The Insanity That Is...
Adam looked forward, towards the woman he had not seen in many years. Her dull eyes stare at him as he nervously gulps.
"It has been thirty-five years, Adam."
"Yes, it has been, Agatha."
Both sit at a table in the White Ark, enjoying some tea. As the Order had to allow the Noah to make decisions on certain matters, Agatha went with the Noah, to talk business. She holds her mirror, a small pocket mirror with a beautiful cross on the back of it. Her short white hair is hidden by a hoodie. She simply has no care of what is and is not acceptable, as she had seen many trends and depressions come and go.
"So, how are the twins doing?"
"They are fine. One is engaged to Rhode, even though he doesn't want to marry her yet, and the other two had a kid sometime after 'that' happened," Adam replies.
"Oh, deary me, I meant Mary and Jonathan."
"Our dearest Teresa Shade and Aussie Darkholme?"
"Yes, and Red too."
"Well, besides that Teresa almost dying, they have been fine. Allen has his golem, and that silly Mari left our dear little town."
"I have only been to the town for a few moments."
"It's quite a wonderful idea that Teresa came up with, a way for Innocence and Dark Matter to behave."
"Or so she believes?"
"Have they contacted you?"
"The Celestials?"
"Yes."
"Besides the two who came to the house, I have not seen any of them for quite some time. Them being truly immortal is quite different from reincarnation or having to rely on just Innocence, I have been told."
"Ah..."
"I do not know your ideas of the world, but if the Celestials end up in our war, they will remember everything, Adam."
"Even after seven thousand years, I will make sure they stay in the dark. We cannot allow 'them' to know anything, unless 'Zone' or 'Chronoa' appears as the option, once again," Adam said, placing his hands on his face.
"Even if I have been alive for two hundred some years, my Innocence holds a majority of what happened."
"We will have to watch the children, and the Celestials."
The two continued enjoying their tea, as birds flew over the nearby buildings. Agatha relaxed as she drank, remembering memories of the ones she had not seen for a long time...
"When do you plan on revealing the secret of the children?"
"When they are in their junior year. At most."
O.o.o.O
"Aussie, next time, please don't hurt a comrade," Tiedoll told his 'son' over the phone.
"I ferget te take tha' blody popper again!"
"Yuu asked me to ask you if you took out your knives."
"Nah, kept them hidden. I don't kill anymore...promised Ter a while back."
"As I have said many times, I wish what happened then never happened."
"It still happened."
"I know. Please, just continue taking your medication, and stay calm."
"I'll try, Tie. Bye," Aussie growled as he said goodbye, and hung up
It's been three days since his sister went into a coma, and he worried quite a bit. He stayed by her side, even as his stomach began to growl. Allen also stayed, and Aussie didn't really care. Allen is a gentleman, after all.
"So, when do you guys plan on going?" Allen asked, ten minutes after the boy was done talking.
"Probably after Ter wakes. I'd rather have her awake then asleep. Cause last time I went with Lena, Komui just about sent me to the other side of the town with Komlin the first..."
"There are more of those things??"
"He has a sibling complex..."
"Ah..."
O.o.o.O
All she could see was grey. Not white, nor black. Just grey. She allowed her eyes to wander the place, looking for any signs of people. Yet, all she could see was grey.
As she tried to blink, she could not. Teresa panicked. Only once or twice before this had happened. The first time was a bit after meeting Mana, the second time was with Moore.
Had she gone mad, like her brother? Had she finally passed away? Was she in a coma? Is this limbo?
'Mm, it be not limbo, or death...' a voice spoke from deep within the grey.
'...' she tried to speak.
'You be in a coma. Wake, it be time to...'
O.o.o.O
As the two boys watched, the girl began to open her eyes. Blink, blink. She groaned, as the light in the room was too much. Allen quickly closed the blinds, allowing the girl to be able to see more clearly. Aussie ran to her bedside, and began talking.
"Are you ok, sis? Did Al do anything to you before you ended up in a coma? Do I need to kill anyone?" he asked.
"I'm ok. I don't think Al would do anything to me...and please don't kill anyone..." she said, visibly annoyed.
"I won't! I still remember..."
"Promise?"
"Promise!"
"Ehm..." Allen finally spoke.
"Nothing!" The two twins yell in unison.
Teresa slowly sat up, groaning as she did so. As she sat up, she begun coughing up blood. The boys, worried about her, quickly ran to grab a doctor. As they came back, the doctor quickly checked the girl. Luckily, the doctor was a Doll, as any other doctor would see the green glow coming from the girl's chest and would immediately want to experiment on her.
As he begun checking the girl, the two Noah from earlier came with an extra surprise.
"We could hear your stomaches from the other side of the hospital, so we got you three food!" Rhode exclaimed excitedly.
