DGM
Bad Boy's Changes
Chapter 10
Deathly Aura
Allen swallowed his food, but he couldn't get last night's events out of his head. He killed two people without any hesitation and still doesn't regret it. He actually thrives for more. It should be wrong, but it felt so good with the blood on his hands. It's not the drinking human blood is a sin, it's the killing and enjoying it. The Noahs lust blood and he just has a bigger lust. Wanting blood isn't normal. That's for sure, but that was beside the point. Tyki kept glancing at Allen though, knowing what Allen was thinking about. Tyki noticed that knows. She wouldn't taddle on Allen though. SHe wouldn't get Allen in trouble for leaving the ark without permission. Allen probably wouldn't get in too much trouble, though, if the Earl was given all the details. If Allen killed two humans on his own, his own will, his choice, then the Earl would be pleased to know they wouldn't ahve to convince him to kill. It's the exorcists that really matter though. But, if Allen was thinking about last night's events Wisely could be reading his thoughts again. He had a tendacy to do that. All the time. "Allen, may I speak with you alone?" the Earl asked.
Allen looked at the Earl and was clearly confused. Did he know about last night? Allen put his spoon down and nodded. He was full anyways. "Please follow me Allen." Earl said.
"I wonder. . . . . . ." Tyki mumbled, trailing off.
"Is Allen in trouble?" Road asked.
"Not at all." the Earl said.
So he didn't know about last night? Allen got out of his chair and looked at the Earl as he trailed behind the guy. He looked around the street in the ark and knew he had never been around here. Even with his hard time with directions he knew this was not a place he had been before. They entered a building and the Earl brought him to a room with a black piano. "Isn't that the piano that controls the ark?"Allen inquired.
"Indeed it is." the Earl said.
"Why am I here?" Allen asked, staringa t the piano.
"I understand you left last night." the Earl said and Allen didn't seem surprised.
"There was another Noah watching, wasn't there? Lulubell, right?" Allen responded.
"Oh, no denying?" the Earl replied.
"Nah. You don't scare me. If I lie to you then you'll find out sooner or later and possibly get angry. I don't think I want to see that." Allen responded.
"I don't scare you? The others have said that before too, but if so, then why do you follow my orders?" the Earl queried.
"You've been around for a Millenium. More knowledge. The first Noah. The head of the clan." Allen replied.
"Being a Noah you have an urge to listen, to obey me. Not one of the original or not." the Earl said.
"You're going off topic anyways. You mentioned last night." Allen said.
"Yes. Lulubell did follow as well. She also told me aobut Tyki and Road's knowledge of this happening. Normally, I would punish you, but you did not leave town and had no intention of not coming back. I understadn you need a breath of fresh air and some alone time. Plus, you did not stray too far from the ark. What interests me though, is the murdering." the Earl told him.
"Did she tell you about what was going to happen?" Allen asked.
"She told me all the details. Including your little rambling and the akuma. Even what happened when you got back to the ark." the earl answered.
"Then you understand I just lost self control because of the blood." Allen said.
"Allen, do you know why you thirst blood more than even Road?" the Earl asked.
"If I knew that I wouldn't be thinking about why I lost restraint." Allen mumbled.
"It's because you, unlike the other Noahs, have keen senses. More so than us. You smell, your taste, your hearing, your touch, and even your sight. The blood's scent gets to you and makes your Noah crave it. With such a keen smell the better it'll be for you. Then the same goes for your taste. You rely souly on your senses. Mostly because of your condition right now. Not knowing what your true ability is makes it troublesome. I've come to notice you do tend to use your nails. They are rather sharp and dangerous to the skin. Cuts like a knife." the Earl said, raising Allen's hand.
Allen stared at his nails, but they didn't look sharp. Not sharp enough to really cut flesh like he has been. "I could be using force. With not being able to use innocence anymore and not knowing my powers I go by instinct. When I smell the blood I get a surge of energy and a thrill. So I attack." Allen said.
"I've been watching Allen. Your nails look normal now, but when you go to cut they change. Like a cat. It's like you're unclawing them." the Earl said.
