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"Italian"

"Egyptian Arabic"

"Gajeel!" Cana screamed, watching the large lightning user throw her friend over his shoulder. She heard Levy's as well, and saw the woman jump onto her spirit animal who was already headed towards him. Cana's own feet began moving forward just as the man threw out his arm, shocking all of them with lightning. Before most of it could hit her, she hid herself in the shadows; however, the force of the man's lightning still sent her tumbling out of them and rolling across the ground. Damn, that hurts. Her head was spinning, and her skin was still stinging from the shock she'd been hit with.

Remembering Gajeel, she forced herself to her feet, intent on going after him. But, when she stood, they were already gone. Not one of Etherios's followers—besides those who had been immobilized—remained in her front yard. She couldn't even see them in the distance. All of them were just gone.

And so was Gajeel.

"Levy!" Cana's eyes moved in the direction Wendy's voice had come from. She was sitting on her knees on the ground beside an unconscious Levy. The woman's blue hair was singed, and her entire right side was pretty badly burned.

"Go get your mom and Rasha," Cana told he girl, kneeling down beside her next to Levy.

She nodded, running into the house. Everyone else was beginning to stir then, and Cana let out a breath of relief. They hadn't lost anyone. For a while there, she had been afraid they might. The group that had attacked them was strong, way stronger than she had ever imagined they would be. One thing was for sure, it had been one hell of a wake-up call.

"What the hell happened?" Jellal gaped as he and Erza ran towards them. Erza's sword was drawn, and Jellal held his gun at the ready, which almost made Cana laugh. If they had been there—

"You son of a bitch!" Natsu's fist met Jellal's face before any of them could react. "If you had been here, they wouldn't have gotten Gajeel! And Levy wouldn't be so badly injured! Where the hell have you been?!"

"Natsu, calm d—" Before he could finish, Natsu punched him again. He seemed like he was going to a third time, but Erza clamped her hand down on his shoulder, fixing him with a hard look.

Natsu took several deep breaths, but Cana could still feel the fury practically radiating from him. She could understand his anger. None of them were trained to fight. Sure, she'd had training with her father and brothers, and they had been working on training for a little over a week, but none of that had ever been real. Their lives had never actually been on the line. And the two people who were trained, who could have helped them more than anyone else, had been gone for the entire battle. And now Levy was seriously injured, and Gajeel had been taken.

"Tell us what happened," Jellal said. "What about Gajeel being taken?"

"A group of Etherios's followers attacked us. They dropped out of the sky from nowhere, and then kicked the hell out of all of us. Levy is down for at least a couple of weeks with her injuries, and Gajeel was taken by Etherios's followers when they left. Right before you two showed up."

"They've been scanin' the area," Erza said, frowning. "They attacked as soon as Jellal and I were out o' earshot, an' then they retreated as soon as we made our way back. This was planned."

"Then they must have known Lily was gone, too," Cana spoke up.

Jellal nodded. "They've been watching us from somewhere nearby. Whoever is doing it is good, too. Erza and I patrol every day, and we haven't sensed anyone."

"Damn it," Natsu fumed, pacing around the yard. "What are we going to do about Gajeel? It's not like we're in any shape to go after them. And even if we were, how the hell are we supposed to know where they even took him?"

"Lily should be returning this evening," Erza sighed, "so we'll plan our next course o' action then. Until he arrives, we need ta get everyone patched up."

As if on cue, Wendy, her mother, and Levy's mother came running from the house then. The women both went straight to work on Levy, while Wendy carried around a first aid kit to check on the rest of their friends.

Juvia had cuts on her face and arms, so Wendy tended to those first. Natsu was next, needing a bit more bandaging than Juvia with gashes on his stomach, sides, and back. She wrapped his right hand completely in bandages too, hugging him tightly when she finished. Cana's brothers were also looked over, but their injuries didn't look too serious—much to Cana's relief.

Cana smiled as the girl walked over to her. "I'm fine," she tried to reassure her, but she insisted on checking her wounds anyways. Her left foot needed wrapped, since the top of it had been sliced open; she needed bandages on her right shoulder and arm, and more around her head where it had been busted from rolling across the ground. When Wendy felt her ribs and she cursed under her breath, the girl excused herself to go get her mother who was just finishing up with Levy.

"Bruised," Grandine said, feeling Cana's tender ribs with her fingers. "You'll need to take it easy for a while, and it's going to hurt as they heal. Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do for them, other than wrap them for you, while they heal."

"That's fine," Cana said, offering her a smile, "thank you."

"Cana!" Her father practically tackled her as he ran from the house, followed by everyone else's parents. "Are you alright? When it got silent, and Wendy came and got Grandine, we were all worried. I couldn't wait any longer, so I came to see if you were alright."

