Part 2: Shadows of Magic (Rogue Cheney X OC)

Chapter 63

Hope's P. O. V:

It takes us about two days to get to the north of Fiore, the snow covered mountains.

I sit on a cliff a little ways away from my comrades, contacting my mate through my Telepathy Magic. Lisanna, Elfman and Mira are already asleep but Gajeel seems to be having trouble. Levy has gone to talk to him.

"How are things going, Roguey?" I ask, surprising him at first.

"Not that great, but please don't tell Gajeel that," Rogue replies.

I smile a little as I say, "Because he'll probably want to arrest you guys." We both giggle internally. "I'm glad to hear you, Roguey. Tell Sting-kun that help is on the way."

"I'm going to assume you're part of it," He begins. "Who else is with you?"

"You'll just have to wait and see," I respond vaguely. "We'll be there as soon as we can, okay?"

"Okay, My Hope. I love you," Rogue says softly, making my heart swell with warmth.

"I love you," I reply before we disconnect.

I go back to my teammates and lie down to try to get some sleep, curled up in my purple sleeping bag.

We make it to the snowy mountains on the north, the next morning, dressed n winter gear with my purple coat thrown over my work attire and watch the enemy approach. It was snowing.

"There they are," Says Pantherlily, in his battle form, "That's the enemy battalion."

Gajeel says, "We're pretty late for our rendezvous with Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus."

I say wearily, "I hope they're alright."

Levy points out, "They're coming this way. What should we do?"

Gajeel says simply, "What do you think? We fight 'em!"

Levy says uncertainly, "I don't know. Can we take on that many?"

Lily assured her, "Don't worry. The other guilds should be close by."

Gajeel mutters, "If we gotta do it alone, so be it. These clowns aren't marching on our guild."

I order, "Everyone, better get ready to fight!" We get into our stances as the enemy draws closer. I gasp sharply as my eyes dilate at the sight before me. Levy and and the others also gasp. The enemy was carrying crosses, and tied to those crosses were the Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth guilds.

My heart stops in my chest at the sight of my mate, unconscious and tied to a cross.

"Yukino!" Levy sobs.

"That's Sting!" Lily grits out.

"And Roguey!" I exclaim fearfully, hands over my mouth.

"Horrible!" Levy says.

"That is so messed up!" Says Gajeel. "They're showing them off."

At some point, we see a night sky over us accompanied by furious thunder and extremely loud claps of it. Lily gets scared of it despite the gruesome scene before us.

Gajeel demands to know, "What in the hell is going on over there?"

I say wearily, recognising that magic, "From what I remember when I fought him at the Tower of Heaven, that's Jellal's Heavenly Body Magic. And that lightning and thunder? That's coming from a very pissed off older brother."

My teammates gasp at that.

"Alec is causing that?" Mira asks.

I nod as I reply, "Yup. And if I had to take a guess, I'd say something has happened to Erza-nee, which has pissed off my brother who's no doubt using his Thunder God Armor. Let's just say, we're glad we're not the other guy right now."

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While the Strauss siblings go ahead and battle the enemy, Lily, Levy, Gajeel and I get Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus down from the crosses.

I manage to get a few members down with my Telekinesis Magic, Rogue among them. I was struggling not to burst into tears so I could keep using my magic.

Once I'd carefully set the wizards down, I cast my Concealment spell around us and drop to my knees beside the unconscious Shadow Dragon Slayer. He's badly injured and he's missing the left sleeve of his coat, showing his black Sabertooth guild mark, and the bottom half of his right sleeve is also torn.

Rogue's left arm looks especially injured.

"Oh, Rogue-kun," I murmur, holding him in my lap as I wrap ether around one hand and begin to heal him. Meanwhile, Gajeel is setting Sting down and is trying to get him conscious again.

"Come on, Sting! Wake up!"

"All the others..." Sting groans out with one eye squeezed closed against the pain. "... are they still alive?"

Gajeel responds, "Safe and sound. Don't worry."

Tears spring to his eyes as Sting opens both and he says shamefully, "What a disgrace! We didn't stand a chance! We're weak!"

The Redfox tells him firmly, "Don't beat yourself up. We'll get revenge for you. They'll be picking their teeth up off the ground."

Sting wants to know, "What's happening?!"

Levy addresses after bringing anther Sabertooth mage to safety and I finish healing Rogue for now, but keep him in my lap, "Hey, Gajeel!"

He gasps.

Sting says, looking around, "Something's not right..."

I say, gazing around, "You can say that again."

Levy says as flowers suddenly appear in the snow, "It's so weird. The snow is melting."

Rogue soon wakes up and he and I hug each other fiercely, tears sliding down my cheeks and my barrier fades, Rogue sliding his hand through my ponytail.

"I'm so glad you're alright! I was so scared when I saw you tied up and unconscious..." I sob into his shoulder, gripping Rogue's trench coat.

"I'm alright now, My Hope. All thanks to you. I'm really glad you're here," He replies softly, rubbing my back soothingly.

We hug each other for another long moment before I pull Rogue in for a deep kiss which he immediately returns, cupping the back of my head.

We pull back after what feels like an eternity and Rogue wipes my cheeks of my tears.

I ask quietly, "Are you sure you'll be alright? I can tell through the mate bond that you're feeling a little ashamed or guilty."

He grips my hand as he says, "I'll be fine, Hope-chan. Especially now that you're here."

I say as I caress Rogue's cheek, "There's no need for you to feel so guilty about losing. Things will be different now. I'll make them pay for what they did to you. I won't stop till every one of them is dead."

I get to my feet and leave Rogue with Sting. As I stalk back to my team, the Strauss siblings in their Takeover forms, I quell my anger enough to take on my Ether Form.

I was angry, and I'll make sure those teme know it!

Sting sobs shamefully into his gloved hand, "Dammit! What are we gonna do? They've got those three monsters on their side!"

Gajeel says as he smirks and holds up a fist, "Yeah, well, we've got seven monsters on our side!"

Levy asks in surprise, "Whoa! You're counting me?"