Hi! ^.^ Here is the second chapter of Stages of life, and i hope you'll like it!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING-meaning the characters, the original plot and all that.
Thoughts
''Talking''
…
…I hear something…
…voices? ...
…I have to wake up…
…but I… don't want to… the darkness…. It's comfortable …
…sleep…
NO! I wasn't supposed to sleep! … Was I? ...
The first thing he felt upon waking was that he was cold, wet and curled up. Slowly he became more aware of himself, so he started to move his hands. In front of him he felt a smooth surface so he tried moving and feeling around himself, but the only thing he felt was a round surface surrounding him from all directions. He started to panic and hitting the walls of his prison. Accidentally, he pulled the cord connecting the breathing mask and the ceiling, so it pulled off of his face and he started to choke.
''Get out. I need to get out! With all of his remaining strength he hit the wall one last time. With a loud crack, his prison broke apart. He hit the floor and just stayed there, took big breaths in his exhausted lungs. The alarms were still ringing, there were also the echoes of rapid footsteps coming from the hallway.
''Guard! Go get the inspector Leverier! He needs to be notified of the awakening of the second exorcist!'' A doctor ordered. ''No need, doctor, I'm already here. '' He turned to the figure lying on the floor. '' Welcome to the Black Order, exorcist Allen Walker.''
Allen? Is that my name..? Allen Walker…
''How are you feeling dear?'' Were the questions addressed to him when they clothed him in loose white pants, a white shirt and a slightly bigger light blue sweater with a hood. Later after numerous examinations and tests the doctors finally left him alone and then led him to a small room with a small bed.
Allen walked ''Walker'' to the bed and sat himself in the corner, leaning on the wall. ''Do you need anything? Are you hungry or anything? It would be understandable since you just woke up.'' The guard that brought him here asked.
'' No, I'm not-'' he was abruptly interrupted by a loud rumble. He was really confused by it, while his guard cracked up. '' I see you're hungry little buddy, but don't worry I will bring you food, just wait a few minutes. While he waited for the food to come, he busied himself with observing himself in a mirror on the wall opposite him. What he saw shocked him so much that with a shout of pain he fell off of the bed.
Rubbing his behind, he once again looked at the mirror. He saw the white hair, the silvery-blue eyes and a pale face. The thing that surprised him was the red scar running through his left eye. Suddenly the eye he stared at started to ache and out of the blue, it turned black with a red ring in it. He didn't know why, but he felt the incredible urge to cry. It was so strong he couldn't stop. It wasn't long until his crying turned hysterical. With a jolt, an unknown scene flashed through his head.
'' Mana!'' Called a little brown-haired boy. In the back, there were gravestones and a worn down church. In front of the boy was a dead-looking tree and beside it stood a round figure of a scary looking clown with a sinister grin. The boy was standing in front of a skeletal looking thing, that moved as soon as the dark beam hit it. ''A-allen? How COULD YOU TURN..!-
The sound of a door slamming against the wall snapped him out of it. What… was that? ''Hey buddy, you going to eat or what? I didn't go all the way to the cafeteria for nothing you know. Eat up, eat up!'' Allen finally noticed the food, and with an appetite he didn't know he had, dug in.
While he was busy gulping the food down his throat, the guard sweat dropped at the familiar scene. '' He hasn't lost his infamous eating habits, has he? Even now …'' He muttered, but unfortunately for him, it wasn't quiet enough as Allen still heard it. He wanted to ask what was that all about, but the man already left the room. Speaking of it, what was outside of his room anyway? All he has seen so far was the place he woke up in, the check-up room, the hallway and his room.
He would go and explore, but he had a feeling he wouldn't get far before somebody would stop him. Well, yawn I'm tired anyway. With that thought he slid under the covers and fell asleep.
The next morning, he awoke nice and warm. The light were still out (since there were no windows) so it was still dark. He closed his eyes again and tried to fall asleep again, but no such luck. The lights were suddenly on, and the door swung open. Allen sat up on the bed and observed the man that came in. Isn't this the man I met back in the room, when I woke up? What was his name again? Leve-something?
'' Good morning Allen. How was your sleep?'' He smiled.
