Haunted House
"So, how did poor Terry end up like this?" Rhode says, hugging the near comatose girl.
"Well, it started when Komui sent Aussie, Lenalee, Chance, Jake, her and myself to a strange house..." Allen begins.
O.o.o.O
"So, why are we visiting this abandoned house?" Aussie asked, once again, to the resident dragon girl.
"I think one of my own may be here, or it may be one of your 'Akuma,'" Chance said, holding onto her boyfriend's hand.
"Eh, if it is, how should we deal with it?" Jake asked.
"Well, seeing as Teresa's Innocence turned Chance into a person, would we know through that way?" Allen asked, causing Chance, Jake, and Aussie to glare at him.
"That one time really hurt..." Chance replied.
"Anyways, lets split up. It's a two story house with a basement, correct?" Lenalee asked.
"I'll go with Lenalee!" Aussie yelled.
"Or, we can stay as a group? If the house is really this small, we can relax before any major fights?..." Terry asked.
"Eh, might be a good idea, since one of us is a human with no Innocence or strange supernatural power?" Jake said.
O.o.o.O
Creaks and groans fill the house as the group moved. Dust and mildew cause several of the teens to sneeze. They checked multiple different rooms, but only found a pile of dust.
Teresa wore her usual snow gear, as the house was quite cold. She let a bit of her fire like Innocence light the darkness. Though, she was becoming quite annoyed at the amount of times she had to pull Allen back.
"So, just dust? Really?" Jake asked.
"Well, we are on the second floor..." Lenalee said.
"Maybe we should have split up..." Aussie awkwardly said, popping something into his mouth.
"Aus, Al, and I will stay up here, you guys check downstairs?" Teresa asked.
The dragon girl, human, and Exorcist look at each other. All three shrug as they agree. The white haired trio find the thing that makes them wonder if this house had an occupant that they once knew...
O.o.o.O
Dirt covered the three children as they tried to escape from the circus clowns. Mana was off doing who knows what, when a group of clowns decided to torment the children. Red stayed in front of the other two, a protective look overcame his face.
Suddenly, one of the clowns jumped them with a knife. As the knife headed for Red, Mary jumped in the path of the knife. Feeling tons of pain from the knife as it was stabbed into her hand, Mary screamed in pain. Johnathan growled at the men, as a voice was heard.
"Please do not hurt these children, they have done nothing to you, Kijo," an old woman said.
O.o.o.O
"It looks just like her mirror..." Allen whispered as he rubbed a large, fancy mirror.
Crosses lined the mirror, as the darkness of the room gave the mirror a mysterious look. Terry covers her right eye as it activates, while quickly looking downstairs. A scream and a yelp are heard at the same time. The trio hurriedly run towards the other group, hoping that they stay safe.
Jake runs towards them, panic and anger shown strongly on his face.
"Chance and Lenalee got napped as I was checking out a noise!"
"I should have been with Lena!" Aussie shouts as he runs downstairs, in search of his girl.
Allen and Terry take a look at each other, and nod.
O.o.o.O
Honestly, Allen would never expect himself to get lost in a house of this size. He and Teresa agreed to check the lower floors together, but the girl disappeared. Ben, worried about her master, stayed with Allen to help him search for his friends. As Allen stumbles down another hallway, he runs into his strange roommate.
"Oh, hey Al!" Jake says. "Got lost again?"
"Yeah...I was with Teresa, and she split off from me when she thought she heard something. I've just been trying to find everyone else ever since," Allen says sheepishly.
"Well, she is known to be solo sometimes. Somethin' about her trainer telling her to try being more independent. At least, thats what she told me a while back," Jake says.
The two begin walking, in search of their missing friends. As Allen spots something, he rushes forward, not seeing his friend, who seemed to be unconscious, disappearing through a mirror. As Allen starts calling Jake's name, he sees Aussie running towards him.
"Its those bloody mirrors! They took my girl away from me!" Aussie yelled.
"Have you seen any of the others?" Allen asked, in a serious tone.
"Nah, haven't. You?"
"I was with Jake a moment ago..."
"Those bloody mirrors..." Aussie said, as he slowly approached a mirror. He ran at it, causing the other to yell at him to stop as he disappeared through it...
