The garden of the Earl's house looked like a Harlequin game of chess. Rows of level two akuma stood in front of many level three akuma. All the akuma were in their weapon forms. The varied, flashy akuma made a stark contrast to the sunny day.

Road stood in front of the akuma. She was talking to the akuma, giving orders. Allen stood by her shoulder smiling brightly. He gave her a hug as she opened a portal to the ark. He watched proudly, high-fiving some of the akuma as they walked into the ark. As the last akuma walked into the ark, Allen turned to Road.

"I'll make sure to return with the exorcists' heads." He gave her a peck on the cheek and jumped through the door.

Road smiled sadly as the door disappeared, then skipped to the palace to fetch Lero and play with the Earl.

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Komui welcomed back Kanda, Leenale, and Lavi from their missions. Komui gathered all of the exorcists and intoduced them to Mathew. As they went through some greetings, they all went to get dinner. As Mathew was setting down his tray, they heard an alarm.

"Attention All. There has been a breach of the Ark in the Science lab. Akuma are emerging from the Ark. All exorcists are to report to the science lab."

Everyone quickly ran to the science lab to see an army of level twos streaing from the ark. One turned and saw the exorcist uniforms and screamed. "The exorcists are over there!"

The akuma rushed forward. Mathew activated his innocence. He felt the innocence flow over his body and turned his hands to claws. He rushed forward and tore through several Akuma. He saw the other exorcists defeating the other akuma, with his head turned he felt a wave of ice blow over his body from a nearby akuma. His armor protected him from the akuma's power and he soon killed the problematic akuma.

Mathew's chest was heaving and if it was possible wile covered in innocence, he would be dripping in sweat. He looked up horrified as more akuma poured from the ark.

He ran to the members of the science lab, as they were being attacked b akuma. He created a large shield with his arms, blocking them from the harmful blast.

"Thanks Mathew." Reever panted. "We're trying to close the ark but it won't let us. We're going to try and keep working on it."

As Mathew kept up his shield, the science team quickly constructed a barrier so they could work. He jumped towards an akuma, drawing back as a wave of bug creatures went in front of his nose.

"Hey! Watch yourself No-Name !" Kanda shouted at Mathew as he sent another wave of the creatures towards the door of the ark.

"It's Mathew!" He jumped up and speared a nearby akuma

"Tissue? Ok then." Kanda replied sarcastically as his hair fell out of his ponytail "Damnit"

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Allen walked through the empty streets of the ark. As he walked he felt a shiver go through his spine. He felt his spine tingle as he approached an intersection. He turned around frantically and saw, a finder behing him. Allen quickly hit him with a wave of energy, snapping his neck. Allen moved to the dead body and touched his body. Once he was sure he was dead, Allen smiled and straightened up. He turned to face a door. Allen's breath caught in his throat. The door was boarded up with a symbol of a cross on it.

Hey voice, do you remember how we died?
'Yes, a bit.'
How did we die?
'You didn't want to know earlier. You always told me to shut up.'
I understand but it's time to tell me, how we died.
'We starved to death.'
Starved?
'We were in the ark. Road had captured us when we were on a mission. We were trapped in one of the rooms in the ark. Road was torturing us and we died because she never came back.'

Allen took a deep breath and started to tear down the boards in front of the room as the door came free, Allen swung the knob outwards. He looked at the other side of the door, it was smeared with blood. Allen walked in and saw bloodied staples lying on the floor, holes were in the wall matching the staples. There was blood on the floor leading from one spot. Allen went to the spot and smelt the blood. It smelt familiar, it was...his blood?

His head started spinning. The voice was buzzing. His knees buckled the blood flaked in his hands. He sat in the red stain. Road was cutting him. His throat was dry. His muscles spasmed. His left arm was pinned up. He was in the dark. A clown's hand reaching. The door was closed. He was an akuma. He was dying. He was ...Allen Walker?