stronger then he was (also Kyoama was still unaware of the true extent of Erza's magic thus was not aware of just how powerful she truly could be). So he would have to search for allies in this plan of his to take out the other Dark Mages. He could not count on any of them to come to his side. However it was while he was watching over Erza carry out an order to punish a slave that was not working properly that he noticed something. That her friends were not looked at her the same way that other slaves were.

There was one of that really caught his attention in Jellal. The look in his eye was of someone that had a plan for something. He was not sure what kind of plan this was but it was being overlooked by the other Dark Mages who did not seem to notice. Having an idea of what that might be and that the bond Erza's friends had with her was not shattered despite what she was currently.

Jellal was wondering where he was being taken by Erza as she just arrived, grabbed him, and walking off. Forcing him to follow her as those that did not normally were carried away. For that still attempt to fight against her still, she would kill them for not following orders she had been given. It was something that was learn unfortunately from having to see it done first hand.

"Greeting….Jellal was it?" Kyoama said as he greeted him upon his arrival to his location.

"How do you know my name?" he asked curious.

"I managed to over hear it from someone that the both of us know. Back when they were more of a talker then they are now" he told him

This cause Jellal to have calm himself as he knew that this was being done to try and get a reaction out him. This someone Kyoama was talking about was Erza herself. He did not want everything he was planning to save her to go to waste because he could control his anger at this moment.

"I do not know what you are planning exactly but I have something I want to propose. We both have enemies that we have to deal with" Kyoama told him.

That when he went into his proposal about the two of them teaming up to form an alliance to take down all the other Dark Mages here. If he could rally the other slaves to revolt then he would ensure that Erza did not get in the way like she had in others failed attempts. In fact she would have her working to make sure that things were going according to plan by having Erza set things up for them. They would never expect that Erza is being used against them. The fools think that they have overall shared control of her when really its just him alone that can give her orders.