Fate: Rebirth
Summary: Death can be cruel and you find you have so many things you want to say to the people you love so dearly but... What if you were reborn and the memories you held so dearly then are still there. Would you not want to make things right for your past-self?
Chapter 10- Threat
"That was Sablier two hundred years ago." He heard Elliot say as he looked at Miki and Elliot standing behind him.
Elliot didn't really look sick other than his skin was a deathly pale but other than that he looked healthy. He then noticed that the boy had his shirt almost completely unbuttoned which caused him to look away with a small blush, letting the bandages on the other male's chest go unnoticed.
"Sablier Lake…huh, it's not as pretty as it is now." Reo says softly as he looked back at the picture.
"No, it's not." Elliot agreed softly as Miki frowned.
"It was a lot prettier when that hole wasn't there." She states causing Elliot to chuckle softly.
"I'm sure." He says with a slight smile.
"Did you draw all of these?" Reo asks softly and Elliot sighed slightly.
"Yeah… Ellyn and I did. We used to always draw together when we were left home alone." He says with a sad smile as he noticed Reo tense. 'Right… I almost forgot who he is.' Elliot thought frowning sadly. "So, why was I awoken? I'm sick, you know." He states with a small laugh.
"The stew Lacie said she was going to make us is done and you look just fine." Miki states as she grabbed Elliot and Reo, pulling the two out of the room and toward the kitchen.
"Ah, Elli-chan, how are you feeling, sweetie? Well enough to eat?" Lacie asks with a bright smile on her face as Elliot leaned against the wall beside where Alice sat doing what looked like homework.
"I suppose, since Lacie-sama spent all this time making it." He says softly causing Reo to roll his eyes and sit back on the couch with his white rabbit.
"Superb! Ri-chan, what about you?" She asks and Miki laughs.
"He's staying whether he wants to or not. I have his keys…" She says with a slight smile, holding up a pair of keys.
"You what?" He shouts in annoyance as Miki smiled at him.
"Well after I laid you down in here I went to check your apartment because you were really freaked out so I wanted to make sure you locked your door." She says with a giggle. "And you didn't… By the way, you really need to get some furniture; it's really creepy in there." She says with a slight giggle. "Oh yeah… I think you should have someone take a look at your room! I mean your bed room. It looks like someone ransacked the place looking for something." She says as Reo tensed staring at her in shock.
"Are you serious…?" He says remembering the silver haired girl that was in his room before that weird dream. 'It's was just a dream that girl was not in my room...' He thought with a small frown.
"We should take a look to make sure you were robbed then." Lacie says with a worried look on her face as Elliot nodded.
"Yeah, food can wait. Alice, you can start eating, if you want." He says stepping away from the wall but Alice stood.
"And miss the fireworks? What if it's that person again…?" She says with a slight amused look as Elliot frowned at her words.
"Let's pray not…" Miki says with a small scowl. 'Bitch's supposed to be dead… If she's still alive I'll make her pay for almost killing us all.' She thought darkly.
"You all don't have to come… I'm sure it's nothing." Reo says standing with a small sigh, watching his mother pull her shoes on. They then walked to his apartment and Reo gasped slightly.
"Whoa… It spread." Miki says in shock because Reo's living room was trashed and the stacks of books were thrown across the room and his curtains were ripped to shreds as if cut up by claws. Reo gave Miki a small glare as he wondered if she had done this and she looked at him slightly insulted. "I swear it was not like this when I grabbed your keys…" She says in her own defense as Lacie nods.
"I was with her, sweetie… She did not do this." She says softly as she followed Reo, who entered the room. He glanced over to his kitchen and the plates were all smashed and the pans he had just bought a few days before were scattered across the floor.
"Whatever it was, that they were looking for, they did not find it…" Reo states calmly as he walked over to his bed room door and tensed slightly. 'Please, don't let that girl be here.' He thought silently as he opened the door and stared at the things all over the floor and the shredded sheets, mattress, and curtains but what got him most was the writing that was carved on the wall above his bed.
