Author's Note: Finally a new chapter! Sorry it took so long, life has been crazy for a while. Hope you enjoy! Thank you to all the readers and followers!

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Chapter 23

-Five Months Later-

Laxus put Lucy on leave from missions with her only having four months until their baby was due. Lucy complained at first, but she realized that Laxus was trying to protect her and the baby. She also been getting tired a lot more.

Lucy was sitting in the guild with her old team. It had been awhile since they were able to sit and just talk. Lisanna was cuddled next to Natsu, Erza was eating a piece of cake like always and Gray and Juvia were huddled together whispering about something.

"Okay you two, what are you not telling the rest of us?" Lucy asked.

Gray cleared his throat and said, "We have an announcement to make. We got engaged over the weekend on our get away!" Everyone congratulated them.

"Nonlove rival, I'd like for you to be my matron of honor. You were the first one to welcome me when I joined the guild." Juvia said.

Lucy smiled and said, "Yes, of course Juvia! But please call me Lucy. I was never your love rival." Juvia smiled and nodded.

The girls started talking about wedding details. After a few hours of talking about wedding stuff, Lucy excused herself and went up to Laxus's office. Laxus was working on paperwork, but looked up when his door opened. He got up to give her a hug and kiss and help her sit on the sofa.

"How was your time with team Natsu?"

"It was great. I'm glad that we are still close. Gray and Juvia got engaged! She wants me to be her matron of honor."

"That's awesome babe. I bet you spent sometime talking about wedding details." He smirked when she nodded. She yawned and stretched out on the couch. "I still have a little more work to do, when I'm done we will get some dinner."

Lucy nodded and closed her eyes. Laxus went back to finishing up the paperwork. An hour and a half later, Laxus woke her up so they could go get some dinner before going home. Laxus also needed to tell her about the job the Thunder Legion was requested for. He didn't want to leave Lucy behind but she was too far along to come with them.

"Hey Blondie, there is something I need to let you know. The Thunder Legion got requested for a mission. We are leaving in two days. I talked to Erik and he agreed to stay at the house with you in case you need anything." Lucy looked down at her food, and sighed. She didn't want him to go but knew he had to go since they were requested for the mission.

"Promise me you will be careful and get back as soon as possible?"

He pulled her into his lap, placing his hand on her stomach. "I promise that I will come back as soon as I can. Thankfully this mission isn't too far away and shouldn't take very long to complete."

Lucy nodded and leaned against him. She slowly finished her food and they headed home. She was worried about him going on the mission and wish she could go to. He didn't tell her the details of what the mission was. He could tell him mate was worrying about him leaving and he knew it wasn't good for the baby.

"Babe, I will be back before you know it. The mission should take us less than a month. How about we take a shower to help relax you and we can watch some tv." She nodded and they went upstairs to shower.

While they watched tv, she started getting hungry. Laxus got up and made her, her favorite snack. He still didn't see how she could eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with chocolate and pickles on it, with fruit on the side. He learned not to question her about her cravings after she yelled at him and had been hysterical.

-Two Days Later-

Before she knew it, it was the day that Laxus and the team was leaving for the mission. She sat quietly on the bed while Laxus packed. They were going to walk to the train station together, and Erik would meet them there.

"I'm all packed Blondie, you ready to walk me?" She nodded and leaned against them as they left the house. It was a semi quiet walk to the station.

"Promise me you'll be careful and get back as fast as you can?"

"Babe, I'll be fine and will be back as soon as possible. I'll call you every night to help you not stress and worry too much. You know it's not good for the baby."

"I know, but I can't help it. I still wish I could come, I could of stayed behind in the hotel or something." He just chuckled because he knew she wouldn't have been able to just stay put in the hotel. He gave her a kiss.

When they got to the station the rest of the team was already there along with Erik. The team waved to Laxus and Lucy, and Ever ran up to Lucy and gave her a hug rubbing her stomach.

"Take care of yourself and my niece or nephew while we are gone Lulu."

"I will. You be careful, and wish I was coming along."

"Me too! I love when I'm not the only girl."

They all said their goodbyes and the team boarded the train. Erik and Lucy decided to go spend some time at the guild before going back to Lucy's. While at the guild Lucy decided to do some paperwork to make sure Laxus wouldn't get behind.

"Lucy, are you ready to head to your place? Laxus wanted me to make sure that you relaxed as much as possible."

"Yeah, I'm ready. I was just doing some paperwork to make sure he wouldn't fall behind." She stretched as they got up and locked up the office. They decided to grab some food before leaving.

When they got to her place, they watched tv while that ate.

"So, how are you doing? You more excited or nervous that it's getting closer to your due date?"

"I'm okay, been more tired the farther along I get. More excited, I can't wait to be able to hold our baby in my arms." She was glad to have Erik there with her, it helped to distract her some.

Once they finished eating she went to take a quick shower before laying down and waiting for Laxus to call her. She decided to read while she waited. Her lacrima started going off.

"Hi Laxus! Did you guys make it to the hotel okay?"

