A busty blonde woman sat in the infirmary, she was being seen to by a doctor for a check-up due to some sore joints. It had been a little over a month since Natsu had visited the dealer down in the Kelbey District. The days were getting colder as the year moved into the winter months and the first signs of snow had started to fall.
Her trainers had been very tough on her recently and she began to think that either something was happening or someone was pushing for results. A few days ago, Lucy managed to sneak onto Natsu's computer in his office while he and Mira were at lunch and what she found had surprised her. According to the training schedule that was created by Natsu's brother, Zeref, she was ahead of schedule by a few weeks.
She had to admit, Natsu and Mira were insane when it came to hand-to-hand combat, Natsu had strength and speed but thanks to Mira's very flexible body, she was able to bend and slither her way around the man.
It wasn't even only hand-to-hand combat that Natsu excelled at, but she had also noticed that he was a crack shot when it came to all types of weaponry. When she asked him about it, the answer she got back was very short. 'Training, and a lot of it.'
Lucy's body had changed too, she had developed quite a bit of muscle which made her body have toned athletic curves. And thanks to Natsu's supervision, she had even developed muscles she didn't even know she had, 'No wasted effort, everything must be honed.' Was what the pinkette had told her, frequently.
"Excuse me, Miss Heartfilia." Said a soft female voice, bringing Lucy's attention back out from her innermost thoughts.
"Oh, sorry, Mary. I must have zoned out." The Agent-in-training said as she looked up at the nurse attending to her, she was fairly slim with a kind looking face and bubble-gum pink hair.
"It's quite alright. You seem to be in good health, a little banged up but from the intensity that you have been working out." The nurse said as she handed her the read-up on her condition.
"Yeah, Natsu is a tough man to please sometimes." Confirmed Lucy as she watched the woman in light blue scrubs head to a nearby folder.
"Mr Dragneel takes pride in his job. To him, one can work the best when they themselves are at their best." Mary said as she flicked through her notes, she made a small noise of surprise. "I'm sorry Miss Heartfilia, but I seem to have missed something, I am to take a vial of your blood."
"Oh. That's fine." She replied as she held out her arm. For her it was routine to have some blood taken to be tested, she figured that it was just to check for any contaminants or something in her bloodstream, or to be tested in R&D.
"Knock, knock, Ladies."
The two women turned to look at the door, leaning on the doorframe was a tanned pinkette in black pants, red Mortal Kombat shirt with a black leather jacket over it. "Hey, Luce, Mary. I hope I'm not interrupting."
"Mr Dragneel, how are you?" Asked the nurse with a bright smile.
"I'm good. Just dropped Happy off at school." He replied as he strolled into the room and took a seat at the nurse's desk.
"How are his grades?" Mary murmured as she leant down, reading the clipboard that sat on top of her desk.
Lucy could have sworn that she saw the nurse unbutton her top next to the pinkette.
"They are going good Mary. He could do better but hey, C's get degrees, am I right?"
"You are right Mr Dragneel, I bet you love seeing C's don't you~." She purred quietly and seductively into the man's ear.
"I like them all, Little Miss Mary." Natsu replied, whispering huskily back into her ear. "Especially C's."
Lucy cleared her throat loudly. "Umm, Mary, you are supposed to take my blood…"
The nurse squeaked quietly in embarrassment, she kind of forgot that she was still attending to a patient. "Sorry Miss Heartfilia, I got distracted." She subtly fixed her scrubs and gathered what she needed to take her blood.
The blonde rolled her eyes and gave the woman a sly smirk. "Don't worry, I'm used to it when Natsu is in the vicinity."
"Sorry Mary, I didn't come for a social visit, maybe next time you can give me a thorough check-up." The pinkette chimed in as he gave the nurse a wink and watched her start to take Lucy's blood.
"I'll be looking forward to it Mr Dragneel."
Natsu grinned to himself as he started to read Lucy's medical file – though he already had it memorised. It gave him something to do while he waited for Nurse Mary to finish with his protégé.
