Lucy learned that the Phantom Lord gang had a bar outside of racing. In actuality, Makarov used to be partners with the boss of the particular gang, back in the old days, and Makarov himself had a record. She didn't ask many questions about the old man's past, thinking it was out of her place and rude to ask someone's criminal past and how they came to be. But, going back to present, Makarov knows the boss of the gang, Jose Porla, pretty well.

Since Makarov works for the good guys now as an undercover agent, he left to start his own 'gang' without Jose knowing his true intentions. Since then, the two men had a rocky friendship that affected them and their gangs together. However, since Makarov can still gain access to meet Jose once in a while, after races, for example, he tries to get drivers and people Jose may have picked up from the recruiting races to take back to Fairy Tail, or take them to the station if they don't wish to go with them. Since Jose has no clue that his ex-partner in crime is now working for the police department, rules apply to Makarov to put up the act of being a real gang boss.

Which means money, violence, guns and sometimes drugs gets involved.

With bringing the S-Class drivers along, Natsu explained to her on the drive there, it lets Jose know that Makarov means absolute business and nothing more. It also gives Jose a warning of not to try and attack him for ransom or even kill him (not that Jose would kill Makarov, but there is always the possibility). And, from Jose knowing that Makarov has his S-Class with him, he believes that Makarov is still on the street's side.

It also gives him a little scare, Natsu added too, but Lucy didn't want to think about that.

The bar was on the low-run part of the city, but close enough for people on the more glamorous side to come over if they wanted to. It was a brick building with two stories, and small windows that probably didn't open on the first floor. A neon-lighted sign hung on the outside, spelling out Phantom Lord with a purple design of a half circle with a tail and a dot above it. The door to enter and exit was just a large, black metal door with a slot window, reminding of Lucy of those cells in asylum films that let the doctor look in to check on the insane patient.

The parking lot was made of dirty and was empty, since the time of day would not have as many drinkers lingering around with the sun out. The little team went straight to the door and it was Erza who pounded on the steel door with her knuckles, sounding like thunder clapping to Lucy's ears.

The slot ripped open and green eyes glared out to see the visitors. Looking down to see Makarov waving with the utmost friendly smile on his face, the eyes blinked before sighing in relief.

"Boze, let us in, boy. I'm dying out here!" the old man screeched before taking his hat off and fanning his face with it, his brows raising out of the hiding spots of his sunglasses. "It's a scorcher out here today!"

"Yes, Master Makarov," the man, Boze said before slapping the slot shut and opening the heavy door for them. The dark-skinned man bowed to Makarov in greeting before smiling to him. "It's been a while, sir. It's nice to see you doing well, as usual."

"You've gotten taller again, Boze boy," Makarov looked up to the bouncer as he walked inside, his group following.

Lucy held on to Natsu's shirt as he led her inside, letting him guide her through the door and into the eerily quiet bar. Boze didn't give Lucy a second glance as he shut the door and latched it tight, thankfully, and was instantly led to a corner booth; Erza already took her seat and Gray was sitting on the edge, so Natsu let Lucy inside the booth first to sit next to Erza and he would take the other end. Lucy fidgeted under the table, and Erza noticed with a soft smile, trying to give her reassurance.

Makarov stayed standing, turning over to where the bar stood at the other end of the large room and a man was shining a glass with a rag. "Totomaruuu," he called over to the bartender, who blinked at the call of his name. "Here for my appointment with the jackass. Did he remember the good drinks this time?"

The bartender nodded with a half smile before setting down his glass and walked around the counter. "Right this way, sir," he gestured to the wooden staircase by the counter. Looking back to the corner booth, Totomaru raised his hand to them. "We'll get you drinks momentarily, guys."

"No problem, Totomaru-san," Erza waved back. The man nodded before leading Makarov up the stairs, disappearing from sight and a slightly younger woman who matched Boze's skin and dressed in a maid outfit strolled from the back and went over to the booth. Her blouse covered her skin and chest, nowhere was it attempting the imagination or sexy, as Lucy would have thought for a bar - much less having the women dressed in uniforms.

