Author's Note: Ok! Chapter 4! This is where things get interesting! I've been drawing like a mad girl these past two weeks (if you want to see some of my work, check out MangaGuitar96 on DeviantArt) and right now, I'm planning a cover photo for the story!

Chapter 4: Rescued.

Levy ran down the cobblestone streets of what was left of Magnolia. Panting because of how long she ran but she still ran. She needed to get to the other-side of town and fast! She didn't have a weapon; this made the situation worse for her. Without a weapon, she could be dead, without a weapon she could be turned into a zombie in a matter of seconds.

The only thing she did have to protect her was her magic; Solid Script. but to protect herself from possibly becoming a zombie, she stopped using the magic. This was an emergency and if it came to it, then by God she was going to use it. Levy was half way through the streets of Magnolia when she decided to take a breather. She had to be running for 20 minutes? 30? She finally began to catch her breath when she looked up into the sky. The grey sky began to grow a reddish hue. It had to be around 7:00 am? She sighed. It was only just yesterday she woke up at this time to get ready for hunting. Now she was on the run from a zombie who seemed to have taking a liking to her.

I'm almost to Fairy Tail! Levy thought. The thought of being near her friends again, eating a nice hot meal and researching more about The Cure made her heart swell up with happiness. Before she could continue to think about her next move, she heard groans. Zombie groans. She peeked down the street and found a group of zombies walking down the street. Crap! She thought. Levy ran as far as she could away from the scene. She continued to run until she bumped into something.

"S-sorry!" she said out of force of habit. When she looked up, she looked in horror. Her eyes couldn't register what she saw. It was the bad zombie. And he was staring down at her with an evil smile. He stood taller than Laxus, his skin green from showing how long he was a zombie, dark brown hair with completely black eyes. He gave her a toothy grin. His teeth stained with blood. His eyes locked on Levy. His next target was set. Levy's feet were frozen in place. Her shock from bumping into the zombie she least wanted to see was in front of her. She felt a jolt of electricity in her legs and began to run fast, faster than she ever did, faster when the zombie who took a liking to her was harming Jet and Droy. She needed to get to Fairy Tail and quickly! She was only ten feet away from the bad zombie when he sped past her and in front of her. He grabbed Levy's wrists with one hand and slashed her right arm with the other. Levy screamed in pain. He let her go for a minute and she ran away clutching her arm. He sped past her again and this time, slashed her stomach.

Levy howled in pain. It looked to her like she had no choice; she would have to fight back with magic. She took a deep and reluctantly let her right arm go.

"Solid script: Guard!" The word "Guard" appeared in mid-air and protected Levy from another attack. She cringed in pain from her two new wounds and backed away. She waited for the moment she would turn into a zombie because she used her magic. But it never happened. She looked at her hands before cringing in pain again and realized that she was able to use her magic this whole time. Good, she needed the advantage. The bad zombie managed to break the word "Guard" and get closer to Levy

"Solid script: Lighting!" the word "Lightning" appeared in the sky and attacked the bad zombie. It didn't have much of an effect. He ran towards Levy and clawed her leg, leaving her barely able to move. She screamed in pain again and did her best to crawl away. But the zombie grabbed her by her blue hair and lifted her up. Levy screamed from the pain her scalp was receiving. The zombie who was torturing her smiled with a wicked grin. He was going to end it. He let out his pointer finger which had a nail that was obviously sharpened. He let his pointer finger get close to her neck. Just when he was about to end it all, a great amount of force hit the bad zombie; sending Levy out of his grip, flying into the air and landing hard on the ground. She groaned from the fall and looked up to see her rescuer. She couldn't believe her eyes. It was the zombie who kidnapped her.

He growled at the bad zombie. Growled for harming her, he looked at Levy for a moment and noticed the wounds on her body and growled even more.

"MINE!" he screamed before lunging at the zombie who attacked Levy and slashed him square in the face. A large cut appeared on the bad zombie's face. He growled at the good zombie and fought back. But the good zombie held him back and threw him across the street. The good zombie looked back at Levy and began to walk over to her. Just when he was about to get close to her, the bad zombie sped down the street, readying himself for an attack on the zombie who kidnapped Levy.

