Strongest Man Takes A Hostage

"And where's the greetings for me, Nigga? We too have been apart for quite a while, haven't we?"

"Wha-Ho-Why are you here!!?" Shocked Sho jumped back from the dealer's counter. "You shouldn't be here!"

"What do you mean?" Richter was confused.

"Do you know each other, Richter?" Erza asked seeing Sho's reaction.

"Yes. We met each other. And I have some business to settle with them." He said cracking his knuckles with hostility.

"Shit!" Sho cursed. "Don't think I will easily loose."

Sho threw multiple cards as projectiles. Before those cards landed on Richter, he disappeared from his spot and re-appeared besides Sho punching his arm with his pure brute strength.

*Crack!

Sho flew sideways all the way through the walls, burried under the rubbles of the demolished walls.

"Richter! WAIT!" Erza stood before Richter stopping him.

"Get out of my way Erza."

"Stop! What are you trying to do?"

"Trying to get my answers. Now step out of the way."

"Please stop. You will kill him!"

"Well that will depend on him."

"Please, let me talk to him. Please!"

Everything between them happened so fast that Lucy was stunned. She couldn't wrap her head around. She looked around and assessed the situation properly.

'Does Erza know that guy?' She thought.

By her guts, she knew she had to support Erza, "Wait Richter! If you beat him like that up, he won't be able to talk."

Richter intended to take Sho hostage to make his friends take him to Jellal. These girls didn't know that he was with his friends. Richter wanted to get done with this already lest something happened to his little sister of this world due to his half heartedness and carelessness.

Taking a deep breath, he agreed, "Fine. Don't worry I won't do anything serious. But do understand I have something I need from him. Anyway let's help him, it will be a problem for me too if he dies under that rubble."

"Thank you" Saying that Erza with the help of Lucy started to take Sho out from the rubble.

Erza looked at her little brother with guiltiness and sadness and remembered her childhood. The time when her freedom was taken and made into slaves. The time where she only survived due to her childhood friends.

Sho was unconscious. Blood dripped from his head and his arm were bruised especially the left one that took Richter's punch.

"Oops! I overdid it."

Lucy glared at him angrily. Richter looked the other way whistling and ignoring her. As that happened, everything suddenly went dark.

Richter could feel something approaching them. A snake maybe, at quick pace. He quickly activated his magic wrapping quake bubble around his fist and punched the thing approaching them. Surprisingly, he could feel it get obliterated very quickly.

The light was on and a cat-girl stood before them with her blank gaze towards Richter.

Her gaze then fell towards Sho. Seeing his wounded looks, she rushed towards him shouting his name, "SHO-CHAN!!!"

Unfortunately, standing between her and her friend was Richter. He gave her a lariat on her chest flinging her on to a desk.

*Boom, she crashed. She was still conscious but hurt as she had trouble getting up.

"Neko-man!!?" She said as she looked at Richter in shock.

"Neko-chan. I don't want to hurt you but I can hurt him."

Richter then walked towards Sho. Erza tried to protect Sho by blocking Richter but Richter pushed her sideways and grabbed Sho's head by his hair.

"Richter!" she said anxiously.

"Where are your other friends? Call them here in 10 minutes. Or else..." Richter threatened Milliana.

"Neko-man!? Wh-Why are you doing this? Myaa!" Milliana cried. But quickly wiped her tears. She then looked at Erza and remembered, 'We are enemies right now myaa. He is with Erza-nyaachan right now.'

"Don't hurt Sho-chan, myaa. I-I will call others."

"No need, Milliana. I am here."

A muscular man with metal jaw arrived.

"Simon!" Erza said surprised.

"Where's the blockhead?" Richter asked.

'How does he know?' Simon thought. "He will be here soon, too."

Soon, a blockheaded guy materialized himself from thin air.

"What's going on?" He asked in dandy style. (A/N: Don't ask me, I too don't what this is.)

"That voice-....Wally?" Erza spoke.

Wally who had just arrived, saw a guy grabbing Sho's head by his hair. This enraged Wally as he brought his gun for a battle, "Taking a hostage to gain advantage, so not dandy. Let him go, or I will make you kiss asphalt. Get it?"

"Wally! Stop it. Put your gun away." Simon stopped him from aggravating the situation.

"Simon, you have to be more like a dandy. Get it?"

"Wally!"

Both stared at each but looking at his expressionless friend making such expression, Wally finally put his gun away.

"Very not so dandy like Simon. Get it?"

Simon then looked towards Richter and asked, "What do you want?"

"Where's the Tartaros' base?"

Simon answered honestly for he had seen the ruthlessness of this man, "I don't know. They only contacted us by their fake base."

"Do you think Jellal know their HQ?"

"I cannot guarantee but possibly."

Picking Sho's body up, he said, "I see. You will take me to him. Now, let's go."

Simon had no choice. Maybe, maybe he will help him thwart Jellal's craziness too. If only he could bring the whole fairy tail gang like his original plan then it would be more fool-proof.