"There you go Miss Heartfilia, you are free to go." The young pink-haired woman said as she sealed the vial of blood and handed it off to Natsu. "And you, stop reading her file, naughty man." She chided him playfully as she gave him a soft smack against his upper arm.
The pinkette gave his rather childish retort in the form of sticking his tongue out at her. He slowly rose from the chair and walked past her. "Come on Luce, we have things to do." Natsu said as his hand swung back, gently spanking the nurse's ass as he gave her a wink over his shoulder. "Oops, sorry."
"Ok playboy, stop teasing your bunny and let's get back to the office." Lucy said as she grabbed his arm and started to tug him out of the room. "Thanks for the check-up Mary."
"Anytime Miss Heartfilia, I'll see you next time."
"See ya, Little Miss Mary." Natsu said with one last look over his shoulder, watching the nurse blow him a kiss. He let Lucy tug him out of the hospital and into the company's connected hallways.
Once they were in the HQ, Natsu dropped the carefree and playful demeanour for a more professional and serious one. His posture straightened up fully which caused Lucy to release him and fall in step with her superior. "Come with me to R&D. It is time you are shown around it."
"Really?!" The woman half-shouted in surprise as she looked up at the man.
The pinkette glanced down at her and flashed a small smile. "Yes, what you will be seeing is prototype technology, things that are still in various stages of development. When I was saving you from that ship I had some prototype gear on me, though I didn't get to use it all that much as things went to hell."
Lucy's short black skirt swished around her thighs as she stepped in front of the man and spun around to face him. She started walking backwards with her hands clasped behind her back. Her hair glowing gold in the sunlight let in through the windows. "So what will we be doing there?"
"Giving them this." He held up the vial of blood. "And while we are there we will be getting you measured for combat gear, meeting people, and probably getting you to test out some of the equipment there."
"Why am I only just getting measured?" Lucy asked, she was confused and thought that would have been done right away.
"Because Lucy, your measurements would have changed with all that training we have been doing. For instance, your arms have developed more defined muscles, your stomach is tighter, and you have thicker and stronger thighs and calf muscles."
The blonde woman blushed due to his analysis of her physical progress. She looked down at herself and noticed that Natsu was right, she had changed a lot in her short time at Fairy Tail.
"Hey, Natsu!" Called out a female voice from behind them.
Natsu looked over his shoulder and Lucy looked around his body, they both saw a brunette in Multicam pants and a black bikini top, her boots thumping on the floor softly as she strolled over to them with a slight stagger in her steps.
"Sup Cana, how are you?" Natsu asked as they came to a stop.
"Not bad. What are you two up to, sneaking off to a quiet area to knock boots I hope?" Cana replied with a slightly slurred voice. "I always see Lucy in skirts, and we all know that means easy access~."
"No!" Shouted the blonde, she was embarrassed at the lush's insinuation. She turned her head and looked out at Magnolia City, starting to blush under the gaze of the pinkette as he looked her up and down, appraisingly.
"As much as I love teasing, now probably isn't the best time." Natsu said as he started walking again, moving around the flustered agent-in-training. "I'm taking her to the R&D department."
"Is it that time already?" Cana asked as she came up next to the man with Lucy on his other side.
"We'll see about that Cana, it might just be time for it?"
Lucy looked between the two agents, trying to work out what they were talking about. "Time for what?"
"I'll tell you later." Natsu said.
"And I'll tell you now." Slurred the sloshed woman with a drunken grin, she threw an arm around the pinkette and leaned on him. "We were talking about the Enhancement process."
"You still haven't told me anything about it, I've only heard snippets from Mira and a bit more Levy." Lucy said as she watched them.
"It a serum, you will lay in an injection rig and are put to sleep, then the machine will scan you to find the correct injection sites and then it will inject the serum into you, all while you are asleep so you won't feel a thing." Natsu told her, he glared at Cana for forcing his hand. "The blood sample in the vial I am holding will be mixed into the latest iteration of the serum that is available to Agents, I tested it not long before you joined."
