I closed my eyes as I waited for death. There wasn't anything else I could do. I couldn't fight Lucy that was insane. I'd rather die than lay a finger on her.

'Am I dead yet? It's been a couple of seconds since she pulled the trigger'

I opened my eyes but to my surprise I wasn't dead. Instead of seeing pitch black I saw Lucy crying and trembling right in front of me.

'What's going on? Did she miss?'

I slowly looked to the right side of me where I found a bullet buried into the sand. It was letting out some white fume so I knew that bullet was the one she shot.

'She did miss! But how?! She had a perfect shot on me!'

I slowly looked back at Lucy with wide eyes. She was still shivering as she held the black magnum in her hands.

"Lucy?..."

"Natsu…", she sobbed, "I'm so sorry, I had no control….. I-I…

"ARRGHHH!", she let out a cold blooded scream as she place her hands on her head.

"We must kill him! He has to die-

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"

I watched Lucy have a battle with her mind as I tried to move closer to her.

"Lucy! You're in control! Fight it!", I yelled out as I inched my way towards her.

"Natsu….. I-I'm trying but!-

"ARRGHH!"

Her screams were making my blood turn cold. I hated seeing Lucy like this.

'I have to do something! I have to save her!'

"Lucy! You can do it! You're stronger!"

"You're such an annoying pest!", the mind controlled Lucy hissed as she shot me with the magnum. The bullet grazed my right arm as I tried to dodge it.

'Lucy's trying her best not to hurt me, that must mean she's winning! Right?!'

"NATSU! GET AWAY FROM ME!", Lucy yelled out as she clutched her head.

"I can't leave you-

"If you stay I'll end up killing you!"

"I don't care!"

"But I do! Please Natsu I don't want to hurt you", Lucy fell to her knees as she sobbed. It broke my heart, I couldn't stand it.

"Lucy I-

"Hehehe….. HAHAHAHA!", the other side of Lucy laughed a cold hearted laugh as she stood up.

"What's so funny?", I hissed looking at the opposite of Lucy.

"You guys are!", she said as she pointed at herself then at me.

"What are you talking about?!"

"You guys act all mushy gushy towards each other it disgusts me!", she hissed as she pointed the black magnum towards the side of her and Lucy's head.

"What are you doing?!", I roared as I stepped forward a little bit.

"My objective was to kill you, Ice, and Lightning. But the real Lucy keeps interrupting my mission so I'm going to let another person take care of you guys. I'm not needed anymore and neither is Lucy!"

"ST-STOP! DON'T DO THIS!"

"Two for the price of one I love it!", she licked her lips as she put her finger on the trigger.

"NOO!", I screamed as I tackled Lucy into a hug.

Tears were flowing out of my eyes as I held on to Lucy.

"Please don't hurt her! Kill me if you have to! But please don't kill Lucy… PLEASE!"

The mind controlled Lucy was stunned. She didn't know what she was feeling.

"I-I….. NEVERMIND! KEEP YOUR PATHETIC LIVES YOU HUMANS!", the other side of Lucy yelled out as she tossed the gun away and let the normal Lucy take control.

"Natsu….. I-

"Lucy is this the….. real you?", I whispered as I cried on her shoulder not daring to look her in the eyes.

"Yes, we did it, we got rid of her", she whispered back just as softly as she stroked my pink hair.

"R-Really?", I questioned as I lifted my face to look her in her beautiful brown eyes that glistened in the moonlight.

"Yes… I'm back to being the real me", she sent me a warm smile as she stared back into my eyes.

"Prove it", I whispered not sure if I could trust her.

"Ok let's see… Ah! You asked me out on a date when we were back at the base"

My eyes widened as I blushed a little bit.

'She remembers?! This really is the real Lucy!'

"LUCY!", I hugged her tighter not wanting to let her go, "It really is you!"

My tears of sorrow were replaced by tears of joy.

"I'm so glad you're back!"

Lucy giggled softly, "Me too, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to take control"

"Well you did! And I'm proud of you!"

"What are you talking about you saved me!", she responded back as she rubbed my back.

"No I didn't you saved yourself I didn't do a single thing"

Lucy backed away from the hug and clutched my shoulders. She focused all of her attention on my onyx eyes. I did the same thing.

"Natsu..", she smiled warmly, "If it wasn't for you I would've been dead. You prevented the other side of me from killing the both of us. You're a hero!"

I blushed when she called me a hero.

"No I'm not", I said innocently as I played with the collar of my shirt.

"Yes you are-

*WUSHHIO!*

Lucy was frozen right in front of me. Ice formed around her whole entire body.

"Lucy!"

"Don't worry Natsu I captured her!", I heard someone yell out behind me.

I turned around and saw Gray with both of his hand cuffed.

"Gray did you?..."

Gray understood what I was trying to ask so he shook his head.

"You idiot! She's on our side now! And where the hell were you when I needed you!"

Gray sweat dropped as I continued to glare at him.

"Um…. I was asleep?"

"Then you must be a heavy sleeper because there was a lot of noises buddy!"

"Yeah….. sorry about that", he whispered as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Sorry doesn't cut it I almost died!"

"Look I'm sorry ok! I-

"I don't have time for this right now I have to thaw out Lucy, so can we please talk about this later?"

"Man you must be really concerned about Lucy for you to forfeit our argument", he smirked

"I'm not forfeiting! I just don't want her to freeze to death!", I retaliated back as I raised my right hand towards Lucy.

I was about to shoot out fire but Gray grabbed my arm and stopped me.

"Wait! How do you know she's on our side?! She might be mind controlled just like how all of us were!"

"No, she's not, well not anymore. I freed her just like I did with you and Laxus.

"I thought you killed Laxus?"

"WHAT! NO! He's just really injured!"

"Whatever you say man I'll have to take your word on it", Gray shrugged as he made his way back to the car with the still unconscious Laxus.

I raised my right hand towards the frozen Lucy. I focused all of my energy and shot out a small stream of fire.

'Don't worry Lucy I'll have you out in no time'

…

Location: The Red Death's Secret Base

Date: 3 minutes after Codename Death reported that she had found her target.

(3rd Person POV)

"Master! What did Codename Death say if you don't mind me asking?" the Master's second in command asked him as they were sitting in his quarters.

"Hehe, she said that she found her target", the Master responded as he smiled an evil grin.

"Which target?"

"Codename Fire", he responded simply as he spinned a blade around his fingers.

"You mean….. the cyborg that escaped from the lab?"

"Yes, I sent Death to go kill him. He's a liability to my plan, I can't have him alive"

"But….. But he's your s-

"SHUT UP! DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE!", the Master yelled out as he raised his right hand towards his second in command. The second just shivered in fear as he got on his knees and bowed to the Master.

"I-I'm sorry! Please f-forgive me!", the second screeched out in fear as he covered his face with his hands.

The Master lowered his hand and went up to his second. Once he was in front of him he picked him up and placed on his feet.

"Sorry about that It's just… nevermind"

"No it's ok I understand Master"

A tear streamed down the Master's face.

"Master….. Are you…"

"No! It's just that I realized something"

"What?

"Weaken Lucy's mind control", the Master said completely ignoring the question.

"What! Why?!"

"Because… if anyone is going to kill Natsu, it's going to be me. I deserve to do it".

"Master…."

"Please"

The second stood there stunned. He couldn't believe what he had heard.

"Ok, I'll do it", he whispered as he made his way to the control room leaving the Master alone.

The Master stood there in silence until a smile appeared on his face.

"I can't wait to see you again son….."

A/N: Evil cliffhanger hehe :)

Please forgive me ;-;