A/N:Ding-ding-ding! Round 2! Fight!

… yeah I know, I can't help it... I'm a silly person who needs comic relief sometimes .

Anyhow, there will be some violence in this chapter but it is nothing compared to what I have saved for later on. So I hope you enjoy this chapter, I enjoyed typing it :)

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Chapter 2: Crawling Paranoia

The darkness that felt like it was consuming Natsu started evaporating and slowly he gained his consciousness once again. At first he was confused about his whereabouts but that feeling vanished instantly, as the sickening and sweet smell of his own blood reached his nostrils.

Huh? Confused he opened his eyes and realised that he was still in the cave Ohh, right..., he thought as he took a deep breath ...whatever had transpired a movement ago must have happened while he was unconscious. But he wasn't sure what his vision, or whatever it was meant and it confused him. He was fairly certain though that something terrible had happened, he just needed to figure out what that thing was. Especially because Natsu knew he had heard and seen the man with the repulsing mouth somewhere before. But where...?

Furious about the whole situation Natsu let out a growl as he glared at the darkness that surrounded him. If there was something he hated more than anything it was being uncertain and confused about what was going on. Especially if his friends life was at stake.

A low thud like sound, made him turn his head to look down in his hands direction and even though he couldn't fully see the extent of the damage at the moment, he knew instinctively that it wouldn't be a pretty sight. Especially since he didn't know for how long he was unconscious.

Well better get this shit over with, taking in a deep breath he slowly got into a sitting position. He didn't feel as dizzy or nauseous as he had the last time he gained his consciousness and for that he felt relieved for a second. But he didn't have time to feel grateful for such a minor thing so instead he ignited his hands making two small flames appear in the palm of his hands. As they appeared he made a quick scan around the cave making sure he was alone before examining his wrists.

"Damn..." fortunately the majority of the cuts wasn't that deep. Of course he knew this from the last time he inspected his wounds, but the unfortunate and deep ones were still bleeding in an even flow down his hands and onto the ground. He noticed that some of the blood on his hands was already dried up, so he knew he must have been unconscious for a while.

"Whoever invented handcuffs should get their ass kicked" he said in a sarcastic voice while glaring at the wounds again, unsure of how to deal with his hands. Well, he knew he had to do something about it not only because it would be a critical factor if he lost too much blood in a place like this, but also because the blood made his hands slippery which was a huge disadvantage, considering he didn't know what could potentially happen, or if he had to get in a fight. Knowing his luck that was probably bound to happen sooner or later, especially because he really wanted to kick that stupid silhouette thingy and that man with the foul mouth.

Bandages... something to wrap... cloth... oh! Smirking, he put out his flames before removing his shirt which he started tearing apart to make some improvised bandages to wrap around his wrists. It didn't take him many minutes to accomplish his task and soon his wounds was covered with cloth, preventing it from bleeding too much. It should be sufficient enough for now, but if the wounds kept bleeding he might have to use his flames to melt his skin surrounding the cuts. But that was a final option he didn't want to resort to at the moment. Besides his own natural healing abilities was quite unique, so there was a slight chance that it would be enough until the bleeding eventually stopped on it's own. Well either that or he might actually find a healer soon enough that could close it up nicely. That all depended on how much time he would have to spend in this god damn cave, but he sure as hell wouldn't be there any longer than he had to.

Igniting his hands once again Natsu took a quick look on the work he'd done. The bandages was wrapped tightly around his wrists and the lower part of his hands, preventing blood from flowing from his wounds and he had to admit, that it was pretty well done considering there wasn't enough light, to actually see anything.

So satisfied with his work Natsu got into a standing position to inspect his surroundings more thoroughly. As he first assumed it was a huge cave that was surrounded by rocks. There was only one entrance to his current position and by the looks of it the ground was rising into something further above. So basically he must have fallen down the path in front of him that lead him to this isolated place. Another fact he noticed was that the sun was completely blocked out leaving a rather cold and moist like atmosphere. Natsu knew that those facts would essentially mean that he was somewhere below the ground, but how and why he was there was still unclear to him.

