Secrets, Lies…Silence
"You know Eeze, I went through a lot to get that for you, and it's made of real silver." The phone at the station rang. It was a public phone and it was extremely uncommon for it to ring for someone, it was the other way around normally. The man with the glasses picked it up.
"I got another job."
"Another one? You've been getting a lot of them lately." One of his friends snarled at him.
As the two men and the child were walking away, the child glanced at the man.
"Tyki, will you bring me more silver?" He nodded.
As soon as his friends were out of sight, the man walked towards a tunnel.
"I got your message; can we get something to eat first?" Another man appeared from the shadows. He was rather large, was wearing a top hat with a weird rim.
"We're having a family dinner, Tyki Mikk. It's time." The scruffy looking man changed his form into a totally different person. He had dark gray skin, gold eyes, dark curly brown hair and 7 crosses on his head. "As you wish, Millennium Earl."
'Why the hell am I dreaming about this place?'
A raven haired boy was sitting with his twin brother on their bedroom rug. They had just eaten and the other children were playing games in a room outside the dining hall but they didn't go. They NEVER interact with the other kids unless the teachers tell them too. The other children taunted them, isolated them and called them monsters for over two years. After the first couple of weeks, it didn't matter anymore as long as they had each other. Normally what they would do is just play a game with their own toys with each other in their own room until it was time for bed.
"Hey, Devi, check out the storm." His golden haired brother ran up to the window as soon as they walked in their room.
"Heh. Good. Then the wind will drown out the noises from the other room."
'What a boring dream. I've got a hell lot better things to do than go through this stupid dream again. What the?"
The scene changed quickly to something that wasn't apart of their daily routine. A girl was standing in the room with them. He couldn't see her face even though she was right in front of him. The girl reached out to him then stopped and screamed.
'Just go to hell then. People like you should just disappear. I really need to wake up.'
"Don't go! I…care about you." 'Did that girl just…?'
"Lord Jasdevi!" screamed a pumpkin headed umbrella. The raven haired boy, now 17 jumped from his top bunk and landed on his back on the floor.
"I'll murder you, you damn pumpkin head!" He shouted.
"Yeah, Hee! We'll kill you!" His brother laughed manically.
"The Earl has called a family dinner, so head down in the dining hall. Lero."
"Whatever, we'll be down in a few minutes."
"NOW! The Earl will be here shortly. Lero."
"Hee Hee, we will get down there when we are ready." The raven haired boy sat himself up and swore under his breath. He wasn't a huge fan of others waking him up as he liked to sleep in for a long time.
"You okay Devi? You were moving around in your sleep." His brother looked at him with worry. The two didn't look as identical as they used to. Their appearances back then were identical except for their hair colour now the raven haired boy has short hair and his brother has long blonde hair that goes past his shoulders. They were both wearing similar attire however. They both wore black boots with fur trimmings, black pants that had a crisscross pattern, although the black haired boy cut one leg off at the thigh and wore a garter. And they had makeup on but in different patterns. The blonde one had a more joker like style and the black haired boy had a small streak on his left eye.
"I'm fine Jasdero. Just had a really weird dream." He said as he put on his thick black jacket.
"About what?" Jasdero grinned. "I'll tell you my weird dream if you tell me yours."
"It was about when we were kids. That's not the weird part. The weird part was that someone didn't want us to leave that crap hole of a place."
"Was it a girl?" Jasdero tilted his head curiously.
"Yeah. Hey wait, how did you know?" He pointed at his brother. They may be twins and occasionally have the same mind, literally, but their dreams weren't always the same.
"There was a girl in my dream too but I don't know any girl that didn't want us to get lost or ran the other way when she saw us. You think we should tell Lord Millennium about it?"
"It's no big deal so we shouldn't bother." He dismissed his brother's idea.
"Lord Devitto and Lord Jasdero, you should get down to the dining hall right away." A maid passing their room stopped to make sure that they left.
"Race you!" They said at the same time and had identical grins. They bolted out of their room to the dining hall. Devitto beat his brother to the dining hall where their family members Road Camelot and Skin Borric were waiting for the Earl.
