And here it is, the second chapter! \(¯▼¯)/

Please forgive me. I had wanted to upload it sooner but my father had an accident at work - he fell off the scaffold; at least I think that is how it's called. Anyway, he fell about 5 meters or about 16 ft down. Luckily he didn't break anything but the skin on top of his head and we can say he had some goddamn luck. Later I listened to other similar stories and was shaking just from the thought what could have had happened to him. And at the beginning, when I only just heard he fell I was scared to death. All the different things came to my head what happened to him and believe me, you don't want to experience that. But he's a tought cookie - now he's home and he can't hop around all happily just yet (even thought he wants to - he does not know how to just stay at home and rest (-_-).

We have a happy end, thank God.

So, here you have it. Please enjoy and if you just happen to be in a good mood write a review.

Oh, and by the way I don't own -man. But how I wish I would... *cries in a corner*

„You stupid, stupid human." Her voice was shaking from suprise and anxiety.

„Shut up and move, for God's sake! We don't even know if that really was a canon shot." His voice was no different.

„Oh, and what do you suppose it is? A gas explosion?" Came an uttered bark in return.

„It could be", Allen murmured and pushed Midnight to the side of the window so that he was able to look outside. She almost immediately yanked him back, away from it. Allen let out a suprised noise which made Midnight grit her teeth. She made him take a few steps to back to the center to the room and gave him an angry look.

„Idiot! What if they are outside, looking?!" He shook her hand off.

„Jesus, Midnight, don't be histerical!"

„I will stop being ''histerical'', as you call it, when you take the needed measurements for you own safety, idiot! Now, if you want to look outside at least let me turn off the lights first. Thankfully, the sun has already set." She pulled him back again and then headed towards the light switch.

„How will that help us in any way?" He asked, annoyed. She stopped midway to the light switch near the door to look at him. Her eyes were full of disbelief. Allen got annoyed and nervous.

„What now?" His sister sighed and just shook her head.

„Sometimes you can be such and idiot."

„Just one more proof that we are related." She growled and pushed the switch with a little bit too much force so that the plastic around it cracked. Allen turned her way.

„What was that noise?"

„My patience running out."

„Ha ha, very funny."

„I know." The panic they felt at the beginning started to disappear but that was normal for them. They rarely lost their nerves but even if they did, it would never take them long before they were calm again. She joined him beside the window. From there they had almost a perfect view to the shore and the main plaza, which was now packed with people, mostly tourists, who were wondering what that loud bang meant. Only a minute later the loud buzzing of the people was interrupted by yet another bang, with the only difference that this one was much louder. Allen could see a huge black figure hovering above the sea not to far away from the beach. His body shook. There was something unpleasant about a big air ship, hidden in the darkness of the night. He wasn't the only one who noticed it. The people who were on the beach enjoying the evening walking around or having a late swin, started to run away screaming which caused panic among the crowd at the plaza. And not too long after the second bang, the plaza was full of screaming people running everywhere, without knowing what exactly to do. They stood there for some time before Midnight finally said with a shaky voice:

„They are here." Allen could just nod. They watched as the completely black ship slowly sailed right into the middle of the plaza. The panic now was indescribable.

„Allen..." He turned to her. Her eyes were big and, not scared, but nervous.

„What do we do now?" He patted her head. Calm her down for now, he said to himself. That is the most important thing right now.

„We stay low, remember? You said that the first time master came for a visit." A mention of Cross made Midnight's eyes glint with anger. Allen managed to hide relief. He knew it was better for her if she was angry. Her being unsure and scared meant nothing but trouble. She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door.

„So that means we have to hide the money. Come on." They ran down the stairs to the first floor and Midnight hurridly opened the safe while Allen removed a few floorboards to review a small box-shaped hole under the floor. It was a routine they perfected for cases of Cross's visit or other situations, like an attack of a pirate ship. Midnight counted the money and passed it to Allen who put it into the hole and sealed it shut. He jumped on the floorboards a few times to secure them in place and looked at his sister.

„This should do it for now." She nodded. Then she pointed with her finger up.

„It would be for the best if we hide in the bedroom. If they do come in, we can still manage to escape on the roof." Allen smiled darkly.

„Who would ever thought that your emergency escape plan would have a chance to actually be executed. That must be... what? One in a million?"

„One in a four thousand and thirteen, actually." She snickered at his unamused face.

