We were walking down the spindling stairs to the dungeons underneath the guild. I had no idea that the guild actually had a dungeon. I knew we had a cellar where they keep the booze, but apparently we had a dungeon underneath that! Who knew?! Well, I do now and honestly I wish I didn't know. It's a scary place, and Happy keeps on scaring me!

"Happy! Can you stop? One more jump scare and I might fall down the stairs!" I complained while trying to keep some balance on the tiny steps down. My plea, however, didn't work. A few minutes later, Happy flies by with a loud "BOO" and startles me the moment I try to place my foot on the next step. But because of that stupid cat, I miss the step and am now, again, falling face first. I can't see the bottom of the stairs yet so I suppose we still have to descend some more. Oh man I'm gonna be black and blue after falling down these. I try to brace myself for some kind of impact but it never comes, I am floating mid-fall embraced in some arms. As I turn to see who, I see Natsu has his arms wrapped around my waist to stop me from falling. He is hugging me against his chest securely, as if to make sure I don't slip again.

"Oi, Happy! Knock it off! We need Lucy in one piece for this mission, making her fall off the stairs won't keep her in one piece!" Natsu scolded Happy. After Happy apologized, I wanted to continue descending, but noticed Natsu still had his arms wrapped around me

"Eh, Natsu? You can let go of me now." When I turn back to look at his face, it looks like he's blushing, but he hides it by turning his face away so I couldn't see properly.

"Y-yeah, s-sure" He stutters. Is he shy about something? He lets me go and we continue down the stairs to the dungeons. On entering the dungeon we find Master Makarov, Erza, Mira and Laxus there. Gray, Wendy and Carla follow us soon after. Once Gray spots where I am he makes his way over to my side and cups my face in his hand, caressing his thumb over my cheek and gives me a smile.

"Now that we're all here, let the interrogations begin, shall we?" Master announced with a hint of malice. I'm kind of confused, why do we need so many people here for the interrogations? As if reading my thoughts, Natsu went and asked the question for us.

"Master, why are there so many people here for the interrogations?"

"We'll Natsu, you and Lucy need to observe their mannerisms if you are to impersonate them. And Erza is leading the interrogation." This still isn't really answering why the rest is here, and it seems like Carla feels the same way.

"Then there's no need for Wendy to be here."

"Actually, there is. We don't expect them to give us the answers we're asking them. We might have to use some, alternative, interrogation techniques. We will need Wendy for healing."

"My god, you're gonna torture them?!" I'm not sure what I am hearing, since when do we torture people?

"Only if we need to. Erza can be herself during the interrogation, Laxus and Mira will be interjecting when they won't answer. Gray is here as back up, if Laxus and Mira's method wont work." Master calmly replied. Wendy, Carla and I all wear the same look of horror on our faces. I look over at Gray and he can't fully meet my eyes.

"Did you know about this?" I ask him with horror in my voice.

"Yeah, I did. Master asked me the other day when we captured them. Sorry I didn't tell you." Gray admits, looking guilty. I'm horrified. I didn't picture him as a torturing kinda guy.

"Look Lucy, I'm only here as back-up. With Laxus and Mira there, I highly doubt they will need me." Gray pleads with me.

"It's okay Gray, I understand. This situation is just a little much to take in at the moment." I smile at him. I can't really blame him for not telling me, I probably would've done the same thing if I had to. We enter the dungeon we hold the 'prisoners', they are seated on chairs with their hands bound behind their backs. I go and take a look at the man. He has such a handsome face with cerulean blue eyes, deep hazel brown hair and a jaw line so sharp it could cut Erza's cheesecake perfectly. And the woman is also really pretty, she's got big emerald green eyes with long curly lashes, long blonde hair down to her waist and high cheekbones that accentuate her face. This is a beautiful couple. I can't help myself from staring at them.

"What are you staring at?" The blonde sneered, looking me dead in the eye.

"I-"

"We're not here to answer your questions. We are here, so you can answer ours." Erza demanded, walking towards them with Laxus covering her left and Mira covering her right. They look utterly terrifying. Hell, I would be peeing myself if I were in those chairs, but they look like they're on spring break, basking in the sunlight on the beach!

"First things first, state your name and your objective!" Erza demands of them, but they don't seem eager to oblige.

"It doesn't seem like they want to talk do they, Laxus?" Mira steps forward with her ever friendly smile while Laxus only grunts in reply, leaning with his back against the wall. The whole atmosphere in the room changed, but it seems only we noticed it, because everyone takes a step back.

