The fourth! I'm sorry this chapter took a bit long… okay, a bit is an understatement. Just had school stuff running me over like a bulldozer… Winter break, yay. Thank you for your patience, and a special thank you to my reviewers, for giving me valuable feedback for every chapter I write. Hikari: less pressure, more happy. () so sorry bout the big time delay for the new chappie! starts typing furiously thank you so much for reviewing! hugs Tarragon: Hima-jin? Ok then you're Hima-jin Red and I'm Hima-jin Blue. Lol jitsuwo iuto, saikin Riba hamarimashita. But I still love Ravi. Heheh uwaki desu. Need to keep it up… and its hard when your mama is trying to ban you from the comp. wink wink Enray: Thanks you for your comment! Hehe, can't live without the humor. :P
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Chapter 4
Allen returned to his room and opened the door.
The bed was made and the moonlight shining in from the window lit the floor to show that it was spotless. Someone must have cleaned it for him, but he could see a dark brown stain on the corner of the rug to prove the happenings of tonight to be true.
Removing his coat, Allen walked to the chest of drawers in his room that was empty now, was before, and probably will stay that way for time to come. He never had enough time or clothes to bother. He opened one of the smaller drawers and found a comb, and a few hair ties. Putting a hair tie between his lips, he roughly brushed his silver-white locks and tied it, noticing that it needed to be cut. With a snap of the rubber done tying the hair, the room was filled with the sound of fabric slithering off fabric, and cloth slipping off skin. Allen untied his ribbon and took off his shirt that was now creased here and there and put on his night attire and slipped in to his neatly made sheets.
It didn't take Allen long to drift off in to a light slumber, but as he started to dream, he felt something creep up behind him in his vision.
Allen slammed his palms in to the mattress he lay on and sat up in his bed with one thought in his head; he mustn't sleep. Though he didn't actually see it, he felt it creeping up on him in his sleep. He threw off his sheets, slammed open the door and ran down the hall barefoot.
Before he knew what he was doing he had jumped on the platform that had taken him to where he had met Hebulaska the first time he came to the Organization. As the moving piece of floor came to a halt, a dim light lit the surroundings. There was nothing around him.
"Hebulaska…?"
His voice echoed in to the darkness and he shivered; it was so cold up here. Biting his lips to keep his teeth from chattering, Allen walked to the edge of the platform and leaned over the guardrail. He flung himself back before a white tentacle shot up to pierce the air where he was a second ago. The floating object he stood on lurched slightly as the white extension from Hebulaska's body came down and clenched the edge of the rail. A dozen more followed, and soon the platform was being pulled down while it creaked against gravity and Hebulaska's pull.
"Hebulaska! It's me! Allen!"
No reply came and the hands still pulled Allen down further in to the darkness.
"Hebulaska!"
Allen hollered, and as he did he lost balance to the slightly tilting platform. He slid, and caught himself on the banister and felt his left hand touch the warmth of Hebulaska's hand. Suddenly, the pulling stopped.
"Hebulaska…?"
The hands suddenly disappeared and with the force of the platform regaining balance, Allen fell.
As he felt the darkness rush past him, he braced himself for the end of the fall that might as well never come. However, he was yanked up by the soft touch of Hebulaska's hands.
"Allen… Walker?"
A light overhead lit to show the owner of the dozen or so hands that held Allen up.
"H-hi, how are you?"
"You scared… me, Allen Walker… I… thought you were… an intruder…"
"My apologies, I didn't mean to scare you."
He reached out to Hebulaska's face, which the lower half of was the only remaining part of his body that looked human. The reaching hand and expression made Hebulaska draw closer, allowing Allen to gently touch the skin.
"Something is… troubling… you, Allen Walker…"
Allen looked up and wore a sad looking smile as he let his hand fall. He slowly explained tonight's events.
Just as he finished his story, he felt a familiar, uncomfortable feeling creeping up his arm.
"H-Hebulaska?"
He felt the fingers crawl deeper and further under his skin. He started to pull away, then paused. This is why he came to Hebulaska in the first place. He was probably the only person in the whole Organization that could tell where the Akuma was inside him.
The fingers stopped moving, and then he felt it. The quiet beating of his heart pulsing against the gentle touch of Hebulaska.
"The Akuma… is here at the… moment… it can move using… your nervous system… and can use it to affect… you… this will cause you a… lot of difficulties… in battle, but the answer… you seek is there… in your… past…"
The hands withdrew and placed him gently on the platform again. Allen looked down and smiled at Hebulaska. He didn't know what the last few words meant, but it sounded like a little bit of hope wouldn't hurt.
"…Thanks, Hebulaska. I'm going on a mission tomorrow, and I won't let you down."
The next day…
"Aaagh!"
A yell was followed by a splashing sound as Allen fell head first in to the underground water passage from the deck of a boat.
"Hehe, sorry Allen! It was just too tempting."
Ravi waved a hand from the deck and hopped down on to the dock to help Allen get out of the water. He reached out a hand for him, but as Allen took the offered hand, he yanked Ravi down in to the water. Another splash bounced off the walls of the underground.
Coughing and choking on a bit of water, Ravi glared at Allen.
"Unfair."
"An eye for an eye, Ravi."
"What are you two doing in there?"
The two looked up to find Komui and Riva (carrying the files) raising an eyebrow at them.
"Just thought we'd go for a swim…"
"Well I suggest you two get out before Linaly-"
"Oh my god, what are you two doing in the water! Its January for heavens sake, you're going to catch a cold!"
Speak of the devil, as Ravi warned them Linaly came down the stairs and scolded the two in the water.
After the explanations of the mission, their boat set sail and they watched as the Organization, their home grew smaller in the distance.
"So Allen, what's up?"
Leaning back on the starboard, Ravi's eyes met Allen's; they were serious.
"What do you mean?"
"You look tired Allen, you're dieing on your feet. Didn't you get any sleep?"
"…No."
"Why?"
Linaly peered at his face worriedly.
"I felt it there, waiting for me to fall in to deep sleep, where you don't even dream anymore. I felt it waiting for me to give in. So I went to see Hebulaska."
"Did he tell you anything?"
"He said… the answer I seek is there in my past… what do you think that means?"
None of them could guess at what that might mean, and they reached their destination with the mystery still unsolved.
There was a huge pair of doors towering above them that lead to the village. Ravi and Allen took one door each, and pushed. For a few moments the doors lay still, then with a loud, creaking noise it moved and started opening its way to them. Then, Linaly screamed.
"Stop! Don't open it."
The two looked up at her, puzzled, and noticed the terrified look on her face. They slowly and reluctantly turned to see what she was seeing. From the small creak between the doors they had partially opened, a blood shot eye stared out at them and a small shaking hand squeezed its way through the small space and reached out. Bruised and painted with blood, the hand made to grab at something in the air that wasn't there. A small, feeble voice broke the silence.
"Help…"
To Be Continued…
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