{Just a little note, Im changing how Droy looks a bit.}

Gajeel P.O.V

I smirked down at her. " Course I can. Might even leave you in the dust, Gihee." I chuckled and she puffed out her cheeks. " We'll see about that." And without another word, she bolted, already half way up the closest buding by the time I realized she left. I followed after her, grabbing onto bricks and cracks as I pulled myself up. As I reached the roof I saw her leap to the next, grabbing the eaves of the roof and pulling herself up. I lept after her, barely landing on the edge of the roof as she scaled a chimney and lept to a window. She used the sill to reach the roof and easily climbed higher.

I knew my large frame wouldn't be able to fit on the sill, so from the chimney, I jumped and grabbed the eaves. It creaked under my weight so I quickly pulled myself up. " Dead end shrimp. " I called as I saw her standing on the edge of the roof. There were no close houses to Droys home and the sides were so destroyed that the gaps were to big to climb. Only the skeleton of some old scaffolding stood between us and his home, and it was too far to jump. But she turned and smiled at me.

She held her arms out at shoulder length, and carfully stepped onto a bare flagpole that stuck out from the roof. I watched wide eyed as she carfully walked to the end before leaping at the scaffolding.  She dropped roughly two stories before her hands grabbed ahold of the bars, and she used the momentum to swing back up and grab the next set of bars. I watched her crazy gymnastic stunt in amazement as she easily swung herself higher. Once she ran out of swinging room she easily climbed to the top before sitting and smiling down at me. " Show off!" A voice shouted beside me, making me jump. I looked to see Natsu and the blonde, I had forgotten they were following us.

" There's an easier-" "No way." I cut her off. I was not about to be shown up by shorty. I backed up to the top of the roof before breaking into a run and leaping for the scaffolding. It was the longest I had ever been in free fall, and I will admit that it felt wonderful. I reached out and grabbed onto the scaffolding, my arms bringing me to a rough stop and I bit back a gasp as my shoulders nearly dislocated. I couldn't do her little routine, but I did easily leap and climb will I was sitting beside her. " Well I'm impressed." She said with a bright grin that I couldn't help but return. "Now the easy part. " She said as she stood. I hadn't notice it before, but a zip line connected the scaffolding to the glass dome, and we were actually a little higher than it.

She grabbed one of the handles that was attached and lept, letting the cable catch her and send her flying into the building. I chuckled before grabbing the next set of handles and sliding in after her. As I entered the building I let my boots skid across the ground, pulling myself to a stop and taking in the room. It was a cross between a green house, and a mad scientists lab. There was a long table that held boiling beakers and lit burners. Scattered around the room were potted plants, that looked much to healthy to have been grown in radioactive soil.

I could see Levy standing by the lab table, next to a man with shaggy black hair in a lab coat. Natsu and Lucy came flying in behind me, and I had to move before getting hit by them. " You brought guests." The black haired man said as he stood and walked over to us. " Hey Droy!" Lucy said with a smile and he smiled back slightly. " You got that list of supplies Droy?" Levy asked and he nodded, heading back to his table. "So what exactly do you do up here." Natsu asked as he looked at one of the plants. "I study the virus that plagues us. I'm trying to, unlock it, if you will." He said as he handed his list to Levy. "But don't you need samples of the virus? I hear that there a different stages of it." I said as I leaned against his table.

He tensed slightly and Levy threw me a slight glare. "What?" I asked, genuinely confused. " I had a brother, back when all this started. His name was Jet." Droy said quietly, sitting back at his stool. " He was one of the first runners when Gildarts came here. The serum was harder to get back then, and so, Jet got sick." He said, his voice dead. "I begged him to go to the good doctor, hopping he would have some serum left. But he wouldnt. He offered himself as a lab rat." He murmured,  and I stared at him wide eyed. "For each symptom he developed, I took a tissue sample. The first symptom was blurred vision, he described it as having chlorine in the eye. Next is bleeding. Most commonly a nose bleed but iv heard of people bleeding from the ears and even the eyes. Next, his muscles started failing. As a runner, the first thing that went were his legs."

I frowned. "Wait, his muscles failed?" Droy nodded. " When it started, he said it first felt like his leg fell asleep, it was numb. Then he lost the use of it, his leg no longer working and the numbness turned to pain. Internal bleeding followed, and he occasionally coughed or vomited blood." I felt my stomach turn and Natsu looked rather pale. " Soon, all of his muscles failed, he couldn't talk anymore, he couldn't move, couldn't eat. Then his heart and lungs went out. Time from the first symptom to death, three weeks." He finished quietly.

We all sat in silence, the information weighing heavy on my mind. " Iv been studying the serum that the upper class made, trying to see how it staves off the virus. That's also, why I have the plants." I raised an eyebrow and he chuckled. " I have made pure soil, these plants are non radioactive. I use them in the medicean I make, hopping that they will be the breakthrough. " He said with a smile. "Now, do you know where you are all going tonight?" Levy nodded. "The warehouse by the docks. The ship comes in at ten, and we have until three to get what we need before it gets shipped out to the uppers."Levy said as she pulled out her screen, reading it.

" Very good. You do know, since we have been gathering more serum, that the warehouse will be guarded. Lots of sniffers and coats." He said as he dug through one of his drawers. He pulled out two vials full of purple liquid. "What's that?" Natsu asked as he hopped up onto the table. "Something I created. It's scent will be like a beacon to sniffers, you can throw them to create a diversion if you get trapped." He handed them to Levy and she slipped them into her belt. " Are we ready? We need to case the warehouse and try to get a count on guards." she said as she strode to another open hole of the lab. "Get a plan for everything, don't ya shrimpy?" I said with a smirk.

Her lips quirked up in a smirk, "I'm the brains of the operation, of course I got a plan. You and Natsu are the brawn and pretty Lucy is the looks." Lucy squeeled softly as she hugged her friend and Natsu and I laughed. " Alright Brain, let's get going."