Hi everyone! This is a little late but anyways. heres chapter 4.
"Where the hell are they?" Gajeel said, pacing back and forth in front of the train station. Lily stood with his back leaning against the wall used to the man's antics.
"Gajeel, calm down. Were 20 minutes early" Lily stated.
"So? We have to get going as soon as possible. Who knows what they've done to her already" Gajeel responded shuddering.
"I doubt that they've done anything. It's not a good idea to hurt the prisoner too much and seeing as how small Levy is I don't think they would want to break her."
Gajeel let out a big puff of air. He was glad his awesome cat was coming on this trip. He had told Lily what had happened the night before and begged him to come along. Though the former military general was not happy with what Gajeel had said and done, he had agreed to join in on the team. He could tell his partner was more shaken up and guilty then he let on, and wanted to look after him.
"Look here they come." Lily said pointing to the group walking down the street towards them.
Gajeel ground his teeth. He would have preferred to go in alone, but knew that he would never make it out alive if he did that, so he was forced to ask for help. It had not been easy for the iron mage to bend his pride and ask but he managed. Wendy was the first to reach him, skipping to his side with Charle in tow. The little girl had been confused as to why he had asked her to join in on such a dangerous mission but when Gajeel explained that Levy might be hurt she was happy to oblige. Natsu and Lucy were next; Natsu glaring daggers at Gajeel. He had hurt one of his friends AND was making him take the train. Lucy was surprised when Gajeel approached her and Natsu but he said that since Lucy was Levy's best friend she should be included in the rescue party. Lucy had dragged Natsu along for no other reason other than for him to protect her. Gray meandered over not really sure how he had got there or why he was included in the mission. Juvia was walking a little behind Gray with hearts in her eyes. She didn't know that her Gray-sama was going to be in the mission. She had caused a mini flood when she learned about what Gajeel did but agreed to become a part of his team. Finishing off the party was Erza, with all of her luggage packed in her gigantic wagon. She had probably given Gajeel the most crap about what he did. Not only had she threatened to kill him if he so much as thought of Levy as weak again, but she promised him that she would give him a harsh punishment when they returned from the mission.
When they were all in front of him they looked at him expectantly. He shifted uncomfortably, not used to this kind of attention.
"We all know why we're here. This is Levy's rescue mission. I was an ass to her and now her life's in danger. We're going to Raven Tail. I would prefer we not fight" Gajeel said with a pointed glare towards Natsu, which the fire mage returned, "There stronger than they look and most of them are experienced killers and torturers. We will take the train for a day before it reached our stop then we walk to the guild. I warn you, they don't exactly trust me anymore, so that ruse might not work." Gajeel, with the master's permission, had told them about how he was a double agent when he had joined Fairy Tail.
"You lack fighting spirit Gajeel. If you believe you will be able to find her and apologize to her then you will" Erza said. Oddly enough, it's those words that seem to calm Gajeel down. It gave him hope. Just a little but it made him want to get moving.
"Yeah, ok. Let's get on the train guys" Gajeel said awkwardly while turning around and stomping towards the train to board.
"Gajeel sure is weird." Wendy said.
"Gajeel-kun is just not used to being comforted. He's used to being alone. Juvia knows the feeling" Juvia said while looking after him worried.
"What do you mean Juvia?" Lucy said stepping toward her
"Fairy Tail is a lot different from Phantom. That is why Juvia loves it in this guild. It is family. Phantom is where you look out for you. It's cold and your expected to learn everything yourself." Everyone looks at her incredulously. A newfound respect is somehow given to her, because they can never imagine life without a "family" like Fairy Tail. They had always assumed that other guilds were close knit and similar to their own but they couldn't be more wrong.
"Oi! What are you doing just standing there? Praying? Let's move!" Gajeel yelled across the station.
"Y-yes!" Wendy said while she and everyone else ran towards him, still absorbing the information they had just received.
Natsu groaned, almost afraid to get on because he knew he was going to have to deal with motion sickness for 24 hours.
"Geez, what a wimp" Gajeel mumbled, while getting a small stomachache as well as he stepped on. He was able to ignore it though because too much was on his mind at the moment. They all put their bags away and sat down. Gajeel was sitting next to the window with Juvia next to him, while Lily was on her lap. Wendy sat next to Juvia with Charle on her lap as well. Lucy sat across from Gajeel with a very sick Natsu lying on her lap. Erza sat next to Natsu ready to put him to sleep at a moment's notice while Gray had somehow squished himself next to Erza.
"What's the plan?" Erza asked sitting forward in her seat as the train began to move.
"What do you mean?" Gajeel said confused.
"What do you plan to do once we get there?"
"I...ah didn't really have a plan…"
"That is no good. How do you expect to become an S-class mage when you can't even plan accordingly? You're lucky I'm part of this mission. We should divide into groups, a dragon slayer in each, that way we can track Levy's scent," Erza said more to herself than to anyone else. Everyone watched her, not wanting to interrupt her brainstorming. Being an S-class mage, she had more experience with missions as dangerous as this one. They were somewhat awed, they all knew Erza was crazy powerful but her battle perception and ability to adapt to a variety of situations was one of the quality's that had given her the name "Erza the Titania".
"Well that means three in each group" Lucy said, doing the math on her fingers, "Natsu, Erza and me in one. Gray, Juvia and…Wendy?"
