Me: Lots of words. I don't feel like counting.

Friend: *Sigh* There are 3,450 words people.

Me: Ah, so that's how many there were.

Friend: You moron . . .

Me: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?

~Allen~

The next morning was annoyingly loud. Lavi had to barge in the room yelling at me to wake up. When I didn't comply he started poking me and then threatening to not give me any food. I really wished I could have killed him at that moment.

Just like the rest of the place, it was cold. Snow was falling outside, but the worst part was the wind chill. It was practically screeching against the windows as I woke up. There was no hint of it letting up, but we had a job to do. Besides, we've searched for Innocence in a blizzard before, unfortunately.

"The Finder is going to be late due to the weather. Yuu's already on the move," said Lavi as he and I sat through breakfast. Surprisingly, most of the kitchen had survived whatever had happened, save for a few broken cups and plates. Using the food we had, we were able to cook a decent meal.

I raised my cup of tea to my lips, "Does he even know where he's going?" I asked before taking a sip. Honestly, whenever we were on a mission together Kanda would go off on his own way too often. I could understand that he didn't like us but he could at least be polite about it. "I mean, all we know is that it's a mile North from here, everything else was pretty vague," I twisted my wrist so that the tea swirled itself in the cup.

"Nah, he doesn't, but what other option do we have? Also, I think it would be pretty easy to spot a field of flowers in this weather," I nodded; Lavi was right, as always. Still, it seemed pretty unlikely that we would find anything without some sort of plan. "Well, I think we should go see what we can find as well," finished Lavi as he stood up. "We can always come back if it looks hopeless." I got up from my seat and stretched so I could follow him out the door.

The minute we opened the door, the blistering cold winds came in and bit at my face. I winced and walked through into the snow, the wind slammed the door behind us. The snow was up to my knees and it became harder and harder to walk through it as we headed North. The only way I could even see Lavi was by his bright red hair. Otherwise I probably would have lost him a while ago.

It took about an hour until the village was out of sight. The winds were relatively calmer but they seemed even colder than before. "Lavi, are you sure we're going the right way?" with my sense of direction I had let Lavi have the compass. I closed my eyes for a second to protect from an oncoming wind. Still walking ahead, I ran into Lavi. "Don't just stop randomly!" I said, looking to the side so I could see his face. I paused as I realized the wind had stopped completely.

"Allen, look," Lavi said in an awed voice, I looked to where he was pointing to see a flower garden. Oddly enough, it wasn't what I was expecting. The flowers were frozen in ice, yet they still looked alive as if they had just recently bloomed. In the middle of the 'garden' was a frozen stream that twisted right down the middle. I blinked, this certainly wasn't natural. Either someone had done this on purpose or it was the work of Innocence.

"This is . . ." I hesitated, struggling to find the right word.

"Beautiful . . ." breathed Lavi, I agreed, it was beautiful.

We walked through the garden, searching every inch for some sort of Innocence. Suddenly an idea struck me, "Hey Lavi!" I yelled at him as he was searching the other side. He turned to me with his one eye, "What keeps flowers alive during the spring?" He hesitated before deciding what to answer.

"Well, it depends on the flower, but it's mostly . . ." he froze; I think we had just come to a breakthrough. He and I looked at the stream in the middle of the garden. "Water," we said at the same time.

"Doesn't take a genius to figure that out," I twitched at the voice that was practically just behind us.

"Kanda," I said, "You're late,"

"Che, whatever," he said in his usual 'I don't give a damn' tone.

"Now, now get along you two," Lavi said in a mocking mother voice, "And Yuu-chan you really shouldn't keep us waiting, you know." There was a blur and a clash of metal as Kanda pointed his sword at Lavi's neck.

I sighed and walked over to the stream, looking for some sort of indication of Innocence while Lavi tried to convince Kanda not to kill him. I pressed a foot on top of the ice, checking to see if it would hold. It seemed strong enough and even if something did break the stream probably wasn't deep enough to do any damage. Then again, this was Innocence that we were talking about.

I kneeled down on the ice and touched it with my gloved hand. I furrowed my brow. It wasn't cold; in fact I couldn't feel any warmth or coldness coming from it. I wiped away some of the frost but when I did it turned into steam. "What the –" I said, falling on my butt in surprise. The steam wasn't warm or cold but it still startled me. I bit my lip and tried wiping away more frost with the same result. I looked through the small circle I had made only to see a strange white strip on the ice. "Hey, Lavi! Come check this out," I yelled out, hoping that they could halt their bickering to at least come and see this.

The shadows at my side indicated that they had, indeed, stopped bickering. I glanced at them before pointing to the top of the ice. "Look, what is that?" I asked, making Lavi take a closer look.

For once, he didn't have an answer, "I don't know, try defrosting more of it," I nodded and wiped away more of the frost, encountering more and more white strips that all seemed to connect until . . . .

