Emotionless
Chapter 70, Overwhelmed
A/N: Fewh, this chapter is going to be interesting. I think I might start adding quotes to the beginning now too, and later I'll go back and do the same for the last chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas A. Edison
Normal Pov
Come on, think! There has to be something I can use to my own advantage. Using this shield will only last so long.
A battle bloomed from the ground where the mighty dangerous dragon Riisovzun towered over the lone Fairy Tail mage Lucy Heartifilia. A bright orb shot from the beast's mouth in a spiral towards the blonde mage only to just barely block it by an aura shield but Lucy could only hold it up so long with her current magic reserves.
Worse, Riisovzun wasn't even trying. Lucy saw the amusement gleaming in the black and purple scaled creature which did not help the stress that was baring down on her in this situation.
Good thing she couldn't feel it, although she could sense it.
"Sahlag!/Pathetic!" Riisovzun roared before continuing in her language, "How weak you stand before me."
Lucy clenched her teeth feeling her shield weakening and focused deep within her, channeling her mind away from the battle until she no longer felt the heat of the battle or the wavering of her magic.
She stumbled unto the dark soft grass within her mind. Looking up she saw the sky was empty in its darkness and the trees whipped around quickly from large gusts of wind. She picked up into a jog until she came across the abyss inside the pond where her heart lay beneath the raging waves. "Kei! Kei! I need your help! Please!" Lucy called desperately, knowing she would be panicking if she had not had no soul.
A midnight wolf appeared across from the pond then, his yellow eyes staring back at her.
"Kei! Help me, please!"
The wolf merely shook his head and said, "I cannot help you like this. Look for your strength Lucy, remember what fuels your might my friend."
Lucy yelled out when Kei disappeared before she pounded her hands into the ground.
"Damnit Kei, what the hell does that mean!?
With a crack and a whiplash Lucy's aura shield shattered like glass and the spiral hit her with force throwing her through the air like a sack of potatoes.
She flipped unto her feet skidding on the ground as she landed only to narrowly dodge aside to another spiral of energy flying at her. The dragon before her looked bored as it shot streams of power at her seemingly effortlessly.
"Look for my strength, what fuels my might?" Lucy questioned aloud to herself, trying to solve the puzzle without mutilating it.
She was hit again and this time her back collided against the trunk of a tree behind her. Lucy caught her breath as she warily stood to her feet before flipping to the side from yet another attack.
"Your strength is no match for me, and you will die," Lucy froze at those words as her brain went numb as the familiarity hit her of those words.
Screams forever echoed throughout the night. She stood up on the collapsed and burnt roof of some house covering from the many hundreds of dragons that now ruled across their land.
She shivered suddenly and noticed the ice that now formed upon the building she resided inside. Glancing out a shattered window she saw the ground had too frosted over with ice. Quickly she went to the fire place and tucked herself inside before slowly climbing up it with a racing heart pounding in her ears like a train. Hands went numb as they reached the ice of the roof but gripped tight to keep herself from slipping.
She looked out and her eyes widened at the sight of her old teammate facing down a dragon. Black hair flew against the icy air as his onyx eyes were just as cold as the land around them. "It seems I cannot run from you anymore," She heard him say.
A shout from the dragon ricocheted off the air and echoed into the distance in reply.
"You killed my friends and my family, monster. I will not allow you to do so again!" Gray shouted, throwing his shirt aside before he brought his fists together and the familiar ring of his magic appeared before ropes of ice sprung from the icy floor and wrapped around the muzzle of the great beast.
The dragon roared shattering the ice before it turned its mad glare to the ice-mage but Gray was not faltered and instead slid to the side creating a veil of ice around him from the dragon's flames that flew at him.
"Looks like all those fights with flame-brain have paid off," Gray said, shooting an ice lance at the dragon's opened mouth who knocked it aside and shot another fire ball at the Fairy Tail mage.
Lucy ducked behind a boulder as another energy blast flew at her, and felt the burn of the magic against her skin as though injecting a thousand needles in her body all at once.
The fight continued as Gray threw ice magic left and right combining it with animal attacks his brother had taught him before he too was slain by these beasts. Eagles and lions raced around the dragon which used the spikes of its tails and wings to shatter the ice sculptures before they could even touch him.
"Your strength is no match for me, and you will die," the dragon spoke, grinning at the mage.
Suddenly Gray was caught off guard as the dragon feinted a fire attack and instead attacked him with its tail throwing him to the side. Gray panted with sweat beading off his cool skin as his magic reserves were slowly losing.
He stood and faced the dragon with closed eyes and chuckled. "Looks like there's only one way to keep you from killing any more people," He said and sighed before he fell into a stance and brought his hands together. Onyx eyes met crimson red irises of the dragon which watched him without attacking seemingly curious and bored at what awaited it.
The ground suddenly thickened with ice as Gray let out a breath freezing the feet of the dragon where it stood. The beast snorted and struggled to break free. Frustrated it opened its mouth to let out a flame only for ice chains to wrap around its muzzle. The dragon thrashed weakening the ice which bound it informing Gray that it was now or never.
