Chapter 9.
Ares wandered restless back and forth the room with two fingers rubbing his chin in deep thoughts and his eyes were twisted in concentration. Lucy lay on the couch with pearl of sweat shining on her forehead. He had put her there, but now he had no idea what to do.
"What do I do?" Ares asked the air and walked quicker, "maybe I should kill Mania and stop the curse… no she doesn't make her own stuff… Should I cut off Lucy's finger?" he looked at Lucy from the corner for his eye, "I don't think that would be appreciated later. So what do I FRIKIN' DO?"
Suddenly the smell of smoke caught Ares attention. He looked over and realized that smoke had covered Lucy, but she didn't disappear, and he knew why.
Loki was obviously trying to summon her, but spirits couldn't go to the human world when their magic-level was at 0. Lucy's were probably -3 right now. He hurried over and laid his cool hand on her burning forehead.
"Lucy?" he whispered and kneeled beside her, "I could give you some of my magic," he whispered and removed a hair from her cheek, "I'm a golden key, so I could give you enough to get to the human-world without damaging myself but…" his eyes twisted in anger, "maybe you wouldn't come back."
Lucy whimpered in pain and Ares looked away.
"I have never done anything noble before," he said quietly, "why do I have to start now? Damn it!" he laid his hand on her forehead again and clenched his teeth. His hand started glowing and Lucy gasped in shock. Ares felt his magic being pulled out and he moaned in pain, but kept going.
Lucy's eyes opened slowly and she looked up at the spirit, with wonder painted on her face. Ares smiled relived down at her.
"Ares…" she whispered. She sounded like she had just slept for days, "what are you doing?"
"See you, Lucy, 'kay?" he said weakly and collapsed to his knees. His breaths were long and rasping.
"Ares!" Lucy yelled, but she was already being sucked into the stream of light. Heading for the human world.
Her eyes clenched together by the light and she covered her eyes. Someone yelled her name and it echoed in her head. She felt so weird. Her body felt strong and healthy, but her mind was panicking and flustered. What had Ares done to her? Someone yelled her name again.
"Lucy!" the voice yelled and she peeped out between her fingers, Loki were lying on the floor, his eyes were huge in horror, "what are you doing? Get up?" it took a while for the words to sink into her head. She pressed her hands to the floor and tried to lift her weight off the floor, but suddenly a huge hand picked her up. She looked into Wan's amused face when he held her up to examine her condition.
"No!" Loki's yell echoed in her head. She wish he would stop yelling, her head spun so terribly.
Baldur stood behind them. His face were filled with mixed feelings.
"Well, I see Mania's spell hasn't killed you yet," he put pressure on the last word and smirked. Lucy looked at him with lifeless eyes. She could hear the blood thunder in her skull, but she ignored it and focused in the strength Ares had given her.
"Let me… go," she hissed and grabbed around the arm holding her up.
"Lucy!" Loki yelled and tried to get back on his feet, but fell right back to the floor with a groan, "Just hold on a little while longer. You will be human again in… about an hour I think."
"She wont last that long," Wan said, but suddenly his expression changed, he stared into her eyes and narrowed his eyes in first surprise and then anger, "that useless spirit." Wan said angrily and threw Lucy to the ground with as much power as he could manage, "he gave you his powers, didn't he? Didn't he?" he said frustrated and lifted his leg to kick Lucy.
"Wai-" Loki yelled, but stopped himself in surprise. Lucy had grabbed Wan's foot, just before it touched her face. Her head were lowered and hid her expression. Wan tried to yank his leg back, but Lucy just tightens her grab.
"You hurt my friends," she whispered and looked up at him. Loki gasped in surprise. Her eyes had changed from their normal brown color to a shining yellow color. Wan tried harder to yank his foot back, but Lucy's expression just hardened.
"Ares gave me these powers," she said and her whole body started to shine, "I'm not going to waste them!"
"Y-you can't!" Wan said shocked.
"Ares… Baldur…" Lucy said the names slowly. Baldur lifted his head by the sound of his name, "Mania too… they are all your spirits, and you have used them for evil!"
"Let go, you psycho!" Wan yelled and fear now dripped from his voice.
