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Gray, Lucy and Co: Warm and Wet Affair	By : GraySmirks Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 11324 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 9: Back into the hole
Chapter summary: After a brief pause the guys go back for more action.

The day off allowed the group to better familiarize and adapt to the environment. They could find food, eat, rest and prepare for the cenote expedition. Alzack could recover, his leg cut started to close and his face improved.
The day after they woke up early, ate something for breakfast and got ready for the expedition to the cenote. During the last day, Gray and the others had prepared torches to light up the underground passage to the cenote. They also improvised a wooden lance and packed fruit and seeds for the journey.
The mission should be pretty straight forward: a few days ago, Lucy, Gray and Alzack had done the same journey soaked and in the dark, just after falling into the dark waters. Now they knew the path, had the invaluable experience of Levy, torches and well, Natsu was around.
The group started the journey to the cenote, they day was bright and the lush jungle colors saturated their vision. In about two hours they arrived to the cenote entrance. Quite a good time accounting for Alzack’s slow pace. At the entrance, Levy lighted the first of the DIY torches they had been preparing the previous day. The underground way to the cenote was clear to Levy, the others followed her. Thanks to the light of the torch, Lucy then could see the horror of the gazillion small animals dwelling the cave.
Levy: Just don’t touch them and they won’t bite you - said Levy, trying to ease Lucy’s walk.
Lucy: But they jump onto me!
Gray: We will never be hungry again here in the jungle with so many insects for smart lunches! - added Gray joking.
Levy: Actually many of these insects are venomous, you gotta be careful with insect meals!
G: Weren’t you Lucy so interested in healthy smart meals and protein production efficiency? I doubt these insects generate any methane or consume much water!
Natsu: You guys eat insects in the future? That’s grosser than these savages’ food!
Lucy: Oh… just shut up Natsu, forever.

