As they stepped out of the train,Elvira finished reading her mission file. Apparently people have been hearing voices of humming. There might be Innocence due to the sudden increase in Akumas. And for the butterflies,it seemed that it flutters around any body of a dead person. Apparently,they have no internal organs when they're found.
" Are you an exorcist? " An old man who wore priest clothing came and greet them.
" Yes. And you must be the head chief of this town? "
" ... " the man stayed silent for a while,"sadly no. I am his brother,Sir Jaden. My brother was... killed. "
" I am very sorry for your loss. May we see the bodies? "
" Yes. Of course. " the priest said and led them to a building that looked like a town hall. When they went in,they saw four bodies,perfectly covered by white sheets.
" Everyone please step back. " she said in a serious tone,causing everyone to flinch and scramble out of the hall.
" Michael,please wear gloves when you remove the cloth. There might be Akuma virus. " she said sharply when she saw his hand about to touch one of the cloths and wore her own gloves. Together,they remove the white cloths. The stench was so strong that Elvira and her Finder scrunched their nose in disgust. The bodies were covered with black pentacles,some completely black and on the verge of crumbling.
" Kkh. Akumas work. Michael,please burn them. We can't afford the leisure to wait. "
" Yes ma'am. "
In a few moments,smoke billowed from the burnt bodies as Elvira and Michael stood on the corner of a building,watching out for any Akuma. Elvira took the South and East whereas Michael kept watch out North and West.
" Ms. Elvira. 5 in NorthWest. " he said after two minutes.
" Stay here. If anything were to happen,contact HQ. " she said and jumped before she could hear a response. As she arrived on top of a building,merely ten feet from the Akumas,her eyes shone crimson,a sign for her need to kill. She picked a random pebble and threw. The Akumas stopped and looked at their right when they heard a sound. Instantly,Elvira jumped and threw her blades from upper behind, hitting 2 Akumas. With a scream they ignited,exploding in a flash.
" One. Two. " she counted as all the other 3 made a loud growl and bended their bullet barrels at her. As they Akuma bullets shot,Elvira ran and skidded below the bullets and Akuma. As she slided her blade through the bottom of one,she rolled on the ground and threw it at another and pulled as she heard two explosions.
" Three. Four. " she said and a smile formed in her lips as she gazed at the Level 2. It looked like a soup can with a mouth on it,it's eyes... well,everywhere. On his torso,limbs,tattered wings and his face. It was trembling like a puppy.
" W-Wai- ! "before he coul finish his words,a cross cut formed in his torso,slicing through his various eyeballs. With a loud shriek,it exploded and disappeared into the night.
" Five. Amen. " she whispered silently and headed back to the building where her Finder was waiting,apparently gun in hand.
" Any other Akuma sightings? " She said,ignoring the gun.
" No ma'am. That is all I see. "
" Good. Now have you found the Innocence? "
" Yes. I sensed that it is over there. " he said and pointed to an old abandoned bar. Of course. It has to be a old abandoned place. As they walked,they saw the priest.
" What is he doing in this hour?"
Then she saw the veins in his eyes.
" Akuma. He's one of them. And he's heading towards the Innocence. Michael,run as fast as you can while I kill it. " Wlvira said and unzipped the bottom half of her uniform. It was a little more efficient if the sleeves didn't block her.
She peered from a corner,feet on the ground as she gripped her blades. The priest was walking like a zombie,his face pale and blank. When he was right in front of her,she threw a blade through his head. His eyes widen and she threw another through his heart and pulled. The skin instantly melted,revealing a metal skeleton that screamed and went off.
" 6. 5 Level 1s,1 Level 2s. 6 too many. " she muttered and ran towards the direction of the building.
Michael was grateful that he wasn't killed just yet. Ms. Elvira must be some kind of Akuma repeller. So far their mission was going smoothly. He would be one of those great Finders that survived when he get back to the Order.
" Ms. Elvira. " he called as she hopped off the building,the bottom Hal of her wide and long sleeve flowing gracefully. " I've checked the insides of the building. It leads to an underground maze. "
" Maze? "
" Yes but apparently I'm not able to pass through. I kept ending up at the door. " he continued, " I believe only Innocence users are able to enter. "
" OK. You remember the drill? " she said and put her hand in. It felt as if her hand passed through a screen of jelly.
" Yes. Good luck. " he said and readied his gun. Elvira nodded and walked through the jelly like screen.
