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The 8th Night- Fragmented Missions
"Now that we have gotten the costumes off, let's get down to work." Komui said to the Exorcists in his office.
"How many of you are there?" Reever asked next to Komui's desk.
"12." Marie answered and Komui nodded slowly. "Okay, good number." He said before standing up and looking at the Exorcists.
"You all will be split up into teams manned by a General. Kanda, Marie, and Jordan. You three will be with General Tiedoll." Komui said and Kanda huffed bitterly while the other two nodded.
"Miranda, Kiki, and Timmy will be with General Cloud." The three nodded understandingly while Komui continued. "Milly, Kaz, and Krory will be in General Sokalo's team. And finally Allen, Lenalee, and Lavi will be with General Cross." Allen groaned loudly and Lenalee patted his shoulder with a soft smile.
"Why are we being split up in the first place?" Lavi asked and a chuckle cut in.
"Good question, Bookman." Lavi flinched as Gin stepped past them all towards Komui's desk.
"Gin…" Lavi muttered and Gin smirked when he reached Komui's desk and turned to the Exorcists.
"You're being split up to cover more ground. Your mission is all the same. Find the Fragments." Gin stated and the Exorcists looked in him in confusion. "Fragments?"
"Seven, to be exact. One of which is already found and with the Earl." Gin stated and Allen's eyes widened slightly.
"Those…!" he started to say and Gin nodded.
"The Ark. It's core, it's heart, is made of seven pieces called Fragments. Now alone, these Fragments are just as strong as Innocence, but they can be used by anyone. I'm sure you all know that this world was built in seven days, and that it'll be destroyed by the sounding of seven bells, no?" Gin asked and Lavi nodded slowly while the others continued to stare at Gin.
"One bell has sounded. That's why you're being sent out. While you hunt down the Fragments, the Noahs here will be hunting the Akurei. Akuma are no trouble to deal with anymore, but the Akurei are a bigger problem. Understand?" Gin asked before pushing his glasses back up and Allen rubbed his left eye.
"What do these Fragments look like?" Timmy asked and Gin held his hand up.
"They resemble block puzzle pieces that are each a different solid color. They look normal, so it'll be hard to locate one through sight alone. However, that's not the case. The Fragments are just like Innocence after all." Gin stated and Miranda raised her hand.
"So… weird things will happen around them?" she asked and Gin nodded.
"It'll be tricky, but there's no time to be picky about resources. We have to find them before the Earl. If he does get them, it'll be just like back then." Gin said and adjusted his glasses as Komui looked at him. "Back then?"
"When the first Ark was made the Earl had the Noahs gather the Fragments and also create a place to use it. The Earl used a certain city's layout and then had one of the Noah re-create it into the form you all know. The completion of the Ark caused the Great Flood and plunged the world into darkness for a while." Gin stated and then clapped his hands.
"Okay, history class is over. You know what you have to do, so do it," he said and the Exorcists all got up to leave the room.
Komui stood up as well and Gin sighed quietly. "Will finding the Fragments help us?" Komui asked and Gin removed his glasses and slipped them into his coat pocket.
"They will give us an edge against him, but as to whether we can win is up to all of you." Gin said and frowned slightly.
Komui looked at him silently and then picked his coffee cup up from his desk to get a refill.
Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee stood at the church's entrance while staring at a short letter they were handed.
Have fun you all. –Cross Marian.
Allen crumbled up the letter and threw it as hard as he could. "Damn you, Master!" he seethed angrily while the other two sighed.
"He wasn't going to help at all…" Lenalee muttered and Lavi shrugged curtly.
"Let's get going anyway." He said and the three headed off while Timcanpy flew after them.
Kanda, Marie, and Jordan sat in a small boat while rowing as Tiedoll painted something.
"It's nice to be back in this group." He said and Kanda glowered miserably.
"It's a nice night too, don't you think so, Yu-kun?" Tiedoll asked and Kanda flared angrily.
"It's no use, Kanda…" Marie muttered with a sigh as Jordan just rowed without saying anything.
"Jerk…" Kanda grumbled as they continued rowing.
Krory, Kaz, and Milly stood in the train station while people walked by with slight glances to them.
"Why must you wear that?" Milly asked Kaz as she pointed to his white uniform.
"Black looks terrible on me." He said calmly and Milly pursed her lips lightly. "That's not an answer," she muttered and Krory looked at the floor silently.
"I hope nothing bad happens." Krory said and Milly grinned over at him.
"Don't worry, if anything does we can use Kaz as a decoy and run." Milly stated and Kaz glared at her.
"I feel sorry for," he said before suddenly stopping.
Milly and Krory looked over at him to see him hold a hand over his left eye.
"You okay?" Milly asked slightly annoyed and Kaz chuckled nervously.
"Of course." He answered while his other hand went into the folds of his uniform.
Milly turned back to wait for the train and Krory watched Kaz tie an eye patch over his left eye.
Kaz was strangely silent afterwards, but Milly didn't care.
Timmy was seething as he sat in his seat on the ship while Kiki stared at the sky while Miranda was, unfortunately, seasick.
"Why did I get paired with all girls?" he muttered angrily under his breath.
"The ocean sure is quiet." Kiki said calmly and Timmy looked over her bitterly.
"Sheesh, I guess that chest of yours is the only good thing." He said and was promptly kicked into the ocean.
Miranda stared in shock while Kiki glared coldly down at the flailing Timmy for a minute.
"Boy overboard." She said cheerfully to a nearby sailor and he shouted something before rushing off to rescue Timmy.
"Scary…" Miranda muttered before putting her hand over her mouth sickly.
Komui sat behind his desk looking over the mission files until Reever rushed in.
"We have a problem, Chief!" Reever said and Komui quickly stood up and followed Reever out into the hallway before reaching where several scientists were watching them quietly.
Komui looked to see Gin on his knees with a hand gripping at his eye and his other gripping the wall.
Komui and Reever ran over and helped Gin to his feet.
"Time's running out…" Gin muttered as his hand covering his left eye trembled greatly.
Allen rubbed his left eye as the three sat on the train.
"You okay, Allen? You've been rubbing that eye for a while now." Lavi asked and Allen nodded with a small smile.
"It just itches." He said and Lavi nodded before looking back out the window.
Lenalee was fast asleep with her head resting against Allen's shoulder.
Allen stopped rubbing his eye and closed them to sleep.
The dark room was silent as the door opened and Belial stepped inside.
The moment he did, flames sprung up from the walls, illuminating the room.
Several things shifted in the sudden light and Belial moved the fork hanging from his mouth to the other side of his mouth.
"Yo, time for you to get to work." Belial said while putting his hands in his pockets. The things that shifted before all moved more and an eerie laugh filled the room from the things.
Belial smirked slightly as the flames on the walls reflected off his eyes.
"Find the Fragments and kill anyone in the way." Belial stated and the things moved more and the laughter ceased completely.
"Ex…or…cists?" Belial chuckled into the room and bit down on the fork.
"Use your imagination. Kill them." Belial said and the eerie laughter echoed again as the things all moved greatly.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill the Exorcists!"
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Noah Corner
Derek: Okay, is the world dead or something?
Keria: Maybe just Creator...
Derek: If only... No questions either. Good day.
