"It was so nice of you to come so quickly officers." Mard Geer greeted, as he took a step in front of the tied up blonde. "Its great to see you again."

"Shut your fucking mouth." Natsu snapped, eyes focused on his beaten wife. "Give me back Lucy, now."

"Oh?" Mard Geer taunted, stepping besides the blonde who had tears running like waterfalls down her cheeks. "But, we were having so much fun with her. I thought we would just keep her, and the child." He smirked seeing the pink haired officer grow more livid at each word he said. He decided to up the ante by running his large hand over Lucy's reddened cheeks.

"Don't fucking touch her!" Natsu growled before running towards the duo. Zeref held out his hand in attempts to try to stop his brother.

"Natsu wait!" Natsu didn't listen to his brother's warning, to pumped on the adrenaline running through his veins. Natsu looked back at him briefly. He was on his way to tackle Mard Geer to the ground when a shiny object caught his eye, making him stop dead in his tracks.

His gaze directed towards Lucy, eyeing the blade that Jackal had put to her throat. He watched as fresh tears ran down her cheeks looking at him desperately while Jackal had a knowing smirk on his face.

"Dont be so rash officer Dragneel. It'd be such a shame if something happened to your darling wife now wouldn't it?" Natsu's teeth clenched tightly at Jackal's words, hatred running through his veins. These bastards were going to pay.

"It would be wise to let Lucy go." Zeref spoke, still standing in his place next to Mavis. The criminals just laughed at the elder Dragneel's words.

"Oh but Officer Zeref, seeing your dear brothers reactions is just far too great. We just absolutely adore the look of desperation and helplessness on his face."

Natsu balled his fists so tightly that his fingernails began to draw blood from his palms. Seeing Lucy sitting bound to a chair and cuts and bruises adorning her body as well as the look of absolute fear made something that feels like fire run through his veins. The look in her eyes, the eyes that haven't left him since he arrived, were muddy and glassy with tears. He wasn't going to let anything else happen to her or their child… couldn't let anything else happen to her or their child.

Without them, there was no reason for him to live.

"I don't care what you do to me, do whatever you want." Natsu voice was hoarse and desperate, begging even. "J-Just let Lucy go."

"That sounds like a fair trade." Mard Geer said with a smirk on his lips. "But, no dice. We want to watch you suffer, make you feel the pain you put me and Jackal through these past few years."

"You killed someone." Natsu shouted back at him. "You can't expect to live a normal life when you took someone else's away!"

"Then what is your brothers excuse?" Natsu stiffened at his remark, looking over to Zeref who was just standing there watching the scene unfold. "If I do recall, he did kill Zancrow."

"Out of self defense." Zeref added. "If I didn't kill him, he would have killed me."

"You certainly could have just shot him to the point of where he couldn't attack you further." A sly smirk adorned Mard Geer's face. "Or could it be because of Officer Mavis there that you decided to end his life?"

"Thats none of your goddamn business!" Zeref shouted, eyes tinting red hand on his gun. Mavis put a comforting hand on his arm.

"You two are certainly are putting off the real reason why we're here." Mavis spoke for the first time. "Just what exactly is your aim?"

"Ahh, Officer Mavis. Always so wise." Mard Geer taunted. "You see, we're only here to get revenge of dear Officer Natsu Dragneel."

"So you kidnapped my pregnant wife?!" Natsu growled at them. "You two are sick."

"Thanks for the compliment." Jackal snickered.

"You two just could've came after me. You didn't need to go after Lucy!"

"But if we just went after you, we wouldn't have seen the reactions you're giving off now. It's quite pleasing to see such a helpless look on someone who's usually so confident with his work." Mard Geer took a fistful of Lucy's hair, yanking her head back to give the blade most exposure to her neck. She screamed through the cloth tied around her mouth making Natsu tense up.

"I guess you bastards always had an act for getting the innocent involved." Zeref commented. "I ensure you, we will be taking Lucy back and you two will be going back to jail."

"You seem to forgot who has the upper hand Officer Zeref." Jackal reminded him, pressing the knife further in Lucy's throat. "The cards aren't in your favor right now."

"Damn hes right." Natsu thought, eyes trained on his hysterical wife. "If we don't do something soon… Lucy's as good as gone."

Lucy never felt so helpless in her life. Seeing her husband, brother-in-law and Mavis all around her motionless since one wrong move, and her and her child were as good as dead.

She knew if she didn't do something then the others wouldn't have a chance to help her.

But what could she do?

The ropes around her were tied on to the point where she knew she would have rope burn, but thankfully they did not tie any rope around her protruding stomach for the baby's sake. Also, Jackal's blade was pushed tightly against her throat and Mard Geer was gripping her blonde locks with his large hand.

An idea formed in her head, but if it went wrong it could endanger the baby; but then again if she didn't try her and the baby would be dead anyways. Lucy sent a pleading look into her husband's desperate eyes. She knew he wanted to help her, to save her. Taking in a deep breath, Lucy put her plan into action.

