Chapter 16: Scared
Levy woke up battered and bruised. She was sore all over and her left hand was tingling. Blue marks swirled their way up her arm and she examined the foreign marks. This must have been from the book she touched earlier. What did the marks mean? Was she not compatible with the book after all? She contemplated in thought. As time went by and she couldn't think of a good answer to her questions and fear started to sink in.
Where was she?
Where was Gajeel?
What happened to the book?
How terrified should she be?
And what was going to happen to her?
As fear sank in so did panic and she began to feel antsy. Levy could no longer sit still and instead walked around her jail cell. It reminded her a lot of the one back at base with Makarov and the others. Except she didn't think she would get as warm of a reception. The sound of footsteps pierced through her scattering thoughts.
"Levy, Levy, Levy. You really are the key. I fully plan on using you my blue haired friend." A cocky grin shined through the bars. Jellal laughed at Levy's horrified look.
"You won't get away with this", said Levy's shaky voice. It was a line she heard in every cheesy movie, and in the very back of her mind she kicked herself for saying it.
"Oh my dear, do you really think you have a chance?", He gave a hearty laugh and continued, "Your red eye friend is going to die from his sickness. I felt it in his technique, he's running out of time. He won't be able to save you and that red head, Ha. She's easy to defeat for someone like me."
He smiled at her widening eyes. Smirked at how she opened and closed her mouth from being absolutely speechless. He combed his fingers through his hair. "If your a good girl" He said slyly "This place can be your home. From one blue haired person to another I don't want to see you suffer."
Levy stared at Jellal, not sure what to say. She just stayed silent. She didn't want to get hurt but she didn't want to betray Gajeel either. What was she going to do?
In the midst of her thinking Jellal had already turned away and started walking up the stairs. He paused on his ascension and said over his shoulder "Think about it."
She had to get out of there. Had to get back home.
The next day rolled around and she had not been saved. Jellal was probably right. Levy had to escape on her own. She grabbed her bag and examined the contents within. She wasn't sure what she'd find.
In her bag was:
Food
A Flashlight
A map
A Pencil (from school)
A Notepad
A knife, with a note attached
Escape through the window, was all that was written.
Levy looked towards the window and looked at the knife. This was it. She walked up to the window and saw that it was much like a thick, plastic screen. The window was screwed in by 4 bolts, one in each corner. Using the knife like a screwdriver she undid all of the four bolts. She was surprised to see how easily the window came off, and she was further shocked to see she was merely on the first story of the tower. Levy knew what she had to do.
She gathered her things and heaved herself through the window. She slipped through and landed painfully on her side. She smiled, she really got out of there. It was unreal. Levy looked around to humanness grand land for miles on end. She took a deep breath. She has to move, that was all she could do. She thankfully took one last look around her surroundings and saw another note, hidden in a bush.
Head to the Campsite, wait.
Levy prayed that she would be able to find the campsite easily. They left the campsite at night, so she expected it to be a challenge. With nothing more than her map and memory Levy headed out to locate the campsite.
Hopefully Jellal wouldn't show up for quite some time, to give her as much of a head start as possible.
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