* When I take over the world, I shall own Fairy Tail and all its characters! Mwa-ha-ha!

Gray POV

As I lifted Juvia in my arms and carried her to the infirmary, I still couldn't believe that Lucy had done all of this. She had hurt her friends, she had seriously hurt Juvia, and she'd even tried to kill Erza! Not to mention doing some damage to me, the pain from just walking was enough to make me question whether or not I'd be able to have kids in the future.

I listened to Natsu explain everything to Erza as they followed me to the infirmary. I wouldn't admit it out loud, but we had been wrong and flame-brain had been right. If we had listened to him, we might have been able to keep Lucy from hurting anyone. It was even a little scary to think of what might have happened if he hadn't gotten her to snap out of it for that short time.

Laying Juvia down on a cot, I sat down next to her, reluctant to leave. I had never heard her scream like that before and I was worried about how badly she had gotten hurt. The fact that she'd coughed up blood had me on edge. Even now, I was hearing a wet sound in her breathing. Other people might have said it was simply because she was a water wizard, but with how much she liked to be around me, I knew the wet sound wasn't normal.

Natsu laid Lucy down on the next cot then stumbled when he tried to stand. Erza had to steady him to keep from face planting in the unconscious girl's stomach. That's when I noticed how beat up he really was and it looked like he was having trouble staying focused. From what he had said, he had taken a bunch of hits from Lucy before knocking her out the first time. Since one of those hits had the strength to break Gajeel's arm…

"How bad did she beat you up?" I asked him, doing my best not to sound like I was mocking him. He didn't insult me or even glare at me; it was like he was concentrating on staying conscious. That told me more than words. It made sense now why he had dropped when I had only punched him once.

Gajeel and Levy came into the infirmary next. He was grumbling that he was fine, but the sight of his arm bent the wrong way made me cringe. That had to get set and healed right away before there was any permanent damage. Levy's face was swelling fast and turning different colors. I still couldn't believe that Lucy had attacked her. If Gajeel hadn't stepped in, she might have gotten hurt as bad as Juvia.

When the iron dragon slayer looked past me to Lucy, he growled. I couldn't blame him for being angry since I was mad too, but the look in his eyes was that of a man who wanted to cause some damage of his own. I was ready to jump between him and Lucy in case he attacked, but then he froze. I couldn't figure out why until I saw his nostrils twitch as he took a deep breath.

"What's up with bunny girl's scent? It's burning my nose," Gajeel growled as he plugged his nose with his hand.

"I think it's the poison from the needles," Natsu said as he sat on Lucy's cot. "And it's getting worse; we need to get the poison out before she wakes up again. I can't let her hurt anyone else, I promised her."

Just then, Wendy burst through the infirmary door with Carla flying close behind her. The sky dragon slayer looked worried for a moment as she looked at everyone and then got serious. "Who's injured the most?"

"Juvia, she needs healed now," I said without hesitation.

"No, Lucy needs healed first before the poison makes her even worse."

I turned and glared at the pyromaniac. "Lucy can wait five minutes; we don't know what kind of damage was done to Juvia."

The bluenette ignored both wizards and smelled the air instead. I saw her grimace, probably from Lucy's scent, but then her eyes snapped to Juvia. "Juvia's first, she's dying!"

I can't remember the last time I felt myself go cold, but hearing Wendy say that Juvia was dying right next to me… I gripped her hand between both of mine and held on for her life. Wendy's magic created a warm aura that smelled like a fresh breeze as she started healing her. My mind raced back and forth with thoughts of Juvia actually dying and I felt a debilitating ache in my chest. I would miss her! Her presence, her smile, her voice calling out "Gray-sama." I leaned my head down close to her ear. "I'm right here, Juvia. I'm not going to leave you so you better mot leave me."

Time slowed down as Wendy healed Juvia. It was probably no more than a couple minutes but it felt like an eternity. When she finally sat back to rest, my eyes locked on hers. I know I was tense, probably made it worse on myself because I had been holding my breath without even realizing it, but I was actually felt scared by what she would say.

