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Chapter 11:The dragonslayer's mission
Master Markov looked out the balcony in worry. He has been staring out for a while now. His dark eyes scanning over the city of Magnolia. He felt it earlier the massive source of energy coming from in the city. He felt it as well did the rest of the guild members. They were all shaken by the powerful energy that came and then vanished. Markov had a theory on who it was, but he was afraid to admit it to himself knowing why she did it. Yes. Markov knows everything about Lucy and her child. He knew of the danger they are in and decided to leave it up to Lucy to decide to tell the guild as he silently watched her. I mean did she really think that she can fool the Master of Fairy Tail. Markov scoffed out loud at the very thought as he ran his hand through his white hair sadly. He silently hoped that his theory wasn't true.
Then just as if to confirm his thoughts the guild doors opened softly showing a sullen fire dragonslayer holding a gloomy Taiyo in his hands on one side as a woman no one recognized at all was leaning against him on his other side. The woman looked like Lucy except she had tan skin and short red hair. The mysterious woman leaning on Natsu looked completely worn out as her body supported deep cuts and bruises.
"Mira! Get her to the infirmary now!" Master Markov yelled seriously snapping the guild members out of their state of shock. Mira quickly went and took the mysterious woman from Natsu.
"I can walk!" Cindy hissed angrily not liking being treated like this. She was tough she could handle it. Damn she is so embarrassed with herself. After she walked away from Natsu the toll of the injuries and stress finally took place making her collapse in the middle of the street. When she awoke Natsu was carrying her towards the guild on his back. She remembered the look on his face as she yelled at him to let her go. He looked so worried about her. She doesn't understand why. After much argument Natsu put her down only on the condition that she leans on him for support.
"No you can't!" Natsu said seriously glaring at Cindy as he kept his hands on her arms. He couldn't believe how bad they hurt her. She didn't even show it when they were fighting in the middle of the street. Natsu looked at Cindy sadly knowing the red head is so much like her sister in many ways. Lucy..Ugh how can he be so stupid? Natsu just wanted to grab everything and break it while he searches for her. He couldn't do it right away because he had to find a way to keep Taiyo here. "Now go with Mira! She will help you!"
"You have no right to tell me what to do!" Cindy growled in rage. Her honey brown eyes narrowed as they seemed to have blue swirling in them.
"Please go! I can't have you dying because of your injuries." Natsu sighed tired of everything. Cindy looked at him in shock as she looked down. She was in bad shape too bad to be fighting. She needs to heal herself now. Natsu watched in relief as the stubborn dragonslayer silently nodded finally letting Mira help her walk to the infirmary. It looks more like Mira was dragging her limp body towards the infirmary.
"Natsu? Who is that?" Lisanna asked finally breaking the awkward silence in the guild. Everyone stared at Natsu with a worried face wondering the same as well as to where Lucy was. They watched as Natsu breath in and out in exhaustion.
"Lucy's sister, Cindy!" He simply said as he looked up at them.
"WHAT!" The guild erupted in shock as they stared at the pink haired man in disbelief.
"That has to be a lie! Lucy is an only child." Erza spoke as she stared at Natsu in disbelief.
"Yeah! She told us after the phantom attack that she was." Gray said.
"He telling the truth." Gajeel and Wendy said at the same time in shock as they and everyone else looked at Natsu in shock.
"How?" Levi asked in confusion. Natsu looked down not knowing if it was safe to tell them especially since he doesn't know if the Strigoi are still in town or not. He doesn't want to risk their safety. Natsu immediately felt a pang of regret as he realized that this is what Lucy must have felt when she was here. Oh how he wished he could turn back time and stayed with her instead of pissing her off and leaving her alone with Taiyo like that.
Master Markov looked down at everyone knowing it was not safe to be talking about this here. Master walked down stairs under the watchful eyes of the guild members. Everyone watched curiously in silence as he walked up to Natsu letting his arm gently touch his arm. Natsu looked down at Master with tears threatening to escape.
"You took in a lot boy. I can see you tried to cope with it, but now I am going to be selfish and ask you to cope with it some more. Now is she…." Master asked his voice cracked almost afraid to ask. Natsu looked at the elderly man with a sad smile knowing what he wanted to ask. Natsu isn't even the least bit surprised that Master knows. You can never keep anything from him.
"No…but they have her. Master? What will they do to her?" Natsu watched in horror as Master sighed looking away.
"Nothing good!"
"Then I must go get her!" Natsu yelled not caring anymore about the audience of the guild members around him. He turned sharply to go out the door to go and search for Lucy, but before he reached the door Master extend his arms out blocking the door. Natsu stopped looking at the large hands in front of him blocking his way. He then turned to the Master to glare.
"You will get yourself killed if you like that, you idiot! You can't just charge recklessly to them without thinking of the consequences. You saw what they did to the other dragonslayer. You won't survive going there alone. She is lucky to get away alive." Master yelled sadly. The guild members watched in sadness as they felt the atmosphere thickening.