„I had a little bit too much time on my hands." In that instant the floor beneath them rocked and made them fall down. The moving was accompanied with a loud noise, crashing and breaking, filling their ears to the brim. When Midnight came to her senses, she could hear only ringing in her ears.

„Allen!" She streched her hand into the dust around her. She was disoriented but she could feel Allen somewhere near her. Thank God for twins connection, she thought.

„I'm okay", he caughed and reached for her hand. „Just swallowed a lot of dust. Shit." He caughed again and helped her to her feet. They looked around. The door leading to the store was on the floor which enabled them to see the destroyed inside of it, broken windows and glass all over the store floor. Allen could feel Midnight anger from before coming back in strong waves. He strengthened the grip on her hand. As it runed out, he was just in time. She would jump right into the messed up inside of the store but since Allen was holding her, she only managed to drag him a few meters forward.

„Those sons of bitches!"

„Midnight...!"

„Let me go! LET. ME. GO! I'm going to fucking kill them!"

„Midnight, for heaven's sake, calm down! We have to get to safety!" Their voices were loud and he knew she doesn't even realise they were literary welcoming the attackers into their home.

„Those guys need to get to safety! Fuck them! It took us half a year to pay those windows back!" She was furious and only Allen clinging to her stopped her from running to the street and start her search for the air pirates. With some troubles he managed to turn her so that she was facing him and shook her hard.

„Stop it right now! Do you realise we could be in serious danger?"

„Those guys are in serious danger..."

„Shut up!" She closed her eyes. Her lips trembeled. It was too much for her. She loved the book store as her own child, Allen knew. He leaned his forhead against hers. He breathed out.

„Listen to me. We can get the windows repaired."

„But..."

„If it takes half a year to pay them back, then it will. But you and me... We can't be repaired. Not if we are destroyed to that point." His voice cracked at the end and he took a deep breath.

„You need to calm down. You know that is not good for you to get too upset. So please..." Midnight could just nod. She knew what Allen was thinking of. He already lost one member of the family they never really had. He never got over it, even after so many years. He was showing that in times like this. Over-protective, she thought absent-mindedly. She liked that in a way; but she was worried that in the end it will cause him nothing but troubles.
„Don't move." They jumped apart. The deep male voice was coming from the shadows. The only thing they could see was a sharp tip of a sword, no matter how hard they tried to make out what is a wall and what a part of a human body. Allen pushed Midnight behind his back to protect her. She stumbeled backwards.

„Allen! What the hell do you think you're doing?" There was an annoyed sound from the darkness.

„Be quiet." The man in the shadows stepped forth but they still could not see his face. Midnight peeked over Allen's shoulder. The only thing she could make out was the fact that the man is tall. There was a hint of an accent in his voice.

„What do you want with us?" She could swear she heard a 'che' sound., before the man shifted his feet more to the left side of them. She felt Allen's body tensing up.
„Allen..."

„Stay there", he answered to her.

„Lavi, get the girl."

„Gotcha." There was a movement behind her back and Midnight yelped as she was pulled away from Allen. He turned around and tried to grab her hand.

„Midnight! Let go of her!"

„You heard him! Let me go!" She punched and kicked, trying to get free. Strong arms were holding her so that she wasn't able to land even one hit. She could hear Allen fighitng with the other man and she felt the fear that started to grow in her. He doesn't have a weapon. How can he possibly defend himself? The man holding her smacked her fist away.

„Woah, easy there. I don't want to hurt you." There was a short pause as she felt her prisoner look over her head to the shadows where the other man was standing. There was a long sigh.

„Kanda, what in the world are you doing?" Midnight took a moment to stay still and looked in the same direction. Her eyes widened.

„Don't!" She turned just in the moment to see the man hit Allen on the head. His body slumped to the ground like a bag.

„NO!" She started resisting even more. „Let me go! Let me go! No! Allen!" She was scared. So scared...

„Jesus, stop it already." A hand came in front of her face and the next moment she breathed in something that smelled awfull. A wet cloth was pressed to her face, with that smell coming along.

„What..." She turned her eyes up, hoping to at least see who is holding her.

„Shh, it's okay." There was a flash of bright green and a red colour. Her eyelids trembeled as she fought the sleepiness.

„Allen..." She could barely open her mouth.

„Don't worry, he's okay. Kanda just gets annoyed really quickly and does a sloopy job."

„What was that, you stupid rabbit?"

„Oh, come on, Yuu-chan. I was just telling the truth. You know, the last time..." Allen is okay, she thought and felt relieved. With nothing else holding her up she let the sleep take over her.