A/N: Hey guys! Did you miss me? :D *dodges oversized watermelons being thrown at her at an incredible speed and hides under bed.* ehehehe. . . um, enjoy the chap~
"Yu, I came as quickly as I . . . could. . ." Lavi trailed off as he stared at Kanda and then at the group of children who were with him in the waiting room of the hospital. One of the kids was sitting on Kanda's lap but the teen didn't care nor he felt the need to argue since he was in a very vex mood.
"Are those the orphans?" Lavi asked, he pulled up the only chair that wasn't occupied by a kid.
"Yeah, I found them in the basement after I found the Sprout." Kanda answered, keeping his gaze away from Lavi but on the closed, gray doors of the operating room.
There was a small trail of silence aside from the little whimpers the orphans were emitting. The older kids like Marie and Daisya were quiet but felt a weight of remorse on their shoulders. Chaoji had his face hidden within his hands with tears seeping out in between his fingers. He was one of the louder ones, especially since he was the last to see Allen.
Lavi placed a comforting hand on Chaoji's shoulder. "Hey, everything's going to be fine. Why don't you and the rest of the kids go to the bathroom and wash up."
Chaoji pulled away his hands and revealed his face which was stained with old and new tears. He steadily nodded and he and the rest of the children walked out of the room wordlessly. Marie was the last to leave the room, he wanted to say something but he was too stunned to even open his mouth.
Lavi closed the door and made sure there were no kids were leftover. The teens were the only ones in the room so Lavi got up from his seat and moved over to the one next to Kanda.
"The doctors said that he may not make it. . ." Kanda explained slowly. "He was shot five times and one of the bullets got lodged in his heart. It would be risky to pull the bullet out but they have to do it, they can't just leave the bullet there. When I found the Sprout at the church, he was barely breathing and it took a while for the ambulance to come. One of the kids's said it was Rouvelier's doing but apparently he escaped."
Kanda was clutching onto something in his coat pocket but Lavi didn't notice. Instead, Lavi stood up from the chair and curled his hand into a fist. Without hesitation, Lavi whacked Kanda upside the head rather hard. Kanda was stunned for a split second before his expression changed back to his usual scowl. He was about to speak but Lavi grabbed the collar of the teen's shirt and effortlessly hoisted him up to his eye level.
"Why can't you ever listen to anyone, Yu? Why can't you do just one simple thing for us? For your brother? Allen ran away because of your ignorance and now he's in the hospital. When Allen wakes up, you better apologize to him. Not only that, you need to take care of him till he fully recovers. Can't you do that, Kanda?" Lavi didn't yell but simply explained in a tone that was diffrent than the quirkiness that usually came out from the redhead. This nearly threw Kanda off but he didn't want to be intimidated by the teen who sleeps with a toy hammer at night.
Lavi let go of Kanda's collar and the teen plopped back to his seat. Kanda glared up at Lavi, but the redhead's glare was harsher. Lavi sat back down and crossed his arms, not saying anything else.
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I hear the sound of waves nearby.
"Hey, are you awake?"
Who's that?
"Hey."
Hi . . .?
"Raise your hand if you're awake?"
I can't . . . no wait . . . I can. . .
Allen cracked open his eyes and saw something bright which forced him to shut his eyes. Was it the sun? Allen squinted his eyes opened slightly and saw that it wasn't the sun, but rather a halo. The halo was levitating over the head of a boy around Allen's age. He looked a bit familiar but Allen was too tired to think. Nonetheless he was able to feebly raise his hand up which was soon clasped by the other boy's hands.
"Yay, you're still here!"
"Here . .?" Allen sat up and looked at his surroundings. He was on a remote beach with white sand and bluish silver waters. It was twilight and the sun was sinking just over the horizon, giving the sky a rich golden color.
"This is your dream." The boy said, he was hovering just a few feet in the air with the support of a pair of small wings on his back. "The doctors just put the anesthetic on you and began surgery."
"What kind of surgery?"
"Heart surgery, you have a bullet in your heart and they need to remove it. They also need to get the bullets out of your hands and feet. It will be pretty difficult, but you'll make it through."
Allen stared at the boy, and then at the shore. The warm water brushed past his feet, there were a few pebbles here and there that bumped into his toes but it was a nice feeling.
"I'm Alma by the way." The boy greeted with a small smile, his hand still connected to Allen's as he shook it gently. "I guess you could say I'm your guardian angel."
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"I'm so glad you're joining me on this case, Klaud." Cross smirked as he draped an arm over the officer's shoulders. Once Cross did that, Klaud nudged an elbow to his rib and backed away to another part of the bell tower.
"We need to get to business." Klaud explained blankly and went over to inspect the small, circular room. The edge of the bell's robe was smeared with Allen's blood and so was one of the walls. The broken window was on the other side with the shattered pieces of glass scattered all over the floor. It was nighttime so the moon's light seeped out of the window and fell onto the shards, making them sparkle dimly.
Klaud ventured to the window and looked out to find a thirty foot drop that led to the snowy ground. There were piles of snow to avoid imprints but there were small hints of footprints that didn't travel far. There were a cluster of trees that blocked the path, but where the footprints ended was in the direction where the woods become denser.
"Despite the snow breaking his fall, he would at least be injured from breaking through the window and dropping several feet to the ground. Therefore he wouldn't be able to travel far so he must still be in the woods, if not just getting out of it." Klaud stated.
"It's been two hours now, that's enough time for him to have a head start." Cross got out his long, silver gun from his belt and aimed it upwards for a dramatic effect. "Once this stupid case is done I can finally take a damn vacation."
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"This is taking too long. . ." Kanda muttered, glaring at the clock in which the hands were moving at an awfully slow pace.
Lavi was busy reading a book to some of the kids, while the others were taking naps on their chairs. The teens haven't interacted with each other since their argument and that was just a few hours ago. The surgery was indeed taking a long time and Kanda's patience was dwindling quicker than it ever was.
Kanda turned his attention to the doors of the operating room. The room was sound proof so Kanda couldn't hear what was going on in there and so the silence was really irking him. He fidgeted with something in his pocket and gritted his teeth. Kanda arose from his chair and started to head out the door, abruptly saying that he'll be back shortly.
A/N: Man this chap's short *gets whacked on the head with a watermelon* but more things will happen in the next chap, I assure you, this is build up to the next chap which will be intense (well, hopefully coz something epic is gonna happen~) Anyways I think Lavi hitting Kanda is pretty OOC but isn't that an intresting image? Plus Kanda deserved it since it was pretty much his fault for Allen to run away. Anyways, updates are gonna be a bit longer since I only have 2 weeks left till school starts and have to get ready *shudder*. But I'll see how things go so I'll try to update the next chap soon.