A/N: Thank you all for your support and reviews. Special thanks to whereisthefood123 for helping me with grammar.


Chapter four: Out of control

The moonlight filtered through the crystal windows, lightening the pitch black hospital hallway. It was near three in the morning. The petite blue haired mage ripped the IV cord off her arm and got out of her room silently. A line of blood ran down her forearm and began to drip on the white floor. She held her arm firmly. I have to find the exit. Levy was terrified. Why did the runes appeared and disappeared out of nowhere? She was confused. I have to go now, or I'll never have a chance. Strong footsteps caught Levy's attention, making her look ahead to find out who it was.

"Oi! Where do you think you're going?" He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

She looked away and asked. "Gajeel, what are you doing here?"

He looked down at her. "Answering with another question is suspicious, ya' know. Why are you wandering around the hospital?"

Levy refused to answer. "Just…leave me alone." Her vision became blurry from the tears building up.

"Idiot, why are you crying about?"

She clenched her eyes shut and took a few steps further. "Forget about it. It's none of your business. I gotta go." Her voice sounded harsher than intended.

"Stop talking nonsense." Levy stopped in her tracks and turned around at Gajeel's comment.

Their eyes finally met.

"YOU KNOW NOTHING!" She shouted at him. "You don't understand." She looked away and said the last part quietly.

Gajeel walked up to her and grabbed her by the shoulders roughly. "How the hell I'm supposed to understand if you don't spit it out!?" He leaned down his head and let it rest on Levy's right shoulder. "If it's because of that weird magic." Levy's eyes widened. "I won't judge you like your lapdogs…" He stated.

She sighed in relief. "Gajeel…" A tear finally escaped from her beautiful eyes.

Silence settled between them. "I know you will tell me sooner or later." His rough voice softened.

"I…" Levy bit her lower lip.

"Don't…" His raspy voice murmured.

"I have to." Levy looked into his eyes.

He raised his head and smirked. "If you really want to…You will have to endure my fucking attitude."

"Would you really do that?" Her face brightened. Those hazel eyes looking crystalize.

"Of course." He looked directly to the eyes. "Gosh Lev, don't look at me with those fucked up eyes." He ruffled her blue locks.

"S-sorry." She let out another sob.

"Nah it's ok." Gajeel answered and turned around. "Get those thoughts out of your head and hop on." He kneeled down and used his thumb to point at his back.

"Huh?" Levy blushed.

"Don't get used to it. This is a once in a lifetime thing." Levy's arms spread around his neck. Her chest touched his back and Gajeel's hands held the back of her thighs.

"Thank you…" She hid her face in his black mane.

Gajeel looked over his shoulder and chuckled. "I only did it 'cuz you look like crap."


Sun rays pierced the cold weather at Onibus Town. Pantherlily and Shadow Gear male members decided to pay their friend a visit but stopped in the hospital hallway when an alarm started resonated through the whole building. The exceed took off flying down the long hallway looking for Levy's room.

With his amazing speed magic Jet followed Lily and stormed through the opened door. "LEVY'S NOT IN HER ROOM!" Jet said panicked.

Droy was the last man to enter the now empty room. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S NOT HERE?" He asked.

"He's right. Levy-chan's not here." Yasu spoke as he stood by the door frame. The Fairy Tail trio looked at the voice's direction.

"Sir Yasu." Said the small feline.

Levy-chan? Droy thought. He was confused at how this unknown young man referred to his petite friend.

Jet stood in his fighting stance. "Who are you?"

The twenty five looking man walked up to them. "Yasu Toshiro, I was Levy-chan's client."

Both Shadow Gear members looked at each other and then at the man standing before them. They didn't trust him at all. For being Levy's client, getting to know her and not reacting at the situation made both of them uneasy.

Yasu smiled at them and look sideways to Lily's direction.

The exceed placed a paw on his forehead. I bet Gajeel is involved in this. That iron head doesn't think of the consequences of his actions. I'm certain he knows exactly where she is or should I say, I know where they are staying. He thought about his friend's careless actions.


Gajeel stretched his body in the small couch he slept in. Then he remembered her, he got up fast and ran to his bedroom. He leaned on the doorframe as he let out a relief sigh.

"That was one hell of a dangerous getaway. Don't you think?" Gajeel looked at her sleeping form and admire her peaceful face. But I couldn't do anything else. He smiled as his thoughts ran through the events that happened last night. I gotta admit, you surprise me every now and then.