A tear streamed down from one of his eyes as he gazed into the depths of the dragon's merciless eyes. "This is for Fairy Tail; Master, Natsu, Erza, Mirajane, Lisanna, Elfman, Laxus, Macao, Jet, Troy, Wendy, Gildarts, Cana, Freed, Juvia, Levy, Evergreen, Bickslow, Gajeel, Happy, Carla, Lily, Bisca, Alzack, Laki, Max, Romeo, Nab, Reedus, Vijeeter, Warren, Wakaba, Kinana, Loke, Porlyusica... heh, even you Lucy."
Ice launched into pillars around him as a bright blue light hovered above him. "Live, Fairy Tail! ICE SHELL!"
She was on auto-pilot, suddenly dodging without being hit and slowly approached the dragon after every attack, the memory still playing in front of her mind.
Lucy was sobbing as she climbed down the roof towards the battle field in front of her. The ice on the ground was slowly evaporating but not all disappeared. Falling to the ground the blonde ex Fairy Tail mage stumbled towards the scene. Her eyesight blurred as tears cascaded down her scarred cheeks.
"Gray," Lucy gasped falling to her knees in front of the frozen dragon. "Why... why did it have to be you! Your my teammate whether you hated me or not. This wasn't my fault! Why is the world like this, why are you all dying around me? WHY?!"
The sky darkened as snow began to fall around Lucy who looked up to the frozen eyes of the beast. Rage boiled through her veins as she stared at the monster and suddenly let out a scream to Fiore before she collapsed back unto her knees. Something silver shinned from under the snow and she quickly brushed aside the ice and snow that covered the item. She froze as her hand pulled out the object revealing Gray's necklace.
"Your death will not be in vain. I promise I will end this, somehow." Bringing her hand up while standing up on her toes she put the chain around one of the frozen horns of the dragon before letting go, the cross handing down in front of one of the beast's eyes. It was as though it represented a grave marker, or maybe a symbol of who defeated the dragon.
"It will not have been in vain!"
"It will not have been in vain!" Lucy screamed, launching herself at the dragon catching it by surprise allowing her to grab ahold one of its horns as she jumped on its neck. Quickly without wasting any time she grabbed Jade's fang and brought it down unto the dragon's left eye causing it to let out a shriek of agony. The dragon began to struggle, moving like a bull trying to throw of its unwanted rider but Lucy wasn't finished yet and yanked out the fang ignoring the dragon's cry of pain before skillfully tossing the fang into her other hand in time to bring it down on the dragon's other eye.
Barely having enough time to pull Jade's fang out before she was suddenly thrown off Riisovzun Lucy was hit full force by his attack. Landing some twenty feet away Lucy coughed up blood as she stumbled to her feet noticing the cracks of the earth from the attack. Meanwhile Riisovzun stood still looking in every direction blinded trying to find her. He stopped suddenly and lifted his snout and sniffed the air before he turned directly towards her and let out a roar of fury towards her before he shot into the air towards her.
"Uh-oh," Lucy ducked into the forest barely avoiding the jaws that clamped shut from where she previously stood.
She picked up into a sprint darting into the thickest forest areas hoping to avoid being plucked off however the sound of trees falling down behind her allowed her to know no matter how thick the area may be that wouldn't stop Riisovzun from hunting her.
"Damn, I need magic!" Her thoughts darted to Gemini who could shift into her form however she needed magic to summon them so that was out. She thought of the Hell and mythic keys but highly doubted they were suited for dragon fighting. She didn't have the magic for the mythic keys anyways and even if she did call him it would still drain her magic whether she wanted it to or not. She knew from experience - Leo. Gritting her teeth she pondered hard on what could give her magic. She wasn't a dragon slayer so there was no way she could fuel herself from this dragon's magic...
She really had no clue what to do. She just needed time more than anything, and that was something she realized she was out of the moment the shadow of the trees above her suddenly disappeared and instead she was met with the bloody face of a raging dragon. She didn't have time to even blink before she was pierced by Riisovzun's claws and was lifted into the sky.
" Zu'u los kiird voth hi, mun! Tiid wah grind hin dinok!/I am done playing with you, human! Time to meet your death!"
"No!" Lucy shouted, struggling against the claws which protruded out of her stomach. She ignored the now red and dripping claws as her hands held on trying to push her off only to suddenly be thrown off from who knows how high in the sky. She flipped around and stared up at the dragon which roared an electrifying purple spiral towards her. Her body underwent seizures as the spiral swallowed her, body burning in flames from the inside before she was released barely giving her time to open her eyes before she hit the ground. Dust flew into the air as a crater was formed from Lucy's fall. Riisovzun flew down and blew the dust away revealing an unconscious Lucy.
He smirked before letting out a victory roar which echoed across the ocean haunting the land all around.
A hand tightened around Gray's chilling one's as soft eyes met midnight black. "I'm sorry..." Elizabeth whispered to the young man who had been silent since they left Lucy behind.
He swallowed before nodded not trusting himself to speak with the concern and rage boiling in his icy veins. A roar suddenly met their ears causing Gray to grip onto the mane of the steed tighter.
"She'll be okay-" Elizabeth began trying to ease his worry only for another roar met their ears causing them both to turn as a shadow in the distance met their eyes.
Gray clenched his fists before unclenching his jaw and growled. "No, she's not."
For the dragon's attention towards them only met one thing to Gray.
His partner, Lucy, was dead.
Nasty cliffhanger isn't it? I need time to organize the next chapter.
Besides, enjoy the three chapters updated in a day's notice.
-Gothic Rain