"Hey, Natsu. How about some of these?"
Natsu turned to his blue-haired adopted son. They were out shopping for food and Happy drew his attention to a selection of fish. "I could do up a couple of fish-based dishes, wasn't my original plan but sometimes you need to improvise."
The young, somewhat lanky, teenaged boy looked up at the man, his hands in the pockets of his blue hoodie. The only thing betraying his human look were the two blue ears on top of his head and the white-tipped blue tail wrapped around the waist of his dark green jeans. "What were you planning?"
"Well, it is getting close to Christmas time, so I was thinking something Christmassy, but then I thought about a succulent slow-roasted pork belly."
"That sounds really tasty!" The Exceed's eyes lit up brightly, like miniature stars, as his mouth watered at his dad's idea.
"It should be, hopefully." He put some salmon into the trolley anyway, so he can make something for Happy.
Natsu's shoes tapped a steady, unwavering beat on the tiled floor as the man and exceed walked through the aisles.
"Can I have some chocolates, Natsu?"
"Sure, but only one. Pretty sure Mira and Lis would kill me if I let you gorge yourself on chocolates."
Happy looked through the shelves, looking for the largest packet of chocolate he can get while Natsu busied himself with his shopping list.
The sounds of police sirens in the distance caused Natsu's eyes to narrow. They sounded like they were coming closer. He decided to shove it to the back of his mind since sirens were fairly common in a city as large as Magnolia.
"Got one!" The young, blue-haired teen walked back to the man and placed the biggest pack of chocolate he could find into the trolley, making Natsu chuckle.
"Of course you picked that one. Alright, you can have it. Just don't let Mira or Lis see it." He double-checked the list and smiled, satisfied that he had gotten everything he needed. "Alright, let's go to the checkout and get out of here."
As they reached the checkout, Natsu's instincts were setting off alarms in his head. The sirens were getting real close now, he could easily pick out how many there were through the loud mess of noise. Six, there were six of them. Coming closer and closer. Along with gunfire being sent back towards the incoming sirens.
"Sir?"
"Huh?" Natsu shook his head and focused on the attendant at the register. "Ah, sorry, I was lost in thought."
Just as the man paid for the groceries, the peaceful atmosphere was shredded by the roaring of engines and screeching tyres.
"Get Down. NOW!" Natsu roared as his Reflex ability kicked in, pulling the attendant over the counter in a flash and pushing him and Happy to the floor.
A massive SUV careened through the large glass window at a high speed, sending shards flying into the store like a shotgun blast.
In the brief moment that his head was peeking over the counter, Natsu saw that the blue SUV had bullet holes along its flanks. This had been the one in a shoot-off between the occupants and the police.
These people were armed…
The vehicle collided with the counter that the pinkette was just served at, ripping it from the foundation and shunting it along the floor, sending the three of them skidding along the floor.
The doors to the SUV burst open, followed by four gunmen, they looked fresh from a heist of some sorts.
One of them, the leader by the look of it, motioned to the others. "Grab hostages, I don't care how many."
The police cars swarmed around the hole, coming to a screeching halt.
"You three! Come with me!" One of the gunmen raised their rifle at Natsu, Happy, and the attendant. Leaving them with little other option but to comply.
Happy looked up at his father, he saw the sour look on his face, the unbelievably hard eyes. He was ready for action and Happy knew it.
They were prodded and herded like cattle into a small cluster of hostages behind makeshift cover as the officers took up positions outside.
"Natsu?"
The man just shook his head, silently, at his son. Carefully planning his moves as his eyes swept around the gunmen.
"Drop Your Weapons And Come Out With Your Hands Up!" The voice boomed throughout the store, it was a policewoman giving the command through a loudspeaker.
"FUCK OFF WE WILL." One of the gunmen aimed over the cover and blindly shot out the hole.
"Calm down, P. While we have hostages, they won't do shit." The leader looked around the hostages before his eyes came to rest on a blue-haired teen with cat ears. "Put the boy on the counter."
The gunman called P grabbed Happy by his collar and hoisted him up onto the cover, aiming a large revolver at his head. "What now, C?"
C raised up a little but stayed hidden behind the counter. "PULL YOUR OFFICERS BACK THREE BLOCKS FOR TEN MINUTES, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THIS KID OTHERWISE." He looked around at the hostages, spotting Natsu glaring at him with murderous intent. "Heh. Is that your son or something?"
Natsu was about to move forward when he was forced onto his back, the leader's boot pressing him to the floor as the man stood above him.
C levelled his pistol at the pinkette. "How about you join him in death."
A sickening crunch echoed through the group as C's knee was completely shattered by a single punch from the pinkette. Causing the gunman to topple over.
The Agent sprang into action, red eyes aglow as he rapidly brought his legs up and slammed his feet into the man, crushing bones and rupturing organs while the force had launched him into the air hard enough to hit the ceiling, audibly.
A flash of black steel followed in a split second as a Bowie Knife flew through the air and found a home, nestled between the gunman's eyes, just as the man had hit the ceiling.