Flashback

"I'm sorry for causing you all this trouble." Levy was nervous. It was the first time she was in Gajeel's home.

"Don't worry. Is only for a few days, so don't get yourself too comfy." He laughed and looked at her. "I can lend you some of my shirts, because you look like a granny in those." He mocked, and threw her a shirt. "Here, take this."

Levy caught the shirt Gajeel tossed her way. His gaze seemed strange. Curiosity invaded her mind and she finally asked. "What?"

"That should reach your toes." He scoffed.

"Of course not!" She inflated her pink cheeks and headed for the bathroom "Don't you dare peek, ok?"

"I already saw everything, back in your room. Gi hi!" His comment gave her shivers.

She slammed the door. "Shut up! I'll be out in a minute." She leaned her back on the door, put the shirt near her face and smiled.

"That will take more than a minute, Short Stuff."Gajeel laughed.

He removed his black shirt in preparation for going to bed. Then, he heard the bathroom door opening. "Trying to get some revenge by seeing me half naked or what? Geez, I didn't knew you were a perv." Gajeel laughed and cocked a studded eyebrow.

"I'M NOT A PERVERT!" She had returned to his bedroom to find a half-naked Gajeel, "WHY ARE YOU UNDRESSING?" She blushed intensely.

He decided not to look at her in case she wasn't fully dressed, but replied. "What the hell!? This is my house, I can sleep however I want to." He sighed and smirked. "Wanna see me naked?" He teased her.

"O-of c-course not!" She stuttered and looked away shyly. She wished to change the subject so badly. "Anyways, this is pretty comfortable." Referring to the shirt she was wearing.

Gajeel finally turned around and swallowed hard. If she's trying to seduce me, she is doing one hell of a job right now. He thought when he saw the beautiful solid script mage wearing his shirt.

Her blush invaded her whole face with shame. "Thanks for helping me, Gajeel."

He glared at her as if he was trying to see her soul. "Don't stare at me like that. It's weird." She pushed some of her blue locks behind her ear.

Fuck! Now I feel like a pervert dumbass. Gajeel couldn't think straight.

"I will sleep in the couch, ok?" Levy stated.

"It's okay, Lev. You can take the bed."Gajeel headed to the door. If you want to go on with your life you have to stay away from her…is just for a couple of days, right? He said to himself. His mind reminded him the image of Levy's body in a towel. Gajeel knew he needed to have self-control near the girl.

His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden touch. Levy grabbed hold of his hand "Gajeel…When I say 'thanks'," she walked forward, "I really mean it." She wrapped her free arm around him, giving him a gentle hug. "If it wasn't for you, I'll be far away from here by now." She let her face rest on his warm naked torso. "And about my secret…please be patient."

His nerves hardly let him speak. "Uhh ok." His heart was pounding hard. "Now go to sleep." He jerked away from her touch and left immediately. Dammit, you're always making me feel so strange.

End of Flashback

Gajeel went downstairs and served a small glass of water. "These days are going to be different. Gi hi." He took a sip.

"Drop that smile and answer me: Do you know about Levy's escape? Do you know where she is?" Lily's voice surprised him and he spit out the water.

Gajeel coughed. "What's wrong with you? I don't know anything about her and I don't care what she did or where she is."

The exceed looked at him doubtfully. Lying bastard. "Oh really? Do you expect me to believe you?" He crossed his paws in front of his chest. "Just tell me already."

"GOD DAMMIT LIL'! Shut up and leave me alone." Gajeel was avoiding Lily.

"I won't leave unless you tell me the truth." Lily followed him to the couch and saw a gray blanket tossed on the floor. "How curious, you never sleep here."

"Are you working for the council again or what?" Gajeel asked sarcastically. "I already told you"

"Hey Gajeel, do you have an extra toothbrush?" Levy's voice was heard from his bedroom.

"Did she really had to open her mouth at this time when I'm spitting a bunch of lies?" He murmured.

"I don't know anything about her and I don't care what she did or where she is. Huh?" Lily imitated Gajeel's exact words. "For God's sake, Gajeel, did you kidnapped her?" He asked in disbelief.

"Of course not you idiot!"

"Lily! Don't get the wrong idea. I'm here because I want to. Gajeel's helping me. That's all." Levy tried to explain as she went downstairs and saw the two of them arguing.

"I don't know the real reason why you were trying to run away, but you can count on me." Lily knew something was fairly odd, but decided not to dig in.

"Thanks Lily." She said relieved.

