Hello again :) thanks for reading this story. I'm so sorry for the cliff hanger but I needed to leave it there.

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"Gray… how is Natsu?" Erza asked with worry evident in her eyes. She couldn't believe what had happened; everything looked so surreal and unbelievable. It felt like it was coming out of a scary movie. Looking at Natsu lying on the bed made her blood boil out with sadness and rage. 'Who could have done something so evil? Who hated Natsu so much? Who could go this far?' As all those thoughts were coming to her head again and again as everything started to play in her head

Erza saw how Natsu and Lucy were exchanging vows. She was so happy for them; not only because they were dear to her but because she understood their feelings. She looked at her husband Jellal who was sitting right next to her and smiled at him as she put her head on his shoulder remembering her own wedding. She looked at the couple in front of her and just when Lucy was about to say the two magic words Erza heard two shots. At first she couldn't move because she was taken by surprise, but when she looked at Natsu and Lucy, and neither of them was moving and then… hell broke loose…

"He is fine… we could finally knocked him out. At first the anesthesia was not making any effect so me and Gajeel had to used brute force to help the drugs take some kind of effect on him…" The black-haired man said tiredly as he passed his hand through his unruly hair. He wanted to believe everything was a nightmare and that in no time he was going to wake up. But no luck, he was living this and the pain in his heart was growing more with every minute passing.

Everything went quiet. Nobody dared to move, despite the fact that everybody had heard the two shots, people were just standing there waiting for something, a signal maybe to let them know that everything was ok. Everyone was looking at the couple in front of them; Lucy's face went into shock while her hand went to her side and Gray could see a red stain running down her dress. Natsu on the other reacted as quickly as his instincts could take him and he reached for her fiancée before she could hit the floor. Gray saw people moving faster, some were calling the ambulance, others were running in and out of the church, security guards and police officers filled the place fast. Gray could finally snap out of his shock and went directly to where Natsu and Lucy were.

People were surrounding them. Mirajane was calling the paramedics, Elfman was trying to push everyone away telling them Lucy needed space. Gray couldn't see Erza, Jellal, Cana, and Loke anywhere so he figured they must had been the ones going outside.

When Gray looked at Lucy, he felt his heart drop to the ground. She had her eyes closed, all the color had drained from her face. She looked almost as if she was… dead. The red stain on her side was getting bigger and bigger by every second that passed. Gray knelt beside Natsu who couldn't recover from his own shock, he put a hand on Natsu's shoulder but aside from that, he didn't know what to say to the pink-haired man. Natsu looked like he was in a trance holding Lucy's limp body against his chest, streams of tears coming down his face.

Natsu caressed Lucy body against his own, he whispered uncontrollably trying to get her to wake up and stay awake, "Lucy, don't leave me… please… stay with me…LUCY..."

Gray would never be able to forgive himself in something bad happened to Lucy. He wasn't able to keep her safe, maybe if he was guarding the church none of this could have happened. Maybe she could have been on her honeymoon already. It just wasn't fair, why did Natsu and Lucy had to experience something so terrible when the both of them just wanted to be together?

"H-how's Lucy?" Gray hesitated to ask as a ball of emotion was making it harder to breath. He glance back at the red-haired woman whom seem tired and frustrated.

"The doctor hasn't come out yet… but one of the nurses did and she told us that the operation is very complicated and that they are doing everything that they can to save her but… if something happens to her I swear I will find the person who did this and…" Erza's voice broke and she let out all the anger, the frustration, the hurt, and the worry that were eating her inside out. She broke into tears, the tears she had been holding on for a while. She had not cried, maybe to give everyone some kind of support, maybe for Natsu, and maybe for Lucy but she couldn't handle it anymore. Erza needed to let everything out before it was too late. She covered her face with her hands and she let her hot tears run down her cheeks not caring if that made her look weak at the moment, she just couldn't handle it anymore. Suddenly, a pair of strong arms encircled her firmly.

"Gray…" Erza whispered. She figured he must have been hurting too and was blaming himself for what had happened.

"It's okay, Lucy… Lucy will get better…" and his voice broke too, he knew better than to give Erza false hope, but he needed to believe it. He had to hold on to something that could give him a ray of hope, something he was not willing to admit.

Mirajane came inside the room and looked at the two people in front of her, she felt her own eyes getting watery. Mirajane knew that Erza and Gray were like brother and sister, they both had lost their families when they were little. Both families were very close and since the accident Erza took full responsibility of Gray. Then Natsu came in, his parents had abandoned him when he was very little and Erza and Gray took him in. They lived like a happy little family and things were starting to look better now that Natsu was going to marry Lucy but with this, Mirajane doubted they were going to live happy again.

"Ahem… Erza, Gray the doctor finally came out… and he wants to speak to both of you…" The white-haired beauty said trying to offer a little smile.

Erza noticed that Mira's blue eyes were red and puffy from crying but she was there standing strong. They could only nod and follow her outside.

The doctor was there talking to Jellal, Juvia, and Lisanna… practically everyone was there. Gray didn't looked surprise though Lucy made friends very easily and everyone loved her. One a different note, the doctor looked exhausted and worried.