"Give it back… Ol I will kill you. The only one that can have him is me! What on earth is that supposed to mean?" Lacie says as Reo felt his throat tighten.
'It's that girl… It has to be her… It wasn't a bad dream.' He thought scowling slightly. "I have no idea what the heck they're talking about! I'm calling the cops. Where's my phone?" Reo states harshly as he turned to leave the room to get his cell but he couldn't find it.
"I don't think you're going to find it." Alice says pointing to the corner of the room to show what was once Reo's phone smashed to pieces.
"Here…" Elliot states calmly tossing him his phone. "You should call Pandora, just press 1 and then send. The intelligence division is a lot better than the police. Tell them Elliot is asking for Erica to come down. If they ask why tell them your friends with me and they'll send her right over." He states with a small scowl on his face.
'The guy has that organization on speed dial... What the hell does he get mixed up in that he'd need the number to be his first one…?' Reo thought slightly curious but did as he was told without question. Once he hung up he gave Elliot the phone back and they all went back to Elliot's apartment to wait for the woman named Erica to come.
"What do you think they could have wanted?" Lacie says softly as she sat by Reo who was deep in thought as he glared at the white rabbit in his lap.
"Don't know... I wish I did… though." Miki says as she glanced at Elliot who was glaring out the window over the lake. 'Elliot's so angry right now… It had to be her. It had to be… I feel so bad. He tried so hard to protect his loved ones but it always back fires.' She thought frowning as she watched Alice walk over and stare out the window with Elliot. They stayed like that speaking in low hushed tones and Miki knew what they were talking about. "Reo-kun, are you sure you're okay? I mean you look a little freaked out." She says softly as Reo glanced up at her.
"Whatever they want… They didn't get it because I had it with me, so why do they have to ruin my home…" Reo mutters softly, looking back down at the rabbit. 'Why do they have to try and take the one thing from my past that I actually don't want to get rid of...?' He thought tightening his grip on the rabbit. "What's so special about this thing…? It's just a toy. Why do they want it so badly?" He whispers sadly.
"Erica's here…" Elliot states moving away from the window and headed out toward the door. Reo stood and followed him out wanting to be in some sort of control over his apartment. He followed Elliot down stairs and saw a woman with boy short brown hair and glasses approaching them.
"You're alive!" A little girl's voice shouts in happiness as a Lily appeared and tackled Elliot. "You're alive! You're alive! I'm so happy!" She shouts hugging Elliot tightly. "I was so worried! Jack said that you were really hurt! I was so worried." She says burying her face into Elliot's shirt.
"It's good to see you too, Lily-san." He says as Bandersnatch, who the woman had on a leash, barked at him. "Hello to you too, Bandersnatch…" He says kindly patting the dog on the head. "Erica… Why did you bring these two?" He asks as the woman, who was named Erica, sighed.
"I couldn't get out of the door without them clinging to me, crying because I was going to see you and they weren't… So this little brat is my partner for the day." Erica says looking at the girl who still clung to Elliot.
"I see… Well, why don't we get down to business? This guy here is Reo… His room was trashed but there was no sign of forced entry and the culprit carved a message into the wall, which, might I say, will interest you. Her scent is all over it…" Elliot states in a serious tone as Lily squeals.
"I get to see everyone at work…" She says happily as she saw Miki and jumped out of Elliot's arms. "Miki-sama! Are you working too?" She says as Miki smiled.
"Yep, I'm going to go outside and see if the culprit is still on the premises." Miki says with a knowing smile and Lily gasps in delight. "I'm going to need a partner though." She says with a slight worried look as Lily threw her hand up.
"Me! Me! I will! I will serve you, Miki-sama!" She shouts loudly hugging Miki's leg.
"Right… Bandersnatch, you're coming too, right?" Miki says with a grin as the dog barked and Miki grabbed the leash and ran out of the building.
