Chapter 32- Finding a Friend- Lenalee's P.O.V

"Allen!" I yelled as I ran around, looking for my friend. "Suman! Where are you guys?"

When I didn't find them, I ran back to the ship.

"Lavi!" I yelled. He looked down at me. 'I need your help!
He ran to me. "What's going on?"

"I saw a bright light in the direction where Allen and Suman were. I looked for them, but I couldn't find them. Please help me!"

I was crying like crazy. I was scared, angry, and confused.

Lavi grabbed my shoulders. "I'll help. Come on." He activated his innocence, and we both hopped onto the hilt of his giant hammer.

I had my arms wrapped around Lavi's waist. My head was buried in the back of his shirt. I was trying to calm myself down.

"Damn," Lavi said. "There's akuma heading towards us."

I activated my innocence, and attacked them. A little, golden thing shot past me, followed by a missile. I kicked the misses out of the sky, and destroyed all the akuma that were surrounding me.

I landed back on Lavi's hammer, and saw that the little golden thing was Timcampy.

"Where's Allen?" I asked.

Timcampy opened his mouth, and showed Lavi and me a little video of Allen being attacked by a Noah. The Noah had apparently destroyed Allen's innocence, and left him there to die.

"No," I said. "That can't be possible. Lavi, we have to go find him. He may still be alive!"
"Tim," Lavi said. "Show us where that place is."
Timcampy took off flying, and we followed him. I was even more freaked out. I couldn't lose another friend right after I had lost the love of my life- even if he was still with me in ghost form.

A few minutes later, we reached a place in the forest. We landed on the ground. The place was empty.

"Are you sure this is the place?" I asked.

"Yep," Lavi said. "This is the place Tim showed us."

I saw that a part of the ground was red. I bent down, and touched it. My fears were proved as I looked at the blood on my hand. It was Allen's blood.

"We have to find him," I said, even though I knew that we couldn't.

"His innocence was destroyed, Lenalee," Lavi said. "He wouldn't be able to continue his path as an exorcist even if we found him."
I clenched my fists. "So you're just going to give up on him? Allen's our friend, Lavi! How can you give up like that?"
"Because he's probably dead!" Lavi yelled. "I don't like the thought of it, but we don't know if he's dead! With such a serious injury, I wouldn't be surprised if the Noah took him to eat or something like that."
"You're insane!" I yelled. "Allen would never allow himself to die like that!"
"Lavi," Bookman's voice erupted through Lavi's golem. Lavi and I glared at each other as we listened. "Get back to the ship. There's a messenger here that wants to speak to all of us."

"A messenger?" Lavi asked.

"Yes," Bookman said. "Get back here."
The golem beeped, showing that the conversation was over. I was shaking like a crazy lady. I wanted to find Allen.

Lavi bent down and grabbed a playing card off of the ground. He stared at it, and placed it in his pocket. "Let's go," He said.

"I'm not leaving without Allen," I said.

Lavi grabbed my arm, and violently pulled me close to him. "Allen's gone," He said. "We won't find him- and even if we did, how could we save him? He'd be dead before we reached the ship- let alone before we reach the Order!"

I yanked my arm from his grip, and slapped him. "How could you say something like that? It's like you don't even care if he's dead!"

Lavi didn't answer. He just activated his innocence. The hammer grew until it was large enough to stand on. He grabbed my arm again, and pulled me on. We took off before I could even do anything.

By the time we reached the ship, I was more sad than angry. Lavi was just telling me the facts. Allen would have died before we reached the ship.

We touched the ground, and stepped off of the hammer. Daisya was staring at me as he walked over to me. He looked worried, but said nothing.

"It's been a while, Ms. Lenalee," A male said.

I looked up to see a man in a white outfit smiling sadly at me.

"You're from the Asian Branch, right?" I asked.

He nodded. "My name is Wong. I am the assistant chief of the Asian Branch. I have been sent here to deliver a message. The exorcist Allen Walker is in our custody now."

I felt my heart beat quicken. "Allen's alive?" I ran to him. "How is he? Is he all right?"

Wong looked upset. "You need to set sail," He said, completely ignoring my questions. "You need to keep looking for the general. In order to do that, you need to leave Allen Walker behind in China."

My eyes widened. "What?"

"Sir," Anita- our captain- said. "Our ship's been badly damaged from last night's battle. It'll take a while to repair it."
Wong smiled. "Not so, Madam. A new exorcist has been ordered to take Walker's place. Her power is quite amazing."

He looked up at the ship, and all of us looked the same way. I felt a slight smile appear on my eyes as I saw the woman with brown hair.

"Please let me introduce you to the new exorcist," Wong said. "Miranda Lotto."