Author's Note:
It's a little earlier, but you guys don't mind right? xD
Natsu, Laxus and Lucy's POVs as promised.. ;)
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Hope you like this one!
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 or unlikely) implied rape and lemons soon in the story.
NATSU'S POV
The moment I heard Lucy's scream in my head, I froze in my place. I didn't know how I looked and frankly, I couldn't care less how idiotic I must have looked at that moment. I couldn't think straight and when the girl claimed that Lucy was their revenge on us, no one could have measured the rage I was feeling that I was barely controlling myself from being ablaze within the confines of the guild hall. "Let Lucy go now! I'm the one that burned the whole place to smithereens!" I yelled in my head. It shouldn't be Lucy in there suffering. It should have been me instead! We weren't even careful and we just assumed that everything was over. We didn't even take note of the threat that one of their members gave. Then it came to me. The members we attacked knew that they were only a branch of a guild, and that meant they knew where the main guild hall was and it was obvious that Lucy would be there. Several thoughts formed in my head, and as I looked at Erza and Gray, I knew they were coming into the same conclusion as I was.
When the four teams were allowed to go, we headed out of the guild and though all of us already wanted to be on our way quick because we had no time to spare, we each knew that we couldn't just go to Fear Pythios blindly. "She took the mission in the town of Lundama. She was supposed to take out a couple of bandits there," Laxus grumbled out and before anyone else could speak, Gray had already punched the Lightning Dragon Slayer straight to the face. I couldn't say that I wasn't surprised about it considering that I wanted to punch the living daylights out of him too but that wouldn't do any good for Lucy right now. "If you had told us where she went like we asked she wouldn't be in this trouble!" Gray yelled at Laxus and the blonde retorted with an uppercut at Gray, "Well, she wouldn't even be taking a mission if you hadn't ignored her!" and that had hit a nerve as I landed a blow on him. Our guild mates tried to stop us, but the three of us were in a brawl that I thought couldn't be stopped until Gajeel and Erza had intervened, the redhead pulling Gray away and Gajeel separating me and Laxus. "Get the hell out of the way, Gajeel," I said dangerously low. "If you have enough time to fight, then shouldn't you be using that time to look for Lucy?" Gajeel said, his eyes glaring at me for a reason I did not know.
"Our team will be going to the Magic Council. We're going to get a guild member of them to speak. We won't be long and will follow you straight to Lundama," Erza spoke for us but I couldn't find myself to agree and before I could think about my words, they just flew out of my mouth. "Hell no! I'm going straight to Lundama and I'm going to find Lucy! I'm not going to waste my time with the Council!" I nearly shouted and just when I was about to leave, Erza had me by the ear and when I turned to glare at her, I could see that she also had Gray in the same position and she was both glaring at us. "I want to find Lucy too, but it's best if we have some real information about the guild than the unreliable information we currently have," she said before letting us go. "We'll be heading to Cathea to try and gather some clues or information. We won't stay there very long either," Mira told us and it was obvious that they had already agreed on this. "My team will be going with Sparky to Lundama," Gajeel said and Laxus only grunted his approval. "Fine. But let's hurry up and get to Lundama. We need to find Lucy," I grumbled. "Don't go attacking without us. We'll rendezvous in the train station in Lundama tomorrow at sunrise. Until then, you guys try to find the main guild," Erza said and when all had agreed, each had gone separate ways.
With that said and done with, my team nearly sprinted our way to the train station and though I hated any form of transportation, saving Lucy was a much larger priority than my motion sickness. As we got on to the train, I instantly began feeling the motion sickness and thank god when Lisanna made me lay on her lap. I remember that Lucy used to do it too, and her scent of strawberry was much more comforting than Lisanna's scent of flowers. As the train ride went on, I felt motion sickness over taking me though that didn't stop my thoughts from emerging. I got it all wrong. The one in my dreams hadn't been Lisanna. It had been Lucy all along. And because of the wrong assumption I made, the one girl that cared for me and I cared for a lot was in the worst case of danger and I wasn't even anywhere close to save her. Right now, I wanted nothing more than to apologize to Lucy and tell her what I really felt about her. That I want her and not Lisanna. My fists were clenched tightly as I thought of all the possibilities that Lucy was facing and I just found myself not wanting to think about it anymore. I could only hope that I would get to her in time.
