Backstory

Level 0 was a quiet place. Scientists talked in hushed voices, their footsteps were ever so light on the tile floors. The cryogenic tube hummed and buzzed every now and then. The Noah inside slept peacefully, her memories scattered piecing themselves together as time passed. Both the Noah Memory and her human memories clashed together, images flashed in her subconscious. Images of her past, both human and Noah...

The house smelled of something rotten. Food was stored underground, wrapped in leaves that the maggots and ants eventually ate through. The police condemned it long ago, but it's residents had nowhere to go so the family of three stayed and lived off of the scraps.

Meili Feng was the youngest of the family. Next came her elder brother Chao. Then the mother Hua. The father had abandoned the family long ago for another younger, wealthier, woman. The mother was mentally ill, she forgot things easily, this included her two children. Being poor they didn't have money for medicine. To support his family Chao took on the 'jobs no one wanted'. Every time he'd come home with a new collection of bruises, but one day he didn't come back.

After this Meili was left alone with a sick mother who'd forgotten about her and a week's worth of rotten food. A month passed and a traveler happened to stop by to see a little girl inside a condemned house. The traveler was kind enough to adopt her and raised her as his own.

Three years later she had a 'fit'. During it she shook violently and was in immense pain. She gripped at her temples and clawed at her own skin. The traveler didn't know what to do. Passersby said 'she'd been possessed by the devil and to have an Exorcist look at her'. So that's what he did.

The traveler had heard of a group of Exorcists in the mountains that help the citizens of this country. After a two days journey the pair made it. During those two days she had five more 'fits'. Upon entering the Exorcists home they were welcomed after an examination. However they were separated. He was forced to leave after a discovery and she was taken out of sight. He was told to forget her, as it was unlikely he'd ever see her again.

The traveler left, sadness clear on his face. He'd hoped that the people here would be able to help Meili, but instead they took her away,

Outside the cryogenic tube alarms rang and scientists rush over. Voices clamored trying to shout over one another to see what was going on.

"Quiet!" One spoke taking command. "What's going on?!"

A female voice answered, "Sir it's heart rate suddenly spiked tremendously! It's increasing as well!"

"Dammit...call Chief. We got a problem."


(Lenalee)

I knew that Allen was off lately. He would space out, more often than usual. Even Link noticed — which is bad. That guy is stuck to him like glue now that he thinks something's up.

I brush a strand of emerald hair behind an ear and glanced around. Lately everyone seemed to be in high spirits. A smile graced my lips and turned to exit the cafeteria when I bumped into someone.

"Oh sorry-"

"Sorry-"

Our eyes met and recognition clicked. A grin stretched across both of our faces and I exclaimed, "Lavi!"

The redhead smirked and nodded at me, "Hey Lenalee! What's up?"

"Just leaving actually, what about you?"

"Grabbing some food. Want to join me?" Lavi asked as he started to slowly walk by. I thought about it for a few seconds. I was going to go see Nii-san but he's probably busy with work.

"Sure!" I answered, walking to his side. As I thought about it I hadn't talked with Lavi in a long time. Nor Miranda, Kanda, Krory, or Allen. I wonder what they're all doing…

I waited at a table while Lavi got food from Jerí. When he returned he set down the plates and we dug in.

"So-" I said between bites. "How's Bookman?"

Lavi looked at me, "The old geezer's great. He's probably taking a nap somewhere right now."

I chuckled, "That's good. Have you seen Allen or Kanda around lately?"

Lavi scratched his chin as he thought, "Nope! Allen's probably too busy dealing with that Link guy. And who knows what Yuu is doing."

"Right. Since we started the cleanup it's just been too quiet around here. Everyone's busy, but I'm glad I got to see you!"

Lavi laughed agreeing to my words. "I agree. I hadn't seen anyone since the attack I was worried that something happened – don't tell Yuu that."

"I won't."


A/n So that's it...thank you for reading the story and when it was still going on dealing with my awful updating times :) If anyone wants to adopt it PM me first please!