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This fan fic SCREAMED to get out of my head after a rather gruesome dream I had about Gajeel and Levy (I was seeing through Levy's eyes...) Anyway, this chapter is about the dream I had (well, the bloody part anyway...) I woke up with a nasty feeling in my gut after the dream. But, what stayed with me and haunted me for a couple of days (until I started writing it down) was Gajeel's face when he saw his hand. Weird...
Prepare the tissues, boys and girls. Also, if you really wanna feel something, I suggest you read this chapter while listening to Enigma - Why
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CHAPTER 2: Personal nightmare
He was rushed in the Infirmary, Wendy and Polushka quickly working on the unconscious form of Gajeel, trying to stop his cerebral hemorrhage. Master placed a comforting hand on Levy's shoulder, seeing her crumbled next to the wall, with her head between her knees.
"He's gonna be fine, Levy. Don't you worry about a thing."
"Master… Thank you…" Levy looked at her adoptive father, placing her hands around her belly. Don't you dare die on me now, Gajeel! Levy wanted to tell him the big news for a long time, but she simply couldn't find the time, what with him mostly gone on secret missions Master gave him. Everyone cleared out after an hour or so, Levy being the only one who guarded the door to the Medical Room. She dozed off for a couple of minutes, when the sound of the door opening brought her back to reality.
"Polushka-sama, is he…" Levy got up from where she was sitting and hurried to the pink haired woman.
"He's out of danger, but he's in a coma. Wendy is making sure there was no brain damage from all the blood. Mind telling me what happened?" Polushka looked stern at the bluenette, who looked away, tears pooling in her eyes.
"We took a job in Davalou city, just beyond Hargeon. The request said there was a sleeping curse on the town and we went to help them, but, when we got there… The city was cursed from the Book of Zeref… And this lady attacked us… And he… jumped in front of me… when she launched a shadowy hand from that book… The crunch I heard was…" Levy's air was choked and the tears started flowing freely.
"The Book of Zeref?" Polushka looked horrified at her. "Was it the nightmare spell that suks magic and life force?" Levy nodded weakly, wiping her eyes.
"Erza stayed behind and got Mira and Guildarts to help her."
"Yes, Makarov told me something about that. He was quite concerned when he heard Happy say his name. Erza, asking for his help… It's a miracle he didn't go there himself. Did you find a counter spell?" Polushka took a seat and motioned Levy to do the same.
"Yes, I found it in a Rune book in the town's library. I gave the incantation and the instructions to Erza, I'm sure she can manage it." Levy twined her fingers and rested them on her knees.
"Go rest, he'll be in there for a while." Polushka ushered Levy away from the Infirmary.
Gajeel was lying in the Med Room in a coma for three days, Levy never leaving his side. Each night, when the moon rose, he started screaming her name and she would try to comfort him and calm his seizures. Each time, his fits would get worse, sometimes getting up from his bed and fighting whatever demons he was seeing in his mind. Warren tried to enter his mind a couple of times, with no luck. His telepathical probing hit a wall.
Each time Gajeel would scream for Levy something broke inside her, seeing him like this and being unable to help him.
"Levy! Where did you take her? Give her back! Levy, where are you?" Gajeel would open his glassy grey eyes and stare blankly in the room. And he would slump again into slumber. Polushka comforted the bluenette, saying she did everything she could for his internal bleeding, the demons he was fighting were inside his mind. And they had to wait for the next full moon to lift the curse.
On the fourth night, Levy was guarding him again, Natsu and Gray standing by the door. Gajeel's fit started as soon as the moon crept through the window, this time almost knocking Levy from the bed when he lunged for something only he could see.
"Give her back! Levy! I'll kill you if you moved even a hair from her head! Come back, witch!" With his eyes wide open, and filled with hatred, he lunged forward and smacked into the wall.
"Gajeel, stop! You're hurting yourself!" Gajeel yelled in exasperation and started punching the wall with so much force, he left holes in it. "Stop! Please! I'm right here! GAJEEL!" He stopped for a moment, Levy seeing his glassy eyes turning back to the red she now loved.
"Levy? Levy! Where are you?" He started groping the air like a blind man, Levy hurrying to take his hand and guide him to her.
"Honey, I'm right here!" The bluenette placed his huge palm on her cheek, smiling. Gajeel's red eyes filled with tears, caressing Levy's cheek.
"My love... I thought... I thought I lost you..." Levy could see he was still looking somewhere far away, but he was getting back. The door crept open and Natsu popped his head inside the room, turning the lights on, and hurried outside, letting them have their moment. In the instant Natsu flipped the lights on, Gajeel's red eyes became grey again and he looked at Levy with pure hatred.
"You witch! You think you could trick me again?" Gajeel bellowed as he pulled his hand like it was burning.
"Gajeel, ple..." Levy's air stopped suddenly in her lungs, staring horrified at her husband. Gajeel's eyes returned to red just enough to see Levy in front of him.
"Levy... Oh, my god..." A smile spread on his face, his eyes drowning in tears. The blank look on Levy's face brought his senses back, making him feel his hands covered in iron scales, but his right hand felt warm and sticky. He looked down and gasped. Gajeel pulled his clawed hand from Levy's gut, making her gasp.
