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Sonja woke up before either Sting or Rogue, she decided to try and contact Gildarts to see how everything was going. She focused all of her energy to find him. She could sense where he was, he was in his office in the guild hall. Gildarts?
Sonja? Is that you?
Yes, Master. I just wanted to check on everything with the guild.
You sound weak, is everything okay?
Yes I am okay. How is Natsu? How is everyone?
We haven't seen Natsu sense he was brought back. Kizak took him somewhere. Everyone else has been training with Talon, Velkan and Lucian.
Sonja sighed, she was so happy that everyone was okay. Have there been any more demon attacks?
No, it has been steady here, people only leave when on a mission. Everyone here is working to fight these demons.
She was happy everyone was getting stronger, Gildarts, I need you to prepare to battle the gods. My brother is the leader here, in four months him and his hoard are going to come to wipe out Fairy Tail.
We will be ready, Gildarts confirmed.
Gildarts if there is any indication that I might attack Fairy Tail, I need you to kill me. Natsu will probably have to kill me. A tear slipped down Sonja's cheek. She could not imagine trying to kill Natsu. She would have let Natsu kill her before she would kill him.
I am not exactly sure how the whole mate thing works but wouldn't killing you be like killing part of himself? He also would never hurt a comrade you know that.
He will be the only one that I will ever allow to hurt me. Anyone else I might kill.
When he finally comes back I will tell him what you said, but I will NOT force him to hurt anyone.
Thank you, hopefully I will see you soon. Sonja pulled out of Gildarts head, she knew that Natsu would not kill her if she didn't force him. She would have to attack someone else in the guild, she prayed that if she was brainwashed into hurting the guild she would have enough control to hold back if she had to attack anyone else.
Sonja lost her train of thought when she heard footsteps outside. "Sting, Rogue get up. Someone is coming," she said in a harsh whisper. The two dragon slayers woke up quickly and ran to the other side of the cell.
Thorn walked into the room, "Good Morning," he looked at her.
Sonja stood up but didn't respond. Thorn looked at her torn clothing, he tried to hide the smirk but Sonja still seen it. "What do you want Thorn?"
"Just seeing how your night was. I hope the demons are treating you well," he said.
"I am fine. I do not wish to speak to you or see you," she said. She looked away from his face.
Thorn reached up and touched Sonja's face. Sonja flinched and slapped his hand away. Thorn brought his hand up and slapped her hard. Sonja fell, he grabbed her face and looked up at him. "I am in charge here sister, do not disrespect me," he said harshly as he left the room.
As soon as Thorn left Sting and Rogue ran over to help Sonja back on to her feet. In the day light Sting could see more of her bruises, her thighs were completely black and blue. The bite mark might scare and the hickies looked more like bruises than actual love marks. Seeing Sonja in such a state made his heart ache, he regretted not fighting off Sonja more and letting this happen to her. He tried to tell himself that Sonja had wanted to protect them and that she would have gotten more injured if she would have fought the demon but he knew deep inside that he was just scared. He was scared of the demon and what it might do to him.
After he stopped his self pity and regret he remembered what Thorn called Sonja before he left, "You are Thorn's sister?"
Sonja looked down, she felt guilty for not telling them sooner, "Yes," she quietly said.
"Why didn't you tell us?" both Sting and Rogue said in unison.
"Do you see how he is? Would you want to claim his as your family?" she questioned.
"You still should have told us," Rogue said. Rogue had disbelief and shock in his eyes, she could tell she really hurt him.
"I am sorry but I just did not want you to judge me based on Thorn's actions. Would you have even have talked to me if you would have known that I was related to him?" she asked.
"No," Sting confirmed. Sonja was starting to panic she did not want to live the nightmares of the next four months alone. After last night she expected that the torture would get worse, and seeing the boys gave her meaning everyday they reminded her of why she was here: to protect the people that she truly cared about.
Sonja felt tears run down her face, "I am so sorry I did not tell you," she said. She touched her face and looked at her hand, tears were extremely foreign to her. She never cried but after last night she felt she needed to, she had to relieve some of the pressure that was constantly weighing on her chest. Trying to stop the tears and the sobbing that was rising in her chest burned her throat. She felt so weak in front of them, the thought of losing either of them was close to bringing her to her knees.
Sting and Rogue looked at each other and then hugged her, Rogue stroked her hair, "Shh, we forgive you."
"You have taken a lot of blows for us. You aren't like him. You are good and nice," Sting said trying to calm her.
"Well, I want you guys to tell one more thing," she paused to gather her nerves, "I am the Goddess of War and an heir of Hell."
Both Sting and Rogue looked up at her with surprise "You are what?" they said together.
"Ugh, please do not make me say it again," she said as she put her head down. She looked up at their confused expressions and began to explain, "I am the youngest daughter of the Evil Source of the Universe. I gain power from every aspect of war. I am immortal and have almost limitless power," she finished.
Sting sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, "Okay, so you are an immortal Goddess one with some crazy powers?"
Sonja shook her head to confirm what he said, "if you are so powerful why did you let Thorn and his minions take you?" Sting asked.
"I came here of my own free will, I came here to buy Fairy Tail enough time to fight off the demons. I also can't bust us out of here because I took a blood oath," she explained.
"What is a blood oath," Rogue asked.
"It is an ancient form of promising, if someone breaks a blood oath they die," she told them.
"Okay and what does your blood oath say?" Sting asked.
"It basically says that I will stay here and allow anything to happen to me for six months and in return no demons will be allowed to attack Fairy Tail or its members," she said to them.
