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No it couldn't be, not now, not to them, not to her
Loke woke up to destruction, the world bleached a dark gray, how could this have happened? He remembered getting hit by a spell, but he should have only been out for a minute at the most so how...
How were there bodies?
He pushed against gravity and weak knees to pull himself up to stand. But he still couldn't believe it. Team Natsu laid strewn across the ground, not moving, not stirring. Not even with the maniacal laughter he could hear vaguely in the background. He stumbled over to Gray, shaking the Ice mage fiercely, but there was no reaction.
"Gray, come on, wake up!"
There was nothing, he seemed lifeless, no he was lifeless. Panicked he he checked each of his friends, getting the same reaction. The once loud and emotion driven team now cold and silent. It hit him the most when he got to her though. He fell to his knees as numbness consumed him. Lucy should never look so broken, it wasn't right, wasn't fair. He gently cradled her to his chest as the tears ran freely, crying and cursing his own inability to help and protect them all.
And some bastard was still laughing!
Hurt them
It called to him from deep within. A voice he had never heard before, yet felt right. It felt a part of him. He should ignore it, it seemed wild, a long hidden side, something that was meant to be suppressed. But he was grieving, his heart emptying onto Lucy's body. So he listened to its words.
They have taken away a lion's pride
The mangled forms of his friends all around him, his friends, his pride, he failed them.
Kill as they have killed.
He should argue with that, argue against the dark feeling surging in his chest, but he couldn't find the energy, what was the point? Sure, he would probably be exiled for killing humans, but if it was to avenge her, could he really feel guilty about it? Could he really find it in himself to care anymore?
A rumble inside him agreed, they would all pay. A growl ripped from his throat, baring his fangs to the world. They would all pay, all enemies of Team Natsu would suffer his wrath.
The last thing he heard was the sound of an animalistic roar. Was that him? Before his world turned red and rage ruled his mind.