These little ideas for things keep popping up in my head so I'm gonna write this one out and see where it goes. Anyways the main idea is a Modern AU where, 5 years after an Apocalyptic event, the world is nothing more than ash and stragglers trying to survive. The tale begins with three well known characters of the FairyTail world and follows them on their way across North America, seeking shelter and a place to hopefully call home. Please y'all review and tell me what you think cause I don't know if I'll continue with this
Dusk fell upon the small destroyed town. A small wind wound itself through the emtpy, eerily grey buildings before continuing on its way back down the main road. Three figures strode down that same street, pulling their hoodies and scarves tighter to their faces as ash and dust was thrown around from the wind. Walking behind them the farthest to the right was the tallest, with a large, buttoned up black jean duster that fell to his knees with the only other thing being seen were his dark brown trousers and black combat boots leaving large tracks in the dust of the road. The fartherst on the right was dressed mostly the same, though instead of a black duster his was a dark blue. His dark black hair wasn't covered with a hoodie like his counterpart though, leaving it open to dust and ash to fall silently onto it like snow on a feild. Shifting slightly he moved some of the weight in his pack around to try and give his back a break.
"Fucking wind. Think I just ate some more dust." The tallest of the three figures growled from underneath a black hood and an even blacker bandana that covered his mouth.
"Probably more nutritious than Natsu's cooking." The man on the left snorted when the man in the middle hit him in the chest.
"Shut up, Gray." The muffled voice came from under a miraculously still white scarf. A grey duster outlined his dirtied blue jeans and a red Chicago Blackhawks baseball cap sheilded his hair and eyes.
"We've gotta find somewhere to rest for the night." The gravelly voice from the tallest of the three pointed towards what looked like an old hotel about two blocks away. "That looks like a good place to try and find some food." The others nodded and the small group headed along down the road towards the large building.
"Holy shit is that an-"
"It totally is!" Gray cut Natsu off before he could finish.
"Never thought I'd be this happy to see a god damned Super 8 again in my life!" The three men laughed and strode up to what used to be the front doors of the hotel.
"Knock knock!"
"Shut up Gajeel there could actually be somebody here." At that moment Natsu tripped over what was left of a glass door frame and hit the ground.
"Smooth as a Salamander." Gray laughed whole heartedly as his friend of four years brushed himself off and stood up.
"Fuck off." The three looked around. The lobby was of an average size with random couches and chairs scattered around and a desk facing them, all covered in ash and dirt of course.
"Guns out boys; sweep the place." Gray pulled a pair of Beretta M9's from underneath his duster and pointed them down the hallway to his right. Gajeel did the same with a pair of Colt Anaconda's and headed down the left hallway to sweep those rooms.
"Guess I get the front desk and the kitchen." Natsu grunted and brought around the shotgun that hung on his back. Stepping carefully through the ash he jumped the counter and checked the back room, finding nothing but an old candy bar that was far from edible. Sighing he thudded his way around the desk and down a single hallway just off the one that Gajeel had wandered into towards what he assumed would be a kind of ballroom and kitchen. Finding exactly that he swept the place quickly looking for signs of other people and, to his relief, finding none. "Please something canned, please something canned." The kitchen proved a slightly better ordeal in that Natsu found three cans of peaches along with some beans and what looked like Campbells soup, though the label had worn off years ago. Throwing them all into the seperate coat pockets that dotted his duster Natsu headed back to the front where his companions were already waiting for him.
"Find anything?"
"Rooms were all cleared. Thought I saw a cat but he was probably to skinny to eat anyways."
"Same thing except for the cat, you?" Natsu grinned and threw down the canned goods.
"Looks like supper is a treat tonight boys!" The three men grinned and picked up the cans to move into the first room of the right hallway.
"I'm going to make this soup outside." Natsu grabbed matches and some kindling from Gray's pack after the man threw it onto one of the beds, coughing while dust from the action filled his lungs.
"Sounds good. Keep the shotgun handy, this place is giving me the creeps." Gajeel called from the bathroom that was right beside where the door to the hallway stood, testing to see if the miracle of running water was still in the building. Nodding at the advice, Natsu himself walked out and back into the street to start a quick fire. Using some tongs he held the can of soup- beef and barley as it turned out- over the yellow flames and whistled to himself while the contents heated up. Looking around he noticed the Sun was close to hiding away behind the buildings and hoped that he was inside before it truly got dark.
"World is to fucked up for anyone to be out here at night." He kept whistling until the soups was steaming and quickly kicked out the fire before running inside. Natsu hated the dark, especially now a days. He knew it was childish but the shadows always gave him funny ideas about what was lurking in them, playing with his mind and making him see things. Just as he got through the front doors he made the mistake of looking down the left corridor and nearly shrieked in horror before sprinting towards his room and slamming the door shut in desperate fear.
"Guys! Guys I think I saw some-" Natsu stopped mid sentance. Gray and Gajeel were sitting cross-legged in the middle of the floor, not making a sound and staring at the ground in front of them.
"Shit." The door behind him opened and the cold feeling of a gun pressed itself against the back of Natsu's head.
"You're damn right shit. Now go sit down and don't do anything fucking stupid." Natsu did as he was told and sat down beside the other two to form a trainge on the ground in front of the two beds in the room.
"That was way easier than it should have been." A boy with orange hair and a long red coat knelt down behind Gajeel with a blade pointed into the back of his neck.
"Tell me about it." An identical boy knelt behind Natsu and pressed his own knife to the back of Natsu's neck.
"Now now twins, we can't talk while our guests are praying for their lives." From where Gajeel was sitting he could see the man talking to the twins now, an older looking man with a small tattoo below each eye and long grey hair spiked around his head.
"Come on Erigor let's just kill em now and be done with it!"
"Now now boys, give them a chance to pray." Erigor smiled and put his gun to Gray's head, cocking the hammer back. A sudden sound, nothing more than a picture frame falling, distracted the men to look to the hallway. It was a mere second of broken concentration, but it was long enough for Gray, Natsu and Gajeel to fight back. Natsu and Gajeel both spun and threw their elbows out to connect with the jaws of their knife-weilding captors, sending the younger men down with small thuds. The two didn't have much time to do much else other than scream before a knife came plunging down into their throats to send gouts of blood spurting from the veins. Gurgling in unison the action even caught Erigor off guard and the man only remembered Gray when two M9 barrels were pressed against the underside of his jaw.
"Pray as much as you want, God is gone." Gray pulled the triggers and sent blood and brain splashing across the wall between the two beds behind Erigor. Re-holstering his fire arms Gray grabbed the can of soup that Natsu had left to sit in the middle of their triangle and gulped back some of the now luke-warm broth.
"Really? Can't even warm up soup properly? Jeeze you're awful at this."
So, that's that. I really need to hear what y'all think on this one so please review and comment and anything/everything else you wanna do! Thanks!
