Luck of the Unwanted~

Chapter 12

Lucy POV

What? What is Sting saying? I did not sign that. I mean it was what I was thinking but that wasn't what I signed for Natsu….

I looked in Natsu's direction and he looked… broken. His head hung low and his bangs covered his face. Remorse and guilt flooded through me and I couldn't help but feel like I needed to hug him or something. For some reason though, I couldn't move. Hesitation ran through my veins and I found myself paralyzed. Just like the day of my mother's death.

"Fine. I guess I should just go then." Natsu said as he opened the door and walked out with his head still low.

The spell-like feeling of hesitation wore off and I found my body moving towards the door to try and run after him.

But as I grabbed the door knob and turned it, the door slammed back shut. I turned around surprised at the unknown action and saw Sting towering over. The familiar feeling of fear ran down my spine as I saw the lust filled look in his eyes.

He started to lean down and kiss me but thankfully I managed to somehow break free of the trance-like state and move to the side. Just in time too. He smirked, almost evilly, and slowly started to lean back up.

My back slammed against the door as he pinned me there. If I thought I was scared before, it was a total misunderstanding. I am downright terrified now. Where did my best friend go? The one that would always comfort me at night when I cried about my mom? The one that would knock out the boys and girls that picked on me? My first crush….

Those thoughts were knocked aside as I was brought back to reality when his breath was present on my lips. He was wavering. He didn't really want to do this… I hope.

"Where is the Sting-kun I know and remember? Where is the old one that would protect me all those years?" Sting said trying to mimic my voice. I stared into his eyes as if they were going to give me a hint as to what he was going to say next.

"That Sting died a long time ago. I bet you don't even know what happened do you?" Sting asked. I wanted to run away and hide while he was having a battle with himself, but part of me was curious. Part of me knew it was my fault.

"After you left, a thug group called Phantom Lord came looking for you. They never said why but they started to vandalize the orphanage without a single word as to why. They burnt it to the ground and all of the kids and babies for forced onto the streets. Do you understand the tragedy some of those kids went through? Starving. Some literally starved to death. So while you were out of that 'dreaded orphanage' some kids were wishing n every star they saw that they could actually go back." Sting's eyes narrowed and locked onto mine as he started to continue.

"You are the reason for all of those kids' fears, deaths even. And for that I will never forgive you. Which is why I will make you feel all of the pain those small innocent kids went through." Sting said as he suddenly pulled out his pocket knife and started to make his way to my neck. I felt the cold, sharp metal make contact with my skin and winced at the burning sensation. There was a slight little cut that barely oozed blood. He was planning on killing me slowly. But the sad part is that I don't care. I deserve this. I made all of those children go through horrible things. Did they have to see their siblings die? What did they have to watch?

My body surrendered and gave into the touch of the blade. He lifted it to slash again but as he did, glass flew across the room along with a few pieces of wood that held the old widow together.

Suddenly, a blur of colors came flying into the room.

"Sting if you touch her again, so help me god, I will kill you!" Natsu screamed as he came running in my direction. I wanted to scream out to him for help. I wanted to break free of Sting's grasp. But the images of all the kids that lived at the orphanage with me kept running through my head. The thoughts that some might not be living right now…. Because of me. The thoughts and images kept finding their way into the smallest cracks.

I felt Sting's weight shift as he dodged Natsu's sloppy attack. Natsu growled as he quickly as he ran in my direction. Because of my extra limp weight, Sting didn't have time to duck out the way and my body was pried away from him as I went skidding across the floor.

As I did though, my head caught the side of a side table and black started to cloud into my vision.

Normal POV

"Nobody hurts Luce and lives." Natsu snarled as he lunged at Sting for the third time in the last few minutes.

"Really? Because she sure did hurt a lot of people. Children ages ranging as small as four. Dying because of her." He said with a smirk as he dodged every punch Natsu threw at him. As he said that, Natsu subsided and slowly started to stop. Emotions crossed his eyes but soon were shaken away.

"There is no way Luce would ever hurt anyone on purpose." Natsu contradicted as his pace slowed down a bit before eventually stopping fully and looking down.

"That is where you are wrong though. Lucy was the reason for Phantom Lord destroying the orphanage that housed thousands of kids. Because Hargeon is cut off from the rest of the world, the kids were forced to live on the streets. The only reason I am here, is to look for some of the survivors. But then the cause of it all came and I thought 'Why not show her the pain those kids felt?'. But you have messed it all up. You just had to barge in and-" Sting was cut short as Natsu sent a punch to his chin knocking him to the floor.

While he was on the ground, Natsu put his foot on his back to ensure Sting stayed to the ground.

"Lucy would have never done anything if she knew something was going to happen to the little kids at the orphanage and you know it. After all, you have known her your entire life. If anything our roles should be reverse. You should be the one defending her. Did you see her expression when you pulled that knife, she surrendered. She thinks that deserved something she had no control over. You are just so pathetic, you needed an excuse and you chose Lucy. I am going to tell you something here and now. If you ever get so much as an inch close to her, I will personally knock your teeth out of your head. Got it?" and with that, Natsu stomped on Sting's head and knocked him out cold.

After that he made his way to Lucy's side and picked her up bridal style before taking her back to his car and driving back to Magnolia and to the nearest hospital.

Lucy's POV

I lay there in silence as nothingness surrounds me. Where am I? Is this even a place? I can't see anything. I can't be dead. All I remember is Natsu throwing me from Sting's arms and sliding across the floor and hitting my head. Sting…. I changed him. It's my fault.

All my fault.

Suddenly, the darkness started clearing up and a blinding white light replaced it. The light was unbearable and I had to close my eyes. My head was pounding and I couldn't hear anything for a few seconds.

Slowly everything started to clear up and I could hear beeps and see a white ceiling. A ceiling that was not my own. I looked around the room and saw Grandine and Wendy sitting in the corner of the room. They were both asleep and leaning on each other.

Déjà vu much?

Slowly Wendy opened her eyes. Our eyes locked and hers filled with tears. I don't know why though. I am completely fine.

"Lucy-san! I am so glad you are okay!" Wendy said as she jumped up making Grandine almost fall over onto the floor. Luckily she didn't though.

I looked to my side and saw my whiteboard and marker lying there respectively. I don't know how though…. I thought I threw it at Natsu before storming off. Unless he brought it to me while I was here. How long have I been here anyway? What time is it?

I reached for my marker and board and began to write my response.

'Why? Did something extremely bad happen to me?' I wrote. Wendy's face visibly dropped at my response and my heart rate monitor started to speed up a little bit.

"Lucy-san. You have been knocked out for three full days. The doctors took you into urgent care as soon as Natsu brought you here. We were soon contacted and here we are." Wendy explained. I took in the information as it came and tried to except it. She still didn't answer my question.

"Did you go through some kind of trauma? Lucy the doctors looked at your throat once we told them you were temporarily mute. They said…." Wendy trailed off and looked away. I wanted to smash a hole in the wall waiting for her to finish her sentence. Why couldn't she finish? Why couldn't she tell me what the doctor said? How bad is it?

"They said you will never be able to talk again."

Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! I am so sorry that I didn't update! It was my cousin's birthday and I was at her house all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so I haven't had a chance to update. Forgive me!

Also, I don't know if you like it or not but lately I found that I have been switching POVs a lot. Do you guys want me to keep doing that or do you want me to keep it at the traditional Lucy POV? Please let me know!

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