"Natsuuuuuuu" Lucy screamed at the window as the explosion rattled the glass and sent Levy into a giggling fit.
"I told you I told you I TOLD YOU!" Levy swung the knife down and slashed open Lucy's right arm causing another scream of pain to resonate from the girl. Levy just giggled and went in for another swing putting a long gash in the other arm, squealing with delight at the screams. Bringing her arm back Levy went in to stab and finish it when Lucy, seeing what was about to happen, screamed in a completely different way. The scream wasn't in anticipation for the strike nor was it in fear of the pain, there was something different about the scream...something motherly.
"Please no. Please please please no. Not there." Levy's eyes widened in realization and for just a small second the black iris' flickered to their old hazel colour before reverting back just as quickly.
"Does he know?" Levy whispered. Lucy shook her head silently. "Well now I need to think about whether this changes anything." Levy walked away from Lucy to the window and looked out to where the flames of the guild climbed ever higher into the cold blue sky. Standing there at the window she started muttering to herself about morality and other things as she twirled the knife between her fingers. Sighing she looked over to where Lucy sat in her chair.
"I don't know who I want to hurt more now. It would kill him to know after but, if I kill him then you're alone with nothing but it. Decisions are tough aren't they?" She looked back out the window and took a breath as if to continue when she suddenly stopped and widened her eyes while Lucy cried through the pain of her new wounds. Where the guild stood the flames had started to be sucked down and back into the building.
"That son of a bitch is eating it." Now it was Lucy's turn to start giggling.
"You forgot. All your planning and you forgot about Natsu and fire!" Lucy started laughing and throwing her head back at the dumbfounded look that sat on Levy's face. She laughed and laughed until her stomach hurt and even then she could barely stop herself when she Realized that she sounded like a madwoman. Lucy tried to dial back on the laughter but only ended up making it worse, scaring even herself at the sound that she was making as she found the strength to keep talking. "He's coming for you Levy! And when he gets here I won't stop him." A roar reached their ears and from the guild a fireball shot upwards into the sky before arcing towards them.
"Oh Lucy, you really think that he isn't predictable?" Lucy's laughter died quickly as she looked at Levy who had moved to the other side of the room, a large smile lighting up her face. "I always have a plan Lucy. That's what makes me, well, me." The fireball was getting closer when Lucy realized that instead of trembling with fear, Levy seemed to be vibrating with the excitement of the encounter that was about to happen.
"Levy...what are you talking about?" Levy turned around and reached out towards a large chest that stood beside a bookshelf leaning on the wall opposite the window. About the size of a guitar case it had three different locks on it that clicked ominously as Levy removed each one with careful precision.
"You know, Zeref always wondered if this thing actually worked on Dragon Slayers as well as it worked on Dragons." From the case Levy produced what looked like the kind of rifle that Bisca would normally keep in her cache of weapons. "Guess I get to tell him now eh?" With a grin the small mage held the rifle to her shoulder and aimed down the scope. Lucy started screaming as the warmth of Natu's fire got closer and closer to the room, filling it with red light as the mage closed in on the apartment. When he was only 20 feet away Levy moved her finger over the trigger.
"Goodbye Natsu." The crack of the gunshot resonated through the room and the window shattered as a black streak shot out the end of the magical rifle. A pained scream was heard before Natsu came crashing through the wall of the room and landed beside Lucy.
"Natsu!" Lucy screamed her lovers name as Levy threw the rifle away and kicked the salmon haired boy in the head, rolling him onto his back. There was a single, smoldering hole in his chest just right of his heart. Grinning gleefully Levy kicked him in the ribs again and again as groans of pain emanated from Natsu's unmoving body.
"That was easy! So, so easy! No plan no nothing you just came barreling here like some stupid idiot!" Levy squealed with delight at her victory over the Slayer. "Don't try using your powers by the way. That bullet is infused with some damn good cancellation magic." She stroked the gun like some kind of pet as she explained Natsu's situation to him.
"They all got out." Levy stopped her gloating and looked at him shocked.
"What?!"