"I'm not like Lulubell." Allen said indignitantly and a bit offended.
The Earl laughed and he let go of Allen's wrist, but patted the boy's head and messed up his hair, making it all snarly and frizzy. Allen scowled, but said nothing. "You are the Noah of Sins Allen. So, we can only guess what your ability is. Only time will show it. That is why Tyki is going to be your mentor. He has the most patience and doesn't let his anger get in the way. Everyone else owuldn't be able to handle you or you them. ROad would be good, but she's never serious until the time calls for it. Even then she's not." the Earl said.
"Mentor?" Allen repeated, not too pleased.
"You will have to understand the Noah's history, powers, and everything else. He is the best you'll get. Besides, it'll give you two some time to bond during those poker games of yours." the Earl told him.
"Are we going to keep leaving the topic?" Allen said, folding his arms across his chest and quite agitated.
"Allen, you must be patient. Patience is a virtue. That is something the clan depends on. Patience. Patience. Patience." the Earl scolded.
"Patience wears thin in my standards." Allen responded.
"Apparently. Allen, tell me, how did it feel to kill those humans?" the Earl asked, taking Allen by suurprise.
Allen's hands fell to his sides and he stared at the floor with wide eyes. He hadn't wished he didn't do that. He was so caught up in the moment and the craving, he never thought, not even once, did that thought of how it felt came to mind. He toyed with the woman, but ended the man's life quickly. He loved playing around with the woman because he saw her fear. The man he killed right off the back because he did attack, he made Allen a bit mad, and he wasn't afraid. "I. . . I never thought about it." Allen mumbled.
"Did you feel pleasure, joy, or any thrill, possibly fun, in the moment? During the kill? Did your adrenaline rise?" the Earl queried, circling Allen then putting his hands on Allen's shoulders. "Did you enjoy their suffering and watching them die? Did you want to kill more?"
Allen looked at the Earl with a shocked face. Why was he so surprised? Maybe. . . . . .because the Earl. . . . .was. . . . dead on. Allen purposely toyed with the woman, but when he didn't anything from the man he jsut killed him. It was like he had taken Road's place in a murder case. "Precisely." the Earl muttered.
"If you already knew then why did you ask?" Allen asked furiously.
Allen turned his head back around and as he looked down at his feet dark shadows outlined his eyes. His hands tremble with anger. Why was he angry? Was it because it felt liek the Earl was messing with him? "I wanted to make sure. You want to prove to me that you're completely trustworthy that I don't have to watch over you all the time, right?" the Earl responded, his grip getting tighter on Allen's shoulder.
"A little." Allen answered truthfully.
"Then I will let you go on a mission by yourself, but Lulubell will watch from afar. She will not interfere unless you come to a death situation and must be taken out of there or if she thinks she must. I've already cleared it all with her." Earl said.
"A mission? But last time. . . . . . " Allen responded, but bit his tongue. He was not going to say anything about that.
"I believe you are ready. Besides, who I'm sending you after will not be of any concern to your health. I believe you already know her quite well. Lulubell was unable to destroy her innocence which is rare for her to fail so I do nothing to punish her given the circumstances. I will not punish you either if you fail. Since you are new to this." the Earl said.
"Lenalee?" Allen asked, narrowing his eyebrows.
"No. I'm not trying to offend you, but you will be going after that other chinese girl. Mei Ling I believe her name was. Her innocence is quite a nuisence and seeing how she was your own student you should know some needed information about her that will defeat her. All you need to do is destroy her innocence. As for killing her. . . . . . . that's up to you for this mission." the Earl replied.
"But she's weak and because of that there will be a few other exorcists with her." Allen said.
"No worries my child. I already know those exact exorcists. I will give you as many akuma as you please. Use them to your heart's content. They will listen to any order given by you. Now, you might lose control and there is a limit to where I'll get worried about my new Noah. So, seeing how your eye reacts to the akuma, I have something set up just in case you go overboard. But you needn't worry. I have faith in you. You will also have a town to use for yourself. Meaning, you can kill whomever you please, but I do wish you don't leave any witnesses. So be careful. Lulubell will give you the rest of the details if you agree." the Earl said.
