Summary: Natsu and Gray have been forced to complete a quick simple mission together. That is, until they are attacked, knocked unconscious and forced to be put on auction for slave owners and crazy scientists. Now they have to stick together for support and strength because if they dont, they may never see their Guild again.
Word Count: 2,192
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Lost-Remembrance: Thanks so much, I hope you like this chapter! Again, thanks a ton for the review, it means so much to me :3
Pixilated Pixie Princess: Omg, I love your username xD It really is fantastic! Anyway, thanks for the review!
AsDarknessSpreads: Haha, thanks :D But for the killing thing, they didn't really kill Mard Geer, he was still alive. I believe, Gray killed his dad (omg that sounds terrible when you type it…hmmm) anyway, but I'm pretty sure they try to keep from killing. But Gray's moves tho…lol, best OOC moment ever! PS, I love rambles, so ramble on my friend.
SashaMonroe: Thanks, I hope you like this chapter more and hope its more intense!
PokeTail: I hope Hiro Mashima uses that in the future, cause if he doesn't explain why Gray turned half human, I'm going to get Chuck Norris to roundhouse kick him. Thanks!
noonereally: Errrr, I'll go back and change that! Thanks for looking out for my mistakes!
IcePrinceRay: I cried, but then I thought "Holy shit! If Gray killed his dad and told him he was going to destroy the book…and Natsu's dad told him to get the book to safety…then we are going to have a big problem with these two then!" But you know, thats me just hoping.
foxpaw101: Thanks! I hope you like this chapter better!
Guest: Thanks!
Just Me: I love how we're still talking about cookies 5 chapters into the story, I've had a Darth Vader cookie before, I felt closer to the dark side after that (lol) Separating them, and then I'm going to bring them back (but thats never good either…
Guest: I will not include Erza or Lucy into this story (maybe until the end or in the middle but only mentions of them) But I haven't gotten that far yet.
anniegirl132: Lol, thanks for all the reviews! I would love to see that happen, of course I'm the writer here so I can make that happen, hopefully keeping them in character! Have you read the manga yet? I honesty dont like the current ark, I think its just to…(this seems totally mean so sorry) but it seems stupid. So I stopped watching it, of course I do go back from time to time to see if they started the current manga ark. Anyway, thanks for the review :D
A/N: Alright enjoy! I'm starting to like these Sunday updates, so I may update next Sunday. Also quick note, I am starting school and have 16 credits on my plate, along with a job - So Imma be busy!
Also, I didn't read over this chapter so please forgive any errors, I'm in a hurry - but I'll come back and fix anything I see when I re-read this chapter!
Thanks so much for the follow favorites and reviews! They all mean so much to me.
Warning: I am typing on Pages and there may be a lot of spelling and grammar errors. Cussing is also in this story!
Disclaimer: I dont own anyone
He's swimming in an ocean colored with purple dye mixed with black tar. He's not to sure if this is either real or a dream, he's going with the later. Gray turns and searches for anything really, but the ocean of purple and black swim around him like a school of fish. Nothing around him changes and he doesn't want to sit here for eternity. His care for whats going on is depleting but he slowly notices the black muck is circling faster around him instead of the purple. That was interesting, not the extent of entertaining, but hell it was black tar is circling him, now that he looks at it, that or he's not observing it well enough.
He kicks his feet and finds that he cant move forward nor is he standing on him - he's not swimming, he's floating. "What the fuck," he says out loud and his voice is broken down and it turn into chuckle, which bounces off the darkness circling around him. Odd thing is, he didn't laugh.
Gray frowns and turns around expecting someone to stand there, but there's just a black blob of tar that is steadily growing. He looks to his left and right and comes up with nothing, this place is empty. He doesn't know what to do and stands - floats - there staring at the large puddle of black tar. He doesn't see anything wrong with the growing puddle and with a shrug he lifts his arm, fingers outstretched to touch the inky darkness. His finger come in contact with he goo and he expects there to be a wall behind this black pool of tar because he falls forward and his arm dips into the gravity defying puddle. He reacts as if he's been slapped and pulls his arm out of the dark puddle and looks at it with an unsure gaze. His arm, which is covered in a dripping goo that feels like blood, its slick but sticks his fingers together. His nostrils flare when the black tar also smells like blood and he cringes trying to wipe off the thick liquid from his blood coated arm.
He screams in surprise when a hand lands harshly on his shoulder and he turns to find no one there, but he can still feel the lingering touch of the hand. He looks to his shoulder and find a dark covered handprint painted onto his skin.