"Absolutely not!" yelled Charle, "I don't want to be separated from Wendy. She might get hurt, or over use her powers or-"
"Geez, take it down an octave Charle. I'll protect Wendy," Interjected Gray.
"Juvia will as well."
"But-"
"Charle, it's ok. I'll be fine" Wendy said soothingly while patting her head.
"Sigh. I guess I have no choice if you're all going to gang up on me." she grumbled, clearly not happy about the plan.
"So Gajeel, Lily and Charle are in the last group" Continued Lucy as if there had been no interruption.
"Does that sound good to you Gajeel-kun? Juvia thinks it is a good idea" Juvia said, clearly glad she had been put in Gray's group.
"Huh? Oh…yeah sure" he responded only removing his gaze from the window for a moment before resuming to stare blankly. Don't worry Levy I'll find you, no matter what, he thought.
Levy stifled a groan. She had been inside her cell for god knows how long and was starting to feel the effects of hunger. She also REALLY needed to go to the bathroom. They had refused to let her out when she had asked, telling her:
"Just shit on the floor. We don't care"
The cell doors creaked open once again and she looked up. They all looked happy for some reason, well except for the knight but Levy couldn't see his face.
"Its time," the knight said while unlocking the shackles. Levy didn't fight because she knew she would never come out unscathed if she tried. "Flare?"
"Right." The women with red hair said, while undoing her braids. Levy nearly screamed. The hair seemed to come alive as it wrapped around her wrists. It replaced the shackles and was unnaturally warm, hot almost. "Come on little girly" she said while skipping a little ahead. Levy was confused. What had the knight meant when he had said 'it's time'? It scared her and she started to freak out inside her head oh god, oh god, oh god, what's going to happen to me? What do they want? Gajeel what have you gotten me into?
"Well? Go on!" The man she met at the park said with a shove, when she didn't start walking right away. Levy's feet shuffled forward and she squinted trying to get her bearings. It was dark as they walked down the hallway, with the woman skipping ahead of them occasionally stopping and waiting while the others surrounded Levy almost like a guard. They seemed to walk forever but after a while they ended up in front of a massive door. It had pictures of people dying in the most gruesome ways, pictures of people being tortured and many other horrors Levy would prefer not to name. She did not want to find out what was on the other side of the door but when she looked at her "guard", who were looking up at it with admiration in their eyes; she knew that she was going in there no matter how much she was opposed to the idea.
The door suddenly swung open startling her. She looked inside and wanted to cry. There was blood smeared across the walls and floors and the only other thing inside was a pair of shackles hanging from the ceiling. It was a torture room. She braced herself as they walked her inside and replaced the hair with more shackles, her heart beating erratically. They all grinned at her when she looked at them with utter shock and fear. The man from the park licked his lips in anticipation.
"Let's get started" He said. Levy suddenly felt numb, like when your arms asleep but it was like that with her whole body. He stepped forward as if to hit her but the knight put his hand up a little. Levy couldn't help but hope the man had changed his mind about her, then he said:
"Don't get carried away, we don't want to break her and Master Ivan wants to see her afterwards" causing Levy's heart to drop. This was really happening. She was being tortured and there was nothing she could do about it but lay back and let them. She felt the first few blows, to her head, gut and ribs. It knocked the wind out of her. Someone grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled their face to her ear to whisper:
"Get ready bitch, this is just beginning." As he began to hit her again and again. Over and over. Never ending agony.
And so she shut down. She entered an almost trance-like state. Not feeling. Not responding. Nothing. This frustrated the torturer because he was used to them begging to let them go. That was his high, and she was not delivering. He started to hit her harder. Still nothing. He began to add magic with his blows. Electricity racing from his palms, attacking her nerves causing her to spasm sporadically. This broke her concentration and made her whimper.
"He he you like electricity? Ok then!" and he began to increase the amount and voltage he used. Her eyes started to roll back into her head. A piercing scream filled the air, not stopping for a breath until the attack stopped. She slumped forward into the cuffs, breathing heavily. What was left of her clothes was steaming. She didn't have the energy to really listen to the conversation that was happening. She only got little bits like 'to far!' and 'could have killed her'. The door slammed and she felt the presence of only one other person in the room. She couldn't lift her head to look though. Surely they just wanted to hurt her like the others, only more privately. She heard the jingle of keys and the shackles came off. Losing the shackles that had held her up caused her to fall to her knees. She still didn't look up. She flinched when she felt someone fall to their knees beside her. A clank could be heard.
"Levy? Levy look at me!" she flinched again, recognizing the voice. It was the knight.
She looked up and gasped. The knight had taken off his helmet and she could clearly see his face for the first time.
He was beautiful. That was the only word she could use. He had long silky golden hair that fell a little past his shoulder. He had sharp slightly angular features that made him look almost regal, like some kind of Greek hero. His pretty green eyes, which were full of concern and were framed with thick and lush lashes, are what caught her attention though. They made her want to be friends with him, made her want to please him and protect him. Somewhere in the back of her mind she was screaming don't trust this guy! He's trying to make you trust him! He wants to make you soft! But she found herself reaching a shaky hand out as if to touch his cheek. He caught it and squeezed it saying
"Focus Levy!" He snapped his fingers in front of her face, breaking the strange spell.
"Wha-what happened?" she blinked.
"It's ok Levy. I'm here to help you."
oh man that was long! *pats self on the back*
can Levy trust this guy? What does Ivan want with Levy?
again I hope you guys dont mind how im portraying the Raven tail people.
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