Even if her body was weak from the previous events and making another human inside of her, Lucy began to thrash around surprising everyone in the room. With the thrashing, Mard Geer let go of her hair and Jackal retreated his blade, cutting her throat slightly. Ignoring the pain, Lucy's chair tumbled sideways to the ground, head making contact with it first. She yelped in pain and felt the blood begin to flow out of the side, only thinking of how thankful she was her stomach didn't hit the ground like she thought it would have.

"You little bitch-" Jackal began to retort when he was tackled to the ground. Natsu was on top of the unsuspecting criminal, throwing punch after punch to his face.

"Jackal!" Mard Geer screeched as he felt a fist connected with his cheek.

Zeref smirked. "Who has the upperhand now bastard?" He threw another punch which Mard Geer dodged this time.

"Thats still debatable officer Dragneel." He remarked, throwing a punch towards Zeref's face.

Mavis watched as the two brothers had the convicts distracted with their relentless punches and kicks, so she took as a chance to race over to the broken blonde on the floor.

"Lucy! Are you okay?!" She asked her as she approached her, crouching on the ground to inspect her.

Lucy groaned, slowly opening her eyes. "M-Mavis?"

"Yes its me, we're gonna get you out of here okay?"

"Over my dead body you are!" Mard Geer exclaimed before trying to jump towards the two blondes before a gunshot was heard. Everyone froze, looking in Zeref's direction.

In his shaking hand was a gun, the hole where the bullet had just came out of still smoky. The shaking in Zeref's hand became too much to bear as she dropped the gun before the shaking coursed throughout his whole body.

He just killed someone else.

Something he promised himself he wouldn't do again.

"Y-You…" Mard Geer wheezed out as he fell to the ground, blood spilling out of his mouth and stomach. "Bastard…" Mard Geer tore his eyes away from Zeref, only to look at Jackal.

"J-Jackal…"

"MARD GEER!" Jackal screamed, from his pinned down position, tears dripping from the corner of his eyes.

"I-I believe in you…" Mard Geer's eye began to close for the very last time. "Get our revenge." He whispered for the last time before he stopped breathing.

Jackal was fuming now, steam likely coming out of his ears. Out of his rage, he kneed Natsu in the gut effectively getting him off. He climbed on top of the pink haired officer, returning all the punches he received.

"You. Son. Of. A. Bitch!" Jackal screamed, tears streaming down his face. He punched Natsu's face in between words, adding emphasis on them.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted as she watched her husband get punched relentlessly in the face. She felt her restraints give out and a strong arms help her up.

"Are you okay Lucy?" Zeref asked as calmly as he could. She vigorously nodded her head.

"But Natsu-!"

Hearing his wife's call gave Natsu a new wave of energy as he effectively switched his and Jackal's position so the blonde man was underneath him.

"You bastards thought you could take my wife from me." Natsu punched Jackal straight in the nose, hearing a crunch sound knowing he had broken it. "Thought you could kill her and my child." Another punch to the cheek. "Bad news for you guys…" Natsu gripped Jackal's hair and slammed his head against the cement floor.

"I would die for Lucy and our child." He whispered harshly. Jackal's eyes widened at the seriousness of his words. He struggled against the pink haired officer's grip, able to reach beside him feeling for the blade he had earlier. Without much searching he found it and brought it up to Natsu's stomach, effectively breaking through his skin.

Everyone stood in a stunned silence.

Natsu began to cough violently, blood coming out before he fell to the ground clutching his stomach.

Lucy, Zeref, and Mavis stood motionless, unable to believe what they has just witnessed. The room was silent before Lucy screamed.

"NATSU!"

Jackal smirked, before standing up trying not to lose his balance. "Time to finally get mine and Mard Geer's revenge." He pulled a gun out, cocking it before pointing it at Natsu who was struggling to get up.

"Goodbye, Officer Natsu Dragneel."

BANG.

Jackal tensed up as he felt the bullet go into his back. He turned his head around, eyeing the pregnant blonde who held the gun with shaky hands, unbelieving at what she had just done.

"W-What?" Jackal whispered, falling down to the ground. He couldn't believe he didn't notice her move before this. He looked over to his lifeless partner, tears collecting in his eyes. "I-I'm sorry Mard Geer… I couldn't get our… revenge." He closed his eyes, never to open them again.

The group of four was silent, except for Lucy who had dropped the gun and began to cry hysterically.

"I-I didn't mean to!" She stated hands covering her mouth, the sobs shaking her entire body.

Natsu looked up at his wife, guilt consumed him that she was hurt, but she was alive.

He couldn't be happier about that.

He felt arms around his body helping him stand up. He looked up, seeing it was his brother.

"Thanks Zeref-nii." As soon as they were stable, Natsu limped over to his wife who had her face in her hands, unable to stop them.

He wrapped his arms around her, bringing her as close of her pregnant stomach would allow.

"Shh Lucy… it's all over." He rubbed up and down her back, hoping to comfort her at least a bit.

"I-I k-killed-"

"I know, but Luce if you didn't… he would've killed me." Natsu winced as he felt the pain of the stab wound in his stomach resurface. "You saved me."

