Chapter 69-Locked up- Lenalee

I walked into the lounge in time to see Cross hit Allen hard. "What the hell were you thinking?" He yelled. He raised his hand up to strike again, when Klaud stepped in between them.

"He made a mistake," She said. "That is no reason to beat him."
The two generals glared at each other. After a minute, Cross turned around and stalked to the other side of the room. General Klaud turned to Allen, and placed her hand on his head.

"You are all very lucky that the audience believed that stupid story," Leverrier said, entering. Komui was behind him. They both looked angry.

"They believed it?" Kanda asked.

"Surprisingly, yes," Komui said. "They were laughing about it. They said that it was a great surprise."

Leverrier turned to Daisya. "What happened?"

"The kid said something rude about me, and I was defending myself," Daisya said.

"You were the one who called me the devil's child!" Allen yelled.

"Don't start this again!" Tiedol yelled. Everyone jumped by his sudden burst of anger.

Leverrier turned around to face me. He took a step forward, and I saw the hatred in his eyes. "You do know that you were the loudest, right?"
I shook my head. "I didn't know," I whispered.

He took another step forward. "As a young woman, it is your job to avoid conflict."
"Please don't bring what's proper for a female to do into this," Klaud said.

"She wasn't supposed get involved," Leverrier said. "You are lucky that the audience couldn't hear you because Komui was talking."
"I'm sorry,' I said. "I didn't know. But in my defense, it was something I was brought into. I was trying to stop them, and then Daisya said what he said, and I… I lost my temper."
"And why did you think that it was your place to stop the fight?" He asked.

"Sir, I don't think that now is the best time to ask these questions," Komui said.

"Do not interrupt me, Komui," Leverrier said. My brother nodded and said nothing. "Answer my question, Lenalee."

"I thought that it wasn't going to get so bad," I said. I stared the floor. "I thought that I could at least calm them down before the curtains opened. I'd been able to calm them down before, and I thought that I would be able to do it tonight."

Leverrier grabbed my wrist. "Do not tell me that you- a silly girl- thought that she could handle a fight by herself."

I tried to wrestle my wrist out of his grip. "Yes, I did think that I could handle a fight! And I still think that! I bet that I'm able to handle it better than you because I actually know what a true fight is! You know nothing about violence except when it comes to killing people with experiments!"
The moment I said that, I regretted it. Leverrier's grip on my wrist tightened until I thought he would break it. He dragged me out of the room, and down many halls. He only stopped to open a door, and push me inside. I turned as he stormed in, slamming the door behind him.

He slapped me. "How dare you say that in front of everyone? Are you trying to get yourself hurt?"

I glared at him. "I was telling them the truth. Everyone knows that you have killed people, but no one will say anything because they know that you have the power to make people believe differently. But all of us exorcists know that you have killed people. You call yourself a savior- but you really are a killer!"

He slapped me again, and I fell to the ground. "You will hold your tongue!"
"I will not!" I yelled. "I am not a little girl anymore. I have enough courage to stand up for myself and what I believe in! You are a monster, Leverrier."

Leverrier raise his hand to slap me again, but I didn't cringe. I glared at him, keeping eye contact with him. However, the inspector did not hit me. Instead, he put his hand down and walked out. He stopped at the door and looked back.

"We'll see who the monster is, Lenalee Lee," He said, looking back at me. He closed the door, and I heard it lock.

I jumped up and ran to the door. I pounded on it. "Let me out! Damn you Leverrier! Damn you!"

I heard a noise behind me and turned to see a little girl lying on a hospital bed. However, both the bed and the girl looked transparent. I walked over to it, and my eyes widened as I recognized the girl. She had long, black hair, tired-looking, amethyst colored eyes, and pale skin. She looked in pain. The little girl was me.

I stepped back until my back hit the wall. What was going on?

I watched as a transparent Leverrier and a doctor came up to the bed. The doctor was holding a needle, and his face was covered with a mask.

"Are you sure it will work?" Leverrier asked.

The doctor nodded. "I know it will. I have already done this experiment on many young kids before."

"Proceed then," Leverrier said. He stepped back, and the doctor looked down at the younger version of me. He stuck the needle into her arm, and the little girl screamed. I covered my ears but that didn't help.

I remembered that day clearly. It was the day that I was put through the worst pain ever. It was also the day I had met Kanda.

Leverrier and the doctor walked away and disappeared. A few minutes later, the younger version of Kanda snuck in. He looked like he was trying to hide from something. He looked around, and when his eyes rested on the bed, he looked confused. He slowly approached the bed, and his eyes grew wide.

The vision changed to show the same room, but empty now. I heard screaming and yelling, and the door opened. Leverrier entered, dragging the little me in with him. He threw me onto the bed, and tied me up with the help of a CROW.

"Make sure she does not escape again," Leverrier growled. The CROW nodded, and they exited. After a few minutes, another doctor came in. Just like the first doctor, he stuck another needle into the little girl, and she screamed.

The vision kept changing from one memory to the next. Each memory was more intense than the last. The little girl's screams grew with the more pain she endured.

By the time the visions were done, I was curled up in a little ball crying. I was in so much anger and pain. I could feel the pain that I had felt all those years ago when they were testing their experiments on me.

I heard the door open but didn't react. Someone placed their hand on my shoulder. "Lenalee," They said. I recognized the voice but couldn't place it to a face.

The person made me sit up, and I saw their hand in front of my face. "Come on," They said. "snap out of it, Lenalee. The things that happened all those years back are just memories. They don't have to affect you like this." I didn't respond. I let the person grab my hand and pull me to my feet. They led me out of the room.

My eyes wouldn't focus on where I was going. I was depending on the person to lead me where ever it was we were going. My ears where filled with screams, and my entire body ached from lying in the position that I was in for hours.

It was the cold air that knocked the sense back into me. I blinked and everything came into focus. I was standing outside the Order. It was snowing slightly. The screaming stopped, and I heard the wind. I looked around and saw that the person who had brought me out here was Link. He was placing a branch over a hole in the wall.

He turned to me. "Are you all right?"

I shook my head. "I was stupid, and I talked back to Leverrier. It was because of that mistake why any of this is happening."
"I wouldn't call that being stupid," Link said. "It was brave. That guy needs to be talked back to some times."

I was surprised to be hearing that coming from Link's mouth. Still, it wasn't the most important thing.

"Why'd you help me?" I asked.

"I know how they ran experiments on you when you were a kid," He said. "I figured that the inspector would lock you up in a place that would remind you of those days, so I decided to help you out. After all, that's what teammates do- is it not?"

I smiled. "Thank you."
He nodded. We both jumped when we heard people yelling. "Find her!" Someone yelled. I recognized it as Leverrier's voice.

"Get out of here," Link said. "Run into the forest and hide. They'll hurt you if they find you."

"But what about you?" I asked.

Link smiled. "I used to be a CROW, remember? I know how to get myself out of these types of situations." The voices were getting closer. Link pushed me. "Go now."

I was reluctant to leave him, but I knew that he was right. If I was caught it wouldn't help either of us. After a moment, I ran off.

A while later, I stopped running. I was breathing hard and my body hurt. I sat down on the snow covered ground. I couldn't hear anything but the rustle of the wind in the leaves. I hoped Link was all right.

I saw that there was a large hole at the base of one of the trees. I crawled over to it and peered in. It looked like nothing was living in it. It also looked like I could fit. I crawled inside and curled up. I rested my head on a tree root. It wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep, but it would do. I closed my eyes and fell into a fitful sleep.