So far, White Eclipse was one of the guild's that was probably the least concerns with the happenings around Magnolia. Considering their mountain position, they also had nothing to worry about. "Yeesh…one thing after another in this country." Cygnus grunted while reading the newspaper. "People just can't stop dying after we fix something…"

"Not like it's our problem." Reve said while waving his hand nonchalantly. "As long as nothing happens up here there's not a thing to worry about."

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Luke nodded in agreement. He did start to rub his head while staring up at the ceiling. "I've been feeling a little weird the last few days though…it's probably nothing, though…"

Roxanne pursed her lips as Luke spoke. Oddly enough, she felt the same way. Something in her head was bothering her over the course of the last few days, but she could not for the life of her determine what it was. "Same…it's pissing me off." The woman let out an aggravated sigh.

"You two might need some medicine." Aira pointed out while raising her index finger. "Actually, now that I think about it…it's shot day!" With that, Aira pulled out a gigantic needle, the tip oozing with fluids.

"…I'm good." Luke said with a sweat drop. "I'm actually feeling a lot better…!"

"Don't be a pansy." Roxanne pushed Luke forward right into the needle. With a grin, Aira pressed the needle down into Luke's arm and his face went pale!

"He took one for the team…" Cygnus said while sneaking off with a few others. No matter what day it was, Shot Day was always the one most feared by anyone in White Eclipse. Cygnus then glanced over at Rugal. There was still some underlying tension with his presence, but Cygnus decided to involve him anyway. "What do you think?"

"Me?" Rugal wasn't expecting to be called upon. But he wasn't going to waste this opportunity either. "If you are referring to the mysterious string of deaths, I believe it is a malicious force at play. Although I can't say if it is a Tartarus survivor or not..." While it was just another day at the guild, soon enough they would find that even they weren't exempt from the chaos that was about to come…

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Over the last few days, the background noise at Fukomakura was just Juvia screaming from down below in the torture chamber. Ophelia had been administering some medical attention to Juvia, to heal her injured body, only so she could start all over again with new methods. Those around quickly grew accustomed to the noise because it wasn't the worst thing in the world they'd heard. With someone like Desdemona leading them, Juvia's cries of pain was like soothing music compared to the screams of anguish Des could pull out from the depths of a person's throat…if she let them scream that is. There was one person who was upset with the current turn of events. "GAH!" Kize shouted out in annoyance as Ophelia went town on Juvia. "Why does that annoying shit stain get to have all the fun!? I've been more loyal to My Lady's demands than her! It's not fair!"

"…Don't shout, Kize." Orsino exhaled a puff of smoke from the cigar. "If anyone were to get anything aside from Ophelia, it would be me. The Madam holds me in higher regard than she does you."

Kize was already up in Orsino's face with a scowl. "You wanna BET?! BET. I WIN!" Without warning, the sensory mage viciously swung his head down towards Orsino's skull…only to phase right through the male and shattered part of the floor. "SHIT! That hurt, but it felt GREAT!" He said as blood dripped from his forehead. "AHHH!"

"…Mindless savage." Orsino merely shook his head. Before the two could continue any further with their bickering, Desdemona made herself present before the two of them. Orsino took a bow while Kize dropped to all fours; basking in the radiance of the woman he called his queen.

"MY LADY." Kize shouted needlessly at the top of his lungs. To others it was extremely irritating, but to him it was his way of showing his undying affection and loyalty to Desdemona, and she knew there was plenty to go around concerning him.

"Greetings, Kize, Orsino. I was going to have Ophelia continue her little reign of terror across the country…however it seems she's become too preoccupied and has reverted back to her ways of ignoring me." Desdemona was referring to Ophelia holding up in the torture chamber with Juvia. "I'll let her have her fun with that toy until she breaks it. In the meantime, I would like you to carry on where she left off, Kize."

Kize's ears BURNED as Desdemona called his name. Her acknowledgement alone was enough for him to survive. The man's head immediately lifted up and he stared at his queen with widened eyes. "Yes? What is it you need done!? I'll do anything! Chop off anyone's head and bring it back to you on a silver platter if you wish! Just ask!"

"I want to you move on from that Fairy Tail building and cause havoc elsewhere. Mermaid Heel…Quatro Cerberus, perhaps? I don't really care for where you go; I just want you to do what you do best, Kize. Cause pain to anyone and everyone around you."

"It's almost as though you're speaking my life purpose. Don't worry….they'll all fear me." Kize stood up, giving Desdemona a firm nod before disappearing! Not literally…he just ran so fast there was only a cloud of dust in his shape remained.

"That should provide a stint of entertainment." Desdemona merely offered smile as Kize left. All that mattered was that Kize did everything he needed to do. All of this was for her amusement.

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Mii pushed the doors open to Fairy Tail with a wide smile. "Goooood morning crew! Who's ready for another exciting day!" Lucy followed in after Mii and both noticed how dull the guild's atmosphere was. Fullbright was looking a little sheepish while speaking with Makarov. "Yeesh…what's going on here? I thought I was supposed to be the depressed one around here..?"

Lucy then jabbed Mii in the stomach with her elbow. Even though Mii probably couldn't feel it since she didn't feel pain. "Hush. What's going on…?"

"Mii-chan! Lucy-chan!" And there was Zelos, outta nowhere, slinging his arms around both female's shoulders. They both shuddered and nearly melted away from his grasp instantaneously. "Good morning, my lovely angels!" He then started to walk them forward so they could listen in on the conversation. "The guild could use your smiles to brighten things up; it's not looking so good for all the smiles of the other girls in here."

