Author's note: Ever had a lot of stuff and just BS that it gets to a point you just stopped caring? Yeah, that's exactly what's been going on with me. Anyway, here's the next chapter.
Chapter 3: The First Run
After Gajeel repaired Cana's bike, the word spread about their new mechanic's skills like wild fire. Throughout the week, Gajeel and Lily were heavily tasked with either repairing the bikes, building some from the ground up, or refurbishing stolen cars and selling them to quite a few sketchy people.
Overall, Gajeel had to say this was the best job he's had so far. Pay was good, co-workers were pleasant, and it was something he loved to do: repair work. Throughout the three days it was literally one car or bike after another. One evening, Gajeel and Lily were preparing to close up the shop when he noticed someone coming into the shop, it was Levy.
"Hey guys!" Levy smiled.
"Oh boss!" Lily replied "How are you?"
"I'm well thank you." she replied "I came here to give you your checks for this week."
"Oh yeah! I forgot that Thursday is payday!" she came over to Lily and handed him his check and walked over to Gajeel with his check: $5,000.
"Hello income!" Gajeel smirked.
"If you want to make an additional income," Levy smirked a bit mischievously "we could use some extra muscle for tomorrow night." Gajeel looked at her with a questioning gaze.
"Do you mean-"
"You think he's good enough?" Lily asked her "You think he can pull this off?"
"I want to test him." Levy explained "We managed to make enough of our "product" to sell to a potential buyer. We're going to be ready for a drop off tomorrow. Normally I would have some of our more experienced members do this; but one of them called in sick and can't make it. This could be a good test for Gajeel."
"I see what you're saying." Lily nodded "Gajeel, are you up for the task?"
"Depends." Gajeel snorted "The fuck do I gotta do?"
"All you need to do is take a motorcycle that was built with a special compartment filled with the meth and get them to our customers on the other-side of town." Levy explained "It's as simple as that. The bonus pay you get is $2500."
"I'm in." Gajeel spoke without an objection. Levy had to admit she was a bit speechless at that.
"I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't expect you to agree so quickly."
"If it's an extra amount of cash, I'm in." Gajeel told her with a shrug "Besides. This job is awesome so far and I'm grateful yer willing to give this experience to me." all of a sudden, Levy felt her cheeks heat up from Gajeel's words.
"I-I'm grateful we could help you!" she sputtered "I wish you luck tomorrow!" she left the room after that and did her best to cover her face a tad bit. It went unnoticed by Gajeel; however, Lily picked up on it immediately.
Sunset soon arrived and Friday night was in full swing. Gajeel was asked to meet with Levy at a location about thirty miles from Shadow Gear's hide out. He arrived on the rat bike Levy provided him when he joined the gang and arrived at a worn-down warehouse where Levy and Lily stood and watched what appeared to be five to six people loading three motorcycle's with methamphetamines in different parts of the bike.
"Keep it up!" Lily hollered to everyone "We got two hours to deliver this!"
"Yes sir!" they hollered back and working faster. As they worked, Levy glanced to her left and spotted Gajeel.
"Ah! Gajeel!" she smiled "You came! Thank goodness, we need the extra hands!"
"What's all this?" Gajeel asked, blowing a strand of hair out of his face again.
"We're getting the product set up." Levy smiled "Come with me Gajeel, I'll tell you what you need to know."
The two began to walk to one of the bikes as two men came to her.
"Levy!" the two men hollered in unison "We're ready to go!" Gajeel eyed the two men and recognized them. One was the man who let him into the hideout, and the other was an overweight man who was in the bar. Were these guys seriously going to be helping out? As they made their way to Levy, they noticed Gajeel with her.
"What's he doing here?" the orange haired man asked. Gajeel could feel a low growl getting ready to come out of his throat.
"Jet, Droy." Levy suddenly spoke, preventing what could've been an ugly fight "Gajeel volunteered to help out. Unfortunately, Macao had to back out tonight due to his son Romeo catching pneumonia. I also want to show Gajeel how we do this." the two men looked at her with hesitency before calming down and backing away "Now Gajeel, are you ready to hear how this goes?"
"Guess so." Gajeel shrugged, ready to hear what he needs to do.
