The child stares at the blood that splatters against the wall. Huddled in a corner, the child holds the knife used to slay many…
The Café
It was in the middle of January when Terry decided to go out for a bite to eat. The area the Noah were in was very warm, and Terry decided to go on her motorbike. The motorbike looked quite similar to a regular motorcycle, but with a few differences. The motor was designed to go up to fifteen miles per hour, and ran on electricity instead of gas. The bike had several storage units, mostly because Terry liked to bring sweets and food home. Terry decided to go to a brilliant Café that offered many breakfast type items. One of Terry's favorites was the eclairs, and usually the mansions had cooks who cooked anything for the now thirteen year old. Some time ago, the girl decided to look at the town, and found out about a Café called Gray.
The girl decided to wear a t-shit with her favorite video site, a lightning strike that cuts through the blocky letters. The letters say 'WECONDUIT' and the site offers anything from 'strange creature attacks' all the way to 'freaky balloons destroy village.' There are also gamers who use the site to gain money and viewers. Terry learned about the site from the Twins, as some of the pranks they did were livestreamed on the site. Terry also wore jeans that had four pockets. She didn't have to worry about food, as all she had to do was tell the places to bill the Noah Orphans foundation or the Singers Anonymous Community.
Gray Café had several culinary students who often worked at the Café. Teresa couldn't be employed at the place, though many of the employees offered to teach her a bit how to cook. The Noah allowed one or two of the students to teach the girl, while also giving them scholarships. Terry was a fast learner, mostly because of the Exorcist General and Lavi. She went from learning how to flip a pancake, and all the way to making omelets. Today, she was heading to the café to buy a few sweet treats for Rhode and Skinn Bolic, the latter being a new incarnation of the thirteen original Noah.
The girl quietly hummed under her breath as she went a steady fifteen miles per hour down the street. She was too shy to talk to anyone, and often people ignored the shy girl.
As she approaches the small café, she doesn't notice a pitch black car with darkened windows behind her. She pulls the kickstand from her bike, and takes the key out of the ignition, placing the key in her back pocket. Only once or twice her bike was stolen, yet it was always returned to her. The Earl told her that he placed a tracker in it that the Dolls can follow, and that some of the Dolls are employed as cops. The Dolls are, after all, 'the poor souls brought back to help a grieving family member or friend and sometimes stay a bit longer,' according to the Earl.
Teresa walks into the café, saying a shy hello to the cashier. The cashiers and workers are spirited workers who allow anything and everything into the café, because of the original founders of the Gray Café.
The Stephens were a renowned family known for their famous triple hot chocolate. Several years ago, tragedy struck. While on a vacation, the ship the parents were killed by an akuma attack. The Akuma were created by the Duke of Time, and were more often brought to life because mankind cannot tell the difference between the two Earls. Even the clever Terry Shade and Lavi had several discussion on how to tell the two apart. The only way the two figured out the difference was that the Dolls acted more human and had more control. The Earl was too busy to know about the discussions the girl and young man had.
The Stephens are survived by their children. Robin Stephens is a thirteen year old who often likes teasing the young girl with food. He used to have blonde hair, but it turned white in the last few years due to the death of his parents. He also has an eighteen year old sister who runs the financial side of the café. The Noah Organization often helped those who were orphaned, and with a bit of help from Sheryl, the two were able to keep their café opened. When Sheryl found out about the café from Terry, he told her that some of the foods that she eats are cooked at the café. The girl took an immediate liking to the café, and eventually the café taught her how to cook.
"Hey, Ter-Bear. The usual today?" a brunette asks her. The girl lightly blushes.
"Yes please. Oh, and a thirty two ounce triple chocolate. And a stack of Gray house pancakes, with plenty of whip cream, and half a pound of strawberries," the girl tells the cashier.
"And this will be billed to the Noah Orphan foundation?"
"Yes please. Oh, I have another brother!" the girl replies.
"Another orphan?" the man asks.
"Yep, he's really nice because I like sweet things like him. So I came here to bring him a couple of baked goods," the girl says, happy to talk to James. The brunette and his girlfriend work at the Café because of their friendship with the current owners of the café.
The two chatted for a while, mostly about how her twin 'brothers' keep booby trapping her rooms and how one time she was forced to wear a dress. The two also talked more about the circus Terry used to live in before something happened. She never really told him or anyone that got close to her about the dark sides of the circus or afterwards. Eventually, all her food arrived.
"Have a nice day, James," the girl says, smiling at the man.
"You too, Ter-Bear!"