The pinkette flipped up into his feet as the three gunmen turned their weapons on the agent.
P pulled the trigger but the man already had a hand on the revolver, causing the hammer to be blocked by his thumb.
Sal showed no sign of pain from the hammer colliding with his thumb as he cocked his arm back and delivered a devastating punch to the man's face, decimating his nose and jaw as blood and teeth showered the remaining gunmen.
His arm flew back once more as he latched onto his Bowie Knife from the falling body. Ripping the knife from the skull as he drove it into the side of P's head.
The Agent yanked the knife from the dead man as he spun around, the knife slipping from his hand and embedding into the third gunman's head. Snapping it back from the force of the collision.
Sal launched forwards, grabbing the handle of the blade and driving the knife through the top of the skull as his arm punched forward.
A flash of steel was followed by a geyser of crimson as the fourth's head rolled off from their shoulders.
Thud… The first body had hit the ground…
"You alright, Kiddo?" Natsu glanced at Happy as he walked back over to P, his demonic eyes fading back to onyx.
"Just peachy." The young teen turned around on the counter and smiled at his father, he pointed at the trolley they had used. "Groceries are fine too."
"Check the eggs for me, hopefully, they aren't broken." The pinkette leaned down and cleaned the knife on the body's clothing before sending it away with a faint glow.
"Holy Fuck…!"
"Hmm?" He straightened back up, coming face-to-face with Officer Rose. "Huh, Alexia. How are you? Is Allie with you?"
"Eggs are broken, Natsu." Happy called out as he removed the carton from the bag and cleaned the other groceries. "Everything else is fine.
"What The Hell Happened Here?" The Officer stared at the carnage as the other officers entered the building, among them was Officer Jordan.
"Oh, hey Allie, there you are." Natsu glanced at the other Officer that he knew then looked around him before turning back to Alexia. "I was just doing some grocery shopping." He turned with a carefree smile to his son. "Happy, could you grab us another carton of eggs, and get yourself another chocolate bar, for being a brave little man."
"Sweet!" The Exceed raced off down the aisles to collect his prize and the eggs.
"I… I thought something was up back at that café…" Allie murmured as she walked to Alexia's side, staring at the bodies on the floor. "When you quickly disarmed that would-be thief. It looked too… professional."
The six other officers had their weapons trained on Natsu, seeing him as a threat greater than the gunmen.
Happy practically pranced as he returned to Natsu's side. "Got them! …Why are the Officers pointing guns at you?"
The pinkette slowly raised his hands up beside his head as he let out a soft sigh, his eyes narrowing as the smile was replaced with a dangerous scowl. "Happy, take the keys from my pocket and load up the car, please."
"We saw everything that happened… Natsu." Alexia watched as the teen reached into a pocket and pulled out some car keys. Happy hummed as he went to the trolley and placed the new goods into a bag. "We had a report come in from a precinct in Calico; Black Hemi Cuda, professional driver, it was racing after the vans that were involved in the attack there."
"Sound familiar?" Allie crossed her arms over her bulletproof vest. "It should, the description matches your car, and the skills too."
"The report was pulled down mere minutes after it went up. As if that wasn't suspicious enough, orders had come through not to peruse the Black Hemi Cuda."
Natsu looked between the two policewomen, not moving from his spot or lowering his arms. He stayed silent, wondering where they were heading with this.
"I did some digging around, traffic cams, CCTV cameras inside the garages. Every time that car was due to appear, the cameras either shut off or become filled with static." Alexia pointed at the pinkette. "Nothing appeared until later that day, after the storm had gone away. The Black Hemi Cuda appeared, leaving Calico and heading in the direction of Magnolia. The same car that is parked outside this very shopping centre…"
The pause lasted close to a minute, the tension in the air was so thick that it could have been slice through.
Alexia sighed as she dropped her arm to her side, her shoulders slumping. "Just who the hell are you, Natsu?"
The man slowly lowered his arm, relaxing even though he still had six guns trained on him. "You two come with me, we'll talk by my car. The rest can clean up."
As he walked past the officers, one of them grabbed his arm, a man. "Where do you think you're going?"
Natsu turned to the man and stared him dead in the eyes. "You just saw me kill four men before the first had even hit the ground, with only one knife. What the fuck do you think you can do with that fucking tiny peashooter?"
The Officer was shocked at the man's comment and didn't resist when he pulled his arm free and walked off.
Natsu didn't stop until he was standing beside his car in the lightly falling snow. He reached into it pocket and grabbed out his phone to make a quick call.
"How can I help you, Natsu?"
"Gramps, I'm not sure how to proceed… I was involved in a hostage situation, there were four gunmen and they had decided to make an example out of Happy. He is uninjured and I took out the gunmen but now I am being questioned by these two Magnolia Police Officers that I know."
"What do they know?"
