Just Misunderstood

Chapter 16

You Miss Her


Cobra screamed loudly as the ground grew closer, his ears picked up the same sounds of terror from his guildmates around him as well. He barely had time to protect his head before he met the ground with a hard thud. The cold concert ate at his skin and he clenched his teeth as he felt Angel, and the others land on his back.

His heart beat wildly, Lucy. The sudden pain in his chest was completely devouring all the other injuries that he bared. He saw her eyes, her face, her body, her tears.

He stood quickly, his eyes scanning the surrounding area, "No fucking way," Angel breathed as she sat up.

Cobra turned to see what she had seen, a salty breeze, a muffled sound of laughter and music, the lazy water of the canal. He shook his head, "No way she could get us this far," he looked up at the new stone of the guild hall and his breath caught. Standing tall and proud in the stillness of the night, was the Fairy Tail guild.

Cobra shook his head, and the rest stood confused next to him. He violently turned and stomped in the opposite direction.

"Cobra where are you going?!" Angel cried, "She put us here for a reason! We need help! Brain is stronger than ever and with Nirvana awake it will be impossible! And none of us, none of us, want to face Midnight!" She ran and got in front of him, pushing against his chest.

He stopped and looked down at her, "I'm not going in there," he growled.

Angel shoved him, he took a step back, catching himself from stumbling. "Sorano, don't."

"No!" She shoved him again, "I finally have a friend! One that isn't broken! One that wasn't raised in that damn tower! One that actually has some good in her! And we aren't even that close yet! But I can't leave her Cobra!"

Cobra grabbed her hands, "We aren't leaving her, this is our guild, our guild master, our problem. I'm not dragging anymore of Lucy's family into this. I'm not letting them get hurt just because we couldn't do our job," he whispered.

Angel fought tears, but ripped her hands from him, wiping her face while turning away. "None of that will matter if she's dead, we need a way to get back, we need more power, we need a light guild, thats unwavering in their faith to save her."

Racer stepped up to hug her, his icy glare focused on Cobra, "Since when did I become the bad guy?"

"We are in a dark guild," Hoteye mentioned to the side, "We are usually the bad guys."

Cobra pinched the bridge of his nose, a deep breath left him. "You know what? Fine. You're not wrong. We can't defeat Brain. It isn't possible, but, with Lucy at full power and with the spell gone. There might be a chance. But not with the Fairy's help."

"Then who?"

Cobra grinned, "Lucy has another family," he looked pointedly at Angel.

Angel cocked her head in confusion for a mere moment before realization dawned on her, "One that can't get hurt," she whispered as a smiled blossomed on her tear stained face. She let go of Racer and stepped forward, she held one hand on her key ring, the other one out in front of her, Leo's key held in between her fingers."Leo! Gate of the Lion!" She shouted, she poured every inch of magic into her hand to fill the key in front of her, willing the Lion's gate to open. Nothing happened for a few moments, a silent stillness settled in the late night. "Loke. Please," she begged, "We know you are the anchor, and we need your help."

Cobra winced when he felt the swell of magic release, Angel screamed and fell back as a gate was violently ripped open in front of her, gold sparkles and light filled the canal area. Loke fell out of the hole in space, his suit unkept and his glasses cracked. He panted heavily as he pulled himself to his knees, sweat ran down his face and he smiled up at Cobra "Damn, Brain's magic is even heavily affecting us in the Spirit World, strong wizard. His magic is insane, crossing even the barrier between worlds."

"We think it's doing that because her spirits are somehow linked to the spell, the Celestial World thrives because of the magic of spirits and their mages, and Lucy is one of the most powerful you have," Angel stood, "Its making it easier to affect the spirit world."

Loke uselessly brushed off his suit and stood tall, "It's also because of the damn lacrima in her, it created an actual object to bind the spell too, and of course the person, well, spirit in this case."

"It was genius on Brain's part, you can't die, so the spell would never break, you aren't an enemy so she would never have to fight you. She hasn't called you out since Brian maximized the spell either. Does Lucy know its you?"

