My Savior

Chapter 5

Jackal's POV

"So, did you guys have fun sightseeing?" Damn. Why must that jerk notice every single thing? Can't he just get a life?

"So what if we did, huh?" I retorted.

"Why are the prisoner outside of his cell?" Mest asked, turning his head away from me and focusing on Lucy. His eyes widened slightly when he saw that her eyes were puffy from all the crying.

"We just went to get some food, chill dude" I simply said, Mest's eyes were once more focusing on me. But this time, they were filled with anger.

"What did you do to her?" He asked with a voice filled with rage while taking a few steps closer to me. Soon our bodies were almost touching, his eyes were dangerously venomous and still filled with pure rage.

"I didn't do anything, at least nothing worth crying for" I said while giving him a sadistic smirk. Mest looked ready to attack but Lucy spoke up.

"It's okay, Jackal didn't do anything. I just remembered something from old times that's all" She said. Is she defending me? Nah, she probably just don't want to get into trouble. Yeah, that must be it. Mest eyed me suspiciously before stepping back.

"I see, then please tell me. What exactly were you doing? You know that he shouldn't be outside, much less in the city" Damn, Lucy's in trouble because of me. Wait, why do I care? But still, I was the one who made her take me there.

"Well-"

"I was bored so I made her take me to town" I interrupted.

"And how exactly did you 'make' her take you to town"

"Told her I'd go on a rampage if she didn't take me, do you know how boring it is just sitting in a prison cell all day doing nothing?" Wait, why am I covering for her?

"Is that so? Is he telling the truth?" Mets asked while turning his attention towards Lucy once again.

"Yeah" She says, while looking dumbfounding at me. Still confused from my comment earlier.

"Strange, didn't think that explosive bastard would ever defend anyone other than himself" I heard Mest whisper under his breath, it was pretty obvious that we weren't supposed to hear it but I did thanks to my sharp ears.

Lucy's POV

I was still dumbfounded from Jackal's last comment, why would he protect me? Does he have some kind of feelings for me? But wait, no. That's not it. He only sees me as some kind of source of entertainment. I could feel tears building up. No, I can't cry. Not now. I thought and forced back the tears. I could hear Mest whispering something to himself and Jackal growling in response.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Nothing, but hurry up and take the prisoner back to his cell. Before the others notice. Oh, and one more thing. One of the guards who work at the prison have volunteered to take on this guy in your stead. You'll still get your money of course but you won't have to take care of him anymore if you don't want to." I slowly nodded and started making my way towards the prison with Jackal following me close behind.None of us spoke to the other on our way there, but I decided to break the awkward atmosphere when we reached our destination.

"Thank you, for defending me earlier" His eyes met mine and what I saw really caught me off guard. For the first time since we met at Michello's house his eyes were calm, but there was something else. Hurt? Sadness? He's always been on his guard all the time. But now...

"Don't think about it too much"

"Still, you could've just said that I was the one who made you leave. I am from one of the most, if not the worst, troublemaking guild after all"

"Like I said, don't think about it" I was about to retort but a man in a cell nearby interrupted me.

"Oy, bomb dude. How much do you want for the blonde chick? How about a threesome? Or would you rather ravish her by yourself?" I could feel my hole world crashing down. I remembered everything at once. How he used to act before he got here. How many people he must have tortured and killed. What he was capable of.

"Sorry, but I have no interest in things like that. If I don't feel like it of course" Jackal said while smirking. I was about to ask him what he meant but before I got the chance he grabbed my arm forcefully and dragged me into the cell. Suddenly I found myself pinned against the wall with Jackal holding my hands pinned above my head.

"Are you really going to leave?" He asked while looking me straight in the eye.

"What do you mean?" I asked, clearly confused. He didn't want me to leave? Why should he care?

"Don't play dumb! You're going to leave me! Just like everyone else! Do you think that I want to be alone! I don't want to see the people I care about disappear anymore! Please-" His voice broke at the end, he looked so broken. His ears lay flat on his head and his tail hung between his legs like a shamed dog. I had no idea he felt that way. After hearing his confession, I just couldn't leave him like this. I wrapped my arms around him. I felt him stiffen before relaxing and returning the hug.

"Don't worry, I won't go anywhere" He quickly pulled away and grabbed my shoulders.

"But you'll get your money, you don't have to-"

"I know, but I want to. I'm all alone as well, remember?" I slowly placed my hands on top of his left one. "How about we come over our loneliness together?" His ears shot right up and his tail started swinging back and forth. He looked kind of like a... Lovesick puppy? Well, something like that.

"Really?" But before I could answer he returned to his cocky self again. "Whatever, see yah tomorrow girlie. Tomorrow make me a hamburger kay? They weren't half bad" He scoffed before walking further into the cell, sitting down on his mattress and leaning against the stone wall. I simply nodded and locked the cell door. On my way back I thought of everything that happened today. Maybe he isn't as evil as everyone thinks.