Gajeel just kept his eyes glued on the young boy crying. Gajeel couldn't help, but glare at the small boy knowing it was all his fault.
"So I am supposed to stand here knowing they are probably torturing her to death!" Natsu yelled as he finally let out his frustration he was holding in. Master just looked at him sadly.
"She did this for a reason, Natsu. To protect the boy. You must respect her wishes. Don't let her go through all that vain. You're her only hope…She can't have you dying because of her. She trusted the safety of the boy to you." The Master spoke. Natsu looked at the Master with sadden eyes knowing he speaks the truth. Master sighed in relief upon seeing Natsu's understanding face as he returned his hands to normal. He looked around to see the guild members looking at him waiting for an explanation. "All of you come with me! We cannot discuss this matter here it's not safe." He said walking away towards a door that leads to the bottom of the guild. Markov turned around to see the guild members look at him with confusion. "What are all you idiots standing there for? Come..Mira you to! The girl can heal herself just fine!" Markov yelled as he opened the door already stepping inside.
The guild members followed their master quietly down to the basement of Fairy Tail. They all looked at their Master with curious eyes not liking the situation that is going on at all. Markov finally came to the white door that they must enter. Everyone stared at the Master with confusion for they never seen that door before in the guild. Master Markov sighed and entered through the door motioning for the members to follow him. Once all the members of Fairy Tail entered the white door closed behind them and the dark room lit up by floating candles in the air. Everyone stared around in wonder at the large room feeling the overwhelming magic around them.
"I created this room after I figured out what happened to Lucy! I wanted her to use it to tell all of you. I was going to tell her about it when she came back, but it looks like she won't be able to. It is safe to talk here. They won't find or hear us. I put up holograms upstairs of the members so if someone were to enter they won't notice we aren't really there. " Master breathed out sadly.
"Master your scaring us! What is going on?" Mira spoke as she moved towards the small stage that Markov stood on looking at his family in sadness. The guild member's mumbled in agreement.
"What is wrong with Lucy?" Erza said now worried about the whole situation and pissed about the secrecy.
"Before we talk about Lucy there is something you should know!" Natsu said as he walked with Taiyo up on the small stage in front of the guild members. Taiyo looked up at Natsu sadly almost asking if he is sure. Natsu silently nodded his head at the boy.
"I am not an orphan." Taiyo spoke shocking everyone in silence. He was afraid to tell everyone this. The dangers out there. The fact that they will now know that his mother someone that everyone at this guild held so dear is being tortured now because of him. "My real mother's name is Lucy from Fairy Tail. I have no father." His voice cracked a little because his thoughts kept going back to his mother.
"How is that possible?" Levi muttered out in confusion as everyone looked at Taiyo in shock.
"I'll explain the rest." Natsu said putting his hand on Taiyo's shoulder's almost in comfort. The guild members listened intently as Natsu started to explain the events he went through for the past couple days.
Natsu started when he talked to Gajeel outside the guild. The guild members felt guilty as Natsu told them how angry he was that they didn't seem to care for Lucy's odd behavior in the beginning. Everyone watched in sadness and confusion as Natsu expressed everything he went through and what he learned. When he talked about the dragons and how he saw them they had to get a couple guild members to restrain Gajeel. Then Natsu and Gajeel argued back and forth about it. Then what hit everyone hard was when Natsu explained about the dragon fruit and what Taiyo really is. He kept going to the events that happened today with Lucy. Taiyo looked down while crying as everyone stared at him. Gajeel immediately got out of the guild of the guild members and marched right up to Taiyo smacking the small boy across the face. Natsu was the first to react by punching Gajeel across the face sending him flying.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, GAJEEL!" Natsu yelled in rage as he went to Taiyo's aid helping the small boy up.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU, NATSU? THAT BOY CAUSED HIS OWN MOTHER TO BE CAPTURED ABOUT POSSIBLY TORTURED TO DEATH! YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT HER FROM WHATEVER EVEN IF THAT MEANT THAT MONSTER OF A BOY!" Gajeel growled furiously as he glared at the crying Taiyo with hatred. "IT'S HIS FAULT SHE HAD TO KEEP OUR FATHER'S FROM US! I DON'T BLAME BUNNYGIRL COMPLETELY! HE IS AT FAULT TO!"
"Enough! Don't start a fight here!" Master finally spoke sullenly as he looked at Gajeel and Natsu with a glare. "I know a lot of questions are going through your minds now. You must think how Lucy cannot believe in her family. Your most likely even mad at me for not saying anything, but you must understand the difficultly of this situation. Think what Lucy went through and suffered through to protect all of us. Those creatures called the Stridows will not hesitate to kill to get information. They will even torture you to the point where you wished you could die. Now she left us to take care of her son while she takes his place for now until they are done with her. Put yourself in her situation would you be able to have as much of strength and courage to do all that. You all saw how this secret was slowly killing her. So before you go blaming fingers at someone because you are hurt deeply know that she was hurt also. Know that she felt she had no choice to protect us and her son."