"Let them go first," Lucy said and her hair lifted from her shoulders. Ares energy filled her whole being and she felt like laughing and smiling, but instead she held her straight face.
"No way!" Wan said and finally remembered that he was a mage. He formed his hands and a ball of magic appeared in his palm. Lucy looked up at him; her expression stayed the same, except from her eyes that slowly closed. At the second her eyelashes hit her cheek Wan shot backwards out of her hand with a scream in pain. His keys fell from his belt and made a metallic thud when they hid the ground.
Lucy hurried to her feet and took the keys from the floor and went to where Wan were lying. The powers filled her like a fire.
"Release them from their contract," she whispered.
"No," he said angrily and with shaking limbs came back to his feet. Lucy didn't try to stop him.
"Please," she whispered soft, but he kept his stubborn mask on.
"No! Baldur!" he yelled. Lucy felt a pair of strong hands grab her shoulders and turn her around. Baldur looked into her eyes and made no attempt to hide the pain when he saw his best friends powers shine through her eyes.
"It's enough Lucy, Ares didn't give you his powers to fight for us, he wanted you to stay alive, you waste them by fighting," he said, but Lucy just smiled to him.
"I know," she said and lifted her hands, "but I'm going to save you, no matter what." A beam of light shot from her hands and Baldur was blasted backwards. He gasped in surprise and smashed into the back wall.
Lucy turned to Wan again. He was trying to get to the door, but Lucy stopped by shooting a ball of energy very close to his face. He stopped with a gasp
"Let me go!" he demanded, but it was a weak attempt. Lucy's eyes had turned all golden now and her voice was almost mechanic.
"Release them from their contact," she said and her hair once again lifted from her shoulders.
Ares fell to the floor and gasped for air. He had given Lucy a lot of his magic, and it felt like she just kept taking. He held a hand over his heart to stop the pressure, but it wouldn't stop. He grew weaker and weaker.
"Lucy… stop," he whispered out loud, but he knew his voice couldn't reach her. He gasped for air again and reached for the table for support, but it tilted and Ares fell to the ground, and didn't get up.
Her powers felt amazing. It felt like a warm light that didn't only warm her muscles, but her mind too. She clenched her hands around Wan's shoulders. The man was strong, but she was stronger.
"S-stop it," Wan whispered. His eyes rolled to the back of his head by her touch and he moaned like a sick animal. Lucy didn't fell any pity for him. He tried to mumble something, but Lucy had already drained the last energy out of his body. When she let go, he fell like a doll to the ground. Dead.
"L-Lucy?" Loki's voice suddenly said. He didn't try to call her over, it was more a question. She turned toward him, her eyes still shining golden.
"Y-you killed him," Loki informed her. Lucy sighed and nodded. She looked back to find Baldur, but he had somehow disappeared. Natsu and Gray lay unconscious on the floor and hadn't seen anything.
"And now I'll make a contract with Baldur and Ares," she told him and went toward Wan's corps to take his keys.
"Lucy, wait!" Loki said and tried his best to get back on his feet, "You are not yourself. I said, wait!"
"But I am," Lucy whispered and turned toward him, her head were slightly bent to the side and her eyes were sleepy and confused.
"Who am I?" Loki asked and walked with swaying steps toward her. Her eyes fluttered from golden to brown and she narrowed her eyes.
"You are Loki, my owner," she said unsure.
"Not for long," Loki said, "but for now I am, and you can't make contracts, Lucy."
"I don't understand," Lucy said and put a hand on her head. When she looked up again her eyes were its normal color, but also filled with tears.
"Relax," Loki said and embraced her. At first she was completely stiff in his arms, but then a tear broke loose and soaked into Loki's shoulder. Loki tightened his hold around her and she let her tears fall on his shoulder. At first it was silent sobs, but soon she cried harder and had to grab around his shirt to keep standing. She cried higher and wilder than she had ever done before and Loki just stroked her hair in silence.
"I killed him…" she sobbed and buried her head deeper in Loki's shoulder. He smelled like smoke, dust and Loki.
"You weren't yourself," he whispered, "Wan's death wasn't your fault."
"I regret killing Wan," she said and finally pulled away from Loki. His eyes twisted in pain when he saw her tearstained face, "but what is worse… I think… I think I killed Ares too."
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