Natsu's head swam, the black of the helicopter faded in and out of his vision, he was vaguely aware of someone calling his name at regular intervals and shaking him awake, he kept grasping the edges of his consciousness trying to respond to his name but his mouth would not obey his mind, blackness encroached on his vision again and he was too tired to fight it off, he remembered taking a bullet for his team, he didn't know why he did it, he was aware he was not like other people he didn't feel everything he did was logical and remorseless and he even he had saved his team today, he managed a chuckle at his own foolishness as everything went black.

"Natsu!" Lisanna shook his shoulders again, this time she was met with no response.

Natsu's A.I blinked to life above him "He is unconscious."

"Why don't you just Overclock his healing?" Conrad demanded harshly.

The A.I shook it's head "I can't, you know as well as I do that if I Overrode his body's healing functions it would kill him…He released all 12 locks to get to you before you died."

Conrad bit his tongue and stemmed his argument, the room grew silent before Lisanna finally spoke.

"What's Overclocking? and these locks?" Lisanna looked at her two team members and then to Theta.

"That's right, you're a newbie to this aren't you," Dertega spoke after a few moments "Well, it adheres to the theory that human beings have barriers within their own minds preventing us from using our full physical and mental ability, Our A.I's can tap into these barrier's and override them in essence allowing us to heal faster, jump higher, run faster and anything along those lines, we call it Overclocking and it can seriously injure the operative and so the A.I's regulate how much we use it to keep us safe."

"The Lock's refer to each barrier, Strength, speed, brain power, jump height, analytics, sight range, eyesight and hearing, in some cases people can overload one of these traits twice allowing twelve all up is the safest possible maximum." Conrad finished

"Natsu put all twelve into speed to get to Major Conrad before he was injured." Theta announced

The room grew silent again before the radio crackled to life "ETA to carrier Lincoln 3 minutes."

"The medical crew is onsite and prepped," Theta said simply "The mission report is filed…I hope he makes it."

"Wait a second," Conrad stepped forward firing a glare at Theta's hologram "You said he put twelve into speed? I thought safety protocol's prevented that as it could rip the muscle's of the user apart completely and yet we all saw him walking normally afterwards."

Theta hologram pulsated silently as it watched the man "I am an A.I of Natsu's own design, I do not have this safety protocol you refer to as for how Natsu does it…he has been trained and conditioned to push the limits of operative frame pairings since he could walk. That is the only unclassified information I can give you."

Conrad stepped back, they barely registered the pilot informing them of the imminent touchdown, the door slid open quickly and a group of six men dressed in white a large red cross sewn onto the chest of their clothing pulled Natsu off the helicopter and placed him on a stretched, placing an oxygen pump on his mouth as they carted him off.

Natsu was painfully aware of the light that suddenly hit his eyes, his eyes snapped closed after a moment and he wanted to yell at someone, why wouldn't they just let him die, it would be much easier, no explanation on why he injured himself for someone else and he would not have to have an endless recurring question roll around in his head, it didn't help that he seemed to be reliving the worse mission in his life every few minutes, the black resettled itself in his head and he drew a sharp inhale as he opened his eyes, he was on a rooftop he recognized the location immediately Tokyo Japan, the skyline was brilliant as always but that was not his focus, his focus was his target a ex-operative rumored to be selling his A.I as well as his old suit to the highest bidder, he crouched low along the edge of the massive skyscraper.

"It's odd," Theta announced in his head "Even though this operative is supposed to be selling his suit and A.I, there is no mention of him in any files…Like he never did a mission or something."

"It's not my job to gather intelligence," Natsu replied in his dead tone "Besides, maybe you just don't have access to it."

"Natsu, when you built me you gave me access to everything…And the strongest hacking software on top of that…If there was information on this guys missions I would have found it." Theta retorted.

"Our job is to follow order's Theta," Natsu responded flatly "and our order's are to eliminate this man."

He made it to the roof's emergency exit and pushed on it, as expected it didn't move, he growled in annoyance "A door should always go both ways." He complained as he retrieved a small rod of metal ending in a sharp point no bigger than a pen, he clicked a button on the side and the tip began to glow a molten orange color and spun around like a drill, he placed the glowing tip against the door and ran it horizontally in the centre, he pushed the button and the glow dissipated and he replaced the rod in his pack, pushing the door open he darted down the stairs, reaching the staff door on the 55th floor, he pushed in open and looked down the corridor.

Two men in black suits stood by the door at the end of the hall.

"It is only those two and our target inside." Theta said quickly.

