Chapter 11- Art and Sweets
Author Note: Please forgive me for not updating in so long! I wanted to finish one story at a time, and now after KNBA has been finished, this fic shall recieve most of my attention! Thank you for your patience! Enjoy!
Allen looked around the small rundown shack as Deek stared at him.
"So who are you, boy?" He asked and Allen looked over at Deek for a second before smiling politely.
"Allen." He said and Deek nodded a few times before eyeing the clock on the wall.
"Huh, he's late." He muttered and Allen raised an eyebrow.
"Who's late?"
"The cops." Deek said and Allen immediately froze up.
Deek suddenly started to laugh his head while Allen grew more nervous. "Relax! I was kidding! A friend of mine from the central part of town likes to check up on me!" Deek stated and as if on cue, the rusty door hinges creaked and Allen looked over to see a bearded man with glasses scratch his chin.
"You aren't talking about me now, Deek?" He asked and Deek chuckled guiltily.
"Sorry, Tiedoll. Any new paintings to show me?" Deek asked and Tiedoll nodded before noticing Allen. "Ah, who might this dirty boy be?" He asked while staring intently at Allen.
"Name's Allen. He looks worse than me too!" Deek said with a laugh, and that's when Allen saw his reflection in the cracked mirror behind Deek.
Deek was right; Allen was a mess. His hair had some dirt in it while his shirt was all messy and torn from probably being dragged through the dump.
Tiedoll extended a hand, and Allen warily shook it before Tiedoll smiled.
"You always did like taking care of kids, huh, Deek?" Tiedoll said with a smile to Deek who grinned back.
"It never got quiet around with that Kanda boy too. How's he doing?" Deek asked and Allen flinched at the mentioning of Kanda.
"You know Kanda?!" Allen asked incredulously. Tiedoll and Deek looked over in surprise before Tiedoll answered. "Deek found him about ten years ago. I took him in cause Deek was in no shape to take care of a kid like him. I'm surprised you know him." Tiedoll stated and Allen nodded grimly.
"He works at the same police station I do." Allen said and Deek's eyes widened in surprise.
"So I should call the cops to pick you up! They can take better care of you than I can!" Deek said and Tiedoll nodded until Allen quickly cut in.
"No!"
Deek and Tiedoll looked at Allen in confusion as the boy slumped back against the wall.
"It would be best if you didn't." Allen said even as his body really wanted to leave the shack.
'That white haired boy who called himself Allen might be there.' Allen thought as Tiedoll stared at him for a moment before sighing.
"Is there anyone that we can call?" He asked and Allen thought about it for a second before nodding.
Skin trudged through the front door of the mansion with a large grin on his face as in his right hand he dragged Lenalee across the floor kicking and trying to scream except she was bound and gagged.
"Found her, Boss." Skin said happily in case he got a reward. Allen smiled calmly down at the burly man before nodding.
"There's some candy in the car, Skin. Help yourself after bringing her up here." Allen said and Skin started to drool at the thought of candy as he roughly pulled Lenalee up the stairs.
"Also, when you're done eating, call Tyki. I want this Phantom person put down." Allen stated and Skin tilted his head slightly before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a ripped up newspaper.
"Found it on the ground." He stated quickly as Allen took it and skimmed the front page.
"… Never mind. Just tell Tyki to find me the blueprints for the mines instead." Allen said and Skin nodded before taking back the newspaper and letting go of Lenalee.
Allen watched the large man slowly leave the mansion to feast off of his sweets.
Allen then looked back down at Lenalee who was angrily glaring at him. "Now that was foolish." He said while wagging his finger like you do to a child. Lenalee wanted so badly to kick him in that condescending smile, but before she could move, Allen gracelessly ripped the duct tape off her mouth.
Lenalee bit back a whimper of pain while Allen seemed to enjoy that.
"Now behave or I can just locked you up like I did those other three useless fools." Allen said calmly as somewhere in the house, Miranda, Jerry, and Lou Fa were tied up in supply closet.
"I hate you…" Lenalee muttered lividly, but Allen just shrugged it off with his smile.
"Why thank you. I would be confused if you weren't." He said before grabbing Lenalee by the arm and pulling her to her feet.
Lenalee gritted her teeth in pain as he gripped her arm painfully. "Now enough funny business. You're here to do whatever I tell you to. Disobey and… Well, you don't want to know." He whispered darkly into her ear, and without looking, Lenalee could tell he was smiling happily.
Lavi looked up from where he sat in the police station to the officer holding the phone out to him.
"Someone's calling for you." The officer said before handing the phone to Lavi.
'Is it Jiji?' Lavi thought before putting his ear to the phone. "Hello?" He asked and he paused at the unfamiliar voice.
"Who wants to know?" Lavi asked back and after a few seconds, Lavi raised an eyebrow. "Where?"
A little later, Lavi looked around the dump with a grimace as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Are you Lavi?"
Lavi turned to see Tiedoll smiling at him politely. "And if I am?" Lavi shot back cautiously until another voice made him jolt.
"Lavi!" Allen said as he ran up to Lavi.
"Allen! What are you doing here?" Lavi asked in surprise as Allen glanced around and grabbed Lavi's arm.
"Not here." He said before dragging Lavi with him while Tiedoll followed the two back to Deek's shack.
