AN: Let me let you all in on what the past few days have brought me: My Flash Drive that I had all of my work on decided to die and left me in a horrid state of distress! However! I had the very first copy of everything I had written for this story saved on my laptop so I still had it but it lacked the bajillion edits I had made So many hours of edits lost! But I'm ok now because my friend that's editing for me has a bunch of them and I have the files prior to this one saved on my email. So! I'm in a good place after about five hours of hysterical searching/copying/pasting/etc to get things back. Releases should still continue on schedule for now every 4-6 days. And now for business…
WARNING: This is YAOI, boys loving boys, and uses pairings in the Lucky (Lavi x Tyki) and Yullen (Kanda x Allen) variety. If you aren't a fan then you don't have to read. Possible OOC but I tried to stay as true enough to the characters as I could. Spoilers for the series will show up throughout if you haven't read the Manga or watched the Anime. Also has language. You've been warned.
DISCLAIMER: Anything that resembles the actual story of DGM belongs to Hoshino-sensei; everything else is mine including any mistakes or bad writing.
Last time in My Memory of You:
Lavi dropped from the ceiling where he had concealed himself in the rafters, his mind deep in thought.
Did I hear them right? They're all part of the Order we've been trying to find? But who are they? Something's not adding up. I need to be careful since they're on to me and know I'm his apprentice. I've got to get home and let the old panda know about this.
He scurried down the hallway, looking for a way to exit without being seen. Finding a window at the end of the corridor, he opened it and took a peek to make sure no one else was around. Silently, he slipped out of the building.
A figure stood in the shadows next to a tall woman, watching the red head escape through the window. "What will you do now, Bookman Jr.?" the figure spoke silently to the shadows as a puff of smoke was exhaled from his mouth.
And now the next chapter…
Stormy Intrusion
Lavi, I will be gone for four days; I found something that could help us out in this search so I'm going to check on it. Read through and catalogue the books on the table. And don't do anything stupid while I'm gone.
-Bookman
Lavi scratched his head as he read over the note for the fourth time and sighed just as he had the other three times. It was Sunday, day two of the four days that Bookman said he would be gone and two days had passed since he overheard Tiedoll and Cross talking at the bar. He had rushed home to tell Bookman only to find that small note waiting for him. Lavi hadn't been out of the apartment since he had gotten home earlier in the evening on Friday because, once he realized how much work Bookman had left him, he was nose deep in it. He had even ignored Allen's phone calls and Tyki's text messages because he was so busy, but he knew he had to do this because it was his fault for going out against Bookman's wishes and this was his punishment and his job.
Taking a moment to stretch, Lavi walked around the apartment, trying to find something other than a book to occupy his time. He'd been reading and cataloging for so long that he had forgotten to shower or shave and realized this as he passed by the mirror hanging just inside the entryway of the apartment. He didn't have a shirt on, only a pair of sweats he had been wearing for two days. He felt a bit gross and decided to do something about it along with the stubble growing on his chin.
"Ugh, this is so not attractive," he said to no one as he ran his fingers over the stubble that had formed on his face. "Maybe I should go shower and shave."
Taking the time to shower was just what he needed. Not only did he feel clean, but he felt rejuvenated as well, seeing as he had only napped and not gotten any real sleep these past few days. He slid on a pair of black boxers along with a pair of freshly washed black sweatpants with his college's logo on them and let a towel drape over his head to soak up any water that would have otherwise dripped from his locks. He replaced his eye patch as well, since showering was the only time he ever went without it, a bit worried, still, at what hid behind it; but that was something only he and Bookman needed to worry about.
As he walked out of the bathroom, he realized it had started storming outside and he glanced at the clock. Great. It's 1:15 in the morning and I'm wide-awake. Sighing, he went to the kitchen and pulled out a box of leftover pizza and a couple of beers. He didn't reheat the pizza because, for one, it would take too much effort and, for another, leftover cold pizza was the best, in his opinion. Sitting down on the couch, he flipped on the television to see what was happening in the news.
Nothing really caught his eye as he skimmed through the four top news channels so he pushed the DVD button to finish up the movie he had been watching the previous night. It was some sort of action movie that everyone had said was amazing so he decided he would try it out.
