Shadow

Greek Yogurt

"I had important business to discuss," she says nonchalantly. "I've received a location for us to start with."

"And where's that?" Xavier asks as he stands.

"Greece."

"My head. . ." Caretaker mumbled as she clutched her aching skull. "It burns. . ."

"Caretaker, you have to stay awake!" Lavi exclaimed as they stood at an entrance to another room in the ark. It shined brightly as Lenalee and Chaoji stared at their friend. Caretaker's arm was pulled over Lavi's shoulder and they entered the room. Allen was suddenly attacked by Road as they stood there shocked at the event that had just occurred. The man at the end of the table invited them over to his table. They sat at the other end across from the Noah man.

"Why the long face?" Tyki asked Allen. "I haven't set any traps, I promised no cheating."

"It's okay, Allen!" Road assured him. "I have a door ready for you above us."

"I hope it leads to the outside," the white-haired boy stated in hope and a small smile.

Lenalee stared at the floor in worry. Lavi placed his hand on top of hers. "Get a hold of yourself, Lenalee. Allen's trying his best as well."

"So, Tyki, what was it you wanted to discuss?" Allen asked as he held up his arm. "Is it about my innocence?"

"Well now, I thought I destroyed that arm?" Tyki asked with a grin. Allen stared at the Noah with the same stare that he was giving him. Road grinned.

"Are you interested now?" she asked her companion.

"Just a bit," he answered as he leaned in. "Tell me, did your innocence save you from that hole I made in your heart?"

"Allen!" Lenalee and Lavi exclaimed to their friend. Road assured them that he was fine. Caretaker, whilst clutching her head, glanced up at her companion.

"You. . . continued to walk," she muttered to him. He looked at her with surprise she clutched her head more. Tyki smiled.

"Road, it's time for you to get off the boy," he said to her as she suddenly clutched onto the white-haired boy's neck.

"But I love him!" she exclaimed. Tyki grinned.

"It's a fight to the death," he said. "Our final dance."

:+:

"Alli, taste this yogurt!" Xavier exclaims as they eat at a diner in a small town. "They weren't lying when they said that it was the best yet!"

Alli was thinking back from that time in ark. A time she thought she'd forgotten, but the recent happenings have been bringing back memories she thought she never had. She realizes that she's staring at her cup. Xavier shoves the cup in front of the woman's face and she's brought back to reality. She sighs and takes it.

"I don't see why you're so obsessed with this yogurt," she says as she swirls the spoon around in it. She then puts some in her mouth. Her face stares at it for a moment as the taste hits her tongue. She places it back in front of her companion and crosses her arms.

"What do you think?" Xavier asks enthusiastically. Alli's brow twitches as she stares at the cup.

"It was. . . okay," she answers after a few moments. Xavier is shocked by her reaction.

"Okay? Okay? It is the best yogurt I've had in the history of yogurts!" he exclaims in shock. He grabs onto the cup and begins to eat it whilst mumbling in disbelief. Alli turns to the street. Their lead is here, but she doesn't know where to start exactly. Helena had grown up in the old Greece, how is Alli going to find exactly where she lives now?

"So why exactly are we here?" Libya asks whilst crossing her arms. "You never really told us why we're in Greece. . ."

"Helena is said to have lived here as a child," Alli explains. "I believe if we find her home, we could get a location to where she is or where my sister might be."

"We're basically taking a shot in the dark here," Xavier states in frustration. "How are we ever going to find a person's home, when they're trying to get away from us? We don't even know what she looks like!"

"I have a faint memory," Alli says with a sigh. "It's my only chance of finding this girl before Apocryphos does. Maggie might be following as well, so we can't stay here long."

:+:

"Honestly, how in the world do you know she's here?" Libya asks with disbelief and a huff. They stand in front of an old cottage house that sits on a hill above town. It's small and building with wood. One of the windows is cracked, and the door is splintered. It seems as though no one has touched it in ages.

"Just a gut feeling," Alli responds quietly. She steps up to the door and grasps the handle. Opening it, the cottage itself has an odor of dust and amaryllises. Alli turns to find a fully bloomed amaryllis sitting in the window pane. She walks over to it and touches the stem. The flower lifts up a little, then droops slightly to it original position. Sighing, Alli walks over to the table and realizes that there are prints on both the floor and table.

"This place is disturbing," Libya states suddenly in disgust. She walks over to the bookshelf and sees all of the books that are there. One of them she doesn't recognize. "Alli, take a look at this. . ."

Named person stands from the table and walks over to her companion. "What?"

"Read the title," Libya orders. Alli does so and the words read Allen Walker across the cover. She grabs the book and returns to her seat at the table in the corner. She covers her mouth in thought with a sigh.

"What is it?" Xavier asks in worry. "Is it something that belongs to Helena?"

"No," Alli answers icily. "It's a record, from my library."

"Record?" Libya asks in confusion.

"Yes, record. The record that records everything that happens in your life," Alli explains angrily.

"Oh, that record. . ." Libya mumbles.

"So who's is it?" Xavier asks as he walks up to Alli. She leans on the table with her finger holding her head by her temple.

"Allen's," she answers in frustration. "She's obviously been here, so this is were she lives for the moment. As for this-" she holds up the book "-I'm not quite sure what to do with."

"Maybe we could return it to where it came from," Xavier offers with a shrug. Alli grumbles.

"I can do that," she says quickly. "I just want to know how she got-"

Alli's suddenly being thrown outside the cottage. The two companions are surprised by the sudden attack. They're also thrown outside the cottage. They look up to find a dark aura surrounding a person that stands in the middle of the hole she had just created.

Maggie.

"How are you here?" she asks calmly, but dangerously at the same time. "Who told you?"

Alli smirks as she lifts her body off the ground. "Oh? Are you upset that we found your little hide out?"

"Don't mess with me, I can kill you right now," Maggie warns. The golden-haired woman only smiles are her opponent.

"Why are you trying to rid me so badly?" she asks the woman with glasses. "Is it because I know about your little secret? Or is it because the Earl sent me to fetch Helena so that she's safe from someone of greater importance."

"And who's that?"

"Apocryphos."

:+:

"You are experiencing a lot of pain, aren't you exorcist?" Road asked Caretaker who was on the ground clutching her aching head.

"Why. . . are you. . . so worried?" Caretaker stuttered as she glanced up to her opponent. The purple-haired girl only smiled her little girl smile and laughed.

"You don't realize what's happening to your body, huh?" she asked. Caretaker was confused by that.

"What. . . do you mean?" she asked as her head began to hurt more. She groaned in pain as her body leaned into the ground more. Road sent a candle to her. Caretaker suddenly lifted her hand and the candle stopped in between them. Her arm dropped, as the candle did as well.

"You'll see soon," Road assured the golden-haired girl. "She'll be coming shortly after this. . ."

Another short one! They're usually suppose to be this long, but I sometimes write more than I'm suppose to. . . (Come on, get your lazy ass up and do something!) Hope you enjoyed this one!

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