Gommen a thousand times Minna. I have been so sick for the past few days and I had finals this week too. Well here is the long awaited next . Now on with the story.

Lucy's P.O.V

Pain. That's all I could feel right now coursing through my body. Burns where evident everywhere along with small cuts oozing blood along with several nasty bruises. All of this pain was inflicted by that mad scientist "help" in his maze. I looked over to see Iris panting next to me. I wish I could comfort her, but I knew that this torture was far from finished. I couldn't remeber how long we had been inside this maze. An hour, days, weeks? Who knows, we could have been in here for only a few minutes. All I knew was that we needed to escape this man. Yet for that to happen, we would have to pass Sting and Rouge fisrt.

A surge of pain raced through my body as I cryed out in pain. I could hear Iris's screams from a distance. "Now now ladies. I don't remember saying you could take a break. Now if you want one, find the exit." The voice of the scientist spoke from a speaker. I shakily got up. Heading over to Iris, I lifted her up to support her wieght as we made our search for the exit. Gajeel. Where are you? I thought while approaching the exit after what seemed like hours. Collasping onto the ground, I was hoisted up seconds later by a hand.

"Oi, blondie. Who said you could rest?" I heard Sting say as he held my limp body. Before I could answer, I was sailing across the room and slamed into the wall. I shouted out in pain from the impact. My body layed barely motionless on the ground. I heard the chuckling coming from the cruel scientist as footsteps came towards me. Weakly, I moved my head to face him.

"Well looks like I have almost broken you. That's no fun. I had so much hope that you would last longer." He said. I chuckled at him while shakily standing to my feet. With my bangs covering my eyes from his view I spoke, "Who ever said I had broken yet? I will now break. Never will you break me. I"M A FAIRY TAIL MAGE! YOU WILL NEVER BREAK MY SPIRIT AS LONG AS I REPRESENT MY GUILD!" Once the last words left my mouth, an explosion came from the wall behind the scientist. I coughed at the sudden dust. Once it cleared, tears appeared in my eyes.

"Gajeel."

Gommen that it's a short chapter, but I had to leave it at a cliffhanger. So what will happen now that Gajeel has appeared? You'll just have to wait and see. Well until then, ja ne.

Rise.

Bow.

Aye sir!