Black and White
"Is there any end to these stairs?" Lavi complained. The exorcists were in a room that had stairs everywhere. Most of them weren't even connected to the one they were on and some were upside down.
"We'll get there eventually." Teal replied as she was following Lenalee and Allen. Allen was leading Lenalee by her hand so she could walk. Teal was right behind her in case she fell back.
"Boy, if Komui saw you like this, he'd be ticked. Good thing Timcanpy isn't here." Lavi grinned. Allen stopped in his tracks, gave a small laugh, and continued on.
"Trade places, I wanna be in front!" Lavi moved beside Allen.
"You're not fooling anyone, Lavi." Allen said.
"Do they always argue like this, Miss Exorcist?" Chaoji asked Teal.
"Yeah. But this is nothing compared to when they argue with Kanda." Teal laughed. "And I wouldn't even consider arguing with Kanda."
"I…I've got to try harder." Everyone heard Lenalee say something.
"Are you tired, Lenalee? I can carry you if you want." Allen offered.
"No, I'm fine. When we get back, I just have to train harder that's all."
"You know Lenalee, if you don't stop acting tough, you'll never find a boyfriend." After Lavi made that compliment, he earned himself a smack from Allen and Teal.
"That's none of your business Lavi!" Lenalee shouted while she shook him.
"Shut up, Lavi!" Allen and Teal said as they punched him.
"I know it's none of my business but… what are you guys going to do when we get back?" Lenalee grabbed on to his collar.
"I'll eat." Allen stated monotonically. "I'll eat everything Jerry cooks for me."
'Figures' the exorcists thought.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do. I think I want to read. Or hey, Lenalee, how about we get together with Miranda and have a girl's day out in town?"
"Sounds fun." Lenalee smiled.
"You like that kind of stuff? I guessed that since you are a former yanki, you are more interested in fights for fun and things like that." Lavi said.
"I admit I have a few of my yanki habits and I act (and mostly dress) more like a guy but I've still got some feminism in me."
"So then, you can still…" Lavi began.
"Don't go there." Teal cut him off.
Chaoji was laughing behind them. Allen tilted his head a bit. "What's so funny?"
"Sorry, it's just that you exorcists are just ordinary people. I figured that being as apostles of God, you would be different and wouldn't do things like tell jokes or laugh or be afraid or anything like that." He gushed.
Allen put his hand on Chaoji's. "If you're afraid, it's best to think of happy things. It'll be alright."
"This is no time to relax, Lero!" Lero shouted. The exorcists finally came to the top of the stairs. There was a white portal and they all went through.
"Be quiet, Lero." Allen ordered. "What I want most is to be reunited with our friends. No matter what, I refused to give up."
"Alleeeeen!" There was a girl with spiky hair that glomped Allen. Lavi and Teal were right behind him.
"Road?!"
Road suddenly just kissed him. Allen was paralyzed in shock. Lavi was shaking Allen to snap himself out of his dazed state.
"Mistress Road! You are not supposed to kiss an exorcist!" Lero shouted at her. Teal was examining the room and she saw that Road wasn't the only one in here. There was nothing in the room except a very long table. At the end of the table was Tyki Mikk looking just as shocked as Lavi and the others.
"Road, did you like him that much? I've never seen her kiss anyone but the Millennium Earl before."
"I never kiss Tyki." Road sang as she was twirling towards the end of the table.
"Well, go on, sit." Tyki ordered. "I got hungry while I was waiting. Shall we dine? It'll give us a chance to chat before we get down to business." This was a very strange request coming from an enemy.
"No thanks. I'll have my meals when I have time to enjoy them." Allen replied coldly.
"Time? Would you like to know how much time you have left?" Tyki asked slyly.
"Look outside. It's a spectacular view." Road said cheerfully. The exorcists ran to the window. There was nothing but a blue sky and a small area underneath the tower.
"The town!" Lavi shouted. Everyone was shocked.
"Everything's gone." Teal said quietly.
"Yes, Deceiver. There is less than one hour left. The only thing that remains in this ark is the tower we are in. I've destroyed everything else." Tyki replied. There was a 'SLAM' behind the exorcists. Road had kicked and locked the only way out. "Sit down." She ordered. "Or are you afraid?" she taunted.
The exorcists slowly walked to the chairs at the other end of the table and obeyed the Noah. Allen sat at the chair at the end. Lenalee and Lavi were sitting on his left hand side and Teal and Chaoji sat on his right.
