End Factor Chapter 5
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Warnings: language, possible typos, UNBETA'D
A/N: thank you all for reading and reviewing~! Even though I seriously need to stop changing the plot every time I write a new chapter…le sigh…I can't believe I changed it again…ah I hope it's still interesting to you all!
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Chapter 5 - Choice
"I don't understand," Allen was still in shock. He slapped Cross's hand from his face. "I don't get it. What are you talking about Cross? That can't be true…"
Cross shrugged and stepped back from Allen. "Believe it or not brat, it's true. You were created using Alma's DNA therefore you are the King's Seed."
Allen lowered his head. "How can that be? If that's true then wouldn't that mean I was 'created' less than thirty years ago? But I met Kanda when we were younger and I remember all about my childhood. I couldn't have been created…it's just not possible."
"It is quite possible Allen," Allen raised his head to look at Cross when he called him by his first name. Cross only called him by his fist name when he was being serious. "Didn't you learn about C-Space? You of all people should know it is quite possible."
Of course Allen knew about that term and what it represented. It was the paradox of everything that was considered impossible to understand.
Time travel.
C-Space was the term used to refer to time travel and anything related to it. In the era they lived in, time travel was a method only a selected few were able to utilize. But it was banned almost forty years ago due to its misuse. Everything that could create a portal was destroyed or sealed. Was Cross implying that he was sent to the past after he was created?
"You don't mean…?"
Cross nodded. "Just as you suspected," he reached into his coat pocket and took out a DTP(1). "Look at this." He activated the pad, bringing out the touch screen. "This has all the data on your birth. It should have been destroyed twenty-five years ago but it's in my possession. My sister gave it to me the same time you were handed to me. Sixty six years ago." He handed the device to Allen.
Allen was about to take it but Kanda interrupted him.
"I don't believe it," Kanda got up, glaring at the redhead man. "This is complete bull Cross."
"Believe it or not Kanda," Cross turned to the raven. "This is reality. Alma, Deke and Neah are no longer here. It's up to you whether or not you want to accept Allen, Lavi and Tyki. They are the same people. Well at least to me they are."
"They're not the same!" Kanda yelled at the top of his lungs. Everyone was surprised to see that there were tears in his eyes. "This fucking planet took everything from me and now you're telling me that the three people I care about more than my own life are gone? And that they are their replacements? Don't fuck with me Cross. They might have not meant a thing to you but they were everything to me. I don't care if they have the same DNA and are fucking clones. They aren't the same."
Allen and Lavi looked visibly hurt. Tyki was also hurt by the words but he hid his emotions well. They felt as if their hearts were grasped in a vice grip by Kanda's words. Allen felt as if he was hyperventilating and he willed himself to calm down. His heart felt as if it would burst.
Cross sighed. He knew Kanda would be pissed off once he heard the truth, but he was just following orders. Whether Kanda want to believe it or not Allen was Alma and he had to accept that or else what his sister warned him about would come to pass. Allen had made it to his sixty-sixth birthday so they had less than three years until the universe is led to the brink of extinction. They needed to find the cause of it before it's too late.
"Tell me where my comrades are Cross," Kanda just wanted to get the hell out of there. "I want to see them."
"I'll take you to them, but first," Cross handed the DTP to Allen who took it hesitantly. "There's something else you all must know. I've received information from a reliable source about a virus that will be released into the Earth a few months from now. It will cause the total wipeout of the planet. In less than three years earthlings will be completely extinct."
Allen's eyes widened a large fraction. "What? How?"
"I don't have much information but from what I'm told there is a new group taking up my sister's experiment on extending human life. It went bad and instead of granting longevity it causes instant death. There is a way to stop the virus and to do that The Queen's Egg and the King's Seed are needed," Cross turned to Kanda. "Will you do it?"
