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It Was An Accident!

"Miranda," Chief Komui said, his gaze focused on the Exorcist who was famous for being a complete klutz. He was loathe to send her on this mission but someone had to go and check on the group. All attempts at communication had failed and Komui needed to know that his sister was okay.

The other Exorcists too, for that matter, but mainly his sister.

"Yes sir…"

"We have lost all communication with Lenalee, Allen and Link," Komui said. He put special emphasis on the name of his sister, hoping that Miranda realized the severity of the situation. The others were important as well but Komui NEEDED to speak to Lenalee. "So I want you to travel to Russia and locate them."

"M…m…me sir?" There was a horrified expression on Miranda's face as she gazed at the Chief. "By… by myself?"

"There is no way that woman can go on this mission alone," a harsh voice called out. The new arrival was completely uninvited and both Komui and Miranda turned toward the sound.

Malcolm C. Leverrier was standing in the doorway, a scowl on his face. The look in his eyes was harsh as he gazed at Miranda.

For her part the Exorcist shrank away from his scrutinizing gaze.

"I'm sorry Inspector," Komui said, fighting to keep his tone even. Interactions with the man from Central were always trying but this time was different. It seemed harder to keep him emotions in check. "But we have no one else to send."

"Then I will accompany her," Leverrier said, his tone announcing that this was the final decision. "To make sure that she doesn't fail."

"Very well," Komui said. He cast an apologetic gaze in Miranda's direction but there really wasn't anything that he could do about the situation.

"Come," Leverrier ordered, not even bothering to look at Miranda a second time. "We're leaving now."

Miranda quickly moved to follow his orders… and promptly tripped over her own two feet. The woman went sprawling to the floor, screaming out apologies the entire time.

"Get to your feet!" Leverrier barked.

Miranda quickly scrambled to her feet, her face flushed crimson. She couldn't help but feel that this was destined to be the worst mission that she had ever taken part in.

And, as though he could hear her thoughts, Komui called out, "Be safe."

The trip to Russia was fairly uneventful, much to Miranda's surprise and delight. It was true that Leverrier was by no means pleasant to be around but at least he ignored her for the most part.

That was the one plus to the situation.

Once they reached the small town where the two Exorcists and Link had last been seen, Miranda and Leverrier began their search. Of course the trail had gone cold by this point so the two were forced to move on.

Which did not sit well with Leverrier. He had been under the delusion that this mission would be easy and was irritated to find out otherwise. And he soon began taking out his anger on Miranda.

All the woman was able to do was apologize profusely for everything. Even though she hadn't actually done anything.

This unusual team searched for the missing members of the Order until dusk. At this point Leverrier decided that they should stop for the night. They could resume their search the next morning.

Miranda was sent to gather firewood and made her way up an embankment. She saw a group of large branches and began pulling on them. Of course, mere minutes into this task she lost her balance.

When Miranda fell the large piece of wood that she had been pulling upon came free. And this caused a chain reaction that Miranda hadn't anticipated.

More fallen trees dislodged, taking with them a group of large rocks. It seemed that the fallen trees had actually been holding the rocks in place.

That is, until Miranda had disturbed them.

For the spot where she had fallen Miranda watched as the large rocks tumbled down the embankment toward…

"Sir! Inspector! Look out!"

Miranda's cries were lost to the wind and all she could do was watch as the unsuspecting Leverrier was buried. As the rocks tumbled down the embankment they dislodged other rocks, all of which came to rest upon Leverrier's broken body.

"Oh no…" Miranda's eyes were wide as she made her way down the incline. She quickly made her way over to the pile of rocks and began to move them.

The going was very slow however and, by the time that Miranda reached Leverrier, it was too late. Many of his bones had been crushed and he had died before his rescue. A thin line of blood ran from the corner of his mouth.

"Oh no," Miranda said, wringing her hands. "I can't do anything right! I killed him! It was an accident!"

A/N - Miranda did it! But not on purpose. Hope that you enjoyed.