Third chapter of, "The Cold Case", and I feel pumped. I'm sorry to anyone who read this and thought this story was complete, it was an innocent mistake made by me. This story is not complete, it's still progressing into more chapters. So, very sorry for disappointing you in any way.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fairy Tail!

(Back to toilet where Gray's head is convientley in)

"Natsu.." Lucy said while she licked her lips in enjoyment.

"Yes?" Natsu asked, waiting to know when to mess with Gray.

"Flush him." Lucy grinned evilly.

"Got it!" Natsu grinned back and walked over to flush the toilet.

Gray moved his body and head around frantically, hoping to somehow get out, sadly to no avail. So, he continued to move around in an endless, frantic fashion.

"Gah..hah...hah.." Gray breathed heavily after coughing up some toilet water.

"Are you ready to talk, yet?" Lucy questioned, having high-hopes for him to tattle.

"N-never..hah...hah.." Gray stuttered, still trying to breath real air.

"Fine, Natsu...warm up the toilet." Lucy ordered, expecting Gray to finally give in. Unfortunately, he was able withstand the horrible blow of fire burning up against the toilet.

It felt like a hundred degrees in there, but Gray just couldn't spill! He had to take it..

"Are you going to give up, YET?!" Lucy queried impatiently. This was way harder than she predicted it to be..

"No! I will NEVER give up!" Gray shouted persistently.

Now Lucy was left with not many options on what to do, how was she to make him talk now? Suddenly, a brainstorm pummeled her and she smirked successfully, knowing the perfect plan to make him squeal.

"You leave us no other choice. Natsu, clothe him." Lucy laughed evilly.

"W-WAIT! NOOOO! NOT THE SHIRT!" Gray yelled defiantly, wishing for this to end.

"Don't forget the jacket~!" Lucy reminded Natsu, and Natsu quickly rushed over to put it on.

"OKAY! Okay...I'll talk.." Gray gave in after he felt the fabric of a jacket touch his skin.

"Yes! Now, do you know anything about the request paper being cut?" Lucy asked with odd excitement.

"Yes, I do. And I know exactly who did it.." Gray replied, his voice getting oddly quieter.

"Really?! Tell us then!" Lucy demanded, happy about getting at least one step closer to figuring this out.

"Whilst I and Erza were checking for clues for the case, we realized our paper was gone. So, we went around to ask if anyone knew, but they didn't answer. They ignored us, just like they did to you guys. Anyway, Erza and I split up to look for it, and Erza went into the storage room for drinks. Once she went back there, she saw-." Gray started saying, but got interrupted suddenly by the sound of a door opening.

"No! No! No, no, no!" Gray repeated in utter fear. He could tell just by the echoing of the footsteps, it was what he thought it was. "RUN! RUN AWAY!"

"Gray! What's wrong!?" Lucy asked, fearfully confused by all of this.

Suddenly, a hit to the back of two heads was heard by Gray, and he slumped over in pain. He all ready knew what was going to happen next, it was going to be the same thing that happened to him and Erza..

(In the storage room for drinks)

Lucy opened her eyes slightly to see what was happening, but as soon as she opened her eyes, it was pitch black. She guessed she was either blind-folded or literally blind. So she tried to reach to take off the possible blind-fold, but to no avail. Apparently, her hands were tied, too. She was scared by all of this, and began yelling for Natsu, hoping he'd be there.

"Mm?" Natsu moaned tiredly, and began feeling odd all around. "Huh!? Am I tied up!?"

"Yes, it seems were both tied up." Lucy answered fearfully, wondering why they were restricted.

"Is that you, Lucy?" Natsu asked with high-hopes. He need at least something to make him feel safe, and if it had to be a friend, it had to be Lucy. Because first of all, if it was Erza, it would feel like he was in a disciplinary school. And if it was Gray, it would be a total competition on who would get out of the ropes first. But with Lucy, he felt at ease.

"Yeah, it's me." Lucy replied, then heard the sound of a rather heavy door opening. "Who's there!?

"It seems you're both awake." A random voice called out.

It was difficult to figure out whose voice it was, but it sounded deep and rugged. Like a man's voice. Though, it didn't sound familiar at all.

"Now, please listen." The voice pleaded in an order-like tone.

Natsu and I just nodded in agreement, and the voice continued talking.

"I need you two to give up the case." The voice exclaimed out of the blue.

"I'm sorry, but we can't do that." Lucy declined instantly.

"I see. Then may I request something else?" The voice asked.

"I guess.." Lucy nodded in reply.