"They have figured out that my car was the one that was chasing the vans in Calico, and that it was me driving it. That and how efficiently I neutralised hostiles both here and the one I disarmed in front of them, that one had a gun to the back of my head."
"I see." There was a short pause before Makarov spoke up again. "And what are they doing now? I assume they are at the scene right now?"
"They want to question me, it seems to be off the record and just the two of them. I managed to get them to agree to that."
"Hmm… Tell them the basics, if they try and push for more information, then just stonewall them."
Natsu turned his head and looked out of the corner of his eye at the two women approaching him. "Thanks, Sir, I've got this from here."
"Good luck, Natsu."
The man placed the phone into his pocket as he turned to face the Officers. "So what do you want to know?"
Alexia sighed and stared at the car, it was the exact same one she saw on the security cameras. "Just who are you, Natsu?"
"Before I tell you, I need you to promise me that this doesn't go beyond you two. I don't need the entire police force to know who I am. Don't even tell your closest friends and family."
The women both looked at each other, somehow communicating silently before nodding to the pinkette. "We promise not to tell a soul."
Natsu narrowed his eyes and watched the two officers carefully, gauging the validity of their words. A few moments of silence passed before the man finally spoke up. "Alright. I'll tell you. To answer your first question; I am Natsu Dragneel."
"We knew that already, your police record told us that." Allie said before leaning past the man and waving at the boy enjoying his chocolate inside the car who waved back happily. "Who is the kid?"
"Easy. That is Happy, my adopted son. He is an Exceed who I taught Transformation magic so he can fit in better."
"Wait, you know magic?" Alexia looked at the man, shocked but curious, her eyebrows raising. "What kind?"
"Yes, I'm a mage, I know many different types of magic; Requip and Transformation magic are what I find most useful."
Happy got out of the car, a spring in his step as he stood beside the man. "Did I hear my name? Oh, Natsu, we are out of chocolate."
"Yes, Happy, we were just talking about you. Hey, wait… you already ate it all?"
"Yup!"
"Moving on." Alexia scratched her cheek gently in thought. "As we said, your record told us your name but we noticed that even though you have numerous Street Racing and Speeding offences, your vehicles still haven't been impounded…"
"Well I'm not surprised, it is company property. They would want to keep their assets in company hands."
"And what company would this be?"
"The FTA." Happy cheered as he pointed at the Headquarters in the distance. "Natsu is an Agent there."
"Well, the cat let himself out of the bag on that one… Yes, I'm an Agent with the FTA." Natsu watched the shocked cops' jaws drop as they stared at him in disbelief, but he could see the gears turning in their head, the puzzle pieces falling into place. "I am the infamous Agent Salamander. Happy to meet you two."
"We must be in an action movie, Allie…"
"Yeah… Like James Bond or something…"
"It kinda makes sense though… It explains all of the evidence."
"Look." The pinkette requipped a notepad and a pen. He quickly but neatly wrote down his address twice and handed one to both of the cops. "I will be having dinner with some of the other Agents tonight at my house, if you want me to answer some more questions, you know where to find me. They might be willing to answer some too. Just, err, be careful, sometimes we get a bit rowdy."
"Oh. What should we wear?" Allie looked between Alexia and Natsu then down at the piece of paper in her hand.
"Whatever you like, it is just something for us to celebrate and relax for Christmas as chances are that we'll be busy. Well, I know I will, I have an agent to train so I have little time to relax."
"Before you go Natsu, that story about someone having a shootout on the highway on a bike?" Alexia asked, her eyes brimming with curiosity and eagerness.
"That was me, yes I did jump the bike off a car transport truck and into the back of an Osprey." Natsu chuckled and walked to the other side of the car. "I gotta go have a shower and wash this blood off me, so I'll see you two tonight if you come."
"Of course we'll come! I want to hear some of your stories!" Alexia was practically jumping with excitement as the man waved goodbye at them and headed home.
Natsu's House, Magnolia, 5:30pm
Mira sat on a workbench in Natsu's garage, wearing a leather boob tube and matching short skirt under one of Natsu's warm jackets, her legs swinging under the bench as she hummed a quiet tune. She reached up and tied her hair up as she watched Natsu as he laid under his car, giving it a quick oil change.
He was only in a pair of grey jeans, the belt buckle fashioned into the shape of a curled up dragon. "Mira, can you grab that Oil Filter from the box."
"Sure." The white-haired model hopped off the bench and wandered over to the Parts Cabinet and took out what he had asked for, just as a car parked out by the end of the driveway, drawing her attention. "A car just pulled up out front. I don't recognise it…"
"What does it look like?" Natsu asked, he reached out from under the car and took the filter from the woman when she walked to his legs.
"A small, red, four-door, looks like only two people inside. Both female."
Moments later, quiet voices reached his ears. "Are you sure this is the place, Allie…? I don't see his car."
"It's what the GPS said, look, one of the garage doors is open, maybe we should just peek inside a little and see?"
"Why don't we get patrols out this way? It's such a nice area."
"That is probably why."
