"I don't see the big deal I mean it was just a table!" Natsu immediately regretted his decision to back talk Erza as the mage quickly sent him flying across the room and into Lucy who had made the unfortunate mistake of walking behind him as the two argued. The rest of the guild cheered heartily and drank while Mirajane swept around the tables filling orders and scolding their behaviour. The day was bright and sunny for winter and the good change in weather had quickly gotten everybody back into the partying mood that they had never truly left. Closing in on night now though, the rowdy guild was back inside the warm confines of their hall, eating and drinking.
"Stupid flame-brain, you should know better than to start something like that with Erza" Gray snickered from the table beside where Lucy and Natsu were still untangling themselves in a flailing of limbs. "I mean seriously you've known her how-" From the limb pile that was Lucy and Natsu a hand shot outwards and grabbed Grays coat, pulling him into the pile and quickly punching him.
"Natsuuuuuu don't start fighting noooowwww!" It was to late for the Spirit mage though as the fight engulfed her and quickly spread to the rest of the guild. Elfman was fine until a random shoe hit him in the head and he jumped in, knocking Cana's drink over so naturally she needed revenge on the burly man. Unfortunately the card that she threw at the pile missed and smashed into Jet who quickly threw his mug back, ultimately hitting Jet in the process. From there everybody, even Erza, was somehow brought in with a domino effect and all Mira, Makarov and Levy could do about it was place bets on who would ultimately come out on top.
Before magic could be thrown together and the fight got way to out of hand though the front doors of the guild were thrown open and a cold rush of wind allowed to sweep through the now mostly destroyed guild hall. Everyone stopped and shivered as the the chilling wind went right through them (except Gray of course) and immediate calls for whichever idiot was coming through the door to close it. The calls though quickly died down as Gajeel carefully stepped into the hall, staring straight through everybody to Levy at the back, leaning on the bar. His boots thundering through the halls, Gajeel strode slowly across the wood panelling and stopped in front of Levy and the Master. Something was off about Gajeel, even Natu could feel it. The tension he was giving off was way higher than it usually was and his hands seemed to be locked in fists as if he was ready to pound the first person who talked right into a pulp.
"Gajeel, I was wondering where you were, how was the rest of your night?" The Master was the first to break the unnerving silence. Slowly Gajeel looked towards him and took a deep breath before he let his rough voice start.
"The police stopped me on the way here, wanted me to come tell you guys something." He paused to make sure that everybody in the hall was listening. "Droy was found in an alley last night, his neck sliced right through. Somebody took a knife and killed him." The hall went from quiet to dead, nobody wanted to breathe. All eyes slowly went to Levy who was still leaning against the bar. She was staring downwards at the floor, not making a sound. A single, visible shiver went up her spine but nothing more as the guild slowly took in the news they had just been given.
"Do they know who did it?" Makarov kept looking straight forward and kept his voice as calm as possible, though the tears that were welling in his eyes were much to noticeable.
"Nah, to early for it. All I know is there was a lot of blood. Cops think he died slowly, no prints or nothin. Not even a shoeprint even with all this damned snow." The Master nodded
"Everyone partner up for the nights. Bisca, Alzack, how many people can you bring in until this person is found?"
"As many as we need to Master." Bisca called from the other side of the guild, clutching Asuka as tightly as possible while Alzack started talking to Macao about him, Romeo, Wakaba and Wakaba's wife coming in with them.
"Good, I want at least two pairings always. Gajeel, take Jet and Levy to her house and keep guard, I want you there to make sure that nobody tries anything. Everybody else! No going out alone! EVER! End of discussion. Mira, get Laxus and the Raijinshu on the lacrima and get them to come home now! Listen to my words! We will not, I repeat NOT go and try to find who did this until we get all the facts. But when they do find them, they may need to put him in prison to hide him from us" The bar Makarov was sitting on cracked as he finished his speech, proving once again that the little man was capable of much more than seemed. The whole time this had been going on Gajeel had moved himself beside Levy and had a protective arm around her. She hadn't moved from her spot, staring completely transfixed at the floorboards a few feet in front of her. Nobody blamed the girl for her silence, the tears from them all were enough to show what everyone was thinking.
Things are happening and partners are being made! Oh boy this is gonna be fun. Next couple nights are gonna be Hell boys and girls and I hope you're in for the ride! Next Chapter? Some interesting pairings talk about interesting things and could somebody else be a target? Well of course they are but who!