"That's about the gist of it." Cana said as she took a sip of her bottle of rum. "It isn't as scary as it may sound. Even though there are tonnes of needles."
The agents looked at Lucy and saw that she had gone pale, Cana looked at her fellow agent. "Guess she hated the term injection rig?"
"Could be worse, at least one of the sites isn't on the ass."
"I heard a story from someone in the Fiorian Military that there was this really sadistic nurse, they'd line up all the people who needed this one specific shot that had to go in the arse and then they'd play darts with the needle…" Natsu said as the threesome crossed over to an elevator behind them and stepped inside. "And their arses. They couldn't sit for a week."
"Ouch." Lucy said as she shuddered at the thought, her hands shot to her ass to cover it.
"So where are you heading, Cana?" The pinkette asked as he placed his hands behind his head.
"Going to work out with Mira, hopefully, she doesn't want to spar with me." Cana replied with a glance at the button panel. She jabbed her elbow back and knocked her destination.
"Huh, why is that?" Lucy asked, curiously, turning to look at the brunette. "She seems fairly easy to spar with."
"You haven't had your enhancement yet blondie, she would be going easy on you so she doesn't break anything." Cana replied after taking a sip of rum. "Want some, hot stuff?"
"Sure." Natsu said as he took the offered bottle. "As she said, Lucy, Mira would be going easy on you, she'd be treating you like an operative instead of an agent, but expect your training to be ramped up after you have adjusted to the enhancements, resisting enhanced interrogation techniques will be included."
"How will that help?" The blonde asked curiously.
"Well, unless you get some sadistic fuck like the one that did in Macao…" He said as he grit his teeth in anger and took a mouthful of rum. "The training is designed to help you hold out against anything they throw at you."
"Have you found out who was the one that did that to Macao, Natsu?" Cana asked as she took the bottle from him, or else she might not have any rum left for herself.
"It was definitely that PMC, Phantom Lord. It is either one of their ace squads or the head himself." The pinkette said, his hands curling into fists slowly.
"PMC?" Lucy asked, her eyes drawn to the man's fists.
"Private Military Corporation. Like us, they take contracts from the government and the royal family, but they are a military force whereas we are covert operations specialists. More akin to intelligence agencies." Natsu explained, he slowly started to relax again and placed his hands behind his head once more. "But we both have our own interests of course."
"If we're the doctor's scalpel, they are the demolitionist's sledgehammer." The brunette added as she started to shuffle her tarot cards.
"Do they have agents too?" Lucy asked as the elevator doors opened.
"Not like ours, they do have mages but they aren't like us, they don't have any enhancements as Phantom Lord prefers massive numbers instead of a smaller force of highly skilled, essentially super soldiers. It would be too costly for them to do it." Cana said while stepping out of the elevator. "I'll see you two around."
"Hey Cana, feel like having a drink or two later with me?" Natsu asked as he hit the button to take them down to the sub-levels.
"Sounds good to me, I'll find you later when I am free." The brunette replied as the doors slid shut.
There was silence for a few moments with the only sound being that of elevator music, Lucy looked up at the man. "Sooo, R&D time?"
"Yep. I'll have to get you a pass to get past the security." Natsu said with an annoyed groan.
"Why do I need a pass?"
"Because you haven't got the clearance to be there on your own yet, and need to be issued a pass to get past the multi-layer security."
The pinkette rubbed his face with his free hand. As much as it annoyed him, there was a very good reason for the high security.
"So where do we get the pass?"
"There is a security office not far from the elevator, we'll go there and I'll have to sign some things to have you issued the pass."
"What do I need to do?"
"Stay close by and look pretty, that's it." He replied as he cracked his neck. He started to twirl the vial in his fingers while waiting for the doors to open. "You already have the latter on lockdown."
"Are you hitting on me, Agent Salamander?" Lucy asked, a smirk growing on her face as she crossed her arms under her bust. "I don't think that is what Makarov meant by 'looking after' me."
"No, never, just giving you a compliment." He said, a small chuckle hidden in his baritone voice. "We should almost be there."
