Mania

Chapter 10

Allen had been walking down the streets of the city for a while now without the Earl. Needless to say, it was a bit lonely and Allen was slowly getting more and more afraid of all the strangers that surrounded him. The only reason he hadn't completely freaked out by this point was because he was doing this for the Earl, which made everything better and easier to deal with. It also helped that the mission he was sent out on was not something that needed a lot of contact with others. Sure, he craved contact, but now, it was only the Earl's skin-to-skin contact that he found comfort in. So, he found that the Earl would pat his head and even give him a hug if Allen managed to succeed in this mission and Allen was even more eager to do well on this mission.

Allen had been on this mission for about a month now and the Earl said that today was supposed to be the day that he could finish the assignment and come back to his side. Allen was overjoyed when he had heard that and was slightly humming a tune as he went down the streets of  Italy. The idea that this was the last day that he had to be away from the Earl was simply a dream to him. 

Smiling, Allen walked down an alley turning the corner into an abandoned house in an equally abandoned area, and opened the door. Walking in, Allen skipped through the living room and down the stairs to the basement. Going down the stairs, Allen came to a flat surface and a row of doors lined down the hall. Going into the first door on his right, Allen walked in a desolate room with one door on the right wall of the room. Well, a door and a trap door going even further down into the house. Walking to the darkest side of the room, Allen came to stop at a corner and bent down to open the the trap door. Climbing down the stairs, Allen hummed a little louder and happier. Coming down to a stone floor, Allen entered a small room with three living inhabitants, the countless others were dead in a bloody heap on the floor.

Allen's smile grew wider. 

"What do you want with us?"

Allen flinched as he turned his head toward the Exorcist that had spoken. Slightly backing away from Exorcist, a small tremble appeared on Allen's frame. Making sure the hood he had was still on, Allen shyly walked toward the Exorcist that had spoken and in an instant, put his hand through the man's chest, tearing his heart into two. The man looked at Allen, finally close enough to see the boys' face and his eyes grew big. Before he couldn't even fully comprehend the situation, Allen retracted his hand from the man's chest and shook his it, trying to take off the blood that stained his arm. He didn't wanted to be tainted with an Exorcist's blood. Trying to find something to wipe off the blood, Allen took off his hood and wiped his hand raw.

Feeling better, but still  not clean, Allen stared to freak out. He looked at his arm and his vision sorted to go blurry, he didn't like this feeling at all. He felt dirty. Making his exit, Allen looked back at the other two Exorcists and with a small scared scream, saw them looking at him in astonishment. Feeling beyond frightened, Allen's whole body started to shake uncontrollably and he dropped down to his knees, not having the strength to stand up. His breathing quickened, he felt cold, and he felt unsafe. Wrapping his arms around himself for a sense of comfort, Allen looked at the blood on the floor trying to calm down his breath. 

He had to calm down for the Earl, this was for the Earl, the Earl.

The Earl.

Allen's breathing slowly calmed down and his body felt heavy. Closing his eyes, Allen took in a deep breath to cease his shaking. Placing a hand on the bloodied floor, Allen slowly made his way back to his feet and started his way to the exit-

"Allen?"

Allen dropped down again and covered his ears with his bloodied hands and screamed. Why did the Exorcists always try to hurt him. Why? Why? Why? They all wanted to hurt him, pretending that the actually care for him and remember him. That was all lies, they all forgot about him as soon as they learned that the Earl had him because to them, he wasn't worth it. They only cared about themselves. They were all selfish.

That's why he hated them.

That was exactly why Allen had no problems with killing them and slowly destroying them, targeting their families and killing their friends in front of them. It was all fun and games to Allen now, nothing more than than a game in which Allen always won, and he enjoyed it when he did. However, this did nothing for the fact that they still abandoned him and left him alone to die like everyone else before him. 

They still hurt him.

Regaining his strength and a small piece of the rational side of his mind, if he didn't like them it was no use killing them later like how he planned he would in front of the Earl, the best most rational thing to do was to kill them now so they couldn't hurt him and the Earl in the future. 

Standing up once again, Allen turned around and slowly walked towards the two Exorcists his head down and his white waist length hair covered is face. Unsteadily, Allen made his way to them with the intent to kill. Standing in front of them, Allen stopped, his head still facing the ground.

"A-Allen, w-what are you d-doing?"

The man's voice made Allen even more agitated then he already was and with a loud cry, Allen brought his hand up and brought it down on the man , instantly killing him.  the man slumped down and Allen felt a smile forming on his face. Allen slowly walked to the last man and did the same, letting out a laugh of enjoyment at the feeling of killing the wrong things in this world. As the body made it's descent to the floor, Allen laughed and laughed and laughed. Why did he even try to look away as he killed the other Exorcist's? This was a lot more fun. Allen laughed again and he heard it echo throughout the room.

"Allen-pon?"

Allen turned around to see a fat man blocking the exit. Allen's smile got even wider and Allen ran towards the Earl with childlike energy.

"Earl!"

The Earl laughed as Allen jumped into the man's arms. As Allen hugged him, the man laughed looking at the scenery behind Allen.

"Did I do well, Earl?" Allen pulled away from the Earl slightly and looked at him with large eyes. The Earl's wide grin stretched itself out and the man said,"You did a beautiful job Allen, a really beautiful job."

Allen let out a small noise of happiness and said, "I can stay by your side now, right Earl?"

The Earl looked at the room once again and glanced down at Allen, "Of course."

Allen laughed.