"Mii, what kind of game is this!?" Erza exclaimed while the grip on her sword hilt tightened. Once again, Mii was turning her back on them!?

"This isn't a game, Erza~" Mii cooed while her grip on Hisui tightened, just to ensure the princess wouldn't be able to escape. "I'll be taking this lovely princess to the city, since she does wish to talk with Dhegensea after all~"

This was seriously happening again, Mii was double crossing them and now Hisui was wrapped right in the middle. "You've got one chance, Mii…" Erza spoke as her voice began shaking in anger. She was just starting to see the good in Mii, too. "You're not a bad person…"

Mii shook her head, fighting the small frown that was attempting to pull at her lips. "I'm certainly not a good person, I live in the darkness And like I said before, I'm siding with the winning team."

Drake let out a laugh after Mii finished speaking, slapping his knee due to the hilarity of it all. "Ah, you humans sure are a riot! I hope you realize that we've been one step ahead of you this entire time!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Gray questioned shifting to his Ice Make position, keeping his eyes on Mii, Drake, and the small dragons beside them. "You can't know of our plan…that's impossible."

"Impossible he says!" Drake laughed once again. "You guys are slow with the uptake, aren't you? Must I spell it out for you slow humans?"

"Who told you to aim for the jungle?" Mii began to speak while frowning, mainly because Hisui was still struggling and didn't know when to quit. "That was Mii, yeah? Granted, the only thing I didn't account for when landing were those strange guys who attacked us, but everything seemed to work out anyway. I also contacted Dhegensea and told him about the little plan to blow up the island in a few hours~"

"W-What!?" Everyone exclaimed in shock.

"You told him about the plan…!?" Aira couldn't help but raise her voice; even she was appalled by Mii's actions. "How could you do that!?

"Oh, don't worry…" Mii said with a slight grin. "Everything plans to be off the island long before the cannon fires! Although, I can't say if the same can be said for you guys."

"We'll be finished with you before then…But right now, we're telling everyone about your traitorous acts, Mii!" Cana spoke while preparing to pull out the emergency contact card, only to find that it was missing. "W-What the…!?"

Mii held up the card between two fingers, a sly grin slowly appearing along her lips. "Oh, were you looking for this? I swiped it off you after coping a feel, the distraction seemed to work! Plus your boobs are big."

"No wonder I felt violated in more ways than one…" Cana brought her arms to her chest, blue lines wavering around her head.

"This situation isn't looking too good…" Kuro spoke while glancing to the others.

"It's not at all…" Gray admitted while sliding into his ice make position. "But it doesn't matter, because we're going to break through anyway."

"You really think so?!" Drake took a step forward, peering over the wall. "You're not the only one in a tight spot. As we speak, my experiments are likely running into your friends. Especially those camped over at the crash site!"

"I don't think you'll be doing much with this hostage situation!" Mii exclaimed. before giving Hisui a curious look. "You know, Your Highness…you're kinda light."

"R-release me…!" Hisui demanded. "Think about what you're doing…!"

"I've thought about it." Mii responded almost instantly, tone lowering. "But now, it's time for you to meet with Princess Ena, I'm sure she's missed you…" Before anything else could happen, several sharp black icicles shot out towards both groups, causing them to take evasive actions. "Oi, oi! What the hell!?"

"That ice…" Gray's eyes narrowed while looking at the trees. He saw Xen briefly before the white robed male vanished into the trees. "That's the bastard who attacked us! Tch, get back here!" With that Gray rashly began to chase down Xen by heading into the trees.

Seeing Gray leave so suddenly caused Cana to turn. Too much was happening and they needed to stick together. "G-Gray, wait…!" The brunette instinctively began chasing after Gray.

"The hell is that guy trying to pull…!?" Mii grunted.

"Gray-sama!" Juvia was just about to follow Gray along with Cana, for more reasons than one, but…

Even though things were heading in a strange direction, Erza saw the opening to attack and didn't wish to waste it. "Now!"

"Oh no you don't!" Drake exclaimed while stomping on the wall, causing the ground underneath Erza, Aira, Blues, Kuro, Juvia, and Meredy to cave in on itself; all of them fell while letting out a scream. "You can't keep Princess Ena waiting, after all!"

Hisui continued to struggle in Mii's grip, eyes widening upon spotting the others fall into the ground. "N-No! Let me…go!" Suddenly, Hisui just brought her shoe harshly on Mii's boot.

"…!" Mii was more surprised by Hisui's violent action than anything else. So surprised she seemed to have a delayed reaction of some sort. "H-Hey…watch it…!" She shouted, releasing Hisui after her foot was stepped on and shoved her away.

"Oof…!" Hisui staggered back after being shoved away. She took a few steps back until she fell off the wall, landing on her back with a slight thud onto the ground.

