You're Warm (Fairy Tail)

Loathe

You're Warm

Chapter 24: Loathe

Rogue dashed through the escaping crowd with Sakura still on the phone. Sting gritting his teeth as he followed his best friend, he too weaved through the crowd where his heart was painfully throbbing which indicated his cousin's worry for the girl that flew away.

   "That beast cannot be Lucy's! She's a Celestial mage, not a savage mage that will tear through its enemies! Her magic reflects the beast within her, and that is no thing that should be hers - Someone must have tainted it!" Sakura cried out through the speakers where Sting pushed himself to speed up once he caught onto Lucy's scent.

"How are we supposed to stop her?! She destroyed a bloody building and has attacked five people!" Sting asked as he looked over his shoulder to glare at the phone in his cousin's hand. 

The two of them waiting for a reply, they heard shuffling in the background before the sounds of magic being activated.

   "I'll send my wolves over there to check on the details. They should be able to sense what's inside of Lucy... For now, remove the scythe from her and weaken her so the thing inside of her won't create havoc!" Sakura instructed before wolves jumped out of a portal where they ran alongside them.

Erza and Gray didn't know about these wolves that were running alongside of them so it was convenient that they've gotten lost during the way. Sting meeting eyes with the black wolf, he nodded his head before jumping on top of it where Rogue did the same with the silver-white one. "Hurry Knight. I can smell more blood," Sting hassled.

The black wolf narrowing its eyes, it jumped high into the air where it continued its course on the rooftops. With Rogue following closely behind, they all widened their eyes when they found Lucy screaming in sheer pain on the ground below them.

  "That is indeed  the beast within humans..." the silver wolf whispered as it narrowed its eyes to focus on the thing floating above the blonde girl.

Knight nodding as he felt Sting's hands tighten their hold on his fur, he growled. "I smell heavy uncertainty and neglect in that thing... " he muttered, before both wolves jumped onto the ground where they stalked towards them, standing in between the battle.

"For now... We'll weaken the beast... Only beasts can fight with other beasts and spirits. They can inflict damage on humans, but only through command or when tainted," the silver wolf informed while Rogue climbed off of him.

   "Don't hurt Lucy too much... She doesn't know the true power of healing an awakened beast yet," Sakura instructed through the speakers.

"Go! Knight and Drancer!"

The wolves both howled in sync as they bolted towards Belladonna with their canines exposed. Sting looking over his shoulder where he glared at Natsu, he balled his fists when he noticed that the one he looked up to was ready to fight someone in an unstable position. "Why didn't you -" He was stopped by Rogue who held a hand up.

"I think you should look at this," Rogue whispered, turning Sting's attention down to the woman near them where his face paled.

   "Your hearts are telling me something horrible has happened... No ma-"

"Is that Sakura on the phone?" Natsu asked where they all heard Sakura mutter some curse words under her breath while her wolves were fighting against Belladonna.

His eyes asking the same question to the two in front of him, he looked at them in confusion when they both turned their heads away.

Their eyes on the two wolves bouncing on the creature that had just thrown them into the ground, Sting and Rogue could do nothing but to wait as they felt something stirring within their bodies - Agitation, nervousness, and the emotion on top of that, confusion, were what they were feeling as they watched the battle continue between the beasts.

"Who owns those wolves?" Lisanna asked as she wanted to pounce on top of the girl that wanted her beloved to be killed. 

Sting hardening his eyes as he turned to look at her, he tightened his fists into balls. "You don't need to know anything - Why must you know anything from our family?" he spat before jumping out of the way when the silver wolf was slammed to the ground.

Rogue jogging towards the wolf, he placed his hand on top of the bleeding gash where the wolf whined before slowly pushing itself from the ground. "I'm fine... I just can't shift knowing that they don't know about our relation to Alpha Sakura," the wolf whispered as he limped.

"Drancer... You're hurt. Return to Sakura before you get even more injured," Rogue whispered back where the wolf shook its head.

The wolf giving him a sad smile, it snapped its head to Belladonna who was hovering in front of Knight and snarled furiously. "The dragon within Sakura is enraged. We're both agitated knowing that our master is in pain - We cannot go down until it's weakened," Drancer replied before running forward where he jumped on Knight to gain extra height in his pounce.

Sting not knowing what to do, he had no other choice but to run up to Lucy where he placed both of his hands on her shoulders. "Oi! Blondie! Snap out of it!" he yelled, gently shaking her where Natsu watched from the distance.

The pinkette not liking how Sting was touching the girl, he took a step forward where Lisanna quickly yanked him back. Turning his head to look at her, Lisanna narrowed her eyes in anger.

   "You're my mate Natsu. You shouldn't be leaving me when there's that thing wanting to kill us - Protect me like a mate," she said threateningly where Sakura on the phone snarled with Rogue gripping on his phone tightly.

   "I will kill her once I see her..." Sakura whispered.