Natsu finished up under the car and slid out from under it on the creeper trolley he had borrowed from FTA's mechanical workshop. "It's just my two cop friends, don't worry about them."
Mira watched him, curiously, as he went to the wash trough in the corner of the garage. "You have cop friends? I thought you hated cops."
"I don't hate cops, I just find they get in the way of our work too often. Anyway, these two women are very nice."
"U-uh H-hello?" Alexia stumbled on her words as she peeked around the door. She had lost the scissors-paper-rock battle and was very nervous, but it faded quickly when she came face-to-face with the familiar car. "Natsu?"
Mira walked around to the open garage door. "He is just washing his hands, he won't be long."
The two off-duty officers just gaped at the beauty, they never expected to meet one of Fiore's Top Models, Mirajane Strauss, in the flesh.
Allie blinked rapidly, her brain slowly coming back around. "A-are you-u… Mirajane… Mirajane Strauss?"
The white-haired woman beamed a happy smile, her porcelain skin shining in the moonlight. "Yes, that's me, who were you two? Natsu told me you were some police friends of his."
"I'm Allie Jordan, this is Alexia Rose. She is a fan of yours."
"Allie, I must say, your dress compliments your eyes, and your hair." Mira ran her eyes down the officer's body, admiring how her sparkling green strapless dress matched her eyes and flaming red hair. "Your, accent, is it Irish?"
Allie blushed at the model's complement, and how she picked up the accent, after so long in Fiore her accent had become watered down. "Yes. How could you tell?"
"I'm good with accents." Mira smiled and turned her eyes on Alexia. "You look beautiful too, Alexia, Olive skin with a Toffee coloured Halter Dress, it's a good match." She reached forward and gently played with one of Alexia's locks of hair. "Such a beautiful and dark shade of blonde and it looks natural too."
Alexia's face exploded in a blush as she curled a lock of hair around a finger meekly, mumbling shyly. "T-thanks for the compliment, it is my natural hair colour."
"You both have amazing figures, slim but toned. You two must get so many men drooling over you. I bet when they see you two, they'd break the law just to be pulled over by such beautiful women."
"OK, stop giving them blushes to rival Erza's hair, Mira." Natsu chuckled as he walked around his car, he was drying his hands on a pristine white cloth.
The two officers' eyes were immediately drawn to the man's shirtless torso, littered with scars that told stories of the missions he had been on.
"Pretty sure Erza's hair is as red as red can be." Mira giggled, she smiled at the two women and waved them into the garage. "Come in, it's cold out there."
"So umm…" Alexia mumbled as she played with her fingers while following the model into the garage, the door closing behind them. "How do you two know each other?"
"Don't worry about dancing around the subject Mira, they worked out that I wasn't just some guy, they were doing a little private investigating into me and found that I was more than I seemed. Plus they were at that incident from today that I told you about."
"Oh, so these are the two cops that found you out?" Mira looked between Natsu and the two women. Surprise was written all over her face. "But they are so cute and beautiful… I was expecting big brutish men."
"Anyway." The pinkette leant on the workbench opposite the front of his car. He pointed at the white-haired woman, offhandedly. "This is Mirajane Strauss, Fiore's Top Model. Also known as Agent Demon of the FTA."
"And I'm his boss."
"No, she is my handler. She gives me orders and updates when I am out in the field."
"So she is your boss." Alexia said, the corners of her lips spreading into a smirk.
"No."
"She sounds like your boss to me." The dark-blonde-haired woman giggled, playfully, as she crossed her arms.
"See, she understands it completely." Mira giggled too, she was beginning to really like this woman.
Natsu shook his head, failing to hide the smile on his face as he grabbed a bottle of oil and poured it into a measuring jug. "I'm only telling this to you two as my actual boss, Makarov, has allowed me to fill you in on some things. But not everything, for obvious reasons."
"So… You are an agent, Miss Strauss?" Allie asked as she edged her way to the car, she had a secret passion for anything with an engine and was dying to see what was inside it.
"Please, just call me Mira, and yes. I'm an Agent, just like Natsu here."
"But… you're so… …womanly." Alexia squeezed the air, alluding to Mira's soft and supple body, she would have thought that Agents would have been hulking masses of roided muscle.
Mira blushed and giggled as she rested a hand on the top of one of her breasts. "I admit, I am fairly blessed in the chest, and other places, but that doesn't mean I can't be an agent."
"Don't let her looks make you underestimate her she can kick my ass." Natsu chuckled at the shocked faces as he walked to the car with the jug of oil.
Allie gasped in shock as her eyes fell upon the engine, she couldn't help but mumble. "Holy shit…" Her eyes resembled a deer caught in headlights. "Umm… Alexia… Never try and chase down this car…"
"Why?" The blonde wandered over and looked at the engine, she let out a low whistle. "Is this a Dodge Viper engine?"
Allie nodded, her eyes drifting over every last inch of the engine bay. "It's an SRT 10 engine, 8.4L V10, aftermarket twin-turbo setup…" She looked up at the man. "How do you keep this thing on the road?"
