Chapter 7

Laxus sat there on the floor trying to get any image to come back up on the screen. When he got nothing, he screamed out and threw the lacrima at the wall. Freed and Bickslow had no idea what to do, so they just sat on the bed. When Laxus felt a surge in his power, he looked up to hear a clap of thunder. He rushed to the balcony of his room to try and trace the magic. But when he looked down, his eyes caught a burned and unconscious Lucy laying in front of the hotel on the ground. Laxus didn't even think at that point, he jumped over the balcony trying to get to her. Freed and Bickslow rushed to see what had riled Laxus up, and was just as shocked to see Lucy lying on the ground. When Laxus got to her side, he heard her whisper his name while clutching her necklace. As he looked over her injuries, he noticed that the burns where not as bad as they could have been. Only first and some second degree burns. He looked up when he heard Freed and Bickslow shouting at the people who had gathered around them, telling them to stay back.

Laxus felt bad when he touched her and her eyes flew open as she screamed at the contact. Laxus knew that this would be painful for her to be moved, but he had to get her inside. He tried to calm her by whispering to her, and it was when he locked eyes with her did her screams turn to whimpers. He picked her up as carefully as he could and carried her through the doors and up to his room, followed by Freed and Bickslow who was keeping everyone back. When the four of them was in the safety of the room, they saw Evergreen sitting on the bed.

"The mayor, said that he hasn't sent a mission out. But I found, that this was a scam to get us here for a fan club." Evergreen said.

"Evergreen, go take Lucy's place in her team's mission." Laxus said.

"Why should I? Didn't you guys say that after this mission I wasn't a part of the team anymore?"

"We haven't left this fake mission yet, making it still a mission regardless of its status. I'm ordering you to take her place." Laxus growled.

He watched as she got up off the bed and walked out of the room. Laxus laid Lucy down on top of the sheets and looked to Freed. Freed knew what he was supposed to do, and walked toward her. When Lucy began to panic, Laxus had kneeled down on the floor next to her.

"It's alright, he's going to take away the pain." Laxus said lightly holding her arm.

Lucy kept her eyes on Laxus while Freed wrote the runes around the bed. It wasn't long after he had written them, did she feel better. When Freed, put his sword away, he watched as Laxus got in bed behind Lucy. He didn't understand why Evergreen's attitude had changed towards Lucy, but he couldn't forgive it either. They had all loved the way she had forgiven them after what they did in the past. When he looked back up at the couple, Lucy had fallen asleep against Laxus while he held her.

"So how did she get here?" Bickslow asked.

"It must have been the mate mark that sent her." Freed said.

"How does that work?" Bickslow asked.

"My magic flows through her, so when the bomb went off; it got her out before she could have been harmed more than what she did." Laxus said.

"Laxus, what are we going to do about the mission?" Freed said.

"It's just to see our fans, and it doesn't even pay." Bickslow said.

"Can you do the mission without me?"

"I believe that we can." Freed said

"Good, because I need to get Lucy back to Wendy."

Laxus picked Lucy back up and left for the train station. While he looking at the scenery pass by out of the train window, he felt Lucy stir then settle back down. When the train pulled into the station, he picked her up and started his way to the guild. When he pushed the doors open, everyone froze when they saw the blonde in his arms. Seconds later, Wendy was at his side checking her over. After she had announced that she would be fine, Laxus headed towards the infirmary. When they got there,Laxus laid Lucy on a bed and waited for Wendy for details. When she walked in, she walked over to Laxus's side and put a hand on his shoulder.

"How bad is it?" Laxus asked.

"The burns are not as bad as they seem. But the burns are going to devastate Lucy when she finds out the purpose the burns left."

"What purpose?"

"Did you notice that a good majority of the burns are worse over lower regions?"

"No, I never looked."

"Well they are worse there than the rest of her body. And before I tell you the reason is , you should know that as a dragon slayer myself you should know that I know Lucy is your mate. It will be your decision to make about wether you or I will tell her the news. This news will tear Lucy apart and she will need comfort afterwards."

"No matter what you tell me, I will tell her the news."

"Lucy will never bare a child, I'm sorry." Wendy said looking down.

"What?" Laxus asked stunned by the news.

"It appears that mission was made to attack Lucy. That explains why none of the other bombs

have gone off."

"How do you know that?"

"Just before you arrived, Ezra called and reported that. It appears that someone is after Lucy."

"They won't get near her, I won't let them a second time." Lady's said looking down at his mate.

When Wendy left, Laxus got in bed with Lucy and held her tenderly but protectively. As he was dozing off, he heard the door open. When he looked to see who it was, he saw his grandpa.

"How is she?" Master asked.

"We will never have kids unless we adopt."

"That's going to kill her, you know she wants a family."

"I know, but who ever is after her made sure her bloodline stopped with her."

"So you aren't going to even try? You know that fate can change."

