Chapter 28- Back In Black
Author's Note: I hope you enjoy this chapter, and please review if you can!
Date: October 3
Time: 10:00am
Place: India
Allen slowly opened his eyes a crack to flinch at the sunlight pouring in from the window nearby.
Allen slowly sat up, but was suddenly slammed back down by a basket as Milly fumed angrily.
"Don't even think of standing yet!" She snapped angrily, and Allen frantically nodded as she glared at him.
She swiftly turned around and slammed the basket into Lavi's head as he tried to sneak past her.
"You too!" She snapped, and Lavi was pulled back into the bed as Milly dragged him onto it.
"Honestly, you two don't heal as fast as Kanda does! Lay down until you're better!"
The two nodded frantically, and Milly smiled sweetly before slamming the door behind her.
"She's scary when it comes to healing…"
"Yeah, but that staff of hers healed most of the wounds already."
Allen looked at Lavi who had his head against the wall as he had a lot of bandages over his body.
"Then why are we still in bed?"
"She ran out of energy while trying to heal those two." Lavi stated, and Allen tilted his head in confusion. "Those two?"
A little while later, Allen and Lavi left the room to see Komui and Krory standing over two people tied up on the floor.
"Ah, are you two healed?" Komui asked, and Lavi nodded as Kanda scowled from the corner.
Milly was slumped against a wall as she was tired from healing, and Krory kept an eye on the two tied up on the floor.
Allen paused as Aroc looked at him, and then he scowled.
"Why'd you save us?" Aroc asked as he kept the scowl on his face, and Allen looked over at Komui for an answer.
"You two are Exorcists, so it would be bad to have you die like that large one." Komui said, and Aroc looked away as he grumbled, and Zareth silently stared at the floor.
"I also want to question you."
"Tch, just my luck…"
Komui looked down at Aroc, and narrowed his eyes.
"Where's Lenalee?"
"Well, you won't find her here!"
"I know that, but where is she?"
"Heh, isn't it strange that nobody has called you yet?"
"What does that mean?"
Aroc grinned as he looked at Komui, and the six froze as he said. "She's at the Black Order Headquarters."
"W-What!?"
Aroc chuckled as Kanda reached for Mugen, and Allen gritted his teeth.
"One last question." Komui said, and everyone looked over at him.
"What?"
"Do you know why was Lenalee kidnapped?"
"… Kidnapped? What are you talking about? We never kidnapped her."
"Stop lying, and tell the truth!"
"That is the truth."
Komui froze as Aroc looked him in the eye and grinned.
"You see, if we were to kidnap her, do you think we would let her walk around on her own, and also give her new clothes and such? What kind of kidnappers would we be if we did that?" Aroc asked, and Kanda pointed Mugen at him.
"What are you going to do to me? Kill me? You said it would be bad to do that." Aroc stated slyly, and Komui nodded sadly.
"He's right…"
Kanda sheathed Mugen, and then scowled as he glared at Aroc.
Aroc merely chuckled as he looked at Kanda and then Komui.
"Shouldn't you get going? It'll take a while to reach the Black Order."
Komui nodded again, and he started to walk away while Kanda and Krory followed him.
"What about these two?" Lavi asked, and Komui looked back at them.
"Leave them."
"Eh?"
"Let's go."
"O-Okay…"
Lavi, Milly, and Allen started to follow Komui away from the tied up two.
"Wait."
The six looked back at Aroc, and he grinned as he slowly pulled a card out of his back pocket.
"Use this. Just toss the card to the floor and it'll make a door to the bottom of the mountain where your tower is."
Komui stared at the card suspiciously, and then picked it up.
"Why are you helping?"
"Why not? It's not like I'm doing anything bad. I'm just sending you to your death faster." Aroc stated with a smirk as Komui narrowed his eyes at the card.
Allen suddenly took the card from Komui and tossed it to the floor as the other five stared in surprise.
The area around the card turned into a spade shape black hole, and the six suddenly felt a sinking feeling as they sunk into the black shape and then into totally darkness.
