"What a shit of a palace, hahahahahaha. C'mon babies, let's find them"
Bickslow reached, the mansion's main door flying over his dolls. Before landing, he observed from above if the area was clear so he could go down undetected and when he made sure that he was alone, he headed inside the house. The door was open and entered cautiously listening carefully at the voices coming from one of the rooms.
"Damn nosy wizards. Soon your power will be ours. Rest and relax while you can, you'll be there for a long time"
"Pray to your gods for us to never get out of here, or our faces will be the last thing you'll ever see. Tell me where you've taken Freed and what you're going to do with him and maybe I'll have mercy on you"
"The pretty face guy? I have no idea what he's gonna do with your boyfriend. My boss likes girly guys like him and I am not going to tell you where he is blondie so, don't even try it"
Laxus felt his anger invading each of his veins, but he knew that getting out of a set of runes by force was impossible, so he decided to try to calm down and watched Levy while she was trying, as discreet as the limited space allowed, to cancel the magic that held them.
While thinking how to get rid of his imprisonment, he spotted a flying object that was extremely familiar "Bickslow! Damn old man... that's why you left him behind huh? You don´t trust this people" This time he was glad that his grandfather had not put all his trust in them.
The captor turned to the side where the small totem was and Laxus decided to divert the attention of the man at him.
"hahahahahaha. Damn fool, I am eager to wring your neck, fucking bastard! ... Have you prayed as I recommended you?"
"But what the hell are you talking about?! YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF..."
"Excuse me ...I would be very grateful if you kindly tell me how to get my friends out of your magnificent cell" Logically, the captor turned to where the voice came and found a face with a huge tongue and fluorescent green eyes ...
"You're mine baby. Come, be a good guy and take this off... C'mooooon" "come on, come on" chanted their totems
"I-I ... n-noooo ... shit ... w-why have you done t-to meeee! No, NOOOOO"
The rune mage involuntarily deactivated his field runes and watched terrified how an impressive and very pissed off mage covered his body with rays. His eyes changed of color and turned blue as the sky and his muscles seemed to have grown in size. Her fists were clenched and his voice was calm, but his threatening tone paralyzed even the tiniest of his muscles.
"Tell. Me. Where. Is. He"
"I-I... I don't know ... I SWEAR YOU!. Please do not..."
"Tell me. Where. Is. He... RIGHT NOW!" He said the last two words growling.
"I don't knooooow, I promise! Please, please ..." The poor man was absolutely terrified and about to wet his pants.
"Bickslow"
"Yes boss?"
"Tie him, will be useful"
"Come on, bud. You'll give my companion back. Be a good boy and behave yourself if you don't want that grumpy dragonslayer to end up with you. He loves his friend too much, you know? You fucked it, retard! HAHAHAHAHAHA"
"D-drag-gons-s-slayer?"
The prisoner was now even more scared when he heard what the strange purple haired mage had just confessed about the identity of the angry blond guy.
He confessed how little of Freed's whereabouts he knew. The location of the last place they were and the point where he was supposed to meet with the other members who participated in the kidnapping.
"Okay, we'll do it this way. Do as you planned. Encafe us. Bickslow, you know what to do"
"No, no, sparky! No way I'm gonna go back there" he said looking at Laxus and crossing his arms.
"Gajeel, I have no patience to control myself right now. The most important person to me is in danger and I have no desire to deal with your nonsenses! So... GET INTO THAT FUCKING CAGE OR I'LL DO IT MYSELF!"
His angry expression immediately turned into a surprise one when he realized what had just confess to his teammates. He turned to the captor and, upsetting with himself nodded him, giving permission for lock them again.
The other companions had remained silent since they were rescued, aware of the bad mood that had the person who they'd seen beat the mighty Jura, the most powerful human mage alive. They feared to tempt the irritated dragonslayer and decided to be under his command, all but Gajeel, who was at that moment dazed and confused by the sudden declaration Laxus made.
"Rohen! You have no idea of the endurance of that slut hahahahahaha he refuses to give in to the will of Lyan, but soon he'll open that pretty ass begging... Well, well, hello my submissive friends. Did they gave any trouble?"
