Tw warning worthy scenario in this chapter. Read at your own risk. I warned yall this would be pretty dark. And I'm sorry for being a dirty dog killer.

"You don't know pain until you are standing in the mirror with tears in your eyes, begging yourself to just hold on and stay strong…

THAT is pain"

I opened my eyes and looked at my surroundings. My head was still hazy as my thoughts attempted to come back to me. The smell of death stung my senses. There was heaviness to my neck. I reached up to find a chain fastened to my neck holding me in place. Shit I looked around as my mind became clearer. I was in some sort of crystal cell. Oh.. Oh my god Rosie! She was slumped into the corner. Black markings threatened to over take her tiny body.

"Don't worry Rosie I will get us out of here" I reached towards my keys only to find an empty chain. Fuck my keys are gone. How where we going to get out of here. Dammit this may not have happened if I didn't scare Natsu off. God I wished he was still here. There was no use thinking about it now I needed to find a way out. I tugged at the collar around my neck. No use it was not coming off. I needed to get out soon. My guess is that it had been passed three hours judging by how the virus was beginning to overtake her body. I got to my feet and began tugging on the chain that attached to the wall using all my weight. Still no good, man I was in a bad situation.

"Hello little kitten" a dark figure stood in the opposite corner of Rosie. Oh my god why had I not noticed him before. He began to step out of the shadows. His face was covered in piercings and his flame red hair was shaven on one side.

"Who are you!" I backed up a little. Without my keys I was basically defenseless. I did not even have any weapons or a plan. He got closer his dark aura forcing me to take a few more steps back. Everything about this man gave me the creeps.

"The names Erick" he bowed in a sarcastically gentlemanly way almost like he was mocking me. "I have been put in charge of your care, to ensure you are accommodated appropriately" he smiled at me and waved. What was with this guy. "You see we where only testing the serum on the ones we kidnaped to see how long they would live, we had the perfect host all along. We just needed to wait until we had perfected it enough for someone to survive" he pointed at Rosie. "take the girl for example she is the only one who has lived thus proving a host with the correct treatment can survive" he shrugged his shoulders "by killing her father in front of her eyes we gave her the emotions needed to activate the virus. Anger and fear are powerful emotions. Now we know what we need our intended host to feel to activate the virus within him" he paused and smiled at me. "you sweet kitten will help us with that. What do you say we have some fun until he gets here, he is already in the forest heading this way as we speak." He clapped his hands together and hoped up and down a little like an excited child. "lets go ahead and play a game Lu" this time his voice came out as a mocking hiss. A lump formed In the pit of my stomach as flashbacks of Natsu asking me if I wanted to play the game with the marble flashed in my head.

"Wh-Who do you… no" he clapped again as he got as excited like a child at my realization. Natsu they where planning on infecting Natsu.

"Ding ding ding! Bingo little kitten there you have it!" he crossed his arms in front of him twiddling with one of the piercings in his teeth.

"Natsu left two weeks ago! Hes not even here anymore!" I screamed at the man in front of me in the back of my mind hoping what I said was true. What of he did not leave and they just captured him and he has been here the entire time. What of they where torturing him as we speak and I was such an idiot that I thought he just got angry and up and left. God Lucy you are so stupid.

"Wrong little kitten, he never left" my heart began to beat a mile a minute. Oh my god Natsu what have they done to Natsu. Was he here somewhere in the same sad and desperate state that Rosie was in?

"What have you done to Natsu! Where is he!" I lunged forward at the man only to meet the end of the chain and jerk backwards. I landed on my knees and struggled to breath. My coughing and sputtering echoed off of the walls. He laughed hysterically.

" you will see little kitten, you will see the monster he becomes as the light leaves your body. I want him to see it. I want him to see you die. That way he will feel the rage and sadness, I want him to see what I have done to you. Your pain, fear, and death will light the darkness In him" I got on my hands and knees then backed up. No… no they cant do this. If Natsu is really here he will figure it out. He will find a way. The man came towards me capturing the collar around my neck yanking me upward and slamming me against the wall sending a wave of pain down my spine.

"what are you planning to…" he pulled a knife from his side pocket and held it and ran it across his tongue with a smile.

"Don't worry little kitten this will be so much fun" he slid the blade down my shoulder sending pain throughout my body. Oh my god Natsu if you are really here please hurry.

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As I watched Harus flames go out I got to my feet. They had Lucy, I got the feeling that not only did they have her they had her here. I looked back to the machine creating the toxic substance. As soon as I found Lucy I needed to Destroy it. That machine was literally sucking the life force out of the area. It had killed the towns people literally freezing them in crystal until it consumed their bodies. I was not going to let that happen to Lucy. I touched the side of my neck where the man shoved the needle. A black wet substance was still slowly seeping out not to mention that needle was huge and it hurt like hell. Fuck Natsu there is no time for that right now you need to find Lucy. You should have never fucking left her in the first place you dumb shit.