Allen glanced at him, but nodded. If the Earl thought he could do this then he can. "Yes." Allen whispered.
"Good luck Allen. You leave now." the Earl said.
"What? Now?" Allen asked.
"Yes. Now." the Earl said and ushered him out of the room.
When Allen got outside the room he found himself staring at Lulubell's casual frown. It didn't look like she was too happy about her supervising him. He felt the same. The Earl was underestimating him. If Mei Ling was on a mission then it was highly possible for only a certain few exorcists would be with her to match her capabilities. There would have to be at least two or three others with her. The limit for a normal mission is two, but then they uped it to three and sometimes four because of the Noahs and the increase in akuma attacks as well as their levels getting higher to where they were mostly level twos, threes, and occasionally a few level fours. So at most there would be four exorcists on Mei Ling's mission. That included herself. The people she works best with because of her protection and knowing their abilities well would be Mulan, Timothy, Vis, Aunna, and Bookman. From what he remembers. Though, Bookman never got stuck with her. So that left four others that have a high chance of being with her. "Guess I'll have to wait and see." Allen mumbled and Lulubell glanced at him.
"What was that?" Lulubell asked.
"I said that loud? Eh, nothign Lulubell. Just thinking aloud now." Allen responded, still in thought.
Mei Ling sighed as Mulan and Timothy stopped aruging once more. That made thirteen in one day. They were really moody. Not having any decent sleep in two days. Mei Ling also thought it had to do with the info on Allen. Ever since they were told to kill Allen on sight everything had changed. She tried to get a vision of Allen with something or anything, but it was no use. And she even went to his old room, hos favotire foods, the training room, and just about everything else Allen did, ate, and where he went, but got absolutely nothing. SHe couldn't find him or see what would happen, where he'll be next, nothing. It's like he vanished off the plains of the earth. "You two need to learn how to get along better. You are on the same team aren't you?" Jay said.
"Why ar eoyu here and not Vis or Aunna or Bookman or Lenalee or Lavi or anyone else?" Timothy asked.
"You could've said that in a simpler form you moron." Mulan said.
"What'd you call me?" Timothy shouted.
"Knock it off." Jay said sternly and they stopped.
Mei Ling smiled as she turned her head away from the window to stare at the the others. They were so childish. Yes, they were both younger than her, but only by a year ot two. She pressed her back against the seat and closed her eyes. She was rather weary. She leaned on the wall and rested her head on her shoulder. She needed sleep. "Sounds so good." Mei Ling whispered.
Mei Ling didn't fall asleep, but she saw some other scenes. Her eyes shot open, but the images stayed. Blood. More blood. Many akuma. Dead bodies. Women, men, and children running, screaming. A teen smiling sadistically and covered in the blood. The person was not clear though. A Noah. That she could tell. More people died and akuma killed some. Blood. More blood. Pools of blood all over the ground. Her eyes filled with terror and she screamed. Jay turned his head towards her and she stared at him. "We need to get off this train. Now!" Mei Ling said as she ran out of the compartment.
"Wait Mai Ling!" Jay shouted as he went after her.
"Mei Ling! Mei LIng wait! Mei Ling!"
When Mei LIng got off the train she looked around. Jay, Timothy, and Mulan jumped off the train just in time and Mei Ling stared at them. "Ten minutes. In ten minutes there will be a huge massacre. Not here. In the next town over." Mei Ling said as she ran off again.
"Akuma?" Jay asked, chasing her.
"Akuma and a Noah." Mei Ling said.
"We were told to evade the Noahs." Mulan said.
"But there's a town full of people at risk and possibly the surrounding towns!" Mei Ling shouted.
"SHe's right. We don't have a choice. There are too many towns surrounding the next town over. In total that'll make seven. Six villages surrounding the center town. That's still over five hundred people." Jay said.
"But this doesn't feel right. It has to be a trap. It couldn't be a mere concidnece a Noah was here after we finished a mission. Plus, why the killings?" Mulan responded.
