A Time to Love
By: Revengest
Summary: What is Nanoha to do when the one she loves might not feel the same way? And just when she decides it's time to confess, Nanoha's love interest disappears. When she comes back she has changed and brings another blue eyed brunette with her. What will Nanoha do?
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*asterisks* = onomatopoeia sounds and such
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Chapter 14: The Final Chapter, Jail's End
At RF6…
"I guess you're right. Mother had no reason to blame me that time." Butch replied thoughtfully.
The Admiral felt like a babysitter. She had started out trying to figure out the details of Jail's plan, but it had somehow transformed into dealing with Butch's childhood problems. What the heck was command center doing? She could swear they had been here for 15 solid minutes. It then dawned on her that they too had deemed this place pointless. She would have to take matters into her own hands. "That brother of yours is pretty mean for framing you that time. The way you portray him, he seems like a little angel."
"*pfft*. Angel my donkey. He got whatever he wanted and when he did something bad, mother would always label it an accident." Butch got angrier as he remembered the little runt. "It's not fair how he got treated." He waved his arms in the air emphasizing his point. "My parents constantly doted on him. It was always Rick this or Rick that or Butch, you should be a better older brother," He threw his arms in the air frustrated.
"Bingo!" Lindy rushed at him using all her body weight to push him to the ground. Butch went flying releasing his gun due to the force. Lindy lunged for it and immediately pointed it at him. She looked over to see Fate getting her gun. "Well, well, well. Babysitting time's over."
Moments later Lindy and Fate had the man tied up and laying against the wall. Lindy went over to Fate and gave her a long assuring hug. "Are you okay?" She asked after a while.
"Yeah…that was kind of …kind of scary." Fate replied embracing the hug. It was exactly what she needed now. It was obvious she was a little shaky from the way she replied, but it could have been worse.
Once Lindy was sure Fate was ready to continue, she radioed command center to send someone over to get Butch. She was considering telling Fate to wait for the officer, but after what happened she figured she'd be safer with her. She was determined to get her friend's daughter back to her safely.
Lindy suddenly heard lots of commotion through her radio. "Sorry but civilians aren't allowed to enter. We are dealing with a serious situation and cannot let you pas-ah! If you kick me again I'll have you charged with police assault and interfering with police business. Hey where do you think you're going?! Kate get her!" What were they doing up front?
"I'd give you a gun, but since you don't know how to handle it, it'll be more harm than good." Lindy explained, holstering one of the guns. She continued cautiously toward the Jewel Seed. After many a hallway, they reached the safe. The lock light was orange; a signal that meant it had been opened recently. "Jail's still in there." She told Fate. "I want you to back up a little." Fate did as she was told taking a few steps back. "Do they have any guns?" Lindy asked positioning the gun at the safe for when they exited.
"They'll have at least one. There's a guy with them that always carries a gun." Lindy nodded in recognition. She then switched her radio settings so command center could hear everything and evaluate the situation to send people in if necessary.
*ssshhh (dramatic door opening with smoke)* Lindy could barely make out the figures but could clearly see the bluish-green glow of the Jewel Seed. She reasoned the person holding it would be Jail. "As a member of Uminari City Police, I order you to stop." She hollered. She aimed her gun at the Jewel Seed then a bit lower. She was sure this would be Jail's thigh meaning a painful but non-lethal shot.
"Ahh Lindy, It's so good to finally meet you face to face after so long. If I recall correctly, the last time we met would be when we were facing off at the Casino after I tried to steal some of its money."
"Yes you're right. And if I remember correctly it was my win, Jail."
"Not entirely. I wasn't put behind bars." Jail mocked. Now that the smoke cleared Lindy counted four figures. Since Fate didn't know the name of the guy who had the gun it meant it was one of the two men behind Jail and Quattro. It wasn't a great scenario, but it was okay. Now she only needed to figure out if the Jewel Seed's container was good enough.
"A mistake I shouldn't have made." Lindy paused. "Nice container you have there. Think it's safe enough?"
"Indeed I do. Oh how could I have forgotten our blonde companion." Jail smirked at Fate to which the blonde glared back.
"There should be no 'our' in that sentence. You should change it to 'your'. Fate's not a part of you gang Jail. Not now, Not ever." Lindy said with such conviction, even Jail had a hard time saying otherwise. she spoke out to him again. "Jail put the Jewel Seed down now."
"Or what?" He snapped his finger and one of the guys took out his gun. "The way I see it your outnumbered 4-2. I'm sure no matter what you do this is going to end badly for you and for Fate."
Lindy needed to think fast. She knew Jail was right. Any one of them could storm at her causing her to focus on them leaving herself and Fate open to be fired at. She needed a distraction.
*bang crash* A loud commotion was coming down the hallway and fast approaching. "Stop young woman! You don't realize the danger you're in! We're trying to protect you!" Both parties, despite the seriousness of the showdown couldn't help but turn to look down the hallway at the oncoming noise. "Hey get off me!" A feminine voice shouted. It was a voice that Fate could never mistake. Around the corner stumbled an angry Nanoha. She turned to face the police officer and delivered a very strong kick to where it hurt. Needless to say the man crumpled to the ground the only noise was of him hitting the floor, probably unconscious.