Road was a young girl in her preteens who was doing homework. The Earl sends her to a human school. Often she has much homework because she skips classes occasionally. For family dinners, Road is in her 'white' or her normal human form. She has dark violet spiky hair and was cute in appearance.
Skin Borric was a tall, muscular man who was 28. He had dark spiky hair and wanted sweet things to eat all the time. He was wearing a black tuxedo that looked like it was a bit too small for him. Devitto and Jasdero loved yanking his chain by taunting him about his obsession of sweets. He took a bite out of the egg that was served by the akuma servants.
"You stupid piece of junk! I told you to make it sweet!" He started to beat the akuma into pieces. Devitto and Jasdero decided to have some fun.
"Is it really that painful to try something that isn't sweet?" Devitto smirked. Jasdero came from underneath Devitto and threw an egg in Skin's mouth.
"If you really like sweets then maybe you should give this a try." He giggled as he threw another egg in Skin's mouth.
"Ah! It's still not sweet." The twins laughed together. Skin threw a pie at Jasdero and the food fight began.
"Excuse my lateness everyone," the Earl announced. Tyki was behind him. "Did something happen here?"
"Uh, no," the other Noah answered hastily.
After the Noah had finished their dinner, the Earl stood up and addressed everyone.
"Now's the time to make our move against the Black Order."
"Great, it's about time we killed some exorcists." Devitto made a fist showing that he was absolutely ready to fight. He and Jasdero have been stuck in the manor for a while now. All the missions that they were given turned out to have no Innocence and the exorcists had left before they arrived if there were any sent out.
"Is it time to make Jasdevi appear? Hee Hee" Jasdero pointed at himself.
"I dibs on killing Allen Walker!" shouted Road.
"Now, now, settle down. I'm giving you all a list of people to kill who were associated with 'him.' Do not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in your way." The Earl dealt 5 cards out to all the Noah. Devitto and Jasdero looked at their cards with boredom. Not a single one was an exorcist. No, wait a minute, at the back of their cards they were given the name of General Cross.
After dinner, the Noah all departed their separate ways. Jasdero and Devitto were lingering a little bit.
"You think we should ask the boss?" Jasdero asked Devitto. It was obvious that he was worried about the dreams of their previous lives, their past memories and can't ignore it as well as Devitto.
"Jasdero, they mean nothing. Maybe it was a side effect." Devitto knew that there was nothing but pain from their lives before the Earl took them in. So the Earl erased their memories. He knew that most humans who came in contact with Noah in their previous lives were killed unless if they allied themselves with the Earl or if they wished for them to be spared. But that girl did bother him a little. Why would she want him to stay in that place? He never cared about nor had anyone care about him except for Jasdero the Earl and maybe the other Noah.
"What are you talking about, Jasdevi?" The Earl asked. "Shouldn't you be off?"
"It's nothing important, Lord Millennium." Devitto was ready to leave.
"Boss, when you first found us and you erased our memories, does that come with a side effect?" Devitto clenched his fist.
"It's not important. Let's go!"
"Side effect? What sort of side effect?" The Earl asked.
"The memories that were erased, they're coming back to us, little by little." Devitto answered him. "I'm not that concerned because it's not like it's going to affect us, right?"
"Hmm… This is strange news to me. That should not be happening. Unless… If she has returned. Other than me, she only has the power to restore, erase, or manipulate memories in any way and I can not interfere. In a way, this may and may not be serious. Now, go."
-
A few days later….
'Spell of Fire, Wall of Fire'
'Heaven Stamp'
'Misty Wind'
*bang* *BOOM!*
The Cross Unit was leaving India and entering China. It wasn't easy considering that there were larger amounts of akuma than usual. With Allen's new eye that lets others see akuma's souls, they were attacking more than they ever had. They quickly were able to make their weapons stronger with the number of akuma destroyed.
"Who knew that there were so many akuma in this area? We just arrived in China." Complained Lavi, he and the other exorcists were exhausted.
"Why would General Cross come here anyways?" asked Krory.
"Don't ask me," moaned Allen, "I don't keep track of what my master does every second and I'm not about to start now. I'm hungry." His stomach growled.
"We must not stop now," snapped Bookman. "It is vitally important we find the Generals. They could have the heart."
