Surge
A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but writing a new chapter is kinda hard when you can't see the keyboard haha. Erm...did you know that Gray's Japanese voice actor does the dub for Steve Rogers in both Captain America movies? The more you know man, the more you know. Anyways I'll get on writing this thing then...
"Guys...its been about an hour now...kindly get the fuck off me."
"I'm never letting you go Master Laxus." Freed said, his face still nestled into his friend's neck. He'd spent the first ten minutes crying tears of joy, which was followed by fifty minutes of meowing and stroking Laxus.
"We're not leaving until you promise that you're not going anywhere Mr Laxus." Wendy had pretty much gone through the same motions as Freed, only she had been on the other side of the Thunder God.
It had been sweet at the start, but this much physical contact was giving Laxus cramps. However, when he tried to lift his arms up to swat them away he found he couldn't. "Um...why did you guys tie me to the bed?"
Freed pulled back for the first time and frowned. "But Master...you're not tied down?"
Laxus painfully lifted his head up and looked down at his body. "Huh...well that's new. I wonder..." This time it was his legs that failed to move. "So...here's something for you. I can't move."
"W-what?" For the first time that hour the smile slipped off Wendy's face. "M-Mr Laxus, what do you mean?"
"Well I mean I can't fucking move Wendy. The hell else do you think I mean?!"
His two friend's exchanged glances. He was taking this surprisingly well. "Master I could try and find a nurse or..."
"No forget that idea completely. The last time I let someone from outside the guild mess with my body I almost died." He thought about it for a minute. "Erza knows medical stuff right?"
"Well she has a nurses outfit..."
"Pfft that totally counts. Ok Freed go get her." The rune mage reluctantly let go of the blonde man and headed to the door. "Oh and Freed." He turned back to see Laxus smiling at him. "It's good to see you again man."
"You too Master Laxus." He replied then walked out the door to find Erza, fresh tears falling down his cheeks.
Still smiling, Laxus turned to Wendy. "Its good to see you too kid."
"I missed you." She said, a smile slowly coming back to her. "Still, are you ok with the whole..."
"Considering I was pretty much dead for the past few hours, I'll take not being able to move in my very large stride."
The blue haired girl sighed. "Actually Mr Laxus you've...well you've been like that for a week."
Surprise flashed across his face. "But I was barely with Mavis and...damn." He blinked a couple of times then sighed. "Dammit! The one time I get Gildarts to do a stupid bet and I waste it. Typical."
Wendy laughed. "Well Miss Lucy did put him to good use." It was true; after everything that happened the guild needed a source of laughs, so Lucy and Natsu put the S-Class mage through hell to keep people's spirits up.
"Well since you were there, mind filling me in as to what went down while I was afk?"
"Hmm...well your dad and his friends got locked back in jail."
Laxus snorted at that. "Shame none of them died."
The female dragon slayer looked at the ground and twirled her fingers. "Yeah I was surprised they lived after everything. Miss Mira almost killed them all herself after..." She trailed off and Laxus gave her a moment. Sometimes it was easy to forget she was just a kid. "We took you here after that and that's pretty much all I know. I've been here most of the time trying to heal you, and of course there was Mr Freed and Miss Mira who stayed here every day pretty much..."
"Wait what? I mean I get Freed; that guy's got some serious abandonment issues, but Mira?!" Laxus frowned, trying to figure things out.
"Well its because..."
"LAXUS!" The pair's eyes snapped to the door as Erza rushed in. "You idiot how could you...oh come here!" The redhead jumped on her friend and gave him a spine crushing hug.
"Can't...breath...Erza..." He managed out and she released him, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
"How are you even alive?! The amount of blood you lost..." She shook her head in amazement. "Hey Jellal; stop moping around out there and come and see him!"
The blue haired man slunk through the door. "Laxus...I'm so sorry..."
"Why, did you bring another 'gift'?" Since he couldn't make the quotation marks himself with his arms, Wendy had to fill in for him. Yes, it was adorable. "Seriously though chill. As far as I know you can't see the future so just forget it and take a loot at my back."
He looked up and smiled at the blonde haired man. "Sure thing; just sit up and we'll..."
"What part of 'I can't move' do you not understand?"
"Oh...right..." He blushed but stepped forward and flipped the dragon slayer onto his back. "Jeez; even after a week this thing is horrific."
"I tried my best to heal him but I must have done a bad job." Wendy hung her head in shame and Jellal, ever the nice guy, blurted out a string of apologies to try and cheer her up.
Erza meanwhile took a look at Laxus' back. "Just because I have a nurse's outfit doesn't mean I'm a nurse...but it looks to me like you've damaged a hell of a lot of nerves. I...I'm not sure..."
"You're not sure I'll recover." Laxus finished grimly. "Great; I give up heaven to be a fucking cabbage patch doll."
"I could try my magic some more...?" Wendy offered half-heartedly.
"I guess you may as well. It's not like I'm going anywhere unless some idiot carries my sorry ass everywhere. Actually speaking of idiots, where'd Freed get off to?"
"Well after he got us he kind of started shooting rainbows out of every orifice in his body..." Jellal said, shuddering at the memory. "God knows where he went afterwards."
Laxus rolled his eyes. "Well at least he hasn't changed this week."
"Actually Freed really stepped up a lot." Erza admitted. "After the first couple of days he decided to take charge of the team like you told him. They were even going to go on a quest next Wednesday with him as the leader if you didn't wake up."