"No, I actually believe she doesn't even know shes under this spell, it affects everything, memories, recognition, thoughts, feelings. She was thinking about Fairy Tail when Brain put the spell on her, it probably ate away at those memories, not completely getting rid of them, but corrupting them enough to confuse her eyes and mind. But I think this spell also feeds on positive emotions, that is why sometimes we see bits of anger and pride. Its allowing the negative through, but with feelings like love and happiness, she is having to push through that herself," Loke sighed and looked at Cobra. "The only thing we can do is get rid of one of the things binding her to this spell."

"Removing a magical lacrima is impossible, its in her blood now," Cobra started.

"No. With the death of the anchor, and the end of this spell, I believe more than anything else in this world and the next, that with my key, as the broken pieces and the golden dust settle into the ground, the Oracion Seis will disband, take this as a last dying wish from an immortal man."

~JM~

Midnight felt fear scorch his face as Cobra and the rest disappeared into a shower of gold. Lucy's hands fell heavy on the ground and her eyes were cracked, Brain watched with rage as her irises flickered between gold and brown.

"What have you done!" Brain yelled, Lucy's body slumped closer to the ground, her breath shallowing and her face pale with lethargy. It was that second that the ground began to rumble, terrible roars of metal and concrete echoed throughout the forest, suddenly trees, grass, and purple flowers all shriveled at once. Black dust slowly seeped out of the ground and the giant pillar of light that had been slowly turning black disappeared as a hole was left in the ground.

Brain's horrible cackle seemingly shook the forest as the magic around Lucy melted away, Brian's attention elsewhere at the moment. She gasped and gagged as her lungs begin to fill with air again. Midnight stepped back and his eyes trained on Lucy and the terrible crack in the ground under her. And as his father's eyes were gleaming evilly at Niravan's eruption, Midnight stepped forward, his body moving as fast as the tear in the ground.

His arm wrapped around her waist and he cursed himself.

~he was doing this for Cobra~

He slung her on his back and she mumbled something he didn't hear. Midnight surrounded himself in magic as a giant concrete arm broke free of the ground right under his feet. He fought to hold his balance on the cylinder slope. Buildings of an ancient world erupted from its prison that day, large towers and crumbling homes rose from the ground, the heavy center of Nirvana was as big as the forest, the six large appengedes struggled to position themselves far enough away to support the weight.

Midnight gaped at the monstrosity, "I thought is was a spell, amulet, maybe a person. I never thought it would be this," he breathed.

His eyes caught Brain's form rising on top of one of the central towers, and Midnight made a split second decision, he ran up the arm, the movement of it making balancing difficult, especially with Lucy on his back.

His red eyes saw Erza Scarlet and Gray Fullbuster along with a few other members falling closely behind him on the arm to his right. He rolled his eyes and continued up the length of the arm, but he stopped when he realized that Brian still had Natsu, he turned to the other mages and glanced at Lucy breathing softly on his neck. He huffed and swallowed hard, "Hey! Fairies!" The wind seemed to carry his voice far enough to reach them and they turned, their expressions turned from surprised to serious. Erza shouted orders at the others when she requipped a suit of armour. Midnight scoffed when he noticed the wings on the back of it, the metal seemingly effortlessly lifting her to the arm he was on, just a few hundred few down, she ran up the concrete, swords twirling around her, Midnight faced her and huffed again. A dozen or more swords flew at him, but Erza stopped in surprise when they effortlessly reflected off of Midnight and fell into the forest below. Midnight rolled his eyes and turned around, showing the scarlet mage Lucy.

"Lucy?"

After her armour disappeared her feet brought her to her friends side, her breath coming out in heavy pants. "Why do you have her?"

"Brain was going to kill her, but Cobra cares about her so I had to help," Midnight almost whispered, a slight blush covering his pale cheeks. He shifted awkwardly and looked towards Brain, "I… I have done some bad things, but Cobra is my best friend, Angel and the rest, are my family. And they all risked their lives for Lucy, so why shouldn't I?"

Erza smiled, "They turned on Brain for her?"

Midnight nodded, "Without a second thought."

Erza laughed and a warm blush crossed her face, "She has that effect on people."