O.o.o.O
Terry almost felt like Allen at the moment. She thought she saw something as she and Allen went up to explore the basement. There were no mirrors the last time she checked the basement, yet this time, there were many. Deciding to avoid all the mirrors, she stuck to a tunnel that was nearby.
As she explored the dusty area, she tripped over some clothing. She hit her face against the wall, and shouted out in pain. Maybe using her Innocence as a flashlight earlier was a bad idea. She figured she could use that rather than a flashlight.
As she stood back up, she felt something that was not there before. As she slowly back up, she felt water dripping from the ceiling.
As she looked up, her eye activated. Above loomed a young man's spirit, trapped in his sadness and regret. The Akuma, which quite resembled a sea dragon, loomed above her. She slowly backed up, as the eye of the Akuma came closer.
As she was about to activate her Innocence, mirrors randomly appeared under her and the Akuma...
O.o.o.O
If she could change anything, it would be what happened with the original Earl fifty years ago. Although, throughout her life, she had seen many friends and family come and go, the woman still stayed strong to her Innocence. The Mirror of Darkness let her seek those that she loved, as they wanted to bring back their loved ones. She never understood her Innocence, and why she must protect those she did not know. Maybe being almost two hundred because of that dratted mirror made her tired of the world, yet she continued talking to those that needed help.
Agatha Mays joined a circus a decade or so ago to look for a place to belong. Her eldery features would cause people to ignore her, yet her fighting skill brought many flocking to her, so she could teach others how to fight.
One day, she found the co leader of a group of clowns. These clowns often bullied around the 'demons' and 'angel,' a few kids she knew Mana took an interest in. She smiled, as she remembered some of her fun times with some of her old companions.
"Please do not hurt these children, they have done nothing to you, Kijo," she spoke.
"Who says I'm going to hurt all three of them! I might just want to take this lil girly!" Kijo said, grabbing the girl, who's hand was bleeding from the knife wound.
He wasn't able to grab her, as Agatha kicked him twenty or so feet away. Kijo falls on his butt, and the other circus clowns look nervously at Agatha.
"W...w...we...don't meant any 'arm! We jus' wanted te teach these kiddies some cool clown moves!" A random clown said.
"They have Mana teaching them, don't they? Let the children be, unless you wish to be like Kijo, hm?"
The children remain silent as Agatha took them back to her tent. As she walked, she noticed that all three were completely different from each other. She found that the two twins had very different reactions to how they were treated, yet the boy, Red, just wanted to keep the two safe. She thought of the time of peace that she had before the world went sideways...
O.o.o.O
Agatha had been watching the six strange kids (and three golems) for quite some time while they were in her house. Really, she should of chosen a better place to keep her many times great grandson safe. She often destroyed Akuma when she could, yet, she could not kill her own relatives.
Ben Mays never understood much of the world when his many times great grandmother told him through a mirror to not bring back his father. Emotions lead to the Earl finding the young boy. His father died of a rare blood disease that appears once a generation, causing the premature death of William Mays, an antiques dealer who lost his wife when she passed away from giving birth to Ben.
Agatha knows that even if this part of the family tree died off, there are still other branches to be kept alive. Many of dozens who discarded the name of the woman who disappeared into her mirror, a legend that speaks true.
She only came out of her Mirrors to find some of her old friends, and to find a way to right a wrong. Just to find out that nothing will be as it appears.
She opens a mirror under each of the intruders. The black haired is first to fall, while holding onto the blind girl's hand. The strange boy makes an inhuman jump away from the mirror, yet he is knocked unconscious. The white haired yells as he runs at the mirror, demanding to see his girl. She senses the Akuma growing restless in his imprisonment. She tries to keep 'Ben' stable as he breaks through the mirror, and attacks the white haired girl. Thinking quick, Agatha opens many mirrors under the two, sending them to her darkness.
As she watches the other mirrors, she notes that the white haired boy, the only one remaining seemed to get lost quite often. She opens another gate under the boy, sending him to her.
"Um..where am I?" He asks awkwardly.
"My name is Agatha Mays, and I am just like you," Agatha replied.
"Cursed by an Akuma? Driven mad by a golem? Too many debts??" Allen asks.
"No, I have Innocence, just like the arm you have hid, Red..."
Allen activates his Innocence, a serious look on his face. He is stopped by her mirror popping right by him. He awkwardly looks at her, as she gave him a look.
