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CHAPTER FIVE
Natsu groaned as his mother barged into his room, thinking that now was not the time to try and hash out his stupid decisions. But he stopped thinking when his mattress flips out, throwing him onto the floor and he cries out childishly.
"MAAAAA, WHAT'S THAT FOR?!" He shouted.
"GET YER ASS UP, YOU MORON. THERE'S A MAN THAT'S INJURED, AND DELBERT CAN'T MOVE HIM WITHOUT YOU." She roared equally loud, throwing him a pair of trousers and a shirt, beckoning him to hurry with a flick of her wrist and a burning glare on his spine.
He hurriedly pulled on his pants, leaving the shirt to be an inconvenience, and ran down after her, stopping only when he saw that she was not in the least bit exaggerating. The man looked to be more dead than alive, but the hand that kept wriggling around his pocket had Natsu sighing in relief. The stairs flew underneath him, and he found himself squatting next to the man, shoving his arm underneath and gesturing to Delbert for the ok.
But then his arm is wrenched away from the body, and the more-dead-than-alive man became scarily-more-alive-than-a-moment-ago. "NO! Stop…" he croaked slowly. His hand wriggled back into his pocket, and Natsu physically stops Delbert from moving him once again.
"Talk, old man. What's wrong? Who did this to you?"
The room seems to hold its breath once again, and Grandine shooes out the rest of the staff to give the man more room to feel at ease.
"The…..cyborg. Stay away from him. Take this. Find the planet…..I'll….be damned if someone doesn't….take away damned Flint's booty. He had this comin' the bastard…."
"Wait, old dude! What thing? Who did this to you?!" Natsu exclaimed, shaking the man a bit roughly.
"The cyborg, idiot! He's comin'...I know he is, the soiled rat. Ya'll best run while you still can….. but don't let 'im take what I deserve!" He shoved a round ball at Natsu, pressing it into his hands. "Find it….! Treasure…..planet….." and with a final cough, his eyes rolled back and he stilled.
Natsu stood, gaping at the now dead old man, mind reeling from seeing a man take his last breath on his home's floor. But before he can take another look to see if the man really was dead, they all jumped at a loud sound coming from the front of the house. His mother went to his side, tugging him along up the stairs. "Go. Do as I say."
The edge of fear in her stern voice had Natsu's ears ringing slightly, but he did as she asked.
The floorboards groaned underneath the body of the man when Delbert and Grandine as they hurriedly pushed it into the kitchen, and Natsu stood at the top of the stairs, fear burning into his veins for the first time in a long while. Not only for his mother, but for the large figure waiting outside of the door.
Grandine's veins pounded furiously as she groaned at the dead weight they've been pushing at for the man they've shoved behind the door to the kitchen. Delbert squealed when they both heard the front door pounding. She pulled her hand over his mouth, imploring him to be quiet. He nodded slowly, and she pushed him farther into the kitchen, and she pushes the refridgerator away to reveal a door. Delbert's gasp of surprise had her grinning mysteriously, but she couldn't contain herself any longer.
"Remember back when Tom was here? Well me and Natsu made ourselves a little secret passageway for the more violent times." Delbert helped her over the fallen groceries, and they slowly placed the items back onto the countertop. "Natsu doesn't know that I never sealed it over in case of an emergency. C'mon, help me pull this over the opening," she ushered, gesturing to the fridge once again.
As the fridge closed over, Delbert sneezed and she shushed him again, this time smacking him on the shoulder. "Ow," he whined, and she rolled her eyes. But he couldn't see that, and she grabbed his arm as she felt around for the stairs connecting the first floor to the second. They stumbled their way up to the next floor, and she whispered to Delbert to push once more as they heard a crash from the floor below.
"GO ON AND LOOK FOR IT, YER BLOODY BASTARDS!" A voice screamed, and another crash had them looking at each other. That one sounded closer. The closet door gave way, and Grandine pulled Delbert across the hall, taking a chance to see a figure pacing in the dining area, throwing tables and chairs out of their way to make their way into the kitchen.
Delbert is the one to pull her along this time.
The door to Natsu's room flies open, and he jumps from his bed, arms ready in front of him, and Grandine hits him upside the head, walking towards the window and throwing it open.
"What was that for?!"
"Come now, get a sweater. The weather's sort of chilly tonight, Natsu."
"To hell with the- ow! Delbert! To hell with the weather! What's going on, Ma?!"
She ignored him, and gestured for Delbert to go first. He scurried out the window, whistling for his trusty riding companion, the "horse," Siren. She whinnied softly, standing below the window, carriage behind her.
"Natsu. I'm not joking. Wear a sweater, or I will put it on for you."
Her concern for him left him blushing, but he did as told. Again, you wuss, he thought to himself bitterly.
As he pulled on the first thing he found in his drawers, Delbert jumped out of view, and Grandine tugs Natsu to the window. "You see how Delbert's waiting outside the window? You're gonna jump, and he's going to catch you. Go on. I'll be right behind you."
A crash from the bottom of the stairs had her pushing him harder, and Natsu wriggled out of her
tight claws. "Alright, alright! Lemme go, I'm goin' calm down, woman…." but he gasped at the distance from his window to the ground.
With a sigh, Grandine suddenly swooped underneath Natsu's legs, cradling him between her arms, and he cried out when they both slid down the roof, and he squealed very unmasculinely as he felt the roof fall out underneath them. But the feeling was short-lived, as his mother tossed him to Delbert, and he felt himself being cradled once more.
Delbert soon dropped him swiftly to the ground, and Natsu glared at him, rubbing his bottom.
"We need to hurry."
Grandine jumped into the carriage, and Natsu bounced after her, waiting for Delbert to convince Siren to start running. But a noise startles them, and Natsu turns around to see:
His home. His mother's way of paying for the bills. Burning down to the ground.
Siren screams, and they are soon flying down the road and into the city, Delbert maneuvering their way to his habitation. Natsu stares down the floor, numb to anything except the grief rolling off of his mother's body, and he pulls her into his chest, as she cries softly.
The guilt stabbing him over and over, Natsu looks out the window to see a small ship flying out to a larger ship, with a figure standing out, observing their artwork. They throw their arms out, and Natsu sees it flash before they turn a corner and is quickly lost.
The only sound coming from the carriage are Grandine's soft sobs, and Natsu murmuring to her, trying to push down his own grief at all that they had fought to keep, only to see it burn down along with the house.
And he couldn't help but feel that it was all his fault.
(A/N): So! Recap! We got Grandine bein' one heck of a bad $$, we got Natsu bein' a big ol' baby, and Delbert to the rescue! Oh! Can anyone guess what the code from chapter...2 or 3 stands for? I based it on some really easy code involving A-Z and 1-26...fufufu...if you can guess it right, I'll send you a snippet of what I'm writing next chapter...anyone? Someone? Oh well. If you wanna, I'm all ears. But I'm not holding it to anyone. Just some fun to involve the readers. If I don't update in the next couple of days, its because my classes have got me BUSAY! Just hold on a little longer, kay?
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