Lucy and Juvia started heading back to their hotel. "We need a plan." Lucy stated matter of factly. "We can't just storm in. We need to go undercover. Maybe if it's mostly teenage girls they're after, we just have to disguise ourselves as teenage girls and let our selves be kidnapped. Then we could infiltrate them from the inside!" Lucy said getting more excited with every word.
"We could do that, but maybe it's not necessary." Juvia said drifting off into her own thoughts. Lucy looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" She asked. "How else are we going to get in there?"
"If we get kidnapped, there's no guarantee we could get out. We could be drugged, or chained up in magic canceling cuffs. And Juvia doesn't know about you, but Juvia can't pick a lock. At least not without any magic." Juvia said. Lucy thought it over for a second.
"I guess you're right. But then what do you suggest?" Lucy turned to Juvia. Both girls stopped moving. Juvia bit her lip.
"Maybe Gemini can transform into a teenage girl? Then we could track them. If they get magic canceling cuffs it'll just send them back, and if not, they can use their magic to get out." Lucy thought about it.
"But what if something happens to them?" Lucy asked with genuine concern.
"Juvia is sure they'll be fine." Juvia said reassuringly.
Lucy nodded. Then she looked forward. "Hey, there's the magic shop. Let's see if there is anything helpful there." She grabbed Juvia's hand and dragged her towards it. When they got inside, Lucy went straight to the owner, while Juvia went to browse through the aisles. "Excuse me sir. Do you, by any chance, have any celestial spirit keys?" Lucy asked hopefully.
"I sure do." The old man said smiling. "I'll go get them for you." The old man went to the back. He came out with a few key boxes. "Here they are." He said. "I have Canes Venatici the hunting dogs, Pegasus the winged horse, Scutum the shield, Chamaeleon the chameleon, and Auriga the charioteer." He said. Lucy looked at them in shock.
"That's a lot of really rare keys. How much for them all?" She said looking up at him. He looked down at the keys for a second.
"5000 jewels." Lucy stood in more shock.
"WHAT?!" Lucy yelled. "Surely we can cut a deal of some sort." The old man thought for a moment. Then he smiled.
"Ok. You've convinced me. For you, it can be 4500 jewels." He smiled. Lucy made a determined face.
"2500." She stared straight into his eyes. He stared right back.
"4000." He tried to stare her down.
"3000." She stared right back. He half smiled.
"3500. Final price take it or leave it." He looked at her smugly.
"I'll take it." Lucy says. They quickly make the exchange and Lucy walks over to Juvia. "What are you getting Juvia?" The blunette turns to the blonde.
"Juvia found a bag that never gets full, a canteen that can potentially never run out of water, and a key ring that can't be stolen." The water mage smiles at her blonde friend. "Juvia thought it would help us out in our adventures."
"Nice job Juvia!" Lucy said. "And thanks for the keyring." Lucy said smiling.
"Anytime Lucy-san." Juvia said smiling. Then she went to check out, picking up a map on the way. The two girls left soon after. They still had a few hours before sunset, so they went back to the hotel to shower and change.
Time skip
Lucy and Juvia changed into more 'stealthy' clothes. Lucy had on a black tank top and black shorts with black knee high boots. Her new key ring was attached at her hip by a black and gold belt. Juvia wore a blue long sleeved top with black leather pants and boots. They both put their hair up. Then they turned to each other.
"Stealth mode achieved." Lucy said laughing.
"Indeed." Juvia said while trying to hold back her own laughter. "Anyway, we should head towards the dock. It's almost time." Lucy nodded. Once they got there, Lucy pulled out two keys.
"Gate of the Twins, I open thee; Gemini!" Gemini appeared in front of them. "Gate of the hunting dogs, I open thee; Canes Venatici!" Two dogs appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Hi!" Lucy said. She turned to the hunting dogs. "I know we haven't made a contract yet, but do you mind if we do it later? We have to stop a ship from leaving the harbour. It has a bunch of kidnapped minors." The dogs looked at each other and telepathically said yes. Lucy then turned to Gemini. "Do you mind going undercover as a teenage girl? We're going to have Canes Venatici track you to the kidnappers."
