Lucy arrived at the café and spotted her brother outside. He stood up when he saw her, smiling slightly.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." She nodded her head as she took a seat.
Lucy looked over and noted that the café was a bit busier, probably because it was a Friday, meaning that it was going to keep Natsu busy. Lucy stared at Jasper. Praying that nothing was going to happen to them as they were going to be here.
"I'm sorry about being so late in the day."
"It's alright. You were exhausted. How did that even happen, and don't lie."
"Lack of sleep – used up too magic and I really didn't give it a chance to let my magic replenish before we had gym." She looked at her coffee and sipped at it.
"You have to take better care of yourself-"
"Or what?"
"You'll end up killing yourself."
"Jasper…"
"Don't do this to me Lucy."
"You don't really care, that much. You are the next heir anyways." She muttered – only so that he could hear it.
From inside the shop – Natsu's senses were going off. Lucy. He knew it was her. His nose wouldn't lie to him. He looked out the window and saw her walking towards a guy. Someone she knew? Who was this guy and what was their relationship? He shook his head as he had to go back to work. It was a busy day today and he was going be swamped.
Back outside, Lucy was having an argument with Jasper about why she is doing what she is. This was something much more than trying to prove to herself that she is better than her mother was. Her mother died because she used herself as a key placement – she lost her magic. She was gone before anyone could do anything to help save her. The only thing they could do was make her last few days be comfortable. Lucy stood up, knocking the cups over.
"NO! You can't do this! You have no control over me! You don't have anything to hold over my head! I may be your sister, but I'm not recognized as HIS daughter anymore. He made that very clear when he was wanted me gone." Lucy growled.
"He – "
"I don't want to hear it. He knew what he was doing. He knew what was going on, he knew what was happening. There's no need to play is down like it didn't happen."
"Lu-"
"No. This conversation is over. You do what you want, I'll do what I'm meant to do. I know that I'm meant for better things than to be his little doll."
Lucy stormed away from the table. She couldn't believe she did that to her brother. The only family relative that cared about her. The only one who seemed to know anything about her, to be the only one to know the truth of what was happening. Her chest started to feel a lot lighter. Saying that to her brother, made her realize that she did it. She was one step closer to figuring out how to move on from her life. As Lucy walked, she bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorry." She said as she looked over and saw Loke. "Oh, you…are…Loke, right?"
"Yeah, sorry for bumping into you. I gotta go." He rushed out as he hurried past her. He could feel his magic fading. Something inside him was making this harder to live in this world without a contract.
"Just my key now. She'll never get it. I'm fading. Fading fast. I have to leave now." Loke thought as he stumbled past a river. He was running out time. The Spirit King would never allow him back. He killed Karen. Karen was the one who was held his key before he was banned from the spirit world.
With Lucy she looked at Loke, something was off about him. She had to figure out what it was. She could lose a friend. She didn't want that. He looked pale. This was something that had to be figured out and soon. She ran back to the guild and into the dorms so that she could figure it out. As Lucy entered the room, she saw Levy was studying at the desk.
"Hey," Levy said as she looked up from her book. "You look out of breath."
"I – I ran here. Need to summon someone" Lucy looked through her keys and looked at the silver one. "Open! Gate of the Sothern Cross! Crux!" There was that chime as the spirit passed through.
"Woah!" Levy got up and looked at him and she looked at Lucy. "Is this a silver key?"
"Yeah, I call him grandpa crux. He's as smart as you and I combined"
"Hello, Miss Lucy. How can I help you?" Crux asked as he wondered what was going to be happening.
"How much can you tell you me about my guildmate, Loke." Lucy questioned.
"Why Loke?" Levy asked.
"Something is off about him, the way he acts around me. And I just get the feeling he's hiding something." Lucy hummed.
"Loke, not much is known before three years ago. A ring type user." Crux stated.
"Any run in with celestial wizards?" Lucy asked.
"Just one. Karen Lilica."
"What can you tell me about their relationship?"
"I can't tell you anything more than that. Celestial Spirits are bound by rules as well."
"Damn.."
Levy looked at her and wondered what was going on with Lucy. There was something else. Something that Loke could've told Lucy to make her seem want to ask her Celestial Spirit about this. Soon enough, Lucy sent the spirit back into the Celestial World. Lucy rested her head against the pillow.