"You can not ask Gray or Erza any more questions, if you do, then I WILL kill them." The voice demanded, hoping that would steer them to the voice's liking.

"..Who are you!?" Lucy queried, crying a bit.

"It doesn't matter who I am, if you ask those two even the slightest question about the murder, I will kill them." The voice answered, and then knocked them out. The voice just had to hope that they wouldn't ask any more questions.

(Somewhere in a room)

After a while of Natsu's intense snoring, Lucy woke up. She yawned loudly and did a few stretches, then she realized. She wasn't blind! Yes! But, does that mean what happened was real?

"Hey, Natsu, wake up." Lucy yawned and began pushing Natsu around to wake him up.

"Mm..what..?" Natsu groaned tiredly and yawned a bit.

"Was what happened a little while ago, real..?" Lucy asked, slightly scared about all this.

"I'm pretty sure it's real, Lucy." Natsu replied, noticing the fear in Lucy's eyes. "But, we can find out the case without Erza's or Gray's help."

"I guess.." Lucy muttered.

Lucy's eyes widened in realization and she looked around the room frantically, which in turn was freaking out Natsu.

"What's wrong?!" Natsu asked quickly, unsure of why she's vividly looking at everything.

"Natsu, this is my apartment!" Lucy exclaimed, noticing all the items that were hers, and the Celestial Spirit stuff.

"So?" Natsu asked. He wasn't really getting at what Lucy meant.

"Think about it Natsu! What random person would just instantly know where I live?!" Lucy started explaining, her lips quivering in anxiety. "That person who knocked us out, knows us. Like, a close friend so to say!"

"W-what!? Who did you tell where you lived?" Natsu questioned, getting quite freaked out by this convenience.

"You, Gray, Erza, Levy, Cana and Mira." Lucy answered, thinking of all the people she told.

"Then, those are our suspects." Natsu declared. "Except for me of course, I was a victim."

"Yeah, yeah. But, who would do this to us?" Lucy thought aloud, marking out Gray as a suspect from her head. After all, he tried to warn them, and he was stuck in the toilet when they were knocked out.

"I know this is confusing and all, but let's just start from the first suspect." Natsu said, making Lucy glare at him with a cocked eyebrow.

"Do you mean Erza?" Lucy queried, unsure of who.

Natsu nodded in reply and he stood up.

"If we go and ask Erza first, not only will we might get answers, but the culprit might come out again to knock us out." Natsu explained, making Lucy finally understand.

"But wait..we're missing one crucial detail." Lucy pointed out, forcing Natsu's eyebrow to cock in confusion.

"What would that be?" Natsu queried, utterly confused.

"Stupid Natsu, you need to analyze EVERY detail." Lucy started answering. "Remember when that "person" kidnapped us? The voice of the person, was obviously a man's voice."

"Ah! I didn't even realize that!" Natsu shouted, now realizing their abducter was a man. "But the only men you told where you lived at was me and Gray. So how would this person know?"

"Maybe one of my friends told one of their friends where I lived" Lucy suggested with a shrug.

Natsu scratched his head in frustration. This case is getting very, very confusing. Everything is practically unknown about this case, or never to be told.

"Well then, how do we find out?" Natsu asked.

"Simple, we ask all of my friends, and hopefully they'll answer us." Lucy answered, huffing a bit from her present headache.

Natsu nodded, and the two got up to find out more clues.

(Somewhere in a dark room)

Footsteps echoed through the dark room, causing fear to run through the various people's bodies. Their eyes widened in anxiety when they heard the person's voice. Everyone gulped and sweated horribly as they waited for the probable command. Finally, the person decided to speak, ending their anxiety attack from the "too" quiet presence.

"I'm sure all of you are well aware of Natsu and Lucy taking on that cold case, am I correct?" The voice questioned, swinging a whip firmly in her hand.

Everyone nodded in reply, unsure if they were able to speak.

"I see. Then it seems I do not have to explain too thoroughly." The voice exclaimed, clearing the throat to talk more. "Those two WILL ask questions from either all of you, or a choice few, but I want you to understand that I want NONE of you to say a single word. To EITHER of them. If you do, you will automatically be punished in a very gruesome way. Am I clear!?"

"Yes!" Everyone spouted out in fear.

"Good. Because if those two knew the truth..it would be my end here at Fairy Tail. So please, bear with the pain for a while and accept my temporary form." The voice said in a now innocent, pleading voice.

The people in Fairy Tail cried a little bit about this, but held it in for the "leader's" sake. They all got up and began to leave the pitch black room, leaving the voice by itself to bathe in its own sorrow.

There's more chapters to come, so bear with me here. :3