"Grk!" Luke grunted, attempting to make his way over to Chelia to try and calm her down. His progress was slow, and he feared he wasn't going to make it in time. "Dammit, If I can't reach her she'll…!"
"Are you saying something?" Diana asked in a mocking tone. "I can't hear you over this girl's lovely bloodcurdling scream. It's starting to get a little annoying, though. Maybe you should try and do something about it?" The last statement was purely condescending. She knew Luke couldn't do anything to help poor Chelia.
"Damn you…!" Luke grunted in frustration.
"AAAAHHH…!" Chelia gripped her head, screaming out in agony as the darkness literally wrecked her body from the inside out. She fell to her knees, heaving heavily.
Step by step, Luke made his way to the sky slayer. He was actually somewhat afraid that Cynthia and Wendy would go off on him because he failed to protect their friend. "…Idea…" He smirked slightly and snapped his fingers, creating a yellow magic seal beneath Diana. "Zap."
"Hm…?" Diana looked down, eyes widening. "You little…!" Before she could finish, she was zapped by the discharged unleashed by the circle, causing her to drop her little tactic on Chelia and now fix her frizzed hair. "My hair!"
"Ugh…" Chelia fell to her hands and knees, panting heavily. She coughed up some blood as well.
"Oi, you alright?" Luke asked. "You might wanna sit this one out."
"N-No…" Chelia replied. She wasn't alright, but she wasn't going to sit it out. She stood up slowly, shaking her head. "I'm not going to…"
"You're gonna get in the way…" Luke sighed, yet he gave up trying to argue with females. He always ended up losing those anyway. "Fine…I can see you're adamant about this…" Luke then held his hands to his sides, now wasting any time as he entered his Pseudo God mode, black and white covering both halves of his body.
"I can't sit back and do nothing…!" Chelia replied as the dark aura appeared around her body, entering her Black Sky mode.
"You two really think you'll stand a chance against me? You're not the only dual gods around here…" Diana replied as she turned into the real Black and White God, half her body changing into a white color in the same way White Shadow mode would for a dragon slayer. "I don't think you two really know what you're up against."
"Deadeye…" A voice whispered from the other side of the hallway. Suddenly, a large wind arrow would fly past Diana's head, nearly taking it off.
"Nani…!?" Diana turned, eyes wide as she spotted a long archer at the other side of the hallway; Lamia's Raven. "You little brat, I'll deal with you in a second…!" Diana then began to turn around, only for the realization to hit her that she was distracted. The realization came literally, as Luke slammed his darkness infused fist into her face.
"Darkness Crash…" Luke whispered, and suddenly, a powerful black explosion erupted form his fist, sending Diana flying back through the hallway. The floor ripped exactly how Diana flew back.
"Ngh…!" Diana flipped, catching herself and sliding back across the floor. She looked up, eyes wide as she spotted Chelia incoming.
"I never got to thank you for placing this power inside of me!" Chelia shouted while gathering a sphere of black wind and dark energy in the palm of her hand, which she slowly drew back. "Allow me to repay you! Boreas of the Black Sky God!" Chelia threw her hand forward, unleashing a large spiral of black wind and black god slayer magic towards Diana, literally using every single drop of magic in her body to inflict maximum damage.
"…!" Diana's eyes widened at the incoming attack. She crossed her arms in attempt to defend against it, yet it was no use. The spiral tore through her, broke through the ground and continued downward until it reached the cell block, crashing down onto the floor. Diana laid in KO, just like that from the single attack.
Tia poked her head out of her open cell upon seeing the crash from above, noticing the KO'ed Diana. "Oh my…things are getting hectic out there…"
"Ha….Haaa….Haaa…" Chelia swayed back and forth before falling over, but she was caught by Raven. "Did we…win…?"
"Geez…" Luke blinked in pure astonishment at Chelia's OHKO of his mother. He was a little upset because that was supposed to be his job, but the job was done so he couldn't really complain. "Oh, another kid…"
"I'm not a kid!" Raven replied with a comical tick mark on his head.
"Sure, sure…" Luke rolled his eyes and began to walk off, signaling Raven and Chelia to follow him. "Don't fall behind now. I won't slow down even though she's outta commission for a bit. Crazy kids, I swear…"
Heartless walked to Tia's cell, raising a brow. "My, my…how hectic. Aren't you going to join the fray and get revenge? You know Ace is around here, right?"
