Fairy Tail: Next Generation - Volume III

Chapter 22: End of Line

Elwin grunted in irritation as he found himself forced to parole the streets. On the bright side, he finally had the chance to contact Sylvie and Nashi. The rain surged on, thicker than the days before. Perhaps something had happened to Sylvie.

Rushing to the cathedral, he found himself approached by a woman dressed in a long white cloak, with ashen hair to match it.

"Excuse me--" she said with a hush.

Elwin looked to the woman's flawless and beautiful face.

"I will do anything you tell me to do my goddess." Elwin said bluntly.

"Elwin!" The woman hissed, throwing off the hood. "It's me!"

Elwin's eyebrows furrowed in disbelief. "Carla!?"

"Tracking the escaped Elbis?"

Marigold nodded as she held Psycho and Happy under her arms.

"Aye!" Said the blue haired human boy with a salute.

"Did that boy just say 'aye'?" The guard asked as he looked to the blue haired boy.

"Aye--don't know..." He corrected.

"Guuhh. Never mind. Why'd gosh darn 'bring your kid to work' day have to be today?"

"Hurry up! Her pits smell!" Happy said crudely tucked away under Marigold' arm.

After squeezing her arms bit to crush Happy's stomach. He guard permitted Isaiah and his new assistant passage.

"Thought you had power or something?" Marigold said with a sigh.

"If you wanna say something, say it."

"Most of the guys here are terrified of you."

"They're probably the new recruits or lower ranks. The Brotherhood has been open to almost anyone, but you must already know that. You got in here pretty easily, didn't you?"

"Yeah, they didn't take any documents from me or anything. They haven't made any precautions to see if I really work here or not."

"That's because this whole base is a hoax."

"What do you mean?" Malcon asked.

"Exactly as I said, this base is a hoax. It's designed to make the Brotherhood look as though it's not as secretive as people think it is. It's trying to regain its reputation by letting average people under its wing. That way people won't be so curious as to what's going on in the Brotherhood, because they think they already know. That's why we've got so many new recruits wandering around, and that's why most of them are terrified of me." Isaiah puffed into his cigarette blowing out. "My job is to keep those brain dead idiots in line. Make sure they don't snoop around any. What's really going on is underground, in the places you saw."

"Like where me, Psycho, and dad were locked up?" Malcon asked, having returned to his form as a cat.

"I just hope they don't snoop around too much around where Fairy Heart--" Happy makes a face, sucking in his lips.

"What's Fairy Heart?" Marigold asked.

"No way...Fairy Heart?!" Isaiah grunted. "Is that still active!?!"

"I said nothing!!" Happy said, waving his arms around in denial.

"Okay, I'll give your 3 fishes for info on Fairy Heart."

"No! I'm not selling out Fairy Tail for fish!!" Happy bit his lip.

"Okay--10 fishes!"

"Guys, shut up already." Marigold groaned, holding Psycho in her arms.