"What's the use of keep going non-stop Old Panda? We are all exhausted from fighting the hoards akuma and we need to rest." Bookman hit him.
"We can rest when we make it to the next town and when Timcanpy is found." Timcanpy has been swallowed by a cat and Lenalee was chasing after it.
"It shouldn't be too far, guys." Teal said.
"You know Teal, you can fly too, why can't you go ahead and it'll be faster? Your weapons create vibrations so you can go quickly right?"
"Yeah but I get lost easily, remember?" Krory and Lavi sighed. Allen was alert and he was scanning the area.
"Lavi, duck."
Allen's arm changed into a gun and began shooting akuma that were a fair distance away.
'Five'
'Four'
'Three'
'Two'
'One' Allen shot 3 level one akuma and two level two akuma. The second level two akuma didn't go down when Allen shot it and Lavi had to finish it off.
"Geez, Allen! You are starting to scare me more than the akuma do!"
"I'm trying to minimize casualties!"
"The way you're going, it looks like you are gonna kill us!"
"You should at least give us some sort of warning. 'Duck' is not a warning when fighting. You only say that if a mutant duck is about to attack someone." Teal scolded Allen.
"And where are we going to find a mutant duck?" He narrowed his eyes at Teal.
"Okay, bad example. Bottom line, 'duck' is not a warning."
Just then, Lenalee landed by them and Bookman jumped on Lavi's head.
"Welcome back Lenalee, I trust you were successful?"
Lenalee held up a cat with Timcanpy's golden tail sticking out of his mouth. The cat was so frightened due to Lenalee's speed. The cat spat Timcanpy out and left.
"Tim," Allen started, "you have to be more careful. We aren't going to find Master if you keep getting eaten."
"Teal, have you had anymore visions lately that had to do with Innocence or the General's location?" Bookman asked.
Teal shook her head. She hadn't had a vision in a while. Her dreams were the closest things to a vision but they still were vague. She didn't bother to tell her friends about them as they were irrelevant with the mission. At least to them.
"We need your ability and Allen's ability now more than ever. We need to find the Generals, the akuma and the Noah are after them."
"It's a lot easier said than done Bookman." Teal sighed. "I mean, I need something specific that is connected to General Cross so we might have a lead to where he's going. And God only knows where he's been."
"Also, there's a town not very far from here." Lenalee said. "We can rest there and continue on in the morning."
-
A few nights later…
'Daisya Barry, Chaker Rabon, Kazaana Lido. Rats, none of them are on the list." 'I know that voice. This isn't one of my visions (I think).'
'There are two exorcists dead. There's another one. Who is that?' Teal saw another exorcist standing there, he was gravely injured. Teal saw that exorcist in the Order once or twice but never talked to him and she didn't know who he was. But when she saw him, she had an urge to kill him. He was weak, he was suffering and barely clinging on to dear life. Oh what a pleasant sight! One less vermin to deal with to working towards our goal.
What goal? That's not me. He's a comrade! He can't just die!
"What is your name?" Teal turned to see who the voice was. It was a man who was literally standing on water! When she looked up, she saw a terrifying demon like shadow. The sight of seeing that figure woke her up with a start and she was shaking.
"Bad dream," She looked around to try and occupy her mind on something else. Lavi was hanging over his bunk, snoring, Bookman was barely visible and Lenalee was cringing in her sleep underneath her. She climbed down from her top bunk silently so she could go outside. No point in going back to sleep. When she was going out, she noticed that Allen was gone from his bunk.
'Gone for a late night snack maybe?' She smiled to herself. Her new friends certainly were strange. Friends. Is it really alright to call them that? It's been almost two months since she joined the Order. She didn't really want to make friends, just to get rid of that woman. But these people can relate to her. They all have something in common with each other and her. She liked it. She liked to have people to get along with and who like her-for just being herself.
But there was her father. She missed him so much. She planned just to travel on her own-six months tops then she would return to their home on the French-Italian border on the Mediterranean Sea. She sighed as she thought of it.
They moved there five years ago after he adopted her. It was a beautiful town that was surrounded by mountains and the Sea. The town was very multicultural and had groups from all over the world. Her father owned a small house that was big enough for Teal, himself and a son of her father's friend that traveled with them.
