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Author's Note: This is my first multi-chaptured fic in this fandom and it's also a multi-pairing mess that is more chaos than conducive plot so I apologize beforehand. That being said, I am thoroughly enjoying this fandom and hope to contribute worthy works of fiction. Maybe not this particular one…but I love it all the same.
Summary: Freed is asked by Master Makarov to accompany Laxus, Gajeel, and Natsu on a job. If that thought isn't bad enough, they never make it to their destination as they are ambushed and taken prisoner. Things take a turn for the embarrassing when it's revealed that their captors were paid by another to capture the three Dragon Slayers and they use Freed as leverage to get some entertainment out of them until the unknown client shows up.
Rating: Mature Overall
Pairings: Laxus x Freed, Natsu x Gajeel, Laxus x Natsu, Gajeel x Freed, Laxus x Gajeel, and Natsu x Freed
Prologue
When he'd been asked to accompany Laxus, Natsu,and Gajeel on a job it was pretty clear to Freed that Master Makarov was asking him to do so in order to keep Laxus from soundly beating the hell out of one or both of the other two. Unable to refuse such a request, the green-haired Rune Mage agrees even though he was pretty sure that he wasn't going to like this and wonders if their team was in more danger of each other than the issue they were going to handle.
Not even three miles from Magnolia and Gajeel and Natsu start in on each other over some petty something or other and Freed struggles to keep from rolling his eyes at their childish squabble. He tries to ignore it only until it gets intolerant enough that Laxus starts in and things escalate quickly. Growling in frustration he finally places runes around each of them to keep the others from getting close enough to touch or allowing magic to be flung at the others. "Freed!" Natsu protests.
"Enough," he says sternly, "We don't have time for you three to have this spat right now. We have a job to do and I'd like to actually KEEP my share of the reward and not have to use it to pay for damage done to property along the way. Can't you three PRETEND to like each other long enough to get this done?"
"He started it," Gajeel says sourly, "Salamander ALWAYS starts it."
"I'll finish it, too!" Natsu snaps at him.
"Neither of you will be doing any such thing right now," he says curtly, "So be quiet and keep moving. Honestly, I should have just forced you three on the train regardless of your issues with motion sickness. Then I wouldn't have to listen to you bicker like children."
"That is just cruel and unusual," Gajeel retorts.
Freed would respond but a glint out of the corner of his eyes makes him shatter the runes as he dives out of the way of metal. "AMBUSH!"
It would be the only thing that would be managed in way of speaking to one another as an all out battle erupts around them. It was why Freed had wanted to take the train and avoid walking through areas known for rogue guilds or mercenaries wanting to cause trouble. Deciding that it didn't matter now, he focuses on the issues at hand which definitely were problematic.
Things seem to turn in their favor after the initial surprise as they focus on working together against the common threat and Freed is hopeful that they'll manage to handle this before anything goes too horribly wrong. However, the thought barely finishes when there is an ominous fluctuation of the air around them. His blue eyes widen but he has no time to yell out a warning as a wave of magical energy crashes into them. The darkness swallows Freed almost instantly.