Behind a pile of random broken objects, Lulubell lowered her knife and frowned to herself.
"Master should know about this…" She whispered before disappearing into the shadows.
The moon shone overhead as Allen finished telling Lavi what had happened. "That's…!" Lavi muttered before putting his hand to his mouth as Tiedoll and Deek glanced at each other in surprise.
"The name Mana does sound familiar, but I didn't know he had a son." Tiedoll muttered before Deek added. "I've meet Mana a few times back when I was still living decently. He didn't even look like he was married." Deek stated and Allen frowned before crossing his arms over his chest.
"Are you sure about this, Allen?" Lavi asked and Allen nodded curtly.
"That guy told me himself. He called himself Allen Walker and basically kicked me out of my own home. Go there and tell me you don't believe me!" Allen said, but Lavi shook his head quickly.
"Nah, I believe you. Just hard to believe anything that's going on today…" He muttered and Allen leaned back against the wall.
"But hypnosis? Why go that far?" Lavi asked out loud, but nobody replied until Tiedoll coughed.
"I might be able to help you. One of my companions back in the city is an expert with animals. So she knows a few things about control." He stated and Lavi looked over at Tiedoll.
"What's her name?" He asked and Tiedoll chuckled nervously. "Her name's Cloud." He said, and Lavi suddenly went all sparkly-eyed.
"Cloud?! You know her?!" Lavi asked in amazement and Allen looked from one to the other in confusion.
"Who's she?" He asked and Lavi quickly looked at Allen in shock. "She's just the greatest circus performer ever! She does animal acts sometimes in the park when I'm out for a walk! She even has this really nimble monkey that's always with her!" Lavi said happily and Tiedoll laughed quietly.
"Seems you're a fan then."
"Yes, sir! When can we see her?" Lavi asked and Tiedoll scratched his chin while thinking.
"I'll try to see her tomorrow. Till then how about you take Allen to your house to sleep for the night?" Tiedoll asked and Lavi nodded several times.
"Yes, sir!" Lavi said and Tiedoll smiled some more. "If you do, I might try to get you good seats for her next show while I'm at it." He said and Lavi fell back in happiness. Allen grimaced sadly to Lavi before sighing.
"Sheesh, Lavi! Clean some time!" Allen said as he maneuvered around a pile of books by the entrance of Lavi's house.
"Sorry, I never got around to it since…" Lavi trailed off, but Allen's wicked side cut in.
"Milly dumped you?" He said and Lavi hung his head sadly.
"Yeah…" He muttered before flipping the lights on.
"Anyway, find a place and sleep. I don't have food, so you're just going to have to starve." Lavi stated and Allen groaned.
"Buy some food, Lavi!"
"With what?" Lavi asked as he held his wallet upside down and nothing came out but dust.
"Good point…" Allen muttered sadly before moving some books out of the way to make room to sleep.
"Right, night! Tomorrow's going to be great!" Lavi said before turning the lights off and falling asleep quickly on the kitchen counter (which was the only place without stuff on it).
Allen sighed quietly to himself before lying down and closing his eyes. 'I hope Lenalee and the others are okay…' He thought before drifting off to sleep.
Lenalee laid on the floor of the bedroom, as her arms, neck, and legs were covered in bruises.
Allen smiled calmly as he slipped his arm into the sleeve of his shirt before buttoning it closed.
"That was better. Now hopefully you'll think twice before trying to run away." He said before lying back on the bed with his smile still on his face. Lenalee weakly rolled her hand into a fist, but flinched in pain. Her hand fell back onto the floor as she bit her bottom lip in the pain.
"I… h-hate y-you…" Lenalee muttered as a couple of tears fell from her eyes and onto the floor.
Allen shrugged calmly as he got back up and stared down at Lenalee while she only had her nightgown on.
"I know. That's what I like." He said before chuckling darkly and lying back down.
Lenalee sobbed silently as Allen fell asleep, and Lenalee desperately willed her body to move, but when she finally could feel her leg again, she felt the cold steel wrapped around her ankle.
She glanced down at saw the steel chain holding her down to the bed. 'Help me… Allen…' She thought while biting her bottom lip again.
The night was silent as police officers stood outside their car while laughing to each other.
"Yeah, I was there when Lavi caught Phantom!" One officer said and the other two laughed.
"Yeah, you were hiding behind the cruiser!"
"S-So were you!" The three officers laughed loudly some more before one sighed happily.
"Now at least we can sleep without some pyromaniac blowing places up." One said and the other two nodded in agreement.
"I wonder though. How do you think guys like Phantom start thinking about doing those kind of things?"
"Who knows, but I heard that Phantom said he can't die before he shoot himself in the head."
"What a freak!" The three officers laughed some more while above them crouched on top of a lamppost, a masked figure grinned in the moonlight before the entire street went up in flames.
Above the inferno, the masked figure laughed maniacally as the flames devoured everything on the street.
The moonlight reflected off of the burning embers and shone on the mask that covered the figure's eyes.
The three officers' bodies were later found next to the inferno as they were laid next to each other with words carved into their bare chests.
A Phantom Never Dies!
Oh, look who's back! XD So... Let me get some things straight...
Lavi: Sure.
Lenalee got "attacked", you are a fan of Cloud, and Allen in hungry?
Lavi: That's... basically it.
Good! Review please!