"E-eh? N-no! Hahahaha ... none at all"
"We will take them to the boss. I'm sure he'll like the specimens we have here. You seem powerful and full of magic!"
The road was very irregular and being sitting was a bit uncomfortable. Laxus took the travel time to try to calm down a bit and to make his anger less blinding so he could act without being impulsive. Taking a deep breath he tried to make a plan.
"Kill them all, that's the plan that's going to satisfy everyone. I'll make a favor to mankind"
"The old man will kill me if I cross the line and I don't want to end up in prison. Hope they give us little work, I have no desire to fight with these weak and useless bastards"
"Why I can't calm down? That thing that I said out loud before... So that's why I leave him to treat me as he pleased... Well, that's not surprisingly, he's always by my side ready to follow my every step, even if I tell him to kill one guild member, without hesitation, does it" "He's the only one who accepts me as I am... Well, Bickslow and ever too, but isn't the same, they have never looked at me the way he does, have never caressed me like that... "
Fate was clinging to the idea of interrupt him whenever his mind was trying to dig and deepen in his feelings for his captain.
"Laxus" Mirajane whispered trying to not to be heard by the occupants of the front of the magical vehicle "have you thought about what we'll do when we get there?"
"I'm on it, but for now we'll do nothing. Guess they will lock us somewhere and we'll have to wait until they decide what to do with us. At the time they do so we'll take action. When we free ourselves I'll go to search to the leader, the rest of you... clean the place"
"And Freed?" Levy decided to intervene in the conversation.
"As these bastards said ... he should be with their boss"
His rage changed his expression again remembering what that man said before about what that guy was trying to do to Freed.
"Laxus, calm down, everything will be fine"
Mira appeased that rage with one of her smiles full of tenderness and the blond nodded her whiletaking a deep breath.
The magical vehicle they were traveling in stopped and its occupants got out of it. The field of runes disappeared, but not without put them before handcuffs that nullified his magic and weaken their strength.
"You better continue with your exemplary behavior, you have no idea what those toys you have in your wrists can do. Each time that you make an effort it drains your forces more and more and more. Keep that in mind if you do not want to faint. Hahahahahaha" The nasty man was very cocky with them at every moment.
The place was an abandoned building not too big, and the different people they were crossing seemed weak and fearful of their presence.
They climbed endless stairs until they finally reached the cells. Each had a single for themselves, which could hamper rescue effort more than Laxus expected.
Once they were alone Laxus said.
"The first to get out of here should open the rest of the doors. These idiots don't seem to be a great challenge and any of us can easily get rid of them. Once out, try to sneak as much as possible and defeat them quickly. We don't want them to regroup"
Two days passed before anyone, except the one that handed out bread and water, deigned to appear. A young and not very good-looking brown haired girl turned to Laxus.
"Well, well, my dear friends let's start with the highlight. You, blondie… you seem the most burly and powerful of your little friends. Aren't you?"
"You want to check it out beauty? I'd Love to show it to you"
"Hmm you're very rough, you don't know how horny I get with that"
"What? Are you a masochist? Just my type, baby. Why don't you open this door so I can saw you what I am capable off?" Mira and Levy were totally shocked when they heard Laxus talking like that.
The girl blushed involuntarily as a result of the continuous flirts of the muscular, young and extremely handsome guy that was trying to seduce her.
"Hahahaha, d-do you think I-I'm going to b-be fooled? You-you just want me t-to trust you so you can b-brainwash me!" She said babbling.
"Well, you will never know if you let me locked here. I would like to have some fun before I die. Touching those big tits that you have while I..."
"KRYSTA! What the fuck are you doing?!" An angry man approached at the blushing girl with heavy steps "I'll handle it myself before you open your pussy for him!" He opened the door and obliged the smiling dragonslayer to get out with runes that forced him to follow his every step.
"Sorry honey, maybe in other life" and winking her, he followed the upset man.
"Gijii, I'm sure you were going to spread your legs for him, huh?"
"Shut up bastard" and the girl went away looking at Laxus's ass with a sigh.
After walk a while for a desert corridor, he decided to try to get rid of those magical handcuffs. He breathed deeply and focused on collect all the magic dormant inside of him. His main magic had been drained, but his strong spirit and the need to rescue his captain gave him enough power to break his bonds with an electric shock.
