She ran over to him as she dropped to the floor beside him turning him over so his head was on her lap. Freaking out, her hands started to shake as they ran softly down Natsu's face while she looked at his injuries. "What the hell happened?" she yelled looking directly at Erza who didn't answer. Directing her attention back towards Natsu, anxiety tears started to fall. She put her arms over him as she cried not knowing what else to do. "Lucy, let's get him to the one of the bedrooms" Erza said trying to refocus Lucy's attention as she shook her head yes. She sniffled and grabbed his arms while Erza grabbed his legs. "We need to make this fast. When he wakes up, he's going to be in a lot of pain." She explained to Lucy as they carried him to the bedroom. Once they laid him down, Lucy went and sat at his side. "Natsu baby, what the hell were you doing?" she asked him quietly. "Itssss mmmy fffault" Lucy and Erza turned their heads to see Layla standing there with her hands to her face with tears streaming down it. "I'm so sorry daddy" she cried.
"Nnoo" they heard weakly as Layla slowly walked over and got into Lucy's lap as her and Erza looked at Natsu. They gasped when his eyes opened partially. Raising his hand, he grabbed Layla's and shook his head back and forth. "NnnotyourfaultLayla" he mumbled but they were barely able to hear it. "Daddy" she cried laying her head on his stomach as he rubbed her head. He looked up at Lucy when he closed his eyes. "Natsu" she was cut off quickly as he let out a yell of pain. "Natsu!" she attempted to go forward to him but Erza gave her a look telling her not to so she backed off. Erza just had to take one look to tell he was trying not to scream with how much pain he was in. "What do we do Erza?" Lucy asked freaking out.. "I'm calling my private doctor, she will be here soon." she said frank. "A private doctor? ,Erza what do you do that you have one of those?" she asked. "I'll explain later" she told her quickly as she pulled out her phone and called someone. "She'll be here in a few minutes" said Erza once she hung up. "Your doctor lives that close?" Lucy asked surprised. "Yup, come on, we have to try to keep him comfortable until she gets here" "Hhow do we do that?" she asked nervously geuninely not knowing how to comfort him in the pain she saw he was in.
"Lu...cy" Erza smiled and said " I think you have your answer" as Lucy sat herself on the bed and took his hand laying her head on his shoulder. He squeezed it as she sat there. She reached up and rubbed Layla's back letting her know she was there as Layla turned her head towards them. "Hello, Erza?" a voice called out. "In here Jellal" she responded as Jellal walked in and stopped dead center once he reached the room. "What the hell happened?" he said bitterly. Erza took his hand and led him out of the room back towards the kitchen. Lucy couldn't hear them except when she heard Jellal yell out "that dumbass!" and "he shouldn't have done that by himself" She looked back at Natsu and thought "what did you go and do my dragon?" until she heard Jellal say something getting her attention. "Might be time to get your old gang involved." making her eyes widen. "Old gang?" but she didn't hear anymore as they came walking back into the room only to have the doorbell ring. "It's open" said Erza as the door opened and shut as what Lucy thought must have been in her twenties a young girl with blue hair and black bag had come in.
"What's happened Erza?" she asked in sweet voice. Erza pointed her head towards Natsu as the girl walked over. "My name is Wendy, is this your husband?" she asked Lucy kindly. "My fiancée ,pplease can you help him?" she asked desperately. " I will try my best, I promise. I am going to need you to get up okay?. So I can fully look at him. Lucy nodded and got up as Wendy set her black bag on the bed and unzipped it. "Layla, come on baby" she said calm as she could picking her up off Natsu and setting her on the floor. "Come on let's find something on the tv" she said as she gently took her hand and led her out of the room as Layla turned her head to look at Natsu. "Sssorry daddy" she whispered.
Lucy looked at her heartbroken as she didn't look up but followed Lucy to the couch and sat on it as Lucy channel surfed until she found something about a blue cat. "Stay here Layla, okay baby?" she asked hoping to get her attention but Layla just nodded looking at the tv. "This is not your fault sweetheart" she thought as she walked back to Erza and Jellal. They watched as Wendy had a conflicted sad face as she slowly lifted Natsu's shirt up. Lucy let out a gasp as Erza caught her before she fell forward. Standing in Erza's arms, she began to shake as she looked at the state Natsu was in. His body had deep black and purple bruises all over it as she saw the outline of his ribs sticking out. "Oh my god, Natsu!" she yelled emotional as Erza held held her not letting her fall to her knees. "What the hell happened!" "Come on Lucy" she told her as they heard Natsu yell in pain. "Come on..it's only going to get worse and I know he won't want you to see him like this" said Erza pushing Lucy out gently. She whipped her head around to Natsu who was yelling out hurting everything inside her as she succumbed to Erza and walked out with her. "Jellal is going to stay to watch over him but he is good hands with Wendy, I promise." she assured in a confident voice as Lucy sat down.