"It's actually has a Stroker kit installed, so it's a 9L twin-turbo, hooked up to a custom-built All-Wheel-Drive transmission, designed to withstand the torque that beast of an engine puts down. The suspension is all custom made as well to ensure that this car won't slip and slide unless I want it to." Natsu poured the required amount of Oil into the engine, slowly. "It's all done in-house at the FTA."
"Yeah… You won't be able to catch this thing, Alexia." The redhead squirmed about, trying to hide her eagerness to get her hands on the car, to touch it and satisfy her curiosity.
"Hey, Natsu. Since you're basically like James Bond. Does this car have any hidden gadgets?" Alexia playfully asked as she lightly bounced on the balls of her feet. "You know, like Caltrops, hidden machine guns, ejector seats?"
Natsu burst out laughing and had to stop pouring the oil otherwise he would have dumped it on the engine. "No, no, no. There are no secret spy gadgets in it, just a med kit. Hey Mira, there is an idea. Should we watch James Bond?"
"Sounds good, but I get to pick the first one we watch."
The pinkette took a few deep breaths to calm himself and finished topping up the oil. He replaced the cap then cleaned the jug. Afterwards, he closed the bonnet and took the car off the stands. "Alright, let's go inside."
"What do you call her?" Allie looked between the man and the car, one last time before the women followed Natsu into the main part of the house.
"The car is called Frankenstein's Monster by the mechanic who made it, but its official name is Black Mamba. I'm sure you've probably heard the name floating around since you found out that I do dabble in a little bit of street racing from my record."
"Fitting." The redhead giggled to herself. "Yes, I had heard of it. Seen it a few times too. Just never was able to get a close look at it."
"Hey…" Natsu came to a stop as he entered the lounge room, Lisanna had come with Mira but what shocked him were the other agents, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Zeref, and Mavis.
They were all lounging around the room, listening to the angelic voice of Lisanna as she strummed away at an acoustic guitar and sang a soft song.
"When did you all turn up?" He was puzzled, he never even heard them enter the house, let alone arrive at the house. "You could have made yourselves known."
"Oh, don't mind us." Gray looked over near the kitchen where the pinkette stood, he raised up a bottle of Amber Lager. "We're just helping ourselves to your hospital while we waited for you."
Lucy giggled, she seemed to be a little more than buzzed from her Hard Seltzer. "Did you know that your back door was locked, Sir~? It didn't stop us from getting in though, you might want to look into harder-to-pick locks." The blonde waved a set of picks that she had near her before sending them away with a faint glow of light.
"Sir?" Alexia looked at the pinkette as the man ran a hand down his face.
"Lucy, why did you pick my door…? The garage was open for a reason."
"Because, Sir~." She giggled drunkenly as her chocolate eyes devouring the man's shirtless torso. "It was more fun that way."
Erza watched the two bicker with a highly amused look on her face. She had made herself a Strawberry Daiquiri with ingredients she had found in Natsu's kitchen. "You'll have to forgive Lucy's antics, Natsu, she was already drinking when I turned up at her house to pick her up. Anyway, I couldn't help but smell something delicious in the kitchen?"
"It's succulent slow-roasted pork belly." Natsu sighed and shook his head. He turned to the two off-duty officers. "Well, as you can see, these are my co-workers slash family. Everyone, Makarov has given the go-ahead on talking about our work to these two."
"Ah." Erza rose from the couch, drink in hand, as Lisanna finished her song. "Allow me to introduce everyone. I am Erza Scarlet, Agent Knight."
The redhead pointed across the room. "The drunk, giggling, blonde mess over there is Lucy Heartfilia, Agent Celeste."
Erza's lips curled into a sly smile as she pointed to Gray. "That is Gray Fullbuster, resident stripper and Agent Frosty."
"Oi, the name is Frost not Frosty! And I'm not a stripper!" Shouted the shirtless raven-haired man.
"I'm Zeref Dragneel, Natsu's older brother." The black-haired man smiled and waved at the two women. "I don't go by any codenames anymore as I'm the Head Trainer, I don't do fieldwork anymore."
Mavis placed her glass of gin on the coffee table and beamed a radiant smile at the officers. "I'm Mavis Dragneel, Zeref is my husband. I don't have any codenames either, but I am the Head Tactician of the FTA."
"We are all Agents here, both current and former, so if you have any questions you can ask away, but we might not be able to answer all of them." Lisanna smiles as she placed her guitar down against the chair she was sat on. "I am Lisanna Strauss, Agent Soul, by the way."
Alexia and Allie could only gape as they stared at the ordinary-looking people around the room, they both were looking like stunned mullets with their jaws on the floor.
Alexia was the first to finally recover. "You… you all look like normal people… Like people I'd bump into while walking down the street. In fact, I think I might have at one point or another…"
"Lisanna…" Allie mumbled before speaking up, she thought she recognised the singing. "Aren't you that singer that I hear on the radio, you did a live show the other day I think…?"
