To Protect You

Chapter Four: Lamia Scale: Forming an alliance?

Chapter Four already oh my goodness! This is the chapter that things start picking up! I'm starting school soon and I'm moving schools. Ugh, I hate making new friends. Especially since this will be Junior year and I have two years of high school left. Like. What's the point? Anyway, I'm dedicating this week's chapter to any of my fellow Gruvia shippers! I hope you all enjoy this week's chapter! See you next time~!

~Dylan

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One of Sabertooth's members led Lucy to their infirmary, a large room tucked in the guilds basement with only three beds and a chair occupied.

"Yukino-chan," the guild member said, causing the white haired girls shoulders to prick. "Lucy from Fairy Tail is here to see you." Yukino turned her head, eyes wide and filled with tears.

"Lucy-sama." She said, sniffing as she stood and ran to Lucy, wrapping her arms swiftly around the blondes waist and digging her head into Lucy's neck. "I'm so glad you're hear! I was so lonely! I don't know what's happened to them!" Yukino sobbed into her neck. Lucy stood there awkwardly before looking over her friends shoulder, finding Sting, Rogue and Orga all unconscious on their respective beds.

"How are they?" Lucy asked and Yukino pulled back, wiping her eyes. The girl looked exhausted, the blue flower that normally rested in her hair instead sat on the table next to Sting's bed. She had no shoes on and wore only a pair of white sweatpants and a blue tank top and even her short hair was pulled back into a small pony tail at the back of her head, small pieces falling over her neck and ears. Yukino looked back at the boys and sighed, rubbing the tears from her eyes.

"They're just unconscious but Rogu-"

A moan came from the dark haired Mage, his sweaty black hair sticking to his forehead as he turned, searching desperately for the trash can near his bed. Yukino rushed to his side, pushing the trash can into his hands before yanking the hair tie from her hair and pulling Rogue's longish hair back from his face, tying it up just as the boy threw up, a deep guttural sound that made Lucy's stomach turn. Sting let out a pitiful moan, catching Lucy's attention at the same time that Yukino looked at him.

"Lucy-sama, can you get a cool cloth?" Yukino asked, rubbing Rogue's back as he threw up. Lucy nodded, pulling the damp towel from Sting's forehead and dipping it in a bin full of ice water that Yukino had conveniently left on the floor next to his bed. Lucy looked at the blonde Dragon Slayer's handsome face now twisted in pain as she placed the towel over his burning forehead, another moan of pain escaping his lips as his fingers weakly twitched. Lucy looked up then towards Orga and with wide eyes, realized that he was in the same state as Natsu, practically comatose with a pale, relaxed face and a barely raising chest. Yukino looked up as Rogue weakly grasped her leg with his hand, his other arm holding the trash can.

"Lucy-sama?" She asked, causing Lucy to look down at her fellow Celestial Wizard.

"Eh? Nani?" She asked.

"What did you come here for?" Yukino asked. Lucy sat in the chair next to Sting's bed, looking at the sweat that dripped down his neck and into the hollow of his collar bone. Sting's fingers weakly twitched again as his chest hitched, brows furrowing in pain, making Lucy think of Laxus, though the older blonde was much bigger than Sting.

"Natsu and the others are like this..." Lucy murmured.

"You mean, even Gajeel-sama and Laxus-sama?" Yukino asked as Lucy nodded.

"Uhn...Wendy too." She said and looked up as Yukino stood, fists clenched determinedly at her sides.

"Yukino?" Lucy asked and Yukino slapped her cheeks lightly, pursing her lips.