Hey everyone! Sorry again for the late update, I really am horrible, ain't I? Anyway, I guess late is better than never. So here you have the 10th chapter, and I actually thinks that the story is close to an end. But knowing myself, that can turn around so I won't say anything for sure. To be honest I suck at ending stories. They just go on and on until I just have to put an end to it - which goes horribly wrong, so just stay with me till the end and we'll see how it goes! For now though, enjoy this new chapter - which is very short; (sorry for that ...).

Chapter 10.

A fight. Lucy was sure that it was a fight above them, whether it was a fight between friends or someone else had come along, she didn't know. Not that it did matter that much either, it was to their advantage nonetheless. Whoever was fighting up there, was buying them time.

"This is impossible!" mr. Tenno roared. It was still dark down wherever they were, and Lucy only seemed to find the wall when she tried to move around. It was painful to crab down there with her hands tied backwards, she felt the burning pain around her wrists at all time now. She was also a little worried about the cracking noise in the floor above their head.

"Are both your hands and legs tied?" Lucy asked, trying to not yell so they upstairs would hear her. She didn't have to worry though, the noises upstairs was loud enough that she could only wonder what was left up there.

"Only my hands, but the damn rope are bloody hard!" Mr. Tenno seemed to be in pain.

"Then can you stand?" If they could only get some sort of light source, things would be a lot easier. When Den had left the room it had been the faintest of light, but not enough to know wether it actually was light behind the door. At least it was worth a try.

"The celling is pretty low, but yeah, I can stand."

"Than look for a door or something that sticks out of the wall!"

Lucy got up on her knees, slightly panting while doing so. She still felt a little dizzy and for some reason her throat was tight. She felt like crying, though not knowing why. Take yourself together, Lucy! she commend herself. You will get lots of time to cry after you get out of here. However the tears wouldn't leave her that easy, not that it really mattered since she couldn't see a damn thing.

A sound from above. Lucy's heart leapt. She knew that sound. She knew those words just right to make they out just from this faraway. Holding her breath, she started to listen. It was the sound of mr. Tenno making his way through this basement-room, his breath heavy. The floor over her head was cracking and screaming in protest. Voices. Yelling. Screaming. Shouting.

"Luuucy!" A squeaky voice shouted for her, making her heart ache as happy tears streamed down her face. She could hear the soft, faint noise of wings, the small sob coming from his tiny mouth she could picture in her head with his big, teary eyes.

"Happy!" she yelled, leaping to her feet and making her way toward her blue Exceed. She didn't care about the pain anymore, not about anything that lay ahead. Happy was here, searching for her. And where Happy was, Natsu was never far behind.

"There is no door!"

Even though she could hear him, Lucy's smile didn't faltered. The door was here somewhere, and if they didn't find it, Happy or Natsu would. She had never thought that they wouldn't come after her, but a silent part of her had been scared they might not make it.

As the thought went through her head, a loud cracking sound was heard just behind her. As she turned, a flow of dust fell down - with the celling just behind. Never in her entire life had Lucy ever heard a louder noise as the planks rained down over her - the ringing in her ears would just not stop, neither would her scream.