Alzack Side Story (Mainly Because I Totally Forgot About Him)
Alzack POV
It's actually kind of funnily messed up how I found Lucy and Levy. I had taken Jellal and Siegrain about an hour into the desert to teach them how to shoot. They were surprisingly quick learner and I didn't have to direct them much. So we were heading towards their house, because I was planning on crashing over there, and my peripheral vision just picked two abandoned bikes before turning the corner at their house. I felt the hairs of my neck stiffen as we came closer to the house. I wanted to tell them that something was wrong, but I didn't think they'd actually listen. The car stopped in the driveway and it seemed like Jellal and Siegrain didn't notice anything.
"Okay Alzack, the third room upstairs on the left is where you'll be sleeping, the guest room, and the bathroom is the second room on the right. My room is first on the left in the right hallway to the left of here and Jellal's room is the first on the right in the left hallway to the right of here. Go get situated man, we're doing a small paintball three way battle later." Siegrain told me as he walked away. Jellal patted me on the back before heading to where I assumed his room was. As soon as they were both out of sight, I pulled a medium, but workable pistol out of my bag before heading up. The pistol wouldn't make much noise when I shot, though it would alert Jellal and Siegrain. I walked slowly upstairs. My senses kept telling me to turn away from the bathroom. That's obviously the first place that I checked. With the gun cocked, I opened the door swiftly. The gun almost dropped from shock and a hint of fear. A person wearing one of those creepy, plastic masks of another thing's face was sitting on the toilet and looking straight at me.
"What the freaking heck?!" was all I managed to say before a figure shut the door and slammed me into the wall. Before my back hit the wall, I managed to land a solid hit to the gut. I noticed that this one was wearing a pig mask while in close combat. I managed to dodge/block all face hits, but I couldn't say the same for my torso. It was quite obvious that I was not that well experienced in close-quarters combat. In one last ditch effort, I was successfully able to grab the mask off of her. Yes, I figured out it was girl due to my fist *blushes* connecting with something squishy when hit the upper part of her chest.
"L-Lucy?" I stuttered in surprise. She sighed before lowering her ready to strike hands.
Normal POV
"Yeah, you got US." She stated before turning to the figure still sitting on the toilet. "You can take off the mask now, Levy. Thanks for the help by the way, BEST FRIEND."
"Hey," Levy raised her hands in mock surrender after pulling off her creepy mask. "You had it all under control. I didn't really see any need to jump in. Plus, I wasn't even done taking a piss."
"Pfft, yeah right! Unless you're taking a pee in your pants, there's no way FOR you to take one." Lucy slightly glared at the bluenette sticking her tongue out. "Well whatever. Too late anyways. So what's up, Alzack?"
The sharp shooter gave her one of those 'are you freaking kidding me' looks before responding, "Don't 'What's up, Alzack' me. You went off the grid for a year and NOW you suddenly show up plus to top it off, you act it's nothing at all. I'm calling the others and you are going to explain yourselves."
Not a minute after Alzack had fished his phone out of his pocket, Levy, suddenly appearing next to him, kicked the $200 piece of tech into the wall. The impact successfully shattered the phone into different individual pieces.
"W-W-Why'd you do that?! You know how much that thing cost?! I saved up for a year for that thing!" Alzack yelled, showing his obvious nervousness and franticness. He was mad, angry, confused, and, oddly, happy. The male was ecstatic that his friends turned out to be okay, that they were healthy, and most of all, that they were back. After a year of frantic and wild searching, the two girls ended up coming to them. Though his emotions, other than anger, were not clearly shown on his face, Lucy and Levy saw them as clear as day in his black eyes.
"We missed you too, Alzack." Lucy said softly while smiling with Levy. "The reason why Levy kicked your phone-"
"Sorry 'bout that by the way." Levy added shyly, scratching the back of her head in embarrassment.
"-is that NOBODY from the underground can know that we're here." Before Alzack could ask why, Lucy continued after taking breath. "The reason is that it is for the safety of them and us. We can't explicitly explain currently, you need to trust us that what we're doing is for the best. We'll be leaving shortly after this. May we cross paths again, then and only then will we reveal the reason... Right, Levy?"
"Huh?" The bluenette had snuck off to check all the cabinets in the bathroom. "Yeah... Sure."
"What are you even doing?"
"Well, I thought that maybe whoever owns this place might hide food here."
Lucy's eye twitched several times. "Levy... Why would you think the person would hide food here?"
"For... the really big dumps that you can't get off the toilet for. I mean, like seriously, what if you get hungry?" Levy answered unsurely.