"Well, now that we are all here, we can take a minute to talk." Tyki glared at Allen and Teal. The exorcists just returned glares with suspicious eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. It's not a trap. I told you I wouldn't play dirty."
"Don't worry Allen, "Road whispered. "There's a portal waiting at the top of this tower."
"I just hope it takes us back to our world." Allen replied as Road giggled. Teal looked across from her and she saw that Lenalee was almost in tears. She knew why: everything was gone. That included Kanda and Krory. Teal was worried about them too. She was also worried about Jasdevi.
Then she remembered something: earlier, she felt very sad like one of her friends died, but it was that Noah that died. Now that half the town was gone, she didn't feel like Jasdevi was dead. 'So,' she thought, 'Kanda was able to take that guy down and it affected me and the other Noah. I saw it in a vision when I was knocked down by Jasdevi. The library is gone, both Jasdevi and Krory with it. I didn't feel any sorrow when the library vanished. Even if they are brutally hurt, Krory, Kanda and Jasdevi are still alive. Question is: how do we get them back? If we leave, they will all die. Hmm… I know I've been here.'
Teal saw something flash in the corner of her eye. Chaoji hide a knife in a cloth that was on his lap.
'Chaoji,' Teal whispered sharply, 'don't try it, these aren't ordinary people. Trying to attack them to knife is like attacking a porcupine with a toothpick.'
'But Teal,' Chaoji replied, 'they are the people who are responsible for Anita and the others to be sent to their graves. There's no way I'll forgive them.'
'I understand how you feel. But they have unimaginable powers and can easily kill anyone.'
'Easy for you to say, you are just like them, you are our enemy. It was your fault that the others on the ship died. If you weren't on the ship, the others would still be alive.' Teal didn't know what to say. What he said was true: if they weren't looking for her, everyone who died might've been spared.
"What do you want to talk about, Tyki Mikk?" Allen asked. Teal and the others turned their attention to Tyki Mikk and Allen. "You are still just an 'orphan vagabond with sticky fingers'."
"Don't be nasty boy. You are the first exorcist that stripped a Noah down to his underwear. Don't you think we're linked by fate?"
"Not really, I've stripped lots of guys down to their underwear lots of times while playing cards." Allen replied monotonically. "Shall I show you what I mean?" Allen raised his black claw.
"Well, what do you know? I'm sure I destroyed that arm."
"You couldn't have, it's right here."
"Oh, are you interested in Innocence Tyki?" Road asked.
"A little. So your Innocence somehow saved you after the tease punctured your heart, eh?" Everyone diverted their attention back to Allen.
"What?! You never told us about that!" Lavi and Lenalee shouted.
'I was keeping it a secret.' Allen thought. Both he and Teal knew that it was his Innocence that acted on its own.
"His heart was mended by particles of Innocence. He's fine!" Road smiled at the exorcists.
'Allen too?' Lavi realized. 'Teal and Lenalee weren't the only ones. They're all unusual. There should only be one person who has the heart.'
"Did you record it Bookman?" Road asked in his head.
'Did she just?'
Teal heard Road's question as well. She turned her head to Road.
'I see some of your powers have awakened, Teal. Only Noah can hear me.' Road whispered to her.
"Road, please get away from that boy." Tyki ordered.
"Eh?! But I love him!" Road cried as she squeezed Allen.
"Love between an Exorcist and a Noah is impossible." Allen said flatly.
"Speaking of which," Tyki glared at Teal. 'Oh great, they know. That's the last thing I need.'
"Why are you still staying with the exorcists? You are just like us and yet you are fighting with our enemy. If you were on our side, we can end this war once and for all. After all, you hold Noah's 'Memories'. If I remember correctly, 'Memories' can be pretty powerful."
'Phew, thank goodness it wasn't that. But still…'
"Who I decide to fight for is my choice. I have no intentions of joining the Noah Clan." Teal replied calmly. "Flattery won't get you anywhere so don't try to convince me."
"Is that so? I see you're extremely stubborn. Well, enjoy your choice while you can. Later it may not be up to you." He faced Allen once more.
"I've been having a good time so far but… I suppose evil should comport itself with more gravity. Yes… You've help me realize something, boy. In a fight to the death, you've got to give it everything you've got." A tease was coming in by Lenalee. Allen was the only one who noticed it.
