Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 20

Juvia Lockser stood beside her brother, with Sue and Boze behind them with their cars parked on either side. The meeting spot Jason had led them too was a parking ramp in the midst of the large city, where it was like a maze to drive through without stopping. The twenty-year old woman glanced around the surrounding area, noticing the lack of light in the fourth level of the ramp, despite having a light placed above them and a door on the wall.

To Juvia, it reminded her of an entrance of the hospital she used to go to constantly as a child with her mother and stepfather.

Feeling a slight nudge to her exposed shoulder, Juvia peeked to her older brother who was noticing her fidget with two black backpacks in her hands. "You okay, kid?"

"Juvia is fine," she nodded with a small smile, using the shoulder he touched to nudge him back. "It's just odd...we've never had to meet employers at such a public place. Even if there is not many lights, Juvia just wonders why we are to meet our client here."

Gajeel crossed his arms and shrugged. "Probably one of those rich people who can hire security to protect their asses. You know, like those James Bond guys, I guess."

"More like the Godfather," Sue snorted behind them, making Juvia giggle and Gajeel to roll his eyes. "Get your movies straight, man."

"How long we gonna wait for Jason to get the man out, huh?" Boze complained. "I'm getting tired, you guys. Toto-sensei is gonna beat my ass, too, if I don't finish my literature homework... Say, Sue..?"

"Do your own goddamn homework, you lazyass," Sue sniffed and turned away from her relative, who pouted down to her.

"You two behave right now," Juvia glanced over her shoulder, seeing that the glass door was showing approaching figures their way. She could see Jason leading in front, blocking out the rest of the faces for her to see from the angle. Once she saw the two straighten their back and put on their business faces, she returned to her own statuesque next to her brother.

Jason had one of his men open the door for him, letting him and three other people out. The two who were following closely behind him were obviously guards dressed in black suits, sunglasses and earpieces as accessories. The man in the middle, though, had a tan face with a gray suit; a long, pale beard that was neatly groomed and an eyepatch over his right eye, he was pretty well-built for his apparent age. In his hand was a silver suitcase.

The blond man who recruits for races beamed to the winners with a weird grin on his face, making Juvia mentally frown at how oblivious he was behaving in front of the employer. "Hey, you cool riders of the night! How y'all doing? Cool? Cool!"

"Cut the shit, Jason," Gajeel snapped in a bark, making it echoe in the parking ramp and Juvia sent a warning glare to him. Once he received the feeling of being targeted by his little sibling, he let out a breath of annoyance. "Where's the money? We ain't got all night, you know."

Jason flinched at Gajeel's voice and turned back to the man with the eyepatch, who walked up and pulled the suitcase to rest flat on his palm. Opening the clasp of the case open, the man with the eyepatch presented the fill of bulks of cash in rubber bands. This seemed to have sparked Gajeel's interest, since he smirked at the sight in front of him.

"This man is not the employer," Juvia spoke out, causing all eyes on him. "Where is the employer?"

The man with the eyepatch smiled at Juvia, who kept her face emotionless and stern. "Very good eye, young lady," he chuckled and shut the case, locking it. Juvia ignored how her brother sniffed in disappointment. "How'd you guess something so little?"

"If you were the employer, you would have made us enter the building and to your office," Juvia said simply, eyeing the two men who were looking at each other with raised brows. "If you were the employer, you would not have met the criminal racers so close to their cars. Even with two guards, there is four of us who are more than armed to take you out."