A wave of dizziness went through his body again but it wasn't nearly as unpleasant as the previous ones. But it was still uncomfortable and it made him stagger on his feet, making it hard to keep his balance. "Tsch!" he hissed while slamming his back reluctantly against the stone wall, so it might provide him with some stability and prevent him from falling on his feet.

"Damn it I don't have time for this" whispering he placed one of his hands above his eyes. He knew that the move was unnecessary because there wasn't any light he needed to protect his eyes from. No, it was purely based on an old habit and maybe, just maybe it might help him somehow.

Natsu stood there for a few seconds while slowly taking in a few deep breaths hoping that the feeling would disappear soon. It was annoying, like really fucking annoying, just standing there but he knew it wouldn't do him any good if he recklessly kept going and ignored his physical condition and that was mainly because the nauseating feeling might provoke his motion sickness to kick in, making him even more pathetic than he already was. Besides that he might get another headache which he really didn't want at the moment.

So with that in mind, Natsu considered that this might be a good opportunity to figure out where he was and what lead him to this situation. The man in his vision had indicated that something bad had happened to Lucy.. but what? And who was that other person with the glowing eyes? Was he just a spawn of his imagination or was he real? The more he thought about it the more convinced he was, that the man with the rotten teeth was a person he had encountered before. But where?

Growling in annoyance he pressed his hands hard against his face almost as if it might provoke his memories to resurface, from where ever it was hidden inside of his mind. Unfortunately it didn't and he couldn't prevent himself from swearing as he moved his fingers to peer through them and into the darkness in front of him. Somehow he would figure out what was going on and when he did there wasn't anything or anyone that could prevent him from going full force against the culprit that had brought him in this situation.

… culprit... for some reason an image of the man with the repelling mouth spawned inside of his mind, making him instinctively clench his teeth harder against each other. What was it with this person? Was he to blame for all of this?

As if fate wanted to play a trick on him a mental image of Lucy saying his name resurfaced. She looked so happy as she winked teasingly towards him. But... why was he remembering that? Why couldn't he remember anything? And what the fuck did the silhouette thing mean by "I thought you learned something the last time...". What? Last time what?

Annoyed he removed his hands from his face and started stroking the back of his head. There was definitely a lump there and it was quite sore. Judging by the size of it he must have received it a couple of hours ago. That would mean he might have gotten it seconds before being thrown into the cave and considering the sentence uttered by the silhouette it did imply that the unknown man in his vision was to blame for hitting him and thereby making him unconscious in the first place.

The dizziness finally seemed to leave his body and as it did Natsu sighed in relief hoping that he would soon receive the answers he needed.

"About time... I should..." something seemed to spark inside his mind "... I..." parting his lips in shock he kept leaning against the cave wall as he felt his memories suddenly returning, slamming his mind with full force. The pure impact as well as the scenario that played inside of his head, made him widen his eyes in horror.

The images in his mind was playing the decisive scene in full length, but fortunately it stopped after a few seconds and switched into being a newly acquired memory. When it did Natsu was covering his mouth with one of his hands and staring into the thin air with a haunted look.

"Shit!" He cursed in a furious and pained voice before igniting his hands and leaping from his position running with all of his might, towards something he had to prevent from happening.

Flashback...

Natsu was eating a huge bowl of fried chicken when he entered the room they had rented at the inn. They had just finished a fairly easy mission and to celebrate Lucy was out buying books. Why she would use her precious time buying boring stuff was puzzling, but then again there was a lot of aspects about her personality he didn't understand. Well, there are a lot of things about women that's weird... he thought as he slammed the door to the room shut with his foot … But that's also one of the reasons it's interesting getting to know her nature and why she would react the way she does...

While munching on a chicken leg he turned his head and noticed a piece of paper laying on the table. If he was correct it was a note from Lucy telling him to clean up some of the mess he had caused during the mission and possibly there was a huge rant about him being a reckless idiotic punk who should behave like a decent person once in awhile. With a sigh he prepared himself mentally before grabbing the note and reading it. Fortunately for him it wasn't what he had been anticipating.

