Seven Deadly Sins

Chapter | Two

Arcadios sighed softly, meeting Yukino's questioning eyes, "She's one of the seven missing with Sting. Reported three days ago." Then looked back at Erza as he set Loke's key down, pulling out a map.

When the map was unrolled fully in front of her on the table, Erza noticed the red circles. Seven of them exactly all in circular uniform. Furrowing her eyebrow, she knew that the red circle represented where exactly one of the seven people had gone missing, or estimated to have gone missing. One of these circles was Lucy, and somewhere on this map was where Lucy was at now. Where that was at was beyond Erza.

Yukino, on the other hand, knew that the only person who would have any type of answers was the lion spirit himself. He had to have known something concerning Lucy, what happened and possibly connecting it back to any one of those other six missing people, including Sting. The only thing that was throwing Yukino off was that Loke had not come out on his own gate. 

"Has Loke opened his gate by chance, Arcadios?" Yukino softly asked, looking up at the Holy Knight with question. 

"No." Arcadios answered, glancing down at the key. "The only action from that key was reported when it was found. When one of the guards picked his key up, it glowed but no one came out."

Yukino glanced at Freed the same time Levy did, but it was Levy who spoke up, "Is there a rune on Loke's key that's preventing him from coming here?"

Freed stepped up to look at the golden celestial key up close, frowning sensing nothing off. He wasn't sure why Loke wouldn't be able to open his own key, knowing how devoted Lucy's spirits where to her, he was sure it wasn't a choice. Yet when the key pulsated with a glow, Freed was quick to set it down and take a step back.

In a  blinding bright light, Loke stood before the lot of them looking around like a wild animal before realization set in. He was not where he left Lucy. No he was now in the Fairy Tail guildhall, alone with no Lucy in sight, nor any of the other spirits Lucy had come to have in her beloved presence. 

He had lost her. 

"Damnit!" Loke snarled out, using regulus impact on the nearest table and taking a deep breath.

It was Mira putting a hand on Loke's shoulder that soothed his anger, yet it was quickly replaced  by a tremble of his body as tears gathered in his eyes. This was the comfort Lucy wanted, no needed and yet she was gone and he had no fucking clue where.

"Tell us what happened Loke." Mira said softly, feeling the sorrow from the spirit and was heartbroken for him as well. 

"What story was Bunny Girl chasing down out in Clovis that was gonna take her to Stella?" Gajeel questioned, eyebrow raised.

Loke sighed and shook his head before raising it to look at them one by one, "She wasn't chasing a story, she was chasing a lead on a key."

"A key?" Gray repeated, arms crossed. "Must have been one hell of a key if she was willing to leave the kingdom."

"The key means a lot to her." Loke muttered, running a hand through his hair. "I told her something felt off about it, the timing and everything. No one knew this information, and she claimed she was told through a dream."

"Didn't know about what, Loke?" Natsu was the one who spoke up now, breaking his silence and staring Loke down intensely. 

He knew Lucy should be the one to tell them this, the truth of what happened but she was no where to be found and she had lied to Jason about why she needed to go after this lead. Lucy didn't want to risk her newfound job, so she lied about her story scope and went chasing a lead from a dream.