Hey guys! Who's ready for some more Fairy-Pass? Holy crap I love writing this story and it's only been two chapters so far! I won't list all the trigger warnings again as you probably would've turned back by now if you read my last pre-story note. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Chapter Two

The two teams and the extra person entered the house, and were met with two hallways. The teams stared at Jellal, waiting for his orders.

"There are reportedly a group of men here, an estimated six in total. They're cannibals, and they've been camped out here for at least a month. We're not exactly sure how they evaded the system for so long, but we have our suspicions that it's due to a hacker among their ranks that altered their Demon scores and their GPS positions. There have been about 80 deaths in totalbetween them all.

"Normally for this size of a group, the extense of the crime, and how long this has been going on, we would have several other teams with us, but many of them are on other jobs or have been hospitalized, including my own Unseelie partner. So everyone will have to be very careful on this Exorcism, and I will be doing chech-ins every 15 minutes to ensure your positions."

You mean to see if we're dead, Levy bitterly thought but didn't voice.

Jellal pointed down the right hallway. "Levy, Gajeel, you'll take the right and search for the men. This isn't a Purification, your orders are to kill on sight. Natsu, Lucy, you'll take the hallway ahead of us and rescue anyone in here. I'll stay here and escort out anyone rescued and also ensure that no one escapes through the front it?"

The teams nodded, their eyebrows knitted in concentration, their lips pulled tight. There was no room for any other emotions. There was only seriousness, fueled by anger and the need for justice.

"Yes sir."

...

Lucy and Natsu crept down the long hallway, moving silently but quickly. The glass that should have shown the stars amidst an inky black backdrop was caked in blood, the outside light casting in streams of red of various shades depending on how old the blood was, even bits of brown trickling in. Lucy could've sworn a part of the wall looked slick.

They were almost to the end of the hallway, having found not a single door or person. Jellal had done his second check-in only two minutes ago. The hallway ended abruptly, but Lucy's eyes shimmered with hope when she saw a handle with bits of gold peeking through the flaking red crust.

She placed her hand on the knob, looking to her left at Natsu. He nodded back to her silently, gripping the Demon Reader in his hands tighter, pointing it straight at the door in preperation for what may lie beyond it. Lucy slammed open the door, her gun shifted in one hand so that it could still be used.

"This is Fairy-Pass, come out where I can see you!"

A shrill scream came from the corner of the room, hidden in the heaviest red rays. She approached it slowly, gun still raised and the flashlight feature turned on. While she did this Natsu did a sweep of the room, checking for anyone else.

The room had a table made of mahogany, little specks of red here and there, mostly around six main spots in half-assed circles, large enoough to match the size of dinner plates.

"Six men...cannibals...," Jellal's voice came floating back, and Natsu shuddered, running his now free hand through his hair. It was all so fucked up.

He kept walking, going towards the large cabinets and stove. A large lump lay in front of it. He shone his flashlight on the pile and froze.

"Oh my god," came a horrified gasp next to him. He jumped, letting out a sigh of relief when he saw it was only Lucy. Honestly, he couldn't have said it better.

Four bodies lay on the ground, a partially dry sick red puddle forming under them. Many of their limbs were missing, and they were completely naked, showing off their ribs beneath their ripped open skin, the stomach tore open and the organs mising. Their hearts were missing too. They were all men, and their untouched faces confirmed that they were the suspected men from the pictures Jellal had showed them before they all parted ways.

Another shrill scream erupted into the air and that was when Natsu finally noticed the shivering figure curled into Lucy's chest, their big brown eyes wide and staring, tears pouring out. Long blue hair coated in dirt and blood snaked around them.

Lucy had a little girl, no older than 12, tucked into her arms.

Natsu crouched down a little so that he was eye-level with the little girl, effectively shielding the sight from her. "Hey," he said. He gave her a gentle little smile.

"What's your name kid?"

The little girl's lip stopped trembling a little, and her voice squeaked a little when she answered. "W-Wendy."

His smile got even bigger, and he gently lifted Wendy from Lucy's arms. "It's all over Wendy. We're gonna get you home alright?"

The little girl nodded, still scared as hell. He couldn't blame her for that. There was no tewlling how long she'd been here until they got back to the headquarters.

He looked over at Lucy, breaking her attention from the scene unfolding before her.

"Let's go.I'll inform Jellal along the way."

They raced down the hallway, Lucy aiming her gun in front of her while talking into her Lacrima earpiece.

"Sir, we've rescued a girl from one of the rooms. In that room we found the bodies of four of the cannibals. It seems that the other two ate them. It looks very recent, so chances are they're still awake. Fairy Levy and former Unseelie Gajeel should be informed immediatley."

The ear piece crackled. "Bring the girl to me.I'll take her outside and inform Gajeel and Levy of the situation. I want you two to head over there and help them. Okay?"

"Yes sir."

...

Levy moved quietly through the dark red hallway, Gajeel a little ahead of turned, watching the concentrating girl.

"Hey Shrimp, be sure not to wander off," he said. No response.

"Shrimp. Shrimp, hey, earth to Shrimp."

"SHRIMP."

"What?" she snapped.

"What're ya thinkin' about so hard over there?" he ignored her tone.

She furrowed her brows to look like she couldn't be bothered, but it only highlighted her cute appearence. He laughed that crazy "Gihihi" laugh of his.

"I'll tell you if you stop calling me Shrimp," she requested.

He laughed even harder. "Yer upset over the nickname? That's adorable, but I use nicknames fer everyone Shrimp. See, Natsu is Salamander and Lucy is Bunny Girl."

"Bunny Girl?" he heard her mumble.

"Gonna tell me now?" he asked, slowing his pace to match hers.

She brightened, excited to share her thinking. "This is a two-story building right?"

Gajeel nodded.

"Well we haven't run into either of the living cannibals yet, and by now they've probably realized we're here. What are the chances that they went upstairs? Getting up there would take a while for someone who is unfamiliar with the layout of this house, namely us officers, and it would give them more time to plan an escape, or even attack us."

He thought about this a little. Shrimp was right. If they didn't want to be taken in or wanted a better vantage point for injuring one of the officers, it would best be done upstairs, form behind or while going up the stairs.

"It would also be a good place for one of them to eat the other," she stated simply.

Gajeel whipped his head around to face her. Probably not the smartest idea while hunting down criminals, but if her theory was correct then no harm done.

"What?! Why would one of them be eating the other?" he exclaimed in surprise.

Levy gave him a look that said It's so obvious.

He rolled his eyes. "Come on Shrimp, clarify for all the people without a psychology degree."

She blushed a little at her own arrogance. "Sorry. It's just that since four of the six cannibals were eaten by these two, it's likely that both have a Demon higher than the others' Demons. The stress of their own hideout being found, especially when they'd just gone out of control and eaten their fellow cannibals would push them right over the edge, either ina belief that killing, or in this case eating a witness and co-conspirator would leave no trace of evidence, or that being found has given them liberation, and that they should go out with a bang. Yeah, something like tha-"

During her long lecture they had finally reached the stairs and Gajeel placed his large hand on her head, effectively holding her in place. He looked up the stairs, then down at her.

"Time to test out yer theory Shrimp."