"So how much trouble are you in this time?"

Natsu turned to stare at Happy and smiled brightly before handing him the note.

"Not so much it would seem. She's asking me to meet her down town because there's something she wants to discuss with me alone"

"Ohhh..." the cat sang in a very knowing way "She wants to share her fish with you"

"Well if she wants to share a fish with me she should bring it back here. I mean we have a kitchen and all so it wouldn't make sense unless she wants to eat it raw. Do you think she likes it raw?" he said while winching inwardly.

"... that's not what I meant..."

Natsu blinked in confusion towards the cat before grinning his characteristic smile.

"Well I better get going. You know how angry she gets when she has to wait"

"Aye! You should stop eating right away or you might get late!"

"No way!"

"Yes! Remember the last time, you left her waiting?"

"... ohhh..."

After reluctantly handing over the last few pieces of his fried chicken to Happy, Natsu turned around to leave the room and find Lucy.

"Mmm, matsu? Muyu smarf" Happy mumbled as he tried pushing all the chicken into his mouth.

"Huh?"

"Yu smarf?"

Natsu blinked a few times as he watched the cat point a paw towards his scarf.

"Ohh, my scarf. Well this shouldn't take long, so I'll just leave it here. Keep it safe, okay?"

"Mm-hm!"

The dragon slayer grinned towards the cat, who made a quick saluting gesture towards him, before taking yet another piece of chicken into his mouth making his cheeks bulge like balloons.

Natsu chuckled at the sight, before leaving the room. It didn't take him long to reach the place Lucy had mentioned in her note but for some reason he couldn't find her anywhere.

"Lucy!" He yelled while looking at every possible place she might be nearby.

"Hey you!"

"Yeah?"

Natsu turned around to face a rather tall man who was staring at him unpleasantly.

"Who are you? Are you Natsu?"

"Uhm yeah?"

"Good, I speak on behalf of Lucy. She told me to tell you she was running late. You know women right? Haha!"

Something was definitely wrong with this scenario. First of all this man reeked of something vial and rotten that made his instincts stand on high alert. Second this was not exactly the type of person Lucy would ever rely on handing over a message to him. No he was too weird and too repulsing for her to even make contact. But then again... Lucy was a kind hearted person so it wouldn't come as a surprise if she had found it in her heart to look past his physical flaws. Besides the person didn't exactly look like he was violent or strong, so even if he did something dangerous Natsu was sure Lucy could beat him just by using her unique 'Lucy kick'.

"Uhm, okay thanks"

"No problem"

The man grinned widely revealing his rotten teeth and the smell made Natsu's stomach turn involuntarily. He had to get away from this foul stench if he wanted to prevent himself from puking all over the place. So with that in mind he raised his hand and waved it while turning his back against the man.

"Thanks for the message. See ya"

"Yeah... I'll be seeing you"

He didn't hear or see it coming until it was too late. The stench had somehow confused his instincts for a second and because of that he couldn't prevent the hit he felt at the back of his head sending a sharp pain through his skull until everything slowly started to fade away.

"Fuck" he uttered trying to prevent his consciousness from slipping away but it was all in vain and soon he felt his knees give up underneath him making him fall towards the ground.

Someone was talking but he couldn't tell who it was or what was being said. It almost felt like his head had been wrapped in a huge pile of cotton, dulling his senses and his connection to the outside world. But even though his perception of the entire situation was limited he could feel his muscles aching from being in the same position for too long. The pain in his muscles didn't lessen when he noticed that he was being swayed in an even, but yet odd pattern caused by whatever was underneath him.

A few minutes passed by and slowly Natsu gained more control of his senses which should have been a good thing considering the circumstances. Unfortunately the distinctive smell from the creature underneath him made him fully aware that he was being transported on a horse's back which almost immediately forced his motion sickness to activate.

