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[ Rather Late Evening Video / Action ]

[ OOC: Takes place a little bit after this thread ]

[ Excuse her network, for interrupting your late evening, and if the feed is a little shakey. She's fumbling a bit with it, but uh... Lucy isn't really in the best condition right now. She's out of breath, and her voice is strained, but serious. She actually drops the device once or twice before she manages to get it somewhat stable. ]

H-hey. There's... something at the beach - some weird..dangerous thing.
...agh be really..careful if you go there tomorrow; I -

[ Whoops, dropped the device. Dangit. Mind the sand, as Lucy carefully lowers herself to the ground to pick it up - and from that angle one can actually better see she's... kinda bloody. Mostly on her arms, but there's some scuff on her body and... and her right arm is kinda limp, her right hand twitching. ]

I chased it off but if it comes back...

[ Okay she's already at the end of her reserve energy, so she sort of stumbles, letting out a small yelp because broken arms aren't fun. ]

J..just be careful.

[ This time when she drops the device, she doesn't bother picking it up again. Because the feed ends. She'll still respond though, she's just hurting and tired and... for reasons she didn't go into, really really upset. Anyone who might come across her will probably see her sitting at the base of a tree, resting up the depleted energy because srsly guys she can't move. ]

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[He could care less about his clothings getting tears and blood on them. Those were irrelevant to him as long as she was in this sorry state.. He doesn't lose his grip on her for a single moment though even as she adjusts herself]

Hates fire huh? Well isn't that a crying shame.

[He's going to shove so much fire into that bastard he'll have to BEG for mercy.]

Needles huh.

[Well that will be a thing to look out for. But he has its scent so any attempt to ambush him or hide will immediately fail. Now that he also has hints of its fighting style, Natsu was not going to take any chances. This bastard was going to be crushed by him and everyone else from the guild that would tag along. But given it hated fire, Natsu claimed priority on doing the most harm to the wretch.]

[ Yep. That thing was going to be so much burnt toast by the time Natsu got his hands on it. And then Erza would cut it into tiny cubes, and Juvia would drown it. Too bad Lucy wouldn't be there to see it. ...Dangit. It was just like her fight with Minerva. She'd held her own a lot better against that thing granted, but she was still open enough that it was able to grab one of her keys. What if it had grabbed all of them? ]

... Natsu.

[ She doesn't think he really has anything to worry about, from what she'd seen of the creature, but... it might still have some tricks up its sleeve she wasn't aware of. And she couldn't stand thinking that it would get the better of him - if such a thing was even possible. After all he was so strong, she sometimes forgot there could be people stronger than him - Erza notwithstanding, of course. ]

[Maybe someone will record it for her. He can take shifts with Erza doing so perhaps. Either way they were taking that key back whether by force or not.]

Mmmm? What is it Lucy?

[He way she said his name troubled him a bit. Like she was afraid he would fail. That he would be defeated by the likes of that freak. Preposterous but if that was really the case, he wanted to reassure her that it would not happen.]]

[ BRUTAL. She's quiet for a few minutes, It's always a possibility, almost unthinkable though it is, that any of them would fall in battle. And that was her greatest fear. Not her own injury or death - but losing any of her friends. Her left arm shifts a little, but it's only for a one armed hug. The best she can do, given the circumstances. ]

Just.... make sure you come back to me.

[ She feels almost silly even saying that - of course he would come back; there is no way he'd lose to that thing. None. But... if something -DID- go wrong...well. She'd never forgive herself if she didn't tell him -- to be careful, right? Why she feels kinda flustered saying that to him though - god knows. She'd said it to Loke, and it didn't have half the weight that those words felt to her. Weird. Well it was just because they'd been through so much, that's all. They had a lot of history together. ]

[Natsu pauses feeling her hand shakily trying to hug him. He frowns sadly before shifting a little free up one hand to gently hold her arm and tuck his mouth under it comfortingly.]

I promise. I'll be back and bring Loke back too.

[He knows he will but he does feel the need to make that promise. She's vulnerable now and given she is actually scared for him only makes him clench his teeth even harder. He hated seeing her like this and hated anyone who made her this way. History or something more? He didn't care either way. Someone hurt Lucy. That someone was going to wish they never crawled out of whatever hole they did this morning.]

[ Right. Right. Of course he will there's... he can't fall to something like that. Not if even she was able to chase it off, no way. But at the same time, she worries. Feeling his own means of comforting her at least helps her calm a bit more, enough that she lets out a quiet sigh, leaning her head against his back briefly. ]

You better.

