You guys haven't learned anything with tartarus,have ya? Only say someone is beaten when the manga clearly shows and confirms it. I was really tired of seeing you guys calling them fodder when they were hardly beaten,like Kyouka in her first battle with Erza and Torafuzar and Tempesta vs Natsu and Gajeel.
Also,when Erza attacked him,he BLEED. Unless that blood actually belongs to Erza, that was a clean hit. Ajeel will probably stop underestimating his oponent and go for the kill.
Well,I knew Layla was related to Albareth. After all,we know that she appeared all of a sudden in a merchant's guild,and considering the manga never talked about her past,she almost certainly wasn't from Ishgar. That was clear to me when Albareth was introduced and I began to expect it.
Layla probably betrayed Albareth,but I wouldn't be surprised if she did something more. It was way too convenient that she remembered Layla when Lucy was about to backstab her. That was probably what sparked it.