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Personal Demons

Hopeless Chapter Fourteen

Natsu was still fuming pacing the guild like a caged… dragon. He needed to get back at that man but he was so mad Gajeel didn't listen. He was mad the man was once part of Fairy Tail and turned against them. He was mad about Lucy being out there alone without him being hunted. He was mad they were trapped inside the guild. He was just mad but it was only a cover to protect him from the fear rising in his gut.

That man would be hard to face. He knew every move, every reaction and everything that made him tick. He had enough time to find out. Now he needed to find out about this man but he'd need Levy to inspect the Fairy Tail book of records that kept track of missions, new members, damages and exiles. He slammed his fist on the bar startling the members sitting and resting as others fought outside. It was never ending. It had been nearly twelve hours of fighting and it was growing dark but they just kept coming. There was so many that they were so rested and fresh while Fairy Tail was losing energy.

Natsu wanted to scream in rage and chuck something but he couldn't. He'd have to think. He hated thinking. That's what Lucy did…sometimes. He just reacted and fought but that wouldn't work against an enemy like this. On top of it all they needed to close the whole.

"Natsu," Erza said walking over.

"What do you want?" Natsu growled not able to control the venom in his voice.

"Don't give me that tone, Natsu. I wanted to ask your opinion on something," Erza nearly snapped. She was tired and needed rest but she wanted to stay up with the members as they'd fight through the night.

"What?" Natsu managed to say a little bit nicer but with the same rage. Erza sighed.

"What's that man's name? He mentioned he was a part of Fairy Tail and that he knew us as kids."

"I don't know if that's true."

"Why don't we ask the Master?"

"I haven't been able to find him. I don't know where he is and we don't have time to try and find him."

"Natsu! We need more fire power out here!" Gray yelled. Natsu sighed.

"See what I mean" he said bolting off outside to help.

Damned, Loki and Lucy had managed to fight their way down the first street. All three of them were covered in the blood of their enemy and they were gasping for air. They had barley gotten into the town and they were all drained. Lucy felt a pinch of hopelessness try and consume her. Tears fell down her cheeks and she tried to push them back. She'd have to find a way. She looked up at the stars wondering if Fairy Tail was doing the same.

"There's too many of them," Loki said.

"That's what you think," Damned said.

"Even you can't take them all," Loki growled back.

"Do you want to bet?" Damned asked. "I'll show you!"

"Can you two just stop this! We can't just run in there with brute force. We need a plan." Lucy said managing to get her emotions in check. She could cry herself to sleep later. She sighed and looked around. She had been to the town before. It was made in a pinwheel formation. They had to get the enemy in one place and obliterate them all at once. Playing cat and mouse was wasting too much energy and time. Time was a luxury they had.

Lucy called out some more spirits to help. She called on Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aquarius (who drenched her with water), Scorpio and Virgo. Seven in total spirits. Her own little army. She explained a plan to them and of course Aquarius didn't like it. She just wanted to go back with Scorpio but after a few kind words from Scorpio even Aquarius agreed. Just as they started to split up to do their jobs Damned placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Remember the training, let the magic around you fuel you." Damned said kindly. He liked his Master more than he thought possible and although he had to respect her wishes he didn't like the plan. It was too dangerous but they didn't really have a choice or a better option.

Lucy put her whip down and looked around the corner. There were Letum Mars members everywhere. She smiled hoping she could manage to run the distance. She took one last breath and bolted from around the corner. She ran through the streets and the mages saw her as she knew they would.

They yelled at her chasing her with greedy haste as she bolted faster. Her legs screaming in pain as she strained them to run faster. The mages aimed arrows, threw fire, ice and did everything in their powers to try and stop her. She tripped over an unseen barrel in the street tumbling maybe a street away from the center of the town.

The mages were catching up and her knees bled. She had scraped them pretty bad through her long socks. She scrambled to her feet just as they were nearly on top of her. She somehow managed to make it to the center of the town and she fell practically onto the fountain there. She was gasping for air her knees bleeding onto the fountain.

The mages thought they had her as more and more showed up. There was soon maybe a good thousand in the center of town peering down at her.

"How much do you think the Master will pay for the blonde back?" someone asked. Lucy tried not to shiver at the thought. She tried to keep calm as the rest of the mages she could see arrived. She looked up to the roof closest to the fountain and turned to Aquarius who sat there peering down. She could see out of the corner of her eyes her other spirits waiting on roofs waiting for her signal to jump down and block the streets. She was waiting for one particular demon to give her the signal all the mages where there.

The mages grew closer and the spirits grew restless. Where's the signal Damned? Lucy thought. Please, tell me I didn't trust the wrong person for this. She pleaded. Then she heard the whistle and relaxed. She pulled out her whip standing on the fountain. They laughed at her not knowing what she was doing. She wrapped the whip around her hand holding onto the handle and then whipping it around the fountain. She prepared her stance for what was to come.

"What's that for blondie?" someone called.

"A little scared or something," another laughed. Lucy calmed herself preparing. She'd hate this part. She still hated water more than anything else and Natsu wasn't here to help her relax in it. She finally felt ready and snapped her left hand turning and holding onto the whip with both hands as Aquarius created a wave of water crashing the mages around. Lucy held on under water so she wouldn't be tossed around.

Her knees screamed in pain reminding her about her months in Letum Mars. She wanted to crawl into a ball and cry. The water scared her still and she knew she couldn't let it but mind over matter didn't always work. Especially when her mind was still a jumbled mess with doors and hallways that led to places she never wanted to revisit and words she never said or thought but were imprinted into her. She closed her eyes holding her breath waiting for the water to recede but it didn't.

Her lungs started to scream reminding her of how much she hated water. That stupid bucket and towel that nearly killed her time and time again. Now, she was waiting. What happened? What was going wrong? Suddenly a hand grabbed hers tearing the whip from her hand pulling her to the surface.

She gasped for air opening her blurry eyes. She turned to her savior to look at Loki. She was relieved. She looked at him with an inquisitive brow as she saw the other spirits attacking the mages that were managing to swim.

"Aquarius over did it," Loki explained. "Virgo is digging a drain," Loki then helped Lucy climb to a roof where Damned helped her up.

"Not back Master," Damned said praising her as he threw fireball after fireball with acute accuracy. It wasn't long before Virgo dug far enough for the water to begin to drain faster. The mages were tossed around in a whirl pool as Sagittarius took shot. When the water was drained Loki jumped down with Scorpio and Capricorn. The three laid a massive onslaught on the remaining mages.

Lucy grew very tired very quickly. She tried to use Damned's methods to absorb the magic she needed to keep it up but it wasn't working. She began to panic. Luckily the mages were all left unconscious as Lucy started to lose consciousness. She started slipping off the roof and Damned grabbed her as the spirits were slowly being forced to leave in the order she had called them.

Damned could feel the pull for him to go back to his realm and he jumped off the roof holding Lucy in his arms. He wanted to put her somewhere safe but as Loki finally was forced back he knew he was next. He looked down at his Master and placed her gently behind the fountain. He couldn't stay much longer she was practically unconscious. He left to his own dismay.

Lucy stirred in the arms of someone trying to see their face but not having the strength to. She figured she was captured again after all her hard work. She wouldn't get back now. She had doomed Fairy Tail to the same fate. A tear fell down her cheek as she passed out again ready to give up as it was now hopeless.