Lucy said goodbye to Lamia Scale and thanked them but Laxus noticed that she held herself back with reserve as if she didn't trust them. Then the three Fairy Tail member boarded the train headed to Magnolia. They rode the train, not in silence but without really saying anything important, with Wendy doing most of the talking.
Lucy was only partially listening and didn't interact with the conversation at all until she heard something shocking.
"Wait, wait. What do you mean you no longer work with Team Natsu?" Lucy asked and Wendy smiled sadly.
"Well since that day 6 months ago that you stopped showing up at the guild they stopped letting anyone go on missions with them. Just Natsu, Erza, Gray and you until you disappeared 2 months ago." Wendy explained and Lucy had to blink in shock.
"Are you saying that Team Natsu said I disappeared 2 months ago but no one in Fairy Tail has seen my face for 6 months?" Lucy said incredulously.
"Well they were always told that you were tired or sick of busy," Laxus said to help out Wendy. "Or at least that's what I had heard. I havent been there fo 7 months." Lucy took in a deep breath then let it out slowly; she swallowed heavily.
"I was captured on a mission 6 months ago and my so-called teammates especially Natsu saw me get captured," Lucy said firmly with more that a small hint of anger in her voice.
"What!" Wendy and Laxus exclaimed at the same time and glanced at each other before looking back at Lucy. Lucy sighed and slowly let her anger go realizing that now she could do nothing about her situation with her old teammates. So she decided to change the conversation.
"I suppose I will owe 6 months rent," Lucy said with a small smile. Wendy and Laxus exchanged glances again and Lucy knew she wasn't going to like what they were going to say.
"Actually as of one month ago your landlady kicked you out and your stuff is being held for you in a storeroom at the guild," Laxus said quickly then leaned back knowing there would be an explosion.
"What!" Lucy said but it was very quiet. Then suddenly the train hit the brakes hard and Lucy flew forward to land on Laxus' lap.
"Sorry," she muttered as the train came to a stop. Laxus just nodded and helped her stand up. Lucy looked around realizing they were not at a train station but in the middle of nowhere, then she heard a commotion coming from the back of the train. Laxus had stood up and was noticing the same details.
"Stay here," Lucy and Laxus said at the same time then they looked at each other. Lucy rolled her eyes then headed to the back of the car, Laxus followed.
Instead of stepping off the train Lucy decided to go on top, Laxus followed. They walked to the second to last car and found the trouble.
"It looks like a robbery," Laxus said and Lucy nodded not saying anything because she was quickly analyzing the situation. From what she could tell there were a total of 13 men and they were unloading some machinery from the train. The men who stayed in the train were stronger than the others, a lot stronger.
"I'll take the ones on the inside if you will take the outside," Lucy said and Laxus grinned. He flashed off the top of the train and landed in the middle of the 8 men that were outside. Lucy swung down inside the train and found herself surrounded by the remaining 5. Since all of them were mages Lucy knew she could handle this quickly, so she flashed a hand out and Loki appeared.
No longer was he the flashy Loki, this was a dark Loki. The same blonde hair but he wore black from his shoes all the way up to his sunglasses, and he never smiled anymore.
"Take care of those 3," Lucy said waving her right hand. Loki nodded and attacked with dark regulas. Lucy slapped her hands together and pulled them apart revealing a staff that seemed to come from her palms. Then she attacked.
Lucy moved swiftly her body a blur in motion and the fight was over quickly. Since she had nothing to do but wait for Laxus and Loki she decided to check out the machinery.
Laxus came aboard 2 minutes later not even breathing hard and Loki had already gone back to the Spirit World.
"Hey Lucy, someone called the army to come get these guys and then the train will be moving again," He stopped when he found her kneeling among the machines with part around her but holding small pieces in her hand. "What are you doing?" Laxus asked and Lucy looked up.
"Do you know what these are?" She asked as she held out her hands. Laxus saw that she was holding 3 pieces of a blue, green metal but had no idea what he was looking at until Lucy lightly spit into her hands. The metal pieces changed when they contacted with the water and became glowing red crystals.
"Is that...?" Laxus said and Lucy nodded.
"I thought you would know what you were looking at. Yes these are dragon Lacrima, " Lucy said then stood up putting the metal pieces in her pocket. "I need your help we cannot let these fall into anyones hands." Lucy then jumped off the train and proceeded to pull the lacrima out of every piece of machinery