"I'm sorry to tell you this but Miss Lucy is still in a very critical condition. We were able to take the bullets out but they penetrated some important tissue and arteries, I'm sorry but she is not going to make." His words hung in the air, like a black curtain coming down from an act.

Lissana started crying again as Juvia held her shoulders Juvia, the blue-haired woman was very still as silents tears flowed down her cheeks. Mirajane broke down into tears while Freed looked shocked and tried to comfort her. Evergreen was sobbing and Elfman hugged her whispering in her ear "It's ok… Lucy is strong just like a man... she is going to get out of this one but is ok to cry... some one who cries is a man." Loke hugged his head in desperation. Levy hugged Gajeel with all her might while crying. Cana looked astonish and took a little bottle out of her purse and started to drink from it while saying "it's my fault…if I had been faster, i-if" and broke into tears. Laxus moved to her side and held her against him. Jellal came to where Erza was and put his arm around her shoulders. Both Erza and Gray were in shock, they couldn't think, they couldn't move, they could only hope for a miracle.

"Can we see her?" Erza tried getting out of her shock as she turned to the doctor "All of us."

The doctor looked doubtful for a moment,"Like I said before, her condition is very critical, it might not be a good idea if all of you go at the same time-"

"Please! We all need to see her, at least one last…" Erza didn't need to finish. Everyone knew that Lucy might not make it and they agreed with Erza. All of them needed to see Lucy one more time.

The doctor still looked like he wanted to say no but he knew better than to argue with a bunch of stubborn young people so he decided to let them in. 'better let them in, it might help her last minutes..'

"Sting where were you?"

"Oh nowhere in particular, just went to finish some unattended business." The young blonde man smirked with mischief in his voice.

"Well you sure look happy, anyways the boss wants to see you, I think he wants you to deliver this package." Rogue motioned uninterested to a small package that was on the table.

Sting decided to go look for the boss and ask him about the package, it might be something important. 'Ha this has been the best day of my life; Natsu must be going crazy right now. His beautiful girlfriend dead, what a shame! She was pretty cute, maybe I should have gotten her for myself but anyways I better hurry…'

Natsu found himself face to face with a certain beautiful blonde. Her face radiating happiness and cheerfulness. She looked healthy and full of life. He knew it, everything that had happened was a nightmare, his girlfriend was fine. But before he could call out her name she left him. Natsu was running, trying to catch her but she just disappeared. He found himself very confused and when he turned around he saw her again, he was about to run to her but she stopped him.

"Please Natsu you need to let me go"

Natsu widened his eyes at her words.

"I love you but for my sake, for your sake please let things go. I trust you with all my heart and I know you are strong enough to overcome this obstacle. I just need you to promise me that you are not going to cry for me anymore, my heart breaks every time I see you cry, don't cry anymore, please..."

And with that she disappeared and left Natsu standing alone, then from all of the sudden everything went black.

Erza and everyone else were allowed to see Lucy. When they entered the room nobody could believe what they were seeing. Lucy was on a bed with a lot of cables attached to her hand and an oxygen mask was covering her face. There were a lot of monitors and other complicated things that they did not pay attention to in the room.

Erza didn't even glance at it because all her attention was directed to the young woman lying on the bed. 'Lucy please keep fighting… do it for all of us… do it for Natsu' though the red haired beauty

"Lucy…"

And just like a miracle Lucy opened her eyes and gave all of them a weak smile.

"Erza, Gray… everyone…" the pretty blonde said barely above a whisper. Intermediately Erza and Gray were by her side.

"Shhhh, don't waste your energy talking. Lucy please you need to stay alive, keep on fighting, you need to get better ok? You need to get out of this hospital soon b-because…" Erza's voice broke again, she did not wanted to cry in front of Lucy, she wanted to remain strong for her but seeing her friend in that hospital bed was getting harder and harder, "because all of us need you, Natsu needs you… and I wouldn't stand it if…" Erza suddenly stopped when she felt Lucy's hand touching her own. Her hand was so warm and filled with life, just thinking about that created a lump in her throat and she knew she was so close from breaking into more tears.

"Erza… my beautiful sister is crying for my fault… shame on me…" the blonde said giving Erza a weak smile.

Erza could only stare back with sadness reflected in her eyes.

"Don't cry… I am ready to leave… I can't keep up any longer… but promise me that you are not going to cry for me again… you need to stay strong… do it for me please…." Lucy paused for a moment and Erza could see that the talking was taking much more of her energy than what she made it look. Slowly she started to take off the oxygen mask. Erza And Gray wanted to protest but seeing her so weak made them help her instead. After a while Lucy whispered, "Gray… and Erza I want you two to promise me something very important..."

Sorry for another cliff hanger but I had to do another one... so yeah Sting is the one who tried killing Lucy please don't hate me for that I just needed someone to do it and he looked like perfect for the job. He's one of my favorite chracters but remembering when he used to be a jerk wasn't hard. Don't forget to review and tell me what you think :D