A/N: I missed last fridays upload, so have a double upload this weekend!
Back at the guild hall.
Master Makarov, Mirajane, Erza, and Laxus sat at the bar quietly. Laxus, despite being a thunderhead, was rather smart. With this situation, they needed as many as they could get to figure out how to make a plan. At the moment there wasn't very much planning, as the magic council had yet to respond to the master's message.
As they sat quietly unsure of what to do at this moment, they didn't notice their resident celestial wizard leading two civilians into the hall. They all looked up when she spoke. "Hey master and Mira, these two said that they had some information that had to be relayed to you directly. I don't know what it is, but they said Pantherlily sent them." Lucy spoke only loud enough for the group at the bar to hear.
Mira smiled at the two motioning for them to come over. "Thank you Lucy, but you might want to turn around. Looks like they are trying to sneak off on a job." Mira pointed to Natsu and Happy as they very noticeably snuck out of the guild hall. Lucy ran after them screaming at Natsu.
"You told Lucy that Pantherlily sent you?" Makarov asked as the woman nodded her head. "Where did you talk to him? He looked at the two curiously.
The man spoke up. "The train station, he overheard us talking about what had happened not long ago." There was a moment of silence before the woman spoke up this time. "We had gotten news of an attack on a train that left from that station." With that the whole group at the bar turned to look at the two.
The woman shrunk back a bit with all the sudden added attention. "Yes, the train headed to a remote town…Um…" The man took a moment to think as the woman said the name of the town. "Legarion."
All four of them looked at the two in shock realizing that was the train Levy left on. Erza stood up and spoke. "You said the train was attacked…..Do you know who?" There was a tense pause as the two civilians tried to get the courage to say who it was in front of a proper guild's master.
None of them would be prepared for what words came out of the man's mouth. He cleared his throat but only spoke loud enough for the four to hear. "T-the Dark Guild…..Elite Cerberus."
It was like time froze for all of them after he spoke. The situation one of his members was in, and the fact he sent out two more members into such a dangerous situation left the Master unable to think. The other three looked over at the Master to see what to do next.
It took a few minutes and the master closed his eyes speaking with a deadly calm. "Thank you for this information, it was very helpful." The two civilians understood this was their queue to leave and they did without hesitating.
When the master opened his eyes they were nothing but rage at the new situation. "Mirajane. Erza. Laxus." He still spoke in a deadly calm that sent shivers down all their spines. "You three will come up with a plan, if you have to involve the others. They may cause problems but we may need their help." There was a pause as he stood up. "I am going to the council personally to help deal with this. If you discover any more information, do not hesitate to go after our family members if you need to." With that sentence he walked out of the guild hall.
The other three were left speechless, not only from the new information or the order that was given, but the tone he had scared them all. Erza cleared her throat, knocking the other two out of their shock. "Master is right, even if it will cause problems, we will need to include the others." She turned and yelled at Gray and Juvia. "Gray, Juvia! You two bring Natsu, Lucy and Happy back. There is a large fight happening soon. We will need everyone's help." They nodded and headed out as Erza turned back to the bar. "We will not tell anyone else details until we have a plan and more information." Laxus and Mira nodded in agreement.
The three ended up going to the second level so their conversation could be a more private conversation. Mira had gotten contacted by Makarov, who had run into the council's messenger. They were told that the quest seemed to have been mis-labeled on purpose and that the council's communications were malfunctioning, which was why no one heard from them. Someone sabotaged quite a few things so Makarov will still be going to the Council to help them figure things out quicker.