Author's Notes: You guys really know how to make a girl cry, stupid teenage hormones! Anyways it makes me really happy reading all of your guys comments… wow… the fact that no quirky quips are coming to me at the moment is terrifying! Well I guess no that that's over with, you sneaks… Let the awesomeness begin!
Chapter 5
I couldn't move…
My arms weren't moving…
My legs were pulled into a painful crouch…
My eyes were closed, surrounding me in darkness…
I mustered a growl so ferocious that I heard the shuffling of feet as someone or someone's backed away...
Then I could see specks of red dot across the underside of my eyelids…
Red… I thought with a lick of my chapped lips.
I was parched…
My senses picked up the familiar sound… the sound thrummed throughout my whole body, raising little bumps of flesh on my skin.
The pumping of blood…
I hummed in delight, slowing grasping a more sounds of life.
The shuffled of feet from those passing by…
The faint cries of an infant…
The complaints of a young woman directed at her companion…
The gushing of a young couple…
I want to crush it…
All of it…
All of them…
They should share my pain…
Pain…
Pain of losing loved ones…
Pain of betrayal…
Pain of guilt…
Pain of a broken heart…
Pain of death…
They should all-
I gasped as a hand soothingly traced my arm in a swirling motion, warming me up with the comfortable touch.
Die…
I feel at peace.
Pain…
I feel drowsy.
Suffering…
I think I should sleep.
Torture…
Goodnight.
Blood…
Outside of Lucy's consciousness
We all looked at her dumbstruck, she laughed maniacally at our expressions. Her eyes had taken on a crazed look giving us the impression that she had gone mad.
"The Mad Hatter has come to play…" Lucy, or Mad Hatter, said giggling like a mad woman (Imagine Crona or Maka when they're all doped up on black blood).
Laxus turned to face his team, one eye still trained on the wild looking blonde, "Is it just me or does someone need to get a doctor?" The others just shrugged unable to think of a way to help their blonde, not so blonde, guild mate.
She laughed again, scaring those surrounding her.
She froze, looking at us hungrily.
Her posture dropped into that of a rag doll, bangs covering her eyes.
A smile rose to her face as she whispered one word.
"Blood."
Taking off at speeds unable to be seen by the naked eye, limbs flailing wildly, the blonde went for the kill.
Black shadows stopped her just inches away from the lightning mage's face. The shadows consumed her: holding her legs in a crouch, restraining her arms behind her back, and covering her eyes. They all turned to see a very conscious and very concentrated Rogue, standing by the Guilds doors his face no longer calm and controlled but contorted into something straining.
Following quickly behind the shadow mage was a concerned looking Sting. As he slowly approached the newly restrained female, she released a dangerously ferocious growl causing everyone to unconsciously take a step back (Even our supposedly brave lightning dragon slayer). When she had calmed down, somewhat, Sting moved closer to her again chanting something incoherent to the rest.
I small white light appeared on the tip of his finger, he began to slowly but frantically trace the pattern engraved in the girls opposite arm consuming it in a white light. She let out a few whimpers as he traced the lines over and over again. Both tattoos started to erratically shift back and forth between red and white, fighting for dominance or balance. With one last yelp the blonde fell unconscious, dropping lethargically into the waiting arms of the light dragon slayer.
Smoothing the down her hair affectionately and picking her up bridal style Sting started to make his way back inside his guild. Only to be stopped by a rather large hand.
"What happened back there?" A very pissed off Laxus asked.
Sting looked back on the male, indifference washing over his features, "It's not for me to tell, you'll have to wait and ask Blondie here yourself."
"Thank you." The lightning mage said with a huff.
Sting's facade faltered as he replied, "There's no reason to thank me… I was only keeping a promise…"
Questions were left unanswered, beasts were tamed, and promises were kept…