Just as he was about to finish up the last piece of pizza, there was a knock at the door, or rather, a loud banging. He looked in the direction of the door trying to figure out who would be at his door at two in the morning. He wanted to play it off as being asleep but the banging got louder and more persistent. He sighed as he turned off the DVD player and the television.
Stumbling slightly from his lack of sleep and because of certain stacks of books being in his way, he made his way over to the door and looked through the peephole to see whom it could be. His eye widened and he unlatched the door as quickly as he could.
Allen and Kanda fell into the entryway of the apartment, their clothes tattered, torn and bloody and soaked from the rain.
Catching them before they fell all the way to the ground, he noticed first that Allen was unconscious and Kanda was struggling to keep his own eyes open, although he held on tightly to Allen regardless of his own problems.
Lavi noted that the two men were dressed in some sort of black uniform and Lavi saw some sort of disfigured crest on Allen's that he knew he had seen somewhere before but couldn't place it at the moment because his focus was on his friends more than on a symbol.
"Oi! What happened to you guys?" Lavi was more than concerned at this point, remembering exactly what he had heard two days ago. He wanted to assume this had something to do with it but he didn't know enough to put any sort of assumption together yet. His priority at the moment was to get his friends inside and help them.
"Help me get him to the couch," Kanda spoke, his voice raspy.
Pulling Allen's body away from Kanda's grasp, Lavi carried him over to his couch and placed him there. He had been taught enough first aid that he could actually do a better job than any responding medic at an emergency scene so his instincts kicked in as he examined Allen.
There was a huge gash on his left shoulder, looked like someone had sliced it open with a large knife of some sort. His face was covered in bruises and scratches, as were his legs and arms from what he could tell from the torn cloth that revealed the Brit's body, making him seem broken and defenseless to the red head. The thing that worried him the most was Allen's left eye. It appeared to have been impaled with something very sharp but seemed to be self-healing itself and was barely bleeding, but the wound was deep. Lavi stopped his assessment momentarily when he realized that the usual white glove didn't cover Allen's left hand. The skin was red and rough, as if it had been burned and he had a cross shape on the back of the palm that glowed a rather beautiful green; the burn, he noticed, went all the way up his arm to almost his shoulder, stopping just above his bicep muscle.
"Do you have any kind of bandages we can use?" Kanda interrupted as he leaned over Lavi's shoulder, a green eye glanced over and took inventory of his friend's appearance. His hair was hanging loosely around his shoulders and some of the strands fell in front of his face as he leaned over. His shirt was completely gone, revealing a tattoo near his left shoulder that Lavi never knew existed on the man. He sat his sword down on the floor beside Allen and took up a seat next to it.
"I'll get what we've got," Lavi answered, running off to his bedroom to find the first aid box.
Coming back to the living room, he began to clean and dress Allen's wounds. Kanda helped himself and bandaged what few scratches were on his body. When he finished, he helped Lavi tend to Allen.
"What the hell happened, Yuu? And don't try to avoid the question; this is serious shit here."
"It's not like I have permission to talk about it and even if I did, I doubt you'd understand."
"You'd be wise to not judge someone for once in your life. Does this have to do with that secret Order that I've heard rumors about and some sort of abilities you two possess?" Lavi questioned further as he kept stitching up the wound on Allen's shoulder.
"How the hell do you know about that?" Kanda questioned Lavi, eyes narrowing.
"It's my job, Yuu. I'm not supposed to talk about it either but, given the circumstances, I think we have a pass on the whole secrecy thing, don't you? Now tell me what happened; I need to know in case Allen needs more attention than I can give him."
Kanda looked hard at Allen, contemplating if it would really be ok to tell Lavi what was going on. Realizing that out of all people, Lavi would be the one to trust the most in this situation; so he began to talk.
"We were sent on a mission and were outnumbered."
"What kind of mission?"
"The kind you may not come back from, moron."
"I'll need more than that Yuu."
If there was one thing Kanda didn't like to do on a regular basis, it was talk. And right now, being as he was very upset and angry and hurt, talking was just adding fuel to the fire. But then he looked at Allen and sighed, calming his mind.