"That's me." The white-haired woman smiled, albeit a little bashfully. "I'm a singer and songwriter. I sometimes sing at big sis' catwalks."
"Wait." Alexia quickly focused on the Strauss Sisters. "Didn't you two do an Angel and Devil piece at a runway recently?"
"Yup." Lisanna chimed as she bounced to her feet, the short white dress swirling around her. "I think that was two weeks ago, or something like that. I was singing a soft song to an orchestra, wearing a flowing white ball gown, when Mira walked out on stage in a black dress with red lace at the halfway point of the song. It quickly changed to a heavy metal rock song with Mira taking the lead."
"Oh my god, it was so amazing! I was in the audience!" Alexia started to fangirl, jumping on the balls of her feet as she became a little hyper.
"You girls find a seat, I'm going to work on dinner." Natsu chuckled as he glanced at the two star-struck women before heading to the kitchen. "Get the movie started."
Mira led the women to vacant seats and hummed as she searched the digital library for the right movie. "We are watching James Bond because irony."
Lucy downed her drink and burst out in drunken raucous laughter. "G-g-get it! Because We Are Agents!"
"How many has she had?" Gray turned to Erza, a look of worry on his face as he had never seen Lucy like this before.
"I lost count, plus like I said, she was drinking when I picked her up."
"Yeah… I don't think she'll remember much of tonight."
Mira giggled and grinned diabolically, her eyes glinting. "We should make her do something embarrassing."
"To be fair." Mavis smiled softly. "I think we don't have to do anything, she'd do it all by herself."
"Yeah, you're probably right. Anyway, I have decided on GoldenEye."
"Ooh!" Lucy giggled as she shakenly rose to her feet. "When do we get issued with our explosive pens!?"
"Err… You'll have to ask Natsu about that…" Erza watched as Lucy stumbled out of the room and up the stairs.
"Natsu~? Where's the toilet~?"
A groan could be heard as Natsu came out of the kitchen. "Oh, gods… She is absolutely hammered, isn't she?"
Zeref was trying so hard to hold back his laughter as tears started to leak from his eyes. Mavis giggled and went upstairs to help the drunken blonde.
"What's this about an explosive pen?" Natsu looked around the room, his eyebrows furling.
Alexia and Allie were too stunned to answer, these people were just like normal people, not some fancy and over-the-top spies. It shocked them to the core and made them question their reality, could other Agents be walking among them, living near them?
"I said we were going to watch GoldenEye… and she asked when she'd be issued with one." Mira's mouth twitched as she tried so desperately not to lose face and collapse into a pile of giggles on the floor.
"It's a bit cold in here, don't you think?" Lisanna shivered slightly and rubbed her arms, she looked up at the shirtless pinkette and gave him a warm smile. "Could you please warm us up?"
"Sure. Dinner will be ready in about ten minutes." Natsu created a ball of fire in his hand, dazzling the two officers with its warm and welcoming, orange, radiant flames. He casually flung the flaming orb into the fireplace as he stole Lucy's vacated seat.
The logs in the fireplace erupted into crackling flames the second the fire touched them, filling the room with comforting warmth and a flickering orange glow as Mira dimmed the lights. The warmth soaking through their bodies and filling them with a pleasant, soothing tingle from their skin to their core.
"Put a shirt on, Natsu." Gray complained, blatantly ignoring the fact that he himself was shirtless.
"Only when you can manage to keep yours on for longer than ten minutes when off-duty."
Mira sat down between Natsu's legs and curled her legs over one of his as she leant against his very warm and comfortable body. "I'll start the movie when Mavis and Lucy come back."
"Hopefully Lucy hasn't passed out." Erza sighed and rose to her feet. "I know Mavis can handle it but I should probably check on them anyway…"
"I think I'll grab a drink then." Natsu lightly grabbed Mira by her hips as he stood up, he placed the pouting woman where he was sitting and made his way back to the kitchen once more as Erza headed up the stairs.
"Damn it! I was comfy!" She shouted, throwing a mock tantrum and launching a cushion at the man's back.
"Mira!" Happy raced down from his bedroom and threw himself onto the woman's lap, changing from a blue-haired boy to an Exceed in mid-air. "Guess what happened today?!" Lisanna slipped in beside her older sister and started to pet the blue fur ball, causing him to purr.
"What happened, Happy?" Mira asked as she smiled down at the cute little cat.
"That's Happy?" Alexia blinked in shock and the Exceed sat on the model's lap.
"Oh?" Happy turned around and looked at the two women sitting together. "Oh, hello Officers. Did Natsu invite you over?"
"Yeah, didn't you hear? He invited us when we were questioning him by the car."
"No, not really, I wasn't paying much attention if I'm being honest."
"What happened, Happy?" Mira smiled brightly at the cat. In truth, she already knew what had happened as Natsu made a report about the incident once he got home, and it had passed across her desk at one point during the day.