She fell in love with the town at first sight. The beauty, the music and the arts that made the city alive was captivating. She was nervous interacting with the locals first but she found herself at ease. They were friendly and welcoming and even the most rugged looking people were kind. And occasionally someone might pick another person's pocket but they'd risk being tarred and feathered.
There was a kind old Ukrainian woman 'Baba' who lived on the edge of the marketplace that was facing the sea and she served the best soup and perogies. But now that she was an exorcist, any outside family or friends could be killed if they knew.
Teal put on her uniform and her coat over her uniform and went outside. It was warm and the wind was calm. The streets were abandoned, not even stray animals were out. However, night animals could be heard but they were not in sight.
'It's so peaceful. The akuma have been keeping quiet ever since we came into China. I wonder where in China we are now.' Teal stared at the sky. 'Such a beautiful night. I'm kinda disappointed though. I was hoping to see a panda. Oh! A shooting star! You're supposed to make a wish when you see one, right? I wish…' She shut her eyes and wished that her dreams would lead to something. Next thing she knew was that her head was searing with pain and she fell on the ground.
'Return… Return… Family…' There was an eerie voice echoing from somewhere. Teal couldn't figure out what it was saying. 'Mem…*bzzt* No…*bzzt*' There was a flash of light all of a sudden then it went dark. There was an echo of a voice somewhere but she couldn't see anyone. A flash of light brought her back to the real world and the first thing she saw was someone bending over her and the second she moved her arm, the person panicked and ran off. She patted her coat pockets and her wallet was gone.
"You bastard!" She stumbled as she got up and ran after the robber. Fog was starting to form and it was getting harder to see but she was close enough to see him and where he was going. She cornered him in an alley and there was no escape.
"Give me my wallet back otherwise you're not gonna be able to sit for weeks." Teal said as she put her fists up. The robber just laughed and drew a handgun and pointed it at her. Her eyes widened and she gritted her teeth. In this situation, even with her skills, you always retreat if someone has a gun. The bullets are small and there's no telling where it will hit. She didn't really care about her money but some of her pictures were in it and she wasn't going to back down.
"Step aside otherwise I'll blow off your ugly face." He grinned. "It must be pretty important otherwise why would you chase after me?"
'I don't want to use my Innocence. Here I go.' She ran in a zigzag pattern and as she was coming up to him, he shot her in the shoulder. She retaliated by kicking him in the air then kicked him in the stomach, sending him crashing into the wall. She caught her wallet as it was falling in the air.
"You little!" He took his gun again and she tried to pry it from him before he could shoot her again. He was too strong for her and her shoulder felt numb. She found herself backed up against a wall with his gun on her throat. She was ready to kick him back when he fell to the ground in a pool of blood. She clung to her shoulder then started to massage it to get some blood flowing again.
"You should know better than to go empty handed in a gun fight." Teal turned around and a spikey haired figure was approaching her from the fog. As the person was coming closer to her, she noticed it was a boy not much older than her. He was odd looking, with his makeup and his clothes. And he had a smirk too that made him look conceited. "And you know, without me, you probably would've-" Definitely conceited.
"You idiot! I was doing just fine."
"Oh sure. And getting your head blown off was all part of your plan? That's no way to thank your hero." Add arrogant to that list.
"You're right. Thanks for saving me." 'Just apologize and get away from this idiot. So what if he's (somewhat) good looking? An idiot's a idiot.'
"That's a little too quick. How about we have a conversation? That way I might forgive you for being so cheeky."
"I wasn't aware it was a crime. So what are you doing out here at this time of night? It's not such a good idea."
"I should ask you the same thing." He smirked. "A girl like you shouldn't be in a dangerous area at this time of night."
"I can handle myself just fine, thank you." She hated it when people thought she was weak just because she was a girl.
"Oh sure you can. And I'm sure getting shot is all part of handling yourself."
"Eh, I've been through worse." She shrugged which shocked him. 'Did she get her head hit pretty hard too?' "One lousy bullet isn't enough to stop me. Besides, fall seven times, stand eight right?" She grinned.
"Has anyone mentioned you're an idiot?" He asked so bluntly.
"Well… Takes one to know one, right?" They both looked like they were about to fight each other then just burst out laughing.
