The Fiore System
Agent 24
The Mission
Natsu sat up in his bunk, his forehead connecting with the bottom of the bunk above him with a sickening crack. The pink haired Pyro hissed in pain before a chuckle eased him back into reality.
"Finally! Ash for brains is awake." a black haired boy grinned. Despite the frosty March temperatures, he was shirtless and showed no signs of being the mildest bit chilly. Natsu snorted slightly and stumbled from his 'nest', barely managing a step before he faceplanted onto the cold floor.
"Pinky over there doesn't look to good." another black haired guy grunted. This one had piercings for eyebrows and seemed to be wearing a skirt.
"He'll be fine. Just give him five minutes." Gray, the shirtless boy, replied snarkily and pulled out his phone and a blue marker pen.
"In the meantime, why don't we grab a few bargaining chips?"
Ten minutes later, Piercings boy, whose name happened to be Gajeel, and Gray were sitting against a wall, laughing their heads off. Gray swiped through the pictures of Natsu until he came upon one that sent his body spazming with laughter. Natsu was curled up in a ball, sucking his thumb like a baby. The quiet knock on the door went unnoticed as Gajeel roared with laughter at the picture. Natsu was suddenly standing up, brows furrowed.
"What's so funny, Ice Princess?" he growled and wiped the back of his hand over his face that was itching ever so slightly. Gray and Gajeel looked up at the boy then exchanged a glance that sent a fresh wave of giggles over the two boys. There was blue ink all over Natsu's face. A pair of round glasses, a hitler mustache, a goatee and a monobrow were just some of the things the boys had drawn.
A louder knock and a squeaky voice cut through the sounds like a knife.
"Umm, Natsu, Gray, Gajeel?" it called. Gray stretched and wandered towards the door. He opened it to reveal a blue haired girl, no older than twelve, staring at her toes. She lifted her eyes slightly and gave a shy smile.
"Hi Gray. Can you tell Natsu and Gajeel that Master Makarov wants you in his office soon. It must be important 'cause Erza is there too." she mumbled. Gray paled visibly at the mention of Erza.
"Yeah" Gray replied and turned away, back into the room of chaos and teenage boys.
It was another hour until the security cameras found Natsu, Gray and Gajeel racing towards Master Makarov's office. They were throwing insults at each other as if it was the end of the world.
"Pyro! It's your fault! You went back to sleep when you should've been washing the marker your face!" Gray roared, fighting the urge to leap at the pinkette and smash his face in. Natsu pulled his lips back in a sneer. "Well, you could have kept your clothes on for more than five minutes!" Gajeel rolled his eyes and stopped just before the door that lead to master Makarov's office, causing the two others to smash into his back.
"What the hell, Gajeel!" Gray scowled. The heavily pierced boy turned around. "Titania is in there, Stripper." Gray's mouth made an O shape and he nodded. Natsu huffed sulkily and pushed the door open. Two arms grabbed hold of the teens and they were dragged inside.
"Where have you been? I was waiting here for hours. Do you think this is just a drill? No! We have a state of national emergency on our hands and you three are immature enough to waste time on practical jokes? Who do you think we are?!" A redheaded woman screamed. All three boys winced at the volume. This wasn't just any redheaded woman, this was the Erza 'Titania' Scarlet. Everyone knew the story of her leading a revolt aged just eleven before behing picked up by Makarov. No one got on her bad side.
"Erza, please don't kill the boys just yet." A croaky voice came from the high backed leather chair. Erza nodded and stepped back. A small old man jumped up onto the desk and grinned. "Now brats, Erza is correct, We are in the middle of a national emergency right now. Last night, the Fiore air force called in and reported something missing: a nuclear missile."