Tartaros Headquarters - The Cube

Nashi:

My head was throbbing when I came to, it felt like someone had hit me in the head with a brick. When I moved to rub my head, my hand was stopped by metal cuffs locked around my wrists. I opened my eyes and saw both of my wrists were chained above my head. I tugged on the restraints and pushed against the wall I was leaning against.

When nothing happened, I surveyed my surroundings. I was in some kind of dungeon with stone walls and a heavy wooden door with an iron-barred window. I was alone as far as I could tell, getting knocked out must have put my dragon slayer senses out of whack.

Speaking of getting knocked out...

I thought back to what I last remembered before blacking out. We went to guard one of the former council members, but we were too late. We learned about face and Tartaros' plans when suddenly that horned lady... Seilah! She used some kind of body control magic and made me attack my friends!

My friends! 

"Storm! Kali! Gale! Can anybody hear me," My voice echoed around the room, it was the only response. Suddenly the latch on the door clicked loudly making me tense up. The door swung open and revealed a scandalously dressed woman. Actually, she only looked partly human. 

She wore a strange helmet that concealed almost the entirety of her face, excluding her eyes and mouth. Her revealing and scandalous outfit left nothing to the imagination as it showed off her hourglass figure and other features. Those "other features", however, were like those of a bird. She had long claws for fingers and strange aviary feet. 

"I'm glad to see you're finally awake," Her voice was cold and smooth like a viper. "I am Kyoka, and you are now a captive of Tartaros,"

"Where are my friends?" I barked. Kyoka clamped her claw-like hand around my face. 

"I'll be the one asking the questions here," She lectured. "You are only here to serve one purpose and one purpose only. That purpose is to serve Tartaros," I growled against her hand. "Rumor has it that you and your friends are from the future,"

My eyes went wide and Kyoka removed her hand, a confident and sadistic smile on her face. My blood began to boil at her comment about my friends. "You leave my friends alone you evil-" my words were cut short by a sudden shooting pain in my stomach. It was a pain beyond anything I had ever felt before. My nerves felt like they were being struck by lightning.

"You're going to tell me everything I want to know," Kyoka continued. Her index claw was glowing and barely pressing against my shirt, but the pain was unimaginable. "Now, where is Jellal?"

"I-I don't know," I grunted. Kyoka didn't like my answer, she removed her claw and the glow transformed into a glowing whip. She lashed the whip at me making me scream in pain. 

"I'd say that I take no pleasure in torturing children, but that would be lying," Kyoka grinned. "Now you're going to tell me where Jellal is,"

"I told you I don't know!" I cried out. "I haven't seen him since the Grand Magic Games,"

"You're lying," Kyoka challenged. She swiped her whip at me again, making me shriek in agony. "You humans are pathetic,"

"You can torture me all you want, but I don't know! Even if I did know, I'd never tell you," I spat.

"Fine, if you won't tell me then maybe one of our other prisoners will," My eyes went wide as Kyoka left the room with the door wide open. 

"Wait! No, please leave my friends alone!" I called after the demon. I pulled against my chains until my wrists felt as if they would break. "They don't know anything, leave them alone! Please, I'm begging you!"

As Kyoka stepped into the hall she turned to someone who was apparently standing outside the door "Do what you want with her, just get me that information," 

"Thank you my lady," A woman responded as she stepped into my cell. She was tall and wore a slim strapless dark purple dress that showed off her curvy figure, a white lab coat, and glasses. She flipped a large piece of dark hair over her shoulder, her red eyes gleaming with anticipation. The woman closed the door behind her and smiled.

"Hello Dearest," She leaned against the door and gave me a look that would make any man's heart throb. "Why would you run away my Dear? I've missed you so much," She pouted.

Something about this lady seemed so familiar, but I just couldn't quite place her. "Who are you?" I questioned cautiously.

The woman put a hand on her heart like she had just been deeply wounded by the question. "Dearest!" She choked. "I can't believe you don't remember your own master Lilith," She said in a silky voice. "After all, we spent the past three months together," 

My heart stopped. The past three months, the ones I couldn't remember. That woman! It was her, she was the one who kidnapped me and scattered my friends all across Fiore! My blood began to boil with anger.

"You!" I wanted to strangle her, but the cuffs on my wrists dug into my skin. I was pissed now.

"Oh Dearest! I haven't seen you with this much energy since I first brought you in," Lilith disclosed with a sinisterly evil smile.

"You're the one who stole the past three months of my life!" I yelled.

"Hush now Dearest, I'm happy to see you too," Lilith cooed, she pulled some kind of gun-shaped contraption from the pocket of her lab coat. "But before we can go, Lady Kyoka needs some information,"

She pointed the contraption at my stomach and pulled the trigger. Three garden hose-like chords erupted from the contraption and plunged into my stomach. I shrieked as I felt my magic energy draining from my body into the tubes. I screamed in agony as my magic was being stolen right before my eyes. 

"Oh, how I've missed this," She sighed. "Now be a good girl and tell me where Jellal is,"

"I told you," I cried. "I don't know," Tears streamed down my face at the pain and frustration I was in. 

Lilith let out a dissatisfied hum. "We could be here all day my dear. Until you tell me the truth, I'm afraid that I'm not going to ease up,"

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Erza:

Erza gritted her teeth in frustration. She was angry with herself for being so foolish as to get captured by the enemy. What made matters worse was that she had to hear Kyoka as she tortured other prisoners down the hall. It was bad enough that Kyoka had tortured her until she couldn't stand, but now she had to listen as the demon tortured other people? It was awful.

There was a loud click as the latch on the door to her cell unlocked. The titania tugged against her chains one more time, wanting nothing more than to crush the demon woman who stepped inside. Kyoka smiled as she closed the door behind her.

"I'll ask you again Erza," Kyoka formed her glowing painful whip. "Where is Jellal?"

"I told you I don't know," Erza growled. She glared at Kyoka as the demon swung her whip at the Titania. Erza hollered in pain as her nerve endings were electrocuted and set ablaze. 

"Honestly Erza, I'm getting bored torturing you,"

"Lady Kyoka," a new woman stepped into the cell wearing a lab coat and glasses. "I couldn't help but hear some new screaming and I thought I'd observe," Lilith smiled evilly.

"Shouldn't you be doing something?" Kyoka snarled. 

"Unfortunetly my pet passed out from the pain of two consecutive tortures. Is this one not talking either?" Lilith questioned, ignoring Kyoka's comment and stepping into the torture chamber. 

"No, but she will," Kyoka grinned evilly, "I'm nowhere near done with her yet,"

"I think I might have an idea of how you can speed this along," Lilith smiled, she took Erza's chin and tilted her head. Lilith snapped her fingers and a magic circle appeared on the ceiling. There was a short pause when someone fell out of it.  

The figure hit the ground with a thud and let out a low groan. Erza eyed the figure on the ground, he was muscular and young, maybe 18 or 19 years old. He wore a long blue jacket that went to his ankles with the sleeves rolled up and tan cargo pants. 

Lilith flicked her wrist and the chains on the boy's wrists flew onto a hook in the wall, bringing the boy along with them. His neck was limp making his head hang off his shoulders and concealing his face. 

Erza's heart quickened the pace as she got a better look at the boy. More importantly, his crimson red hair.

"Lady Kyoka I'd like you to meet one of the more fabulous specimens I've come across in my travels," Lilith announced. The boy raised his head, revealing his brown eyes and the birthmark under his left eye. "Reiki Fernandez,"