"Oi, oi, don't let her get away!" Drake commanded one of the dragon soldiers by his side. One nodded and leapt onto the ground in front of the terrified Hisui. "Don't you wanna speak to the King? We'll take you right to him, I proooomise!" The grin on Drake's face heavily implied there were other plans for the Jade Princess.

Hisui crawled backwards, eyes wide in fear due to the situation she was in. "A-Ah…" She shook her head, steeling herself to defy Drake and his demands. "No. I will not follow you. I will see Dhegensea when I get there, not when one of his…underlings takes me there. There's no guarantee I'd even make it there in one place…"

"Oooh, the underling card!" Mii clapped, giggling at Hisui's choice of words. "Are you gonna take that, Drake?!"

Drake grit his teeth in annoyance at Hisui's words, they rubbed him the wrong way. Did this human really think she had the right to speak to him like that!? "Are you…disrespecting me…I'll show you , little girl…what happens when you disrespect Drake! The Dragon Master!"

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Wendy was busy comforting Cynthia when her ears perked. "Huh…?"

"I heard it too…" Cynthia struggled to speak, but Wendy shushed her to conserve strength.

"What's wrong?" Carla asked while glancing between the two of them.

"…I think we're surrounded…" Wendy spoke aloud to the others, causing them to turn.

"Surrounded…?" Diamond placed her hands on her hips while looking around. "But…I don't see anything…or hear anything."

"They're using the trees as cover…" Wendy continued while looking around. "I can hear their footsteps…the way they block the wind…they're just waiting for a time to strike…and we can't leave because Cynthia can't move too much…"

"I can move just fine…!" Cynthia protested. She was about to stand up but Wendy wasn't having it.

"She's not wrong…" Ace said while using his Acid Ace armor scanner to give the place a scan. "So many dragons lurking around, it's almost a little unnerving."

"There he goes, trying to play it cool…" Tia shook her head, though she secretly admired Ace for it. It's not like she cared about him too much or anything. "But how are we going to flush them out? If they're waiting that means there's a plan in motion that would put us at a disadvantage…"

Jack grinned as a golden light wrapped around his body. The young Dealer wizard entered his Corvus armor, holding a Wicked Flame within one open palm. "Just follow my lead, Sis. I got this one. Wicked…Blaze!" Jack threw the purple flame into the forest, causing an explosion that set the other trees ablaze. This was enough to flush out the 10 dragon soldiers hiding in the forest. "Found ya!"

"Jack!?" Spark's eyes widened. "Why are you starting a forest fire!?

"You can't just cause a forest fire!?" Tia's jaw dropped at Jack's idea; immediately, she brought out her scepter and unleashed a beam of water to douse the trees. "We had this talk, remember!"

"Well it looked like his plan worked!" Strong grinned while summoning forth his signature club. "Flushed 'em out real good!"

"Not bad, Jack…" Heartless remarked while drawing forth her deck of cards. "Now we have less to worry about. Though we're two dragon slayers short, I do believe we're more than capable of handling this task on our own."

"Of course…" Spade said with red and blue electricity dancing around his palms.

"I can still…" Cynthia was still trying, but Wendy really was not letting her move.

"You're burning up…you can hardly speak, and I know breathing is hard for you right now…" Wendy said while keeping her eyes on Cynthia. "I'm not leaving your side…and I'm not letting you do something risky again until you're better."

Tia waved her scepter around, shaking her head as she did so. "You two are crazy…you guys just sit back and relax. Dealer can finally start to repay the favor we owe you from a few months ago. So trust us."

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Kagura was acting as leader for one of the search and rescue team. Because of this, she took the lead for the others. Her arms were crossed and she was practically silent the entire trip through, causing everyone to feel a little on edge. Kagura turned over her shoulder to look at the others, raising a brow curiously. "What?"

"N-Nothing…!" Lucy waved her hands frantically, sweating a little bit since she was giving Kagura a strange look. "D-Don't turn me into sushi…"

"Kagura-sama isn't THAT intimidating, Lucy-sama…!" Yukino tried to ease Lucy's worries, yet she caught the cold glare from the Mermaid Ace, causing her to shiver. "W-Well…"

"Instead of focusing on how scary Kagura can be…" Selene began while cutting her eyes towards the two celestial mages. "We should be looking for our lost guild members. I can't smell anything…" The diamond slayer seemed relatively irritated by the fact her nose was little to no use. "I can hear whatever animals lingering around rustling in the bushes, too..."

Draco chuckled, brushing a hand through his white hair. "Don't worry, Selene. They're tough, they'll be fine."

"Luke-san is tough! So are Takeru and Leon," Sting said while patting Selene on the shoulder in a supportive motion. Though he just received a glare from Selene, she didn't like being touched. "E-Eheh…"

"Fro thinks so too…!" The adorable exceed just had to get that line in there.

"I agree…" Rogue merely nodded along with Lector.

"Frosch is never wrong." Kagura stated firmly. Rogue did agree with this, but the way Kagura said it made him quirk a brow.