"Karen Lillica…" Lucy muttered.
"Who was she?" Levy asked.
"She was a Celestial Wizard, like me. She held two keys, Aries, which I have and Leo the Lion, the one key I'm missing to have all twelve." Lucy sat up to look at Levy. "She worked for Blue Pegasus. She was killed on a job –" Lucy stood up, as there was yelling in the guildhall.
The two looked at each other and ran down out of the room. "What's going on?" Levy shouted.
"LOKE QUIT!" Gray shouted.
"What!" Levy was in disbelieve.
"…." Lucy was connecting the pieces. She ran down from the floor.
"LUCY WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Levy screamed.
"IF I'M RIGHT! I KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING AND I DON'T HAVE LONG TO HELP HIM!" Lucy screamed as she ran out of the guild.
Some of the members looked around and started to run after her. The way that she ran, she knew where she was going. She ran towards Karen's grave. That's where he was going to be. This was going to be his spot. Lucy was running out of time. She had to save him. Close his gate. He might've not spoken to her, but she should've known as soon as his looks started to fade away.
She made it. There was just something that she didn't know. That her friends followed her to find out where she was going. No one knew what was going on.
"Found you." Lucy stated as she looked at Loke.
"How-how did you find me." Loke looked back at her.
"It wasn't hard once I asked Crux."
"It's too late for me anyways. I'll disappear, a fallen star, can't return –"
"I'm going to save you!"
"Lucy you can't!"
"I can and I will!"
"You-"
The spell hit him, Lucy was watching him fade. Loke collapsed on the ground as he couldn't stand any longer. She quickly got on the ground and wrapped her arms around him.
"Open, Gate of the Lion!" Lucy said.
Trying to manually open a gate – it was unheard of. It was barley possible for Lucy to close a Gate, but she as able to do it as well. Lucy Heartfilia was out here trying to proof that she was no ordinary Celestial Wizard. The genes that Lucy had were a stronger bond to the Zodiacs, Anna Heartfilia. That was the one who created the Eclipse Gate, the one that required the Zodiacs to open and close the gate. As of now, with Loke disappearing before her eyes, she was pouring all her magic into opening his gate to send him back.
"OPEN! GATE OF THE LION! OPEN!" Lucy screamed.
"LUCY STOP YOU ARE GOING TO DEPLETE YOUR MAGIC AND DISAPEPAR WITH ME!" Loke yelled at her.
"LOKE YOU DIDN'T KILL KAREN! KAREN KILLED HERSELF! ARIES TOLD ME THAT YOU PROTECTED HER! WHO EVER CREATED THE RULES IS A DUMBASS!"
That was it. That is what made Lucy and Loke break apart. It's what made her look up to see that something – no – someone was standing there. The Celestial Spirit King. It was the one that was making her completely nervous. Of course, the guild was watching this from the forest. They felt the amount of magic pouring from Lucy when she tried to open Loke's gate. This was something no one has ever seen before. This was something new. Their guildmate, Loke – the playboy Loke, was a Celestial Spirit.
"This is so interesting. Who knew that Lucy was this powerful…." Mira muttered.
"Maybe, but she still fainted trying to open those gates the last time…" Gray pointed out.
"She was running low on magic and it wasn't her fault!" Levy hissed at Gray.
"She found Loke faster than the rest of us would." Cana sighed as she took a swig from her flask.
"Cana!" Lisanna took the flask away. "You need to stop your drinking…"
When Natsu got off of work, he sent a text Gray asking where they were because no one was in the guild. There was just something off, and he wanted to know where everyone went. Once Gray told Natsu where everyone was, he ran as fast as he could. Since he was late, he wants to know what was going on. Why did everyone follow Lucy? That was a bit strange. Not as strange as Loke wanting to quit or is a Celestial Spirit. To Natsu, everything wasn't making sense. When Natsu arrived, he saw everyone fighting. He rolled his eyes.
The group had to stop paying attention to Lucy and Loke and whoever the other thing was. They were too busy fighting over something stupid. Natsu who was standing by, trying to catch what was happening, but couldn't because of the fact that everyone was whispering – then talking – then yelling. Natsu watched as Loke disappear, and Lucy seemed happy, but using up too magic made her collapse.