LAXUS' POV
I had no intention of getting into a fight with Natsu or anyone else since I had already been assuming the worst thanks to Lucy's screams that were currently invading my head. Her screams were full of pain and agony and I could barely imagine what they were putting her through right now. I knew I should have gone after her earlier, but I just had to ignore my instincts. And now, I lost control thanks to Gray blaming me for what was happening to Lucy. It was partly my fault I knew, but there was a reason she took on a solo mission even if there were some people she could ask to go along. She wanted to be alone and I respected that, and so I didn't tell her teammates, which I was sure, were the reason she wanted to leave in the first place. And I figured out I was right when Natsu and Gray had attacked me simultaneously cause I had hit a nerve. It was good that Erza and Gajeel stopped the fight or it may have escalated into something worse.
In a matter of minutes, my team and Gajeel were already on a train to Lundama and both of us were really struggling to keep our cool. I could've just used my lightning to get to Lundama easily but that would've been abandoning my team which I was sure wanted to help in saving Lucy as well. The eight of us were in complete silence until Levy had begun to sniff and it was obvious that she had been trying to hold back from crying since we had heard the message. "I… I should have come with her," the bluenette sniffed as she tried to wipe away tears and Bisca tried to comfort her. "How would you, Shrimp? You were on a mission," Gajeel gruffed, "Besides, Bunny Girl wanted to be alone since her team dumped her for that white-haired chick." "How did you know that Gajeel?" Alzack asked and though my face was a mask, my ears were too active to want to listen to the answers. "I was with her before she left on her mission. Bunny Girl was bawling her eyes out and Sparky over there was right about what he said to Salamander and his team," the pierced man shrugged and I kept my eyes to the window. I knew I was right but that wouldn't be of any use right now. "Laxus, what are the details on her mission?" Evergreen asked me and I raised an eyebrow as now all of their eyes were on me. "Why do you know about her mission, Sparky?" Gajeel asked before I could even respond to Ever's question and his eyes sparked with curiosity. "I was the one who recorded her mission. Gramps was out that day. It was to take out a couple of bandits who kept on robbing people in the forest bordering Lundama. The reward was 80000J and she left on the same day. The mission was for 2 weeks at max," I shrugged and they all nodded their heads in understanding.
After a few hours, we had finally arrived in Lundama and immediately, we headed to the client's house of Lucy's mission. We were instantly taken to the mayor, who was apparently the client and allowed to speak to him. They claimed that Lucy and Loke had been gone for three days now and hasn't come back. We told the client not to worry and that we were going to solve the bandit problems as well and in return they had told us where to find Lucy's hotel room. We immediately went there and saw that it was completely void of people which would have been expected. We looked through stuff and found Lucy's bag of clothes. Me and Gajeel took one of her clothing and smelled it. I knew that smelling her clothes should only be for the purpose of finding her because of her strong scent, but damn when her scent filled my nostrils, I didn't want to let go of her shirt. The scent was a mix of strawberries and spring. It was certainly a comforting scent which I wouldn't want to get away from. Against better judgment, I let go of her shirt and just grunted out that we should start searching. When we reached the forest, we separated into five groups. Gajeel and I were going solo and the rest had paired up. Within the forest, it had been hard to get a scent of Blondie and it took a matter of time before I managed to catch a faint trail of her scent. It was in the deeper parts of the forest, and I tried to be as sneaky as possible. I didn't want to catch unwanted attention after all.