"Your friend is in danger. Please destroy the Akuma," Agatha quietly says.
"Teresa!" Allen shouts, as he runs into the mirror.
O.o.o.O
Terry knew she was in danger. As the mirrors dragged her and the akuma to another place, she worried about the level 2's abilities. Would she be able to handle them? What if it was a non dangerous power that she can handle? What if the akuma just shot out dark matter?
Just as she thought this, her right eye activated, as she saw that the place she was in was created by Innocence. It honestly reminded her of Tiedoll's, yet with a few differences.
The area that she was in had a small pond with several types of birds flying around. Just as she began to marvel at the beauty, the akuma attacked. Streams of water were sent at the girl. She jumped back, trying to remember the training Kanda gave her with a hose.
"Tch, if you're in a tight spot, find a good place to hide. If you can't, then dodge."
As she ran away from the akuma, she ran into an invisible wall. The akuma took the opportunity and attacked.
"The Duke tells me you aren't supposed to get wet, but I gotta kill ye anyways!" the akuma yelled as it sends a small tsunami at the girl.
Teresa couldn't dodge the rush of water as she ended up in it. Struggling to stay afloat, she tried activating her Innocence, only to have sparks come out. She begun coughing up blood as the akuma forced the water to enter her 'heart.' The water levels recede as the akuma forced the water to converge just on the girl. As she tried getting up, she fainted as her lungs fill with water.
"Teresa!" Allen yelled as he activated his Innocence.
The akuma looked at the boy as the cannon Innocence strikes towards the large akuma. It jumps away, as it feels the hatred towards Innocence. Allen jumped at it as it sends jets of water towards the two Exorcists.
"The Duke told me that you two were to be kept alive, but I will kill both of you and take your bodies to him!"
"Why does the Duke want us?" Allen shouted.
"I don't know! All I know is I want to kill!"
Allen jumped at this chance to destroy the Akuma. As he destroyed it, he ran over to the girl, who seemed to not be breathing. As he tried pumping the water out of her lungs (something Wisely warbed him would happen if the girl ever got water to enter her chest), he didn't notice a large mirror appearing under him. As the girl begins to breath, both of them end up in the house, along with two couples who seem to be talking with Agatha.
"So, the strange disappearances weren't caused by an unknown creature like myself," Chance stated.
"I am sorry, my relative wished to bring back his papa who passed away recently. My Innocence is more of a defense, and can bring others to 'pocket dimensions.' I have been a hidden Exorcist for quite some time, making sure others don't turn their loved ones into akuma."
"Why do you know my old circus name?" Allen asked.
"Ah, Red. Your eyes are the reason why I remember. Your hair was also quite red, ne?"
"You were in the circus??" The three clueless ones asked.
"...it's a long story..."
"And you four have been talking about a date before I brought you back here, ne?"
"Yes, actually. Allen, when Teresa wakes up, we need you two to make sure that my brother doesn't try to destroy Aussie or the town, ok?" Lenalee said, her tone serious.
"We wish to have a nice double date. And last time we went on a normal date..."
"...I stopped talking to my brother for a whole month after kicking him halfway across the town," Lenalee said, smiling brightly.
"Also, why is sis wearing an Exorcist coat?" Aussie asked.
"Her clothing kinda got wet, so I had to use the only clothing I could find..."
"Allen, Komui isn't the only one with a sibling complex..." Lenalee whispered, as Aussie began glaring at the boy.
O.o.o.O
"...after being chased around by Aussie, he gave me a black eye, and mumbled about having to take 'more of those poppers every few hours,'" Allen says sheepishly, rubbing his right eye.
It's been about three days since Teresa ended up in a coma, and Aussie and Allen stayed by her bedside at a nearby hospital. The lie that they came up with was that they were exploring an abandoned house with a few friends when Teresa ended up falling into a lake nearby. Luckily, the hospital believed them as the girl was rushed to the ER. A few days later, Rhode and Wisely came to check up on their little 'sister.'
"Well, when it comes to complexes, between Daddy, Aussie, and Komui, I don't know which is worse," Rhode says casually, rubbing her hand against Teresa's cheek softly.
"But if they ever join up, we will probably be screwed..." Wisely says, reading his older 'sister's' mind.