Chapter 9: Allen Walker
Soon, Ricky and his group arrived at London.
The architecture of the city isn't grand as it was centuries ago. Many buildings and bridges such as the London Eye, Big Ben and the Tower Bridge were damaged, mainly because the British government couldn't pay up for the damages that were made to the city during their resistance against the faction. However, despite all that, the city is still very lively and people are still walking through the streets of the city. Several construction sites are everywhere in the city, with many workers doing their job to reconstruct the city.
After a while, Saber lands her freighter at a docking bay at Heathrow Airport. Once they land on the ground, an officer from the airport's control tower said to the freighter, "Attention. This is Heathrow Airport Docking Bay 126, please remain where you are, our colonel will arrive shortly to meet you. That is all."
Saber, Ricky, Ben and Wall-E all stepped out of the freighter and Saber said to the others, "Well, here we are…London, England. The city holds the nickname 'Smuggler's paradise.'"
"Why is that?" Ben asked.
"Because all the mercenaries, war veterans and soldiers from their battle against the Faction and all over the world ended up at London. After their nations were conquered by the Faction, they have no place to go. I must warn you, London is a rough place and easy to get lost in…or for someone to get lost. If we wanted to keep ourselves away from the Faction for a while, this would be the perfect place." Saber shrugged. "Most of Britain is now under the Royal British Army who is aiding the British government's progress in reconstructing London and all the other cities in the United Kingdom." Just then, two soldiers walked over to the group.
The first soldier is a man with black hair and wears a blue uniform, blue pants, black boots and white gloves. His name was Colonel Roy Mustang.
The second soldier is a 15 year old boy with white hair, silver eyes with a scar running down his left eye, and wearing a black and white coat with a badly burned hand that had a cross in the middle of the palm. His name was Lieutenant Allen Walker.
"Hello there. My name is Colonel Roy Mustang. Sorry but I'm under orders to take you into custody in regards to the invasion of the S.S. Axiom." Roy said sternly to the group.
"You mean we're under arrest?" Ricky asked in concern.
"Well, you haven't been formally charged, but you will be placed under house arrest pending the results of our investigation. Due to the nature of the investigation, I have no specific timetable to offer you."
"Me?" Wall-E asked Roy.
"Yes, I'm afraid you too, droid. You will be held under house arrest as well. If you are cleared of any involvement, you will be free to go. You will be held in the living quarters in the outskirts of London where you will be placed under house arrest. Do you understand?" Roy explained sternly.
Ricky sighed and said, "Yes, I understand. And we will cooperate."
"Good. My lieutenant, Allen Walker, will escort you." Roy said. Allen frowns deeply as he sees the Carsomyr and ExCalibur swords which Ricky and Saber are holding in their hands and he couldn't believe he is required to work with these…Templars.
'Why does it have to be them?' He thought angrily.
"Lieutenant?" Roy asked.
"What?" Allen asked as he turned his head to his superior.
"Please escort these people to the living quarters where they will be held."
"Oh right." Allen turned his head to Ricky and his group. "Follow me."
"Tell me I'm not going to jail again." Ben groaned.
Later, Allen led them to a small room in an apartment in the city of London. After Ricky, Saber, Ben and Wall-E entered the room, Allen said to them icily, "Right. This is where you four will stay for a while. I'll have two officers to station outside your room at all times. I don't want anyone of you to commit another incident."
"Sorry if I ask but why do you sound like…that you hate us?" Saber asked.
"What? No! I just…don't want any trouble in my city. Now, if you excuse me, I got work to do. Keep yourselves comfortable during your house arrest." Allen growled. He turns around and leaves the room.
"What's his problem all the sudden?" Ben asked.
"Never mind. Anyways, let's get some rest, shall we?" Saber asked. Ricky nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, in a small room in a building in London, a meeting was being held and in the meeting, a group made up of seven bounty hunters is sitting at a table and they turn their heads to a television that is laced at the back of table. One man then turns on the TV and the TV shows a man with a grey hair and wears a white suite. His name was Carmine Falcone, head of the Falcone Mob.