The young woman pulled out a pad of paper and pen from behind her ear. "Been awhile, guys. How have you been doing?" she said before blowing a bubble from her gum. Looking up, she tilted her head at Lucy before biting her gum back into her mouth. "She's new with you guys?" she asked with a jerk of her chin.

"This is Lucy, Sue," Natsu introduced politely. He grinned to the quiet blonde and gestured to the waitress. "Lucy, this is Sue. She's Bozu's relative and they drive together in races, like us."

Lucy offered a small smile to Sue, who nodded in return. She seemed kinda hardcore to Lucy, but her tone was a lot more softer when she spoke directly to her. "What'cha want to drink, Lucy?"

"Where's Juvia?" Gray asked Sue with crossed arms and a raised eyebrow. "She usually works the day shift." Not workin' today," was her response as she scribbled some notes down. "M'kay, so Erza will have the usual margarita with a double shot of cherry, no rocks. New girl, Lucy, do you want a ginger ale or something? You don't seem like you want to drink yet. It's on the house for Fairy Tail during the day."

"Uhm...sure," Lucy blinked before nodding, not quite understanding Sue's speech pattern. "Ginger ale would be nice. Thank you very -."

"Why is she not working today?" Gray asked, sitting up straighter in his seat beside Erza. His chin tilting up to glare at her more darkly, Sue, on the other hand, didn't seem offended.

Sue clicked the pen shut and shifted her weight on one leg. "She had work to do the other night. I took her shift today so she didn't have to stress herself so much and can sleep a bit."

"Is she here?"

Sue glared down to Gray, her hands on her hips. "Quit asking so many questions, Stripper. It's not your place to ask me, so shut your mouth or I won't serve you."

"Gray, you can come by later," Erza said smoothly while looking up to Sue with a kind smile. "Don't mind him, Sue. He's a little upset for what Juvia did to his ride last night at the recruiting race."

"Oh yeah," Sue said and smiled in response. "Juvia-sama used her new spear tool she conjured up in the garage one night. I'm glad she got to finally use it, especially on a certain person here." Looking to Gray with a snarky look in her eyes, Sue snickered under her breath. "I'll be back with the goods."

"W-wait!" Natsu called when Sue began walking away. "I didn't get to place my order, Sue! Sue, come back!"

"Juvia-sama instructed me to get you a special treat,Salamander!" the young woman called back before going behind the counter. Natsu blinked in confusion and sat back with a childish pout on his lips, making Lucy smile a little bit.

"I swear, Natsu," Lucy rolled her eyes and fiddled with her thumbs under the table. "So...what do we do here? We don't hang around Master Makarov?"

"Makarov tries to purchase Jose's members for Fairy Tail," Erza explained quietly to her. "We come here incase something happens, like a fight...but we just chat with the members of this gang until Makarov finishes. Nothing really happens."

"Here we go," Sue came back with a large tray of drinks, handing Erza a fruity-colored drink in a cocktail glass, a simple glass of water for Gray (that she somewhat slammed infront of the grouch's hunched form. A tall glass of ginger ale for Lucy that she placed gently to the blonde with a kind smile, and then a large chocolate milkshake with whipped cream and sprinkles and a single cherry ontop was placed for Natsu.

Natsu's eyes went large at the sight of the treat, head tilting. "Whaaa..."

"Juvia-sama told me you won your first race, so she gave me specific instructions to make you her chocolate milkshake that you like so much," Sue explained with a wink and a thumbs up. "She felt bad that she couldn't be here to tell you that in person, but Gajeel-sama would've probably have a cow if he saw this."

Lucy watched as Natsu's eyes watered with tears of joy as a weird noise came out of his nose and mouth. "Juvia is the best!" he gurgled and graciously took the spoon offered by Sue.

"Yeah, Gajeel-sama really loves Juvia-sama's milkshakes, too," Sue sighed. "No doubt he would tackle you for beating him in the race if he saw you today, but more likely for the milkshake, for sure. Swear to God, he would try to bite your ear off, or something. Anyway, congrats on your win, Natsu."

"Haha! Look at me, Gray! Your girlfriend gave me a milkshake for my first win!" Natsu snickered to the grumpy man, who stiffened. "She likes me more than you! You don't get milkshakes from Juvia-chan, do you?"

