Fifth chapter? Heck yeah! I'm getting so close to finishing this, I'm almost sad. I very much enjoy writing this story, but it has to end at some point, am I right? xD

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Fairy Tail.

(Storage room for drinks)

"You're lying!" Natsu shouted, not in the least believing Erza.

"Natsu!" Lucy whispered loudly.

"LISANNA WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HURT US! NOR ANYONE IN THE GUILD!" Natsu yelled in denial.

"I never said she did, all I said was that she got rid of half the info on the case. I do not know the whole story.." Erza stated honestly, she was only trying to help them with their case, but she guessed this was too much for Natsu to inhale.

"..I'm sorry..I didn't mean to go crazy.." Natsu apologized, realizing the look of fear in Lucy's eyes.

"It's fine." Lucy said, now with a smile; Which eased Natsu's guilty conscious.

Erza's gasped suddenly when she got the time limit reminder from Wendy. She was out of time! Crap!

"Guys, I can not answer any more questions, but I do hope that my answers will suffice for the rest of your case." Erza said as she ran out the door, leaving Natsu and Lucy befuddled on the suddenness of all this.

"This was..way too sudden.." Lucy established the obvious

"Definitely.." Natsu agreed, huffing in exhaustion. This was all too much to take in.

(Unknown place)

"Crap, I hope I'm not too late!" Erza thought with enhanced hope. Wendy was probably in danger by now, considering that she has been asking odd questions to the tattlers.

*~Flashback~*

"You know our system, when we have to be completely silent about everything to do with the case? Well, you are going to distract the tattle tales who tell the leader everything, by talking to them and asking them questions."

"What questions?" Wendy asked, starting to understand the plan.

"Listen, I'm going to go tell Lucy and Natsu some answers to this case. If I'm to do that, you need to distract the tattlers from tattling on me, seeing that the tattlers have speakers practically everywhere, we'll be found out immediately. Okay? Now, we'll contact each other with this small speaking device, which only YOU can talk into, and listen to what's happening. So I won't be able to talk to you, but you can talk to me. Anyway, to make this short, I need you to distract the tattlers until you can't anymore, but makes sure you ask them the same questions that Lucy and Natsu ask, and tell me the answer to them. If you don't know the answer, then just tell me you don't know, okay? Do you get it?" Erza questioned, breathing heavily after her long explanation of the plan.

"Yes, I understand." Wendy nodded. "Now, I guess we go."

"Remember to give me the time limit, if you don't, we'll both be in deep water." Erza reminded, handing Wendy the speaking device.

"Understood." Wendy saluted and ran off to the tattlers.

"Good luck, Wendy.." Erza said in a soft voice, unheard by Wendy.

*~End of flashback~*

"Jeez! It's all my fault! Because of me, Wendy could be getting the gruesome punishment for telling info!" Erza thought aloud as she ran faster in fear for her friend.

Suddenly, Erza's hearing device, (The device to hear what Wendy says.) sent Erza a message from Wendy. Apparently, Wendy left a voice mail instead of talking directly. Erza stopped running real quick, and listened closely to the message, hoping it was good news.

Message 1, from, Wendy. "Erza! The time limit is up! They have caught on to our plan and I need to evacuate!" Message 1, over. Message 2, do you wish to hear?

"There's a second message?!" Erza asked herself in shock, thought she accepted the second message just in case it was important.

Message 2, from, Wendy. "Erza! I'm being chased by the tattlers! They seem to have contacted the leader, and I'm in big trouble! Please, help me! I'm right behind the storage room for drinks!"

"I found her, tattler number 2!" Tattler number 1 declared.

"Catch her!" Tattler number 2 shouted.

"Hurry!" Wendy screamed and the message stopped right there.

"..Crap! Wendy!" Erza cursed under her breath as she dashed to find Wendy. Hopefully she would get to her in time.

(In the Fairy Tail guild)

"Natsu, I know you're upset about the possibility of Lisanna being the murderer, but, we still don't know for sure if she did it." Lucy said reassuringly, hoping that would cheer up Natsu at least a little bit.

"I know." Natsu stated softly and sat down on one of the chairs at the Fairy Tail bar. "Mira, can I get a root beer?"

"Of course." Mira smiled brightly and turned on the soda machine.

"Mira, could I get a glass of water after you're done?" Lucy asked sweetly.

"Yup." Mira nodded and handed Natsu his root beer. She then proceeded to pour Lucy a cold glass of water.

"Thanks." Lucy and Natsu said in unison.

"No problem." Mira smiled and continued on with her work.

Unexpectedly, the doors of the guild opened frantically, as if whoever opened it was in a rush. Well, apparently it was Lisanna, and she was indeed in a rush. She ran towards Mira and gave her a cold glare, as if she was talking to her through her eyes.

"What are you doing, Lisanna?" Mira asked in a whisper tone as she narrowed her eyes at Lisanna analytically.

"It doesn't matter, now, is the door to the storage room for drinks unlocked?" Lisanna asked in a rush.

"Yes, they usually are..why?" Mira questioned, wondering why her sister was acting weird.

"I'm just..thirsty for..apple juice..gotta go!" Lisanna departed quickly, leaving her sister befuddled.