"Oh dear, she can't possibly take care of the two of them all by herself." Lacie says with a small frown on her lips.
"We can take it from here… Why don't you guys go eat?" Elliot says softly as Reo frowned.
"I'm not eating until I find out what the heck happened to my apartment!" Reo states as Lacie nodded.
"I think I'll go help Miki… I leave you to your work, Erica-san. Ri-chan, be sure to stay out of their way." Lacie states with a slight sigh watching her son glare at her slightly.
"I know what I'm supposed to do mother… I'm not a little kid." Reo states as he glared at his mother till she was out of the building.
"Well then, shall we start?" Erica says softly as she looked at Elliot who nodded.
"Wait… It's my apartment. What are you guys going do…?" Reo states as Erica sighs.
"The words that you said were written on your wall are words that a chain known as the white queen gives out as a first warning to its victims." Erica explains softly as Reo flinches at the word 'victim'.
"Erica… Don't scare him. The white queen only attacks if she feels that there is something threatening her position." Elliot says calmly as Reo tilted his head.
"Position… I have no position." Reo states harshly, glaring at the flaxen haired man who smiled at his words.
"You might say that but she thinks otherwise…If it's even her… Damn this pisses me off. I swore I convinced her last time... Tsk… I really don't want to go crawling." Elliot mutters with a slight disgusted look on his face.
"Let's go take a look… If we can prove it was just a prank by one of the heads then we can let you be on with his life." Erica says softly as pulling out a strange device and Reo frowned.
"What if it's not some prank… What then?" Reo states as Erica flinched.
"Let's just say, you better hope it was a prank little boy." She states with an intense look in her eyes that sent of shiver of dread through his spine.
"Don't listen to her…" Elliot says calmly before turning to Erica with an annoyed look on his face. "Maybe I should have asked for Lady Ada! She'd have taken this with a little more seriousness." Elliot states in annoyance.
"I am very serious, Elliot... Do not believe that I am not." She states as Elliot sighs while looking at Reo.
"Well, ready to go write down the damages?" Elliot questions causing Reo to scowl at him.
"Yeah… Let's go." He states calmly as he walked with the two. 'Why is there only one officer? Who the heck is she anyway…? Mother seemed to know her. This creeps me the heck out…' Reo thought feeling extremely uneasy about the situation. When they got to his room he glanced to the side to see Alice was following them and he raised an eye brown wondering why she'd come.
"Let's see…" Erica says opening the door only for Reo and Elliot to gasp in shock.
"It spread again…" Elliot mutters as Reo stepped forward in shock.
'I'll kill you… I'll kill you… Leo, how dale you, hide it flom me! It belongs with me! He belongs with me! How dale you, hide his labbit from me. My led queen would nevel give it to you! Give him back... give me his labbit back.' Reo read in the head as he read the carved words on the wall that was the other side of the bed room wall.
"She never could pronounce the letter 'R'…" Elliot mutters in disgust as he walked up to Reo with a small frown. "I'll show you pain… I'll show you misely… I'll show you evelything… evelything he went thlough was youl fault… Ugh… She's just asking for her ass to be kicked. All this is crap about the damn rabbit... She pisses me off." Elliot mutters in annoyance.
"Who's the led queen? What does this white queen want with me? The rabbit that I have was a gift from a friend of mine before they moved away. It's not the labbit or whatever the heck she's going on about?" Reo states with an annoyed look as Erica begins snapping pictures.
"She means 'red' not 'led'… The red queen is not really the other's name… The white queen is delusional and believes that the other was made to be her lone knight but the red queen is not a chain at all… but a boy. The boy has obtained quite powerful abilities… He is the white queen's true target but that doesn't mean innocent people, like you, are not subject to her rage at his defiance." Erica explains calmly as Reo frowned.
