A Railgun In Fairy Tail, Book 6: Apocalypse

Bloodshed

A forest. Normally, this still standing world of nature is silent. The only thing that can be heard are the chirping of birds, and the rustling of animals. A peaceful place full of life...but today it was loud and full of death.

An explosion rent the air as a sandy haired girl wearing a black t-shirt and blue shorts ran out of the woods. She held her shoulder while gritting her teeth in pain as more explosions blasted the ground near her.

"Dang it!" growled Mikoto. "This isn't how I visualized spending my summer.."

Flying after Mikoto, were several large massive black dragons, their mouths were smoking with malice as they continued to fire explosive blasts from their mouths.

Before there had been at least 25 dragons. Mikoto had managed to 21 of those dragons until she had recieved a very serious wound in the shoulder.

The Etherial Wyrms..as Dravis's minions were called, were unlike any other dragon. They could devour any substance...any element...whether fire, flesh, or iron, and use it to replenish themselves. They weren't immune to those elements, but this still made them very dangerous. Their breaths may seemed fire-like in origin, but in reality it was a highly explosive poison. Natsu, the resident Fire Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail, had once tried to eat the explosions, only to find himself paralyzed and weak for 3 days before the medics could drain the poison out of him.

If it wounded you, it drained your physical and magical energy slowly, but quickly enough that in a battle environment you would become quickly overwhelmed. It had been 3 hours since Mikoto had been wounded..already she was feeling extremely feverish and weak...it was a wonder she could still run.

"Get off my back!!" Mikoto growled as a lightning bolt shot from her bangs and blasted one of the Wyrms in the wing.

The dragon faltered from the powerful blast and crashed into the trees as the other three dragons continued to follow her.

Mikoto attempted to fire off another lightning bolt but her feverish mind faltered slightly in calculations and instead a small spark jumped off her bangs.

Normaly, as someone who could use both magic and esper powers, Mikoto had a bigger advantage then most. Her magic powered up her esper powers, making her stronger combatively then the average level 5. And since her esper abilities didn't run on a reserve of energy like magic did, she could still fight even if her magic energy was low. Plus she could devour her esper electricity to fuel her Dragon Slayer nature.

But the poison from the Etherial Wyrms was clouding her brain, making it nearly impossible to perform the calculations she needed to control her powers. This made it hard to fight and create some sparks for her to eat. Right now, the thick tree line was the only reason the remaining dragons hadn't killed her yet.

The rest of her friends had become seperated earlier in the battle, having been attacked by more of the Etherial Wyrms. Mikoto was sure they would be fine...the Etherial Wyrms had split off into groups of 5 to attack them, not like the 25 which had come after Mikoto. She was sure that Natsu and Nicole were probably making Wyrm chops out of those monsters right now.

Mikoto's eyes suddenly widened as she noticed the trees were starting to thin out. According to what she knew, there was a clearing near the forest about 20 miles wide. Nothing but grassy fields for miles...and a perfect hunting ground for airborne predators. Either Mikoto took advantage of the tree cover and took down her enemies now...or she was dead meat.

Mikoto held her fingers out in front of her and concentrated. "Come on...come one...work!!"

Several small sparks jumped out of her finger tips. Mikoto opened her mouth quickly and sucked in the sparks. Mikoto whirled around as Massive electrical wings burst out of her back. She puffed up her cheeks.