"Short version: we are part of the Order, a group of operatives that use special abilities to combat a supernatural force. The Moyashi and I didn't know until about three months ago that we were both part of it and, seeing that we worked well together, they started sending us out on missions-Tiedoll and Cross don't know that yet though. Tonight we were supposed to infiltrate a suspected factory that the enemy uses that's only a few blocks from your place. We were ambushed and had to fight with two of the more gifted people in their faction. I was able to take out one of them, but Moyashi wasn't so lucky."
"What happened to him?"
"The girl he was fighting with used some sort of mind ability and shot candles at him."
"Candles did all this?" Lavi questioned, ignoring the comment about some sort of mind ability for now.
"They were fucking huge candles, and sharp as daggers. Three of them managed to even graze me," Kanda explained pointing to the wounds on his arm.
"So 'sharp, fucking huge candles' did this. Got it. Were they laced with anything? Poison? Drugs? Anything?"
"Not that I could tell."
"That's good then."
"How is that 'good'?"
"Well, he's not poisoned, just wounded which means he'll recover more quickly." Lavi wrapped up the last of the gauze on Allen's shoulder, gently laying his body back down on the couch. He turned to check on Kanda to make sure he wasn't hurt any further than a few scrapes.
"I'm fine baka," he growled and pushed Lavi's hands away from his arms.
"Okay, okay. Don't get your panties in a wad. Let's move him to my bed for now and clean up; help me?" Kanda glared at him for his ridiculous comment but let it slide for now as Allen was his top priority and getting him situated was more important than fighting with such a stupid rabbit.
The two men gently picked Allen up and moved him into Lavi's room, placed him on the bed and then returned to the living room.
"Hey Yuu, how did you know where I live?"
"Moyashi told me. Cross told him to keep an eye on you about a month ago, apparently that asshole thought you would be a threat so he put the Moyashi on bitch duty and that's how he found out where you lived."
"He was checking up on me? Why?"
Kanda narrowed his eyes at Lavi, knowing full well that the red head was playing dumb.
"You really just asked me that?" his tone harsh as usual.
Lavi sighed upon remembering that he had said they had a pass on secrecy and figured now was a good a time as any to talk about it.
Taking a deep breath, he started to tell Kanda of his job. "The Panda's called Bookman and I'm his apprentice. We record history, lots of history; I mean this includes all history, including things that people don't get told, the hidden aspects behind history, the real truth of the world."
"And what does that have to do with us? You've been poking your nose into it recently so talk, rabbit."
"Bookman knew from a long time ago that the Order existed but could never really find information on it; same with his predecessors. We were hoping to get into contact with someone from within, but our leads kept coming up short. It wasn't until a couple days ago that I found out that you two were part of it."
"How'd you find that out?" Kanda picked up a clump of bloody cloth that Lavi had used on Allen, tossing it into a trashcan nearby.
"I kind of overheard Cross and your dad talking the other night after you two left the office," Lavi explained as he wrapped up the soiled linens and tossed them into a pile on the floor.
"He's not my father, idiot."
"Either way, I rushed home to tell Bookman but he was gone and I've been left to this heap of books since then."
"Seems like we've got a problem then."
"Yeah. I can't do anything until he gets back but, given the situation, I can't help but get involved now. Allen's really in no condition to move and if you guys were followed, we could be in danger here; especially if those so called gifted people you mention show up here." Lavi wandered into the nearby kitchen and washed his hands before returning to the living room.
"Then what do you propose we do?" Kanda asked as they passed each other outside the kitchen.
Lavi stood still, contemplating every possible situation that they could do, his fingers on his chin as he thought. Kanda finished throwing away the bloody pieces of fabric that had been used on or torn away from Allen's body and washed his hands while his friend started to pace the floor.
Taking a second to stop pacing, Lavi turned his attention to Kanda. "Did you contact Cross or Tiedoll or anyone that you're supposed to contact?"
"I told you those two don't know about us working together or for the Order directly. And I wanted to get to a safe place first and take care of our wounds before contacting anyone."
"And my place is safe, huh?"
"Better than ours."
Lavi returned to pacing back and forth.
