Caretaker
Noah's Lovely Encounter!
"What do we do now?" Kanda asks.
"We wait for the Phantom of Athens," Caretaker answers.
After about five minutes, the trio hear shuffling noises and stomping feet. The smell of the outside engulfs their noses. The golden-haired exorcist nods over to her grumpy fellow as he unsheathes his sword. He shines the blade so that it shows directly who's there and who isn't.
"It's Greggory and some guards," Kanda informs quietly. Caretaker groans.
"Seriously? Great, now we're never going to get Seth," she complains quietly.
"Can you get a closer look?" Lenalee whispers over to Kanda. He nods as moves his sword to see better. Greg checks the windows and door whilst walking around. Guards surround the bracelet and windows.
"There's about fifteen guards, including Greggory. They have it surrounded pretty well," Kanda whispers back to Lenalee. Caretaker curses to herself.
"How are we going to get Seth if there's guards everywhere?" she complains angrily. "This place is packed; we can't even get a glance at the bracelet!"
"Well, considering his ability to disappear and reappear, how will we know if he's here or not?" Lenalee questions. "He could be invisible for all we now."
"That's true, he could be here right now, and no one would even notice him stealing the bracelet," Kanda says in agreement.
"Somethings coming," Caretaker informs as she holds her hand up. A sudden explosion occurs not long after that was said. Smoke and rubble fly outward and the exorcists cover their faces. The guards are taken aback by what they see. A level four akuma stands there holding the disappearing boy. He squirms to free himself from the monster, but its grip is firm. Caretaker steps out.
"How the hell did you know I would be here?" Seth yells angrily towards the girl. She only sighs.
"My job," she mutters. She's suddenly in front of the akuma. Her foot meets its face with full speed and it flies back out of the building. Caretaker quickly grabs Seth before he would fall with it.
"What the hell is that thing!" Seth shouts.
"The very thing in which you're going to battle," Caretaker explains.
"Let go of me!" She does with a hard thud. "Ow!"
"Quit your whining, jeez. I've heard woman complain less than you," Caretaker says annoyed. The other two exorcists finish checking the wounded. All are dead, except for Greggory.
"Great, now we have to deal with an akuma," Kanda grumbles. Lenalee activates her Dark Boots as Kanda does with his sword. They both dash towards the now rising akuma.
"You look like you've seen a ghost," Caretaker says jokingly. Seth glares at her.
"What is that thing?" he asks whilst turning towards the creature.
"It's called an akuma, a weapon of the Millennium Earl. It's after your innocence," Caretaker explains.
"You mean my whip?" Seth says as he slowly reaches for named item. She nods.
"Akuma only have one goal in their pathetic life, to destroy exorcists. We host powerful weapons that can destroy them in an instant. But it depends on the level of akuma. The one over there is a level four. You can imagine that it's the strongest of all," Caretaker explains.
"So it's your guys job to kill these things before they do damage to anyone?" Seth asks. She nods once again.
"Exactly, now since you don't have much experience with level fours, I would like to ask you to step over to Greggory. If would kindly do so," Caretaker gestures over to the fallen chief.
"But-"
"No time, just get over there. I need to help the others!" She is suddenly flown into the same building the akuma had. She falls onto the concrete sidewalk and lifts her head to see who hit her. Tyki Mikk.
"So, you're the one Gabby mentioned. Well, you seem pretty easy to defeat," Tyki says whilst jumping down to her level of eye contact.
"And you must be Tyki, the arse the Allen had mentioned. The one who was beaten by him in poker?" Caretaker snaps back. He's a bit surprised at her response. "I'm not like Lenalee, Mr. Mikk."
"I hear you have a Noah inside you?" Tyki asks.
"Yes, but she's not going to do harm. She made me a deal, so I accepted."
"When are you joining us?"
"I'm not joining you," Caretaker says sternly. Tyki stops there, not wanting cross any boundaries. He switches the topic.
"You haven't activated your innocence, why is that?" he asks whilst noticing. "Usually exorcists would be trying to slit our throats at this moment, you seem to be enjoying the conversation."