His eyes snap open as his heart hammers against his chest. He breathing is rattling with each intake and he grips his fists tight trying to slow the sudden tremor his hands have started. He sits up and puts his hands together breathing slow, and watches his shaking hands slow down to a mild twitch. Gray allows himself to shut his eyes and forces himself to calm down watching the white bed transition slowly over to the white floor.
Gray looks up from his hands and over towards the middle of the room, his bed is pushed off into a corner. No sound is present in the white room, even when he swings his feet over the side of the bed and stands. He looks around and feels his eyes stain when he looks up at the ceiling, noticing a bright white light. Looking once more around the room, Gray cant find any door nor windows, he's trapped.
With a wondering thought, he reaches up and is displeased when he touches the collar that is clasped around his neck. That bastard 'owner' of ours is a real treat, Gray thinks and decides now is not the time to think up a plan - hell they could have escaped if he hadn't stopped Natsu from attacking.
Speaking of Natsu, Gray looked around the room and once again came up short, nothing except blank white walls and a white bed. Where the hell would they take Natsu, and why separate them? Well Gray smirks from the thought, of course they would separate them, they are a half of the strongest team from Fairy Tail.
From behind Gray hears a shuffling and with a quick turn, he watches as part of the wall pulls up, revealing their owner and a few women in matching lab coats, each holding a white clipboard. Shiro walks forward and throws his arms in the air, as if expecting a welcoming hug. But Gray steps back and sneers at the crazed man. "Dorei!" Shiro cries happily and looks back towards the two women behind him. Taking a step forward, his 'owner' happily clasped a hand onto Gray's shoulder.
Unintentionally, Gray flinches back, his dream resurfacing. Shiro looks happily towards him, as if he was proud of the reaction, and he lowers his hand slowly. "My, my," he cups his chin with a smile, "Dorei, am I that frightening?"
"Ya," Gray snarls and looks up towards his 'owner'. He steps forward and puts all his hatred into the glare he is sending Shiro. "You're too unappealing to look at. I'd say you are a ugly fuck-" He stops suddenly when his 'owner' reaches forward and latches onto his forearm.
"Come," Shiro smiles, but it is unpleasant and forced, "we have to see how strong you are, Devil Slayer."
Gray swallows as a shiver runs down his back, and his 'owner' pulls him forward. He's stiff when he starts marching forward and he doesn't truly understand why, but he could tell something went wrong once he stared into the heated ocean eyes of Shiro. Something inside those eyes told him he shouldn't look.
His feet crash into the ground and Gray pushes his 'owners' grip off of his arm and stumbled back, a few feet from the exit. Fuck, he thought and shook his head. "Don't touch me," Gray snarls, his hands tightening into fists and he stands defensively.
"There you are, Dorei," Shiro smiles and Gray watches the women behind him scribble onto their notepads. "I'm excited to see just how intone you are with your slayer side." Shiro picked up his hand and nonchalantly started at swatting the air. "However, thats nothing important right now. What is important is our research at hand, so come with me, Dorei, follow." And Shiro walked forward just like that, followed by two females, expecting Gray to follow.
Gray stood still, his eye twitching and lips turning into a frown. "I'm no animal, you jackass," he barked out and watched as Shiro stopped and after a few seconds, he turned with one eyebrow raised.
"Yes," Shiro says and clasps his hands behind his back, "that is true." Gray lets out his breath that he hadn't known he was holding and watches as his 'owner' lightly swing back and forth. "However," the madman continues, "you are mine, Dorei. I bought you with the utmost certainty that you would be the perfect effect on how Dragon Slayers are effected - well, Natsu-san - and I expect nothing but the highest obedience from you, my dearest experiment."
"As if," Gray growls.
With a sigh, Shiro steps forward and fixates his gaze with Gray's. "Now if you would like to carry on this conversation, I would suggest the hallway."
Gray followed obediently.
They step out into the hallway, and they turn to the left. Behind Gray, the women scribble down what he expects to be notes and in front Shiro leads them with a smile and swaying hips. They continue with a steady pace, nothing to fast nor slow and Gray watches as the blank hallway continues as is. There really is nothing, just white walls in a white hall - no doors, no windows - nada, nothing…zip-zilch. But there's screaming.
Gray stops walking and looks to his left, because for some reason, behind this wall, he can tell that thats where the screaming is coming from. He steps forward and heres Shiro mutter an apology to the women. "Dorei," Shiro says, "we must continue forward."
