A/N: I wonder if anyone can figure out what that string of binary says??? It's the same thing both times.


Overture: Find

It was quiet in the church. Too quiet. The only noise came from a hushed, almost inaudible drip that was quickly covered by the noise of the Exorcist's boots.

Evidence of a struggle was everywhere. Pews were reduced to splinters, and several stained-glass windows were shattered beyond recognition; worst of all… There was blood everywhere.

Lavi wrinkled his nose, stepping over half of a broken crucifix. "Hey! Where are you?!" Anxiously, the teen began to reach for his weapon, looking around the ruined chapel.

Finally, his gaze came upon the altar.

Stricken, he took a step forward.

A body was curled on top of the raised surface, blood pooled around the broken boy. Ash settled against the pale skin, darkening the snow-white hair. His hand rested against a pile of clergy robes, and the imprint of a cross was burned into his human hand. His robes were in tatters from his battles. His skin was chalk-white.

It seemed as if Allen Walker was dead.

"ALLEN!"

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"The doctors are saying they don't know what's wrong with him," Lavi mumbled, leaning against the wall. "So I think you'd better get to France quick."

"What happened?"

The redhead sighed, scratching his head and shrugging in defeat as though Komui would be able to see him from over the telephone lines. "I was fighting a Level Two one moment, and then there's this huge flash of light and it just disintegrated. That was it. I went into the church to find Allen. I found him, then I took him here."

"Did you get the Innocence?"

Another sigh escaped the teen. "No," he said flatly. "I don't know where it went. I think it's Accommodator died."

"Do you think they got it?"

"No. It just… disappeared."

"And Allen won't wake up?"

"No," Lavi shook his head, staring into the room across the hall from him.

"I'll be there as soon as possible."

"Please do…"

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It had been a simple enough mission; reconnaissance, almost. It seemed that the patrons of the Eglise de Cauchemars were plagued with strange visions at night, and its priest was commonly known for attracting almost fatal danger. An Innocence was suspected, and Allen and Lavi were dispatched to France.

It was easy… until the Akuma showed up.

Now, Allen was seriously wounded… And he wouldn't wake up.

The doctors said he may've become catatonic due to the injuries, but Lavi suspected it had something to do with the mysterious disappearance of the Akuma… And the Innocence. But what really happened?

He could only sit and wait for the answer to come, and it was killing him.

"C'mon, wake up…"