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Chapter 30:

I fell onto something soft and saw that it was Chaoji. He was on Lavi who was on Allen who was trying not to squish Lenalee. So I decided it would be a good idea to get off the exorcist pile.

I flipped over and found myself face to face with Kanda who caught himself before he fell on me. Behind him I could see Krory falling and so I turned my head to the side quickly and he fell on Kanda who crashed into me at the impact, knocking all the air out of me.

"Th-that was scary!" Krory said. I wanted to glare at him, but all I could see was black hair. Very nice black hair with a mint whiff to it- but it was still hair in my face and no air in my lungs! I tried to wriggle free but Kanda hissed and tensed, so I stopped.

"You're crushing me!" Allen yelled and I couldn't agree more!

"Oh, Sorry!" Krory got off quickly, Kanda picked himself up and got off, I sat up and got off, but poor Chaoji and Lavi were thrown off by Allen, who was panting. I would have gone to see if Lenalee was alright, but it was hard to catch my breath. She looked fine.

"Where are we?" Kanda asked rubbing his head where it had hit mine. Mine didn't hurt, but then again, mine was made of diamond.

"We're inside the ark!" Allen recognized the place.

"How's that possible?" Kanda growled at Allen.

"Don't ask me!"

I went to Lenalee's side along with Lavi. I picked her up.

"Hey! There's some kind of pumpkin thing under Lenalee!" I looked and Lavi was right. It was like an umbrella with a pumpkin head.

"Get off me you fat exorcists!" It yelled in an annoying squeaky voice. I jumped back with Lenalee, surprised that the thing could talk. Allen and Kanda had their innocence pointed at the thing in half a second.

"So you did this, eh?" They asked in unison. It shrieked in terror.

"If you want your pumpkin to stay in one piece, get us out of here!" Kanda would do it too.

"Where's the exit?" Allen demanded of it. I liked Kanda's way of handling the situation better. Demand to go out rather than ask how to get out.

"Th- there…" The thing stuttered obviously scared. "There is no exit!" The Earl's voice took over then. "After many years of faithful service, this ark is no longer functional. Well done, Lero. Now it's time for you to begin your journey, my dear exorcists. You will accompany this ark into the afterlife!" And out of the pumpkin's mouth came what looked like the Earl, only white and squishy, like a balloon or dough or something. There was an earthquake that broke the buildings around us. Lenalee woke up and I put her down. "Be careful!" The Earl continued. "The areas of the ark that were transferred are starting to collapse."

"What does that mean?" Kanda growled darkly.

"This ark will disintegrate and be absorbed into the inter- dimensional gulf. To put it in simpler terms, in three hours you will cease to exist. Now girl, aren't you glad to have such good friends?" Lenalee gasped and I tightened my arm around her. "They all came with you, and will accompany you to the afterlife as well. So you'll never be lonely."

"You fiend!" Lenalee hissed at him and I couldn't agree more.

"And rest assured," the Earl said as he floated up through the sky, definitely a balloon, "I'll see to it that no one mourns you by exterminating all your friends and loved ones."

Another earthquake came and we ran to where it looked more stable.

This was troublesome.