Too Late

Ch 6

"WHAT!?!" The entire guild says all at once. "Lucy is alive?? How? We all saw her body! It can't be possible!" Levy shouts. "How do we know Natsu hasn't just finally snapped and he's just hearing her voice because it's what he wants to hear?" Laxus says while leaned against the wall. "Laxus!" Mira shouts at him. "It's a legitimate question. The dude's not been himself for the last month, depressed out of his mind. I mean no offense but would it really be so surprising?" "We saw the coffin ourselves. It's empty. Lucy is not inside it." Erza says in my defense. "I believe Natsu." Everyone turns to see Wendy. "Guys think about it. Sure when a loved one passes away, we hope that we'll hear from them one last time. Sometimes we do, because we conjure it in our minds. It's a coping mechanism. But why would Natsu imagine something so awful happening to her and specific? That a dark guild has her? That her memories are being erased and replaced??" Gramps rubs his chin thinking. "What do you think gramps? Does that guild name sound familiar to you?" "Hmm." We all stare at him anticipating his response. "I'm afraid the name is unfamiliar to me. But that group that had barged into the guild that day.. didn't he say that we were responsible for taking down some of their men?" "Yes, they did." Erza says remembering. "Mira, please go and grab all the old job sheets. A month from the day we discovered Lucy." He instructs to Mira. "Okay." 

"Actually master? I think I remember hearing of this guild years ago.." Everyone looks to see who spoke. "Juvia? You think you're familiar with the name?" Gramps asks her. "Well, I could be wrong. Like I said this was years ago. But when I first started in Phantom Lord, I vaguely remember master Porla discussing to another member of the guild about an up and coming guild that was trying to move in on territory he owned at the time. If I'm remembering correctly, it was Dark Hakai." "Do you remember if there was mention of there whereabouts??" I ask her. "I'm sorry no. I didn't stay around long enough to listen in. But if I were to guess a place to start, I'd start in the land they tried to move in on." "Okay, we have our starting point!" I say determined. "We also have all these places to check if they return to any of these locations. Or if they already have." Mira says as she comes back with a few old job requests. "Alright my children, it would appear we have a lot of ground to cover. Groups of you will go to these locations and wait and see if you can see the faces of any of the men that were here that day. Natsu, you'll be going with Erza, Gray, Wendy, Gajeel and Juvia to the location Juvia remembers. You were not here when they attacked. You'll need to be with those that will recognize their faces. We have no time to waste. Get moving you brats!" "RIGHT!" We say in response. 

Lucy pov

".. please, help me." I hear my door opening. I have to cut the link or they'll suspect I'm up to something. "Ohh sweet thiiing?" Oh great. "Go. Away." "Well you're no fun." "That's the idea. Now leave!" "I'll think about that.... nah think I'll stay." He closes the door behind him."Where's Lars? Why would he allow you in here?" "Lars had to run to the little boys room. I'm in the mood for some fun." "Well I'm not. Now, LEAVE ME ALONE." I don't like this. He has been harassing me in every which way possible and I feel like now he's about to try and cross a major line. "No can do sweet thing, I told you. I get to do whatever I want to you, whenever I want to. And whenever, is now." He jumps on to me knocking me back onto my bed. "GET OFF ME!" He ignores my demand and continues trying to pin me down. He's pinned my hips down with sitting full weight over top of me, and has my hands grappled over my head with one hand while snaking the other up my shirt.. he reaches my breast and squeezes my nipple painfully. "STOP!" "Oh this is happening here and now. You know how badly I've wanted to do this? Ever since I laid my eyes on you, I've wanted nothing more than to see you lay bare beneath me and take everything I have to give." "NO! I SAID GET OFF ME!!" I wiggle my wrists around and manage to slip a hand out of his grasp. I take the palm of my hand and slam it up into his nose, hearing it break. "DAMN IT!" I get out from underneath him and run for the door but he's grabbed me by the hair and throws me back to the bed against the wall.. He stands back up blocking the door and holding his broken nose. "Now, I really like you Lucy, but even I have my limits. You're getting punished for what you've done to my face." "No.. No.. NO I SAID NO!!!" I extend my hand out forward and a burst of energy shot through my hand at him. Knocking him into the door and the door clean off its hinges. I'm so lost in rage that I don't even notice what I really just did. I walk over to the entrance of the doorway and stare him down.

