"If the world were falling into ruin, would you be there to hold it up?"
"Sir Walker!" there was a sharp rap at the door "Sir Walker you have new mission! Walker!" Allen sat up, his white hair mussed and in his eyes.
"What?" He groaned
"You're to be at Komui's office in twenty minutes, you have a new mission, sir"
"Thanks" Allen got up, and started busying himself by putting on his tall black boots and robe. He had a strange feeling that his life was just about to take a turn for the worse, worse than it already was anyway. He sighed, and flattened his hair out in the mirror.
"Walker!" there was another knock on the door
"What now?"
"Komui's waiting!"
"Coming, Link" Grabbing Tim off his cushion on the nightstand, Allen left the room.
Thirty minutes later he pushed open Komai's office door "You're late, beansprout" Kanda was in a bad mood, as always.
"It's Allen, I've told you before."
"Have it your way, sprout"
"Kanda! Allen! Don't fight you naughty boys!" Komui had just entered. He had bags under his eyes and was followed by Lenalee, who was holding a steaming pot of coffee. "So" he said, sipping out of his mug "You have a mission. You may or may not have heard, but there has been most unusual akuma and noah activity around this town." He pointed rather hap-hazardly to a small labeled dot, managing to put a large coffee stain over southern Italy at the same time. "See? I think there's an innocence there. Normally this would be a rookie job, but, with the noah around I need some more force. Link will, of course, accompany you." Komui sat back, sighing heavily, "I really don't know what to do, guys, we haven't had a new accomadator for so long."
It was nightfall by the time they reached the town, sleepy golden lights were appearing in the windows and the sound of laughter could be heard from a nearby pub. Kanda sniffed
"I don't see what Komui was so excited about, I don't see any akuma, or any sign that any have been around."
"Yeah" Allen said "I can't sense any, there can't be any within a mile radius or so"
They walked on, their footsteps the only sound on the silent streets. Very suddenly, they both stopped. But it was not an akuma, or even a noah, or any other threat that made them stop, it was the girl lying unconscious in the middle of the street, and the awesome power emanating from her.
