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 don't, they may never see their Guild again.
Word Count: 1446
A/N: (*Important*) So I wasn't able to update last time because I was involved in a serious car crash. I'm all right aside from the broken finger, wrist, ribs and leg. My car was hit on the driver side so my whole left side has been…pushed around? Good news is that I can still type, slowly, but still type. I did take time off from writing for a while because of this incident but I really wanted to come back. So as a "sorry" card, I will update Wednesday with the next chapter and another one next Sunday!
Oh also responses to the reviews are below, I'm doing it that way from now on!
Warning: cussing is in here (obviously) OH! Blood, not to much, some spelling errors if I didn't catch them
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone (we would know what would happen if I did)
It is a Devil.
A devil, that has been know as an evil sprit.
A fallen Angel.
A black mass of evil and death.
It hides within Magic, within Mages.
It is a Devil.
And a Devil is it.
It can't do much right now; all it can do is make its territory be known. Time has passed since those men came and took away the old weight that froze in its area. It needs to get out, destroy hope and destroy light. It needs to feed on heat and destroy – it needs to destroy.
And destroy it will.
Gray doesn't remember the last few days. He knows it's been days because his stomach is booming at him for food and his mouth feels like a desert. He woke a few minutes ago and his lids are already threatening to fall and cast him back into the dark void of unconsciousness. But he forces himself to stay awake.
He sits against the corner in the ice-covered room, arms enfolded around his stomach and back pressed away from the ice. The worst part isn't the hunger, nor is the feeling of being lost in a world so cold, but it's the fact that his ice isn't listening to him. Its bad enough he's lost Natsu to his magic, but now it's out of his control.
He brings his knees up to his chest, which starts to tighten. He unwraps his arms around his ribcage and quickly brings his knees into himself.
He falls asleep instantly.
There used to be this warmth behind its wall of ice – it hates it. Hates. Hates. Hates. Hates warmth. It walks around its space; no one is allowed to come near its domain. It drags its nails along the wall, marking its area again. It has to do mark its space multiple times, making sure no one takes its territory. It feels the human inside twitch – threatening to wake, but it just jerks back in response.
It stops suddenly, nails digging further into the wall. From behind its defenses it feels heat approaching, already at its wall. A name is called from within its own mind, as if recognizing the heat. Natsu is a pitiful name – belonging to a weak little mage. It doesn't like that name – it reminds it of heat and warmth.
It opens its mouth and spit suddenly freezes around its teeth as it screeches.
It quickly prepares an attack and slashes through the air.
Gray awakes to the ice cracking and steam rising up from the wall. He blinks heavily, finding that he still is unnervingly exhausted. Gray presses the palms of his hands against his eyes and yawns, despite himself. He notices his skin isn't as dark, and between the cracks of pitch black, he can see his normal skin color. He reaches up and grips the wall for support as he ascents to his feet. He sways as he stands but ignores his lids bagging over his vision.
The black ice breaks as it tumbles to the floor and men in bulky suits come into the room, carrying flames. He feels his chest clench as the heat reaches his skin, his mind goes foggy for a second as his vision stutters. The figures move forward and Gray growls in warning. He feels his chest clench tighter and he bites back a scream in pain. The warmth is already threatening to burn his skin off – he can feel his insides boil. Nothing feels right about this. If it's so hot, why are these men wearing hefty snowsuits?
Gray stumbles back and watches his vision swim. He clenches his stomach, suddenly gagging as bile races up his throat. His mind fogs over and sleep threatens to take control. The men are at his side in an instant. Gray grabs one man's arm and wills ice to freeze the man over.
But nothing happens.
The men haul Gray up and one man unlocks his clenched teeth. His mouth is suddenly unhinged and the other man forces pills down his throat. Gray chokes back, but his mouth is sealed shut. He feels the pills drop into his empty stomach and the men let him go. He falls onto the frozen ground in a heap, drool dripping down from his mouth and freezing onto the floor. He can feel his chest quiver, stomach rumble and eyes water.
A man, different from the other, kneels down in front of him. He recognizes the bastard instantly. "Go to sleep Dorei, I must see this devilish creature you hide all to yourself."
It watches the man who talks too much walk around its room happily. Hands cupped behind his back as he kicks out his legs to stride forward. There is another man in its room, one that sits in a wheelchair looking unsatisfied. He's the one that speaks first. "This thing needs to be put down."
"Dorei?" The cheerful one asks, and then waves his hand in the air as if to shake off the oncoming answer. "No, no, we can't do that just yet."
"It has already killed 5 of our most valuable men and scientist. " The man reaches up and places a white stick between his lips. The tip suddenly combusts and the room suddenly heats – it hates the warmth.
It tries to sit up and attack, but they've strapped him to the wall, arms stretched out, pulling his limbs apart. Chains are clasped all along its wrists, elbows and shoulders. They've drilled the cuffs into the wall and have placed weights upon its hanging limbs. Its legs aren't much different from its arms. The pills that the human ingested aren't helping, they've done something to the individual and it's power. If they were going through all this trouble, than that could only mean one thing.
