Chapter 48- Ghost- Lenalee

I felt fear creeping into my heart as Rever tied me up. Daisya was still rocking back and forth, completely ignoring everything that was happening.

"Why?" He asked. "Why would she do this?"

I wanted to yell at him, but Rever had tied my mouth shut. "I'm so sorry, guys," Rever said. "My body's moving on its own!" He started to tie Komui up right as my brother woke.

"What's going on?" Komui asked.

"I'm sorry, Komui," Rever said. "I don't know what's going on; my body's just moving on its own. Please take me seriously when I say this; there's something inside of me." He screamed, and fell to the ground. He slowly sat back up.

"Are you all right?" Komui asked.

I saw a blade in Rever's hand as he stood up. There was the head of a girl coming from his chest.

"Just do as I zay, Zupervizor," She said, her voice not completely female, or male. "If you don't lizen to me, I'll cut hiz throat."

I wanted to scream, but I was too petrified. Daisya was pacing, as if none of this was happening. I wanted him to see how scared I was, and I wanted him to calm me down. I didn't want to see him acting all strange and cryptic.

"I have a favor to azk you," The creature said.

"Who are you?" Komui asked.

Rever brought the knife to his throat. He squeaked like a mouse.

"Do I look human to you?" The creature asked.

"Are you a ghost?" Komui asked.

"Took you long enough to figure that out!" Rever yelled.

"Anzer yez or no," The creature said. "Stop the move. If you refuse, I'll kill him."

Komui's eyes widened. "I'd have to talk to my bosses," He said.

The knife slightly dug into Rever's skin, making him groan.

"Now, what will it be, Zupervizor?" The ghost asked.

"I can't do it!" Komui said. "It's not my decision. This decision was made by people way higher than me! If you want us to stop, then you need to talk to the people at the top of the command chain, not me!"

"You zure answered quickly for zomeone'z whoze friend'z life iz in danger," The ghost said.

After a minute of silence, Rever dropped the knife.

"Fine," The creature said. "I understand. I juzt wanted to try. You're going to leave. I can never leave this place."

"Did you die here?" Komui asked.

"I've forgotten my own name," It said. "I waz brought here long ago. And they did thingz to me."

I felt myself calm down a bit. I understood how the ghost felt. I tried to keep my mind from going back to those painful memories. I needed to stay in the moment.

"Every day, you people experimented on me, and zoon, I died." It looked like me. "You were juzt like me. But you zurvived it. You're lucky. There waz no one there to sacrifice themzelvez for me."

I didn't know what to say. My brother had come to the Order to be with me all those years ago. I hadn't even thought that there were others who had gone through the same things I had. However, they never had a chance to be saved. I felt like crying even more.

"It's not a sacrifice," Komui said. "We're staying together, and helping each other, so we can live." He turned to me, a sad smile on his face. "Right? I've finally said it."

Tears started to fall from my eyes. I wanted to hug Komui, and never let him go.

Rever yelped, and suddenly, the ghost was in front of me. It grabbed my face.

"Are you happy, girl?" It asked. "I want to be happy too. You're a lucky girl. Lucky, lucky, luck."

As I looked the ghost in the eyes, I felt myself slipping away. It was almost as if I was flying into a new world. Was this what death felt like? If it was, then it was somehow peaceful. I hadn't realized until that moment that maybe- just maybe- dying wouldn't be so bad.

I heard people yelling, but I ignored them. All that mattered to me was the ghost in front of me, and feeling inside of me. I felt the cloth around my mouth fall to my neck.

Darkness surrounded me, and I felt like I was falling in an endless pit. There was no one there to catch me. I was all alone. I fell for what seemed like forever.

I screamed for Komui as I saw the ground that I didn't know was there quickly approaching. I hit it.

My eyes flung open, and I looked around. I was in the infirmary. Daisya was kneeling next to, like he always was whenever I woke up.

"You all right?" He asked.

I nodded all though that was a lie. I was scared and I wanted to hug Komui, and to cry into his shoulder. I wanted my brother to tell me that everything was going to be all right.

