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It had been at least a whole day since they had last seen Igor. The only other thing keeping them company was the one way mirror showing Natsu, who hadn't moved at all this whole time. The only thing reassuring them he was still alive was the slight rise and fall of his chest as he was breathing irregularly. Erza and the others had soon discovered, that there really was nothing they could use fore anything in their cell. They also had no way of communicating at all with their suffering friend. It was killing all three of them to see the, usually very lively, dragon slayer as broken and unresponsive as right now.

"I can't stand this!" suddenly Grey leapt to his feet and thrust his fist into the wall. "How are we supposed to get out of here, let alone get flame-brain out as well. The way he looks, he won't try anything himself, not that I blame him or anything, but still, this really isn't like him at all!"

"Calm down Grey!" Erza repreminded him "What would you do, if you were in his place right now. He's in pain, confused and can't reach his magic at all. Furthermore, he believes his family to be dead! If I were in his place, I'd probably behave the exact same way."

"Well, It's his fault for believing that creep in the first place! As if we'd let ourselves be defeated by scum like him! Damn it!" This statement was followed up by another punch to the wall.

Just as Erza was about to retaliate, they were interrupted by the rooms third occupant. "Stop it, both of you!" The blond had tears streaking down her face "How can you fight in a situation like this! We need to figure out how to escape and help Natsu! I'm so worried about him, I mean, just take a look at him, he's barely moved for over 12 hours, he's still bleeding and he looks like he is just about to keel over… We really need to get him out of there or at least let him know somehow we are still alive." Grey and Erza looked at Lucy in shock for a few seconds, before looking away in shame.

"Sorry" Grey mumbled quietly. He hadn't meant to get this upset, but he couldn't help it. The same time he had apologized, Erza did so as well. She really was ashamed of herself. How dare she start a fight with her comrade while one of their family members was in such grave danger? "I'm so sorry Lucy, you may hit me now."

"That really won't be necessary Erza." the blond replied with both of her hands raised in a calming manner. "But still, I'm really concerned about what Igor said about this whole turning-Natsu-into-a-dragon business. Do you guys really think he'd be able to do that? I mean, he seemed really convinced he can pull it of and all, but still, this really seems a bit extreme, don't you think? And how did he know about those antibodies the dragons produced to protect their children from that exact thing happening over time, I just think this whole situation isn't making a lot of sense right now…"

"You are right, It is indeed strange he knows about this detail. As far as I know, only those who were present during the dragons departure know about this. I guess someone could have accidentally leaked it to someone outside of that group, but still, it is unsettling to know, that secrets like those aren't so secret after all. When we get back, I will have a serious conversation with master on the topic. And for your other Question, I think Igor's plan, as crazy and despicable as it is, will work if executed correctly. At least the way he explained it to us yesterday made kinda sense, so I would advise you to be prepared for what is to come."

Grey nodded in agreement. "Erza's right, I was wondering myself where he'd gotten hold of those pieces of information. He pointed out he'd been watching Natsu for quite some time already, maybe it has something to do with that." Just when he was about to continue speaking, they saw how the door to Natsu's cell was suddenly ripped open.

He was, there was really no other word for it, happy. Due to his prisoners behaving as they should and the fact, he'd been able to work on his magic circle for twelve hours straight without interruption, he had finished it. The only things left for him to do before the ceremony were to double check everything and then eat and sleep. He needed to be in top condition, otherwise, the spell could fail and kill his new pet. Now, a lot of people may think of him as cruel, and maybe they were right, but still, he would not let that dragon of his die under any circumstances. It was after all, his greatest wish. And if he was honest with himself, after spending so much time watching this particular young dragon, he had grown quite fond of him. At least to a point, where he intended to keep him, and no one else. Even if there were other dragon slayers, he wouldn't want any of them, no, it HAD to be this one.

When Igor finished double checking every line, circle and letter in his incantation, what took quite a while due to the sheer size of that thing, and pleasantly coming up with only one little spelling error, which was corrected in a matter of seconds, he decided to go and visit his little dragon and tell him and his friends the good news. It wouldn't be long now, soon he would have fulfilled his lifelong dream. His own dragon. Ever since he'd been a child, he had dreamt about riding one, and now, it would finally become a reality.

After putting all his supplies away, he went downstairs until he reached the dragon slayers cell. Taking a deep breath to quell his excitement, he paused for a split second. Then, he ripped the door open. At first sight, the room seemed empty. For a moment, he panicked, thinking his new plaything had escaped, but then he spotted a small figure in the right back corner, covered in blood and still with that dead and defeated look on his face.

