Author's Note:

Chapter Six with Laxus! :D

This one is mostly on Lucy and her time in Fear Pythios!

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Disclaimer: I do not own the Fairy Tail characters, they all belong to the awesome Hiro Mashima. :)

Warning: This Fanfiction is Rated M for a reason. Though I do not have anything solidly planned, there will be violence, (a big probably) implied rape and lemons soon in the story.

THIRD PERSON'S POV

Lucy and Loke had both been taken to the dungeons located at the basement of Fear Pythios' guild. The dungeons were absolutely filthy though neither of them could care less about the dirt, the cobwebs or a couple of skeletons lying in the other rooms. All they cared about currently was each other. Loke's right foot was chained to one side of the room and Lucy was in the other side, both hands and feet chained to the wall. "Loke, am I going to die here?" Lucy croaked out her head hung low as Loke looked at her. "No Lucy. Don't you dare think that. We're getting out of here, okay? You'll be safe," the lion said, trying to sound as hopeful and as brave as possible, though deep down, he was scared. He didn't care much for his safety, it was Lucy's condition that had been scaring him to death, and he couldn't even do a thing about saving her. If he could, he would have gone back to the Spirit World and return immediately to her side, but the chain on his foot was keeping him from leaving. It had been like the one Karen almost used on Aries more than three years ago, and now it was used on him. Silence took over both of them as neither of them knew anything to say at a time like this. Hours continued to pass and still silence was with them but no one could fall asleep, each of them fearing for the other's safety. Hunger, thirst and pain all but forgotten as they kept on wondering what was bound to happen to them.

LUCY'S POV

Scared is almost an understatement to the fear I felt and still feeling at the moment. I am absolutely terrified of what will happen while Loke and I were held captive within the dungeon cell. Right now, I didn't want anything but to get into Loke's arms and let him comfort me and tell me that this was all just some big nightmare. I thought that seeing Aries and all the others being stabbed were already one big nightmare, but when the Fear Pythion's master used his magic, I knew what fear really was. It wasn't some petty phobia of heights or enclosed spaces. It wasn't trembling because of seeing some snake or spider. It wasn't being hysterical by hearing the loud boom of thunder. No, it was far from that and I had the front row seat of experiencing what fear was really about. They said that I've been screaming for five minutes. A mere five minutes was nothing compared to the flow of time that I saw. It seemed like I've been in that nightmare for days.

I couldn't have been more prepared for anything and everything in that illusion. I wasn't simply watching. I was there. I felt the pain, I cried the tears and I saw all the blood.

It all started with me being naked and hung in the middle of Fear Pythion's guild hall. Everything was still intact in me, though I knew not for how long. I could see a lot of leering men, wanting to get their hands on me, but it had been the Master's orders that they keep their hands to themselves. Hours past when suddenly, I felt sharp pain on my back and I screamed. I tried to turn my head and I saw Rena, in her hand a thick whip. My eyes widened in fear as I knew that it was sure to leave marks all over my body that was sure to hurt. "Bring him in!"Rena barked out and in front of me, I stared at horror as they brought out Loke. Complete mess was a complete understatement to his current state. He was completely battered and broken, though when he looked at me, he frowned at the state he found me in, but after a quick check if I was alright, he smiled and managed to croak out. "You okay, Lucy?"and with that I couldn't stop the tears from falling. There he was, barely managing to stay conscious and he was worrying about me. I only nodded my head. "Now, that you're here, Leo. We can get on with the show!"Rena voiced out happily and with utter excitement. Loke was held by two men and kept in place and it was evident that he was just as confused about Rena's words as I was.

Then all of a sudden, the sound of a whip making contact with flesh resounded in the whole room and I screamed in pain. Loke's eyes widened as he realized what was going to happen to me. My screams went on as the whip made contact with my back and tears fell freely from my face. "No more, please! Please, no more!" I screamed like a mantra, my voice absolutely pleading, wanting the pain to stop. And it did, but then I was taken by complete surprise when the two men holding Loke suddenly started beating him up. Punching him in the gut and kicking him in the back with force that shouldn't even be there. "You see, Miss Heartfilia, when you beg to stop the pain, we will stop, though he will take your place," the master smirked evilly. "I-it's.. okay, Lucy," Loke said in between groans of pain. "Alright, I'll accept anything. Just please don't hurt him!" I said and instantly I felt the crack of the whip on my back again and I could felt hot, thick liquid knowing that the hits were already drawing blood. My screams never ceased and I could see Loke fighting back just to get to me. "D-don't look, Loke," I managed to say before another hit landed on my back.