"No," Kanda replied without hesitation. His tears have dried. "I don't care about what happen to this fucking planet. They can all die for all I care," he smirked and the sight of it made Allen flinch, "it would be a just revenge watching them suffer for what they did to me and my brethrens. Those fucking assholes deserve what they'll get."
Allen knew how much Kanda must hate humans for treating him the way they did. He couldn't deny that he found himself hating the Earth at some point but not everyone was to blame. There were some humans who fought for Amyl rights. It wasn't the majority of the Earth who was rotten to the core and that was why he couldn't help but feel the need to prevent what Cross told them from ever happening.
"Kanda…I think…we should help," Allen flinched from the glare Kanda directed at him. It was so intense it made him freeze on spot.
"Shut up moyashi," Kanda snarled at him. His eyes shimmered to gold. "I don't give a fuck what you say."
"The only ones on Earth that aren't affected are the Amyls," Cross continued. "They will be hunted and used as materials for a vaccine."
Enraged gold eyes turned to face Cross. "What?" rage was slowly building up inside Kanda. He was seeing red.
Allen was feeling lightheaded and for a moment he felt as if he couldn't breathe. There was a sudden rage inside him and he had no idea where it came from.
"It won't work of course but that won't stop them from trying," Cross added with a grim look on his face. "The only way to stop them is to get rid of the source of the infection. If we don't, not only the Earth will be doomed but the entire celestial universe."
"General Cross, may I ask how you've attained this knowledge?" Tyki asked. It wasn't as if he doubted Cross but he wanted to know how he would have knowledge of the future.
"My sister had a gift. She could see a bit into the future and she warned me of what was to come years ago," Cross replied. "My sister was an Esper."
"A human with psychic abilities…" Allen was often told that his mother was very special but…she wasn't really his mother. His eyes dulled when he realized that he didn't have a mother or a father…that he wasn't 'born' like he thought. The pain and rage in his heart only increased.
"That would explain a couple of things," Lavi replied. He remembered how Cross would sometimes know what happened before it did. "But General how would Yuu-I mean the Queen and King, be able to stop this virus?"
Cross smirked. "That's easy," he pointed to Kanda's flat stomach. "A baby."
Tyki and Lavi blinked. "A baby?"
Kanda seemed to get paler. "No. Way. In. Hell."
For a moment the pain stopped and Allen could finally breathe. He was confused but that didn't last long as what Cross meant finally sunk into his mind. His face burned red and he tried his best not to look as embarrassed as he felt. He couldn't believe Cross was telling him to get Kanda pregnant to save the human race? How insane was that?
"What do you mean a baby would stop the virus?" Allen asked. He tried to will away the flush from his cheeks.
"We need the blood sample of a perfect mix of you two. A baby is the only logical answer," Cross replied. "Both of your DNAs would be integrated in the child's molecular composition thus making it easier to get a perfect sample. And with that sample we can make the vaccine."
Lavi seemed to have gotten what Cross was saying and Tyki was starting to get it. This child that Allen and Kanda would create was the cure to the unknown virus that would destroy the universe if not stopped. Creating the child would be no big deal but that was easier said than done. Kanda would not do something that would benefit the Earth.
"I'm not getting knocked up to save those fuckers," Kanda was adamant. He would not have a child for the Earth's sake. If the virus did get out he would take his Amyl brethrens and return to their planet, fending off what ever attacks they might receive. "Screw your plan to hell Cross. I'm taking my people and returning to Crizon. That's where we belong, not this ratty planet."
"Are you willing to throw away billions of innocent lives just because of a few wrong doings?" Allen asked softly. He could see how Kanda wouldn't want to help Earth but didn't he at least pity them? "Are you just going to leave them to die?"
Kanda's golden eyes regarded Allen coldly and he turned away. "Watch me."
Allen couldn't accept that answer. He didn't want to believe that what ever the Earth did to Kanda was so unimaginable that it led to him despising the planet that much. What did Kanda go through? He wanted to know.
"Why?" he walked over to Kanda and placed a hand on his shoulder.
