User blog comment:GotMilk5101520/How will the Tartarus Arc Part 4 will end?/@comment-5872903-20140709074853/@comment-7418318-20140709093213

There are no open gates. Lucy has to use her power to open the gates, not to hold them closed. If she is without power, those gates are closed and will remain closed, unless the Spirit in question can open it on it's own.