"You're a really strange girl, you know that? What's your name?"
"Me? I'm Teal."
"Devitto."
"Devitto huh? Not something you hear everyday. I like it." She smiled. 'Although I still think you're an idiot. The good kind of idiot.' She was about to say what she was thinking when someone came up to them.
"Devi! There you are! I was worried I'd lost you!"
"Jasdero, relax. I just took a wrong turn, nothing happened."
"Well… I see you've met up with your friend." Teal smiled. "But I've got to go too. It was nice meeting you, Devitto." She smiled and waved as she disappeared into the fog. 'I hope we meet again.'
The next day…
"Where were you, Teal?" Allen asked. "We've been looking all over for you." He was pretty annoyed at her.
"Sorry guys. Last night, I went outside just for a few minutes then this guy took my wallet and... I got lost after I kicked his butt and he shot me." She decided against telling her friends about Devitto for some reason. She was going to say that he saved her but all of a sudden, her mind just didn't want her to talk about him.
"You WHAT?" Lenalee had a frightened expression. "Are you okay?"
"Oh yeah. I'm fine. Thanks to my uniform, I only got away with a sore shoulder and a bruise. Nothing too big. And sorry if I scared you guys."
"Well, this time, don't get lost okay? We need to find General Cross."
After looking around town for information for hours, the Cross Unit exorcists arrived at a Sailor's inn from the instructions of a salesman who saw Cross a few days earlier. It looked like a 5 star resort hotel.
"So this is where Cross was reported to be last," said Bookman.
"Finally we found him," Lavi sighed with relief.
'I was hoping we wouldn't' Allen thought gloomily.
"According to some locals, the mistress of this place recently became his lover." Lenalee said.
"Hey," a large bald person said in Chinese, "first time customers aren't allowed here." She picked up Allen and Lavi, who tried to explain that they weren't customers but they couldn't speak Chinese. Luckily, Lenalee could.
"Lenalee! Help!" they both screamed.
"We're not customers!" Lenalee said in Chinese.
"Please go around the back," whispered the woman. She was speaking in English. "You all can't get to my mistress's chambers from here. We are supporters of the Black Order."
Soon, they all met Anita, the mistress of the inn.
"Welcome, dear exorcists." To Teal, Anita was extremely beautiful. She had short black hair with a long ponytail in the back of her hair. Her face had some makeup that brought out her beautiful eyes. She wore a kimono to finish off her look. She looked like a princess more than a mistress.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but General Cross isn't here. He left 8 days ago on a ship. We received a distress signal from the ship, by the time our men got there, there were debris in poisonous water. No survivors have been found." Anita's voice had fallen.
"Where was the ship's destination?" Allen broke the silence.
"Where was the ship's destination?" Allen asked again. "My master wouldn't have died that easily." Everyone stared at Allen. There wasn't much doubt that Allen was wrong due to the large amount of time Allen had spent with Cross. Anita smiled with a tear streaming down her cheek.
"You think so? Very well, I shall accompany you to find Cross." Anita rose from her chair. "The destination is Edo. We will leave as soon as the ship is ready."
After the exorcists left the inn to prepare, Teal went to town with Lenalee to get some last minute supplies. Lenalee made a phone call to the Order informing her brother where she and the others are going. After about five minutes, Lenalee finished her phone call and was looking distressed.
"You nervous?" asked Teal.
"No, I just word that we lost 5 exorcists and 5 pieces of Innocence." Teal was shocked. "All except one were killed after the Sokolo Unit was attacked. One member is still missing."
"Who was in the Sokolo Unit?"
"Chaker Rabon, Kazaana Lido and Suman Dark." 'Rabon? Lido? Where'd I'd hear those names before? The dream!'
"Lenalee, I don't mean to scare you, but I think I saw Lido and Rabon of the Sokolo Unit get killed, in a dream. I don't think an akuma killed them, it might've been a Noah."
"What about Suman?"
"All I saw he was injured, I didn't see what happened to him." Teal answered gravely and turned her head away. Lenalee lowered her head. Teal put her hand on Lenalee's shoulder to try to comfort her.
"I'm sure he'll be alright."
