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Note: Sorry I have took so long to update, I have been busy with college and writing has never been my strong point so it takes me awhile to write stuff out. So sorry if the chapter is sucky, I am having a hard time with the little details. On with the story.
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Nastu, Lucy, Happy, and Lyon were trying to figure out what to do next. After a few minutes of discussion Nastu, Lucy, Happy, and Lyon decided to split up and search around the area and further again (just in case they missed anything) and because they couldn't think of what else to do. Lyon had a bad feeling that Gray's disappearance was linked to the person (or people) looking for ice mages. He really hoped he was wrong on that feeling. Lyon was searching on the outer edge of the village to see if there was anything the others might have missed. He hadn't been searching long when he spotted a sight that made his heart sink. A fresh layer of snow was covering Gray, who was lying face down on the snowy ground. Lyon could see bruises and cuts (some still bleeding) covering Gray's body. Lyon rushed to Gray's side without thinking twice (something he would come to regret); he kneeled down beside Gray and gently but quickly turned Gray over so that he was lying on his back. Lyon's breath caught in his throat as he got a good look at Gray's face, Gray's skin was too pale and his eyes were bruised, his lip split and bleeding. Lyon feared Gray was already gone; slightly panicked, he quickly checked for Gray's pulse and was surprised to see his own hands were shaking. He took a moment to calm his shaking hands long enough to feel for a pulse. Relief swept through him as he felt a weak but steady pulse under his hands. Lyon was just about to reach out to pick Gray up and take him to get help when a vine came out of nowhere and sent Lyon flying backwards. Lyon was thrown a couple feet but managed to land on his feet; he brought his hands together, quickly, ready to attack. As Lyon was looking around for his opponent a lean figure stepped out of the shadows; the guy had dark hair, jaded green eyes, and a dark smirk was shown across his features.
Lyon glared darkly, having realized this was a trap, he shouted "Who the hell are you and what have you done to Gray!?"
The man's smirk grew as he replied, coldly, "I'm called Akane not that it will matter to you, ice mage. As for your friend I didn't do anything to kill him yet, just merely beat him because I felt like it and he displeased me. I still have need of him so I can't kill him yet."
Lyon growled, his urge to beat Akane's head in warring with his need for answers, "You bastard! How did you know I was an ice mage and why did you use Gray as bait if you still need him?"
Akane riposted "You're not that dim witted are you? Surely, you can figure that out, it's not hard to put together. I have connections in this little village, I wanted people to know I was looking for ice mages because I knew there was a good chance an ice mage would come to help other ice mages. And when any ice mage came here my connections let me know, which is why I know your friend and you are ice mages. And when I heard you were in town and that this ice mage I caught was your friend I knew I could use that to my advantage. It was still a gamble but it worked out."
Before Lyon could reply or even move Akane raised his hand, glowing with magic, and vines flew out wrapping around Lyon and holding him in place and pinning Lyon's hands to his side. Lyon twisted and pulled trying to get free but he was getting nowhere, and he couldn't move his hands to use his creation magic. His magic was starting to freeze the vines anyway but before the vines froze completely Lyon felt a sharp sting in his shoulder. Lyon's vision was already starting to blur and he was getting weaker; he understood how they got Gray earlier now. With his blurring vision and weakening body, he turned around and pulled the needle out of his body and saw one of Akane's lackeys backing into the shadows. As whatever drug took full affect Lyon fell to the ground; however, he was still awake enough to hear Akane murmur "Don't worry that magical drug won't kill you, I made it myself. Another ice mage to add to my collection" before he blacked out.
~TBC~