If you haven't read the manga there might be spoilers later on in the story.
Lucy heard someone open the door to the infirmary seconds before a voice spoke.
"I brought you breakfast." Mirajane told her brightly as she pulled out one of the chairs so that she could sit next to Lucy. Don't remind me. Lucy thought. If she couldn't get those keys to the man by tonight then she'd never see Levy again. Not to mention she didn't even know where to start. She closed her sightless eyes, she knew she'd seen the keys before but she had no idea where.
"Lucy, is something wrong?" Mirajane asked her. Lucy shook her head but felt bad about it immediately after. These people could help but she was still refusing to trust them. She had to find those keys but in order to do that she had to get out of the orphanage.
"Mira?" she asked.
"Yes." Mira answered in her cheery voice as usual.
"Is my dog alright?" she decided to ask.
"Yeah, but why do you ask?" Mirajane said.
"I want to go on a walk, but I can't do that without Plue guiding me." Lucy quickly explained.
"Are you sure you feel up to it, you did get attacked last night" Mirajane told her. Lucy nodded and Mirajane sighed and said "fine, but only if you take someone with you." Lucy rolled her eyes but said "Sure."
Half an hour later Lucy was down the side walk with Plue leading her along. Behind her she could hear Natsu and Gray as they argued behind her. When Mirajane said someone she'd apparently meant three people.
"Natsu, Gray. How many times have I told you not argue." Erza said and Lucy shivered involuntarily at the tone of her voice. Though it worked, immediately there was silence behind her.
"Where are we going anyways?" Natsu asked from beside Lucy surprising her.
"I'm going to visit a friend." She told him. When Plue stopped she knew that they had arrived at the end of the sidewalk.
"Which way do I turn after we cross the road?" She called over her shoulder to Erza.
"To the right." Erza called and then hurried so that she could help Lucy cross the road. Once they'd crossed they turned to the right and walked for about fifteen minutes until they came to stop at what Erza told her was the Crocus Hospital. Hopefully Mavis would be working today. With Erza directing her she made it to the front counter.
"Yes." The secretary said from behind the counter.
"Hi, I wanted to know if the nurse Mavis Vermillion was working today." She told the secretary. She heard the woman type for a couple minutes on the computer and then she answered "Yes, in fact she's on break right now. I'll send someone to fetch her but you will have to wait for a couple of minutes."
"Ok, thanks." Lucy told her and then went to sit down at one of the fluffy couches she knew dotted the waiting room.
"Why didn't you tell us you were looking for Mavis?" Erza said from the couch to the left of Lucy.
"Do you know her?" Lucy asked.
"Pshh, Of course we know Mavis." Natsu said nonchalantly. Lucy stared at him, surprised.
"What Natsu means is that we know Mavis, because she volunteers at the Orphanage." Gray said from the other side of Natsu. Before Lucy could comment she recognized the light steps of Mavis coming toward them.
"Hey, Lucy howhaat happened to you?" She said as Lucy heard her pick up her pace.
"I'll explain later but is there somewhere we can talk in private?" She asked. Mavis didn't say anything for a minute. "Yes, but why?" Mavis asked.
"I'll tell you later." She said as she hastily stood up and started walking in the direction of Mavis's voice. Luckily Plue seemed to know exactly where she wanted to go and led her straight to Mavis.
"I'll catch you guys later." She called back to her three "friends?"
Mavis's private place turned out to be the workers lounge, which was pretty empty since everyone one was on duty. Mavis left her alone for several minutes promising that she'd be back with a cup of coffee for her.
While she waited Lucy reached her hand up to touch her face, it was definitely sore, but she had no idea as to what her face looked like. She knew that the man had beaten her up but all she had to go by was the pain and what other people told her.
"So what was it that you wanted to ask me?" Mavis said as she sat down in the chair across from Lucy. She pushed the cup of coffee next to Lucy's hand and she gratefully took it. After taking a quick sip Lucy asked "I want to know about the bomb that caused me to lose my eyesight."
"What exactly do you want to know about it?" Mavis asked.
"Everything that you know about it." Lucy quickly said.
Mavis didn't say anything for a couple of minutes, thinking and then began speaking, almost as though she'd memorized the facts. "The bomb went off at 7 P.M Friday evening at the fighting arena. There was an important match going on at the time. It was the opening day for the Grand Fighting Games." Lucy had to cut her off, lost at what she was saying. "What are the Grand Fighting Games?" Lucy asked.
"Every year, the city of Crocus holds The Grand Fighting Games. The games are a weeklong event and they were scheduled to start the Friday of the bombing. Talented Fighters from all over the country come to the events where they are separated into teams. There were over three hundred teams that were going to participate this year. At the beginning of the games there's always a quick match. This year just as the fight began a system of bombs went off. From what we've been able to figure out the terrorist set one bomb in the middle of the field. The moment the countdown clock reached zero the bomb went off. However that wasn't even the worst of it. The explosion from the bomb caused four other bombs to go off. Each of these bombs caused one of the four entrances to collapse. Everyone was trapped inside but it only got worse from, from, from there." Mavis suddenly chocked on her tears. Lucy could hear her sniffle slightly.
