Author's note: Dun dun dun! There never was a gold mining crisis! I know, I'm freaking cruel. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 14: Imprisonment.
Levy slowly began to awake with her head pounding and her vision blurred. A groan escaped her lips as she rubbed her eyes and looked around the room. It was a cave that was being held up by wooden beams.
Am I in a mine? Levy asked herself How did I get here? I was just answering the door when- her thoughts were cut off when she heard iron hinges creak against each other and someone entering the mine.
"So you're awake." a male voice gruffly said "Beginning to wonder about you." Levy looked at the man who entered her cell and couldn't believe her eyes; it was Acnologia.
Levy felt her blood freeze and she began to squirm away from the thief.
"W-what do you want with me?!" Levy screamed "Let me go!"
"Easy girl." Acnologia cooed "I'll let you go soon enough; if you answer my questions." all the color in Levy's face drained at his reply "Now, a little dead banker told me before he died that you came into the bank carrying a large sack of cash." Levy felt her heart stop "Tell me little blue jay, where is the money?"
"I don't know." Levy lied "I gave it to the banker and that was that."
"Oh come now. I'm sure you know where it is."
"I'm telling you the truth. I have no clue where the money is! I gave it to the teller an-" she stopped when Acnologia struck her across the face.
"You lie!" he snarled "The money was there but there was some that was missing! Where is it?!"
"I don't know what your talking about!" Levy shouted. She suddenly let out an 'ugh!' when Acnologia kneed her in the gut.
"I'm tired of your lies." he grabbed her by her hair and lifted her up to where his ear was close to his mouth "I know you took the money. I know you spent some of it. You took what belongs to me and I want it back."
"Why should I give it back to you?!" Levy griped "You've been robbing Magnolia blind since the moment you stepped foot in the town! Everyone is financially struggling because of your greed! And I know that I sure as hell am never gonna give you the rest of that money!" the words hit Acnologia like venom from a cobra and he then punched Levy in the gut, letting her groan on the floor in agony.
"Don't you know who you're talking too little girl?" Acnologia spat "I'm gonna be mayor of your precious town next Friday. That's right, it's being signed over to me at 6pm sharp next Friday! Now if ya'll excuse me, I got preparations to make for my town. See ya'll later." he left the mine as Levy began to sit up. A look of shock and horror etched onto her face, the town was being signed over to Acnologia?! This couldn't be happening! She really needed to get out of here and warn them! They were making a terrible mistake!
Gajeel rode into the dessert until the sun began to rise. He soon came to a Mine Shaft that showed signs of age but also signs it was currently being occupied; Fairy Glitter Mines.
"Looks like this is the place." Gajeel huffed. He took his horse Round Up, and hid him behind a nearby rock. Finding the enemy's horse food and giving him some "Run off if something happens." the horse gave a snicker to show he understood his master's wishes.
Gajeel began to walk over to the Mine and looked inside. It was messy, filled with tin cans, guns and pick axes, a table that had a deck of cards and chairs was nearby, and a gate that blocked off the rest of the mine from the entrance. Gajeel's eyes lit up at the sight of who was behind the cage. There, sitting up against the wall, bruised badly was Levy.
"Levy!" Gajeel shouted in a hush whisper.
"Gajeel!" she whispered back. Gajeel rushed over to where she was and gripped onto the bars.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah. In a bit of pain, but ok."
"I'll get you out of here in a bit Shrimp!" Gajeel pulled out a lock picking set and began to pick at the locks.
"Gajeel!" Levy said through the bars "We got an issue! They're signing the town over to-"
"I know." Gajeel replied "There's more too it though. I found out what's really going on-"
Smash! Gajeel's eyes suddenly closed and he fell forward, knocked unconscious.
"Gajeel?!" Levy screamed, she gripped onto the bars tighter as she watched some blood begin to drip from where Gajeel was wounded.
"Well ain't this a surprise." a voice said "Gajeel Redfox out of jail." Levy looked up and found one of the men that worked for Acnologia, holding a broken bottle in his hand "Looks like you got a little friend missy." Levy felt as if she was going to be sick, they managed to catch her and Gajeel while he was trying to get her out.
The man took Gajeel's unconscious body and dragged it into the makeshift prison cell.
"You got a little friend now girl." the man chuckled "Enjoy." he slammed the door and locked it, Levy then crawled over to Gajeel's unconscious form and cradled his head in her lap.