Kanda slapped the hand off him. "You want to know why I hate this place so much?" he grabbed Allen by the collar of his shirt and glared at him. "The people of this fucked up planet invaded my own! They claimed that they wanted to share cultures-ideas and all that fucking crap. So my parents went with them to join an alliance and you know what happened? They were killed! This fucking planet murdered my parents and then came back to Crizon, accusing us of trying to invade their fucking planet after they were the ones who invited us! They used their military to subdue our mightiest, forcing us to serve them! This dishonor my people suffered will not go unpunished. I will see to that." He pushed Allen back and glared at him. "I hate this fucking planet more than anything."
Allen could feel the rage and sadness bubbling in Kanda's heart. He could see how anguished the young man before him was of the fate his people were subjected to. It wasn't fair. Kanda had been through so much. He felt his heart clench painfully in his chest. It wasn't fair.
"No…Yuu!"
Allen felt his heart rate sped up and his vision suddenly became blurry. The heady feeling was back, bringing with it intense pain.
"Yuu!"
"Ugh…" he fell to his knees, holding his left side. His heart felt as if it was being crushed from the inside out. The pain was even more intense this time.
"Allen!" Tyki and Lavi were at his side immediately.
"Cross, it's acting up again," Lavi worried his bottom lip in his mouth. "We need to sedate him." He turned to Tyki. "Tyki quick hand me the anesthetics."
Tyki wasted no time getting up and reaching for Lavi's bag. He pulled out a small syringe with a light blue liquid, handing it to Lavi.
"What's wrong with him?" Kanda tried not to look worried, although he was.
"His heart," Cross replied. "No-Alma's heart. You two have a psychic link where you can feel each other emotions. Your rage is too strong, it's affecting him." He looked at Allen was trashed in Lavi's grasp. 'Kanda's anger is bringing out Alma's rage. This might be dangerous if he's not calmed down.'
"I hate them! They took Yuu from me! I hate them!"
Allen screamed and thrashed in Lavi's hold. Tears streamed down his cheeks and his eyes bled to crimson.
"I…hate…them…" he murmured with his eyes wild. "Hate…"
Kanda gasped when he saw Allen's blood red eyes. They were a distinguishing mark just like his golden eyes. Only the King eyes can change to red. 'He really is Alma…'
"The tranquilizer isn't working…" Lavi turned to Kanda with a pleading look on his face. "My queen, please clam down," he begged. "Your emotions are affecting him. He's not yet aware of the link and it is weighing on his mind."
Lavi's voice snapped Kanda back. He looked down at Allen whose eyes were wild with tears and stooped down to him. If he didn't calm Allen down his mind might break. He grabbed Allen and forcefully kissed him. There was a shocking sensation as their lips met and almost immediately Allen calmed down. He looked up with bleary red eyes and smiled softly at Kanda, reaching out to cup his cheek. The smile held a mixture of intense relief and joy.
"Yuu…" was all he said before he passed out. His hand falling back to his side.
Kanda was frozen on spot when Allen called him by his given name. His cheek still tingled with the warmth from Allen's hand. He felt the connection that he thought he would never feel again. That link to Alma's heart.
"That was…Alma…" he tried to tell himself that it wasn't Alma. That it was someone completely different as even though Tyki and Lavi regained Neah's and Deke's appearance Allen did not. Allen looked completely different from how Alma looked.
"So Kanda," Cross lit another cigarette, putting the butt to his mouth. He watched as various emotions flickered across those golden depths. "It seems you've made your choice."
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A/N: (1) DTP - Digital Touch Pad. It has a spine that is as long and thin as a papermate pen and it rolls out to a clear touch screen pad. (Just a little something I came up with. So yeah, it's purely fictional.)
Ok it's done and way different than how I planned…man will I stick to one plot? Jeez, it seems to change every time I write a new chapter…damn I need to stop that. I hope you all enjoyed this though! R&R k huns~!
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