As much as Teal wanted to know that Suman was alright, she didn't want to find him. If that was a Noah that killed his comrades, there is no way Suman got away that easily. If Suman was nearby, surely danger would be too. Teal prayed for Suman to be safe even though she didn't know much about him. 'He is important to Lenalee and a friend of a friend is my friend, right?'
"Teal, look up at the sky!" As Teal looked up, there was a very dark cloud that seemed to be heading into inland. It was a hoard of akuma.
"There has got to be millions of them." Something rather large hit both Teal and Lenalee. It was Timcanpy. Timcanpy pointed up, and there were small gun shot explosions.
"It's Allen!" Lenalee gasped. The girls didn't hesitate. They both activated their Innocence and went off to help Allen.
When Teal's Innocence upgraded after she fought so many akuma within the past weeks that they were traveling, it changed in appearance slightly. Her ribbons split in half when they were activated, one half stayed on her arms as shorter arm blades while the other half became rings on her ankles allowing her to fly without using her Spell of Wind. It wasn't really flying though, it just allowed her to walk on air and she could walk and run normally as if she were on the ground. But if she really wanted better agility, she had to rely on the wind and vibrations that were created by things like gunfire.
'Spell of Wind: Elemental Twister'
Teal unleashed an attack that created a storm and destroyed the akuma that were holding Allen. Lenalee grabbed Teal after catching Allen.
'Sound Shackles' Lenalee's boots changed their appearance and she was moving faster than the speed of sound.
"You alright Allen?" asked Lenalee. Allen nodded.
There was an earthquake so strong that all three exorcists were knocked down. Something very large had appeared from the ground. It had the mark of Innocence on its chest and it looked like a white headless body. Lenalee gazed at the thing for a while as if a painful memory came back to her.
"Suman?" Lenalee covered her ears and fell to the ground Allen was hugging her, trying to comfort her. Teal crouched beside her.
"Lenalee," Teal started, "how can that be Suman?"
"He's a Fallen One. Fallen Ones are created when a non-accommodator forcibly tries to synchronize with Innocence. It is a sin that is almost unforgivable by God. Such things are forbidden but when I was younger, I witnessed an experiment at the Order that was used to create new exorcists. Suman was an accommodator, what sin did he commit? Teal, Allen, we have to save Suman."
Allen and Teal looked at the creature that was Suman. Teal had an uneasy feeling about this but she did want to help Suman. Lenalee grabbed Allen and Teal was beside them as they glided towards Suman. There was an opening where Suman was and there were thorns sticking out around Suman. Suman's head and shoulders were only visible and the creature had engulfed the rest of his body. He was covered in blood and his ears were cut off.
"Suman, it's me, Lenalee! I am your friend from the Black Order."
Suman ignored Lenalee's call. Akuma were starting to shoot at them. Suman's body deflected the attacks and shot an extremely powerful attack back at them and defeated some akuma but more just kept coming and coming.
"Lenalee! Allen! Cover me! I'll try to see if I can get a vision so we can figure out a way to save him." She landed on a thorn by Suman and put her hand on his shoulder.
Before Teal could activate her ability, the thing that surrounded Suman grabbed her and pulled her in. Allen was able to grab her hand but was pulled in as well.
Lenalee was about to try and pull both of them out but she saw a little girl who was also caught up in the thing that was holding Suman. Lenalee couldn't grab her and pull her out but Allen was able to hand the girl to Lenalee from the inside.
"Lenalee, take the child, we'll be fine." Allen sank back inside the material again.
"Allen! Teal!" The akuma were shooting again.
'This child isn't breathing. I have to take her to safety.' Suman unleashed another attack on the Akuma. Lenalee had no choice but to leave Allen and Teal.
Inside of the Fallen One's body, Allen and Teal were seeing Suman's memories go through their heads. Teal and Allen were in pain. They weren't used to seeing so many things go into their heads so fast. What they saw was Suman begged the Noah to spare his life so he could go back to his family. In exchange, Suman would have to give out where all the Finders and Exorcists were in the battlefield. There was another memory of a little girl crying for Suman. There was a strong wave going through Suman's body and he was screaming in pain.
"Another attack?" Allen asked.
