Author's note: Sorry for the super duper late chapter. I was having my final exams and I got some bad news from my family so I couldn't write this chapter as usual. Anyways, thanks for your reading and reviews. And I promise I won't abandon this story. Thank you for being with me. And this chapter is a small gift to my friends at NanoFate Chat, _kAtWiN_ and fripitzipi. I hope you two will like this. :3

Author's warning: This is an action chapter. Don't like action, don't read. Thank you.

"Nanoha, I…"Fate paused, I felt heavier suddenly and Fate was leaning against my back. I blushed darkly and softly called her name. But there was no reply. I started thinking that something was wrong. I turned back to face Fate but she slipped off my back and fell down to the ground. She fainted right before my eyes. I was shocked at what I saw. I called her name several times and shook her hoping that she would wake up. Suddenly, I felt pain behind my neck. A powerful strength had knocked me down but then an arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me up. Before I lost my consciousness, I heard two female voices smirking.

Chap 8

"…-an …-chan …-chan… Fate-chan… Fate-chan!" Fate heard a similar voice in her mind. She started to take her consciousness back, slowly opened her eyes. She rubbed her eyes to see more clearly. And then Hayate appeared before her eyes, with worried eyes looking at her. She slowly turned her head and he saw that she was in Hayate's house.

"Fate-chan! You're awake. Shamal! Come here quickly! Fate-chan is awake now!" Hayate happily told Shamal to come over.

Shamal walked to Fate and placed her hand on Fate's forehead to check her temperature. Then she lighted her flashlight to Fate's eyes and nodded.

"Yes, Fate-chan is fine now. She just fainted. There is no serious injury but I still need to give her a full checkup later." Shamal then went inside their kitchen.

Fate slowly sat up, having a terrible headache. She looked around. There is not just only Yagami's family; there are also Arisa, Suzuka and the ferret boy, Yuuno. Hayate was sitting beside her when the others were standing around the living room. Except for Signum always looks out of the window, the others was having a half happy half worried expression on their faces.

"Fate-chan, are you ok? Do you hurt anywhere? What's happened to you?" Hayate asked rapidly.

"Slow down Hayate!" Arisa interrupted. "Fate is just awake. Give her a break!"

"I'm sorry… I'm just worried about her…"

"We are all worried about her and Nanoha. Just give her some times Hayate-chan." Suzuka said.

"Right… At the prom night, I was knocked down when I was about to take a move on Nanoha... and… Nanoha!... Where is Nanoha?" Fate was buried in her thought then she opened her eyes wider and looked at the others.

"Where is Nanoha? Someone could tell me where is Nanoha?" She asked worriedly. The others looked at each other and then Hayate slowly said.

"We couldn't find her, Fate-chan. When the prom ended, we went to find you two and the only thing we saw was that you were fainting on the ground at the garden. We were finding Nanoha-chan all the night but we found nothing. So we brought you here and waited until you wake up and tell us what's happened."

"I don't…" Fate paused. "At that night, someone hit me… Nanoha's shocked face… two female voices… That's it. Two girls knocked me out at that night. And they took Nanoha away. They kidnapped her. But why?"

"Earth calls Fate! Hey wake up you baka!" Arisa shook Fate and snapped her out of her own mind. "Tell us what you know now!"

"I think… Nanoha has been kidnapped." Everyone gasped by the answer. Yuuno grabbed both of Fate's shoulders and asked angrily.

"What's happened to Nanoha? Who kidnapped her? Why did you let that happen, Fate?"

"Yuuno-kun. Calm down!" Hayate tried to soothe her friend but his rage wasn't that easy to be eased.

"Tell me Fate! You are the Ace of aces. Why did you let your guard down like that?..." He shook Fate.

"Yuuno-kun! Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan are here!"

"Fate! Talk to me!" Yuuno yelled at Fate's face. Suddenly, he received a painful punch on his face, made him flied over the room and bumped into the wall with a flushed cheek.

"That's enough!" Signum said angrily.

"Signum…" Fate mumbled.

"Dammit! Yuuno, you are not the only one who is worried about Nanoha right now! Especially this is a very serious situation. You need to calm down or I will kill you."

Yuuno held his red cheek and stayed silent. Signum sighed then turned to Arisa and Suzuka.

"I'm sorry but you two need to go home. We will take care of Fate and we will tell you about Nanoha as soon as we find out some information about her."

"We understand. Please take care of Fate-chan. Thank you very much for everything. And please bring Nanoha back for us." Suzuka and Arisa bowed at the same time.

"We will do our best to find her. Good night."

"Good night, Signum-san. Good night minna-san. And recover fast, Fate-chan." Suzuka smiled.

"Thanks Suzuka. Good night." Then the girls went home. After a few minutes, Chrono came.

"Where is Fate?" He asked while taking off his shoes.

"Onii-chan? What are you doing here?" Fate asked surprised when she saw her brother standing at the door.

"Visit my little sister of course. What do you think? Hearing my sister is hurt and doing nothing?"

"I'm sorry… I was just…"

"What's happened Fate? Why is this happened?" Chrono asked.

"I…" Fate paused and looked at the others. "I think… mafias have kidnapped Nanoha."

