Hello dear readers! Here is Chapter Three. This chapter introduces some of the characters and hopefully Eva and I did them justice in your eyes!

Thank you for your reviews and we hope you like this chapter. You will know more about Eva than Alexis, because Alexis is still trying to find who she is. Ummm, I don't know if I mention this or not, but this is Eva's first fanfic writing so please give her a round of applause!! *Claps for Eva*. Well enough of my rambeling and on with the story. Please read and enjoy.

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Chapter Three

The house ended up being completely empty except for the lurking rats. "Usually I have more to go on because of the Finders." I said in almost defeated tone. "Maybe the town is just dead because not many people pass through." Alexis said optimistically.

"I'm not sure, why don't we check around town some." I suggested. We talked to anyone that would actually speak to us. I found that people in the town were scared to talk to strangers and that they didn't like leaving their houses at night.

"Hey Eva, I was just told that the house that we checked out wasn't as empty as we thought. People say at night, the local kids would dare each other to go inside of the house. Whoever went in, never came back out." Alexis said relaying what she had been told.

"That sounds interesting." I replied. This town was very strange. All of a sudden I noticed something; a very quiet sound, it seemed like silent screaming.

"Hey do you hear that?" I asked Alexis.

"What are you talking about I don't hear anything." she stated.

"Try to concentrate, maybe you'll hear it." I told her.

"No, nothing. Maybe you are just imagining things."

Who knows, maybe I was? The sound started to disappear; even if it was something it was obviously too late to do anything.

We continued wondering through the town. People just seemed to disappear from the streets the later it got. The whole thing was very strange.

We decided to go back to our hotel. "I'm going to make a call." I told Alexis while she ate. Maybe Komui would give me some information. I hooked the golem to the phone and waited for Komui to answer. "Eva~ to what do I owe this wonderful call?" I sighed, he's never going to change.

"I need some information on a town…." I then proceeded to tell him what had been happening since Alexis and I arrived in town. "That is interesting. You're not far from Bookman's team. I'll contact them and see if they can help you." Komui said seriously.

"Thanks, Komui. Bye."

"Bookman..." I though interested. I remember meeting Bookman's apprentice, Lavi once.


Flashback:

I was walking to Komui's office. I had just joined the Order a few days ago so I was kind of scared. "Maybe the people here are better then they were at home." I shy and insecure I walked looking at the floor; I couldn't bring myself to look up, I was just too intimidated by everyone.

Suddenly I bumped into someone.

"Ah, what?" I looked up.

A tall, red haired guy, with a green eye and an eye patch was staring at me.

For some reason he yelled, "Strike!" and blushed.

"Um, I am sorry." I apologized.

"It's ok don't worry. It's nice to meet you. What's your name?" the boy responded still blushing.

"I am Eva. Who are you?" I answered confused.

Just what did he want from me. I was already becoming paranoid.

"I am Lavi. You seem kind of lost?"

"I am looking for Komui's office, do you know where it is?" I asked.

"Of course I do. I'll show you, come with me."

His voice was so cheerful and in a way honest. It wasn't something that I was used to. I followed him.

Lavi stayed close to me the whole way, it wasn't something I was used to; in a way he almost held my hand. I felt a bit uncomfortable, but I didn't want to say anything and be rude. He was cute actually, but I couldn't let myself like someone that easily.


I was sitting at a table in the Dinning Hall across from Arystar Krory. He had told me how he became part of the Black Order. I listened without interrupting. "Kro-chan!" Rang throughout the room. Krory made a face as Lavi sat down next to me.

"Don't call me that." Krory said in a deadpan tone. Lavi just kept smiling happily. As of late, where ever I went Lavi seemed to appear and it was starting to become nerve racking. "How are you today, Eva-chan?" Lavi asked.

"Fine." Came my short reply. Lavi and I were practically sitting elbow to elbow. "Do you have today off? If you do, do you want to go into town with me?" Lavi asked as he kept getting closer to my face.

I couldn't take it anymore. I stood up quickly knocking over the tray in front of Lavi into his lap and leaving the room as fast as I could. I didn't bother to help or apologize, my nerves were just to frayed.