Tia paused for a moment before shrugging, leaning back in her cell. "This doesn't concern me…if I do end up leaving this cell it'll be for food. I refuse to starve in here."
"Suit yourself…" Heartless shrugged. She turned to walk off, but...
"Wait. How is Jack...?" Tia asked in a quiet voice.
Heartless stopped in her tracks, glancing over her shoulder. "He's been extremely irritable lately. It is taking all Strong, Diamond, and Spade have to hold him back."
Tia closed her eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "..I'm a terrible sister. I should go back with you, but I...I cannot. I can't even explain why. I know what this is doing to Jack, but I can't bring myself to leave this cell. I was the one who lost, so I should accept the responsibility. Tell him I'm sorry..."
"I will." Heartless nodded slowly.
"...One more thing. Lisanna Strauss...she lives." Tia said quietly. Heartless didn't respond at first, but she just kept walking.
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Meeting room; two blurs collided in the room, zipping around at a near blinding speed. Flynn and Racer exchanged blows constantly. Reve grit his teeth, his eyes glowing a heavy green color as he used his Precision eyes to keep track of Flynn and Racer, yet those two were almost too fast for even his eyes. "Dammit…" Reve aimed his sawn off shot gun at the two yellow blurs, unable to get a clean shot because he didn't want to miss or hit Flynn, even he would just be a casuality, but he probably would end up firing even if that happened in the end. "Hold still, both of you!"
"I would but he can't stand still!" Flynn replied with a shout, throwing a kick to Racer's head, yet Racer dodged and lunged off to the side, now heading for Reve. "Not so…!" A magic seal appeared in front of Racer, and just as he crossed it, his movements slowed for a second. "Faster than last time..."
"Don't think it'll be the same as before!" Racer then slid back Flynn and Reve, landing a bombardment of blows upon the both of them, before sliding back. Reve and Flynn were thrown back from the impact.
"That all you got...?" Reve said with his patented, arrogant smirk.
"Not even close..." Racer said while turning around again.
Racer slowed for a second. Just one second. That was all Reve needed for a clear, precise shot. "Burst Shot!" Reve exclaimed, unleashing a powerful, singular shot of magic towards Racer. The bullet was faster than Racer could move, and slammed right into his sternum. Racer slid back across the floor as a result, panting from the hit. Reve wasn't letting up. He aimed his shotguns at Racer and began to open fire, unleashing beams of magic from the shotguns to Racer.
"Tch!" Racer began to speed off once again, avoiding each and every shot fired by Reve. "Too slow."
"What about me!?" Flynn asked while hopping in front of Racer, slamming a fist into his nose. Racer slid back, and Flynn held his now throbbing hand. "OW! HIS NOSE…I-IT STABBED ME."
"How dangerous…" Reve couldn't help but chuckle at Flynn's dilemma, but he focused his attention on Racer.
"Oh, yeah, don't worry about me, I'm fine…" Flynn replied with a groan. He then snapped his fingers, creating a large magic seal under Racer's feet. "Now, do that thingy!"
"Don't give me orders!" Reve shouted while spreading his arms out, doing what he planned to anyway now that Racer was slowed to a slug. "Devil's Wheel: Bombardment!" After that chant, a plethora of guns appeared around the slowed Racer; unleash a bombardment of bullets upon the speed mage. A smoke cloud appeared as a result, but when it was over, Racer was lying out cold on the ground. "Annoying little shit…"
"Not bad, gunslinger…" Flynn said with a nod, wrapping his now bleeding hand with a part of his tuxedo. "That nose though…ouch…"
"Whatever…" Reve said in a dismissive tone, now starting to walk off. "I didn't need your help to beat him. You needed mine, and for a weaker mage, you didn't do…bad." Reve smirked, his cockiness getting under Flynn's skin, especially because Flynn did manage to defeat Racer once before, but it was at the cost of his life.
"H-Hey! I'll have you know…!" Flynn started, following after Reve.
"Don't care, not listening," Reve immediately replied.
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"We're lost," Cygnus pointed out while he, Ola, Melanie, Alexine, and Lyon wander the hallways of the Council building.