"Are you going to keep it a secret or what?" Gajeel stood behind Levy and place his hand on her head. "Do you want all the guild here to destroy everything we have? I don't think so." He said to Lily.

Lily looked at him. "You should know my answer to those questions."

"You heard him, Lev. You're stuck with me for a few days. You have his approval to stay. Gi hi." He ruffled her hair.

Lily smiled. "We still need to make a good plan."

"I'll leave that to you." Gajeel sat down again on the sofa with a little piece of metal between his teeth.

"That will take a while." She let a sigh out. "Let me take a bath first." She head back to Gajeel's bedroom.

Lily decided to ignore the blanket on the floor and started teasing Gajeel. "If Levy stayed last night here, that means you share the same room?"

Gajeel almost chocked. "Of course not, I slept on the couch." He coughed.

"But you wanted to." He looked at Gajeel with devilish eyes.

"Fuck off." He pushed the exceed out of the comfortable sofa. "Where were you?" He asked trying to avoid every topic related to Levy.

"Probably on my way to Onibus."Lily replied. "You should take this opportunity to tell her how you are feeling." He scoffed.

Gajeel knew what he meant and tried to fight back the blush that was trying to invade his whole face. "WHAT THE- WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! STOP TALKING NONSENSE. She's only a guildmate."

"Only you believe that" the exceed replied smiling.


Back in Gajeel's bedroom. Levy took something from her bag and let the tub fill up with crystal clear hot water at the personal bathroom. She finally submerged in it and let out a breath she didn't knew she was holding. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the warm feeling.

Exposing her eyes to the light once again, she looked up to the ceiling and pulled out of the water her left hand. She held up a seed Droy gave her. She'd been carrying it with her to remember that the other Shadow Gear members will always be there for her even when she had already bloomed.

I still do not know why those runes appeared and disappeared like that. The books didn't say anything about that. She looked at her hands intensely.

This whole thing is getting scarier. I don't know why the magic got out of control. Some leaves began to appear in the seed.

Maybe it was because I was exhausted and decided to use such powerful magic. A small white flower began to grow.

When I touched him last night, it felt normal. She let the little flower grew bigger. I wasn't absorbing his magic, and that made me feel happy somehow.

Her eyes darkened…But that doesn't make anything back to normal. The flower turned black and withered.

She got up, wrapped a towel into her body and examined her skin in the mirror's reflection. She was determined to figure the meaning of those runes.


Meanwhile, the iron dragonslayer and his exceed were downstairs enjoying the comfortable silence.

The exceed decided to broke the silence. "Gajeel, could you do me a favor? Can you bring me my sword? I left it in your bedroom." Lily's inner self was laughing.

"Sure, whatever. I'll be right back." He rose vaguely from the sofa, went upstairs and opened the door the same time Levy was unlocking the bathroom door. Why this keeps happening?

"G-Gajeel"

Lily's gonna pay for this. "Ummm" Gajeel turned around, he didn't like the feeling of his face reddening.

"KYAAA!" She threw him her bag and every object near her. "GET OUT OF HERE!"

"OUCH! STOP THROWING THINGS! IT'S LILY'S FAULT" He got out as fast as he could slamming the door behind him, went downstairs and laid besides Pantherlily.

Lily smacked Gajeel's head with his sword. "That's what you get for being such a liar and for keeping this a secret from me."

A few moments later Levy joined them and sat down. "Ok now, let's create a plan where Gajeel doesn't look like a kidnapper."

"I bet that's what Jet and Droy are thinking." The exceed stated.

"If those lapdogs of yours start a fight, I won't hold back." Gajeel growled.

"Gajeel, please have some patience." Levy looked at Gajeel.

Pantherlily felt the tension between them and spoke. "I will take full responsibility of the situation. That way, no one will get in trouble. As for you Levy, you will have to explain the whole thing when you feel comfortable."


Fairy Tail guild was more crowded than usual. Thanks to the stormy-like weather most of the guild members decided to stay and delight themselves with some beer, games, and music.

Gajeel interrupted their evening by opening the guild doors abruptly. "Oi Salamander, you missed me?"

Does he have to open both doors to have attention? Lily thought.

Droy looked at the entrance of the guild. "Jet, look who's here."

Jet got up of his usual spot. "You finally showed up." Both Shadow Gear members walked up to the iron dragon slayer. "Where's Levy? We know you were with her." He glared at Gajeel.

Gajeel stepped closer. "What are you talking about, Speedy?" He was now face to face with Jet. "I don't know anything about her." He replied calmly.

