(http://i.imgur.com/Blj66.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Gaius 'Red' Eigenfilter</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow headquarters<br/><strong>VS:</strong>Alice<br/><br/>Gaius sighed when he saw Alice start to back out and leave, a small wave of his hands letting her know that he had acknowledged her flirtatious little remark. "Knowing the way that you fairies like to butt into everybody's business, I'm sure that we'll be bumping into one another again before too long... Small world and all that..." Of course, he wouldn't say it aloud, but he was looking forward to the time when he crossed paths with her again, as well. Alice was an... intriguing woman... to say the very least. The way that she stood by her convictions and was even willing to risk her own life for the sake of the world was awe inspiring to him, enough to give him a guilt free conscience as he surrendered the fight over to her and watched her leave the room, determined to save the world alongside her allies. Well, there was no guarantee that her allies would be successful in their fights, but if Alice was able to overcome him, he was sure that the rest of the Fairy Tail mages would win their fights too.<br/><br/>And so he was left to rest and recover, though he'd likely have to leave the Shadow Crow headquarters before too long, since he knew that it was only a matter of time before the whole place would come crashing down.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1132988491.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Gregory</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow headquarters<br/><strong>VS:</strong>Luca<br/><br/>Gregory had gotten overconfident when he saw the gash that he was able to land smoothly on Luca's side and sliced into his stomach. As such, his guard was entirely dropped after wards, and he was left entirely open for that huge surge of fire that Luca had let out, aimed right for that pendant that had slipped out of his shirt. Unable to move back or retreat in time, since the heat from the flames were too intense, and the light from the fire caused him to flinch, the demon that had taken over Gregory's body let out a final shriek before it collapsed backwards, the pendant around it's neck shattering. Almost instantly, a huge surge of magical energy burst forth from the pendant, since the connection to Gregory's mind wasn't broken before the Pendant was shattered. As such, Luca would be given the same 'window' that Lyuk was given, as Luca's own mind was sucked into the overwhelming magical power, and he was able to lay witness to what was going on within Gregory's mind.<br/><br/>He'd see a small child running desperately through the streets, covered in nothing but rags as he stumbled awkwardly and ended up crashing to the ground as he rolled over onto his back, kicking himself against the wall as three massive, terrifying shadows came towards him in the distance. Three fully grown men came up to the terrified child, all of them wielding either pipes or chains as they cornered him. "Got you, you little punk. Think you can steal from the boss, can you?" The child shook his head, his eyes growing wide with desperation as they closed in on him. However, just as the middle man's lead pipe rose up, moments away from crashing down on the child's head, everything froze. It was as though time itself had come to a complete halt as the child heard a whisper within his mind.<em>"I can end them, if you wish... Just accept my terms, and I will give you the power to erase these nobodies."<br/><br/>The answer was obvious, and the Lead pipe would never be allowed to make contact with the child's head. The only thing Luca would be able to see was pure red, and the desperate, panicked screaming of three adult voices. <em>"What in the world is this thing!?"</em> <em>"M-Monster!"</em> <em>"Save us!!! Somebody-"</em>. The voices were suddenly silenced, and only the child's heavy breathing filled the air. The red would fade to black, and all would be still for about a second. However, before anything else could come of the vision, Luca would be forced out of it as the magical energy of the pendant had finally run dry, leaving Gregory unconscious against the floor similarly to how Emilia had passed out.<br/><br/>Luca's vision wouldn't provide any answers as to why Gregory wanted those powers gone, why he wanted a world without magic. Then again, considering the nature of the beast that lived within Gregory's mind, perhaps it wouldn't be too hard for his fellow demonic host to connect the dots. Having a malicious voice in your mind, being constantly urged to kill, or lose control, or submit to the darkness, or anything of the sort, a bombardment of verbal abuse, a decade long battle of wills, any of it would be enough to drive a man insane, yet when it was all put together...<br/><br/>Either way, Luca had his victory now, at the very least.<br/><br/></em><hr/><br/>(http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/209/kdgr.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ralena Tharin</span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Shadow Crow Headquarters<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lyuk, Alice and Luca very likely to follow<br/><br/>Meanwhile, back in the central chamber, Ralena was resting up against one of the pillars with what appeared to be a thousand yard stare. When Lyuk came in to join her with Emilia slung over his shoulder, it would take either a call from Lyuk to get her attention, or a few seconds of patience before it clicked that somebody else was in the room with her. Surprisingly, Ralena didn't seem like she was in that bad of a condition, though there was a bit of wear and tear on her robes as well as cuts and bruises all across her arms and legs. "Oh... Sorry... Didn't see you there." Ralena certainly seemed awfully quiet compared to her normal energetic, loud demeanor, did something happen during her battle? Either way, the beam coming from the chamber she had dashed into was now out, so it was clear that whatever had happened in there, Ralena was able to overpower and defeat her fellow Aura wielder. She glanced up, noticing how the two remaining beams dropped one right after the other, leaving the final staircase down into the darkness below entirely exposed. "Heh... Good job, everyone."<br/><br/>Ralena pulled herself off one of the pillars, whining softly as she clutched her shoulder and looked over towards Lyuk, though as she did so, her eyes would drop down towards Marie and a curious eyebrow would lift as her gaze returned to Lyuk. "... Sup with the girl, anyway?" Ralena didn't feel like talking about it, but she had an obscene number of things that were going through her mind right now, bogging down what would normally be an uplifting sensation of victory. That damned man, of course he would find some way to ruin a perfectly good victory, and make her doubt herself again.<em>"The past is better left in darkness, huh? He kept insisting that I just drop it, that I just live a happy, ignorant little life, but..."</em>Where did she come from? Who were her parents and why would they just abandon her like that? Why did she exist? Those questions had haunted Ralena her entire life, and the pursuit of answers had been the entire motivation behind her wanderlust, and yet she had just been told outright by somebody with the same exact fighting style as hers, and with her face (albeit more masculine) that the truth was too much for her to handle, that it would be easier for her to live without it.<br/><br/>How was she supposed to accept that?