"Oh really?" Lyon said in a sarcastic tone, crossing his arms while glaring coldly at Cygnus. "I never would've guessed."
"You don't wanna tussle, Ice boy," Cygnus stated with a smirk towards Lyon. "Did Gray ever tell you I one shotted him? Didn't even take that much effort!"
"Gray is weak compared to me," Lyon said with his cocky attitude, now butting heads with Cygnus.
"You're weak compared to me so it doesn't make a difference!"
"Do we really have to fight about this…?" Alexine said with a comical sweat drop forming on the side of her head.
(Lyon's not much, honestly,) Ola said with a shrug.
"C'mon!" Melanie sprayed some water on Lyon and Cygnus to snap them out of their fighting. "We have to find the others, remember!"
"Eh, they'll be fine…I know my guild can handle themselves just fine. Did you feel that explosion earlier? I think they'll be fine," Cygnus nodded, shaking slightly to get rid of the water so rudely placed on him by Melanie.
"The building won't hold if these explosions and tremors continue…" Lyon pointed out before it suddenly hit him. "Maybe that's their goal…if we were to go all out, the building may not be able to support and collapse on us all…" He then thought of his teacher Ur, who he knew was in the building. His eyes widened and he began to run off. "If she were to go all out…that would be a very big problem…"
"Oi, where're ya going?!" Cygnus shouted over to Lyon, who just kept running. "Dammit, he's gonna get himself killed…"
(It's not our problem…I suggested to stick to a group…) Ola shrugged again.
"We should go after him!" Melanie suggested, pulling Cygnus and Ola with her surprisingly high amount of strength while Alexine ran off after Lyon.
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"LAYANNA-SAMA!" Bright exclaimed while running towards Layanna once spotting her, who happened to be doing battle with Cynthia.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me…" Layanna's serious expression faded before pointing her sword, Black Ice, towards Full Bright, causing him to halt in his place, just inches away from the blade. "What on Earthland could you possibly want, Full Bright? Can't you see I'm busy?" Layanna pointed to Cynthia, who was panting somewhat. "I'm dealing with the biggest threat to Fiore."
"I haven't done anything…!" Cynthia protested.
"Tsk, tsk…" Bright adjusted his sunglasses while giving a disapproving shake of his head. "Very disappointed in you, Layanna-sama…Attacking an innocent young girl! How can we expect the people to respect and uphold our justice if they find out about something like this!"
"W-What…!?" Layanna scowled at Bright, now pointing her sword in Cynthia's direction. "Did you not get the memo? She could destroy this building, this entire country if we don't deal with her. I'm doing my job as a member of the Council to protect the people of Fiore by doing this."
"But is she a threat right now?" Bright asked inquisitively.
"….Not exactly…" Layanna admitted. "But if left untreated…"
"I don't want to hear it!" Bright interrupted his co-worker, now walking over to Cynthia. "Don't worry, little girl! You've done nothing wrong; it just appears that Layanna has that dream all Council guards have: to be known for doing something that saved the country. A Council guard has little else to live for after a while, and the sense of glory eventually begins to take over their mind when faced with certain situations."
"…She tried to DECAPIATE ME." Cynthia flailed after Bright spoke, ignoring the entire part about glory from Bright's speech.
"You tried to punch a hole through my stomach." Layanna replied, pointing to the intense burn mark on her stomach.
"Don't worry, little Cynthia. You're fine! Go back to looking for your friends, and just leave everything to me! And remember: In justice with trust!" Bright exclaimed with the upmost enthusiasm, but his catchphrase only managed to make both females sigh heavily. For Layanna, it was an incredibly old saying, and it already got really old for Cynthia even though that was her first time hearing it.
"Right…thanks…" Cynthia nodded, and proceeded to run off.
"Ah, kids…so bright and full of energy. The future of justice is looking shiny!" Bright grinned, comical tears exiting his eyes in an overdramatic fashion.
"Cry me a river…" Layanna sighed, and before she knew it, Bright was literally crying a river of comical tears, because it began to sweep her away. "I didn't mean it literally…!"
Soon, the tears stopped and Bright cleaned his eyes out with a tissue. "Ah…I'm sorry! The thought of justice just makes me tear up! Siegrain-senpai and the other captains have done an amazing job upholding the peace!" Bright then went to poking his fingers sheepishly, mumbling something to himself. "But whose justice is more just…?"
