Chapter 21
Celia crepted back into her and Alex's hotel room. She was glad she had left the room. When she had flown through the window she looked over at Alex and Gray, who were asleep, then at the forgotten close sprawled on the floor. When she saw them she realized what happen between the two ice mages. Not only that but the room was ice cold from the tgin layer of ice that covered the walls.
The exceed jump on the small love seat that was in the room. Laying down she began to slowly close her eyes when there came a knock at the door. She lifted her sleepy head and looked over at Gray and Alex. They hadn't moved from their positions. Celia got up and walked to the door.
"Who is it?" she asked them through the door.
"It's Laxus." said a deep voice.
"Come in Laxus."
He opened the door and poked his head through the door before entering the room. He looked at the two sleeping mages then at the floor. When he saw the clothes lying there on the floor he began to feel awkward knowing what the two had done. A little bit of anger filled Laxus.
He started walking over to Alex's side of the bed when Gray began to shift benieth the covers. He sat up and streched his arms. He looked in Laxus's direction and was shocked. The color fell from his face. The two just stared at each other, not knowing what to say.
Sensing the tension in the room Alex opened her eyes and looked at what was happening around her. A blush of embarrassment flushed in her face. She looked between the two before she spoke.
"L... Laxus. What are you doing here?" she asked nervously.
"Something happened with Lucy." he told her.
"What happened?" Gray asked.
"Master will explain once everyone has met at the local pub. So you two should... throw on some clothes." he pointed at them and the clothes lying on the floor before he started exiting the room. Putting his hand on the door he turned to look at Gray.
"You and me will have a talk after though. Understand?"
Gray nodded skiddeshly and Laxus left the room along with Celia. Alex placed her hand in front of her mouth and began to chuckle. Gray looked at her confused.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing about the fact that Laxus is going to kill you." she said begininng to get up.
"Oh really. So you find my death funny." he said grabbing her and pulled her on top of him. She began a fit of giggles as she struggled to get off of Gray. He started kissing her face all over.
"Gray stop it! We have to get ready!" She said through giggles.
"Well if I'm going to die I would like to die happy."
"Haha." she laughed before she grew serious, "We have to go see what happened to Lucy."
Gray grew serious as well, "I know. Come on."
They hopped out of the bed and began quickly threw on the clothes they had forgotten on the floor. They rushed into the bathroom and looked at themselves in the mirror. Their hair was completely messed up. They began to straighten out their and tried combing it down. Once they got it to stay somewhat flat, they rushed out the door to the local pub.
They made it to the pub out of breath. Everyone stared at the two as they leaned up against the door frame. Once they had caught their breath they sat at a table closest to the master. Everyone looked at him in silence, waiting for him to tell them what was going on. He turned to Wendy, Happy, Carla, Panterlily, and Gajeel.
"Would you please tell them what you told me." he asked Gajeel.
"Yes master." Gajeel replied.
He began to tell everyone about how he had seen the graveyard of dragons under the stadium of the Grand Magic Games. He told them about how he showed it to Lucy, Natsu, Wendy, and the exceeds. About how one of the kingdoms knights invited then in to the castle and explained the eclipse project. Then the royal army showed up and arrested Lucy and Saber's former celstial spirit mage and the only way to free Lucy was to win the games.
"So Lucy's involved in some mysterious project and was then arrested by the royal army?" Erza said.
"And the only way to free her is to win the games?" said Laxus.
"But we're not even sure we can trust their word." Gray answered him.
"I don't care! We have to save Lucy!" yelled Natsu who was currently tied to one of the poles in the pub.
"Natsu calm down." Wendy told him.
"Master." Alex said.
"We can't just barge in on them. We're up against the kingdom. They're proabbly holding her as a hostage till the eclipse project is cancelled." the master stated.
Everyone sat there in silence. All were deep in thought about how they could save Lucy. The silence was broken by Natsu, who had broken free from the ropes that were holding him.
"Stop screwing around and lets go save Lucy!" he yelled.
As he took a set forward a heavy force striked him down. Everyone looked at him shocked. The master had used his magic to strike down Natsu.
"Calm down." he said in a cool tone, "They have one of our family members this no time to celebrate. I'm sure we're all think the same."
The guild looked at the floor glumly and angry. No one said a word. No one moved at all.
The final day of the Grand Magic Games. The fateful day we couldn't escape. That horrid day.
The crowd yelled and cheered as the teams were annouced. The crowd and anouncers were shocked not only the strange behavior of Sabertooth but the fact that Natsu wasn't amongst team Fairy Tail. Instead, taking his place, was Juvia.
The battle for today was a battle amongst all five members of each team. They're battle ground was the entire city of Crocus. Each team would gain a point for each person they took down from other teams. Each team had a leader and if the leader was to be taken out then the aposing team would gain five points. Since Alex was a team all by herself if anyone was to take her out would gain they're team nine points.
Once the rules had been explained the battle was on. The teams began moving out and splitting up. Every team but Fairy Tail. They were standing in the middle of the squared unmoving with their eyes closed. Alex was the only one from Fairy Tail who had moved. She was in hiding knowing that she would be everyone main target.
Meanwhile other teams were fighting. Quarto puppy had been completely dominated. The teams continued to fight. Two members of Mermaid Heel were defeated by Blue Pegasus.
Suddenly Fairy Tail opened their eyes and were on the move following the orders the first gave them. Soon after they had joined the battle Blue Pegasus was defeated and Risley from Mermaid Heel was taken out.
They all mae their way to their destinations. Before Gray was Rufus. He was sitting reading a book with a smug look on his face. Anger surged through Gray as he stared at Rufus. He would do anything to save a member of Fairy Tail and to get his revenge. He would win no matter what. He was sure of it.