I sniffed the air looking for her scent. Not happening, the reek of death was just to powerful there was no way I was going to be able to smell her. There where three different corridors I could go down. Finding Lucy was going to not be easy was it. Nothing can ever just be easy anymore. I remembered the day I met Lucy. The first time I saw her I never imagined we would go through what we have together. Gray, Erza, Happy, Wendy, Charlie… Even Gajeel and Juvia. All of fairy tail was a family and even if Lucy hated me for what I did to her I was not about to let a member of my family get hurt. I would miss her, even not talking to her and just being able to visually see her what better then the alternative. I would rather have her hate me then not have her at all.

I started down the middle corridor. Human bones popped up now and again. The further I got from the room with the vat of poison in it the easier it got to breath. The smell was still pretty bad but it was tolerable. Maybe I would be able to pick up Lucy's scent now. I took another whiff of the air. Still no good, I was still not picking her scent up. I needed to work fast. That man had motioned how this Erick person liked to "play" with his toys which meant they where planning on torturing Lucy. I began to sprint as the beat of my heart rang in my ears. If they hurt Lucy there was going to be hell to pay.

I came across empty room after empty room searching for Lucy. Nothing, still fucking nothing. Where is she! I crossed a larger open room filled with books. Each book on the shelf had been crystallized. Was this really just a factory? On the surface it looked like a regular run down mill but as I got deeper it looked more and more like it may have been a research center. I stopped in the middle of the room noticing my surroundings. There where what looked like the bodies of scientists all over the room. They had also been crystallized leaving the clear blue shine with nothing but the inner skeleton to say they where once human. They where different though I looked as if they had been intentionally killed. U like the towns people above who looked as if they were stopped in their tracks the scientists where laying about in heaps or hanging off of tables. What the hell happened here.

I walked up to one of the tables. Underneath one of the scientists looked to be something that looked like hand written research papers. I could still slightly make out what it said. It was a scientific formula of some kind and in the notes at the bottom spoke of "the demon in the basement" it was hard to read so other then some varied key points I really could not make much of it out. The basement…There was a basement. If I had my guess they where most likely keeping Lucy down there. I sprinted out of the room. I needed ti find the way down to the basement. If there was one stair case there had to be another correct? Again I frantically opened doors and went down corridors looking for the way down to the basement. Nothing, no where I looked had any sort of stairs that went any lower. Suddenly a familiar scent came to my attention… blood… Lucy's blood. The scent came from the elevator shaft behind me. I walked up to the doors and used my bear hands to pry them open. The shaft went down about three floors. I was going to have to do it just right or I would break something but I was sure I would be able to make the jump. The scent of Lucy's blood got stronger as I could have sworn I could hear sobbing and crying my name. Shit no I could hear it, that was defiantly Lucy crying.

"NATSU HELP!" I heard the scream loud and clear that time. Lucy was down this shaft, I took a few steps back and jumped in. The sound of her voice made a feeling of dread crawl up my spine its sounded off some how. She sounded … so desperate. My feet hit concrete as her screams began to get louder and more frantic.

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Fan fucking tastic. Torture he was planning on this crap? Dear Mavis why did I think it would be anything different. The man made another cut along my collar bone. Blood pooled up around the wound and dripped downward. So they wanted to use me to activate some damn virus in Natsu. Images of him laying in the dirt somewhere struggling to breath and his skin turning black like Rosie's was flashed in my mind.

"Fairy tail will notice we have been gone to long" I hissed through teeth looking up at him from behind my blonde bangs. "Once they do you will regret ever crossing fairy tail" in one desperate ditch effort I slammed my entire body into the man knocking him to the ground. If I only had my keys I could summon Virgo and transform. We would be able to dig out way out in seconds. The man growled as he got up. His hand shot to my hair as he forced me to look at him.

"Im going to make you regret that little kitten" my blood turned to ice as his fingers trailed down my body. His laugh scared me, like really scared me. Normally I was more worried about my comrades but at that moment the thoughts of what may happen flooded my mind and I was truly terrified. Oh my god Natsu where are you. In one hard pull the man tore my shirt strait off my body dropping it on the floor. My mind started to haze over as I tried to ignore what was happening. He made more cuts along the side of my breast. With each cut and each pull, bite, and tear I tried to further myself from reality.

"Oh don't worry little kitten you will like it" he slammed my body on the ground fracturing the bone in my lower leg with the force. I screamed out in pain as he tore at my belt. Oh my god this cant be happening. I tried to focus on the pain. Keep my mind locked onto something else anything else.

