Wendy, do you have enough energy to

Wendy, do you have enough energy to heal him?" He asked, ripping off Gajeel's shirt for better access to the area.

"I...I can try, but what happened?" The girl asked, knowing she didn't have much strength left.

"He was bit by a poisonous snake. It's been in his system for at least twenty minutes." The blonde replied, his ears picking up on a rumbling sound from the debris. Natsu heard it too, his fists erupting in flames.

"I'll try to heal him." The blue haired girl replied, kneeling down and putting her hands over the wound. Pantherlily and Carla watched with concern, spinning around when something shot out of the rubble. A giant red snake emerged, half of it's body being human. The upper half was the man from the third floor.

"You bastard! You're the one who did this to him!" Laxus growled, clenching his fists in anger.

"He looks just like the other guy!" Natsu commented, glaring at the crimson beast.

"Laxus..I...I can't get all of it out. I've used too much energy. I'm sorry..." Wendy said, her eyes watering. Laxus swore and picked Gajeel up again.

"Let's get away from here. Natsu, take care of this." Laxus said. He led Wendy and the two exceed away, laying Gajeel down a good distance away from the fight.

"How can we help him? If we leave the poison won't he die?" Pantherlily asked, feeling worried for his partner.

"We're lucky he hasn't died already. The only way to get the poison out...is to suck it out ourselves." Wendy said with a frown. Laxus grimaced, knowing he didn't have a choice.

"I'll do it." He said, leaning closer to the area. Wendy was surprised by this, as were Carla and Pantherlily.

"Thank you, Laxus. Just don't swallow any of it. When you can't taste it anymore you can stop." She instructed, watching as Laxus sighed and placed his mouth over the wounds before sucking. The bitter taste of poison filled his mouth, making him wince and quickly spit it out. He kept alternating between sucking and spitting, until all he could taste was Gajeel's blood. With one final spit, he deemed the job done, eyes going over the area again which was now a dark purple color. Gajeel did look much better now though.

"Good job Laxus. He should wake up soon." Wendy said with a smile. Just then a disheveled Erza limped over, looking exhausted.