Solomon's Child (Fairy Tail Fanfic)

Solomon's Child Part 10

Most people who watched Mira move through the Fairy Tail infirmary would have thought that she was using magic to move so quickly, but for those who knew her they understood that it was mainly due to her talents as a waitress along with a grim determination formed from Lucy's kidnapping.

The barmaid had informed Erza and the others of what happened to Lucy the moment they returned. And after cursing and slamming her fist into a nearby wall, something that actually caused the wood it was comprised of to crack under the force, Erza started to form a rescue party for their wayward blonde.

It wasn't long however before Gray pointed out that both Natsu and Happy hadn't come back with the rest of Fairy Tail, likely having gone after Lucy themselves and suggesting that they hold off on sending the rescue team for a few moments. As no one thought that Natsu would actually fail in retrieving his teammate.

Erza had agreed almost instantly and decided that those who had been chosen for the rescue team would instead treat their injuries first and then go out to meet the fire dragon slayer, as she too couldn't imagine Natsu failing but didn't trust him to return her in the gentle manner that a woman required.

And thus the members of Fairy Tail were now focusing on recovering from their attack, nowhere near done with Phantom but needing to lick their wounds for the next time.

Mira for her part was furious but trying to keep it hidden from the others, not wanting to cause any of her patients to flinch as she tended to their injuries. She was furious, furious at Phantom for kidnapping Lucy, she was furious at Laxus for refusing to help unless he got Lucy as a reward, but more than anything...she was furious at herself for her powerlessness.

It was while Mira was lamenting her lack of strength that Natsu slammed through the infirmary door with Happy right his tail, an unconscious and pale Lucy in his hands.

"Mira! I need help here." Natsu shouted as he practically ran to an open bed and gently placed his charge down, his eyes wide in panic.

"Natsu! What happened? Is she ok?" Mira asked as she rushed over and suck in a breath as she saw Lucy's condition.

"No, I only managed to find her when she was falling from a tower and she passed out before I even caught her. The bastards actually carved a magic seal into her arm." Natsu managed to say through clenched teeth, his anger so prevalent that he risked setting the whole building on fire but Mira wasn't about to chastise him for that after seeing the state Lucy was in.

Lucy was in much worse condition than the last time Mira had seen her. The girl's arms and legs were bound together in metal cuffs so tightly that Mira couldn't help but wince and rub her own wrists as she looked at them. Her arms and legs were dotted in blackish blue spots, likely from being beaten in her captivity. But by far the worst visual injury was on her right arm that Natsu had mentioned. Blood covered her upper arm and while the wound wasn't currently visible, as Natsu had apparently ripped off a part of his vest in order to bind it, but from the sheer quantity of blood that covered her arm she could guess at how bad it was.

"Natsu! Did you say that you got Lucy back...damn it!" Gray asked as he walked up and noticed Lucy's wounds, his magic responding to his anger and chilling the air. His own magic mixing with Natsu's and making the surroundings a mixture of both hot and cold air.

Mira couldn't help but sigh as she inspected the bindings on Lucy's hands and legs. "First off, calm down you two. Your magic running rampart will only make things worse." She quietly warned, Natsu and Gray flinching slightly but reigning in their magic. "Next; Gray, I need you to freeze the metal slightly and make it as brittle as you can so Natsu can shatter them ok?" she ordered.