Hey guys, here is part 2 of the Future Lucy mini-Arc. Hope you enjoy the read.
Chapter Cover: Lucy standing alone as the shadows of her friends were on the ground around her.
Chapter Fourteen
The Resolve
Navigating through the destruction and smoke wasn't something that was easy. With the land completely unrecognizable by the large fires and destroyed building all around them, the red glow of the flames that seems to caste an ominous feeling upon the world.
Lucy could still feel the pain of losing her arm coursing through her, her limbs were aching and she couldn't help but feel like her heart was ripped out of her chest. She couldn't believe that so many of her friends were dead…gone like that. She couldn't believe what had happened…or how it had happened.
She glanced toward the person that was helping her walk.
Eve's entire appearance had changed. There was a shadow over the girl's features, a shadow that Lucy can't help but shiver at. Something about the look on Eve's face was scaring her, but she can't help but try to sympathize with her after all, Eve was in the same predicament that she was in and as they were walking, Lucy come to notice something.
"Eve…you're limping," she said.
The girl glanced at her.
"I know," she answered, "I think I pulled a muscle back there…"
Lucy glanced down at the ground around them, as she took notice of the blood that was on Eve's left leg.
"Y…You're bleeding," she said.
"Look Lucy, I'll be fine," the blue haired girl told her, "it's not as bad as it look…"
She cut herself off as a shadow passed over them. Eve instantly looked up toward where the shadow had came from finding a large form, half hidden in darkness swooping over them and from the mere size of it, the two girls knew what it was…
"Shit," Eve said, "C'mon, we need to get to cover…"
But the sudden movement caused a flash of pain to appear upon the girl's face as she stumbled and fell down to her knees. Lucy had fallen on her front as well wincing at being thrown on the ground that harshly.
The blonde turned her attention toward Eve, noticing her favoring her left side.
"Eve," she called, pulling herself up.
A large booming noise cause Lucy to freeze as her eyes were instantly fixed upon the large form that had landed not too far away from them. The two large leathery wings were expending around the large scaly face which was filled with sharp teeth the size of small houses. It was the largest dragon that Lucy had ever seen in her short life and from the thousands that had suddenly appeared seven hours ago, that was saying something.
"Lucy, run," Eve said her voice barely above a whisper, "Run...now…"
The girl had glanced at the Dragon that was behind them. They were completely exposed where they were and Lucy knew that any moment, the Dragon is going to be see them and just like she had seen Natsu die…they were going to die…
But the blonde didn't move.
"Lucy…," Eve whispered at her.
She did run, but not in the direction Eve was probably hoping her to run. Lucy took hold of Eve's form and with strength she didn't know she possessed, the blonde pulled the other girl toward her and straight toward a pile of rocks that were near them. Lucy had tightened her grip around Eve's form as she hold the other girl close to her, hearing the ground shake as the Dragon moved, its footfalls becoming closer toward them…
Lucy could hear Eve's breathing and it had accelerated. Her own heart was hammering in her chest as she saw the shadow of the Dragon appeared around where they were and the growl of the creature around that was probably just above them but Lucy refused to look to see just how close the creature was…
A sudden gush of wind blew around them and then the Dragon took off and Lucy opened her eyes just to see the large form disappear beyond the tall tower of smoke that was in the distance.
"T…That was too close for comfort," Eve said, removing herself from Lucy's embrace and falling on the ground beside the blonde.
Lucy glanced at the girl beside her.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Just need a moment to catch my breath," Eve told her as she pulled herself back and leaning against the pile that was behind her.
Lucy frowned at her and approached the girl, "Let me see."
Eve stared at her in confusion.
"Your wound…let me see it."
"Lucy…,"
"Let me see it Eve," Lucy repeated, leaving no room for argument.
The girl let out a soft sigh, probably knowing that she wasn't going to be winning this argument against her and then pulled her shirt upward, revealing a dark red mark that was upon her skin. Lucy can feel her heart jump at the sight of the nasty wound.
"How are you even walking with that?" she said shocked.
"Adrenaline can make you do a lot of things," Eve answered her.
"How did this happen?"
Eve stared at her for a few moments, "Woke up with a piece of glass stabbing through me…Lucky for me, I didn't pierce any internal organs. Like I said earlier, I was lucky to be alive."
