I sat in the corner of Natsu's hospital room as the Master and Porlyusica stood over him conducting different experiments. Erza, Grey and Wendy all stood on the other side of the room.
"How could I have been so weak, how did I let this happen to him." I mumbled to myself and I guess Erza heard because she looked down at me.
"It isn't your fault Lucy. It could of happened to anyone, no one expected them to be possessors." Erza said walking over to me and sitting on the floor with me. A couple tears ran down my face but I whipped them off before anyone could notice.
"There." Porlyusica said as she walked to the door of the room. "You're lucky you knew what kind of poison it was my girl, another day and he would have been dead. Thankfully with his dragon slayer metabolism he was able to stay alive longer than most would have. He should wake soon." Porlyusica said walking out of the guild without letting anyone say thank you. I stood up overjoyed from the good news but on the other side I still felt uneasy.
I walked over to Natsu and watched him sleep soundly like he wasn't in anymore pain. I was thankful for this I would have my Natsu back. Everyone walked out of the room leaving me with the sleeping, pink haired dragon slayer.
"Did you hear that Natsu? Your going to be completely fine. I knew you were, no one could ever take you down without a fight." I said to him, but I got no response. I kissed his cheek as I walked out of the room leaving him to sleep. No one had gone on a job in a the last few days all worried about the people who were after Natsu and me. I sat at the bar while Mira served me some water and some food. She had noticed that I wasn't eating and she insisted that I eat. She was so sweet and I was grateful that she was caring about my well being.
"so tell me. It was snake poison that you found out?" Mira asked as she leaned against the wall next to wear I sat, as she cleaned a glass.
"Ya and in the fire as well. Only someone truly evil could think that one up." I said taking small bites of the food in front of me.
"How truly awful. Did the guy actually talk to you?" She asked.
"Kind of, he said he was taking down the strongest team in fairy tail and that I could burn in hell." I said now playing my food with a lost appetite.
"Taking down the strongest team?" Mira said with confusion.
"Ya that was his exact words" I said looking at her with horror on her face. I didn't realize what I had said until a few minutes later.
"Where are Grey and Erza?!" I asked getting up off my seat.
"they said they were going into town today…." Mira said as she set her glass down.
"Find everyone you can and send a search party out for them. I know they can take care of themselves in a fight but I'm afraid we are dealing with knowledgeable wizards. Have happy and Reedus stay with Natsu just in case." I said, as Mira ran out of the bar to gather everyone they knew.
I ran all through Magnolia calling out Erza and Grey's name, they had to be somewhere in this town.
"Lucy can you hear me?" Warren said he must have been using his telekinesis.
"What's up Warren?" I said in my head as I continued running to find Erza and Grey.
"Grey just came through the doors of the guild." He said
"well that's a relief has he seen Erza?" I asked.
"No they were separated in the town so we are continuing the search for her." He said
"Alright I'll keep looking." I said.
I didn't get a response from him. I ran to the one place I hadn't checked yet. The river where she used to go by herself when she was little. When I arrived there I felt an evil presence in the air and immediately I knew something was wrong. I reached the edge of the hill and saw Erza floating in a dark ball in the air. She wasn't moving or struggling. I looked over at the person responsible and a man in his late twenties in completely dark clothing had one of his hands up towards the circle.
"ERZA!" I yelled, the man looked over at me and an evil smile crossed his face and he disappeared into thin air. The ball disappeared and Erza dropped to the ground with multiple cuts and bruises. I ran over to her and thankfully she was still breathing. I had to get her back to the guild as soon as possible so I threw one of her arms over my shoulder and proceeded to try and carry her. Her feet dragged along the ground and her armor was ten times heavier then it should be but I couldn't let that stop me.
After walking 10 or so minutes I finally reached the guild and pushed open the doors everyone looked at me shocked that Erza was unconscious. I walked down a few steps and Elfman and grey helped get Erza off my back and to the infirmary. I slumped down on the closest seat and tried to catch my breath as Mira instructed Wendy to the infirmary to help Erza.
"What happened Lucy?" Levy came over and asked.
"I don't exactly know, I went over to the River where I knew Erza liked to go and when I got there this really evil guy had her in like a dark evil circle lock. Almost like Juvia's water lock? And when I called out to her the man disappeared into thin air." I said rubbing my hands through my head. This was getting way to complicated.
"This is getting out of hand. First you, then Natsu and now Erza! Not to mention Grey is still in jeopardy! The strongest team is getting targeted but for what reason?! And from who exactly, have no lead and no idea who could be doing this…" Levy said sitting down next to me completely stumped.
"Levy, I don't think there is anything we can do except wait now. At least until another one of those guys show up." I said as I looked down at my hands. They looked so beat up and soiled, a lot more different then what they used to be years ago.
"What's with the long faces guys?" Someone said. Everyone looked over to the hall way and Natsu was standing there with a white bandage wrapped around his head and a big grin across his face. I could feel tears come to my eyes but not sad ones, I felt so happy to see that he was alright and finally awake. He walked over to me as I got up and walked to him. We embraced each other like we hadn't seen each other in years.
"Don't ever scare me like that again." I whispered into his ear as I dug my face into his scarf.
"I'm so sorry I worried you. It won't happen again." He said kissing my forehead. After our embrace we sat next to Levy still holding onto each others side.
"So what did I miss?" Natsu said as he looked around. I bet he figured something had happened with everyone looking so down and depressed.
"It's a really long and complicated story." I said looking at him.
"Tell me." He said as he looked me in the eyes with such seriousness.
"Alright." I said as I started the story. I told him from the moment he went unconscious to now. About the painful memory retrieving I did and how Erza was hurt by some dark evil man. I told him about this Dark Master after the strongest team in Fairy Tail and how I got possessed by the man we had captured on your last mission. He showed no emotion when I told him everything, he didn't even blink.
"That's all of it." I said looking up at his cold dark looking face.
"This guy will regret ever thinking about messing with Fairy Tail. Once we find him I will severely hurt this guy till he's knocked into next week. He won't even know who he is anymore." Natsu said as he stood up and punched a pillar. I could tell he was suffering, he wanted to help he wanted to do something, but he didn't know what or how to help. He couldn't find the guy that was doing this and he didn't even know who he is.
Now we were all stuck playing the waiting game until the Dark Master made his move. It was like we were playing a game of chess and only he knew what to do and he was in complete control.
**Whoa! This Dark Master is just seriously being mysterious and... EVIL! Now Erza is in the infirmary, Natsu is finally awake (YAY! NALU!), and Grey has to watch his back since he is most likely the next target! O.o What do you think the next move of the Dark Master's will be?! I wonder what he's up to...? Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing! I super duper appreciate all the feedback it gets me inspired to write lots and lots more! :D Thanks!****