True to his word, the doors opened moments later with a ding, allowing the duo passage into the R&D level.
"Follow me, and remember to stay close." Natsu said as he walked over to the security desk. "Hey Frank, I need a security pass for Agent Celeste."
A man in his fifties looked up from his monitor that had today's news on it, his eyes went from the pinkette then to the beautiful blonde that stood to his side. "Ah, so this is the new agent that I have heard about, quite the looker. Will she be assisting Mira in high profile infiltrations?"
"Probably, she has got a background in high-class etiquette so she'd be a natural in those types of missions." The man replied as he looked to his protégé, she looked a little red in the face from embarrassment.
"A big difference than your background, Agent Salamander." Frank said as he rose from his chair and walked to the filing cabinet.
"Huh?" Lucy looked up at the pinkette. "What does he mean by that?"
"I was a bad-mannered brat growing up." Natsu replied, shrugging his shoulders as he leaned on the security office window.
"That's putting it mildly kid, here's the form." The old man said as he handed them to the pinkette.
"You know, Natsu, it has been over a month since you became my teacher yet I still feel like I don't know anything about you aside from your age and some of the things you have told me, like what you and Lisanna went through."
"Poor girl, she didn't deserve that…" Frank said as he waited for the pinkette to sign the papers. "Hasn't been the same since."
"She is getting better Frank, but the only men she completely trusts are Elfman and me, and to some lesser extent, Gray, as he was part of the rescue team."
"At least she is improving, when we were told what happened, we were all shocked. More so when they released the footage to the company, of course, Lisanna's body was blurred, but we all knew what had happened…"
Natsu slid the form back to the man and took the I.D. tag. "I forgot to mention, Frank here is a former Operative."
"You were an Operative, Frank?" Lucy asked, surprised, as her eyes were drawn away from the tag that Natsu was putting on her top.
"Yeah, I retired a few years ago, took a bullet in the knee and that ended my service, but the Director offered to pay me injury compensation and a job here as one of the guards. Took the job in a heartbeat and graciously accepted the compensation."
"Alright. Time for us to go inside, catch you later Frank." Natsu said as he turned to leave.
"Agent Salamander, one moment, have you talked to Romeo recently… he stopped coming around to hang out with my son the other week."
"No, sorry Frank. I haven't spoken to him since I brought his dad back… I think the guy despises me."
"He wouldn't despise you, kid. You are his hero, remember?"
"Were, Frank, not are." The agent replied softly as he left the security booth, the blonde hot on his heels.
They headed down the short hall that led to the R&D facility. Lucy looked up at the man and quietly broke the silence that had permeated the air for a good few moments. "Natsu… Are you alright?"
"No, sorry Lucy, but it's not something I want to talk about right now." He replied as nodded to a pair of guards in front of him. He pushed open the doors and walked into a short hallway that had another set of doors beyond it. He came to a stop at the doors and smiled at the blonde behind him. "In you go, I'll be right behind you."
Lucy pushed through the doorway and was faced with technicians and scientists roaming around with various gadgets and weapons. "I don't know what I expected…"
"This is only the very front of the facility, it gets crazier the further you go back, and the testing rooms are fairly hectic too." Natsu said as he walked past the woman. "You'll get Mad Scientist stuff back there, or maybe things you'd see in Spy movies. These guys like reproducing shit like that for the hell of it."
"Agent Salamander!" Shouted a black woman as she jogged over with her clipboard.
"Hello, Sophie. How can I help you? Oh, this is Agent Celeste by the way." The pinkette said as he gestured to the nearby blonde.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Agent Celeste." Sophie said as she gave her a bow of her head. "Agent Salamander, have you been able to give that Tac-com I gave you a proper test run?"
"Yes, it handled very well, definitely faster than the previous model."
"I'm glad to hear that. Agent Celeste, please follow me for a second, I have to give you the current Tac-com." The scientist said, briskly, as she turned on the spot and jogged back to her workstation.