"Cana went to get some booze and found your bomb. I was the only one in there when it went off." Natsu's trademark smile lit up his face while Levy screamed in frustration and threw the knife down and into Natsu's right knee. Screeching Natsu crumbled in on himself in pain and grabbed the knife, hoping to be given time to pull the blade out but before he got to it Levy came in with another kick straight to his head.
"Don't you dare! I want that to stay in as long as your alive. Sorry Lucy but it seems that killing you will be happening, even if you're carrying precious cargo." Natsu stopped shaking in pain and slowly turned his head to look at his love sitting above him, tied to the chair.
"You're..." The rest of his sentence was lost as his eyes rolled back into his head while Lucy screamed again in the background.
"Well that was disappointing" Levy smirked as she sent another kick to his abdomen and yelled his name.
"Nastu!" With a gasp Natsu brought himself back to consciousness, lips still moving.
"What was that hun?" Her ear was practically touching his lips as Natsu spoke.
"You're not hurting her any more." Levy's eyes widened and before she could react stream of fire came from Natsu's hand and through her abdomen. She coughed once and fell sideways as her magic that held the ropes around Lucy together dispersed, giving the Stellar mage movement. Falling from the chair Lucy crawled to where Natsu lay, careful to stay away from the body that lay beside it and checked his pulse. Sighing with relief she went to get up when a hand shot outwards and caught her wrist. Yelping Lucy looked down at the small feminine hand that had wrapped itself around her wrist.
"Lu-chan? What's going on?" Levy's hazel eyes jumped around the room like a scared fish in a new tank. "I...I can't see anything. Why is it cold? Lu-chan?" Lucy didn't think she had any tears left to cry with but already they ran down her face as she crawled to the top of her friend and held her head in her lap. She tried to keep the slashes on her arm from dripping blood onto the mage as she comforted her friend.
"It's okay Levy. It's okay." She stroked Levy's hair the same way she used to with her dolls when she was child, though those had a lot less blood on them.
"Lu-chan why are you crying? Where are we? Where's Gajeel?" The panic in Levy's voice broke Lucy's heart even more as the small girls voice continued to slowly fade.
"Lu-chan I want to see Gajeel...why can't I see? Why can't I move? Why...why can't I...Gajeel? Oh...Gajeel." The name slipped from Levy's lips as the light in her eyes became more and more distant. Lucy just sat crying softly as her friends breath grew more shallow with each passing second. Finally Levy's chest stopped moving and her last breath issued out into the air, taking the small mage away forever. Lucy just sat and cried as the door to Levy's apartment was broken down in the other room and the echoing sound of boots on laminate floor reached her through the walls. The door to her room burst open and Gray, Laxus, Wendy and Erza all came rushing into the small space. Wendy gasped and ran to where Natsu lay, immediately starting the healing process . Gray went with her to help while Laxus and Erza strode to where Lucy sat on her knees cradling the head of Levy.
"She didn't know...she was being controlled and she woke up just before and she didn't know..." Erza knelt down beside Lucy and brought her arms around the crying mage. Laxus inspected the room, carefully taking mental notes for the report he knew would have to be written. The chair with blood surrounding it, the books and papers that had been scattered like the shrapnel of a grenade, the giant hole in the wall and, of course, the iron knife that lay beside the body of Levy.
"Lucy. Heal Lucy." Natsu's faint voice rose through the silence and Wendy obediently moved away from the Slayer to where Erza had her arms around Lucy only a couple of feet away. Natsu tried to rise but failed immediately in his attempt, having to instead be helped up by both Gray and Laxus.
"Natsu you freaking idiot don't just try to stand up like that!" Gray scolded him from the left as he brought him over to where Lucy was sitting on the floor.
"It's all over now right?" Natsu asked. Lucy nodded and looked up at him, one hand resting on the still body of Levy, the other unconsciously over her lower stomach.
"Yes Natsu. It's over."
The final pieces have moved and the story comes to its conclusion. Thanks for reading y'all and see you in a month with a new story! Reviews and comments are more than appreciated and welcomed!