I froze at the sight as a face started to come into few. The white strips had been hair as it connected to the . . . girl who was encased in the ice. As I wiped away more I could see her dress, which had blood on it, and her feet which were bare and they looked frostbitten. One arm was lying lazily to her side while the other was across her stomach. If I hadn't known better I would have said that she was only sleeping.

I stood up and turned to Lavi and Kanda, "Well, what do we do?" I asked, Kanda 'che'd as if it wasn't his problem and Lavi only shrugged. I was finding myself pretty irritated, "We can't just leave her here; she's probably the accommodator!" If Innocence was involved then yes, it was most likely that she was the accommodator, but there was the problem of how to get her out and whether or not she was alive.

I watched them both as Lavi's face lit up in some sort of anticipation. "I have an idea, stand back!" Kanda and I did as commanded as we pretty much guessed as to what he was going to do. "Big hammer, little hammer; grow. Grow! GROW!" He twirled his Innocence around, making it bigger and bigger until finally it was as big as a tree. "Fire Seal: Configuration of Ash!" He yelled, stamping the Fire Seal and creating a string of fire that resembled a dragon. The fire swirled around the stream, melting it and the frozen flowers almost instantly. I watched as Lavi wore a smug face when he put his Anti-Akuma weapon away.

I waited until the water washed away slightly before going in to get the girl. I grabbed her by the shoulders and under the knees before getting out of the running water's way. I put her on a patch of grass before checking her vitals to see if they were OK. I checked her pulse first; it was slow but still there. Next was her breathing; which was shallow. The last thing I check was for a fever, to which she had one that was completely burning up her forehead. "We need to get her to a hospital right away," I said looking from Kanda to Lavi. Kanda only 'che'd while Lavi stared at the girl for a few minutes. The look on his face told me that he wasn't paying attention at all.. "LAVI!" I yelled, trying to get him out of whatever he was thinking about.

"Huh? Oh, what was it Bean Sprout?" I twitched at the nickname but didn't push it.

"You carry her, since you enjoy staring at her so much," I said with annoyance as I gestured to the girl who was practically dying. Instead of getting angry, Lavi smile in anticipation. Oh God, maybe I shouldn't have done that. He immediately turned his back to me and crouched down. I rolled my eyes as I helped her up onto his back, she was surprisingly light.

I took off my coat and put it over her to protect her from the cold before Lavi raised himself very carefully so as to not hurt her. This made me glad that I chose Lavi to hold her instead of Kanda. He probably would have let her fall if she wasn't part of this mission. Kanda walked ahead as we headed back to the abandoned house to grab our things. I couldn't help but notice that Kanda was really distant with us on this mission. I leaned over to Lavi, "What do you think is wrong with him?" I asked in a whisper, although I knew that they could both hear me.

Lavi looked up before leaning back, "Probably that time of the month," he whispered back; I snorted but ended up rolling my eyes at him. I could see Kanda's hand twitch by his sword.

I shook my head, "Seriously though, he's more distant than usual," Kanda wasn't a social person by any means, but he never completely ignored us before unless we pissed him off, but I couldn't remember us doing anything more than just simply teasing.

Lavi probably would have shrugged if he didn't have the girl on his back, "It's probably the village; it's been setting me off edge as well. I mean, they're the ones who called us in the first place. Now they're hiding in their houses as if we were the Devil. There's something not right about it, I really can't wait to get out of here," I nodded in agreement, this place did creep me out. I did do a scan of the village to see if there was an Akuma but my eye didn't sense anything. It wasn't like it was abandoned, there were presences within the village that were undeniably human but there was something wrong.

During the entire time it took to walk back I had been staring at the girl for a long time. Or more accurately, I had been staring at her hair. I had never met someone with pure white hair like mine, so it took some getting used to. It was also unusually long and the ends of it seemed to be dripping blood. I tore my eyes from it when we arrived at the house.

We packed quickly when we reached the house. Reason being is that we had to get the girl to a hospital as soon as possible. When we took her off Lavi's back he had blood stains on the back of his shirt. When we checked our new companion we realized that she was bleeding excessively from in-between her legs. We had all simultaneously agreed to get her somewhere as soon as possible.

The Finder had found us after about ten minutes of packing; luckily it was a female one. After explaining the situation she contacted the Headquarters for some backup to get the girl out of here. All we had to do was bring her down the mountain which shouldn't have been too hard. It was a relief to have a female finder that was able to provide some emergency medical attention instead of us having to do it. The situation had been getting very awkward.

Lavi was going to carry her again while Kanda and I carried the rest of the supplies. The Finder was to stay and observe the actions of the village for the time being. Apparently we weren't the only ones concerned about such strange behavior.

It took a long time to get down the mountain considering we had no means of transportation and we had some extra weight but we made it down with no major injuries. When we did make it, the Black Order had sent in some medical personal that was constantly fussing over us. It surprised them to realize that we weren't injured at all but it practically shocked them when we told them that we didn't even have to fight.