Taking in a few deep breaths he managed to calm his stomach enough so he could at least figure out some facts before taking actions. Of course it would be nice just recklessly rolling off the horse and beating his captivators but for some reason his head felt empty. No empty wasn't the right word. It almost felt like his head had been dulled somehow preventing him to think straight. If that wasn't bad enough he could fell that his powers somehow had been drained to a very critical point making his odds even more uneven. To make matters worse he was blindfolded with both hands tied up behind his back making it even harder to do anything constructive. Yeah this is definitely a good situation... he thought sarcastically as he took a deep breath to calm his stomach.

"Hey you awake yet?" a very deep and hoarse voice asked before delivering a hard punch to Natsu's back. The hit made him lose the air in his lunges sending him into a fit of coughs earning a few laughs from the persons who had presumably abducted him. Thanks for that, fucktard...

Unfortunately for Natsu the coughing had a negative effect on his motions sickness making an uncomfortable wave of nausea spread through his body and thereby making metallic tasting saliva to spawn in his mouth. Simultaneously, the muscles in his stomach started to tighten in an odd rhythm, trying to push his stomach's content in the opposite direction of where it was.

On pure instinct and without thinking about the consequences he rolled off the horse landing on the ground a few seconds later with a large thud. He didn't really feel the pain from the impact because his senses was too focused on his motion sickness and aching muscles, to pay attention to something so insignificant. However the steady earth underneath him made him feel slightly better making him crawl onto his knees and elbows where he stood shaking while gasping for air. As he did this his stomach seemed to settle, making the lump of vomit that had appeared in his throat to run back down to where it belonged.

"Hey! HEY! Who the fuck gave you permission to get off the horse, huh?" a voice yelled from what sounded like a person who was far away in the distant. But because his senses was so screwed at the moment Natsu knew that the person might be closer than he anticipated and sure enough a few seconds later he felt a hand grabbing a huge amount of his hair which the person pulled backwards in a quick and violent move making his neck snap into an uncomfortable position.

The pull made Natsu groan in agony and fury which ignited a smaller part of his more primal personality. So without thinking about the consequences he leaned forward on his elbows feeling a sharp pain from his skull from where the hair was being restrained. But he ignored it as he used the newly acquired gab between the person behind him and his bend muscles to shove his body backwards, crashing into the person's face.

There was a crunching sound when Natsu's head crashed against the captivator's head making the person behind him howl in pain. Hell yeah...! A smirk formed on Natsu's lips when he felt the unknown man let go of his hair and his smile didn't lessen when he imagined how the person was trying to keep the blood from spouting all over the place from what he instinctively knew was a broken nose.

The adrenaline in his body was pumping and he felt confident in spite of the fact that he was restrained and couldn't see anything. Of course it didn't exactly help that his head felt like a hot air balloon that was drifting away, leaving him with no sense of rationality to think twice about his odds about making it away alive, especially because of the many unknown factors he couldn't nor didn't take into account at the moment. Nothing really mattered besides the fact that he would teach them a lesson for their insolence and violent behaviour, by writing it in capital letters using their own blood.

Let's get the show on the road... he thought as he gritted his teeth against each other. Right now his confidence was mile high. Maybe it was also because of the adrenaline that was pumping through his system. He didn't know, nor did it really matter.

… right now! bending his knees he launched himself against the next person he heard running towards him. Natsu hit the unknown person with his head and instantly he heard a distinctive groan followed by a metallic sound hitting the ground, which he quickly assumed had to be a knife.

"What the fuck are you guys doing?! Seize him!" Natsu felt a wave of rage run through his body as he recognised the voice, knowing it was the same person who had knocked him unconscious.

"Don't think it'll be that easy you stupid son of a bitch!" the furious dragon slayer roared as he started running in the direction the vial person had spoken. He was so focused and overwhelmed by his emotions towards his target that he didn't hear the whipping sound until it was too late resulting in some sort of rope being wrapped tightly around his ankles. A few seconds later something pulled hard on the rope which made his feet vanish from underneath him, resulting in him hitting the ground again.

