He was just floating there. Not moving. Was he breathing ? Was he alive ?
Thousands of questions zoomed through Lyon's head as they lifted him out of the water and carefully layed him on the wooden deck of the ship. It was Gray. The person he had grew up and learned ice make with was here. As soon as he was settled on the ground Lamia's Ace rushed to his side and shook him by his shoulders.
"Gray !" He shouted, attempting to wake up his childhood rival with a worried expression upon his face. Everyone looked on him with pity, but he didn't care. They could pity him all they liked but he wasn't giving up any time soon. "Gray ! Wake up you idiot !"
Iron Rock Jura balled his fists in an attempt to not let his feelings show in front of his fellow guildmate. Gray had been in the sea for two weeks, there was no possibillity he had survived. "Lyon... I'm sorry, There's n-"
"Shut up !" Lyon growled at the Wizard Saint and glared at him before glancing at Gray. He felt someone touch his shoulder and looked up to see Sherry looking at him with a sad look. The ice mage looked down to his childhood-no- brother and loosened his grip and just staired at the ground. "You idiot..." He shook slghtly, but bit his lips to stop tears.
But then there was a cough.
Everyone's eyes immediatly darted downwards to Gray, who currently was wheezing. He could feel the water in his lungs, he was choaking on th liquid while of course everyone just staried at him. "Thanks a lot guys." He muttered between stangled coughs, before being hit on his back to get the rest of the water out when he sat up. Gray looked to his left to see Lyon with a guilty but relived look. "What's got you so relieved ?" He didn't think Lyon would like to see him at all, but why was he here ?
"Sorry about that !" Lyon laughed, but shakily, "We wern't sure if you were alive or dead."
"Well, I thought the choking would give you some kind of clue!" Gray glared in an annoyed tone. Sudedenly the memories of the dragon that attack the island came back to him and he looked aorund so see any sign of his fellow guildmates. "Wait ! Where are they !?" The ice mage turned to Lyon for answers but didn't say anyhting else whe he saw his face.
"Gray..." Lyon started but couldn't find the words to say.
"What's going on...? Why is nobody telling me...?" His voiced croaked and his breathing shakened.
"You... You're the only survivor... We haven't found anyone else..."
And just like that, Gray felt his whle world shatter.