"speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
At Magnolia Police Station
Police forces were walking around in the station, managing their jobs while Officer Macao and Wakaba were in the Head police office where the commander of the station, Makarov is situated at
"we can't just overlook this as some sort of nonaccidental accident, chief!" Macao exclaimed as he slams numbers of papers and photos, all filled with images and information of the train accident that had happened a few days ago "me and Wakaba did a throughout investigation on the train wreckage and found no proof that what had ever happened was caused by a malfunction in the train or anyway possible!"
"the superiors have all decided that this was a nonaccidental accident" Makarov said with a stern look "there is no more need to file this as a possible accidental accident caused by someone. The train was not maintained well, therefore the accident had happened"
"you can't be serious! There is no way that this is a nonaccidental accident!" Macao exclaimed "there's no broken gears on the train's engine or frame! There's proof of the train being maintained before its departure from Hargeon! Chief! I'm telling you that someone planned this accident on the train!"
"when will you learn that we must accept what our superiors have declared!?" Makarov exclaimed to his subordinates "the investigation is closed! End of story! Do not make me take away your badge and kick you out of the station!"
Macao gritted his teeth as he looks extremely frustrated
Outside of the police station
Macao sat near the street with a coffee can in hand while Wakaba was leaning against a lamp post, smoking a cigar
"what do we do now?" Wakaba asked before taking a whiff of his cigar and blows out some smoke "Makarov-san closed the case off and told us not to do more snooping around"
Macao sighs before he takes a sip from his coffee can
"why won't he agree with us that the incident was not a normal accident?" Macao said as he rubs his forehead in frustration "we got investigation proof that the train was maintained perfectly before it departed from Hargeon. why he won't accept the fact that we might have some terrorist on the loose"
"that's what we believe" Wakaba told his partner "even if we did get enough proof that we have some psycho like that escaped Zancrow guy again, don't you think that it might make a big panic in the town?"
"that's the more reason to ensure it being an attack accident!" Macao said before he sighs again and then takes a gulp from his coffee can "things been going on rough for the past year, bad organizations are popping out of nowhere"
"yeah" Wakaba said in agreement as he takes a whiff from his cigar and blows it out "I'm starting to think that the bad days of the past are coming again"
The two officers went in silence as they've been doing hard work on finding the reason of how the train accident had happened but all the clue that they found wasn't enough to prove anything
"wait a minute" Wakaba said as Macao looks at him "how about the kid?"
"huh?" Macao replied confused
"you know, that kid. The one who helped us a lot a few months back and all" Wakaba said as he is referring to Natsu "maybe he can shine some light to the chief's bald head"
"he did help us a lot in apprehending Eisenwald and the other cases that we've been having a hard time to crack" Macao said while rubbing his chin
"why don't we give him a call?" Wakaba asked while taking out his lacrima phone "wouldn't hurt to have another guy on the job for this case"
"yeah" Macao replied while Wakaba started contacting Natsu's number
Somewhere far from Magnolia
Natsu was on the outskirts of the town as he was near the location of where the train accident had happened. His phone rings as it was a call from Wakaba
"hello?" Natsu said while picking the call up as Wakaba started to tell him how the train accident wasn't just a normal accident and all "I know, I'm on the scene"
Hanging up the call, Natsu continued to walk as he arrived at a nearby train railway where there were remaining scrap metal, presumed to be from the train wreckage
"this place, huh?" Natsu said before he started to check the place for any clues that might help find what caused the train accident.
The clue search went on for 30 minutes as Natsu checked the ground, the scrap metals, the railway tracks, and everything there is to check
Everything there is at the location was checked as nothing that could direct to be the reason of the accident couldn't be found at all
"whoever caused it, knows very well how to cover their tracks" Natsu muttered out as he couldn't find anything until his eyes glowed red "but not that well"
Natsu's eyes glowed red as he looks around the area and saw small traces amount of magic in the ground
"found it" Natsu said with a small smirk
The next day came as it was a Sunday and We turn our attention to Natsu's home
Meredy was playing around with her dolls in the living room, while Happy was slouching around the couch, sleeping
Meanwhile at the kitchen, Éclair was cooking as she wore an apron on
She was humming as she stirs a ladle in a large pot that had a boiling yellow stew cooking in it
Éclair stirs the ladle a few more times before she did a taste test of the stew
Testing it with a spoon, Éclair blows on the spoon a few times before taking a taste and she smiles to taste how the stew was perfectly cooked
"alright" Éclair said as she smiles before, she heard the front door's lock clicking open and it creaks when pushed open
"I'm home" Natsu's voice called out as the man had gone out a few minutes ago
"welcome home" Éclair hollered in reply as she turns off the stove and places a lid over the pot, to let the stew simmer down
She then went out of the kitchen to greet Natsu who was taking off his shoes while he had some plastic bags filled with grocery and other stuff in hand
"stew, huh?" Natsu said sniffing the air and could smell the lingering scent coming from the stew "smells really nice"
"yup" Éclair said as Natsu gave her a kiss on the lips before he went to the living room where Meredy saw her adopted father and squealed to him
She got up and ran to him, then started hugging his legs
"look at what I got you" Natsu said as he sets down a plastic bag and takes out a toy wand from the other "a magic wand!"
Meredy squealed in glee as Natsu gave her the wand and the child started running around waving the wand around
Natsu chuckled in seeing his daughter squealing glee before he went to take out the groceries from inside the plastic bags
2 hours later
Natsu now is in his room, as he was scribbling some words on a letter before sealing it and stamped it
The letter soon disappears in flames as Natsu clapped his hands in satisfaction before he takes out his lacrima phone and dialed a contact number
"it's me….yeah" Natsu said contacting the number "you have that trick of that thing, right? The one where you can sneak in and out so easy?...right….yeah, and I need to borrow some things for a while…sure…you're really a masochist, you know that?"
Natsu sighs before he ended the call and then contacted another number
"hello?...she's not with you, right?" Natsu said as he squinted his eyes "listen..i know but hear me out on this….this will help but we need to let things play out a bit….alright…remember"
Natsu hanged up the call as he looks at the ID of the caller who he had just dialed
"for the right moment.." Natsu said before he hears Éclair calling for him downstairs
He places his phone on the table and went down
On the phone, the number he dialed had the ID of Jude Heartfillia
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