"What if you didn't have to leave?" Alzack interrupted the growing bud of a fight. The two turned towards him questionably. "Magnolia is a safe place. There's almost no black market or underground work going on. Plus, since I'm here, I can report to you any big things happening with the gangs. The school I go to now, Fairy Tail High (A/N: It might've been Academy but I don't remember :P), I'm good with the principal and could get you guys. The group I'm with, you'd like them a lot. I can guarantee it. Magnolia is a place where you can lay low for now. Remember why I live here? It's only 5-6 hours away from the gang's current place of residency and it's far enough to try and blend into regular teenage life. Gang life is awesome, but everyone can't handle it forever."
Lucy pulled Levy to the side and started whispering to each other. The blonde kept shaking her head 'no' while the bluenette tried reasoning. After a while, I was relieved to find out that Levy had won their argument.
"Congrats, Alzack! We're staying!" Levy announced proudly, throwing an arm around him. Lucy crossed her arms and sulked while murmuring not-so-nice words. The blondie cheered up after a minute of venting to the wall and gave Alzack a side-hug as a proper hello. The blackette openly accepted her hug and put both his arms over the girls.
Jellal and Seigrain chose that moment to walk into the bathroom through the UNLOCKED door. "Alzack! We heard you... screaming?"
"Dangggggg, Alzack got busy. How'd you even sneak 'em in?" Jellal hit his immature brother over the head.
"H-H-Hey guys. Can you wait outside? I'll be out in a minute or so." Alzack told them nervously. Deciding to give them some space, the twins reluctantly went out. "Okay, so what's going to be our cover story?"
"Ummm... Okay I got it!" Levy exclaimed quietly. She was used to coming up with them for the police and other law enforcement. "We were being chased and went into the nearest house we saw. Say our real names too, they won't know of us. Our aliases were the only names released to the public. Don't say anything about past history, except we were old friends."
With that, Alzack went to go explain the odd happenings to the two waiting twins. Lucy turned to Levy, "What's our backgrounds-slash-personas going to be this time?"
You see, every time they go "undercover", the two are reluctant to share their real personal history and personalities. Due to this, Levy created an almost endless mental list of different histories. They've had to use many in their life in the world of gangs. The two once acted as traveling agents for the circus. Another time they were door-to-door vacuum saleswomen. Though hard to believe, they've gone undercover many times before. "Hmmm, you can either go with preppy, likable, seemingly innocent, naive, and overexcitable cheerleader type high schooler or keep-to-yourself, dark, and intimidating new high school bully that is actually insecure and soft at heart." Lucy gave her an "are-kidding-me" look. "What?"
"Detailed much?" Levy stuck her tongue out in reply.
"Just pick one already."
"Fine... I'll go with the first one. I actually want to have friends this time." Lucy said, making a face at Levy. "What about you, Miss I'll Save The Better Personas For Myself?"
"Uh, I won't be doing anything TOO outstanding. We're still trying to keep on the down low, mind you. Besides, I'm going to be a shy, mostly quiet, sensitive-about-my-height bookworm that is accident-prone." Levy just brushed off Lucy's raised eyebrow. The two didn't know that their cover personalities would soon become a part of them. After a couple of months, it would no longer be an act. They would actually become their personas.
"Our histories?"
"Two best friend runaways that were abused and shared a love of books. We ran away just last year and have been surviving on the little money we scraped together. We've never really been able to avoid trouble." Levy continued explaining. Lucy unzipped the jacket she was wearing.
"What about the bullet LODGED in my shoulder?" Lucy pointedly asked. She had had to put up with the pain fighting Alzack. The bluenette sighed dramatically.
"Why do you think I said we were chased in here? One of the dumb jerks had a gun and shot you in the shoulder and me in the side." Levy was excellent at hiding the pain from the wound near her stomach. "Now let's get out there before they get suspicious."
~With Alzack~
"Can you guys NOT mention this to Bisca? You know, just as a little secret between us?" Alzack asked before either of the twins could speak.
"Sure... But we'd very much like to know why Short Stacks and Little Red Riding Hoodie (Lucy was wearing a dirty pink hoodie that looked a lightish red) are in our bathroom." Seigrain agreed reluctantly. Alzack laughed nervously.
"Hehe, well you see... They were being chased by a couple of beeeeps that wanted to beeep them." Yes, Alzack had really said "beep" and drug out the 'e'.
"And they are..."
"Oh yeah! They were my friends in the town I used to live in before I moved here. I haven't seen for 3-4 years (Alzack had moved there in the middle of eighth grade year and added two years to their time of being gone to make it be more believable). We were so excited to see each other that we had a group hug. That screaming you heard was from them being mad at me for moving away." Alzack wasn't just quick with guns, he was also quick on his feet… most of the time. Seigrain and Jellal seemed to be buying it.