Kanda went to the living room and sat on the couch, sighing as he sat down. His muscles slowly started to relax and it was then that he felt the pain from the night's excursion. Every muscle he had was sore and burning from pushing his limits by using his second ability, the one only Komui knew about. His body tensed as he tried to calm his mind; his muscles contracted as his blood healed him, but that was something he wasn't willing to share with Lavi, at least not yet.
"Right. We can't stay here in case you were followed and we can't go to your place or Cross's in case they've been scoped out by this enemy. The only other place I can think of is that place," Lavi was now thinking out loud.
"What are you babbling about baka usagi?" Kanda could slowly feel the tension build back up that he had just gotten rid of.
"Oh um I was just thinking we could go to the Black Order. It's a place of business that's not caught up in this, right? And Allen works there so we'd be able to hide him there and get a doctor to come see him. I'm sure Lenalee could explain to Komui and get us in no problem."
Kanda laughed, which kind of scared Lavi, and a smirk creased his face, making sure to not let on to the immense pain he was actually feeling. "If you had really done your research, you'd know that the Black Order is the stronghold of our little organization, rabbit."
Lavi's eye lit up. In all the research they had done, nothing had been mentioned about the Black Order being part of what they were searching for. It had respectable businesses run from it all over the world after all. Then it clicked.
"Of course!" he said smacking himself in the head. "It's the perfect cover! The 'businesses' are an act only to get members of the organization in and out of other countries safely and without question! How did we not see that?"
"Maybe because you're an idiot, idiot," Kanda scoffed.
Lavi gave Kanda a look of frustration. "Listen, Yuu. We need to get there A.S.A.P. or else Allen's not going to make it; that was a lot of blood."
Kanda glared at Lavi. "And how the hell do you propose we do that? If they followed us, they'll wait for us to walk out that door and then attack if they don't barge in here directly. I can't defend both of you in the state I'm in, baka."
Lavi smiled wide. "Yuu-chan worries too much. Of course I know that but I have a secret." Lavi walked over to Kanda and sat beside the Japanese man.
"The hell?" Kanda felt awkward having the idiot rabbit so close to him and it showed on his face as he tensed back up and got a bit defensive.
"Easy Yuu. I'm just sitting."
He sat back in a proper manner on the couch but was still really tense.
"Listen, when we moved in, Bookman made a deal with the landlord to give us access to the underground parking structure that only a few select people can use. Only these individuals know about the garage because there are a lot of high profile people living secretly here every now and then. We can use that to get out without being seen," Lavi's smile of triumphant brilliance glowing from his face.
"You're sure?"
"Positive. So, lemme grab some clothes, I should have a shirt for you too, and then we can move Allen if the bleeding's stopped enough."
Kanda nodded in approval of their somewhat hatched plan. "I don't need a shirt."
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A half hour later, Allen's bleeding had stopped for the most part and his breathing returned to a stable enough state for them to move him.
The small group of three passed quietly through a large underground parking structure. The garage was empty aside from a few parked cars; Lavi led the way to a black SUV as Kanda carried Allen piggyback behind him, Mugen clanking at his waist as he moved. Lavi opened the back door to the vehicle and helped Kanda lay Allen in the backseat, doing their best to keep him still.
"…Kan…da…" he whispered out in his unconsciousness.
Kanda happened to be near his lips when he murmured his name and he froze, looking down at his beaten body.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," he whispered into Allen's ear before gently kissing Allen's lips.
Lavi opened the trunk of the SUV and placed something Kanda didn't even notice him having on the bottom of the trunk, pulling a sheet over it. He wasn't concerned at the moment for what Kanda was doing, even though he noticed the Japanese man bend closer in to Allen's face; and quite frankly, he didn't want to think of what his friends were doing at the moment. He shut the trunk and climbed into the driver's seat.
"We gotta go, Yuu. Get in or I'm leavin' ya."
"Che. Whatever." Kanda closed the back door, climbed in the passenger seat and buckled up.
"Here we go," Lavi said as he turned the key in the ignition and drove off.
