AN: I want to take a moment to thank for all of the follows and likes. I'd also like to thank zoxy2 for the review.

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I do not own any of the characters within this story. All characters are created by Hiro Mashima. I only take claim to the OCs (i.e. the children) and the plot of this story.


Chapter 2

*POV Laxus*

"Freed is with child."

"We cannot save them both."

Those words repeated themselves over and over within his mind. He knew…or at least he thought he knew that there was no way Freed could have been with child. There were no signs of it. He remembered what both of his mates were like when they both were carrying their children. And Freed never has shown a single sign of it. Keeping his eyes locked onto the still body that lay out on the bed. In the deepest parts of his mind he knew he didn't have much time. Every passing second meant the closer to death Freed would get. "Pregnant…" He slowly spoke as his mind still tried to process this information. A low growl echoed in the deeps of his chest, "You're wrong! There's no way he's pregnant. Look at him! Hell, smell him. There are no traces of him being pregnant!"

He heard a soft faint sigh that had his eyes snapping up to the pink haired healer. Watching her every movements as she reached for Freed's arm slowly lifting it upwards. He couldn't suppress the snarl that came from him at the sight of the woman touching his dying mate. One of her hands touched Freed's wrist causing band of purple runes to appear around it. Flashing a moment of red before they vanished away causing the spell to be broken from around Freed. A few shocked gasps could be heard in the room as Freed's stomach became large, followed by the strong scent that every dragon slayer in the room was familiar with, the scent of a pregnant person. Still not fully believing what he was seeing he reached out with all of his senses finding that everything they told him was true.

That only brought forth a million to one questions. The biggest of them all was, why did Freed hide this from them? He tried to reach the answers he wanted but he couldn't find any. Slowly his eyes widen with surprise. If Freed or someone else had placed that spell on him then that would mean… His head quickly snapped to his grandfather. He knew! Sparks of lighting began to spark around Laxus as his anger grew even more. His growls now echoed not within just the room but the whole guild hall. His fangs began to grow in size, along with the pupils of his eyes vanishing. Before anyone could even react to the changes in the older slayer, there was a flash of light followed by gasping sounds of the Master as he was pined against the wall with his grandson threatening to strangle the older male. Scales on his arms slowly began to revel themselves as he leaned in closer to his grandfather's pain fill face. The Master's tiny hand clung tightly onto Laxus' larger hand trying to get some space to allow him to breath. "You knew, you bastard! You knew and you let him go on that mission!" Laxus growled out

"Lax… Laxus I didn't know…"

"Bullshit! You knew old man! And you allowed him to not only endanger himself but the child he is carrying!"

Makarov looked up with pain filled eyes at his grandson's blank eyes. "I… didn't know… my boy."

"Laxus! Let him go! None of us know!" Came Natsu voice next to Laxus as he tried so hard to pry the hand off of the master. Even going as far as to use his fire magic to try to burn Laxus. But Laxus wasn't having any of that. He had only one mission, even the beast in within him agreed with him, the mission to kill his grandfather for endangering his mate and unborn child. Sending off a massive lightning attack along the arm that both Natsu and Makarov were attached to. Screams of pain came from both of the males. Makarov now breathing even heavier and harder with every passing second. Natsu was also in a lot of pain from the attack but he held strong in his own mission to save the master.

"I'LL KIL…" The world around him become black, and the last thing he felt was his body falling towards the ground only to be caught by strong arms.

*POV Makarov*

He thought was actually going to die right there and then, by his own grandson's hands no less. But at the feeling of air rushing back into his lungs as the presser around his neck began to vanish. Looking up to his grandson he noticed Laxus' eyes rolling into the back of his head then both of them slowly began to fall to the floor. Just behind Laxus he could see Gajeel angry face and his arm changing back to normal after his attack onto his grandson to knock him out. He felt warm arms grabbing him to make sure he wouldn't hurt himself as he'd hit the ground. Looking up he noticed that Natsu had caught him, before setting him softly on the ground. It took a few moments for him to catch his breath. Once he felt like he could finally breath normally again, he looked around the room assessing the damage done. He saw Wendy and Porlyusica were still standing near Freed hooking up devices to keep him alive. Gajeel was holding his knocked out grandson. And Natsu was standing next to him watching Laxus.

He took a long heavy breath, "Put him on one of the beds Gajeel." Gajeel nodded before walking over to place Laxus within one of the beds that would be close to Freed. Gajeel knew that if he was in this position he'd want to still be close to his mate, even if he wasn't awake. Just as Laxus was laid down the door to the room opened up to Mirajane walking in with a communications lacrima crystal in her hands. Within the crystal Bixlow's head floated within it.

Mira's voice softly filled the room, "Master…Bixlow's calling to check in." He was lucky that both of the other males where hidden from sight. Walking around the curtain to take the crystal from Mira's hands.

"Master!" Bixlow's panic voice called out to him. Even with the face mask hiding Bixlow's face he could see the much worry and fear in the other. "Freed… How is he, master?"

Makarov's eyes fell to the floor as he ordered the male to return home and that he will send their fastest people along with assistance from an ally guild that would be near to help out. Bixlow gave him a nod before his image vanished from sight. "Mira please see to my great-grandchildren are comfortable until Laxus or Bixlow can tend to them." She game him a warm smile as she nodded to him. She was just about to leave when a voice called out to her.

"Wait up, Mira! I'll come help you."

Her smile even grew that much more, "Thank you, Natsu." She had known for a while that he has been trying to prove to a certain someone that he could be good with children. Plus the extra help watching the twins would be great, especially after the whole guild had felt Laxus' rage.

Once they were gone, Makarov turned back to the two healer woman and asked the few questions that have been on his mind. "How far along is he?"

There was a short silence within the room before Porlyusica spoke up. "He's 22 weeks into his pregnancy." All eyes had fallen onto Freed whom was currently stabilized but anything could change within matter of minutes. "There may be a way to save them both. At the best I can promised Freed's survival. The baby…That all depends on the child's will to live and how much damage the unborn's body has taken."

He gave a sad sigh, "Do what you can to save them both. I'd hate to see what will become of this family if one of them is lost." Finally lifting his eyes to Porlyusica, "Did he ever tell you why he kept this hidden?"

Porlyusica only stared down at the green haired male. Of course she knew and she told him on number of times that he should tell his partners. But Freed was being stubborn in this. "I…" She looked up to Makarov, he could tell deep in her eyes the answer he was looking for. "…do. But I think it would be better for him to be the one to tell you. I have some lives to save. And Gajeel…" as much as she hated humans at the current moment she didn't want to have to deal with an angry Laxus if he was to wake before she and Wendy were finished. "Please make sure he doesn't wake up." And with that she and Wendy took Freed out of the room to prepare for surgery to save the unborn child's life.

*POV Gajeel*

Gajeel only pulled up a chair to sit in, sure he knew deep down there was no way he'd be able to catch Laxus off guard again. He had gotten lucky that Laxus' focus was on the master to get a good shot in Laxus' blind spot to knock him out. "Master…" Came Gajeel's rough voice over the silence in the room.

"Yes, my boy?"

Gajeel's pricing red eyes were on him, "Did you know?"

"No…If I had I wouldn't have given him the clearance to take the mission with the other two."

With that Gajeel was satisfied with his answer, he could tell that Makarov wasn't lying to him about it. He closed his eyes and relaxed back into his chair. Makarov sat down on the edge of the bed of which his grandson slept in, all while he waited for the finally answer into the survival of Freed and the unborn child.