Next one's up- trying to make the character a little more human.

Maybe that's why I hated writing these parts... I don't know...

Anyway, I do not own D. Gray- Man!

Chapter 18:

Greece was beautiful.

I had two hours before I had to catch the boat to Egypt. So in the meantime I walked around to see what there was.

Greece was beautiful. I already said that, didn't I? But there was no enjoyment. For the past week and a half I'd been running across Europe and whenever I'd stop to eat or rest, there would be a horde of Akuma attacking me. Not to mention I couldn't catch Tina, Gwen or Sol on their golems. I did catch General Cloud though. She had met with General Winters and they were traveling together due to the news. We were going to meet in Cairo in four days. The boat to Alexandria was three days and then I'd have to run to Cairo in one day. Hopefully I'd be able to do it.

I entered a coffee shop and asked if there was a phone. I hooked up my golem and called Komui. Might as well talk to Reever if I had time and nothing to do with it.

"Hey Komui!" I said as he picked up his phone after the first ring. "Can I talk to-"

"Hannah." He cut me off.

"Yes." I said becoming serious.

"Have you met up with your General yet?"

"No. I'm meeting her and General Winters in four days."

"Don't." He ordered. That threw me off. "If she's with General Winters then tell them to come to the Order as soon as possible. I have a different mission for you. Thankfully you're free now. I need you to go to China."

"China?" I repeated not believing my own ears. "Why? What about The General and Tina, Sol and Gwen?"

"The Generals must come to the Order. As for Tina, Gwen and Sol." He paused. "They're dead. A Noah killed them." My head felt like it was trying to swim through teak. I felt dizzy. "I need you to meet an exorcist in Hungary. Budapest, tomorrow. You must accompany her to China and then to Japan. That's and order."

"What's a Noah?" That seemed like a pretty important question. Also it was the only one I could get out of my mouth from the millions I had in my head.

"With the exorcist is a booklet. It will tell you all the details." Then he hung up.

I slid down the wall I was using for support. Thankfully this was a secluded room. No one was here. That wasn't the only thought going through my head though, along with the relief of not being seen was the horror of realizing they were all dead.

Dead.

The girls who had helped train me. They were like big sisters. I never had a real one.

I needed to call Cloud. To tell her.

It would kill her.

We were like children to her.

I dialed the number and waited. They answered after two rings.

"General cloud?" I asked sounding like I always did lest my voice betray me and I had to voice the horrible truth that I didn't want to admit.

"Yes Hannah?" came her curt reply.

"My mission was changed." I informed her. "I'm supposed to tell you and General Winters to go to the Order as soon as possible, I won't be meeting you."

"Fickle people at the Order." I heard the gruff voice of General Winters.

"Understood." General Cloud said. We hung up.

I thanked the owner of the shop and gave some money for the usage of the phone. I walked out of the shop and into the sunlight.

That wasn't right.

It should rain. Sun wasn't right. People were dead! Family was dead! First General Yeeger, and then Gwen, Sol and Tina. The faces came and danced in front of my minds eyes as I thought of them. Little movies playing before my eyes. Christmas with the girls. The mission with Yeeger.

But why did it bother me so much? Those who die, die. Right? And those who live, live. Who am I to judge? Why should I care? Who was this Noah anyway? It sounded like there was more than one of them.

"Now, now love," Came a voice behind me I didn't recognize. I noticed that I had walked to a deserted ally and was in fact facing a dead end. "Don't be sad." I turned to see a woman with long black hair and crosses on her forehead coming to me. She turned her hands into whips. "Now where is your General, hm?" She asked.

"Why should I tell you?" I answered sharply. I didn't like the vibe I was getting from her. She swung one of the whips at me and I ducked.

"Well, you're fast at least." She smiled "You'll be much more fun then those other girls I took care of." She was the one who had killed Sol, Tina and Gwen! I didn't stand a chance against her, not to mention my instincts were screaming at me to run like the wind. She swung again. I dodged and activated my innocence, turned and ran without looking back. I ran and ran and ran though walls and who knew what else- it was all a blur anyway. I was a coward. But I was a coward that was going to live to learn what I had run from so that next time I could fight whatever it was. Though there was that small part in me- and I hated it so much- that hoped that I would never see her again in my life.