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Chapter Twelve
The Lacrima
Lucy grunted slightly as she opened her eyes. She blinked glancing around herself, wondering where she was and made to move but she couldn't. Panic started to settled in when she felt that both of her hands and legs were tied up so hard that it can feel the restrains digging into her skin.
"Where am I?" she said, "Natsu, Gray, Happy."
She started to glance around herself wondering what was going on around her, taking in the place. It was an oval shaped room, and quite large. It looked a little aged, and she can see machineries around her and as she crooned her neck, she noticed a large round shape in above her, suspended in between two large metallic hands.
"That`s…a Lacrima," she said, "A…really large one."
"Oh so you`re awake," a voice said.
Lucy suddenly glanced down coming face to face with a man. He was wearing a lab coat, and had a wide smile upon his face. His hair which was grayish red was falling upon his shoulder and he had a small bear.
"Who are you?" Lucy said, "Where am I?"
The man chuckled.
"Well you are in my laboratory," he said, "About to become my pet subjects, but I would have never expected one of the wizards I have caught to be a Dragon Slayer. Their magic are unlimited…It will do well in my Lacrima."
The blonde girl stared at him, confused.
"My name is Silverstone," he said, "I was once a very promising scientist…but alas, my work was discouraged by the Council saying that I was…immoral but I will show them. I have created the perfect weapon…and I will use it upon them."
He then glanced up toward the ceiling.
"And when I use it," he said, "I will turn Era into a desolate wasteland."
Lucy blinked.
"You want to destroy Era…That can`t be done," she said, "There is nothing powerful enough to destroy an entire city."
Silverstone turned toward her.
"That is why I build one myself," he said, "resulting in that lacrima behind you. But even with the lacrima built, I didn`t have the magical power to activate it…so how to draw magic here."
He started to chuckle as if he had found something funny and Lucy can feel a chill running down her back.
"Then the perfect idea came to me," he said, "I send out a false job request with promise of a good amount of jewels and in the following months, wizards from all over Fiore came flocking down to me. I captured them and they were absorbed into the lacrima giving it power…but never would I have thought a Dragon Slayer will come here and thanks to his magic, the lacrima will be complete."
Lucy can feel fear running through her body. It now became clear to her why the Amulet of Apocalypse was familiar to her. It had been the story about a Temple hidden in the woods…it was never an actual Amulet in the first place.
I`m an idiot, she thought, Why didn`t I become aware of it sooner.
"Now, I`m going to prepare the machine and absorb the Dragon Slayer`s magic," the crazy man said as activated the machine.
Everything started to move and a pointed top that was hanging above where Lucy was lying down started to descend causing Lucy`s heart to start thundering as it came down at the place beside her.
She turned her head again, taking notice of the pink hair.
"Natsu," she said, "Natsu wake up,"
The thing stabbed straight into Natsu`s body as the young man grunted in pain and he started to move but his restrained body hardly did so. Then a red glow was started to get sucked out of his body and into the machine.
The lacrima above them started to glow also.
"No, NATSU WAKE UP," Lucy yelled.
"Doesn`t matter how loud you scream," Silverstone said, "No one will come to help you."
Lucy can feel tears falling out of her eyes.
"SOMEONE HELP," she yelled, "SOMEBODY HELP ME."
Meanwhile
Both Gray and Harry were walking into the trees with Happy upon his shoulder. He was looking around in the darkness but he couldn`t find anything.
"Are you sure this is the right direction Happy?" he asked.
"A…Aye," the blue cat said, shaking from where he was.
Gray sighed and nodded. He glanced toward his silent companion. It was hard to tell that it was woman with the black tattered cloak that was bellowing around her body. He had seeing some kind of chains on her left arm and wondered what they were for.
"So lady," he started, "Why were you in that Temple anyway?"
"Why do you ask?" she asked him.
Gray blinked.
"I mean," he said, "It looked like no one lived there in years. You can`t be living there by yourself? I mean, don't you have any friends."
That caused her to laugh a little.
"All my friends died a long time ago," she answered him.
"Oh," Gray said, "That must have been hard losing them like that. I can`t imagine what my life would have been without Fairy Tail, and all the friends I have there."
That caused the girl to glance toward him before shaking her head.
"You get use to it."
Then Happy suddenly flew from Gray`s shoulder, looking toward one direction with both of his ears stood up.
"What is it Happy?" Gray asked.
"Lucy`s voice," he said, "I can hear it coming from that direction."
He flew forward and the two others started to run after him. They ran through the trees until they came face to face with a large building. It was very old from the look for it.
"This must have been the down Industrial Force," Harry said looking at it.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME," a voice was yelling.
"It`s Lucy," both Gray and Happy said.
"It`s coming from over there," Harry said pointing toward the basement door.
They all ran toward it and she threw it open showing stairs leading all the way down.
"Someone being using these recently," Harry said, noticing the footprints.
Gray ran down the stairs leading the way toward where his friends were being kept and can see a door up ahead with a light coming from underneath it. He sends out his leg slamming it open for them.
The trio found themselves looking at a giant Lacrima, which was glowing a deep red color.
"What the…," Harry whispered.
"Intruders are we?" a voice said.
They looked up finding a man standing on the upper level. He was dressed in a lab coat.
"What have you done with my friends," Gray yelled at him.
"Sorry boy but your friends are about to become part of my Lacrima," he told them.
Gray tightens his teeth.
"Not if I got anything to say about it," he said slamming his fist on his palm as a cold air started to grow around him.
"Oh! An Ice Magic User," the man said, "Well I`ve got your Challenger right here."
A large shape dropped out from the ceiling landing on the ground causing it to shake underneath them.
"GRAY IT`s THE DEMON," Happy yelled.