"That's bullshit." Jet replied angrily.

"I don't give a shit if you believe me or not." Gajeel raised his voice.

Pantherlily transformed to his battle form and got between both men. "Calm down guys. There is no need to be aggressive." He said peacefully.

"This idiot is accusing me." Gajeel growled.

"We do it because we know you're involved in this whole situation." Droy said.

Lily sighed. "In fact, Gajeel has nothing to do with it. I was the one who helped her escape, she practically begged me to not tell anyone."

Fairy Tail guild doors opened once again and a cheerful voice was heard. "Good evening everyone! I'm feeling much better now." Levy said happily.

Macao looked at the blue haired mage. "She looks skinnier"

"I would say curvier." Wakaba clarified.

"She still smells like metal head." Natsu said still doubting the exceed's story.

"That's our Levy!" Lucy, Jet and Droy ran to her and hugged her.

"Levy where were you?" Lucy asked.

Oh no. Her eyes widened in terror.

Droy confessed. "We were so worried." And decided to ask. "Why did you escape?"

She stayed silent. I can feel it. Levy thought.

"Yeah, why did you do it?" It could have been dangerous." The orange haired mage said.

"Guys, that's enough. Let me go." She ordered. …please… She tried to warn them. The feeling made Levy terrified.

"What would have happened if Lily wasn't with you?" Lucy asked.

I'm absorbing their magic… Her powers were surging.

"We don't want to let you go Levy." Jet and Droy said in unison.

"We missed you, let us hold you a little more." Lucy said smiling.

I can sense something. The three dragon slayers thought.

A vision appeared in Carla's mind. Making her eyes widened in terror. "STAY AWAY!" The female exceed yelled.

"GET AWAY FROM HER, LUCE" Natsu screamed at Lucy.

A black and purple mist started to cover Levy. "I SAID GET OFF OF ME!" The impact of the power hit Jet, Droy and Lucy. They were sent backwards. "DON'T TOUCH ME!"

Natsu caught Lucy before she hit the ground. "L-Levy" Lucy said worriedly, watching some runes appeared on her friend's body.

"I knew something was off." Gajeel said passing through the other members of Fairy Tail. He stood in front of Levy face to face but kept his distance.

Levy. Jet looked at her with concern. This is worse than the last time.

Levy, w-what's wrong? Droy tried to ask her but his voice didn't come out.

"GAJEEL, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING!" Pantherlily yelled.

"OI, LEV! LOOK AT ME!" Gajeel glared at her. He was so concerned. He raised his hands in front of his chest trying to calm her from the short distance between them.

"AHH!" She screamed. The excruciating pain made her back arch backwards. Her hands holding both sides of her head.

"Maybe I can help her." Wendy tried to get closer.

"Wendy, don't!" Carla shouted so loud that made the sky dragon slayer stop in her tracks.

"DON'T COME NEAR ME!" Levy's head turned to Wendy's direction. "STAY AWAY! PLEASE!" Tears started to form on the edge of those white eyes. The hazel hue of her eyes was gone.

"We have to help her" Jet and Droy said in unison. They tried to approach her but were stop by Lily's arms.

"Don't go near her. She's not the same." Makarov's voice was heard. His tone showed how worried he was.

"But Master-" Jet tried to replied but stopped when he heard another voice.

"Hey Lev, look at me." Gajeel said slowly. He tried to catch her attention desperately. "Calm down." He tried to calm her down. "Nobody will hurt you." Gajeel took a deep breath.

Her eyes blinked a few times and returned to normal. The purple mist vanished, but the runes on her body remained. "W-what?" Levy was sweating and trembling.

"You okay?" Gajeel lowered his arms and stood straight.

Levy looked at Gajeel's worried face. "Gajeel…" And then looked around the guild.

Their eyes were looking at her.

Lucy. She thought when she saw Natsu standing in front of Lucy protectively. Her eyes kept scanning her guildmates' faces. Lily. The exceed was holding her fellow Shadow Gear teammates. Both of them were startled. Jet, Droy. She took a few steps back and turned then she saw her father figure. He was worried. Even Master…

The guild started murmuring. Levy's hazel eyes started to watered. They are afraid of me. What have I done? She started running as fast as she could, she wanted to be out of the guild. They must be thinking I'm a monster.

Gajeel chased after her. Levy. What have you been doing during all these years? He thought while getting himself deeper into the darkness of Magnolia's outskirts.

TBC