Chapter 4

I see five guys surrounding the ten hostages and at least fifteen others standing guard by every entrance to the center of the mall. Every one of them have what looks like an automatic machine gun. The five standing around the hostages also have guns. Whoever the mastermind behind this sure has to have a lot of money to be able to pay all of them. I start to think that this won't be the last time I have to go up against whatever this organization calls itself.

There are five different ways to get to where the hostages are being held so that means three guys at each entrance. Why aren't there any people making sure nobody comes from above, like me though? It almost seems like they're expecting someone to come from above. Dismissing that thought I roll my sniper over my shoulder and carefully walk over to another chair making sure I haven't been spotted. Then, I put my face up to the scope and look through it. I have the perfect view of an entrance with three guys and I aim at the one standing on the left. I have the shot lined up at the center of his back and I squeeze the trigger.

A loud gunshot echoes through the mall and every person dressed in black takes a defensive stance trying to find where the shot came from. After I shot I retreated back behind the chair to hide, but then after a few seconds I poke my head out just enough to see that the man I shot at is down. That means fourteen more to go. I smile to myself knowing that my aim was perfect. But, that smile quickly vanishes and I get serious again.

I aim once again at the person who was standing on the right and fire. I see him go down then the glass shatters about four feet to my right.

"He's on the second floor! Behind that chair!" I hear one of them shout.

Shit. They spotted me. As I wait for some of them to start running up the stairs to get me I realize they haven't moved from their spots down below. Why aren't they coming up here? They know exactly where I am. I have only taken down two people so they should have plenty of people to spare. I try to come up with reasons why they aren't attacking me, but I can't think of anything. So, I poke my head out again and see that not even one of them is pointing their guns at me. That's weird though, because one of them just shot the glass right by me.

"Hey! We have your pink friend down here so just come out! We aren't going to shoot you." One of them says to me.

Pink friend? That stupid Natsu! I told him not to get in my way and he goes and gets captured! What an idiot! I can't really do anything since they have Natsu so I stand up and expose myself.

"I told you not to get in my way!" I shout as I glare at Natsu.

"Sorry," he says giggling a little. How can he giggle in this situation?

"Yeah it was pretty easy catching him too. He basically just walked right up to us! Haha!" One of the two men holding Natsu laughs.

"What?" I send an even darker glare at him.

"I thought he was after a guy! Turns out you're a woman! Doesn't matter to me though. Why don't you just come on down here and hand yourself over?"

I do as I'm told seeing no other choice. But, what did he mean by what he just said? Someone's after me? How'd they even know I'd be here? With thoughts racing through my head I make my way over to the stairs and once I reach the bottom two men come up and strip away my sniper and take my pistol out of its holster. Then, they each grab an arm and pin them behind my back.

"So? You have us, now what?" I say with no emotion.

"Now, we wait for the man in charge."

"And who is he?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Almost just after he said that a man comes walking towards us from behind the one that was just talking to me. I can see that he's wearing a black suit and as he gets closer and closer I start to make out his face. Then, my blood runs cold and I stiffen. My eyes go wide but then I quickly narrow them and I grit my teeth.

"You!" I struggle against the men that are pinning my arms back. "Let me go!" My mind is overcome with anger and fear. It's him! He's the man from my childhood nightmare! The one who I watched kill my parents and sister! The one who gave me the scare on my right arm! He walks closer and closer to me which only causes me to feel more anger and fear.

He stands right in front of me and smiles. His smile is even worse than I remember. Then he shoos away the man pinning my right arm behind my back. Once he lets go the man from my childhood roughly grabs my wrist and pulls it towards him. I grit my teeth even harder. He sees the scar and laughs an awful laugh.

"Miss Lucy Heartfilia! It's so nice to see you again! Do you know how long it took me to track you down? I don't know how you got away from me before but I won't let it happen again. This time I'll give you more than just one little scar."

"What you call one little scar I call murdering my whole family!"

"Ah, well, let's not dwell in the past. I see you have a team you're working with now. I have been keeping tabs on you but you were always alone. It's surprising really how you are actually working with others. Although, he's not very bright handing himself in like that. Perhaps, the one in the car a couple blocks down told him to through his earpiece."

How could he know where we parked? How does he know there's more than the two of us?

"How did you know that?"

"Oh, please. I have been watching you ever since you headed out to save these people. You want to save them right? I don't really care about them since I only want you though."

He turns around and orders the five people standing around the hostages to release them. They do as he says and all ten hostages run towards the exit. Then he turns back to me.