Caretaker

The Innocence Bow

Alli grabs the bow as she takes off her disguise.

She runs.

Cold autumn air slices past her face as she strides for the nearest door. Her enemy following pursuit not long after her. She breaths heavily; jumping building to building with her utmost energy. She clearly doesn't have much of the athletic ability than she thought, though it makes due with her current situation.

Kanda sends his hell beasts towards the running girl. Alli quickly jumps from the sudden attack, but maintains her speed. Knowing he wouldn't stop anytime soon, she stops as she straps the bow to her back. She summons her scythe as Kanda comes in for the kill. The sword slams against the metal bar which is the scythe. It screeches for only a moment, but is ended by Kanda back flipping. He pushes himself forward to gain momentum for his next blow.

Alli spins her scythe to block Kanda's behind attack. He jumps over her as she breaks her scythe in two. He strides to her as she spins around to dodge his cut. She swings her swords around to create a spin attack, but doesn't gain a hit. Kanda sends another illusion towards the girl. She quickly dodges the attack as she sends her own flaming wind toward the samurai.

Kanda jumps to block her attack as he snatches the cylinder off the girls back. She quickly knocks it from his hands. It slides over to the edge of the building they were on. They glance at each other; they suddenly sprint fast toward it. Their bodies slide across the roof as Kanda successfully grabs a hold of it. Though he falls off the roof.

Alli jumps off as she pulls Kanda close to her. She punches him in the face as they both see the ground. She almost grabs the bow, but he quickly shoots an arrow, causing her to suddenly black out. She crashes to the ground as he lands on his feet. He quickly runs back to the group to help. Upon his return, the Noah girls notice that he has the bow, and their friend is not to be seen. Retreating, they run to find their companion who's missing.

When they find her, Alli's wounds had returned and she was barely breathing.

:+:

They all sit in the dining hall. One chair is empty. One can only assume who sits there. Silence fills the room with nervousness and melancholy emotions. They all knew what had happened to their family member, and it hurt to discuss what had happened. The Earl breaks the silence with his soft voice.

"Tell me what happened," he asks calmly.

"She was hit with an arrow," Gabby starts shakily. "It's used with a new weapon that the order created. We- I didn't think it was all that harmful considering what that scientist said it was capable of."

"What is this item?" the Earl asks.

"It's called the innocence bow," Road says speaking up. "The Order said it could be used by their finders to help defend themselves from akuma."

"How is that even possible?" Tyki asks suddenly. "Only one person can synchronize with innocence, not many."

"The innocence that Alli and I were sent to retrieve in the desert was taken from us before we could even destroy it," Matt informs. "Maybe that's the one used in the bow. After all, the Order wouldn't go out that much just for some rutty innocence piece. It's either special, or they really want to keep their innocence."

"The bow itself contains an innocence that is compatible with anyone," Gabby explains. "It works with finders and exorcist's who've lost any of their equipment. If they were to duplicate this, we wouldn't stand a chance against them."

"Considering what happened with Alli, there's no wondering what the bow could do. Her body reacted terribly to one arrow; imagine thousands," Tyki says with a shiver.

"Let's see what will happen when Allison wakes from her recovery," the Earl says.

:+:

"Wakey wakey!" a voice shouts. Alli groans as she reaches towards her head. "Good morning sunshine, it's time to wake up!"

"Shut up," Alli growls as she lifts herself slowly. "What happened?"

"Well, you were hit by an arrow and you came here. Mentally of course," Shadow explains as she rocks back and forth. "I must say though you took quite the beating from that long-haired fellow. He seems like the type to want to kill every last human on the planet."

"That's Kanda," Alli mutters whilst surveying the white space which they're in. "Where are we exactly?"

"Your mind, or what's left; you don't have much thought left. Though earlier there was some weird little girl that ran around, I kind of miss her," Shadow says as she checks for this little girl she mentioned.

"What'd she look like?"

"Small, very skinny; she had bright red hair with emerald green eyes. I actually thought she looked like you, but with red hair for a moment. Oh, and she smiled creepily. She reminded me of Road when she kills an exorcist. . ."

"So I'm stuck here?" Alli asks baffled. Shadow nods. "How long?"

"Until your body can physically heal itself," she answers with a finger pointing upward. "Though you may seem okay here, your body right now is covered with blood, bruises and your occasional broken bones sticking out. You had a pretty nasty fall."

"How long has it been since the crash?" Alli asks deadpanned with worry of her own body.

"About two days," Shadow guesses. "Your Noah abilities are 'on hold' as the American's say. The healing won't kick in until a few more days, then you'll slowly start to regenerate as time passes."

"That's. . . a little more than I thought it would be," Alli says whilst taking a breath. "So I'm stuck here until my body heals itself, and there's nothing I can do to help the process?"

"Basically."

Karma just loves to pick on Alli, doesn't it? I've recently taken a liking to school. I know, I can already hear your groans and why's, but I've realized that without school, I would have nothing else to do, but to sit around like a bum and just eat, sleep, and watch the television. (*coughgetalifecough*) Wondering what'll happen to Alli during her stasis? Could the little girl be more than a figment of Alli's imagination? Will she ever find out why she woke up naked in the forest? Find out in the next chapter!

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