"LUCY!" Natsu shouted as he ran forward and looked at her, picking her up and holding her close. His dragon was purring at the sight of having her in his arms.
"Pretty smell…" Natsu's Dragon purred.
"I got you Lucy, let's go home…" Natsu got up and carried her.
Lucy was something special. Right now, she was the first only Celestial Wizard to hold all twelve Zodiac Keys. This was something that hasn't been done in over 400 years. The last time all twelve were together was when they had to open the Eclipse Gate, and again when eleven of them had to open the gate again for Layla. Natsu held Lucy close as he carried her all the way back the guild. Mira watched this as Natsu was not being his typical self. He was – more protective. Sure he was already that, but this was different.
"Alright, let's head back to the guild, we still have some training to do." Mira said as she tried to get everyone to go back the guild.
Makarov was not going to like the fact that everyone left without saying anything else. They just learned that Loke, their guildmate was a Celestial Spirit, and that Lucy probably used up a lot of Magic to help him. Levy was the only one who knew what Lucy's mom died of. They talked about it.
~Flashback~
"Hey, Lu, you said your mom died, right?" Levy asked.
"Yeah, she did."
"What did she die of?"
"Oh, um, she died of MDD."
"MDD? Magic Deficiency Disease..." Levy knew what it was. It was when a mage is rapidly deprived of their Ethernano, it causes them to contract MDD.
"Yeah, that's it. The doctors couldn't help her, she gave up her spirits to me when I was four. My dad blames me for her getting sick because it didn't happen until after I was born."
"But that's not your fault."
"Yeah, I know it's not, but he still blames me for it. I'm going to prove him wrong though. That's why I'm going to get stronger, and I'm going to show the world that it's not impossible to do anything."
"Oh, Lu, you are doing too much. You'll end up crashing and burning in the end."
"I got it under control Lev"
~End of Flashback~
"What's wrong shrimp?" Gajeel asked as he looked at his – whatever she was to him.
At the moment, he was fighting his Dragon. He didn't want Levy to be pressured into becoming his mate. He wanted to do it on the trip, but then she met Lucy. The two of them were always together.
"I'm just worried about Lu…" Levy sighed.
"She'll be fine. We got the best doctors. She just needs her rest."
"I know."
When Natsu made it back, he decided to bring her to his room. At this moment he didn't want her in the infirmary. His Dragon was controlling his body – Natsu didn't understand why his Dragon was being such a fucking asshat. Natsu placed the unconscious blonde on his bed as he looked at her. She was so peaceful, but deep inside, there had to be something that she wasn't telling everyone. It was something that Levy knew – Natsu hated secrets being kept. How could he make Lucy his – if she was keeping something from him.
As everyone else got back. Natsu was downstairs in the main area. Gajeel and Laxus spotted something off about him. Since they were Dragon Slayers, they would watch each other carefully and Laxus walked over and sat next to Natsu and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Where is she?" Laxus muttered.
"My room…" Natsu shook his head.
"We should move her to the infirmary." Laxus tried to talk some sense into Natsu.
"No!" Natsu growled at the older slayer, his eyes turning black from their normal green color. His Dragon came forth.
"Dragneel, she can't stay in your room."
"Yes she can. She is sleeping." Natsu growled at him.
"Gajeel! Move Lucy into the infirmary! Elfman, keep Natsu down here." Laxus shouted.
"What's going on?" Levy asked.
"His dragon came forth." Gajeel muttered as he went up to Natsu's room.
Elfman looked at Natsu. Only Dragon Slayers and their mates knew when the Dragon came forth. This was dangerous. They remember how Laxus was when Mira got hurt that one time. He was sending out electricity that was shocking most of the guild.
~Flashback~
Mira came back from a simple job, and she was leaning against Elfman. Lisanna didn't go this mission, instead on she went on with Natsu and Happy. Mira was badly hurt. Laxus took one look at Mira and he knew. Sure Laxus was second generation dragon slayer, but still he was a Dragon Slayer. When Laxus took one look at Mira, he snapped.
"MIRA!" He shouted as he ran over and went to hold on to her. "I got you…"
"La-xus…" Mira muttered when she just closed her eyes.
"Mira…come on open your eyes…" Laxus looked at her. His heart was sinking.
"Big sis?" Elfman looked at her.