"You bastard! I'll kill you!" a voice hissed in a weird broken voice behind Natsu. The metallic smell of blood reached his nose and instantly he had an idea of who the person was.

"Well consider yourself lucky I only broke your nose. If I wasn't blindfold I would have smashed your skull to a million pieces" he replied in a cold tone.

"You..." the person growled viciously before grabbing Natsu's hair once again pulling him upwards "... I'll show you how to smash a skull! Consider this a free lesson as thanks for what you did to my nose"

"Stop!" the man with the rotten teeth shouted.

"Why? This fucking kid broke my nose! I demand retaliation!"

"Well too freaking bad! Have you forgotten our mission, huh? What do you think IT will do if the dragon slayer doesn't get there in one piece?"

Natsu felt the hold on his hair tighten even more making him grit his teeth in fury and pain.

"I... I'm... sorry boss... I... didn't think" The man with the broken nose whimpered apologetically.

"Shut it Docar! We're almost there so lets just get this over with"

"Yes sir..."

Natsu could feel the radiating fury from his captivator pulsating as he dragged him by his hair for a few feet. He didn't know how much good this new information would do him at the moment, but now he knew that the person who was currently grabbing his hair was called Docar and the man with the foul mouth was the boss of the group.

"Oh Docar?"

"Yes master?"

"I don't mind you dragging him there but could you at least silence him?"

"Right away sir!"

The man let go of his hair making Natsu hive for air for a few seconds before hitting the ground yet again. For some reason he hadn't noticed that he was growling and roaring in defiance but now he could feel a small ache forming in his throat. However he didn't get to wonder about it because Docar had in a flash managed to let go of his hair and a heartbeat later Natsu was pinned to the ground with a firm hold.

"Hey Rasmox! Come here! Hold his feet!"

"Uhm... okay..." came the immediate answer in a flat and unenthusiastic tune before said person grabbed his legs with strong hands.

Docar chuckled menacingly as he sat on top of Natsu's torso and arms, preventing him from resisting.

"Now let's see... hmm... consider yourself lucky I'm in a good mood or I would have smashed your skull to a million pieces"

"Tsch!" Natsu spat as he turned in what he knew was Docar's direction "says the person who has to call on his buddy to restrain me"

"You... you're really fucking lucky that I'm going to shut that dirty mouth of yours before I accidentally kill you"

He wanted to smirk because he succeeded in coming underneath Docar's skin but that feeling quickly vanished as he felt a hand grab his jaw trying to force it open.

"Open wide little mage! It's time for some medicine"

Natsu clenched his teeth firmly against each other but it was futile when he felt two fingers push extremely hard against his chins making his teeth separate just enough for a piece of cloth to make it's way inside of his mouth. The feeling of the cloth in his mouth was uncomfortable and the feeling didn't lessen when he felt that there was a rather huge amount of cloth being forced inside his mouth, which momentarily prevented air from entering his lunges. A nauseous feeling made him shiver involuntarily and he almost didn't register Docar wrapping some sort of cloth-like rope over his mouth and around his head.

"See? You're feeling much better aren't you? Rasmox take the rope and drag him"

"Why me?"

"Because I said so dumbass!"

"But... how am I supposed to drag him by the head? Wouldn't that.. you know.. make him suffocate or something?"

"You stupid idiot! Grab the rope around his legs! Not the cloth around his head!"

"Ohh... right... sorry..."

Natsu felt his body being dragged for a while but he didn't know for how long. He was having a hard time even staying conscious because his head was feeling numb again. Besides the small bumps and rocks on the road didn't exactly prevent his consciousness from fading. Actually he might have fainted a few times during the trip but he couldn't say for sure. At some point they stopped and he presumed that they had reached their destination.

"Brrr this place gives me the chills" the boss with the rotten teeth said in a whisper "Ahem, alright, lets end this shall we? Hey kid!"

Natsu made a muffled sound earning a few laughs from the group.

