*Gajeel's POV*

After bunny girl and Rogue leave I listen to them walk away, they aren't saying anything. All I hear are their footsteps, heartbeats, and breathing. I should've volunteered to go with Bunny before Rogue did, it would be a really good time to talk to her about us fucking. Well... Not so much talking. Gihi.

All I can do is hope Rogue doesn't pull that shit, I hate people taking what I've claimed, not that I've technically claimed Bunny, but it's like a crude dibs, or maybe more like she's the prey I've been hunting for too long to give up and let someone else claim it. All I can do is wait for them to return I guess. That's fucking great…

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*Levy's POV*

Lucy's gone. That sucks. I hope she'll be okay, I personally think she's still a little too angry to be out there, but then again, maybe this is what she needs...

I just hope Rogue takes care of her. Not too good care, I don't need her coming back totally in love with him or anything, I don't trust him with her love, she can't handle heartbreak now, none of us can.

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*Rogue's POV*

Lucy and I are still running through trees and underbrush. We've only been running for about an hour. We must be getting sort of close, I can see a few zombies a little ways ahead. We slow to a comfortable walk and approach them confidently.

Lucy rams her heel into the knee of one zombie, hard. As it falls she jumps, straddling it as she begins to punch at its head, bashing in its skull with her fists.

I turn my attention back to the two walkers coming my way, I shoot a small arrow-like bit of my dark magic through one zombie's head and coat my hand in a thin protective layer of darkness before I follow in Lucy's footsteps and take down the lurker before pummeling it's head to a pulp. It was a little rough to break through the skull at first, if not for my protection, I would've definitely broken skin and injured my hand.

I look at Lucy, who had moved on to a second victim pretty quickly after pulverizing the first one. I smell the air, I can smell a little bit of her blood, she must've gotten hurt. We're going to have to clean off her hand quickly when she's done, she might get an infection. I notice a small golden flicker around her, and I watch as the golden light moves towards her right hand, surrounding it the way my dark magic is around my fist. She looks at her glowing fist briefly before continuing to throw punches at the zombie, who had stopped moving long ago. Lucy's magic looks a lot like Sting's in this form.

I take in a deep breath before I stand and walk up to a quickly approaching pair of zombies who are linked together with a set of rusty old handcuffs. I shoot a little magic through one's head and watch as the other slowed, held back by the downed zombie's weight.

I have to stop momentarily to catch my breath. Sting. We were the twin dragonslayers! He was my fucking brother! He was my fucking best friend! And now he's dead... And all the memories we had are only mine now.

Anger washes over me as my energy is renewed and I stomp on the head of the second handcuffed zombie.

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*General POV*

After they took down all the zombies around them, Lucy and Rogue took a breather. Sitting down heavily on the forest floor, Lucy inspected her hands. Since she'd used both, alternating when one got cramped or sore, they were both bloody and her knuckles were split.

"Fuck." She sighed, pulling out her keys, quickly summoning Virgo.

"Yes, Hime? Punishment?" Rogue jumped at the sudden presence, twitching, turning to look at the pink-haired maid, recognizing her almost instantly.

"Can you clean up my hands?" Lucy held out both bloody fists, palms down.

"Yes, I can help you out, Princess." Virgo smiled lightly before disappearing in the same flash of golden light she appeared in.

"You injured at all?" Lucy looked at Rogue between heavy breaths.

"No, I wasn't reckless." Rogue said nonchalantly.

"What are you trying to say?" Lucy calmly asked, willing herself not to start a fight.

"I'm just saying you could take better care of yourself." Rogue said in a monotone, keeping eye contact with Lucy.

"I take care of myself just fine." Lucy clenched her teeth, scowling at Rogue.

"I'm just saying the group depends on every single member, and you getting hurt handicaps us all."

"Fine" She said, retaining her hostility, though she was no longer upset.

"Princess," Virgo announced her presence, "are you ready?" She asked holding up a first aid kit the size of a large toolbox.

"Yeah, ready as I'll ever be." Lucy grumbled, holding her hands out to Virgo, who sat in traditional Japanese tea posture across from Lucy.

Virgo proceeded to clean Lucy's hands, and disinfect and wrap her knuckles. Lucy hissed through it, but never said a word.

"All good." Virgo announced, releasing one of Lucy's bandaged hands.

"Thanks so much, Virgo!" Lucy said smiling meekly up at her spirit.

"For you, anything." Virgo said as she returned to the celestial world.