Caretaker

Her First: Fill In The Blank

"So, ready for your first mission?" she asks.

"Yeah, I guess. I have to face them sooner or later. . ."

The forest of one of Romania's towns is cold and damp. The weather here is always either frosty or snowy, so no matter what you're doing, snowflakes will fall upon your head at any time of the day. Our three fellows are knelt behind a large bush, watching one of the buildings.

"So, the innocence is in there?" Alli asks as she points at the middle building. Matt nods.

"I can definitely sense it inside there, along with some exorcists as well," he says as he leans back down to the two.

"What's the plan, Matt?" Road asks.

"Let me think. . . Okay, Road, you take out the guards with your candles as Alli and I enter the building. Alli if you or I fall, one of us has to destroy the innocence quickly. The other will stay back and fight the exorcists. Sound good?" he says. They nod.

Road starts heading towards the front entrance whilst the other two go the opposite. She keeps behind the bush line and sneaks a peek at the surrounding guards. She sends a couple candles towards the two outside the building. They fall and a few more come out. A familiar Chinese exorcist comes out as well. Road grins.

"Hello there, Lenalee," she says as she exits the bush. The exorcist narrows her eyes in disgust.

"Road," Lenalee spats. "Where's Caretaker?"

"What do you mean?" Road asks in confusion.

"Where are you keeping Caretaker!" Lenalee exclaims in anger. Road starts laughing.

"You think we're keeping her against her will? You're even denser than Sheril. . ."

"What are you getting at?"

"Alli joined us, not held against her will."

"No, she wouldn't join monsters like you."

"Well, Lenalee, you just called her one. She realized that she'd be better with us."

"Then where is she?"

"Why, Lenalee, aren't you going to ask why I'm talking to you right now?" Lenalee realizes that Road's been stalling her from guarding the innocence. She immediately snatches her golem.

"Attention all finders and exorcists, there is another Noah inside the building. Quickly check the innocence." A sudden explosion erupts from the front-west side of the building. Libya stands there glaring at the object that had hit the store across the street. Glass shards stick out of the persons face and body.

Alli.

Moments prior to the incident, Matt and Alli head inside the building from the back entrance. They run down one of the hallways to find Kanda and a few finders standing there. Matt's eyes widen at the exorcist and narrows them.

"Go, I have some unfinished business with this one," he says whilst glaring towards the samurai. Alli was already heading in the other direction. She opens up a random door and enters. She's then face to face with the innocence piece. That was easy. . . She walks up to it. A stone lays on a pedestal. It's small, but you could tell it was different than any normal stone. A sudden sense of anxiety overwhelms her. She quickly dodges the fist that just tried to punch her face. She quickly turns around as she secretly takes the stone as well. She places it inside her pocket. A scowl comes from the person across from Alli.

"Of all people, it's you. Finally decide to show up after two years?" Libya asks as she unsheathes her sword.

"Oh, and you think I'm happy to see you as well? Please," Alli snaps back whilst crossing her arms.

"That doesn't matter," Libya says with glare. "I'll kill you anyways; I've never had this liking towards you anyways."

Alli smirks, "Oh how you don't know the half of it."

Libya's sword instantly swings for Alli's neck. Alli quickly leans back to dodge. She round-house kicks at the exorcist, but misses. Libya then points her sword in Alli's direction. She mutters words as red lightning engulfs the sword. It shoots towards Alli, sending a charged blast that forces her outside the building and crashing into another. The others notice but continue to fight. Alli tries pulling herself out of the building as Libya jumps down from the room they were just in. Libya is now pulling Alli out of the pit. She then throws the Noah across the street as she lifts her sword. She shoots more lightning towards Alli as she flies through the air. The blast forces her to crash into the building. Alli then lifts herself after a few moments. Libya is already coming towards her. She grasps onto the Noah's neck to throw her again, but Alli grabs onto her hand before she could do so.

"You. . . are really starting to piss me off," she says whilst her nails dig into the exorcist's skin. Libya drops her from the sudden pain and Alli quickly dives for her enemy's sword. She close, but Libya is quicker. She grabs it before Alli could wrap her hand around the handle. Red lightning shoots out. Alli feels excruciating pain on her back. She twitches on the ground from the sudden shock wave.

"You know, for a Noah like yourself, I'd expect better. I guess you chose the wrong side to mess with," Libya says as she leans in on the golden-haired girl. Alli only glares at her. Libya turns around to help out her fellow exorcists. She finds herself now falling to the ground, then punched in the face. She's sent back into a building, but she doesn't feel the impact. She's then punched again, only forced into the ground. Blood comes up from her mouth.

Libya's sword lays a few meters away; just out of her reach. She stretches her hand outward to grab the handle, but someone has already picked it up. She glances up to see Alli holding it.

"Well, Libya, I'd say it was a drag to fight with you, but then I would be lying. Let's see what happens when I do this-" Alli grasps the sword with both hands. It starts to glow green as it disintegrates into dust. Libya lays there in shock. Alli then pulls out the stone she snatched and clenches it. It turns to dust as well. "Don't worry, Libya, you'll be better without a weapon than having one. Let's put it this way: I did you a favor of riding you from this war."

"Alli! Let's go!" Road shouts in the distance. Named person leaves the fallen exorcist as she lays there in shock. More finders pull out of the building as Matt runs out. They all exit through Road's door.

Alli's first mission as a Noah! How 'bout that? Le gaspa! Libya lost her innocence! How do you think she'll get it back? Read the next chapter to find out! Review please.

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