Lavi's POV

Nothing's going right! Lenalee's out cold, Allen's nowhere to be found, Yu's fighting somewhere else, and Emma's innocence just deactivated on its own. We were being attacked by 5 level 4 Akuma and we barely managed to destroy them all. Now, the Millennium Earl is right in front of us.

"You all did such a good job finishing off my lovely Akuma~! ︎ The Earl teases.

"Oh please, I still have enough in me to whoop your fat ass!" I snap back.

"You better let me in on this too!" Emma yells back.

"Well aren't you two energetic~! ︎" The Earl adds in. "Well then, let's have some fun! ︎" He comes at us with his giant sword and the two of us manage to dodge.

"Invocat-" Emma starts to invocate her innocence, but she starts to fall.

"Emma!" I yell after her. Suddenly the Earl comes in swinging his sword.

"You should be more focused on me rather than that little girl over there! ︎" The Earl states. I block his swing with my hammer and we're both pushed back. I look over at Emma and I see that she landed fine.

Emma's POV

Come on! Why won't my innocence work?! I have to help Lavi!

"Innocence Invocation!" I yell. The chain on my neck turns into a bow and the pendant turns into several arrows. I draw an arrow and I string it in my bow. "Millenium Earl!" I yell. I release the arrow at the Earl. He turns and stares at the arrow before he disappears. I draw another arrow and I look around. He could be anywhere.

"Young lady~. ︎" I hear a man whisper. I turn around and I see the Earl. He's face to face with my arrow. "Now, now, I don't want to fight. I just have one question. ︎" He states.

"What is it?" I draw back my arrow even further.

"Who is your mother? ︎" The Earl asked me. I shot the arrow, but the Earl manages to dodge.

"What does my mother have anything to do with this?!" I yell at the Earl.

"It has nothing to do with the right here and now. But you look just like the woman who used that very same innocence. ︎" The Earl explains. I shot another arrow.

"Marianne Phantomhive Winston," I answer the Earl's question.

"I see. So you are her daughter. That's too bad. ︎" The Earl responds. I string another arrow.

"And why's that?" I question.

"Because I'm the one who killed her and her husband~! ︎" The Earl replies. My legs give out and I fall to the ground.

"No, no. It's not possible..." I whisper to myself. I feel the tears stream out of my eyes and they have no intention of stopping. I then feel something draped over my shoulders. I look up and I see Lavi over me.

"Take a break. I'll take it from here." I hear Lavi say. I bury my face in my hands and I continue to cry. I hear Lavi take off after the Earl and I can hear their clashes. I don't want to lie here defenseless and weak. I want to help fight. But my legs won't move. I grab my necklace. Mom, please, help me beat this monster. Please, I need power! Suddenly a white light envelops the necklace and soon me. After that, I blackout.

Lavi's POV

The Earl killed Emma's parents. I won't forgive him. I charge in after him and I swing my hammer.

"Why, why did you kill her parents?!" I ask. The Earl backs away.

"You see young man, that girl's mother had something that I need in order to win. ︎" The Earl explains. I swing my hammer again.

"And what would that be?!" I yell.

"Why don't you look behind you and ask her? ︎" The Earl offers. I slowly turn around and I see Emma standing clutching her necklace with a white light surrounding her.

"Emma, are you alright?" I question as I slowly walk up to her. Emma starts to walk towards me, but she walks past me.

"Millenium Earl, today is the day that you are sent to hell." A woman's voice states. That's not Emma. It's someone else.

"Well, if it isn't Marianne. What has it been, 10 years? ︎" The Earl questions. Marianne? Isn't that the name of Emma's late mom?

"It does not matter, for I shall kill you today." The voice states. Emma's bow forms and she draws an arrow.

"I'm sorry, Marianne, but I have no intention of dying today. ︎" The Earl states. He waves his sword and hundreds of level 1 Akuma come out of nowhere.

"What the hell?!" I yell. I ready my hammer and the Earl disappears. "Damn it!" I start to swing my hammer at the Akuma as they continue to attack. I can hear Emma shooting off arrows left and right. I look and I see and Akuma coming at her. "Emma behind you!" She draws an arrow without even looking. She shot the Akuma in the center of its head and it disappears. "Wow..."

"Tell me, what is your connection with my daughter?" The voice asks me.

"She's my friend and colleague!" I answer back.

"Is that all she means to you?" The voice continues. I stop and think. "I see. Then I need you to promise me something."

"What's that?"

"Take care of my daughter." The voice states. Emma smiles at me, even though her mother's spirit has taken over her body. I then hear a gunshot and Emma's body starts to fall to the ground.

"No..." I run up to Emma and catch her before she could hit the ground. I look at her and there's a small hole right through the middle of her chest. "No...no...NO!" I see the Earl appear in front of me with a smoking gun.

"Now you see? That girl's innocence is the Heart~. ︎" The Earl states. I swing my hammer at full force, but the Earl dodges.

"Like I give a damn! You shot her! You shot her! I'll kill you!" I scream.

"I'm sorry, but I won't be killed by the likes of you! ︎" The Earl replies. The Earl swings down his sword and I protect Emma, waiting for the sword to strike. But I don't feel anything. I look up and I see a white cape protecting us.

"Allen!" I yell.

"Lavi, take Emma and get her back to the order now! She needs medical attention!" Allen orders. I stand up and hold Emma in my arms.

"Yeah." I run off towards ark gate that Allen had opened to the order. I run as fast as I can, but I can't stop the blood coming from Emma's chest. It just keeps pouring out. I see the ark gate and I run through. Everyone looks at me and sees Emma's blood pouring out. "Please! Emma was shot! Help her!"

"Get a stretcher now! We have an emergency!" I hear Komui yell. Pretty soon two male nurses come with a stretcher. I gently place Emma on the stretcher and I run with the male nurses to the medical wing.

"Emma, you're gonna be fine. The doctor's are gonna fix you up, so please pull through!" I yell. Suddenly, I'm stopped and the nurses keep running. "EMMA!" I look down and I see Gramps holding me back. "Gramps what the hell?! Let me go! Emma!" I yell. The nurses take her into the emergency room. I stare in shock and I fall to the ground.

"Lavi, you need to calm down. The doctors will do everything in their power to help-"

"What if it's not enough?! What if she dies in there?! I would have let her die on my-!" I was suddenly stopped by a slap in the face.
"Now you listen. You need to pull yourself together, we saw what was going on from here. There was nothing you could have done to stop this from happening." Gramps states. I suddenly feel my legs give out from underneath me and I start to cry.