Jay took a golem out of h is pocket and called HQ. When he finally got Komui they entered the woods. They probably weren't going to make it in time and many people would die beforehand. "Komui, we have a Noah and a large number of akuma in Gelsa, the center town of the seven villages. We were just about to leave but Mei LIng got another premonition. The whole town is going to be killed if we don't go there and the Noah is unknown. We have four minutes left until the massacre, but we won't get there in time and we know this is a trap." Jay said, not giving Komui time to even say hello.
"You must go though. There's no other exorcists in the surrounding area. I can't send any help. Try to get rid of the akuma and lead the Noah out of the town." Komui said in response.
Jay heard an explosion and ran faster. The kids did the same. "Komui, there's no way we can do that. The Noahs aren't dumb. Besides, it's the center village. That means we have to take them to the other towns first before we get them away from the citizens safelt and we can't gaurenteed that the Noah would follow. The Noah could also slaughter the people on the way out. Still, the only way to get rid of the Noah is to go to the woods again, but we would have to kill the Noah in order to guarentee the safety of the villagers. This was obviously planned out very well. There's no way around it. Many people are going to die." Jay said in return.
"We can't save everyone. That's true, but it's best to save as many people as possible. You will jus-" Komui's voicce was cut off as the golem blew up.
An akuma must've destroyed their golem. Mulan activated her innocence and killed the akuma. A simple level one, but why would it destroy the golem? It could've easily killed one of the exorcists at that moment. Well, Jay at least. His guard had been down. A loud scream was heard from the town ahead and another explosion went off. Then another and another. The screams got louder and more people were screaming. People started running towards them and out of the town. They were almost there. Mei Ling frowned and shut her eyes. Why didn't her fortune come soooner? She shouldn't blame herself, but the fortune came so late. That was so unusual. The only way for that to happen to where she would be a few minutes late at stopping what was about to happen was if. . . . . . . she didn't know. The whole point of her fortunes was to stop the future from happening if bad or to just tell the future. "Who would know how to. . . . . . . . . no. It can't be." Mei Ling said, stopping in her tracks.
None of them were ready for this. No. They couldn't, but lives were at stake. One life compared to hundreds was more important. "Mei Ling?" Mulan asked.
"It's nothing. Let's go." Mei Ling responded, running as fast as she could.
"Did you see something else?" Timothy asked.
Mei Ling concentrated and stared at the town up ahead. Sure enough, several visions came. "Timothy, go to your right and Mulan has to with Jay completely straight. When you get to a huge foutain then take a left." Mei Ling said.
"What about you?" Jay asked.
"I' going with Timothy. He'll need more help then you two." Mei Ling said, seeing into the future still.
"I don't think we should split up." Mulan replied.
"We have no choice." Jay said and they went seperate ways.
"All the Noahs missions would be much simpler if they knew as much as I did about them. SOme are a mystery, but still, this group is too easy." Allen said, licking some blood off his finger. "The Earl's idea about my blood thirst does make sense, but all the blood here tastes bland. It smells better than it tastes. Huh, I sound like cannibal."
Lulubell's frown deepened after hearing Allen's statement. He was so confident, but she hadn't seen anything. The mission had only just begun. Literally. He didn't really care about the humans though. He looked completely intent on going after the exorcists. Why was that? Did he not want to disappoint the Earl? No. That couldn't be it. This was Allen. He probably just didn't want to fail. That would be a little humilating since he knew the exorcists so well. More than the others at least. "Why is he such a mystery? What are his intentions with this mission?" Lulubell muttered.
"Dice, you're here, right?" Allen asked as he started walking away from a few dead bodies. It was the best way to reek havoc. He would've preferrable gone after them on the train, but then it would be ahrder. With three other exorcists around. Not to mention he knew next to nothing about Jay. He had only met and talked to him once. He knew nothing about him. So he made it to where Timothy would be sent in one direction and made it harder. He could only guess Jay was really strong so he made him go with Mulan. Of course, how he planned this was only a logical theory. He wouldn't be able to do this so easily without the intelliect he has over the kids. Mei Ling may be able to predict the future, but she relied too much on her visions so he could easily counter her powers. Lulubell had tried this once before in China with Mei LIng, but something went wrong. Mei Ling passed out near the end before her plan could be completed. Thus, they didn't follow through correctly. He wasn't around at that time. So that was just what he heard. She was lucky then, but she won;t be this time. She was way too predictable. "Dice, come out."