Date: October 3
Time: 6:00pm
Place: Black Order
A black spade shape appeared in the air at the base of the mountain, and Allen with the others suddenly hit the ground painfully.
"Ow…" Allen muttered as he rubbed his head in pain, and the six stood up to stare at the mountain.
Komui looked over at the entrance to the waterway, and the others looked as well.
"We should go now." Allen said, and the others nodded as they started to run toward the waterway.
'Hold on a little longer, Lenalee…'
The six stopped running when they were inside the waterway, and they cautiously walked down the path.
Suddenly, a loud noise rang out from around a corner, and Allen and the others stopped as they readied themselves.
"What was that!?"
"Who's there!?"
"Go look!"
"Why me!?"
"Just do it!"
Someone was suddenly hit around the corner, and the six relaxed as Reever rubbed his head.
"Oh… It's just Chief…"
"Chief!"
The other scientists and finders all ran toward Komui, but they were knocked aside as a crying Milly ran toward Reever.
"Big Brother!" She shouted as she jumped at Reever, and tackled him to the ground.
"B-Brother…!?" Komui, Krory, Kanda, and the scientists all muttered as Reever stared in surprise at Milly's crying face.
"Milly!? What are you-"
"You dumb jerk!"
Everyone froze as Milly suddenly smacked Reever with her basket that came out of nowhere, and Reever was sent flying into the wall as Milly fumed angrily with her tears suddenly gone.
"You were gone for so long! I actually got bored of waiting for your sorry butt, and came here! I heard you were in trouble, so I rushed over here to find you perfectly fine! Next time you'd better have a knife at your neck!" Milly snapped angrily while pointing at Reever as the others trembled at her red aura except Kanda who couldn't care less.
"I-I'm sorry…?"
"You'd better be!" Milly snapped again, and hit Reever with her basket again.
After Reever had healed, and the scientists and finders were led out of the waterway and to the front of the tower, Komui nodded as he stared up at the tower in the distance.
"Reever, please stay safe."
"Yes, sir…" Reever said weakly as Johnny was helping him stand from multiple basket wounds while Milly continued to fume angrily.
Allen started to walk toward the tower, and Kanda, Lavi, Komui, Krory, and Milly followed him.
"Be careful!" Reever called after them, and they all nodded with a smile before starting to run toward the tower.
As they neared the tower, Allen noticed the Gate Keeper was knocked out, and the gate was wide open.
Allen narrowed his eyes, and continued to run forward. From above, someone looked down at the group as they looked at them.
"No. No. No. No. No…"
The person paused as they looked at Kanda, and he grinned.
"There you are."
Kanda suddenly felt a chill, and he stopped as everyone continued to run forward.
"Kanda!?"
"Keep going, I'll handle this."
Allen looked confused, but nodded before running back to the group.
Kanda unsheathed Mugen as the person calmly stood up from where he was crouched down.
He reached for the blade on his back, and he grinned happily as he unsheathed it.
"Ready for Round 3?"
"Che."
The person smirked as he suddenly disappeared, and Kanda swiftly turned around, and Mugen collided against the person's blade.
The person jumped back as they grinned at Kanda, and Kanda pointed Mugen at him.
"Kaichu: Ichigen!"
"Hellblade The Third: Blood Chain!"
Seedry and Kanda shouted as they slashed at each other.
The group continued to run through the tower, and Lavi looked around expecting something.
He stopped after glancing at a pillar, and he smirked.
"Keep going, Allen. I got this." Lavi said, and Allen nodded as they continued to run through the tower.
Lavi twirled his hammer as it grew, and he pointed it behind him at the pillar.
"You ready, old man?"
"Sure, brat." Xerxes said as he walked out from behind the pillar.
"Let me show you some pain!" Lavi shouted as he raised his hammer, and Xerxes pulled his hammer out of the air.
"Anytime, boy."
Krory was next to stop as he sniffed the air.
Komui also stopped, and Allen looked back.
"Keep going, Allen!"
