Chapter 14
Getting to the one of the addresses he had, Natsu parked in front of what looked like a warehouse as he pulled a handgun from the glove compartment and stuck it under his shirt hidden by his jacket. He walked through the doors where bunch of people were walking around. "Hey!, which of you assholes gave dirt to Zeref on me?" he demanded as the people stopped and stared at him. "I won't ask twice" he said as he pulled his handgun and aimed at one of them. "You think you can scare us with that. Zeref is ten time scarier then you." Firing a bullet past the mans head, Natsu gave him a dark glare. "Don't be so sure about that. You keep pissing me off and you'll see just how scary I can be…now answer my fucking question" Clearing his throat, the man said in a factual voice "We had our people follow your family around. He wanted to know the whereabouts of everyone." Natsu's hand balled into a fist as he said through clenched teeth. "And my wife…what was that?" "We know nothing about that" "THAT BASTARD RAPED MY WIFE! AND YOU KNEW NOTHING!" he aimed his gun right at him as he was about to shoot but regained his senses as he let out a breath.
"Stop spying on my family or your going to regret it" Natsu said coldly. "Sir" Natsu aimed his gun and shot the man's knee as he cried out. "So that you know I'm not making shit up. Stop spying on my family" he said as he walked out the building. "Well that solves one issue but damn still doesn't feel like that's getting me anywhere" Natsu said to himself irritated. Getting back into the car, he started it up when his phone showed unknown number. Suspicious, he picked it up. "Hello?" he answered cautious. "Natsu" "Zeref..how the hell did you get this number?" "As you were told, I have my resources. I was just told you were terrorizing some of my people" "That fucking pipsqueak" he thought angrily of the man whose leg he shot. "What the fuck do you want?" "You want to know where I've been? I'll give you the address" He gave Natsu the coordinates then quickly hung up. "This has got be a fucking trap" he thought as he drove. "I need to call the others" he said as he pressed a number on speed dial and put it on speaker. "What's up Natsu?" said Erza. "Zeref , that asshole has been sending spies to watch Lucy and I. Don't worry I made sure it wouldn't happen again. "Good, where are you now?" … "Natsu?" said Jellal. "I'm meeting him" "WHAT!" "Natsu, are you stupid!" "What the hell do you think your doing" "damn idiot" "HEY!" Natsu shouted into the phone getting them all to stop yelling. "I know what I'm doing. Shut the hell up and just keep looking up what you can" "Yes sir" they responded. "Natsu." Lucy said worried. "Lucy…I'm gonna be fine baby. I promise" "Please make sure you come back" she pleaded. "I will, I love you" "I love you too" he smiled hearing her voice as he hung up.
"This bastard is not going to get the upper hand on me" he thought determined as he drove until he got to the location. Getting out, it was a clearing. He kept walking until he hit a cliff point then he looked down and saw a building down in the middle of it. "How the hell do you get there?" he said outloud. "By helicopter" He turned and saw Natsu standing there. Rage came to him as he saw a couple guards standing there. "Who the hell are you?" "We were sent here to give you information" "That son of a bitch." He growled in anger as they stood there.
Lucy was sitting at a table waiting for a response about Zeref when something caught her eye by the window. She walked up to it and started trembling as she backed away slowly from it. Gray saw it and asked "Lucy? what is it?" She shook her head scared as she pointed to the window. Gray and Erza immediately looked out and then turned back around instantly. "What is it?!" Jellal asked "Zeref" they answered. "What the hell? how did he find us?" Jellal questioned as he went and stood at the window. They were tinted black so nobody could see in and they could see out. The building was also in disguise as just a regular bar to draw off suspicion that a mafia was inside. "Hmmm" Jellal said analyzing. "He's not doing anything. just standing there. .I don't think he knows we're here" "He's baiting us, that cocky asshole" said Gray. Lucy got to her knees and started breathing hard. "Fuck!, Natsu isn't here" said Jellal. "Lucy, can you hear me?" asked Gray. She nodded her head as she started to panic.