Dice came out of nowhere and bowed down in front of Allen. Allen wasn't sure why, but he ahd a feeling Dice was really strong. He liked this akuma for some reason. He would have to talk to the Earl about him. "Yes master Noah?" Dice asked.
"No need for such formality around me Dice. I'm not like the other Noahs. Just be careful with your words. Especially now. I'm in a really good mood to take this to a killing spree. I wouldn't mind adding an akuma on the list." Allen said.
"Then what do you wished to be called?" Dice asked, standing up.
"Allen will be fine."
"Of course." Dice responded, walking along side Allen. "Allen."
"I don't want to risk losing you on this mission so I want you to be careful. Your powers are intriguing. I heard you were the one responsible for cloaking Tyki's presence. I want you to do that for me. I don't need the other exorcists to come and ruin my plan." Allen said.
"Is that the only ability you've heard about?" Dice asked.
"Afraid so. That doesn't matter. I find this power fascinating whether or not the others do too. Also, you're a level four. Meaning you're stronger then the others. You could also get stronger. I think I'm going to keep you around for a little bit." Allen said.
Dice stared at Allen. He was being really nice for some reason. Dice had heard many things about Allen and even watched him when he was an exorcist a few times, but Allen was so different around Dice. Even from the other Noahs. "You mean. . . like a bodyguard or an assitant?" Dice asked.
"I suppose. Lulubell had one in the past. I don't see why I can't." Allen replied.
Dice was shocked. Allen barely knew the akuma. He only knew one thing about him. He was a Noah though. He could probably sense something. "I'm not as strong as the other level fours Allen." Dice said.
"You're cloaking abilitymakes you a good offense and a good defense. You also seem like the type to understand the situation and what's going on. You're also the type to be organized and think things out well. You're mor eof the thinking type instead of charging. I am not like that all the time, but I know the enemy really well and I refuse to fail this mission." Allen said with determined eyes.
Dice felt like Allen was trying to impress the Earl. He sounded like Lulubell though. A mission must not be failed. It would dishonro the Noah's pride and honor as well as their reputation. The Earl must be pleased, but Dice didn't take Allen for the type to care about impressing someone. What was Allen's true goal? "I follow the orders of my master and that the Noah Clan. For they made me and I shall obey. If that's what you wish I will be of as much help as I can." Dice told him.
Allen stared at Dice as he passed a few people, only killing one when they shouted monster. It felt like he was doing this for years. He was having a blast though. Funny how he kept his sefl control around all this blood. Was it the mission that made him stay on track? Until it was finished at least? Or was it because he wanted the exorcist's blood? He remembered how it smelled and tasted. Far better than a regular human. He shook his head. He needed to stop thinking about blood. It was getting a little out of hand, but that's what he wanted. Unusual.
Allen stopped walking and jumped onto a building's roof. He looked over the edge where Timothy and Mei Ling were fighting many akuma. Allen made it clear to the akuma not to kill Timothy, but to go after Mei Ling until he got there. Mei Ling looked a little tired, but she was far from her limit. Allen could only guess it was the lack of sleep. "Do you know what I have planned Dice?" Allen asked.
"No."
"Well then, let me tell you." Allen told him.
Mei Ling watched Timothy as his spirit came back to his own body and the last of the akuma were destroyed. She had a bad feelilng. She closed her eyes and sighed, but then an image of Allen being atacked by an akuma came. Her eyes opened and she took off down the street. Timothy tried to keep up with her, but lost her. Instead, he ran into Mulan and Jay. "Where's Mei Ling?" Mulan asked, destroying the last akuma.
"She took off. I think she saw something." Timothy said.
