Warning: Lets see…a warning for Neah and Cross… That's all I am going to say.
Special thanks: to RikoJasmine for letting me use Liang Lee ( aka Male Lenalee Lee) for this story!
And also to Belletiger BT! And everyone that has reviewed! I love reviews!: )
Beta: OceanCat (Thank you so much for spell/grammar checking this for me!)
Pairings: Tyki x FemAllen, Liang x FemAllen (one-sided)
I am sorry that this is so short! : (
**** ~ Neah's Pov ~ ****
He. Was. Pissed.
Neah Walker, the Fourteenth Noah was upset, and that was the nice way of putting it.
His dark gray eyes narrowed as what was left of the first Musician glared at the never ending blue sky of the Ark. The Fourteenth now more than ever wanted to be able to leave the Ark…
Another wave of anguish and sorrow washed through him from the link that he had with his darling daughter. Neah's eyes narrowed even more, his right arm raising and falling to cover the raging gray.
An angered cackle rang out and filled Noah's Ark, the Fourteenth not caring who, if anyone, heard him. Not that there was a soul aboard the Ark at the moment, no he would have known if there was…
Everything, everything was dancing along to the same blasted tune as before.
Ellen Walker, his little girl, was pregnant.
Another ironic chuckle hissed out from between Neah's teeth, his mouth twisting into a wide and cold grin. His other hand rose and his forefinger, middle finger and thumb came together, the Noah simply snapping and an explosion a few yards away rocked Noah's Ark.
He should castrate the bastard.
Another snap followed by another explosion. Another wave of depression came to him through the connection that he had with Ellen and served to only foul his anger. Neah had already plotted a few ways to fix the problem…
All of them bloody and not boding well for a certain Noah…
Neah's arms fell back down to his sides, his gray eyes narrowed and sharp. The Fourteenth was lying on top of the dome of the center tower of the Ark. The Musician pushed himself up and ran his white gloved fingers through his dark brown hair. His gray eyes taking in the damage that he had caused…
He should fix the Ark before someone happened to enter and take notice…
A heavy sigh and the Fourteenth waved his left hand, the damage that he had caused to the Ark slowly repairing its self.
His reprisal would have to wait for the time being. His precious daughter was having a hard time dealing with the news of her pregnancy, and his daughter was his priority. Ellen was at the moment drowning in fear and doubt and she really needed some kind of support, not the knowledge that her dead father was plotting against her…
They weren't even married yet.
Snap.
Explosion.
Insane chuckle.
Yes, yes he would castrate the bastard…
**** ~ Ellen's Pov ~ ****
The wind was cold, the rain making the chill even worse. The sky was dark and it was almost midnight, but the Exorcist wasn't sure she wanted to sleep just yet. Though, maybe she should sleep? Ellen could feel the fatigue weighing down heavily in her arms and legs…
Her silver eyes were closed, her face tilted up and the rain felt good as the cold drops hit her pale cheeks. Her pink lips twisted into a confused frown. The young woman choosing to ignore the Inspector that was always just a few steps away from her…
Shouldn't she be happy? Happy that she was going to be married to the man that she loved more than anything? That she was…pregnant… with his child?
But that was the problem.
What did Ellen know about… babies…?
Dear god… she had a hard time even thinking the word. How was she going to take care of one? Ellen didn't know the first thing about children, about being a mother, for the love of…
She didn't even know who her own mother was.
And how would Neah take the news? Would her father be disappointed in her? Ellen and Tyki were not even married yet, true by the end of the week they would be, but…
Suddenly Ellen found it hard to breathe, her world feeling like it was crashing down around her. Ellen's stomach clenched and twisted and the young woman was quick to lean over the rail of the ship that she was currently on as she was sick for the third time since they had boarded…
"Are you okay, Ellen?" a worried voice called out, followed by a concerned hand on her back. The Exorcist's silver eyes turned to meet Johnny's worried face. Even with his glasses starting to fog from the cold, Ellen could see his concern for her in his eyes.
The young woman offered her friend a soft smile, Johnny smiling back. A short nod in thanks and the young man was blushing. Not that there was anything between them, no, the scientist had been charged with keeping tabs on Ellen and her condition…
Ellen had been told, back when she first joined the Order, that her shorter friend had always found being around woman hard…
Ellen found it cute. Johnny was… like a little brother…
"Are you seasick or…" Johnny stammered, pushing up his glasses as a particularly large wave rocked the ship. Off on the other side of the deck a gagging noise reached the two's ears, Ellen and Johnny turning to see Chief Komui hanging over the rail and spilling his guts out to the dark sea below.