"So, me and Natsu were shopping earlier, getting stuff for the week, and when we got to the check-out, this car came crashing through the window."
"Oh my… What happened next?" Mira glanced up at the stairs as Erza and Mavis help the drunken blonde back down to the lounge room.
"These men tried to use us as hostages, and were about to shoot me."
"What?!" Erza whipped around in an instant, it was the first she had heard of the incident. "What did I miss!?"
"Me and Natsu were taken hostage by these bank robbers while we were shopping for food and stuff."
"That wouldn't have ended well…" Zeref murmured as he leaned in. "Knowing how protective my brother is, and his Lethality Rating…"
"Lethality Rating?" Allie queried, looking around the room at the Agents who ranged from somewhat drunk to heavily intoxicated. "What is that?"
"Don't worry about it." Natsu called out from the kitchen. "It's just a little combat rating system we have."
"Anyway~!" Happy cheered as he looked up at Mira. "These men put a gun to my head, then they were on the ground, dead. Then the cops pointed their guns and Natsu but they didn't do anything."
"That was anticlimactic…" Gray muttered as he took a sip of his drink.
"I mean, it was just four people who had no clue who they were dealing with." Natsu said as he returned to the lounge, laden with plates of food that he spread out around the coffee table. "Dig in, Mira can you hit play."
The white-haired model quickly rose up and pushed the pinkette back down onto the spot so she can reclaim his comfortable and warm lap as she hit play on the remote.
The two off-duty police officers were greeted with a faint glow as Erza handed them a pair of scotch tumblers and a bottle of whiskey. "It's only fair that you two share in the fun. You don't have to drink but the invitation is there."
"Oh, thank you." Allie took the offered alcohol and glasses from the redhead and poured the drinks.
"Shh~." Lucy shushed everyone and giggled drunkenly. "Let's watch the movie already~."
Lisanna wrapped her hand around Natsu's wrist and lifted his arm up and over her shoulders as she settled into his warmth to enjoy the movie.
As the movie progressed, few notable things happened. Lucy complained about still not having an explosive pen and started to seek refuge with a bent elbow.
It didn't take long for the Blonde to hit her limit, she collapsed onto Erza's lap as the empty can fell from her hand and rolled under the coffee table.
The sun rose high on a brand new day, causing Natsu to groan as the sunlight glowed red on his sealed tight eyes. "Fuck, my head hurts…" He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and gazed around the bed, feeling two familiar bodies next to him.
The pair of softly breathing bodies were resting snuggly against his sides and from what he can feel, he was completely nude but the two women only had a pair of panties on, their clothes were strewn about the floor.
Judging from their scents, it was Mira and Lisanna. He opened his eyes slowly, becoming momentarily blinded by the light. He groaned once more. "Fucking hell… what did I drink last night?"
The light faded to reveal two white-haired, practically naked women sleeping peacefully with their heads on his chest. Natsu glanced around the room and spotted a few red bottles lying around.
"Ah… That's right… I cracked open my special brew. That explains how I got so wasted so quickly…" He placed his hand on his forehead, trying to stop his pounding headache to little success. As much as he enjoyed having the Strauss Sisters snuggled up to him, he had to get up and take something for the headache, then piece together what happened last night. Natsu worked very slowly to dislodge himself from the two women, being careful so he didn't wake them up. He quickly put on some pants and dragged himself out of the bedroom and down to the kitchen. "Someone needs to turn off the sun…"
"Morning~" Came a cheery voice as the pinkette wandered into the kitchen.
Natsu raised his hand, using it as a form of shutters to block out the sunlight coming through the window. "Mavis?"
"Yup~." The man's sister-in-law moved away from the window and walked into the pantry. "You look pale, and very hungover."
"I take it my brother is still out of it?"
The slender woman walked to the fridge then to the man, holding a water bottle and some pills. "He didn't drink the same amount as the rest of you but yeah, he is still in bed. I told him to relax for the day. These are for you."
"Still cutting his sleep short, is he?" Natsu took the medicine and downed it quickly, chasing it with the whole glass of water. "Gahh… Damn, my memory is full of holes… What happened last night?"
"Well..." Mavis giggled softly as she looked over at the lounge room across the bench. "After the movie, we had some games. You and the girls played strip poker, then twister, and then watched another movie."
Natsu walked around and into the lounge to get a better look. There were bottles and cans everywhere. Gray was passed out and hanging over the back of one of the couches. Alexia and Allie were both completely naked and huddled together for warmth in front of the smouldering fireplace. Natsu threw a ball of fire into the fireplace to get the fire roaring once more and heat up the house. This caused both of the officers to groan and awaken.
"Oh Kami… I have a splitting headache…" Alexia pushed herself up off the ground, her dark blonde hair fell down and sprinkled over her chest. "I think I'll have to call in sick today… What happened?"
"Well, that's one of you awake." The pinkette collected up Alexia and Allie's clothing and brought them over. "Apparently things got pretty crazy last night, I don't remember much."