[ There's a bit of a smile in her voice at least - she knows Natsu won't let her down. Lifting her head again, she's almost disappointed that they were nearly there - but it's not like she can take a whole lot of enjoyment out of this situation. Just the comfort. ]

There it is.

[ And they will have healers and blessed blessed drugs that will probably make her really loopy but she doesn't care. Just so long as it stops hurting. ]

[ ooc: ahaha i just realized something. When the parasite is tracked down, it's not going to have the key on it anymore - Catsovi will have it. Loke's key is going to have -catsovi's- scent on it too. If Natsu's met him ... ahahaha ohgod. ]

Who do you think I am?

[He states puffing his chest slightly in an attempt to goof off and raise her spirits. Still their journey comes to an end and he can already see people waiting for them after seeing that call and him storming out like he did.]

I wish Wendy was here...

[Not that he didn't trust the doctors of this place but he put way more value on his precious not!little sister's abilties as a fellow dragon Slayer.]

[He hasn't met Catsovi no. But if the parasite left any of its scent on Catsovi, it will end badly regardless.]

[ Lucy giggles at the familiar boasting from her friend. Who indeed? ]

THe strongest guy I know?

[ Well.. it's true. He is the strongest guy she knows. Just don't let that praise go to your head. ]

I do too.

[ Her healing magic would have had Lucy's arm feeling fine a heckuva lot faster than the healers here probably would - plus she missed the little Dragonslayerette. ]

[Awww come on he can let it go just a little can't he?]

That too! I was gonna say "your partner, Natsu the great salamander of FAIRY TAIL!" But yours is better.

[He smiles thinly as they both admit to missing the little dragon Slayer. He follows one of the medical staff to a bed where he gingerly sets Lucy down on her back taking extra care with her arm.]

[ Oh all right, just a LITTLE. ]

The Great Salamander, huh?

[ Lucy makes a face, amused at that. ]

Course you do. I have a way with words, remember?

[ Once she's settled and the medical staff starts buzzing around them though, she is distracted from almost everything else- she has to focus on the instructions from the clinic doctors when they gently test her arm, eliciting winces of pain that she can't quite hold back this time. At least it's determined that the injury isn't too severe - no surgery would be needed or anything. Her arm would have to be put in a sling though. But she expected that much. ]

Yup.

[He grins cheekily glad to see some semblance of happiness back in Lucy's face.]

Oh I know that. I'm the one who said it after all.

[Still he watches the doctors work on her giving the diagnostic. He relieved the damage isn't as bad but now that Lucy is safe there is only one thought in his mind. Retribution. Still he doesn't leave right away and waits for Lucy to be given the all clear by the doctors.]

I figured you'd remember that.

[ Lucy murmurs it quietly, but she doesn't have a doubt in the world that he'll hear. He hears and remembers every part of their conversation, after all. Even though she smiles, there's that shadow to it that doesn't quite touch her eyes, still worried over the loss of her key. Briefly she looks away from her friend, if only to accept much needed painkillers for the arm, while another nurse busies herself with cleaning up the blood from her arms and bandaging the wounds on the other side of her. The doctor however, heads over to Natsu, to assure him that the injury wasn't severe and they felt she would be able to be out again later in the evening. Lucy would insist on nothing less anyway. ]

[ By the time the injuries were bandaged properly, the medicine was beginning to kick in, but Lucy still looked over towards Natsu a bit worriedly. Don't do anything -CRAZY- okay. She doesn't want to see you in here too. .. though the odds of that were pretty slim. ]

[Yes his memories for everything except names, was quite the dark hole sucking in and storing everything. And even know it focused on Lucy's state, feeling his outrage growing by the moment.]

[He wouldn't promise to not do anything crazy but he was definitely coming back to her in one piece.]

Sleep. I'll take care of everything before you wake up.

[ Maybe it's just her, but sitting there while the staff tended to her injuries, watching Natsu look that way -- it almost felt like back home, before Natsu went to fight Sting and Rogue with Gajeel. ]

...

[ Yeah, that's her, she's being silly. ]

All right.

[ She manages a half smile for a second or two, before she starts feeling herself getting dragged to sleep. ]

I'll... talk to you later.

[ Everything will be all right, she knows. ]

Yeah. Have a good sleep.

[He watches her eyes drift closed before walking out of the room. He has a freak to beat up and stolen goods to recover. And nothing was going to get in his way. He is out of the encampment before anyone can even think of stopping him and heads back to the scene of the attack. The trail starts from there.]

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