Chapter 8: Facing the Element 4 and Take Down the Giant; Stand Up or Stand Down
Back at the Guild
In an instant Ultimate Chromastone had taken out the Jupiter Cannon and declared war on Jose. The evolved Crystalsapien remained where he was with his 6 gems flying over his head, waiting for his command. The others walked up to him
"That was so cool Ben!" Natsu shouted. "You stopped the cannon and took it out in one shot?!"
"I'll say, I thought you were going to be blown to pieces but you stopped it and the cannon was the one to get blown to pieces instead." Gray shouted.
"Yeah we'll I'm surprising that way." Ultimate Chromastone remarked.
"I didn't know you were a good shot?" Lucy questioned after seeing the accurate shot.
"I practiced with some magic rifles. Plus it didn't hurt that my target had a large opening." Ultimate Chromastone replied.
"That was…" Erza trailed off, still recovering from her shock, "…quite a transformation." She then looked away, as she shyly replied, "And thank you… for stepping in like that."
Ben smirked, as he replied, "No problem. I wasn't about to let you guys do that."
"Yeah…" Happy said, and then shouted, "But why didn't you tell us you had something like this?!"
Ultimate Chromastone shrugged and smiled. "Never really came up in a conversation."
"Well you've eliminated the Jupiter Cannon so now we should be alright for now." Lucy said in certainty.
"Thanks, so now the question is what will be our next move?" Ultimate Chromastone asked the others who got a stumbled expression except for Erza.
Suddenly, before anyone else could comment, the voice of Jose echoed out from a PA system at Phantom Headquarters.
"That was quite an impressive display of power, Take-Over magic," Jose praised. "I'll admit I'm somewhat impressed but despite that you still don't have Makarov on your side and none of you are a match for me."
The evolved Crystalsapien growled. He floated a little off the ground and pointed his finger at the part of the headquarters where he thought Jose was speaking from. "YEAH WELL, I'M STILL HERE AND I'M READY TO FIGHT!"
"Your words mean nothing, you may have destroyed my Jupiter Cannon but you will not be so lucky with what I have planned next. So I will give you this ultimatum Fairy Tail, surrender Lucy Heartfilia immediately or I'll have no choice but to kill you all."
'Is this guy really this dense?' Ben pondered. 'I just changed into an alien that deflected his attack back, destroyed the cannon with that said shot, and he still thinks we don't have a chance out of this? Talk about being full of himself.'
"That's not gonna happen!" A male voice yelled out causing Ben to turn and see who had spoken up.
He was a young Caucasian man of average height with long black hair that covered the right part of his face. His eyes were black as well, and the right one was always obscured by his hair. A man from the western country, the man's attire mirrored that of fictional cowboys, minus the signature hat. His outfit consisted of a long brown coat resembling a poncho with tasseled edges together with a shirt and torn pants with strips similar to the ones on his coat hanging from their edges - these being held up by a studded belt with a skull-shaped buckle. On his feet he wore simple shoes, or boots. He had a case on his right hip, attached to a belt, in which he usually kept one of his guns, consisting of a large leather belt, seemingly decorated by concentric circles in its widest part. His name was Alzack Connell, a Mage from the West who specialized in Gun Magic, much like his partner, and secret crush, Bisca.
"Like any Guild would hand over one of their own to a monster like you!" A feminine voice added.
She was a young Caucasian woman with long, straight green hair that reached down to her lower back, and a set of long bangs framing her face. She had brownish purple eyes, large breasts and was always seen wearing red lipstick. Her attire mirrored that of a fictional cowgirl, with a Western-style hat that was always visible on her head, a light, polka-dotted neck scarf, and a pair of reddish brown boots. Her body was covered by a short, strapless one-piece dress decorated by spiraling motifs with darker, striped edges. Her name is Bisca Mulan, a Westerner specializing in Sniper-Rifle Gun Magic.
"You hear that!?" Macao shouted. "Lucy's staying put!"
The other Fairy Tail mages spectating in the back agreed and began to rally.
"I won't ask again!" Jose said, his voice seething with rage.
Lucy stood still, her head hung low in a crestfallen matter. Everything that was happening was her fault. Even though she felt some confidence in her friends she was still feeling the guilt that everything was because her father wanted her back home for some reason. "Maybe I should just go with them? Give myself up to prevent them from going through any more trouble." She whimpered. She was about to step forward, preparing to hand herself over like that.
But that was stopped, as Ben shouted out, "IN A PIG'S EYE, YOU OLD PRUNE FOSSIL!"
Everyone blinked when Ben shouted that out, even Jose was fuming at this in the control room, as he shouted, "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, LEGION OF FAIRY TAIL?!"
"WHAT, ARE YOU DEAF AND STUPID!? I SAID IN A PIG'S EYE, YOU OLD PRUNE FOSSIL!" Ultimate Chromastone repeated for emphasis.
The other Guild members yelled in agreement. Lucy's head perked up in shock.
"You can stop asking now cause we're not gonna give you any other answer!" Natsu shouted in fury. "We're taking every one of you jerks down!"
"If you think we'll just hand her over like that, then you're in for a serious ass kicking!" Ben yelled.
All the Fairy Tail mages began to roar in agreement. Their answer was final. They would never hand over Lucy, and they certainly weren't going out without a fight. Meanwhile, Lucy sobbed and placed a hand over her mouth. Her heart was touched by her Guild sticking up for her, willing to give up their lives for her.
"IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING WORSE THAN JUPITER!" Jose bellowed through the speakers. "WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU, NOT EVEN RUBBLE OR YOUR BONES WILL BE LEFT. CONSIDER YOURSELVES SENTENCED TO EXECUTION!"
"No way!" Elfman gapped.
"What are we gonna do?" Cana asked.
"Are they gonna fire at us again with something else?" Loke stuttered.
"Seriously? They've got something worse than the cannon," Ultimate Chromastone asked. "What could be worse than the giant cannon?!"
Ben's words were soon taken out of his mouth, as he and the other Guild members of Fairy Tail took notice as Phantoms headquarters began to transform.
In the wreckage of the cannon room, smoke was hazing off the floors whilst piles of rubble laid scattered everywhere. Before anything could be done, however, they all took notice as the building shook violently. All of a sudden, Phantom's Headquarters began to break apart and reassemble. Without warning, the entire building began to shake violently. They stood in shock, as they saw the huge castle they were looking at break away and shifted into a new position.
"No way," Elfman breathed, "They're awakening the Giant."
