Hey guys, sorry for the long update... A loved one of mine just died so it's taking some time to cope but I'm feeling better and good enough to finish this chapter so let's go! Enjoy
Chapter 6:
The following days after Lucy had left had been... Uneventful. Levy tapped her pen back and forth on her desk in her new private office. She had been ready to take on the responsibilities of being a specialized assistant for Gajeel but they haven't even done one job since she's started. He's such a slacker.
Levy let out a long groan of boredom. She began to keep her mind off the boredom by thinking of Lucy. She hasn't contacted her in two days already. Levy understood the concept of being able to be tracked down by a phone call and all but it was also complete torture. What if something did happen to them? They would never know.
Levy groaned again, this time in frustration.
She hopped out out of her chair and opened her door, beginning to escape her chamber of ultimate boredom until she had to stop abrutly. Levy glanced up to who she almost crashed into, "Lisanna? What are you doing over here?" Levy question.
Lisanna smiled, pointing at the room next to hers. "That's my office right there, I'm Natsu's specialized assistant, I'm allowed to start working again since they're far enough away to where people can't track our signals."
"I didn't know you were an assistant too," Levy smiled, "So what are you supposed to do?" Levy asked, truly curious.
"I'm going to be somewhat as their guide on their little adventure they're having," Lisanna laughed. Levy chuckled before something clicked in her head, she watched Lisanna head into her office and immidiately rushed after her. Levy stopped her door just before it could close.
"Hey Lisanna! Are you about to get on the line with Natsu!?" Lisanna stared at her from her station, mid-grab from her device.
"Uh, yeah..? Is there a problem or something?" Lisanna asked, concerned until Levy cheered in joy.
"Do you think when you call Natsu you could let me speak to Lucy real quick!?" Levy couldn't control herslef. This was the longest she's been away from Lucy in a long time. Though they don't live together, the max amount of days they don't see each other is one.
"I guess I could."
"That's great-"
"What are you doing here, Shrimp?" Levy froze stiff. She wasn't sure if she could even be considered a living organism anymore. Slowly, she turned her head to face her partner that was standing awfully close to be considered comfortable.
"Oh-ah, Gajeel. Finally rose from your den huh? I was about to see if I could speak to Lucy real quick." Gajeel stared down at her petite frame, making her squirm. His arms were crossed and it really brought out his triceps since he had long sleeves down to his elbow, he had some scares on his arm as well. What type of missions did he go on, bullfighting?
"Can't now... We have a mission!" Gajeel sang with a smirk on his face. Levy's face dropped. Wow, the moment she actually needed to do something is when he drags her away on a job.
"Can't you wait a moment?" Levy whined, the very entertained Lisanna in the background forgotten. Gajeel shook his head, placing his hand on her head and turning her towards the door.
"Can't this time, the Head gave me this mission. I think it's related to Lucy." Levy stopped whining and glanced up at Gajeel, fully interested. If it meant helping Lucy, Levy was in for it. Levy sighed and nodded, turning her head back to Lisanna.
"You wouldn't mind if I stopped by some other time, would you?" Lisanna shook her head with a smile.
"Not at all."
"So what's this mission?" Levy inquired, watching Gajeel load a silenced semi-automatic pistol inside his customized jacket suit, which allowed him to carry many weapons ranging from firearm to melee. under his suit he also seemed to have a bullet proof vest. Was he going to be okay by himself?
"We were able to track down a facility run by an organization trying to remake the body software. I just need to get in there and destroy the software and blueprints." Levy eyed him.
"If that's all you have to do, then why are you so heavily armed?" Gajeel looked at Levy as if she were supposed to know the answer.
"It's not just gonna be some store where you can just waltz right in; it's a heavily guarded lab off the edge of Hargeon. It's not that far, so I'm just gonna take our headquarters SUV." That made sense, Levy felt like an idiot for asking.
"...So, why am I here with you in the garage?" Gajeel chuckled with a smirk, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. Levy's cheeks began to burn a little, he was pressed up against her and she could smell his cologne, it was probably rubbing off on her too but it smelled heavenly.
"Because we're partners, aren't we? Don't you wanna see me off?"Gajeel smiled a big toothy grin.
"Not really. It's freezing in here," Gajeel stared a her, "Well, we are on a mou-"
"I know!"
Lucy awoke rather harshly from the discomfort of the bed. She had almost begun to scream when she saw the sleeping body of a man infront of her but calmed down when she noticed he was on another bed and also that it was just Natsu.
The smallest ray of sun managed to slip through the headquaters structure and right into their room, she glanced out the window a little disappointent. The sunrise probably looked fantastic and she had to miss it because of the stupid layout of this headquarters.
Lucy turned back around to take a look at Natsu's sleeping form. He was sprawled out all over the bed in only pajama pants, showing off his rock-hard abs and biceps, his pecks were screaming to be touched but Lucy restrained herself and just stared, admiring the view.
