Day: 041as a comrade

I groaned as I got out of bed. "Lux what time is it?" I mumbled. Lux shot up a hologram of an electric clock. "Oh, it's 12:13 pm," I said to myself. All of a sudden I realized something. "Wh-what!' 12:13! Why is it so late!" I cried shooting up out of bed. I snatched Lux out of the air and shook her madly. "Lux! Are you broken somewhere!" examining her worriedly I found no problems with her. "Why am I up so late!" I groaned. My head turned towards the door, it was never so quiet. I would always end up waking up early because it was loud from all of the workers in the science division scrambling all over the Order, but today was the first time that it was absolutely silent. I quickly got dressed to check out what was wrong.

The hallways were empty and no one was in the cafeteria. All the labs were free of people for the first time ever. The order was scary with no one around, but why was there no one around? Walked around floor five and heard the sound of crying from floor six. "People?" I asked myself and quickly hurried up to the next floor. The crying was coming from the chapel and it wasn't only one person, it sounded more like the whole room was crying. I hurried in to the doors and found myself standing in front of hundreds of coffins. I saw Kanda in a corner of the chapel, for once his face just a little bit softer than usual. It was almost sad, his eyebrows were scrunched and the side of his mouth slanted. Lenalee was kneeling before a coffin bawling like I had never seen before, and Allen and Lavi who stood a couple feet away from Kanda gritted there teeth and turned away from the painful sight like if they looked they might not ever be able to see ever again. The rest of the exorcist stood expressionless before the white coffins. I walked down the aisle of coffins and heard people whisper. "That's the Exorcist that the 14 year old kid worked for right? Jayson, I think his name was." I stopped dead in my tracks. "Does she know yet? Do you know if she knows?" "If she knows what?" I continued to listen intently. "Does she know that he's dead?"

My heart stopped beating, I swear. "He was in the finder unit that got dispatched yesterday night. They said it was an emergency." "Why would they send a kid?" "Well there were only two survivors anyways, there's no way that 14 year old even had a chance to survive anyways." My ears were getting numb weren't they? I wasn't hearing correctly right? Sephiria… look down. My eyes hesitated before rolling down to see a white coffin by my feet. A silver plaque was screwed in to the coffin. Jayson Stadfeld, it read. I choked on a sob and collapsed to my knees. I remembered yesterday at dinner, his smirk. The way he understood that I really didn't want to be bothered. The first time I met him and I had to carry him back to his room because he'd gotten drunk. Every single freaking time he'd picked me up and brought me back to the order. When we talked. All the memories rushed through my head and I thought that I might've just burst… maybe I wanted it to. Tears spilled out of my eyes, but I didn't make a sound. Sometimes you could get so sad that it's impossible to even make the slightest noise because it hurts so bad. This was one of these times.

I heard the clacking boots of the chief. "Komui… what happened?" He looked down at me, but I didn't dare look up at him. "A finder unit was dispatched to Luxembourg at midnight. All of them were killed a little under an hour of arrival, all except for two." He explained solemnly. "Luxembourg? Wasn't that my mission?" I asked.

"Yes, it was."

I gritted my teeth so hard my gums almost bled. "Then why was I not released with the finders?" I was irritated, everyone could tell by the tone of my voice though I tried to hide it.

"Allen wasn't dispatched either. We.. We didn't think that we'd need exorcists just yet. We thought that it would be okay to release a group of finders before releasing you and Allen."

My fingers clawed at the edge of Jayson's coffin, keep calm Sephiria. "Some plan that was," I muttered. "What a stupid plan." my eyes wandered to the coffin again. My fingers began to slide the lid out of place. "I want to see his face," I said aloud.

Komui stopped my hand. "Don't Sephiria."

"Let go," I ordered menacingly. "I want to see his face."

"No, you don't. You're just going to hurt yourself more if you do."