Midnight looked away as the Scarlet Mage laughed, the sound turning his ears red. "I just want to be free, I want to explore and live my life, I want revenge on the people at the tower…. I want it destroyed and gone. I hate that place," Midnight seemed to muse to himself.

"I hated it too," Erza whispered quietly.

Midnight whipped his head around and looked at her with wide eyes, "You were there?"

She nodded, "Yes, and Midnight? Don't worry, it's destroyed, it was blown to pieces, I know, because I was there. And so was Lucy, she helped destroy that awful place, for me.. And maybe she didn't know it at the time, but for all of you too."

Midnight's eyes clouded and he looked away, "I…. Just want to be with Cobra and everyone, I don't think I even care about this anymore, I just want to sleep quietly."

Erza touched his shoulder, and he flinched hard, but didn't push her away, and she didn't let go. "Then help us defeat Brain."

Midnight looked down,"I owe him my life."

"He is only using you," Erza said quietly

~he threw out the others so easily~

He looked into her eyes, and he felt that the strong brown color of her irises should tear him down. To show him that he was nothing, that he was trash. But they only held kindness, and he felt empowered when he looked into them. He nodded and turned, running up the rest of the way with a blonde princess on his back and a fairy queen close behind.

~JM~

Cobra kicked open the door and smiled as it cracked off its hinges. "Cobra! There's a key under the mat!" Angel scolded as she held up the small key.

He laughed and shrugged, "Didn't know?"

"What do you mean you didn't know? Leo literally told us three minutes ago on the way here," Loke sighed as the angel spoke and led the rest upstairs. Cobra sucked in a breath when he walked through the door, the smell of Lucy hit him. He had seen her room multiple times in her memories, the soft pink comforter, the tan wall decorated in landscape photos, the old desk tucked into the corner of the room, where her novel sat on the wooden hutch. Light plush carpet flattened under his boots and he winched when he left muddy tracks, "Shoes off," he muttered to the rest as he slipped his off. The others shared an amused look and did the same.

"Ugh I need a shower," Angel whined.

"Go take one," Loke winked, "I gotta go get what we asked for from the King, it shouldn't take long, only a few minutes, maybe half an hour tops, but that still is a few hours here, get changed, Virgo will drop some stuff off, use some spirit water, sleep, do whatever you need to do," he said as he handed Angel his key, "Keep this for now, call me if you need me before I come back," he smiled and vanished.

Cobra smiled warmly at the spot he had just been , "Thanks, we appreciate it," he whispered.

"Where's the bathroom?" Angel asked.

Cobra nodded towards a hallway to the right, "First on the left," he rubbed blood out of his eyes, he had somehow gotten a deep gash above his right eyebrow, he hadn't even noticed it till now. "Hey Ang? Can you get me a warm wash-," he stopped when a wet cloth was thrown at him, he caught it and smiled.

He pressed it to his forehead and sat down at a table in the middle of the room, Racer looked around, his fingers tracing some of the things Lucy had set up on some shelves. Little porcelain or glass figurine of different animals, they were covered in a layer of dust, there were books cluttered into the different nooks and crannies of the many shelves she had. Binders of stories were color coded along the walls and Racer laughed, "She's pretty inconsistent isn't she?"

Cobra glanced around, "Yeah, it's an organized mess," he smirked, "You should see her mind it's even worse," he laughed.

"I think its cute," Hoteye said as he sat on her bed, his weight causing it to dip a bit, "She is worth a lot," he mused, "priceless."

Cobra nodded, "Sure is," he mumbled tiredly, Hoteye noticed this and moved off the bed, and he picked up Cobra.

"Hey! What the fu-," he yelled as Hoyeye tossed him on to the pink cladded bed.

"You need some sleep Cobra," he said.

Cobra glared at the man and sat up, "I don't want to get blood on her pillows," he huffed as he tried to get up but stopped when he heard the thoughts of the other two in the room. "Alright shit man fine. No need to get all violent with me," he grunted.

Hoteye and Racer shared a smiled and Cobra laid down, he pressed his head against the pillow that smelled like Lucy. He turned around to face the wall, where his eyes clenched tightly and he covered his face.

~you miss her~


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