Nanoha took a moment to openly glare at him before turning her gaze to the other pursuing officers. Worried for their well-being, they each took a dozen cautious step back. The brunette smirked at her victory. Turning on her heels she was surprised to see who she had come looking for. "FATE!" Nanoha practically jumped on the blonde, not realizing the showdown that had happened. "I was so worried! I'm glad you're okay!"
Fate was completely surprised by Nanoha's presence. "What are you doing here?" The blonde asked confused.
Before Nanoha could answer, Jail coughed loudly breaking up the reunion. "Where was I?...Oh yes, you're outnumbered 4-2 or well three now, but we still have the upper hand." He smiled triumphantly.
"You seem to forget there's a whole squadron behind me." With Nanoha breaking in, a group of officers had followed her. "So I'd say we have the upperh-. Nanoha, what are you doing?" Lindy watched as Nanoha stepped forward. "Nanoha, get behind me right now."
"Fate is this the person that has been causing you trouble?"
"Yeah…"Fate replied hesitantly, "Nanoha, you need come over here this is not safe." Despite the warnings Nanoha continued forward. A dangerous aura surrounded her as she approached the other party.
"Hey!" Shouted the guy with the gun, "Stop or I'll shoot." The man aimed his gun at her.
"Shoot her and I shoot you." The man froze at that. He feared for his life as well. He was human after all. Quattro rolled her eyes at the display of weakness and decided to take matters into her own hands. She charged at Nanoha fist ready…only for it to be caught by the coming brunette. "What the…?" Quattro stated surprised at Nanoha's speed. The look that Nanoha gave her sent shivers down her spine and crumbled her resolve.
"You were helping him." Before Quattro could reply, Nanoha kneed her in the gut. The twin tailed girl fell to the floor clutching her stomach whilst gagging. The wind had been knocked right out of her.
Everybody stared in shock at what had just transpired. A simple high school girl had gotten through a whole squadron of officers, and then taken down a gang member. By now the officers had Jail surrounded. The gun man dropped his gun in defeat sticking his hands in the air. Jail frantically looked for an escape route. He would not be bested by Lindy again. In his panic he failed to notice Nanoha before it was too late.
"You've ruined every!-" Jail was silenced by a sharp slap to the face. His head snapped to the right as he fell back, releasing the Jewel Seed container. Lindy noticed the imminent danger and jumped in to grab it…she was too late. The Container smashed to pieces and the Jewel Seed rolled out.
"Everyone take cover!" There wasn't any place to hide since it was an open hallway. Everybody settled for ducking and covering their head waiting for whatever explosion Lindy was talking about. Nothing. Nothing happened. Lindy raised her head to see the Jewel Seed lying there lifelessly. Letting out a deep sigh of release she told everyone, "False alarm."
With no more danger present, Nanoha set her sights again on Jail, the cause of all this trouble. She was ready to let him have. She prepared herself to jump on him, but was abruptly caught by Fate. "Fate let me go. I need to show this guy to never mess with you again." She struggled to no avail.
Fate held her tightly. The blonde would rather hold Nanoha than to watch her manhandle Jail, as much fun as that would be. "It's okay Nanoha. I'm just glad you're safe." She punctuated her sentence with a kiss on the cheek. The kiss calmed Nanoha down and made her explode in red.
"Aaaahhhh." Everyone sang watching the scene before them. Both Nanoha and Fate blushed remembering where they were. It seemed whenever it was them, the whole world faded away.
"NO, NO, NOOOOO!" Jail screamed at the top of his lungs smashing his fist on the floor. "THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY WIN. IT WAS PERFECT. I BLACK MAIL FATE INTO HELPING ME. I GET THE JEWEL SEED AND I GET RICH. IT WAS A SIMPLE, PERFECT PLAN. ONLY TO HAVE IT RUINED BY A STUPID GIRL." He eyed Nanoha cruelly. "I WILL NOT LOSE AGA-" Jail was silenced by a sharp kick to the head throwing him into unconsciousness.
"My foot slipped." The officer stated. It was a good thing his foot 'slipped' everyone was getting tired of his pointless ranting.
Lindy's office 2 days later…
"Well, now that all the paper works done, I can officially say that Jail is behind bars now and for a very long time!" Lindy exclaimed to the two occupants, Nanoha and Fate.
"That's great!" Fate replied relieved. "What about us?"
"Yes, well both of you should be charged with obstruction of justice, police assault, as well as a few other things," The teens cringed as the list grew. "but I was able to convince them otherwise. I've also pulled some strings so your names aren't mentioned either." Lindy smiled at the end. "I can talk to the school and get you an excused absence for the next two days if you need it."
"Nah. I think we'll be fine by tomorrow, right Fate?" Fate nodded in agreement
The duo shared a few more words with the admiral before taking their leave. After a summer and fall, the Jail Scaglietti Incident had finally come to a close.
A/N: And that concludes A Time to Love. Please enjoy the epilogue.