"This is not good." Gray added uneasily.
Ben blinked and looked at the two confusingly. "Okay, let's pretend I have no idea what this Giant is."
"It's Phantom's ultimate weapon. They're transforming their headquarters into a giant warrior," Elfman responded.
The Omnitrix bearer's eyes widened. He had to admit, that was a pretty impressive weapon. "No way," Ben whispered. "That thing isn't just a mobile Guild? It's a freaking Transformer?" Nonetheless, he shook himself out of his musing and back to their current situation.
"Okay as cool as that sounds," Ultimate Chromastone confessed, "We have to stop it before it does… whatever the heck it's gonna do!"
"Who would do something like that?" Wakaba added. "They can't be that desperate to resort to that!"
The building turned to one of its sides, having it stand on the mechanical legs placed on that side, and then completely changing its layout, with several legs being detached from the body, a single, more massive pair remaining in the lower part, where the base stood; two more, large limbs sprouted on the top part, some mechanical parts appeared from the main body alongside several pipes, and a small, helmet-like head sprouted on the highest part. The result of such bizarre transformation was a gargantuan, humanoid mechanical being standing on two legs, possessing a pair of large arms, with its dark hands having just the thumbs and two more fingers, and bright "eyes" visible in the crack of its helmet. Smoke was produced profusely from the pipes on the upper part of its body, at its head's sides.
Without warning, hordes of black phantoms flew out from the building and swarmed toward Fairy Tail.
"You're in quite a quandary, aren't yah Fairy Tail?" the master of Phantom Lord mocked. "There are only two ways this situation can play out. My troops will tear you apart or you'll be destroyed by the might of the Guild of Phantom Lord! BEHOLD!"
"Or we can just beat your ass until you're black and blue in the face." Ultimate Chromastone retorted.
Instead of replying the giant began to raise its hands as it seemed to touch the air and a light appeared where its fingers ended. It began to slowly move its hands, beginning to create a magic circle that was clearly going to be huge.
"That's the magic circle for Abyss Break!" Mirajane said in recognition. "That's one of the forbidden spells."
"Would you look at the sheer size of it! If that thing goes off then it could wipe out the entire city!"
"But if he does that then he'll wipe out his own men." Macao said in seeing the flying beings floating right in front of the developing magic circle.
"Yeah, surely he's just bluffing." Wakaba sheepishly argued.
"No, he's gonna do it." Cana remarked, which made Macao and Wakaba's jaws drop. "Those Phantom soldiers are creations of Jose's Shade Magic. They're not human so it won't matter if they're destroyed."
Ultimate Chromastone levitated to Cana in intrigue. "Wait! So you're saying they're ghosts? We'll be fighting ghosts?"
His question went ignored as Cana said, "We gotta do something!"
"Kneel before me you brats!" Jose interrupted over the PA system. "Or you will fall victim to my wrath. Savor your last few moments because I will soon end your pathetic lives!"
Erza glared at the giant stone warrior. A moment later, the ring of phantom soldiers all changed course and turned their targets to the Fairy Tail mages.
As the black ghost-like beings swarmed toward Fairy Tail, everyone reacted and began to fight back. Macao used his purple fire magic to burn some of the phantom soldiers, Wakaba used his pipe to make multiple fists out of to try and knock them out, Cana used her cards as weapons where she threw them at her enemies while they were charged with magic, Alzack and Bisca were using their guns magic to shoot at any soldier that approached them while covering for the others, Erza changed into her Heavens Wheel Amor to use its multiple attacking range to her advantage as she brought out a dozen swords in the air and had them strike down a dozen soldiers, Ultimate Chromastone was using his 6 gems as wrecking balls to whack his enemies out of the air. Everyone else minus Lucy and Mirajane were chipping into the fight.
For a while it seemed they were winning as most of the Phantom Soldiers were incinerated but then they reappeared as they simple seemed to regenerate themselves.
"Oh come on! These things can regenerate?!" Ultimate Chromastone said in annoyance.
"We'll never win if we keep fighting like this." Erza said while she slashed another soldier to smoke while flying closer to Ben.
"Then what can we do?!" Gray questioned while he fired 3 ice spears that pierced 3 soldiers causing them to puff out before they regenerated.
Ben said nothing as he surveyed the battlefield. He watched the others fighting the Phantom Soldiers and managing to hold them back for now. He then turned to look at the giant who continued making the giant magic circle for whatever spell Mirajane had told him about which would destroy the entire town. He closed his eyes in thought trying to figure out what to do based on their available choices.
Makarov who was the only one that could defeat Jose was still out of commission. Jose and the Element Four, along with Gajeel were most likely inside and were all at full strength. If they kept wasting time with these flying soldiers then they would eventually be worn down and then destroyed by an all out attack from them.
Ben looked to see Erza, Natsu and Gray fighting fiercely. Suddenly a plan began to form in his mind on what their best course of action was.
"LISTEN UP GUYS! I HAVE A PLAN!" Ultimate Chromastone shouted while blasting a pair of Phantoms that tried to grab him.
Everyone turned to him at hearing him have a plan.
"We can't keep fighting these unending goons forever so here's the plan. This giant robot is slowly making that magic circle so we still have time to stop it. It must be using a power source from somewhere inside, so a team of us will have to go inside and destroy it." Ben said while flying over a Phantom Soldier who snuck up behind him before it got blasted by one of his gems.
Everyone blinked at Ben suddenly saying something like that, even Cana seemed to think it was impossible. "Take it down?" she asked credulously, and then smiled weakly as she stated, "Ben, I know you took down the cannon, but…"
Ben whipped around, a serious expression shown on his face, as he stated, "We just lost Makarov, Shadow Gear's in the hospital recovering right now, and they tore down the Guild. What's to stop them from taking down Magnolia next?" his fists tightened, as he went on, "And worse: they kidnapped one of our own, and threaten us to betray her just like that!" he looked at them, hardened right now, just as the Giant stood before them. "I don't know about you but I wanna go down fighting and dying on our feet, than live on our knees in shame in front of these bastards!"
"Yeah but how do we get there and who's going to go inside the giant?" Gray asked while freezing a whole group of soldiers solid.
"We'll have to play it smart. Jose and the Element Four plus Gajeel are likely inside so we'll need to take a special team inside to fight them. Erza, Gray and Natsu you guys are with me. We'll go inside through the hole I made when I blasted Jupiter."
Erza and the others smirked in determination and slight admiration in how Ben took command and came up with a counter attack plan.