"Infirmary! Get Porlysuica ready to help Mira!" Laxus barked out his order to his team.
"Gotcha!" Bickslow looked at Laxus, then headed to the infirmary to get Porlysuica ready for Mirajane and a very pissed off Dragon Slayer.
Laxus's lighting was forming to his skin as he was pissed off and then as he walked, the lightning started to dispense off his body and towards anywhere it could. This was something that was dangerous. His dragon was pissed off that his mate got hurt this badly. Laxus always had feelings for Mirajane, but he never expressed them. This was something that was new to some people, his team knew of his feelings.
"Set her down." Porlysuica said as she looked at Laxus. "She'll be fine, once I get to look at her and you get out!"
Laxus growled at Porlysuica, but he set Mira down on the bed and he didn't want to leave her side. He looked up at Porlysuica, his eyes begging him to let him stay in the room. Porlysuica hated when people stayed in the room, but because of knowing about the Dragon Slayers, this was something that she had to let him.
"Stay out of my way, and if I ask you to get something. You get it!" She rolled her eyes.
"I hate these smelly ass humans. Always getting in my way. I can't believe this Lightning Dragon Slayer fell in love with this oldest Take Over Mage." Porlysuica thought as she started to work on Mirajane.
Laxus's dragon was still in frenzy, he wanted to hold her, to touch her. She was injured, and he didn't want to cause her anymore pain.
"Outside now!" Porlysuica shouted as she couldn't take his magic flaring up and down due to his dragon.
This is the one thing that was really hard on Dragon Slayers. When they weren't there to protect their mates. Laxus hated that he didn't go with Mira…She was hurt because he couldn't protect her. As Laxus left the infirmary, he sat at the bar as Kianna, who was been here for a week was behind the bar. Of course there was a special guest in the Guild Hall, Mavis. She spotted Laxus and sat down next to him. His magic was still flaring.
"Hey there Laxus, is everything okay?" Mavis asked.
"No."
"Wanna tell me what's going on?"
"Mira got hurt, and I wasn't there to protect her."
"Laxus, it's not your fault. There was still a chance she would've gotten hurt even if you were there."
"I know!" He shouted as lighting bounced off his body. "I KNOW THAT! I just wanted to be there. I need her…"
"He needs her…His Dragon has marked her for a while then. It is a very strange thing at the moment. This is going to be hard on him…" Mavis thought as she looked at Laxus and then noticed that other people were backing away from him.
"Come on Mira. Please be okay…." Laxus thought.
"Mate will be okay. She is strong. That is why we will officially mark her when she is better"Laxus's Dragon spoke to him.
Mira was going to be okay. Porlysuica was watching the numbers on the screen. It took at least two hours from start to finish to make sure everything was okay. Mavis had left Laxus sitting there and went to go take a look to see how Mira was doing. As Mira was laying in the bed, she was still having some pain, but it was managed by the pain medication that Porlysuica was giving her. When Mavis went back downstairs, she saw Laxus pacing, this was unusual for him. Everyone could tell that he was worried, but this was something that he needed to do. Gajeel and Natsu told everyone to leave Laxus alone at that moment. Sure, they didn't have their mates yet, but they knew the signs of a worried dragon.
~End of Memory~
Lucy was moved to the infirmary while Natsu stayed outside the door, pacing. He couldn't leave her, he didn't want to leave her. There was not much that Porlysuica could do at the moment, as she was getting her magic back. Porlysuica opened the door and stared at the pink haired Dragon Slayer.
"Go on…go see her. Don't touch anything else you smelly human." She muttered as she left to go to her office.
Natsu bolted in and went to Lucy's bed. "Oh Luce…" He muttered as he looked at her sleeping body. She was just so cute. She made his Dragon happy. Though his human self could not accept her as his mate yet. His Dragon knew that, he wanted to take it slow with her. He had to make sure that everything between them was going to be okay.
Of course, Mavis was again, there watching what was happening. She wanted to take notes on the difference between Laxus and Mira, and Natsu and Lucy. There was something in Natsu's eyes that wasn't in Laxus. Natsu was trying to hold back with Lucy. Laxus couldn't hold back the choice of knowing what was going to happen between himself and Mira.
"Mark her…She needs us…" Natsu's Dragon growled.
