"Loke," I said softly looking towards the celestial spirit.

"Forgive me for not waiting to be summoned," he said with a slight bow. "But I believe we can help you find the dragon slayers." His eyes met mine and I could see the pain in his eyes.

"Who are you talking to Lucy," Romeo asked as he woke up. Everyone else slowly awoke from the sound of our conversation, but became silent when they saw Loke standing there in front of me.

"How," I asked.

"Xinos," Loke's voice was different than I remembered it, like it was harsher than it was before. I got to my feet and shot a look towards others in our group.

"You know what I know," I asked, Loke nodded after a moment. "Don't say a word about it to them," again Loke nodded. "Take us to him," I said sternly, again Loke nodded and all of us were teleported to the Celestial World.

In a chair sitting in front of me was a man who's face looked like that of a beast. "Ah, Lucy Nix Heartfilia, how nice of you to reward me with your presence," the man said sarcastically.

"Loke, can you take the others away from here," I asked, my eyes met Erza's and she nodded in agreeance.

"Of course," Loke then teleported away just as Gray was about to argue with me.

"So, only you want to speak to me, interesting," Xinos said with his wicked smile.

"Loke said you know something about our friends that disappeared," I said sternly.

"That I do. My question is do you want to know what I know."

"Do I have much of a choice."

"No I suppose not, well then, looks like you just want to get straight to it I suppose."

"People's lives are at risk, and I don't think the Celestial King will be to happy if he finds out you were stalling."

"My you've changed quite a bit."

"Stop Stalling And Tell Me What You Know," I growled.

"First you need some back ground," his voice was not as calm as it was. "It was them who hired me to get into the Celestial World, they told me you would be a good target after I failed to get Theo."

"Why did they hire you," I asked sternly.

"Because they needed power."

"Power to do what."

"They never told me that much, I was simply someone they hired."

"So then how do you know anything about them now," I asked letting go of him.

"Because your Celestial Dogs," I shot him a glare that cause him to quickly become quiet. "Because you Celestial Spirits have been telling me things to see if I could give them more information."

"Then why do I have to be here," I asked.

"Because I refused to say anything unless I was talking to you."

"Why," I growled out, my patience becoming to wear thin.

"Because this is all about you."

"What the hell does that mean."

"That's beyond my knowledge, but everything they wanted to do has involved you in it somehow."

"They being the Roaring Skeleton." Xinos nodded at the statement and his eyes met mine. "So then what can you tell me about them."

"From what I've gathered from what your spirits said, they have a new leader that's stronger than Wuufs."

"Do you know where they are now, where we could find them."

"No, they always kept their main base a secret, but I suspect they will make a move on your guild."

"Because we almost tore them apart."

"Yes."

"A man said they were involved with several things, do you know what those things were," I asked.

"Was it Fern," Xinos asked, I nodded and he smiled.

"He was protecting Gefallene Heim from them, and they hired him to get revenge after he escaped," Xinos said with a smirk. "They also sent that job to your guild, the one to take them out."

"Why."

"Because they wanted to see just how strong some of you were," Xinos said.

"How did you even know about the job," I asked.

"You didn't honestly think they would have just left me here did you, this was all part of their plan to bring the one person who had always got in the way down."

"And who was that person," I asked, my fists clenched tighter than ever.

"Why you Lucy Nix Heartfilia," he began to laugh just as I heard a loud bang. I turned to see Loke standing behind me, tears in his eyes. The rest of my spirits stood around him, Taurus was holding Gray tightly, Virgo held Erza, Cancer held Romeo, and Capricorn held Levy. It was then I noticed that Dux wasn't with any of them.

"Did you honestly think we simply wanted to control the Celestial World. We wanted to make sure your one strength was gone," Xinos added as he continued to laugh towards me.

"Lucy get-"

"Quiet," Virgo cut Erza off by hitting her in the head. I gritted my teeth and looked towards all of them.

"Who's controlling them," I asked sternly, my eyes again meeting Xinos. He stood up and had his hands in his pocket.

"Who else," he said with a shrug. "I must admit, when you stopped using Celestial Magic I was kind of worried, that was my one way to keep you in check." I began to roll up my sleeves, revealing more of my artificial arm.

