Is anybody there?
Does anybody care
What I'm feeling?
A blonde, teenage girl looked out her prison window. The dark night sky with sparkling stars glowed out brightly. Breathing out shakily, the girl wrapped her arms around her knees and brought them close to her chest. Tears welled up in her eyes as a clanging noise came from down the hall. Screaming and crying was heard from the rest of the prison cells. Looking down at her dirty feet, the girl remembered why she was here in the first place.
She was a human weapon. Like a lot of other people where she was. A bomb was set somewhere in her body, and the council could use it whenever they really needed it. With one command, she could blow up into ashes while a epic wave of deadly particles go around and kill the enemy. She was disguised to seem like a human, to trick everyone to thinking she was nothing else but a teenage girl just wondering around the battle field while she was a machine really.
Hearing a loud creak, she felt a hand grip her upper arm and yank her up making her cry out. Dragging her across the floor, the man dragged her across one prison cell revealing a little boy looking at her with frightened eyes. Biting her lip, she managed to give him a small smile and mouthed 'Don't worry, everything will be fine' she saw his eyes widen a bit before having the metal door slam in front of her face. Wincing slightly, the blonde continued to let herself to be dragged across the floor. They finally entered a small white room that had a couple of people in it. The one that caught her attention was the one who had pink hair.
I wanna disappear
So nobody can hear
Me when I'm screamin'
"Natsu, are you sure you're ready for this assignment?" an old man asked, who was beside the pinkette. He nodded, a confident look spread across his face.
"Of course Gramps! Why wouldn't I be?" letting his head fall, this 'Gramps' person groaned.
"Don't get me started on that." raising an eyebrow, Natsu finally realized that the blonde was staring at him. Snapping his own eyes up, the old man smiled at the girl.
"Ah, there she is! Experiment 777! This is the one you have to look after Natsu!" Crouching down in front of her, the boy looked over the girl with interest. Finally smiling, Natsu stuck out his hand to the girl.
"Hi, I'm Natsu Dragneel!" stretching her own hand out, she gently grasped his and shook it.
"777," he frowned.
"Is that your name?" she nodded slowly, not seeing the problem. "Well that's not a fun name! Let's rename you...how about Lucy?" she nodded again, not really sure what was going on with this boy. He smiled. "Nice to meet you, Lucy!"
'Cause I could use a hand sometimes
Yeah, I could use a hand sometimes
They say pain is an illusion
This is just a bruise
And you are just confused
Letting out a pained yelp, Lucy quickly tried to dodge the flying bullets coming her way. Natsu frowned and ordered the man beside him to stop. Doing what he was told, the raven haired man stopped all the shooting and watched as the blonde fell to the ground panting. Walking towards her, the pinkette helped up the blonde, the frown on his face deepening slightly. "What are you doing, the agency said you were more graceful then this."
The blonde also frowned. "Sorry..." she looked down to her feet, that now showed her nice pale, fake skin. Putting a hand on her shoulder, he gave her a small smile.
"Don't be so down about it, let's just continue the practice." she looked up at him teary but nodded.
"Gray! Start up the bullets again!" and they continued with her dodging bullets that came her way.
But I am only human
I could use a hand sometimes
I am only human
Lucy stood in the back of the room as everyone danced. A small ball was going on at the moment, celebrating a war that was apparently going on. The blonde heard a man that also had a bomb in him was used to win. To be completely honest, she thought the council was more dangerous then it really needed to be. The night she had heard about it, she went to her room and payed her respects to the unknown man. He was like her, and he did deserve to live a normal life, but no, like her, he had to be a robot with a bomb in him and was used for winning a war.
Sighing, the blonde ran her hand down the bright pink silk dress that stopped at her ankles. A belt went around the waist, showing off her bust that popped up at the top. Brown sandals held her small feet. A matching bow was clipped in her hair that hung over her shoulder, nice and straight, like she was told that it was supposed to be like that.
A hand that was shoved in her face made her blink and look up to see the pinkette smiling down at her. "What are you doing out here? The real party is in there." he jabbed his thumb behind him. Looking down, Lucy bit her lip.
"Well, I don't know anyone in there, so I would've been alone anyways." the man in front of her blinked.
"You know me though, so, you wouldn't be all alone." he pointed out making her eyes widen. Looking up, she realized she did know him, and could've looked for him. Wanting to slap herself, she took his hand and he dragged her into the ballroom.
The night is bitter cold
I wonder if you know
That I'm sleepless
Lucy stared at the ceiling of her cell room. She wondered if anyone knew that robots really couldn't sleep. Instead, she had to sit there, in the cold, until the sun came out and could warm her up again.
Turning to her side on the wooden bed, she stared at the wall before looking up to where the barred window was. Getting on her knees, she clasped her hands together and squeezed her eyes shut. Letting out a heavy breath, she started to speak.
