A/N: Hello once again! Another chapter for you all! Please enjoy!

Allen watched the sliver of Dark Matter mingle with the glow of Crown Clown's crystal with wonder. How was any of this possible? The Dark Matter should have been hurting him, yet there it was. His Innocence wasn't reacting negatively with it at all. In fact, Crown Clown seemed even more content than usual, sending pleasant, warm bursts of energy through his body.

"Do you know anything about this?" Allen jumped slightly, so wrapped up in his thoughts that he forgot the other Noah was still in the room. Tyki was watching Allen wearily, his stance stiff as he gazed at the cross embedded in the middle of his newly formed hand.

"No, I'm just as confused as you," Allen replied, his tone lacking its usual venom. Another comforting pulse raced its way up Allen's spine and he grinned, feeling safe for the first time in what felt like years. The glint of the mirror in the corner of his eye caught his attention and he stood, striding over to what he had dubbed Neah's Mirror. Neah's shadow strode on to the mirror at the same time Allen's personal reflection appeared, but that wasn't what caused Allen to stumble back in shock. Neah's shadow stood in its usual spot over his right shoulder, but on his left hovered Crown Clown.

The Innocence's physical form smiled lovingly at him, reaching out at the same time Allen reached forward. Crown Clown's palm was dark, like his own, and sparkled with the same purple after glow. Their palms met and Allen felt the warmth through the mirror. "How is this possible?" he asked the reflections. Neah and Crown Clown shrugged, and Allen's attention was drawn to his step-uncle. His form had become even clearer, and the dark hair that haloed his head had a white streak leading from crown to ends. His golden eyes were almost exactly like Tyki's, except Allen could make out toxic green tendrils of light swirling around his pupil. "Neah," Allen whispered, awed at the Noah's sudden change in appearance.

It seems we're not the only ones who changed, Neah remarked. Allen looked at his own reflection now. His eyes were sprinkled with golden flecks that danced around his pupil, mingling with the usual bluish-silver. The stigmata had progressed once more, the fifth one almost completely filled, resting on his left temple. He stared at the largest one, the seventh, with trepidation. Everything was moving too fast. The feeling overwhelmed him and he could feel all of the emotions he had been bottling up and pushing away claw and choke him.

He could barely feel Crown Clown's gentle, caressing presence as his mid began overflowing with thoughts and emotions. I can't be turning into a Noah! Shouldn't Crown Clown be able to stop it?

No, its gotten to him too. An image of the violet plagued cross filled his mind. If it can get to him too, there's no reason it can't get to me.

It already has! The stigmata are almost complete!

What about Kanda, and Lenalee, and Krory, and Lavi...he began hyperventilating. They won't want a traitor as a friend! I have to fight it for them!

Fight what? Yourself? Neah? Warm arms circled around him and tugged him away from the mirror. Allen's hands reached up and began to tug at the hair, because there was no way it was his! His hair wasn't this dark! Whose hair was he touching? Whose hands were those?!

"Shounen, you need to calm down," someone whispered. Whose voice was that? He couldn't think through the fog smothering his head.

They'll turn on you, one by one. All of them. The people who said they were your friends. They LIED! Allen began to struggle against the arms that held him, squeezing his eyes shut against the turmoil within. Eventually Crown Clown will turn too. And Neah. They'll hate monsters like us too. They'll abandon us too.

"No, no, no, no," Allen moaned. Why wouldn't they? We're siding with the enemy, and when they are killed, their blood will be on our hands. "Stop!" You can't hide from the truth forever.

"Shounen!" something hit his cheek, leaving a stinging pain behind. His eyes snapped open and he shivered. Allen sat on the love-seat, his head held tightly in between warm palms.

"Tyki?" he croaked, tears spilling down his cheeks. Tyki kneeled in front of him, his eyes filled with concern, and once he realized Allen wasn't still drowning within his own mind, relief. Allen reached up, fingering the swelling area Tyki had slapped. Tyki grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him.

"Never do that again!" Tyki shouted, eyes glowing with anger and...anxiety? Allen nodded mutely, his shoulders shaking with silent sobs. Tyki noticed this and his eyes softened. The warm arms returned and Allen found his nose assaulted with the smell of

cigarettes, books, and wine as Tyki pressed Allen's face into his chest. Allen's eyes drooped with fatigue as his breakdown took its tole.

"I promise," he slurred, before falling into an empty sleep.

Lenalee stood stiffly beside her friends, her fury threatening to spill over. Leverrier stood before them, his permanent scowl present.

"I have a mission for all of you," he stated, standing proudly beside Komui's desk. No one said anything and he continued, "It is about Allen Walker." She could feel Kanda's body go taught beside her and could hear Lavi's hiss. "Your mission will be to retrieve him; alive. We have reason to believe he has regained his Innocence and we need it Innocence intact. Be cautious, though. Walker and his Innocence are unstable and may lash out. I want frequent updates. That is all." The group was ushered out of the room by Leverrier's lackeys and the door slammed shut.

"What are we going to do?" Lenalee asked Kanda, the fury now layered with concern.

"What we have too," was Kanda's only response as he strode away from the group and toward the stairs leading to the training room.

A/N: And there's the end. Leverrier is up to something...again. The group has been included in this chapter, finally! Also, just to make sure things are clear, the bold, italic words were not Neah. It was just Allen screaming inside his head. I might update again over this weekend, but I'm not going to make any promises. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Reviews are appreciated and smothered with love! I will see you all in the next chapter! BYE :D