"Uh, what did I do?" he wondered with a confused expression on his face.

"Well....you see, you were kind of rude." Krory answered.

"What....why?!" Lavi asked.

"You have been everywhere where she has been...it comes off as...stalking."

"Stalking?" Lavi froze.

I heard their conversation. Was I overreacting? I went to my room and sat on the floor. It was very big; it was like they knew that I was a little spoiled.

"I'm so rude and weird; is it possible that I am just really inexperienced when it comes to socializing?" I thought at that moment more than anything. Where I lived it was strange to get close to a person and touch them without any particular reason. I was very confused.

Slowly I got of the floor and opened the door. I headed to the Dining Hall because I wanted to apologize.

"It isn't Lavi's fault that I am so weird." I convinced myself.

When I got near the Dining Hall, I saw Krory exiting the room.

"Hey!" I yelled.

"Oh, Eva-chan, are you ok?" he smiled.

"Yes I am. Have you seen Lavi?" I asked really calm.

"I think that he went to Komui's office, he called him for a mission." Krory responded.

"Ok, thank you." I said as I ran to the office.

Why was I even running? I was not acting like my regular self. It seemed that this place got some traits out of me that I haven't seen before.

I entered Komui's office quite dramatically; if a person didn't know what the whole situation was about they would think that it was the end of the world.

Both of them had a very surprised look on their faces.

I felt a little embarrassed at that moment so I blushed.

"Eva are you ok?" Lavi asked.

"I wanted to talk with you." I said quietly to him as I turned my head.

"Eva~ good thing your here I wanted to talk with you!" Komui interrupted us cheerfully.

"Why?" I asked.

"You and Lavi will go on a mission together." he replied.

End Flashback


That was an interesting mission to say the least. I walked to the room wondering if we should go back to the mansion tonight. Alexis was sound asleep on her bed. I didn't want to wake her. I walked to the window and looked out at the desolate town. Maybe there wasn't anything in the town to actually worry about. I slightly zoned out, until a moving shadow caught my attention. A little girl, no older than ten years old was moving about carefully in the streets. I opened the window carefully and jumped out.

I followed the girl to the mansion. She looked everywhere before walking up to the door. She crept in silently. I went to the windows and watched carefully for the little girl. Not once did I see her shadow ghost across the floor. I got curious and went in the house. I searched the place carefully not finding the girl. I was shocked, I didn't hear or see her leave. Then I head that odd noise from earlier, every time I tried to follow it, it would sound in a different part of the house.

After a while the noise stopped, I ended up giving up deciding to head back for the inn. I still couldn't fathom where that little girl went. Did I imagine her?

Suddenly I heard that quiet scream again. It was so gentle and weak. Who was it? I turned around to see a little boy and a girl holding hands. They looked hypnotized. Were they Akuma? The children attacked me, but they didn't turn to monsters. The girl hit me with a rock that she picked up from the ground, while the boy just kept hitting with his fists. It didn't hurt at all, but why were they doing this? I activated my Innocence and touched the children with my claws. All of a sudden they fell to the ground. I was now sure that they weren't Akuma; they were humans. Who was doing this? I heard the screaming again and this time I followed it.

I ended up in a large hall. It was really dark; if I wasn't able to see in the dark I would surely get lost. There wasn't any furniture there, but there were many books scattered around the floor. I walked over to the window to move the curtains so that the room would be brightened by the moon light.

At that moment I realized that when I was walked closer to the window the screaming become louder. Carefully I stepped in front of the window and moved the curtain.

Suddenly it broke and twelve children appeared. They looked just as brainwashed as that boy and girl over on the floor.

Alexis's View

A cool breeze woke me from my slumber. I sat up to see the window was open and Eva still hadn't returned. I got out of bed and closed the window. Maybe Eva opened it, but that still didn't explain where she was. I made sure that my daggers were on me before leaving the room. I then proceeded downstairs to see most of the guests were already gone. I didn't see Eva, so I decided to see if she was outside. As I opened the door I walked into someone. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! I wasn't paying attention, I'm so stupid!" The woman I walked into started crying. It was perplexing to say the least.