Jay put hisfinger to his chin in thought. If she saw something and ran off by herself she would have to think she would be alright unless she got caught in the moment. Right now, her thoughts were easily clouding her mind from the right thing so she could've been tricked, but not a single Noah knew about this or her abilities like that. "How could be so stupid?" Jay muttered.
"Jay?" Mulan asked.
"You two stay together and go look in that direction. Okay?" Jay said.
They nodded and ran down the street. Why did Jay want those two to be alone? Shouldn't he come with them? "Do you think he's hiding something?" Timothy asked.
"He's in charge of our team right now. We have to listen." Mulan said.
"He didn't say we couldn't turn back around. He just said to go in this direction. He never said anything about not coming back." Timothy said with a grin.
Mulan looked behind her, but Jay was already gone. "We won't find him now. You can't even see his back."
"What? Great. Now we have two people to look for." Timothy responded.
"We need to find Mei Ling first. She's top[ priority. She can't defend herself." Mulan said.
"Nothing to do but follow orders. I don't like it when Jay does this." Timothy muttered.
Jay cursed under his breath. How could he be so stupid. He should've suspected this from the start. The Noahs have been trying to get rid of Mei LIng's innocence for a long, long time. Before he even got there, but because of her innocence she got out of it. SO there's only one other person who could counter her powers so well until it's too late. Allen. Her mentor. He didn't know much about the former general. All that he knew was that Mei Ling, Mulan, and Timothy wouldn't be able to fight him. If Mei Ling see's him she'll be too happy and forget aobut the info given to them. Allen can look like he used to, but he can't do it on his own. He uses that wristband. If she sees him as that then she won't believe he's a threat. She won't rely on her innocence to help her anymore. He was going to have to kill Allen as fast as he could without letting the other two see him do so, but Mei Ling will. He didn't have a choice. Mei Ling is one of the very few exorcists that want to stay in this war despite everything that happened thus far. "Please don't let me be late." Jay whispered.
Mei Ling stopped running and looked around the small forest. Allen was suppose to be here. Right here. "Allen! Where are you? Allen!" Mei Ling shouted.
Allen came through a few trees and landed on the ground ather hard. Mei Ling ran over to him. He looked pretty beaten up. Allen opened his eyes and looked at Mei Ling. She tried to help him up, but he wouldn't move. Not even help. Then, an akuma came. A level four. She couldn't do anything to fight back, but she got in front of Allen and held her arms to the side to protect him. Allen smirked and quietly got back on his feet. Mei Ling heard him though. Allen was hunched over, but his small scratches and bruises started disappearing. Her eyes widened. That wasn't possible. The only thing that was left that signaled he was ever hirt where the marks on his back and arms from being thrown through several trees. Were the injuries false. But Allen didn't have those kind of powers. "Al- Allen? Are you okay? What are you doing?" Mei Ling asked.
Allen looked down at her as he stood up straight. He just had to pretend for one second that he was too hurt to get up so she would get stuck inbetween him and the akuma. That way, she couldn't have a single chance of getting free if she ran. Dice had exceptional abilities. "Allen?" Mei Ling repeated.
Allen's eyes flashed for a moment. No, it wasn't a flash. They changed colors. Golden. But then it disappeared and went back to his silver- blue, silver- gray, eyes. Was that her imagination? "Mei Ling, run!" Jay shouted.
Mei Ling looked past Allen and found Jay running towards her. His innocence in the form of a necklace with a ring on it glowed. He was going to hurt Allen. She got in behind Allen and continued to hold her arms up. "No! Allen isn't a Noah! Can't you see his skin, his hair? Allen is not-" Mei Ling was cut off when Allen's arm locked around her body, squeezing her. "Hurt me." Mei LIng finished.
Allen's right hand held her neck while his left arm kept her off the ground. HIs hold was getting tighter and tighter by the second and if this kept going she would have a broken rib. She tried to get free, but it was a miserable failure. Allen looked at her,, forcing her head to look at him, and he seemed emotionless, but what she saw in his eyes. . . . . . it frightened her. Hatred, anger, murderous intent, bloodlust. So much darkness clouded in them. She could swear they turned golden again, but they were it's normal, original, natural born eyes. "Jahaymian, right? That is your name, correct?" Allen said, his eyes moving toward him slightly.