"Most likely. So Suman sold us out to save his life so he could see his family. I can't blame him. Either way, the Innocence is trying to kill him! We have to get him out!" Teal shouted. The Fallen One's body spat Teal first then Allen. Before Allen was spat out, he saw Suman's Innocence in his arm. Teal caught him when Allen was thrown out.
"We're heading straight for a village!" 'Spell of Wind: Sonic Steps' Teal's arm blades unwrapped themselves and merged at the bottom of her boots forming skates. 'Okay that's neat.' She noticed that in this form it took less energy to move around in the air but it was still tiring when she was approaching the Fallen One's body.
"Suman, stop! You are going to destroy a village!" Allen screamed. Akuma were shooting at them and Allen used his arm to cover Teal and himself since she couldn't fight back and carry him at the same time with her skates.
Teal dropped Allen on an arm by where Suman's torso was sticking out of the material and converted her skates back into her arm blades. Teal started deflecting the akuma's attacks from Allen and hoped that Allen would reach out to him.
"Who's there?" Suman asked. He spewed blood on Allen. Teal turned her head to Allen.
"Suman?" Teal thought she and Allen were able to make Suman come to his senses.
"Curse you! Curse you!" Suman screamed over and over. "Let God and all his creations be cursed!" He bit Allen's hand.
"Teal, we need to get Suman out now!" Suman started attacking the village. "There's an Innocence in his arm. I need you to make an opening big enough so I can sever his arm and pull Suman out."
Teal hesitated then took a deep breath as she stuck her forearms in to hook on to the material for an opening for Allen. It felt slimy and disgusting and she couldn't keep a good grip.
"Allen, please hurry, I can't hold on if Suman makes another attack." Teal pleaded.
Suman was over the part of the village where it met the forest. Below, a child was crying over their dead father, shaking him in hope he would get up. Suman saw the child and the child reminded him of his daughter. When he came back to his senses, he uncontrollably unleashed a final attack. Teal was sent flying and was knocked out.
-
When Teal came to, her golem was receiving a transmission from somewhere. She figured it was Timcanpy. However, it wasn't Allen's voice that came through her golem.
"Now then, are you Allen Walker?" Teal told her golem to lock onto Timcanpy's signal and dashed to Allen's location with her golem guiding her. When she got to where Allen was, the person who was next to him tore off Allen's left arm. The shadows covered his face and she couldn't get a good look at him. Allen was on the ground, powerless to move. He was terrified.
"I'll start with your Innocence boy."
"Get away from him! Spell of Water, Magic Tide!" Teal summoned a wave that was created by the moist air and she made it circle around the man. 'Freeze' the wave froze him solid. When Teal thought it was safe, she ran to Allen.
"Allen, you alright?" She panted.
"Behind you!" Allen croaked. The man put his arm through Teal's back, and was about to pull out her heart but his arm was forced back by something from Teal. He was about a few meters away from Teal.
"A female exorcist eh? You're the first I've seen."
"You-you're the one from the train." Teal remembered the vision on the train, about the man with the glasses changing into someone else. She could be wrong but either way this guy had to be stopped. 'How did he escape'?
"Clever girl. I am Tyki Mikk of the Clan of Noah." He gave a bow.
"If you are going to kill Allen, you will have to get through me first. I don't go down so easily." She stood in front of Allen protectively and raised her blades in attack position.
"Tim, take Suman's Innocence and get help." Teal trembled as she gave Tim the order. Timcanpy swallowed Suman's Innocence and flew off. 'I got to protect Allen as long as I can.' This was a member of the Noah clan and the Order said that they're much stronger than akuma.
'Akuma, get the golden golem. He has the Fallen One's Innocence.' Tyki commanded through his thoughts.
Tyki charged at Teal with a butterfly-shaped weapon from his arm. She dodged and went in the air and tried to attack from above. When she landed, Tyki was no where to be seen. 'Did I get him that easily? No, wait.'
"Behind you. Tease, devour your prey." She was able to dodge him seconds before he made this butterfly thing touch her again. She didn't know what Tease was. Tyki sent dark butterflies toward her and they looked like they wanted to eat her. Before any of them could hurt her, they were turned from dark butterflies to normal butterflies when they touched her skin.
"Hmph. Interesting. The tease don't become harmless unless if they go after a Noah or akuma by mistake. Perhaps it was just luck."
