(A.N. Sorry for the late update guys. Been a long past couple weeks. Got a new babysitting job and my grandma is back in the hospital again so the update schedule may be a little bit wacko for a while. Fair warning.)
Chapter 17: The After Effect
-Laxus POV-
I woke up to utter chaos and destruction going through my head. I felt immense pain coming from my right leg. Then I remember what had happened. Erza along with myself had been bitten by that god awful snake. I slowly opened my eyes to look at the scene around me. I was lying on the ground, trees hovering above me. I slowly raised up and cringed at the sight of purple poison running up my leg. My injury wasn't as bad as Erza's though. Hers was closer to her heart than mine. Erza was still knocked out beside of me and it appeared as if Hibiki was hard at work on his archive.
"Hey Hibiki. Where is everybody? And how long have I been out of it."
"Oh hey Laxus. You've been out for about three days. I found a way to prevent the poison from spreading so fast. As for everyone else they went to find Wendy. She was abducted during our battle against Oraceion Seis."
'Wendy! Why Wendy? What would they want with Wendy? Hibiki answered my question before I could even get it out of my head.
"She's the Sky Dragon Slayer. I don't know why they want her but it has to be something bad."
I gasped in pain and laid back down looking at the sky above me. I closed my eyes hoping to drift into sleep so the pain would go away. It was so peaceful until Hibiki spoke again trying to get into contact with the others. He was trying to get into contact with Natsu. I listened to the conversation between the two.
"Natsu-kun! Can you hear me?"
"Who are you?"
"It's me. Hibiki. From Blue Pegasus. Thank goodness. I was getting worried after not being able to contact anyone."
"Oh! Where are you?"
"Not so loud Natsu. One of the enemy has excellent hearing. It's possible that he could hear us. That's why I'm speaking directly into your mind. So how are Wendy and the cat?"
"They're here although they're unconscious. Happy is awake though."
"I see. Thank goodness. Great job. I'm going to download an app into your head that will direct you straight to our location. I can't connect to Happy but either way hurry up getting back here."
"Sure and what was that about an apple? I don't get you."
He must have finished what he was doing because I didn't hear him talk anymore. I sat up once again and tried to stand up but failed. The pain was too much to bear at the moment. I glanced over at Erza then at Hibiki who had turned his attention to me.
"So Hibiki. How did you tell Natsu where we was?"
"My magic, Archive, can compress information. By compressing it, people can transfer information between each other more quickly."
"I've never heard of that kind of magic before."
"Using magic to convert information into data is a recent concept, you see."
"I see. Anywho I'm thankful that Wendy is safe. I don't know what I would do if something happened to her. I've become quite attached to her you see?"
I looked up to see Hibiki with a slight smile on his face. For some reason it kind of pissed me off.
"Oi! What the hell you doing smiling at a time like this?"
"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. But I wonder though, why are you so close to Wendy? You don't have to tell me if you don't want too but it might help you feel better if you got some things off your chest. You seem like you're holding a lot in."
Thoughts of Lucy crossed through my mind. I seen myself back when I raped her. How I hurt her. I was so angry with myself even now.
~Flashback~
I laid on Lucy's couch waiting on her to finish the dished and come sit with me. I was so happy when she said yes to marrying me the night before. Joy still leaped inside of me at just a thought of her being my wife. I didn't hear her come into the room till she placed a hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at her and she gave me a brief smile. I still couldn't believe any of this. After what I had done to her. Raped her, tried to hurt her, and all her friends. How could she be so forgiving.
"Laxus…what's on your mind dear?"
"Nothing Lucy. Just thinking about things."
"Laxus…I know your still upset over everything. I can tell by looking into your eyes. There is no reason to be upset. Sure you hurt a few people but who hasn't? We all make mistakes in our life and in the end it makes us stronger because those mistakes make us who we are. Don't worry about what happened Laxus. The past is in the past for a reason. Just look towards the future and you will be just fine."
~Flashback end~
Her words ran through my mind. She was so sweet and kind. Maybe telling someone else about her would make me feel better. I raised my head up to meet Hibiki only to realize he had turned back towards his Archive thing.
"It's because of my wife Lucy. She's pregnant. That's why I'm so attached to Wendy. Even though she's not, Wendy kind of feels like a daughter to me."
He turned back towards me and gave me a slight smile.
"I see. I bet Lucy would be happy to see you so close to a child."
I smiled but, it quickly faded once we heard the bushes move. We quickly turned our gazes only to be surprised when Natsu popped out with a passed out Wendy, Happy, and Carla in his arms. He was freaking out about how he was able to find out where we was. After he was done babbling he slowly sat Wendy on the ground following with shaking her violently.
"Wendy please wake up! Heal Erza and Laxus!"
I started to tell him to stop shaking her but couldn't speak because of the pain pulsating through my body. The poison was starting to move up my stomach and into my other leg now. His violence however actually worked for once. Wendy slowly started to wake up. She moaned a little and Natsu stopped shaking her. Her brown eyes slowly opened and then she quickly backed away from Natsu landing right next to me. There was fear in her eyes. She started panicking and covering her ears.
"I'm sorry! I…"
She started gasping for air. She was acting as if she was about to cry. I slowly placed my hand on her shoulder and looked at Natsu.
"I don't care about that right now!"
She opened her eyes again and looked at me then at Natsu.
"Both Erza and Laxus have been bit by a poisonous snake. Please save them! I'm begging you!"
"Poison."
She slowly turned and eyed both Erza and I. She flinched in horror as she watched the poison slowly spread. Hibiki then spoke.
"We need both of them in order to win. Please Wendy."
"Of course! Yes! I'll do it!"
She immediately went to work as she started to cast a healing spell on us. The poison was slowly starting to drift away from our bodies. Erza was still out of it. I'm surprised she hasn't woke up yet. After Wendy was done we all started thanking her. Her head dropped slightly as she stated that Erza might not wake up for a while. I understood that. She was worse off than I was. We started planning out our counterattack while we was waiting for Erza to wake up. Natsu placed his hand on Wendy's shoulder and began talking to her softly.
"Wendy don't worry about what happened. You didn't really have much of a choice in the matter."
"Natsu what are you talking about?"
"You see Laxus, Wendy helped Brain revive this guy named Jellal Fernandez. He caused some trouble in the magic council a while back. (A.N. He just caused trouble. No tower of Heaven.) He was the reason the council collapsed. He also so happens to be a childhood friend of Erza's. I recon she got pretty mad at him after the ordeal."
I nodded in response understanding what he was telling me. I slowly tried to stand up, stumbling as I tried to gain my foothold. I turned to where Erza was only to see…nothing.
"Uh guy's we got a problem. Erza's gone."