"…?" Layanna raised a brow; that was the first time she'd seen Bright act this way. But, she decided to drop the subject and just leave Bright alone. "Right…Well, I'm off to release my pent up anger on someone else because a certain guard couldn't do his job correctly…" Layanna then began to walk off, only for Kairi in her Lucifer form to crash through the wall, heaving heavily from who knows what. "….Lucifer."
"DESTROYING COUNCIL PROPERTY!?" Bright glared towards Lucifer. "THAT IS NOT JUST!"
"…Ugh." Layanna pinched the bridge of her nose. She was done. Just done. She noticed the blood on Kairi's hands, raising a brow. "It appears someone has taken a life…how is that for justice, Bright?"
"…." Bright's eye twitched. "I'LL MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM PROPER JUSTICE!" Bright was infuriated now. He lunged forward in a rage, swinging at Lucifer. "RESIST AND I'LL MAKE THIS WORSE FOR YOU!"
Even though Kairi wasn't in the right state of mind, even she was done with Bright already. She reared her fist back and slammed it into the incoming Bright's face, the impact sending him rocketing down the hallway and out of mind. "…"
"I knew that would get rid of him…" Layanna couldn't help but smile now that the annoyance was gone, but her serious expression returned as she stared down Lucifer, pointing her blade at the out of control angel. "Ever since you took over that angel, I knew you'd have trouble controlling. I'm surprised you managed to hold on for so long, but your actions are inexcusable. I will detain you, and then find out the identity of whom you killed. Your punishment will be determined at a later date."
"JUSTIIIIIICE!" Bright exclaimed, running full speed once again towards Kairi.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me…" Layanna dropped her sword. Once again she just wanted to quit. Kairi repeated the same action as before, but this time with an uppercut. Bright flew through the ceiling and appeared as a twinkle in the dark sky. "…He better stay gone…"
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Brain could feel the seals on his body vanishing. Midnight's defeat, Cobra's defeat, and Racer's defeat all contributed to this. There was only one seal left on his face, which was that of Angel. He knew she was somewhere within the area; he could feel her. After that, his other side would be unleashed, and Zero would rain havoc down on the unsuspecting mages. "Perhaps I should go find Angel…that will be an excellent use of time…"
"That's right, find that traitorous angel and make her pay for her crimes against humanity!" Kolda exclaimed.
"Quiet." Brain hit the talking staff against the nearest wall.
"Ouch…!" Kolda grunted.
"There's someone!" Leon shouted, running down towards Brain with Aira and Juvia. "Eh..? Whose this?"
"That's Brain…" Aira explained. "He's the strongest member of the Oracion Seis, and he's also their leader…"
"I see someone's done their homework…" Brain said with a slight smirk. "As a treat, I'll be sure to teach you what happens to those who stand in my way."
"Juvia must find Gray-sama and the others. There is no time for this!" Juvia said with a glare towards Brain, sliding into a stance. She knew there was no way to get past Brain without a fight, but she wasn't exactly sure of how strong Brain was.
"That's quite alright…" Brain said while pointing the staff forward, gathering a mass of dark magic. "You'll all see each other in the afterlife." After that, Brain fired off a large Dark Rondo towards the trio.
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Erza, now in her Heart Kurz armor, slowly walked into Siegrain's office. She figured that the chairman of the council would be there trying to help the situation. She was wrong, but she kept her guard up. "Siegrain…where did he go…?" Erza mumbled to herself, keeping a blade at the ready. She took another step forward before her senses suddenly heighted. She swung her blade to the side, just parrying a slash with another blade. "You…"
Bryon flipped back, grinning as he held a sword towards Erza. "Titania, it's been too long! This'll be our third match! This time, you won't be getting away!"
"I don't have time to deal with you!" Erza groaned while sliding into an offensive stance.
"Make some time then, your friends can wait!" Byron replied with a widening grin. Suddenly, another pair footsteps was heard near the door. "Eh…?"
"My, my…looks like we're going to have a small party here…" Heartless said as she stepped into the room, now standing an equal distance away from Erza and Byron. A pink aura emitted from Heartless' body as she gave a grin to the two requip mages. "Mind if I join in the fun? It's been awhile since I've had the opportunity to cut loose…"