As I got deeper into the forest, a lot more sets of scent had hit my nostrils. It wasn't the usual scent of trees and forestry, instead it was the smell of people and alcoholic drinks and in the midst of it was a smell of strawberries. And immediately, I knew that Lucy was close though I wasn't prepared for the smell that had hit my nostrils next. Blood. I could smell it and I was about to stride into wherever the place was until I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked behind me, it was Gajeel. "Don't. Between the two of us, even if we get the others, there's a hell lot of people in the place wherever it is. Let's wait for Salamander and the others," he said trying to sound calm but I knew he was just as pissed as I was if I wasn't more. I could smell her and since I hadn't heard her yet, I supposed that it was still pretty far. "We'll scout here again later on. Let's look for the others and set camp," I grumbled as I wanted nothing more than to save Lucy now. We didn't have much time, that much I knew.
LUCY'S POV
I couldn't keep track of how long it had been since Loke and I had been taken to the guild of Fear Pythios. I had been barely getting enough sleep and it followed irregular patterns. They barely fed us too. So, there was absolutely no way for me to tell the time. My body hurts like hell cause ever since Alexia had let the guild do as the please, they didn't waste any time to beat my body up. At first, it was a few punches and kicks that made me lose my breath, but earlier had been absolutely different. Because for the first time since they dragged me and Loke to the dungeons, they brought both of us out. I was nearly naked, thanks to my torn clothes and I am absolutely messed up and barely walking since they had broken a bone in my right leg and my wrists and ankles were full of bruises thanks to being chained to the wall. Loke was no better. Though they had beaten him up once, he had everything intact. He flashed me an assuring smile though I could see the fear etched in his sleepless features.
The first time they had beaten me up, I begged them to stop. And like the vision I had in my dream, they stopped, but proceeded to beat Loke up instead. It was the worst torture I had to endure. Watching Loke experiencing pain and being beaten to a pulp in my stead. So, I sobbed and pleaded them to stop and to take their anger out on me instead. That day, without thinking, I blurted out stuff that I knew would catch their attention. "I'm the Fairy Tail mage and not him! My friends were the one who took down your pathetic guild! It was my team and they can certainly do it again here. And can you even call this a guild hall?! They'll burn it down before you know it!"and that certainly did the trick cause immediately they pulled on my hair and dragged me around the cell before tearing off my clothes. I merely screamed but didn't ask them to stop though I was already trembling in fear. They snickered and beat me to a pulp until they were satisfied. "You're lucky master said that we're not allowed to have our way with you sexually,"they told me though that didn't make things any better. I was almost naked in the cold dungeons and my body was hurting everywhere.
I couldn't get the memory out of my mind, but I know I was currently heading for the worse yet. When we got to the main hall, Loke had been made to sit in one of the tables, two awfully large guys holding him in place. It was like the one in my vision. They tore off the remains of my clothes and I couldn't stop crying as they hung me in chains from the ceiling for everyone to see. Yes, it was like the vision they showed me and they were making it come true. I knew what would happen. If I beg, Loke pays the price, though looking at the whip Rena was going to use made me wonder on how long I would last. When the master raised his hand, all feel into silence and suddenly the girl from before started to speak, "Father, I have made connection with a Fairy Tail mage," and the master answered, "Good, now let's us hear what they're saying," and the girl merely nodded before speaking. The girl would answer with words that I am sure was not her own while it was the Master responding to the girl's words.
I ceased to listen to their conversation, though out of nowhere, the whip had made contact with my back which made me scream in pain. I still had bruises covering my body and I was sure that I had a broken rib somewhere and yet, here was another round of pain that I had to withstand for my sake and Loke's. I screamed and screamed until the whips stop and I could only sob at my pain. I could feel blood starting to ooze down my damaged back which I know now had permanent damage. Just when I thought I was recovering, the whipping started again and though I managed to just whimper in the first lash, Rena made sure that I screamed during the next strikes. And finally when I couldn't bear it any longer, I couldn't help but scream, "Please! Stop! N-no more! Please, I beg you," I said in between sobs and the whipping stopped though immediately, I heard grunts of pain and there, in front of me Loke was being beaten by two guys twice his size. I couldn't help but cry at my selfishness. In between his grunts of pain, he was reassuring me that it was alright and I should just close my eyes. But how could I? "Don't hurt him anymore, please! Please!" I screamed and struggled against the chains when I finally couldn't stand watching Loke getting beaten. The two guys stopped and their master spoke, "Well, Miss Heartfilia. You just have to choose, don't you?" and my eyes caught sight of his evil smirk which I had grown to hate since I came to this wretched place. "It's your choice. Your pain or his?"
