Chapter 18: Life and Loss

(A/N: Hey guyz~! I'm back! Second fastest update right? Well that's because of one simple reason. I made a promise to myself that as soon as I got 9,000 views I would update... Well guess what? *insert Nappa voice* IT'S OVER 9,000! XD So in three days I got 700 views... It's good and bad at the same time. It's good because then my story is very much liked. It's bad because I have no idea what this chapter will be! Let's see how bad I fail. On to the crap!)

It had been an hour since Hevlaska had told them the bad news. Allen had already tried to cut his arm off three times but everyone stopped him. Now they were in the infirmary and had Allens restrained in one of the beds.

He was rapidly getting worse. Right now Allen was breathing heavily, almost as if he couldn't breathe at all and was gasping for air. He was sweating like a pig and had a hard time keeping his eyes open for more than two seconds. He would open his eyes from time to time but would immediately close them when a surge of pain would wash through him.

The Innocence was in his blood and was now going farther up his arm and closer to his heart. When he opened his eyes the only thing you saw from them were plea's for death, pain, and sometimes tears.

A few times Jerediah would run up to Allen and try to take him away from his misery by cutting off the arm but was always stopped by either Jack, or Lavi. Eventually Jack had to take Jerediah outside with him and was followed by Dante, Maylu, and Sido. They all went to one of the training rooms, unable to stay near their brother. After a few minutes, Lavi went to check on them and saw they all looked like they had been tortured.

Jerediah was hiding his face in his knees and covering his ears. He was trembling and took in sharp breathes giving the hint that he was crying. Maylu and Sido were sitting against the wall staring blankly at the floor. Drako was trying to get Maylu's attention but only got ignored and soon gave up. Sido wasn't even holding his book. It was on the floor next to him, closed with the bookmark next to it. Dante was slouched against the wall with his arms at his sides and staring at the ceiling, flinching every once in a while.

Jack was the only one standing, with his back against the wall and his hands made into fists by his sides. He was staring at floor with a pained expression. Every time Dante would flinch, Jack's expression looked even more pained.

"I can still hear him... He's crying... He's pleading for death..." Jerediah whispered through his tears which only got stronger.

"I don't know whether to beg for him to die already or for him to survive..." Dante muttered.

"DAMN IT!" Jack cried as he punched the wall behind him. "Shouldn't we be begging for his survival!? He's our brother damn it!"

"Him dying means the pain goes away faster... Shouldn't we be hoping for the pain to go away..?" Maylu questioned.

'But that means Allen dies... There has to be a way to get rid of that damned Innocence.' Sido answered.

"You heard what Hevlaska said. There isn't a way to help him..." Jack muttered as he slid down the wall, almost as if he was giving up.

"Why can't we just cut off his arm like he want's?" Maylu asked turning to Jack.

"Blood loss is one reason but the main reason being, if he does survive from it then he may regret losing it later. If he tries to fight with just one arm then he may as well just call it suicide especially when up against the Earl." Jack explained.

"But can't we just control people!? Possess them long enough-"

"That would mean a man slaughter!" Jack interrupted Jerediah scaring the kid.

"If what Allen says is true... Then wouldn't his arm just heal? Maybe even grow back over time?" Lavi said as he walked into the room.

"Why do you care? I thought you hated Allen." Jack muttered.

"What you said earlier... You were right. I gained a sense of respect for the guy. I won't let him die." Lavi stated.

"And how are you going to help him!?" Jack questioned furiously. "If we can't do anything then what make you think you can!?"

Lavi sighed. "I understand why you wouldn't believe me but... A few moments ago I found some plans for prosthetic limbs in the Science department. If you take off the arm then we can help him and provide a false one."

Jack was taken aback. "Y-you mean... We can actually help him?"

"Maybe. It might take some time but there is a strong chance we can." Lavi said.

Within an instant, they were all standing with a gleam of hope in their eyes. They all ran out of the room and straight to the infirmary. When they got there everything was silent. Even Allen. Immediately they started worrying again.

"Sido." Dante called as he ran up to Allen.

'He still has thoughts running through his mind. He's only unconscious.' Sido announced as he came up next to Allen as well.

Jack ran up to Allen and called to Jerediah asking for one of his knives.

Jerediah ran to one of the unoccupied beds and put his hand on the metal changing part of it into a butcher knife. Once the knife was made Jerediah threw it at Jack who caught it in his hand with ease.

Jack moved Allen's arm out to be able to cut it easier. He brought up the knife passed his head and was about to bring it down when he was interrupted.