Three growls are heard at once as the five carts of food came in the room. Aussie grabbed two carts, and rolled them over to the girl. Allen grabbed two of the carts for himself, as Aussie grabbed the last cart.
"You guys will have to make sure Teresa eats the right stuff. One wrong food and...ergh," Wisely was about to finish his sentence when Rhode kicked his shin.
"Shush, we will stay and watch them, Wise~"
"Awe, I was hoping NOT to hear their thoughts on food..." Wisely said, a pained expression on his face.
All three glare at the Noah, making him shiver at the dark stares.
"Ow!" He yelped as Rhode hit him upside the head.
O.o.o.O
"So, you two need us to make sure Komui doesn't try to 'squash Aussie like a giant bloody cockroach...'" Allen said slowly.
It had been a day since leaving the hospital that Lenalee and Aussie came up to the two, telling them of their plans. Jake and Chance have not been on a double date with anyone in a while, and Aussie wanted to keep all boys away from his precious sis.
The town they were in was decorated for Halloween, even though the day was several days over by now. Oddly, the day that the group went to the haunted house fell on Halloween.
Allen and Aussie were sitting on a bench, waiting for Teresa, Lenalee and the other couple. Aussie leaned back as he began to speak.
"The town we will be going to will be about an hour away from the Town. We want it to be as romantic and relaxing as possible, just in case the Duke tries destroying us. We will, in hindsight, be safe in the town, but probably not as safe in the Town. Really, we just want to get away from this stupid stuff," Aussie rambled on. "And if Komui decides to att-"
"Don't worry, J. Reever-san and Lavi-kun are watching him, along with some of the staff and students of the school. We should be safe," Lenalee said, while smiling as she kissed the boy on the cheek, causing him to hum happily.
"Oh, here comes Teresa!" Allen shouted, scaring the couple.
A sleek car came careening down the street, causing some dust to flow around. As it came to a shrieking hault, the other two saw Teresa on the passenger side, with her face buried in a book. The driver seemed to be some white haired teen.
As Teresa got out of the car, the guy said, "Make sure you find a cute guy!"
"As soon as you find someone, Robby," Teresa mumbled, obviously more interested in the book then her favorite chef telling her to find a cute boy. She was only fourteen, for the sake of sakes!
She sits next to her brother, who seemed more interested in Lenalee at the moment. Allen raises his eyebrow, and simply relaxes, hoping nothing will go bad.
"This is the last time we trust that guy to keep us hidden. He's already gone crazy more than once..." Jake says, coming out of the shadows, pulling Chance after him.
If Allen was serious, he would ask why there were so many dark alleyways, and who would have thought having this many potholes in the same area. Maybe it was just for gamblers to hide from creeps. Or for fighters to find a place to hide. Or maybe this town was just odd?
O.o.o.O
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Teresa stared at the frown on the old accomodator's face as she washed her hands. Honestly, she hated being watched when she was in the bathroom. Yet, she understood why someone had to be with her.
A red object lay under the sink, which was where she dropped it. She hid the object in her a small area of her tennis shoes as the door opened. The old woman disappeared, probably believing her to be 'safe' for the time being. Or, because the girl's Innocence seeking eye was activated.
A girl roughly the same age as Terry walked in, a black cat following after. The girl was of African descent, with red-brown eyes. Her hair was a reddish brown, and she had many freckles around her cheeks. She wore a blue shirt with the same lightning insignia that many phones appeared to have, along with many other devices. She also wore torn, faded blue jeans, and multi-colored shoes.
"Yo, T! What's up!"
"...not much. Just watching my brother and his girlfriend."
"Are they in the bathroom?"
"No, just me..."
The African looks at the sink, which was still on.
"Are you doing that thing again?" Bree asked.
"..." Teresa looks away
"I read the report. You were being dumb again, huh?"
"...Kanda already gave me a good talk about safety."
Kanda, when he learned of the girl's water avoidance, kept telling her to wear the 'goddam uniforms unless you want to die before this shit town goes to hell!' She still outright refuses to wear the Coat, even if it can save her life.
"Hey, since we're in this town, we should avoid the others and buy new clothing! You were adopted by the Noah, right?"
"...yeah..."
"And your clothings always destroyed by battle or your Innocence..."
"Yeah..."
"And Shadow Cat needs a new collar..."
"Girl day?"
"Girl day!"
"First, can we eat, Bree?" Terry asked as her stomach began to growl.
O.o.o.O
"Sure?" Jake said with a curious nod. "As long as the girls are alright with it."
Terry and Bree joined up with the couples, as Terry wanted to check on her brother. Aussie held on to Lenalee's hand, as he always does, since they started dated a while ago.