"I'm coming too." Lucy said as she wanted to help after everything that's happened.
The evolved Chromastone however shook his head. "I'm sorry Lucy but I can't allow that, we need you to hide on this one."
Lucy became offended on that, as she shot back, "Are you saying I can't handle my own?" she said with clear hurt in her voice as even though she did feel nervous in fighting S-Class enemies like the Element Four and Jose she still wanted to help even just a tiny bit to make up for what was happening cause of her.
"No, it's not that." Ben stated, as he pointed out, "Aren't you missing your keys?"
Lucy's eyes widened in realization as she looked to her waist where her keys would usually be found… only to see they really weren't there, she paled and went wide eye as her jaw dropped in shock. Gray took notice of that too and pointed out, "He's right, you know. Celestial wizards without their keys are pretty much powerless."
"No it's not that," Lucy whined, as she fell to her knees, shaking with fear, "I lost Aquarius's key too. When she finds out about that she's going to..." she was unable to finish as her mind flashed to wait awaits her.
"YOU LOST MY KEY, YOU LITTLE BRAT! I'LL ANNIHILATE YOU!" Aquarius yelled out with her head looking gigantic before a tsunami emerged behind her and was heading for Lucy with the intention of swallowing her to the depths below.
Lucy whined in fear, as she gripped her head and cried out, "GAAAAH! She'll kill me for even losing her key, let alone if I used a toilet bowl to summon her!"
Ultimate Chromastone sweat dropped "Man, this Aquarius sounds picky and temperamental." He said while then thinking to himself 'Then again I would be angry too if I was called out of a toilet.'
"We need to get you somewhere safe Lucy. Phantom's goal is also to capture you. If they succeed then we'll have already lost one of our reasons for fighting them." Mirajane said urgently.
Lucy said nothing as she looked down to the ground, hiding her eyes from view. Everyone thought it was because she was feeling so useless right now but Ben figured that it was because she felt conflicted.
"Alright." Lucy said simply before raising her head again.
"Good. Mirajane take her to my place, that'll be the safest place you can be." Ultimate Chromastone requested which she nodded before taking Lucy's hand and leading her away from the fight.
"Hold on, you'll need this!" Ben said as Mirajane turned around just in time to see what looked like a card flying to her which she caught expertly. "That's a key card to allow you entry into my place without triggering my security system. Just show it to the panel on the front gate and you'll be given entry access."
Mirajane and especially Lucy nodded in gratitude after hearing that. She had already suffered from his security system once and she didn't want to do experience it ever again.
Once Mirajane and Lucy left, Ultimate Chromastone turned back to the team he selected. "Okay Gray, grab onto me and I'll take you aboard the Giant. Erza you can fly their on your own while Natsu goes with Happy." Ben said as they nodded before he called back his gems which reattached themselves to his back before Gray got on his back, Happy lifted Natsu and Erza took to the air.
"LET'S GO!" Ben said as they all flew towards the giant with their mission set.
Inside the Giant
Jupiter Cannon Charging Room
They had gotten through pretty quickly, avoiding any of the Shadow Phantoms that the others were still fighting outside. They flew in to where the Jupiter Cannon's remains hung out, like an opening from a stomach caused by a zombie attack. Once they flew in to the Jupiter's Charging Room, Ultimate Chromastone immediately heard the beeping from the Omnitrix, as it suddenly flashed red. Ultimate Chromastone gulped, "Oh boy."
In a green flash, Ben reappeared, while they were still in mid-air in the room, as he and Gray fell to the ground, and crashed. Natsu landed with Happy in mid-air, while Erza safely landed and re-equipped her default armor. The three looked to the two, flat on their backs, groaning, as she asked, "You two alright?"
Gray groaned, as he stood up, while Ben sat up, as he replied, "If okay means crashing into the ground and having both a sore back and bum, then yeah, we're okay."
Ben groaned, as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Sorry about that. Guess I spent too much time as Ultimate Chromastone." He sighed in relief, as he applied, "Though luckily, we landed on something soft and squishy. Weird though, it feels like a stinky rotting old pumpkin."
Happy chuckled as he pointed to what Ben crashed on, "I think that soft squishy thing was a person. Hehehe."
Ben blinked at that, as he looked down, and paled as he shot up in surprise. There, lying half-dead on the floor, was one of Phantom Lord's Element 4. He was a young man with long, two-toned hair of black and white that was tied up into a Japanese-style top knot on the back of his head, with the black portion overlaying the front and left side of his head, leaving the smaller white portion concentrated on the left, with the top knot also having the two separate colors correspondingly. On his face, he sported a simple marking consisting of three horizontal black bars passing across the ridge of his nose and both cheeks in a linear formation, with the one in the middle being the longest. He was garbed in a ninja-like attire consisting of a long, orange reddish gi-like cloth, held closed by a black belt, with prominent reddish fur around the collar, and with the sides being made of thick fishnet, with other, looser fishnet appearing on his forearms, with his robe's sleeves being rolled up. His attire was completed by a simple shirt appearing from under his gi, and a pair of loose black pants tucked inside simple black boots. He also appeared to carry around a simple katana strapped to his left hip. He was Totomaru, the Fire Wielder of the Element 4, and a rather comedic fellow… considering while he was unconscious, his eyes were swirling all around.
Happy floated down, as Natsu slid down as well, as he poked at Totomaru's face with a metal pipe, "Man, he's still alive. Either the cannon blowing up knocked him out, or the two of you must've flattened him with your double Butt Barrage attack."
"I think it's safe to say that it was the explosion of the Jupiter Cannon that knocked him out cold. By the way leave my butt out of this!" Ben shot back.
"Aye, sir" Happy smirked.
But then Ben asked, as he looked at the guy, "So who's the Ninja wannabe?"
"That's Totomaru," Erza answered, as she looked down at the unconscious mage. "He's a Fire Mage, and one of the Element 4."
The others blinked, as they looked down at the downed Totomaru, as Natsu stood up, and looked at the downed Phantom Mage rather pathetically, as Natsu continued to poke the unconscious Totomaru, as he asked, "So this guy's one of those whatcha'ma call it five guys, right?"
"Geez Natsu!" Happy reprimanded. "They're called the Element 4. How could you not even get the number part right?"
Natsu chuckled, as he shot up, "Man, this guy's pretty pathetic! If he's anything like the others, we've got nothing to worry about then."
"Don't think they'll be easy to beat." Erza stated.
Natsu shot a look at her, as he roared, "WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?"