A small smile plastered on Allen's face. Even though Allen didn't know Jay's abilities, he owuldn't attack with Mei Ling in his hold like that. "Allen? What's wrong? Stop. You're hurting me." Mei Ling said, closing her eyes, trying to think that this was in fact the old Allen.
"You're so naive. All of you." Allen whispered.
"Please Allen, stop. Come ba-"
"Mei Ling, that Allen is gone. Can't you feel that aura coming off of him?" Jay interrupted, shouting because of his rage.
Jay had kids of his own. Anyone, monster, Noah, or akuma, who dared to hurt children or intended to intentionally pissed him off. It was wrong. Though, this was a war and that couldn't be helped, Allen was an old friend of hers. He knew her and teached her, but he was going to hurt her! He could see it. Why did Mei Ling deny the facts? Mei Ling shut her eyes and shook her head the best she could with Allen's grip on her throat getting tighter. "Mei Ling!"
Allen frowned when he saw Mulan and Timothy at the edge of the path in the town. Too many people to interfere. He took his necklace, which was her innocence that had been formed into a necklace, and held it in his hand. "Mei Ling, move! Fight back!" Jay shouted.
He didn't have Allen in any angles were he could hit Allen without harming Mei Ling severely. The other two kids started coming, but Allen scratched Mei Ling's neck. He closed his eyes and took in the smell. He wondered if it would change if she lost her innocence. Mei LIng flinched and tried to move her head the other way, but his hold was so tight she wouldn't move unless he let her. She could only, slightly, move her feet. So kicking him was out of the question. But, it wasn't really his hold that stopped her. She was petrified by Allen. His touch was cold and eerie. This dark aura. Everything surrounding him, it was disturbing. "You can have her back, but first, you have to catch me. Do we have a deal?" Allen said, ignoring the stares and glares.
"I'm going to kill you if you don't let her go!" Jay shouted.
"I'd like to see that." Allen said and disappeared without a trace.
"Such speed." Mulan mumbled.
"Mei LIng! Where'd you go? Mei LIng?" Jay shouted.
Allen smirked as he stood on top of a building. Mei Ling fel tlike throwing up. He had disappeared so fast, but it wasn't just his abilities. His presence had vanished for only a moment. He had that akuma help him boost his stealth and speed. She winced with his nail dug into her neck a bit. He pulled it away and she shivered. Allen licked the her neck all the way to the cut and sucked the blood out. It felt really painful to Mei Ling. It was so immense and she felt a whole lot of blood come out, traveling down her body on the outside, but on the inside it felt like an invisible force was pushing her blood to her jugular and giving it to Allen. She screamed and Allen just bit down on her neck to get more. Right now, Mei Ling was glad he wasn't like Krowley and had fangs. His teeth were sharp, but not that sharp. "Let her go!" Jay shouted.
Allen opened his eyes, but continued to lick the blood off of Mei Ling. Jay gritted his teeth. "I don't care if the kids watch this time, I swear I'm going to kill you." Jay hissed.
Allen sneered. He spoke so high of himself. He was a general when he was in the Order. Jay had only been there for around seven months at most. He wasn't nearly as strong as Allen. Allen wouldn't underestimate him though. It took less then a year for him to get to general level. But this guy didn't feel too strong. Wait, he could sense the strength? No. That's impossible, but his eyes, it felt like, it seemed like he was seeing something coming off of them. The air around Jay seemed deadly, but not too strong compared to Allen. He closed his eyes for a moment and everything went back to normal. Evedrything was getting weirder and weirder as the days go by. "You want her? I told you you have to catch me." Allen replied, lifting his head from Mei Ling's neck, smiling.
Mei LIng's eyes were almost closed. Her vision was hazy and fading. Allen held her in front of her with one hand over the ledge of the building. It just brought more pain to Mei Ling because he was holding her by the throat. She looked down and screamed. She knew what he was about to do. A finger slipped from her thorat and rubbed a tear away from her face. "Scared?" Allen inquired.