"It's alright. I'm sure it was my fault. I'm looking for a friend and I wasn't paying attention. I'm Alexis." I said helping the woman to her feet. It was then I noticed the three males behind her and the uniforms that they were wearing. They carried the symbol that was on Eva's uniform.

"I'm Miranda Lotto and these are Bookman, Lavi, and Deak." Miranda said introducing everyone once she calmed down.

"It's nice to meet you." I said smiling.

I noticed that the two guys, Deak and Lavi were twins. Lavi had a green headband that spiked his red hair up and Deak's red hair was down falling in he face. They looked a lot a like, both very cute.

Lavi yelled, "Strike!" while I looked at him confused.

"It's nice to meet you Alexis." he said as he held my hand. He seemed nice and warm, but Deak was another story. He seemed cold and uncaring. I don't know why but for some reason I felt drawn to him.

"It' nice to meet you too," I continued. "Are you guys exorcists?"

"Yes we are." Bookman answered. "How did you know?" Deak asked.

"My friend Eva is one. She was taking me to the Black Order." I explained.

"Wait, where is Eva-chan?" Lavi asked worried.

"I don't know she just disappeared." I stated.

"Disappeared?" Deak questioned. I nodded and then told them what happened when we arrived at the town. I then explained that Eva said she was going to make a phone call, but I fell asleep. "Komui informed us that she had contacted him." Bookman said.

I nodded. She had explained Komui to me briefly. "Where were you heading then?" Lavi asked. "When we checked out the mansion, Eva said she heard a noise. I thought maybe she went back to the mansion or something like that." Lavi nodded, before jumping up from the bench.

"Let's go!" he said, walking towards the door.

I took the lead and it didn't take long for us to arrive at the mansion. "Man this is a scary place." Lavi said deadpanned. "I don't want to go there!" Miranda screamed as she tried to run away, but Bookman managed to stop her.

I noticed glass on the ground, indicating that that one of the windows had been broken. The glass wasn't there earlier, so I suggested that we check it out.

We entered into the big hall. The place seemed even darker than before. We wondered through the mansion trying to find the room where the window was broken.I heard a loud noise when I got near the end of the hall.

"Let's go this way." I said as I ran.

The others followed me as we got to a strange room. Deak opened the door carefully and we saw Eva fighting a bunch of children.

"Eva!" I called out "Are you ok?"

"Obviously not!" she replied trying to avoid the children. Eva looked like she was trying hard no to hurt them, they were kids after all and they were innocent. The whole thing seemed a little funny though.

"What should we do?" I wondered.

We all stood in the doorway not knowing what to do. Then the kids noticed us and started attacking. They may be little, but they sure pack a powerful punch. I got knocked to the ground when a swift shadow knocked me to the ground. In that split second I was covered with kids, hitting and kicking me.

It sounded like a battle zone, from my position on the floor. I got into sitting position, but that was as far as I could get. I noticed that Miranda was in the corner crying, while Bookman defended her. Lavi was getting closer to Eva, who was fighting with something that kept moving quickly. I was yanked to my feet by Deak, who had a scowl on his face. "This is getting ridicules." He muttered.

"Yeah, I agree." I replied smiling warmly.

I could see why people say that twins are usually very different. Deak was serious all the time, I think that I haven't seen him smile once which was a little sad.

Lavi defended Eva against the children with his hammer, he could easily touch them all and make them stop. The shadow that Eva had been defending against, had slipped out the broken window.

"You ok Eva?" he asked her giving her his hand to help her get up.

"Yes." she replied.

At that moment all the children collapsed to the floor. Deak suggested that we check what was behind that window.

Eva and I got out first and the rest were behind us. Suddenly we found ourselves in a big yard. There was a big lake in the middle of it.

The lake sparkled beautifully with the moon light shining on it. The lake was hypnotizing. Underneath a tree near the lake were more children, but these one's looked dead from starvation or something. We walked over to see if they were okay and they didn't acknowledge us at all, they just sat there. "I see you've found my garden." A voice snickered through the air. Everyone jumped into a defensive stance, but we couldn't pinpoint the voice.