Then the scene changed.

I was in the dungeon, completely battered and used. I was lying on the floor and I couldn't speak anymore. Loke had been trying to get me to speak but no matter how hard he tried, I just couldn't utter a word. I was absolutely filthy after being used so many times and I was far from recognizable from all the beating I've taken. I lost all hope of being saved. Suddenly, the door opened which must mean that I'm going to be beaten or used again. I couldn't take anymore and I wanted to die right there and then. Every day I wished that today I would just die, but that never happened. Every part of my body was covered in wounds, bruises and scars. "Please. Do with me anything you want, just let him go back to the Spirit World," I begged softly and I could see the Master looming over me. "I can't escape here anyway, just let him go back,"I begged and I could faintly hear Loke protesting. After what seemed like forever, metal making contact with the floor resounded within the dungeon cell. When I looked at the source, it was a golden key and I took it in my right hand. My eyes searched Loke's frantic ones and I smiled gently at him. "Tell everyone I'm sorry and I love you all," and I know that he was about to protest but with all the magic I had, "Close the Gate of the Lion!"I weakly said but authority was firm and all the magic I had left, flowed through me and I lost consciousness.

I woke up to the sight of fire and lightning. When my vision cleared, I couldn't be more relieved to see Natsu fighting. Finally, he came for me, but when I looked at my surroundings, I realized I was wrong. Dead bodies scattered around and I was in the middle of it all, being held by none other than Rena. I screamed as they were all familiar to me. I was back in Magnolia, inside my guild. Inside Fairy Tail. But everywhere, there were dead bodies and blood. Levy, Lisanna, Jet, Droy, Kinana, Carla, Happy, Warren, Alzack, Freed, Gray, almost everyone including the master, lay in the floor each were lifeless and not breathing. I couldn't help my tears and tried to struggle against Rena's hold though futile. I scanned my eyes through the place and I didn't know whether to be relieved when I saw our dragon slayers, Erza and Mira trying to fight off the others. Mira caught sight of me, and that had been a mistake because an opponent took the chance to stick a knife at her throat. A gasp was all I managed at seeing her fall to the ground. One by one, they were taken out by the master of Fear Pythios until all of them were lifeless on the floor. I was hysterical but Rena kept a firm grip at me before dragging me out of the guild. I wanted to die right there when one of their members lit the whole guild on fire and soon enough, all I could see were the flames consuming the Fairy Tail guild and all its members except me.

How could anyone be so monstrous to do that? Fairy Tail mages never took lives and yet they suffered such a cruel fate. I struggled all I can but there was no escape to the horror that was shown to me.

Fear wasn't trembling or shaking or screaming. It was wishing that you never saw something so horrifying. There was no such thing as fear of death, because I knew that when you experience the true fear of something, you would rather die. I couldn't take away the images of Natsu, Levy, Erza, Gray out of my head. It was something you just can't forget. It would be something that would continue to haunt me in my sleep even if I escape the whole ordeal alive. Time was hard to tell in the dungeons, though I had a feeling that it was already nearing morning. There was nothing to help me tell the time since my keys had already been taken from me before I was forced to enter the dungeon cell.

THIRD PERSON POV

Loke had been quite relieved when Lucy had fallen asleep. He didn't know if the blonde had realized that she had been crying for hours since she was staring off into space as tears were falling from her face. It was only then when Lucy had fallen asleep that pure rage was written on the lion's face. He had not missed the sight of Aries being stabbed earlier that day and hell if he was going to settle down with seeing his girlfriend being stabbed. Each of his good friends had been stabbed and Lucy was suffering from something he did not know and he was just not happy about it. He was completely in a state of wrath and he wanted revenge. But the chain keeping him in place was not just any chain, it had the trace of magic which was preventing him from going back to the Spirit World. When the rage in him remained, he calmed down a bit when he caught sight of Lucy and at that moment, he felt utterly useless. He couldn't do anything to help her, and at the state they were in, he couldn't even cross the room to comfort her. All he could do to release his current rage was to punch the wall beside him.