"Tyki Mikk, I have something to say too. If you hurt any of my friends again…" The tease landed on Lenalee's shoulder but Allen destroyed it, "I will have to kill you."
Allen went on the table and ran to Tyki Mikk's end. Teal and Lavi rose out of their chairs about to help him. Road stopped right in front of them.
"Tyki likes Allen too, don't interfere. Let's play, Bookman!" Road cackled. Teal jumped over the table to where Lavi is but while she was in mid-air, a huge glass dice missed her by inches. She looked back and Lenalee and Chaoji were concealed in it.
'What?!' "Lenalee! Chaoji!" Lavi and Teal both shouted.
"We're all right, we just can't get out." Teal activated her blades and boots and tried to shatter the glass.
"Teal, behind you!" Lenalee shouted. Another wall of glass was about to encase her and the dice that Lenalee and Chaoji were in. Teal jumped into the air just in time using her boots. All the glass did was it removed the cracks that Teal made.
"That's right, they're safe for now. Let's play Bookman!"
"Alright Noah girl. Road, was it? If I win, you let them go." Lavi extended his hammer into ready position. She landed beside him and before Teal knew it Lavi collapsed on his knees and his eyes were vacant. His hammer dropped beside him.
"Lavi! Lavi!" Teal shouted his name as she shook him, hoping for him to snap out of his trance like state.
"What's wrong Lavi?" Lenalee shouted behind them.
"He won't respond!" Teal replied. Then glared at Road. 'What I am I going to do? If I help Allen, Road might do something horrible to Lavi. If I help Lenalee or Chaoji, I'll probably be caught again. I'll stay with Lavi so nothing bad should happen. But then again, Road might be able to attack him from the inside. Okay, really annoying random voice, what is Road's power?'
'Dreams' a voice answered in her head.
"Your power scares me the most Mistress Road." Lero said.
"Now, where should I stab this Bookman's heart to make it bleed? I hope his blood is red like candy."
"Not if I can help it Road." Teal said. "You aren't going anywhere near Lavi!"
"I don't have to. Our powers are different and yet, they are similar in some way. The only way to help him is to go into his heart and I'm the only one who can do that. However, I will this: hearts hold memories."
'I won't resort to that! There has to be another way!' Teal shut her eyes tight. 'If I resort to that, I'm not sure I'll be able to come back.' She placed her hand on Lavi's forehead. 'My Dimensional Scream might help. I'll be able to see what's going on.'
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Everything vanished and she was at the order's waterway. Teal was on a boat. Bookman was across from her and Lavi was too. He wasn't wearing his headband and he was wearing a green shirt. There was no emotion on this Lavi's face. Teal turned to her left. Lavi was right beside her and wearing a different uniform. He had a beige poncho with his headband in his hair.
'Two Lavi's?!' She turned to Lavi beside her. "Lavi, what did Road do to you?" There was no response from him. She reached for his shoulder. "Lavi, you've got to get out of here! Road's going to stab…" she cut herself off when her hand passed right through him. 'Did Road make him immune to me?'
"It's pointless to get his attention. You are nothing more than a ghost to everyone when you use your ability." A voice said to her. It was the other Lavi.
"Then, how come you?"
"I am a spirit. If I were you, I'd be more worried about what I'll do to the Lavi you know instead of what Road will do. Road is opening the door, the rest is up to me." Teal tried her best to escape the vision but it seems like she was being held back. Before she knew it, the Lavi that was across from her suddenly kissed her on the cheek.
"I'm sorry to hold you back, consider this as a last goodbye for Lavi." Everything suddenly came back.
Teal was leaning against Lavi, who was still on his knees, staring into space. She covered her mouth and just stared at the ground.
'I can't believe he kissed me! What does he mean…?' When Teal looked on the ground, it was transparent and the floor was far away. She and Lavi were in a glass case like Lenalee and Chaoji.
"Teal! Are you alright?!" Lenalee shouted. The glass dice was floating by them.
"Yes. I used my ability, that's all. I'm not sure Lavi's alright. I'm afraid I can't do anything for him. How long have I been out?"
"A while. You fell against Lavi and weren't moving or responding to me and we were worried."
"Where's Allen?"
"In there." Road answered Teal's question. She pointed to a black orb that was absorbing everything. "Tyki created a vacuum and Allen's trapped in there. I don't think he'll last very long."
Teal heard a 'thwam' beside her over and over again.
