Chapter 1
"Keep going, the vent should be after the next left"
The voice came through a headset, which was currently in Lucy Heartfilia's ear. Crawling forward, Lucy whispered back.
"Roger"
Lucy was currently in a dark, and hot air vent. The voice of her best friend, and teammate, Levy McGarden sounding in her ear, guiding her to the correct grate. Lucy, clad in a black skintight cat suit, grimaced at all the dust and grime she was getting herself covered in. Continuing onward, Lucy crawled around the next corner, and found herself in front of a grate. Looking through the slits, she caught the sight of a group of men. From a quick assessment, Lucy saw six on the left, and four on the right. The group on the left carried a briefcase, and she saw that they carried guns openly on the side.
"Found them" Lucy whispered. "There's 10 total, looks like they are in the middle of the deal right now".
"Okay, wait for backup, I'm sending in Gajeel, wait for my signal" Lucy heard through her comm headset. Glancing down, she saw money being exchanged between the two groups.
"It's too late, the deal is almost done, I'm going in" the blonde whispered. She pulled a pen out from her pocket, and set it against the hinge of the grate.
"No! Lucy hold on! Gajeel is on his way, don't you dare!" She heard Levy yell. Smirking, she pressed down the top of the pen, causing a small explosion.
"Too late" Lucy said, and kicked open the grate, and jumped out, landing on the ground below, hands touching the ground, and one leg extended. Raising her head, Lucy smirked when she saw the astonished looks on the men's faces.
"So, which one of you are Phantom Lord" Lucy purred, standing up. The men didn't answer, but instead yelled and ran towards her, pulling out their guns. Instantly, Lucy ducked and rolled forward, underneath the legs of the running men, and pulled a Bo staff from her back. From behind, she knocked the legs out from underneath the nearest man, and while he was falling, jumped off of his face to knock the guns out of the hands of another. She whirled around, using her staff to knock two other men in the gut, throwing them backwards onto the ground. She heard a shot from behind her, and she dove to the ground, rolled, and hopped back on her feet, running to a nearby pillar. She threw herself behind it, and pulled out her own gun.
"Lucy what the hell! I told you to wait!" She heard from her ear. Choosing not to respond, Lucy peeked her head out from behind the pillar, finding six men left, all approaching with their weapons drawn. The four men she had hit with her staff earlier, were all laying on the ground groaning. Pulling her head back, she cocked her gun, and threw herself out into the open, firing rapidly in the spots she had seen the six men. Before they could even get a shot off, Lucy had hit every single in right in the middle of their forehead. As she watched them all fall to the ground, she smiled, and put the gun back into the holster on her thigh.
"It's all good Lev, I took them all out, with Gajeel's new electrification bullets of course" Lucy said finally, walking over the unconscious men, and nudging them with her foot. "Better call in the other agents to get these guys cuffed and out of here" She said, turning to walk over to where the briefcase lay forgotten on the ground.
"Seriously, Lucy, you could have gotten seriously hurt, and you already got yelled at by Makarov once already!" Levy said, and Lucy could imagine her sitting in front of her multiple screens, fuming.
"Whatever, I was fine, and the flute is too" Lucy said, while she crouched, opening up the briefcase to find a flute, with a skull on the end, nestled safely inside of the case.
"Plus we have six members of Phantom Lord, I think this mission went pretty well if you ask me" Lucy went on, gathering up the suitcase.
"Whatever, just wait for reinforcements to help arrest the Phantom members, and the buyers" Levy sighed.
While waiting, Lucy dragged all the men over, and tied them up with a cord she had in her backpack, just in case they did wake up. Another successful mission, Lucy thought. She had be assigned to the case a few hours earlier, when an ancient artifact, called the Lullaby Flute, was stolen by thugs from Phantom Lord, an underground ring of criminals, who, for money, would "acquire" certain rare items. They also were involved in many drug deals, and basically caused a nuisance to Fiore, and the countries that surrounded. Fairy Tail, the spy agency Lucy worked for, was the primary spy agency in Fiore. Under the supervision of the king, they were set to spy on the various criminal groups that operated in Fiore, and to try to prevent total destruction.
A second later, Lucy heard a stampede of feet coming her way. Standing up, she saw a mob of men and women, all wearing SWAT gear run in. The leader walked forward.
"We've got this from here, you can head back to headquarters and debrief" The man said. Lucy nodded, and turned to leave.
By the time Lucy entered the big conference room, she knew she was going to get an earful. Sitting and waiting for her were Levy, who was silently fuming, Gajeel, Mirajane, who was the assistant to the Director of Fairy Tail, and lastly, Makarov. Makarov was a small, old man, who looked unassuming, but had a long and successful career as a spy in Fairy Tail. Mirajane, his assistant, sat sweetly next to him, her long silver hair pulled into a braid that was draped over her shoulder. Levy, with her blue hair tied back with a headband, shot Lucy a furious expression, before turning to see what Makarov had to say. Gajeel, on the other hand, didn't even look up from his phone, and just grunted when she sat down.
"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's get started", Makarov said, taking a stack of papers from Mirajane. Lucy bit her lip, preparing for what was coming.
"While the mission was a success, Lucy, this is the twelfth time this has happened!" Makarov sighed, running his hand through his hair.
"I had it handled" Lucy huffed, crossing her legs and leaning back. Makarov sighed, setting the papers down, and shared a look with Mirajane.
"What?" Lucy demanded. Makarov looks at Lucy, as if debating something.
"Mirajane and I have been talking, and we think the best course of action is to assign you to a partner for future missions" Makarov stated. Lucy leapt to her feet.
"No way, Makarov you know I work better alone!" She blurted, slamming her hands on the table. Makarov glared at her.
"Lucy, what you have been doing is dangerous, and I am not losing another one of my children, this decision is final" He said firmly. Lucy huffed, and plopped back into her seat saying, "Who's my partner then? You better give me somebody who knows their stuff". At this, Makarov's face burst into a grin.
"Oh no" The blonde moaned, and Makarov began to laugh.
"Oh yes, you are going to be partners with your old friend, Natsu Dragneel".
Hey guys! My name is sonchia! This is my first story ever, so enjoy, and don't be scared to say hi!
