Chapter four so far! I got about 1000++ words down. (;
The Devil’s Symphony
Disclaimer: If I owned D.Gray-Man, Allen would have black hair, Lavi would wear his hair down all the time, and Yuu would play the violin. Characters are Hoshino’s.
Chapter 4: Haunting Darkness (Part 2)
Allen picked up his violin case.
“Lenalee, we’ll talk about this later. For now, I need you to help me.”
He pointed outside with his free hand.
“We’re in a tunnel. And if we stay in this tunnel, another train will come and we’ll all die.”
There was a whimper from the corner.
Allen spun around to see who had made the terrified noise.
A girl shrunk back into the shadows, afraid.
Allen lowered his voice at the girl’s terrified expression.
“We need to get to the driver of this train, and see why he even stopped the train in the first place.”
Lenalee nodded.
“You gather some help and evacuate the train. Get everyone to walk by the sides of the tunnel and keep away from the track. Then, with any able-bodied people you can find, head to the driver’s cabin. I have a feeling something bad’s going to happen.”
Lenalee kept quiet again, replying with another head gesture.
He released her, and turned to face the little girl.
“Hey, what’s your name? I’m Allen,” he said, his tone gentle.
“Sh-Shouko…”
He smiled warmly at her and her eyes widened, a faint blush creeping across her cheeks.
“Everything’s going to be alright, Shouko-chan. Onii-chan will make it all better, alright? So until Onii-chan comes back, will you take care of this for me?”
He handed her the violin case.
Its weight pulled her petite arms down, and she seemed slightly overwhelmed.
But the moment passed and she hugged it close to her chest in a tight embrace.
“O-Okay, Onii-chan.”
He smiled at her again.
“Stay with that Onee-chan over there. Her name is Lenalee. She’ll help you and your Mama get out safe alright?”
He put a hand on her head and stroked her hair gently.
Shouko nodded shyly, and she rushed over to Lenalee, who smiled warmly at her, the same comfort emanating from her as it had from Allen.
The fifteen year-old waved lightly when Lenalee glanced at him over her shoulder and headed off in the opposite direction as she moved to help the people who had collapsed around them.
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Komui sipped at his pre-brewed coffee, staring at the television screen intently. They were screening a violin duet of one of the harder pieces that ever existed. He continued to watch intently, just as the song was about to end. He had heard that the ending would be recognizable from the string of powerful notes towards the end.
Just then, much to the twenty-nine year-old’s dismay, the television program was interrupted by a news flash.
Komui scowled. He’d definitely missed the extravagant ending of the song.
But something the newscaster said caught his attention.
“…a train has stopped in a tunnel, seeming to have broken down. Investigations are being carried out as to how this could have happened, but a security camera inside said tunnel has caught some footage of people moving around in the train.”
A short video flashed on the screen, muted, and froze at a particular scene where a few faces were visible.
The camera zoomed in and the supervisor could make out two familiar faces amongst the visible ones.
His mug landed with a loud crash on the wood-paneled floor as he stood, mortified, staring at the face of his Lenalee on the television screen, running in the opposite direction of the also visible Allen Walker, a little girl hugging a violin case in her arms.
The words of the newscaster were silenced, a faint murmur in the distance, as Komui’s heart pounded painfully in his chest, anxiety building up inside him.
His sister was in the train that had broken down in the tunnel.
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Allen forced the door to the driver’s cabin open, a loud creak shattering the eerie silence that had settled around him. There were no more passengers here; he’d asked them all to evacuate first and let him rescue the train driver.
The only thing wedged between him and the driver’s cabin now was the half-opened door, and Allen strained against its stubborn position, using all his strength to pull the door away.
Pain throbbed in his left arm increasingly, but he did not falter. Instead he doubled his efforts.
Finally the door came free.
Allen’s gaze wandered around the room frantically, searching for the driver, but he found no one, and astonished, he stood motionless, confused.
A screaming pain hit him, but he did not budge as a voice cried out for help and a gruesome sight came into view.
The world on his left was black and white again, and he could see the mourning soul, crying out in torment and suffering before him.
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Lenalee had gotten most of the people out. It wasn’t a very big train, so it had not taken her very long to get everyone out. Shouko had evacuated the area with Allen’s borrowed violin in her arms, making the ebony-haired girl pinky promise to come out safely with the other Onii-chan.
She hoped Allen was alright.
She raced through the cabins, carefully avoiding bumps and dents in the metal plated floors until she had Allen’s motionless form in her sights.
Why was he standing so stock still?
Lenalee did not understand what was happening to her friend, but she could tell by the way he trembled that it wasn’t pleasant.
“Allen-kun, Allen-kun!” she called, but he didn’t hear her.
Fearing the worst, she rushed towards him, anxious to find out what had petrified him so.
But what she saw, she had definitely not expected.
A gasp escaped her lips when she saw the blood trailing out of Allen’s eye for the second time. However, what he was staring at intrigued her further.
“What is that?”
“Akuma,” Allen stated bluntly, dispassionately.
His tone frightened Lenalee, alerting her that Allen wasn’t exactly in the right state of mind.
He sounded dazed.
“Allen-“
She was harshly cut off as a loud tearing noise filled the silence and blood splattered on her face.
She looked at Allen, terrified to find that his arm had become large and metal-plated, with claw-like fingers. Disoriented by this thing which had replaced Allen’s left arm, Lenalee backed away.
That's all for now. YES SUSPENSE TO ALL!
aahaha. (;
♪.moonrise.♪
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♪.Sing to the Heaven of the Dawn.♪
