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"It's Lucy's blood?!" asked Eve in shock.
"Yes, it is. It smells like her, mixed in with, dirt?" tried Wendy.
Hibiki was already on it, using magic to try and figure out where it's from.
"It's from her, alright. Wendy's right. It has dirt, mold, and ice in it."
Erza's eyes crumpled. "Ice?"
Hibiki nodded. "Where ever she is, it's cold and the conditions are terrible."
Juvia got a little worried. "But Lucy is alive, right? Juvia really want her to be alive."
All the faces turned to Hibiki.
"She's alive. The blood is resent. About a day or so."
Erza felt a tidal wave of relief washing over her.
"That's good, right?" asked Wendy.
Hibiki gave a small shake of his head. "No. Someone must have gotten this from Lucy, how?"
Natsu balled his fists. "Where is she!?" he yelled.
Hibiki was taken aback. "Uh, I don't know, let me check…" he did some more typing thingies.
"That mold is only found in one place in Magnolia, the Scourge."
"What?" asked Gray
Hibiki was about to say something, but Eve interrupted him,-
"We've dealt with them before in the Magic Council. They're radical group. They wanted to destroy all magic. That would explain the writing on the wall."
Wendy felt a little scared. "Destroy magic?" she asked, her voice quivering.
"Yes. They want to kill all mages with ability magic. They want to "Heal" people who are holder types. That's probably what happened with Lucy-sama. They might want to "heal" her. But they think they're the good guys. So, they think they're doing good work. I don't know if Lucy is even at their headquarters."
Natsu felt rage. Days and months of worry making him fly into an angry rage. "Where is it?" he growled.
"Um, about three block from here on 5th street-." But Eve didn't get to finish, because Natsu was already gone.
***Line Break**
"Lucy?" asked the female voice.
"Lucy?" she called again.
The blonde lay curled right in a path near the door. Blood stained the floor. She opened her eyes very slowly.
"You're almost cured, honey. I'm so happy you're almost cured!"
Lucy couldn't think right, "She's happy for this?"
"Oh, I wish It wasn't so hard, but I lived, and I'm cleansed of my sin, and now you'll be too!" she said gleefully.
"Who are you?" Lucy managed to croak out.
"Oh, my baby, you don't remember me? You were so young when I was cleansed. My darling little girl, it's me, your mother, Layla."
****Line Break***
Natsu raced with Erza, Wendy, Juvia, and Gray in tow.
Wendy wished she could tell them all to calm down, but she was just as pissed as they were.
Wendy was a little scared though, Natsu being mad was just as bad as the Master being mad. Wendy heard the rumors, but she didn't want to see it happen.
They were running even faster than Jet could ever run.
Gray's body was begging for a rest, his sides were aching from running so fast and for so long. But his mind was set on finding Lucy.
He hated to admit it, be he'd always had a small crush on her.
Of course, he knew it would never happen, but he still wanted to help.
Erza was thinking what a bad idea this was. If they didn't use magic, they'd use real weapons, like swords and knifes. Magic, she could a take a hit from, but if she got stabbed, if anyone else got stabbed…
Don't think that way, Scarlet! She thought to herself.
Just focus on saving Lucy.
Juvia was having mixed emotions.
Juvia's love rival was in danger, but Juvia owed a lot to Lucy-sama.
Juvia decided she would fight for love-rival-Lucy. As long as her lovely Gray-sama was nearby, she would fight.
The group reached a large fence.
It was about ten feet high, and had barbed wire on the top.
Natsu quickly destroyed it, and the group ran inside.
The inside held large rolling fields, surrounding a large grey building.
The group raced towards the building, and Natsu blew up the door. Thousands of terrified people stared at the group.
That's when all hell broke loose.
***Line Break****
Lucy couldn't contain herself.
"You're my mother?!" she asked.
It was Lucy's mother, alright. She had the same hair and eyes as Lucy.
"Oh, my baby!" she cried, rushing over and hugging her daughter.
"You're alive?" asked Lucy in shock.
Layla's face starts to stream with tears, "Yes, my sweet little girl. I was taken to be cured of my sin when you were so small. I used to hate this place, but now I love it here! I asked for you to be cured so we could be together."
Lucy was crying now, but she wanted to scream at her mother. Leaving for all of this time! And asking for Lucy to be held like this?
"I know you're angry, baby. But I just missed you so much!"
Lucy felt a twinge of pity for her mother.
She must have been brainwashed.
Suddenly, the room rumbled, and screaming could be heard. "Oh, no!" said Layla. She pulled away from Lucy. '
I've got to go, baby, stay here, where it's safe."
***Meanwhile***
The group was destroying the place, when someone grabbed Wendy by the arm, and twisted it painfully behind her back.
"No one move, or she dies." said the person grabbing Wendy's arm.
Wendy wasn't doing anything before.
They had ran into an office, and Wendy stole the keys to unlock any doors, and now they keys hung at her belt.
While the others fought, Wendy was trying to find the right key to unlock a fire-proof door.
All of the mages froze. Wendy's arm was twist more, and her face contorted in pain.
"What have you done with Lucy?" demanded Natsu.
The man holding Wendy smiled, as though this was a topic he loved to talk about.
"We are curing her. Magic is evil. It's the devil's work. We want to make this world safe for our children."
People surrounded the others, and soon, their hands were tied.
An elderly person, who was probably the leader, approached the group.
"Tsk, tsk. They are all magic users from their bodies. It's too late to save them." He said.
The crowd gasped.
"But, this girl, is a celestial mage." He said, pointing at Wendy.
"Uh, what?"
He eyed her.
"Oh, wait! Yeah, my keys. Yeah, I'm a celestial mage." She muttered quickly.
The older guy grabbed the keys off her belt.
"We are saving another child from magic!" he yelled, and the crowd roared.
Wendy looked a little overwhelmed.
"Um, magic isn't evil!"
The crowd gasped again.
"It's a wonderful thing. It can save life's and-."
The man stopped her. "Quiet!"
The older guy shook his head. "They have brainwashed you, my young girl. Don't worry, you're safe. We're the good guys."
Wendy was panicking. "What?" she asked.
The man waved his hand.
"Kill the others."
The crowd moved towards the others in the group, and Wendy was dragged away.
"What? NO! Stop! Don't hurt them!" she yelled, but her voice was lost over the crowd's.
She was dragged away, kicking and screaming as her friends her swallowed up by a crowd that would kill them.
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