"If it happens, it'll happen; and if she wants to try, then we will."

"Alright, I came to tell you that the rest of both teams are on their way back."

"How did the missions turn out?"

"The one your team took was easy from what Bickslow told me. As for Lucy's old team, their mission confused them. The only bomb to detonate was the one that struck Lucy."

"Makes sense is they were targeting her."

"Yes, and that's what concerns me. You know as well as I do how rare her magic is; and you also know where her childhood lies. She is the only living Heartfilla left."

"You think someone from her old life is after her? But that wouldn't make sense because the rich need babies and heirs to take the parents place."

"True, but it still is possible that is a rich person. I will look into it some more and tell you what I find." He said before leaving the room.

Laxus settled back down and soon fell asleep. While he was sleeping, he kept seeing Lucy screen in pain when the explosion hit. Instinctively he pulled Lucy closer to him in his sleep.

In Lucy's mind, she could only see the darkness but heard a deep voice that sent chills down her spine. As it talked to her, she paid special attention to the details the voice told her. It was when she heard a roar, did she wake up gasping for air. As she sprang forward, she screamed out in fright. When Laxus heard the scream, he jolted up out of bed alarmed. It was when he saw nothing but heard Lucy weeping on the bed, did he turn to face her. As soon as he was within arms reach of her, she lunged at him and held on for dear life. She rubbed her back and tried to sloth her the best he could, without knowing what set her off. After half an hour, her sobs became whimpers.

"Laxus...it said." Was all Lucy could say before she started sobbing again.

"Lucy you have to tell me what's going on. No matter what, I'll be here."

"I think it was a dragon that talked to me. It said that Zeref is killing what would be the fourth to rule again. What was taken, shall be paid in blood till one true enough can save what is theirs. Then there was a roar, that's all I remember."

"That doesn't make any sense. I'll have freed get to translating when he gets back. How are you feeling?"

"Tired, in pain, and a little hungry."

"I'll go get you something to eat, just lay back down." Laxus said as he was getting up from the bed. Just before he could walk away, Lucy reached out and caught his arm shaking.

"Please, don't leave"

Laxus turned around and got back in bed with her. He knew that she was hungry but not that hungry. As he got comfortable, he heard her sniffle as she moved closer to him.

"What's wrong?" He asked her.

"You were going to be a dad. I found out when we arrived to the town for the mission. I was going to tell you when we met up. I'm so sorry that I waited, because now it looks like it's to late." Lucy said before crying into his chest.

"Lucy, there is something you should know and I hate to have to tell you this."

"What is it?"

"When Wendy looked at your wounds, she discovered that your womb was severely injured."

"Please...no"

"I'm sorry, I know how much you wanted a family. Because you will never have kids, when your ready, we can adopt as many as you want." Laxus said holding her close to him.

It was hours before Lucy had cried herself to sleep. Laxus let himself sleep knowing that she would be out for a while. While they slept, in the safety of the guild, a hooded figure showed up in the room. It spoke to them in a whisper.

"Only those who know, have a right to claim their prize."

After hearing that, Lucy awoke to an empty room with Laxus at her side.

"Did you hear that?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah, and I didn't like the sound of it." Laxus said bring Lucy to sit in his lap.

Meanwhile, Freed and Bickslow boarded the train not happy that their newest member of the team was injured. They knew that Laxus was worried and mad infuriated at who had done that to her, but neither of the two men had heard any word on how she was doing. As they sat and watched the trees go by, the conductor came over the speaker and said that they had to make a stop before continuing. As they pulled into the station, Bickslow saw Lucy's old team standing on the platform. He groaned when he saw them looking for a spot to sit, realizing that the compartment that they were in was empty.

"Can we sit with you?" Ezra asked looking down.

"You may." Freed said noticing the down looks cast upon the faces of team Natsu. Then he turned to look at evergreen and saw a smirk sitting on her face.

"What happened to you?" Bickslow asked wondering the same thing as freed.

"Lucy is gone and we couldn't find her." Gray said clenching his fist in his lap.

"What?" Bickslow asked, confused now.

"She disappeared when a bomb went off. She was there, then she was just gone." Natsu said.

"Lucy is with Laxus at the guild. I thought that evergreen would have told you. I'm sorry to have worried you so much." Freed said.

"You knew and you didn't say anything, that's our family that we thought we lost." Natsu shouted standing up.

"How is that stuck up brat any family to you?" Evergreen asked.

"She's our sister, and we would give her anything she needs."

"It slipped my mind while I was walking with your team." Evergreen said holding her smirk in place.

"Why you..." Gray said standing up.

"Will you two sit down. We don't harm our guild mates, no matter what they did." Erza said.