"No, I'm not going to do that to Luce! She needs the choice. Mira was already in love with Laxus when he told her. Lucy is still new here, I can't let her be trapped with me…" Natsu spoke to his dragon.
"Mark…Mate…NOW!" The Dragon growled louder.
"NO!" Natsu shouted as he got up from Lucy's side and then got out of the infirmary.
"Natsu, what's going on?" Mira asked.
"Stay….with….her.." Natsu gritted his teeth.
"Natsu…" Mira watched him leave to go to the training room.
"Where is flame-brain going?" Gray asked.
"He's going to go train." Laxus sighed.
"Him and Dragon are fighting. It's the internal battle that happens. His Dragon sees something and Natsu is trying to hold back on whatever it is." Gajeel added.
"He's going to hit Mating sooner?" Mira asked.
"Well, Slayers like me and Natsu hit it when we hit eighteen, Laxus was late, because he was holding back the whole time. Do you wonder why he wears his soundpods most of the time, and now he hardly wears them?" Gajeel joked.
"His birthday is coming up in the summer time…so why is his dragon and him fighting now? It's only getting close to Halloween…" Erza asked.
"Winter time is coming…" Gajeel answered. "Dragons mostly try to scoop out potential mates at this time."
"So who is your mate?" Lisanna chipped in.
"None of your business!" Gajeel glared.
"I'm sure you'll find her soon~" Lisanna teased.
Levy walked to go check on Lucy. This was something that was a bit sad – this is the second time that Lucy was in the infirmary. And both were due to the lack of magic. Could there be a chance that her magic was also getting depleted slowly? Levy didn't want to loose Lucy, they were just becoming friends and this was something that was hard on Levy.
"She'll come around….She'll wake up. I know she will." Levy thought as she grabbed Lucy's hand to hold it.
There was a golden light, and Levy looked over to see Loke standing there. He was looking different. There were now cat like ears, and he was wearing a suit.
"Loke…is that you?" Levy asked.
"Oh, hey there Levy. Yeah it's me." He nodded his head as he looked at her and then turned his attention to Lucy. "Everyone in the spirit world is worried about her and this was something that took a lot of magic out of her. She summoned all her spirits at once while trying to prove the Celestial Spirit King wrong about his ruling."
"She did? That's amazing, and I could see why she collapsed."
"It takes a lot of someone to do that. No Celestial Wizard has been able to see the Celestial Spirit King. Lucy is the first for everything. He wanted to give her two gifts, but I'll let him know that she's still asleep."
"How are you here?"
"My own magic, all Zodiacs have their own magic and they can open their gates if need be to help their Celestial Wizard."
"I see. She'll wake up. She's strong…" Levy turned her attention back to the sleeping Celestial Wizard. "I know she will."
Loke grabbed her other hand and looked at Lucy. "She saved me from disappearing. She has the power to come back and wake up." Loke nodded his head.
Loke was the one that would be a bright light to the guild. Ever since Lucy joined, everything has been brighter. No one knew how or why, but it was like Lucy was made to join this guild. As Mavis watched everything, she went to Makarov's office to see that he was doing paperwork. Some was school paperwork, and well, those were Council Paperwork because the guild was destructive. Mavis giggled as she also had to do some of the paperwork.
"Well, third master, how are you doing?" Mavis asked.
"Well, you know, I wished Fairy Tail would stop being so destructive sometimes. Then there's the schoolwork that I have to do for some of the students." Makarov explained.
"You know, I went to go check on Lucy, she is such a shinning star here." Mavis smiled.
"You know, you did say to let her join, and I did. She has been a great addition to this family. Though, I do feel bad for her past, it was damaging, and I'm surprised she didn't…"
"Her spirits must've helped with that. She had them for a while, they are true family. Lucy doesn't treat her spirts differently."
"You know, I'm grateful that she and Levy have been paired up for the room. Those two became friends in such a short time. OH! Are you still going to have the famous Fairy Tail Halloween Party?"
"Tell Mira that she can go ahead and plan the party. She'll make everyone do something."
"Of course, Third Master."
Mavis soon left the office and went to go look for Mira. As she scanned the guild hall, she noticed that it wasn't as lively as it was before. She was guessing this has something to do with Lucy and then there was Natsu. This was hardly the Fairy Tail that Mavis knew. She spotted Mira and walked over to her.
