Chapter 48- The Mistake of Gene
Author Note: Review or I will send Xephyr, Grim, or my little demonic bunny after you. FYI: The bunny is worse.
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Police officers raced down the street as they searched for Allen and Lenalee.
"They aren't here!"
"Well, keep looking!" The police officers shouted before running past a few stores.
After they had disappeared from sight, Allen and Lenalee poked their heads out of one of the closed stores' door.
"We should be safe here until morning." Allen stated as he gently pulled Lenalee back into the store and closed the blinds on the door.
"I hope Lavi and Milly are okay…" Lenalee whispered as she sat down behind the front desk to make sure no one could see her from the windows.
Allen sat down next to her with a nod before putting his arm around her and holding her close.
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Milly glared lividly as she deflected Gene's arm with her staff before she was quickly informed of his prosthetic limbs by a swift knee to the stomach.
Milly doubled over for a second, but was able to roll away from Gene's second attack.
Milly hastily got back on her feet before holding her staff in front of her towards Gene.
"What now, Mary? You can't beat me down like Holmes tried to, G." Gene stated with a grin as Milly glared over at him.
'If only I could use my full power!' Milly thought as she swerved to the side to evade Gene's right arm from slamming into her neck.
"Haha! Now this is fun! Keep it up, Mary!" Gene said as he brought his left arm back and then sent it crashing into the wall behind Milly as she dropped to the ground and pushed herself away.
'Damn him! Stay still, you metal monkey!' Milly thought as she gripped her staff tightly in her hands while Gene grinned at her.
"The full moon shined in the beast's eyes and released his inner desires of strength." Gene quoted before he hunched over and he started to grow bigger until his fangs grinned largely as he became a werewolf.
"All the better to eat you with!" Gene shouted before lunging at Milly swiftly.
Milly let out a half choked scream as Gene had managed to get his fangs straight into Milly's upper arm and was threatening to rip her arm clean off.
'Think! Just calm down and think! There has to be a way to beat him without killing him… Rekka? No. Rai? No…'
"Milly! Use earth!" A voice shouted hoarsely and Milly's eyes snapped open while Gene slid his eyes to the side to see who shouted.
"Kami no Tsuchi!" Milly shouted as her cross turned brown, and the earth rose up and wrapped around Gene's body while Gene stared in shock, which caused his fangs to leave Milly's arm and for him to change back into human form.
"What the hell is this, G!?" Gene asked out loud as the earth slammed him against a wall and held him down while Milly landed onto her knees while grasping at the bite marks on her arm.
"Enough out of you!" The voice shouted again, and Milly looked up as someone gagged Gene's mouth with a cloth.
"L-Lavi…?" Milly muttered in surprise as he smiled back at her.
"But… you were…"
"Thanks to him. I was only out for a moment." Lavi stated as he thrusted his thumb towards Gene, who was frantically trying to get the cloth away from his mouth.
"The line he used to knock me out said that I couldn't get up in the morning. It is clearly not morning, idiot." Lavi stated as he glared at Gene who rolled his eyes dully.
"Mig belping beal (Big flipping deal)." Gene muttered against the gag while Lavi staggered slightly while helping Milly to her feet.
"Thanks… Milly." Lavi muttered as he leaned against a building to catch his breath.
Milly nodded as she panted heavily while she silently started to heal her arm.
"We'd better find Allen and Lenalee…" Lavi muttered before smacking Gene harshly on the head to knock him out.
Gene went out like a light while Milly removed Gene from the earth and tied him up with it.
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A few minutes later, Lavi and Milly clumsily rushed down a street with Gene held between them as they raced away from police officers.
"Just our luck!" The two shouted before sharply turning down a street, which almost made them drop Gene, and hurrying down the street.
"Lavi! Milly!" Lenalee's voice called to them, and the two looked ahead to see Lenalee waving at them.
"Hurry!" Lenalee called down to them, and when Lavi and Milly reached her, the three ran to the border of the town to see Allen standing next to a car with Reever at the wheel.
"Reever?" Milly asked as the three reached the car, and Allen nodded.
"I called him to get us back quickly. I'm pretty sure… Komui sent him…" Allen stated as he glanced down at the worn out wheels.
"Going… over… 140… miles… per… hour…" Reever managed to say between gasps of air.
"Get in…" He muttered, and Lavi quickly tossed Gene into the trunk and got into the back seat along with Allen and Lenalee.
"Hold on…" Reever muttered before shifting the gears, and left the four's stomachs behind as he did over 100 miles again.
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Black Order, 3 hours later…
Reever pulled up to the church that was still undergoing repair.
The four doors opened, and everyone flopped down onto the ground.
"Land…" Lavi muttered as he hugged the ground while Milly looked very pale along with Lenalee.
Allen was dizzily trying to stand up along with Reever while Komui rushed out of the church towards them.
"LENALEE-CHAN!" He shouted before hugging his sister while she still looked pale.
