Chapter 9: Shock

A/N: Whoa. I took a nap after posting the last chapter and when I woke up I had a review by nico2883, a follow from beareagle13, and 160 views… all in the span of about an hour and a half, wow! I'm really feeling the love guys! Keep it up and the chapters will keep coming as well. So please Enjoy!

Natsu: OI, WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT WAS THE TRAIN OF DEATH FOR?

HEY! NO, NO! BAD DRAGON! BACK IN YOUR CORNER! (WHIPS HIM AS A FIGHT THEN ENSUES), PLEASE ENJOY!

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(POV of unknown character, continues from previous chapter)

'Hello there, what do we have here?' I think as I watch my target from the shadows, waiting for the moment to strike. 'OOOOOH! She's going home alone? This makes my job much easier. If the information is right, then she should pass an alley that is pretty dark and secluded. Kekekeke! Too easy!' I watch as she begins to make her way home, taking the exact route that I was told she would take, sighing I think 'I do wish that someone else would have been there though, make it more fun. And lords know I could use the exercise, haven't punched anyone since we got here. BORING, oh, now lookie here, the alley is only a little farther now. Better get in position.' I think to myself quickly moving, using the shadows for cover, thank goodness for the little street lighting.

I situate myself near the corner of the wall on the far end of the alley and wait for her to pass by, seeing as she is still a good minute or two away from reaching me. I check to make sure no one's watching or nearby, and wait until she's right next to me, 'good thing she hung close to the walls' I think as I say "Peek-a-boo!" my fist connecting with her temple. She falls to the ground with a thud and lands on her knees, slumping forward. "Hey buy me dinner before blowing me. KEKEKEKE!" I cackle as I drag her into the alley and down the hidey hole there that leads into the sewer system. 'Ugh it stinks down here, why couldn't we spring for nice hotels, or foreclosed warehouses? Why did we have to be cheap and use the forest?' I think as I sling her over my shoulder and look at the map, luckily for me I took her out pretty close to the edge of town and the exit I needed to take. I begin my walk to the exit at a brisk pace not wanting to be there forever, and wanting to go back and sleep. 'Damn she's light, she could use a few steaks here and there, give her some meat on those bones!' I think to myself as I near the exit, sighing in relief, I peek through the opening and check if the coast is clear and see that the city's new defenses are up, massive motion sensing plants courtesy of one Warrod Sequen, fourth rank wizard saint and god of Ishgar. 'If this is a "gods" power then I'm not even worried, this is pathetic. Then again, he is really old, over 100 now.' I think to myself as I reach the camp and go through the hologram and walk into an large room with three beds, two of which were occupied. 'So those two are here too? I guess it makes sense since we are going dark for a little while.' "Oi wake up, I'm back! And I have the target with me!" I yell waking the two up.

"Wha… oh its you. Ok, go and put her in the storage room, the boss wants her locked up and no one is to talk to her until he gets here tomorrow. Understood?" said Number 3.

"Ok, ok, I'll go put her in her room now, you can go back to sleep, I can handle it." I said while yawning and looked and saw that number 4 didn't even bother to wake up, lazy bitch. "And tell your wife to show some respect, always say welcome when a teammate returns, that is the rule right?" I ask as he nods before laying down and waves me off. 'So much for team chemistry. Eh oh well we know each other well enough.' I think as I open the storage room and put her inside as I put magic rope on her, so as to nullify her magic. And realize 'Holy shit! She has blue hair!' … to saw I'm a little slow would be an understatement. But hey who cares right? I walk to the door and see her stirring, about to wake up, I immediately close the distance between us and knock her out cold again. Damn that was close. I close the door and head over to my bed and lay down, and close my eyes, sleep immediately taking over as I fade into my dreams.

(POV Change to Charle)

"Oh Happy I'm worried!" I say as Happy looks up at me. "Wendy's not home yet and it's been over an hour since she should have left the guild and she still not home yet! HUMPF!" I say crossing my arms and puffing out my cheeks in annoyance.

"Aw don't worry Charle! She's probably… hehe… 'busy' with Doranbolt!" He says as he starts laughing while I look on in horror of his implication, my paws covering my blush, "She liiiiiiiikes him!"

"Why I never how dare you presume that of dear Wendy! She is much to innocent and young to be doing that!" I cry out indignantly. How dare he insinuate such a thing! I cross my arms again and begin to leave him when there is a loud knock on the door and we both look to each other wondering who that was.

I fly over to door and open to see a very concerned Doranbolt as he comes in. "Have you guys seen Wendy?" He asks as I feel my stomach drop and my heart follow after it. "I was going to take her home but she insisted on going alone, so I let her."

"YOU DID WHAT?!" I cry and begin to feel tears form in my eyes, " WE THOUGHT SHE WAS WITH YOU! SHE HASN'T COME HOME YET!" I yell as the tears begin to fall freely now.

"Wha-WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE HASN'T' COME HOME YET?!" He cries out, the color of his face like that of Mavis, almost see through. "OH DEAR GODS! NO!"