The small talk eased the underground passage and soon they arrived to the sinkhole. It was midday and the sunrays fell straight down the cenote, illuminating the transparent water right below the open ceiling while the shadowy corners of the cavity remained dark.
N: So where’s the dark orb? And the time travelling musician?
Levy: The orb is underwater, or at least it was when I witnessed the ritual many years ago. A brave warrior dived deep into the water and recovered the sphere. Then the device activated and sometimes it dragged a god to the cenote, who appeared magically. In that case my people would try to convince the god and arrange a deal of some kind. After the appearance, the sphere was returned to the depths of the cenote and its magic quenched in these sacred waters.
N: So who’s gonna get wet?
Lucy: Probably you!
N: I can’t swim, and water isn’t good for the body!
Levy: The waters are many men lengths deep, and I’m not sure the orb will be easily spotted. The warriors who could swim down these waters were the best of the city, for that reason they were very well considered and trusted by the emperor.
Lucy: Weren’t you Gray into water sports? You did snorkel and stuff right?
G: Yes I do. If no one volunteers to jump I guess I’ll have to do it myself. From where did the warrior jump to go get the orb?
Levy: From that rocky shore over there. This cenote is very deep, but the bottom isn’t flat, instead there should be a zone where the orb could be kept inactive underwater and be possible by a fit man to recover it after. I remember that after the ritual, the orb was dropped again in the water from that rock balcony I told you. The retriever man was submersed a long time, like many long respirations, but after two attempts, he found it.
Gray quickly went to the rock balcony Levy indicated, and the others followed him.
G: Sounds like a major challenge…
Lucy: And the water is so blue and dark despite of the sun. I wouldn’t want to fall in here again, not even with today’s sunlight… really.
A: Shh Lucy! Gray’s already convinced, don’t pull him back!
G: Let’s be realistic… It is cave water, and I can’t see any current. No dangerous fish or creature lives here, and if I can’t reach the bottom, I only have to surface and catch air again… I definitely can give it a try.
Lucy: You can do it Gray! I’ve friends who visited Mexico and swam in cenotes, and you are a way better swimmer than they are!
Gray stripped his shirt and then his shoes, socks and trousers, only leaving on his underwear. Levy took extra time to look at Gray’s body; she had been a long time alone and welcomed the view. Lucy had seen Gray naked several times, so for her, it wasn’t that much of a surprise. Gray then got close to the shore and examined the water and searched where to dive and swim. Like the ancient people, he didn’t have swimming googles so his sight underwater would be quite bad at best. That means that if the orb didn’t move or got covered with sediments, it should be easy enough to find. Gray noticed the floor below the natural rock balcony, it was clear and reasonably flat. A good place to keep a dark object visible. Then he jumped into the water to see below the natural balcony. There the clear floor continued several extra meters before turning dark. In a corner there was what could be the so desired object, probably 15-20 meters deep. Gray slowed and deepened his respiration, preparing his body for the dive. A minute after he swam down. Swimming so deep without fins wasn’t quick or fast, but Gray managed to touch the floor. Underwater he opened the eyes just to see blurry. Human eyes are not meant to see directly through water. Nevertheless, he looked around and swam searching for what could be the dark orb. He soon spotted a dark sphere next to the rock wall. Without trying to get close to it, he used the floor to impulse himself upwards and swam back to the surface. After more than a minute without seeing Gray, the others were glad Gray was back.
Lucy: Are you OK?
G (still catching his breath): Yeah, I’m fine!
Levy: Did you reach the bottom?
G: Yeah, below here it’s attainable. Although I couldn’t see well, I saw something that could be the orb!
A: Great Gray!
Lucy: Levy says it should be this big, like a basketball.
G: Ok, let me relax and prepare and I’ll try getting it.
Lucy: Sure, no problem, and be careful down there!
G: Indeed!
On the surface, Gray situated above the object he spotted, and floated flat on his back for a couple of minutes, getting ready for the next apnea. Then he turned, filled his lungs as much as he could and submersed again. He swam smooth and slowly in the clear waters, disappearing from the sight of his mates. About a minute after, Gray suddenly came back breaking the stillness of the water, in his hands a dark spherical object.
Lucy: Good! Are you ok Gray?
A: Whoa, impressive!
G (still gasping for air): Yeah, I am. Just help me with the ball, it’s heavy!
The object lied on the floor below the rock balcony, so it was likely vertically thrown from there, but the balcony was elevated from the water, so it wasn’t accessible from it. Gray swam to the nearby shore and the others run there to help him.
N: Damn, it’s quite heavy! It’s impressive you had the balls to go down there and swim it back to the shore; I didn’t think you’d made it.
A: Very good Gray, this is indeed very weird.
G (almost recovered): Let me see it.
Lucy to Levy: Is how you remember it?
Levy: Actually I only saw it from afar. Now we only have to wait I guess.
A: It’s me or this thing is getting hot?
Lucy to Gray: Do you think it may be radioactive?
G: It wouldn’t surprise me, but as long as this thing can get us to the lab alive it’s fine for me.
Lucy: Do you think it’s a techy device from the future?
G: I’m sure of it and I hope it still works.
A: Guys… this is making some kind of noise and getting even hotter, is it going to explode, Levy?
Levy: I think this is normal, it’s loading and increasing in power to attract a god passing by.
Natsu touched the sphere again, which now started making a continuous noise, louder each moment.
N: Ahh! It’s burning!
A: Fuck, this is getting atomic hot. Should we step back?
G: No, let’s wait to see what happens.

The dark orb, started to glow dark red and to emit heat, so much, the water in the humid soil started to boil. Indigo sparks appeared and a dense fog condensed around the object while a blunt noise hurt their ears and resonated in the enormous cavity. Their ears went deaf and between sparks, flashes and a freezing vapor, an object materialized above them. Gray was the first one to notice the most imminent danger of it and grabbed the others to run away before the object fell spectacularly on the floor.
A screamed: What the fuck?!
Lucy: Hoooly Moooolly!

/Continues in the next chapter!/
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