Grief

Shock Pt 1

Click, Click, Click.

Lucy Heartfilia walked down the empty halls, heels tapping against the hardwood floors. Entry to this place had been tricky, but worth the trouble. She was on a mission, an important one too. Six years ago, Natsu Dragneel had been brutally beaten and drugged, taken forcefully from his home in Magnolia. The only thing left of her best friend was the bloody sight at his house. Floors and walls stained with blood, nail marks digging into the wooden floor. It was a gruesome sight.

Word  on the streets says he’s been held here for the past two years, but before that they have no clue. It was only now that their guild, Fairy Tail, had herd of it and she and a couple of their friends decided to go rescue him.

 She stopped short, standing in front of a concrete door with locks sealing it tight. Her hand rested on the cool cement, before whirling around.

“Guys, I found it!”

She then turned back to the door, before pulling out her celestial keys.

“Open, gate of the bull! Taurus!”

The bull appeared, ax at hand.

“Wow, Miss Lucy~! You look utterly gorrrgeousss!”

“Taurus, I want you to knock that door down!” Lucy ordered, determination coursing through her veins.

“Sure thing Miss Lucy!”

Within minutes the door was in pieces, cement littering the floor.

“Thanks Taurus. You can go back now”

“No problem Miss Lucy”

The bull disappeared and the blonde continued on, entering the dark passage way. Water could be herd dripping from the ceiling, rats scurrying on the rotted wooden floors of the hall. The air held a musky scent, but as the blonde went deeper into the darkness the air turned sour. Lucy walked on however, determination leading her on. She met another door, only this one wasn’t locked. She turned the knob, door creaking as she opened it. Torches hung proudly on the wall, dim light filling the room. She cautiously stepped inside.

The musky smell of disease and blood hit her hard, making her stumble back a bit. Rotting wood had an ugly looking fungus growing from it, and the cement leaked water from cracks in the ceiling. A cool damp air made her shudder, wrinkling her nose in disgust.

‘This place is horrible!’

She proceeded further into the room, looking around warily. Chains hung from the ceiling, and the walls had fingernail marks scratching their way down to the floor. A roach scuttled past her, and she yelped, jumping off the ground.

“EEP!”

This drew a whimper from the far side of the room, and her attention was drawn to the sound. She walked towards the noise, horror panicking the blonde.

‘Oh god no…’

A man looking about in his 20’s was lying on the ground. His ragged and chipped fingernails dug into the wood, callused hands bleeding and knuckles white. His hair, ragged and filthy, was cut awkwardly going down to his shoulders. His body was deathly thin, rib cage jutting out. He wore filthy white pants stained with dry red liquid, shackles bruising his pale wrists. His body was littered with wounds, awful ones, and blood pooled around him.

Lucy screamed at the top of her lungs.

For there in front of her was none other than the man she had been searching for.

Natsu Dragneel.