His Spirit Is Broken (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 9

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the station, murmurs spread through the large crowd. "Military personnel went in, but they haven't come back out yet." One of the men whispered to the woman next to him. "Have they been defeated by the terrorists?" The woman asked as Erza walked down the steps of the station entrance. As she walked past the conductor, she ripped the megaphone from his hands and raised it to her lips. "If you value your life, leave here immediately!!! The station is occupied by evil mages!!!! One of them is ready to cast a spell that will kill everyone around here!!!! Evacuate as far away as possible!!!" She yelled into the megaphone, causing the crowd to go silent. Once her words registered, those in the crowd turned tail and fled.

"H-Hey!!! Why are you making people panic?!" The conductor asked Erza as she dropped the megaphone with a thud. "It's better than to see them die. What I just said is the truth. Of course, we are doing our best to prevent it. But we can't guarantee your safety, so it's best for you to evacuate, too." Erza cautioned the man as she faced him, the wind blowing her hair into her face. The conductor and the man with him gave shrieks of fright and ran off.

~With Gray, inside the station~

"I'll kill anyone who gets in the way of our plan." The man grinned slyly as he landed with one foot on the ground. "Plan or whatever, if you want to broadcast the Lullaby, this is the only place to do it." Gray rebuked before a thought struck him. "If Eligor, who has the Lullaby, isn't here, why did you occupy the station?" He questioned the man standing across from him. The man simply smirked and attacked, destroying the broadcasting equipment in the process. The man then turned his attack towards Gray, who blocked it with a wall of ice. "What is your real plan?" The fairy tail mage interrogated his enemy. "It's about time that Eligor's magic wall of wind forms." The man retracted his attack. "Magic wall of wind?" Gray inquired. "It's a wind barrier to keep you guys from leaving this place."

~Outside with Erza~

And a wind barrier it was. Wind had surrounded the entire station, making Erza's hair whip around wildly. "Hey Titania." Eligor greeted the redhead from above as he rode the wind. "Did you do this?!" Erza glared up at the man, not even attempting to tame her wild, wind whipped hair. "I wanted to fight you just once... But unfortunately, I don't have time for that right now. Just stay inside and be a good girl." With that being said, Eligor attacked Erza and sent her flying into the wall. "Eligor!" Erza snarled as she landed on her feet. She grunted in pain as her hand touched the wall of wind. "Don't bother... This magic wall of wind only goes one way: from outside to inside. If you try to get out, the wind will slice up your body." Eligor stated as he watched Erza.

"What are you doing!!?" Erza yelled after looking at her injured hand and glared up at Eligor. "It's a birdcage... Or rather, a flycage. Though, it's a little too big for that." Eligor laughed, an evil glint in his eyes. "I've wasted too much time on you. Now, if you'll excuse me..." He added and took off, riding the wind. Erza stared at the spot where Eligor was before looking at the wall of wind. "What's.... Going on....? This station isn't their target!?" She clenched her injured hand into a fist, blood dripping from the wounds upon the floor. Zax walked down the steps slowly, having returned to his normal form. "Here. This will help stop the bleeding." He mumbled softly, pulling a light green herb from his bag and holding it out to her. "Would you let me clean your wounds and bandage your arm?" He inquired attentively, looking at the minuscule puddle of blood that was forming on the ground.

Erza said nothing and gave a simple nod, glowering at the ground. "It was a trap the whole time. I would have warned you, but they threatened to use Lullaby on me. That curse has a bad effect on my bloodline." Zax sighed softly as he took out a roll of bandages from his pack, applying an ointment to the wounds on Erza's hand and arm before wrapping the bandages. "What do you mean it has a bad effect on your bloodline?" Erza asked, turning her gaze from the ground and meeting Zax's cautious gaze.

"Have you ever heard of people who have demon like features going crazy? Every member of my bloodline is cursed. We usually have horns or a tail, sometimes both, at birth and many choose to hide it because of what our ancestors have done. They... Lose their minds to the demon form. Some have destroyed cities, caused disasters. We have to train from age four to have a strong mind and body so that does not happen. The Lullaby has the ability to cause even the sanest Onyx go crazy." Zax maintained eye contact as he reached up, taking off his hood to reveal his horns. "From birth, we are monsters. I know I'm not the only Onyx out there, but I don't want to be a monster anymore. I just want... To be like everyone else." Zax's eyes began to fill with tears as he confessed what had resided in his heart since he was little.