"Yeah and Makarov was even considering promoting him to an S-Class mage to make up the numbers." Jellal chipped in.
Laxus' eyes widened. "Oh shit Gramps! Is he...?"
Erza smiled. "He's fine. The whole thing hit him kinda hard at first, but he's a tough old guy."
"Tch, I'm gone for a week and he's already gotten over me." Laxus tried to scowl but he couldn't. "What about the other idiots I know?"
The smile from the redheads face quickly vanished. "Well Bickslow and Evergreen were almost as bad as Freed, but they pulled through. Mira on the other hand..."
Laxus' frown came back again. "Yeah Wendy said something about that. Why the hell did she end up spending a few days looking after my sorry ass?"
"Every day." Jellal corrected him. "Man she barely left the room. God knows how she got by with that little sleep."
The Thunder God felt a pang of guilt when he heard that. "Christ! If I'd know I would've hurried things up a bit..."
After that there was an awkward silence for a couple of minutes. Wendy kept her eyes low and focused on healing, while Jellal and Erza exchanged worried glances with one another. Laxus just stared at the pillows in front of him. It was finally broken when Freed skipped in with Cana, Makarov, Bickslow, Evergreen and Elfman in tow.
"YOU JACKASS WHERE DO YOU GET OFF?!" Cana roared, stomping over to the blonde and boring her eyes through his skull.
"If you ever do this again..." Makarov started but got all choked up before he could finish.
"LAAAAAXXXUUUUUSSSSS!" Evergreen and Bickslow yelled, throwing themselves on him like everyone before them had done. Elfman just waited quietly in the corner with a smile on his face.
"Three types of people..." The blonde grumbled but struggled to keep the smile off his face. "Well since you guys are hugging my back, you may as well get back to kissing my ass."
His team mates pulled away and smiled at him. "Missed you too!"
"You have no idea. I mean Freed's cool but when he starts cleaning..." Bickslow stuck his tongue even further out than normal, which was a truly impressive feat.
Laxus laughed. "Yeah it actually seems like you had it worse than me." After that his eyes turned to his grandfather. "So you were going to replace me with Freed were you?"
Makarov glared at him. "Keep it up and I still might. What kind of game are you playing you idiot?!"
"The kind where weird ghost girls make you choose doors after having a tea party with you." Laxus grunted before shifting his head so he could see Cana. "What are you waiting for anyways? I was expecting you to punch my sorry ass or something."
The card mage's eyes were still piercing through him. "Luckily for you I don't hit cripples."
"Yeah I heard about that too." Bickslow chipped in. "If you're having trouble with things down there I'm sure I could steal something from Macao to get things working..."
"If by 'down there' you mean 'below my neck' then go right ahe-...wait. Bickslow use Figure Eyes."
Bickslow gave him a confused look. "A) I'm not a Pokémon. B) That never works on you."
"Humour me. I should be weak enough to control for a change." There was a sound of tentative hope in his voice that the doll magician couldn't ignore.
Sighing, he removed his mask and took over his master. "Wow this actually worked. Huh."
"Yeah great stuff, now move my arms so I'm flipping Cana off."
The group looked at Bickslow expectantly and he tried to make the command a reality. Nothing happened. "Its...its not working."
"Tch." Laxus rolled his eyes, the disappointment in his voice loud and clear. "Ah well, worth a sh-..." His eyes widened as his middle finger twitched. "Erm...did you guys see that?"
"You...you fucking asshole you..." Tears finally came to Cana's eyes and she finally lurched forward to hug him. "Such a dick..." She cried, nestling into the arch of his back.
"I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you missed..."
"Shut up for once in your damned life!" She cooed, putting a finger on his mouth. It was that point where it turned into a group hug which everyone enjoyed. I mean Laxus pretended he didn't of course, but that was to be expected.
When they finally pulled away he scowled. "Christ, its almost like I've been away for a week or something retarded."
"Hate you too Captain Cunt." Cana snorted, wiping the last couple of tears from her eyes. "So your finger at least."
"Good news for you." He winked at her and she blushed. "But yeah, good work with that Wendy. Guess your healing finally making process."
"I'll keep it up Mr Laxus!" She smiled, proud at helping him.
Freed was still sceptical. "How come it never worked before though?"
"I have somewhat of an idea but its a weird ass story." Laxus answered, thinking of his meeting with Mavis. "Anyways, erm, where's Mira? It's not like I'm concerned or anything but it seems like she was having a rough time."
Cana gave him a sly look. "Oh, and when did you start caring so much for her?"
If Laxus could have shrugged he would have. "I guess when she apparently spent a week here."
"She was watching you sleep." Wendy told him.
"Well that's...creepy." Laxus looked at Freed. "Do you know where she is?"
"Last I saw of her she was asleep in Elfman's arms." He answered and they all turned to the takeover mage.
"Um...well we put her in the chairs outside when Freed told us you'd woken up. She's probably still asleep now."
"Tut tut Mira, sleeping on the job." Laxus chided then looked at Elfman. "From the sounds of it she needs it though. Guess I'll get to say hi to her tomorrow."
"Actually...I am going to wake her up now Master." Freed said, heading to the door. "I promised her that once you woke, I would let her know. I have no plans of double crossing her." And with that he walked out the room to find her.
A/N: The next one I'll get done pretty quickly I reckon so look out for it :) Hope you guys are still enjoying this all so far; I'm thinking either the next chapter or the one after might be the last one, so not far until this ends. As always read, review and recommend :)