"...after that we went to the aquarium and wandered around there for a little while. I found the sea lions to be the best part, but Gajeel found the sharks to be more interesting."

Lucy moved pushed a fry around on her plate.

"Then he proposed to me while riding a jet ski in the orca tank..." Lucy didn't look up.

"Lucy!"

The blonde jumped and dropped her fry. "You weren't listening at all were you?" She looked guiltily at Levy.

"Sorry Levy. I've just had some stuff on my mind. You were talking about Gajeel right? Something about an aquarium?" Levy nodded and noticed the uneaten food on her plate. She hadn't so much as eaten a fry or take a bite out of the burger. Now that she thought about it, Lucy hasn't eaten anything in front of her in a while. She wanted to call her out on it, but the last thing Levy wanted to do was put Lucy in an awkward position in public.

"Yah, we went on a date to the aquarium. After the aquarium we went out to go and get dinner at this small restaurant a few blocks down..."

As Levy continued on with her story and Lucy listened. The two had been friends since high school so they knew each other pretty well, well enough to know when something was bothering the other one. Lucy just had to bury her thoughts and pay attention to what her best friend was saying. The last thing she needed was Levy to start worrying about something she didn't need to get involved.

After dinner, the two girls headed back to their apartment. Tonight they had both gotten off early and it's a Friday, which meant binge watching Grey's Anatomy and staying up till four in the morning.

"SHES PREGNANT?!" Popcorn flew across the room. They both laid on the couch covered in blankets, spewing pathetic insults as to how they could have been so stupid.

"April just tell him! Ugh! This show is going to kill me..." Lucy throws a handful of popcorn at the television, missing horribly.

"Okay, but honestly? Dr. Shepherd is probably the hottest guy on the show." Lucy nods agreeing with her.

Several hours later, Levy had fallen dead asleep on the couch. Lucy was half asleep when she heard a noise coming from outside. Careful not to wake Levy up, Lucy got up and moved their curtains to see what was going on. Her eyes took a second to adjust to the street lights outside and focus in on something below them.

A man somewhere in his late thirties had cornered a women about ten years younger than him. He dug his nails into her arms and started to pull her into the alley way behind the apartment. She was kicking a screaming for help.

Lucy gritted her teeth and ran into her bedroom. She dug out a shoe box from all the mess under her bed and pulled out a black half-face mask. It covered the right side of her face, including her eye and her forehead. It was as if someone had taken a white and gold galaxy and covered the whole mask, leaving the black as a background.

She grabbed the mask and put it on. Slowly she opened up the window in her room and climbed down the fire escape. Both terror and excitement took over her. The last few times she's gone out, Lucy has worried not only for her safety but for Levy's. She was human and couldn't protect herself like she could.

"Please! No!" The women screamed as she sobbed. The man had managed to take off her shirt and was now working on his pants.

Lucy couldn't take it anymore. She jumped the rest of the fire escape and landed in a lunge. One leg was stretched out and the other bent, her hands planted on the ground. When she looked up, the man had only glanced at her before turning his attention back to the women.

He did a double take and saw that Lucy's eye was black and red. Before he could scream, she charged and was ripping him off the women in an instant. He was on the floor, Lucy on top. She yanked him back up harshly and threw him into the brick wall behind them, holding him up by his throat.

"PLEASE! IM BEGGING YOU LET ME GO!" The man fought against her grip.

Lucy looked him dead in the eye. Her kagune was out for display on her side and she could see him trying to break eye contact to see hit. She pulled him back and then quickly pushed him again, earning another yelp.

"Did you let her go when she begged?" The man froze, unable to respond.

"You disgust me." Lucy snarled. Before he could blink, her kagune had stabbed him in the abdomen repeatedly. She watched absolute terror grow in his eyes as she dropped him dead.

Nothing but silence filled the air for several moments. Lucy took a step back and examined her work. The only time she had been so horrified with herself was the first time she ate. What made it even worse? She hadn't eaten in about a month.

Lucy backed away from the man and the mess she'd made. The women was no where to be seen. She must have left as soon as he let go...I don't blame her.

Breathing suddenly became extremely difficult. So did standing. Lucy leaned up against one of the brick walls and slid her back down the side. She couldn't tell whether or not is was because of lack of sleep or because she was hungry, but either way she slowly gave in.

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"Come on! Not even a little?"

"No! Now get off my territory brat. Go feed on the homeless like everyone else in this stupid city."

"But aren't you..."

"I said leave!"

A figure ran around the corner into a random alley. "Jackass. Wouldn't even let me have a bite."

He scratched his head and sighed. He hadn't eaten much in the past few days and was dying to get his hands on something to eat.

Frustrated, he put his hands in his pockets and kicked a rock. It bounced off the fire escape he was near and landed near a person. Curious, he got a closer look. She was blonde and wore a black mask with a white and gold Galaxy pattern. Her hands and clothes were covered with blood spatters, and after getting a quick look at the man across the alley, he could understand why.

He took off her mask and nearly dropped it when he saw her face.

It's her! But I thought she was...never mind.

Quickly he picked her up, careful not to forget her mask. Her blonde hair flowed freely as he ran to the safest place he could think of...Fairy Tail.