Lucy felt chills against her spine as she entered the dark chamber. The four men in cloaks, even the one with the loud voice, had been strangely quiet on the way from the station. They had meandered through the small town as people in their shops watched their procession. It wasn't the first time Lucy had ever felt left out on a terrible secret, but it wasn't a feeling she particularly enjoyed.

Of course Natsu had been completely oblivious to the gossip that filled the town. He was still recovering from the (in his mind) unreasonably long ride in a moving vehicle. The blond, conscious teen was slightly envious of his state of ignorance.

But they had eventually found themselves standing in front of a decrepit old building that was probably older than even the men leading them. It gave of that "come inside, there's a crazed killer waiting to turn you into taxidermy and give you cookies" feel. But they entered and Lucy found herself here, in a dark room, with four strange unfamiliar men, dragging an almost normal Natsu by his scarf.

"SO! YOU'RE THE MAGES FROM FAIRY TAIL?" The loud one said again completely startling Lucy.

"Umm… yes," it came off more as a question.

One of the other hoods muttered something that Lucy couldn't quite catch (She obviously didn't know how to speak evasive mumble).

"Can you handle this job," a different hooded elder asked. His voice came out as a raspy whisper that was almost too quiet to hear.

"I believe we can," Lucy replied.

By then Natsu had recovered and stated his opinion loudly. "Of course we can! We're from Fairy Tail! There's nothing we can't handle," he proclaimed with a grin on his face.

The hoods looked at each other, and then the one in the middle nodded and dropped his hood with the others soon following suit. As Lucy had expected all of them were old. Varying with a different style of beard and mustache combo, the assumed leader had a white curly mustache with an extremely long goatee. He looked hard at the two with squinted beady eyes.

"MAKE NO MISTAKE! THE ONES YOU SHALL PERSUE ARE DEMONS. THEY ARE MONSTERS WHO ATE MOST OF OUR RESTURANTS OUT OF BUSINESS AND WHEN WE PROCLAIMED WE HAD NO MORE FOOD, THEY SKIPPED THE BILL!"

Lucy figured that to these people it must have been the equivalent of someone robbing the fiore bank.

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THEY SOMETIMES EVEN STARTED BAR FIGHTS OR EVEN BLEW UP THE RESTURANTS!"

Lucy was beginning to wonder if this was going to be harder than they thought.

THEY WERE A GROUP ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, THE NUMBER VARRIED IN EACH REPORTED INCEDENT. THEY USED MAGIC TOO, WEIRD AND STRANGE MAGIC!"

Lucy now had the image of four or five huge, burly, angry men destroying these poor restaurants. Because seriously, who else would blow up a building or start a bar fight. Then she remembered that most of her guild did that on a daily bases and began to sweat. Hopefully these so called demons weren't anyone she knew.

PLEASE HELP US CATCH THESE CRIMINALS! THESE BILLS NEED TO BE PAID! WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN 'ALL EXPENSES PAID' MEAL WHEN YOU CATCH THEM ALONG WITH THE REWARD!"

Natsu's grin grew even wider at the thought of free food. "You can count on us," he said as he turned and headed for the door.

"Whoa! Not yet Natsu," Lucy said as she grabbed his scarf to prevent him from leaving. "Can you tell us where you think the… 'Demons' might be?" She asked the old men with a smile.

"WELL THEY WERE LAST SPOTTED."

It was then that the door behind the two teens opened with a bang. A young man stood panting in the threshold leaning against the frame for support.

"They… came… again," he said between breaths. "Down by… the… Warf this time! The next town… over." He then promptly passed out.

"IT APPEARS THEY ARE ONE TOWN OVER BY THE SEA! IT TAKES THIRTY MINUTES IF YOU RUN, GO QUICKLY NOW!"

Natsu did not need further encouragement. He grasped Lucy's hand and bolted out the door.

~0~

It did take exactly thirty minutes to get to the newest scene of destruction and chaos. But all that was left of what appeared to have been a very high class sea side restaurant where the charred and blackened stubs of the foundation.

Never had Lucy seen mayhem to this extent. It seemed that everything had suffered damage. Even the people seemed to be going through mental trauma of the incident. One former waiter in the corner was rocking back and forth chanting off different dishes.

"What happened here," Lucy asked to no one in particular. Needless to say she was slightly horrified by the aftermath.

"They came, they ate, they argued, they started a fight, and they left," said a little boy standing next to Lucy.

She looked down at the child, "Do you know where they went?"

The boy looked up at her with sad eyes. Lucy came to the conclusion he must've been related to someone who worked in the restaurant.

He turned and pointed down a road heading south, "They went that way."

"Thanks, kid." Natsu replied as he started down the road.

"… Are you going to catch them?"

"Yeah."

"Good luck," he said. "And be careful of the red-head."

SO, sorry I didn't update in a while. I've been on vacation, both mentally and physically. But what better way to start of the New Year then by posting an update? Well I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Please Review me and tell me what you think!