"I'm not a child, unlike you," Gray hissed in response. "And she's not my girlfriend!"

"Whatever you say, Stripper," Sue shrugged uncaringly at Gray's claim, making him go red in the face. Looking to Lucy shyly sipping her drink through the straw, the dark-skinned woman tilted her head with a small smile. "You seem like a smart chick, in my opinion. I like you already. I'm sure Juvia-sama will like you, too, when she meets you."

"Can you make sure that Juvia-chan comes to the next race, Sue? I want Lucy to meet Juvia-chan. Oh! Can Luce have a chocolate milkshake, too, please? She helped me win the race, anyway." Natsu began slurping down the milkshake at a fast pace through the straw, making Lucy notice how his eyebrow was twitching to ignore the brain freeze he was developing.

"Maybe next time, bud," Sue gave an apologetic smile to him. "Juvia-sama only gave me enough to make one for you, but I'll let her know that she owes Lucy one, too." "You're very kind, as always, Sue," Erza complimented, making Sue blush at the sweet voice. Taking her own drink, Erza stirred the straw before gulping it all down quickly. "How have you and Boze been doing?"

"Fine," Sue shrugged and held her tray behind her, swaying her maid skirt to the redhead. "Boze and I are still being trained by Gajeel-sama and Juvia-sama all the time, but it's not all that bad. Juvia-sama and Totomaru-sensei are really nice. Oh, Erza! I'm taking classes with Toto-sensei now, and looking into biology!"

"Good girl, Sue," Erza smiled. "Just keep to your studies and don't give up, okay? You don't want to disappoint Juvia, don't you... I'm sure she's very hard on making sure you study," Erza hummed and took a glance at Gray, who stared at his tiny cup of water with disgust. Sue blinked at the look, looking between Erza and Gray before looking behind herself to see if anyone else in the bar was paying attention.

Leaning in, Sue jabbed her pen at Gray's temple with a low voice. "Juvia-sama will be working the night shift tonight, since there's no races she and her bro need to go to. Gajeel-sama won't be working until midnight and she starts her shift at eight, so that should give loverboy here enough time to see her."

"Not a loverboy," Gray growled darkly in response, butting his head with Sue who held her ground strongly. "Get that through your skull, brat. It ain't like that!"

"Then why do ya bother comin' here on a weekly basis to get your ass beat by Gajeel-sama, huh? Or is that a fetish of yours, gettin' your ass beat like that?" Sue bitterly grumbled back. Lucy fidgeted beside Natsu, who finished his milkshake and left the cherry alone. He fished it out, completely ignoring how Sue was talking down of Gray and Lucy was being uncomfortable about it.

"Luce, want the cherry? I'm full now," he asked and held the tiny treat by the stem to her, making her face flush deeply with embarrassment. "Mm? What's up, you look like you're gonna be sick. Do you not like cherries?"

"Does this..." she gestured in a whisper to Sue and Gray fighting verbally, while Erza lazily looked for droplets of her beverage in her glass, as if sad that her drink disappeared so quickly. "Is this what you guys are about?"

"Haha, nah, Gray is just a sensitive prick about Juvia," he grinned, holding the cherry to her again. "Want it? I can give it to Erza, if she wants. She usually takes it."

"Sure..." Lucy mumbled and took the treat. She continued to watch Sue stand up and pocket her pen, then lift her tray to her shoulder when footsteps creaked the wooden stairs. Popping the cherry into her mouth, Lucy saw Makarov hop down to the floor with Totomaru following. Seeing the waitress looking laxed and bored out of her mind by the table of drivers, the black and white haired man stiffened.

"Sue, we don't have time to stand and chat today," Totomaru clapped his hands for the young woman to turn with a pout on her face. "You still haven't finished the chapters I gave you last night. C'mon, Fairy Tail needs their space and you need to finish reading."

"Don't boss me 'round, Toto-sensei," Sue whined and began going back to behind the counter. "I said I would read on my break."

"You have five chapters."

"I can read fast...! Fast enough..." Sue sighed and looked over her shoulder to the corner booth. "It was nice seeing you guys again. Nice meetin' ya, Lucy; I'll let Juvia-sama know to make you a shake next time, scout's honor!"