Even though Lucy knew it was true, she couldn't get over the fact she had taken someone's life away even if he had killed dozens of others.

Natsu's grip began to loosen on Lucy as he felt his consciousness start to fade away. This didn't go unnoticed by Lucy.

"Natsu?!"

He didn't answer, he only fell to the ground. Lucy got on her knees, putting her husband's head in her lap. "Natsu?!"

"I'm sorry… Lucy…" He said, voice weakening at every word. He looked over at his brother, who was hugging a crying Mavis. "If… I die Zeref-nii… promise me you'll take care of Lucy and our son."

"Natsu!" Zeref shouted, running over to him crouching down to observe him. "No, no you're not gonna die. Your not gonna die- I won't let you die." He gave a knowing look to Mavis who was already dialing 911 on her cell phone.

Natsu smiled, even though the pain he felt was excruciating. His now gray eyes went from his brother to his wife. "Hey, Luce. Remember… I will always love you and… our son." He pressed his lips on her stomach before his world went black.

"NATSU!"

Natsu groaned, his eyes opening up slightly. He seen that he was in a hospital room, the machines beeping was the only sound in the room.

"Natsu?" He winced at the pain at the stiffness in his neck as he twisted his neck seeing Zeref sitting next to him with Mavis next to him. Natsu's eyes instantly widened.

"Zeref-nii? Mavis? Where's Lucy?" He started to get up, ignoring the IV in his arm. Zeref abruptly stood up and pushed him back on the bed.

"Lucy's fine. The doctors are treating her wounds too. She began to have contractions, which just turned out to be Braxton Hicks. The baby is perfectly fine as well."

"Thank god…" Natsu relaxed a bit into his pillow. "When can I see her?

"Right now if you'd like." The doctor said walking into the room. "But, because of all the stress she's endured the past few days she'll have to be on bedrest for the rest of her pregnancy."

"Thats fine." Natsu said relieved that his wife and child were okay.

"You'll be fine too. Just need to take a few weeks off work until we can remove the stitches from your stomach."

Natsu grimaced. "But-"

"Thats fine as well, thank you doctor." Zeref interrupted before Natsu could say anything.

"Very good, I'll wheel your wife in now." He stated before he walked out of the room. Natsu glared at his brother.

"What the hell Zeref-nii?! I don't want to take work off!"

Zeref narrowed his eyes. "Lucy will need you more than ever now Natsu. You need to be there for her as much as you can. A few weeks off won't kill you."

Natsu sighed in defeat. "Yeah, you're right." The door being opened distracted the two from their conversation. In was Lucy, who was smiling at the trio from her hospital bed which was placed directly next to Natsu's.

Natsu smiled at his wife, relieved she was okay. "Hey Luce."

Lucy grinned back at him. "Feeling better?"

Natsu reached for her hand, intertwining their fingers. "I'm better now."

"Okay I can tell it's about to get PG-13 in here so we're just going to see ourselves out." Zeref stated before standing up, his arm around Mavis's waist.

Natsu smirked. "I can tell it's going to be PG-13 wherever you two are headed too. Use protection!"

Natsu chuckled as both of their faces reddened, receiving a glare from his older brother before walking out of the room leaving Natsu and Lucy alone.

The two stayed in a comfortable silence, just holding each others hands.

Natsu looked at his wife who was all bandaged up, her brown eyes slowly returning back to normal instead of the muddy brown she had earlier. Natsu gripped her hand tighter before speaking.

"I… I was so scared." Lucy looked over to her husband who had tears in his eyes. "I was so scared you were dead, that I would never see you again." The tears fell freely down his cheeks now. "Whenever I seen you in that chair-"

"Shh…" Lucy cooed him, rubbing her thumb on the back of his hand. "It'll be okay… we're okay."

Natsu smiled, tears diminishing as he knew Lucy meant that her and their child were okay. "I don't know what I would do without you two."

Lucy giggled. "We'd be lost without you too, Natsu." Her own smile vanished, lips turning down into a frown letting some tears slip from her eyes. "W-When you were in my lap… I thought… I thought-" Lucy couldn't finish as she started choking on her own sobs. Natsu decided that their jointed hands didn't provide enough comfort so he decided to get up, using his IV stand to help balance himself as he made his way to his wife's bedside, slipping into the spot she'd opened up to him.

He laid next to her, allowing her to lay her head on his chest; tears soaking his hospital gown. "Shh Lucy… remember what you told me?" He smiled as he buried his face in her hair, gently kissing the crown of her head.

"We'll be okay."

He felt as his wife nodded against his chest, sobs dying down. The two laid like that for minutes, hours. They didn't care. They were together again, alive and happy. Before Natsu knew it, he heard Lucy's soft snores indicating she had fallen asleep. He chuckled as he ran a hand through her golden locks. He kissed her temple before closing his own eyes.

He couldn't help but think back to Mard Geer and Jackal, how they wanted revenge so bad it cost them their lives. How it had almost tore him and his new family apart… Was their revenge worth it?

Natsu shook his head before a deep sleep took over.

No amount of revenge is worth it.