"Kanda!"
Two Exorcists and a black golem had just bursted into the room. Upon their loud entrance a nearby nurse shot them a glare and told them to be quiet. Lenalee and Krory quickly bowed offering an apology before racing over to their friends side.
"How's Miranda?" They chorused.
Before answering Kanda took his golem back, placing it in a coat pocket until further use. "She's fine. The woman just hit her head too hard."
"Hit her head too hard? What happened?" Lenalee asked. The girl glanced around the room searching for Lavi, when she saw he wasn't there worry etched across her face. "And where's Lavi? He was with Miranda, did you see him?"
Kanda tsked. Too many questions at once. "I don't know what happened to the woman, whatever the hell attacked them was gone before I got there. Same goes for that BakaUsagi. A shitty move leaving someone on-"
"Could he have been taken?" Krory spoke absentmindedly; the man imagined the most reasonable thing he could think of that would cause Lavi to leave Miranda all alone. Kanda growled in anger seconds after he'd been cut off.
"Maybe," Lenalee said her voice uneasy. "But why would he have been?"
Kanda talked in a isn't-it-obvious tone, "He's Bookman's Apprentice. BakaUsagi probably knows a whole lot of secrets that the Noah want to get their hands on."
"You think...the Noah took Lavi?!" Krory exclaimed.
Kanda scoffed, "Who else? I saw his Innocence being used, that's how I found her."
"This is bad." Lenalee muttered. "I have to go call Niisan!" She then rushed towards the door.
"Let him know the the woman's Innocence is broken." Kanda spoke as he held up Miranda's damaged clock-like Innocence. Lenalee looked at it grimly before taking her leave.
"May I?" Krory asked. Kanda glanced at him before wordlessly passing the broken thing into his hands. Krory observed it; a large indent was in the dead center of it, a crack ran along its diameter. It was strange how the Innocence ended up in worse shape than it's owner. He gently set it down onto a bed stand before taking a seat on one of the unoccupied beds.
"He wants to talk to you Kanda!" Lenalee's voice suddenly said from the doorway. Kanda tsked and stood, making his way towards where Lenalee was phone in hand.
He grabbed it and continued his walk further down the hall where it was less occupied and settled there leaning against the wall. "Kanda can you hear me?" Komui questioned on the other side of the line.
"Loud and clear." He replied.
"Good. So, from what my darling Lenalee told me Lavi is missing. You found Miranda where the fight happened, anything out of the ordinary?"
"Other than that BakaUsagi being missing no."
"I see... I don't know if you've heard but Bookman dropped off of the radar yesterday. We can assume their disappearances are linked, and that they were taken by the Noah. Whatever the intentions are behind this it can't be good. Have everyone be alert. I sent a Finder Unit to escort Miranda back to the Order once she wakes up. They should arrive any day now." It went silent before Komui added on, "Stay safe. I'll talk you guys soon. Goodbye."
"Bye." Kanda said gruffly before hanging up the phone.
"Kanda! What did Nii-san say?" Lenalee called out from down the hall. His eyes flickered over to the girl who waited eagerly for his answer.
"He said be careful. We don't need that idiot to tell us that."
Lenalee rolled her eyes and gently hit Kanda's head once he got close enough to. "Niisan's just worried! What about Miranda though? She can't fight now."
"A Finder Unit's on it way. They'll take her back to the Order. We in the meantime are going to find Moyashi and BakaUsagi. Those idiots have caused enough trouble as it is." Kanda said.
Lenalee gazed at the swordsman for a few seconds before a smiled graced her lips. "Alright! I'll let Krory know...I do feel bad about leaving Miranda here but it's for the best…Oh! I think there's something you should know!" Kanda sighed and met eyes with Lenalee who was reaching into a pocket. She then pulled out a paper and promptly held it out to him. "We got this letter after we ran into Allen in Naples. Lavi found it in his bag, it told us to go to England. I thought it was suspicious at that time but didn't really dwell on it because we didn't have any other leads. But now…"
Kanda's eyes narrowed as an idea came to mind. "Maybe the letter was planted to lure you guys here. But the Noah could've grabbed him anywhere-dammit this is frustrating!" He resisted the urge to kick the wall.