The large creature in front of them had two long horns upon his head and stood above them growling deeply. Gray looked up at it in shock and surprise.
"Beast Soul?" he said, "That`s Elfman`s magic."
"Oh, so you recognize this Monster," the man said, "I`m afraid not many people do…after all, all they ever found of people who faced this monster is nothing but the bloody parts that were left behind…"
"CRYSTAL PUNCH," Harry yelled as she charged forward.
She slammed it straight into the monster`s stomach as it shatter on impact, sending it flying back into the wall creating a large crater there. Gray glanced toward the girl seeing the color of her magic encircling her entire form. It was causing her cloak to dance behind her even thought they were no wind.
"People like you," she said, "people who uses others for their own personal gains…really pisses me off."
Gray was staring at her, his eyes going wide.
What the hell is this girl? Her power rival Master…
"Gray," she said, snapping him into attention, "Free your friends…I am in the mood to pulverize something."
"Yeah…sure," he said before running off to where Lucy was tied up.
Harry can feel anger cursing through her body as she approached where the Beast was, her eyes shining a crimson red color.
"Your magical power," the man in the lab coat said, "It`s…It`s beautiful…When the Beast is done with you…You will be my pride jewel."
Harry gives him a glare.
"When I`m done with the Beast, I will kill you."
With that she charged forward toward the Beast which had gotten up and let out a dangerous roar. It raised his large hands toward her incoming form to slam her into the ground but she sidestepped the attack which created a large hole into where it was.
"Crystal Shuriken,"
A number of small stars shaped weapons flew toward the Beast as they pierced his body, causing him to roar in pain at the number of them that were hitting. The Beast then opened its mouth as a large yellow blast appeared there.
Harry blinked, noticing it.
That`s…
The blast tore through the ground aiming straight toward her form which exploded upon impact sending her flying backward into the wall. Harry slid down, wiping her mouth from the blood.
Beast Cry, she thought, It`s a fully matured one to be able to cast it…
She stood back up and slamming both of her hands upon the ground.
"Infinite Crystal Forest,"
The spikes of crystals started to rises everywhere in front of her, aiming straight toward the Beast and sending it flying backward roaring in anger and in pain. Then she stood up with both of her arms aimed toward the Beast.
"Take this, Infinite Crystal Shuriken."
They all started to fly toward the Beast, even more than the last attack. But the beast charged straight through with his horn aimed straight toward Harry`s form.
Shit it`s charging, she thought as she jumped out of the way.
The Beast growled and turned its gaze toward her before charging toward her again as a golden glow appeared around it`s form…increasing the speed. Harry put both of her hands upon the ground.
"Crystal Absolute Defense,"
Three thick walls of crystal grew in between her and the incoming Beast who slammed against it causing the first wall to crack and explode through it. Harry gritted her teeth.
Damn, it`s stronger than I thought it would, she thought.
The Beast continued its charge slamming through the second wall causing Harry`s eyes to widen in shock seeing her strongest defensive spell being destroyed like that. Then the Beast arrived at the third Wall, completely crashing through that one as well.
That`s impossible how can it be so powerful? She thought.
The Beast charged straight into her throwing her backward and running with her through a wall.
Gray arrived beside Lucy and started to untied her hands.
"Gray," the blonde said, relief in her eyes, "Wait you have to take that machine out of Natsu…it`s draining his magic."
The young man glanced toward it and said, "Happy, free Lucy."
"Aye sir," the blue cat said.
He ran toward Natsu and noticed that the young man looked a bit pale as he lied there. He touched the machine encasing it in ice before breaking it. He freed him from the restrains then stared at the Dragon Slayer giving him a good slap.
"WAKE UP Ash brain," he yelled, "HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE SLEEPING?"
That must have worked for Natsu suddenly seated up his eyes glaring at Gray.
"Gray You Stripper, I`m going to kick your ass for that one…woah," he said before falling down on the ground.
"What is wrong with you?" Gray asked him.
"I feel so weak," Natsu said, "What`s wrong with my Magic?"
"It had been drained from your body," Lucy told him freed from her restrains, "That Silverstone had been draining wizard`s magic for months to create fill up this lacrima."
They trio stared at the giant lacrima in front of them.
"The job we took," she continued, "It was a trap…a trap to draw us here."
"I thought so," Gray said, frowning.
Natsu got back on his feet.
"I`m going to turn that bastard into cinders," he growled, "How dare he make light of FAIRY TAIL."
Harry slid down unto the ground, blood falling from her lips. She glared up toward the Beast in front of her.
"There is no way…that a normal Beast will be that strong," she said.
"You are correct," the man said appearing beside the large monster, "He is part of my experiment also…just a little side quest of mine…but I must say, you use a lost piece of Magic. Crystal Magic hadn`t been seeing for at least 500 years not since the Dark Mage Zeref time."
Harry stared at him.
"So tell me, how you possess such rare magic?" he asked her.
Harry chuckled as she stood back up on her feet.
"Even if I did know," she said, "You really think I will tell the likes of you."
Her magic exploded from around her body as the ground beneath her feet started to turn to crystal along with the walls as she put both of her hands together, intertwining her fingers.
"Crystal DRAGON BURST,"
From the large magic circle, a large crystal dragon grew, roaring aiming straight toward the beast and the man who was shocked at how much magic power she has. The Beast roared and charged at the crystal dragon which pushed backward along with the man creating a large part of destruction around them.
"That will teach you to mess with me," she said.
Then she let out a gasp of pain, as her hands went to her side which was wet with blood. It would seem that she hadn't escaped from that charge attack unscathed as she likes to believe.
Harry is wounded...
Next time: Awakenings
Jacques0 out.
R&R.