Chapter 70- Lenalee's Gone- Allen

I watched as Mana was juggling three apples in the lounge. Timothy and Dinah were both entranced by it. They were sitting on the ground staring at my father with their mouths open in awe.

General Klaud entered, and smiled. "There you are," She said. "I woke up, and you were no where to be found."
Dinah jumped to her feet. "Mommy!" She cried. She ran to the general and hugged her leg. Klaud laughed and picked Dinah up.

Mana stopped juggling. "Allen," He said. "show me what you can do." He tossed them to me. I started to juggle them. I kicked a chair into the air, and caught it on my head. I was able to balance it on my head as I juggled. Dinah squealed and clapped her hands. Timothy started to laugh. Everyone who was talking stopped and looked at me. Even Kanda and Daisya seemed impressed.

The door flew open and hit the wall with a loud bang. I lost my concentration and lost my balance. I fell to the ground. Apples and a chair rained down on me. Unfortunately, the chair was the thing that hit my head.

"Where the hell is she?" Leverrier asked stomping up to Daisya.

"What do you mean?" Daisya asked.

"Where is Lenalee Lee?" The inspector asked.

"How should I know?" Daisya asked. "Last time I saw her was last night when you pulled her out of here. I have no clue where you put here. And even if I did know, she wouldn't listen to me."

"Do any of you know where she is?" Leverrier asked. We all shook our heads and mumbled no.

Komui wondered in. He looked more worried than I had ever seen him. "I can send one of my robots to look for her. It has an exorcist tracking devise."

"No!" Kanda, Daisya, Krory and I all yelled.

"Do not use one of those damn machines to find your sister," Kanda said. "If it gets out of control, people may get hurt- Lenalee included."
"Why don't we all look for her," General Klaud said. "It'll be a good way to pass the time while we wait for our missions."

"Good idea," Komui said.

"Bad idea," Leverrier said. "If any of you find her you can make some idiotic plan up that would involve a lie as to why she isn't here. Your orders are to stay here in the Order and wait until you are called on for a mission. None of you are allowed to leave the building, do you understand?" We all nodded. Leverrier stalked out of the room, and Komui followed him.

"Well that was different," Cross muttered. He was holding a bottle of wine in his hand.

I stood up and grabbed the bottle from his hand. I drained it into the sink and handed it back to him. He raised his hand to hit me, but Mana got in the way.

"I'm starting to think he may have a concussion," He said. "After all, the chair did land on his head." He grabbed my shoulder. "Let's get a nurse to look at you, Allen. If you do have a concussion, then we need to know."

He led me out of the room and through the halls. My head was throbbing, and I knew that if it wasn't for the fact that Mana had his hand on my shoulder, I would have fallen over.

That night, I was sitting in a bed of the infirmary. I had a minor concussion from the chair hitting me, but that wasn't the reason I was there. Once Mana had left to go get a briefing for his new mission, Master Cross had attacked me for dumping his wine out. I was bruised and scratched up. The nurses wanted me to stay in the infirmary to make sure I wasn't attacked again.

As I sat there in the bed, I couldn't help but think of Lenalee. No one had found her and the weather was getting worse. Some of the scientists predicted that by morning there would be a blizzard.

Once all of the nurses had retired to bed, and the Order went quiet, I snuck out of the infirmary, and made my way through the building. The quiet was odd, but it definitely wasn't silent. I could hear the science division yelling at each other to get something done. I snuck past them. I found the secret passage that Link had showed me a few days ago in case I needed to make a quick escape.

I stepped outside and immediately regretted not bringing a coat with me. It was freezing. The wind was blowing snow around. Standing out there with the cold nipping at me, I was starting to get even more worried for Lenalee. I trudged forward into the forest.

After what felt like hours of walking, I stopped. There was nothing special about the spot I stopped in but something told me that I needed to stop. I looked around and saw a large hole in the base of one of the trees. I walked over to it. Something moved inside, and I jumped back. I took a closer look and realized that the thing that had moved was Lenalee.

A calm feeling washed over me. I knelt down and put my hand on her cheek. The fact that her skin was so cold made me worry. I put my hand on her shoulder and shook her. "Lenalee, wake up," I said. It took a few moments for her to open one eye. When she saw me, her other eye flew open, and she sat up. She hugged me.

"Allen!" She exclaimed. I felt myself blush. I hugged her back.

"Why are you out here?" I asked when we broke apart. "Everyone's worried."

"Not everyone…" She muttered.

"Leverrier is just an idiot," I said. "He was the one who told us you were missing. Why did you run off?"

"I was afraid," She said. "I was afraid that they were going to hurt me."

"What do you mean?" I asked. "Why would they hurt you?"

"They did when I first came to the Order," She explained. She stared at the ground. "They… Leverrier conducted experiments on me. He hurt me every day. Finally, Kanda found me. He helped me escape. However, Leverrier found me. He started to run more experiments, and then he stopped when Komui came."
"What sort of experiments did he run on you?" I asked.

Lenalee shook her head. She was crying now. "I promised myself that I wouldn't tell anyone."

"Lenalee, if they hurt you someone has to know," I said. "We're all going to be there to help, but we need to know why we need to help."

Lenalee threw her arms around me and started to sob into my shirt. I patted her back and whispered soft things into her ears.

"It's okay," I whispered. "We'll help you, I promise. I'll help you. I…" I paused trying to find the courage to say what I wanted to say. "I love you, Lenalee."

Lenalee tensed. She looked up at me. "What?"

"I love you," I repeated. I knew that it wasn't the best time to tell her, but I didn't know if I would ever get another chance. I wiped the tears off her face.

"Not you too," She muttered. She pulled away from me. "Allen, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Daisya. I'm confused, and I don't know how I feel. Especially right now. I'm scared to feel anything other than friendship and love for family. I don't want to loose someone that's every important to me in that way. We're in the middle of a war, and I-"

I cut her off by kissing her. I wrapped my arms around her waist, and hugged her tightly. I tensed as I felt something sharp digging into my shoulders. I broke the kiss and looked at Lenalee. Her eyes were a strange shade of dark purple. They were almost black. She pushed me away from her, and stood up. I saw that her finger nails looked like claws.

"I'm so sorry," She said. "Allen, please, don't come looking for me again. I'll come back when I need to." She ran off.

"Lenalee!" I called. I tried to run after her, but she was lost in the blowing snow.