"Na-Nastu" I covered my eyes and cried as my stomach tied in knots. There was no way he would hear me. I didn't even know where he was. What was the point of calling out to him. I could feel his hands slide up my thighs and he positioned himself. Ready to force himself on me at any moment. I sobbed and pressed my hands harder on my eyes. It never hurts to try.

"NATSU HELP!" I screamed as loud as I could. The man laughed a loud menacing laugh.

"Go ahead kitten keep crying, it really turns me on" I slammed my fists against his shoulders trying to push him back. He clamped his hand around my neck and forced my body back to the ground. I coughed and sputtered. My vision started to fade with the lack of oxygen. Bile rose from my stomach and into my mouth as the man forced himself inside of me. I instinctively tried to scream for Natsu again but it only came out as a whisper I could not breath. I wanted to throw up.

"What the fuck…" he let go of my neck as his glance shot backwards to the figure in the doorway. A look of horror and disbelief was on Natsu's face as be tried to make sense of the scene unfolding in front of him. He took in a sharp deep breath as his entire body puffed up. His sharp teeth glittered in the light as a snarl formed on his lips. He looked like he was made of pure rage.

"Oh oops I have been caught" Erick re adjusted his belt as he got to his feet. I curled up in a ball as the man kicked ne in the chest. The room got hotter and hotter as Natsu took in the scene further. His entire Aura was on the brink of an explosion.

"Im going to kill you" the hiss that came out of Natsu's mouth made me wince. In all of the years I had spent with the dragon slayer I had never heard something so terrifying leave his lips. He lunged forward just nearly missing the man as he dodged Natsus grasp.

"Oh are you angry that I helped myself to your little kitty kat my bad, it never hurts to share" Natsu roared as he lunged at the man again. His eyes flashed a dangerous red. It almost looked like he had grown claws. Black marks began to appear randomly on his body. Erick smiled like a kid at Christmas at the sight. "My god we have done it" oh god they had already infected him. I tried to push my body up off the ground but the pain in my leg stopped me from moving any further. He was loosing control. He lunged at the man again this time catching him and slamming him against the wall. The man struggled to free himself as Natsu began to repeatedly sucker punch him. I could hear the bone in his jaw crack. Oh god Natsu no. He placed both of his hands on the sides of the mans head. Erick's eyes widened and he flailed his arms. In Natsu's state of rage he tore the mans head off and tossed it effortlessly to the side. The red tint to his eyes not faltering. The mans body slumped to the ground and blood began to fill the room. Natsu clutched his sides as he bent over and screamed.

"Nastu please calm down" I tried to reason with him. Bring him back down from wherever he was. He looked at me. His eyes beginning to return to their natural color. He looked down at his hands then back up at me. His entire body was covered in blood and black marks even though the marks began to recede the way he looked as he was standing there was almost… demonic. He backed up a little his eyes darting in between me, the body, and Ericks head. He tore a grown mans head off with his bare hands. His gaze finally landed on me. His eyes softened but the shock did nit leave his face. He slowly walked over to me as he took the bloody shirt off and wrapped it around me.

"Im sorry its really dirty but its better then nothing" he wrapped his arms around me just like he had always done when I got hurt. He was warm and protective just like always. I sank into his arms and cried trying to use his body almost like a shield against the pain. Out of all the things that could have happened or has happened I never imagined this would be one of them. He buried his face into my hair.

"Im so sorry Lu I should have stayed with you" he stroked my hair tenderly using his fingers to untangle any knots he came across. I only pushed myself deeper into his chest. I didn't want to look him in the face, I was to horrified and embarrassed. He scooped me up into his arms as he got to his feet.

"we cant f-forget the li-little girl" I was crying so hard it was difficult to form words. I felt him nod.

"I can carry you both but you are going to have to hold her" his voice was gentle this time. Allot gentler then the sound he made as he told Erick that he was going to kill him. He carried me to the girl and slowly set me down. He picked up Rosie and placed her in my arms before again lifting me off the ground. I pulled the little girl closer to me. Her body was so cold and clammy it scared me a little. I had to check her pulse to make sure she was even alive.

"She is really cold Natsu" I looked up at him. The angry look on his face faded as he looked down at me. So he was still mad. He had every reason to be angry it was not unusual for Natsu to hold a grudge.

"We cant do anything for her here we need to just get her home" his voice was still so soft but it hinted pretty heavy with anger. His body was still so tense and hot she could almost feel his emotions.

"Y-yeah" my eyesight started to fade as I felt my head get heavier. The image of Natsu started to spin as I finally lost consciousness.

Well woops. Guess we got to one of the many major events of the story. Told ya this was not all sunshine and roses. Anyways leave me a review it makes me happy. Sorry for the long update.