Natsu nodded, removing his helmet and rolling his neck as his chest piece folded in on itself becoming similar to a bulletproof vest he could wear under his shirt in size. He pulled the thing above his head before removing his white button up shirt and placing it over his chest again, the shirt following over the top.

"Give me a moment," Theta announced "Syncing armor color in 3.2.1. Good to go."

The visible red under the shirt disappeared, he just looked slightly bulky under the shirt, he stood up and held the helmet behind his back as he entered the hallway, looking around the architecture like a tourist who got lost would, he pretended to be relieved as he approached the two men with a reassuring smile.

"Hey, I'm sorry to bother you but I seem to be on the wrong floor could you tell me where?" As he got close enough he stopped talking, tossing his helmet at the closest man and dashing into the second, the fist pulled his gun quickly before the helmet slammed into his wrist he winced as the bones broke, Natsu turned as the second fired a shot as he drew, the bullet flew by his head embedding into the floor boards behind him as he slammed his fist into the underside of the man's elbow the bone snapped and Natsu closed his hand over the man's mouth cutting of the scream as he twisted his neck in a fluid motion it snapped with a click, the other man managed to swap the gun from his broken wrist to his working hand, But Natsu led with a powerful roundhouse slamming him into the wall, he slid down the wall unconscious, Natsu placed his helmet on his head as the armor snapped through his shirt, he didn't care for the material anyway. He picked up the first guards gun and looked at the door.

"You wanna knock? Or shall I?" Natsu asked

The door opened with a click and Natsu pushed it the rest of the way aiming down the hallway that led into the room "Hotel lock's are so east." Theta boasted.

"Quiet." Natsu ordered in a whisper as he entered the apartment slowly. The white and black tiles ran through the whole place, the wall's were a deep red color and the ceiling remained white, intricate sculptures and painted lined the walls of the hallway, Natsu moved quickly and quietly down the hall, he rounded the corner and looked at the paper white sliding doors that lined either side. As he moved towards the room currently casting a shadow on the door he felt something press against his neck and he froze, No one could sneak up on him, he gritted his teeth behind the mask as he raised his hands into the air.

"I was wondering when they would figure out I was alive," The unknown spoke flatly "Seems they sent a rookie to take me out…It hurts to be underestimated like this."

Natsu kept his hands up, the voice sounded so familiar it was aggravating but in this situation he saw a small hope.

"If you are going to kill me," Natsu said flatly "Just do it, I don't have anything worth staying alive for anyway."

"I know that voice," The man suddenly said before a hand dragged Natsu into a room "Remove your helmet."

Natsu watched the man through his visor, he had black and hair and dark onyx eyes not at all unlike his own, they seemed to glow slightly in the soft orange light of the room, his aged features shone through, he was at least fifty maybe approaching his sixties a small amount of gray had come into his beard.

Natsu raised his hands slowly and deliberately outward before bringing them close to his head and pulled the helmet free.

The man smiled as Natsu's face was revealed "It has been a long time Natsu."

Natsu frowned and gritted his teeth "Do I know you?"

"You do," The man said simply "But I never called you by your name…I called you little dragon."

Natsu staggered as the memories hit him like a train, his mouth dropped open and he stared at the man unable to make word "D-dad? Is that really you? You are selling your old gear?"

Natsu's father frowned "No, my old gear was destroyed when I 'died'."

Natsu shot him a dangerous glare "Thirteen years, you have been alive all this time…You never came back."

"Of course I didn't, I 'died' there is no coming back from that." His father sat down at the small table in the centre of the room, the matted floor offered little comfort as Natsu sat opposite him.

"You didn't die though, clearly you are still here." Natsu kept his glare trained on his father the whole time.

"Well, the man you knew died…Well more to the point…I woke up." His father stared at the table solemnly as he spoke, like he was reliving painful memories.

"Remember that mission?" His father suddenly asked looking up.

Natsu nodded "You had to rescue a civilian hostage, they said it went bad and you were forced to detonate the floor as the hostage had already been killed, they said you were caught in the blast and died shortly after because they couldn't get to you in time."

"Well it's partly true at least," His father grimaced "It wasn't a 'civilian hostage' it was your mother…I was ordered not to go and I forced my intelligence officer to help me sneak out on the mission."

"Makarov, I remember him…He is a colonel now I haven't spoken to him a awhile." Natsu responded

"It was supposed to be so simple," His father responded sadly "Get in, free your mother and get out, nothing ever goes as easily as planned though…As we were about to get out an allied group attacked me…On orders from the higher up's…I never found out why…I got away barely, but your mother wasn't as lucky."