"Where the hell is he?, where is Zeref?" demanded Natsu. "Not here" "He said to tell you ..that your wife screamed when he made love. "YOU MEAN WHEN HE VIOLATED AND ASSAULATED HER!" Natsu shouted outraged. A thought came to him in his head. "If he's not here…son of a fucking bitch" he said as he raced back to his car. Lucy was on the floor hyperventilating, shaking, the others were in a panic about what to do. "He isn't here". "She's having a fucking panic attack!" "For good reason!,Zeref was..he's gone" said Gray as the other two rushed to the window. "Where the fuck did he go?" thought Erza as she narrowed her eyes looking around. On the road back, Natsu's phone went off. He picked it up and heard "your wife is gorgeous" 'YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" " yess…the blue outfit she's wearing looks wonderful." In a low growling voice he said "don't you talk about her and she aint!" "Wait, she's not wearing blue today..he can't even see her. He's bluffing but I can't let him know that" thought Natsu smartly. "You are going to burn in hell Zeref." "That isn't a way to speak to your brother" "You are no brother of mine, just like Evelyn is of no relation to me." "Where is she Natsu?" he asked irritated. "I already told you , weren't you listening. I have no fucking idea and I don't care to find out!" "
" Lucy huffed out. "What is it?" "If hhhe ..tttolld you everything ttthen you kknow." Gray nodded his understanding as Lucy said "ccall himm ppplease" " What's going on?" asked Erza. " Natsu is the only who can break her out of this" he told them as he dialed Natsu and put the phone to his ear. "What is it Gray?" "Lucy, she's having a panic attack" The phone hung up as Gray pulled it away from his ear. "Well, did you get to tell him!" Erza yelled scared. "If I didn't , he'd still be on the phone" answered Gray. "Wwwwheree .iss heee, wwhere did Zeref gggo?" "We don't know Lucy" "No, no, no, not not again" she pleaded as she grabbed at her stomach. "ahh, mmy chest..hhurrts" she groaned. "Lucy, he's on his way here, I swear" assured Gray Her eyes darted around the room then back to the floor as she sat on her knees rocking back and fourth. Within minutes Natsu busted through the door and ran up the stairs. "Lucy!" he called worried as he ran and knelt to the floor grabbing her shoulders as she looked at him with panicked eyes. "Lucy, baby, you gotta calm down" "He's hhherrree Natsu.. I saw him!" she said terrified. "He's not here Luce, breathe baby, you need to slow your heart rate." She started crying as he grabbed and held her close. "Breeeeathe Luce" he whispered as he felt her heartbeat try to match up with his. "Hee was here Natsu" "Shhhh, don't think about that right now" "That dirtbag, I wonder if he did this on purpose. To get her into a panic attack. Grrrrr. He'll regret doing this to her" he thought as he rubbed the back of Lucy's head calming her as she relaxed into him.
Holding her out to him, he looked at her and asked tenderly "you alright?" She nodded as she put her arms his back as he brought her back to him. "Evverythiiing came back Natssu" she stuttered. Natsu felt her shake as he said "baby your trembling" She buried her face Into Natsu as far as it would go" "He didn't find you Luce, your safe" "No..no..I won't feel safe until he's gone for good" "Natsu,what's our next move?" Gray asked. "Still working on that but one thing is for damn sure" he looked at Lucy as he said "I'm not leaving you anymore am I?" She looked at him with a sad face. "You think he knows about her panic attacks?" wondered Jellal. "Yes, I think that's exactly why he did it and called me away. Arrogant bastard" "But how though? , finding out where you guys live and spying on you. That's one thing but the panic attacks, those are personal . Not something that gets spread around "questioned" Erza "Good question" said Natsu as they went silent thinking about it. "It doesn't matter now" Lucy said sullenly. "Huh?, what do you mean Luce?" "If he knows about them…then you said it yourself, I can't be left alone" she told him disappointed. "Lucy" he said softly as he tried to reach for her cheek but she slapped his hand away stunning but not surprising him. "This isn't something I can easily work through or shake off this time Natsu!. I cant te..ll" They all stayed quiet as she got frustrated and stuttered . "I can't .mmyself ..not to get upset t.. time. He fucking raped me! And I'm scared to death of him. Damn it!" she cried out angrily.