"Dear Mavis, if you really could, can you make me a human in the after life? I know it might be a bit much to ask, but, I want to know what it's like to be actually alive, to feel something, and not be used as a weapon. So, please consider it. Thank you. Amen." reopening her eyes, she stared at the stars that glittered in the night sky.
"Thank you," she whispered.
Waitin' like a ghost
When I need you the most
I go unnoticed
"Natsu!" the blonde yelled in an excited tone. "Look, what I made you!" she squealed but stopped when a hand was shoved in her face to tell her to shush and stop.
"Sorry, that was someone bothering me, Gramps, now, what about the Saber Tooth war?" he talked into the phone, turning his back on her.
Tugging his shirt a bit, Lucy bit her lip. "Natsu, look at this."
A glare was shot her way making her mouth slam shut. "Shut up will you? I'm trying to talk on the phone here!" he growled before walking off. Looking down, the robot looked at the picture she had made. It was her and him, together, except this time, she was human.
Dropping the paper to the ground, she stomped on it and walked away whispering to herself. "Dummy, he wouldn't care anyways..."
'Cause I could use a hand sometimes
Yeah, I could use a hand sometimes
They say pain is an illusion
This is just a bruise
And you are just confused
But I am only human
I could use a hand sometimes
I am only human
Walking back down the hallway, Natsu looked for the blonde he just shooed away earlier. He felt bad for yelling at her. He just really needed to know about the war that just went on with Saber Tooth. He frowned when he almost slipped over a piece of paper. Picking it up, he realized it was a neatly drawn picture of him and Lucy.
Squinting, he noticed an arrow pointing at the blonde, it said 'Human' on it. He looked down the hallway, a pained feeling tugging his heart.
"Lucy..."
The weight of the world is pullin' me down
(Where are you now, where are you now?)
Bombs were heard outside, muting the screams of helpless people. Shouts were heard and shooting droned them out seconds later.
Every breath feels like I'm gonna drown
(Where are you now, where are you now?)
Throwing a fire bomb towards the attackers, Natsu ducked down as a loud explosion went off. Feeling a hand clasp his shoulder, he jumped in his place and snapped his head to see Gray standing there with a serious look on his face. Natsu raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"We can't win this to easily. We need to bring out one of the human bombs out." he explained.
The pinkette nodded slowly, "I'll get one. Which one do we need?"
"777,"
The mans blood went cold.
I'm the only one left alone on this Earth
Singin' this song but can't find the words
Running down the hallway of the prison cells, Natsu noticed the robots were also freaking out because of all the commotion outside. Skidding to a stop at Lucy's cell, he quickly opened it and grabbed the blondes arm and pulled her up making her squeak.
"N-Natsu? What are you doing?" he stayed silent as he continued to drag the girl away.
He also made sure she couldn't see the tears that were in his eyes.
'Cause I could use a hand sometimes
Yeah, I could use a hand sometimes
They say pain is an illusion
This is just a bruise
He led her down the battle field, avoiding the bullets and bombs that were thrown there way. Finally making to the middle of the field, Natsu turned around to face the blonde who's eyes were wide with fear. "W-what are we doing out here? What's going on?" she freaked out, moving closer to the pinkette. Letting out a breath, he pushed her away and gripped her shoulders.
"Lucy, in a few moments, I'm going to leave you in the field. And I need you to say 'Activate' moments after I'm gone. Can you do that?" she looked at him scared.
"But if I say that I'll explode..." she whispered. "And die!" she yelled the last part. Opening his mouth, he saw something being thrown his way. His body froze when he saw it was a bomb.
And you are just confused
But I am only human
Everything else went in slow motion. Lucy pushed Natsu out of the way making his eyes widen. She gave him a small smile as the bomb hit the ground. He saw her mouth the words that made his heart break. "Activate," she had mouthed before she disappeared into the explosion which was soon blown away by a wave of pink dust. Immediately, the enemy fell to the ground as the wave went over them and Fairy Tail ran over to them to prove their victory.
Natsu stood there still for a second before walking slowly to where Lucy last stood. The only thing that didn't seem broken was a light pink, heart shaped stone that glimmered. Picking it up, he studied it sadly. Looking down again, he saw Makarov giving him a sad face. "That's her heart," he explained quietly. "She's dead now, but she has helped us win the war, be thankful for that." nodding, the old man walked away leaving the man stand alone as tears ran down his cheeks.
I could use a hand sometimes
I am only human
Holding the stone in between his fingers, he shot that hand up into the sky and looked up to the stone with teary eyes and let out a loud scream.
Luvviez: Yeah, I got at least something up :D
If any people from my other stories that are reading this, I want to thank you for all that support you gave me! It made me so happy to see all that.
This song is called 'Human' by Krewella!
And this is for EsteVamps writing challenge!
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