Lucy awoke to find herself in a type of cavern, presumably underground. It took her a while to catch her senses, and her memories, before she went to stand up. She could not, however, and her eyes rested on the chains that made it impossible for her to do so. Her keys were hung on a peg hanging from the wall at the other side of the cavern. She gritted her teeth in anger, pulling with all her might to reach the keys, but the chain around her ankles didn't let her move far. A figure entered the cavern, a long, feathery cloak following them.

Lucy's eyes came into contact with theirs, and they shone purple beneath a hood. The lips smiled sadistically, before the hands of the culprit reached up and tugged down the dark hood. Lucy's eyes glared at the woman in hatred, before she addressed her. "Hey! You! Who are you?"

"My name is Tortura."

Lucy snarled, "what are you doing? Why did you try to capture Wendy?"

"I didn't. I just need a mage. Any would have done. She just seemed the most defenceless."

"You're sick!" Lucy spat. Tortura did not pay kindly to this, striking out at Lucy's cheek as the slapped echoed across the cavern.

Lucy gritted her teeth, staring at the woman's purple eyes that were lit up in malice. "Why do you want a Wizard?"

"I need it to help keep myself young, y'see," the woman answered, the sickening smile yet again spreading across her lips. "I can also take Wizard's power to revert into energy. It can make my body young again."

"But a Wizard's life source is their magic!" Lucy screamed at her, realizing exactly what the woman was doing.

She takes other's lives to make her own last longer, Lucy thought, feeling sick, and she intends to do this to me, also.

Lucy's eyes grew wider as she saw the woman's fist glow with magic unknown to her.

Natsu continued to carry on, his nose guiding the way. He felt very violent towards Gray at that moment, as Wendy kept looking at him and smiling in a knowing way. Erza kept occasionally clipping Gray's ear, though, as if punishing him for leaking the secret. Not that Natsu cared, ofcourse. Unless Mira found out. Which meant the whole Guild would find out, including Lucy herself. Damnit, he thought coldly, if Mira finds out, I'm screwed.

But for now, he knew, he must turn his attention to finding Lucy. He just prayed she wasn't hurt, and held onto the hope Lucy kicked the bad guy's ass, and they could all go and do their job so she could pay her rent. He'd then enter her house without her permission, get screamed at and then work out on her floor. Sometimes he even slept in her bed, too. Not on purpose. He'd just flop onto it and fall asleep, and he'd awake to find Lucy next to him, on top of the duvet and still fully clothed.

He would grin at this. His body temperature was higher than the average human's, and so he was like a mini heater to her. He didn't really think anything of it, but the thought would sometimes occur to him, does she like me too?

Erza watched as Natsu continued to track Lucy's whereabouts, and she smiled to herself. He really cares about her, she mused. At that moment, she felt the ground tremble at her feet. Her first thought was to protect Wendy, and she did so. She ran, scooping up Wendy as the hand crashed through the ground where she was once stood. Natsu turned, his eyes wild, before he charged at it, yelling, "Iron Fist of The Fire Dragon!". Gray advanced with his own attack towards the creature, their magic yet again doing no harm.

They each looked at eachother, perplexed, before Carla gave a gasp, "everyone! The creature! It's covered in the lacrima that makes magic useless against it!"

"So if me and Wendy use higher Dragon Slaying power..." Natsu began,

"...we can destroy it!" Wendy finished.

"Aye sir!"