The Paradox of Time - A Fairy Tail Fanfic

Chapter 11

It was the next morning when Erza and Gray got the news. Erza had immediately felt something wrong as they walked into the guild, and if the desolate faces and thick tension in the grand room didn't say enough, then Mirajane's soft crying was what had dug into her heart. Gray gave Erza a worried look, before making his way towards the bar. "Mirajane! What happened? Why is everyone so sad?"

"They're gone..."

Erza didn't want to push Mira any further, but she needed more information. "Who? Who is gone?"

"It's Wendy and Lucy... Natsu came and took them last night!" Mirajane threw her hands to her face, and a sob wracked her body. "That monster... he even injured Laxus too..."

Why would Natsu do this? What were his intentions? "I must see Laxus right now. Where is he?" Erza demanded, gripping the counter with knuckle-white fingers.

Mira wiped her eyes and stepped out of the bar. "Follow me."

The three mages made it to the infirmary, noticing Bickslow standing at the door. "Here to see the chief? Freed and Evergreen are in their guarding him by his bed."

"Yes, Erza and Gray want to talk to him. Can we go inside?" Mira asked, hesitant on Laxus's current condition.

"Sure. He is doing better now." Bickslow opened the door for the mages, allowing them to go in. Gray had doubted that they would have been allowed to enter if it were just him and Erza.

When they stepped into the infirmary, they saw Laxus lying still in one of the beds, with the other two Thunder God Tribe members standing on-guard next to him. Only one bed over, the charred remains of one of the infirmary beds was left in a heap. Gray looked from the burnt bed to the resting guild master. Did Natsu come and attack them in the infirmary? It would explain why he has his bodyguard now. Who knows when they could have another attack. Freed was the first to greet the newcomers, although his attention was held towards Mira. "Any chance of contacting Porlyusica?"

Mira nodded. "Yes, Jet had left early this morning to speak to her, so she should be coming soon."

"So Wendy is really gone? And Lucy? What exactly had happened?" Gray asked, wanting to know more answers. This new Natsu was already too much to handle, and now he is going around hurting and kidnapping their friends.

It was Evergreen who spoke, her hand stroking through her hair as she looked off to the side. "Apparently the Salamander snuck through Master's window last night and attacked him. That fool... sneaking up on a king like Laxus and inflicting danger onto him... That makes me sick."

Freed picked up on the explanation. "He left after attacking him, but came back soon after and kidnapped Lucy and Wendy while they were healing Laxus. On top of that, the Salamander had caused further damage on Laxus during his second visit."

Erza and Gray cringed as they followed Freed's gaze to the burnt infirmary bed.

"He is a monster..." Evergreen shook with anger, her eyes squeezed shut, on the bridge of tears, and her fist clenching tightly.

"Of course it had to be Natsu to come and attack our guild like this." Mira shook her head, leaning over to her lover's side as she held his hand. "Nobody has ever been able to overpower him. Not even Laxus."

"I'm right here... you know."

Everyone looked at Laxus, and the sight of seeing the battered guild master awake sent relief flooding the air.

Evergreen launched towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Master! I'm so glad to see you're alive!"

Laxus slowly sat up, wincing with every movement. "I told... I told that brat that I wasn't kicking the bucket anytime soon... So there is no way in hell that I'm gonna doing that now."