He for once has a look of fear in his face looking at me rather than something to dominate. I extend my hand out to him again, but this time he begins to choke. I raise my hand up and his body lifts off the ground and levitates. "I told you to stop." I say eerily calm. "I told you no, and you didn't listen." I stop and look him up and down. "Fear looks good on you." His eyes are tearing up and beginning to bulge out of his skull. *Clap, clap, clap, clap* I turn to face the source of the noise. "Well done. I've been waiting for this power to finally awaken." I untense myself and I hear Raiden hit the floor gasping for breath. "You know, I should use it on you too." I say to him without missing a beat. "Come again?" "You sent this sick bastard after me to sexually assault me and then attempt to rape me??  I'm not putting up with this anymore!" "Hang on. Back up. I've allowed him and sent him to do what?" "DONT PLAY ME FOR STUPID!!" The whole building begins to shake. "Okay, Lucy, calm down. Just explain to me what you mean. This is news to me." "Don't, LIE TO ME!" The building shakes once again. "YOU ENCOURAGED HIM TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT ME AND ATTEMPT TO RAPE ME!" The building again shakes so violently the stone in the walls has begun to shift and fall to the floor. "Okay, okay. You're right.. but only half right. I told him he could harass you. As in bully you around to shake your will. Never once did I say "sexually" or to rape you. That was never something discussed." 

I hear his words but hear something else being said entirely, and I'm LIVID. "So what you're telling me is although it wasn't discussed, had it been, you'd have been fine with it." He sighs and admits, "If it was something that could have broken your will much faster, making my job easier, yes I would have." I see red and am about to raise my hand at him, shaking the building again around us from my energy, when I feel a thunk against the back of my head and I hit the ground. I've not passed out yet but I'm fading fast. "Good going Lars. That was too close." "Sir, you need to complete her mind wipe now. And erase the memories of what this idiot has done to her. You can't risk her losing control like this again." "Quite right Lars. There's a risk to doing it so soon since her last one. But I'm afraid I have no choice now. Take her to the room and strap her down. I'll be there after I deal with him." Then everything fades to black.

Soren pov

Lars picks up Lucy off the ground and takes her to the room to complete her memory wipe. I straighten my blazer and dust my pants. "You're lucky, I heard the noise and came to see what was going on." Raiden, still shook from what almost happened to him, just sat there staring back. "Nephew, I told you to harrass her. Although you had the right idea, we never discussed this. You pushed her too far too soon. Now I have to rush forward her memory wipe. I've discussed with you why, in her case, I wasn't doing it all in one sitting. So if anything happens to her because you've forced my hand, it'll be your head. Family or not." I turn my back to him. "I strongly advise you stay away from her until the memory process is complete. And me for that matter." I then head to the room where Lucy awaited to work my magic.

*time skip a few hours*

Lucy pov

Oh my head. My head feels like it's trying to split in two.. I open my eyes and find I'm sitting in a dimly lit room. Where am I? "Well good morning." I gasp and turn my head to see a man sitting beside my bed, seemingly waiting patiently for me to wake up. "Who are you?" He sighs heavily. "Just what I feared. You don't remember me do you?" "No? Should I?" "Lucy, it's me Master Soren. I'm your master. You joined my guild quite some time ago. I was so afraid of this. I was afraid they would get to you." "Wait, ugh slow down. I have a splitting headache and feel dizzy. This is way too much at once. Is that my name? Lucy?" "I was afraid of that too." "What now?" "The headache. Here, lets start this way and slower. Where does it hurt?" "Uh, deep inside towards the middle of my head. Both sides." "And the dizziness? How bad is it on a scale of one to ten?" "I don't know, a four or five." He nods his head, and furrows his brow in thought. He has a look of deep concern. "I should have waited.." "..waited for what?" "Are you sure you're up to hearing everything right now?" "I think I should know?" "Okay. Let me first get you some water and an ice pack and I'll explain everything." He gets up to leave the room and stops as he opens the door. "For the time being lay back down. I'll be right back." ".. okay."

Soren pov

I close the door behind me and lean against it and try like hell to not go find Raiden to kill him. I walk down the hall with Lars behind me. "Well?" "The memory wipe worked. She doesn't even remember who I am, or who she herself is. Her mind has become a clean slate. But it wasn't without complications. She has a headache and dizziness. I knew it wasn't a good idea to do a mind wipe so close to the last one." "It could also be because I had to hit her on the head to avoid her attacking you, sir." "It's possible, but we won't know for sure until I can speak with her some more and give her mind time to rest."