Meanwhile in the guild hall of Fear Pythios, everyone was in a buzz about how to get back at Fairy Tail but they suddenly stopped as the guild doors opened revealing Rick and a female brunette clad in a blue silk dress. Her posture perfect and her features showing that she was well taken care of aside from the fact there was no hint of gentleness in her. She walked through the guild hall in elegance which showed that she had truly been from a family of wealth. Without, a second thought she approached the master and spoke, "Where is she? I'm going to see her," the woman spoke and without a moment to spare the master led her to the dungeons where Lucy and Loke were kept.

LUCY'S POV

I didn't notice that I had drifted into slumber and I was awakened by Loke demanding that we be released this instant. I cautiously opened my eyes and I still didn't know what time it was because the dungeons were still in darkness wherein one can barely see. Fortunately though, my eyes adjusted and I caught sight of the master. I was going to demand that he give me back my keys but I thought well, not wanting to experience another round of the old man's magic. I kept my lips pursed into a thin line and he merely smirked at me before stepping aside to reveal a person I least expected to see. "A-Alexia. W-what are you doing here?" I gaped at the wealthy woman standing before me. "Hello, cousin. It's good to see you too. Isn't it obvious, Lucy? I gave the request to get you captured," the woman spoke and I couldn't help but have a hard time processing all the information given to me. My cousin, Alexia Heartfilia, was standing in front of me and claiming that she was behind all this. I just couldn't find room to breathe through all this.

"Well, after Daddy had managed to weed his way and steal Uncle Jude's whole business and wealth, you can imagine how much I hate you. You and your father ignored us for years! Years, Lucy! And to think that they were brothers for heaven's sake!" Alexia all but screamed at me and continued to explain. "With you being the only heiress of Uncle Jude's wealth and being raised with high pedigree, I knew you'd eventually figure out what Daddy did and I just can't take the risk of you sending me and my family down the drain. So, I sent a job request to dark guilds. Your capture for 2.5 million jewels, Lucy," my cousin smirked at me and I couldn't help but widen my eyes in surprise. My family just sold me out for 2.5 million just because of a petty reason. I snarled at her and she didn't like it causing her hand to make contact with my left cheek. "You lost, Lucy. You're a pathetic, sore loser like your father," Alexia said with an evil smirked before turning her attention to the master. "She's all yours to do with as you please. Just make sure she doesn't have the guts to get back at my family. Torture her, rape her, throw her somewhere, kill her, I don't care. Your reward will be taken here later tonight," the woman said and my eyes widened in fear that the visions I had would come true. I cowered in fear at the thought. I watched as the woman waved goodbye and left the dungeon cell with the master and that's when I broke into sobs.

I could barely believe what was happening to my life. First, I was completely ignored by my guild and my friends. Second, the guy I'm in love with never noticed my presence and was apparently in love with someone else. Third, I went on a solo mission that turned out in utter failure. And lastly, my family sold me out and left me to suffer and die in a guild that had a huge degree of hatred for the guild I am apparently in. I didn't even know if I'm going to survive through this, cause right now, I already wanted to give up. I wanted to creep into a hole and die though I really wanted to believe that Fairy Tail mages never give up. That just seemed far from possible, I was stuck in my own depressing thoughts when all of a sudden I heard Loke speak that sparked a small amount of hope in me.

"We'll be fine, Lucy. We'll get through this, I promise."

LAXUS' POV

The guild was in its usual rowdiness after Natsu's team had gotten back from their mission. Everyone was back from their missions and there was only one certain blonde missing within the crowd. And it was worrying him to no end. He had almost lost count of how many days she had been gone though from his count it was the 12th day she was gone, which was almost about accurate. It was obvious that I wasn't the only one worried. Gramps was as well though he wouldn't tell me the reason. The Iron Dragon Slayer and the bluenette were also worried but tried to keep calm. Most of them had already noticed her disappearance when Lisanna was gone but that wasn't really a good thing. They were treating Lucy like she was some kind of replacement for the white-haired mage and I didn't like the very idea of it. When Natsu and his team arrived, the first thing they did was nag me on about where Blondie was but I kept my mouth shut and the three of them wanted to kill me, though Gramps had stopped them.