"Poor Komui…" Johnny sighed out and Ellen couldn't help but giggle, her mood lightening for the first time in days…
A pair of dark empty purple eyes turned from the older Lee to look at her, and Ellen fought to not let her frown twist her features. Laing Lee met her silver eyes, his face unreadable, before his lips twitched into a small smile.
Ellen lost the battle to keep her frown and the following flinch in place, the young woman turning back to looking out at the sea, the Exorcist giving her comrade her back. Ellen wasn't ready to except the other Exorcist's apology.
She wasn't sure if she would ever be…
"You and Liang still not speaking?" Johnny asked softly from her side. Ellen once again flinched when she heard the pain in her friend's voice. Ellen felt guilt eat at her heart, the friction between Ellen and Liang was clearly hurting her friend…
The whole ordeal that happened between Liang and her had been kept behind closed lips. No one knew but Ellen, Inspector Link, Liang, and Chief Komui. Her supervisor had apologized over and over to her for his young brother's behavior, and had assured her that he had spoken to his little brother…
And maybe Ellen should just forgive him. The whole thing was partly her own fault for leading Liang on after all. The younger Lee must be having a hard time with everything also, because Ellen had once seen just how much the younger Lee cared for her in those dark purple eyes…
Those purple eyes that had looked so broken, but now where so utterly empty…
"Ellen." A quiet voice called out to her and Ellen fought back her need to flinch again at the sound of his voice. Instead the young Exorcist turned to face the younger Lee, his purple eyes watching her and his mouth pulled down into a regretful smile.
Ellen knew that the young man was going to try to apologize again, try and tell her that he didn't know what had come over him…
"How's Komui doing?" Ellen whispered out, cutting the young man off. Her silver eyes telling her comrade that she was willing to be civil for the moment. Liang's mouth pulled into an odd kind of smile, putting his hands into his pockets.
"My brother is sea sick like always. Komui has never been one for traveling by sea…" Liang spoke in a quiet tone, his eyes never once leaving her silver and that only seemed to make her even more nervous.
But then Ellen didn't have anything to fear, Inspector Link was standing right next to her, the man having stepped closer the moment Liang had spoken. Her guard's eyes narrowed and his hands rested behind his back as he watched every move that the younger man made…
Her instincts spiked with the need to step back, to put distance between her and the other Exorcist. The look in his dark and empty eyes made her heart twist in fear and her skin crawl with unease…
A hand came to rest on Liang's shoulder, everyone turning their eyes to look at the older Lee. Chief Komui was frowning and watching every move the small group made. His dark blue eyes narrowed and then he was sighing. "We should get ready; the ship will be docking soon." Komui said in an even tone, his eyes turning to fix his younger brother with a heavy look.
Unloading the ship and getting to the European Branch's new location was fairly easy, and only took a little over two hours. Though, that was mainly because they were the first group to arrive.
Chief Komui was quick to put Ellen to work summoning new Ark gates, Johnny directing the young woman where each gate was to be opened. Once all the gates were set up and tested, Ellen allowed herself to sigh heavily, her body even more tired than before…
The sound of clapping snapped Ellen out of her exhaustion quickly. The young woman turned to see her new audience. Inspector Leverier stood, flanked by four Crow, next to her supervisor. His dark eyes narrowed and his mouth twisted up into a darkly pleased smile.
Ellen's heart sank as the Inspector chuckled and then spoke. "Well done, Ms. Walker. Now that your duties as the Pianist are taken care of, why don't you join me for a walk…" As soon as the Head Inspector had finished speaking two of the Crow were moving forward.
Ellen swallowed the growing lump in her throat, her silver eyes turning to look at the few people present. Ellen felt a small amount of relief when her eyes caught sight of Lavi and Bookman, who had just stepped through one of the open Ark gates.
Lavi met her eyes and offered her a small smile, though Ellen didn't miss the blank look that Bookman was wearing on his old face. The two Crow reached her and Ellen found herself being ushered forward.
Inspector Leverier smiled wider, before turning and leading the way down the dark corridors of the new Headquarters. The young white haired Exorcist was led to a room and told to remove her Exorcist coat, which Ellen was slow to do, her silver eyes confused as she was left in only her white shirt and black leather pants.