"Allen please stop. DOn't do this. Please." Mulan begged, falling to her knees. Allen had saved her. She idolized him. This could not be the Allen she knew. He had always been a jerk, but on the inside he was the kindest and sweetest person you'll ever come across. He was just protecting himself form getting hurt. "Please. Please."
Allen scowled. For some reason he was having a feeling that told him to stop what he was doing, but at the same time he didn't want to. Maybe killing his old buddies was getting to him. He gnashed his teeth together and held his head with his free hand. He felt a headache coming on. This gained everyone's attention. He was a Noah. Not an exorcist. If he went back, even before he did anything, he would've died because of his innocence or because the Order would've killed him. He didn't want to die. He wanted to find a reason for living. His only reason right now was to find a reason. If he was born into this detestable world then there has to be something for him. He will not let the child's words get to him.
Allen licked his lips and his hand on Mei Ling's throat tightened. She started coughing and trying to scream. Her body dangled in the air and her hands tried to make him loosen his grip. "Stop it! Yuo're choking her!" Mulan cried.
"You want me to stop?" Allen asked.
"Yes." Mulan murmured.
"Very well." Allen muttered as he smiled sinisterly.
Allen's grip loosened and Mei Ling felt sme relief, but then was filled with terror and more pain. She looked down and saw Allen's hand piercing through her stomach. Allen felt his bracelet fall of though. It seemed to slowly fall to the ground. Everyone stared at him as he changed. Pale skin gone. Ashen skin only. Seven stigmatas on his forehead. No more silver- gray eyes. Pure golden. It sent chills down the kids' back. H seemed even more cold hearted wiith this change. This was the fact that they could not deny no matter what. "Much better." Allen muttered.
Allen felt Mulan's words leave his mind. That's the best he could put it. He felt the pressure come off and he felt so much better. No more surpressing his Noah. He took his hand out of Mei Ling's stomach and some blood came out of her mouth. She had never been injured like this. She never understood the pain the others felt and now she did. It was so horrible. Allen reached in his pocket and pulled something out. Mei Ling's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "My innocence." Mei Ling uttered.
Allen let go of Mei Ling and Mei Ling reached her hand out for her innocence, but she couldn't grasp it. She fell and the others panicked. Jay jumped forward and quickly caught her before she hit the gorund. Allen turned his back on them, but they could all clearly see Mei Ling's innocence. Mei Ling couldn't take her eyes off of it. "No. . . . please. Anything but that. Please. Stop!" Mei Ling responded, bu she couldn't move, just scream.
Allen felt a large amount of hatred sear through him. Power surged through him as the urge to destroy it came. The necklace broke and all that was left was the small cube. Allen's left eye glanced at Mei Ling and the others. He crushed the innocence and when he opened his hand Mei Ling screamed, crying. A wind blew by and the breezed forced the dust out of Allen's hand. It went into the exorcists and surrounded them as if taunting them, making them to remember this forever. "NOOO!" Mei LIng cried.
Jay glared at Allen as he gave Mei Ling to Mulan. "You're not human. You're a monster. A geniue demon." Jay seethed.
Allen stopped walking away and his last footstep echoed in the wind. He felt the rage inside him get worse. Get out of hand. He couldn't keep it down. "What. Did. You. Say?" Allen seethed.
"You're a geniue demon." Jay repeated and his innocence glowed.
The walls started cracking. The roof shattered under Allen's feet. Not only was his aura deadly and threatening, sending chills down their backs, terror and fear in their souls, but his murderous intent sky rocketed. Jay had made a huge mistake. Allen turned around, but was in the air. He was biting his lip and his eyes were covered. When he looked at Jay, Jay's innocence had deactivated because he had been so afraid and stunned, petrified. He lost all thoughts, all feeling, all movement. He was solid as a rock. Like the others. "Die." Allen whispered, but they heard it all clearly and he disappeared from sight then Jay flew into a building and continued through many more. "DIE!"