"Lenalee! Don't use your legs! You can permanently damage them and you won't be able to walk again." Teal shouted. "I'll get out and help Allen!" Lenalee burst into tears.
"I just can't stand waiting here while my friend is fighting." She cried.
"Lenalee, you can do this, I know you can. I know it's hard to bear this but you can pull through." Teal said. She stepped forward to the glass. 'Innocence, Activate!'
"I wouldn't try that if I were you, Teal." Road called. "If you escape, you will just be captured again." Teal deactivated her weapons.
'Okay, I need another strategy. And fast! I can't let Allen die. Lavi could get sucked into that vacuum if I'm not careful.'
The vacuum started to glow a bright eerie green color. The orb suddenly disappeared and Allen and Tyki reappeared. Allen was missing his entire left arm but was wielding a huge sword.
"What happened, Tyki?" Road asked.
"He… is an unusual human. This doesn't seem so funny anymore. Did I bring out something terrible in him?" Allen emerged from the smoke that was created after the orb was gone.
'What is this feeling? Some terrible power is coming from Allen.' Teal and Lenalee asked themselves.
Allen sliced the sword right across Tyki. Everyone was mortified. Allen hated killing humans and yet he cut down one. Teal took another look. Tyki wasn't even scratched.
"I'm…not…dead?"
"I didn't cut your flesh. What I destroyed was… your Noah." Something was leaving Tyki's body. It was rapid shadows that were vanishing into thin air. Tyki was screaming in pain.
"It kills the demon but leaves the man alive. That is the power the Crown Clown and I possess."
Road jumped from Lero and ran straight to Tyki. Tyki was on his knees and signaled Road to stop. Allen gave him the final blow and Tyki collapsed. His dark gray skin was losing its color and reverted to a normal color, and his crosses on his forehead were fading.
"He did it…" Teal said quietly as she pressed her hand against the glass.
"Hurray!" Chaoji cheered. "You killed the demon!" His sentence was finished by candles that stabbed him mildly in the back.
"Don't move or I'll kill you." Road said. Candles were floating everywhere, pointing at everyone.
"I'm a little angry right now." Road hugged Tyki's lifeless body. "I really do like you Allen. But family comes first, don't you agree? I'm going to make you pay anyway. I'm going to give you red-haired friend what's coming to him. Lavi, his spirit is inside me right now. I'm going to stab his heart."
Everyone remained motionless as the candles aimed at them.
"Lavi…" Teal knelt down beside him.
"If you don't want your friends to die, wait patiently for me to destroy 'Lavi'." She laughed.
Lavi lifted his hand. A strange black mark surrounded his eye. 'It's time, come, you are free.' Road commanded. The case opened. Teal clung on to Lavi's arm and they both fell out. Teal did not let go until they both reached the ground.
"Allen, something sad has come to my attention. If you want your friends to be safe, you will have to kill that."
"What?!" Allen shouted.
"You better hurry." Road said. Some of Road's candles turned into drills and started to break through the glass. Lavi started to move towards Allen. Teal dropped on her hands, kicked Lavi's feet to make him fall.
"Lavi, stop! Snap out of it." She shouted as she rose. Lavi just ignored her and pushed her away. Another glass case came from the ground but she luckily dodged it too. She noticed as Lavi was staggering as if he was possessed.
"Allen, I think Lavi is possessed by a spirit or something! Use your sword!" Teal shouted. Allen did as he was told but it had no effect and Lavi pinned him down.
"Lavi isn't possessed! He lost his heart. If you are going to attack, you have to use your claws, Allen. Or you'll have to find a way to restore his heart. Better hurry." The drill candles were half way through the glass dice.
Lavi had his hammer ready and was about to strike.
'Spell of Wind' She knocked Lavi away from Allen but Lavi knocked her down again. This time, Lavi hit her so hard that he broke Teal's ankle when she crashed into the wall.
"Lavi, can't you hear our voices? Aren't you our friend?"
"I'm nobody's friend." He replied flatly. "'I' am a successor of Bookman, That's all I am."
"No matter what you do or say, he won't listen. He's not your comrade. He just joined your side for the sake of records." Road shouted.
"Allen! There has to be another way! Stop it, please!" Lenalee cried.
"I'm sorry, Lenalee, there isn't." Allen replied. His mouth was covered in blood after Lavi hit him again.