Lucy looked up at the man, speaking quietly so the woman wouldn't hear her. "Didn't you already give me one? You told me to keep it in my pocket dimension, so I can requip it when needed and won't lose it."
"I did, but Sophie will be giving you the model I had on me when I found you on that ship, I've got one model after that one."
"Because you are basically a guineapig?"
"I prefer the term 'Field Tester'… But basically, yes I am." Natsu lightly chuckled as he followed the black woman. "Hey Sophie, which model is it?"
"The one you have now, I figured that since word is that you are training her, then she should have access to the same equipment as you do. Is that fine with you, Sir?"
"I can't fault your logic." The pinkette said, he nodded his head at his blonde companion, letting Sophie know that he approves of her decision.
The scientist opened a draw nearby and handed the device to the female agent. "Don't lose it, Ma'am."
"I won't, thanks." Lucy replied as she requipped it away for safekeeping. "Where to next, Natsu?"
"Straight to the Doctor in the Med Lab, she'll look after you." He answered while he turned and started to make his way through the department.
"Doctor? Do you mean Doctor Porlyusica?"
"That's the one, she handles the Enhancement process, so don't worry as you'll be in good hands."
"That's… actually very reassuring." Lucy murmured as she moved closer to the man as to not get separated from him in the bustling department. "At least I know she'll take good care of me."
"Yup." Natsu said as they walked past an opening door, the man that stepped out was the raven-haired agent, Gray.
"Sup Natsu, Lucy, what are you two up to?"
"Taking Lucy for the Enhancement."
"Ah. It's that time already?" Gray responded with a low whistle. "It's an experience I tell you, Lucy. When you wake up you'll still feel normal but when you go to do stuff, like running or fighting, you'll notice right away. It takes a few hours – maybe a day or two at most – to get used to it but you learn to live with the changes very easily."
"Alright. What have you been up to Gray, we haven't seen you all week?" Lucy asked, curiously.
"Was on an assignment, had to intercept a transport that was carrying Lullaby, it was tough but I managed it."
"Huh, I was wondering who was going to get that job." Natsu said as he started to twirl the vial of blood in his fingers again. "I'm guessing you just put it in the Vault just then?"
"Yeah." The raven-haired agent said, nodding as he pointed over his shoulder with his thumb. "I actually just got back maybe half an hour ago. Oh, if you see Levy then be careful, she is in a mood today, and she is working on explosives…"
"Ah shit, hopefully, she doesn't blow up anything important." The pinkette said as he rubbed his face with his free hand. "She must be having a bad day."
"Well, if you see her, watch what you say, that little woman packs a hell of a backhand." Gray said as he started to head for the exit. "See you guys around."
"See you, Gray." They both said as they watched him leave.
"Alright, let's go." Natsu said as he went to Porlyusica's office in the R&D department. He knocked on the door and waited for a response.
"Who is bothering me?!" Came the pink-haired doctor's voice from inside the room, the door opened to reveal the woman. "Oh, it is just you, and Agent Celeste. I take it that you have decided she is ready?"
"Yes, Doctor, here is the blood you need." The man said, handing over the vial and stepping back so she could lead the way to the machine.
"Come with me Agents. Celeste, the process will leave you sore but I'll put you asleep so you won't feel any pain during the operation. I recommend a full day's rest after the treatment." The doctor looked over her shoulder. "And you better damn well take my advice."
As they entered the room that housed the Enhancement Machine, Lucy was taken aback, she had expected more than something that just looked like an odd reclined chair.
"Take a seat, Celeste. Salamander, give me that vial." Porlyusica ordered, bossily, as she made her way to the control panel.
Lucy sat down in the strange chair and wiggled slightly to make sure she is comfortable. "So why was my blood needed for this?"
"It's a carrier agent for the serum, Lucy. Basically, they'll mix the serum with it then inject it back into your body so it can flow throughout your body freely." Natsu said as he moved to her side.
"Celeste, please remove all of your clothes, they'll be in the way of the machine. I'm going to get the serum ready for injection." The doctor ordered as she left the room with the vial.