"She's right," Ben told them, as he explained. "I think one of the Element 4 defeated Gramps. The big guy with the major crying issues and covered in baggy clothes. A Whack-A-Mole Frenchman nearly buried me in Earth, and the other one a Rain Witch caught Lucy with no problems. We can't underestimate the remaining three just because we got lucky with one of them having been knocked out from my actions in destroying Jupiter."
"So, what's the plan?" Gray asked.
"The plans still the same but now it's in better odds for us. There are just 3 members of the Element 4 left plus Gajeel and Jose. So the four of us will split up to look for this Giants power source and destroy it while also searching for the remaining members of the Element Four and Gajeel and take them down. The point of this is to defeat Jose's best fighters and make sure he'll be forced to fight us alone. After all there's no way we could fight Jose, Gajeel and the other 3 Element 4 members together and hope to win. So we'll divide and conquer to ensure our victory" Ben went over the plan, as he pulled a white and green disc from behind his jacket. "If we fail to find the power source but still manage to defeat Gajeel and the 3 remaining Element 4 members then we'll meet up together to find Jose and make him turn off the Giant, as a team."
"And if he doesn't listen to reason…" Natsu smirked, as he smashed his flaming fists together, and roared, "… WE'LL MAKE HIM STOP IT BY FORCE!"
The others sweat dropped at Natsu's enthusiasm, as Happy smirked, "Man, Natsu's fired up for real this time!"
"When is he never?" Ben asked, as he threw the disc to the floor, and it immediately opened up to become his hoverboard. He hopped on it, as he sped down one of the hallways, "Okay so you all understand your objectives so let's get to work."
The other 3 nodded in understanding.
"Good then let's hope this part of the plan will work. I'm going to try and find that Whack a Mole Freak named Sol to settle our last fight. Erza see if you can find that wind wizard who took Makarov out, if anyone deserves to avenge him, it's you." Ben stated which got a smirk from Erza in delight at who she was told to go after.
"It'll be my pleasure to avenge the Master and show him how a real wizard of Fairy Tail fights." She said with her fist pumped on her chest.
"Good." Ben said before turning to Natsu and Gray. "As for you two, you can decide to go after either Gajeel or the girl who captured Lucy." He said with clear indication he was letting them decide.
"I'll go after Gajeel." Gray said as he wanted to get payback for the guild and Levy.
Before Ben agreed to it, Natsu roared out, "HEY, GAJEEL'S MINE! I CAN TAKE THAT SCHMUCK DRAGON SLAYER DOWN EASY!"
Ben sighed at the start of their squabble, maybe he shouldn't have let them decide. "ENOUGH!" he shouted getting the two to stop and look back at him. "Just go in a direction you chose. Besides there's no guarantee we'll run into the opponents we want so let's just get moving, but if anyone runs into Jose then make sure you call for help and run away since we can't fight him alone."
Once all that was said and done, they all sped down a different hallway, as they made their way to find the Element 4, and possibly Jose.
Meanwhile
Outside
Back in the courtyard, the Fairy Tail wizards continued their onslaught against the phantom soldiers. They were easy to destroy; however, if they touched you for even an instant, they could weaken your life force.
Though a big number were taken out of the fight due to a phantom touching them, there was still a good fraction left standing. However, if Cana hadn't been there leading them, things would've been a lot tougher.
"This isn't looking good." Loke noted.
"You think they're alright in there?!" Wakaba shouted.
"They just got in there! Don't write them out yet," Cana shouted, as she fired a barrage of cards at another batch of Phantom Soldiers. "We just need to hold out until they're done! KEEP FIGHTING!"
Wakaba smirked at Cana's rage and bravery, "Man, Ben must've gotten her riled up pretty good to get her going like this."
Cana dodged an attack, as she winked, "If you think I'm riled up, wait till you see what I plan to give Ben as a 'reward' if he manages to stop the giant and Jose."
'C'mon kids,' Macao thought, 'Don't let us down.'
Back Inside the Giant
"OH NO!" Happy cried. "We're dead meat! We're lost!"
Natsu growled, the anger within him coursing to the boiling level. He let out a yell as the fire in his hands grew bigger and more intense. "DANG IT! HOW THE HELL DID WE GET LOST SO EASILY!?"
Happy harped, "It's because you were running around at full speed. You didn't even look to see where we were going."
Natsu blinked around, and noticed where they were. It was a large hallway, very spacious, and had greek pillars lining up all over the place. In truth, it gave Natsu the creeps, as he shivered, "Yeesh! Talk about major creep-ville. Let's get out of here, Happy. This place makes my flesh crawl."
"Aye, sir," Happy saluted.
But at that moment, a pillar of earth shot out below, slugging Natsu in the gut. The pink haired Dragon Slayer released a gasp from shock and from the pain, bending over as the force registered with his body. Another pillar flew out of the ground, but this one nailed him in the chin, causing his lower jaw to connect with the upper one with a resounding 'clack'. Natsu's head snapped backwards and blood and spittle blew from his burst lip and mouth respectively. Natsu stumbled backwards clutching his pain filled jaw. His ears then twitched as he picked up on the sound of the earth rumbling once more.
He leaped to the left and avoided the earth pillar that sprung up beneath his feet before going into a series of backhand springs to avoid the subsequent ones. Natsu then pushed off with a great amount of force and dug his fist into the side of one of the greek styled pillars that filled the chamber that was to become his battlefield.
His eyes then narrowed as he watched a portion of the ground beneath him seem liquefy. With an amusing 'pop' sound, the green haired Earth Magic user that was Monsieur Sol appeared, bending his body from side to side like the weird looking bean sprout he was.
"Non Non Non, what do we have here?" Sol questioned as he continued to bend his body unnaturally. Happy's eyes widened as he pointed a paw at the green haired man.
"That guy came out of the ground!" Happy exclaimed. Monsieur Sol adjusted his monocle and clapped mockingly for the winged cat.
"Bravo mon ami for stating the obvious. Your insight is surely to rival the greatest of detectives." Sol said with his voice heavily laced in sarcasm. Happy however, despite being a rather bright cat, was also exceedingly stupid when it came to receiving praise...and topics concerning fish, but in this case it's about the praise giving.
Happy gained a blush on his face while grinning toothily. "Aye sir! Thank you! See, Natsu; I am smart!"
There was a period of silence as Natsu and Sol looked at Happy who still on a euphoric high from being praised. Sol then turned to Natsu.
"Monsieur cat is aware of le sarcasm, non?" He asked.
