Fairy Tail: Robots And Fairies

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Entrapment - The Darkness Within

Last time on "Fairy Tail: Robots and Fairies"...

"Wait a second..." Natsu looked around, "how come we haven't fought anyone else yet?"

"Natsu makes a good point." Erza agreed, turning back to Alpha Trion. "I'm surprised the Dark Entrapment spell hasn't sent anything else to stop us yet."

"I am also concerned." Alpha Trion admitted. His blue optics then narrowed. "But, I warn you, keep your guard up."

The team nodded while Lucy trembled lightly. Natsu saw this and laid a supportive hand on her right shoulder. "Don't worry, Luce." He grinned toothily. "We'll be fine! And we're gonna save our pal, Braedey. You can count on it!"

Lucy stared at Natsu in shock for a brief moment, and then smiled confidently. She nodded in agreement.

With that, the Fairy Tail wizards and subconscious manifestation entered the luminous sphere and advanced to another memory of their shape-shifting friend.

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After witnessing Braedey's first encounter with his arch-nemesis, Unicron, Fairy Tail's Team Prime was shocked by how powerful the warlord was; especially when they heard that he had survived his ship's destruction. However, they moved past that and entered the gateway, and on to the next memory.

A bright flash filled their vision, and once it died out, they were now in another setting. The wizards and cat looked around at their surroundings and were quite befuddled. They were now inside what appeared to be a circus tent. It was rather dark as the only lighting was being shined down on the red and white stripped circle-shaped arena in the centre.

"Where are we?" Natsu asked, looking around.

"Looks like a big tent." Happy replied.

"A circus tent?" implied Gray.

"Yes," Alpha Trion clarified. He was now standing in front of the group with his hands behind his back. "But this circus is not exactly what you're used to."

"What do you mean?" Lucy inquired curiously.

The subconscious manifestation turned away to face the circular arena, gesturing a hand to the area. The group followed his gaze to see young Braedey in the centre, lying on his stomach.

"Watch and you'll find out." Alpha Trion replied.

The group watched on and was confused to see a creepy-looking pirate person walk into the light. He looked to be a middle-aged Caucasian male, with a large red bushy beard that reached down to the middle of his chest. He had a black pirate hat with a skull and crossbones on top of his head, with a blue gem just above the crossbones. The head had dark brown hair underneath that reached down to above the beard's starting point. He was wearing a large red coat with a dark blood red interior, black pants, and brown boots. His eyes were acid yellow with black pupils. His appearance aside, what really made him creepy was his wide smile that exposed his rotten yellow teeth, along with the large hydraulic claw with serrated teeth that was in place of his right hand.