Hello
Natsu
When he woke up his first instinct was to turn to the side to see his older brother's face. However when he didn't he was put into a wide state of panic.
Where was Zeref? Why was he alone? Why-
"You're awake." A small voice says from his right and he jumped at the noise, not expecting someone else to be in the dark room he was in. He looks in the direction of the quiet voice and tries to make his eyes adjust to the darkness. His eyes fell on a small girl huddled in a corner with her knees to her chest. Her hair was dark and stopped at her shoulders and she wore a white uniform of some sort.
"Who are you..?" He asks, the girl looked younger than him, maybe she was around three or four years old.
"W-Wendy.." She stutters and it sounded like she had been crying. He sits up and tries to make his way over to the girl. His legs felt as if he'd been sleeping for days and they wobbled as he walk. When he finally makes it he sits on the cold floor next to, their shoulders almost touching.
"Do you know.." He swallows thickly. He was thirsty as well. "Where we are?' He asks her. The girl shakes her head and leans against him.
"There were... Other kids here, but they took them."
He took note of how easily out of breath she was getting while talking, it almost made him worry.
They spent the next few moments in silence and it was getting intolerable for the little boy. He wasn't used to the silence. He was used to the noises of the outside and his older brother rummaging around and mumbling to himself. Now the only noise was his and Wendy's breathing.
"Natsu." He says with a small smile but she probably couldn't see it in the dark.
"Ara?" She says and looks up at him.
"My name's Natsu." He repeated. The silence began once more.
A buzz noise rang throughout the room and Wendy jumped causing Natsu to flinch back a bit. The lights were suddenly turned on making them not able to see for a few seconds until their visions refocused. A sharp click and then the door was opened. Natsu didn't even realize it was a door since it looked just like the rest of the wall.
A man comes in with a clipboard, while a guard stays at the the door, holding it open. His footsteps rang through the as he walked and with each passing step Wendy shrunk more into him.
"Ah, so you're awake, it's about time. I thought we would have to discard you boy." He spoke and writes something down. Natsu frowned.
"Where are we?" He asked the man. The man stopped writing to look at him for a brief moment before going back to writing, this time mumbling and shaking his head. "You don't need to know that. All you have to do is do as we say and all will be fine." He states and waves a hand. Another guard walks in and stops beside him.
Natsu didn't know why but there was a terrible feeling at the bottom of his stomach. It made him a bit nervous and made him sweat a bit. From beside him Wendy had grabbed hold of shirt and pressed a little closer into him. He swallows a bit and looks back at the man.
He was bald and wore a long white coat over his clothes. The guard was wearing white clothes as well but held no expression what so ever. It made him a little jittery looking into those blank eyes.
The man stops writing and looks over the pink haired boy's shoulder to the blue haired girl.
"Oh? I forgot you were in here. " he flips through his papers. "You're too young anyway, it won't do good. " he turned to the guard. "Get the boy, leave the girl." He says and turns toward the door. From behind him Wendy's eyes went wide and she gripped Natsu tighter. The guard grabs him by the wrist but Natsu snatches his hand back out of his grip.
"I'm not going! Where are we and where's my brother!?"
The man at the door looks over his shoulder. "Brother? Probably dead like those other kids, or died fighting." He says with a crooked grin.
Natsu froze.
"W-Whuh?' No, he wouldn't believe that. He didn't believe that.
"Natsu!" Wendy's voice reached his ears and he felt a buzz through his body and he went numb all over. The guard catches him as his world tilted and his eyes focused on the crying girl in the corner.
"Wendy..."
"I told you to do as told boy. Don't worry girl, you'll be next in a while."
That was the last time he saw Wendy.
It was hot.
Very hot.
To most people this would've been torture but now he was used to it. He was used to the scorching heat they put him in every day. He was used to doing all the running around they made him do, because of he didn't they would shock him. He even made it through that thing they put on his head to make him see things he didn't like and thought was scary. It made his head hurt really bad and he would always cry when it was over.
One thing he was not used to was the scorching heat in his chest and throat. He wanted to claw at it, he wanted to struggle and wiggle away. He wanted to scream out loud and cry. But he couldn't he was being restrained as they put something on him.
"How many more do we have?"
"Five more of the fire ones."
He couldn't see them because they put something over his eyes. All he could heat was voices and the outline of figures as the moved around the bright light above him.
"Place another on his chest. It should infuse with the lungs."
"Ate you sure? He is consci-"
"Do it!"
The burning came back tenfold on his chest and he made a strangled cry through the cloth they tied in his mouth. It hurt so much! He didn't like this! He didn't want this!
He wanted his mom.
"His heart rate is slowing!'
He wanted his dad.
"Crap! Remove it!'
He wanted his brother.
"Its already inside! He's a goner now!"
He closed his eyes.
"Is he alive...?"
"How would we know? We've been in the same room like you!' He twitches.
"He looks weird...' He tries to open his eyes but can't. The heat from before was back but not as intense.
"We all look weird." He tries once more to move but nothing happens but another twitch.
"Yeah but his scales are red..."
He partially opens them, groaning at the bright light.
"Sh, he's waking up..."
He swallows and lets out a couch because he throat was so dry and it turns into a series of more coughs. A hand pats his chest and he groans and rolls on his sides. Opening his eyes once more he was greeted by a boy with black hair and eyes. He blinks once more and tries to sit up.
"So he is alive?'
"He is moving and breathing so duh."
"Oh shut up, you know what I meant."
"Where...?" He croaks out.
"Don't know, but welcome back to hell.'
"Gaj... "
"It's true and you know it."
The dark haired boy sighs. "This is the room they put us in when were done doing whatever they want. We thought you were dead."
"Dead...?' He echoed. He didn't feel dead, extremely warm, but not dead.
"When you came in here the first day you were really red and stuff." Another voice says and he looks to see a blonde in a corner of the white room.
"And like everyone else he rose from the dead and is one of us." A boy with spiky black hair and tanned skin said across from him.
"That's Gajeel, the blonde is Sting. And I'm Rogue." The boy behind him says and moves back to lean against the wall behind them.
Natsu moves and leans against the wall as well, trying to catch his breath. He still felt hot in the inside for some reason. He looks down at his hands and saw they were normal bit they had a warm tingle to them. He didn't know why.
"It takes awhile to get used to it." The raven says and his attention went to Rogue.
"The feeling like something is wrong about you I mean." He mumbled and rested his chin on his knees. In away it kinda reminded him of his older brother.
"How long has it been?" Natsu asked him and rogue shrugged. "Don't know. Days, weeks, months..." He shrugged again and began picking at the wall beside him. Natsu looked around to see Gajeel in a corner with his eyes clothes and Sting staring at the floor.
"So you guys just sit here...?"
"There's nothing else to do." Sting spoke up and Natsu sniffed and wiped his nose.
And he was able to smell everything.
He blinks rapidly and whips his head around the room. From behind him Rogue snorts. "You'll get used to that too.' He sniffs again and scoff at the mixture of smells in the room. He swallows once more and leans back against the wall.
He really missed his brother.
He hoped Zeref was okay.
Sorry again for the long wait. I have a habit that I update two or three chapters at the same time so it usually takes awhile for updates. Thanks again for the reviews