She almost screamed for the second time in one morning when she heard what seemed to be a phone going off. She walked around his bed and saw a black phone on the floor, face down. Picking it up, she checked the caller ID; it was Lisanna.
Lucy glanced over to Natsu to check if he had been awoken but he slept soundly, she turned back to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey Na- is this Lucy?" Lucy stood up from the floor looking at Natsu. She thought they weren't allowed to get phone calls from anyone at the headquarters.
"Yes."
"Oh! Hey! How've you been? Sorry I couldn't see you off the other day." Lucy smiled, she had no reason to feel tense around Lisanna. Lucy just kind of felt like they were competing or something for Natsu's attention but there was no reason to think that. Well, this is what being a girl is all about.
"I've been good, and it's fine. We'll see each other soon again anyway." She heard a hum of agreement.
"So, I'm guessing Natsu's not up yet?" Lucy turned back to Natsu before nodding, even though Lisanna couldn't see her do it.
"Yeah, he's still out of it," Lucy paused for a moment, biting her lower lip, "Uhm, Lisanna, I thought people from the headquarters weren't allowed to call us."
"Oh, not anymore! I just recieved information from Makarov last night," Lisanna sang happily, "I called him, he didn't tell you anything?" Lucy froze, glancing at Natsu.
"No? Was he supposed to?"
"I don't think it mattered whether or not, but once Natsu wakes up, please have him call me!" Lisanna pleaded, Lucy wondered just how important the situation was if she was that urgent. Before she could reply, the girl on the other end of the line hung up, making Lucy sigh.
"What'd she say?
"She told me to tell you to call her whe- Huh!?" Lucy swung her head around to see deep green eyes staring at her.
"Hey! How long have you been up!?
"Since the phone started ringing..."
"Why didn't you answer it then, were you evesdropping or something?" Natsu sat up from the bed, stretching out with a long yawn and completely ignoring her last question.
"It's too early to call right now though... I was hoping to sleep longer." Lucy sighed, feeling somewhat awkward. He heard everything, she hoped she didn't say anything that might've sounded weird or anything.
"So when are you going to call her?" Lucy's eyes followed Natsu as he leaned off the bed, standing up and stretching once more. His abs stretched deliciously, Lucy averted her eyes, squeezing the phone in her hand. She was actually very surprised that it didn't break. She placed it on Natsu's bedside table before she actually did end up breaking it.
"When I feel like it. It's not like whatever she says is gonna be important since we're staying here for a bit before we leave," Lucy walked over to her suitcase, grabbing out an outfit for the day, glancing over to Natsu from time to time. "... So, what are we supposed to be doing until the jet's finished being modified?" Natsu shrugged while he grabbed some clothes too.
"Beats me. Probably just relax as much as we can because we won't be able to that much once we finally set off."
"Okay, so I went through some sources about the facility; there should be at least two guards by the entrance and if I'm correct, there are some patrolling the perimeter. Make your way past the patrol and use your supressor to make no sound." Levy spoke through her little earphone. Gajeel parked the truck just a little away from the facility.
"Any cameras I should worry about?"
"Just get closer to the entrance. After that, I can jam the security system for about five minutes if we're lucky, you'll have that time to get in and get out." Gajeel groaned, sneaking up behind a tree, taking a look at the building.
"Only five minutes? Damn."
"Make it work! I'm not some god, you know." Levy snickered at her desk, watching through Gajeel's hidden camera. So far she was loving this job now, she had always been into programming and hacking, even though that wasn't exactly what she was doing at her other job.
An armed guard walked past Gajeel, he swung around the tree, hitting the guard with the back of his gun, knocking him out before he dragged his body around the tree so it would'nt be discovered. Since the facility was surrounded by forest, it gave Gajeel an advantage in stealth. Plus with the sun beginning to set made it harder for him to be spotted.
He checked both ways before sneaking up behind another bush, he peaked over, getting a view of the entrance.
"Hey, Shrimp. Any other alternatives to get in other than the entrance?" Levy scanned the system security alarms and sighed.
"They seem to be on high alert, any other entrance is prohibited and if opened, an alarm will trigger. I can try to turn it off, but that may take some time, maybe half an hour," Gajeel clicked his tongue angrily in annoyance. "Man, I was hoping for this to be way easier..."
Gajeel sighed and pulled out his silent pistol, aiming it at the guards by the entrance. In one swift move, he shot the two of them before they could even register what was happening. Since he was already at it, he decided to shoot any parol that he saw while heading to the entrance.
"Now would be a great time for you to jam the system," Gajeel whispered into his headset. He heard rapid clicking and taping on the other line before she sighed in accomplishment. "Okay, that should do it. Remember, five minutes. Get in and out." Levy ordered, making Gajeel smirk.
"Who do you take me for," He questioned, walking through the entrance with caution, "I'm a master at stealth." He bragged, standing up against a wall as a guard walked by, hitting him in the back of the head with his gun and dragging his limp body around the corner of the wall where Gajeel had been standing just moments before.