"Now that you've seen my beautiful garden, you'll have to join!" The voice shouted. None of us saw the shadow that knocked us over. Once back on our feet, I helped Miranda free the children while the others tried to find the jumping shadow.

It was so fast. Even Eva, as fast as she was, couldn't catch it. It returned floating over the big lake.

Suddenly we were able to see that the shadow was a giant Akuma. It was humongous, white in color, and completely round.

"It appears to be a Level 2." Bookman stated.

"Yes, I think it is." Eva replied.

"What's that?" I asked.

"I don't have much time to explain it, but they are Akuma that killed many humans and evolved. The point is that they are a lot stronger that ordinary Akuma." Eva summarized briefly.

"How are you controlling those children?" Deak asked

"Oh the beautiful children, so innocent and naive. It's my power. I can appear as a kind and caring nanny that has candy and they fall for it so easily. They come with me to this garden and stay here forever. I hypnotize them with my eyes, maybe you want a look?" she yelled as she attacked.

"Don't look it in the eyes!" Lavi yelled. That's going to be hard if they plan on destroying that thing. Miranda and I continued to free the kids, but as soon as they were released from their bindings they slumped over.

"Miranda, we need to find a way to get these kids out of here before the battle escalates." I said, but the question was how do we do that.

It was then that I got an idea. When I create shields, I do so by using energy around me and bending it to my needs. Maybe I could use the energy to help lift the kids out of danger. I turned to tell Miranda my idea, but instead I had to duck as Eva and Lavi went flying over my head into the tree behind me.

They both jumped back up and entered the fray again. I used manipulated the energy around me and took the kids to a safer place. I couldn't believe I able to do it, I was tired now but I couldn't rest. I needed to help the others. Slowly I turned to the Akuma and prepared to attack it as it flew closer to me.

"Wait!" Eva yelled and knocked me out off the way.

"Why did she do that?" I thought while I was on the floor. Unfortunately the Akuma had caught Eva and threw her into the lake.

Strangely the lake started the glow.

"You see, I put a force shield over the lake. No one can get in or out now, so I am afraid that your friend is going to drown. I may not be able to go into the water, but your friend will spent a lot of time there." the Akuma laughed.

Now I realized why she pushed me. I felt guilty over it, if I had paid more attention Eva wouldn't be in trouble.

Someone put a hand on my shoulder. It was Deak.

"Don't worry. Eva will get out, I'm sure." he said to me, smiling for the first time since I meet him.

I slowly put my hand on top of his.

"Thanks." I replied quietly.

"Come on, your going to help me." Deak said as I stood up. How was I supposed to help? "All we have to do is get the Akuma away from the lake. Once we do that, we can defeat it." Deak explained. I noticed that Bookman had left to help Miranda with the kids. Both Deak and Lavi were bleeding from the various wounds on their bodies. Even though I wasn't the best of fighters and I was tired, I'd help so that we could save Eva.

Since we couldn't look the Akuma in the eye, I used it's reflection in the water to locate it's exact location. The Akuma said that it couldn't go in the water, maybe we could use that to our advantage.

"The water, maybe we could manipulate it to draw the Akuma away." I suggested. Deak nodded. Using his hammer he activated a seal drawing some water from the lake, but not much. The shield must have been more powerful than I thought. "You can't do that!" The Akuma laughed. Deak and I dodged as the Akuma flew at us. At that moment we heard something break, the Akuma had lost some of its concentration on the shield. It was enough for Eva to use her claws to break out.

I ducked behind another tree as the Akuma flew at me, I used it's momentary distraction to climb the tree. Deak swung his hammer towards the Akuma and it flew my way. I used my daggers to stab it, I created a gash on its side causing it to scream in pain. Deak finished it of with a swing of his hammer.

"Good work." I smiled.

He looked at me coldly, but in the end gave me a small smile. You could barely even notice it.

It was then that we realized that Eva was still missing.

"Wait, did she get out of the water?" Lavi questioned.

"I haven't seen her!" I replied worried.

"She must be in the lake, I'll go and get her." he said as he jumped into the lake.

Bookman returned with Miranda at his side.

"The children are safe." Miranda smiled.