A Crow moved forward and bound her left arm with a binding spell a few moments later, Ellen's heart twisting in fear at this. Head Inspector Leverier was still smiling with that cold smug look and it was making Ellen worry…
What were they planning on doing with her? Were they going to interrogate her?
"You wanted to speak to your Master, Ms. Walker, so here is your chance." The Inspector offered the young Exorcist after a few moments of unnerving silence.
The next second and Ellen was ushered into a new room, the walls lined with binding spells, in the center of the room were three chairs. Ellen's silver eyes widened as she spotted her Master sitting in one of the overly elaborate red cushioned chairs, his dark brown eyes watching her….
**** ~ General Cross's Pov ~ ****
As soon as the red haired General saw his apprentice he knew that something was wrong. Allen's pale skin was looking even more pale than usual and her silver eyes looking drained. The idiot looked horrible.
He had been told that he would have ten minutes to speak with the idiot, and Cross had been preparing himself for the conversation. The General had been thinking through his words carefully, knowing full well that the conversation between them would be recorded.
The General noting the younger Bookman standing off to the side, watching every move that he and Allen made…
Though, the great Exorcist General was not prepared for the Inspector to take a seat in the extra chair, his smile wide and looking down right smug. The red head was immediately on edge, though his outward appearance didn't change as his Apprentice was ushered into the last chair by a Crow.
There was something wrong with this whole set up…
A long moment of silence followed before Inspector Leverier decided to break it. "Have you changed your mind Ms. Walker?" the man said in an amused tone, his dark eyes turning to the young woman sitting to his right.
Cross also turned his dark brown eyes to his apprentice, her silver eyes looking so lost and confused that the silver was looking a little more like gray. Though Cross didn't miss the way that her arms rested over her middle, the way that her lips were set into a soft frown…
Maria had that same look on her face, right before she had fled the Order…
The General frowned deeply, his eyes narrowing, the man not liking what he was seeing. Allen's thin shoulders were starting to shake and Cross was sure she was going to start to cry.
A deep shaky explosion of breath and Ellen's silver eyes rose, the General amused by the determined look now flashing within that silver. When the young woman before him finally spoke, her voice was soft and filled with a soft plead for the truth. "Did you know Mana before you took me in as your apprentice?"
Cross leaned back in his chair, the General schooling his face into a natural look. "I did." the red head answered simply, his tone even and betraying nothing.
"Mana knew the Fourteenth." Ellen whispered out a second later, though the words were spoken as a statement more than a question. Cross allowed a small knowing smile to pull the corners of his mouth up. The General knew that the Fourteenth was going to be unhappy with him for being the one to tell Ellen the truth, but the girl couldn't be kept in the dark forever…
"Mana was the Fourteenth's older brother." Cross said with an amused chuckle, those silver eyes widening and Allen's lips parting. The General could see his apprentice's little world come crashing down all around her. "Mana was your uncle." Cross added, the man realizing that he was being a little cruel, but Allen had to learn the truth at some point.
"Mana… was my… uncle…?" Ellen whispered, her silver eyes wavering. Cross could see the pain twist the young woman's pale face into a sorrowful look, his apprentice mourning for the man that she was just now realizing she had never truly known. "D-Did he know?"
Her voice sounded utterly broken, and Cross felt the urge to punch the Fourteenth. Because the General knew that the Fourteenth was being a coward. That was the real reason that Neah hadn't told Ellen the truth about Mana.
What father wanted to break his daughter's heart?
Cross's brown eyes took a glance over at their uninvited guest, the man wishing that this conversation could be private, but Cross also knew that was never going to happen. The red haired General's eyes narrowed at the look on the Inspector's face.
There was something else going on here. The bastard was planning something.
It was now that the Exorcist General took notice of the pale folder sitting in the man's lap, his white gloved hands running over it like it was a loaded gun, ready to fire…
His own fingers twitched, his fingers aching to reach for the weapon that he always kept at his hip. Though Judgment had been taken by a Crow before the two had entered the room…
"Yes." Cross finally answered Allen's question, his eyes watching the pained look flash within her eyes at his simple answer. The General was cursing Neah once again for letting it come to this, for waiting and letting Allen find out about her family from someone else…
"What about my mother? Do you know who she is?" Ellen asked, her eyes shifting from that pained look to a look of desperation. The young woman's tone pleading and wanting to know the truth, the whole truth…
But Cross wouldn't answer the question that he was just asked. That was the one question that he would never answer, Ellen could ask him anything else. The truth about Maria, that truth Cross would take to his grave, and the red haired Exorcist knew that Neah planned to do the same…
Because Ellen would never forgive him if she knew what he had done… She would never forgive either of them…
"Are you not going to answer, General?" Inspector Leverier finally spoke up, his grin as dark as his eyes as he opened the folder in his lap. The bastard didn't once look away from Cross's narrowing brown eyes. The man showed no fear for the look that was burning into him at the moment. "If the General is not going to answer the question, then I would be more than happy to..."
