Chapter 12

Hola everyone! I has returned with another update and my fail engrish xD

So meh! School is starting very soon...I don't wanna go guys! *cries on Tyki's shoulder* Help me everyone! MY SCHOOL IS A TERRIBLE PLACE! lol but i will still try to update as much as I possibly can lol Hmmm I have a lot of ideas bottled up but i can't use them all...huhhh...oh well..xD

btw i just became a member of the Free!dom lol (Free! is the swimming anime...I love it xD) I kinda want a fanfic for that now too *sigh*

(btw...im sick everyone...ugh...sorry this took a little longer to update god i kno how Hoshino feels now lol)

Anyway here is chapter 12! Enjoy!

Eva was asleep when Tyki entered the room.

This made him slightly more worried, since Eva rarely wandered from her usual sleeping schedule. The other day was the only exception, since she had no control over the situation and went to bed later than she was supposed to. But he had neither seen her go to sleep earlier nor wake up late, and her getting sick was definently something new. Everything about the situation was new with her, down to the things in her subconcious and her behavior the previous day. Tyki was growing more and more anxious, letting a hand rest on her curls so he could give them a gentle stroke and giving himself a sense of calm. Protecting her had inched its way to the very top of his priority list, so when things that were out of his control came along it truly stressed him. He wasn't used to stress like this. But it was nice to know that at least Wisely and Road shared this burden as well, the price to pay for liking Eva as much as they did. Though could anyone really help it? She's was undeniably adorable, almost like there was a spell surrounding her that drew people in. If there was a spell, he knew he was already under it to the point that there was no returning.

Right now, however, there were other things to ponder. Tyki was't sure if he and Eva should go travelling again now, since there was so many things he really wanted to figure out and he knew the Earl could help with that, not that you'd ever hear him admit it to the guy. Earl had the most knowledge out of all of them, so maybe there was something down the line that could help them even in the slightest bit. Tyki sighed at the thought of spending any more time than necessary with these weirdos, but did he really have any choice? This was such a tricky situation. And the Exorcists were certainly on te top of his shit list, and he really didn't feel like fighting children. Ugh. They were so easily warped, it wasn't really fair. They would hurt him and Eva without hesitating simply because that was what they were taught, and lessons like that don't break easily. He knew that for a fact. At the age of ten or eleven a kid still doesn't know how to think for themself, so what better than to think for them? Oh, the logic of the Black Order. Disgusting.

Allen was damn lucky that he got out when he did. If there was one thing Tyki knew about the boy it was that he didn't stand for that kind of crap, he would have voiced his displeasure and would have tried to stop it. So maybe he would have been considered an outcast anyway.

But back to the topic of Eva. He was thinking of giving her some fighting trianing and such, though he doubted she would be able to use it when she needed it. Again, she was timid. She couldn't fight back when Chaoji was hurting her, so he wanted her to learn a few defensive moves at the very least. She wasn't very strong, but she was small and quick. That's all she really needed. Not that he was going to be letting her out of his sight any time soon, but precautions were needed just in case something did happen. The thought had him sighing lightly, his gaze lingering on the bruises on her neck; he needed to remember that Eva was human and fragile...or maybe she wasn't human but whatever. She was still fragile, fragile enough to get seriously hurt if something else like that happened to her again, she was damn lucky that Chaoji's hands hadn't left an lasting damage. Or maybe Chaoji was lucky in that case.

Tyki would have killed him on the spot if Eva had gotten seriously injured.

The thought sent the Noah inside Tyki into a mini rage, which for some reason made his scars sting a little. Tyki mumbled a curse, rubbing the back of his neck to soothe the slight ache that had formed. This was getting steadily annoying; his Noah was getting on his nerves. The little demon hadn't shut up since the incident, which was what was probably causing his constant discomfort. He hoped that Eva wouldn't sense he was hurting and wake up though, it would make him feel awful and he knew without a doubt she would try to heal him no matter how much he protested. Such a stubborn girl. The thought had him setting a hand on her hair again, and thankfully she didn't stir at all when he did so, which meant she was seriously under. He hoped to God that Wisely was making a little progress with the Earl, since they had nothing else to go on at the moment, and he was sick of seeing Eva unhappy. How long had they been together? A little over a month? That was all the time it took for her to wiggle herself completely into his life, becoming his main priority. If he was to go back and time a couple of months and tell himself he would care such much for a human fluff of nothing, he would have scoffed at it.

So much to think about. So much to ponder.