"You're too loud for that... Anyways, the replica should be in one of the labs on the bottom floor of the facility, I would guess a room that had a lot of workers or scientist huddled together should be the one. Gajeel grunted, standing against the wall and peaking over the corner. The hall was empty and there was a lot of metal.
He walked through the hallway checking the windowed rooms for people but they were all vacant. There was a turn at the end of the hallway and he checked to see if the coast was clear before proceeding. There didn't seem to be a lot of guards by the labs for safety hazards; all the better for him.
As Gajeel headed do the corridor, voices started to become louder the closer he got to one room. The room was at the end of the hall, a dead end. This room was different than the others, there wasn't any glass windows or anything like that, it was a single armored door, with a slit to see through.
He could hear muffled voices on the other end and peaked through the slit. Four men in white lab coats huddled around a table; they seemed to be working on something. The fake Body Software.
Gajeel placed his hand on the knob and turned it, he didn't exactly expect the door to oen that easily, he scoffed at the poor security. They were practically wide open. Once he was in, he silently closes the door, holding his gun up to their backs.
"We were expecting someone to arrive." Gajeel froze as the scientist turned around, all holding weapons. Gajeel looked pass them to the table, nothing was there. Levy gasped, they were tricked?
"You came here for the replica we were making, correct? We figured sooner or later one of you damned agencies from the government would come after us. It's not here. In fact, it's wayyy far away from here." The men took off their white coats to reveal bullet-proff vests and firearms.
"They must've been real confident, huh boss? Bringing only one person?" One on the far right laughed, making the rest of them chuckle.
"Just know this buddy, you're not getting outta here alive." Another one laughed.
"Gajeel, get out of there now!" Levy yelled, his time was already up, the cameras were already back on. Gajeel chuckled, dropping his handgun.
"Like I said Levy," Levy paused, he's never really said her name before, "I knew something was up when I first got in to this dump. And I told you at the headquarters that I was fully prepared for a fight." He smiled, reaching into his suit jacket and pulling out an MP5K, pointing it straight at the men.
"Too bad you don't have anything to protect your face." Gajeel smirked before aiming to the one on the right, instantly firing a bullet through his head. The men started shooting; Gajeel ducked over, grabbing his handgun he had dropped on the ground and dove behind the counter near him. Everything around him was being shot at, what a waste of ammo.
Gajeel, leaned over the side, lifting his handgun and pointing it at the man on the way left, he pulled the trigger, sending a bullet through his head before throwing the smaller weapon at the man he assumed to be in charge because of his different colored vest. The man fell to the ground, yelling in pain, almost knocking the last one standing over.
The man stopped shooting, reloading but stopped when he saw a gun pointed right infront of his face. "Lights out." Gajeel smiled, before firing. Levy on the other hand, had her back turned to the screen with her hands covering her ears.
The boss, turned away from Gajeel, trying to crawl away but a foot was shoved into his back, pushing him back to the ground and making him bust a lip. Gajeel kneeled down and grabbed his handgun before the boss could and placed it on his head, grabbing his hair and lifting his face off the ground.
"Okay, buddy, not feeling so confident now, are we? Now you better tell me the location of the replica and maybe I'll spare you." The man glared at Gajeel, spitting blood at his face, making Gajeel snarl, slamming the man's face back into the floor.
"You better get talking before you end up talking to Death instead. Where is it?"
"The hell should I know!" The man's voice muffled as it was still shoved into the ground. Gajeel sighed, dropping the man's head. He unloaded his pistol and reached into his coat pocket, grabbing a green dart.
"W-What is that?" The man asked nervously. Gajeel loaded the dart into the pistol and pointed it at the man.
"It's a cool kinda' drug that was made at my headquarters. Whoever is shot by this goes into a crazed high, this also helps us get information from people other than torture. You'll be as high as a rocket and you won't have any control over your words." Gajeel smiled before shooting his leg. The man screamed at first in surprise before his eyes drooped.
"Whoaaaa." He slurred, looking around the room, Gajeel laughed at him.
"Okay, now where is the replica?"
"Wellllll, I heard they were taking it up north of Fiore, where it's super cold and shit, ya' know?"
"Do you know where up north?"
"I think the place was called Heliconia... Like, up in the mountains n' shi-" The man slurred again before Gajeel shot him with another dart; amnesia, before hitting the pressure point on his neck, knocking him out.
"You hear that, Shrimp?"
"Yeah, I'm looking up the area now. Great work Gajeel."
"As to you. You did pretty great for your first time. But we're done for now... So, I'm heading back."
A/N: How was it, sorry if it wasn't as great as usual and this chapter wasn't really focused on Natsu or Lucy but the actual plot. I've just kinda been out of it and I had a bad case of writers block for the fight scene...
BTW did you know, all places in Fiore are named after a flower or herb? Pretty cool right? This chapter is long too, I'm going to start making my chapters longer, idk if I'm going to make them as long as this though. Anyways, sorry for the wait, like I said I've been coping with a death but the chapter updates should come quicker again.