The Ghost of Fiore

The Ghost Returns

A quick tour of Siegrain's evil lair (By now, it was fairly obvious that he didn't like the name Siegrain... Which was more than enough reason for me to call him by that anyway), and I was sent out into the lower levels of the tower to 'patrol.' This was an easy excuse to get me out of his way and out from under his skin. I think that even as the big bad Jellal could only handle so much time being in the same room as me, seeing especially since there was an endless number of topics in which I could irritate him with when we were trapped within twenty feet of each other.

Besides the fact that neither of us would have survived each other's company for too much longer, there was too much I needed to think about without him around. Just the tip of the iceberg would have to be the fact that Siegrain had the redhead captive and that he obviously intended to sacrifice her for some reason that he didn't want to tell me. After that, I could think about needing to dispose of Trinity Raven before news of my continued existence made it back to Death's Hand. I really didn't want to kill anyone, but that was lower on my list of priorities than making sure that no one I cared about got hurt.

If word about my existence spread, I had no doubts that dark guilds all over would be sending people to check my last known location, which would lead them straight to my friends.

As I walked past a room with far too many cats, I ground to a halt; an irritatingly familiar voice was coming from inside the room, followed by a high-pitched voice that had me facepalming just out of sight of the idiot in the room. Of course, that pink haired idiot had gotten wrapped up in this, and if he was here, I had no doubt that the rest of his group had somehow gotten wrapped up in all this... They were all magnets for trouble. (Quick clarification, trouble was not attracted to them, they watched trouble happen from about twenty miles away and came running, meaning the fault was solely with them.)

I'm sure Siegrain would have loved me to run in there and finish him off, but I happened to be lacking all forms of motivation to help this dirtbag.

Sure enough, as soon as I was about a corridor away from the pink haired idiot, I think Icyman called him flames for brains, Siegran's voice echoed slightly around me, "May I ask why you didn't engage? I believe that is why I brought you here."

My eyes instinctively rolled at the stupidity, "No, that's what you brought Trinity Raven here for, you still haven't told me what I'm here for. Until somebody fills me in, I don't really feel motivated to do anything but walk around, that make sense, Siegrain?"

His exasperation was palpable, but if anything, that made my sadistic side come out to play even more, "I thought I told you, I need your help with my current... project," Could he not just say experiment or something like it? "Your job is to contain the situation and make sure it doesn't get out of control."

"Then what the hell is Trinity Raven here for?" I asked incredulously, that sounded like I was to patrol the whole tower.

A heavy sigh reached me and I could almost see Siegrain pinching the bridge of his nose, "They are to assist you and deal with the members of Fairy Tail more directly, you are simply here for backup in the unlikely event that one of them is beaten. I would also enjoy having your assistance when it comes time to break the fairies' spirits, that would prove to be rather amusing."

So that was his goal, interesting.

I sighed heavily, not wanting to show just how irritated I was to be relegated to a mere side act, "Oh, so I'm just to walk around and look pretty?" Siegrain tried to interject but I cut him off before he could, "I told you that I refuse to play into your kinks, Siegrain."

"This is your last warning Miss Ghost, do as I tell you or you'll be disposed of." Siegrain's tone hardened significantly in an obvious attempt to intimidate me.