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Chapter 5. Taken
The two weary travelers finally arrived to the next city, Magnolia. After a long journey from Hargeon, they were glad to find a place to spend the night without having to sleep on bedrock or grass. Upon coming to the local inn however, they found that it had no more rooms available. Dejected, they roamed the city until they came to an open area with dozens of Rainbow Sakura trees. Setting their bags down, they lied under one of the trees and drifted off to sleep. They woke after being prodded by something.
Opening their eyes, they saw a tiny girl with ridiculously long hair standing above them. She flashed a friendly smile.
"Hello! I'm Mavis. Pardon me for waking you."
The two lying down blinked at her.
"What do you want?" The man asked.
One of the hairs on her head twitched. Moving closer she said, "Oh, I felt bad leaving you out here. We get many travelers through here so the inn is always full. You two look like you're in horrible shape."
The two strangers had been traveling for a month. Dirt and grim was baked onto their skin and clothes. They carried many bags and often traveled in a wagon if they could find someone to drive them. They did not use most of their money, not knowing how long they would be traveling. The girl looked the worse. A permanent frown etched her face. Her eyes were dull, devoid of emotion or any sign of life. The man kept close to her fearing for her reactions.
Mavis struggled to contain her tears seeing such sad expressions. Straightening up she extended a hand toward the girl that looked about her age. With hesitation, the girl accepted the hand.
"You can stay at Fairy Tail," Mavis proclaimed.
"Fairy Tail?" The man questioned, getting up.
Mavis nodded." It's my guild. I'm the master."
The man scoffed. "You look too young to be a guild master, little girl."
Mavis's smile did not waver. "Yes, but I'm quite suited for the role. Out of everyone else, I'm the most powerful." Mavis grabbed the girl's hand. "I can tell you two are wizards and I can tell you're strong too." Mavis bore into the girl's eyes. "Oh, how rude of me. I don't even know your names."
Mavis looked expectantly at her.
"I'm… I'm Ophelia." The man looked startled. "And this is Reiki." Reiki gave a nod of hello.
Mavis clapped her hands together. "You'll join then?" She squealed seeing a slight nod of the head from Ophelia. Grabbing some of their bags, she started down the road toward Fairy Tail.
"Come on Lia! You can share my room with Zera and me. Reiki, you'll have to share with the guys," Mavis shouted over her shoulder.
The corner of Lia's mouth tugged upward.
Gray and Lia burst through the doors of Fairy Tail yelling, "Wendy was taken!"
Natsu's hands flared up. "So they've taken another of my Nakama huh? They don't who they're messing with."
Lia surveyed the room. Everyone looked ready to spill blood. "Another one?"
Lucy came up to them. "Yeah, they took Lisanna, Romeo and Laki too. We've been waiting for you two to get back before Master decides what we're gonna do."
"How could they take my little sis like that? That's not a man! I'll beat their asses cause I'm a man!" Elman declared. A glass broke in Mirajane's hand. "If they lay a hand on her I'll kill every one of them! I'm not letting anyone else hurt Lisanna again." The rest of guild agreed with her statement, although they sported frightened expressions at her sudden outburst.
The local mailman arrived then. "Package for Fairy Tail. It's urgent." He handed the box to Laxus.
Laxus tore open the box. He picked up a communication lacrima. "Why the hell would someone send us one of those?" Cana asked chugging down a barrel of alcohol.
The Lacrima lit up and a face appeared. Leppard gave a toothy grin. "Hey Fairies, long time no see."
"It's that Leopard guy," Natsu said.
Leppard rolled his eyes. "It's Leppard. "
Erza moved Natsu out of the way. "No one cares. Tell us where you took our friends."
Leppard snickered. "Not happening gorgeous. But I can show them to you if you want. I've been taking special care of them."
The picture got shaky as he walked with the lacrima. Placing it in front of a low-lit room, the guild gasped when they saw their comrades.
Chained up to the walls were Lisanna, Romeo, Laki and Wendy. Blood caked their bodies and their clothes were in tatters. Their skin was swollen with bruises and wounds.
"What did you do to my son you monster?!" Macao was livid. Romeo looked the worse out of the four.
Leppard pointed to Romeo. "It's my specialty. This little troublemaker kept trying to fight me. I only… subdued him. As for the others, the white haired chick was quite the screamer. It made me want to punish her over and over again because me it made me feel so good." He gave a sadistic smirk. Elfman let out a roar and slammed a table into a wall.
"Four eyes was fun too. Nice tits on her. But my favorite was the sweet little dragon slayer." He touched Wendy's chin and placed a kiss on her lips. "I had a lot of fun with her. Who knew a kid like her could be so entertaining."
"You bastard! Get your hands off of her!" Natsu demanded.
"Yeah you pervert. Wait until we get our hands on you. You punks messed with the wrong guild," Lucy warned.
"How could you do that to a little girl?! What kind of man are you?" Erza hissed.
"He's not a man, just a filthy snake. You Genesis freaks want to torture our friends and think you'll get away with it? Not by a long shot. No one that has got in our way has ever got out without a serious beating. "Gray added.
"You can spout all that nonsense all you want Fairies but no one has ever beaten Cain's Genesis."
"And no one has ever beaten Fairy Tail. You forget we're the strongest guild in Fiore that has taken on the likes of demons and dragons. You're just insects that we have to step on to protect our guild." Makarov lifted the lacrima up and glared at Leppard.
"Whatever old man. Say goodbye to your friends Fairies. It'll be your last."
"Stay strong Lisanna! I know you can hear me. Don't worry we're coming to get you sis. Have faith in us guys. We'll make them pay for hurting you," Mirajane yelled.
Lia took the lacrima from Makarov. "You think you're tough stuff huh? You think you're powerful because you torture little kids and women? That just shows how weak and pathetic you are. You're nothing but a wimpy man making up for the fact that he couldn't beat a couple of girls. You're a spineless, weak and tiny little pedophile."
Leppard's face turned red. "Listen you bit-"
"No you listen. When we find you and trust me, we will. I'll string you up and turn your body inside out. Cause that's my specialty." She smashed the lacrima onto the ground and stomped on the pieces.
"Were you able to trace the signal Freed?" Makarov asked.
Freed nodded, handing him a slip of paper. "Here is the coordinates sir."
Makarov passed it along to Erza. "Team Natsu I'm sending you to retrieve the others. Get in and get out. Avoid confrontation with them. We don't know how many members they have or how powerful they are."
"No one could take us on gramps. We're the strongest team," Natsu bragged.
"That may be brat, but then how come you couldn't take on only a few of their men and allow Romeo to be taken?" Natsu wilted at his words.
"We understand master. We won't let you down," Erza said.
"Good. Get going," Makarov said.
Team Natsu ran out of the guild. Their jaws set in determination as they made their way to Cain's Genesis headquarters.
Just a few more chapters until this arc is done!. I'm almost done writing the next arc, I'm on chapter 14. The reason I'm not posting them all at once is because just incase I fall behind I can still have chapters to post for you guys. Anyways, see you next time. R&R