"Just try not to get pulled over this time," Kanda stated, having been the one riding with Lavi the last time he was pulled over for speeding: not a fond memory for Kanda. Why did he even get in the car to begin with that time? Lavi had somehow managed to get the idea in Kanda's head that Allen was hurt but when they finally showed up- after being pulled over and Lavi getting his license revoked- they found Allen perfectly fine sipping on tea at his apartment. Lavi explained the situation with a smile on his face that the reason it took so long was because they had to wait for a cab to pick them up, then they were stuck in traffic for a good amount of time. Kanda grit his teeth at the memory; having to spend that much time alone with an idiot rabbit would cause anyone to go to the killing edge, right?
The exit to the parking structure was about a block away from the apartment building. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary when they exited and Lavi drove casually on into the waning hours of the night.
"Here," he said, tossing a cell phone to Kanda. "Call the Order; let them know we're coming and to have a medical team waiting."
Kanda dialed without hesitation and Lavi listened to his conversation.
"This is Kanda. We've had a situation; I need to talk to him." A pause. "No, everything is not fine. We got ambushed and the baka Moyashi's unconscious. Yeah. No. No we didn't. I'm ok but he's not. An acquaintance of ours. Mhm. You'll understand when we get there. Just make sure you have a medical team on standby; we'll come to the back." Kanda hung the phone up without a goodbye and handed the phone back to Lavi.
"Everything good then?"
"Just shut up and drive."
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"You two get in from the other side and help me get him out on the stretcher," an older looking woman, Matron as her nametag deemed, demanded of her subordinates. The medical team brought out a stretcher for Allen and began working efficiently to get him out of the car and into their hospital wing to do their magic.
Kanda and Lavi stood to the sidelines watching the organized chaos and didn't speak until they heard a familiar voice.
"Kanda! What's wrong with Allen?" Lenalee asked, fear causing her voice to shake.
The two men turned to see the Chinese girl standing beside a taller, older looking man with glasses and a white beret on his head, his worn, blue housecoat looking as if it had seen better days.
"Not now," Kanda sneered, not really meaning to be hurtful, but he was exhausted and the thought of having to explain the situation to Lenalee of all people didn't really settle well with him; she didn't need to know, not yet, because he knew how she would react at knowing the facts and seeing a friend so beaten. Even the Great Kanda Yuu was having a hard time seeing Allen's body as it was currently.
Her face fell in dejection and Lavi couldn't help but to talk over Kanda's not wanting the information spread so openly; Lenalee was on the brink of breaking down without being in the know, so he stepped over the boundary that Kanda had set.
"He was hurt pretty bad during his mission, but I managed to patch him up enough to stop the bleeding and get him here so don't worry Lenalee," the smile on his face trying to offer her comfort. Kanda glared at the red head for seeming to have a higher authority than him at the moment.
She clenched the bottom hem of her purple pajamas, the rest of the fabric clinging to her figure as her dark hair cascaded down her body. Matron wheeled Allen past her as quickly as she could and Lenalee looked like she could pass out at any moment upon seeing her young friend. Allen's wounds seemed very serious and the cold, almost dead look on his face horrified the young woman.
"Kanda, I need to talk with you," the older man finally spoke.
"Right now?"
"I'm afraid this can't wait. And you should come too, Bookman Jr."
Lavi wasn't as surprised as he thought he would be at hearing his title thrown around so casually. After all, they were standing in the basement area of the largest secret in history.
"Sure thing; but I need to get something from my car real quick," he answered,
The Chinese man looked at him and smiled somewhat sadistically. "Oh don't worry about that; my guys have already taken it inside to be 'fixed'."
"Uh…but…it isn't broken. And how did you?" a puzzled and confused Lavi asked.
"Oh Bookman told me you were never without it and I figured you'd have it stashed somewhere in the car. And I know it's not broken…I'm just making modifications to it." The smile widened and was more eerie than anything Lavi had ever seen; it sent shivers down his spine.
"Wait, Bookman? He's been here?" Lavi questioned as if his whole world had just been turned inside out.
"Yes. Quite a few times actually. He asked that we keep our meetings a secret from you for the time being, but, seeing as how things have turned out, I believe that's no longer an issue. We can discuss the matter further but for now, please follow me."
After climbing about five flights of stairs, they came to a large room with several doors leading to different places. The older man walked in front, followed by Lenalee and Kanda, leaving Lavi in the rear to take everything in. They went down a small hallway and came to a door, in which they entered.
