“AAAAHHHH!!!” The blonde screamed from the ground as she gripped her shoulder in pain. Oh man those things shot hard. But she couldn’t give up. Gritting her teeth through the pain she struggled to get herself into the upright position before the gang with the guns began to approach her. Her body tensed and her injured arm attempted to open a magical circle much to the chuckle of the approaching guild members when they realized she was having difficult holding the circle. Ready to accept her oncoming slaughter she closed her eyes.

[i]Are you stupid?![/i] Ran through her ears and her eyes slowly opened to see the back of the dragon slayer she had left in the downtown area. Despite Taunie being someone who lacked emotion, she had never been so happy to get yelled at in her entire life. As he took in a deep breathe, she buried her face into her arm to protect her fital parts before she felt a presence next to her. 

Mirajane had arrived and was patching her up quickly muttering something about Gajeel and Natsu being gone. “Don’t worry.” Taunie said climbing to her feet and putting a hand on Mira’s shoulder. “We aren’t lacking a dragon slayer.” With that Mira nodded and took off to help others.

Through the pain the blonde walked to him once he had blown everyone away. “Idiot.” She said giving him a punch in the arm, “Didn’t I tell you to stay at the house? This isn’t your fight.” Everything she said was accompanied by a grin, despite her words; she was glad to see him. “But if you insist come with me I have an idea.” 

With that she grabbed him by the hand and pulled him along with her running towards the water which had begun to dethaw. “Gray! I need a slide.” She screamed as she pulled the two of them towards the water. At the last minute, the water turned into ice and it became a slip and slide. “Hold on!” She pulled Ansel into a hug to insure they stayed together on the small path. 

As they slid towards the slid she buried her face into his chest. “Thank you.” She said softly, her grip tightened slightly around his waist. “Thank you for coming and helping. It’s not your fight but we can’t do this without you.” Doing her best not to get sentimental as she felt their momentum kick up and they began to fly through the air she let him go and turned, using a chain to grab onto the moving tank and grabbed his arm pulling both of them towards the machine and landing with a thud. 

“Uuuuggghhhh.” She said as she rolled as they landed. “Damnit…” She muttered rubbing her bandaged shoulder. This wasn’t exactly the best situation but at least they were there and the only Fairy Tail members to make it to the machine. “Alright.” She said rising to her feet. “Here’s the plan. We destroy the cannon before it can fire. If it fires it will destroy the guild but if we can get it down before that happens we’ll have a much better chance at this fight. This guild may not have many but what they don’t have they make up for in fire power. Specifically this thing.” She said with a nod before she started towards the inside of the machine. “Let’s go.”