Lucy sighed as she put another round of ammo back in her gun. She looked at the building and then at the bodies surrounding it. She'd have to get Natsu to get someone to clean this up.

When she walked in the building, she found that the man's words were true; there was really no one there. She could understand sending a few men to check on a situation, but all of the men you have on hand was a whole new level of stupidity. The only reason he would probably do this is because he thought she was Natsu. Lucy chuckled at the thought. If he really did then he'd need a lot more than ten people. A small army would be a more precise size. A full sized one if he were on his period.

She was now in front of his door. Lucy shoved the gun in her belt and cracked her knuckles. She took a deep breath and opened the door. The first thing she saw was Sting, sitting on his desk like he owned the goddamn world. She really couldn't wait to knock that fucking smirk off of his face.

When he looked at her, she noticed the way his body slightly relaxed. She smirked, so the bastard really did think Natsu was coming himself.

"So, you're one of Natsu's messengers, I presume?" the blonde walked in and shut the door behind her.

"You can say that," she walked up and put her hand on his thigh and placed the other on his chest.

"Then what is it he sent you for?" he leaned until his lips were a kiss away from hers.

Lucy gave a crooked smile and leaned until her lips were beside his ear. "Let's just say, you won't be forgetting me anytime soon," she whispered seductively. She felt Sting roughly grope her ass and felt bile rise on her throat.

"Is that so?" Lucy slowly inched her hand up his back and grabbed a handful of his blonde hair. Suddenly she gripped it tightly and yanked it towards herself; causing Sting to give a yelp of pain and fall of his desk landing on the floor. Lucy knelt down beside him and chuckled darkly.

"No one told me how much of a bitch you are," she sighed and shook her head in disappointment. "Anyway," the blonde said as she got up and walked around his body. He watched her every step with gritted teeth and the unmistakable fear in his eyes and she loved it. "All that pink haired bastard told me to do was come and beat the shit out of you basically. He doesn't want you dead, he just wants you to hurt."

And the next 45 minutes was filled with Sting Eucliffe and his futile attempts to defend himself from little Lucy Heartfilia.

Lucy sighed as she sat in her car and pulled out her phone. She went through her contacts until she came across Natsu's number. After two dial tones he picked up. "How'd it go?"

"Just in case you're wondering I'm fine. No need to worry about little old me."

"Lucy." The blonde sighed.

"Long story short, Sting's a bitch and you need to get one of your lackies to come clean up this mess."

"Good, as soon as you get back to base come to my office." and with that he hung up. Lucy sighed and looked at her phone.

"Bastard."

Natsu sighed as he put his phone on his desk. He'd be lying if he said that the blonde wasn't impressive. He didn't expect her to be done with the assignment for at least another hour. It was either that or Sting is just a complete bitch. Although, it could be a little bit of both.

He heard a knock on his door and grunted in response. Gray walked in the room in the room and surprisingly, he had all his clothes on. "What the hell do you want?"

"Woah there tiger," he mused. "I just wanted to know how Lucy's assignment was going." Natsu narrowed his eyes.

"And why the fuck are you so concerned?" Gray sighed and walked further in the room, closing the door behind him.

"Well she is the newest part of the family. I just wanted to know how she was adjusting." the rosette sighed.

"She just finished her assignment, she's on her back now."

"Who'd you send with her?" Natsu looked up and Gray and back down to his desk.

"No one." Gray sighed and put his hands in his pockets.

"So, you're telling me, you sent a brand-new member on a solo assignment." He nodded. "You usually only let your best and the vets go on solo. I mean were barely know her, how do you know she's fully loyal." A low growl erupted from Natsu's chest.

"I just sent her on a simple assignment and as far as I remember this is my mafia" Natsu sighed and closed his eyes; attempting in vain to control his anger. "Get the fuck out of my office," Gray chuckled wryly.

"As you wish." as turned and opened the door he was met with the face of a familiar blonde.

"Hello princess," Lucy lightly punched his arm as she entered the room.

"Don't ever call me that again." Gray gave a mock salute and left the room.

Lucy entered until she was in the middle of the fairly large room. She put her hands in her pockets as she stared at her pink haired boss. His gaze was strong and calculating, and she couldn't figure out what was going on in his head for the life of her. Lucy huffed and narrowed her eyes at him. She knew she was very well at wearing a mask. False smiles and forced laughter, she practiced it so much she couldn't even tell if it were real or fake herself.

An unidentifiable emotion quickly flashed in his eyes as he leaned back in his chair.

"I already have people going back and cleaning up the bodies." he said monotone. "I'll give you about an hour to rest and do as you wish, but after that you'll be working upstairs with Mira for the rest of the day," Lucy sighed, she never seemed to catch a break. The blonde nodded and made her way out of the room.

"Alright," the white-haired beauty said as she clapped her hands together. "Let's get you started." Lucy smiled and nodded as she followed the silverette. After Mira showed her the basics, she told Lucy to find her of she needed anything.

She walked out from the kitchen and slightly adjusted her apron. Surprisingly, that was the only piece of uniform she had to wear. She gripped her notepad and pen and walked to a table.

Seated at the table was a small family of three. A mother, father, and their daughter. Seeing families like this were bittersweet. She loved to see any happy family but seeing a family like the one in front of her reminds her of her own cursed family. She shook her head to rid herself of the thoughts and puts on a perfectly practiced forced smile.

As she took their orders she felt tears stinging in her eyes. She kept telling herself that she was stronger than this, that she could handle anything, but her resolve was slowly breaking the more she saw them laugh and smile. "Why couldn't we be like this?" and "We deserved to be happy to," kept going through her head. She kept attempting to banish the thoughts, but they refused to leave her.

"I'll get your drinks for you and then I'll take your orders for your meal." she walked away faster than she intended to, but she knew she couldn't hold out much longer. She rushed into the bathroom. She gripped the edges of the sink until her knuckles turned white. She looked up at the mirror and grimaced at the tears that managed to escape. Get your shit together Heartfilia. She turned on the cold water and splashed some on her face.

This was going to be a long night.