"Piri piri! Ok! Piri piri!" Gemi and Mini chirped.
"Ok." Lucy said. "Everyone is on board with the plan?" Everybody nodded. "Ok then. Gemini, you're up first." Lucy said. Gemini transformed into a teenage girl and walked towards the pier. The rest slowly followed. After a few minutes, Gemini was pulled into a side alley near the docks. When the girls got there, they were gone. "Ok. Canes Venatici, can you track Gemini?" The dogs sniffed the air and ran off with the girls on their heels. After around 5 minutes, they found themselves at the base of a large brown ship called The Forgotten. The girls could hear voices shouting from above. Lucy quietly thanked Canes Venatici and sent them back.
"How do we get up there?" Juvia asks. Lucy pulls out her whip, ties it, and tosses it towards a grapple hook on the boat. When it catches, Lucy tightens it and turns to Juvia.
"We have to climb. Then we have to sneak in through the portholes or something." Lucy said while pointing. "You first." Juvia nodded and proceeded to climb. When she reached the ledge the hook was on, she gave Lucy a thumbs up. Lucy climbed up and stopped next to Juvia. "So we can't fit through the portholes, but we can look through them." Lucy observed. The girls teetered on the ledge while peering into the portholes until they made a discovery. The last three portholes showed a dark room with the kidnap victims all chained up. It appeared to be the third of five decks down, and the very back room. "We have to climb up on the deck and go down below from on the ship." Lucy said. Juvia turned to look at her with a face of alarm.
"Are you CRAZY?!" She whisper-screamed. "Do you WANT us to get caught?! We can't just waltz onto the boat of kidnappers!" Lucy sighed.
"Just trust me Juvia. It's the only way we can get those kids out. And listen. It sounds like most of the crew are on the front of the boat preparing to leave. It's now or never!" Lucy then proceeded to climb over the railing and semi gracefully dropped on the deck with a thud. Juvia rolled her eyes and followed suit. When both girls had gathered themselves, they went towards the first door off the deck they could see. Slowly and quietly they made their way down the stairs. They had successfully made their way down 2 sets of the deck, and had just stepped on to the last one, when they ran into a stray guard. Unsure of what to do for a second he froze, giving Lucy enough time to 'Lucy kick' him. To keep him from making any noise, Juvia water locked him before impact. "Nice job Juvia." Lucy said. "It's good to be able to think on your feet." She added as she got some rope from a conveniently placed storage closet. Juvia silently set him down and let Lucy tie him up.
"Thanks Lucy-san!" She said smiling. Lucy said 'your welcome,' while she shoved a rag in his mouth as a finishing touch. Then she quietly locked the door and they continued on their way.
Time skip
Not much later, they found the room. The door was made of metal with two guards outside of it. The girls turned to each other. "We need a distraction!" Lucy whispered. Juvia nodded. Then they looked around the corner again. Suddenly, Juvia had an idea.
"What if we get Plue to distract them, so we can knock them out from behind?" She whispered excitedly. Lucy nodded.
"Yeah! After Plue distracts them, you could water lock them!" Juvia nodded. Then she mouthed 'on three. 3-2-1.' She then nodded. Lucy took out a silver key and said "'Open! Gate of the Canis Minor; Nikora!" Plue jumped out of the smoke. Lucy whispered to Plue to distract the guards. Shaking, Plue walked out to get the guards' attention. When they became distracted enough, Juvia slowly stood up from crouching and quietly cast the water lock spell. After it had knocked them unconscious, the girls laid them back down and unlocked the door. Dragging the two unconscious men inside, they started to free the captives. One by one, they freed everybody from the chains, including Gemini who Lucy sent back to regain both of their strength. "We got everyone?" Lucy asked Juvia. Juvia nodded.