"I'm not some blood craving person who wants every Noah dead in an instant," Caretaker says dully. "I suppose you want, don't you?"
"Ah, yes. If you would be so kind as to not be in my way," Tyki says suddenly appearing in front of Seth.
"Now now Tyki. You know I can't do that," Caretaker states as she's mysteriously in front of him. She then kicks him outside, whilst she follows after. Tyki's arm turns black as he tries to slash at Caretaker. She back-flips then uses her poisonous needles towards him. He blocks them and sends his tease after her. She suddenly vanishes, then appears behind Tyki and touches the tip of her finger on his neck. Tyki starts to feel numb a second after. She reappears in front of him and shoots more needles. He grins then vanishes. She's suddenly held in a choke hold. Her vision starts to blur as she tries to pry the arm from her throat. She falls to the ground whilst blacking out.
"Oi! Caretaker! Are you alive?" Caretaker starts to blink her eyes. Everything's hazy and blurry. Had she died? She lifts her body off the ground. She sees Tyki trying to catch Seth. Tyki's tease fly after him as Seth runs for his life. Caretaker clutches her head. She hears shouting from the building in front of her.
"Could someone please help me!" Seth yells whilst jumping onto the street below. He lands in front of the golden-haired exorcist. "Whoa, you're. . . alive?"
"Do I look dead?" Caretaker asks sarcastically. She turns to Tyki, who stands above them in the bracelet room. He displays anger and confusion.
"You live? I guess that Noah inside you decided your more important than herself," Tyki says angrily.
"Correct, I am more important, because if I die, she does as well," Caretaker explains with a smirk.
"I'll have to kill you the hard way," Tyki says icily. He jumps down towards the exorcist, and punches her. Almost punches her. Caretaker's hand holds Tyki's an inch away from her face, though she doesn't know why. He is surprised at this sudden attack and Caretaker moves her hand to his wrist. She grips tightly, and throws the Noah across the street. The others join her.
"Caretaker! Thank God you're okay! We saw you getting choked and-" Lenalee stops when she sees Tyki appear from the crumbled wall of the building. Lenalee and Kanda start for him, but are stopped by Caretaker's hand.
"I'll handle it, you get him out of here," Caretaker says with her left hand up in their direction. Kanda nods as he grabs onto the disappearing boy. Lenalee wants to stay, but Kanda grabs onto her too. They all leave to a gate. Tyki is real upset now. He sends a bunch of tease at her, but she only raises her left hand as they suddenly stop and vanish. Tyki stands in disbelief whilst staring at her. She swings her hand to the left. At the same time, Tyki's body goes with it. He hits the ground with a loud and hard thud as she moves her hand over to the building. She switches to her right hand, and thrusts it back. His body comes flying with and she grabs onto his throat.
"You. . . are strong," Tyki stammers as he tries to gain air. Her grip stays firm. "I. . . clearly underestimated you."
"No, you estimated correctly. I'm not as strong as you and I'm not a powerful, but I can still damage you to the point where you actually hurt," Caretaker says as she glares upward at him. He grins.
"Well said, are you sure you're not a Noah?"
"As I said before," she pulls him closer. "I'm not joining you." An ark gate appears. It's black as night, with a faint purple glow around it. He kicks the exorcist in the stomach and she stumbles back. He steps into the gate, and Tyki Mikk is seen no more.
"Hey, the bracelet's on the ground next to you," Shadow informs. Caretaker looks down towards it. She sighs whilst picking the small item up. She jumps up to the room and places it on it pedestal.
"Care to explain why I have weird powers?" Caretaker asks her friend inside her mind.
"It comes along with the Noah ability. You've noticed that I'm here, and so my powers are awakening," Shadow explains. Caretaker sighs.
"How long do I have?"
"Two months."
"Great." With that said, the golden-haired girl strides to the ark gate where the others await her.
Uh oh, Caretaker's got two months left, but for what? You'll have to wait and see! Review please!
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