The room inside was a complete disaster area. Books were strewn all over the floor and furniture, papers stacked in ungodly piles on what appeared to be a desk, and the bookshelves themselves were giving residence to even more half opened books and random piles of paper. Lavi had to display a tremendous amount of self-control so that he didn't go crazy reading and organizing the place. His hands fidgeted behind his back as he tried desperately to concentrate on what was happening instead of focusing on the chaos before him.
Offering the two men a seat, the older man sat behind the would-be desk and Lenalee stood beside it.
"First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Komui Lee and I am the Head of Operations for The Black Order as well as the Chief Scientist. I'm sure you're aware of some of what it is we do, or else you wouldn't be here now," he addressed to Lavi. "I'll explain anything further to you later but right now I need to hear what happened tonight. So Kanda, please tell me what transpired with you and Allen."
Kanda 'che'd' the way he always did upon being asked to explain something and began retelling the events of the night in a much shorter version this time to Komui, adding a couple of new details in regards to the people they fought that he didn't share with Lavi, details the Bookman Jr. tucked away nicely in his organized mind. The Chief Scientist sat at his desk, chin resting on clasped hands while his elbows propped him up, a serious look in his eyes. Once Kanda finished talking, Komui shifted back in his seat to think over the information he was given.
"So, you killed one of them? But you don't know about the other's state of being. Hmm. Telekinesis…it's possible but we'd need more information to know for certain," but I know where I can get that, he thought to himself, "And you don't know if you were followed or not?"
Kanda nodded.
"Ok, here's what we'll do for now. You and Allen need to lay low for a bit until you're healed; I'll contact Tiedoll and Cross and have them come in for a briefing. You can stay with Allen in the medical wing for now because I'm sure you need to have that monitored, right?"
Kanda nodded again.
"I see. Lenalee, could you go with Kanda to the medical wing and see that he's properly checked in and then let me know how Allen's doing?"
"Yes, Nii-san," the Chinese girl answered. "Kanda, let's go."
The Japanese man picked up Mugen and followed the girl out of the room, leaving Komui and Lavi alone together.
Lavi didn't want to speak first, but rather wanted to watch and listen to what was going on, taking note of every single detail of the room and Komui as he was trained to do.
He lost track of time within the silent room until Komui spoke up.
"Do you know where Bookman is?"
"No; he left a note saying he had a lead and for me to catalogue some books. He never tells me where he's going either so I can't help you with his whereabouts."
"I see. We really could use his knowledge right about now but I guess that'll have to wait."
"Can't I help?"
"I doubt you would know enough of the situation to be of help, Lavi. I'm sorry to say that."
Lavi looked a little down, but he knew that his knowledge failed in comparison to the old man's. He had worked so hard over the years to learn the ways of a Bookman and was praised by the clan for his sheer genius, but there were still so many secrets he didn't know because the Panda hadn't yet divulged that information; and he would bet anything the information Komui needed from him now had something to do with the force the Order was fighting. What that information consisted of, he didn't know, so he let his mind filter through everything the old man had taught him thus far while he kept his conversation going with Komui.
"Listen Lavi, there is a lot that we need to discuss but I would really like for Bookman to be here when we talk. When he gets back, we'll have our men bring him in but until then, I'm going to have to ask you to stay here for your own safety. We can give you a room and supply you with anything that you might need so please just ask, ok?"
Lavi halted his thoughts around the Great Flood that was recorded in the Bible because something there tugged on his instincts. He looked up at Komui, his Bookman face showing through and he gave a nod in agreement for the time being, knowing it was his chance to learn more about the Order on top of staying safe. Komui seemed to shiver slightly at the glance but recovered quickly enough to give him a smile of confidence. Lavi wasn't sure about this whole ability thing and seeing the shape Allen and Kanda were in, he'd like to not meet up with the people responsible, at least if he could help it. And there were questions about the abilities that Kanda mentioned the enemies having and, if his memory was correct-which it always was- no human had the ability to move things with their mind. He needed his questions answered and if staying here meant that, he would take advantage of it until Bookman otherwise instructed him.
Lenalee came back in the room, a look of relief on her face.