"Want me to wait outside, Lucy?" Natsu asked his protégé.
"No, I would prefer the company, just try not to stare too much. Please." She replied with a light blush as she rose up off the machine.
"I should probably help you, if she comes back and you aren't ready then she'll get crabby." The pinkette said as he started to undo the belt that held her skirt to her waist snuggly.
"Will she?"
"Trust me, I learnt it the hard way."
"Oh." Lucy said as she started to lift up her top. "What happened?"
"Let's just say she is a very short-tempered and easily angered woman and leave it at that." He replied as he slipped the belt out of the hoops in the skirt and unzipped her skirt.
"How does the machine work?" The busty blonde woman asked as she lifted her tight black shirt up over her breasts, they dropped down and bounced slightly as they sat on her chest freely. She blushed as she saw his eyes drop to her tits. "Don't stare."
"Sorry, they just caught my eye, I didn't realise you didn't have a bra on." Natsu said as he knelt down to slide the skirt and her underwear off, along with her shoes and socks.
"They get really uncomfortable a lot of the time. You'd be surprised how often I am not wearing one."
"I can understand why, considering how big they are." He said as he collected up all the clothes and placed them neatly on a nearby desk. "I'll leave these here for you."
"Alright." Lucy said as she sat back down. "Eeep! It's cold!"
"Just try to ignore it."
Porlyusica returned with two female nurses in tow. "Ah good, you are all ready, Celeste. Alice, can you get the machine set up for the transfusion."
"Yes ma'am." Said the black-haired nurse as she started to put sealed glass containers into a panel on the wall, they contained an orange liquid.
"What are those?" Lucy asked, curiously.
"Special containers that contain a mixture of your blood and the serum." Natsu said as he leant on the wall nearby the chair. "Built specifically for this purpose."
"Camina, put Agent Celeste to sleep. It is time." Porlyusica said from the machine's control panel.
"Right away, Doctor." Replied the nurse with pale red hair as she moved to the blonde's head, she placed her hands by her head as they began to glow a faint blue.
Lucy yawned as her eyes started to get heavy. "Natsu, you don't have to stick around, I'll find you when it is all done."
"I'll stay for a bit." Natsu replied as he watched her pass out. "Huh. That was quick, usually people take a few minutes to go under, she tapped out in less than a minute."
"Activating the machine now, Salamander could you place her arms and legs into position."
"Alright." The pink-haired agent said as he placed her arms and legs in the right positions on the machine.
Restraints rotated out from the chair and wrapped around her ankles and wrists, holding them in place as a medical injection rig emerged from the wall. The chair reclined further until the blonde woman was lying flat on her back.
"I'm seeing green across the board, the rig is primed and ready for transfusion." Porlyusica said as she started to engage the machine. "Step back, Agent Salamander."
"Yeah, yeah, I know." He murmured as he stepped away from the medical machine, watching as the machine scanned Lucy's body and marked every injection site with a laser as hypodermic needles extended from the rig – his eyes picking up a faint amount of liquid coming from the needles – and slowly pierced the woman's skin.
"Beginning Enhancement Therapy." The doctor announced as she started injecting the serum into the agent.
Quiet rock music filled the room causing all eyes to turn to Natsu. "Sorry, I'll step out and answer this." The man left the room and took out his phone, he saw that it was Makarov. "Sir, how can I help you?"
"We have a situation." Makarov said, seriously. "We have received intel that there is an arms deal happening in Calico City. A terror cell is receiving weapons from an unknown supplier, we need you on the ground in Calico ASAP."
"Roger that, Sir."
"You'll receive your mission briefing at the safe house in the city. Agent Osprey is currently at the safe house so she may be free to lend you sniper support."
"Affirmative, Sir, I'll head out right away." Natsu said as he glanced back at the room. "Sir, Celeste has just gone under and will be out of commission all day with rehabilitation for her Enhancement."
"Thanks for keeping me up to date on her situation, I wonder what her side effect will be…"
"Only time will tell, Sir, I'll head out right away."