Erza put on a pot of water. "Erza do you know what happened?" she questioned. "Don't you dare lie to me." "It's not my place to say, that is something you need to ask Natsu. I know why he did it but as for what happened, I honestly have no clue." Lucy gave her an unsatisfied look but Lucy could tell from the look Erza was giving her that she would get nothing else from her. The pot of water went off as Erza reached into her cupboards for a cup and packet of something. Lucy couldn't see but when Erza turned around, she held a cup in her hands and placed it down in front of her. "Tea. calm your nerves a little. I'm sure they are going crazy right now." she said nicely. "Thanks Erza, can you explain something to me now?" "What?" "How your able to get a private doctor and I heard you and Jellal earlier when he said something about your old gang" She smirked as she closed her eyes and let out a breath. "You heard that did you?. yeah Jellal doesn't always know how to keep his voice down" Erza looked and saw in Lucy's eyes that she was determined to get answers and wouldn't take no for an answer.
She went and took the seat next to Lucy. "Alright, well since you really want to know. I've been a fighter pretty much my entire life. When I was little, my parents passed away and I don't have any other relatives so I was on the street. It's not pretty. I had to fight for everything I wanted. Food, clothes" Erza paused to see if she lost Lucy's attention but she could see Lucy was adamantly focused on her so she continued "I got into some really shitty spots as a teenager, almost got me a couple times but I managed to get away. When I was about 17 , a group of people found me scraping with a bunch of boys." Lucy gasped as Erza's expression went dark. "I beat the shit out of them. They were after my food and I wasn't going to let them have it." "Who was the group that found you?" she asked wanting to know. "It was a mafia group." she said blunt. "Hmm, your taking this a lot more comfortable then I thought you would." said Erza shocked. "Jellal told me you were a hell of a fighter to take on a group of full grown guys and kick their asses. After hearing that, this doesn't surprise me..and everything that has happened in the last few days and now Natsu. No if anything, it's relieving to know your strong." she answered with a dark smile.
Erza felt horrible looking at her face and everything she had endured when all she wanted was to have a life with Natsu and their daughter. "Erza?" "Huh?" she said coming back to reality. "Can you please continue?" "Yes, sorry, the group came up to me after I was done and asked if I wanted to join. At the time, the last thing I expected was a cold hearted mafia asking me to join them..but the leaser who asked me. He had kind eyes ..I never thought I would see that. So I said yes. After that, they took me in and took care of me. They fed me, clothed me, taught me school and how to defend myself. I didn't go out shooting people if your thinking that. No, they made sure I knew how to use a gun and moves to defend myself. We had a private doctor because sometimes some of our members got into a bad brawl and we couldn't have the police involved so we got Wendy. She didn't mind. Our mafia didn't attack ruthlessly. We went after those who were in the wrong like sex trafficking, child kidnappings, sometime turf wars but we never just attacked people. I've killed but only those who deserved it. When I was old enough, It was time for me to leave but they always told me to come back if I need them. I don't do anything illegal just so you know. That gym is one hundred percent legally mine. I opened it a few years ago after I met Jellal, which I trust he told you how we met." Lucy nodded her head confirming.
"I opened it incase people here really want to know how to defend themselves..and to see who would fit in our mafia." "Really?" Lucy asked eagerly. "Yes" she said firmly. "We take our choices seriously. That crew that you heard me and Jellal talk about..that was my mafia group." "You think they can help Natsu?" Erza smiled as she nodded and said "yes." "Thank you for telling me Erza" she said earnest. "Your welcome, your family and I don't say that lightly." Lucy felt her cheeks go pink as Erza came and hugged her. "Natsu will be fine" she assured.
