Krory was taking a short vacation from his job. Every now and then on needed a break from the Order, even though their job had been made a lot easier since the Earl had disappeared. And Allen and Aleena always opened their home in Caterinburg to wandering exorcists. Krory had been invited by the small family to stay with them for a week. "Krory!! You're here. How was the trip?" Aleena stood in the doorway wearing a white summer dress. A silver tea tray with tea on it was in her hands. She set it on the table. "It's Earl Grey Tea. Don't tell father though. He won't admit it but it gives him nightmares." Aleena made two cups and handed one to Krory.
"Thank you. How is your father doing these days. He doesn't come to the Order much these days." Aleena sighed. Random explosions, all of varying size could be heard. They were particularly close and the last one was the biggest. Then all fell silent. More explosions started up again.
"He's been wanting to learn more about science. So a well known chemist or something came to get him started. But of course he's a natural klutz. So the past few days have been full of explosions." Krory joined Aleena in her sighing. Allen's klutziness and knack for getting lost was legendary. Almost as legendary as Kanda's moodiness. The explosions stopped. Silence fell once again.
The explosions were replaced with a crash from outside. Someone or something had fallen. "Excuse me for a moment." Aleena looked outside and shook her head over something. "Father, you should be more careful. And what happened this time to put you in this state?" Allen was dragged into the room. Krory hardly recognized him. His white hair stuck up in every direction and was speckled with black. The lab coat he was wearing, which once could have been white, was gray.His face was also covered with black smudges. He looked like the survivor of an explosion.
"It was nothing. A couple of things that shouldn't have gotten mixed got mixed and went boom. I'll be fine. Don't worry." Aleena looked at her father skeptically. "It was only an explosion. By far it wasn't the worst." Allen cringed at the look his daughter gave him.
"Only an explosion?! An explosion is an explosion. No matter how big or little it may be." Aleena pulled a wet wipe from her pocket and held it out. "Come on. Clean yourself up." Allen shook his head.
"I was on my way to the main house to take a bath before you intercepted me. If you'll excuse me, I'll continue on my way now. I'll see you at dinner Krory. It's nice to see you again." Allen left the room without taking the wet wipe. Aleena sat down again.
"Which explosion was the worst?" Aleena put the wet wipe back in her pocket and sat down. She took a sip of tea and calmed down. Then she answered Krory's question.
"A couple of weeks ago there was an explosion so bad it completely demolished the lab. It took two hours to completely dig him out. The lab table, made of solid wood, had pinned him to the ground. He just has no sense of danger when it comes to regular everyday things." Krory was amazed. This was bad, even for Allen.
"Could I look around the village? I would also like a guide if possible. You know how horrible I am with directions." Aleena flashed a smile his way.
At the far end of the house, Allen sank gratefully into a bath. Bruises still covered the majority of his body from all the recent explosions. Luckily there not any injuries more serious than that. Aleena would have healed him than killed him.
Aleena now led Krory through the streets. In a way seemed like a child again. Her father was going through a similar phase with his fascination of explosions. Both cases probably went back to their childhood. Or rather, their lack of one. Allen was a mistreated servant in the household he now was the master of. Krory, as she understood, was forced to care for his grandfathers' plants and was never allowed to have a life.
"Hey, you hungry, Krory? There's a good restaurant that really sounds good for lunch right now." Krory looked that way with interest. Then he turned his head in the completely opposite direction. Something else had caught his attention.
"Aleena, what's that? I don't recall seeing that on my way here." Krory was pointing to the sky. A glowing pentagram, going around in circles, was in midair, Dimly sparks of electricity sparked in it and through out it.
"That's a good question. Let's check it out!!" Krory thought for a moment. Allen, who was very protective of Aleena, would never forgive him if she was hurt on his watch. On the other hand, they were both exorcists. It was their job to investigate things like this. "Krory, I'm leaving." Aleena ran down the street.
There goes my vacation Krory thought as he ran to catch up.