Chapter 4 - Antidote

"Coffee anyone?" Lavi asked, getting situated on the wall.

Lenalee was holding Allen's hand and didn't look away. Kanda just let out a che and stayed seated on Link's bed. Komui kept checking Allen's monitors, making sure he's alive and breathing. Reever entered and whispered something into Komui's ear then walked out.

"It seems I am needed. I trust you guys can watch him and make sure he stays breathing. If something happens before Cross and Link return with the medicine, try your best at keeping him alive." Komui said while walking out. After he closed the door, Allen began to shift slightly.

"M... Mana..." Allen whispered in his coma, kinda like how Krory kept saying Eliade in his coma.

"Allen-kun..." Lenalee watched him, worried for her friend. Lavi looked a little unsure if it was okay leaving three teens to watch over a dying/living coma patient.

"Do you think he'll wake soon? He should be currently aging right now, right?" He asked, pushing himself off the wall and walking over, observing the foggy room. The innocence danced in the air as he walked around.

"Che, I don't know. Just make sure he lives so I can kill him later." Kanda growled and Lavi grinned.

All of a sudden, before Lenalee could scold Kanda, Allen's pulse disappeared. "ALLEN-KUN!" Lenalee stood up and checked everywhere else for a pulse, finding none.

"Ah! Allen!" Lavi walked over quickly, making sure he was still breathing. "Shit, he's not breathing.."

Before Kanda could react, the door opened and Cross entered, Link following close behind.

"How's my idiot apprentice?" He asked, not even noticing or caring about the tension in the room.

"He isn't breathing and we've lost his pulse! Hang in there buddy!" Lavi quickly started to try and save Allen.

"Move!" Link pushed Lavi out of his way and injected Allen with a syringe. Pulling the syringe out, he stepped back, "That was the medicine made to make him age faster. If I'm right, Allen should age right now and end up being saved that way. If not, then I am sorry."

Cross pushed everyone out of the room and locked the door, "I'll watch him. Go eat something." He said, trying to make the others leave.

"General-!" Link was cut off, probably being dragged away by Kanda or Lavi.

Cross looked back at Allen and watched as the innocence formed it's true form, the white body and mask.

"Go. Save him." Cross sat down in the chair and Crown Clown watched him carefully before nodding, returning to Allen. Allen's arm returned and he woke up, sitting up quickly.

"Ah! Fou! Bak!" Allen looked surprised to find where he was. Looking over at Cross, he glared, "Master? What are you doing here?"

"You've been asleep, so your friends brought you home." Cross looked at Tim who landed on Allen's head. Tim smiled and nibbled on Allen's hair a little.

"I'm a little hungry..." Allen muttered.

"Then go eat. I'm not going anywhere anyway, the higher ups have me on watch." Cross lit a cigarette and watched Allen leave. When he was sure Allen was gone, he sighed, "It seems his mask is growing slightly weaker. To think I almost broke it once.."

Allen walked into the cafeteria and looked confused. When he spotted Lenalee and the others, he walked over. "Hey, how long was I asleep? It seems we got renovations."

Lenalee looked like she was about to cry, Lavi looked relieved his friend was awake, and Kanda looked like Kanda. Link ate a bite of his pie, "Walker, just go eat."

"Who're you?" Allen asked Link and Link looked annoyed, before remembering he and Allen hadn't met him yet.

"Howard Link. I help you." He looked back down at his pie and took another bite, only to glance back up and see Allen leave.

"Finally... All we have to do now is test it." Komui smiled, relieved and tired. They had finally completed the antidote, just as Lenalee burst in with the news Allen had aged and is awake.

"Perfect. Let's go give our little friend this." Komui grinned evilly as he held up a syringe with a purple glowing liquid in it. Reever slowly backed away from Komui and smiled, hoping it'd work.

Chapter end! Next chapter is the final chapter and Epilogue.

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~Stormi

P.S. Sorry this chapter is shorter than usual. Next chapter will either be longer or shorter as well.