"Hey babe, yeah we made it okay. How are you doing? How's the baby?"

"I'm okay. Baby is good. I miss you and can't wait for you to get back."

"I miss you too Blondie. I can't wait to get back either. Tomorrow we meet with the mayor, and get the rest of the details on what we are going to be doing."

"Will you please tell me about what you know now?"

"All the mayor told us, is that there is a dark guild with a monster terrorizing the town."

"Please be careful. I don't want anything happening to you."

"I'll be careful babe. I love you. Get some sleep and I'll call you tomorrow."

"Okay, good night. I love you too."

-Next Day With The Thunder Legion-

After breakfast they headed to the mayor's house to learn more about the dark guild and monster that has been terrorizing the town. When they got to the house, a servant showed them into the mayor's study.

"Good day, thank you for accepting the mission to help us."

"Of course, what is the name of the dark guild and do you know what type of monster?"

"Dark Moon is what they call themselves. The monster is a wyvern but it's not full grown."

"Where have they been attacking the most?" Laxus asked.

"On the east side of town. If the shops don't give the guild their money or whatever items they want, the shop gets destroyed and they take the owner of the shop with them."

"Do you know where their guild house is?"

"No, I just know they mostly have mostly been attacking the east side of town. But when you leave the town on that side, it's woods and hills."

"Bossman, do you think they could be holding up in a cave?" Bickslow asked.

"We will go investigate and see if we can find where they are staying. Then from there we can come up with a plan."

"Let me know if you need anything during your time here." The mayor said. They thanked him and left. They went to the east side of town to talk to the residents.

After a few hours of talking to the residents they decided to go into the woods to investigate. They searched through the woods until dusk, not finding any trace of the guild. They decided to go grab some food and go back to the hotel.

-With Lucy-

She was sitting at her desk, working on her story. She was having trouble concentrating due to being worried and missing Laxus. She put her hand on her stomach and smiled as the baby started to kick.

"Hey little one, I know you miss him too. I can't wait to meet you." She smiled as the baby kicked against her hand. She decided that instead of working on her story, she would curl up on the couch and read while listening to music.

When she got downstairs she seen Erik in the kitchen making some lunch. She went to see what he was making. He already had her plate ready, and was finishing up making his food. He made them separately since he added poison to his food.

"I was just getting ready to come and get you. I was thinking once we finished eating we can go to the guild for a bit. If you feel up to it."

"I love going to the guild, but let's relax here for today. If you need to go to the guild for anything you can." He shook his head.

"Nope, I have strict orders from Laxus that I have to stay with you." She just nodded.

"Have you heard from Laxus?"

"Yeah, they talked to the mayor and found out the name of the dark guild is Dark Moon and they have a young wyvern with them. They went looking for the guild house but didn't find anything."

Erik stood in silence for a few minutes, "I've never heard of them. I'll get in touch with a few people and see if they heard of them."

"Thank you." He nodded and went to make the calls.

-With The Thunder Legion-

They got an early start looking for the dark guild. Laxus sent Bickslow and Evergreen in the air to search from above while he and Freed searched from the ground. They hoped to be able to find where they were hiding out, that way they could start planning on how to take the guild out.

Laxus was crankier than normal, due to being away from his pregnant mate. Thankfully after a couple hours of Bickslow had sent one of his babies to let Laxus and Freed know they possibly found where the guild was hiding out. Laxus and Freed ran to where Bickslow and Evergreen were waiting.

"There is definintely something going on here Bossman. Can you hear anything?"

Laxus listened and nodded, "There are eight people in there and I can smell the wyvern."

"What is the plan Laxus?" Evergreen asked.

"I heard them talking about attacking the town tonight. We will hide and wait for them. I want to see what their powers are before we attack them. If we could find away to take out the wyvern first, it would help us." They nodded their heads and headed back into to town.

When they got back in town, they grabbed some food and searched for a place to hide to where they could get an advantage point to watch the guild. Laxus's lacrima started going off as they walked around.

"Laxus, Lucy told me the name of the dark guild. I thought the name had sounded familiar, so I made a couple calls. You guys need to be careful."

"What did you find out?"

"The leader is Ikaruga."

"How can that be, she is suppose to be dead." Freed said.

"She has been going by an alias, Kiyomi. She has a mage that can control certain monsters, his favorite being wyverns. Those are the only two you really need to watch out for."

"Thanks for the information. How is Lucy? She is doing good, relaxing and reading right now. Don't worry I haven't told her what I found out. You guys just watch your backs." He closed the connection.

"Let's just stay in the background when they come into town. When they leave we will follow them to their hiding place." They nodded.

They didn't have to wait long for the guild to show up. There wasn't a wyvern with them this time. They watched as they went into the shops taking what they wanted, and destroyed most of the merchandise in the stores.

When Dark Moon was done with the stores they walked further into town to the mayor's house. Thunder Legion followed behind to make sure the mayor didn't get hurt. What they seen, and what Laxus heard, had them all too shocked to move.

What could it be? Is the mayor in leagues with the dark guild? Is he possibly being threatened some how?