Chapter 4: Welcome

Alexis opened her eyes and saw that she was in a room and lying in a bed. She sat up and started looking around the room. There really wasn't much just a simple dresser across from the bed and a desk against the wall opposite of the door and in between the head board of the bed and the dresser. The only thing that actually stood out in the room was the picture that hung above the bed. To her it looked like a Joker who was holding a ribbon and using it to make a winding path in the background.

Then something else caught her eye. It was at the foot of the bed and looked like a white blob. Alexis rubbed her eyes to clear them up and looked again. It was Allen who, originally, was looking after his younger sister yet fell asleep at her feet.

"Allen. Hey Allen. Wake up bro!" Alexis yelled startling Allen into waking up with a bang by making him hit the floor.

"Wha- Oh hey you're awake!" Allen said happily.

Alexis started to shake her head and giggle causing Allen to be more clueless than usual.

"What are you laughing about?"

"Hehe you... You were the one who had the major freak out when waking up..."

Allen got a small blush across his face making Alexis laugh a little more.

"Well um... Hey now that you're awake you think you might be up for some food?" Allen asked after regaining his breath.

"Um..." Alexis started but was interrupted by her stomach which sounded like it was answering Allens question. "I guess I'm a little hungry." she finished in an embarrassed tone.

Both of the siblings started laughing like crazy while rolling around causing Alexis to fall off of the bed and onto Allen making them laugh even harder.

"What the hell is going on in here!?" Kanda yelled as he broke down the door.

"Sorry Mr. Grumpy but we're having something called 'fun'. I know you don't know what it is but normal people have it from time to time." Alexis said with a bit of an attitude.

"Che. Shut up brat!"

"My name is Alexis dammit!"

"So many people die here that if you can last a month then I'll know your name, otherwise I don't care."

The entire time Kanda was talking Allen was mouthing out the exact words causing Alexis to laugh and Kanda to be pissed.

"Che. Quit doing that Moyashi!"

"Quit saying the exact same thing every time we get a new member. And my name is Allen not Moyashi! Also it isn't smart to yell at your higher-ups!"

"Oh yeah, I heard Alexis is a general even though it's her first day." Lenalee said as she entered the room.

"Her synchro rate was 183%... That's pretty amazing. How did you do that? It's already hard enough to reach 100% but you bested it and almost hit 200%." Lavi said while walking in and holding his chin in one hand and the other hand holding up his arm.

"Well it's kinda painful, well really painful, but I guess the pain was worth it since now my Innocence is always activated." Alexis said calmly but getting a shiver down her spine as she remembered all the horrible pain she had gone through.

"Wait your Innocence is always activated?" Lenalee asked.

"Yeah. It doesn't look like it and I really can't show it unless I'm fighting akuma. But really all I did was try to make the activation last longer each time ignoring the draw backs and the pain. One of the first times I tried to activating my Innocence it lasted only an hour. By the time the hour was up I would cough up some blood and the Innocence would shut itself down, but I would immediately try to activate it again. So it just started lasting longer and longer until half the time I don't even know it's activated. I don't think I even remember how to turn it off. Hehe." Alexis said with her eyes closed while scratching the back of her head and giving a slight giggle.

When Alexis opened her eyes again she saw everyone had a massively shocked face, even Kanda was shocked.

"What?" Alexis asked innocently.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" everyone screamed.

"What do you mean?" She asked innocently again.

"You had your Innocence activated for so long that you would have draw backs and yet you still did it again and again and again! You risked your life repeatedly and yet you call me and idiot for doing it just once!? What the hell is wrong with you!" Allen yelled showing he was PISSED. Lavi, Lenalee, Alexis, and everyone who was just passing by were shocked by Allens rage. Even Kanda was shocked.

Alexis was dumbfounded from Allens reaction but quickly got over it and was starting to get sad and looked at the ground.

"Sorry Allen... I don't know what I was thinking when all of this happened... I guess I was thinking about stopping akuma from harming innocent people... Sorry..." Alexis said with her hair hanging in her eyes and her head down facing the ground.

"I promised you I would think before I acted. Now you have to promise to consider your own life along with every other life out there. To those who don't know you, your life is just as important as others. But to me, your life is worth the world, if not more." Allen said after calming down but still trying to scold her.

"Okay... I promise to consider my life along with other lives... and again... Sorry." Alexis answered while looking up to see their faces.

"I'm guessing with all the commotion, the young lady is awake?" Krory asked as he walked into the room.

"Um... Sorry for the intrusion but... Everyone is waiting downstairs in the cafeteria." Miranda said as she followed Krory into the room like the shaking chihuahua she was.

"Oh yeah... Come on Lex... You'll like this!" Allen said with a smile as he stood up.

Everyone in the room left and headed down to the cafeteria dragging Alexis closely behind. When they had gotten far enough and were just down the hall from their destination they told Alexis to close her eyes, and she did so.

When they got into the cafeteria, Allen told his sister to open her eyes. When she opened her eyes, Alexis saw a giant banner that said 'Welcome Alexis!'. She froze in place from the surprise and shock.

"W- what is this...?" Alexis asked barely able to find her voice.

"It's a welcoming party! Have some fun, and better yet eat as much as you want!" Allen- of coarse -said with the biggest of smiles.

"Does that mean we can play a few rounds of poker?" Alexis asked like a little kid.

"If you want. But only if you want to loss." Allen said with his usual grin that comes only when talking about gambling.

"Oh I wanna play. But, like I said earlier, I won't be the one losing." Alexis said with her own grin.