"Now, please don't be shy, tell us your name and what your objectives are." Mira says, same smile on her face but her eyes are gleaming different this time. The woman in the chair noticed too and decided it was a good idea to spit in Mira's face. I gasped. Natsu and Happy gasped. Everyone in the room gasped. Mira is still standing in front of the woman with a smile on her face. I look over at Laxus, who looks furious. There is an electricity current in the room, and its radiating off of Laxus.

"Did you just do, what I think you did?" Laxus growled at the woman, taking a slow step closer while the lightning flashing off of him is almost unbearable to stand around. The woman and man seem unimpressed until they realize who exactly is in front of them.

" You.. You are.." The woman stammers, clearly in some kind of panic.

"You are the Demon, and Lightning Dragon Slayer… The Lightning Demon couple." The man stammers in distress. He looks over to his wife, and back to Laxus closing in on them over to Mira, now with a cleaned face, still standing there with her kind smile who has her purple demon glow over her.

"Please, please don't hurt my wife! I'm sorry she disrespected your lady, Sir Dreyar, sir! We'll talk, we'll tell you anything you want to know!" The man howled, but Laxus didn't look like he was going to stop, as he continued to walk towards them. He stopped next to Mirajane, as she set her hand on his shoulder.

"It's alright dear, they're willing to talk now. No need to continue ruining our hair with the electricity current in this room." Mira joked with Laxus while placing her hand on his cheek to calm him down. He immediately dropped it at her touch. He looked at the prisoners direction one last time and scoffed a threat their way about touching Mira again, then walked out of the dungeon. I'm surprised they gave in so easy.

"Now I'll ask you again, state your names and objective!" Erza stepped forward again after Mira and Laxus put up their show..

"We are William and Bella Thorns. We're the representatives of a dark guild called Screaming Shadows, although you already knew that. We were sent by our master to meet up in Crocus at a bar called Vile Beers." William began

"I've heard of that place! Apparently its on the outskirts of the capital, close to the mountains. The food is okay but the beer is, well, vile. It's not something you'd wish your enemy would drink." Gray whispered in my ear. This is, weird information. Now I have this vision of Gray drinking this beer and spitting it out straight away. It's not a charming thing to imagine.

"The master sent us there because we received a letter that some dark guilds from the other continent wanted to make some alliances before crossing the border, we were sent there to see if they has something interesting to offer." Bella explained. As I glanced over to the table behind them, I noticed keys, golden keys. They were celestial keys!

"Are those celestial keys?" I asked the woman. She looked up at me with a smirk on her face.

"Why yes they are. The golden keys are my latest victory. Now I have Libra, Pisces and the mystical Ophiuchus keys in my possession." Bella belts out followed with a maniacal laughter.

"Every dark guild knows about my victory! And it's only been a week since acquiring them! I haven't made a contract with them yet. So I should do that very soon." She continues boasting about how she was able to get the keys. Bella has Yukino's keys? I can't believe it. How was this able to happen? Tears fill my eyes, and without realizing what I'm doing, I'm reaching for Fleuve d'etoiles. I'm ready to kick her ass, defenseless or not. I start to run over to her but am held back by a few arms.

"Lucy, don't it's not worth it!" I hear Natsu say, while holding on to my arm.

"Lucy, calm down. You can't let her get to you this way, calm down." Gray is at my other arm, his hand over mine gripping the whip trying to relax my grip so I let go of it.

"Natsu, Gray! Take Lucy out of here, you are done for today" Erza orders, and they both drag me towards the stairs.

Upstairs in the guildhall we find an angry Sting, trashing around the guild hall.

"They're here?!" Sting yells out when he sees us.

"The wizards that attacked Yukino, they're here?!"

"Yes they are, but calm down. We have them in our custody for a mission." Gray tries to explain.

"They attacked Yukino! She's been lying in the infirmary for about a week now!" Sting cries out. I feel so bad for him. I know just how he feels, I mean I almost attacked the woman a few moments ago. I walk over to Sting and in attempt to calm him down I place both my hands on his shoulders.

"I know how you feel, trust me. But it's not worth it, trashing and raging around like this. Yukino need you now more than ever. I'll take care of her keys, and return them to her once this mission is done." Sting just looks at me with surprise, followed with gratitude.

"Lucy, thank you. Thank you so much!"