See You Again
Chapter 8
Lucy was in shock. Before her was Natsu, he was lying in a hospital bed being prepped for surgery. He had what seemed to be a gunshot wound in the chest. She did find it baffling that he was naked. Aside from that, she couldn't believe that this is how they would meet after being apart for a decade; she wasn't expecting such a traumatic reunion. Thankfully, Juvia, who kept calling out her name repeatedly, snapped her out of her reverie.
"Dr. Hearfilia? Dr. Heartfilia? Are you alright?" the nurse asked.
"Yes. Yes, I am fine Juvia. I was just thinking about the patient. Please oversee his prep for surgery and take him to OR 1."
Before he was taken away, Lucy took his hand in hers and whispered, "Don't worry Natsu, you'll be ok, it's a promise."
Natsu squeezed her hand in response and was taken away. Once gone, she redirected her attention to the male quartet. She walked up to the four with a murderous look in her eyes.
"We will talk about it once I am out of surgery" she seethed. With that she walked away leaving behind four grown men shaking in fear.
"You sister is pissed" Laxus broke the silence.
"You forget that my sister also happens to be your cousin and you are in just as much trouble as I am dude." Sting responded.
"Does she usually get this mad?" Gray asked.
"My sister is just on edge. How would you have reacted if you saw your high school sweetheart after 10 years, only for them to be a bloody mess?" Sting answered.
"Good point."
After a while of waiting around in an empty hallway, Wendy walked up to them. She looked exhausted and visibly worried. Both Laxus and Sting understood why.
"Um… Lucy-san suggested we all convene in her office to talk. Please follow me. She will join us shortly."
The men followed the young intern into a lavish office. It was quite spacious, white walls and dark furniture. She had bookshelves full of medical texts. Sting recognized quite a few that were written by their mom. He frowned; he and his sister still haven't gotten over losing both their parents. He knew that Lucy had a tougher time since her relationship with their father was tumultuous in the last couple of years. She also had family pictures everywhere. There was one that stood out on her desk: it was the last picture that Lucy had taken with Natsu. She had the same one at home on her nightstand.
Once all five got comfortable, Wendy decided to start up the conversation by introducing herself.
"In case you don't know. I am Wendy Marvell; I am an intern working with Dr. Heartfilia. Also, I am Natsu Dragneel's cousin."
"It's nice to finally meet you Wendy, I am Gray Fullbuster and this is my associate Gajeel Redfox"
"It's nice to meet you Gray, but you don't need to introduce me to Gajeel, we already know each other. Nice to see you again cousin" Wendy redirected her attention to Gajeel who nodded in return.
"Wait a minute, you, metal head and flame brain are all related?" Gray was surprised.
"My mother is Uncle Igneel and Metalicana's sister". She answered.
"Yeah, my old man and I moved to Alvarez when I was 12. Natsu and uncle Iggy came to live with us 6 years later. It's been a while peep-squeak." Gajeel chuckled.
"How come you never told me?" Gray said
"I thought you already knew. We did all grow up and train together after all" Gajeel just shrugged his shoulders while Gray just looked annoyed.
"Now that that the pleasantries are out of the way, let me get to the point. Natsu will be ok. It turned out that he wasn't shot in the chest, but right under his left shoulder. Dr. Heartfilia successfully removed the bullet and had it sent to your police labs since it's evidence. She was about to stitch up the wound when I left. She sent me to get you all." All four men let out sighs of relief hearing the news that Natsu was going to be ok.
Laxus stood up and sat at Lucy's desk and pulled out his notepad and a pen and began to write notes. He looked up at the men.
"Can anyone tell me what happened?" He asked.
"Well, I was in my room, cleaning out my gun when I heard a gun shot. I grabbed my spare and ran to Natsu's room. When I got there he was laying naked on the floor in a pool of blood. I grabbed the towel that was lying next to him and began to put pressure on the wound. I only noticed the other person in the room when it was too late. She hit me over the head and ran out. I wasn't knocked out but she hit me hard enough for me to stumble back. I fucking let that bitch get away." Gray's eyes darkened with rage when remembering what happened.
"So there was a woman in the room?" Sting interrupted, his voice was stern. His mind went somewhere it shouldn't. He was very protective of his sister, just as Laxus was.
"No, no, it's not like that. Natsu remained faithful to Lucy, trust me on that. Women have tried to get into his bed. I never seen a man more committed to a woman before. You have nothing to worry about. When we got in, it was just us three. Gajeel forgot his cigarettes in the car and went back to get them. There was no woman. I was surprised to see her there." Gray explained.
"Do you remember what she looked like?" Laxus asked as he kept taking notes.
"All I remember was that she had short white hair," Gray said.
"White hair?" Sting repeated.
"Yeah?" Gray didn't know where this was going.
Sting and Laxus exchanged looked. What Gray said took them both aback. They couldn't believe this.
"How did she know?" Sting said aloud.
"She must have seen us at Fairy Tail and followed them," Laxus answered, completely ignoring the others in the room.
"What's going on? What are you talking about?" Gajeel interrupted.
"Gray, you just had your first encounter with Lisana Strauss". Laxus answered.
Both Gajeel and Gray's eyes bugged out.
"WHAT?" They were all interrupted but a furious blond standing at the door.
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