A/N - This...is a weird ass fic for me. I usually don't write like this, but I could not for the life of me write this any other way.
Really sorry if this is not most people's cup of tea. I also really hope you can all tell who is talking.
Whack a Lucy
By Genavere
"Think we could move her?"
Move? Lucy felt a sharp ache pierce through her skull the moment she thought the word. No, that could not be. It had been when the voices around her first came through. Could they not be quiet, she groaned.
"Is she coming to?" That warm voice filled her ears and a well of annoyance overflowed inside. If Natsu was hovering over her, that meant something went wrong, and the possibility that he had been involved were high.
"I don't think so. Probably just an unconscious reaction." Another familiar voice shot through her head like a cold chill. Those two morons could leave her alone or at least get Wendy so she could help her head.
"This is bad, Erza is going to kill us! Why did you have to get in my way, Gray?"
"You got in my way, Flames for brains!"
"I was clearly going after the target first!"
"You wanna go at it again?"
"Will you two stop it!" Another voice, another familiar one, added to the headache that pounded in her head. "We need to get Lucy to Wendy!"
"We know, little Buddy—"
"No, you don't! You are just fighting here and not paying attention to her. She's pale and her head is bleeding from that rock you threw at her!"
"Oi! Who are you saying threw that rock? If Ice Princess hadn't tossed an ice hammer and hit the Vulcan AND the rock, it wouldn't have hit her!"
"Who had the bright idea to throw a flaming rock at a Vulcan!?"
"What? Fighting them with fists would've been boring."
"You're a moron."
"Wanna say that again, droopy eyes?"
How she wished she had the strength to summon Virgo to drop them in a hole. They were too loud and if her head wound did not kill her, the pain splitting her head apart currently would. The fact that they were too consumed to fight with each other and buck the blame made her wish desperately that Erza would come and beat them into oblivion.
"I can't believe you used the hammer as a bat." She vaguely remembered seeing that. Both of them had already been bickering non-stop and had been trying to show the other up with the most ridiculous ways to take out the Vulcan pod. It had started way before the rock had been toss. For her part, her and Happy had merely stayed back as they went crazy. The last thing she had seen and heard had been the hammer slamming into the Vulcan from the side.
At least only the rock hit her and not the Vulcan, too.
"Who was the one who kicked a full tree down to land on one?"
"Should I remind you that I took out three with that move?"
"Whatever, flame breath."
"Gray! Natsu!" Was that Erza she heard?
"Aw, crap! We're so dead!"
"A-aye!"
It was. Finally, she just desperately wanted this agony to go away. Their arguing was too much and way too loud, and she could say nothing to either of them. Not even a finger twitched at her command.
"What happened to Lucy?!"
"Oh no! She looks bad! Carla, can you get me the bandages while I begin healing her?"
"You two, speak now. What happened here."
"Well, you see…Natsu had this great idea to throw a rock…"
"Natsu threw a rock at Lucy?"
"Aye! Wait, no! Don't kill me! I threw it at a Vulcan, then Stripper here decided to play ball and smacked the same one I threw the rock at with a hammer! But he did it like…a bat!"
"I had already called dibs!"
"Did not!"
"Did, too!"
Two loud clanks rung out and the same number of thuds on the ground. Neither one bothered her as bad with the energies she felt coming from Wendy's hands. Slowly, she opened her eyes and looked up at the young dragon slayer.
"Don't try to move," she said softly. "You got a pretty bad wound on your head."
Light pierced the canopy of trees and her eyes. Closing them, she let out a sigh. "They wouldn't…stop fighting."
"They won't be doing that any time soon," Erza promised. The disappointment in her tone made Lucy's skin crawl. Would it be better to apologize now for her lack of capabilities? "When we get back to the guild, those two will be chained to each other until they learn to get along."
Slowly, she cracked open an eye and looked at the red-head. Relief flooded through her at the soft smile that was directed at her. "How did you know?"
"The Tomcat was actually useful and told us you were injured," Carla said, holding the roll of bandages that had been requested.
"Happy?" She glanced around for him. "Where is he?"
"I sent him with the proof of a successful mission to get our reward and to buy train tickets." Erza came over and waited until she had been given the okay from Wendy before picking her up in her arms.
Lucy blushed furiously even as her head fell on Erza's shoulder. "I-I can walk!"
"Better not risk it, Miss Lucy." Wendy smiled up at her as she healed the two boys just enough so they could walk.
"That's right," Erza agreed. "The carelessness of your teammates caused you to be wounded, we will ensure no additional damage can come to you, or I will take full responsibly."
"You don't have to do that."
"I do, and I will." She looked over her shoulder and gave the two males of their team a narrowed look that sent them both into each other's arms. "And if I hear anything from either of you, you can guarantee, I can guarantee neither of you will be capable of going on jobs for over a month. Do you understand?"
"Yes, ma'am!" They echoed.
Though she could not see their faces, Lucy could imagine how they looked. It gave her a sense of pride that she had managed to not be involved in this round of punishments from the red-head. It will be a good source of entertainment to watch them endure it for the foreseeable future.
Smiling, she let herself relax against the firm armor, glad that the pounding in her head had finally settled into nothing more than a faint heartbeat.
A/N - If you made it here, congratulations! Hopefully the story wasn't too bad, lol.