Gray ignores him and places his hands onto the offset white wall. A scream erupts again, but its muffled by the wall. He lightly drags his hands upon the wall, expecting there to be a small indent to open a way into the room, but theres nothing.
He's getting sick of not finding anything.
Another scream and this time, Gray recognizes the screech. "Natsu!" He shouts and turns heatedly towards their 'owner'. "What the fuck are you doing to him?"
Shiro sighs and shakes his head, eyes closed. "I dont want to discuss this with you, Dorei."
Gray feels his stomach toss when Natsu screams again, anguish and pain laced in his screeching voice. He looks down, fists balling tighter, and he starts to shake.
"Dorei…."
He snaps and lashes out, grabbing the madman by the collar of his white lab coat. "What are you doing to him!" Gray demands and slams Shiro into the wall across from where Natsu is.
Shiro seems unfazed by Grays attack and rakes his hand through his hair. "We are seeing the power behind your friend."
"And that means torturing him?" Gray feels as if he's about to explode. He brings Shiro off the wall and then delivers him right back onto the surface and watches as his 'owners' head ram against the wall. "Stop whatever you're doing to him, now!"
Shiro shuts his eyes and chuckles, "Look at you." He tips his head to the side and smiles, "Telling me what to do now? Dorei, will you ever learn?"
Gray growls and raises his clenches hand, "Fuck you." He sneers and swiftly delivers his fist into the mans face. With a delightful crack, the mans nose is broken. Gray doesn't take the time to watch as the man falls towards the ground, clenching his injured nose, because he runs forward and shouts, "Natsu!" He pounds his fists against the wall expecting to break in and get his teammate. However, nothing happens and the screaming continues.
With an angered shout, he throws his fist forward, willing the plaster painted onto the wall to chip. But all that occurs as he continues to throw his fist forward is the slowly reddening mark from where his fist last connected with. "Damn it!" He cries out and feels his knuckles start to sting from the air as his skin is ripped away by the wall.
He stops when his fists drips with blood and the wall is painted in red. His shoulders shake as he breaths in and out, staring blankly at the wall.
Natsu screams again.
Gray shuts his eyes and feels his nails rip open small crescents into his palm. Somewhere around him, a light beep stars to blare and Gray turns around, expecting anything. But the only one behind him is Shiro, who rubs his nose and mutters what seems like light curses. The women that were once there have disappeared and Gray feels his right forearm start to tingle.
Shiro looks up as if the beeping had finally reached his ears, and smiles. "So that triggers…" His sentence trails off and with a flick of his wrist, his nose cracks once more.
Something from behind Gray clicks and he feels a gust of air hit his back. From behind he turns and sees a room colored in white hold a single chair in the middle, and upon that chair is Natsu. Gray, wide eyed, watches as Natsu pants, fists clenched around the armrests, blood dripping down his nose.
"…Natsu?" He says lightly, because he wasn't expecting this.
Natsu, heavily breathing, looks up and connects his watered gaze with Gray's conceded eyes. "Gray," Natsu mutters and drops his head. From behind his greasy and sweat filled hair, Gray watches as a tear rushes down the Fire Mages cheek and mixes in with blood dripping down his nose. Without thought, Gray steps forward - but the wall falls between them and Gray feels something prick the back of his neck.
He wakes to his wrists and ankles latched onto the chairs armrest and legs. He tugs at the restraints, expecting them to budge, but they dont - only nip at his skin. From behind he hears a shuffling and turns to find Shiro pick at crud underneath his nails. "Bastard," Gray mutters.
Shiro looks up, his gaze bored, and smiles lightly at Gray. "Ah, finally awake I see."
"Let me go," Gray threatens and tugs at the straps holding him down.
"Erm," Shiro cringes and a quick shrug, "that isn't the best idea. We still have to study your power, Dorei."
Gray rolls his eyes and shakes his head, "and how the fuck do you expect me to show you, if I'm tied down?"
"Easily," Shiro stands and picks up two wires that are connected to a small clear suction cup, and he places them on Gray's temples. "You saw Natsu-san, yes?" Shiro chuckles, "we will experiment the same way." Shiro waltz around slowly and to the right of Gray is a panel full of buttons and switches. With a playful smile, Shiro lightly skims the tips of his fingers along the buttons and slowly comes to a small switch. "Shall we begin?"
A/N: My brain right now is just not working…like I'm having trouble even writing this authors note. But anyway, I hope the last part wasn't to harsh on your eyes. ANYWAY~ Thanks so much for reach, you guys are amazing!
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