"Allen sent me a picture of Komlin the second that he destroyed, so he should be able to keep my brother away-"
"-for now..." Aussie ominously said, staring at the bushes Allen and a group seemed to be hiding in.
Lenalee and Terry kicked and hit the boy, although they secretly believed him because of the last times Aussie and Lenalee went on a date. Jake and Chance awkwardly looked, or not looking in the case of the blind girl, at each other. Bree chuckled whilst Shadow cocked his furry head.
"So, you two will be shopping nearby while Allen and the scientists watch Komui?" Jake guessed, as he held his girl's hands.
"Pretty much," Terry spoke softly.
"We can watch the crazy guy while you guys shop too!"
With that, the group left to do their things.
O.o.o.O
Three things that Lavi understood about the two strange twins:
First, as much as the two stated they were siblings, their interests lied in other areas. One liked to read, cook, and fight, while the other liked to play video games, hang out with people, and occassionally joke around.
Second, one has many admirers, while the other is considered a tattoo freak. The girl, as much as she doesn't like hanging out with others, often got fanmail because of her role in a band. The other, his Innocence is his skin, so it quite made sense when he would just joke around about how he was tattooed at an early age.
Third, both twins hid quite a bit about each other. Like, one time Lavi walked in on one of them when they were getting dressed. Well, actually, he walked in on them on several occassions. Not in a sexual way! Just on accident.
As he was thinking of all the times he walked in on the twins, he saw Allen activate his Innocence just as Sir Komlin ran down the street with Komui. Lavi activated his hammer and ran after Allen, with a small group of scientists running after them.
O.o.o.O
Terry and Bree watch from another store as Ben flew over to the screaming mad scientist known as Komui just as he took something from his coat pocket. Terry continues to eat her plates of bacon as the two hear an explosion.
The cat jumps up and runs with his owner and strange smelling human just as the roof collapses. He meows back at the two as Bree drags Terry away from the explosion.
"This is why Komui-chan is on my bad list..." Terry growled out, as the dust from the building caused her to cough up some blood.
"You alright, T?" Bree asks.
"Yeah, it happens whenever too much water gets to me," Terry said.
"But, you are alright, right?"
"Yes."
"Wanna get a silly hat?"
O.o.o.O
Bree and Terry watch from the hat shop as Komui shoots something at the unassuming Aussie. Allen runs forward as a boom is heard. Terry looks unamused when Bree places an octopus hat on her as Allen seems to face a bigger problem.
Terry notices the unmistakeable mischievous look on Bree's face as she pulls the girl, after handing the cashier a twenty, "Keep the change," and running with the octopus hat girl.
Ben flies off towards the octopus Allen as the two girls and cat walk over to the group. Allen struggles the best he can, while Komui is freaking out.
"No! I can't stand that crazy Octopus taking my sister away!" Komui shouts, as the scientists hold him still.
Lenalee and the other three walk into the hat shop, as Komui begins planning his next attack. Terry watches Allen struggle with the octopi as Bree watches the two. Shadow is perched on her shoulders, who appears to watch the two golems, with a hungry look in his eyes.
Just as Terry helps Allen take one of the octopus hats off, they hear Komui shriek, from the shop. Gray flies out, as Komui begins chasing the half dressed Aussie Darkholme.
"I know how to deal with anyone who taints my sister!" Komui screams, as he takes out a set of goggles and a controller. "Sir Komlin the third, Invoke!"
O.o.o.O
Terry and Lenalee nod to each other, as they prepare to attack...
O.o.o.O
Link was having a bad day. First, he finds out the 'Innocence Accommodator' fell in a three day coma, because she would not wear any of the Exorcist uniforms, something a grumpy wannabee samuri keeps telling her to wear. Then, the girl ends up coughing up blood because of the situation. After, her brother was almost killed by a giant snake, then an Akuma, although the first was during a mission, and the second during a date. Lastly, the damage done to the random town seems a bit big.
Link picks up his phone and dials a number.
"Hullo...?" a sleep voice asks.
"I'm sorry about bothering you on a school night, but I need your skills," Link says, scratching the back of his head.
"Ok? Which skill, exactly?"
"Poker."
A sudden thud comes from the other.
"Please tell me Master didn't leave you any of his debts!"
"No, this is about the damages in the Komlin V town."
"Will I have a ride to a bar nearby? Or should I try to see if I can play against Tyki?"
"No, I will be giving you a day off. I am also sending you with someone. You two should be ready in the morning. Ten sharp, airplane field."
"I will be ready!"
"Have a good night, Walker."
"You too, sir!"
Link hangs up, and begins calling one more number.
"The plan is working, I believe."
"Ah, that's awesome! Those two need to fall in love! If not..."
"I still don't understand."
"You will eventually. Tell Agatha I said 'hi,' she doesn't visit as often!"
With that, Link simply hung up.