"Obviously not." Natsu replied with a deadpanned look on his face. "But now's not the time for talk!" Natsu hopped down from his pillar and landed on the ground before igniting his magic. His fists blazed with magic fueled flames before crashing them together in a brilliant display of power. "It's time for me to kick your ass!"
"Non Non Non!" Monsieur Sol replied. "La bataille against le Salamander of Fairy Tail is sure to be much more exciting that the fight against mon petite rat. How does the saying go." Sol bent his body from side to side with a thoughtful look on his face, only for it to instantly become one of realization. "Ah, yes, I believe the words are...come at me, bro."
Sol made a taunting 'come hither' motion with his hand and grinned as he saw Natsu fell for the taunt. Natsu rushed towards Sol and leaped into the air while rearing back his fist.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
"Earth Magic: Earth Flow Spear!"
Natsu's fist was launched forth while a magic seal appeared on the ground in front of Sol. A massive earthen spear was ejected from the magic seal and made impact with Natsu's fiery fist. However, as Natsu was holding himself off from being impaled, another magic seal formed behind him and Natsu glanced behind him in shock as another earth spear launched towards his unprotected back.
"NATSU!" Happy dove down from above and latched onto his best friend. Happy immediately flapped his wings to give him the needed lift, soaring up just in time for the second earth spear to crash into its predecessor, both earth spears shattering each other's tips.
"First the Take Over rat, and now a flying rat." Monsieur Sol growled out with annoyance. "Fairy Tail is just infested with you vermin, aren't you?" Monsieur Sol generated his magic energy and slammed his hands down on the ground.
"Earth Magic: Roche Concerto!" A twister of rock formed out of the magic seal as it burst to life, swirling towards Happy and his Dragon Slayer passenger. Happy quickly barrel rolled to avoid the first attack before diving low to avoid the second. A third wave of earth tore apart the ground beneath in a seemingly ironic manner, leaving a trench behind to mark it path. However, Happy shot skyward and converted his momentum in a manner that allowed him to perform a loop-de-loop as a massive earth fist rocketed towards the dynamic duo.
Sol gritted his teeth as he continued to try and hit the blue furred cat. "That annoying pest. It seems as if he's a key player to allow the Salamander to avoid my attacks." Sol adjusted his monocle as a wicked grin grew on his face. "Time to exterminate a rat."
"Earth Magic: Roche Concerto!"
"Happy you are positively badass!" Natsu cheered for his best friend's aerial acrobatics. "Way to avoid those rocks!"
"AYE SIR!" Happy responded with a concentrated look on his face as he rotated around the second earth fist. "Natsu, I'm going to throw you! The velocity I generate from throwing you should increase the intensity of your flames when I do so!"
There was a short period of silence as Natsu processed the information. The gears turned readily in Natsu's skull.
"Huh?" He replied intelligently.
"I throw you, you cover yourself in fire and hit him in the face." Happy deadpanned. The gears clicked and Natsu grinned before slamming his right fist against his left palm.
"Throw me, Happy! I'm gonna tear that fuck mothering weirdo a new one!"
"AYE SIR!" The blue furred Exceed quickly dove towards Sol, avoiding the earthen projectiles as he did so, before swinging his arms back and letting Natsu fly. Natsu quickly engulfed his body in flames, giving himself an even greater amount of thrust.
"FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN!" Natsu roared as he rocketed towards Sol. Sol quickly waved his arms in the air and sent forth two massive boulders from the ground. However, Natsu speared through them like a hot knife through butter only for a massive rumbling to occur beneath Sol's feet and as he slammed his hands on the ground.
"Earth Magic: Earth Dragon Bullet!" A massive earth dragon erupted from the ground and shot towards the Dragon Slayer with a deafening roar. It opened its maw and its glowing yellow eyes seemed to gain a brighter shine before it clamped down on Natsu's form, eating him whole. The dragon growled in satisfaction, but the glowing yellow eyes widened in shock as its body soon began to bulge, veins of fire spreading across its body before it exploded into pieces.
"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" Natsu roared and the massive torrent of magic energy and flame tore through the earth towards Sol's location and caused a massive explosion, kicking up tile, dirt and rock. The shockwave resulted in a few of the nearby support pillars to crack, and when the winds died down and the dust cleared, it was shown that a massive crater lay where Sol's form had once been.
"Ha, gotcha!" Natsu smirked as he landed on the ground. However, his ears twitched and his dark eyes widened when he heard the sound of laughter. He spun around, his head moving so quickly he could have gotten whiplash, but even if he had felt it, it would have been ignored for the fear and anger in his heart as he saw Sol protruding from a support column with his thin fingers wrapped tightly around Happy's throat.
"Non Non Non, monsieur Salamander...it is not you who has moi, but it is moi who has your little flying rat." Sol chuckled before applying a bit more pressure. Though the act of Happy's eyes bugging out of his skull was humourous, the fact that he was beginning to turn a darker shade of blue due to a lack of oxygen, was not.
"Oi, bastard, let go of Happy! He has nothing to do with this fight!" Natsu snarled. The green haired mage of Phantom Lord gained a glint of maliciousness in his beady eyes.
"Oh very well, here you go!" Sol slammed Happy against the pillar with great force, earning a yelp of pain from the winged cat. Natsu's eyes widened and he quickly shot off towards the enemy mage and his best friend as Sol threw Happy towards the ground. Time seemed to slow down for Natsu as he raced towards Happy as fast as his legs would carry him, but just as he was about to be within arm's reach of the young cat, Happy's body froze from the impact when an earth pillar was erected beneath him.
Happy's eyes widened from the shock and pain, blood and spit flying from his lips. Sol chuckled darkly and snapped his fingers and the circular area of the cylindrical object morphed to become a giant hand that wrapped itself tightly around Happy. Happy was then raised high into the air before being slammed against a nearby pillar.
Sol's chuckles became louder as he snapped his fingers again. The earthen arm swung Happy into the ceiling this time. Sol was now laughing maniacally while bending his body from side to side as he made his final snap. Happy was slammed harshly into the ground, the palm of the earth hand driving him hard enough to produce an imprint.
The earthen arm then vanished in a burst of magic to reveal a battered and bruised Happy. All was silent for Natsu Dragneel as he looked at the still form of his best friend and partner. He quickly ran towards Happy and knelt down, picking him up. His ears twitched and he released an internal sigh of relief when his enhanced senses picked up on the tuna scented breath that came out of Happy's mouth and the slow heartbeat in his chest. As he cradled Happy's form, his eyes widened when he felt something warm and wet touch his fingers. Glancing at where he held the blue cat's head, his eyes widened when he saw blood flow from the wound down the winged cat's skull.