"I'll leave it in your capable hands then, I'll send Lisanna to look after Lucy."
"Thank you, Sir." Natsu said as he hung up, he stuck his head back inside the room. "Doc, I gotta run, I have an assignment."
"Off you go, Brat." Replied Porlyusica, she didn't take her eyes off the control panel as she had to monitor the blonde's vitals and the progress of the transfusion.
The pink-haired agent rushed through the R&D department, dodging the roaming scientists and technicians as he ran to the exit.
"Where's the fire, kid?" Asked Frank as the man bolted past the security office.
"Arms Deal in Calico." Natsu replied quickly as he broke out into a full sprint, his body blurring as he ran up the stairs.
He brought up his phone and used the speed dial to quickly call Mira, it took a few moments but the call finally went through. "Mira, I'm going to need you in Operations in a few hours."
"Yeah, I just got off the phone with Makarov, I've got Levy digging up as much info so we can give you as much as you need out on the field. Be careful on the roads though, it has just started snowing again." Mira replied calmly through the speaker.
"I've had my car outfitted with studded snow tyres the other day. I should be alright for the winter weather."
"Watch out for traffic out there, I am pretty sure they wouldn't like having a black Hemi Cuda fly right past them."
"I'll be careful, Mira, don't worry about me. Could you keep an eye on Lucy, she is down in R&D right now, the old man said he is sending Lisanna to look after her but I would like you to be there too, oh and I need you to pick up Happy for me."
"I can do that for you, Natsu. I might even take Lucy to Operations so she could see how things work from my end."
"Alright, I'll see you when I get back."
"Good luck and safe travels." Mira replied and hung up, leaving the agent to run to the garage.
Natsu sprinted past other agents and operatives, both were wondering what the man was up to as he flew by as a blur.
He ran to his car and quickly slid into the driver's seat, with a roar the car started.
The tyres squealed on the textured concrete as they momentarily fought for traction, finding it quickly as all four tyres put the powerful engine's enormous torque to the ground.
The car roared like a rampaging monster as it flew up the ramp and out into the streets surrounding the FTA.
Natsu tapped on the screen in the dash, he was going through his contacts until he found the one he wanted.
"Osprey here." Came Bisca's voice through the speakers.
"Osprey, it's Salamander, I've just been given an assignment in Calico and was told you were there?"
"Yeah, I am. Do you need a hand with it?"
Natsu raced through the traffic with seemingly reckless abandon but he precisely maneuvered the heavily modified muscle car around the city streets, ensuring that he didn't damage anything. "Probably. The Director told me that an arms deal is going down there and I need to be there for it to find out who is supplying these terror cells. I wouldn't mind some sniper support if things go pear-shaped."
"I'll see what I can do, have you been told any locations?"
"No, I'm hoping Archivist and Demon can tell me more once I am at the safe house."
"Alright, I'll put some food on when you get here."
"Thanks, Osprey, I'll see you there."
Natsu hung up the phone call and continued to blitz down the roads, he blew past a police precinct just as a pair of female officers walked out, and they caught a glimpse of pink hair in the fraction of a second that they had a clear view through the windshield.
The agent flung the car around a bend and up the ramp that led to the Princess Highway, he slid around the corner and floored the pedal.
The car roared viciously as it shot up the ramp, it launched a metre into the air at the top of the ramp and came down roughly, jolting the pinkette inside.
A flash of red and blue caught the man's eyes, he looked through the mirrors and spotted a police cruiser. "I don't have time for this shit."
He pushed the car to speeds that the officers could only wish to attain in their car, he sped away from the police car and charged on towards Calico City.
Well that does it for another chapter, Lucy is finally getting her Enhancement Therapy and Natsu is being sent on another mission again. If you have any thoughts on what you may like to see happen then feel free to leave a review, I'll see if it fits the narrative of the story and try and find a way to work it in. Don't forget to follow and favourite to stay up to date with upcoming chapters, and with that all said, I hope you all have enjoyed it and I'll see you next time.