"She's going to be okay now, but she'll be unconscious for a while. And when she wakes up, it will take a few days for her to fully recover." Wendy said as she sat back in her chair. The young dragon slayer already looked exhausted.

"How bad was she?" I probably shouldn't have asked given that she had already said that Juvia had been dying, but a part of me had to know.

"Bad enough, but I don't understand her injuries. Her body is made of water, it shouldn't…" she shook her head. "If it was anyone else, I would say that most of her bones had been broken, but she'll be okay now."

"Lucy next," I heard Natsu say behind me.

"No, you're next, Natsu. You're almost as bad as Juvia was," Wendy said in a firm voice as she walked over and started healing him.

"To what degree are Natsu's injuries?" Erza asked.

Wendy didn't answer right off as she concentrated on healing. After another minute, I saw some of the tension in his face disappear and Wendy sat back to take a break as she looked at Natsu in amazement. "How were you even conscious?" She asked.

"Was I that bad?"

The girl looked surprised. "Natsu, you had four broken ribs, you were slowly bleeding internally, and there were multiple cracks in your skull plus a serious concussion. If you'd have gone to sleep, I don't think you would have woken up. I don't know if that's the worst I've ever seen you injured, but it's in the top five."

Now I was surprised. Lucy had given him all those injuries and he'd still been able to carry her back to the guild? Then he had taken another hit from me and saved the guild from being destroyed by Lucy. Then he had ignored his own health and pushed for Lucy to be taken care of before him… I felt like a wimp, it had only taken one blow to take me down, even if it had been a low blow.

Turning her attention to Lucy, I saw Wendy wrinkle her nose again. "You said it's a poison?"

"I think so," Natsu told her as she started healing Lucy. "She got hit by some needles when we got attacked by the dark mage. She saw him before I did and knocked me out of the way. It made her entire body go numb for about twelve hours. She seemed fine for a while but then she started acting weirder than usual and attacked me. I snapped her out of it for a minute and she said that there must have been more than a numbing agent on the needles."

I shuddered to think what might have happened if Natsu had been the one who got poisoned and went crazy. Instead of a few injuries at the guild, everyone and everything between here and Kunugi would have been burned to ash. All things considered, Lucy had probably saved a lot of lives. A look at Erza confirmed that she was thinking the same thing.

Suddenly, Wendy gasped and pulled her hands away from Lucy.

"Why'd you stop? You've got to heal her," Natsu complained.

"I can't." I was going to question her too until I saw her face. The girl looked terrified.

"What do you mean you can't?" He yelled. I could feel the temperature in the room rise. Erza and I quickly grabbed his arms to keep him under control. His body heat was burning my skin wherever we made contact; since I'd stripped off my shirt at some point, it was more than I liked. "This is Lucy! She didn't mean to hurt anyone, she wasn't in control…"

"I mean I can't hear her without killing her!"

No one dared to breathe as her words echoed through the room. Wendy had tears in her eyes; she looked like she was going to break down sobbing any second. We must have heard her wrong. Since I'd known Wendy, there wasn't a single injury or poison she hadn't been able to heal. For her to say that so matter-of-factually was a shock.

Erza was the first person to break the silence. "What's going on, Wendy?" She asked, her voice trembling slightly.

The girl's eyes locked on Lucy as tears flowed down her cheeks. "I've never seen anything like it before. The poison didn't just affect her physical mind and body, but her magic too. The poison fused to her magic in way so that if I heal her, it will essentially rip Lucy's magic out of her body along with the poison. That'll kill her. And if by some miracle she doesn't die from that, she won't be a wizard anymore."

A/N: Scary twist! Sorry if there are more grammar mistakes than usual in this chapter, I've been working on it for most of the day and it's now 2:30 in the morning. Probably should have stopped, but I was on a roll. Oh well, hope you all enjoyed the new chapter! Please review!