"It's okay if you don't want to continue?" Lucy told her, feeling horrible that she'd just brought on a whole bunch of memories that nurse apparently wanted to forget.
"No, its okay, I want to tell you what happened. You deserve to know, especially since you're the only one who was in the arena that managed to get out alive." Mavis told her.
"Wait, I thought you said that there were many other people who were injured during the bombing." Lucy said, surprised.
"Not everyone was in the coliseum at the time. People were still standing in line waiting to buy tickets, those are the people that made it out alive. Anyone inside the coliseum at the time of the bombing was killed." Mavis told her, before adding in a much quieter voice "Including my best friend."
Lucy stared at Mavis, shocked. The silence in the room was uncomfortable and Lucy decided that she wasn't going to push Mavis for any more details. It had become clear to her that anything related to the bombing only caused Mavis more pain. Lucy stood and was about to leave when Mavis grabbed her wrist.
"Wait, you need to know the rest of the story." Mavis told her. Ready to leave in case it became too much for Mavis to bear Lucy sat back down on the couch.
"After the last of the four bombs went off first responders were quick to get on the scene. They dug away the rubble to one of the four entrances and entered the destroyed building. When they entered what used to be the center of the arena they saw the first real casualty. The person, one of the warm up match competitors, was laying on the ground almost completely unscathed. An occasional scrape but nothing that could've caused him to die. But he was dead. As the first responders continued to search the ruins they found more and more people like him. There would be an occasional person who died from being crushed by the rubble, but for the most part it was as though the people were uninjured. Everyone in the coliseum was thought dead, that was until they found you." Mavis took a deep breath before she continued. "They found you in one of the towers. You were lying on your back perfectly arranged as though you'd been placed there. Underneath you a huge Z was written on the ground in black." Mavis stopped there and Lucy knew the story was done.
"Does the public know about this?" Lucy asked. Mavis quickly shook her head "No, it would cause mass panic. The public was told only about the bombs, so they don't know about you, if that's what you're asking." Mavis told her. Lucy remembered yesterday and how down Mavis had been then. Then it clicked in Lucy's head "You only found out yesterday about your best friend's death."
"Yeah, I did, but I'm one of the lucky ones. At least I knew what actually happened to him. Plenty of people are still hoping that their loved ones will come home. What they don't know is that we are just slowly releasing the names of those who died. It's already been confirmed that anyone in the coliseum at the time of bombing is now dead." Mavis answered her.
"How many people know what happened in the coliseum?" Lucy asked.
"The first responders, about half the staff in the Crocus hospital, several people who are higher up in the government, and the occasional citizen who happened to enter the building before it was cleaned up." Mavis told her.
"The building's still standing?" Lucy asked. If the building is still standing then maybe the keys are there. It definitely the place to start. Lucy thought to herself.
"Yes, after it's repaired they are planning on making it into a museum of sorts to honor those who died there, but construction won't begin for a while. Not until things settle down a bit more." Mavis told her and Lucy's heart filled with hope. Maybe she could find the keys and be able to save Levy tonight. Though that was a big maybe. If the keys were in the coliseum it would still take her a while to find them especially if she had to search the whole place. If only there was a way she could regain her memories. She was sure that she must've known were the keys were at some point and had hidden them, probably to protect them.
"Is there a way that I could possibly regain my memories quickly?" Lucy asked.
"I thought you would ask that, ever since when you first woke up and couldn't remember anything I've been looking into it. Have you ever heard of hypnotizing?" Mavis asked. The word sounded familiar but Lucy could place it so she shook her head.
"There are several uses of it, but I know someone who specializes in using it to help people overcome traumatic experiences." Mavis told her. Lucy stared at her blankly, not understanding how that was going to help her. Mavis noticed and quickly explained more "Sometimes when you go through something traumatic you'll forget it. If that's the case then he might be able to help you remember. Even if it's a head injury that caused you to forget something he might still be able to help you out. I can't guarantee that he'll be of much help but it's the only option that I've come up with so far. If you're interested I can give him a call." Mavis told her.
Lucy nodded eagerly, excited at the prospect until she realized that the man that Mavis was talking about could quite easily not be able to help her until later in the week.
"I'll give him a call after I get done with my shift and see if I can arrange a meeting. If he says he'll be able to then I'll come over to the orphanage tonight and help you plan a meeting with him. Does that sound good?" Mavis asked her. Lucy nodded, knowing that it was the best Mavis could do. Maybe if she could get in contact with the man who took Levy she could get him to wait a couple of days.
"I've got to get back to my shift." Mavis suddenly said and Lucy could hear her stand up and hurry towards the door.
"Hey Mavis." Lucy called.
"Yeah." Mavis answered.
"What was the name of your friend?" Lucy asked. There was silence and then Mavis answered.
"His name was Yury Dreyar." Seconds later Lucy hear the door close behind her.