"I'm fine, dad," Cana chuckled, hugging her father back and trying not to show him how she winced as he hugged her. "Everyone is going to be just fine."

"Wendy said Levy was injured," her mother said, joining her father in squeezing her too tightly.

"She'll be alright, too. Grandine bandaged her up and gave her some pain medicine, so she's sleeping. Jellal is moving her to a bed now so she can rest."

Both of her parents sighed in relief. "And your brothers?" Her mother asked, releasing her to look around for them. The boys were already bounding over to them, hugging their mother tightly as she pulled them into her arms.

"You're never allowed to do that again," her father said, frowning. "You could have been seriously hurt. Someone could have—"

"I know, Papa," she sighed, "but we have to. They took Gajeel."

He cursed, pulling her back into a hug. "Then I'll be fighting with you next time. Your mother and the rest of the parents without powers will be fine here while we go to get Gajeel."

"But you need to—"

"We won't need protecting," her mother smiled, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Etherios has already moved passed trying to harm us, especially now that he has Gajeel. Besides, do you really think Gildarts will stay here while you go into battle again?"

I sighed. "Alright. But we have to talk it over with Lily first."

"As soon as he gets back," he agreed, smiling and kissing her forehead under the bandages.

"Let's all head inside for now," Jellal announced to the group. "Everyone needs to rest while we await Lily's return."

As soon as they were all inside, the shouting began, starting with Levy's father.

"How did this happen?" He shot at Jellal, fury burning in his eyes. "Lily assured us we would be safe here—that our children would be safe here! How did they find us so quickly?!"

"We believe they have someone watching us," Jellal answered, calmly. This seemed to only make the old veteran angrier, because he got to his feet—foot—and started towards Jellal. When Rasha put a gentle hand on her husband's shoulder, he seemed to calm slightly, but still glared at Jellal.

"Why haven't you sensed them on those patrols you two go on every day?" Metalicana snapped. "What the hell are they for if you can't even sense one spy?!"

"Wait," Natsu said, getting to his feet. "Lily is out of town meeting with an informant, right?"

Erza nodded. "Aye."

"And you two go on patrol at the same time every day," Natsu continued, to which Erza nodded once again in agreement. "So, what if there isn't someone in the city watching us."

"What do ya mean?" Regin asked.

"What if the informant is a spy, but not for us, for Etherios. He would know from reporting to Lily that you two go out at the same time to patrol, and he would also be able to ensure that Lily would be away from us for a few days."

"Khara," Jellal cursed under his breath, leaving the room as he pulled out his cellphone.

"What will be our next move?" Juvia asked, coming to stand beside Cana. She hated the fact that she had gotten so hurt during the battle. She had started off fighting alongside the pain manipulator, but they had gotten separated in the battle. And then she got hurt like that. Cana sighed, and she felt Juvia squeeze her hand reassuringly.

"We'll wait for Lily," Erza told them. "Rest until we hear back from him. I'm sure Jellal is talkin' to him now. Even if our informant was a spy for Etherios, Lily can handle himself. He isn't our leader for nothin'."

Nodding, everyone slowly began making their way to different parts of the house. Juvia's parent, along with her own, went to the kitchen to start making brunch, since they had all missed breakfast thanks to the attack. Levy's parents rushed upstairs to where Cana was sure Jellal had placed her in one of the beds, and Gajeel's parents with them. Lucy and Natsu's families went into the kitchen to offer help to the others as well.

With a heavy sigh, Cana sat on the sofa. "This was one hell of a disaster," she grumbled.

"Juvia doesn't know what you said, but she's sure everything will be alright." Juvia sat beside her, placing her hand over hers on her knee and smiling.

"I was just saying what a disaster all of this was," she chuckled, turning her hand over to lace her fingers with that of Juvia's. "But I'm glad you're alright."

Juvia blushed, her blue eyes bright as they met Cana's. "Juvia is glad you're alright as well."

"When this is all over, I'm going to kiss you right on the mouth," Cana smiled before kissing Juvia's hand. "I've got to have something to look forward to at the end of this."

"What did Cana say?" Juvia asked, curiously, her blush darkening from Cana's kiss on the hand.

"Not yet," she grinned, getting to her feet. "How about seeing if Mama and Papa need help in the kitchen?"

Juvia nodded, and with a smile, followed her.

{Translation: KHARA=Shit. (Jellal's cursin!) I used the Egyptian Arabic dialect translation that I could find for this, so if it is incorrect PLEASE let me know so I can correct it! Thank you! <3

THE JUVAAANAAA!! WIFEY DID SO GOOOOOD!!}