"No... no, no, no... NO!" His bloody hand was shaking. "What have I done... HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" He yelled desperately as Levy looked down and touched her belly, raising her hand to see her blood stained hands.
"What's wrong? Oh, my... Wendy! SOMEONE CALL WENDY NOW!" Natsu bellowed, waking everybody up. Polushka came running through the door just as Levy wobbled and fell in Gajeel's arms.
"No... NO! Please! Don't... Levy!" Gajeel looked horrified at his bloody claws, retracting his iron scales. Heavy tears pooled in his red eyes as Levy was smiling at him.
"You're back..." Levy raised a shaky hand and placed it on his cheek. The tears started flowing freely as Natsu yanked the bluenette from his arms and sent him flying into the wall.
"Restrain him now!" Polushka ordered Gray and Erza. Gajeel was too shocked to defend himself as a wall of ice covered his body, trapping him.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Natsu turned full of rage at the Dragon Slayer, his fists shaking.
"No... it couldn't be... That witch tricked me... That fucking witch! I'll kill her!" A voice cackled inside Gajeel's head. I didn't do anything, you're the one who shoved his hand inside his wife's gut. Delicious! Wendy ran through the door and hurried to Levy's side, activating her healing powers.
"Grandine, help me! It's not working... She's not healing!" Wendy looked horrified at Polushka, who immediately went to the potion cabinet and started rummaging through the bottles.
"Get back! She's not breathing!" Natsu pinched Levy's nose and placed his mouth to her, blowing three times. He proceeded with pumping her heart, whispering one, two three, four, five. He blew in her mouth again. One, two, three, four, five. "Breathe, god damn it!" He blew again.
Gajeel was looking hopeless at Natsu as he was trying to revive Levy. His eyes started clouding again as the voice shrieked with laughter. You killed her! I knew you had it in you! Akumu's voice shrieked again.
"Aaaarghhh!" In a boost of adrenaline, Gajeel freed himself from the ice, showering everyone with ice shards. "Get THE FUCK OUT OF MY HEAD!" Gajeel covered his hands with iron scales and shoved his claws in his scalp, pulling hard.
"Hold him down! Now!" Polushka combined a couple of bottles as Erza used her Heaven's Wheel Armor to restrain Gajeel. Polushka hurried to her and placed the gooey substance on Gajeel's wrists, preventing him from using his magic. "Chain him before he does something to hurt himself or us." She turned and concentrated on Levy's lifeless form as Natsu was still pumping her heart. His mouth was covered in blood now, the blood that pooled inside the bluenette's mouth.
"Breathe! Please! Levy! One, two, three, four, five." He blew again in her mouth after Polushka removed the blood. "BREATHE!" Natsu used his fists to stimulate her heart, drumming hard on her chest. "LEVY! BREATHE!" The deep gasp that filled the room relieved everyone, Wendy activating her healing as soon as Levy started coughing blood.
"You're OK, honey, you're going to be fine." Natsu caressed her hair away from her forehead.
"Gajeel… Is he…" Levy tried to look around for her husband, but Polushka stopped her.
"He's fine, you need to stop talking." Polushka rubbed some potions on her belly, making Levy gasp from the pain. "As soon as she's out of any danger, she's off to the hospital. There are some things even I can't do." Wendy nodded and continued healing Levy. Natsu got up, turned around and lunged to a screaming Gajeel, punching him hard in the gut. This made the Iron Dragon Slayer faint and relax his seizure.
"Natsu!" Erza tried to scold him, but he cut her.
"DON'T. Fucking say it. Just don't." Makarov was summoned by some guild members and came through the door with a pale face.
"What happened? Oh, my lord… Levy!" As soon as Master mentioned Levy's name, Jet came next to him, looking inside the room and freezing.
"No… He didn't…" Jet hurried next to Levy and took her hand, feeling how cold it was from all the blood loss. Jet held his breath when Levy opened her eyes and smiled weakly at him. He broke down in tears a second later.
"Grandine… I can't… I can't save both…" Wendy's eyes filled with tears, sobbing hard.
"Do what you can for Levy. There will be other chances for them. Let him go." Polushka placed a comforting hand on Wendy's shoulder.
"But, the baby…"
"Heal Levy! She's strong enough, the baby's too young." Jet looked horrified at Polushka and turned to glare at the restrained Dragon Slayer.
"She was… pregnant… He killed his own child… He tried to kill Levy!" Jet motioned to get up, but Levy's hand stopped him. She nodded at him and squeezed his hand. "Even now… You're still protecting him. Why?" Jet's voice was filled with sadness.
"… Not his fault." She whispered weakly. "Next full moon… The curse… Please… Save him…" Levy looked fierce into his eyes before fainting.
"I'm sorry, Levy, but I can't do that. He deserves his torture. I will NOT save him." Jet trembled from anger, wanting to rip Gajeel's throat and see him drown in his own blood. He held onto Levy's hand all the time Wendy was healing her. A couple of hours had passed when Wendy stopped her magic and slumped her hands.
"I'm sorry, but I'm out of magic… I did everything I could. We should summon an Emergency cart to get her to the Magical Hospital." Wendy tried to get up, but wobbled and fell on the floor. Erza quickly went to her side and lifted the child in her arms.
"Rest, you'll need your strength." Wendy gave her a feeble nod and slumped her head on Erza's chest.
TBC
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