"Come on everyone! Follow us to the exit!" Juvia said while rushing back the way they came. Lucy locked up the door again and followed after. However, when they got back to the deck, they ran into some of the crew. "Climb down to the dock!" Juvia said. "And then run back home!" She yelled. Lucy summoned Loke and Aries. She had Aries go to the base of the ship to help the escape by giving them something to land on; while Loke helped her fight off the crew.
"Lucy KICK!" Lucy yelled while performing her infamous kick. The guy was instantly knocked out. Grabbing her whip, she took out two more at once. Loke was making the crew drop like flies. Lucy fended off another attacker. Then she heard Juvia yell her name. She turned toward her while fighting someone else.
"Duck!" Then she gathered her magic and yelled: "Water Slicer!" It knocked out a lot of the crew. Loke and Lucy kept it up for a few more minutes. Suddenly Juvia shouted "we're in the clear!" All the captives were off the boat. Aries went back to the celestial world with Loke. Then Lucy summoned Aquarius who, as usual, was pretty peeved at being bothered. She effectively knocked everyone else out, and after having a few words with Lucy, sent herself back. The girls called law enforcement who came and got them. However, when the girls went to question them on who sent them here, they were shocked. "You want Juvia to believe that the Mayor's ASSISTANT hired you?!" Juvia said in shock. The crew nodded.
"The mayor didn't advertise this problem, so it was an inside job." One of the crew members said. Lucy started going pale.
"If that's the case, then we have a problem." Lucy said. "Because when you were calling the law enforcement, I called the Mayor and his assistant took the message for him. She said she'd personally go to his house to tell him!" The girls sprinted off in worry towards the Mayor's house.
Time skip
When they got there, they heard screaming. Kicking down the door, they ran to the source of it. There they found the Mayor's assistant holding a knife to the Mayor's little girl's neck. "You stupid fool!" She yelled. "You ruined everything!" The mayor begged her to stop. "You want me to stop?" She asked giggling maniacally. "Well guess what? No." She burst out laughing into a witch like cackle. Angry, the girls made their arrival known. In surprise, the lady let the girl go. Then they charged. Lucy kicked her, but got punched aside. Then she and Juvia went at it with punches and kicks. However, the girls were both weakened by their previous fights. So in a moment of weakness, the lady managed to flip Juvia and pin her down. As she raised her knife, Lucy summoned Sagittarius. Right before the lady stabbed Juvia, he shot three arrows straight into her back. Juvia flipped them over and Lucy tied her up. Now that everyone was safe, Sagittarius went back. Lucy went over to comfort the mayor and his daughter, while Juvia forced a confession out of the angry brunette.
"Why'd you do this!" Juvia yelled. "Why hurt so many?" The woman laughed evilly.
"Don't you want to know?" She said. Juvia started twitching with anger. "Fine." She said rolling her eyes with a sigh. I did it for the power!" Juvia stared at her blankly.
"What?" She said in utter confusion. "How is having kids kidnapped giving you power?"
"Well for starters, I get 50% of the money the crew gets when they're sold as slaves in Bosco. And with lots of money comes power. Secondly, soon enough people would start to notice that kids are disappearing, under his leadership." The lady said with hostility when pointing at the Mayor. "Then they would forcibly overthrow him, and I'd take my rightful place as leader!" She laughed evilly.
"Just because the Mayor is overthrown, doesn't mean you're in power." Lucy said glaring at the brunette. The woman laughs.
"Normally you'd be right Blondie." She said. "But it does if I mind control them." She said triumphantly. The girls got worried for a second.
"What do you mean by that?" They asked together. The lady smirked.
"I mean that while you were so concerned with everything else, you missed something important." The girls raised their eyebrows. "I'm a mage too." She said. In the slight moment of shock, the lady managed to roll out of under Juvia. Then she began casting a spell. Suddenly, the girls couldn't move. Their brains urged them to do something, but a voice in their head commanded they stayed still, so they did; as much as they tried to fight it. "I would love to stay and chat, but I have to go now that I've been discovered." She said cackling. "You almost caught me. Too bad, so sad." She said. But before she could turn around, a blade came from the ceiling and impaled her straight through her chest from the back. Blood bubbled up from her mouth as she slowly fell to her knees. Then she fell the rest of the way. By the time she touched the floor, she was dead. The girls were released from the enchantment. Lucy looked up only to meet a pair of eyes that looked strangely familiar, before the girl disappeared thru a panel in the ceiling onto the roof. Lucy shook it off and looked around to see where she could be of help. Juvia had already called it into law enforcement and the local infirmary. Lucy went over to the Mayor and his daughter.
