Chapter Four
AN: Who's ready for shout outs? I want every one to know Celestialmoon163, Fairypaige98, Mewhee89, Inked Siren, and Erzascarletwolf250 are amazing and inspire me to finish my fanfictions. Today, June, 29th, is also Erzascarletwolf250's birthday. She turned twenty-one today so Happy Birthday, my dear. Now lets get on with Chapter Four of Wild Angel. Shall we see where Wendy was hiding out?
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"Where's Wendy?" Gajeel asked pushing his way through his group of friends. Laxus stood at the front of the group, a look of pain on his face.
"Gajeel, I think you should come with me." The blonde's voice was empty and broken.
"Where the fuck is Wendy?" The angered growl caused a few in the crowd to jump. "She better be okay, Laxus."
"Wendy's fine, but there's something you should know." The man looked down before speaking again. "Wendy's pregnant."
Laxus was suddenly slammed into the wall behind him, Gajeel's fists balled in his yellow tank top. The raven haired man was inches from his face, anger filled his eyes. The man watched as friends and family alike backed away from his closest friend. Those familiar crimson eyes were thirsty for blood and Laxus knew he had pissed off the man before him.
"Wendy is fuckin' twelve. What the fuck do you mean she's pregnant?"
"We found her bawling her eyes out in Romeo's room. Wakaba and Macao said she'd been there all night just curled up against the boy crying. When we finally got the kids to open up, Romeo handed us a pregnancy test that read positive. They said Wendy was scared to go home and face Levy. It's not Romeo's, so don't try to kill the boy. Apparently, Wendy was seeing an older kid. A senior in high school named Doranbolt." Laxus explained. "No one's found the father yet. Look, Gajeel, Wendy's pretty freaked out and scared right now. She knows she's living on limited life and can't raise a child. She doesn't even know if she has enough time to carry the baby full term, but she says she wants to try."
"Why," Gajeel whispered. "Why does she want to do it?"
"She want's to leave someone behind for Levy. Once Wendy's gone, Levy won't have anyone so Wendy wants to give her someone." Laxus said gently.
"She's twelve. She should be more worried about her grades and friends. Not givin' birth to a babe before she dies!" Gajeel's fist met with the wall just beside Laxus's head. "She's a child, damn it!"
"Gajeel, you need to get a hold of yourself before you see the girl. She's already freaked out enough. You need to calm down so you can help her!" Laxus yelled, pushing Gajeel back.
"I know, I just-" Gajeel growled, "She's a child, Laxus. How do ya tell a child with a life growin' inside her dyin' body that everythin's goin' to be okay?"
"You don't. You tell her you're there for her and the baby. You tell her you love her and you're not upset with her. You pamper the fuck out of her. You help her prepare for the baby and set things up for them for when she's gone."
"I don't think I can. She's dyin' at twelve. She's pregnant and dyin' when she's barely begun to live."
"I know, Gajeel." Laxus clapped him on the shoulder. "Take a deep breath and lets go get her."
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Wendy sat on the bed in Romeo's room. The blue walls gave her a calming peace as she sat staring at them. The room wasn't large, but it was decently spacious. The gray carpet had various stains from a lifetime of spilling food and drinks. The window looked out onto a large field full of apple trees. The Conbolt Orchard was famous for its green apples that grew twice as large as normal apples. The bed was a soft full bed with a blanket that appeared to be made of different colored flames. Posters and wall decals of dragons covered the wall beside the window and dirty clothes and dishes lay forgotten around the room. She could hear Macao and Wakaba talking in the next room.
"Poor girl. I'd hate to be her when Gajeel shows up. You remember when Lucy got pregnant by that pink haired moron last year?"
"Lucy is his cousin. This girl's like a daughter to him. Its going to be a hell of a lot worse for her."
"Did you hear that the baby dad is almost six years older than her? What kind of sicko goes for little girls?"
"Not just little girls, but terminally ill ones at that."
A loud crash came from the front of the house. Wakaba and Macao were yelling something about just having fixed that door when the bedroom door opened revealing a very worried looking Gajeel. His raven hair was matted and worked over as if he had been running his hands over it again and again. He was still in yesterday's clothes. Sleep deprivation showed in his eyes. Gajeel took calm, determined strides into the room and pulled Wendy into a hug. The small girl began to weep into his shoulder. "Let's go home, Wendy."
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Gajeel opened the door to find Levy curled up on the floor in front of the couch crying herself into dehydration. Her arms were crossed, hands digging into her flesh. Her knees were in her chest causing short breaths and hyperventilating. Blood pooled around her, darkening the floor and striking fear into Gajeel's heart. The large man turned quickly, blocking Wendy from view. He quickly shut her out of the house with a simple, "stay here."
Gajeel ran to Levy's side, "Levy, are ya okay? What happened?"
"Gajeel, help." Levy rolled to her side revealing a deep gash across her stomach. "It hurts."
