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Chapter 4

With Lucy

Lucy was trying to think of a ritual that took celestial magic and a lunar eclipse to cast. She kept thinking she had heard about this before but couldn't remember where. She decided that she needed to figure out how to get away from the dark mages before they could complete the ritual. They had already told her she couldn't call her spirits because of the magic barrier around her cell.

"So, what should we do with her for the next two months? Boss says she has to stay pure, but we can still have fun with her." Takeshi said.

"Well, we can always take her whip and use it against her, and I know Dai has been itching to use his new knives." Ryu said. They both grinned at each other thinking of all the ways they would torture and break the celestial mage. They called Dai over to see if he wanted to start torturing her. When he nodded, they went to the cell, and grabbed the blonde. Lucy started to struggle against their hold and was able to Lucy-kick one of them. Before she could break away a fist connected with her stomach, knocking the air out of her and dropping her to her knees. They dragged her over to the shackles and chained her to them. And raised her to where her feet didn't touch the ground.

"You won't get away with this! My guild will find me and stop you before you can complete the ritual." Lucy stated smugly. Dai, the leader, sneered at her and punched her in the stomach again. Lucy gave a groan, trying to catch her breath and silently telling herself she could get through this.

"They won't be able to find you in time, we made sure there was no way for one of your precious guild mates to track us." Dai said, grabbing one of his knives and making a cut down Lucy's arm. Lucy bit her lip to keep from screaming. "Going to act all tough, are you?" Dai chuckled darkly before cutting her other arm. He walked around behind her and made a cut down her back slicing through her shirt and leaving a deep gash down her spine. Lucy let out a scream at the pain. Ryu walked up and took her whip from her hip, and stepped back and lashed her back three times over the cut, making horizontal gashes that oozed her blood. Lucy felt tears rolling down her cheeks.

They continued torturing her for what felt like hours to her but had only been two hours. Once they were done, they left her hanging there, barely conscious. She could feel the blood running down her arms and back. She was too weak to try and find a way down. She hung her head low and let darkness take her away from the pain.

She was brought out of her dreamless state by cold water being thrown on her. Gasping at the coldness of the water, she glared at the men, saying "You can torture me all you want but you will never break my spirit." They just laughed at her.

"You are nothing but a weak celestial mage, always having to rely on others to save you in battle. You are always making others get hurt because they must protect you. Pathetic really." Dai said. Lucy continued to glare and try to make it look like what he said didn't affect her.

"Not to mention, who would want someone with those looks! People are probably nice to you out of pity, knowing you will never be able to get a man. We are doing you a favor by giving you scars." Takeshi laughed. He walked up to her and squeezed the open cut on her arm, making her scream. "I mean dressing the way you do just to get attention, are you secretly a slut?" He sneered. Stay strong, stay strong. None of this is true… Lucy silently told herself over and over.

"You will regret this when my guild finds you!" Lucy shouted. Ryu laughed and punched her ribs hard, and felt it crack under his hand. Lucy took a shaky breath and said, "What is the name of this ritual you need celestial magic for?"

"Tortured Divinity's Ceremony of Power. You will be chained to a sacred table that will slowly drain you of all your magic, and to make us even more powerful, your blood will slowly be drained as well." Lucy's eyes widened after they told her the name of the ritual, her mother had told her about it once before. Lucy had to try to think of a way out of the chains she was bound too. She tried to grip the chains and pull herself up to try and detach the chains from the ceiling, but she was too weak, and pain coursed through her arms.

"Now that you know the ritual and delayed me in my fun, it's time to see how loud I can get you to scream." Dai said, as the other two laughed. Dai grabbed a different knife that had jagged ridges to it. He sliced her legs from above her knee to her hip. Ryu took the whip and started whipping her lower back, and upper legs. Takeshi grabbed a sword and held it over the fire before turning it and pressing the blade against Lucy's side, cutting and burning her at the same time. Lucy let out a blood curling scream and passed out from the pain.

"Well, she is no fun, passing out before we are done." Takeshi said.

"Wake her up." Dai growled. Takeshi walked up to her slapping her hard across her face to wake her up. Lucy groaned but didn't open her eyes. He slapped her hard again, and she barely opened her eyes.

"Well, she is awake just not opening her eyes. We could still have fun, this way she doesn't know what's coming until we do it." Ryu said. Dai took his knife and carved the word ugly below her navel. Lucy screamed with tears streaming down her face. She wished that the darkness would take her again. Ryu took the whip and snapped it across her stomach and chest. They all laughed when she screamed and passed out. They decided to give her a small break.

With Natsu and the others.

They made it back to the guild. They went up to Makarov's office to see if he had heard anything from his friend. They also needed to talk to him about letting the rest of the guild know.

"Gramps, have you heard back from your friend yet?"

"No, he said he would get back with me as soon as possible. He knows this is urgent and that one of our own was kidnapped. We need to tell the guild. I was also thinking maybe we should call in our friends from other guilds, that way they can keep a look out for Lucy."

"That's a good idea gramps but first let's tell our guild." Makarov nodded and they all went down to let the guild know about Lucy.

"Brats listen up!" Once everyone was quiet, he continued, "Lucy has been kidnapped." There was an uproar, and everyone was asking questions over each other.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Laxus yelled. "Gramps will explain what happened if you all stop talking." Everyone quieted down and waited for Makarov to explain what happened.

"As you all know, Lucy was with Natsu and Gray on a mission. After they took out the dark guild and were heading back, Gray and Natsu started to argue. While they were arguing someone snuck up and kidnapped Lucy without them knowing." Natsu and Gray looked at the ground, unable to meet the eyes of their Nakama.

"Master, is there any idea on where she could be?" Erza asked.

"Unfortunately, no. They somehow masked their scent and Lucy's. Natsu, Laxus nor Gajeel could pick up a scent. I have contacted a friend at the magic council. I'm waiting to hear back on if he has heard of any mages with this ability." The lacrima started ringing, it was Makarov's friend. He let Makarov know he has only heard of one mage with this ability, and he is a nasty mage. His name is Dai.

"We still need to keep up on quests, but also look for Lucy. Make sure you listen for any information about if Dai or any mage working for him has been spotted or terrorizing a town. I'm going to call Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus and have them aide in the search for her." Everyone nodded, and slowly took quests, to start looking for Lucy. Before anyone left, he told them that if they heard anything to contact him immediately and he would send others to help search the area.

-Two Weeks Later-

The Raijinshuu sighed and sat at their table. All lost in thought about where their Nakama who is considered the light of the guild could be. They wanted to get back out there to search, but knew they needed to give themselves a night of rest. It had been two weeks, and they were no closer to finding her.

"Laxus, let's head back out tomorrow. We need to keep looking for her." Freed said, Laxus nodded and knew that he was really worried about Blondie. He was the only one of the Raijinshuu that knew of Freed's feelings towards her.

They all headed towards their homes to rest and agreed to meet up in the morning to head out and look for Lucy.

Will they find Lucy before the ritual happens? Will Freed be able to tell Lucy how he feels about her?