"I think you forgot one thing, Xinos," I growled out.

"Oh and what wou-"

"That I Don't Need My Spirits To Defeat You," I roared as I grabbed the man by his collar and slammed him into the ground. Seconds later I felt someone grab my arm, I looked to see it was Loke.

"I'm sorry," he muttered as he threw me off of Xinos. "But I can't let you hurt my master."

"He's not your master Loke," I growled out as I got back to my feet. I looked down at the little compartment that was visible and saw Loke's key in it. Loke's fists became engulfed in light as he stood in front of me.

"Lucy Lucy Lucy," Xinos tsked. "Do you really think you could possible fight your beloved spir-"

I launched off my feet and punched Xinos in the face only for Loke to again throw me in a different direction. "Kill her Loke," Xinos shouted as he stumbled to his feet. Loke silently nodded and got ready to attack me.

"This day just keeps getting better," I muttered as I got back to my feet. Loke was the first one to attack, throwing several punches towards me which I easily blocked. But I couldn't bring myself to counter his attacks so I simply stayed on the defense.

"Lucy You Have To-"

"I Said Quiet," Virgo said again silencing Erza, but I knew what Erza was trying to tell me. I had to fight my spirits like I would fight anyone else. At Loke's next punch I blocked and countered with a solid hit to his stomach which made him cough roughly.

Loke stumbled back at this action, confusion in his eyes. "Lucy why are you," he started as I was about to start another series of attacks.

"Get down," I ordered towards Loke who actually listened and dropped to the ground, giving me a free shot towards Xinos. Xinos, not expecting this attack didn't have time to avoid it and took it full on.

"Why, you stupid," Xinos started only for me to again punch him in the stomach with my artificial arm, causing him to cough roughly.

"Aquarius," he pleaded. I turned just in time to see her sending a wave of water towards me. Then I heard a loud bark, and saw Dux running towards Aquarius and hit her urn causing the attack to go off course. I smiled at the attack done by Dux and turned my attention back towards Xinos.

"Let them go," I ordered as I lifted Xinos up by his collar. He just smiled in turn, and laughed softly.

"You are in no position to be making commands to me, I have control over-"

"Release them," Loke said sternly, his back was to me but I could tell he wasn't going to attack me again. "Now," Loke growled.

"Attack them," Xinos ordered. I quickly gave Xinos the finishing punch and looked towards my Celestial Spirits who were now getting ready to charge at me, Loke, and Dux who had returned to my side. Erza, Gray, Levy, and Romeo were all on the ground, unconscious.

"Loke," I said softly.

"Yes."

"How do we get them to come to their senses," I asked.

"Try to summon them," Loke said quickly as he got into a fighting stance.

"Do you think that could work," I asked as Dux began to growl.

"I don't know, just try it," Loke then ran off into a fight with his fellow spirits. I gritted my teeth and looked towards Xinos who was still knocked out. I then heard gears working and looked down to see that the compartments were moving.

"Open," I shouted, shooting my arm up into the air. A golden light filled the air around us, blinding me. When the light faded Virgo was standing in front of me, getting ready to unload a punch.

"Princess," she said blinking several times. Our eyes met, and I began to see the tears in her eyes from the sight of me. I saw that the rest of my spirits had stopped their attacks and were looking towards me, tears in their eyes as well.

The next thing I knew they all had tackled me to the ground in a big hug. Even Aquarius was part of the hug, which took me by surprise. Each of them pleading their apologies towards me for their attacks that were directed towards me.

"It's okay," I said softly. "It's not you fault." Loke was standing away from the group of spirits, but his eyes were glued to me, or the arm attached to me. I could tell he was blaming himself for the loss, as were the rest of my spirits when they saw the silver hidden beneath the hoodie.

Once they got off of me I turned to face Xinos, who was cowering in fear. "Take us back to Earthland," I said sternly as I grabbed Xinos by the collar.

We returned to our camp, and I quickly slammed Xinos into a tree. "You will tell us where they are." He nodded quickly and he leaned in to whisper what he knew about the Roaring Skeleton's head quarters.