A/N: Okay so this chapter is kinda random. Oh well. I hope it's alright :)
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"Wow, this place is massive!" We had only just passed through the main entrance but I was already impressed. "Where are we again?" Allen sighed, apparently fed up with my short attention span. He'd already told me the name four or five times.

"This is the headquarters for the Black Order." I stared at him, absently rubbing the back of my neck since my birthmark was acting up again.

"The Black Order? That sounds religious. No offence, but I'm an atheist, so don't go around trying to convert me." I warned. He laughed it off, but I wasn't totally convinced.

"Where is everyone?" he wondered out loud. I was thinking the same thing, but I hadn't wanted to say anything in case it was normal. We didn't see a single person until we entered what I assumed was one of the towers. There was a large, empty, circular pit in the centre of the room. Just as I was about to look away a platform rose out of the nothingness.

"What the heck is that thing?" I asked, slightly freaked out.

"That's the elevator." Allen squinted slightly, watching as a tall man with long blue-black hair got off the platform/elevator thing. "Hey, Kanda!" he called suddenly, waving his arm. The man stiffened before turning to face us, revealing that he was carrying a traditional Japanese katana.

"Beansprout." He acknowledged, nodding at Allen. He flushed and clenched his fists by his sides.

"My name is not Beansprout, it's Allen!" he yelled angrily. Kanda shrugged.

"Whatever." He turned to leave but Allen called out after him again.

"Kanda, where is everyone?" Kanda turned his cold eyes back to us, making me shudder.

"They're all downstairs checking out the Arc. Everyone except Komui. He's in his lab, probably building another one of those stupid robots." Allen laughed nervously.

"Is it even safe down there then?" The samurai shrugged uncaringly. I looked over at Allen when Kanda walked off down one of the corridors.

"What's the Arc?" Allen ignored me and climbed out onto the platform. Sebastian picked me up and jumped, landing in the centre. "Quit showing off!" I complained. "I can stand on my own." Rolling his eyes he put me down, reaching out to steady me when I stumbled, tripping on my shoelaces. I glared at him until he backed off, kneeling down to retie my street shoes. When the elevator platform began to descend I sat down hard, not trusting myself to stand while it was moving.

"I would rather just take you straight to Hevlaska if Komui's in his lab." Allen called quietly, thinking. "Unfortunately he's the head of the science division, so I should really talk to him before going down…" he tugged on his white hair.

"This Komui guy sounds a tad mental if you ask me." I commented from where I was sitting cross-legged on the platform, flinching when something gold passed in front of my eyes. "What the hell was that?" The gold thing landed on Allen's head as the platform stopped moving, knocking me off balance.

"There you are Timcampy!" he addressed the golden orb on his head. "Where have you been? I was afraid we might have left you behind." Sebastian helped me up. We followed Allen through a maze of corridors, while the whole time he was engaged in a rather one-sided conversation with Timcampy. After the fifth or sixth corner we emerged into a cluttered, unorganised office space.

"Allen, you're back!" Came a voice from behind a stack of paper.

"Hey, Reever, is Komui around?" There was a frustrated sigh before an arm appeared from behind the mountainous stack.

"He's in there." Reever pointed towards a set of double doors. I walked around the side of what I now recognised as a desk so that I could see Reever.

"Is this Komui person really as scary as he sounds?" I asked him, positioning my feet so that I wasn't standing on any paper.

"I wouldn't say that he was scary. He's just a bit intimidating, depending on the situation." Reever looked up, noticing that he didn't recognise me. "Hey Allen, who's this? Is she a new exorcist?" Sebastian snarled and I spun, telling him to behave. He narrowed his eyes in anger, making me flinch back, slipping on a loose document so that I fell into one of the mountains of paper, causing them to crash down around me.

"Ouch." I doubled over, grabbing my stomach as the shockwave from hitting the floor tore through the cut. There was a bang as the double doors were thrust open, revealing a bespectacled man in a white hat.

"I can't concentrate with all this noise." he whined childishly. "Oh where is my darling Lenalee with my coffee?" Reever rolled his eyes and reached down to help me up.

"The chief has a bit of a sister complex." He warned me. "You get used to it but it's better that you know beforehand."

"Allen, what are you doing here?" Komui asked, having finally noticed we were there.

"I was going to take Jasmine down to Hevlaska, but I figured I should check in with you first." Komui nodded.

"You want to run a synchro-rate test on her? I see. Let's go then." Komui practically ran out of the room, leaving us to try and catch up.

"He didn't mention anything about running tests on you before." Sebastian growled quietly beside me as we followed Allen and Komui deeper into the labyrinth of hallways and rooms. I hesitated for a moment before going through an archway. The room I stepped into was like nothing I had ever seen before. There was only solid ground covering about three quarters of the room, the rest was dark empty space.

"Where are we?" I wondered aloud. Komui walked to the railing.

"Hevlaska, we've brought someone to see you." A massive, opaque creature appeared out of the pitch black, leaning down towards us. I shrieked, stepping back into Sebastian's arms.

"Do not be afraid child." The creature called softly. "I am Hevlaska. Please, come closer." My panicked purple eyes locked onto Allen's grey ones and he nodded encouragingly. Swallowing my fear I took a step away from Sebastian's protective embrace. I took another step, and another, until I was standing next to Komui in front of the railing. Pale tendrils shot out, wrapping themselves around me and lifting me into the air. I squirmed and struggled, desperately trying to break free.