"By what she's done to my room, I can see why the kid does not want to go with her…" Reo states in a slight annoyance. 'I'm going to have to take a day off just to get this all cleaned up.' He thought as he noticed Elliot staring at the wall that was by the kitchen. "Allen… My plecious big blother… Allen, please punish this pelson. He took youl white labbit. He took it way… If you lead this then please, Allen, get it and come home quickly." Reo reads aloud with a confused look as he noticed Erica and Elliot both paled a bit.
"She's trying to call you home…you poor child." Erica says softly as she took a couple photos of the wall and Elliot turned away from the wall.
"There's more in the bed room… I'm going to check the bathroom. She likes to write on the mirrors with lipstick. If there's any, I'll take a sample after you photo it…" Elliot states calmly as Erica nodded and walked into the bed room and Reo followed Elliot curious as to what might have happened to his bath room. When he entered sure enough his mirror had red lipstick on the mirror but everything else was untouched. "The bitch even is trying to use Humpty-Dumpty's chant… The bitch should know that the chain's been dead for two hundred years." Elliot mutters with a small sigh as he looked at Reo who was staring at the writing.
"This is a nursery rhyme... I used to sing it with a friend of mine when I was younger. I-I cannot remember who that person was though." Reo says softly reaching out as if to touch the mirror but he pulled back knowing it was evidence. "If the police came wouldn't they dust for finger prints? What is it that that one person is going to do?" Reo says softly watching Elliot glare at the mirror.
"She's going to take the writing as evidence before it disappears." Elliot states as Erica comes in to the bathroom.
"Three more messages on the bed room walls… All about how she was planning on killing Reo-kun… She is seriously trying to scare you into giving her that rabbit." Erica says snapping a picture of the mirror. "Not too much damage in this room…" She says and Elliot smirked.
"She's terrified of the bathrooms… The only reason she came in her was to write on the mirror. Probably because it's the only mirror in the apartment..." Elliot says softly as he sighed. "I've still got two days till I'm fully healed but it looks like I'm back on duty. This bitch is going to hurt someone if I take any more time to lick my wounds." He says with a small stretch.
"Please don't put the dress back on." Erica says with a sigh. "I don't want to be seen with a drag queen." She says and Elliot scowled.
"Never said I was going anywhere with you… Until this get documenting and filed Pandora won't do anything and she's already gave him his first threat. Her second one she'll send a chain and her third she'll come herself. I'm going to be there when the bitch shows up so I can tell her to leave Reo the hell alone. He has nothing to do with the abyss and the intention… He's an innocent kid! So she can just suck it…" Elliot state in a serious look before he left the room and Reo followed intending to go to his room to see the other writing. But when he went to go to the room Erica gently grabbed his arm.
"I think it is best that you do not go into that room… At least until the writing disappears." Elliot says softly but Reo rips his arm away from Elliot.
"It's my life that's being threatened." He states glaring at the man, who only stared at him with sad eyes. For a moment, Reo felt like he should listen to him but he turned and walked into his bed room with a slight scowl. The writing above his bed he noticed was lighter than when they first saw it, which perplexed him, he didn't know how carvings into a wall could do such a thing. He then turned his eyes to the other walls and stared at the words unable to speak.
"Reo-kun… I believe you should stay at Pandora for a few days… This is the first time she's actually went this far and we won't be able to properly protect you, if you do not." Erica says calmly as Reo scoffs.
"This is a load of crap! I'm being threatened by someone who can even spell my name right! It's R-E-O! There is no L in my name at all! I'm not afraid of this thing!" Reo states but he felt his hands shaking. 'I'm not afraid… It's just a little kid, right? This is just a prank…' Reo thought gripping his fists tightly, as if to hide the shaking.
"She's serious and extremely dangerous! You do not know what this chain is capable of!" Erica states as Reo rolls his eyes.
"I don't care! My mother would throw a fit if she saw me get into a car of a Pandora members. In fact, don't tell her anything! Tell her it's all a prank and there's nothing wrong, just a bit of damage." Reo states glaring at Erica, who simply sighed and pulled her glasses off her face to polish them with her handkerchief.