"I will begin to vent with you. Overwrite this fucking annoying runes and I'll spare your life" His expression was enough to make the terrified hooded mage broke the spell without thinking twice. With a punch on the chin the man fell to the ground unconscious.
Laxus undid his steps and returned to his teammates. Gajeel's door was the last to be open and he wanted to make a comment on how long the blond had taken to release them, but due to Laxus's bad mood, decided not to say a thing fearing for his life.
"Try to clear everything you can of this place. If any of them try to escape, Bickslow is outside waiting. Don't do stupid things and don't dare to get in my way. Try to find the people of the mansion, probably they have something to do with this or maybe they are imprisoned too".
The lightning dragonslayer released all his stress by beating everyone that were in his path, leaving a trail of unconscious people behind. He saw a big door, different than the others, at the end of a large corridor with two sentries guarding it. "He should be there" He took a deep breath and a sudden fear came over him fearful of what he might find on the other side. "I have to hurry"
He got rid very fast of the guards and opened the door with a heavy blow, causing it to crash into the wall. The scene he witnessed made his anger possessed him again as he squeaked his teeth hard inside his mouth. His body get covered with rays, his fangs increased in size and his body grew in volume while his gaze was fixed on the trembling figure that was in the legs of a man that wasn't he. "Freed, what've they done to you?"
Freed turned his face at the sound of the door hitting and his eyes filled with tears when he saw at his god standing threatening. "Laxus!" The green-haired felt like a force inside of him awoke, his senses returned to answer and a sudden energy began to run through all his body. "My God has come to save me, I can't fail him again"
"Well, well. Laxus, huh? Seems I have underestimated you again. Your reputation precedes you young dragonslayer, but you are late, this beauty is mine now. Right sweetie?"
"No" Freed said timidly almost like a whisper
"What you just say, slave?"
"I said no ... I SAID NO, NO! NOOO" He said while punched weakly his captor's chest.
"You've heard him. He's not yours, and will never be. Release him immediately"
"Wow, I'm surprised you still have energy to fight, bitch. Tell me young Dreyar, did I steal a dragon's mate perhaps? You seem very affected"
He decided to ignore the question and with a grunt he charged against the man who had tormented his teammate and best friend and punched him brutally in the stomach. He took Freed in his arms to get him away from his embrace and gently sat him down. With a tender look and a smile spoke him for first time.
"Sorry I took so long" He said while stroking his chin.
Freed cried even louder and wordlessly watched how his leader turned to his torturer.
"You have no idea what you've done, bastard. Of all the people in this world you've decided to hurt the tone I would give my life for. I confess that I thought to end with your life, but be imprisoned would make you suffer more than if I just only finish your misery right now"
The man that his subordinates called Lyan, got up and instantly changed his appearance to one Laxus was familiar with.
"You are strong and I'm sure that isn't easy to kill you. Now is my turn to show what I can do!"
With a battle cry he conjured a fireball that Laxus evaded without being seen, transforming his body into lightning, at the same time that he strucks her. She touched her stomach and breathless fell to her knees groaning, but quickly recovered and threw a larger ball followed by a torrent of scorching heat that the dragonslayer could easily dodge.
"hahahahaha I knew there was something suspicious about you, Leyla. Is that all you got? A take-over and those shitty balls of fire? I take no fun fighting against scum like you. Let's finished this ... " Raising his fist in the air shouted:
"Resounding through the air, the roar of thunder, plunge from the heavens and reap destruction!"
The wrath of Laxus's power knocked the leader of the rune mages band down, who panted heavily and shaked slightly, incapable of recover this time.
Before realize that everything was over, reality slapped him hard. He was afraid to turn around and meet his friend's face, afraid of hurt him and loose him, afraid of see him cry and downcast and afraid of being rejected for not having rescued him sooner.
"Laxus" A trembling hand laid on his back forcing him to turn and face what he dreaded most. Freed's flooded eyes made his legs weaken, he was smiling despite having suffered so much. He also felt how his little arms encircled his huge torso burying his face in it, holding on to his god with all the strength he had left, fearing that the perfect and warm body he was hugging disappeared from his side.
"Please Laxus you gave to get me outta here..."