Cross Marian fought to not let his anger show, an icy cold crawling along his skin. The General's fingers curled and his mouth pulled into a dark frown.
"When you fainted a few days ago, Ms. Walker, the head nurse took a blood sample from you. As you know that is how your condition -" Cross frowned deeper at the word choice, his eyes turning to watch Ellen as she flinched, "- was discovered. But that was not the only thing that we discovered." The look in the Inspector's eyes darkened and the General knew that the Order had found out what he had feared they would…
He had hoped that it would have taken them longer…
He had hoped that he had erased all the files in the computer's data base, but it seemed that Cross had missed some files in his hurry all those years ago…
"Your biological mother was an Exorcist." Inspector Leverier said smoothly, his eyes turning to meet those darkening silver, the man cruelly continuing. "I believe you are familiar with her? Exorcist Maria, a Parasitic Accommodator much like yourself, Ms. Ellen Walker."
Silence filled the room, betrayed silver eyes turning to look at his hard brown. His apprentice's eyes pleading, begging for him to tell her that the Inspector was wrong…
Horror following that pleading look a moment after his continued silence.
The young woman sitting across from him looked so crushed, utterly broken and once again Cross cursed fate. Ellen leaned forward, curling into herself as her shoulders started to shake.
The satisfied look in the bastard's eyes told Cross that this was what he had wanted. He had wanted to break any trust between Master and Student. The Head Inspector was breaking Ellen down…
Because once they had her broken they would have complete control over the Fourteenth's daughter, she would be a puppet for them to use and control…
So deep in his thoughts, Cross barely heard Inspector Leverier call for a Crow to remove Ellen from the room, the Bookman Jr. the next to be excused. The other red head's face was a perfect blank mask, but Cross could see concern in the young Bookman's eyes...
Once Ellen and the Bookman had left the room the Inspector chuckled rather darkly, the man leaning forward, a triumphant and smug look twisting his whole face. "A Parasitic Accommodator giving birth to a Parasitic Accommodator, that's very interesting don't you think General Cross?"
Cross didn't even blink, his face kept in an emotionless expression. This only seemed to amuse the bastard even more, his damn smile pulling wider. "I wonder General, do you think your apprentice will give birth to a Parasitic Accommodator also?" The man asked, an eyebrow rising in question and the Cross found it much harder then he thought it would be to keep his face blank.
So the idiot was pregnant.
A sinisterly twisted smirk pulled Cross's mouth wide, his dark brown eyes narrowing, a dark threat burning within their depths, the danger very clear to everyone in the room. Even the Inspector sitting and looking so fucking smug with himself had the brains to look worried…
Even bound by magic and completely weaponless, the fucking bastards were smart enough to fear him.
"The prophesized Destroyer of Time?" Cross hissed out, his words cold and lined with a dark twisted mirth. "You think that Ellen is going to bare mankind's great savoir? Be the Church's next fucking Holy Mary?"
Cross jerked back and howled with laughter.
They were all fucking idiots.
Cross Marian now realizing that everything was coming full circle. Maria's fear for her daughter had been well founded. The Order was sick and twisted and Cross knew that Ellen would only be the first Parasitic Accommodator in the vicious circle that would follow…
No, now that the connection between Ellen and Maria had been made...
But then Ellen was an awakening Noah, and the Clan of Noah were never ones to take things lying down.
Not when one of their own was being threatened, even if it was the child of the traitor. Cross could also bet that the Earl, that fat bastard, knew what was happening regarding Ellen Walker, because the Earl always knew…
…The Black Order was so certain that they had the final piece that would seal their victory in this fucking timeless war…
But he had taught Ellen to be no one's puppet.
The Order hadn't even taken into consideration just how far a Noah was willing to go, when their child was being threatened.
The poor fucking fools.
Hehe... I so love writing Cross! :)
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