"What are the girls' names anyways?" Jellal asked curiously. *The blonde one's kind of cute, but not as cute as Erza when she eats her cheesecake. AAHHH! STOP IT BRAIN! Don't think about Erza right now!*
"Blonde one's Lucy and the "fun-sized" one is Levy. If I were you, I would avoid words referring to her small stature." Alzack warned.
"Who has a small stature?" Levy asked with an edge to her voice. She and Lucy had come out right as he said the last two words. Alzack got visibly more nervous.
"Uhhh, my fish?" He just got confused and "that was the best you can come up with" looks all around. The black haired guy just shrugged.
"Whatever, so let's get properly introduced." Levy let Alzack off the hook, for now. "I'm Levy McGarden. Who might you guys be?"
"Nice to meet 'cha. I'm Seigrain Fernandez, the unfortunate twin if this idiot." Seigrain told her with a charming smile while jokingly thrust a thumb towards Jellal.
"Don't call me an idiot! You're the only idiot here!" Jellal yelled, a tick mark appearing on his forehead. "Anyways, I'm Jellal Fernandez. Please excuse this lug head's behavior."
Lucy flashed a smile before introducing herself. "Lucy Heartfilia and I don't mind. Where we come from, there's lots of idiocy present on a daily basis."
"Hey!" Seigrain's cry was ignored by all.
"So, sorry for breaking in by the way. We didn't break anything except that plant that I... tripped over." Levy blushed from embarrassment when she brought up that last part. The twins, gunner, and blonde all laughed at the teen.
"Ah, it's no problem. Any friend of Alzack's is a friend of ours. Besides, now that we're acquainted, we're technically friends now." It was honestly no big deal to them. The two girls seemed nice enough.
"We were just about to have a paintball game. You girls wanna join?" Alzack took the liberty of asking. Though, he knew that if the two played then they might as well already be claimed victor.
"Actually, we were thinking about finding a non-government place to take care of some small wounds." Lucy said to them. They shot her confused stares. She unzipped her hoodie and lowered her shirt on the right side so they could see the bloody gauze covering a not so small wound. While she did that, Levy had unbuttoned her plain black vest and lifted her shirt above her stomach. The whole area was wrapped in gauze that was a bright red in the front.
"Did you already take the bullets out?" Alzack said, almost disinterested. The twins were still gaping and absorbing the information.
"What da heck do you think? We're not stupid. Who in their right mind wouldn't take out a dang bullet inside of your body?" Levy almost looked insulted by Alzack.
"When was the last time you guys changed the bandages?" Again, the male seemed bored as he asked.
"Two hours ago when we broke in. The bleeding stopped an hour and a half ago." Lucy explained. Alzack sighed before heading into the bathroom and coming back out after a minute of searching.
"Okay, who wants to go first?" Alzack held up the needle and a spool of thread and shook them dramatically. They sent him looks of disbelief. "What? I assume you didn't have the proper supplies to stitch 'em up yourselves. Now, come one. Levy, you're going first. Shirt up... Today please. Uh, you know me! I'm not even in the slightest bit interested in you... romantically, of course."
"Fine..." Levy grumbled. She lifted up her shirt yet again and undid the bandages. "They used a .22 double barrel rifle, by the way."
"Seriously? And you still waited to stitch it up? Wow..." Levy hit him lightly on the arm.
"Just shut up and stitch already."
~Time Skip~ (A/N: Now I'm just going to be skipping around on certain parts that's happened)
~Sting and Rogue Confronting Alzack~
"ALZACK!" Sting yelled out, frustrated at how he and Rogue couldn't find Lucy. They had just gone to the blackette's house for a little "talk."
"Alright, alright. I'm... here?" As soon as Alzack realized who was trying to break the door down, he immediately tried to slam it shut. Too bad Sting and Rogue were way stronger. "Okay! You got me! What do you want?"
"Why the heck didn't you tell us Lucy and Levy were here?" Rogue hissed as he and Sting cornered him against a wall. Alzack laughed nervously.
"Hehehe, well you see... They didn't really want you guys to... find out?" Sting punched the wall in anger. Their nerves had worked up due to them not being able to find the girls. How wrong it was of them to think tracking them was going to be easy.
"Why not?"
"Two things actually. One: Danger and Two: Threats." Alzack told them with a serious voice. He was slowly gaining more confidence. Lucy and Levy had told him all about why they left and made him swear to not tell anyone where they are and why they left. It took them a month or two of his constant persistence to finally get it out of them though.
"Lucy and Levy would never run away from petty threats and looming danger! If anything, they would be staring danger right in the eye and stabbing it in the throat." Sting refused to believe that those reasons were why they left.
"Well, the stuff they found out weren't petty and for basic intimidation. They were the real deal." Alzack reasoned. "That's all I'm saying. You can get out of house now."
