The Contract

Chapter 7

Levy stood there completely shocked, before panic set in.

"Hey, whoa, I am not going to hurt you." Lucy takes a step back, putting her hands up in a non-aggressive way.

"Why not?"

She blinks dumbfounded at Levy's statement.

"Because your my friend."

Friend, Levy thought, hesitating.

"Do you know what I am? If you did, you would-"

"No, I won't. Trust me."

A flash back ran through Levy's head of Lisanna.

"So, you are not human?"

Lisanna scrunched up in a ball, whispering. They had taken shelter in an abandoned cabin, as it poured outside. The rustling of the trees, made it hard to hear for intruders.

"No. I am not."

"What are you?"

"...That's not important."

Lisanna puffs up her checks in protest. "I am trusting you with my life, why can't you trust me?"

Levy looked at her for a moment as if deciding.

"I am something like a jewel. A rare and last breed. Anyone will want to get there hands on me, either to kill for my blood or slavery."

"Is that why there are bandages on you?"

"There not bandages, there chains." Silence took place between them.

"Thanks for telling me. I know it must have been hard, but we are friends. It helps to know more about you."

Levy relaxes a bit, changing her stance to show her trust. They both sigh, causing them both to smile.

"Since everyone is asleep, do you want to talk?" Lucy points back to the tents.

"I'm guessing you are curious about me?"

"Yes! I have so many questions. Like what are you? How old are you? Where did yo-"

"Calm down. I don't think I can answer all of them, because my lineage goes too far."

"How long will everyone be out?"

"Just for the rest of the night."

"Then we have plenty of time. I want to know everything."

They head back to Levy's tent, where they sat down on the floor across from each other. "I have never done this before, but Trust in me."

Looking straight into Lucy's eyes, she sees her nod. Taking a deep breathe, she puts her hands on Lucy's head.

"Close your eyes."

Once she did, memories and images flooded into her.

"My lineage is not of humans, but of what you call, 'Aliens.' When we arrived on this planet, we landed in Egypt. We were considered gods."

Images of women and men with red skin with bandages all over there body. They were greeted by the Egyptians.

"We didn't know there were human life forms or any organisms on the planet. We knew nothing. The language they had originally were nothing but sign language. We formed our way into human society by making sacred contracts, and though we were treated like gods, we were really fighters and breeders for our kind. So, we took advantage sometimes to influence our ways or to teach, which they took seriously."

More images flood into her: whispering of voices, hieroglyphics, the pyramids, and the contract. A man stood there in front of an Egyptian, kissing her hand, talking foreign language.

"Our language and contract is binding ourselves to ONE person. We are used anyway they see fit. If we were to have doubts, or even physically hurt them, we will die. We are never to betray them. If our contractor dies upon old age, we decide to die or freedom. If they die by illness we are free."

Suddenly, he glowed while the bandages unwrapped around his body.

"The chains of our powers are unleashed, and we are to serve. Even if that meant fighting our own kind..."

Lucy saw the agony of the fights between they endured, the bodies that were buried, and the anguish.

"After the decades of being among humans, our bodies adapted to appear more human. They started to doubt, and the rumors caused lash outs amongst them. They became more selfish, and unbearable. Among my kind, we made a decision..."

The feeling of pain hit Lucy as she sees a fight among them, and death.

"Some betrayed there contractors, letting us get away by transporting. We ran, to save our kind..."

Decades passed through Lucy's mind, seeing them hide amongst humans.

"However, some of us couldn't stay without contractors. We are people who needed to breed. To love...That was our downfall...Some one got a hold of us through contract, and found out what we were; our value. We started to become hunted. We tried fighting then hiding..."

A scene played in her eyes, seeing Levy and her mother? The women had the same hair color, but green eyes. She looked like an older version of her. They were surrounded and Levy's mother took them on, yelling at her to run, run for her future and life. She ran, tears falling down her cheeks, as she heard her mother's scream. Lucy opened her eyes, feeling Levy pull away. Suddenly, Levy sees Lucy start to cry, and freaks out.

"Why are you crying? What-"

Lucy hugs her, remarking, "I am so sorry."

Frozen on the spot from her hug, not knowing what to do for a moment then hugged her back.

"...I haven't been hugged since-Thank you, thank your for being a friend."

Lucy pulls away and they smile at each other.

"So, are you looking for a contractor?"

"Yes. I want someone who is strong, loyal, decent, smart."

"That sounds like Gajeel."

Levy's face turns pink, remarking, "Not him!"

Lucy laughs, retorting, "Your face says otherwise."

She felt her face become red, causing her to pat her cheeks.

Not him, she thought, definitely not him?