Natsu grumbled as Zelos took Lucy and Mii. Even now, he still couldn't bring himself to like the male for some reason. "That guy just pisses me off for some reason…"

"Agreed…." Laxus huffed. But then his attention went to Fullbright. "Okay, Councilman. What's going on here? Why do you look like you stole the last cookie from the jar and didn't tell anyone?" Really, Fullbright's expression looked just like that.

"I-I would never do such an unjust action!" Fullbright said while clenching his hand into a fist. "I would never take the last cookie!"

"Hurry up!" Cana slurred. Yes, she was already drunk in the morning. What else was new?

"Tell them…" Makarov sighed.

"R-Right." Fullbright nodded before turning to the guild. "Ahem…It is my regret to inform you…that from the orders of a higher up, I will have to suspend the search for your Juvia Lockser."

"WHAT!?" The entire guild stared at Fullbright like he was the bad guy. He was only the messenger, yes, but this was important to everyone.

"What do you mean you have to suspend the search!?" Gray got up in Fullbright's face with a snarl. "You were the one who offered to help in the first place? Are you going back on your word!?"

"Gray, please calm down…" Mira spoke with a frown. "I understand your frustrations, but please…"

"The lady is right, Gray." Zelos said while shaking his head. "Granted, this occurred because of your inability to be Juvia-chan's gleaming knight…but that aside, it will do you no good to yell at the messenger now. He's a man with a job, a job he does quite well; a man who upholds an unyielding sense of justice no matter what the situation…that's a man to admire. And coming from someone from me, someone who doesn't affiliate with men…that's high praise."

"Now isn't the time to be stroking your own ego, Zelos…" Mira chided Zelos, whose attitude made things slightly sourer.

To that, Zelos grinned. "Oh, don't worry Mira-chan. There are more things than my ego that can be stroke…"

"SHUT UP!" Lucy and Mii swung their legs at Zelos' chest. The combination Lucy Kick and Mii's kick knocked the wind out of Zelos and sent him crashing into a table with swirls in his eyes. He was definitely dazed from two female's striking him like that. Mii and Lucy then gave each other a high five.

"Anyway…" Erza coughed. "Are you sure there's nothing you can do? Juvia has been missing for over a week now. We're all extremely worried and have no leads on where she is."

"I am truly sorry…" Fullbright was pouting. "But the problem is that there has only been one missing person's report. I'm needed elsewhere and we don't have the manpower to search for one person…if there were multiple people missing, then that would be a different story."

"It only makes sense…" Levy sighed. This was the outcome she was most afraid of, but she was internally prepared to accept it. "Thank you for your cooperation so far…it's been greatly appreciated."

"Of course!" Fullbright saluted. "If there is anything else that you need, feel free to ask me! For justice!"

"Tch…yer not much use outside of what we want…" Cana muttered.

"…I'm afraid I'm going to have to write you up for public intoxication…" Fullbright then glanced at Cana's outfit…or rather, her usual bra and pants wardrobe. "And public indecency…"

"YOU WANNA DO YOUR JOB NOW?!" Cana shouted.

"And with that, I believe it's time for me to depart!" Fullbright practically vanished with the speed he left with. He meant well…he was just kind of a pushover.

"So now we're back at square on…damn it." Gajeel grunted. "Where do we look now?"

"We just look all over…!" Cynthia piped up. "You guys never gave up on me, so we can't give up on Juvia. She's probably all alone and scared without us…I don't want her to feel that way." Cynthia would've kept speaking but her condition made her cough and stop. Wendy patted her back to help her.

"I agree with Cynthia!" Natsu nodded. "We still have to make that bastard pay for attacking Gray and Juvia!" A fist met with his palm and he grinned. "I say we take the fight to them!"

"Yeah, great idea." Mii said while waving her hand. "Do you know exactly where you're going? Hard to pick a fight with the enemy when you don't even know where they nap." Mii's logic did poke a hole in Natsu's plan…but then again his plan for everything was going to their stronghold and beating them up, so this was nothing new. "Although I can't imagine her still being alive at this point…"

"Don't say things like that." Erza shook her head. "We still have hope. And if they do end up bringing anymore harm to her…I'll write that they decided to mess with one of our own on their gravestone…"

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At Mermaid Heel, the ladies present were all tending to their own task in moving things over to a nearby warehouse. Kagura was busy moving a few boxes here and there, only to halt and put them down. With a disgruntled sigh, she placed a hand on her chest and winced slightly. "Ah…"

"Are you okay?" Melody popped up behind Kagura. "It's not that wound again is it? You almost died at the Isle; you really have to take it easy." The silver haired female chided the ace. Had it been anyone else Kagura probably would've put them down with gravity.

"I know." Kagura sighed. The wound Hubert inflicted on her at the Isle did not prevent her from fighting, but every so often she'd feel it act up again. It was more of an annoyance than anything else to the Mermaid and she'd never really let it stop her from doing anything. But her ladies would always remind her about it for her own good. "I'll be fine. More importantly, it's the rest of you that I'm worried about. I've heard from Erza that Juvia has gone missing during all of those attacks. So stay sharp."

"Pfft…" Melody waved her hand dismissively. Like I'd ever let something happen to my girls! Now let's finish moving this stuff.

"Right." Kagura nodded.

Meanwhile…Kize was peering down below from the warehouse roof. He counted the amount of females in the warehouse before summoning his staff. "Alright ladies…let's play my favorite game: the pain game!" Kize then slammed his staff into the ceiling and that caused a large explosion, nearly destroying the warehouse in its powerful wake. "ARE WE READY TO PLAY!? Because I SURE AM! Let me tell you about the pain game: I NEVER LOSE."

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Next Time: Bringing The Pain