AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! I finally finished chapter 6!!!! wwhhhhooooooooo!!!! This one got a little out of control, so it's pretty long, but I hope you all enjoy it!! Stuff is getting interesting now! (:< Also, we have decided on much pain in the future. So. Much. Pain. ;D
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KEY:
Chinese
Telepathy
"I need to call Lily," came a chorus from around the room. Natsu froze, watching as everyone did the same, eying each other. Confusion was clear on their faces as they all looked at each other, wondering probably the same thing Natsu was.
"How do you know Lily?" Gajeel finally asked, voicing aloud Natsu's own wonderings.
Levy answered first. "He's the one who introduced me to The Melting Pot."
"Same here," Lucy said, to which Cana and Juvia both added that it was the same for them.
"What the hell is going on here?" Gajeel grumbled, casting a confused frown in Natsu's direction. He shrugged, not sure what to say. He knew only as much as Wendy and Gajeel did about Lily, so he was just as lost as they were.
Suddenly realizing something, and seeing the same recognition on Gajeel's face, they both looked at their younger cousin. She met their gazes, a guilty look coming over her features. She had always been bad at keeping secrets. Or so he thought. "We should call Lily," she said, quietly.
"Is anyone else here still confused as hell?" Cana asked, crossing her arms as she fixed them all with a stern frown. What do you three know that you aren't telling the rest of us? I saw that secret little look just now, so spill it."
"Lily will be able to explain everything," Wendy said, offering her a smile. "I promise."
Cana's anger deflated at Wendy's words, and Natsu had to repress a chuckle. Having known her for all her life, he would have sworn that people being unable to be angry at her was one of her gifts. But she didn't need a gift to pull that off. That was just...Wendy.
"Alright you jackass, what the hell are you tryna pull here?" Gajeel barked at his laptop screen, startling everyone. Natsu hadn't even noticed him calling Lily, and he was even more surprised he had picked up. It was late into the evening in Wales, where Lily lived, so Natsu had assumed it would take at least a little effort on their part to reach him.
"That means Etherios has been in contact with you," the man on the screen nodded, infuriatingly calm, despite Gajeel's hostile glare.
Gajeel spat out a stream of Russian curses, almost too fast for Natsu to understand, but caused Levy to gasp and cover Wendy's ears. Calming down slightly, he answered, "yeah, he has. He broke into our hotel room this morning. He was babbling some nonsense about us joining him for something or another because of our..." he paused, glancing at Natsu and Wendy before continuing a little quieter, "because of our gifts."
"It seems it's finally time, then," Lily sighed. He said something to someone off camera, then turned back to the confused group all staring at him. "Before I go on, I need to speak with Wendy."
Six pairs of eyes shot to the tiny bluenette, whose face had gone scarlet from the unwanted attention. She stepped forward, and Natsu looked to Gajeel for an explanation, receiving the same look from his older cousin.
"Y-Yes?" She asked.
The man smiled at her, speaking in Chinese. "Have you been well?"
She nodded. "I have."