Tyki charged at Teal but he kept missing. The attacks that did hit her were not affecting her. Teal tried to attack back but she seldom hit him. When she kicked him in the stomach, she stopped him momentarily and sent him flying into a tree with another powerful kick like she did with that robber the other night.
'Come to think of it, she hasn't used her Innocence much and her personal strength is incredible. Maybe as strong as one of us.'
"Master!" an eerie voice called out, "She's one of us! A family member!" Teal was slowing down due to fatigue and a very short recovery period. Tyki was able to grab her wrist and he saw Teal's marks. They were the marks of Noah. Teal didn't struggle to get away from Tyki.
"Bad idea," she smirked. 'Spell of Fire, Fire wall' a pillar of fire surrounded Tyki and Teal forcing Tyki to let go.
"You're pretty strong. You should be fighting on our side where you belong." Tyki said. Was he trying to psyche her out? And what did he mean 'Where she belonged'?
"Get real. I won't fight for the Clan of Noah even if Hell froze!" She snarled.
"Feisty, aren't we?" Teal was seriously getting tired. She had to stay strong or Tyki will kill both her and Allen if she let her guard down. Tyki made his butterfly shaped weapon again and knocked Teal down for a short time.
"Thanks for the fun. I'd love to kill you some other time girl, but I am ordered to kill people connected to a certain individual. And I'd rather not kill you just yet."
Teal struggled to get up. Her body was so heavy. She knew she had the strength to continue but something was holding her back. Her body sank back to the ground even though she was not ready to go down just yet. She couldn't let Allen die. Tyki created a bigger Tease than the ones before and was walking towards Allen.
"Leave him a-" Somebody was burning her. She was paralyzed with white searing pain. "Allen!" She croaked. 'Get up. Get up or Allen will die!' Tyki destroyed Allen's Innocence. 'Please! There's not much time!'
'Let him die then.' That woman purred. 'You will not interfere. I'd rather get rid of you too, now that my family member is here to take me home and you have served your purpose.'
"Darn, it wasn't the heart. Maybe your friend has it." All Allen could do was watch in horror as Tyki came towards him. Teal's mind was racing. She had a bit of a hard time fighting Tyki and was not at full strength due to the recovering process. And that woman has made her appearance once again and she's the one who's been hindering Teal.
"You bitch! I'm not going to let you win!" Teal's will overcame that woman's power and she got up on her feet once more and charged at Tyki.
"I won't let you kill-" Something was wrong, she didn't stop where she was supposed to. "My…friend…" She gasped as Tyki's tease went through her body and turned into a large normal butterfly.
She barely touched Allen when she landed. There was no emotion on her face and her eyes were distant. She was surly dead.
"Teal! NOOO!"
"So bold and yet so foolish. Pity. She is a pretty one. Her sacrifice was all for nothing."
Tyki made another butterfly and this time, it punctured Allen's heart. When Tyki pulled the Tease out of his chest, a deck of cards were visible in Allen's coat. It was the cards Tyki gave him on the train.
"Sweet dreams, boy." Tyki dropped the cards around Allen as he was dying. Tyki turned to Teal.
'Maybe she has… HUH? Her Innocence is gone! It was there when she fell. No matter.' Tyki put two fingers on her neck. 'She's still alive. The Earl will want to know about the marks. He'd know for sure if she's a Noah or not. It's best to separate these two so they won't be found easily.'
He dragged Teal far away from Allen. Tyki summoned two Akuma.
"Guard the girl until further orders. Use Noah's ark if the Earl wants her brought to him. If you don't hear anything from us within two days, she's yours to kill." He disappeared into the gate of the ark that he created.
Teal opened up her eyes and sat up without much trouble. The first thing she did was she flexed her fingers and cackled. The akuma that were standing right beside her had their weapons ready to kill her.
"Now really," She gave a seductive smile. "There's no need for that. You wouldn't kill a Noah would you? You two," She stepped up to one of them and looked it directly in the eye. "I have a message that Lord Millennium must get. The game is still on and it is not my victory yet. My opponent is so disobedient and feisty but once I lure her out, and finish her off, I'll be free to rejoin you once again."