Location: Natsu and Gray's campsite

Date: Unknown

My eyelids felt really heavy. It was only in a matter of seconds before I would drift off into sleep.

'Gray's going to be really pissed at me for falling asleep', I chuckled as I closed my eyes and laid on top of the car.

It felt really good to close my eyes, they've seen a lot of stuff today so they deserved to rest.

I deserved to rest, my whole body was already shutting down. I needed this, Gray wasn't going to stop me.

If he had a problem with it then-

*Pew!*

Something really hot hit my right leg. It stung a little but it didn't hurt to much.

'Did I….. just get shot?'

I looked down at my right leg and saw a bullet wound gushing out a little bit of blood.

'I did! But by who?!'

I jumped to my feet and observed the area around me. It looked pretty abandoned but I knew someone was out there. Someone who wanted to kill me. I couldn't let that happen.

"SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!", I yelled out at the desert as I kept shifting my gaze around.

'Where are they?!'

My ears picked up a soft giggle behind me.

'Got you!'

I turned around and aimed my right hand at the air in front of me.

"Come out! I know you're there!"

There was a moment of silence until even more giggling echoed through the desert.

"Alright! I guess it's only fair since you found me!"

A dark black figure slowly came out from some rocks and slowly made its way towards me. I kept my hand up just in case they tried anything funny.

"Who are you?!", I yelled out at the person who was covered by the shadows.

The person giggled, "My name isn't important"

"Just tell me! Or I'll shoot!"

"Shoot me with what? I have the advantage here", the person said coldly as they stopped moving.

"What do you mean-

"IGNITE!"

The bullet that was in my right leg started to heat up causing me to stagger.

'What's happening?!'

The bullet felt hotter than lava, it was really irritating.

"Now… BLOW UP!"

*BOOM!*

The bullet exploded cause me to fly up into the moonlit sky. The explosion was pretty big it sent me really high up.

'So the bullet she shot me with…. was an explosive bullet? That's pretty smart, I shouldn't underestimate them'

I ignited my legs as I used my fire to swiftly land on the floor. I could see the person running up to me.

"I'm going to say this again and this time I want an answer! Who are you!"

The person continued to run towards me with a giant knife in their hand.

'Oh no'

The person then jumped in my face letting the moonlight reveal their identity.

When I saw who it was time stopped. My onyx eyes locked on to her chocolate eyes. Her beautiful blonde hair flew into my face.

I just couldn't believe it.

"...Lucy?", I whispered as I stood frozen in place.

"I'M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!", she slashed my chest with her shiny giant knife making me fall to the ground.

"ARRRGG!", I yelled out in pain as I clutched my new wound.

Lucy looked at me and just smiled an evil smile.

"Your cyborg body won't be able to protect you from my weapons", she said as she played with her knife.

"What do….. you me-mean?", I coughed up some blood as I stared at the sand around me.

"These weapons were designed for me. They can kill anything, no I can kill anything. I am the deadliest assassin in the world!"

"I AM CODENAME DEATH!"

"Codename….. Death?", I whispered as the pain flew throughout my body.

"Yes! And my target right now is….. YOU!"

She grabbed me by my neck and threw into a pile of rocks.

'Arrgh! She has super strength too?!'

My chest wound started to hurt even more, I couldn't tell if it was my heart or the wound.

"Lucy stop this!", I yelled as I saw her dashing towards me.

"Who's Lucy?!", she yelled back as she bombarded me with punches all over my body. Her punches felt like I was getting hit with boulders or hammers.

'All I can do is block, just the thought of hurting Lucy…..'

Her evil laugh broke my train of thought.

"Why aren't you fighting back?! Are you scared of me?!", she cackled causing me to cringe inside.

"How could I fight?! You're… You're-

"Oh shut up you pussy!", she kicked me right in the face causing blood to fly out of my nose.

Her actual attacks didn't hurt me that much. The thing that hurt me the most was that she wasn't the really Lucy. She was just being mind controlled and that really urked me.

"Let's both protect each other from now on ok?", remembering her sweet voice made tears flow out of my eyes.

"Ok, I promise"

I put my fists up and charged at Lucy.

'I'm really sorry Lucy but this is the only I can protect you. This is the only way I can free. This is going to hurt me more than you!'

I threw a punch at Lucy's beautiful face but she blocked it with her arm.

"Hehe, so you finally decide to fight me like a man? Good! I felt really disappointed when you didn't fight back! So show me what you got!"

Lucy pulled out her shiny knife and tried to stab me. But I was too fast for her.

'Can I really go threw with this?!'

"You're pretty fast but not faster than me!", she yelled as she slashed my arm.

"Erg!"

'She's not the real Lucy! She's not the real Lucy! SHE'S NOT THE REAL-

"LUCY!", I yelled out as I punched her in the face.

My heart throbbed as I pulled back my bloody fist. I felt really horrible. I had Lucy's blood on my fist.

"Luce… I'm really sorry I…. I can't do this!", tears kept flowing out of my eyes.

I didn't want to fight Lucy. She was to precious to injure. I promised her that I would protect her not hurt her.

"You're such a big baby!", Lucy slammed a kick on my stomach making me fall on my back.

"You're so weak!

"You pathetic little shit!"

'Lucy…'

She continued to kick me. I didn't have the courage to stop her. I felt weak and defenseless.

"I thought you were tough!"

"That you would actually put up a fight!"

"Lucy…. I-

"SHUT THE HELL UP!", she kicked my stomach with so much force that I threw up all over the floor.

"Lucy…. I'm really sorry", I whispered as I closed my eyes.

I was really hoping that this was just a bad dream. I was hoping that in a couple of seconds I would be waking up next to Gray and Laxus. I was hoping that all of this wasn't real.

But even I couldn't deny it. This was truly happening.

"You're not worth my time anymore you pathetic loser", Lucy said as she pulled out a black magnum.

She placed a sharp golden bullet inside of it and pointed the magnum towards my forehead.

"Even a cyborg can't survive a bullet to the head", she whispered with a cold voice.

"Lucy…. please no…", I whispered as my heart shattered into pieces.

She gave me an evil smile as she pulled the trigger.

*Clack!*

A/N: To be continued on Chapter 7: Natsu's Resolve