Laxus refused to let Davina be more than five feet away from him, he was afraid that she would be snatched away once more. Kane stayed in her arms, childhood friends reunited. Laxus had told Davina about their searches for the two girls as they walked, and of his eventual two month job with Kane. Davina never spoke of her time with Abaddon, and Laxus hadn't asked, not wanting to know the possibility of horror happening to her or Lucy.
"Laxus." Erza and Gray began to approach them, however the tall bulky figure of the blond Mage blocked their view of the small build of Davina. "Have you ran into any demons?"
Laxus looked confused. "Demons? We're here to search-"
"I know what we're here for," Erza raised a hand to silence the older man. "But there are demons in this town, and they're not like any we've seen before."
Gray began to speak. "One mentioned that he wasn't created by Zeref, he comes from somewhere else."
"The Infernal World." Davina whispered to herself. "There are more than just Abaddon free?" Laxus had heard her whispering and turned to her, revealing the smallest view to their two comrades.
"What do you know of them?" Laxus asked her.
Gray stepped forward. "Is that-?"
"We don't have time for that anymore." Davina looked up at them. "As much as I am glad to see you, reunions have to wait. Mira, Juvia, and Lucy are in this town, and those demons may be after Lucy." She paused. "She doesn't have any magic power to defend herself with."
Erza's eyes widened. "Lucy's in danger?"
"We have to find her!" Gray said.
"Gray and I will go together, you two stick together and try to find Natsu too." Erza told them, then ran off with Gray.
"I have never heard of the Infernal World until Iris summoned Abaddon." Davina said. "This worries me."
Laxus frowned. "Things will get straightened up. It can't be that dangerous if it was never heard of."
Davina shrugged. "Yeah, I guess. Let's find Natsu and Lucy."
Lucy backed up behind Juvia and Mira, but her eyes were wide with disbelief.
"Lucy-sama, isn't that...?" Juvia began, but soon trailed off as she simply stared.
Mira looked at both of the girls. "You know him?"
Lucy frowned. "Yes, but he's dead." She stated. "Jellal killed him in the Tower of Heaven."
There before the three girls stood a tall man. He was muscular with dark hair, and a metal jaw piece on his face. Simon.
"How are you alive?" Lucy asked.
"The dead will walk so long as the Infernal World is connected to Earthland." Simon said in a rough voice which then change as he continued talking. "I... Don't have full control over myself. I don't know what's happening."
"Lucy!" A voice sounded behind her. The blond Mage turned to see two of her friends, Erza and Gray. Erza came to a complete stop, dropping the sword she held in her hand as her eyes widened. "Simon...?"
"Erza." Simons eyes suddenly changed color, turning completely black. "Play time is over. I must... I'm losing control. Must find energy..." Simon lumbered off, leaving the group in complete shock.
"Simon!" Erza soon yelled. As she stepped forward, Gray grabbed her.
"Stop." He told her. "We don't know what's happening with him. It could be dangerous, and we have to find the others."
Erza rested her face in her armored palm, her shoulders shaking slightly. "How?"
Lucy stepped towards her. "Erza, we'll figure this out. But we need to find Davina."
"Laxus found her. They're looking for you and Natsu." Gray told her.
Davina hugged herself. Kane had finally took up walking beside Davina and Laxus. Things were silent as the trio walked through the town, which seemed very deserted now that the Red Nymph put thought into it.
"Where are all the people?" Davina asked.
Laxus shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows." He said. "No one was here when we arrived."
"That's weird, I thought I had seen someone earlier…" She commented.
"Laxus!" The familiar voice of the obnoxious fire breathing Mage sounded from behind them. "Run!"
They both turned around. "Eh!?" Davina's jaw dropped. "Natsu, what did you do!?"
Behind Natsu and Happy was a horde of people chasing them. Each person had great magic power emitting from them. Laxus picked Kane up, then grabbed Davina's arm and began to run.
"I didn't do anything!" Natsu said as they ran.
Happy spoke up. "We found them lying around, they weren't breathing one minute then the next they were trying to kill us!"
"This isn't good!" Davina stated the obvious.
The group ran from the horde of people for a few minutes before they came across the rest of their teammates, who were being faced by someone who resembled Abaddon, but was not him. They came to a halt, and the horde of people spread out to surround them, leaving the grey looking man in the middle with the Fairy Tail members.
"Lucy!" Natsu ignored the situation they were now in, pulling Lucy into a hug as he simply held on to the girl.
"Natsu..." Lucy could be heard sniffling just the slightest as she wrapped her arms around him.
The grey man clapped. "How touching." He said. "Truly."
"Who are you?" Erza demanded, having picked up her sword to raise it at him.
"Me?" He laughed. "Oh, yes. My name is Arthur." He told her. "I'm a lower class demon, but not as low as them."
Mira looked around at all of them. "They're all demons?"
"The bodies are human. The souls are demons. See, low class demons need the body of dead humans in order to walk in the Earthland." Arthur explained. He spread his arms, a slow smirk crawling on his face. "We demons are thriving here. And we will have our prize." He pointed towards the two who still held on to each other. "Lucy Heartfilia."