Grief

Shock Pt 2

Happy flew down the hallway, fear settled in the pit of his fish eating belly. He and the rest of the group consisting of Erza, Gray, Lucy and him had split up after the fight to get into the building, hoping to find Natsu sooner that way. The exceed missed his best friend, and hardly slept anymore as possible scenarios filtered through his head. He could hardly breathe when they where told the possible location of his best friend, joy overtaking him. And he felt that joy as the search continued, that is, until a horrific scream echoed through the halls. Anxiety made the cat nervous, flying in the direction of the scream. He met up with Erza, who was running in the same direction as he was. They came to a cement pile up, leading to a passage way. They both entered, quickly running and flying down the passage. They met an open door, and entered the room.

‘No’

Happy shook at the sight of his best friend being cradled by a heavily sobbing Lucy. He stumbled over to them, defeat weighing him down. Tears slid down his furry cheeks as he pressed a paw to Natsu’s pale bloody arm, surprised by how feverishly hot the skin was. Lucy was whispering words of comfort, petting his sweaty hair. Erza had bent down next to them, gently coaxing Lucy to lie Natsu’s beaten body on the rotten floor.

Shackles clunked as his body was placed on the floor, and Erza winced at the sound. It reminded her of back when she was a child at the Tower of Heaven, kept up in a cell. She grabbed the bag from Lucy and set it down next to her, hand stuffed inside. She grabbed an object and pulled it out, scalpel glinting in the dim light. She looked at Natsu’s damaged body, seeing his chest heave up and down as he struggled to breathe. She positioned the scalpel and struck, opening him up.

“Oh god!” Lucy cried, clutching Natsu’s limp hand. Happy shook, tears dampening his fur.

Erza ignored them, shoving a tube down his throat.

‘This should make it easier for him to breathe’

“What the hell are you doing to flame brain?”