"Please don't struggle. I won't hurt you." I stopped moving and stared defiantly at the creatures face. Hevlaska leaned forward, touching her forehead to my skull. "17… 32… 59…" Hevlaska began rattling off random numbers, confusing me. "70… 83… 88… 91…95… 97… 99… 100…" Hevlaska lowered me to the ground and turned to face Komui. "100. She has a synchro-rate of 100%." Komui gaped, wide-eyed, as the creature turned to me once more. "You are the Bringer of Destruction. When his situation is dire you will be there to assist the Destroyer of Time." The next sentence she addressed to Komui and Allen. "She already has an innocence fragment, but I can sense that it has somehow been sealed, preventing it from being used properly. It would be wise to give her a weapon infused with innocence for the time being." Timcampy flew in circles around my head as Allen processed what had been said.

"The Bringer of Destruction and the Destroyer of Time…" he muttered to himself worriedly.

"That's the first prophecy Hevlaska has made since Allen arrived." Komui commented, trying to break the awkward silence that had filled the stairway. I stopped climbing and turned back to him.

"That was a prophecy? Then who's the Destroyer of Time?" Allen flinched, putting his foot down heavily on one of the steps.

"It doesn't matter." He said darkly, fringe shadowing his eyes. Komui frowned, and I walked up to him, putting my hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it." I tried to reassure him. "There are things in my life that I don't want to talk about either. Destroyer of Time sounds like a heavy burden to bear after all." He tensed under my hand and sighed, straightening up. I backed off slightly, understanding his silent message. Komui cleared his throat, signalling that we should keep walking. Glaring back at him I started to climb the stairs again.

A girl in a short black skirt with long dark blue-green hair was carrying a tray of cups around the science department when we made it back. She turned when she heard our footsteps.

"Welcome back Allen." She called cheerfully, smiling.

"Oh my precious Lenalee!" Komui shoved past us.

"I brought you some coffee brother." She lifted the tray up and held it out to him. He was practically glowing with happiness as he picked up a mug with a pink rabbit on it. I smirked at the ridiculous cup, resisting the urge to laugh. Leaning carefully on the wall behind me I watched the strangely carefree scene which seemed so out of place in the cluttered office. My stomach growled loudly, ruining the moment and making me blush.

"Oh yeah. Allen, take…" Komui paused, trying to remember my name.

"Jasmine." I offered, looking at my feet.

"Yes, well, take Jasmine to the canteen."

"It's okay, I'm fine, really." I protested, before my stomach grumbled again. Lenalee giggled, clutching the now empty tray to her chest.

"If you don't want Allen to show you around how about I take you there?" I shook my head.

"That's not it, I just…" Lenalee linked her arm through mine and pulled me along.

In the end all three of us made the trek to the canteen. It was the middle of the afternoon so there was hardly anyone around. A tall thin black man leaned out of a window I hadn't noticed, making me jump slightly.

"Allen, good to see you! What'll you be having today?" Allen was silent for a moment before starting off on an impossibly long list. I stared in amazement as the black man listened, nodding cheerfully every now and again.

"What's wrong with him?" I wondered. "I mean I know that neither of us has eaten anything since we left my house but this is getting ridiculous!" Allen finished his list and looked over at me.

"Oh, right. Can I have a bowl of pork ramen?"

"Sure thing honey. Do you want anything else?" I quietly declined his offer for more food and waited with the other two. My ramen came out on a tray whereas Allen received a massive stack of food on a catering trolley.

"Thanks Jerry!" Allen called cheerfully as he wheeled his food over to a table.

"Is he really going to eat all that?" I asked Lenalee as we followed him. "It would be a shame to waste so much food." She grinned at me.

"Don't worry; he really is going to eat all of that."

"No way!" I exclaimed as I sat down, only to notice that Allen had already started scarfing down his food. Pulling my eyes away from him I picked up my chopsticks. I glanced quickly around the table before pushing my hair back behind my ears so that I could eat. Ever since I had seen Allen's pentacle I had been feeling even more self-conscious about my own. Putting that I began to eat, one eye fixed on Allen and his constantly shrinking mountain of food. Somehow we both managed to finish at the same time, leaving me completely dumbstruck.

"You're incredible Allen. Where does all that food even go?" I was genuinely curious. He shrugged almost guiltily before meeting my eyes. I didn't realise what had happened until it was too late. His eyes flicked up to my forehead before I pulled my hair back out to cover it. Lenalee looked from Allen to me, confusion plain in her eyes.

"Jasmine, what's wrong?" I looked down at the floor as she leaned forward, trying to catch my gaze.

"It's nothing." I got to my feet and marched out of the canteen, ignoring them as they called out after me. Since I wasn't paying attention to where I was going I ended up colliding with someone. I rocked back, almost falling until a hand grabbed my shoulder, steadying me. Peering through my fringe I found myself looking up at a cheerful red-headed boy with a single brilliant green eye.

"Hey gorgeous." He smiled, winking at me, making me blush.

A/N: *screams* Ah, Lavi! *coughs* Anyway, I'm going to spend some time focusing on my other story, so this might not get updated for a little while. I'm sad though, no-one's reviewing the chapters, so I don't know if you guys like it or not :(
Okay so I'm trying really hard to get a new chapter up, but I'm suffering from some writers block issues.
Please review! Don't make Lavi cry.

Now that I think about it I'm not even sure why I put in that first kidnapping... It has absolutely nothing to do with anything... Well, plotline or not, it's there and it's officially somehow important :)
Mayor: "Of course it's important, I'm in it!" (Yes of course, how could I forget? *coughs awkwardly*)