"I would just slow you down, so go save Lenalee!"
Komui and Krory called after them, and Allen smiled with a nod.
"Be careful!" He shouted as he continued to run, and Krory smirked as his hair stood up.
"Oh? You aren't running away?" Someone said from where they were sitting above the two.
"You may be a little girl, but that won't stop me from holding back."
"Good, cause if you did, it would get boring quickly." Rôade said as she pulled out her deck of cards, and she suddenly tossed the cards into the air as the two stared in surprise.
"Grand Arcadia." Rôade said, and the cards suddenly stopped falling, and they formed four large circles around the three as the cards started to rotate around them.
Rôade smiled as a large black dome suddenly surrounded the three, and Krory and Komui watched as Rôade happily giggled.
"Are you ready to play my game?"
Allen and Milly ran down the hallway, but Milly stopped as a pillar of flames nearly hit her.
"Keep going!" She snapped when Allen had stopped, and he nodded slowly before running down the hallway.
"You again?" Milly asked as Tyrir rested his katana on his shoulder.
"What? Thought I was dead? Ha, it'll take more than you to hurt me."
Milly smiled as the cross on her necklace glowed, and she took it off as her staff formed in her hand.
"I've been saving some revenge just for you."
"Good, so let's start killing each other!"
Allen quickly opened the doors to a large room, and he looked around as he invocated his Innocence.
He narrowed his eyes as he continued to look around, and he paused as he suddenly heard giggling from above.
Date: October 3
Time: 5:50pm
Place: Black Order
Kiki opened the door to Lenalee's room to peek inside to see Lenalee silently sitting with her back to the door.
Kiki smiled slyly as she walked over to Lenalee, and she put a tray of food down in front of Lenalee.
"Here you go."
"…"
Kiki looked at Lenalee for a moment before smiling.
"Here's a little secret for you. Just now the cameras in the waterway found a little group running up here to save you."
Lenalee perked up, and she looked at Kiki in surprise.
Kiki chuckled as she started to walk away toward the door until she paused to glance back at Lenalee.
"Don't worry. Allen will be here shortly." Kiki said before leaving the room, and Lenalee sadly looked at the floor.
"Allen…" She muttered as outside in the hallway, Kiki happily walked down toward a door to the large room.
She opened the door, and smiled as she noticed Allen run through the other door.
Allen invocated his Innocence after a moment, and Kiki giggled happily.
"Come to get Lenalee?"
"Give her back."
"Hmm… No, I don't think I will." Kiki said as she pretended to think of it for a moment with a smile.
Allen swung his claw at Kiki suddenly, and she looked at it with a small smile.
"That would hurt." She muttered as she leaned to the side to easily dodge Allen's claw.
Allen gritted his teeth as he put his right hand on his claw, and pull his sword out.
Kiki watched calmly as he swung it downward at her, and she smiled as her sneakers started to glow.
"Innocence Level 2: Kireme." Kiki said, and Allen froze as Kiki's foot had suddenly collided into Allen's blade, and Allen stared in shock as the blade shattered until the only thing left was the hilt.
"Too bad for you. My Innocence is like Lenalee's, but mine doesn't make me able to stand on anything; it lets me break anything I hit." Kiki stated as she gently tapped the pillar next to her, and it suddenly shattered as she smiled.
She suddenly hit Allen in the stomach, and if the mask hadn't blocked it, Allen would probably be on the floor half dead from a shattered stomach.
Allen started to pant heavily as he returned the hilt to his arm, and he gritted his teeth as his claw started to tremble in pain.
Kiki smiled happily as she flexed her feet, and she tilted her head to the side playfully.
"Still want to fight?"
O.o Kiki is strong... An Innocence that cam shatter anything... It would explain how she totalled three Komlins, right? Okay! Like last time, I'm letting you vote for who gets to fight first! These are the choices:
Kanda vs. Seedry
Lavi vs. Xerxes
Krory and Komui vs. Rôade
Milly vs. Tyrir
Allen vs. Kiki
Each one will have a different length, so pick wisely...