"Mana... I'm sorry... I'm coming to join you..." Allen whispered in his sleep with a single tear streaming down his cheek.

"Not yet buddy. You've still got a few years left in you." Jack said and brought down the knife cutting off the arm with ease.

"Drako." Maylu said gaining the small dragons attention. "Burn it." He commanded.

Drako flew up to where Allen's arm used to be and blew fire on it, searing it closed and stopping the bleeding.

The entire time, Allen was still unconscious. The only change from the boy, aside from the lack of an arm and fresh burns, was the calmer expression on his face. He was still alive but now with the source of his pain gone, he was much calmer.

Jack let out a relieved sigh and fell to his knees with a slight chuckle. "Never make me do that again you damn son of a bitch."

The nurses ran over to Allen and started checking over him to make sure he would live, forcing the others to move away causing them to leave the room. After a few moments one of the nurses came out telling them they did a good job and that the boy would survive. After a sigh of relief from all the boys the nurse told them Allen just needed some rest and some time to heal.

Their favorite sadist, psychopath, villain, fighter, killer, and brother, would live to see another day.

(A/N: FINALLY! I love writing this story but today I had to force it. I didn't hate writing it but damn ADD kicked in so much! It was annoying to say the least! Well time for the best part! The omake!)

How did she get herself into this? She was just going on a walk through town when she ran into her most hated Noah. Road Kamelot.

'What did I do to deserve this?' she kept thinking to herself as she was repeatedly stabbed by the others candles.

Road stopped her attacks and walked up to the beaten and bruised Failure (her name is now Failure but only in the omakes) and lifted her head.

"You're really wondering why I'm attacking you?" Road laughed "You really don't understand? Well would you look at that. The pretty little exorcist is actually a clueless bitch!"

Road took one of the candles out of Failure's arm and stabbed her in the eye, repeatedly in the arm, and finally in the stomach.

"I'm doing this because you hurt my Allen, you locked him up like a dog, you pretended to care about him, you were stupid enough to think he liked you, you were retarded enough to fall in love with him, then you went and kissed him you whore!" Road shouted as she stabbed Failure with more candles.

One candle went into her opposite eye, two candles shooting the ones in her eyes deeper into her brain, and a few were shot deep into her heart. As soon as Road knew Failure was dead she started laughing like a psychopath.

Allen was walking by Road's room when he heard the laugh He opened the door and saw Failures bloodied corpse full of candles and holes.

"Road!" Allen shouted angrily.

Road looked at the direction the voice came from and saw Allen. She got nervous believing Allen would be upset about Failure's death. "Um... I can explain." she said shyly.

"Why didn't you let me help!? Do you realize how much I wanted to kill that bitch myself!?" Allen shouted.

The two called back Failure's soul and placed it in a doll that looked just like her. Allen ran to the kitchen and came back with as many knives as he could and started throwing them at Failure along with Road throwing her candles.

The entire time Failure was screaming for more pain. Shortly after starting the attack Allen noticed something.

"Hey Road?" he called gaining said girls attention.

"Yes?" the little Noah questioned.

"Why is she healing so fast after being attacked?"

"That's one of my practice dummies we put her in. It's called a Baka Doll. Naturally it's a masochist and can heal instantly after being attacked. Even a nuclear bomb wouldn't kill it. Making the fun last forever." Road answered with a smile.

Allen looked at her with wide eyes before smirking and running out of the room and coming back a few minutes later.

"Where'd you go?" Road asked.

"To get this baby." Allen said as he showed her the M90 Rocket Launcher in his hand.

Almost as if reading his mind, Road ran out of the room and came back with 50 sticks of TNT and placed them all around Failure. Road ran out of the room as fast as she could. Both Road and Allen ran up to the top of one of the building near by and got ready. Allen shot the rocket at the room they were previously in blowing it to smithereens and blowing up the TNT as well making it a bigger bang.

"So beautiful. Don't you think so Allen?" Road asked as the TNT blew up and they watched the flames.

"Of coarse." Allen said and kissed Road gently before seeing Failure start walking away from the rubble.

Allen reloaded the rocket launcher and shot Failure yet again proving how fun a Baka Doll truly is.

(A/N: That my friends is the end. The doll was originally created by my friend Brianna and the name of the doll, Baka, was created by myself. Now you know what Google+ is for. XD Hope you liked the omake. Now how many of you want a Baka Doll now? I'm pretty sure if it looked like Lenalee/Failure then you would definitely want it, right? Right. Anyways. Stay awesome, fave, follow, and review as usual! Bai! c(X )