He stared at the red substance as if it were some sort of object from a foreign land. In all the time Natsu had raised Happy with Lisanna, in all the time he had spent on dangerous missions with Happy, no matter what the situation, Happy's durability was practically supernatural and he never bled. Until now.
Natsu growled as he rested Happy gently on the ground, and rose to his feet, his rose coloured bangs shielding his face.
"You...You bastard." Natsu's hands clenched into tight fists, his eyes glowing with a ferocious red light as his magic spiked and his flames engulfed his hands. "You bastard! You made Happy bleed!" Natsu stamped his feet into the ground before ejecting flames from the bottom of his sandals. Sol's euphoric form utilized its amazing flexibility and he snaked around Natsu's kick as the rosette seemed to have materialized out of thin air. The blow had blown a massive hole in the support column and Monsieur Sol continued to laugh.
"Of course I did." He landed a punch to Natsu's chin making the rosette's head snap back before a magic seal formed in front of him. "And I will extinguish all vermin. First the flying rat...and now you, Salamander!" A twister of rock erupted out of the magic seal and made Natsu tumble through the air, but Natsu righted himself and dug his feet into the ground, tearing a trench in the ground as he used friction to slow his movement.
Natsu's head snapped up and then he reared back a hand. Learning this trick from Macao, Natsu adjusted the composition of the magic in his flames and generated a giant hand of flame and stretched it out towards Sol. The green haired Earth mage could only stare with wide eyes when the flames wrapped around his body as if the flames were solid.
"NO ONE..." Natsu pulled Sol out of the column and towards him while engulfing his other hand in fire. "MAKES HAPPY..." Sol rocketed towards Natsu with amazing speed and Natsu reared back his fist. "...FUCKING! BLEED!" The Fire Dragon's Iron Fist crashed harshly against Sol's face and the Earth Magic user lost a tooth and a few drops of blood as his lip burst apart. He was sent rocketing through the air, but Natsu sped after him and grabbed Sol by the throat and slammed him into the ground, but continued to run, dragging Sol through it.
He then pulled Sol up and landed a punch to the gut before twisting and slamming a flaming elbow against Sol's chest, burning a hole in his suit's overcoat. He spun on his heel and reared back his right leg and let it fly.
"FIRE DRAGON'S TALONS!" The flaming foot crashed into Sol's ribs with enough force to make the bones creak and the spin kick sent Sol tumbling through the air, crashing through two support pillars and then landing against the ground with earth shaking force. However, Sol was quick to recover as he used the momentum to bring himself back to his feet. A shadow covered his body and the intense heat from Natsu's rage infused fires was felt even from twenty, and quickly decreasing, feet in the air.
The flames fashioned themselves into wings and Natsu swung his arms downwards with great speed. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!" Sol reacted and quickly used his flexible body to avoid the burning hammer strike from above. The ground shuddered and shook before it caved in on itself, the fires blowing a hole in the ground.
Sol then got behind Natsu and dragged his arm against the ground, encasing it earth. "Earth Magic: Terra Impact!" The earthen arm of the green haired man slammed against Natsu's back, making the rosette stumble forwards, but Natsu quickly spun with strike and lashed out with a strong flaming kick that shattered the earth around the arm. He then grabbed Sol by the wrist and pulled him forward, driving his knee into the man's stomach.
Sol was then grabbed by his hair and yanked downwards as Natsu brought his knee up again, this time, smashing apart Sol's monocle when the joint collided with nose cracking force against Sol's face. The cartilage broken, blood flowed with gusto from Sol's nostrils.
"Fire Dragon's Claws!" Sol's head reared back from the force before a ferocious right hook nearly dislocated his jaw. A left hook followed after before a sweeping upward kick sent Sol off the ground.
"Fire Dragon's Talons!" Another upward sweeping kick followed after, colliding with his chest and Sol flew high into the air. Natsu then ejected flames from his fists to give him a boost in altitude as he leaped after his airborne opponent and then clasped his hands together and brought them down in a crushing hammer blow that sent Sol to the ground at a breakneck speed.
Sol groaned as he lay in a crater and Natsu fell after him, his body engulfed in fire.
"FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN!"
Sol lay in the crater as he watched Natsu descend towards him. "Foolish vermin." And with that, Natsu collided with the ground in time to see Sol vanish into the earth. As the fiery explosion rocked the mobile guild house of Phantom Lord, Natsu's flames had extinguished. The son of Igneel glanced around, his senses stretching to its limits as he searched for his opponent. However, blinded by the dust and his hearing partially occupied due to the remnants of the shockwave and sound of falling stone, Sol had chosen then to pop out of the ground faster than Natsu could react.
"Bonjour, Salamander!"
Sol grabbed Natsu by the wrist and bent his body around the arm. Natsu's eyes widened in disgust and amazement as Sol snaked his way up and around Natsu's body, binding him.
"To the ground!" Sol announced. Natsu suddenly felt his body being moved of its own accord and he twisted in the air. Sol then undid his bindings so that he was now above Natsu and slammed his feet down on Natsu's unprotected back. However, Natsu reacted quickly and adjusted his arms so that he caught his body by the forearms, his head hovering an inch away from the ground which would have caused a concussion creating impact.
Natsu unleashed a burst of fire from his body and sent Sol flying back through the air, but as Sol landed on the ground, the mage of Phantom Lord slammed his hands on the ground.
"Unlike mon petite rat, you will not escape this!" A magic seal formed and the earth began to liquefy. "EARTH MAGIC: EARTH FLOW RIVER!" The ground flowed like it was water and soon a massive river of mud crashed into Natsu with terrific force, and then Sol chuckled as he manipulated the mud that was ahead of Natsu. The mud rose and formed a massive arc and Natsu could only struggle before the massive wave of mud crashed down on him.
"Earth Magic: Platre Sonata!" Out of the mud river, a massive clenched fist of earth slammed into Natsu's mud covered form with terrific force which carried him through the air, smashed him through the wall and sent him flying outside the mobile guild. The scream of anger and pain (but mostly anger) from the son of Igneel was music to the mustached mage's ears and he chuckled as he bent his body from side to side while waving his hand.
"Au revoire, Monsieur Salamander."
