Fairy Tail; The Sequel

Chapter Two ; Their Location

Erza gasped as she was hit with a memory of one of the multiple times she secretly met up with Jellal. She stumbled, quickly catching herself, before heading off to find a seat at one of the tables. 

'What's going on?' 

Her thoughts were all over the place; she couldn't focus, couldn't think. Her breath came out in small gasps as she struggled to calm her thoughts. 

'I don't understand any of this. Only Jellal could know that. It has to be him! Is he okay? Why is he in pain? What's happening?'

 Her thoughts were too muddled to comprehend the situation.

'But...sharing memories through a sensory link? I've never heard of that happening before. Is this a part of Meredy's power? Or perhaps Jellal's?'

Erza shook her head frantically. 

'No, no. Only Meredy could do something like this!'

Erza lost her balance and fell from her seat. "Urgh," she groaned, quite loudly. Lucy looked up from her conversation with Natsu and quickly headed toward her.

"Erza? Are you alright?" Lucy leaned down to offer the scarlet-haired mage her hand.

"Yes, yes I'm fine. Just, uh, a bit troubled and confused." Lucy frowned, sliding onto the bench across from the red-headed mage.

"Why? One moment you're sitting down, looking deep in thought, and the next you're on the ground! What's up?" the blonde asked, seeming very concerned.

"Well, I-" The re-quip mage was hesitant in sharing this new information. "-I think Meredy has connected me to Jellal using a sensory link."

"And? What's happening?" Lucy prompted.

Erza replied. "I-I'm not exactly sure. I'm feeling pain, that's for sure. Lots of it."

"So, Jellal has been captured by Scar and his brothers..." Lucy's muttered with a grim expression.

"That seems to be the case, yes." Erza attempted to stand but fell back onto her seat with a loud thump. "We need to find him and Meredy as soon as possible." She clutched her side, wincing. The pain felt like molten fire, flaring stronger than ever. Lucy hurriedly got to her feet in an attempt to make sure Erza didn't fall out of her seat again.

"You are in no shape to go out on a mission. You are staying here until you're fully healed, and cleared by Wendy." Lucy waved Natsu and Gray over.

"Yeah, what's up? I was about to get some food, and then head out to go find those three thugs." Natsu frowned. "And Popsicle here wanted to come too."

Gray scoffed. "I wanted to come with you? More like you begged me to allow you to come."

"As if, Ice Breath!" Natsu and Gray glared at each other until Erza's voice snapped them out of it.

"Boys! This is not the time!" Although injured, the scarlet-haired beauty could still strike fear into the hearts of idiots with only six words.

"Of course not, w-we were only joking, weren't we buddy?" Gray laughed, nervously.

"That's right pal!" Natsu replied as he slung his arm over Gray's shoulder.

"Now," Lucy continued "As Erza was saying..." 

The rest of the sentence was lost to Erza. 

She was no longer in the Fairy Tail guild hall, with her comrades, but in a dimly lit room. Before she could clearly assess her surroundings, a fist collided with her face. As she looked down at her lap, dark blue hair fell into her eyes. Her normal armored top and blue skirt was replaced with black, dirt-ridden pants. Pain flared in her side, or more precisely, Jellal's side, as he took in a small gasp of air before he was hit again. And again. And again.