"Yeah, yeah I get it. You can't answer me but it's better this way because what I'm going to say will make your skin crawl. Well I guess it might be fun hearing you scream but you know what? I prefer girls and you should have heard it! The blonde was screaming like a bitch when they threw her into the cave"

Something inside of Natsu started to shatter as dread, anxiety but also an uncontrollable anger made it's way into his system making him bite hard on the cloth in his mouth while trying to stand up on unsteady legs.

"You want to stand? Well let me help you!"

The man grabbed his throat in an instant forcing him into a standing position.

"The scream... the scream was just marvellous kid! Just thinking about it makes me shiver in... uhm... delight... oh you stay still I'm not done yet! The condition is fairly simple. Make it out alive and you've paid your debt. That's it! But I suggest you hurry if you want to see the blonde bitch alive again... however in her condition it wouldn't surprise me if she was dead already..."

The hand around Natsu's throat was firm making it hard to breathe. But none the less he succeeded in making a painful growl as he tried to break free from his captivator's hold, but even though his instincts was forcing him to take actions nothing happened. Normally he could break free from almost any kind of situation by leaning on his will power and the extra strength it would provide him, but apparently and unbeknownst to Natsu the slight crack in his shattered mind was preventing him from getting control of the power burst... fuck, fuck, fuck!

"Goodbye Natsu Dragneel!"

The foul stench from the boss's teeth reached him before he felt something hit his skull making the darkness inside of his mind spread. His body felt numb and because of that he didn't feel the hand letting go nor did he feel the push that made him fall backwards into the cave.

He could hear the laughter from his captivators fade away in the distance and knew he was falling further down into the unknown. Natsu wasn't sure how long he fell but eventually he felt the last amount of his consciousness fade away as the darkness around him consumed everything. It was almost symbolic how the light from the sun faded simultaneously with him losing his consciousness until all light was devoured by the shadows, leaving everything covered in black.

Present time...

Natsu was running with both hands ignited and breathing heavily. His muscles was starting to ache because of the sudden sprint he had forced his body into, but it was nothing compared to what might occur if he didn't make it in time.

In the beginning all of his thoughts were occupied with his task but the further he ran the more he noticed his surroundings. There was something off about this place. Maybe it was due to the lack of sunlight because no matter where he ran everything was pitch black. Besides that there was no sign anywhere that might indicate where they had thrown him inside the cave. Shouldn't there be some indication of sunlight or anything that might show him where that place might be somewhere? Or had he really fallen for so long that the surface was almost unreachable? That wouldn't even make sense because the fall alone should have killed him. Shouldn't it? Or was his head playing tricks on him? He didn't know nor did he really care at the moment.

At some point he had to stop running to lean against the cave wall where he stood panting for air for a few minutes. Natsu didn't know for how long he had been running or how far, but it felt like an eternity had gone by, since he realised what had happened in the past. Besides his head was still tingling unpleasantly and the running didn't exactly ease his condition. No, his escalating pulse seemed to intensify his headache making it pulsate painfully in the same rhythm as his heartbeat.

Growling in anger and frustration he clenched one of his hands before hitting the stone wall. He knew he had to get a hold of himself and his overwhelming emotions because it was causing him to act irrational. But it was just so damn alluring giving in to the anger and let it guide his actions at the moment.

Taking in a deep breath he could feel how his headache seemed to vaporise as his heartbeat slowed down. Well that's fucking fortunate, huh...? he thought as he got a hold of his fury before taking a good look around him as he ignited his hands and raised them. Natsu knew he was in a cave and from his running he also knew it was a really big cave, filled with curves and rooms making it seem like a maze. But that wasn't so surprising considering it was a cave that presumably was deeply hidden underneath the surface. It was one of those caves it might have taken nature aeons to create and in that sentence it was impressive. Not that he cared about that but it was a thing to take into account considering how vast and deep it might actually be.

Suddenly something caught his attention from the corner of his eyes but when he turned around the thing was gone. He couldn't smell or hear anything but he was absolutely certain that he saw something move for just a split second. Actually it felt like there was some weird presence but it was something he couldn't sense. His instincts was on high alert though as he scanned the cave.