Lenalee's brows furrowed. She shared her companion's frustration but on a less extreme level. "What should we do?"
Now calmer, Kanda said, "We find who put that letter there. It's the only thing we can do anyways. We'll stay in England until something turns up."
The girl nodded, a motivated look growing on her face. "I'll go tell Krory." And with that she was gone. Kanda had closed his eyes and was enjoying the peace and quiet the absence of the girl had brought. But it was interrupted by loud footsteps. He tsked cracking open an eye. If it was a nurse of one of the patients he'd have no choice but to put up with their inept way of walking. But the person approaching was neither of them, instead it was someone who caused his usual impassive face to contort in both suspicion and distaste.
Kanda straightened his back and rested a hand on Mugen for he didn't know the guy's intentions. In a hostile voice he asked, "What are you doing here, dog of Lvellie?"
Allen laid on his bed staring at the ceiling. Tim rested above his head, he felt the golem nibbling on his hair but he didn't really care at the moment. Today was the day. Everyone would be leaving the Ark and the plan would go into motion. He'd been waiting patiently for the Tease to flutter into his room. He had a feeling it'd be a while for Allen didn't know if he'd receive any visitors to bid him goodbye-a certain spiky haired Noah came to mind. No doubt she'd come to say farewell, Road wouldn't know it but it'd be the last time she'd be seeing him for a long time. Hopefully at least.
A rhythmic knock startled him. Allen sat up in bed quickly calling out, "Come in!"
"Allen~!" Upon his words the door flew open and a depressed looking Road entered his room. The girl let out an exaggerated sigh. "Everyone has to go out for some stupid meeting! I don't see the point of it! I wish I could stay behind with you but Millennie is making me come!"
Allen chuckled. To calm the girl he offered, "I'll be here when you get back."
It worked and immediately the frown was gone and replaced with a grin. Road nodded. "You're right~!" Road looked like she wanted to say something else but a figure appeared in the doorway and a voice said,
"It's time to go. You'll see Shounen when we get back." Tyki stood there. He and Tyki met eyes while Road pouted. Eventually the girl got over it and left. Tyki lingered a moment longer. Silver eyes watched golden as the latter took his leave.
Allen exhaled glad that was over with. Now he just had to wait for the Noahs to leave the Ark. He adjusted his sitting position on the bed so his hands rested on his knees. His eyes scanned the place that'd been his room for the past few weeks. He definitely wouldn't miss it, this room gave him the opposite feeling of "homey". Well that it should anyways considering its location. Allen sighed. How much longer? He waited another five minutes, got bored and stared stretching Tim's cheeks. The golem gave him what he deserved-multiple bites to his fingers-before flying away and finding a different place to sit. The silence bothered him, and he did what he wondered why he hadn't done in the first place.
You've been quiet for a while, Nea.
The response was almost instantly.
You could say so. I've been...thinking.
About what?
I know I've been selfish. That time when I took us back to the Ark instead of escaping...I merely saw an opportunity and took it. I used you for my personal gain and it won't happen again.
Allen grew confused. Personal gain, to kill the Earl?
That's part of it. The Earl and I share a very complicated past. If you give me time I'd like to explain it to you.
That'd be great! Just not now, you probably know what's going on.
Something caught Allen's eye and he faintly heard Nea's response. The something was a dark butterfly, it'd phased through the wall and was making it's way over to him. He winced as it circled once around his head; it's kind nature now wouldn't stop him from remembering the hole one made in his heart. But he couldn't waste time reminiscing. If Tyki was correct the gate would only be open for five minutes.
"Tim, let's go!" Allen called out as he jumped to his feet. The golem zoomed over and settled on his shoulder. The butterfly hovered in front of him awaiting orders. In a serious tone he said, "Tease, get me out of here."
(A/n So in the first part one thing to say is sorry if Kanda seems OOC, I have hard time writing his character. Thanks for the reviews, keep em' coming XD! See you guys next update!)