It only took a few moments after they had pulled up in front of the police station for Natsu to walk through the doors, yelling something behind his shoulder that they were sure had the potential to get him arrested again. Gray rolled down his window to yell at Natsu to get moving. The last thing they needed was another delay in finding Jellal.
Finally Natsu made it to the car, opening the passenger side door. Cana let out a huff of aggravation. "How come I have to be in the middle?"
"Well I can't be in the middle, I need a window in case I get car sick." To emphasize his point Natsu rolled down his window as a preemptive precaution.
Cana's eyes widened in horror at the idea of being stuck next to a car sick Natsu. She nudged Loke towards the other car door. "Switch with me."
"We don't have time for this." With a flourish Lucy hit the button to lock all the car doors. She took in Natsu's disheveled appearance. Not surprising given he had spent the night in the drunk tank. "Do you remember anything from last night?"
"Uh no." Natsu dug into his satchel. "But I did have this with me." In his hand was a car key and a slip from a parking garage.
"Okay good." Lucy grabbed the slip of paper from him. "This is something."
Gray pulled out his phone, quickly pulling up the address of the parking garage. "Alright let's go.
"No…" Lucy stared at the black and white vehicle in front of them. "Please tell me you didn't-" She was cut off by the beep and click of the doors unlocking. "... Steal a cop car."
Natsu was already opening the doors, inspecting the inside. After being filled in on the situation he had immediately jumped into trying to help find their missing friend. His own previous personal experiences with Erza leaving him frantic not to be on the other side of her wrath.
"You realize how illegal this is right?" Lucy had refused to move from her spot, still staring at the car in horror. Yes she was from a wealthy family, but she didn't want to have to pull any strings to try to save them all for going down for stealing a cop car.
"We need to look for clues." Natsu had already started rifling through the glove box.
Cana put a comforting hand on Lucy's shoulder. "He's right."
With the resignation that she was about to implicate herself in a crime, Lucy dragged herself after the others to start searching for other clues.
As he searched the backseat Loke pulled up a boot, squinting at the inside. "Men's size six."
Cana let out a snort. "You know what they say about men with small feet."
"Not the time Cana." Lucy let out a sigh, cut short when she heard a thump. "Everyone quiet for a second." Lucy closed her eyes, focusing on the noise. "Is that knocking in the trunk?"
"Jellal!" They ran around to the back, just in time to see Natsu open the trunk. Before they could react a naked man jumped on him, beating his back with a crowbar.
After jumping off Natsu, who had fallen over, the naked man turned to Gray, knocking the wind out of him as he jabbed him in the stomach and proceeded to strike his back sending Gray to the ground. Turning around and catching sight of Loke he swung the crowbar again, getting the side of Loke's face, sending his sunglasses flying as he collapsed on the ground.
Cana put her hands up. "Hold on!" The naked man started to twirl the crowbar in his hands. "Just hold on."
"You gonna fuck on me?"
"No!" She started to back up, angling to put the car between herself and the crazed naked individual. "No one's gonna fuck on you."
"Hey!" Natsu had finally recovered, taking a stance and raising his fists. "You wanna try that again?"
The naked man turned, throwing the crowbar at Natsu, hitting his face and sending him back down before running away.
Lucy poked her head up from where she had taken cover on the other side of the car. "Did…" She stared at the three boys on the ground. "Did that really just happen?"
"Yeah." Cana bent over the hood of the car, taking a deep breath. "That just happened."
Lucy had moved to inspect the trunk of the car, still in disbelief. "Why was there a naked man in the trunk of a stolen police car?"
Gray managed to drag himself over to sit against the vehicle. "If we don't even remember being at the strip club, or those two getting married, what makes you think we'd remember this?"
"Who got married?" Natsu asked
Gray winced as he ran a hand over his abdomen. "Loke and Cana."
"Ha." Natsu cackled. "Gildarts is going to kill you."
Loke groaned from where he still lay on the ground. "Thanks for the reminder Natsu. I had almost forgotten that I'm a dead man walking."
Cana walked over from where she had grabbed his sunglasses. "My dad's not actually going to kill you." She knelt down to put them on Loke's face. "Probably just some light maiming."
She couldn't help but laugh as Loke screwed his eye's shut and let out a quiet whimper. "It's gonna hurt so bad."