"Hey Mira." Mavis smiled brightly.
"Hello, First Master. How am I help you?" Mira looked at the first master.
"Makarov said to go ahead with the Halloween Party. It will be Lucy's first and I want her to have fun at it."
"If she wakes up, Porlysuica said that she might be out for a few days, maybe even weeks. We haven't told Natsu yet." Mira thought as she looked up at the infirmary.
"Hey, Mira, she will wake up. She is Fairy Tail after all." Mavis smiled brightly.
"Of course, I'll start planning it right away." Mira nodded.
There was one place Mavis wanted to go before we went to sit with Lucy. Natsu. Mavis went and found Natsu outside, the ground was burnt. Mavis went to sit down next to Natsu.
"Natsu, is everything okay?" Mavis asked.
"No."
"What's wrong?"
"My dragon, he wants to mark Lucy as mate…but I won't allow it. I can't allow it. She's….She's so innocent and I can't do that to her. I don't want to let her know about the past I had."
"Ah, your past with Lisanna?"
"Yeah, I mean, I thought Lisanna would be the one, we had fun, but my Dragon didn't agree…So I couldn't mark Lisanna as a potential mate."
"Tell me, why your Dragon wants Lucy then."
"He says that she is a strong, and she will keep getting stronger. She'll be able to catch up to be a great person to be around. She's only been here, not even a month and he wants her…"
"I see, but you'll be eighteen this summer."
"I'm thinking of disappearing and staying away from her. Far away. Take a good long job request…Until it passes."
"So, what you'll be Laxus? Wait until Lucy comes back through those doors, hurt?"
"N-no."
"Then why wait?"
"I just don't know if she has feelings for me so I don't want to make the point to her, and tell her that one day in the future she HAS to be with me because of the fact that she is destined to be with me."
"Natsu…"
"Mavis, I just don't know what to do anymore…"
"Tell Lucy, at Christmas about your feelings towards her and then see if she feels the same way."
"I guess so."
"Tell her everything, take her out before the Christmas Party and that way, you two could share everything."
"You think she's hiding more about herself?"
"I'm not sure. I just know when you brought her to meet Makarov that day, I could sense that she will be a great addition. Fairy Tail's first Celestial Wizard. So far, she seems to be a great. All twelve zodiac keys. Something that no one has done before. When she arrived, she opened three gates, sure they were coming and going with their own magic after she first summoned them. I watch all of you when you train during the scheduled class time."
"That's a bit creepy…."
"Anyways, I know that you have gotten stronger from when you joined when you were younger."
"Thanks Mavis."
"Sooo I know, for a fact, that you and Lucy will be very compatible on a team together."
"I'll talk to her about it."
Upstairs in the infirmary, Lucy was still out. Though no one was in the room with her. There was this depressing vibe that was in room. She was not getting worse, nor was Lucy getting better. It was like she hit a semi-comatose state. Was she going to wake up? There was no way to know. A healer was needed to know for sure if she was going to wake up. Or even to help her wake up. Porlysuica told Makarov that there was nothing more that she could do since she was profound in magic like everyone else. Mirajane was in the office to help discuss what they can do. This was going to be a tuff call. There was also Natsu. He was a disaster when Lisanna slipped into her coma.
"What are we going to do?" Makarov asked.
"I can look for someone who is experience in the Magical Healing. That's all I can do and pray they get here fast before she slips into a coma like Lisanna." Mirajane admitted.
"It was even a miracle that Lisanna woke up from the Coma." Makarov muttered.
"Let me see what the Magic Council knows about healers." Mirajane said.
"Do it."
Mirajane left Makarov's office and headed to Laxus's office. It was free at the moment as Laxus tends to hang out with his teammates more than in his office. Mirajane got into contact with someone who registers all Wizards. There was one mage who was profound in the healing they needed. Her name was Wendy Marvell from the Cait Shelter Guild. She was a Sky Dragon Slayer. cxxMirajane thanked them as she hung up. Cait Shelter? She never heard of them before. It was going to be a long journey to where they are. She went back to Makarov's office and told him about it.
"We need a team, and they are going to miss a few days of school while they go find Wendy Marvell." Mira explained.
"Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel, Gray, Erza, Juvia." Makarov sighed. "They will all go and I hope they are able to get back to us with Wendy." Makarov nodded.