"You're not keeping them to yourself, are you?" Rogue asked just before he got out the door.
"NO! I don't like them like that! I have Bis- *ahem* I mean, I have already set my eyes on someone else." Alzack answered almost immediately. Rogue smirked and walked out. *Bisca, huh. Match made in heaven, I suppose.*
Sting and Rogue had met the gunner chick in school and she had immediately reminded them of Alzack. Bisca had actually brought up his name several times in their conversation.
~A Time In School Before Sting and Rogue Came~
It was passing period and Lucy and Levy just happened to pass by Alzack.
"Hey Alzy/Hi Alzackiono." They both greeted. The girls had found out that was that he was easily embarrassed by nicknames.
"Stop that!" Alzack told them, blushing heavily.
"Haha, maybe next time." Levy laughed.
"I can't figure out why everybody DOESN'T think you guys are demons."
"That's cause we're 'nice, sweet girls from the town over.'" Lucy quoted one of her friend's comments about them. Alzack just scoffed.
"Anyways, Alzack, I've always wondered this. How come you cut your hair?" Levy asked curiously. About a year and a half ago, his hair was long, shaggy, and hanging, but now, it's short, groomed/refined, and spiked up in the front (basically how it is after the time skip).
"Hehe, you know Bisca right?" Alzack seemed to get embarrassed.
"You mention her at least once a day, Alzack. How could we not know her by now?" Lucy stated matter-of-factly. Alzack grew even redder.
"Well... She said she liked see my eyes and that I should show them more often." The teen was as bright as a tomato and looking away from the two girls. His hair had used to completely cover his left and part of his right eye.
"Woah, woah, WOAH. Hold it right there, mister. You did what the whole gang wanted you to do three years ago, because of a GIRL." Levy clarified. It almost hurt at how obvious those two's feelings show.
"Tsk, Alzack, you have got BAD." Lucy clicked her tongue before she and Levy went to class.
"Wait! What do I have bad?!" Alzack yelled after them. When they didn't turn around, he sighed. "I don't understand..."
~Raid To Get Base Back (Right After He, Lucy, and Levy Talked)~
*I hope Bisca and everyone else bought the whole sick story. I wonder if anybody will notice I'll sometimes be gone the same day as the other four. Hmmm, I – BOO-YAAA! Right through the leg! Oh yeah, still got it. Oh, oh, OHHH! Triple shot bonus! I can't believe that guy just took out two other people by falling backwards. I'm just that awesome.* Alzack did another quick perimeter scan. He spoke into his headset,"Hey, somebody must've alerted the po-po cause I see some bulls(what they sometimes call officers) coming."
"Gotcha Alzackiento." Levy replied. The male's eye started twitching before he decided to ignore it.
"Wait a sec," He reported. One of the other members just tapped into the police radio. "Nevermind, some idiot decided to rob a Four Stage Security bank in broad daylight."
"Okay, but still. We're almost finished done here." Lucy told him. A question suddenly came to Alzack's mind.
"Hey, Bora told me that you guys got enough weapons for a small army from him. Why'd you guys need so many?"
"Well- Take that jerk face! Who's the small one now?" Levy had just beat a guy that was taunting her about her size. "We knew that this was the only time that we'd be able to get weapons from him, so Lucy and I thought 'why not stock up now' and we did."
"Hmmm, never thought you guys could think that far ahead." Sting cut in, pretending to be Alzack. *Payback time, buddy.*
"What was that, Alzack?!" The blonde and bluenette yelled.
"That wasn't me I swear!" *Thanks a lot, Sting.*
"Oh Levy, I think Bisca was asking me about Alzack earlier." Lucy added a mocking tone to her voice.
"Really now? What did you tell her, Lucy?" Levy's voice had that same tone.
"I actually couldn't answer her. I was planning on calling her later tonight."
"Maybe you should say-"
"Okay, okay, okay. I'm sorry alright. It just slipped out. Please don't say anything bad about me to her." Alzack interrupted. They knew WAY too much for him to let that happen. *I'm SO gonna get you, Sting."
In the background, you could hear Sting's and almost everyone else's laughter for that conversation was going through EVERYBODY's headsets.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Heyyyyyy my wonderful readers. Sorry about it taking so long for me to update. I won't waste your time with excuses you've probably heard a million times though. You are welcome to rant about my slow updates in the reviews though. How'd you guys like the special chapter? I had totally forgotten about him. This chapter was also 3000+ words without the author's note. I'm thinking about doing another special chapter. This time on Lisanna though. What do you guys think? I'll try and get the next chapter out by the end of the month. I hope you guys liked the chapter.
Remember to review, Wolf out.