Back Outside
The Fairy Tail Mages were giving it all they got, especially Elfman, who was going postal on them with his Iron Bull arm. "YOU THINK BEING GHOSTS MAKES IT A VALID EXCUSE TO FIGHT ME!? IT TAKES A REAL MAN TO GIVE ME A SMACKDOWN!" He roared, as he smashed through another bunch of the phantoms.
But then suddenly, he heard a subtle scream and turned to the Giant as something caught his eye. He focused on hearing the scream and looked closer as he saw a figure falling off the giant from a big hole in the wall and make a big splash on the sea bellow and quite a distance from the mobile guild. Elfman got a good look and then realized who it was, "NATSU!" immediately; Elfman snarled, as he immediately ran and hopped towards the Giant. Alzack got a good look at what he was doing and called out, "Elfman, where are you going?!"
"Natsu's out of the fight; I'm going to fill in for him." he shouted, as he hopped up, climbing up the giant. "I'M GONNA HELP THE OTHERS OUT LIKE A REAL MAN SHOULD!"
Inside
Elfman hopped into the room Natsu was blasted from, as he now stood face-to-face at the Whack-A-Mole Man, Sol. "So you're the guy who threw Natsu out." He said seriously while cracking his knuckles in preparation for the fight.
"Non non non you are correct monsieur." Sol replied while flailing himself sideways like an upside down pendulum.
"You think you're hot stuff, thinking you can take on Natsu like that. And as an added insult, you fought dirty against Ben!"
"Zay wat? I don't know zis Ben you refer to," Sol innocently questioned as he bobbed sideways the whole time.
"The Legion of Fairy Tail! The guy you thought was buried alive, when you kidnapped Lucy!"
Sol lit up as he realized it, "Zat waz the Lezion of Fairy Tail!? OOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Zat eez ridiculous! Zat such a leetle boy gained zuch a title."
Elfman sneered with anger, as he reared his fist back, as he shot out, "DON'T MAKE FUN OF A MAN'S PRIDE! BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, BEN'S A HELL OF A BETTER MAN THAN YOU GIVE HIM CREDIT OVER! I'D APPROVE OF HIM DATING MY SISTER!"
Meanwhile Back at the Guild
Mirajane had returned to the Guild after dropping off Lucy at Ben's house, meeting up with Cana to report on the situation. "How is it? Did Ben and the others make it in there?"
"They sure did," Cana nodded, but then sweat dropped, "Although, Natsu got knocked out faster than ever. Last I saw he was yelling how he was going to get even with someone he called a 'Weirdo French Guy' and then headed back into the Giant by swimming and climbing up. Although for some reason he's heading for a different spot. As for your brother he rushed in there as soon as Natsu fell out.
Mirajane paled at the news, and nearly whimpered, "What? Why would he do that?"
"You know your brother; he couldn't just stand back and let the others go in with one member down and out."
Mirajane's face became even more distressed, even more than when she heard the news of what happened to Shadow Gear, and Lucy being kidnapped.
"He'll be fine," Cana reassured her. "He was one of our top fighters in the raid earlier. Remember?"
"Fighting grunts is one thing, but if he faced against one of Phantom's best, I don't think he could handle it," she replied, more worried than ever.
Cana looked a little worried herself, and also saddened at what Mirajane was talking about. She was referring to a certain event from before, and Cana nodded, "Well… I understand that. Considering what you two went through… with Lisanna." But then she looked to Mirajane and reassured her, "But don't forget, we've all suffered with you. But I think this is his way of leaving the past and moving forward. So please, let him do this…"
'Lisanna,' Mirajane thought, and then became determined, "I need to leave the past too." She thought before suddenly a magic circle appeared below her feet. One that she didn't make herself.
"What's happening?" Mirajane asked out loud as her body began hovering off the ground.
"Mira what's wrong!?" Cana said before she grabbed her and tried to pull her out of the magic circle to no avail.
Before she could reply Mirajane disappeared from view as her body seemed to turn into light before vanishing.
Back in the Giant
Elfman was getting fed up with the Frenchman, as he reared his right back, "TAKE OVER: BLACK BULL!" and suddenly, his entire right arm bulked up and morphed into a heavily muscled black furred arm.
He charged at Sol, who simply brought up an Earth barrier, as he blocked it. He hopped to another end, bobbing sideways, as he chuckled, "Oooh, so you transformed your entire right arm? How predictable of you, seeing as how you've stopped trying to do an entire Full Body Take-Over."
Elfman blinked, "How'd you know that?"
"Eet's one of my abilities: I can read the minds of those I fight." Sol pointed out, as he stopped, and stroked his mustache, "When you entered zis room to save Zalamander, I learned every zing about you. Even though you so rudely stepped on my face in ze process." He then snickered as he evilly glinted at Elfman, "I was alzo intreeeged… by ze fact that you had a younger zester, Leezanna."
Elfman's eyes went wide with shock, but it switched to enraged fury, as he charged, "I've had enough of your babbling, Sol! Get ready for a beatdown!"
He swung at Sol with his Black Bull arm, but Sol dodged his every blow. Every time Elfman got close, the Earth Mage either ducked back into the earth, or he bent sideways like a crazy punching doll. Every move was futile. But as he dodged, Sol taunted, "I wonder eef leetle Lisanna was zis quick to dodge you… after you attempted a Full Body Take-Over." Eflman flinched at that, giving Sol enough time to attack, "EARTH MAGIC: SABLE DANCE!"
Suddenly, sand swirled around Elfman, blinding him from any move Sol was about to do. When it finally cleared, Elfman looked around to see where he had gone, "What the…? Where are you? Fight like a real man!"
"Behind you," Sol casually answered.
Elfman turned around to see Sol there, but it was too late, as Sol called out, "ROCHE CONERTO!"
And in an instant, rocks shot out from the ground, and struck at Elfman, causing him to skid back.
Elfman wiped his lip, as he growled, "You're fighting dirty, pal. You want a knuckle sandwich that badly?"
"Such strong talk," Sol taunted. "But I know otherwise."
"You got something to say to me, pal!" Elfman shot out.
"I doubt that you'd have much bravado if eet was Lizanna you were fighting," Sol taunted. "I mean, seemply because she died due to your failure at a Full-Body Take Over."
Eflman growled, as he reared his fist upward for another Take Over, "BEAST ARM: IRON BULL!" his arm remained the same, but it became encased in living armor. He charged again to slug Sol, although he slunk back into the earth.
Elfman looked around to try and find him, but suddenly Sol appeared, stretching out from under the Take Over Mage. He wrapped around Elfman's right arm like a snake, as he taunted, "Laloo."