Wisely frowned as he watched the Earl at the Ark's central computer system, pressing some buttons and muttering things under his breath. Ugh. It seemed he was in a bad mood, and much to Wisely's annoyance he wasn't as easy to read as the other members of the family. Wisely only got emotions from his half the time if he got anything at all, and right now the Earl was annoyed, and...hmmm...frustrated if Wisely was correct. Huh. Wisely was curious as to what was bothering their Leader, since he was rarely fazed by anything and the things that DID faze him usually had to do with Allen, aka the Fourteenth Noah. But there had ben no sign of Allen at all recently, and the Earl was past being bothered by that. Now he had reached the point of being curious, curious as to how Allen was keeping himself so well hidden when so many people were looking for him. Wisely wondered as well, but he had a lot more things on his mind to worry about than to think about Allen Walker all the time. Wisely not only had to carry his own worries, but also the worries of most of the Noah, whose thoughts he could hear. It was exausting sometime, but he had pretty much gotten used to it at this point.

Pushing back his past annoyances, Wisely strode into the big room, eyeing the machine that the Earl used to run the ark and make Akuma. The Earl had to make a few repairs (more like a crap ton) to it recently due to some unfortunate events, so it might be that he was having some trouble figuring it out...or maybe it was still connected to the old ark in a way? He knew that was an issue, but the assumption had always been that the earl fixed it. So maybe that wasn't the case. The Earl didn't seem to notice Wisely as the younger boy came up behind him, eyeing the Control system as the Earl continue to press buttons and symbols poped up on the skreen. Wisely only vaugly understood them, but to a point. Only the Earl seemed to be able to read them properly. The symbols popping up now, if Wisely remembered correctly, were ones of error, which definently confirmed a few of Wisely's suspicions that the ark was giving the Earl trouble.

"Earl." He said, finally deciding to catch his attention, "What's wrong with the Ark?"

THe Earl didn't flinch the slightest bit at the sudden sound of Wisely's voice, nor did he look up from what he was doing as he muttered, "A virus."

Wisely frowned, crossing his arms as he watched the Earl continue to press buttons, looking deep in concentration. A Virus?

As if he heard Wisely's thoughts, the Earl let out a light sigh, sparing the white-haired boy a brief glance, "I can't determine the source," He said, looking up at the screen, "It's nothing too serious, just an annoyance. A bug really, but i can't find where it origionated."

Wisely nodded slowly, leaning lightly against a wall as he thought over what the Earl said. Had the Ark ever gotten a virus before? He couldn't really remember, but then again the Earl had longer memory. But that brought forth further questioning, like how the virus had gotten there and where from. But the Earl himself didn't even know that, so all those questions were utterly useless. Plus, asking might annoy the Earl further. Wisely decided to bring back his previous questions, the reason he had came there in the first place. He needed to ask the Earl about Eva and tell him what happened, though he was a little concerned as to how the Earl would react to it. Wisely had to admit, he was fond of Eva. He really didn't want the Earl hurting the girl, but there were things they needed to know and unfortunately the Earl had more knowledge.

"Can I take a few seconds of your time?" Wisely asked the man, his tone low and grim, "Something happened."

The Earl looked up at Wisely again, surprise on his face as his hands stopped moving. Shockingly, he seemed to already know exactly what Wisely was referring to, "With Eva?"

Could the Earl read their minds? Wisely was kinda wondering.

"Yeah," He said, then proceeded in retelling the entire story to the Earl, trying to ignore the curling ball of anxiety in his stomach.

The Earl listened calmly, only staring into space with an expression of perplexed curiosity as Wisely retold ever detail of the situation with Eva, showing no reaction to the strange information. Wisely finished and simply stared at the Earl, waiting for some sort of respone and trying to simultaneously calming his anxieties. If the Earl wanted to do something bad to Eva, now would be the time he decided to do it. Wisely seriously hoped it wouldn't come to that, he was kinda sick of family battles and betrayal. Tyki wouls surely side with Eva, and Wisely had to admit he would too, and so would Road. And when Road was onboard with something, Sheryl was an addition to it. Would they have to fight the rest of their family if the Earl decided Eva was too dangerous to keep around? And if he said to get rid of her?

Finally, the Earl let out a slow breath, a thoughtful expression crossing his face as he slowly stroked his chin.

"Such a strange thing to happen in the mind of a human girl," He murmured, idly tapping his fingers on the side of the control system, "Such a violent reaction to the topic of Exorcists. One would think she is a Noah."

Wisely shook his head at that, a frown marring his lips, "We would feel it though. And even when the Noah awakened, it didn't feel like that at all."

"Yes yes," The Earl nodded, a wry smile curving his lips, "I was just musing aloud. I would know if she is a Noah."

So that theory was thrown right out the window, not that it was that much of a possibility anyway. But this wasn't really helping any, nor was it helping Eisely get any where closer to the truth.

