"D-dead. What do you mean dead?!" Allen yelled into the phone. He sat down heavily on the couch and gripped the phone tightly as he waited for Lavi to reply
"She's dead, Allen. L-lenalee is dead." Lavi said slowly as he tried to hold back tear as he spoke each word. Allen felt tears well up in his eyes and he quickly wiped them away with his sleeve. Kanda looked over at him curiously as Allen failed to keep them hidden. Allen hung up the phone and wiped them away once again.
Be strong, Allen. You can't break down just yet.
"What's wrong, Allen?" Kanda asked as he watched tears drop onto Allen's clenched fists that rested on his legs.
"L-lena. L-lenalee is d-dead." Allen sobbed. Kanda pulled him close and wrapped his arms around Allen.
Allen began sobbing into Kanda's shoulder while Kanda patted his back awkwardly. The pair stayed like that for a few moments and Kanda allowed Allen to soak his shoulder with his tears.
"So how'd she die?" Kanda asked, really hoping she wasn't one of the girls he drained of life.
"L-lavi didn't say e-exactly. H-he said they didn't t-tell him the detail, b-but they kept t-talking about the animal attacks." Allen sniffled. Kanda stiffened, '
No no no! I couldn't have! There's no way!
"Y-you didn't do it, right?" Allen asked, removing himself from Kanda's shoulder. He stood and walked down the hallway and into his room, returning a moment later holding a picture frame.
"This is her, the one with he long hair." Allen said pointing to the girl in the group photo. Kanda gulped as he saw the girl, her long green-tinted hair pulled into pig tails, just like the night he'd killed her.
"N-no. Must have been some other vampire, if they are even involved. I'm not the only one in this city you know." Kanda replied handing back the picture, lying through his teeth. Well, in truth there were other vampires in the area, but they were all weak, newly created ones, fifty years at most, created as part of the Noah's group. The Noahs are what the first vampires call themselves, they are as old as time itself. Those who are turned by the blood of a Noah, or even by one who was turned by them are considerably more powerful. Even getting a drop of their blood into one's system will give them energy, like a human's energy drink.
"Good, I'm glad at least it wasn't you. I wouldn't know what to do if you had." Allen said and placed the photo aside.
"Moyashi?" Kanda asked as he watched Allen wiped his face dry.
"What is it, Kanda?" Allen replied, fidgeting with the zipper of his jacket.
"Do you want to leave this place?" Kanda asked, watching Allen fidget. Allen stiffened and looked over at Kanda, confused.
"What do you mean?" Allen questioned
"I have enough to cover what you don't have, if you want you can leave that bastard Cross and come with me."
Allen laughed for a minute and then sighed. "Seriously? Okay, enlighten me. Where'd we go?"
"Anywhere you'd want. Spain, Japan, Canada, Russia, China, Australia. I'll take you anywhere you want to go." Kanda smiled in an attempt to cheer Allen up, but in reality he wanted to get Allen as far away from the truth as possible.
"One week." Allen said and stood with a small smile. "Give me one week, alright? Then we can leave!"
"Alright, any place in particular you'd like to go?"
"Anywhere." Allen smiled, though he was still utterly crushed that his friend had died.
"Alright, It's a deal." Kanda replied.
The week passed slowly,most of it tear filled and silent as the funeral passed and everyone began trying to forget. Allen didn't say a word to Lavi about leaving, though he knew he should. Allen just didn't want his best friend to become even further depressed. So on Friday, after his master was long gone, Allen pried up the loose floorboard and grabbed the money he'd been hiding there for over three years. Allen shoved as much clothing he could into his school bag, and smashed his cellphone on the hardwood floor. No need for anyone to track him with it. Allen ripped a piece of paper from a notebook and wrote a quick message to Lavi, telling him he'd find a way to contact him, and hid it in the last place anyone but Lavi would stepped out of his room and took one last look around his childhood home. He was glad he was leaving. He hate this place, every square inch was filled with horrible memories.
"Ready to go? We've got a train to catch in five minutes." Kanda stated grabbing Allen's bag and putting it on. Allen frowned.
"There's no train station around for fifty miles how are we going to get there in time?" Allen asked
"I'll carry you there, duh." Kanda replied and picked Allen up, carrying him out the door. Allen buried his face in Kanda's chest as the vampire began running. His eyes began watering as the cold wind whirled past and Kanda pulled him closer to himself as he ran.
The train was just pulling out from the station as the pair arrived. Kanda quickened his pace and jumped the last car.
"Excuse me, Sir. You can't come on the train like that." An attendant said as they entered the cabin.
"I think we can. Get us a first class car and one of everthing on the menu, alright. Here's money for the tickets and the meal, keep the change." Kanda stated removing bills from his pocket and pushed the into the man's hands.
"Right this way sir!" The attendant smiled and lead the pair through multiple cars and into an empty first class one.