Gajeel stared at the wound for a minute. It was too deep to have been self afflicted. The wound was just below her belly button to the right near her hip. About four inches long and an inch deep, the wound appeared to be a slash wound from a knife. Looking around, the living room was completely destroyed. The coffee table was overturned, the couch was off centered, TV on the floor, shelving busted leaving books and electronics spread out on the bloody floor.
A closer look at Levy showed her clothes were torn. Her dress was hanging by a strap, her fishnet leggings torn. Somehow, Gajeel noticed her lacy panties were across the room torn apart and hanging from a chair. Nothing in the building was missing, meaning this wasn't a buglary. The intruder wasn't after riches. Gajeel growled and scooped up the small blunette gently. He balanced her on one arm as he reached for his phone. "Levy, did they touch ya?"
"No. They tried but I fought them. They slashed at me as a threat but I tripped into it. I'm sorry."
"Don't ya dare apologize to me. Yer safe and thats all I care about. Now lets get ya fixed up. I'll have Laxus take Wendy to Mira's."
"You found Wendy?" Levy tried to get away from him.
"Look, Shrimp, ya can see yer sister after ya get patched up. I ain't lettin' ya put stress on her and her babe-" Gajeel paused as he realized what he'd said. This was not good.
"HER WHAT?!" Gajeel almost dropped the girl as her scream echoed in his ears.
"Ya keep that voice of yer's down or i'll drop ya on yer ass. Ya hear me, Shrimp?" Gajeel grunted, dialing Laxus's number. After a short pause, one that seemed endless as Levy pouted, puffing out her cheeks and narrowed her eyes on him, Gajeel spoke, "Laxus, its me. Come get Wendy, take her to Mira. Levy's hurt."
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Levy lay in a hospital bed, listening to the heart monitor beside her as the ER doctors cleaned and stitched her cut. The pain medication coursed through her veins leaving her numb and incoherent. Gajeel sat holding her hand above her head in attempts to keep her calm. The warmth from his hand spread through her, the only feeling she felt. The lights above her hurt her head as she stared up towards them.
After what seemed like forever, the doctors finished the stitches saying she was free to go so long as she took it easy. A few police officers awaited outside her door to speak with her about the attack.
"Miss McGarden, can you please tell us in your own words what happened?"
"I woke up to someone pounding on the apartment door. I answered the door and a man with short black hair and blue eyes was standing in the door way, grinning. He told me a little birdie told him Gajeel had eye candy living with him and he just had to see for himself. I asked if he was friends with Gajeel, the man said he knew him from when they were younger. The guy pushed past me into the apartment saying he planned to wait for Gajeel inside. I made myself some tea and rejoined him in the living room. He made several advances towards me, and I kept pushing him off. He pushed me against the couch and I fought with him managing to get back on my feet. My clothes were torn and he'd ripped off my panties but he hadn't been able to touch me. He pulled out a knife saying if I didn't give him what he wanted he'd hurt me. I tried to re-position my footing as he swung the knife around. I slid on a torn piece of clothing and fell forward into the blade as he swung it. As I fell I could hear Gajeel's loud truck coming down the road. The man ran and a few minutes later Gajeel found me and brought me here."
"Did he give you a name?"
"Eric. But I don't know if its real or not. It took him a long time to answer when asked for it."
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Levy and Gajeel returned home around noon to find Laxus, Mira, Wendy, Rogue, and Sting cleaning up the living room. The furniture had been righted and the books picked up. The torn remainders of clothing had been tossed and the shattered tea cup swept up. Mira was sponging clean the blood, while Laxus put up some new shelves. Rogue re-positioned the electronics and Sting put the books back on the shelf. Wendy swept and vacuumed the floors around them. It was the most amazing thing they'd ever seen.
Levy decided to make food for their helpful guests. Heading into the kitchen, she pulled out a package of cheese, bread and butter. She greased a pan and set about making some grilled cheese sandwiches. Once the sandwiches were almost done she opened a can of tomato soup, pouring it into a pot and heating it.
"Lunch is served!" Levy yelled putting twenty Sandwiches and seven bowls of soup on the table.
The group all sat around the table laughing and joking together. Laxus teased Rogue and Sting while Mira and Wendy talked about baby names. Levy and Gajeel talked about Wendy's condition, the events of the last few weeks, and the future.
"Oi, Shrimp," Gajeel said getting more than just Levy's attention. "I want ya to stay even after, uh, ya know."
"What?" Levy's face was masked in shock.
"Levy, he's saying he wants you to stay here with him after I die. I hope by then my baby's born and you'll have them to care for. You should stay. That way you and the baby will have company," Wendy spoke up.
"Yea, what short-shit said." Gajeel rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "What do ya say? Will ya stay by my side?"
"Sure, Gajeel. I'll stay."
"Good, now will ya actually unpack and make yer room the way ya want it?"
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AN: I know it was a bit shorter then usual, but I haven't had much time to write and you all have waited patiently for an update. So I started writing this on 6-29 and now its 7-3 and I finally finished it. I meant to have it up by the end of the night on the 29th, but failed. Sorry guys.