"That will be fine… but you still need to come to Pandora so we know you are safe. This is serious." Erica says softly and Reo scowled.
"And I said no! I refuse to go to a place where monsters are used to enforce laws." Reo states causing Erica to glare at him.
"Those Monsters as you call them aren't all monsters, some of them are hu-"
"Erica! Watch your tongue." Elliot states harshly as he appeared in the doorway.
"We can hear you, you know and we Monsters don't really care what he calls us." Alice states softly as Elliot looked at Reo.
"If you don't want to go there at least stay at my place… You can't very well sleep on that." He says pointing to Reo's mattress that was ripped to shreds. Reo stared at him with a confused look as if wondering why Elliot would offer such a thing.
'I don't talk to this guy… I don't like this guy… but he's inviting me to stay at his house. I'd rather go home with my mother.' He thought as he continued to stare at him trying to find a reason for the invitation.
"Elliot… You do not have to do that. I know you always feel as if you're to blame when things like this happen but it's not your fault." Erica says softly but Elliot shrugs.
"If she's really serious then she will strike with the second warning without warning… If he stays in a Pandora Members home she'll be less likely to attack." Elliot states causing Reo to yell at him in shock.
"You're a Pandora Member! Ugh, is everyone I know one! God, I bet you're the one that convinced Jill-chan to join didn't you!" Reo states as Elliot looked at him surprised that he was already over the fact that his life was just threatened, and in detail, and yelling at him about such things.
"No… I just found out recently that she was joining. She's a cadet for the Guns division…" He says casually and Reo scowled at him. "Hey, don't give me that look, I haven't even told her I'm a member! I'm of a private division, Okay… I work on things like this. So, you better be glad I even volunteered." He states annoyed that Reo was being so ungrateful.
"You would have been put on the case even if you didn't volunteer, Elliot." Erica states watching Elliot scowl at her.
"Shut-up..." He states in annoyance before looking at Reo with a serious look. "My invitation stands… We have a guest room you can use and everything… I seriously don't want this bitchy queen killing another innocent." Elliot states with a small glare on his face causing Reo to frown at the word 'Killing'.
"I…" Reo says looking away from him feeling uncomfortable letting the guy get involved. 'Maybe I should just give it to her… I mean a toy isn't something
"Besides… There's no way you're giving that person what she wants… She'd just kill you afterwards anyway. She's not to be trusted and giving her what she wants will just fuel her superiority complex." Elliot states with a knowing look as Reo swallowed nervously.
'Either way I am screwed… I don't know how strong this guy is but he's offering to help me.' Reo thought sighing as he scratched the back of his head. "I-If it's not too much trouble… I'd like not to worry my mother. So, I'd really like it if I could stay at your place." Reo says softly feeling like he was suddenly burdening the guy he knew nothing about.
"It's fine… I told you, you can stay at my place. Just until this writing goes away… The writing shows that she is still watching… but she can't hear, so, don't try to tell her off. She won't listen…" Elliot says with a slight playful look on his face and Reo glared at him.
'I'm going to die… I'm going to die and this idiot is cracking jokes.' Reo thought glaring at the floor.
"So, should I report to the higher ups about you taking on the guarding voluntarily?" Erica questions as she wrote some things down on to a pad of paper.
"Please do… I'll be able to handle this." Elliot says with a small sigh.
"Maybe, if the kid cooperates." Alice adds and Elliot shot her a glare.
"Watch it…" He says sternly as Alice sighs.
"Whatever! I'm going to eat." She states annoyed before she left the apartment.
"That B-Rabbit…My word." Erica mutters with a shake of her head.
"Well, let's finish up on filing the damages and other stuff so we can get the work set." Elliot states with a slight sigh as he glanced at Reo, who looked extremely worried, even if he wouldn't admit it.