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Chapter 5
(Time skip: 1 month and 2 weeks, since Lucy's capture)
Lucy wasn't sure what day it was anymore, or how long she had been hanging from the ceiling. All she knew was her body hurt, and no one was coming for her, she truly believed that her Nakama didn't care for her. The dark mages had broken her spirit between all the beatings and harsh words. She was covered in scars and some new cuts. She had burns on her sides, and a dislocated shoulder.
They had backed off on the torture since the date of the ritual was approaching. Dai told Takeshi to throw her back into the cell until it was time for the ritual. Takeshi threw her into the cell not bothering to chain her since she couldn't escape. Lucy laid there staring at nothing, her eyes dulled from the sparkle that should be there. There was still apart of Lucy that hoped someone would save her.
"Is everything read for the ritual?" Dai asked.
"Yes sir, we have everything set up."
"Good, now I think we will show Fairy Tail why they shouldn't have messed with us. Chain her back up, so we can show them their precious mage." Dai sneered. Takeshi went into the cell and dragged Lucy out by her hair, she screamed but had no energy to fight back. Once she was chained from the ceiling Dai grabbed the lacrima and called Fairy Tail. Makarov answered the lacrima.
With a puzzled look, he asked "Who are you? What do you want?"
"Who I am is of no importance, but I believe we have something important to you." Makarov went still and the whole guild stopped talking to look at the lacrima. Slowly the man's face moved away to show a battered Lucy. You could hear gasps throughout the guild, and growls from the dragon slayers.
"Why have you contacted us now to brag about having our Nakama? Is she alive?" Makarov asked.
Dai laughed, "Oh yes she is alive, let me show you." He took a knife and sliced her stomach causing Lucy to scream, and tears to fall down her face making lines through the dirt and blood. Some of the mages had to look away from the scene, not being able to handle one of their Nakama being hurt.
"I've contacted you now because in two weeks' time, she will be sacrificed to grant us power to take out the magic counsel and all the guilds that will oppose us! We wanted to show Fairy Tail how weak they truly are for not being able to find and save their precious celestial mage." Dai said and ended the call. The last thing everyone heard was Lucy's screams.
"Master, what will we do? We can't let them sacrifice Lucy!" Gray shouted, and everyone nodded and shouted in agreement.
"We are going to do what Fairy Tail does best, find our Nakama and take those dark mages out once and for all!"
"Did anyone recognize the man that was talking?" Erza asked. Everyone lowered their heads in thought.
"Gramps, I may have an idea of who has Lucy. But not sure on the location." Gajeel said.
"Tell me Gajeel, who that man is."
"Back when I was in Phantom Lord, there was a dark mage who was constantly looking for a way to become stronger. He went all over Earthland looking for something that could give him this power. After a while he had disappeared, and some believed that he had been captured or maybe even killed. His name is Dai, and he must have finally found the way to get the power he has always wanted." Gajeel explained.
"Do you have any clue to where he could be hiding now?"
"There are a couple places I remember hearing that he would hide out at. The places are a couple hours from each other. Acalypha Town is one, and Clover Town." Gajeel said crossing his arms.
"Hmmm, I believe the Raijinshuu are close to Acalypha Town, I will contact them to let them know what we found out. And tell them we are sending mages their way. Gajeel, I want you to take team Natsu, Elfman, Mirajane, and Gildarts and head to Clover Town. Make sure to have a lacrima on you. Let us know what you find out." They all nodded and ran out the guild to the train station.
Makarov sent a pulse of magic into the lacrima and waited for Laxus to answer. "Laxus, my boy where are you right now?" he asked.
"We are a few hours outside of Acalypha Town, why gramps?"
"Someone by the name of Dai has contacted us, and he has Lucy." Makarov stated grimly. Laxus's eyes widen and the other Raijinshuu could be heard yelling in the background. He went on to explain to them what Gajeel had said. Afterwards, they agreed to go back to their hotel, and wait for more mages so they could search. Once they got back to their hotel room, they decided to try and get some rest. An hour later, Freed was pacing back and forth trying to figure out why the mages were waiting two weeks to perform the ritual.
"Freed, what has you all worked up?" Bickslow asked.
"I'm trying to think if there is anything significant happening in two weeks. They have had Lucy for almost two months, and they are just now getting ready for this ritual. I have looked through the books I have with me, and didn't find anything in – no, it can't be!" Freed said and pulled out a book that he had already looked through.
"Freed what are you thinking it could be?" asked Laxus. Watching Freed look through his book until he came to a certain page. He read the page before looking up, his eyes becoming wide.
"They are performing the ritual Tortured Divinity's Ceremony of Power. It must be performed during a lunar eclipse. It also requires a celestial mage. The more powerful the celestial mage, the stronger they will become from the ritual. They slowly drain her magic and blood." Freed went pale after reading what it said to his team. All sat there with wide eyes, and just hoped the help would arrive soon.
Another hour passed before a knock was heard on their hotel room door. Cobra, Midnight, Jellal, and Levy stood outside their door. Once everyone was in the room, they decided to come up with a plan for where to search.
"You guys were at the guild when the call came in about Cosplayer, how did she look?" Bickslow asked, and the other mages just looked down except Cobra.
"Not good, Bright Eyes was chained up and hanging from the ceiling, with nothing but her underwear on. There was dirt and blood all over her, and he made us watch as he sliced across her stomach. Then told us how we were failures for not being able to save her." Cobra said.
"We have a plan, let's get out there and start to search for her." Laxus said. Once out of the hotel, they headed in the direction of the forest, not having gone that way to search.
With Lucy
"Well, this cut just doesn't want to stop bleeding, and we can't have you bleeding out on us before the ritual." Dai said, and grabbed a knife, held it over the fire and got it hot before pressing it against her cut to cauterize the wound. Lucy barely got a scream out before she passed out from the pain. He laughed as we walked away from the blonde.
A few hours later Lucy started to gain consciousness, and realized she was back in her cell. As she laid there in her cell, there was only one thought going through her head, how she would never get to see Freed again. Even though they barely talked, she wanted the chance to get to know him better and see if there was a connection between them. Her thoughts turned to how it wouldn't matter if she ended up being saved, because no one would want her with all her scars and being weak. She lay there and waited for tears that didn't come. She also thought about her spirits, and not having a plan on passing them to someone she trusted.