It was another normal day for Fairy Tail, and I was standing on the second floor, leaning on the railing watching the door, waiting for Blondie to arrive. But that didn't happen, instead the one who came through the doors was Warren running into the guild hall. "It's trouble!" the telepathy mage yelled and everyone stopped in their usual rowdiness. Gramps stepped out and approached him, his face every bit of serious that meant business. "Here, I'll let all of you listen." Warren said and instantly, I could feel magic flowing through my mind and a voice invaded my head. A voice of a girl, probably the same age as Wendy by the sound of it. "Is Fairy Tail listening in this?" the girl asked in our heads and we were all in silence as Warren spoke telepathically for all of us, "Yes." "Good, then it'll be easier to let you all know. Two days ago a group of your mages attacked a guild in Cathea, yes? A guild named Fear Pythios," the girl spoke and Natsu immediately answered in our heads, "Yeah, so what?" "Well, we have something of yours," the girl spoke, her tone clearly evil. And then suddenly a scream reverberated in our minds. An all too familiar scream. It was her and I couldn't be mistaken. I scanned the crowd and noticed that Erza, Gray, Natsu, Levy and Gajeel all had that same horrified look on their faces. We were silent until the screaming stopped which was followed by sobbing and another scream. I had my fist balled and I was barely controlling anger, I needed reassurance that it wasn't her but that didn't seem to be happening.

"LUCY! Stop it! Lucy!" Loke's voice yelled through our minds and that was all it took for some of the girls in the guild to start sobbing. The screaming stopped, but I could her crying in the background as the girl spoke once again. "Did you enjoy our little gift?" "You fucking let go of her or there will be hell to pay. I'm gonna hunt you down you little piece of shit," I spoke in my head and I could hear evil laughter. "You messed with our guild first, Fairy Tail. Now, face the consequence of making an enemy of Fear Pythios. You want her, then come and find her," the girl challenge and I could hear Natsu and Erza demanding that Lucy be released by I couldn't care less about them. "You all better hurry up though, we don't know how long she'll last," and as if on cue, another scream came from Lucy followed by her crying voice, "Please! Stop! N-no more! Please, I beg you," she said in between screams and then the connection was cut. I was about to head to the door in my fastest speed when the guild doors shut close. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yelled and I saw that it was Gramps' humongous hand that closed the door and I glared at him and was about to argue with him when I saw the look of rage, fear and pain etched in his face and eyes.

"Four teams will look for Lucy, each led by a dragon slayer. The rest will stay here with me to protect the guild just in case they attack," Gramps said and immediately Gajeel, Wendy and Natsu, stepped forth, waiting to know whom their teammates were. "I'm taking my team with me, Old Man," I said and in a matter of seconds Freed, Bickslow and Ever were behind me and it was only moments after that Erza spoke her thoughts, "Gray, Lisanna and I will be going with Natsu," and I glared at their team. It was their fault in the first place that Blondie was in that mess, but what's more important at the moment was that I get to her as soon as possible. "Levy, Bisca and Alzack, go with Gajeel, please. Cana, Elfman and Mira, go with Wendy, please," Gramps said and we all nodded. "Bring her home," the old man said and with that all of us immediately left the guild.

"Just you wait, Blondie. I'm coming for you."

Replies To Some Reviews:

Raiza-chan: Well, you don't have to wait long to get some of your questions answered.. ;) ..

Anonymous: I think you're right about this and the possibility of me putting rape in this story outright is very very very little since I want to avoid it as much as possible. Anyways, thanks for this suggestion! ^_^

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millervaleriecamille: I absolutely love that about Natsu too, and I'm happy that you're liking the story thus far.. :D

Anonymous: Oh well, I would have to agree with you that Natsu is quite hateful because of thinking about Lisanna and not Lucy. And on why Lucy was captured is answered in this chapter.. ;) .. Thanks for the continuous support!

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So, how did you like this chapter? Let me know, pretty please with a cherry on top? :3

Thoughts on Lucy and Loke? What did you think of what she saw? What did you think about Laxus?

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Lucy, Laxus and Natsu's POVs in the next chapter! ^_^ See you till then!