"Is it worth it?" Rogue asked.
"Yes. I can protect them and I met you guys. Sadly I figure that you guys would be dead already if I wasn't here. Those demons get worse," she said, with a sad voice.
"We have four months left?" Rogue asked.
"Yes, I promise I won't leave you here in this hell," she said confidently. She looked up into their eyes and smiled.
"We know you wouldn't leave us here," Sting said.
"Don't worry we can get through this, we will just stick together," Rogue added.
"You guys must do what I say, I might get bad," Sonja said. They looked at her with a blank stare, "I get most of my nourishment from blood, demon blood mostly. I can survive off of other blood, but I try not to ever harm a human being. If I don't get blood for a while I start to lose my sanity to my demon side. I might not be able to completely control myself and I don't want to hurt you guys."
"What do you mean?" Sting asked.
"You will see just please listen to me," Sonja begged.
Sting and Rogue shook their heads in understanding. While they were now a little scared of Sonja and her powers they trusted her completely.
The next day Sonja had just started to heal, the pain in her muscles became more stiff than sore and her head had started to heal from where the demon slammed her heard against the wall so she could now think clearly. As usual she awoke with her two sleeping dragons lying by her side. She laughed as she wiped a little droll off of Sting's cheek and smiled softly as she ran her fingers through Rogue's hair. She was happy that they were with her, knowing that she was able to wake up next them made the nightmares worth it. But Sonja knew that she was being selfish by keeping them here. She wished she was able to send them to Fairy Tail but she had never tried to send someone somewhere when she wasn't accompanying them. She could really hurt them or send them somewhere dangerous. She wanted to get the boys as far away from this dreadful place as possible, but didn't see a safe way of doing so. She was just thinking of summoning a Gospel to take them when they started to wake.
Sting looked up at and smiled at Sonja with a sleepy smile. He was honestly thankful that Minerva betrayed them when he was close to Sonja. He figured that he would have ended up here at some point because of his closeness with Fairy Tail and its mages. Sting probably could have handled the beatings that the demons have given him but the nightmares that some of the demons gave him and the physiological damage that the demons gave would have killed or if he lost Rogue. He knew that Lector is safe, he had made sure that Lector and Frosch were in a safe place when he had an idea that Minerva was trying to work against the good side and Sabertooth. If he hadn't met Sonja he probably would have given up on life a long time ago. Through Sonja he seen the good in everything, she was made to be evil but she was the nicest and most open hearted person that he had ever met. Her eyes gave him hope, it was almost like a ritual to him her eyes were the first thing he seen in the morning and last thing he seen at night. To him her eyes showed him that they were alive and that they were going to get through this.
Rogue woke up as Sonja stoked his head, he didn't have any more nightmares when she was close. It seemed like she sucked all the bad and scary things out of world and left him feeling calm and protected. Two nights ago he was scared that she would change that somehow that demon would steal the good from her make her into a demon. Sonja never showed her soft side to Sting, even though Sting was extremely strong and force to be reckoned with, both Rogue and Sonja knew that he needed Sonja. He needed her strength. Rogue just needed her to be there, the demons mostly went for Sting during their original stay here because he provoked them but when the demons went after Rogue they never hurt him physically they always went after his mind. Rogue has been scared of himself ever since he met future Rogue and tried to wipe out the human race. Rogue had a darkness inside of him and the demons exploited it, they often showed him images of what he was capable of, like killing Sting. Because of his shadow dragon powers the shadow demons often made him torture Sting. It wasn't really him, it was his dark side. The demons tortured him with images of him killing Sting, Frosch, and innocent citizens. Even now he can hear the screams of them all, Frosch pleas for Rogue to wake to stop hurting him and Stings screams as he would steal all of the air out of his lungs. The demons showed him these images until his subconscious told him to rest and that he could make all of the pain stop, at first he didn't give in but eventually he had to. His mental state was slipping and he could no longer keep up the barrier. Once he allowed his subconscious took over Rogue went into a sleep like state, he wasn't in control of his body. The darkness that led to the creation of future Rogue took over and led his actions. He wasn't awake when he tortured Sting but the demons showed him later, laughing as Rogue feel to his knees and wept at Sting's feet begging for forgiveness. Sting was scared of Rogue at first but then realized that they needed to stick together to get out of this horrible place, from then on Sting tried to keep Rogue awake as long as possible to prevent Rogue from killing Sting and also to save Rogue from himself.
Sonja was the first one to speak that morning, "Guys, I think I have figured out a way to get you out of here." She didn't say this with a smile but more like it was something she was dwelling on.
Sting perked up, "How?"
"Well, I could summon one of my friends to take you back to Fairy Tail if you would like," she took a deep breath, "you two know the wizards there pretty well. You could train with them to come fight my brother."
Rogue looked at her confused, "You make it sound as you aren't coming with."
"I can't because of my blood oath but you guys could leave and train," she said with a smile. She meant what she said and she honestly wanted them to go because she knew that they would be safe but it make her heart ache a little to be alone here.
"No," both Sting and Rogue said in unison.
Sonja looked at both of them with surprise, "And why not?!"
"We have been through a lot already, plus with what happened the other night I would prefer to be here with you," Rogue told her.
"We are Nakama. We stick together, we will be here until your six months are up," Sting said.
Sonja looked at her boys with surprise. She was truly happy that they were willing to stay here with her in this awful place. Sting was right they were Nakama and no matter what they wouldn't face anything alone.