"Can you think of anything else?" He sighed, running a hand through his hair, "Is there anything similar you can remember?"

The Earl let out a low sound, almost like one of agreement as he continued to drum his fingers on the side of the control panel. Wisely sighed as the man lapsed into thought again, seeming troubled and deep in concentration. The emotions coming off of him were jumbling a little, and concentrating on it made Wisely's head hurt. So he decided not to focus on his thoughts, but instead put all attention to the Earl's expressions. Not that he had a lot at that moment, in fact when he was deep in thought his face went blank so Wisely didn't know why he even bothered. In fact standing there while the seconds ticked by was steadily growing annoying for Wisely, and his patience was already waning if not completely gone. So he contented himself in taking deep breathes and waiting for the Earl to say something. Which he didn't look any closer to doing.

Patience finally won the epic battle in Wisely's mind, so he opened his mouth to bark out a command, but the Earl spoke.

"Wisely." He said in a low voice, his tone very peculiar as he kept his gaze forward, not seeming to really be looking at anything, "When an angel falls from the skies, does it keep its wings?"

"Huh?" Wisely blinked at the unexpected question, those words being the last thing he expected to come from the Earl's mouth. What the hell brought that on?

But the Earl only smiled, but it looked a little fake.

"Nothing nothing...just musing to myself again." He muttered.

Boom.

Both men jumped when a loud rumbling sound echoed through the room and, most likely, the entire ark. The floors, walls, and the entire ark itself began to shake, everything around them falling and cracking under the fierce shock waves. Wisely let out an alarmed sound, teetering sideways when another rumbling wave shook the room. The Earl caught him, looking positively horrified as he looked around for the source of the sound, a sneer half lifting his lips as he saw cracks form in the cieling above them, plaster sprinkling down. What the hell was happening? There was no way in hell anyone outside could be causing this! Nothing was powerful enough to cause this much damage to the ark. Wisely could vaugely hear the sound of Road yelling in the backround, and the sound of feet pattering on the floor, most likely heading toward them. Wisely felt a flickering of anxiety for Eva, who was more than likely with Tyki. She had already had a bad expirience that day, so what now?

THe Earl let out a snarling noise, which caused Tyki to look over at what the Earl was staring at. His mouth fell open in shock.

The control system.

Error marks of every kind were flashing across the screen at high speed, symbols raining down the control board in bright red colors. Shocks sparked out from the sides, and when the Earl tried to touch the keyboard, it violently shocked him as well. Wisely recongnized these symbols on the screen, they were like the ones from earlier but more severe. Symbols for a virus, a disease in the system. Clearly what the Earl thought was a small virus wasn't so small after all. What the hell was happening to the ark? Who was doing this? The system was crashing and fast, and by the look on the Earl's face he knew it as well. The Earl slammed his fingers down onto the keyboard, flinching as he was shocked but continuing to fight out what was more than likely codes to purge the system. The Ark shook even more, and Wisely covered his ears as a blaring screeching noise rang out, scraping painfully against his eardrums.

What the fuck?

Road suddenly burst into the room followed by Sheryl, both of them looking shocked out of their minds. Sheryl too one look at the Earl and the control sytem before sprinting over to Wisely.

"What's going on?" he yelled, pulling Road protectively against his side, "Wisely what's happening?"

Before Wisely could reply another crashing sound rang out, causing them all to fall to their knees. Wisely felt it then, the familiar sensation that made his hair stand on end. Everyone looked up at the same time, their eyes looking around the room for a source. THe Earl, who went back to trying to repair the system, let out an unholy noise as his powers activated and swirled around him menacingly.

Someone had boarded the ark.

"What the hell are you guys doing?"

Lenalee continued to scream her denials, barely being held back by Marie from seriously hurting the council scientists. They were all crowded aroun the ark panel, engaging in some secret plan that only the "higher ups" had been informed of. They had gone completely insane. Lenalee knew now they were utterly out of control with this stunt. An unfamiliar boy with peculiar eyes had both hands on the panel, a smile curving his lips as more than likely the power of innocence flowed into the machine. It groaned in protest, strange symbols flashing everywhere on the skreen and an alarm blaring out. Lenalee was horrified, watching as the other children exorcists in the room cheered, standing behind Chaoji with an air of excitement about them; they were happy this was happening, even though they didn't have the slightest idea as to what was going on. Hell, even Lenalee didn't know what they were doing. She only knew it wasn't good. She felt so wrong, so out of sorts. She knew they were making a huge mistake.

