Chapter 9 – Change of Plans

My life flashed before my eyes.

Lucinda's POV

A sudden pain in my chest surprised me. For some reason I have this feeling that something bad happened. Real Bad. Frantically, I redialed Lucy's number to be answered by her voice mail. I waited…Nothing.

Something is definitely wrong. Normally she would always answer or at least text.

I flipped through all my papers that were all over the place. "I seriously need to organize these," I thought. Seconds after I found a small blue piece of paper. On the top it said "Emergency Numbers". First on the list was Lucy's home number. I quickly dialed it and water. BEEP. BEEP BEEP. There was a pause and then it continued. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. CLICK. "Hello? Who is this?" a low manly voice answered. Definitely not her father or her brother.

I cleared my throat. "Um…this is Lucy's cousin, Lucinda. Um…I think there's something wrong with her."

"Yes, indeed." The man replied, "I am here to inform her parents about what happened. You are free to join if you're close."

"Thank You, I'll be right there." I ended the call. I grabbed my keys and jetted out the door.

A few minutes later

I arrived at her house. There was no place to park whatsoever. Two police cars and an unfamiliar red truck were parked in the driveway. As I drove further down the street to find a place to park, I noticed a familiar last name: Fullbuster. Gray Fullbuster. Gray. Lucas. Fullbuster. So I was right!

Scratch that.

I should worn him about what happened. I parked there and walked up the driveway and rang the doorbell.

Gray's POV

Ring. Ring. Ring. I hate the sound of the doorbell. Probably because nobody uses it. Natsu just walks through the door like he did two minutes ago. I finally got up and found my way down the stairs; Natsu close behind. I opened the door without even checking who it was.

A girl around my age stood before me. She looks exactly like Lucy except she had a peppy/happy fashion sense. She must be Lucinda. I turned around and winked at Natsu who stood behind the door and left him with a confused expression on his face.

"Hello…Lucinda. Please come in." Natsu froze like a statue. "Why are you here?" She had a worried expression on her face and didn't seem to notice the melting Natsu. I smirked, when I glanced at him.

She cleared her throat, lightly. "Did you hear about…" She paused, tears pricking her eyes. "D-did you hear about Lucy?"

I froze. Something happened to Lucy?

"What happened?" I roared.

"I don't know the details. That's why I'm heading to her house."

All three of them rushed out the door and burst through the front door of Lucy's house. Right there stood two cops, and Lucy's brother. "Hello Jake," I heard Lucinda quietly say. "Did we miss anything?"

Lucinda's POV

Jake… Even though he was already in college, he was a quivery mess. The most important person to him was his dear younger sister. I believe he has a HUGE sister-complex. After a couple of minutes, he finally replied, "She's in a coma. Close to the gates of death." He slumped over and cried.

"This is a rare situation," one of the cops said. "It seems that she was poisoned right before she was hit by a red truck. The person driving the truck seems to have ran off, but we're inspecting the truck itself at this very moment." The front door swung open and everybody froze. "She's not in the hospital!" Lucy's mother exclaimed, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her husband was trying to calm her down by whispering soothing words in her ear. "She's missing!."

Sorry the chapter is so short. I wrote this during my free time in my notebook when I was sick. I have a four day weekend next week, so I'll try to update.

It's funny how you write in your notebook it seems like a lot, even though it actually isn't