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CUE THE ONE-SHOT!

You don't know what you have until you lose it.

Run. That's all he could do. No fighting back or hiding. Just running. He knew he wouldn't make it out alive this time, but he didn't care about that. All he cared about was seeing his beautiful wife's face as he walked through the door, the children wildly running about screaming and causing chaos. All he cared about is Lucy coaxing the children to sleep while they cause chaos of their own in bed that night. All he cared about is Lucy's golden hair escaping the door the next day after a kiss heading off to work.

Maybe, just maybe, he will see tonight and tomorrow and the next day alive and well.

Just maybe.

"Natsu Dragneel, I do believe you owe me something."

Acnologia, renowned terrorist, terrorising people everywhere, all the time. Especially if things didn't go his way.

"I owe nothing to you, you bastard!" Natsu spat out.

A sickening crunch was heard as an enormous bat collided with Natsu's ribs.

"Aargh, fuck" Natsu cried out with a splatter of blood.

"The money, please." Acnologia asked emotionlessly.

"You cheating BASTARD! I OWE NOTHING!"

Acnologia grabbed Natsu by the collar and said venomously, "Listen here you bitch, I want that fucking money, if you don't give it me, I will kill you. But not just you, I will hunt down your whore of a wife and kill her too and your little kiddies, only that will satisfy me unless you give-me-the-money."

He smiled a poisonous smile and loosened his grip on Natsu's collar.

That allowed Natsu to deliver a blow to Acnologia's temple, however, the blow didn't deliver and instead of a crumpled up Acnologia, Natsu got a knife to his chest.

Natsu didn't flinch, instead, he dropped to the floor and played dead.

"Worthless fly, so much more work to do know." Acnologia complained.

Natsu made sure that man was out of his sight before he grabbed his phone out of his pocket.

He mustered up his strength and managed to say,

"Hiya Luce!"

"Sup Natsu, where are you? I've been worried sick, you are sooo late!"

"Don't worry babe, I'm just stuck in traffic. That's why I decided to call you."

"You sound sick, are you ok?"

"The motion sickness tablets are wearing off, that's all."

Natsu could see his vision start to blur. He had to end this.

"Listen Lucy, I love you, lots and lots and you and the kids are my world."

"Hang on, am I missing something? Is it an anniversary, is it your birthday? Is it my birthday?"

Natsu smiled.

"Natsu."

"Yeah Lucy."

"WE LOVE YOU TOO!" shouted everyone, his children and Lucy, his Luce.

And with that, Natsu knew he could go.

He rested his head with a smile, closed his eyes and let the darkness engulf him.

At Home

Lucy was screamimg.

"NO, IT'S A LIE, IT'S ALL A FUCKING LIE!"

"Sorry Miss, but it's true."

She was so glad her children weren't here.

"Stay AWAY. AWAY AWAY AWAY. DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!"

Her painful screeching resonated in Gray's ears as he sobbed himself to sleep. He can still hear them, and she's stopped.

The shaking wouldn't stop, all Erza was seeing in her mind was Lucy's starved, pale face the day after. She sleeps with a gun under her pillow now.

Nashi was so confused. Why is Auntie Mira crying? Why is Uncle Laxus crying? And where's mommy and daddy?

Lucas knows.

He just does, no one has told him, but yet he still cries at night, thinking that Mira can't hear him. But sadly, she can.

Lucy does too. She knows. She knows who did this to him. And she will get revenge, and the day he comes knocking, she will be ready.

The kids don't have to know though, neither do the police.

She had gone crazy, hell bent on doing this.

No one can stop her.

No one.