"Mafias? How can you be so sure about that?" Chrono gasped.

"I'm not sure, but I heard two female voices at that night and they knocked me out… After that, I didn't know anything."

"How could you let your guard down like that Fate? You have never been beaten before. Especially with those backstabbing moves like that."

"I… I don't know. I heard nothing. I couldn't hear their movements. It was really quiet." Fate shook her head.

"Even the Ace of aces in CIA can't hear those mafias' movements. I think we have met some professional assassins…" Chrono scratched his chin.

"Chrono, what are we going to do now? We can't leave Nanoha like that!" Yuuno finally stood up and asked.

"I will report this situation to the HQ and see if they allow us to move out or not. If we receive their permission, we will find those assassins and then we will find out where Nanoha is."

"I will go with you onii-chan." Fate stood up but Chrono stopped her and pushed her down.

"No, Fate! You need to rest now. Stay at Hayate's place until I get the command from HQ. Hayate's still your main mission and maybe she could be the next target after Nanoha. I've brought your clothes here. You need to change anyways." Chrono smiled.

Fate didn't understand the last sentence but then she looked down and she realized that she still wore her knight costume. She blushed lightly and turned her head away.

"Ok… I will stay here then."

"Good. I'll be back as soon as I can. Everyone should sleep now. It's two o'clock in the morning anyways."

"W-wait! Two a.m now?" Fate shouted surprisingly.

"Yes, Fate-chan. It's two a.m now. You've fainted in about four hours after we found you." Hayate replied.

"Four hours? That long? Oh my god!" Fate held her head and mumbled to herself. "How can it be? I've never fainted in more than five minutes before."

"Fate-chan? Are you ok?" Hayate asked softly.

"Ah… I'm ok Hayate. Thanks a lot for taking care of me."

"It's ok Fate-chan. I will do everything for you." Hayate blushed softly.

"Ok." Chrono clapped his hand loudly. "Yuuno! Come with me! I need to talk to you! The rest of you, go to sleep now! We will talk about this later; after all of you have slept enough."

"Yes, Colonel Harlaown." Everyone said at the same time. Then Chrono left along with Yuuno.

"Ok, Hayate! Bring Fate to your room. The others, rest now!" Signum ordered. Hayate grabbed Fate's arm then pulled the blond to her room.

"Come on Fate-chan! You need to rest now!" Hayate said happily.

"O-Ok. But Hayate, I can walk you know."

. - . - . - .

"Sis! You've hit her too hard!" A voice of a young woman said.

"It wasn't my fault. It's just because she isn't Fate T. Harlaown so she can't take my punch." An older woman replied.

"Now what are we going to do? She won't wake up before Dr.Y comes!"

"Nah… She will wake up in a few minutes later. You'll see."

"Where am I? What's happened to me?" Nanoha slowly opened her eyes and tried to get her vision back.

"See? She's awake now." The older woman said.

Nanoha looked at the black hair girls and asked tired. "Where… am I?... Who are you?"

"Who we are is not important and you don't need to know about that." The taller girl said.

"We are Ekaterina and Beatriz, the Assassin Sisters. The best Assassins in the underground world!" The shorter girl replied proudly.

"Sis! Shut up already!" The girl who called Beatriz sighed and then turned to Nanoha. "Anyways, you will stay with us until Dr.Y comes here. And don't try to do anything stupid. No one can hear you or find you here."

Nanoha was now completely awake. She tried to move but she found out herself was tied to a pole by chains. She couldn't move her legs or her arms and she was in an old factory with two assassin girls.

"Why did you kidnap me?" Nanoha looked at Beatriz and asked.

"We just do whatever the customers say and get the money. We don't care much about the reasons." Beatriz shrugged.

"Who is that Dr.Y? Why does he want to kidnap me?"

"How should I know?" Ekaterina said. "We need to keep secret about customers' identities so…" She smiled evilly. "… No more question! Be quiet or I will kill you!"

"Fate-chan will find me and she will save me. You can't beat her. She is the Ace of aces in CIA." Nanoha said.

"Wait wait wait! Are you threatening me?" The girl busted out laughing. "You know, I am the one who knocked the Ace of aces out without any troubles last night, right before your eyes. You're way too innocent, girl." She held Nanoha cheek with her left hand and kissed Nanoha's cheek.

"You'll see. Fate-chan and my friends will come to save me soon!"

"We will see about that. Now stay silent!" Beatriz said and then walked away after she whispered something to Ekaterina. The taller girl went outside the factory then closed the door.

"Ok, princess, let's prepare to meet the guest." Ekaterina smiled evilly.

. - . - . - .

Fate: *sighs* Long! Way to long!

Nanoha: *smiles* Well, at least we have our author back, right Sayu-chan?

Sayuki: *steps back* Right… My apologies for that anyways.

Hayate: But still… you have lots of things you need to explain for us. *crosses her arms*

Sayuki: What things?

Nanoha: Lots of things! *evil smile*

Sayuki: *sweats* Ah… girls…. Calm down… we can talk about this later… Fate-chan! Help me please!

Fate: *shrugs* Sorry Sayu-chan, I will stay out of this.