Lucy and the Definitive... Cat?

Angel of Stars

Cobra opened his mouth to speak when the personal communication lacrima went off in his pocket. Its loud tone belting out the first couple bars of Purple Haze. "One sec Munchkin."

He pulled out the small yellow device and answered the call, "yo."

"Cobra, are you with," Meredy mumbled for a moment, "Mard Geer?"

He hit the little speaker button and held the device flat on the palm of his tanned hand, "on speaker with Munchkin and me. What's up Mermaid?"

Munchkin tilted his head as one of his cat ears twitched. The demon looked a little confused by the piece of expensive and rare magic-tech. These fucking things were rare in Fiore, so stealing them was a bit of a necessity. Many times, being able to call a guild mate without having to risk running into town had saved someone's sorry ass.

"Hey Mard, it's Natsu." Pinkie Pie's voice came through loud and clear.

"Greetings Natsu!" Munchkin shouted and Cobra chuckled.

"Dude, talk normal like. Don't ya have this magic-tech shit in your world?"

Munchkin shook his head, "no. What is the situation Natsu, where is Rosebud?"

Pinkie Pie let out a nervous chuckle, "she's gonna be okay. Corvus took her to the Celestial Realm to recharge. She went overboard in saving my life."

Munchkin's eyes went wide as he spat out a whispered series of words that really didn't sound fucking pleasant. Though going by the clenched fists and death glare in his black eyes, he was basically saying "fuck this shit, god damn monkey ass fuckers, bull shit." Well least that's how Cobra interpreted it.

"Chill Munchkin, she'll be fine."

"You are assuming that Pompous Ass does not decide to keep her there for tea and crumpets or that her recharging goes smoothly."

"Chickadee is there, ain't nothing from that spirit that says he won't return Sunshine to us. He's kind of a cool dude." Cobra was usually a decent judge on these things, people went into one of two categories, cool enough to talk to and people I'll murder when Blueballs isn't around. Chickadee went into the first one.

"Luce will be fine, pinky promise," Natsu's voice broke the tension and Munchkin gave a firm nod. Cobra was a little curious about that, guess Munchkin maybe kind of trusted the fire slayer or some shit. Or maybe pinky promise was like a magical phrase or something around a demon. Who the fuck knew? Not Cobra, that's who and he shrugged.

"Okay Pinkie, ya got King Munchkin to simmer down, what's up?"

"When Lucy summoned Gemini to heal him. Natsu coughed up this hairy black ball of sludge, it moved." Mermaid's voice chimed in and Cobra's top lip pulled up. That sounded disgusting as fuck.

"Belle is still here, when Corvus and Rosebud return, we can have the spirit bring you and it to us. She might know what it is and if not, she has access to powerful resources in these situations."

"Fuck, knew that poison was up to no good," Cobra mumbled. He could still taste that shit on his tongue and thought he got it all but guess not. It didn't have any kind of strange reaction in his system, well more than what felt like a shot of adrenaline but if that thing was like a life form. Maybe letting that hawt Prince play doctor wouldn't be a bad thing.

"A sentient poison?" Mermaid asked.

Munchkin tapped his pointed chin, "I have heard of such a thing, but you would need someone with access to the Realm of Nightmares or the Madness of the Abyss..." he paused, and Cobra could sense the aha moment coming. "Excuse me, I need to go stop Belial from leaving." The demon took off and Cobra arched a brow, wondering what the fuck the demon was thinking.