Allie groaned and turned to face the warmth of the fire, she opened her eyes slowly and gazed into the dancing flames for a solid minute before coming to her senses. "Hey Alexia, did we get drunk and screw each other again?"
"I don't think so, I don't know… What do you think, Hotstuff?" Alexia slumped back down and just stared at the man's abs and the loose pants that didn't really do anything to hide what the man was packing.
"You girls get together often?" Natsu placed the clothes belonging to both of the policewomen down on the floor next to them.
"We're Bi, hots for each other but enjoy men too." Allie mumbled at the fire, she glanced at her clothes and slowly started to put them on.
"Only if they are worth our time though."
"Well." Natsu chuckled softly as he rose from a knee. "We're an open-minded bunch here, so you won't be hearing any crap from us. Now, if you don't mind, I need to go find out where everyone is."
Alexia groaned as she closed her eyes. "Allie, can you call Caleb and say we need the day off."
"Already on it…"
Natsu turned and walked over to his naked raven-haired friend, he gave the man a swift slap across the face to get him to wake up.
"Fuck. I'm Up!" Gray launched into a seated position, wide awake and seemingly in perfectly healthy.
"Rise and shine, sunshine. You look no worse for wear."
"Ice magic. Never had a hangover in my life."
"Lucky bastard."
"How are you going, Natsu?"
"Feels like I have one foot in the grave."
"Heh, so the usual?"
"Pretty much." Natsu grinned as offered to help the man to his feet. "Find your clothes, we have a busy time ahead of us."
With a resounding slap, Gray took the hand of one of his closest, and his best, friends as he matched his grin and rose to his feet. "Give me about ten, I'll be ready to move out."
"I have to find Lucy and Erza, they'll probably be in a room somewhere. Erza would have taken her up and passed out not long after."
"Sounds about right, neither of them could ever handle alcohol very well."
"Wish I could sniff them out, but all I can smell is alcohol right now." Natsu gave his friend a pat on the shoulder then headed back to the stairs.
"Natsu. Could you round up everyone for breakfast." Mavis called out as the man walked past the kitchen. She was frying up a storm to help everyone get through their hangovers.
"Alright, I'll grab Mira and Lis and send them down." The pinkette immediately turned towards his room at the top of the stairs and entered it.
Mira had started to wake, her hand was searching the bed for Natsu's warmth as she mumbled his name as soft as a mouse.
"I'm here." Natsu chuckled as he walked to the bed, he gently took the woman's hand as her eyes fluttered awake.
"Mm, morning Natsu… wow… my head feels like death."
Natsu lowered his voice so he didn't cause the women any distress. "Mavis is making breakfast. When you and Lis feel up to it, you two should head down."
"Alright, we'll be a few minutes." Mira slowly turned over, a smile gracing her beautiful face as she looked into the man's eyes. "I think I'll have a shower and get dressed. Same with Lis."
Natsu placed a kiss on the model's forehead and headed for the door. "I got to go check on Lucy and Erza, they are still unaccounted for."
"Bye~"
The man smiled over his shoulder at Mira as he left the room, he wandered down the hall until he could hear breathing coming from inside a room, there were two pairs, it must be the right room.
Natsu carefully opened the door, making as little noise as possible as he entered the room. He saw Erza splayed out on the floor and Lucy curled up on the bed, half covered by the sheets.
He made his way to the bed and slowly sat down on the edge of it. Placing his hand gently on the Blonde's shoulder and shaking her awake. "Luce, it's time to wake up, we need to get ready for work."
"Mmm." Lucy smacked her lips as she rolled onto her back. "Five more minutes, please… I feel like I've been hit by a plane."
"Alright, if you want to freshen up, the bathroom is on the other side of the hall. Just to the right of this bedroom."
Natsu moved back and knelt down beside Erza's head. "Hey Erza, any lights going on in there?"
There was no response from the redhead, she only shifted about in her sleep.
"Come on Erza. Wakey, Wakey." He reached out and lightly patted her cheek, getting a groan and the flutter of her eyes.
"Mm Kami… What happened last night…?"
"I don't remember much, but it seems to have been pretty crazy. Mavis is working on breakfast for everyone."
"Alright, give me maybe… ten minutes to get ready and I'll be down there."
"Do you remember where the bathroom is?"
Erza chuckled softly as she slowly sat up. "My memory isn't that shot."
"Alright, I'll leave you girls to your own devices, see you down in the kitchen." The pinkette stood up and walked over to the door.
A dull light obscured Erza's naked body, fading quickly to reveal a towel wrapped around her. "What's for breakfast?"
"A fry up." Natsu half turned as he reached the door, a soft smile gracing his face. "She is lucky I just went shopping yesterday."
"I'll see you down there. Make sure there are Hash browns for me."
"Heh. You and your Hash browns." The man chuckled to himself as he left the room. He groaned as he stretched his arms above his head. "Yup, relaxation time is over… Time to get back to work."
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