"Hello men. As you all heard, the Templar is here in London." Carmine said to the group. "While he walks upon the streets of London, he is not to be harmed. Observe him, track him, but do not eclipse his movements…or I shall eclipse yours."
"Why must we watch?!" A bounty hunter yelled as he bangs his fist onto the table. The bounty hunter has long blonde hair, tied to a ponytail and wears glasses, grey sweater, black vest and black pants. His name was Cedric Hoffman. "We have hunted them for so long. Now we must wait?!"
"You must because one Templar attracts others. It is the way of things." Carmine said. "Good luck hunters. And remember, I want that Templar alive. If he's dead, there will be no bounty for all of you and my mob will take you all down." The television then turns off and one of Carmine Falcone's men took the television away.
After the bounty hunters left the meeting room, the hunters have a secret conversation with each other outside the building.
"Carmine Falcone is full of madness. His mob has been hunting for the remaining Templars for so long. A Templar finally comes here and he told us not to hunt him?! There is no sense to it." Another bounty hunter named Slade (From Teen Titans) said.
"If you wish to live, you should respect Carmine's wishes." Another bounty hunter named Kadaj said.
"That boy has run for years…He will not live forever." Another bounty hunter named Loz said.
"I'll be the first one to hunt down that Templar. And once I got the bounty, I can finally leave this filthy city for good." Cedric said.
"Dream on Cedric. I heard you are always outwitted by that spoiled Vandom girl. She has already made a fool out of you twice. That proves that you won't be smart enough to hunt that Templar down." Slade said.
"Shut up Slade or I'll cut off every limb on your body!" Cedric snapped in anger.
"Wait, I have a suggestion. If the Falcone Mob is no longer in neutral ground, inform me and my brothers so that we might initiate assassination and commence firing at once." Another bounty hunter named Itachi Uchiha said. Next to him are two men named Kisame Hoshigaki and Deidara.
"It would be unwise to commit violence here. Falcone's order was clear." Loz said.
"We are not to harm the templar as he walks on London." Kadaj added.
"But unless we are attacked first, we are permitted to defend ourselves."
"The Templars follow the self-destructive path of pacifism and tolerance. They will not attack first." Kisame said.
"But this Templar is different. Carmine told us to leave the Templar alone, which is true." Kadaj said.
"But he said nothing of the Templar's companions." Loz smirked.
After several hours, Allen re-entered the group's room, causing Ricky, Saber, Ben and Wall-E to wake up.
"Guys, I've come to inform you that our investigation on the S.S. Axiom is complete. It appears that the Faction is indeed present and responsible for the invasion but the Faction dropship was gone when our ships arrive there. We also recovered logs from the ship indicated that the miners perished in result of the sabotage, which began when you guys were either incapacitated or incarcerated. As such, you are release from this house arrest. However, the British Government is sending its own ship and they want all of you to remain in the city for the duration of their search." Allen said icily.
"Why is the British Government sending its own ship?" Ricky asked.
"To further investigate the ship's invasion. So feel free to use this room during your stay. Now then, I got work to do." Allen turns around and leaves the room.
"Do you notice that he kept frowning at us while he was talking with us?" Ben asked.
"I know. Anyways, now what? We can't just stick around. We need to find a way off this station whether it's my freighter or some other ship." Saber said to Ben and Ricky.
"What do you think, Ricky?" Ben asked as he and Wall-E turned to him.
"How about we just stay and explore London. Who knows, we might find something interesting." Ricky suggested.
"Very well. Let's look around then." Saber sighed as she heads to the door of their room.
END OF CHAPTER
Ryo: And that's chapter 9. Looks like the heroes didn't know that some hunters will be hunting them during their stay in London. Anyways, Allen Walker is from the anime D. Gray-Man. I'm sure we'll see him again. Alright, stay tune and read and review!