"So what do you propose we do?" Erza spoke finally breaking the silence from the guild members. They all mumbled their concerns as some even silently cried. Of course they were hurt beyond belief.
While Master talked the guild members no one noticed the Fire and Iron dragonslayer exiting the room silently. Natsu made sure before he walked out the door with Gajeel that Taiyo didn't notice them. He wants the boy to stay there knowing that boy would do something stupid. Both Dragonslayer's took a last look at their guild members sadly not knowing if they will come back alive. Natsu looked at Gajeel to see his face in hard line of rage as they walked side by side each other. Both of them thinking of the same thing. Both having the same mission in their heads.
"Going after Lucy?" Cindy spoke making the boys stop and turn to her in shock. She was sitting on the bar counter waiting for them with the Sky dragonslayer next to her who just returned from her mission.
Cindy knew what they were planning before they even knew. So when she saw Wendy walk in the guild with a confused expression she convinced the sky dragonslayer to help her completely heal herself. Wendy agreed immediately feeling as if she could trust the red head. While they did the healing Cindy touched Wendy's forehead telling her everything through memories. Everything about Taiyo, the dragons, and Lucy. While she did this Cindy felt sadden for Wendy started to cry from the overwhelming emotions in her. Wendy felt sadden yet betrayed towards Lucy about what she went through. She felt betrayed for Lucy knew about the dragons and didn't say anything.
"Wendy! When did you get back?" Natsu asked in shock as he hugged the young girl who he hasn't seen in years. She has gotten a lot taller and mature. Now she looks just like her Edolas counterpart except this Wendy was still a sweet little girl on the inside.
"Just now. Cindy-san explained everything to me about Lucy-san. …Natsu are you ok?" Wendy asked feeling worried about Natsu. Wendy knew since she was young how Natsu felt about Lucy. She knew this was most likely tearing him apart in the inside. Natsu pulled back from Wendy to look down at her sadly only nodding softly.
"As much as this reunion is sweet, but I want to get moving." Gajeel spoke as his eyes kept trained on the door. Natsu nodded to Gajeel and went to walk with him. They walked towards the guild doors with determination and revenge written on their face.
"Wait! We are going to!" Cindy yelled as she and Wendy ran to catch up to them.
"No way! After what they almost did to you! I don't think so! I can't risk you both getting hurt!" Natsu shook his head no as he stared at Cindy right in the eyes. He didn't want them to get hurt at all. This was only a mission for him, but Gajeel wants to go. The truth was Gajeel wanted to go to save Lucy that way he can yell the shit out of her for hiding the dragons from him.
"Look Natsu! I know how they are so I have experience. Beside we are stronger together than separate. I want to rescue my sister just as much as you do. I hate the fact she is going through this now. I don't even want to picture it. Please. I can't just stay here and wait. I would keep thinking you guys died. Anyways trust me when I say we would be stronger together." Cindy spoke almost begging the fire dragonslayer. Natsu studied the young girls with a skeptic look as they begged him with their eyes.
"Fine! But when Gajeel or I yell at you to go and make a run for it! You better haul your ass's and run without looking back. And no protests. Understood?"
"Yes!" Wendy and Cindy said at the same time with a serious expression. They felt themselves sigh in relief thanking the stars that Natsu and Gajeel agreed to let them go. Because face it. Knowing these two idiots they would get themselves killed for just running in fighting without knowing where to go.
The four dragonslayers walked out the guild with determination as their minds went out to the blonde woman. Wondering if she is safe. Wondering if she is ok.
"Don't worry, Luce! We're coming to get you!" Natsu whispered out into the afternoon sky.
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In a dark lifeless cellar filled with the stench of death laid a tired blonde woman on the floor. Her blonde hair seemed dull as well as tangled in multiple knots due to the dried blood. Her face, body, and clothes seemed to be in shreds covered in blood and deep gashes. She breathed heavily as she looked down at the ground with her lifeless honey brown eyes. She knew she had to stay strong. She had to survive this. The energy in her body was held in by a powerful spell that the Stridows did by injecting a thick needle with a chemical through her spine. The chemical paralyzed her body completely only letting her breath in and out and move her eyes. She knew the torture wasn't done yet. This was just the beginning. The blonde sighed out softly in relief as she felt it was worth it because she saved her son. He could live to see another day now.
Just as the blonde was about to close her eyes again the cellar door slammed open. The heavy footsteps of the monsters that has done this torture to her can be heard around her as they lifted her lifeless body up in the air. Silent tears went down the blonde's eyes for she knew she will suffer more torture. More painful than what she has already been through. Like I said this was just the beginning. For they are just only still making she is the Dragon Spirit. And once they are sure they will rip her heart out during a ceremony while she is still alive.
So far the tests were going on positive.
Lucy didn't have much time left. For either she will die by their hands or by her heart giving out because of the extensive and gruesome tortures they do to her.
This was her Nightmare.