The girl raised a hand toward her face, more likely, toward the bandages she had wrapped around her eye.
"Thought…not lucky enough," she murmured.
Lucy raised her hand toward the wound that Eve had just softly touching it. Eve eye stared at her but it didn't stop the girl. Lucy removed her hand.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
"Like a bitch," Eve told her, "I've been trying my best to not to think about it though,…Lucy, do you have your Keys with you?"
Lucy blinked at the sudden question before shaking her head.
"No," she said.
Eve stayed silent for a few moments thinking.
"When Jellal approached us when we were training," she said, "He was the one who told us that something strange was happening in Crocus…they've been sensing a magic reminiscent of Zeref and since we haven't been sensing it all these past few days…"
Eve looked down.
"It makes me wonder if that thing Jellal was sensing was same Gate that Knight showed us," she said.
Lucy stared at her, thinking.
"Eve, what are you thinking," she asked.
"That man told us that we can use the Gate to travel through time right?" Eve said, "What if we used the Eclipse Gate and travel back in time to before all of this had happened."
Lucy stared at her.
"Y…You want to use the Gate?" she asked, "There is no way of knowing if it's still active…nor if it's going to work the way we want it to…I mean, just look at what it had caused?"
"What options do we have Lucy?" Eve asked her, "We don't have any one capable of killing these Dragons. They destroyed Crocus in a single night, and give a few months, all of Fiore will be gone…even with all my power, only Dragon Slayer magic will work on them and…they are no more Dragon Slayers."
Lucy fell silent.
"This is a suicide mission you know that," she said, "That Gate could throw us through time…and we have no way of knowing where we are going to end up."
Eve nodded.
"I know," she said, "But…that's a risk we're going to have to take aren't we?"
Lucy shook her head at her, but she nodded.
"Yes," she said, "If we are going to be doing this…you need to take care of this wound."
Eve stared at the nasty gash that was on her side before nodding. She took hold of the sword that she had upon her back and pulled it out. She raised her hand toward the weapon and her hand started to glow causing the metal to become reddish orange after a few minutes.
"I'm going to cauterize the wound," she said, "It's probably going to hurt like hell so put something in my mouth to muffle the scream."
Lucy nodded at her and Eve placed the hot side of the blade against her skin. A hissing sound filled the air and Eve look like she was about to scream out and Lucy did the one thing she could do because of their closeness.
She kissed her.
Lucy had never kissed before. Sure, she read enough romance novels to know how they described a kiss like it was something instinctive like it was the one thing that lovers can't live without. They always made it sound like it was something sweet but that wasn't what Lucy was thinking.
The first thing that crossed her mind was that Eve's lips were softer than she imagined them to be, but then again, Eve was also a girl so it was only natural for her lips to be as soft as hers…
The clatter of the sword touching the ground caused Lucy to blink and she pulled back, separating their lips. Eve's long silver eye was staring at her surprise visible through upon her face.
"Lucy…what was that?"
"Well you said to put something in your mouth to stop you from screaming," the blonde answered her, her face flushing.
"Yeah I know," Eve answered, "But I didn't mean for you to kiss me."
"Well…I didn't really…it worked didn't it?"
Eve continued to stare at her with this look that seems to pierce straight through her but then, a light smile tugged at the corner of her lips. Lucy finds that the smile seems to ease whatever darkness that was upon the young woman's features, and it reminded Lucy of how Eve was before hell was unleashed upon them.
"That it did," Eve said, breaking the gaze and staring down at the burned flesh, "It will be a while before I can move…"
Lucy glanced around herself, before her eyes found a small hunt looking house not too far from them. She raised her hand toward it, but found that it was the stump that remained of her arm that she had raised…reminding the blonde once again that her arm was gone…
She raised her other hand, "There…we could use that to rest for a while…at least, before we make our way to Mercurius Castle."
Eve glanced at it.
"Okay," she said, "C'mon help me up."
Lucy placed her arm around Eve's form and using the pile of rocks beside them, the other girl stood up and the duo made their way toward it.
To be Continued…
Alright part two is finished. Hope you have enjoyed the read.
Jacques0 out.
R&R