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"Are telepathic"

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Chapter 8


Somewhere

Okay maybe this wasn't Allen's best idea. He really didn't think this through at all, no supplies and the worst sense of direction made his stomach flop in his nervousness.

.LOST. Was all he could think of at the moment and why he tripped down a steep incline rolling off the end of it to the bottom.

After Allen regained his breath he looked around with the surprisingly still intact lantern and gulped. A green glow from one of many separate corridors indicated the innocence but it was what else there was that froze his feet to the floor.

Blobs, or at least that's the closest things he could think of that resembled the creatures before him. Most were the green color of innocence, while the rest was discolored by the dirt. All of them had glowing symbols that looked suspiciously like the ones on the labyrinth's walls.

Even without eyes Allen could FEEL them looking at him. When they started to corner him he used his innocence to climb back up the wall. Looking back he screamed as they seamlessly rolled up the incline almost catching up to him.

Somewhere Else

Well now Kanda was completely sure without a doubt that the newbie was lost in this confusing place. Sadly he couldn't blame the kid because the walls moved as you went, he learned that when the string the finder was using was cut and the way out was lost.

With one look they both took off running because a screaming exorcist is never a good sign.

What greeted them was something Kanda hoped to never see again. Lots of blobby things rolled around and Allen, well he was trying to get out of one. From the outside it looked like he was drowning which was weird since the creatures surely were not made of liquid.

Once he realized he was gawking Kanda immediately stopped and starting dicing the creatures apart. Mugen was happy to be slicing them up which in turn confused Kanda to no end.

With Allen free and gasping for air Kanda proceeded to yell at the idiot moyashi for being so stupid and even getting eaten in the first place. On the inside though he felt a shiver crawl up his spine and disgust curl around his gut, those things deeply disturbed him.

It had taken a considerable amount of time to get it, but the innocence was now safely in their possession. Although the mission was a success, it surely didn't feel like it. All three of them were covered in slime and dirt kept sticking to it, making even walking very uncomfortable.

It all would have been worth it if the innocence didn't disappear on the train while they slept…

Black Order Headquarters

Komui rubbed his head, then he did it again. How on earth did two exorcists, one almost being a general even, lose an innocence on a train with a finder in the cart with them while they slept? No one has any idea. Kanda was so mad he stormed off muttering about horrible slimy missions and Allen was confused.

Sometimes, Komui hated his job with a fiery passion.

On the way back to his room Allen was greeted with many "welcome home"s from people he didn't recognize and the exorcists that crossed his path. After a lifetime of pretending to be way too cheerful and polite he made it.

He smirked at the clown painting in his room that really has grown on him. Did his routine and fell asleep in less than five minutes (he's always been able to fall asleep quickly).

In his dream, he was sure not to remember, a jumble of things that made no sense yet made the most sense in a weirdly fascinating way. Allen looked around and entertained himself until he felt a tug, someone was asking to enter. He let them in his dreamland.

Checkered doors appeared, this time he noted it was white and grey. Simultaneously both of the doors swung open and Road skipped out. She smiled and ran to give Allen a hug. After a moment he returned it.

"What's the matter Road?" Allen asked after a few.

"Millinie misses you! He cried but yelled at anyone that tried to comfort him. Now no one wants to play with me!" Road sniffed with a sad face.

Allen sighed exasperatedly, "He'll be fine Road, he needs to not worry so much… how many things did he knit for me?"

" At least three whole outfits of yarn, all in different design and colors too."

Allen smiled and patted her on the back. Then asked her "So what's the official reason you came to see me?"

She shook her head and smirked saying, "What? Can't a sister visit her siblings in their sleep?"

"Nope." He deadpanned.

"Okay," She pouted, "Honestly I came to check up on you, the Earl wouldn't do anything till he knew you were safe… and I was bored…"

Allen laughed and said, "Sure, I guess we can play."

The whole night he slept he played various games with Road and smiled in his sleep. He woke up to a mostly empty room with no one there.

It was a free day for him. Allen was not going to waste it, he went out into London and bought more clothes and things to decorate his room with. Then he met with Tyki to play poker and got many gifts from his family that made his day. He had Timcampy store everything and decided he should stop neglecting his other siblings and spent some time with all of them (he even went hat shopping with the Earl in human form!).

He and Skin traded candy, Lulu went ribbon hunting with him, Jasdevi played pranks throughout all of London, Road decided there needed to be more flowers, and he couldn't wait till the others awakened!

A weight weighed down his heart on the inside though, because he knew something they didn't, he wasn't really their brother. But he was as close as they will ever get to the one they lost...he'd make sure to keep that secret and try to remember that neither side of this war can ever be his real family...


Thanks Mana for editing!

Man life's a happening!

Now that Allen is more into the flow with things the story moves on!