When she entered,she could hear a soft hum. With her used-to-the-dark eyes,she scanned her surroundings. It's true that it was an underground maze. She remembered playing with these things. As she put her right hand on the wall,she trailed in and walked in front of her. She felt a presence of Innocence as she arrived to a fork. She covered her right ear. Nothing. She then covered her left ear. A soft hum. She scraped through her domplet and found something extremely useful that she managed to get from the storage room. Solid sulphur. It was in a impossible bright yellow,perfect for tracking. She dropped one of the many pieces of sulphur on the ground,and went her way. If she had to go back,just follow the pebble shaped markings.
Through a labyrinth of twist,turns,forks,detours and such,she could feel the strong presence and heard a loud hum. As she saw a light,she followed it. Suddenly, she was blinded by the sudden light. In front of her was a doll,it's fingers which was strapped with real skin,rubbing against a half filled wine cup,surrounded by at least two hundred empty ones. Elvira walked towards her from the side. The doll was lifeless as the hand,cradled with the Innocence,kept rubbing on the rim of the glass. Elvira used her blade to cut off the wooden hand an extracted the Innocence.
" Good night. " was all she said and left,leaving the limp wooden body as hundreds of empty wine glasses.
As she was about to arrive at the exit,she heard a scream. Recognizing the voice,she ran as fast as she could,following the trails of sulphur. As she skidded to a stop when she was outside the bar, a gruesome sight was shown in front of her. Her Finder, Michael was choking as a man,who was maybe 20 years old and wore a suit and top hat,was strangling him with one hand,the other just passing through his chest. His fingers were waving freely,as if it were an illusion.
" Hm? There you are! I've been looking for you! " The man suddenly turned to her and smiled,as if he were a friend. He left his hand from Michael's chest but his other one kept its place as he lit his cigarette. Then his face suddenly changed to shock.
" Aren't you cheating girl A?! " he exclaimed and Elvira could suddenly see his face features. Even in two seconds,she knew what he was. Ashen gray skin. Blue black hair that was pulled back from his forehead,revealing a pair of amber eyes,a mole under one,and seven stigmatas.
" Noah... " she muttered.
" You don't recongnize me? " He asked,pointing to his face. Then the man in the train popped in her mind.
" You were the guy in the train... " she said in disbelief. All this time,he was one of the pawns of the Millennium Earl?
" Ho. You got good eyes! " He said and took out a poker card and flipped it,showing her name and an empty face with a scar on the right forehead and jet black hair, " I have to get some Innocence but you're still on my list. Are you Elvira Nightshade? "
" He's after the Innocence and me. Not Michael. If I could distract him long enough... " her mind raced and she took a step back,smirking as her eyes shone deathly white-gray,like the crescent moon that shone in the sky, " Yeah. If you want me,come and get me. " She turned and ran as fast as her legs could carry.
" Oi! " Tyki cried as the girl ran away faster than a panther. He looked at the unconscious Finder and sighed. This is going to be a long night. As he threw the Finder to the side,he sighed out a wisp of smoke " You're really naive,aren't you? " And dissipated as he went after hr at light speed.
Elvira panted and grunt silently as she ran. She made twists and turns and went up and down various buildngs. Energy sapped from her as she tried to ignore the numbness of her leg. Finally,she decided to hide in a dark alleyway to catch her breathe.
She panted and mumbled to herself, " Shouldn't those damn Noahs be faster? "
" We are. " the silky voice echoed and Elvira jolted to her feet,blades in hand. How did he catch up in this short time. She didn't even see sweat on him. He spread out both his hands and smiled, " Teez" .
As swarms of poker-symbolized butterflies swarm over her for human flesh,Elvira tried to slash them. But it was a futile attempt as the butterflies just flutter from her attacks. She used one of her sleeves to prevent the insects from aiming at her eyes as she threw the blades towards the building to her right,feeling a tug on her arm and let the retractable wire bring her up.
" That's cheating you know~ " He heard him say and sprinted as the butterflies followed close behind. As she was halfway from reaching the other building as she jumped,he was suddenly in front of her.
" You arrogant neko-chan(note:kitty. don't ask why). " He said and Elvira felt a force dragging her in high speed towards a brick wall. Her hands released the blades in surprise of the strength as she felt fingers tightly wrapping her throat,tightening her airways. She let out a gasp as she used her hands to pry of the strangling fingers.
" Let... go! " she gasped,struggling for air. The grip tightened even more and black dots started to dance in Elvira's vision. She was getting lightheaded.