"Thanks God."

Lavi swam out of the lake with Eva in his arms, but she wasn't responding. He gently put her on the ground and all of us gathered around her.

"Eva! Eva!" we called out together, but still there was no answer.

"How long was she in the water?" Miranda asked.

"I'm not sure, but probably too long." I replied nervously.

"Eva come on, wake up, don't worry us like this." Lavi said with a worried face.

"Oh no! What if she's dea......" Miranda panicked, but Bookman stopped her in time.

"Maybe she needs mouth to mouth!" Lavi said all of a sudden.

"Who's going to do it?" I asked.

"I will!" he replied quite willingly.

Deak slightly smirked at that moment and quietly muttered, "Typical Lavi."

As Lavi got closer to Eva I blushed; it looked like he was going more in for a kiss rather than mouth to mouth. At that moment she opened her eyes. When she saw Lavi so near to her face, she turned as red as a tomato.

"What the heck are you doing!" she yelled as she hit him.

"Oh Eva, your alive!" I hugged her.

"What happened? Where is the Aku....?"

"It's been taken care of." Deak interrupted her.

"That's good." She sighed.

"Eva-chan, for someone that has almost drowned you hit pretty hard." Lavi complained, while rubbing his head.

Everyone decided to go back to the inn and get cleaned up. I got the Inn Keeper to give me some bandages, so Bookman and I could clean everyone's wounds. The Inn Keeper even brought us food upstairs. "This is disgusting." Lavi said with a face.

"Well it's all you get, so you better eat. I don't want to hear you complaining later about you being hungry." Deak told his brother.

"I'm so glad the children are safe." Miranda said trying to keep a fight from breaking out.

"Yes, it was good that we were able to stop the Akuma and return the children to their families." I agreed. "I do have a question though, you said that the Akuma was a level two. Could you explain that to me?" I asked. Bookman nodded.

"So far there are four levels to an Akuma. The weakest is a level one and they get stronger with the more humans they kill. When the Akuma evolves into a level two, they receive different abilities that help them in their environment." Bookman explained. I nodded understandingly. Just how many people had lost their lives to Akuma attacks.

I looked over to Eva who was sitting on her bed picking at her food, it looked like she hadn't ate anything. "Not up to the princess's standards." Deak sneered.

"No one asked for your comments, Deak." Lavi said while standing up. "You don't have to be so mean." He pouted slightly.

"Why are you so worried? I was only joking." Deak smirked at him.

"I know you were, but don't do that." Lavi smiled.

All of a sudden Bookman hit both of them.

"You idiots, why are you making such a big deal out of nothing!" he yelled.

"Sorry Panda." they apologized together making Bookman hit them again.

"You were rude Deak, say that you are sorry." he continued.

"Ok, I am sorry Eva." he muttered, while rolling his eyes.

"Nah it's ok. I am a little picky, I'm sorry." she waved her hands.

Everyone laughed then, even Deak. It was a nice night.

"So Alexis, where are you from?" Miranda asked.

"Oh, I'm from Egypt. Luxor to be exact." I replied.

"Land of the Pharaohs. Sounds fun." Lavi said with a grin. I nodded. "It is, a few miles from the town I lived in, is the Luxor and Karnak Temples. I went there once, it was interesting with all of its past history." I said a smile. I remembered the day I went. My father took me and the twins to see the temples. He also went to speak with one of his business partner. That was one of my fonder memories of my father.

"What did your family say to you becoming an Exorcist?" Miranda asked.

"My family is dead." I said flatly. The room got quiet before Miranda started crying.

"I'm such a horrible person! I'm so sorry I offended you! Please for give me!" Miranda cried. "It's fine, my family has been dead for a while. You didn't offend me."

"That's really sad." Deak added.

I stood silent for a moment and everyone looked at me with a worried face. I smiled warmly and told them what I truly thought at that moment. "Yes it may be sad, but...I am happy now."

"And that's all it matters." Eva added as she got of the bed.

Everyone smiled and we continued to talk and joke around until we all got tired and went to bed.

I must say that it was a nice day. I am glad I met all of them...at this moment, I truly am happy.


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