Natsu looked at her acknowledging what she said as she pushed herself out of Natsu's arms and ran down the stairs outside. Erza and Jellal went to follow when Natsu said "don't. Leave her be" "Na.." Erza started then stopped letting out an sigh understanding he knew Lucy and that he wasn't making it up saying to leave her be. Blowing air, quietly Natsu said "been a long time since she was this bad" "Huh?" said Jellal and Erza. "What do you mean?" asked Erza. Putting his hand over his eyes, he said groaning. "I did not want to have this conversation again so soon…arrrrgh" "Natsu?" said Jellal. Taking his hand from his face, he looked at them firmly and said "look it's a long story and not something I want to go into. Lucy is struggling and just needs to be left alone." "Are you sure?" asked Jellal concerned for her.
"Trust me Jellal, you go out there now,all your gonna do is make her scream at you. Unfortunately right now, your just going to cause more harm then good" Jellal sighing hearing Natsu's words and squatted down. "You've been awfully quiet over there Gray" said Erza staring intensely at Gray who was leaned against a wall with a leg up. "Because I already knew what Natsu was saying" he said in a low tone. "WHAT?" they exclaimed. "Do you know what Natsu isn't saying?" "How?" "Yes because I went over this morning" he said blunt. " I also know it's a long story and he's saving your asses from getting screamed at by Lucy because while he didn't want to hurt your feelings, the only one who can talk to her in this state is him" They were taken aback from the seriousness in his voice but one look at Natsu's face told them Gray wasn't bullshitting. "While I don't like it, I know you have your reasons and I can accept that" said Jellal. " I can as well" agreed Erza. "Thanks guys" "I trust you'll tell us at a later time?" Jellal said nicely. "Yes I promise" answered Natsu with a smile and a nod. "How long has she been out there now?" asked Gray. "I'd give or take twenty, thirty minutes" said Natsu. "Think it's been long enough?" "Probably not but It's time I check on her. Don't want to leave her alone too long" said Natsu as he went downstairs. Opening the doors, he saw Lucy on the ground hugging her legs to her. "Hey" he said casual as Lucy didn't turn to look at him. "Here we go" he thought. "you done?" he asked caringly.
She wrapped her arms tighter around her legs. "I'll take that as a no" he said with a slight amused tone as he sat next to her. "Luce" "Why are you here?" she said lowly. "Because you know no one else can handle your fits like I can" said Natsu. "This isn't just a fit! Natsu" "Yes it is, just hasn't been bad since your parent's deaths" he said sincerely. "Don't you bring them into this, this is completely different " she snapped angrily. "Yeah? Then let it out Lucy. That's why I'm fucking out here!. I knew you were gonna do this crap" he snapped back. He hated talking to her like that but he knew it was the only way to get through to her. A hug wouldn't do it this time. "You asshole!" she yelled as he got to his feet and stood above her. "Yeah…probably am right now" he said cocky. She glared at him as she shot up from the ground." Lucy" she slapped him across his face before he could say anything but he stood there completely straight faced. "This is why I'm the only one who can talk to her when she's like this. I can take her hits" he thought . "Lucy, of course your not going to get over this. He raped" "SHUT UP!" she screamed at him. "Lucy" he said serious. "You shouldn't feel ashamed having an anxiety attack over him. "NO, I told myself I was done having them …and now…It's all gone" "I know" "you fucker" she said angry. "and there's the sharp tongue..great" he thought sarcastically. "You can't possibly know" "Yes I do!, maybe not what you went through physically but have you forgotten how long we've been together Luce. I may not have been there in person but I have been right there experiencing all the emotions, sharing them with you."
He softened his face as he saw her start to cry "baby." She started pounding his chest as he could see in her eyes how upset she was at herself. "Why aren't you fighting me!" she cried as she kept pounding him. "Because..there's no point" he openly admitted as she yelled out putting her arms to their sides and her head onto his chest. "Natsu" Putting his arms around her, he said " I got you baby. I always have, always will . She nodded as she said "I lllove you" her voice cracking as more tears came down. "It's alright Lucy" he said heartfelt as he closed his eyes and stood there comforting her. Not knowing how long they stood there but Lucy's eyes were red and dry as she looked up at him and gave a loving smile when they heard footsteps behind them. Natsu turned with Lucy still in his arms as they saw Gray and the other two walking towards them.