Chapter 4
? POV
I giggled at the boy in front of me. He smiled at me as he continued to compete with the other boy in front of him by standing on one hand. Feeling someone tap my shoulder, I turned around to face him or her. I smiled when I saw it was someone from our team. "Master wants to see you. Wants to take you down to the cellars to start your job." I frowned. Getting up from the chair, I waved bye to them before walking to the cellar door.
"Hello," a scratchy voice said, making me shiver. "Are you ready to do your job?" Looking up at Master, I sighed.
"What else do I have to live for?"
Lucy POV
I woke up to the sound of voices. Groaning, I sat up on my bed. I realized something; the sheets I own are light red, not dark green. Looking over the room, I noticed I was in a ten feet wide, fifteen feet long. The walls and floor were made out of dark gray bricks, all through out the room. On the back wall was a small window with bars over it. In front of me was a row of bars that almost spread out across the front wall. A prison cell.
"Remember, you'll stay there for three months before we'll let M-"
"I know, I know! Just leave already!"
Hearing the sound of footsteps walking away, I also heard lighter footsteps coming this way. Getting out of the uncomfortable bed, I backed up until my back hit the back-wall. Seeing a dark figure in front of the bars, I heard it say, "Hello? Is anybody in here?" I just stayed silent.
A sudden light entered the cell, and I squeezed my eyes shut. I then heard a gasp and the sound of metal hitting the ground. Opening my eyes slowly, I was able to see the person in front of me, thanks to the light. I was surprised to see a little girl around eight behind the bars. She had dark purple hair that went down to her knees and brown eyes that looked similar to mine; she whore a white, strapless dress with a brown belt hugging her waist, brown combat boot were on her feet and she looked all skin and bones. Tears were also streaming down her cheeks.
"Mama?"
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After her constant sobbing, me trying to calm her down, and some quiet she spoke. "So, what's your name?" I hesitated. "Don't worry Mama. Oh, I mean ma'am. I'm super nice, I wont hurt you." This time I answered, "Lucy," she smiled.
"Well Lucy-san, I'm Zoe."
"Don't call me Lucy-san, just call me Lucy."
"Okay Mam-, Lucy."
"Um, so Zoe?"
"Hmm?"
"Where am I?"
"Well, you're at Golden Death."
"Golden Death?"
"Yeah, you know, one of the biggest assassin guilds out there."
"Assassin guild?" I choked. I started inching away from Zoe slowly. She frowned, then sighed. "Well, I guess you have all the right to stay away from me. But to tell you the truth, I hate this guild," I paused to listen. "I was sort of forced into here. I want to leave, but that's the problem, w-we cant leave." She covered her hands over her face.
Crawling over to her, I reached my arm through the bars to rub her back. "You were forced into here?'
"Well, not exactly, I joined this guild because I wanted to be with someone here."
"Really?"
"Yeah, he brought me here to be happier."
I smiled sadly. Just like Natsu. "You can't leave?" I asked next. She nodded. "We can leave for jobs, but they're limited."
"How so?"
"If you take a regular job, it would probably last five days or so before…"
"Before, what?"
"Well, when we get the Golden Death mark, some kind of chip enters your body right as the stamp touches your skin. If your not here for a certain amount of time and master is not pleased with it, he'll send a message to the chip and the chip will electrify your blood cells until you return to the guild."
I was shocked, who would do that? This guild master maybe, but who else? I decided to change the subject. "Do you have any friends here?" That brought a smile on her face, nodding she said, "Yep, their my nakama and team. We're called the Phoenix's Fire." She was rambling on. I giggled which caught her attention. I shook it off.
"So do you have a team? Nakama waiting for you? A guild maybe? What about you husband? I mean, unless that's a fake wedding ring and you got raped and now your having the baby?" she asked quickly.
I was flabbergasted when she said 'fake wedding ring' and 'got raped'. "Well," I started. The purple haired girl leaned to listen. "I do have a team" I decided to answer on question at a time, "They're called Team Natsu. I do have a whole guild waiting for me too, Fairy Tail, they're all my nakama. The wedding ring isn't fake, I'm actually married, and I wasn't raped, I got pregnant from my husband." Nodding, Zoe seemed happy with my answers. Silence consumed us as soon as it left.
"Hey Lucy?'
"Hmm,"
"Do…do your nakama…love you?"
"Of course, don't yours. I mean, like, the whole guild?"
"…"
"Zoe? You okay?"
"…Y-yeah. But, no. The only nakama I have is my team."
I frowned. "How many are on your team?" She looked down at her hands. "Six…well I guess four now." I asked what happened to the other two but she refused to answer that question. I didn't want to push the poor girl, so I stopped.
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Later on, Zoe brought me food, which was three trays full of food. After eating everything on the trays (don't judge, if you got pregnant with Natsu's baby, the one who eats hundreds of food, you got to eat). Climbing on the lumpy, I pulled the covers over me. Before putting my head on the flat pillow, I saw Zoe climb on hammock from across the room. Seeing her back face me, I set my head down as well. The last thing I thought was,
Don't worry Zoe, when Natsu comes to rescue me, I'll get you and your nakama out of the damn place, and come join Fairy Tail to be happy.
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Authors note: Hi everyone, here's the new chapter for Golden Death. My dad's been super cranky about some computer he wants to give to me, so I don't work on this computer or something like that.
Well, I hope you like it. Review if you want.