Natsu knew to trust his instincts in most situations but he also knew that the hit on his head might have caused him to have a minor concussion which essentially could have an influence on his perception. But even considering that he was sure that there was something out there, he just couldn't determine what it was.

This is so annoying, growling he narrowed his eyes as he once again caught something move in a flash from somewhere deeper inside the cave where the light of his flames didn't reach.

"Damn it! Show yourself!" he spat in the direction he had caught the movement.

All of a sudden he could hear something. But what? Standing still he focused on the sound. It almost sounded like... laughter? As he thought this, the laughing sound seemed to escalate into a high pitched tone. But where did it come from?Who...? what...? It almost sounded like it came from somewhere right beside him but no matter how much he focused or where he turned, there wasn't anything other than thin air.

"Show yourself you coward!" he yelled in fury while clenching his hands.

The laughter seemed to intensify for a few seconds but suddenly it started to faint until it vanished completely.

"This is fucking bullshit!" he roared while turning around desperately to find any lead to where the person or thing might be. But still there wasn't anything or anyone. It was almost like the invisible presence had gotten a voice without revealing anything physically.

A cold breath near his ear made him shiver involuntarily as he quickly turned around to captivate whatever it was. But as quickly as the thing had spawned it was gone.

"Come on! Stop playing fucking games!"

A light touch on his shoulder made him turn around making him face the empty cave wall.

"God damn it!" he practically screamed. The adrenaline was pumping through his body, making his muscles almost vibrate with anticipation of knocking someone to the ground. Whoever this is...or what it is... it doesn't matter... Lucy... Gotta find Lucy...

"Mmm... such a foul mouth" a cold voice hissed close beside him. The sound was so unnatural it made Natsu freeze in his position. He could see something again from the corner of his eyes but for some reason he couldn't turn around to face it. It wasn't because he didn't want to, but something was preventing him from moving and was keeping him firmly in place. Whether that was due to primal fear or some unknown magic he couldn't tell.

"I wonder how long you'll last...it's been sooooo long since I had someone to play with" the icy voice continued making the hairs on Natsu's neck rise.

"What the fuck do you mean with that? Who are you?"

"Impatient... mmm, but you'll know soon enough..."

"I don't have time for this, damn it!"

"Ahh.. and angry as well... this'll be fun... yes... Do me a favour will you?"

"What? And why would I even listen to you?!" as he said this he could feel someone breathing close behind him. The smell of it reached his nostrils and it mystified him because it wasn't anything he had ever smelled before. Nor did he want to because it smelled like ice and something he could only describe as ...death?

"Hmm-hm... no, no, no... you're way off. You can't defy me. This is my realm. Mine... not yours... so silly... well... try not to lose your sanity too soon... It wouldn't be fun if you did"

"What the fuck do you mean by that?"

"... ahh... ha... you'll see... yes... underneath the surface everyone loses... something..."

And with that the presence was gone as if it had never been there, leaving no traces behind. It was so annoying, maddening and yet frightening it left Natsu with conflicted feelings. However his anger was still pulsating through his veins making him curse as he turned around trying to catch a last glimpse of whatever had been there a second ago.

Frustrated and infuriated he took in a deep breath before roaring loudly letting some of his feelings out, which made the once silent cave echo with the sound of an emotional dragon slayer, as his voice seemed to escalate throughout the cave. As he roared he vowed that he would figure out what was going on and he would sure as hell rescue Lucy no matter what fucking unnatural being he would have to encounter...

A/N: There you have it! The end of chapter 2. So we'll never know what Lucy did the last time, that might cause Natsu to leave his precious food, but I guess it's something mayor *shivers*.

So yeah you might have figured out Natsu got a minor concussion in the past, which have some effects on his physical condition.

As for the villains/thugs/whatever: they won't be a mayor element in this story. You might call them supporting actor's that only appears to justify the development in the plot line.

Bonus info: Rasmux is kind of a retard but he's good once you get to know him...

Have a nice day! This is Hejmdal signing out for today!