Even Macbeth did not understand what was happening. The only thing that he understood was his opponent had been hit; hit most probably by a bullet! He instinctively scanned all the directions to find the sniper.

"Geez, Macbeth, you are a disgrace if you needed my help to defeat an opponent far weaker than you." A calm voice came out of nowhere; but Macbeth's predatory eyes spotted a creature wrapped entirely in a black cloak on a tree-top with a gun in the hand.

"Obra? Why are you here?" It was obvious that Macbeth hated to see the abomination of this creature at that moment.

A short middle-aged person with sharp menacing pointy eyes and a smirk plastered on his face jumped down from the tree.

Macbeth immediately clutched his collar with both of his arms and raised him from the ground. "I didn't need your help to take care of that one." He muttered in cold rage. "You made me look like a noob who needs assistance from abominations like you before my boss. I will shred your body today and feed the scavengers."

"Hating me as usual? Have you forgotten that if something happens to me, then Lord Zeref will annihilate every single one of you?" Obra was unfazed despite all the anger that Macbeth has showered. "Don't forget that if Lord Zeref deserts you, the hounds of Interpol will tighten their nets on you and there will not be left a single piece of land for you to hide – either it is endless torture or death." Obra spoke with an air of contempt.

Macbeth did not know how to respond; for he knew that whatever the creature had told was nothing but the truth. But obviously the creature had purposefully omitted something of vital importance and it was that Zeref was not known to show any mercy towards the traitors.

"Well, what do you want me to do now?" Macbeth asked looking down, clenching his fists tightly as he seriously wanted to trounce the creature that stood before him.

"Lord Zeref has ordered to keep that red-head away from the bluenette to make things more amusing and entertaining. He would love to see to what extreme the latter would go for the sake of his revenge and this tomato-head over here could be deterring factor." Obra chuckled.

"You talk too much Obra!" Obra turned back to see the attractive raven-haired. "Now, why don't we move to some action?"

"Don't tell me that you are going to let her die!" Macbeth let out an evil grin.

"Die? Don't make me laugh Mackie! " Ultear chuckled. "I would love to see her watching her 'beloved' boyfriend thinking of her as dead and finding comfort in these beautiful arms. "She stretched out her arms with an evil smirk.

"Sieg-sama, you don't know how much I hate you. I used to toy with men and their lust and use it for my advantage. So, how dare you think of her whilst in my company? How dare you moan her name in ecstasy whilst sleeping with me? What sort of magic does she have to prevail over my charms? "She muttered to herself.

Whilst making the monologue, she failed to notice Macbeth approaching her from behind and holding a gun at point blank on her neck.

"I don't care what Zeref does to me. That woman is mine and I will make sure that she would stay alive to pay for her audacity. So, leave this place immediately." He mumbled coldly.

It took a while for Ultear to come back to her senses from her earlier reverie. But as soon as it happened, she quickly kicked him on his stomach and before he realised what was even happening, she elbowed him.

"Don't ever underestimate me, Macbeth aka Midnight. Lack-keys haven't grown that much to challenge their Boss." She grinned and then gave out a signal. In response, two men came out from their hide-outs.

"Zancrow and Azuma, take care of this mess called Oracion Seis. Boss's order is to annihilate every single one of them including their boss, Zero. But take care that Sieg is not harmed, am I clear?" She commanded aloud.

"What about that young lady over there? Is she dead?" The tall tanned well-built person called Azuma asked in his husky voice.

Ultear gave off a smile which could melt the heart of any male and patted both of their cheeks. "Don't worry sweet-hearts. I will give her to satisfy your hunger sooner."

The wild-haired blonde called Zancrow became strangely excited. "You bet you will, Ul. If you go back on your promise, we will definitely have Meredy in her place."

Ultear's facial expression changed right at that moment. She started burning with rage. "How dare you think of Meredy like that? I will kill you for even thinking like that." She was about to slap Zancrow when Azuma stopped her from doing so.

"Easy there, Ul. Don't pay attention to barking dogs. Let's not divert our attention from what we had come for." He said calmly in his deep voice.

Ultear was a woman who seldom got upset whatever might the situation be and still when Meredy was brought into the picture, she always tended to behave as an over-protective guardian. The gang she was leader of always was puzzled about the dynamics between the two as they were not related by blood. But the real truth was Meredy was the one who saved her life despite Ultear killing her parents. Why did she do that? Ultear used to wonder as she knew that Meredy was the eye-witness of the carnage. She even asked it once to Meredy and the answer was simple.

"Even if you are punished, that won't bring my parents back. But if I stand with you that might make you re-think about your actions in the future and prevent you from making someone an orphan like me." Ultear promptly agreed and went and sat in the car asking the chauffeur to start soon after Azuma and Zancrow brought in a wounded Erza after giving the first-aid.

Ultear was in deep silence after Azuma's words. An emptiness was popping up in her mind. She herself was reminded of her own life and she did not want someone else to traverse the same path as she did owing to the strained relationship between her parents. She hugged Meredy with tears in her eyes and took her under her wing. That was the only time that she had ever broken down in her life. The only person whom she ever let take care of Meredy was Jellal and the bluenette soon grew fond of her as he never had any siblings.

