A/N: Hevlaska will now be referred as a person.


* On an elevated platform. In front of Helvaska. *

Allen's face was now covered in his veins.

"URGG..." Allen groaned.
IT FEELS TERRIBLE... WHAT IS THIS!? IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH IT'S SEARCHING INSIDE MY BODY...! MOVE! Allen thought.

Allen remembered what Komui said about the anesthesia.

What is he trying to do!? Lacie thought.
HMPH, ANESTHESIA... MOVE! COME ON, ACTIVATE! Allen thought.

Allen's face was fully covered in veins.

"DAMN IT, MOVE!" Allen ordered.
Allen's hand then glowed and Cross activated, but its form was weird. Allen and Lacie looked at Cross in horror.
"UHG..." Allen groaned. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Ama... amazing. He overcame the anesthesia!" Helvaska exclaimed.
"GAH!"
"You... your nerves are paralyzed. Don-don't try to push yourself into activating it." Helvaska's forehead glowed and a Rose Cross appeared. "Calm down... I am not your... enemy."

Allen was breathing hard. Helvaska put her forehead against his.

"Activating... your Anti-Akuma Weapon... is very dangerous when you're not fully synchronized." She told Allen. "... 2%... 16%... 30... 41... 58... 78... 83%!"
Allen's hand arm returned to its normal form.
"You're all right now... it looks like 83% is your maximum synchronization with your weapon."

Helvaska then faced Lacie and placed her forehead against Lacie's.

"... 2%... 16%... 30... 41... 58... 78... 83... 90%!" Helvaska said. "90% is your maximum synchronization with your weapon."
Lacie looked up at Helvaska.
"Synchronization rate?" Lacie said.
"It's the life line for the Anti-Akuma Weapon activation. The lower the synchronization percentage, the harder it is to activate, and the user may become endangered." Helvaska explained. "I didn't mean to scare the two of you."
She lowered Lacie and Allen back onto the platform.
"I was just... trying to get to know your Innocence."
Lacie and Allen looked at her confused.
"Get... to know our Innocence...?" Lacie repeated.
"Lacie Fang... Allen Walker... Sometime in the black future, both of your Innocence will create an extraordinary 'Time Destroyer'. That is what I have felt... that is my power." Helvaska said.
"Des... troyer?" Allen asked.

"How amazing~~~" Komui said and applauded.
Allen and Lacie looked at Komui.
"That is probably true~! Helvaska's fortune-telling is correct most of the time. Heheheh, we can count on you, Allen! Lacie!"
"Komui..." Allen called.

Allen then made a fist and aimed it at Komui. He blocked it with his clipboard and Allen made the clipboard bent.

"Can I hit you once, please?" Allen asked.
"How, man~ you already punched~" Komui said playfully. "Sorry, sorry. You were surprised, eh? You were scared, I know, I know~~ Exorcists who join must be examined by Hevlaska. Those are the rules." He explained.
"PLEASE MENTION THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BEFOREHAND!" Allen shouted.
"What is 'Innocence' anyways?" Lacie asked.
"I'll explain." Komui leaned on the rail. "Because Innocence is something you Exorcists need to know all about. This story is only known to the Black Order and the Vatican. And also, the Earl of the Millennium."
Komui started to explain.


It all started nearly a century ago... one cube was found, and it began there.

"To our descendants... we won against the darkness, and some were destroyed. As you travel along, trouble will surely arise, to prevent this trouble, we leave you with this message."


"What was contained in the message was a saying from long ago... it was an instruction on how to use this substance." Komui explained.
"What substance?" Allen asked.
"The cube itself was a substance, but-" Komui trialed off. "It was called 'God's Crystal', which possess a special power. We call it 'Innocence'." Komui looked at Allen and Lacie's left arm. "Allen, it's the cross on your left hand. Lacie, yours is part of your blood."
Allen and Lacie were wide-eyed.
"Anti-Akuma Weapon process the Innocence and turn it into weaponry." He added. "The maker of the cube is known to have used this Innocence. Facing off against evil, they fought the Earl of the Millennium and won."
The Earl...! Allen thought.


But in the end, the world was destroyed. It happened about 7000 years ago, and in the Old Testament, it was referred to as 'Noah's Great Flood'. However, the cube tells us that those were the 'Three Days of Darkness'.


"And according to the cube's prediction, the world is bound to meet its end at the hands of the Earl." Komui said.


THE 'THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS' WILL COME AGAIN!


"So far, the cube's prophecy is correct. The Earl has returned to this world." Komui declared. "Due to the cube's prophecy coming true, the Vatican decided to follow the cube's message. This is the revival of the Innocence and the Black Order."


"Gather the Apostles! One Innocence brings forth one Apostle. An Apostle is a 'compatible person'. Without and Innocence-compatible person, the power cannot be used."


"The Innocence-compatible people... are you Exorcists." Komui told Allen and Lacie.


But the Earl hasn't forgotten the past either. He has created armies to destroy God.


"Those are the Akuma." Komui noted. "If Innocence is the white, then 'Dark Matter' is black. The more it evolves, the more it develops. The Earl wants to destroy the Innocence and stop the revival of it."


INNOCENCE HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BECAUSE OF NOAH'S GREAT FLOOD.


"There are 109 units in all. We are to wake up the people who contain the Innocence, and gather up an army to counter the Earl's army. The Earl is on the move to find people with Innocence and destroy them. It's a race to obtain the Innocence." Komui explained.


IF WE LOSE THE RACE, THE END WILL BE JUST AS THE PROPHECY FORETOLD.


"Fight!" Great General A said. "That is your duty as one who has been chosen by the Innocence."
"It is a duty!" Great General B said.

Komui walked over to Allen and Lacie. He held out his hand.

"Well then, that's about it for the long explanation." Komui said. "Let's fight together, to save the world. You won't make a single dollar, though." Komui winked.
Lacie and Allen sighed.
"... sure." Allen and Lacie agreed.
Allen held out his hand to shake Komui's. Lacie held out her hand and Komui shook it.
"Welcome to the Black Order." Komui greeted.

Komui then walked over to the digital map and pointed at Europe.

"Right now, with the two of you in our group, we have found 20 Exorcists. Most are around the world working on different missions, but you'll soon be able to meet them all." Komui said. "By the way, Hevlaska's is an Exorcists too." He added.
"What!?" Allen and Lacie said and looked at Hevlaska.
"I am a different... type than you guys, but I am a compatible person with the cube... ever since the teachings started, I have been a Keeper of Innocence." Hevlaska said. "I have... met with many Exorcists... May God be with you. Allen. Lacie." She added.

* In Allen's room. *

Allen sat on the floor, leaning on this bed side.

"Whew." Allen said in relief. "Where did Timcampy go...?" He wondered.
He looked back and saw his poster. The poster was an Akuma carrying a coffin, but its wrist is chained.
"Finally... I have come here, Mana." Allen said.
He then turned around so that his heads on the bed.
"Finally, I'm at the starting line."
Allen then went onto the bed and reached towards the poster.
"'Never stop walking,'" Allen recited. "'Keep moving forward.'"
I don't care about fate. I chosen this path myself. Allen thought.
"I promise... whatever the cost, I won't stop walking. I will keep walking until I die." Allen said.

* In Lacie's room. *

Lacie closed the door behind her and laid on the bed. She stared at the ceiling and then she rolled on one side. She closed her eyes.

"Rose..." Lacie mumbled.