Natsu stared at him for a few minutes in silence "You were attacked by our forces?"

His father nodded "They wanted us both…out of the picture."

"Why?" Natsu demanded.

"Because of you," Natsu didn't respond so his father continued "You had already started training to become an operative you excelled at everything…Even started building your own A.I. But you made decisions emotionally back then whenever it came to your team…Or your family you were like me. Protect them at all cost's even the failure of a mission or your own death wouldn't stop it."

Natsu's hands latched onto the side of his head "No! No! No! No! Your wrong! I have never been like that," His eyes squeezed shut "They told me, emotion is weakness, emotion clouds a persons judgment and makes them act illogically and failing missions is not an option…The mission comes first." Natsu repeated the last bit like mantra, it had been drilled into him for fifteen years and now his father not only comes back from the dead he tells him everything he has ever fought for was a lie?!

"If that's true," His father said simply, he slid the gun across the table "Shoot me, it's your mission right."

Natsu stared at the gun in front of him, his eyes narrowed and he practically blurred forward picking the gun up. A single shot echoed around the room, Natsu didn't open his eyes for a few minutes.

"See?" His father said flatly, looking at the small hole in the wall.

"No amount of drilling can take the person you are away from you."

"But, I have killed team's sacrificed them easily…Without a second thought to complete missions…T-" His voice cracked "I-I don't know what to do."

His father leaned forward placing his elbow's on the table and lacing his fingers together his mouth turned upwards in a very small smile "Nobody knows what to do…Do what you believe is right," He moved his hand forward poking him in the right side of the chest lightly "What you believe to be right in here."

"But, if I don't kill you…Mission failure and then they might find out your alive and come after you…I can't go back." Natsu stared at the table in front of him.

"They knew it was me," His father smiled, a smile someone uses when a plan they had worked on for years falls through perfectly "That rumor you were chasing, I sent out…Everything in your mission has been because of the way I went about things…Remember what I always used to tell you?"

Natsu shook his head.

"The more outrageous the lie, the easier it is to manipulate those who believe it." His father's smile changed.

Natsu gained the meaning, he would not change…Not on the outside at least he would remain as he is now the perfect soldier.

"Now off you go," His father made a shooing movement "Don't worry about your mission…I only have a few more hours anyway."

Natsu stopped "What do you mean?"

"Remember the old suits?" Natsu nodded "Apparently the ray shielding in them wasn't thought about." Natsu's eyes widened as he gained the meaning.

His father nodded with a smirk "Yeah, poisoned me, too many missions in the suit…My organ's have been gradually shutting down I had a few meds to slow it down but…I ran out earlier today…You know how people say if you only had one more day to live what would you do?"

Natsu nodded again "I'd say making sure you grew into a fine man beat's anything anyone else has ever come up with."

His father laughed "Now, off you go…If you can quit…Quit before you meet a girl and have kids."

Natsu nodded and slid the door closed, he placed his helmet back on his head and bolted out of the apartment, as he rounded the corner of the door back into he hallway leading to the roof, he heard a shuffle and he barely registered movement before a sharp pain ripped through his leg he rolled to the floor and spun around drawing his gun and firing at the source of the last shot, the bullet hit the guard in the forehead and he fell to the ground quickly. Natsu dragged himself to his feet as he reached the rooftop a helicopter touched down a small distance ahead of him he limped toward it and a small squad jumped out and scanned the roof before helping him into the craft.

"Good work, Sir," The captain saluted "We will take it form here."

Natsu nodded with a cold glare.

Natsu's eyes snapped open and he looked around himself, he was in a white room he wore a loosely fitting hospital gown and his left shoulder was bandaged tightly, he stared at the ceiling for a long time. That had been his worst mission, not because they found out anything that happened inside, it was the worst because he found out he had been lied to and manipulated by people who called themselves his allies, he had transferred to Makarov's unit the moment he was cleared for combat, When he was made the captain he made sure all of his plan's gave him the most risk, always keeping his men safe while making it appear that it was logical and his emotions were not regulating his decisions…All his work had just evaporated years of work under Makarov all gone because of an oversight…He wanted out…He was done with fighting war's…It was not normal for a seventeen year old, he was finished, either they would let him quit or he would arrange his own 'death.'

A/N: So that's explains the super soldier aspect's (I hope) And a bit of Natsu's back story…The Ultimate deception…Like it? Hate it? Tell me your thoughts and I will see you guy's next week. Hope you all enjoyed, Peace!