The girl sits at a booth, while a waiter and a waitress help her with the usual foods. The two quickly walk away, knowing how fast the girl eats. Terry eyes the twenty odd plates of food, and begins her eating. The workers, luckily, had a 'do not judge' rule, because Terry told them that she must consume a lot of food or she will become very sick (she will potentially die if she doesn't eat enough, a fear the Earl has). The girl consumed the meal in the time it would take to tie up a pair of tennis shoes. The girl shyly smiles as the other customers gape at the scrawny girl. She gets up, and leaves, waving to the cashier. She takes the food that she plans on giving to her big 'brother.'
She takes out the key out of her jeans pocket and starts the bike up. With the kickstand up, the girl begins heading home, not noticing the car speeding up to her. As she hits the back road, the car hits her. The bike falls over, but Terry jumps off of it, receiving only a few scratches. Taking to the defense, Terry activates her Innocence. A katana blade is thrust at her, and a distant memory paralyzes her.
"Tch, this kid is the usagi kid, right baka usagi?" The black haired teen asks his annoyance.
"Sure is! She also has Innocence within her heart," Lavi says, helping the Japanese man carry the girl into the car.
In the front are two more Exorcists. The two are face palming, as they promised the Black Order that the two would keep an eye on the potential recruit.
"Hurry it up Kanda, I promised father we would save the kid from the Noah family. Dad also says that the girl is probably a parasite type, and needs to eat plenty of food," Daisya tells his 'brother.' The group all wear the traditional long coat of the Exorcists.
"Tch," Kanda replies as he carries the girl into the car, while getting a bit of help from Lavi.
An hour later, the girl begins to shiver and shake violently. Alma Karma looks at her worriedly, as he continues driving. The girl stops shivering and Kanda feels the kid's head. He looks angrily at Lavi, who seems to suddenly remember something.
"Oh, oh, oh no…I just remembered, Terry needs to be kept warm. Usually around seventy degrees or so…" Lavi and Kanda immediate jump into action and cuddle the girl.
"Tch. Daisya, warm up the car immediately! The kid is dying!"
"Oh, God!" the Soccer player yells as he turns up the heat.
Kanda is quite upset that he has to be close to the idiot rabbit and white haired newbie, and scowls the entire time. The girl begins warming up, and cuddles into Lavi's chest.
"The time I was with her and the Noah, I learned that when she becomes very cold, her body shuts down. She also has two cursed eyes, one can see the Innocence and the other can see the Akuma and Dolls."
"Tch, idiot…"
"This is really cute though, hehe," Lavi whispers.
A few hours later, the group arrives at a hotel. The Exorcists were to leave in the morning to the airport and it only irked the samurai. The girl tried escaping once they arrived at the hotel, but was stopped by Daisya, who seemed a bit nervous after Kanda threatened to kill him after he nearly killed the girl. Daisya thought it was too hot in the car when the group was stalking the girl, and Lavi failed to mention that the girl had parasitic Innocence.
The group decided to keep an eye on the girl and make sure that no Akuma or Dolls came to the hotel. Terry decided to wait until the group became unguarded to once again escape. It was three in the morning, when she noticed that the guys were either falling asleep or too bored to keep a steady eye on her. Sneaking out of the four star hotel, she went down the road to a fast food place she knew about. Her left eye activates as she goes into the most popular fast food business called Robinsons. The place usually served all day breakfast and had one of the best burgers in the world.
"Hello Terry," the cashier speaks. The cashier appears to be a blonde haired green eye female named Kelly.
"Hey Kelly, a couple of people kinda kidnapped me…" Terry quietly says.
"Want me to call anyone?"
"Can you just link up with the Earl and tell him that I want to go home…"
This being the early hours, the Doll is one of two on duty. The Doll heads to the back to talk to the Earl. The other person on duty has no care in the world about what the two are talking about, as he is busy cooking more food. The Doll comes back, and lets the girl know that she contacted the Earl. Suddenly, Terry's other eye activates, her light gray eye becomes two blue circle, the iris disappearing quickly. Something streaks past her and hits the Doll, causing it to evaporate into nothing.
"You need to stop escaping!" Alma yells from the door.
"I was hungry…" Terry quietly says, for she formed a small bond with Alma because of her curiosity of the world. In fact, it was the bond that caused the Parasitic Innocence bonded girl to escape.
"What the hell happened to Kelly!" the manager asks, not really noticing or caring about the explosion he heard. There were often strange explosions, but he assumed most of them were trains that were having problems, or the hotel was going through remodeling.
"She had to leave early," the two quickly reply.
"Good, she was the most boring person in this area!"
Terry's stomach growls, and she quietly blushes. Alma offers to take her out to a café down the street, and the two head off.
Meanwhile, in a meeting room of the Noah's ark, the Noah family is frantically looking for their little Innocence wielder.