Chapter 15
Second last chapter! . Yippie!
Pain… Darkness…Fear… That was all he felt. No matter how much he struggle he could not get out. He screamed out, hoping for someone to save him. No one would come…He knew that...No one cared… He was alone…Suffering…Memories started flowing into his head. Horrifying memories of him in the tower of Babel… How he fought desperately wanting to save his friends. The beating he got when he worked a little slower. How his friends cried when they had enough. How their escape plan had failed. How Erza got caught…How she was tortured…How angry he bacame…How he destroyed everything with his bare hands…How he tried to sacrifice Erza…How he killed Simon…
He wanted to die, but the darkness would not let him. It held on to his life, forcing him to face every sin he had committed and slowly taking it away only to force it back in his head. He wanted to give up…
"Look at me..." A familiar voice whispered.
It sounded so scared, yet it filled him with warmth…Who is it?
"Jellal…Please you can do this, you can fight it."
Erza? Was the voice Erza?
"I know you had failed before but now you have me. You have Fairytail. You have a family. Please…"
Erza…He needed to apologize to her for all the hurt he had caused. He needed to find her and and…
"Erza…I'm sorry…" He cried, shocked at how weak his voice sounded.
He needed to tell her that he could not make it… It hurts too much for him to fight it… "There is no such thing as freedom for me…I'm sorry…"
He felt something warm gripping him tight, "I don't care if there is no freedom! As long as we have each other, I don't care if we are locked up in a cage! Don't give up on me! You promise you will never leave me!"
He wanted to cry, how naïve can Erza be? Darkness can't be beaten so easily…Especially not by someone as weak as him. He did not even have any more strength to even say another word.
He suddenly felt warm lips on his, it was desperate kiss. He can feel it. Erza must have hoped a true love kiss might work…Sadly he knew there was no such thing.
But the dark gripped on him slowly lighten it hold on him and the pain was slowly leaving him. His vision slowly cleared and the first thing he saw was Erza's teary eyes.
"Je…Jellal…"
He blinked a few times.
"Erza…" He croaked. The weight of his sins fell heavily on his shoulders and he cried.
He had killed his friends…He had deceived the council…He is a monster…He don't even deserve a tint of happiness, much less love.
"Jellal…don't cry…" Erza wiped his tears tenderly.
"I'm so glad you are okay." Lucy cried out.
Jellal gave a small smile, "I glad too."
"He is awake?" Natsu shouted excitedly.
"Yes dried brain, he is awake." Gray snorted.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY HUH?" Natsu slammed his head into Gray's.
"I said dried brain." Gray growled back.
Makarov gave Jellal a gentle pat and a fatherly smile. It warmed Jellal's heart to know that even though he had sin so much Fairy Tail still accepted him.
He slowly reached out and hugged Erza, apologizing to her once more.
"What are you apologizing for? You are a victim of the black Fairy, so don't blame yourself." Erza smiled as she caresses his bloodied and bruised face, "You will need medical treatment."
"And he would need to come with us."
They all looked up and saw the whole magic council standing there.
"But he is innocent!" Lucy shouted.
"We would decide whether he is innocent or not. Lahar, take him away." The chairman of the council said coldly.
Lahar hesitated for a while before bowing, "Yes sir…"
Erza tried to talk some sense into Lahar "You saw the Fairy… You saw what she did… You would-"
"I know what I saw; I promise you I would fight hard to clear his name." Lahar cut her off with a promise. Jellal stood up and let Lahar and his men take him away.
The whole Fairy Tail were angry at the Council but unable to do anything against them in their fatigue. It was only when they were out of sight they started speaking.
"Jerks! They better let him out soon or I'll blow up their headquarters." Natsu spat out.
"I would freeze their brains." Gray huffed.
"Juvia don't like them…" Juvia commented
"So do I." Lucy glared at the direction they are gone.
"Let us all go back to the guild…and figure what to do tomorrow." Makarov suggested. Slowly they made their way back to the Guild to rest… Well except for Erza who sat there like a statue.
"Erza?" Makarov called.
"So close… We were so close…Why won't they just let him go?" Erza cried bitterly.
"Give them time…They would let him free soon." Makarov force a smile, hoping it would comfort the distress Erza. But he knew how the Magic council is like, arrogant and petty. They would never be able to forget a grudge especially one like what Jellal had done.
Jellal was pretty much doom…
Short chapter…Thought about ending it in this chapter but seems like it lengthen on its own so next chapter shall be the last chapter.