They're scared.
It takes the time to watch the men closely, examine how these two act and function. The cheerful human is weak and feeble, skin touching bone and little to no muscle. The man in the wheelchair has skinny legs, one's that have no muscle, but his upper body is different. The man is strong – he can sense it, but not strong enough – still weak in its eyes.
The cheerful one steps closer and smirks. "Those men and women died for a good cause."
"Good cause," the wheel chaired man lets smoke drain from his nose. "You're fucking crazy to think they died for a 'good cause'." He shook his head. "We've been trying to find a way to transfer Dragon Slayer Magic into a pill for weak idiots, so we can man a good million. But now you want to try Devil Slayer Magic. Are you out of your fucking mind, Shiro?"
"On the contrary," the cheerful man turned and dug into his large coat. "Don't you see," he pulled out small capsules into his hand. "These are simple things, Dragon Slayer Magic is rare, yes. But Devil Slayer – have you even seen another Devil Slayer?"
"Damn you, Shiro. Dragon Slayers are powerful, isn't that enough?"
"This thing," the man pointed backwards, letting the pills fall to the floor. "This amazing creature is a once in a life time thing – and we own it!"
"We don't know what we're doing."
"Does it matter?" The cheerful man laughed and dug his hands into his hair. "This thing, has lasted so much longer than any of the Dragon Slayers have."
"So what happens when the drug is out of Fullbuster's system? Hmm, what then?"
"Then we give it to him again."
"The boy's organs aren't functioning correctly," the man drew in harshly on his white stick. Smoke poured out of his mouth as he spoke, "If we do much else – aside from samples – his organs could shut down. Hell the kid might even have a heart attack at any given moment."
"The boy isn't our problem, if he dies he dies."
"Yes but the boy is our link to the Devil Slayer Magic. So if he dies, your plan dies with him."
"So we do the experiments quickly."
"All together, not drawn out like required? The boy couldn't possibly take the-"
"We don't need to worry about him, just make sure that thing is still awake and powerful while we preform. We could make millions."
"Are you kidding, I've never heard of a Devil Slayer magic before – I'm sure not many have either." The man threw his stick onto the floor and it froze instantly. "We wouldn't make millions, Shiro. We would make much, much more."
They both looked at their prize, and for once the Devil felt fear.
A/N: So I'm pretty sure this story will be much longer than anticipated because I need them to escape to start the NEXT part of the story. That or I'll just continue what I have planned, let them escape and then let it be the end of that. So…I'm going towards the whole get out in 4 to 5 chapters and a few 2 to 4 chapters of getting back (Maybe it'll be 3?) But let me know if y'all would like the story to be prolonged or just to keep it short. Anyway, until Wednesday!
Review Respond:
PokeTail- Haha thanks…I think? Well what I'm trying to portray here is, like when Natsu gets mad his dragon side starts to take over and he becomes more powerful, so when Gray gets mad (or given to much power) he cant take it so the demon inside (like the dragon) takes over to control it. Hope that makes since :D
AsDarknessSpreads- This is great! I'm glad it's driving you crazy, I was trying to do it so that the readers could hate the antagonist! YAY! I honestly cant get a good video to show how his voice is (nor any sound). I'm to scared to click on videos that say "devil voice caught on camera" xD
Anniegirl132- YAY! Well he hasn't gone absolutely crazy, not yet…
Cristallina- We Natsu is up next, however I don't know how to start it out (I know where I want to end but start…
IcePrinceRay- Haha that was a great chapter xD I cant wait for…well every chapter that will come out! OH and the next movie :D
Foxpaw101- Well if you have any more questions just let me know so I can answer them for the next chapter :D
xXxrouxXx- So sad T_T But hey at least you hate Shiro (in a good way right?)
Just Me- What no no, please say more so I can have more ideas! YES! That's the 'kyaa' I wanted people to imagine! Well Gray isn't barely human – just his other half (the devil part is coming out).
HerBrokenSmile- Thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it and hopefully enjoyed this chapter :D
SashaMonroe- lol, you're probably going to be saying that again…haha sorry :D
Yuki Loxar- For the thing that confused you, what was it? Cause I'm sure I didn't explain it very well. There isn't much more horrors to come…now I just have to get everyone out before they go bad shit crazy! They will recover (or die haven't decided yet). Either way, if I need to explain some stuff or if it's becoming to repetitive, let me know!
Guest- Haha thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying everything so far!
Noda9912- Love your review! It was great! And ya I'm the same way, if Gray gets hurt I'm like! AH! HOW WILL THE OTHERS REACT! And then I'm disappointed cause the moment passed…love your review (gotta say it one more time)
Peomado- I'm glad you like it so far! Hopefully it will keep your interest for a long time :D
Guest- Thanks so much!
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