I heard more footsteps approach us. "Sephiria." It was Allen's voice, but even his voice didn't soothe me now. Not like it did before, not like it usually always did. Instead it sounded rather annoying to me. "Sephiria, please stop," Allen said again. I felt like I had no choice but to obey him. My hand slipped off the side of the casket, "I want to go to Luxembourg now. It was Allen's and my mission. They died because we weren't there. It's my fault and I want to go now." Jayson had died watching over Luxembourg, waiting for Allen and I to come. I didn't want his efforts to have gone to waste. "No," I looked up to see who had told me no because it obviously wasn't Komui's voice. Snake eyes bore in to mine, Levvrier. "Levvrier," I hissed. "What hello Sephiria Liang," he said. I shot him a death glare, "let me go on the mission" "Now why would you want to do that?" Levvrier sneered. "To avenge my comrades," I gave him a firm answer. "Your comrades? They're just finders, finders can easily be replaced. Now, exorcists are a different story though." Levvrier shrugged. Rage burned in my chest and I felt the last small thin line that held me back finally snap, I stood up. "Just finder's? Replaceable! You're unbelievable!" Everyone stared at the girl that dared stand up to a Levvrier, especially Malcom C. Levvrier. "We're not your damn toys! We're people and we do everything for the order, but you stupid Levvriers… what do you guys do! You guys do nothing! You treat us like trash even though you guys are the real filth! Not even one of your family's descendants could synchronize with innocence!" Levvrier rose his hand and slapped me hard across my face. My teeth bit down on my inner lip and I began to bleed. I stumbled and hit the ground below. "Don't get cocky Liang."

I spit blood out of my mouth and it landed right at his feet. "I take no orders from you." Levvrier looked as if he wanted to hit me another time and he really did try, but before he knew it or even I knew it I was surrounded by a group of exorcists blocking me completely. Allen was the only one that stayed by me on the ground. The rest of the exorcists looked like they were ready to kill anyone that touched me. Levvrier scowled and shot me a glare that I returned right back. "Are you all right?" Allen asked me worriedly. "Yeah," I replied but I was barely paying any attention to him. My gaze was locked on Komui. "Dispatch me on the mission," I commanded. Komui sighed and shook his head. "Sephiria, the finders sent us a radio transmission before their team was wiped out. They said they were attacked by a level four demon. Not to mention that how odd it was that the demon never fired a single bullet and left us all of the bodies. I think it's trying to lure exorcists there for a reason. It's much too dangerous." "My gosh, you too?" I got up and stormed out of the chapel. I would go on that mission, even if it killed me I would go.

When I got to my room I threw my suitcase on my bed and immediately began to pack. I was to take a train to Luxembourg. The last thing a packed was a wad of cash for the train tickets and food. I would leave first thing the next morning before anyone would wake up. I would sneak out and be on my way.

t

I recalled the men in the chapel that morning saying that there were only two survivors. So that was where I was headed now, I was headed to go see those survivors. My training had been cancelled for the day because Zokalo had been called in to a meeting along with the other three generals, Levvrier, Allen's so called supervisor Link, and Komui. Entering the clinic the nurse wouldn't let me see the finders until she got a bandage on my swollen cheek, of course it was a bother but it's not like I could complain. I had found that someone had already beat me to visiting them. "Allen," I smiled. "Guess you beat me." He gave me a concerned stare, "Sephiria…" "C-c'mon! Don't be such a bummer!" I faked a laugh and then turned to see the two men bandaged and bruised, sitting in bed.

"I'm Sephiria, nice to meet you." I shook their somewhat moveable hands. "You're the amazing young exorcist that all the finders talk about. We've heard a lot about you, I'm Barry, and this is Dave" Barry said. "That's too much!" I scratched my head and laughed. "I'm not amazing at all.

The two of them smiled. "You really are amazing. You made Jayson smile for the first time since he came to the order."

Jayson's name stung at my heart, but I tried my best not to show it. "He was really nice. I really liked him as a person."

"You know Jayson really liked you too. Probably not in the same way he liked you though. Jayson liked you as more than just a friend, since he never got to tell you we thought we'd tell for him."

I stayed quiet for a little while. Did I know that Jayson liked me from the start? Just a little bit, but I wasn't sure about it. This was too much though, for him to die and then me finally finding out the truth. They were right though, I didn't like Jayson in that way. I laughed to myself quietly. "He has the worst taste in women," my voice was just loud enough for people to hear.

"There's something else we need to tell you too, but we can wait if you'd like." The finders offered, but I shook my head. "It's okay, you can tell me now."

"Don't go on the mission, the level four is looking for you."

I stared at them blankly, "me?"

"Yes, the level four kept on saying that the Earl was looking for you. He was singing your name and asked all of the finders. He asked Jayson too."

So that was probably how he died. "Why would he want me though?"

"We don't know, that's why you can't go on that mission. We're begging you!"

I stared guiltily down at the floor, my mind had been made up hours ago, and there was no changing it now.