Ultear wanted to cherish that family too badly. Though she was toying with him, somewhere deep in heart, she had feelings for Jellal and always wanted him to remain with her which was why she always hated Erza. She was ready to go to any extreme for separating him from Erza which was why she manipulated Hades to make him kill Erza's friend Simon and rape his sister Kagura as she had done the background study on Simon as soon as he joined their gang, Grimoire Heart. Deep inside, she knew that Erza would hate him for these vile actions and this had the potential to separate them forever.

But her plan was back-fired because of the deeper bond between Jellal and Erza and that night, she was unable to sleep. She even held a pistol near her temple attempting to take her life. But then, realisation struck her. Why should she do that when she could devise another plan to separate them? This time, she planned to make Erza the same as Mrs Julia Fernandez by feeding her drugs and giving her as a 'treat' to her gang.

Why did she hate Erza? She mused. Was it because she was the light that could make the darkness of Jellal fade away or was it because both of them were two sides of the same coin –one being the shadow and the other being light? The two could never co-exist as one would bring the end of the other. Were her feelings for Erza the same as her feelings for Gray? She wondered. She had to share the first person who was precious to her with Gray first and now the second person with Erza?

BTW, why did she like Jellal? And since when was it? She played with her long black strands trying to remember it. She never remembered an instance when he kissed or embraced her fondly. Their connection was business-like. For him, the dynamics was similar to a Boss and the underling; but to her, he was a toy and she was an artist who played with that toy who was unaware of the plot behind the scenes.

The car came to a sudden halt before a huge mansion thus waking her from her reverie. The mansion was so familiar to her. A guard opened the door of the car and bowed politely.

"Hades-sama is awaiting your presence inside and he has asked you to reach there soon." The guard said politely.

She hastened her way into the mansion as she knew what it was like to face the wrath of Hades. She had always regarded Hades as her foster-father but still she hated how he made her lose her innocence and transform into a manipulative bitch which she is today. Playing with people's life was her forte'. But she has to say that she did get a thrill whilst seeing the people suffering. When she is not at peace, why should the world be?

She tiptoed her way up the stairs to face a robust old man who was in his formals and sipping his wine. Another man of similar age was standing beside him whose hair sort of resembled a tree.

"uh! Ultear, you are late. What is the status of events until now?" He asked with a smirk.

Ultear wiped the sweat on her fore-head and said in a polite voice. "Pardon me for my tardiness. But OS is subdued. Sieg is just cleaning the mess."

"What about Zero?" He asked in a concerned voice.

"Sieg and Zero were fighting neck-to-neck until I took off. Don't know the outcome of that." He slapped straight on her face.

"How could you leave something as important as that and come here?" She fell down due to the old man's strength; but got up holding her cheek with her hand.

"Don't worry about it. I have already made sure that Sieg will win this." She said triumphantly.

"How?"

"If Zero survives, he won't last long. I have set up a sniper in the area who will do his work quietly and kill them both to avoid traces. Also, if Sieg can't kill Zero, then he isn't worth living, isn't it honey?" She leaned on to the body of the old man and brushed his face with her index finger.

"Of course it is, ain't it, Warrod?" Hades asked with a smile.

Meanwhile, the fierce fight with Jellal and Zero continued. Jellal did not know about the fate of Erza and he fought with all his might. At one point, it looked like Zero was having the advantage. But Jellal was not the one to be under-estimated. He landed 2 punches successively on Zero's face with his knuckled fist that blood was spurting everywhere. Zero was not the one to back down. He kicked Jellal on his stomach twice and sent him flying. Just when he thought the match was about to be over, Jellal landed on his blind-side and KO him on his vulnerable spot. Age had taken a toll on Zero which he realised when his stamina drained and he fell flat on the ground.

But Jellal was not in a better condition. He had a broken leg and bruises were there throughout his body.

But hel walked forward lifting his coat from the floor and turned back to look at Zero. His eyes were blank and absolutely emotionless. He put his hands into his trousers as to pull something out of it which Zero guessed was a gun. But it looked something like a capsule which he pointed straight to Zero's face.

"You have got two options. Either you swallow this or use this gun to shoot me." He paused. "Which one do you want to choose?"

Zero gathered all his strength and frantically stood up and grabbed the gun. "You really are a fool, Sieg. Is this how you satisfy your vendetta? Guess that you are just an emo boy with Mama Complex." His guffaws echoed the place.

Jellal was unfazed. "Come on, do it." His voice was as cold as ice.

Zero arched his lips as if to make fun of the young man and pulled the trigger. Surprise! Nothing happened.

"Pull the trigger once more. All the holes are not filled." Jellal's baritone voice sent chills in all directions.

Zero gathered the courage and pulled it once more. To his surprise, Jellal was intact. But then, he had heard the sound. He just pressed his chest to find out a warm liquid covering the floor.

"What happened? I had... I had..." He fell back.

Jellal leaned close to him and whispered into his ears. "That capsule was for curing fever. Too bad, you did not choose it. Your greed is the reason for your undoing. I can now proudly face my Mum for having avenged her killers. Get lost to hell. There are many people laying there in wait for you whom I have departed before. Enjoy your time with them. Adieu "

Macbeth who was watching everything with awe rushed forward and knelt down.

"Erza...Grimoire Heart has taken her with them." He said in trembled voice.

"Grimoire Heart, uh? " Jellal mused.

"We are with you to save her." Team Fairy Tail said united and they walked alongside with him with firm determination.

A/N : Next chapter won't be late. A new character will be introduced in the next chapter. Could you guys make guesses? Let me see who the winner is.