They both sat down but held a glare at her for the rest of the trip. As they pulled into the station, everyone gathered their things, then headed to the guild. When they arrived at the guild, they all went straight to the infirmary. As they headed toward the infirmary, the group missed the white haired girl that was waiting for a dragon slayer to return. She was upset when he didn't even notice her, in his hunt to find Lucy. So she follows behind the group of mages and was angered by Natsu rushing to the blondes side. She gave a huff and moved to stand by evergreen who looked equally irritated.

"I can't believe he blew me off again." Lissana mumbled to herself while crossing her arms over her chest.

"You to?" Evergreen asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I was kicked off the team because of her, and now she is taking Natsu from you. I'm beginning to hate her more and more." Evergreen said.

"I know what you mean, but I've already got plans for her that have been put in motion already." Lissana said before walking away from a speechless evergreen.

Back in the room, both Laxus and Lucy woke up when they heard the door open. Laxus knew who it was so he relaxed, that is until Natsu came running up to Lucy.

"Lucy, please you have to be alright." Natsu said hugging her as tight as he could.

"She's fine, now get off her before I rip you from her." Laxus said irritated.

"Sorry." Natsu said before taking a few steps back.

"What happened to you Lucy?" Erza asked.

"I'm not sure, I woke up and Laxus was beside me."

"My magic sensed the severity of the explosion and transported her to me."

"I have healed her, but I would like for her to get some more rest." Wendy said.

"Sure, we will come see you tomorrow, if your awake." Gray said.

"That will be fine." Lucy said before yawning.

"Alright, everyone out but my team." Laxus said looking at the group.

"So how bad is it?" Bickslow asked.

"I'm not going into that, but I need to tell you that we do know that someone is after Lucy."

"What do you require, Laxus?" Freed asked.

"Well there was a voice that talked to Lucy, and I need it translated." Laxus said

"What kind of voice?" Bickslow asked.

"She thinks it was a dragon. Anyway, I need you to help me out. Freed can decode the message, and bickslow will shadow Lucy to make sure that she will be fine."

"Where will you be?" Freed asked.

"I'm going to help gramps find out who did this, and make sure this is put to an end." Laxus said.

"When do you want us to start?" Bickslow asked.

"Now. When Lucy wakes up, tell her I'll be back soon. I'll tell freed the message as we leave." Laxus said getting up from the bed.

As the two left the room, bickslow took a seat in a chair by the window. After an hour of doing nothing, bickslow sent his babies down to get him a drink. While his babies where away, a gold light appeared in the room. Bickslow was shocked to see a maid standing by the bed.

"Your one of her spirits?" Bickslow asked.

"Yes, I am just here to change her clothes."

"Fine by me." Bickslow said with his tongue hanging out.

"I must insist that you leave, or I will have to report this to Laxus." She said sternly

"What?"

"Get out"

Bickslow left the room shocked that she would bring up Laxus. As he waited outside the door, he heard talking down the hall. He walked down to see a clocked figure talking into. Lacrimal with a dark figure. As he was listening, he heard his babies coming up behind him while yelling for him. As soon as the totems voices were heard, the lacrima shut off.

"Who's there?" The cloaked person asked.

"Bickslow, now who are you and why are you in the shadows?"

He never got an answer, for the cloaked figure was gone. As bickslow wondered back to the infirmary he noticed that the spirit was gone and Lucy walking out. As he jogged to catch up to her, he noticed that she was bleeding. As he slowed down to see where she was bleeding from, he noticed it had originated from between her legs. Just as Jews about to say something, he saw her sway to the side. When he got to her side, she had sweat on her forbear and a dazed look in her eyes.

"Hey, you shouldn't be walking around. Let's get you back to bed so that I can go get Wendy."

"No, I have to leave."

"And just where do you have to go, cosplayer?"

"North, into the mountains."

"Laxus" Bickslow shouted, knowing that Laxus would hear.

It was only a moment before Laxus found Bickslow crouching down next to Lucy on the floor.

"What happened?" Laxus asked in almost a growl.

As Bickslow explained what happened, he noticed that Laxus looked worried. He watched as he scooped her up and carried her to his office. He went down to get a drink from Mira knowing that he needed one.

In the office, he sat her down on the couch and looked at her. When he turned around he heard her move and turned to see her clutching at her head.

"What's wrong?"

"My head hurts. There is a voice but I can't make out what it is saying."

"Relax, just breath."

"It hurts"

"Hold on, I'll be right back" Laxus said as he got up and left the room.

Lucy held her head as the voice became clearer. When she saw Laxus walk back in, she saw Freed behind him.

"No. Get him out" Lucy screamed

"He can help you" Laxus said as he tried to reason with her.

"No he can't. I get what the message says, and I have to get over this with only your help." Lucy said.

"Anything, just tell me what to do." Laxus said walking over to her side.

"We have to go north."

"When do you want to leave?"

"Now."

As Laxus instructed Freed and Bickslow to stay behind, Lucy called out Virgo and had her pack their bags and to hold on to them till they are in need of them. Once all was taken care of, they headed north to try and find out what Lucy has heard in the message.