I looked at my lion, and there I could see him pleading. I knew that he wasn't pleading that the pain stops; I knew he was pleading me to let him take the beating instead of me. But I couldn't have that. Aside from the fact that he was my Spirit, he was my friend. And it was my fault we were in this situation. I wasn't about to let him take the suffering which was supposed to be mine alone. "Hurt me all you want but let me send him back to the Spirit World," I demanded and in an instant, the master was in front of me and had slapped me hard and delivered a punch to my gut that made me cough hard. "You don't get to make the demands around here," the old man growled and I whimpered as tears cascaded down my face. "Just please don't make him watch. Hurt me all you want, just please don't make him watch," I pleaded and he smiled evilly before turning his attention to the two whom were holding Loke, his eyes widened as he was being dragged out of the place and I mouthed to him, "I'm sorry," and he yelled in protest, "NO LUCY! Don't do this! LUCY, NO!" and just before he was completely out sight, the whip had made yet again contact with my already damaged back. I screamed.
The whipping seemed to take on forever and though I wanted to scream, I just couldn't anymore. My throat was overly used and my whole body was on fire from the pain. My legs, my arms, my back and even my hands were damaged and bleeding from the whip and some drops of blood had already reached the floor. When Rena was done with me, that's when the visions came to me. And it seemed so true. I thought I had no voice anymore, but I managed to just keep on screaming. When the visions ended, I couldn't differ on whether what happened was true or merely an illusion. It didn't seem to feel any different. My body ached all over and I could barely register which part was hurting and which was not and so I just deemed it as everything. The ones who brought me back to the dungeons were anything but gentle. I kept on bleeding, just waiting for the wounds to close. They were bleeding, but not enough to make one die, or at least that's what I thought. I couldn't care less though. All what ran through my head was the question of whether I was raped or not. I didn't know the difference between illusion and reality anymore and since my body ached all over and I was naked, I couldn't very well tell myself that I was still a virgin. I assumed the worst, though I knew not if it was true. I merely sobbed until I fell asleep from both exhaustion and pain.
THIRD PERSON POV
Morning came and though instructed to get a good night's sleep so they could be prepared for the fight; neither Laxus nor Gajeel had gotten any sleep. The smell of blood had bothered them too much and though they had scouted the area, and the blood was so close, they couldn't find a trace of the guild. He had to wonder if their noses were playing tricks with them, but they both knew so well that a dragon's nose never lies. They were early when the eight of them came to the train station to meet up with the others. And as promised, Team Natsu and Team Wendy had been on the first train to Lundama. They exchanged information and Wendy's team had claimed that according to townspeople, shady people have gone over and checked the remains of the guild. It was proof enough that there was indeed a main guild somewhere around the area since Cathea wasn't very far. Erza on the other hand, provided more valuable information to the team. "We managed to get the information we needed," she said as they started to walk towards the forest while the redhead explains stuff to them. "The two most powerful mages inside the guild aside from the master have Speed Magic, like Racer, and Invisibility Magic," she explained and Gajeel muttered, "That explains it," loud enough that all heads turned to him. "What's the matter, Gajeel?" Mira asked worriedly and Laxus answered, "We got Lucy's scent but there was nothing close to a guild in the forest," and Gray nodded and spoke, "Shouldn't be a problem now. It's like Hypnosis Magic. Once you know it's being used, it's useless."
