Chapter twelve: Innocence Lies
"A first class cabin. Talk about fancy." Ayume said as she and Allen entered the small cabin. "Tell me again, how do we get away with this without paying?"
"Well the Black Order basically pays for every thing so we don't have to." Allen answered.
"Then when is General Cross so deep in debt?" She asked him. It was nothing but an innocent question, but Allen acted like she was a four year old asking where babies come from.
"I don't really want to talk about him." Allen said. Ayume wondered why. Allen, Ayume and Timcanpy where on their way to a small town in Russia, supposable to bring back an innocence if there was any. No Natsu, Ayume left Natsu at home this once, with Lavi. She smiled as she remembered his reacted.
Four hours ago
"WHAAAAAATTTTTTTT?! YOUR LEAVING ME HERE WHILE YOU GO ON A MISSION WITH ALLEN?! AND WORST YET, YOU'RE LEAVEING ME WITH THAT CRAZY BANDANA!? OH WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESRIVE THIS CRUEL TREATMENT?!" Natsu yelled when Ayume told him. He looked like he was going to have a heart act, and he would put his hands on his head and throw it back. The perfect drama queen. She was practically rolling on the floor with laughter. Oh how she wish Timcanpy was there to record it and show it to her again. But no such luck.
Present
"What's so funny, Ayume?" Allen asked. She looked at him, a huge grin on her face.
"Nothing, just remembering something." She answered. She would have to do that more often.
"In the small town of Sochi, People and animals would act they like their possessed before mysteriously disappearing at night." Allen said as he read the report Komui gave them.
"For starters, people can act really act strange and the disappearances can be an Akuma. There isn't really a reason for an Innocence to be there." Ayume stated
"Then a few weeks ago, every one of the towns folk disappeared into thin air."
"Okay, that's a good reason why an innocence would be there. But do we know for sure?"
"No, every finder we send there disappears as well."
"So how do we know we won't disappear as well?"
"It's a guess."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
XOXOXOXOX
When they got to Sochi, several people actually warned them, and told them about the disappearances. That didn't stop them. The city was practically a ghost town, Allen said that he could even hear voices. But Ayume assured him that there were no voices or he was crazy. They stopped at a few houses to see if there was anything that could explain why the townsfolk disappeared, but there was none.
"Allen did you find anything?!" Ayume asked from upstairs.
"Yes, dust, lots and lots of dust." He responded. Ayume jumped down from the stairs, scaring Allen half to death cause she jumped from the top step and skipped all the others, but she was fine. She stood up and scathed the back of her head.
"Maybe there is an Innocence here." She said.
"Why, do you sense anything?" Allen asked.
"I do, but it feels like it goes north a lot more, so unless it takes control of people and drags them to it, there's no reason."
"But it's possible."
"But highly unlikely." Ayume looked to the forest that surrounded on most sides, she bit her bottom lip. She had a very uneasy feeling coming from it. Why do I have the feeling like I really shouldn't be here? She thought. Allen's eye activate, sensing Akuma at all sides.
"GET DOWN!" Allen yelled while he tackled Ayume.
Ayume looked at the spot where there must have been at least fifty bullets at one spot.
"How many?" She asked him.
"About ten, maybe more." He answered.
"I'll take the ones on the North, you take the ones on the South?" Ayume questioned.
"Sounds good."
XOXOXOXOXOXOX
Allen walked to Ayume, who finished her last Akuma. There was a mixture of level ones and two, and Ayume ended up having the most. She wasn't wearing her exorcist uniform, was covered in scratches and looked like she was in a bad mood.
"What happen?!" Allen yelled when he saw her.
"Damn basterds were faster than I thought. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Ayume answered.
"Fine?! Ayume have you even heard of the Akuma blood virus?"
"The Akuma what?!" Ayume said, highly confused. In the next second, all her cuts on her healed, except for the one on her cheek. She looked at it and gently touched it.
"Ow! Damn bastereds." Ayume said, rubbing the part of her cheek around. "Should have been more careful." Allen was majorly confused, getting more and more so as time passed.
"How the? What the? How did you? Scratches!" Allen yelled.
"Huh? Oh that's right, I forgot to tell you about this. Well I don't really know myself, but any small scratches I have heal faster than normal." Ayume said.
"Then what about your cheek?" Allen asked as he pointed to her cut, which blood was flowing down now.
"It's a deep cut. There for it well heal just as slow as any other normal one." Ayume said as she wiped away the blood.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Allen asked. She felt a bit of pain come from her right arm. She clutched her first into a very tight little ball.
"Sure, never better." She answered. Please, PLEASE! Not now, any time but now. She thought she clutched her hand even tighter. Allen saw her fist clench.
"Is your arm okay?" He asked, eyes focused on it.
"Hai, just tired. I used it a bit too much." She said, trying my best to convince him. It worked.
The two of them continued to look around the town, no body was there, except for Allen and Ayume or any clues as to were they went. Ayume's arm, slowly got more and more painful, but when ever Allen asked, she would blame the Akuma attack that happen earlier. Allen also asked about her cut once or twice, she said it was fine. When the night came, it started to rain, and it got harder. It wasn't long before they got soaked, so they decided to stop at an abounded church for the night. Ayume's right arm got more painful as the day went on until it felt like it was on fire. She was certain of one thing. It's going to get even more painful as the night goes on. She thought. She didn't tell Allen.