The white-haired girl was carted away onto the train before us so that she may get some immediate medical attention and privacy. That gave Lavi, Kanda and I time to find a compartment to rest in. Although we didn't have to fight, the cold weather and high altitude made it harder on our bodies. Oddly enough, I was faring better then both Lavi and Kanda.

The train ride was silent, but that was fine because it left me time to think. This was probably the cleanest job we've made in obtaining an Innocence. With the way the war was going now, both sides were fighting to obtain as much Innocence as possible. It was strange not to see at least one Noah there, but it was even stranger to not see (in my cast) any Akuma there as well. They were either unaware of it, we got there first, or it wasn't Innocence. This was indeed strange. Of course we weren't at the Black Order yet so we had to stay on guard.

Despite what I thought, we made it back without any attacks on us.

~Angleus~

I awoke in a room with these things that humans called machines. They beeped annoyingly and seemed to be attached to me in some way or another. Was I captured? I dismissed the thought almost immediately. The village was going to leave me for dead; maybe someone else found me.

I opened one eye to observe the white room around me. Pain was embedded in my lower legs while my shoulders felt sore. There was one door but the room itself was windowless. There was a needle sticking itself in my arm that was also connected to some sort of bag filled with a clear liquid. I had seen these things inside hospitals multiple times but it felt odd to have one in my arm.

I tried to recall the events that had happened before I had woken up. An image of William came to my mind, making me jump out of the bed I was currently resting on. He had stayed behind to give us time to escape. I froze and thought of what this meant. My husband had told me what the villagers had done to his mother; it wouldn't surprise me if they did the same. I lifted a hand up to my cheek to feel that it had gotten wet. I tried wiping away whatever tears that had fallen but they just kept coming. The realization that I had lost everything hit me hard. My husband, my home and even my son were gone.

I gasped. Allen! Allen was still alive! He was safe with Mana! I practically ripped the needle out and jumped out of bed. I ignored the pain in my legs as I stumbled my way to the door. I had gotten into the habit of using doors when I started living with Will. He told me that it would be a good thing to learn for the future.

When I looked out of my room the hallway was empty. Good, this way I could avoid unnecessary attention. I placed a hand on the wall and an arm over my stomach to try to help with the pain. The wall helped we walk without too much trouble but no matter what I did the pain in my legs and uterus increased.

I walked until my scenery changed from a hallway with a wall to a hallway with a railing. I stopped to catch by breath before looking over the edge of the railing. There was a deep hole that seemed to go on forever below. I stared at it, wondering what its purpose was. A shock of pain came, forcing me to my knees with my hands gripping at the railing. I tried to steady my breath with little success. I couldn't stand, the pain was too much.

"Oi! What are you doing?" I looked up at the voice to see bright red hair. I blinked. Hadn't I seen that hair before? I couldn't remember so I just stared at it. The young man, around William's age, came up to me with concern on his in his one green eye. His other eye was covered by an eye-patch. "Are you OK? What are you doing out of bed? You're still injured!" His concern reminded me of a mother-hen, to which I found amusing because I was much older than him.

I found this so amusing that I started laughing, making me temporarily forget my pain. He gave me a confused look until I calmed down and said, "Mother-hen," A crimson strip was painted on the bridge of his nose as I giggled some more at the concept. The more I looked at the young man the more I recognized him from somewhere. I tried to search my memory for where but I just couldn't remember.

"C'mon, let's get you back to your room," he said with a sigh as he helped me up. His touch was gentle as he held me up by the waist. I was grateful that he was being so considerate but I felt like this was a waste of time. I needed to find me son. I knew he was in good hands with Mana but worry was etching its way into my mind.

When we made it back to the room I first woke up in there was a very stern-looking woman in it. "AH! There you are! What kind of patient just runs off like that?" she huffed as she practically towered over me and forced me to lie down. "Honestly! You must have been in a lot of pain . . . don't you know you should rest at least two days after labor?"

I shook my head. Human medical knowledge was beyond my grasp. I had never gotten injured before so I really didn't see the reason I would need to study it. I looked over at the red-head who was now staring at me with wide eyes. I tilted my head in confusion as he blushed and escaped the room as soon as possible. I shrugged and let the nurse treat me.

~3rd Person POV~

Komui was sipping his coffee as he read a paper very lazily. Lenalee had just brought some in fresh for the Science Department's relief. Allen was helping Reever put some books away while everyone else was working on some sort of math problem or hypothesis. That was when Lavi barged in.

"BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS!" he yelled out, getting everyone's attention. "Komui! This is outrageous! Practically illegal!" Komui looked up from his paperwork with a glint on his glasses.

"What had you so worked up?" he asked as he placed his coffee cup down. It was rare for Lavi to be so . . . shaken.

"Our new girl she's . . . she's a . . . ." He said before finishing his sentence.

There was a pause as the entire room screamed out, "A WHAT?"

Me: Teehee, I'm really enjoying writing this.

Friend: And I enjoy stealing it . . .

Me: What?

Friend: Nothing.