Only Allen could navigate the ark, with his Noah half he could do everything properly. These people were not certified. They were going to hurt someone or destryoy everything here, or maybe destroy the ark. Lenalee was deeply frightened for the unfamiliar boy, who was the one messing with the Ark under the orders of the council. SHe was so sick of children getting hurt, so sick of sitting back and behaving while they did stupid shit. She was done with that, now all she cared about was protecting the ones she cared about. And this was a threat to them all. The machine was causing the Black Order itself to slightly shake, the alarm causing the windows to rumble and hurting Lenalee's ears. Kanda was on her left, pointing his Mugen at a group of guards blocking his way and screaming out curses. The other generals were basically doing the same, outraged that they were being held back and being left in the dark. Hell, they all were.

"Idiots!" Lenalee yelled, fighting Marie's hold on her even as he hear him pleading to stop, to not get herself hurt, "Only Allen can work that! Do you hear me!"

A guard standing in her path, a man named Kane that Lenalee happened to despise, gave her a wicked smile. He was the typical stuck up guard, a supporter of the council, and a complete nusciance to Lenalee. If there was anyone here she hated the most, it was definently him. He didn't have Innocence, but he carried himself with the arrogance of someone who was powerful, strong, adored by God. He was a total scumbag, and something told Lenalee that he took part in brainwashing the children, hell took part in all the shit happening here. She hated him.

"Indeed the traitor can navigate the Ark," He purred, cockily pointing the tip of a sword at Lenalee, "But Vivi has a special innocence, little girl. He can connect to the control system of this ark and feed back to the Noah ark. And better yet, he can implant a virus."

While Lenalee gaped in shock and horror, another guard let out a peal of laughter.

"He can open a gate to the other ark!" He sang, "So we can launch a full attack on the Noah!"

She was right. They had gone insane.

A low humming sound rang out, causing the floor to shake slightly as a circular set of strange symbols and numbers appeared on the floor, right in front of Lenalee's feet. Sounds of joy rang out as the young exorcists rushed forward, and began sinking into the floor. The guards went down as well, arming themselves as they went and letting out whooping sounds that mixed with the sounds of the young exorcists. Lenalee covered her mouth in horror, falling back against Marie as she watched many of the people disapear. THe boy who she assumed was Vivi, grinned as he too jumped into the fray and sank down out of sight. THis was insane. They were so desperate to win, so mindless that they were willing to try a stunt as crazy as this, as pointless as this. They were travelling into the Lion's den armed with sticks and rocks. There was no way they could fight the Noah in their own territory, Lenalee had tried before! Hell, they couldn't even fight them in their own! This was just crazy and pointless. SO many people were going to die.

A sudden hand grabbed onto Lenalee's collar, jerking her to the left. Before she could react, she heard Kanda's familiar voice hiss in her ear.

"We have to go witth them," He growled, tugging her and Marie towards the portal, "To stop those kids from doing something stupid!"

Lenalee nodded shakily in agreement, feeling herself slowly start sinking as well, keeping a firm hold on Kanda and Marie.

The other Generals started to walk forward as well, but Kanda yelled to them.

"No!" He gave them a shark look, halfway through the floor already, "Stay here and watch over HQ!"

They didn't even get to hear the General's response. They instantly fell down into an unfamiliar hallway, landing hard on their feet. Lenalee cried out in shock, just barely avoiding a hard fall thanks to Kanda grabbing her and holding her upright. Lenalee gazed at her surroundings, slightly gazed by the modern looking walls with portraits and pictures of what was more than likely the Noah family. The kids were no where to be seen, having more than likely ran ahead in the hopes of finding a Noah to kill. Kanda and Marie activated their innocence, both looking around for any sign of an enemy even though one of them was blind but there was no one in the hallway. The ark, however, was shaking slightly, half the pictures all the wall having already falling off. Lenalee guessed this was due to the Virus Vivi had set. Her bad feeling tripled as she suddenly remembered the little girl with Tyki.

Oh god. What if they tried to hurt her like Chaoji did?

She clutched onto Kanda's sleeve, her anxiety plain on her face as she cried, "We have to find the kids!"

Kanda gave her a dark look but nodded sharply, still keeping a hold on her and tugging her down the hallway. She kept a hand on Marie, guiding him as Kanda pulled a sharp turn and went down another hallway in the Ark, keeping his Mugen firmly in one hand as he acted as ring Leader. Lenalee could hear the muffled battle cries of their own side, then the distinct noises of Akuma. They had already begun to fight, already thrown their lives away. Kanda broke into a run, causing Lenalee and Marie to fight to stay in step with him as he followed the noises to the source, having better sense with them. Lenalee hoped to God that the kids could hold their own until they got there, and that they hadn't sought out the Noah first.

If they had done that, she doubted there was any hope for them.

Hello everyone!

Im so sorry this chapter was rushed ^^; im kinda busy with stuff school starts in one week gah...

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