He begins to cry as well and we cry for a bit until Happy speaks up, "Stop both of you!" he says sternly causing us to look up, "We need to go and report this to everyone else, now! Before we lose her!"

"Y-ye-ye-yes! You're right! Let's go now!" I say trying to put on a brave face for him. The three of us get up and quickly leave the house and begin running to the guild, fear welling in all of us. 'Please be safe Wendy! We're gonna find you I promise!' I think to myself, a new determination setting in as we rush to the guild.

At the guild (POV Change to Laxus)

I sit and listen to Olive tell me about her day, enjoying the time spent with my wife, until the guild doors fly open causing everyone to turn and see who it is. What I see worries me for the nth time today, it's Doranbolt and two of the exceeds. They all look worried and pale as if they had seen a ghost, one not named Mavis. "Oi, where's the fire?" I ask standing and walking over to the trio.

"IT'S WENDY SHE LEFT HERE OVER TWO HOURS AGO, BUT WE CAN"T FIND HER!" Charle yells, causing the guild to go silent and all those gathered losing the color in their face.

"WHAT! EVERYONE GO AND SEARCH FOR HER AT ONCE! SOMEONE GET GAJEEL AND WARROD! GO!" Gramps yelled from his spot on the ledge as he rose and jumped down to where I was, "Laxus go and see if you can smell her out. NOW!" he yelled as I quickly said bye to Olive and went on my way to find her. Hopefully we would find her soon. I don't know how much more angst the guild they could take.

A day later

"SHIT! Still haven't found her yet. Oi, Gajeel, Warrod you guys find anything yet?" I ask as we are near the outskirts of town, looking for her using our noses and Warrod using his plants. We've been at since we found out that Wendy was missing. And we have found absolutely no sign of her or of any sign of her scent. It was as if… no cant think like that.

"Nothing, my plants can't sense anything and his nose has yet to find anything." Warrod said as Gajeel nodded his agreement. "Come on we need to go and report to Makarov the lack of progress, we'll pick up from here later."

I nod my agreement to the plan and we take off, none of us too excited to go back, empty handed again.

(POV Change to 'The Boss')

I woke up and immediately heard the hurried footsteps of people looking for something. The lacrima was ringing, ringing really loudly but I coolly picked it and said, "Hello?"

"Yes sir, this is the reception desk. We have a Mr. Three looking for you." The lady said, I was grinning ear to ear as I knew that the plan went off without a hitch.

"Ok, please send him up to my room please" I said and put some clothes on.

"Hey boss. The job went as expected, we got the girl and are waiting for you to talk to her." Number three said.

"I actually decided not to talk to her, wouldn't want to give away our identities just yet. Just keep her locked up for a week and then do as we discussed. Understood?" I ask him as I begin to walk towards the door.

"Understood. Off to train are we?" He asks as he leans against the wall.

"Yup, gotta keep myself in shape, we will have to fight eventually you know." I said, smirking at him.

"So you say… need a partner?" He asks as I nod in agreement to proposition, "Ok, let me go to the bathroom and I'll meet you at the clearing behind camp."

I nod and make my way out of the hotel room and down the streets, smirking as I see the people of Fairy Tail scrambling, looking for their lost guildmate. 'If only they knew the truth, then they would know how fucked they are.'

A week later (Number 5 POV)

I wake up and all I get is a note. But that note is the most important note that I have ever seen. The boss was definitely happy with how easy the job was and was allowing me to do this part alone. I pulled out a cigar from their hiding place and light it and walk over to the storage room an open the door and promptly knock out the child so she couldn't see my face. I sling her over my shoulder and begin the long trek into town. The weight on my shoulders heavy than when I first nabbed her, 'Damn that woman, she fed her better than before! Fuck her, making the short guy carry someone his own weight, knew there was a reason I always hated her.' I grumble to myself internally, entering the sewers and making the walk to my destination. I groan as I read the map seeing how far of a walk this was going to be. Twenty miles. Fuck.

Twenty Miles later

I huffed and puffed as I finally reached the exit that led to my destination, the big tree in the southern park of Magnolia. 'Well time to go to work on her face, her torso, and her legs. I'm gonna fuck her up real good' As I read the specifications left on the note, the last line catching my attention, Remind them of the Phantom Lord Incident.

(POV Change to Makarov)

"No… not again." I say to myself more than anyone else. I'm in the south gate park and just like what occurred 19 years ago, I see a blue haired woman, badly battered and marked, her once flowing hair now gone except for a small piece on the very top that looks like Warrod's head. I look her in the face and quickly look away from young Wendy's almost lifeless, naked body. These people truly have no shame, and when I find them, I'm going to make sure they suffer before I kill them, with these two old, little, wrinkly hands.

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A/N: WHEW! That took longer than I expected, but definitely worth the wait. This story is starting to get serious, as the plot thickens and we get closer and closer to the wedding day. Yes, the wedding will happen as planned, as will be stated in the next chapter, but the reason why will be a secret until then. And thanks to everyone (Natsu stirs underneath me, so I whack him in the head knocking him out again) who has read today, the count is now 247 views today and we are now at 247 people who have read this story! Exciting news! Remember, READ AND REVIEW! ADIOS!