Chapter four :
Logbook Entry:
Entrance two: Day two after incident.
Motive: Still unknown
People involved: Laxus and Alex (Alex is still questionable as I have not been able to confirm any more information. All is speculation.)
Crime: Same as previous entrance.
Any Evidence: No new evidence except Laxus's team was able to confirm he was not present with them on Day zero (The day of the incident).
Note: Today I went after the mission to the guild in order to track down Laxus's team. Freed was the only one to confirm Laxus's absence and Bixlow and his dolls did mimic him (Does that count as confirmation as well?). Evergreen was not present at the guild. The also surprising fact was no one in his team was able to give me a location as to where he was on the day. (Does this mean they are accomplices to the crime and are hiding something or do they don't know?)
Lucy read her logbook entry for second time after completing it hoping to find some clues she did not spot before. She had no such luck .The day itself had been semi- productive. In the morning she went out with her team on a mission .It was a job near to Magnolia but it paid very well. All the team was required to do with get rid of a Vulcan infestation in a nearby forest. The opponents themselves were not hard but the sheer numbers of them kept the whole team busy for a few hours. It was safe to say she had a home over her head for the next month (Hallelujah) and she would not starve for the next two weeks. This time round the team also managed to gain all its reward money as the forest was not close to any town-it was at least an hour work from Magnolia - therefore Gray or Natsu could not wreck anything. Lucy to this moment was incredibly grateful for that.
After completing a successful mission and returning home. Lucy decided to freshen up and return to the guild. It was considerably late in the afternoon. She had hoped Laxus would have left for his job already and his team would perhaps be at the guild having an afternoon lunch. Lucy wore a comfortable outfit of black jeans with a heart crux top and walked out. She reached the guild in a timely fashion and noticed that Bixlow and Freed were indeed by the guild but Evergreen was not. Bixlow and Freed were upstairs. Lucy waved to Mira but continued on to sit by Freed and Bixlow. Both mages had greeted her and inquired about her mission to which she had replied it had gone very well. Using the topic of missions Lucy decided to open her questioning by asking when was the last time the team had gone on a mission with Laxus. Freed replied saying: "It was exactly four days ago. It was a two week mission and we left exactly on 4pm in the afternoon and returned at 8am in the morning. But still it has been so long since we have been with Laxus. Oh Laxus why did you leave us? " whereas Bixlow replied that he could remember sometime last week as well. This statement was echoed by his babies. On hearing this Lucy immediately ruled out the possibility that Laxus was with his team on a mission on Day zero and just decided to pop in on an underprivileged camp.
After this Lucy had proceeded to ask: "You guys have been at the guild resting for some time now. How is the small break going?". Both mages answered it was going well while looking at the Strauss Sisters. Lucy immediately romanticized the moment hoping that they had stayed behind in order to spend the time with the obvious crushes. She could feel her mind going off track and instead choose to comeback and focus on the questioning. After this she had asked the mages: "Did Laxus also enjoy his small break before leaving this morning?" Surprisingly Freed had answered that he knew Laxus had gone out two days ago but he did not know where. After hearing this Lucy got immediately excited as this was clear evidence that confirmed Laxus had no reliable alibi by the guild and was in fact out. She bid the two mages goodbye and went to go ask Mira for a quick snack before leaving the guild.
At the bar Mira tried to entrap Lucy in another three hour torture session of the supposed Lucy and Natsu relationship but failed due to Lucy saying she was exhausted due to the multiple summoning's she had did earlier on for the job. She had bid all her guild mates goodnight and left for her apartment. When reaching her apartment Lucy immediately noticed all three of her team mates were present. At this point in time she did not bother to over react-the screaming gave her a really sore throat - but instead asked if they would like some tea before leaving her home. They all replied affirmative. Afterwards Natsu and Gray left with the threat of Titania's anger should they return to sleep over at her house. Erza left shortly after this but before she left she dropped a pile of books on Lucy desk telling her to quote: "To make sure she reads them with a box of tissues near her so she could easily stop the gushing and near constant nose bleeds." At this Lucy again got the distinct feeling to bang her head on the desk for yesterday's stupid and careless mistake. However she had got a flash of brilliance and asked Erza if she could visit Fairy Hill tomorrow to view her whole collection of books. Erza readily agreed to this and even said she was glad Lucy was taking an active role to pursue her emotionally and physically stable relationship with Natsu. Lucy avoided gaging at hearing this. Lucy's motive for asking this was because then she had an excuse to see Evergreen at a location where she was not surrounded by Bixlow and Freed and therefore would not face any questions as to why she was asking the same questions to Evergreen as she did to Freed and Bixlow. After this Lucy bid Erza Goodnight and sat down to write in her logbook and afterwards to go sleep. Tomorrow it seemed would be a very interesting day.
A/N: I don't own Fairy Tail. Mr Mashima Does.
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