"Hey there pet" for his greeting, he received no answer or recognition at all. Well now, he couldn't have that now, could he? Crouching down in front of the pink haired teen, he took a handful of Natsu's hair and forced him, to look him in the eye. "When I greet you, I expect you to return it, Understood?" when Natsu still didn't respond, Igor tightened his grip on the boys hair and then proceeded to smash his charges head repeatedly into the cells brick wall, until the young mage finally screamed in pain. "Do I have your attention now?" Huge empty eyes were staring back at him, as his pet nodded. "Good, I came here to tell you, that your days as a human will be over in merely a few hours my little dragon. The only thing left is to activate the spell and then, my wish will be fulfilled and you will finally be free from the misery that is called being human."

Laughing, he let go of those salmon strands of hair and left the now not only devastated but also completely frightened dragon slayer to himself.

After Igor had left, Natsu was all alone in the dark again, but now he was not only plagued with memories of his lost family members and visions of their brutally massacred bodies, but with the fear of losing the last part of his soul, the part, that was still human, to this madman.

He was so cold. His shoulder burned like it had been stabbed with one of Grey's icicles and his head felt as if Erza just had decided to give him a very tight hug against her armor. Everything just hurt, breathing was becoming more difficult with each hour that passed by. Natsu wasn't sure, if this feeling came from the utter helplessness he was feeling, or from his broken ribs, both hurt terribly, so he didn't care either way. He had other matters on his mind. He would never see his family again. This simple fact tore through his entire being. It felt as if he just swallowed a bucked of acid. It burned to a point, where there were tears streaming down his face. He still couldn't believe that Erza, Grey and Lucy all had been killed. They died just because some madman had decided to kidnap him and they had just been in the way. It basically was his fault. And now, even the Humanity he had left after this would be taken from him in a few hours. He would never see the guild again, Gramps, Lisanna and Wendy, Happy and all the others. They probably would start searching for them really soon, but it would be in vain. If they were lucky, they'd find the bodies of their fallen friends, but him? He had a feeling, once Igor had what he wanted, He'd never get free again. He would spent his life being tortured by this man, until he'd be killed when Igor got bored or if he killed himself. There was really no point for him to care about life itself anymore, after all he'd lost already and would soon lose.

"I'm so sorry everyone, I'll miss you so much" he whispered, as he curled up and waited for Igor to show up again. If he had to spend his life in agony, he could at least try to detach himself from it, not caring about anything or anyone, least at all himself.

"Goodbye Fairy Tail, my one and only family." with those words he fell asleep, silently waiting for what was to come.

Erza and the others watched in horror, as Igor smashed Natsu's head into the wall again and again, until he got a reaction from his prisoner. Even more so when they heard that the magic circle was complete.

"Fuck! We need to do something! He can't last much longer and if we don't hurry, there won't be anyone left for us to save!"

"Calm down Grey, we need to get any information we can, so please be quiet." Grey nodded. Erza was right, panicking wouldn't fix anything right now.

A few minutes later what they had seen left them devastated. Seeing their friend completely giving up and then apologizing and saying his farewells to the guild was just to much. At the sight before them, Erza had to turn away, tars in her eyes. Lucy was openly crying and even Grey had to wipe away a few tears.

"W-What do we do now? If we don't h-urry, Natsu is going to-…"

"We need to get out of here, Lucy is right, if we don't hurry, we will loose Natsu forever, Erza, do you have any ideas about how we could get out of here?"

"Well, since we have already searched the cell completely and are still not able to use out magic, I only see one way for us to escape. We need to get Igor or someone else to open the door from the outside for us."

"Are you crazy? Have you forgotten the gun that nut-job is carrying around?"

"No, I haven't Grey. We need to ambush him as soon as he comes through the door. And we need to pull this of, before he sets his plan into motion. That will be the most difficult part. I think he won't fall for the 'Help-someone-got-sick-routine', so the only thing we really can do right now is take positions, wait and pray he actually decides to come down here again."

"Are you serious!? Basically your plan is to sit around and wait?"

"Yes Grey, as long as you don't come up with a better plan, I think, this will be our best chance!"

"Alright, fine." Grey and the others now fell silent and got to their positions. Lucy would act as a decoy, while Grey and Erza stood on each side of the door, pressed to the walls in an attempt to hide as good as possible from their captor. They all had only one thought on their mind : PLEASE LET THIS WORK; COME ON IGOR; GET DOWN HERE AL´READY!

And so they waited…

Back at Fairy Tail, master Makarov was worried. The day before, he had received word that team Natsu had gone missing. Until now, he had decided to wait and give the four of them time to resolve the matter on their own, after all they were strong enough to get themselves out of a bind or two. Right now though, he started to regret that decision. There hadn't been any word from them since their disappearance and he was starting to get a really bad feeling about all of this. It really wasn't like Erza to fail to check in after something like this and the master started so suspect that there was something bad happening somewhere out there and that his children were right in the middle of it again.

Yay, second chapter done! :-)

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I promise there will be a next chapter coming and I really hope you enjoyed reading this story so far. See you next time and happy Easter to everyone !