After about 20 minutes of the duo playing, and Alexis winning most of the time...

"I GIVE UP!" Allen yelled shocking everybody.

"Wait did Allen just give up... in poker!?" Lavi asked.

"I think he did..." Krory answered.

"Wow! Someone finally beat Allen at poker!" Lavi screamed earning a death glare from Allen causing Lavi to hid behind Krory.

"It's a little late but as a welcoming gift here's your coffee mug." Lenalee said. "I hope you don't mind the decorations on it but if we just wrote A.W. then it would match Allens and get confusing."

Alexis looked at her new coffee mug. It was black with a few gold roses here and there like her gun with her initials also in gold on the bottom to match the pattern. Then it hit her.

"Wait... does this mean I'm allowed to drink coffee now?" Alexis asked while getting pretty happy.

"NO!" Allen yelled before anyone could even open their mouths to answer.

"Why not? I'm 14, I can handle it." Alexis whined like a little kid.

"But you aren't the one who has to deal with you being hyper and not shutting up! And the worst part is, you always cling to me more than you should when you get hyper!" Allen yelled while getting annoyed.

"Allen why not just lock her out of your room then. Or even lock her in her own room." Lavi asked.

"Oh I've already tried that. But some how she always figures out how to break out of or break into the room." Allen said deadpanning.

"You're such a party pooper Allen." Alexis said like a little kid that didn't get what they wanted.

Lenalee leaned over to Allen and whispered to him. "Don't worry. We can give her hot chocolate and say it's coffee."

"But she'll taste the chocolate."

"Maybe. But if she says anything about it then I'll just say the creamer we have is chocolate flavored."

"Thanks Lenalee, that makes me feel better. Lex will get her 'coffee' and I don't have to deal with her being hyper." Allen said with relief.

The party went on until everyone got tired and left one at a time. But when it was over, Alexis had made friends with everyone except Mr. Grumpy- Kanda -and the generals who hadn't shown up.

"Later, after her party, Alexis had found her new room- conveniently -near Allens room or a door down seeing as how the only room next to Allens had been destroyed due to a common Allen vs. Kanda fight that had gotten a little out of hand.

As soon as she got to her room, Alexis had noticed it was exactly the same as Allens only the picture was different.

The picture above her bed was one of what seemed a Joker holding the world in their right hand and a skull in their left. Both hands balanced about its shoulders. She knew the little Joker was trying to figure out if it wanted to bring along safety and life being the world, or death being the skull. But what she didn't under stand was why this Joker was wearing a half black and half white mask. The black side had blood on it and looked evil while the white side looked sweet and innocent.

Alexis didn't really understand the picture but felt like the Joker was a trend and started wondering if it was on all of the pictures in every room.

Alexis had just gotten out of the shower and was walking to Allens room while playing with her now silver hair. She wanted to tell her brother good night and was almost there when a searing pain shot through her chest. She grabbed the scar right above her heart knowing it was the cause of her pain. Then she noticed why it hurt so much. She was sensing the hundreds of akuma that were right on the doorstep of the Black Order. She was about to call for the other exorcists when she remembered they were all tired from the party. Another shot of searing pain ran threw her making her collapse almost.

'Dammit!' She thought to herself.

Alexis budged herself closer to the wall and placed her left hand on it.

Every few seconds you would hear the explosions coming from the akuma who were trying to break through yet failing.

She could feel it. There was something else not just akuma but something stronger. MUCH stronger. And she knew what it was. The Noah family and one very special individual. The feeling she got from this made her sick to her stomach. She was out raged with the ones on her doorstep and in pain from using her Innocence and spreading it through out the entire headquarters.

Alexis was starting to cough up some blood. "No... not now when I need you the most... please don't shut down on me... Allen... You're so close and yet so far... Please help me..."

As if he had heard her prayer, Allen stepped out of his room to see his little sister looking like she was about to pass out from both the party and the fatigue from her Innocence. She had some blood coming out of her mouth and was holding her left arm with her right hand making sure to keep her left hand straight and connected to the wall. She had her head down with her silver-white hair covering her eyes making it hard to tell if she was conscious or not.

"Alexis!" Allen yelled gaining said persons attention.

"...You came... I need you to... wake up the others... Tell them... there are hundreds of akuma... right outside our doorstep... I can't... hold them off... for long... So please... hurry..." Alexis said with unsteady breathes.

"Got it! Don't worry, everyone will be okay." Allen said getting ready to run off.

"Wait...! There's something... stronger than the akuma... It's the Noah family... most of them that is... and they brought the Earl... make sure... everyone will be okay... please..."

The first thing that jumped into Allens mind was how his little sister knew about the Family of Noah. Why today of all days? All Allen wanted was to have a good reunion with his little sister and instead he gets a battle with a massive enemy army. How could this day get any worse?

(A/N: Sooo sorry for not updating sooner! School has been a bitch with all the homework they give out and my weekends have been pretty busy too. I already have chapters 4, 5, and 6 done on my Kindle but the app I'm using wont let me send them over to anything so I have to spend hours to copy it down to be able to put it on FanFiction. Again sorry for the somewhat late update. I'm gonna try my hardest to get chapter 4 on tomorrow seeing as how I REALLY love that chapter. I'm proud of myself for it. Also, just so you know, the pictures above their beds I think say something about them. Allens looks like its walking a winding road and thats what Allen is doing so I had to relate Alexis' picture to what I plan on making her do in the future of this story. Thanks for the views, faves, reviews, and follows. Keep it up! Bai! :P)