"I wish Sorano would've come with us…" Yukino muttered, head hanging low. She never truly got to converse with Angel despite the fact they've seen each other on more than one occasion. "Is she avoiding me…?"

Lucy shook her head, patting Yukino's shoulder. "No, I don't think she is…well…maybe she's just not ready to confront you yet…?"

"Everyone's all over the place…" Raven sighed while bringing his arms behind his back. "I wish Jura was able to make it…but he said he wanted to do something at the port…" He then turned to Chelia, who had a serious expression on her face. "Yo, Chelia…you feeling all right?"

"Something isn't right…" Chelia replied while turning to Raven. "The wind took a slight shift…but I can't tell what it means. It's nothing good, though…" After she spoke, the small group ended up within a large clearing. Or rather…a clearing with debris spread all around, likely from the remains of a large building.

"Whoa, what happened here…!?" Sting was the first to say something, immediately going off to look at the debris. "Looks like there was a fight…"

"Not just any fight…" Rogue continued Sting's statement. "Something hectic happened around here…we must be out of the jungle and getting closer to the city. Perhaps one of the missing people came by this way…?"

Kagura then turned to Selene, who looked like she was focusing hard on the scent in the area. "What do you smell?"

"It smells familiar…but there are too many elements floating around for me to get a precise lock on who it is, or where they went." Selene responded with a slight huff. "All of these dragons are really messing up my nose…I can't focus on anything."

Kagura gave an understand nod. "I see…" She then placed her hand on the hilt of her blade, turning back towards the trees. "I know you're there. Stop hiding." Her words caused everyone to turn to the trees.

"Man…" Wes sighed, hopping out of the trees with his hands up.

"It's another guy in a white robe!" Sting pointed out. "He's not on our side."

Immediately, Kagura had the gravity around Wes increase tenfold, causing him to fall to his hands and knees. "Alright, tell us who you are and what your goal is. Otherwise I don't foresee this ending well for you."

"W-Whoa…whoa…!" Wes coughed, keeping his head low to the ground. "O-Okay…okay…listen, listen! I'm not here for you guys!" His head then lifted up, a wide grin plastered on his lips. "I'm here to look at her!" Before anyone could voice a single sound, Wes struck. He managed to snap his fingers, causing spheres of water to appear around Kagura, Draco, Selene, Yukino, Raven, Chelia, Sting, Rogue, Lector, and Frosch. The effects of the water nearly rendered them unconscious, and those who weren't could only watch what was occurring now. Lucy was the only one left untouched.

"G-Guys!?" Lucy looked around at everyone trapped before turning back to Wes. "W-What the…!? Who are you!? What are you trying to do!? Let my friends go!"

Wes put up one hand, using the other to dig into his robe pocket. "Hold on…hold on…" He pulled out a small, strange looking whistle. "Just let me try this, okay? Thanks." He then blew on the whistle, but no noise came out. Was it busted?

Lucy kept her guard up while giving Wes a strange look. "What are you…" She started to question, but once Wes blew on the whistle her eyes widened. The celestial mage put her hands to her ears to block out the noise which started affecting her in a strange, yet painful way. To Lucy, a strong white noise reverberated through her mind, and she heard screeching as well. "Ahhh! S-Stop that! K-Knock it off! What is that…!?"

Wes blinked at Lucy's reaction, putting the whistle away. "Huh…Xen said this would only work if Laura was right…so that means…you ARE a product of that traitor!"

"H-huh…?" Lucy slowly uncovered her ears, only becoming more and more confused by Wes' words. "Traitor? What are you talking about? I…"

Wes shook his head. "No, that's quite enough from YOU. I don't expect you to understand anyway…but if you do…you'd find it best to come along with me."

Lucy placed her hand on her key pouch, giving Wes that defiant glare. "Like hell! You talk a lot…but I don't think you can really fight, can you?"

"Whoa!" Wes cringed from the accusation. "That kind hurt…" He turned around for a second, pulling out the slip of paper given to him earlier. "If the subject does not respond…use force. Right…they really did pick the wrong dude for this one…" Slipping the paper back into his robe, he turned back to Lucy with a wide grin on his lips. "You can call me Wes, one of Pergrande's 13 Commandants! Just under the 4 Generals." Holding his hand up, water began to form above his palm before taking form as a blue guitar, which he began strumming gently once it was in his possession. "I've been ordered to hunt down the product of the traitor and take it in! You are a product of Project Lambda! So therefore…Lucy Heartfilia of Fairy Tail, you're under arrest!"

The last few words were really the only things Lucy needed to hear to confirm Wes as an enemy. Sliding into a battle ready stance, the celestial wizard pulled two keys out while glaring at the male before her. If he wanted a fight, he'd get just that. Her friends were in danger, so she had to rescue them! "Too bad I'm not letting you take me in!"

"That's what I like to hear!" Wes exclaimed while strumming his guitar. "Now then, let's just see…how well you can dance!"

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Next Time: Aquatic Symphony.