"You are seriously creepy," Elfman shot out, as he tried to pull him off, but it doesn't work. "Unhand me!"
"No, no, no," Sol corrected him. "Weet Sol, you don't stand a chance."
"Just get off me, Man sewer Sol!" Elfman roared.
"It's Misour you idiot." Sol stated, as he reverted back to normal in the air, and spun kick Elfman across the room.
Elfman got back onto his feet, as he wiped his brow, as he growled, "This guy's way stronger than he looks. I'm just gonna have to try and hold out until Natsu and Happy get back."
Sol bounced sideways again, connected to the floor, as he taunted, "As I recall, many years ago, you attempted a full-body takeover, no?" Elfman lightly growled, hoping not to remember such an event. "Oooh, does it trouble you so?"
"YOU SHUT UP!" Elfman roared, as he jumped at Sol, preparing to attack again.
When suddenly, a statue popped out of the earth, that stopped Elfman in his tracks. It was a statue of a young petite girl with short hair, wearing a dress. Immediately, Elfman stopped, as his eyes went wide with shock, as he whispered in utter shock, "… Lis… Lisanna…"
"No, but an incredible resemblance; don't you theenk?" Sol pointed out, as he wrapped around the statue, and taunted the stunned Elfman. "I did say I scanned your memories earlier, when you stepped on me earlier, didn't I?"
Elfman snarled, "You bastard."
Sol placed his hands on the statue, as he taunted, "My my, what an adorable little sister you have 'ere." He then looked to Elfman and continued, "I gathered from your memories you haven't seen her in a while. And why is that? Oh, pardon moi. You buried her in ze cold dark earth."
At that realization, Elfman's arm reverted back to normal, as he looked in sorrow at Lisanna's statue. "Oh, how could fate be so cruel to someone you loved so much?"
Suddenly, the statue's eyes opened, with one resembling Sol's eye, as it spoke to Elfman, "Why? Big brother Elf?"
Elfman flinched at this, not scared but startled at how the voice sounded exactly as he remembered her. However, he pulls back, as his body glowed with a purple aura, as he grunted, forcing himself to do the one thing he vowed never to do: a Full-Body Take Over. 'I can't let him get to me,' Elfman told himself. 'I've got to do this!'
Sol took notice of what he was doing, as he stroked his mustache, "Oh no, no, no, no, no. If I were you, I would not try another Full Body Take Over. You're far too weakened." Suddenly, the floor shifted, as well as more Lisanna statues appeared, this time colored with the same color hair that Elfman and Mirajane had, and wore a white and red dress, as Sol taunted, "Don't you remember the last time you attempted zis?"
The statues looked at him, as he tried to focus, but they all spoke to him, rather disappointed and sad, "Big Brother Elf. Why did you hurt me? Why did you let me die like that? I thought you loved me. How could you forget about me? Don't hurt me, Big Brother, please!"
The guilt was becoming too much, as Elfman collapsed on one knee, nursing his right arm. Sol simply shrugged, "See? Don't waste so much energy on something you know you can't do yet."
"You should fight me fair and square! LIKE A REAL MAN!" Elfman shouted in anger. "You're nothing but a coward; messing with my head like this!"
Sol seemed insulted as he reverted the Lisanna statues back into the earth, "Are you insinuating that I am not a real man?" he shook his head disapprovingly, "What gives you the right to call me not a man, when you yourself are trash? Allowing your little sister to be killed in such a manner. You're not a man or trash, you're a monster."
Elfman couldn't retort to that, seeing in some way Sol was right. To him, he was a monster: one that let his sister get killed by his own hands. Sol formed a twister circle of earth above his head, as he prepared to attack, "But enough torturing you, let us finish this! PLATRE SONATA!"
Suddenly, a fist made of plaster shot out from the twister, and punched Elfman out of there, crashing through a hole outside.
Outside
Mirajane struggled between the fingers of the Giant. She had suddenly reappeared in its grasps when she disappeared from below. It seemed she had been teleported.
"Don't bother struggling." The voice of Jose spoke over the intercom only this time it was from the ones near its arms so that only she could hear him.
"Let me go!" Mirajane yelled out while disregarding his request and continued struggling to get out. "What do you even want from me!?"
"Tell me where Lucy Heartfilia is?" Jose demanded.
Mirajanes eyes widened in worry for a moment before she got a rebellious look. "I'll never tell you."
"I won't ask you again. Where is she!? I know you moved her to a different location and you will tell me where she is otherwise you will suffer for it!" Jose demanded impatiently.
In response Mirajane just glared towards the head of the Giant since she didn't know where Jose was exactly. "I'll never tell you were she is. I don't care what you do to me, I won't betray her!" she shouted in protest.
"THEN YOU'LL SUFFER FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" Jose shouted before the fingers of the Giant holding Mirajane began to tighten very slowly at a snail's pace but they were already tight on her that she began to struggle and groan in pain. Clearly Jose didn't intend to give her a quick death and was planning to drag it out.
She saw the hole explode before her, and saw Elfman crash at the opening. He lay there, in pain, as he struggled to get back onto his feet. She gasped at this sight, as she called out, "ELFMAN, NO! ELFMAN!"
That voice was enough to wake him back up, as he cracked his eye open, "Mirajane? Wha.. ?" He then spotted Sol casually walking towards him, and shot up, as he yelled out, "WHAT THE HELL?! WHY IS MY SISTER HERE?!"
"I do apologize for this," Sol stated as calmly as he did. "Holding your older sister, Mirajane Strauss, AKA the She-Devil, in such a state. This is actually Master Jose's will; he's simply punishing her for not revealing the location of Lady Lucy Heartfilia. Such a shame; you're going to lose both your sisters. She'll be crushed to death soon."
The hand that held Mirajane rose upward, almost taunting Elfman to bear witness to the whole scene. Mirajane struggled, as she screamed out, "RUN, ELFMAN! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!"
"NO, I WONT LEAVE YOU," Elfman shouted back.
"What a shame," Sol taunted. "You killed your baby sister, and now you see the older sister die before your very eyes. Your so-called manly façade is just a way to hide the weak helpless little boy you truly are." He then formed a magic circle, as he cried out, "For such a crime, I shall give you eternal torment! MERCI LA VIE!"
Elfman was engulged in yellow energy, screaming in pain, as Sol shot out, "You will become one with the Earth itself. All the while you shall relive your old memories, tormenting you until the end of time!"
"No, stop it!" Elfman groaned, unable to fight back, as he roared out, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"