"Nii-san… air…" Lenalee muttered, and Komui quickly let go of her to let her breath.
Lavi slowly got Gene out of the trunk, who was still out cold, lucky him.
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Allen and Lavi sat in their chairs still reeling from Reever's driving while Komui smiled to them.
"Great work, you two. Now we have gained a step ahead of Gin!" Komui stated triumphantly while Allen and Lavi nodded.
Milly and Lenalee had retired to their rooms so their stomachs could catch up to them again.
"Any word from Kanda, wherever he is?" Lavi asked, and Komui shook his head.
"No, Kanda was told not to send word in case anything would happen half-way." Komui stated as he adjusted his glasses while his empty rabbit coffee mug hung from his hand loosely.
"We would receive word if he died or completed his mission though." Komui added seeing Lavi's and Allen's faces slightly concerned.
"Why can't we be told where he went?" Lavi asked, and Komui quickly switched topics.
"So what could this Noah do?" He asked with a beaming smile as the two glared at him.
"His name is Manuel Gene. Noah of Wisdom. Anything he says becomes reality. That's why I wanted him silenced at all time. Plus, we should blindfold him in case he can do something still." Lavi stated as he held his head in one hand while Allen listened to Lavi as well as Komui.
"A useful power. If we could get Gene's power to use against Gin then…" Komui started to say but was cut off when the door opened.
"No… That would be useless." Milly stated as she walked into the room looking depressed.
"How is that, Milly?" Komui asked while she sat down slowly in her chair.
"Manuel Gene, or his real name Manuel Gerald, was the owner of a bookstore that Gin apparently made. So Gene's has had contact with Gin before, which would mean that Gene is of no concern to Gin." Milly stated while the three listened to her statement.
"But how can that-"
"Leaf was there." Milly cut in, and the three flinched as she continued. "He was disguised as well, but was here before us. Which would probably mean that Gene was just to slow us down." Milly stated, and Komui quickly opened a drawer of a nearby desk and quickly pulled out a folder.
He opened it and quickly scanned the contents before putting it back.
"That would make sense…" Komui muttered to himself while the three stared at him in confusion.
"Komui…?"
"You three, get something to eat before going to bed. Be ready to get up early." Komui stated as he rushed for the door and didn't give the three a chance to ask why while he bolted down the hallway.
"What is wrong with Komui?" Allen asked, but Lavi shrugged as they left the room to grab a snack.
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Allen, Lavi, and Milly calmly walked down the hallway till they reached the mess hall, which was still available due to the people fixing the church.
However, the moment they stepped into the mess hall, Lavi froze as the three came face-to-face wit a large picture of Lavi dressed as a girl hanging from the wall.
"Welcome back, Lavi-chan!" Xerxes called over to them while he sat below the picture with a large grin on his face while Cedric was on the ground laughing at Lavi.
Keria had a napkin to her mouth, but was obviously laughing at Lavi as he gaped at his large picture.
"Wow, Lavi. Where do you hide it all?" Johnny asked as he patted Lavi's chest and quickly ran away laughing while Lavi glared lividly at everyone.
"Knock it off, jerks!" Lavi snapped angrily, but everyone just laughed louder while Lavi's face started to redden quickly.
"What about Allen!? He dressed up too!" Lavi snapped as he pointed at Allen angrily, but everyone went quiet as Allen stared at them.
Everyone at the table quickly looked to Cedric who was thumbing through his photos.
"I didn't see Allen… You sure you got his picture, Xerxes?" Cedric asked until Xerxes stopped him.
"That one." Xerxes stated and everyone froze as they stared at Allen's picture.
"B-But he doesn't even look like a guy anymore!" Everyone shouted while Allen smiled calmly while Lavi felt miserable.
Milly had joined into the laughter to make up for the drive back.
"He looks just like Ker…" Johnny started to say until Keria shot him a lethal glare that read "Speak, and I will murder you".
Allen sat down across from Johnny as he was given the pictures to look at while Cedric and Xerxes continued to make fun of Lavi.
"Oh, Keria! How was your trip to wherever you went?" Allen asked politely, and Keria stopped for a few seconds before smiling calmly.
"It was… nice." Keria stated quietly as she looked away from Allen, and he stared at her for a moment until he just shrugged and looked back at the pictures until…
"Lavi!" Milly suddenly shouted, and Allen snapped his head around to see Lavi laying on the ground out cold.
"What happened!?" Allen asked as he rushed over to Lavi, and Milly looked around till she glanced out a window before sighing.
"It's okay… Lavi will be waking up this afternoon…" Milly stated as the sun had poked out of the horizon and morning had come. One of which, Lavi would not be getting up in like Gene had said he wouldn't.
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Noah Corner
Xephyr: BORING! We already threw everyone off a cliff and all, but I am so freaky bored! Oh, and there are no questions... Good-bye.