"Kanda's being checked now and Allen's stable. Thank you so much for helping them Lavi!" she smiled as tears tickled the corner of her eyes.
Lavi was shaken from his Bookman persona as the Chinese girl walked in and he quickly went back to his carefree, fun loving nature. "It was nothin' Lenalee. I couldn't just let them bleed all over my doorstep, ya know?" he laughed at the situation trying to stop her tears.
Komui interrupted them, still impressed by the changes a Bookman could go through in a matter of seconds. "Can you take Lavi to one of the vacant VIP rooms upstairs, Lenalee?"
"Sure," she answered happily.
"Lavi, remember what we talked about and feel free to take note of anything you wish for now. All I ask is that you please do not go snooping around in labeled areas without permission. We have certain safety precautions set up around here and you could get hurt if you go wandering about."
"I just wanna sleep," he said reassuringly, his arms shrugging to signal he wasn't going to get into mischief tonight before he and Lenalee exited the office.
The door closed tightly and Komui slouched in his chair. "Someone hasn't told me everything," he said quietly to himself as he pulled his phone toward him, dialing a very specific number.
The phone rang and rang until the other end connected.
"Chief Komui, to what do I owe the honor?" the voice asked.
"You didn't tell me everything and now I have two very important people in my medical wing; one with substantial wounds and the other unconscious," he said flatly.
A slight pause. "I assure you I answered all of your questions about them and their powers. Any knowledge you failed to acquire is attributed to the lack of asking, Chief."
"We had an agreement."
"If you wish to have another delightful conversation I am more than happy to oblige."
"Be in the conference room in ten minutes," Komui commanded before slamming the receiver down, a disdainful look taking over his face.
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Komui sat with his hands folded on the table as he watched the figure enter. The person walked to the table and sat down in front of him.
"What didn't you tell me?" Komui asked, the cold look in his eyes glaring at the person across from him.
"I answered your questions truthfully."
"You kept something from me, what is it? Why do I have two wounded men in my medical ward and one of them unconscious?"
"I told you they were formidable and of their powers."
"You never mentioned telekinesis."
"That's because it isn't one of the abilities they use."
"What? That's what I was told. He said the little girl used her mind to control razor sharp candles that she sent flying at them and almost killed one of them."
"Oh so they met Road, huh? It's not telekinesis but more like a way of manipulating things to what she wants; she created those candles the way she wanted them to be. I did tell you about it."
Komui resigned his position on the matter once the person in front of him explained the misunderstanding. "Why did they attack? What was in that warehouse?"
"As for the warehouse, I'm uncertain as they probably changed a lot of their operations when I…left. As for the attack…I'm unsure as to why. It's possible Road was bored and wanted to have some fun and she acted without permission, she does have a knack for that. If that's the case, you won't see anything else until the Master wants you to."
Komui sat and thought. "For years we were uncertain as to who was pulling the strings behind the attacks. We've fought through generations with the Akuma, knowing full well what they are but never knowing how they were created; at least, not until that man came to us. We've tried tracking the Earl for so long and we're so close to him," Komui paused, looking at the person across from him. "Why has he stopped operations and why have the others like yourself gone into hiding?"
"I wish I could tell you that, Chief; but like in our last conversation on this matter, I can't tell you about their operations because they have probably changed them due to my leaving. As for what he's hiding," the voice stopped.
Komui looked at him hard, waiting for the answer. "What is he hiding?"
"He's hiding the factory where he creates the Akuma. It was in Asia last time I was there. But he has so many people, and by that I do mean humans, working for him around the world, it could have easily been moved. If you stop the plant, you stop the Earl at least for a while."
"Why is he creating them? What is his real purpose?"
The figure leaned forward. "To find him."
To be continued…
AN: And we have a mysterious figure divulging information about the Earl to Komui! Whoever could it be? Teehee. Next chapter out soon! Please review as I really do like to know how I'm doing with my writing ^_^
Also a side note, I'm working on two other Lucky stories right now ^_^ One is a oneshot that I'm hoping to get up this week once I get it back from my lovely editor and the other is still in production, meaning it's another longer AU story but I've been hitting a few bumps with it. Working out the kinks for now...hehe...kinks... Anyway, look for those in the near future and let me know what you think!
