Always in the dark ( NaLu ) <3

Chapter 19

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SO LAST WEEK I GOT A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS ON A CUTE NAME FOR MY READERS, ONE OF THEM WAS 'little izuni's' AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ADORABLE! (Creds to @otaku_rina_6221 for that one) SO PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, IT WOULD MEAN A LOT! WELL, HERE's CHAPTER 19: (sorry if it's pretty short)

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LUCY* p.o.v.

Levy unlocked the door and turned the brass knob. She froze for a second, and I nearly pushed her with irritation. We don't have any time for this! She finally opened the door and I peeked inside. Woah. Defiantly not what I had been expecting.

Basically, I'd been seeing plain white walls for five years in a row. Even the corridors were white here! But this much dark colour baffled me. The room was narrow, but so long that I couldn't see the end of it.

The walls were a dark blue-green colour, lined with electric green coloured wires at the top. There were black computers with light blue wires shooting in every direction. The floor was thickly carpeted with a black and green zig-zag pattern. The screens to the computers were all off, except for two or three closest to us.

One computer screen showed an empty white room, with a blood stain on the floor and a wall smashed in. That was my room.

The second lit screen showed the same room, it had defiantly been white, once upon a time. But now it was covered with blood stains, brown dirt and muck on the floor and walls. The metal chair looked as if it had been smashed, and toilet water and old food were littered everywhere. A different room, a different kid. The girl in that room couldn't have been more than 17 years old. She had long blonde hair, like mine, except longer and darker. Her eyes were dark brown, like rich chocolate. Her skin was tanned, which was confusing considering she'd probably been in confinement for 5 years. She was pretty, but a different kind of pretty than me, I guess.

The third screen showed the same type of room. Except there wasn't a stain in sight. It was sparkling clean, nothing on the floor, or walls, and it was occupied. But I barely noticed any of it. Sitting in the room was a boy. He looked about 16. He had chalky black hair and pale skin that looked pure as well as scarred. His eyes were black, and rimmed with red.

And he was staring right at me.

ERZA*

Erza, Happy and Carla wandered the white halls, the scent getting stronger and stronger for the two exeed's. Carla was up ahead, she took a left and Happy and Erza followed.

"Hmmm, it's strange." Erza said at last, breaking the tension filled silence.

"What is?" Asked Happy.

"Well, we haven't seen of heard of any signs of the guards."

"That's true." Happy said. "But isn't that a good thing?"

"I suppose." The red haired mage responded. "But it's odd, I think something's up." She said suspiciously.

"You're right." Agreed Carla from up ahead. "The silence is making me nervous, I almost wish we were being chased. If you understand what I'm saying." The cat shrugged. Erza nodded in agreement. The quiet was eerie, it made them feel as if... Almost as if they were being watched. Erza whipped around, trying to catch whoever was watching them. But there was nobody there.

Ugh, I'm going crazy. She thought to herself. What she didn't notice, was the bit of blue hair disappear around the corner, just as she'd turned around.

NATSU* p.o.v.

"Well he's not creepy." I laughed, trying to lighten the mood. As soon as everybody saw the screens the air seemed to have been sucked out of the room. It was heavy, and nobody was saying anything. So I decided to get the ball rolling.

"Yeah." Lucy breathed.

"We have to rescue them." Gray stated idiotically.

"Really?!" I asked sarcastically. "I thought we were going to leave them here to rot, thanks for clearing things up, genius." I slapped his head, rolling my eyes.

"I'm trying to help." He said through gritted teeth.

"Gray's right, Natsu, calm down." Lucy said to me. I frowned and put my arms behind my head.

"Ok, well if we're saying obvious things: we don't know where they are!" I countered.

"That's why we have her." Gray pointed to Levy.

"Well aren't you smart," I smiled wickedly, "Levy, do lead us right to those people."

"Well, I-I don't exactly know where they are at this moment, but if I hack into the cameras..." She trailed off, seemingly deep in thought.

"Ok," she said, sitting down on one of the chairs beside the screens. "This may take a few minutes." She informed. Lucy sat down on the step by the door, and Gray went to go sit beside her. I was about to shove him off when I wondered why I even cared. It's not like he couldn't sit there, he had every right to. Maybe I was still worried that Lucy would be hurt? But wasn't Gray more than capable to protect her? Sure, let's go with that.

"Done!" Called Levy after a while of waiting. The three of us filed in and stood behind levy at the chair.

"Luckily, the girls room is relatively close..." She trailed off.

"God damn it, finish your sentences woman!" I nearly screamed with frustration.

"Ok sorry, sorry!" She cried, "The problem is, the boy is pretty far away. Maybe 20 minutes?" She said sadly. "It's worse, too, because they're in opposite directions."

"Can we make it?" I asked.

"Well, technically we could. I still have to make that announcement, I can probably control the buildings fire exit here. I'll set it off mechanically, and then the lights will go out... But a guide will appear on the floor towards the nearest exit." Levy explained.

"Make the announcement now, we don't have any time to lose. 45 minutes until this whole place becomes part of the