"Are you guys alright?" She said softly. The little girl burst into tears.
"She was gonna kill me! I almost died!" She cried. Lucy went to give her a hug and comfort her.
"Shh." Lucy said trying to stop her from crying. "You're ok now." After a while, the girl stopped her tears. After a little bit of calming her breathing, she tried speaking again.
"How can you do things like this that are that dangerous?" She said. "How can you put yourselves in the way of danger for strangers' sakes'." Lucy laughed a little.
"Because that's the Fairy Tail way!" She said making the Fairy Tail sign with her hand. "We want to protect as many innocent people as possible." The girl looked at her in awe. Just then, the law enforcement and doctors came, taking away the dead brunette and the Mayor and his daughter. Lucy and Juvia had to make statements and such for the police and reporters that showed up, but after everything died down, the Mayor came up to them.
"Here is your reward, plus some, for saving my daughter." He said smiling.
"No. You can keep the extra money to make up for the mess we made in your house." Lucy said. Juvia nodded.
"No. I insist." The mayor said. Thanking him, the girls smiled as he walked off. The two mages turned to each other.
"Juvia supposes we should go now." Juvia said.
"Yeah. Probably." Lucy responds. They walk towards the exit, only stopping when the Mayor's daughter went up to give them a hug. Smiling, they parted ways from the house. "Hmm. What should we do now we're done?" Lucy asked Juvia. Juvia smiled.
"I heard there was happy hour karaoke in the hotel's bar." Juvia said suggestively. Lucy smiled.
"Well what are you waiting for? Let's go!" She said.
Time skip
After the girls got back to the hotel, they quickly went up to their rooms and changed. Before they left, Lucy made the contracts with her new spirits. Done with everything they had to do for the day, they went downstairs to the bar.
They smiled. Lucy turned to Juvia. "Let's knock them dead." She said with a glint of mischief in her eye. Juvia nodded. They kicked the doors open and walked into the room. They both got a shot from the bar. "What time is it Juvia?" Lucy said after finishing her first shot. Juvia swiftly drank down hers.
"It's time to PARTAY!" She yelled.
A.N.:
Hey guys! Sorry it's been awhile. Here is chapter 5. I hope this is longer, because I'm not good at telling how long the chapter is. I also apologize on the battle/rescue scene, I've never written one before and apparently suck at it. If you have any questions or comments, please write it in the review section and I'll do my best to get back to you. On that note, a reviewer, rhubarbie, asked if Lucy could be on the magic council. When I was thinking about that idea, I may have been thinking about the Wizards Saints instead (oops) and came up with a separate but similar idea. You know how we have the Wizard Saints and they have the 4 GODS OF ISHGAR (IDK why I capitalized that)? Well, what if, we had a group hand selected by the Magic Council of 6 women of the 6 main elements; who also happen to be of equal strength to the Wizard Saints (or at least some of them). Plus I may have already decided on the people in it already (or ⅚). Sorry! However, Lucy AND Juvia will be on there, as well as one of their team members from their new guild. And no, I'm not making them capable of controlling all the elements, just giving them a second magic (it's somewhat related to their magics now). (It's not like 'elemental dragon princesses.') Lucy represents light, Juvia represents water, their teammate represents darkness, and I have fire and earth planned out. I'm having trouble with the air one, but if I make her up, she has purple hair. Anyways, I hope you like my idea and story. It may be awhile before I update again (I'm having trouble in school. Probably my fault for taking too many advanced classes. I'm slowly recovering, I think, though. However, that has to be my top priority.). So I hope it's to your liking. Next chapter is a karaoke night! They're going to do a duet!
Lots of Love, Salem.