"Okay then?" Mira said and continued working.

"Natsu..should we follow her?" Lucy asked in a very quiet, whisper tone.

"I guess, maybe it will give us a clue." Natsu agreed, though he felt uneasy of the thought of Lisanna being the possible murderer.

Lucy and Natsu slowly followed her, making sure she wouldn't notice them stalking her. Finally after about twenty minutes minutes of following Lisanna, she stopped, making Lucy and Natsu fall back and hide behind the nearest bush. Lisanna looked behind her and all around her, making sure nobody was around. She saw no one and heard no one at the moment, so she instantly thought it was okay. She charged ahead and quickly went to the right, inside a forest.

"Come on! I think it's okay to follower her now!" Lucy urged, grabbing onto Natsu's arm and dragging him.

"Which direction?" Natsu asked, seeing there were two ways.

"I think I saw her go right." Lucy answered, rushing to the right.

"Wait..now there's a building, with two doors." Natsu pointed out, unsure of which door. Though..the building looked familiar..

"Crap! I don't remember seeing her go through a door! I must of missed her.." Lucy cursed under her breath in frustration.

"Let's just guess." Natsu suggested.

"How?" Lucy questioned, cocking her left eyebrow.

(Back to the unknown place where Erza is)

"Behind the storage room for drinks.." Erza reminded herself in thought as she looked around for the storage room.

She looked around aimlessly, hoping to find it. After a while of walking she heard a shrill scream from afar. She couldn't tell for sure where it was emitting from, but she heard a familiar voice.

"HELP ME!" A familiar voice screamed as loudly as they possible could.

"Wendy?!" Erza thought aloud instantly, and ran to wherever the noise was possibly coming from. "KEEP SCREAMING, WHOEVER YOU ARE!"

Erza sighed in relief when she heard more screaming, it was a good thing the person heard her. She ran faster and faster, hoping with all her heart it was Wendy. She heard one last scream, and she heard not another one. That wasn't a good sign! Whoever it was, they must be in trouble. Erza sped up instantly and soon found a building, but it didn't look abandoned..in fact..it looked familiar in a way.

"HELP ME!" The person screamed louder.

"Ah! The person is in here!" Erza realized immediately and kicked the door down.

Erza's eyes widened in fear. It couldn't be! What was going on here?

"There's...nobody in here!" Erza exclaimed, stepping back in shock.

All Erza saw in there was..a recorder..

"What's going on here?" Erza thought aloud, quivering in fear.

Suddenly, Erza was struck on the head by an unknown item, she was unable to see who it was in time, but all she knew at that moment was that she was knocked out.

"I'm sorry..but nobody must find out.." A voice apologized and dragged Erza's knocked out body elsewhere.

(Back to Lucy and Natsu)

After a few minutes of an intense rock, paper, scissors game, Lucy yelled out in anger.

"STOP DOING THE SAME THING I DO!" Lucy yelled after doing rock.

"I can't help that you keep on picking the same hand gestures as me." Natsu defended after he did rock.

"Fine, fine! One more time!" Lucy spouted and did the "scissors" hand gesture.

"Scissors." Natsu said after he did the same hand gesture as Lucy.

"STOP PICKING THE SAME ONE!" Lucy fumed and rubbed her aching head. "Let's just do eeny, meeny, miny, moe to pick which door to go into. It always works."

"Sounds good to me." Natsu agreed, and waited for Lucy to do it.

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe." Lucy finished with her finger pointing at the left door.

"I guess that door." Natsu shrugged and walked right in.

"Of course, that method never lies." Lucy grinned proudly.

"Huh!?" Natsu said in utter shock.

"What?" Lucy asked curiously as she walked in as well, and oddly, she saw Wendy. "Wendy!?"

"Come on! Let's see if she's okay!" Natsu exclaimed and ran to the poor, tied-up girl. "Wendy! Wake up! Please!"

"She's bleeding really badly.." Lucy stated, analyzing her blood-stained head.

"Is she still alive?!" Natsu queried, tears starting to form in his eyes.

"Calm down! Let me check!" Lucy ordered, and checked her pulse with slight fear. "She's still alive..but barely."

"Come on, then! Let's take her to the hospital!" Natsu hurried, thinking only about his friend.

"Erza.." Wendy said out of the blue, making Natsu's and Lucy's heart stop.

"What?" Natsu asked, turning his head to see Wendy's eyes and mouth opened a bit.

"Erza.." Wendy repeated as blood dripped out of her mouth.

"What about Erza?" Lucy questioned, wiping the blood off Wendy's chin.

"Erza..is in trouble.." Wendy answered, her eyes starting to close.

"Wendy! Wait! Why is Erza in trouble!?" Natsu asked, fear emitting from his words.

"The tattlers..are looking for her..and they're going to..hurt her.." Wendy replied as blood began gushing out of her mouth. "Please..help her.."

"Wendy!" Lucy screamed. "Don't die, Wendy!"

"Hold on, Wendy! We'll save you! Just don't die!" Natsu cried out and rushed to pick her up.

Will this be the end for Wendy?

Yes, I ended this chapter with a cliff-hanger, because, I'm a jerk. xD

Anyway, try not to die from suspense. x)