"Actually, there is another way." Allen, Lenalee and Chaoji stared at Teal. "If Lavi lost his heart, I might be able to buy him some time so he can come back. If something goes wrong, please, kill me if you can."
"What?! Teal what are you…!" Lenalee shouted. Then it hit her. "Teal, no! You mustn't! There has to be another way other than that!" Teal just looked up and smiled.
"I'm sorry." She walked to Lavi and waved her hand. Lavi just froze in mid air and a bit of distance away from Allen but it wasn't quite enough for him to escape. She also noticed that Road wasn't going to do anything to stop her.
"What do you plan to do now?" Lavi asked. It wasn't Lavi's voice. It was a cold, deep and unfeeling voice that was in Lavi's body. Teal ignored him and placed her hand over his eyes.
A strange feeling came across her body. Something in her head was instructing her on how to use her powers. Within a moment all the things this Lavi experienced were appearing right in front of her. Her friends and the ark have vanished. She somehow felt as if time had stopped in the real world.
She was at the Order where she saw Lavi in the boat. There were caskets everywhere and illusions of their friends and comrades. They were undead and were going to attack Lavi with knives. Teal's rage was building. 'I'm going to make you pay.' She summoned all of her power to summon the memories of Lavi's Dark heart.
"Now, where should I hurt you like you hurt Lavi?" Teal's anger had taken over and her Noah had possessed her body. "Ah, here's a good one." She cast her spell and within seconds, Lavi was screaming, clutching his head. Teal was clutching her head as well once she realized what just happened.
'No… no... I went too far. I've got… to hold her back… she's not going to hurt my friends! Find Lavi… I got to find Lavi!' Teal didn't have to search far to find him. "Lavi!" she shouted. Her body was holding her back. A voice was telling her 'destroy'. "Lavi! Lavi!" She called. He had a knife in his stomach and blood was spewing from his mouth.
"Whose there?"
"It's me, Teal. Now give me the knife!"
"Teal?!" He looked up and Teal was struggling. To him, she was starting to fade. A shadow was consuming her and her voice was getting weaker.
" I don't have much time." She searched through Lavi's memories.
'Finish him' the voice commanded.
'No, you don't control me!' She made Lavi see a memory of his friends at the Order. "Lavi… I know that you only were supposed to join us for records. But what you fail to realize is that you found another reason." Teal recoiled and screamed in pain. "Lavi, remember who you are!" She vanished as the shadow completely consumed her body.
When she was back in the ark, everything was exactly the way it was. It was like she just walked up to Lavi and nothing happened.
"Al…len…" She backed away from Lavi, still holding her head. "I…can't…hold on!" She collapsed on her knees.
"Allen… please…"
"Teal?" Lenalee noticed that her friend was in pain.
"Teal!" Allen shouted.
"It's useless to call her." Lavi said. "I was just the bait."
"I predicted that her Noah would react…" Road continued. "If she got angry enough. When she activated her ability, I happened to notice how her Noah was controlling her before. Lavi, stand down until I say so."
"Teal!" Allen called. She just stood there. "Teal, are you alright?!"
"Don't call me like that, you stupid exorcist!" She kicked him that sent him flying.
"I thought you would be an actual challenge. Exorcists are so weak. You have no chance against me." Allen looked up. Teal's eyes changed color to a dark gold like the other Noah and her wrist was bleeding. She started to beat Allen mercilessly and tormented him with the memory of him bringing back Mana so he couldn't fight back.
"So what gives you the idea to think that there is any hope for your friends? You'll all die anyway." Teal yanked Allen's hair so he could look her in the eye.
"Answer me!"
"I…just believe. Teal, this is not who you are!"
"I can hear it all right, loud and annoying." She punched him on the cheek.
"Mistress Deceiver, you are supposed to kill the exorcist, Lero!"
"Shut up, you stupid umbrella! Or do you want to be my guinea pig to what I can really do?"
"Shutting up, Lero!"
"Wow, she's meaner than I thought." Road smiled. "But don't kill my Allen!" She called.
"Teal, I know you are strong. If I learned anything about you, it's that you don't give up, no matter how hard the situation is for you or for any of us. Please, don't give up fighting this Noah!"
Teal's eyes changed to blue and her expression softened. "Allen?" Her voice changed back to normal as if she was back. Allen gave a sigh of relief. "Psych!" Teal hit him in the stomach again and threw him near Lavi. Lenalee shouted for her to stop but her pleas were ignored. Allen was almost paralyzed.
