"Till Allen-kun has to be sent to Central."
Chapter 7 - First Mission
Tommy watched as Allen ordered his normal pile of food the next morning. Well, what he didn't know was that Allen was slowly starting to order, little by little, more food to feed himself and his innocence. Tommy then turned to his food, a pile of biscuits and some sausage.
"Tommy, Komui-nii called for you. It seems your getting your first mission! Of course, you can finish eating before going to see him." Lenalee said when she ran over.
"Tommy's first mission?" Allen asked when he sat down across from Lavi. Lavi looked over then grabbed something from Allen's pile, taking a bite.
"What's this?" Lavi asked when he swallowed, holding up the food he took.
"A specially made bread from Jeryy!" Allen smiled and Lavi looked at the slice.
"Well it's good!" Lavi grinned and took another bite.
"Wait... Are you taking my food?" Allen asked the redhead who nodded.
"I have been for... Well... Since you joined." Lavi smirked, which quickly disappeared when he saw Allen's evil glare.
Tommy watched their fight continue for a few more minutes until somebody made Kanda spill his soba, then he watched as Kanda nearly killed Allen and Lavi. Luckily Lenalee stopped him, Tommy smiled. This place was fun.
Allen finished his food and glanced up at his still red-brown hair. "I should probably go wash out the dye.." He mumbled standing up.
"Dye?" Tommy asked and Allen looked over at him.
"Yeah. My hair isn't red-brown anymore, it's actually white. I'm surprised everyone still recognized me somewhat from behind.." Allen trailed off in thought. Shaking his head, he bent down and looked at Tommy, "Don't worry. Before you leave I'll see you off." Tommy's smile grew when Allen patted him on the head before walking off.
"Normally you act like that with Timothy." Link said as he followed Allen down the corridor.
"They both remind me of my old self. There's Timothy, who reminds me of 'Red'. Then there's Tommy who reminds me of the 'Allen' before Mana's death." Allen said as they neared the baths.
"Huh." Link said, a hint of regret entering his voice.
Tommy was just handed a report, most likely the mission information Lenalee had told him about. He was going on his first mission with someone called Krory, who wasn't in the room yet. Then the door opened and a tall man entered, his hair was black with a white streak in it.
"There you are, Krory." Komui smiled and Krory sat down beside the boy.
"Hello there." Krory said and Tommy noted the Romanian accent.
"Hi." Tommy smiled at the man. Krory smiled back then looked at the report he was handed.
"There is supposedly innocence in the area and I want you both to check it out. The reason we think innocence may be in that area is because of the strange phenomenon going on." Komui said as he pulled down a map out of nowhere. "This is the area you will be travelling to. It's the town of Marina, where it is said if you pray there every day for at least a year, your wish would be granted. To our reports, the wishes have started to be granted. It all started around 3-4 years ago, and we have kept our eye on it since it started."
"So, this innocence is granting wishes?" Krory asked as he looked up from the files.
"Yep, I want you and Tommy to go check it out. It's a good starter mission for him and you haven't been on any missions for a while. Your train leaves in an hour and a half. Good luck." Komui smiled and with that, walked out of the room in search for Lenalee.
"We should go pack. I can help you if you want." Krory said to the boy beside him. Tommy looked up at him and nodded.
"Finally! Got it all out!" Allen sighed as he plopped down onto his bed. Link glanced over at the white haired boy, wondering when he should tell the teen that he would soon be taken to Central.
'Something's up, Allen. He's hiding something.' Allen heard Nea warn him. Allen looked over to Link and noticed he looked a little troubled.
Link had found out Leverrier's plan yesterday when they returned. Leverrier had stopped him in the corridor when they had finished eating and informed him that he and Walker were to return to Central. It sounded a little fishy, but he was Central's- no- Leverrier's 'dog' who did everything it was told.
"What's wrong, Link?" Allen asked and said man looked over.
"I don't really know how to say this, but in a few hours me and you are going to Central with Leverrier. His orders." Link said, taking out Allen's suitcase.
"Why..?" Allen sat up, a look of confusion on his face.
"... To talk to the 14th and get information on the Noahs." Link opened the suitcase, "Go on and pack. I need to go ask Supervisor Komui something." With that, Link left Allen alone in their shared room.
'They plan to make me take over...' Nea said, sounding surprisingly surprised, even though he should've expected it.
'Whatever they plan to do, I don't plan on breaking anytime soon.' Allen stood up and walked over to the suitcase and began to pack.
'Just be careful. I don't want to lose any other family.'
'Okay. I'll try to be safe.' Allen promised.
Krory and Tommy were about to leave when a golden golem flew in front of them. "Timcanpy!" Krory exclaimed in surprise as the golem sat on his shoulder.
"Glad I got here in time. I wanted to see you two off." A familiar voice said and they turned around, finding Allen standing there.
"Allen! You didn't have too." Krory smiled and Tommy looked shocked.
"Well, a certain exorcist also wanted to see my hair color." Allen smiled and walked over to them.
"You weren't kidding when you said you had white hair!" Tommy pointed at Allen's hair, making the 16 year old laugh.
Tim flew off of Krory and onto Allen's head, "Well, I just wanted to tell you two good luck. You should probably get going so you don't miss the train."
"Right, goodbye Allen." Krory turned around and Tommy gave Allen a small hug.
"Bye!" The boy ran off after Krory and Allen's smile slowly faded as he watched them leave.
"A few hours, huh?"
When they arrived on the train, they sat down and reviewed the files. Tommy was staring at Krory, only then noticing his innocence. "Is your teeth innocence?" The question slipped out of Tommy's mouth and Krory looked up, slightly surprised.
"Why yes, it is." Krory smiled, remembering how Komui had told him Tommy could see and hide innocence.
"When I first arrived, that weird scientist took me into a room saying he was checking out my innocence! It frightened me!" Tommy looked at Krory who nodded knowingly.
"He is very scary at times."
"It hurt! Luckily afterwards everyone cheered me up with the party!" Tommy grinned and Krory's smile softened, the poor boy.
"Allen Walker, it is time." A couple CROWs said as he and Link walked out of the room. They bound Allen's innocence arm and then circled him with other Talismans. Allen looked unamused while Link followed from behind, watching carefully. Whatever happened next, nobody really knew.
"I'm sorry, Allen. I tried to do something to help.." Komui said as he watched them walk by.
"It's okay, Komui. Don't worry and protect Lenalee for me while I'm gone, okay?" Allen smiled and Komui nodded, his face turning sadder.
"We'll be waiting for you to return home."
"I'll be home soon." Allen's smile grew sad as he was forced to continue walking. Komui bowed towards the teen and watched as he was taken away by the CROW.
Krory defeated the last akuma and turned around, finding Tommy standing by the tree. The innocence lay behind them, "We did it!" Tommy smiled and Krory nodded in agreement. Thanks to Tommy's innocence, they had hid the innocence while Krory destroyed the oncoming akuma.
They grabbed the Stone of Wishes and Tommy put it in his pocket. They entered town and Krory phoned Komui telling him the mission was a success. When they entered the Ark, they saw a group of CROW surrounding someone with Link following. They entered one of the doors(labeled CENTRAL) and the door closed behind them.
"What was that?" Tommy asked and Krory shrugged.
"We should be getting this innocence back." He said and Tommy nodded, following behind him.