'' It was alright mister.'' The man across him smiled and beckoned him to come.'' Now Allen I want you to get dressed, then you'll go with me to see someone, If you're good, you can see other exorcists. Do you want that? Now off you go, I'll wait outside.
While Allen dressed himself, Link Howard asked the inspector about this visit. '' Well, Allen Walker's arm with God's crystal needs to be checked, no? Besides, if we want to use him on missions, he will need to know other exorcists as well. My, I believe they'll be shocked to see their dead comrade. '' Link silently clenched his teeth. When he was ordered by the church to take the body of the fallen exorcist, he hadn't thought this would happen. The second exorcist project. After Alma Karma incident, it was clear it's not a good idea to mess with the dead but it seems the Black Order is repeating mistakes. All he can do is hope against hope that the tragedy of Alma and Kanda will not repeat.
When Allen opened the door, he was greeted by the solemn face of a person he hasn't seen yet. He looks sad. The expression doesn't really suit him. Hmm… With that, Allen put on an earnest smile. ''Hello! I'm Allen and you are?'' This question shocked both the inspector and Link, since they didn't notice him coming out of his room. Before Link could re-introduce himself, he was interrupted. ''Hmm, since you have two dots on your forehead, can I call you Two-spots?''
Allen was quite satisfied with the results, so he smiled and started to laugh. What made him laugh, was that the person he called Two-spots stared at him with a funny face, then his face turned red with anger marks while he tried to give a comeback. '' Th-that's.. wha? Bu-t …!Argh! I give up!'' And threw his hands in the air and started to mutter something about rude albinos under his breath.
Laughing harder, Allen had to lean on the fall. After calming down, he apologized. '' Sorry, but you had a really sore face there. I didn't like it so I changed it, but you still haven't told me your name you know? Do you like the name Two spots then~ ?
Spluttering Ling shouted'' No! No, my name is Howard Link. Nice to meet you Allen Walker. Please refrain from using that nickname from now on.'' Still with the twitching eyebrow, he Link fondly remembered how the boy, with his mere presence made everything better, brighter.
'' Alright. Can we go now? I want to see other places, I don't like being in my room all the time.'' He pouted. Leverier observe all of this, looking at every detail. Finally he told Allen to follow him, link following after them wordlessly. '' Where are we going anyway?'' Allen asked, but nobody answered him. They walked for a long time, but he didn't notice as he was more concerned about looking around him. The halls they were walking through were beautifully decorated and everywhere he looked, he saw something new.
When they arrived, he almost collided with Link's Two spots! *snicker* back. There, in front of him were big black door with gold and silver ornaments. The biggest and most noticeable of them was a cross- a rose-cross. '' Here you'll meet Hevlaska, she too is an exorcist. She'll check your syncro-rate and do not resist.'' With that said, they entered.
At first Allen didn't see anything, but then he spotted something shinning in what looked like… water? Then he saw it. THAT'S HEVLASKA?! '' Huh?'' He visibly panicked, but a voice coming from the gloving transparent figure calmed him.
'' Welcome home Allen Walker. The innocence greets you as well'' Ok, I,m confused…? ''Hevlaska, check his innocence now.'' Leverier ordered. Hevlaska reached for Allen with her hands and he felt strangely at ease with her doing so. She lifted him to her forehead and leaned him ti it. They started to glow with a green light. '' 10%, 23%, 41%, 56%, 72%, 88%, 95%!'' Brighter and brighter they glowed with the higher snycro-rate. ''100%! 109%! 116%! 124%!''
During this, Allen was completely at peace with himself. I fell sleepy… but there's something else… familiarity? This person, Hevlaska, do I know her? She feels so familiar… Leaning into her embrace he relaxed further. To him it felt as if a mother held him in a protective and safe hold. He rather liked this feeling.
In the chamber, everyone was shocked. The grand- generals especially, after all who could have though that a 15/16 year old was so compatible, so in tune with the innocence. This boy was definitely general level. '' Inspector Leverier, this exorcist is a force needed to be used. He is to become a general and join the fight against the Millenium Earl.''
Leverier couldn't help but to smile, but this one was sinister. ''Well, well it seems the others wull meet him soon, ne?''
