Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 6

"You're heavy", Bickslow gasped trying to help Roscoe to get up. "You alright, baby?"

"Somehow", Roscoe panted grasping his side tightly. "Just... Tired."

"Yeah, must be because of these stupid collars."

"Where did that man go?" Roscoe asked looking around but they saw no one. There were still moss all around them, but it wasn't moving anymore. It had covered most parts of the street.

"Erza and others must be keeping him busy, we better get out of here", Bickslow said and he finally got on his feet, grabbing Roscoe's arm and lifted it around his neck helping his brother to get up. "You can walk, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Let's leave everything to others, we can't do anything anyway now when that fucker sealed our magic", Bickslow said and he gave a slight kicks to all five totems, catching them and tucked them inside his cape. "Alright, tell me the way how we can get out, baby", the seith mage said and Roscoe nodded wearily.

"Follow this street until the fountain, then turn left and follow the path down", he instructed and Bickslow started moving, supporting Roscoe the best he could.

They managed to get to the fountain that was now broken and there were even more moss around here, covering the walls of the buildings that were still standing.

"Is it just me or is it like... Slowly spreading to everywhere?" Bickslow asked cautiously. "It's not moving fast like before, but there's definitely more of it."

"What?" Roscoe panted looking at the moss.

"It looks... Different somehow."

"We better walk faster", Roscoe grunted.

"You mean I should carry you faster, baby?"

"Shut up and walk, donkey."

"Bickslow! Roscoe!"

They stopped when Erza's familiar figure dropped right in front of them on the street.

"Have you seen the one who made those golems?" she asked quickly.

"Huh? Weren't you fighting with him?" Bickslow asked confused.

"I was, but he managed to slip away when he spread more moss around. It's almost all around the town right now. So he escaped..." Erza muttered with a frown. "Hard to imagine he would leave just like that and after creating so much moss."

"Wow, even Titania can sometimes lose the sight of her enemy", Bickslow snickered and Erza glared at him.

"We have no time for that, Bickslow", she scolded, though she was also embarrassed. She had looked away only for a second and then that man had already disappeared!

"He's definitely a coward, that Pinky. You destroyed his golems so easily, no way he wants to fight against you, baby."

"Pinky?"

"He told us his name is Ichabod Pinkerton."

"I can't say I have heard about him before", Erza frowned. "And I don't like it how there is still so much moss all around even though he ran away."

"Yeah! We were suspicious about that too! There's so much of it."

Erza was just about to say something, when suddenly there was a loud yell inside their heads making them jolt.

"Watch out the moss that is spreading! Don't go near it!" they heard Warren's voice.

"What? Why?" Erza quickly asked.