Love Me Not (Gale) {Fairy Tail FF}

Chapter Seven

~Gajeel~

“Levy!” “Where are you?” “Are you alright?” I heard the worried cries of my guild mates, but I couldn't speak as relief flooded me. She's alright.

“AH!” Her shout in pain had me rushing towards the lacrima, only to see that it had hit the floor.

“Levy!” Lucy screamed. “Levy, what--” Suddenly, the lacrima cut off, as if it had been destroyed.

“What happened?” I asked, taking the small orb from Lucy. “What was that?”

“Not good,” Makarov murmured

“What do you mean? What just happened to Levy's lacrima?”

“Whoever captured her to begin with seems to have found her,” he said, frowning. “And from the sounds of it, Levy is in trouble.”

“Then we should be out searching for her!” I shouted.

“He's right, we can't just sit back and do nothing!” Natsu chimed in, balling his fists. “We have to take those guys down and get Levy back!”

Everyone cheered, voicing their own thoughts on what should be done to the ones who had kidnapped Levy.

“I agree with you, but we have no idea where she was taken,” Makarov said.

“Let's search until we find her!” I growled, furious that the old man seemed so calm. My insides felt like fire as I thought about what might have been happening to Levy. If that bastard lays so much as a hand on her, I'll kill him.

“I'm just as worried as you are, but—”

“No, I don't think you are,” I snapped.

“You're not the only one who cares about Levy,” Jet shot at him.

“Yeah, we want to find her just as badly as you do!”

“Enough bickering,” Erza warned. “We need to focus on gathering any clues we can.”

“Jet and Droy, take Erza, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy to the place you found Levy's headband. Natsu, use your nose to see if you can come up with her scent. Lucy, see If any of your spirits can help you find anything. Happy, you search from the air for any clues. Erza, you're in charge of getting things done quickly. Comb over the entire area for anything at all,” Makarov instructed.

“Right!” The group ran off, and I hoped they found something useful.

“Everyone else, search Magnolia for clues. Ask around to see if anyone has noticed any suspicious activity, or if they saw Levy last night.” As everyone rushed from the guildhall, Makarov grabbed my arm. “Stay here a moment,” he said.

“What?” I asked, crossing my arms when everyone had gone. Lily stood next to me, staring curiously at the old man.

“You were with her yesterday while she worked on translating that book, weren't you?”

“Yeah. So?”

“Do you have any idea what it said, or maybe the subject of the book? If she was taken because of it, it would benefit us to know why the book is so important.”

“No, I--”

“I might be able to help you with that.” Makoto burst through the guildhall doors. “I just heard that Levy was kidnapped, and I'd like to do everything I can to help Fairy Tail find her.”

“Who are--”

“Just some guy Levy knows,” I murmured, frowning. He got here quickly.