Hibiki's POV

My team and I had just completed a mission in the outskirts of magnolia. It was a simple escort mission where we got a stuck up rich couple to a meeting and back.

"I wish something interesting would happen, not that i'm bored or anything." Ren said

"Yeah, things have been rather quiet lately." Eve, my other team mate replied.

We continued in silence. I checked our direction on my archive, ensuring we wouldn't get lost like the times Ichiya led the way. As I looked at the map, something caught my eye. I looked at the sun, there was about half an hour till sunset so it was perfect.

"Hey guys," I said, "there is a cliff not far from here that would give us a great view of the sunset, want to cheek it out?"

"Great idea Hibiki!" Eve exclaimed with a grin

"It's not like I want to go or anything." Ren replied monotonously.

We altered our course and arrived at said cliff in about 20 minutes and sit down not to close to the edge. As we sat in a comfortable silence, watching the sun go down, I started to feel uneasy. I squirmed and Eve looked at me.

"You can feel it too?"

"Yeah."

"Something is coming." Ren said standing up. Eve and I didn't need to ask to know that he had felt a large displacement of air. "Its human, and it's coming toward us, fast."

Soon enough both Eve and I could hear the sounds of someone crashing through the forest, then the sound of running feet. We all stood in a defensive position, prepared for anything that might come out. We weren't prepared enough.

A figure broke into the open, blonde, body battered, blood dripping, face portraying a terrified expression. To say I was shocked would be an understatement, I was horrified. Who would do such a thing to someone? Instantly I linked our minds with telepathy.

"There's more coming. This one seems to be running away from something." Ren told us through the link. The blonde figure looked back and added a burst of speed. It wasn't looking where it was going though and I watched in horror as it ran right off the cliff, at the same moment two men came out of the tangle of trees and bushes. They smirked when they saw the blonde begin to fall and they stopped running.

"Eve! Quickly put a pile of soft snow at the bottom of the cliff!"

"On it!"

I watched as Eve put a mountain of snow at the bottom of the cliff, and not a moment to soon. The body crashed into it not a second later. I looked at Eve and he gave me the thumbs up.

"Don't worry, the snow prevented a crash."

I turned back to the two men who were headed back into the forest and started to approach them but I was rooted to the ground when I heard what hey were saying.

"Shit, Master's gonna have our heads for loosing his favourite toy."

"It's not like we can do anything, she would have died anyway."

"I guess, she was masters toy after all. To be honest I'm surprised she got as far as she did after he's had her for over here days."

"Holy shit, Guys you better get down here NOW!" Ren said abandoning his usual speech pattern.

I gave one last look at the men's retreating figures before turning back to the edge of the cliff and Eve. I made steps to the bottom with my magic and the two of us quickly descended.

Ren was kneeling next to the blond figure, obviously panicking. He wasn't very good at handling large amounts of blood, and the sight before us was sickening. The snow was stained red with blood that poured from many wounds and some of the numerous gashes that littered the person's body were obviously infected and oozing puss.

"We need to get her to the guild, now." I say. Both my team mates nod and Ren, being the strongest physically, leans down and picks her up as gently as he could. As he rises, some of the blond hair falls away from her face. I gasp as I instantly recognise her. The battered and bruised body in Ren's arms was none other that FairyTail's celestial mage, Lucy Heartfillia.

Ok, so I know that I haven't updated in ages and i'm really sorry. I also apologise for how short this chapter is. A big thank you to those of you who wished me luck on my exams! I did really well, and i'm happy with my results. My summer holidays are coming to an end unfortunately so i'm going back to school soon, but I will update when I can!

~BM