"LOOK OUT! BEHIND YOU!" Levy screamed. The zombie looked behind him and grabbed the bad zombie by the throat. Levy couldn't believe what she was watching. Did he just understand me? Levy asked herself. The zombie who held onto the bad zombie's arm suddenly turned into a chainsaw. Was this the type of magic he used? He held his arm towards the bad zombie and let the tip of the chainsaw get near his throat. The bad zombie looked scared. Levy never thought she would ever see such a thing.

"Mine." growled Levy's rescuer. He let the bad zombie go and they both watched him run. Before he continued his run, he stopped in his tracks, looked at Levy and growled as if to tell her he will be coming back for her. After his threat was stated, he ran away and was soon out of sight. The zombie who kidnapped Levy walked over to where Levy laid. He studied her; he wouldn't let his eyes leave her wounds. Levy scooted back a little bit. She was afraid of what was to come. Levy yelped in pain again from her three wounds. She was losing blood and was at risk of an infection.

The zombie took her right arm and studied the wound. Levy tried to take her arm away from the zombie but he refused to let go. What he did next surprised Levy; he began to lick the wound on her right arm. Levy watched in amazement as the wound began to heal. It eventually disappeared like it was never there. He grabbed Levy's left leg and licked the side of her lower leg. The same thing happened to the wound; it disappeared. Finally, he licked the wound on her stomach and that healed too. Levy looked at all her now healed wounds. She touched the spots where the wounds once laid and felt nothing but her smooth skin.

"T-thank you." Levy managed to muster up.

"Mine." he replied and held her again in a tight hug. He began to kiss the top of her head while he held onto her. Levy, who was still uncomfortable, began to wriggle free from him so he could loosen his grip on her. He loosened it, but still kept his hands on her waist.

"Can you understand me?" she asked him. He looked at her for a moment and shook his head in a so-so way. He partially understands me. She thought Looks like I'll have to be choice on my words with him.

"Do you have a name?" The zombie was silent for a moment until he began to speak.

"Ga-Ga-Jeel." He strained.

"Gajeel, that's a nice name. I'm Levy." She smiled.

"Mine." He hugged her tighter.

"Or as you refer me as, yours." She chuckled. As he continued to show his affections towards her, she began to think. His saliva healed me she thought. It should have turned me into a zombie….Is it possible that he has two different types of saliva's? She began to wonder a lot about this zombie. Then, it hit her. This zombie could help her!

She has about two months' worth of research for The Cure back at Fairy Tail. She had general information but barely enough to start producing The Cure. These hunts were meant to help learn new information on the zombies that could help with The Cure. And Levy may have hit the jackpot. But this zombie barley understood her; he couldn't give information on him. But, that wasn't a problem to Levy; all she needed was to get him to Fairy Tail, convince the others and get to work.

Levy began to slowly move as if to get up and Gajeel followed. When they stood, he grabbed a firm hold of Levy's wrist and began to walk the other direction. He wanted to go back to his home.

"No!" Levy said. Gajeel looked at her confused.

"No Gajeel, let's go there!" she pointed at the Fairy Tail building. He looked at her confused. What did she want?

"Listen, Gajeel." Levy began she walked over to Gajeel and cupped his cheek in her hand. His scent was pretty strong and Levy did her best not to throw up. Although this zombie saved her, she was still a little grossed out "I know you can barely understand me but I need you to listen. I work at the Fairy Tail Guild and we're working on The Cure there. We've been working on it since the first day and we've hit somewhat of a rut. I believe you might be able to help me with the research. We just need some blood and other tests. And to repay you for it and saving me, I'll let you stay with me at my apartment in Fairy Hills. You'll be a hero Gajeel! When The Cure is made, I promise you'll be the first to receive The Cure!"

He somewhat understood what she said. What he could understand was 'cure', 'help me,' 'tests' and 'stay with me'. Whatever she said, he'll go along with it. Because hey, he wasn't going to let what's his go away. He nodded. Levy smiled at him.

"Thank you Gajeel." Levy smiled "You're the best." He hugged her tightly and she could hear him whisper "mine." When he let go, Levy took a hold of his hand (although she was still a little grossed out) and lead him to Fairy Tail. During the walk, Levy thought of one thing, she was bringing a zombie into Fairy Tail. And for sure, everyone wasn't going to like this.

At Fairy Tail, everyone was getting ready to rescue Levy. Guns were loaded, smoke bombs prepared, first aid kits set and some were prepared for the worst.