I slowly sat up, and saw that all of the exorcists and some of the science department were also lying in beds. Komui was in the bed next to mine. I realized that someone had moved our beds together, so that we were next to each other. Komui held my hand in his. Hi touch comforted me.

I saw Bak Chan reading something on a clipboard attached to Kanda's bed.

"Hi, Mr. Bak," I said.

Bak dropped the clip board, and looked at me. "Lenalee!" He said. "H-how are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine," I said. "What about you?"

"I'm fine," He said. He looked flustered. "Will you excuse me? I need to go talk to Won." He ran out of the room.

I felt confused when I saw that Daisya was glaring at Bak. "What's going on?" I asked.

"Nothing," Daisya said, smiling. "You were talking in your sleep. Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," I said. "I just had a bad dream about."
"Is there anything I can do to help?" He asked.

I nodded. "Don't go into another strange trance. It was too creepy seeing you like that."

Daisya started to blush. "Sorry about that."

"What was that all about?" I asked.

He didn't answer.

"Daisya," I said. "What aren't you telling me?"

"It's just… something you don't need to get worked up about," He said. "Really, it's something that I need to deal with." He kissed me. "I really started to worry about you, Boo. After the ghost took control of you, and then the virus got transferred to you from Kanda, I didn't know if you would be all right. I really scared that you weren't going to wake up."

"You should know that it's hard to get rid of me," I said.

He smiled. "Oh, I know. And I'm happy about that… Can you do something for me?"

"Of course," I said. "What?"

"Show me that beautiful smile of yours," He said. "I always love to see you smile."

I blushed. I bit my bottom lip, and looked down at the blanket on my lap, embarrassed for a reason that I didn't know.

Daisya kissed my cheek. "Come on, Beautiful. Smile for me. Please. "

"Shut up," I muttered.

"Never going to happen," Daisya said. "As long as you're around, I'm not going to stop talking. I'm going to tell you the things that you should hear every day."

"What sort of things?" I asked.

"That you're beautiful," He said, kissing my nose. "And that you're smart, funny, nice, and dazzling. I'll tell you that you're cute and adorable and the smile you get whenever you see Komui always brightens the room you're standing in. But most importantly, I'm going to tell you that I love you ever single day." He kissed my lips. "I'll tell you these things because they're true, Lenalee. Every single word's true."

I started to blush even more. I tried to push the hair that wasn't there out of my face. "I love you too."

Daisya hugged me. "I'm always going to be here for you, Lenalee. I'm never going to leave you."

"You'd better not," I muttered. "Kanda and I both need you here with us."

He chuckled. "I doubt Kanda needs me."

"You'd be surprised," I said, smiling.

"That's the smile I always want to see on your gorgeous face," Daisya said. "That's the one that will always warm my heart- whether it's beating or not."

I kissed him. It was almost as if I was kissing mist. I wished that he was still alive, and that I was able to kiss him, to feel the warmth of his lips against mine. However, I knew that I was blessed to have him with me, so I wasn't complaining. Anything was good- just as long as I had Daisya with me.

Komui groaned, and I looked at him. My brother opened his eyes, and blinked up at me. "Lenalee?"

"Hi," I said. "I guess that it's my turn to be here when you wake up, huh?"

Komui smiled, and chuckled. "I guess so." He sat up, and I tackled him with a hug. I started to cry. I buried my face in his shirt. He hugged me tighter.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I was so scared," I sobbed. "It felt like I was falling and that no one was there to save me. I realized just how lucky I am to have you here."

"I will always be here for you, Lenalee," Komui said. He kissed my head. "I will never leave you alone."

I heard people wake up, but I didn't pull away from Komui. I never realized just how much I needed a hug from my big brother. He was the most important person to me, and that would never change. I always felt safe around him- no matter who was around. After everything that had happened, he was the only one I needed at the time.

"I love you, Brother," I said.

I heard the smile in Komui's voice as he said, "I love you too, Lenalee."