"The girl you know is as good as gone. She's nothing but my puppet. She was nothing more than a host for my return. When she finally was able to have her own life, she cast me aside. Now, she is cast aside and will cease to exist. Don't despair, young exorcist, you'll see her again… In the afterlife. Road, let your pet have some fun. I'll finish…" Teal backed off.
"Teal?" Road asked. Once more, Teal was clutching her head. "You're…wrong…There is something I can do about it!"
"Enough!" Teal's Noah screamed at her. "You couldn't even save your own brother from me! Nor could you stop the ones you love from leaving. Your life is over! Your role is over! So hurry up and cross over to the afterlife."
Lavi used his hammer. The fire snake was powered up even more. Teal used her immobilization spell on herself. Lenalee screamed in pain. She couldn't bear to see her friends like this.
"You think that's going to stop me, by burning yourself? Your friend will destroy both of us." Teal's Noah sneered.
"Wrong, I can survive fire, you can't." The fire snake engulfed Lavi, Allen, Road and Teal. The fire wasn't burning Allen. "Allen! Use your sword on me!" Teal shouted. Allen was hesitant but he stabbed her. "You won't survive without your Noah! You know you can't stay alive without me."
"Shut up." Teal used her blades to finish her the Deceiver off. Teal was in control of her body again then she shut her eyes. 'It is you who can't survive without me. I might've been your host but there is no way you could destroy 'me'.'
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When Teal opened her eyes, all she saw was darkness she heard a familiar voice.
"Lavi…on three… one…"
Teal moved her arm and there was a wall right in front of her face.
"Two…" Teal kicked the wall and surprisingly enough, it shattered.
Allen and Lavi were gasping for air. "It… hurts to breathe. Did you…do that…?"
"That was me." Teal sat beside Allen and Lavi as they were gasping for air." You guys okay?" They both nodded. She hung her head. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."
"Allen! Lavi! Teal!" Lenalee was running to them with Chaoji behind her. "Thank goodness you are all right. And Lavi… DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! YOU HAD ME WORRIED SICK!" She shook him by the coat. "AND SAME GOES FOR YOU, TEAL!" She gave Teal an evil glare that Kanda would approve of. And she hit Teal as well on the arm.
'That's gonna leave a mark.' "Lenalee… everyone… I'm sorry."
"You have got to use your heads! You shouldn't pull stunts like that without thinking without the consequences!" Lenalee was furious but she was very glad they were okay.
"A-At least we won't be seeing Teal's Noah anymore." Lavi looked at Teal.
"Actually that's not true. The spirit that was inside of me was the original Deceiver. She wanted to come back as herself and used me as a host. But now that she's gone, her powers are now mine, I am still a Noah. Allen's sword only destroyed her and failed to destroy my Noah."
"Speaking of Noah, since Road is gone, is her door still here?" Lenalee asked. Everyone almost forgot about that. Road was burned in Lavi's attack and disappeared afterwards. If she was gone, the door might be as well.
There was another earthquake.
"I'll go and check the top of the tower to see if the door is still there." Lavi said.
"I'll go with you, just in case." Teal said. She activated her weapon and traveled with Lavi to the top. There was a small landing and the door was there. Lavi went back to the hole.
"Grab on!" he shouted as he extended his hammer again. Shortly, Allen and the others were on the top floor. Teal could hear Lero's shouts at the bottom for the Earl. Allen turned around and activated his Innocence. Teal followed him.
"Where are you two going? The door is this way!" Lavi shouted.
"I'm going to get Tyki Mikk and Lero." Allen said.
"I am too."
"You can't be serious!" Lavi said.
"Tyki Mikk is a normal human now. And he has human friends who are waiting for his return." Teal said.
"I don't really have a problem with it. But if the Order finds out about you rescuing a Noah…"
"Rescue? You mean you didn't kill him?" Chaoji said. He looked terrified.
"He's still alive," Allen replied suspiciously.
"We exist to protect humans. Tyki Mikk is not a threat to us." Teal glared at Chaoji, hoping to reason with him but she didn't count on it.
"You're going to betray everyone who has died for us? Everything we've believed in? You are my enemy!"
Teal froze and stared into space muttering something.
"Teal? Teal, what's wrong?" Lenalee asked.
"Plea…sure… Noah's Pleasure…" Her body came back to life and turned around. Something was coming from underneath them.
"Look out!"