Natsu and Happy had been riding on the train for the past 7 or so hours and they only had a few hours to go until they reached Primrose.
"Why do you wanna get this over with so quick natsu? I expected you to want to walk all the way." "So we can go-o... on our n-next job, duh Happy!" Natsu managed to eek out while almost throwing up from the train's motion. It's true... but I also have something I wanna tell Lucy. The cat deemed the answer good enough and went back to munching on his fish.
The train was hurtling over the tracks at a steady speed of 93 mph (150 kph), that and the fact that night had fallen, made it hard to see. The conductor knew they were coming up on a bridge over a valley, but he wasn't able to see the sacking tracks coming up on them.
The first few cars made it over the sag until the weight became too much to hold for the supporting columns. The wood at the bottom exploded from the stress and the shredding of wood continued all the way up to the top. The track dropped from under the wheel at around the 5th car, which began to fall. As it did, all the remaining cars behind it became jumbled up as they slammed into each other, and the train started heading for the bottom. The first cars that had made it over the sag, slowed from the drag of the falling carts until became too much and started pulling them back over the edge, towards the bottom.
The conductor realized the chaos unfolding behind him and ran to unhook the engine car from the 2nd, which he did just in time to watch the rest of the train fly off the opposite cliff into the abyss.
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Natsu's acute motion sickness alerted him to the derailing ahead but since his car was still moving forward from the momentum, he couldn't do much. "Happy!" He screamed as he grabbed the feline, pulling him in close and wrapping his body around the cat's, shielding him.
Natsu's train car reached the edge and flew off. It unhinged itself from it's front and rear cars, and was slammed into the opposite cliff. Natsu's body became weightless from the drastic changes in direction and intertia, until the car slammed into the valley floor. His head smacked against the metal roof, knocking him unconscious.
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Lucy had left the guild awhile back because she had to buy some groceries, and she was secretly growing tired of the drunks.
She came into her apartment, half of her hoping a certain duo wasn't there, the other half hoping they were. She was slightly disappointed to find the former was true.
She made some dinner and ate it in silence while reading one of the books Natsu bought her a few days ago.
After dinner she heated the bath, stripped, and got in. "Ahhhh this feels good." She mumbled as she sunk into the warm water. She put a lavender bath bomb in it, revelling in the wonderful scent.
She dried off and got ready for bed. The celestial mage was about to put on her pajamas when she noticed a large shirt laying on her chair. She walked over to it, and looked down on it with a small smile.
She crawled onto the bed, pulling the warm comforter on top off her. The window was left unlocked incase a rowdy dragon slayer showed up.
Pulling the oversized shirt up to her nose, she smelled his scent still on it. Her face was flush as she yearned for his warmth. I'm gonna tell him how I feel when hes back
"Hurry up and finish your job so you can come home ya dummy." She whispered into the night.
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A lone train engine car rolled to a stop in the town of Primrose. The conductor stumbled out and ran to the nightshift guard in the booth.
"Help!"