"You noticed we filled the bikes with our product correct?" Levy asked, Gajeel nodded "You, along with Jet and Droy are going to go to different areas in Oak Town to drop off the motorcycles in large white trucks that are ready to be loaded. Once you load them in, get a ride back here immediately. Once you arrive back, you'll be in the clear. Just do everything in your power to make sure the motorcycle reaches it's destination. There's a GPS map on your motorcycle that will take you to the location and a built-in intercom to keep in touch with everyone. Any questions?"
"I'm good I guess." Gajeel admitted.
"The stuff is in the bikes!" one of the men hollered to Levy.
"We're good to go then." Levy spoke out "Everyone! Get in your places!" the men named Jet and Droy got onto their bikes and Gajeel did the same. All three revved up the engines and within seconds, the GPS told them where they needed to go. Gajeel was tasked with heading to the harbors which was about a twenty-minute drive.
"GO!" Levy hollered and just like that, they raced out of the lot and into three separate directions. Droy going east, Gajeel west, Jet north.
The roads were mainly quiet from what Gajeel could see, he had to keep going and make sure the bike doesn't get damaged or he hit someone. If he ran someone over, the cops would be after him and it would be game over for this gang. He couldn't let that happen. Ten minutes passed and he heard a distinct bzzt!
"Mother bird to baby birds." Levy's voice suddenly rang out over the intercom "Is everything good?"
"Baby bird 1 is at the halfway point." Jet's voice rang over the intercom.
"I'm stuck in some traffic." a voice called out with what sounded like they were stuffing their face.
"Droy if you're at that chicken shack again, I swear to whatever God your messed-up family worships, I will burn that place to the ground if you do this again during a run!"
"JET!" Levy hollered.
"Uh, I ain't getting involved in that." Gajeel intervened "But I should be near my destination very soon."
"Good work Gajeel." Levy praised "Let me know if you run into any problems." Gajeel silently nodded at her words before making it to a nearby bridge. This bridge was known as the only passage way to Oak Town's harbor and from the looks of it, it looked traffic free. Perfect. Gajeel made the turn to the docks and rode down the bridge to his destination. Halfway there, something caught Gajeel's eye; an insignia on a building nearby.
Gajeel didn't know why, but he felt he had to stop his bike and stare at the symbol. The symbol was a large, decorative cross with multiple kunai knife like decorations surround it. He never seen such a thing his whole life.
"The fuck..." he spoke to himself. Bzzt!
"Gajeel!" Levy's voice called out on the speaker "Is everything okay?"
Gajeel snapped out of his thoughts and pressed the reply button.
"Yeah." he lied "Just got caught in a small amount of traffic. No big deal!"
"As long as you're alright, that's okay." bzzt!
After hearing from Levy, Gajeel pulled out his phone quickly and snapped a photo of the odd symbol and drove off to the destination.
Gajeel arrived five minutes later at the destination and dropped off the motorcycle. Once he did, he got off the bike to watch the truck close the door and drive off. That was one thing done; now he needed a ride back. Spotting a nearby car, Gajeel grabbed a brick he found lying on the concrete and smashed the window with a large CRASH!
Seconds later, Gajeel was hotwiring the car and soon got the automobile to start up, ready for a drive to the warehouse. He left the parking lot with the car and did his best to keep his eye out for any police. So far, nothing. Looks like this was a clean getaway for his first time. Still, the thought of being caught stayed in his mind and the only thing he could do to ease it, was turn on the radio.
He turned on the radio immediately to help ease any nerves he was feeling rise up. You couldn't blame him could you? He just did a drug run!
"That was cat's in the cradle playing on Oak Town Rock radio!" The hose spoke onto the radio "And in news for Oak Town Rock and Roll radio, Mayoral Elections are coming up and Mayor-elect Touka White seems to be in the lead. Will Touka White be the future of Oak Town? Only time will tell!"
"Fuck politics man." Gajeel grumbled as he changed the channel.
Twenty minutes passed and he arrived back at the warehouse. Outside the warehouse, Levy and Lily were waiting for him along with other members of the motorcycle gang. Only ones missing were Jet and Droy who were still pulling in.
"Great job boys!" Levy smiled "And congrats Gajeel! You've really proven yourself! And I can officially say from all of us here! Welcome to Shadow Gear!" the crowd cheered at this and looked at their newest member with happiness. It was right there, Gajeel felt on top of the world.