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The funeral had been beautiful, even if not many people showed up.
Allen didn't even begin to cry. He couldn't. He felt numb.
He was all alone now. He had no one.
Those who were there during the event had left shortly after it was over, leaving him alone, sitting against the cold stone that caused his back to ache.
The cold weather bit at his skin, which he purposefully ignored.
It's not like he could do anything about it. He had no where to go. All he had to do was wait to die, and then he could be back with his father, just like the way they were before.
The depressing thoughts reached out to him as of it was all he had left to live with.
Little had he known, he was being watched.
"Good evening, little one. You look sad."
Allen looked slowly looked up, now realizing he wasn't the only one. He was greeted by a man wearing a large hat, and an equally large grin.
"Would you like me to bring your daddy back to life for you?"
"...What?"
"I just need you to call for him, since you have such a special bond. Wouldn't it be great if you could see him again?"
"...He'll come back?"
"Of course! Come, now. Let's call him back from your detestable God."
"Can he...I mean, will he be able to hear me calling?" He said, bringing the man into a hysterical laughing fit as he brought up an unusual looking black skeleton.
"Now, raise your voice and call your loved one back from the other world."
Allen shakily stood, taking weak steps towards the skeleton, and took a deep breath.
"That's it. Don't be scared now."
"MANA!" He said to the tops of his lungs, a bolt of lightening soared through the sky and hit the unusual skeleton with a bright bolt. A name was engraved on the skull, above what would have been its mouth, by a red thread.
A hopeful smile that had grown on the child's face had felt unsure.
"Mana.."
"A-Allen..?" The skeleton that hosted Mana's soul spoke at last.
"Mana!" The redheaded child took a step towards his father's new form, arms stretched towards him.
"How could you...HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME AN AKUMA?" It shouted, the words laced with pure wrath and disgust.
"I curse you, ALLEN!" Its large blade-like arm was stretched above its head, and down it went, splitting the left side of Allen's face.
The pain was a white-hot burning pain, unbearable. A scream tore his throat. The pain..It was so much. The wound itself hadn't been as bad as the emotional trauma it caused. He could feel the warm, life sustaining liquid drip down his chin, the red mixed with the tears that had fallen from the horror-stricken gray orbs. He pressed his oven-mitten hand against the wound, in hope to lessen the bleeding.
"All—?"
"Alle-?"
"ALLEN!"
A cut sliced open the left side of the boy's face by an unknown force, the life-sustaining liquid already flowing down, soaking the hospital bed pillow at a rapid speed.
Lavi and Kanda were currently holding down the unconcious, screaming and crying nine year old with all their might, while Lenalee was doing everything she could to wake him up.
"What the hell happened to his face? Idiot! Don't loosen your grip!" Kanda warned Lavi.
Lenalee continued to call out to Allen, trying anything to wake him up.
"M-Mana! No! Please! I'm sorry..!" The child cried, tears that mixed with the red substance flowed down his cheeks at a rapid speed, until finally, causing him to break free from the two exorcists hold, the redheaded boy jolted up, his silvery-gray eyes now widened with multiple emotions that flashed one after another
He curled his knees up to his chest, his face no longer visible to the group of people that had ran into his room after hearing him shriek. No one spoke, almost fearful that if they did, something bad would happen.
"There's too many people in here. Get out of here!" The 'ogre-in-a-dress' nurse shouted at the multiple pajama-clothed exorcists and finders attempting to fit in the small room. She didn't know what happened, but she needed room. He had an injury which she had the job to give proper attention to.
The only ones left were Komui, Link, Lenalee, Lavi, Kanda, the nurse, and of course, Allen.
"Could it be possible that he's beginning to age? By the nightmare, he gained a scar. Perhaps, he will continue to regain his memories through dreams?" Komui spoke up, writing on his a paper clipped to his clipboard, while Link took notes on his own.
"But what memory would cause him to react like this?" Lavi asked cluelessly.
"The night he turned his father into an akuma.." Lenalee said quietly.
Lavi regretted asking, he immediately shut his mouth.
"If that's it, I'm going to go train." Kanda said as he walked off.
"But it's 3 in the morning!" Lavi called.
"I know." Kanda answered as though the Bookman's apprentice was stupid. He left the room.
"Allen? Are you alright?" Lenalee coaxed, wrapping her arm around him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Allen swung at her. He almost had the given look of a stray dog with rabies.
Lenalee easily dodged, but was still terrified to even think Allen would actually try to hit her. The grip on Komui's clipboard had tightened, but he refused to lash out on the child. Now wasn't the time. It would do more harm than good.
"You lied to me..He's not coming back.. He's never coming back! HE'S DEAD!" Allen screamed. Suddenly, he dropped down onto his knees, clutching his head as though it were pain.
"He hates me. He hates me! Why am I so stupid?..." Allen said pitifully. His shoulders had begun to shutter violently. "I don't wanna' live without Mana.. But he's gone, he's gone forever.." His voice cracked at the end. But there were no tears. They just wouldn't come. His father was gone, but he couldn't cry. Everything was gone.
Link could honestly say that he had nothing against Allen Walker. He was actually quite fond of the kind-hearted white haired boy. After meeting the boy as a child, he hadn't grown to like the sharp, sassy personality. But to see such a painful, heart-wrenching reaction, he actually held sympathy for the child.
Komui felt terrible. If he had never made the potion, Allen wouldn't have to live through all his pain and sufferings a second time. Watching Allen's past through Timcanpy had showed him right after the incident, he thanked God it wasn't him, and moved on. But seeing it first hand...It was petrifying.
Unexpected to them, the young boy's hair had begun to lighten from the roots, slowly moving further down the messy auburn locks.
"What's happening?" Lenalee nudged her brother.
"His hair color..It's changing."
The once darkened, messy head of hair had begun turning to a stark shade of white.
"I need help in room 32!" The nurse confidently called out loudly in her raspy voice, despite the early hour. It wasn't like there were many patients still asleep after the incidence.
Two large men dressed in white had come through the door, waiting for further instructions.
"Get out of the room, all of you!" The nurse pointed at the door.
Lenalee was about to protest, before an arm was held in front of her to stop her. "Don't. We shouldn't be in here. They have a right to kick us out." Lavi said. Komui was about to scold him for trying to parent his little sister, but he was already being shoved out the door before he could even start.
"You, get bandages, and you, get cotton balls and something to clean wounds."
Both men quickly found all three items, and the nurse was at work.
Lenalee, Lavi, Link, and Komui waited impatiently outside the door, knowing it wouldn't take to long, but it felt like hours.
Now all they could do now is wait.
Author notes:
I swear, every chapter leaves off on a cliffhanger! I swear, I'm not trying to do it, it's just that when I get bored of writing, I bring it back up with suspense.
I decided to do another chapter update, since I got to writing it right after finishing chapter 11, so why not?
BUT YES! Angsty Allen is back!
…
I sounded way too happy about that.
But anyways, about Chapter Nine and Ten, I fixed a few things since (thanks to a Guest reviewer!) Lenalee and Allen had the exact same conversation!
Ack, I need to pay more attention to dialogue..
AND I still need to make longer chapters! (=_=;;
Please don't forget to review!