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I would have updated yesterday, but my internet... do I even have to say it *sigh*, but I'm still on time. yay! ^_^/ . Anywaaaay... hope you like. :D

Chapter 8.

"Ice Maker, Lance!" Gray yelled and a weapon of ice shot toward Baldur. The spirit narrowed his eyes and slammed his fist right into the attack without hesitation.

"What?" Gray said shocked when his attack shattered like glass. Natsu ran past him with one burning fist and Lucy's key clenched in his other.

"My tur-ARGH!" he hadn't even got his confident sentence out before Baldur (somehow) were above him and had crashed him to the floor with a violent kick. He cried out in surprise when he landed on the floor and his palm opened. The key fell out, and slid across the floor. It stopped a little out of Loki's range.

"No!" Loki yelled from his chair and tried harder to get loose. Baldur turned his head and started walking toward the small item. Loki panicked and pushed his body forward so he landed on with his face on the floor. He snaked his body toward the key and because he was closer he managed to get it between his teeth.

"Loki!" Baldur said angrily and lifted Loki from the ground (with chair and everything).

"I wunt lit ju hav it, *I wont let you have it," he mumbled with the key in his mouth. Baldur sighed and with a pained expression he reached out toward the key between the stubborn boys teeth.

"Ice Maker, Hammer!"

"Roar of the Fire Dragon!"

Two attacks sounded at the same time and Baldur was taken off guard and lost his hold around Loki to dodge the attacks. All air was punched out of Loki's lungs, but he still kept the key between his teeth.

"Gage uf the spritish, I opon thee, Luci," he yelled the spell out, with the key still balancing in his mouth. Nothing happened.

I can't say it right. Not with this in my mouth, he thought and looked around. Baldur, Gray and Natsu had already started a wild fight. If he was silent he could maybe sneak out of the door…

"Where do you think you're going?" a cold voice asked.

"Eh?" Loki exclaimed and looked up at the person blocking his way. There in front of him stood Wan with a very pissed off expression.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked when Ares hesitated. He shook his head and came back to reality.

"Nothing…" he mumbled and looked at the ring for a long second before he gently pressed it down her slim finger. Lucy gasped when the metal touched her and yanked her hand back like she had been burned.

"What is this?" she asked and looked at the ring shining from her finger. Mania giggled quietly behind her.

"Now you will stay here," Ares said with a straight face, "you wont ever leave me."

"What are you talking about?" Lucy said and tried to pull the ring off, but it was as glued to her skin, "Ares! What have you… done…" she suddenly felt very dizzy and her eyes swam back and forth.

"I feel … weird," she whispered and collapsed to the floor.

"Huh? … Lucy!" Ares exclaimed surprised and caught the blonde girl before she hit the floor. He held her for a second and didn't know what to do. Then he turned to Mania.

"What did you do?" he asked and his voice turned cold. Mania giggled amused.

"Foolish little brat!" Wan spitted at Loki and kicked him as hard as he could. Loki flew to the other end of the room with the key tightly between his teeth, but when he hit the wall his eyes widen and he gasped in pain. His chair shattered around him and his bonds loosen, but the key flew from his mouth and landed by Wan's feet with a metallic thud.

Wan laughed and picked it up.

"No…" Loki gasped and dragged himself up by the wall.

"Loki!" Gray and Natsu both yelled surprised, but in their lack of concentration Baldur hit them both powerfully and they both fell doll-ish to the ground.

"Stop!" Loki yelled and stared with as much hatred he could get out, on Wan who smiled amused, "They have nothing to do with-"

Loki was cut off when a strong force of blue magic pressed against his throat.

"You're tough… even as human," Wan said and walked toward him. Loki gasped for air and tried to struggle, but it was like moving in mud.

"I will look forward to get you as my spirit."

"Go… to… Hell," Loki managed to get out, before Wan's fist slammed him so hard that his vision blacked out for a few seconds. He gained consciousness after a few seconds. He now lay on the floor and gasped for air. He could see Wan's booths next to his face and to the other side he saw Baldur stand; His eyes were twisted in sadness and Loki felt so terribly bad for him.

Wan yanked him up by the collar and stared into his eyes. Loki still gasped for air and couldn't do anything, except glare angrily at Wan.

"You are not… going to touch her," Loki got out and his eyes hardened even more.

"You're perfectly right," Wan said with a smirk plastered on his arrogant face, "Mania and Ares are doing all the hard work for me."

"Ares?" Baldur gasped and his eyes became a mix of pain and concern. Loki knew why, him and Ares were best friends, even though they were complete opposites. It hurt Baldur terribly that Ares were forced to kill for Wan. It probably hurt Baldur more than Ares.

Then something suddenly hit Loki and his eyes widen.

"Did you say Mania?"

"Tell me what you did!" Ares said and punched Mania into the wall as powerfully as he could. Mania laughed even louder and walked closer to Ares.

"You made it too easy!" she whispered and giggled again, "Stupid love-struck idiot! The ring is cursed, she's going to die in minuets."

Ares eyes twisted in anger and his fist hit her with as much power as he could manage. Mania crashed into the wall again, and two stripes of blood ran down her forehead, but her smile remained.

Ares ran over and picked Lucy up from where he had put her down, and spread his wings to full length and flew with more speed than he had ever done before.

"I have to get her out of the spirit world," Ares whispered and clenched his teeth together. He had to find Baldur.

The wind hit his face like needles, but he ignored it and held a hand over Lucy's face to protect her from the whiplashes of wind. She breathed irregular and whispered silently, but Ares didn't stop to listen.

They arrived to Baldurs house faster than ever and Ares opened the door as forcefully as he could.

"Baldur!" He yelled and flew into the familiar kitchen, "Baldur? I need you frikin' help!" Ares started to look around, "don't say you have been summoned? Please be here… please attack me and say I'm not welcome… just be here." He mumbled to himself, but the spirit didn't appear.

"Damn it! What do I do?" he whispered and put Lucy down on a couch. She whimpered when he moved her and he looked panicking around. He looked down at her hand and kneeled down. He studied the ring for a second and then started to pull in it. It didn't move. He straightened up and dug his hands down his hair in frustration. He turned around and punched his fist into the wall so dust and rocks shattered around him. He held his fist still in the air for a second and breathed heavily.

"What am I suppose to do?" he whispered and clenched his teeth harder.

"She has surely cursed your little friend by now," Wan smiled and let Loki drop to the floor. Loki fell to his knees and stared at Wan for a second his eyes were filled with hatred, but then an idea popped into his mind and he turned to Baldur.

"You can release curses!" Loki said with shining eyes, "you could save her."

"Loki…" Baldur said and his shoulders fell even more, "I can't."

"You can! You have to, I don't care if he's your owner!" Loki yelled and gestured angrily to Wan.

"It's probably too late anyway," Baldur said with a sigh. Loki clenched his teeth and shook his head.

"No it's not! It's NOT!" he yelled and threw himself toward Wan and yanked the key out of his hand. Wan was taken off guard.

"H-hey!" he said shocked.

"Gate of the spirits I open thee, LUCY!"

What did you think. I wrote it as quickly as I could. :) Review please. ^_^/