Releasing her, her and Lucy saw Wendy come out with a disappointed look her face. "Is he alright?" Lucy asked frantic. "Calm down Lucy" said Erza putting a hand on her shoulder. "Wendy, how bad is he?" asked Erza calmly. "It's not good. He's in for a rough road to recovery Erza. He's got a broken rib, punctured lung..you saw the severe bruising." Lucy just wanted to fall to the floor as every word that came out of Wendy's mouth made her heart tighten up. They both saw Wendy was hesitant to say one more thing. "Wendy...what is it?" asked Erza. "He's got an orbital socked fracture in his left eye." " does that mmean? Lucy said trembling. "It means without proper care, he could lose vision in that eye." she stated matter of factly. Lucy grabbed hold of a chair to keep her balance as Erza walked up to Wendy.
"I gave him some meds to help with the pain but when they wear off, he needs to stay put until he heals." "I...i understand" mumbled Lucy. "Let me walk you out" Erza said kindly. Wendy nodded and walked towards the door with her. "Thanks for coming to check on him" said Erza. "Oh you know I'll always come if you need something. Mafia or not..I am sorry for her though. I didn't mean to give you such hard news." Erza smiled as she said "her name is Lucy. That's Natsu Dragneel's fiancée." "I thought he looked familiar." "Don't make any comparisons to his relatives. He's nothing like that" she explained. As she walked away, Wendy turned and said " I already knew that Erza, or he wouldn't be here." then she left as Erza closed the door and walked back but Lucy had gone back into the bedroom. She very quietly sat on the end of the bed and nodded towards Jellal. "Lu..ce" she barely heard but she did as she saw Natsu with his one good eye look at her and reach his hand out. She stood up slowly and walked over as she put his hand to her cheek while he rubbed it with his thumb. "Hhhey...don't cry baby" he said wiping the tear that was dripping down her cheek. "Sorrry...just got really scared." she answered, her voice slightly high pitched. " " "I'll go grab her" said Lucy as she walked out and returned a minute later.
She walked over and lifted Layla onto the bed. Erza motioned towards Jellal who got the message leaving them alone. "Daddy" Layla said quietly but happily. "Hhi baby girl..." Hearing how weak he sounded made Layla heartbroken but Natsu saw it all over her face as he put two fingers under chin having her look up as he said "Layyyla..thisss..hmmm" he sucked in his breath as he winced in pain for a second but after a minute, he was alright as he saw Lucy and Layla's bodies relax themselves. "Listen baby girl..this isss not your fffault. None of this , what happened to me is on you okay?" He looked at her skeptical as he said "Layla..do you hheaar me?" She firmly nodded her head that time as she snuggled up against him and Lucy on his other side but she was very careful not to lean on his sides. "Babby, ccome here" "But Natsu, your in" "Jusst shut uup and get over here" he demanded pulling her into him making him grunt but he didn't care as he put his arm around Lucy. She wanted to ask him how the hell he got beat up but decided against it as she saw he could barely move let alone talk. "Lu..cy?" "What is it?" she asked tenderly. "Sstay with me" She put her head on his shoulder as she said firmly "I'm not going anywhere." "I'm not going to let you go through this alone" she thought as she carefully wrapped her hands around his arm and squeezed. She smiled and looked at him who had fallen back asleep. "Mommy?" "Shhh, just get some sleep baby girl" she whispered as Layla laid her head back down on Natsu whose arm was still around her.
Erza and Jellal discreetly peeked around the corner and smiled seeing them all asleep. After they peeked in on them, they turned and went on the couch. Erza rested her head on Jellal's chest as he put an arm around her. "So what now Erza?. This is not going to go away especially not after what Natsu just did." he turned towards her to see her contemplating hard as he could see it in her eyes. "I'm going to ask him." "You sure he is ready?" he asked curious. "Obviously not now, not with the condition he's in but I think once he's healed, I will ask him. He would fit right in. He's got a fire in him. You can tell looking at him. The motivation he has to protect those two girls, to grow stronger for himself. I think he would be perfect for it." "Well all this very true ,Erza..." "What?" she said wanting him to finish. "Has he ever shot a gun?. He's a damn hothead but would he be up to killing someone if it ever came to that." She turned her head and Jellal felt how serious she was as she looked at him and said "he was going to kill his mother. You didn't see it but I did." Natsu's face back to her mind as she continued "the rage that I felt come off him..there was no hiding what he felt at that moment no matter how much you tried. He was going to kill her Jellal and he didn't care." "Alright, I get it" he said holding his hands up.
"Don't kill me" he said lightly. Her face softened up and she smirked as she laid back against him and closed her eyes while he rubbed her cheek. "Is Lucy going to be alright?" he asked genuinely worried. "She'll be fine. I have a feeling Evelyn has no clue who she's fucking with yet" she said with a confident smile.