The man only took the smoke out from his mouth,blowing a wisp of smoke from his mouth as one of the butterflies landed on his index finger.
" Do you know what is this,neko-chan? " he asked,the nickname clearly pissing Elvira off. But she was too busy trying to breathe to even care. He continued to explain as the hold lessen a little, " This is Teez. Do you know what they do? " He gazed at her,waiting for an answer.
" Eat... humans... " she croaked,as blood rushed to her head,lessening the throbbing pain.
" You're smart. But these little critters do more than that. They eat their victim inside out and outside in. " He looked at her,as if she were to be next. Elvira gulped lightly.
" But I can't do that to you,since you'll have to be taken in alive. " He said and smiled sadistically " But this is what I truly am capable of. " He said and thrust his hand through her chest,like how he did to Michael. Elvira inhaled deeply whilst he talked, " The power of the Noah of Pleasure. I have the privilege to touch anything I want. " He said and retracted his outstretched hand a little,and he could feel the quickened heartbeat of the girl. " Let's say I want to touch your heart, " he said and leaned in to her ear, " without making as much as a wound,I could rip it out right away. "he whispered.
" Tch. " due to his surprise,he looked at the girl face. Despite her deathly pale face and bleeding head,she smirked, " I rather have that then to be at the mercy of a damned Noah. " she spat.
Without hesitation,Tyki pushed her up the wall higher. Ignoring the pain searing at her back,Elvira's fingers scrambled for some sort of purchase of the bricks,ignoring the painful numbness as it kept hitting on bricks.
" You're as rude as pretty boy. Fine then. If you want it your way, " he smiled as he took a vial from his jacket pocket. Even with one hand,he could let the liquid-like substance flow into his hands and formed an orb, " you asked for it. " The butterflies were hovering around her now.
" Wh- " as soon as she opened her mouth,he shoved the liquid into her mouth and forced her jaws closed. Elvira shook her head as hard as she could to rid of the hand and liquid as she used her numb and frostbitten hands to pull the fingers off but the liquid quickly covered her nose and throat. Either she die of suffocation or swallow. Her body didn't listen to her mind as she swallowed the foul-tasting liquid down and coughed.
" Good. Well I had fun. You can keep the Innocence and that pesky Finder with this town Akuma free. You'll be seeing me a lot more,neko-chan. " he said and released a hacking Elvira, " and the name is Tyki Mikk. " he said as he tipped his hat and disappeared into the night. The midnight snow started to fall,mocking Elvira's condition with its beauty. Elvira slowly got up,but a pang of pain attacked her stomach. Letting out a hoarse cry,she pushed at her stomach,hopeful for something to come out,practically the thing that was shoved into her throat. As she coughed dryly,agonizing pain enveloped her being. She stumbled on the snow-patched floor,a crimson liquid,with a sleek of black,flowed from her lips as her vision blurred and darken. As she felt the cold of the snow,the Innocence is her pocket shone a gentle light.
"Ne, Tyki-pon" The Earl asked as he knitted somekind of very very big sock, " Did you finish the assignments? " he looked at him with his huge glasses.
" Well,most of the people were killed off except for two and three,most of their Innocence were destroyed,except for neko-chan's. "
" Neko-chan? " Road asked,sitting on a floating Lero with her fluffy skirt, " you mean El-chan? "
" Yeah. Her Innocence's more interesting than the rest. "
" Anyway,what happened? " The Earl asked.
" I made her swallow Akuma Blood Oil. " Tyki shrugged.
" You WHAT?! " He heard Road scream and the Earl dropping his knitting needles. When he turned towards her,she was smashing his forehead with hers and pulling his shirt collar,causing his hat to fall. " You know what Akuma blood oil do! She'll be killed! "
" Relax,Road. " he said and pried his niece off before he gets strangled, "I diluted it in water and some other stuff that'll neutralize the virus. It'll just cause her a hell lot of pain. "
" Why'd you do that,Tyki-pon" The Earl asked as he picked up his needles again.
" It's better to let them get weak first then control them,isn't it? " Tyki smiled sadistically. Road was about to shout at him and realized what he was up to. The corners of her mouth curved upwards as she sat back on Lero, " You really are delirious,Tyki. "
" Eh? What are you two thinking? " The Earl asked,a big question mark on his head. Sometimes,his family was just so hard to understand.
Boo! Well that's for chapter 6~! Now for the replies to all you guys reviews ^^~
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