I left the infirmary with Allen. "You're going regardless of what they say aren't you?" Allen asked, though it sounded a little more like a statement to me. I gave him a dumb face, "what would make you think that? Of course not." "Liar, I saw your face when they told you not to go." He'd gotten me there, Allen was very perceptive, "you're right, I am, and if you try to stop me I'll knock you out for so long that by the time you wake up I'll be already gone." I threatened. "Gosh, you seem more like Zokalo every single day," Allen sighed. "I'm not trying to stop you, don't worry." "Then what do you want?"

"I want to come with you," he sounded extremely determined. "I was your original partner for this mission and if the Earl really is looking for you I should be there with you." "No, I don't want Link coming with and ratting," I said. If it wasn't for Link then I really would want Allen to come with me. "How about I pack up my things now and put them in your room, then tomorrow morning we'll both set off early in the morning before Link wakes up and if he does wake up I'll let you do the knocking outing." Allen planned. "You're kidding right?" I checked. "Of course not, now come to my room and pack with me."

Allen's room really was the old food storage in the cafeteria. It was a little creepy , but I guess it wasn't a big problem to Allen since he had basically experienced every type of scary that existed. "Why am I here?" I asked looking around. Allen picked up his suitcase and answered. "Because you're nice company to keep." "Heh, don't fall for me Allen," I joked. "I'll definitely try my best not to," Allen laughed in response after a rather long pause.

"Just wondering Allen, but do you like Lenalee?" I asked curiously. He dropped what he was holding immediately and I knew I'd hit a bulls eye. I felt a sharp sting in my chest, but since I didn't understand it I just ignored it. "I-I-I don't like her, not completely anyway," the white haired boy's face was beet red. "Oh yeah? And why is that?" "-someone else… too." He answered in broken verses, but I didn't take a genius to understand where he was getting to. "Oh Allen! You must tell me!" I ran over to his side and draped an arm around his shoulder pulling him close to my ear so that he could tell. He just got even redder. I rolled on to Allen's bed laughing. I'd never once in my life ever seen Allen lose his cool like this. I stared at his red pouting face and smiled, how cute.

t

I opened my eyes to find myself completely covered by water. I was locked in a glass case and the ceiling above my was distorted by the ripples in the liquid glass. Though it seemed like some kind of lab. Wires were hooked all over my body and ran out of the tank. A breathing mask covered my mouth and nose. I heard a door open, "here she is Wisely." A man's voice. "So this is the girl that will become the artificial Noah?" The man named Wisely asked. "Yes, a truly foolish girl isn't she?" Foolish? Was I foolish? I guess I was considering I was a human and all humans were considered foolish. Or was I a human? Was I a monster? No, I was nothing but the girl that had fallen in love with a Noah. Aaron… where was… Aaron.

"What's the meaning of this Walker!" "Hey Link it's not like I planned this! She just fell asleep what can I do about it?" My eyes began to flutter open. It was so loud, arguing. Allen and Link were. "If I told Komui that his pretend little sister was sleeping in your bedroom what do you think he'd do to you!" Link threatened. "Please don't tell him!" Allen begged.

I groaned and sat upright. "Ah Sephiria! You're awake you tired?" Allen asked me. I nodded halfway in a daze. "Sephiria Liang!" Link cried angrily. I snapped out of my daze and immediately jumped out of bed. Huh? How'd I get in the blankets? "I'm awake!" I cried like an idiot. Every part of Link's stare told me to leave, it was almost like the air around him was screaming at me. "I'll leave now,"

I went back to my room and found a suitcase that didn't belong to me. I looked inside and found Allen's uniform. It was Allen's suitcase. All of a sudden Lux fluttered towards me and shot out a hologram of Allen. "Where's Link?" "Levvrier pulled him out for something." Allen told me. I scowled. "By the way, I left my suitcase in your room already."

"Oh was that yours? Sorry I burned it."

"WHAT!"

"I joke, I joke."

Allen groaned, "oh and by the way. Not to be nosy or anything, but who's Aaron?"

"W-what?" I stammered shooting up as straight as a nail.

"Well you were mumbling Aaron in your sleep so I was just wondering." He scratched the back of his hair raising some of his snow white locks.

"It's none of your business," I blushed. "I'll talk to you tomorrow." I grabbed Lux and quickly turned off the signal.

Sephiria finds out Jayson is dead (f.y.i, Sephiria has black hair not brown).

Please message me and rate!