Official second chapter! -
This turned out way shorter than I had planned...
Well...great stories always come out slow...right? ... ._.
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Coldness trembled through his body as he gasped for breath.
What was calling him?
Her soothing melody…
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"I believe she's…breathing…" Kumoi answered weakly.
"Brother…even I know that much," Lenalee replied, cold-heartedly.
A young girl was lying fast asleep in the white, hospital bed before them.
Her pale face, and short, snow-white hair had a striking familiarity to a certain close friend, who was currently under surveillance.
They had been following Marie for a short time…before they saw the bright light.
At first, they hadn't even noticed it, only when it had completely engulfed their surroundings, did they see them.
Hundreds upon thousands of pure, white lilies, woven densely beneath them. Directly in the center, dressed in a fine, white gown, laid a little girl, dreaming peacefully in this garden of white.
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Something was wrong.
Allen drenched his face with the cool, calming water. His breath, labored with an unknown pain as water dripped steadily onto the floor.
"OI!" Link called out urgently, sensing the sudden tension. He banged heavily on the unlocked door—to the girl's washroom.
"Walker! What's the problem?"
"Leave me alone! I'm perfectly FINE!" Allen replied stubbornly. Trembling violently as another wave of mixed emotions ran through him.
Silence.
"ALLEN I DEMAND AN EXPLANIATION!" Link wailed, then halfheartedly added, "don't' make me come in there!"
"Don't make me laugh Link! I know you don't have the nerve come in," Allen chuckled, but his voice was noticeably weakening...
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The door suddenly swung open.
Lenalee stared in silence as a stern looking man stepped calmly into the crowded room.
"Commander Kumoi," the thin lips parted, "I have been reported that the five exorcists sent into the Dark Abyss have returned."
Leverrier's sharp eyes fell upon the upon the hospital bed.
"Who is this?" He questioned, examining the small girl.
Kumoi hesitated for a second, then replied, "She was found in the Dark Abyss…in a 'field of white lilies'."
Something flickered through Leverrier's dark eyes.
Lenalee stared intently at the floor, uncomfortably stirring in her seat—fear nibbling at the edge of her consciousness.
Lavi looked at Lenalee with concerned eyes…He turned to Kumoi.
"Sorry, but can we go somewhere else?" A voice interrupted…it was Kanda.
"It's too crowded in here."
Leverrier eyed him coldly, and then glanced over at Lenalee.
"Very well." He said, dismissing them, "But don't wonder off, I will need to ask some questions later."
As soon as the five exorcists left the room, he turned to Kumoi again.
"Is there anything out of the ordinary with his child's readings?" He asked, a keen sharpness on his tongue.
"No sir," River quickly answered, "Her readings were perfectly normal…"
"I see," he said faintly.
"But sir…" Reever started again, "What was she doing in the middle of that Abyss? Could she be related to Allen somehow—?"
But Kumoi stopped him. Reever looked questionably into his eyes.
"I think it's best if you took your leave now, Inspector Leverrier." Kumoi suggested, still looking at River.
Leverrier stared deeply in to Kumoi's all too calm face. "As you wish, but report to me as soon as possible if anything strange occurs."
He took one last glance at the sleeping child, and stepped silently out the door…
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Clank…
Allen froze…something…broke.
CLANK…CLANK…
It came again…louder…
Tim-campy hovered fearfully as Allen's breathing became more and more uneven.
Chains?
Allen's thoughts were blurring… Slowly, he lifted his head up, staring into his shadowed reflection…
Those chains,
Those cold links of metal that held him,
Piercing into his flesh,
They bound him in a vast world of nothingness…
It was painful—yet…
He didn't want to wake up.
I can't let them break…no I…
There was a bright flash…and everything went blank.
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I wonder what's gonna happen next... :]
...No really...what should happen next?... '-'
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Allen: I want more cake...
Allen: GIMME CAKE!
Lavi: THAT WAS MY TURN TO SOUND COOL KANDA!
( "Lavi looked at Lenalee with concerned eyes…He turned to Kumoi. "Sorry, but can we go somewhere else?" A voice interrupted…it was Kanda. "It's too crowded in here.")
Kanda: Shut up and find the Bean-sprout some cake, he's getting annoying
Lavi: (stares)