Once the plan had been settled all sixteen mages rushed to the forest and indeed, now they had found the guild in the deeper parts of the forest. It was as big as the original Fairy Tail building and had the emblem of a serpent which proved to them that it was definitely Fear Pythios' guild. And as the plan had stated, they each went to their respective positions, the Thunder God Tribe, Natsu, Bisca and Alzack being flown by the exceeds to the roof, Mira, Cana, Wendy, Levy and Lisanna, sneaking around the back of the guild and the rest suddenly storming at the front door. With everyone taken by surprise, Fairy Tail immediately started in attacking, except for one particular man. As soon as they had entered the building, he had caught scent of Lucy and blood. Instead of attacking, he fried anyone who strayed in his path that was not a member of Fairy Tail, until he came into a flight of stairs leading to the basement. The scent of blood became stronger in his nose and his pace began to increase until he reached a dark dungeon cell. His eyes scanned the inside and when his vision had adjusted, nothing could have prepared him from what he saw.
On one side of the cell, was Loke, his back on the wall, head hung low, and his right foot chained to the wall and he was beaten to a pulp. And on the other side was Lucy, naked, battered, bloodied and unconscious. Seeing her form, he was getting nauseous and not from disgust, but from rage. He wanted to murder whoever led her to that state. He immediately destroyed the barrier between him and Lucy and at the loud sound; he saw that it caught Loke's attention though he remained silent and Lucy managed to regain consciousness as well. When Laxus was approaching her though, she screamed, "No more, please! I.. I d-don't want any more... J-just kill me," Lucy begged and the blonde man approached her with gentleness as he let a hand wander on her cheek. "Lucy, it's me. Laxus," he whispered gently and in a few moments, he watched as Lucy started to recognize him though she continued sobbing. "Don't let them hurt me. Don't leave me. Save us, please. Take me home," she pleaded and he nodded before speaking, "I promise," as he broke the chains on Lucy first. He removed his shirt and gently put it on her, wary of the several wounds on her body. She shifted in discomfort and winced while he was barely controlling himself from going to the fight to find the bastard that hurt her.
He made quick work of the chain on Loke's foot and he immediately and carefully carried Lucy in his arms. "Follow me and hurry up," the Lightning Dragon Slayer said as he ran cautiously out of the basement. The fight was still on-going with many mages of Fear Pythios putting up a good fight. He looked at Loke and asked seriously in a dangerously low voice. "Who did this to her?" "That one," Loke said as he pointed a black-haired woman fighting with Erza and Mira. He didn't stop to think when he suddenly used his lightning that instantly hit Rena, taking her completely by surprise. He didn't yield until she was completely unconscious and barely breathing. Erza turned to look at him and was surprised to find Lucy in his arms. Though he still wanted to fight, he couldn't bear having Lucy within the fighting grounds much longer, he needed to get her to safety and so, despite his wants, he turned his attention back to Loke, "Find Wendy!" and he knew that the lion understood immediately as they parted ways and Laxus instead used his lightning to get to the camp faster without giving further pain and damage to Lucy.
Once there, he immediately settled her within his tent gently as he waited for Wendy's arrival. He watched her worriedly as she had fallen unconscious somehow while they were escaping and that worried him a lot. "Please be safe," he thought as he landed a kiss on her forehead, praying to the heavens that she pulls through.
Replies to Some Reviews:
Paname: Thank youuu! xD . No need for tears though.. :P
Schlecka: I've taken this into an awful lot of consideration and I am not really one to write rape either.. Lucy being raped did not happen since like the previous review said, not everyone can stomach those scenes. :)
millervaleriecamille: Well, there are some that can't stomach rape while there are other readers whom requested that I add some of that drama, so that was the only thing I could come up with. xD . Competition is wonderful too since it adds a lot of ups and downs in a story and I am really looking forward to trying to write it.. :D
Anonymous: Thank youuu again! And here's the new chapter with Laxus saving Lucy! :DD
Your reviews were absolutely wonderful! Thank you everyone! ^_^
Early update, so what did you think? :) Care to let me know? Just a little review would help! :P
What did you think of Natsu and Laxus? Wanna know more about Gray, Erza, Loke and Gajeel? How do you feel about Lucy? :'(
What happened in the fight you ask? It'll be in the next update! :D