"My children," Makarov began "It's always hard to watch you all leave on a daily basis to go hunt these zombies. But when one of our own is taken by one; that just makes it harder for me. It's been a hard road since The Virus took effect, and Mavis knows what caused it. But I do know you will all make it out alive today, we'll save Levy! We'll bring her back home alive!" The crowd of Fairy Tail mages cheered at the short speech. They never have been so inspired.

"Hey guys!" a voice suddenly said while the Guild Hall doors opened. Everyone looked back and was shocked to see who it was. It was Levy.

"LEVY!" they all screamed. They ran to the young girl and were about to hug her when they heard a growl.

"MINE!" screamed the owner of the growl. Gajeel ran to Levy's side and hugged her around the waist, shocking everyone in the room.

"T-That's the zombie who attacked us!" Jet screamed. The whole room brought out their guns and pointed them at Gajeel, ready to fire at the zombie.

"Guys, No!" Levy defended "He won't hurt anyone!"

"Levy! Get away from that zombie!" Erza ordered "He'll kill you!"

"He won't!" Levy replied. She looked at Gajeel and noticed a different aura around him. His killing instinct was beginning to take effect.

"Gajeel," she whispered to him while holding onto his arm "don't hurt them. They're my friends. Please Gajeel. Do it for me." Gajeel looked at Levy and seemed to of understood her. He nodded; he agreed to keep his killing instincts held back.

"What the hell is he doing here?!" screamed Droy.

"I asked him to come with me." Levy retorted.

"You asked him?! Levy, have you lost your mind?!" Lucy asked.

"I learned a lot from my kidnapping experience than I have in the past two months! I learned that it is ok to use magic-"

"FINALLY!" Natsu screamed "There is a God! I've been dying from not using my fire magic!"

"Right, anyway, I also learned zombies have two different types of saliva's. One that turns a human into a zombie and another that heals yo-"

"Levy," Jet said in a serious tone "Has he bitten you?"

"What? No!" Levy replied "He healed me. After I had a run in with the bad zombie-"

"You had a run in with that zombie?!" Gray screamed.

"I was trying to get back to the guild myself when-"

"Levy! How could you be so careless?" Droy screamed.

"I wasn't. I had my ma-"

"First you were kidnapped," Jet began "then attacked, now you bring the zombie who kidnapped you to the guild?! Levy have you lost your-"

"GAJEEL SAVED MY LIFE OK! THE ZOMBIE WAS GOING TO KILL ME AND GAJEEL STEPPED IN AND TOOK HIM ON! IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW!" Levy screamed. She let out a few heavy breaths. The room was silent "I took him to the guild because I believe he may carry answers we've been searching for months. With his answers, we'll be able to have a cure by the end of the month. I'm also letting him stay with me as my thanks for everything." The whole guild stayed silent. Levy had a point. Although they may not like it, they had to comply.

"Levy my dear." Makarov said "Even though it seems dangerous, I think it is a wonderful idea. I think you're about to save a lot of lives."

"Master," Erza stated "although I'm not comfortable with this, I'll go along with it."

With that stated, the guild nodded.

"Now I have one question." Levy suddenly said while Gajeel was showing his affections towards her again "Why is he acting like this, especially towards me?"

"I might have an answer." Natsu suddenly replied. When Gajeel let go of Levy for a moment to look at the guild, Natsu walked up to Levy and held her the same way Gajeel has been holding her and began to nuzzle Levy's neck. She heard a growl and soon, Natsu was punched and sent flying into the air. He crashed and broke a table.

"Mine! Mine! MINE!" Gajeel screamed while grabbing Levy and began to nuzzle her neck continuously.

"Just as I thought." Natsu said while wiping the blood off his cut lip "Looks like he's a dragon slayer. And from that punch, an Iron Dragon Slayer."

"What does this mean?" Levy asked.

"Well, looks like he's acting out on Dragon Instinct. It's what's making him act like this towards you. It seems to me he chose you to be his Mate."

"M-mate?!"

"Yeah and he looks pretty possessive about it too." Natsu commented "I think this is what's making him not-so hostile towards anyone. His Dragon Instinct is what's saving him from falling farther into being a zombie." Levy didn't know what to say. This was all too new to her.A Mate? Could she handle that? After a moment of silence, she took Gajeel by the hand.

"Come on Gajeel," she said "Let's go get you tested."