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'ᴬᵁᵀᴴᴼᴿ'ˢ ᴾᴼᵛ'
Natsu stood at the foot of Lucy's bed in the infirmary, staring down at the unconscious, bandaged blonde with sad eyes.
Igneel, Wendy, Evergreen, Silver, and Gray stood around the foot of her bed as well, everyone frowning at the sight of the beat up and bruised blonde sleeping.
Then...
*SLAP*
Porlysucia slapped Lucy across the face.
Everyone gasped.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Natsu shouted in rage, Gray and Silver holding him back.
"What she did was foolish. She, the only hope the world has left, could've died sacrificing herself for Wendy. Then what? Earthland would fall, along with everything else in infinity. So tell me, what's more important? The life of a little pesky human, or the entire universe?" Porlysucia snapped, sending a menacing glance at Wendy.
Wendy was shaking, her eyes wide and forming tears. Natsu clenched his fists.
"Luce did what she thought was right!! Don't you dare call her foolish!!" Natsu shouted at the pink haired doctor.
"You little...What gives you the right to speak to me in such a way!?" Porlysucia stomped up to him.
"Don't act like your better then me, you old wench!!" Natsu growled.
"You damn brat!!!" Porlysucia raised her hand, ready to slap.
She swung down, but her hand was stopped by a bandaged hand.
"What do you think you're doing?" Lucy stood there, holding Porlysucia's wrist firmly with glowing red eyes.
"L-Lucy?!" Everyone's eyes widened.
"Answer me!!" A sword appeared in Lucy's hands and she sliced Porlysucia across the stomach, making the doctor stumble back and hit the wall.
Blood trickled out of her mouth as she slid down to her knees, unconscious, slouching over.
Lucy's eyes widened as they faded back to chocolate brown and her sword disappeared.
She slowly looked around, seeing the shocked and horrified faces of everyone.
And then Natsu.
Her eyes widened further, her orbs shrinking. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. She turned and dashed out of the infirmary.
"Luce!!" Natsu was held back by Gray, preventing him from going after her.
"We need to help Porlysucia first, Natsu-nii!" Wendy said, her and the adults rushing to the bleeding doctor.
The pinky looked from the door Lucy had just ran out of, back to his sister.
He nodded.
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Rain poured down. Thunder boomed and lightning struck in the cloudy grey skies.
Lucy was limping through the dim forests that surrounded the town, all of her injuries had re-opened and were bleeding profusely. Small, new injuries accompanying them on her pale, wet skin.
She was soaked from head to toe by the rain, the water making all over her bandages and such peel off. Her clothing tattered.
The sound a twig snapping made her slowly lift her head, looking up with tired eyes to see Lisanna standing there.
The white haired teen held an emotionless expression on her face, her blue eyes boring into Lucy's.
"...Who are you?" Lucy asked.
"Lisanna Stratuss. Natsu's childhood friend." Lisanna answered sharply.
"Oh...You're Natsu-sama's friend?" Lucy straightened out as best as she could, forcing a small smile.
"Why do you continue to burden him?" Lisanna suddenly asked, cutting her off.
"Eh?"
"You heard me. Your nothing but a bother. You think he enjoys having you here? No one does. You don't belong here." Lisanna snapped.
"..W-What..?" Lucy stuttered.
"You only get in his way. If you weren't here, he would see how wonderful we could be together. He would love me... But you just had to come and ruin it!!" Lisanna's face twisted into an insane one.
Lucy's eyebrows were furrowed and shaking in confusion.
"That's why..."
"...I'm gonna get you out of my way..."
Lisanna took her right hand out from behind her back, revealing a sharp hatchet in her grasp.
Lucy's eyes widened.
"That's right!! I'm gonna kill you! And then Natsu will be mine!! All mine!!" A crooked, maniac smile spread across her mouth as she laughed like a madman.
Lucy's breath hitched. She turned and began running as fast as she could, which wasn't very fast at all thanks to her injuries.
"Where are you going? We haven't even started yet~!!"
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Porlysucia was taken to the emergency room, where other specialized doctors and nurses tended to her.
Natsu was being held down by guards. Everyone was frowning, silent.
"Let me go!! I have to find Luce!!" Natsu shouted, struggling against the guards.
"No, Natsu!! We'll find Lucy later on. For now, we have to make sure Porlysucia makes it out." Igneel said, his arms folded.
"You all can do that on your own!! Now let me go find her!!" Natsu yelled.
"No."
"Why?!" Natsu growled.
"Because based on the outcome, we'll be able to decide what to do with her."
"What?"
Lucy screamed in agony as Lisanna sliced open her back with her hatchet.
"If Porlysucia dies, then we'll have to put Lucy on lock down."
The struggling blonde fell to the ground, all of the new wounds that were caused by Lisanna's merciless attacks had been beating down on her for a long time.
"You call that a scream?! Louder!!" Lisanna swung down, her axe plunging into the back of Lucy's right thigh.
"AAAHHH!!!" Lucy screamed, tears forming in her eyes.
"That's the spirit!" Lisanna cackled.
"Come on, more!! I wanna hear more!" Lisanna stomped on Lucy's leg where she had just stabbed, digging her foot into the new wound and worsening it.
Lucy shut her eyes tightly and grit her teeth, keeping in her screams.
Lisanna raised an eyebrow, her insane smile replaced with a disappointed frown.
"I said SCREAM!" She stabbed her in the side.
Lucy winced, but refused to let herself scream, despite the paralyzing agony that was pulsing through her every vain.
Lisanna's eyebrows furrowed, frustration and anger welling up inside her.
"Why aren't you SCREAMING?!" Lisanna stabbed her in the leg again, then kicked her, making her roll a few feet away.
Lucy was now on her side, one eye opened. With that one eye, she glared up at Lisanna.
"..I-If I'm..gonna d-die...The least..I can d-do...is make sure..you don't enjoy it..." Lucy choked out.
"You little bitch...DIE!!" Lisanna took out a box cutter from her pocket and stabbed Lucy's one closed eye furiously.
She continued to stab the eye 2 more times before taking the blood soaked box cutter out of the blood drenched eye socket and throw it to the side. Lucy was twitching and spluttering, on the verge of death.
"Say goodbye, monster." Lisanna smirked, raising her axe.
Tears poured out of Lucy's one eye as she slowly closed it.
'...Gomenezai, Natsu...'
'Sayonara.'
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