"Run! Run! Just come on...run!" She yelled to herself as she made her way away from the Black Order from which she had just escaped. Running as fast as her small legs could carry her, tears flowed from her cheeks without ceasing. Every muscle in her body ached but she knew that she could never go back to that place; she would surely be killed. She closed her eyes tightly, wanting it all to be a dream but knowing that it wasn't. She bumped into someone and fell back, shaking and crying, dirt covering her from head to toe. He looked her over. "Just take it! Take this cursed innocence, I don't want it!" She cried, shaking her head back and forth with her eyes closed, not even realizing who she was speaking to. The man stood there and kneeled down to her, looking her over.

"Innocence, eh?" He eyed her questionably. "You don't look like much of an exorcist."

"I'm not! I just..take it! Take it away before they find me!" She cried. "I don't want to go back to the Order, I don't want to, I won't!"

"Calm down." He held his hand out for her. "I won't send you back. But in exchange, you must give me your innocence and live with me and my family. She looked up at him. How could that be a fair exchange on his part? How could she even trust this man who she had just, unknowingly, spilled her heart out to. Still, she didn't have much of a choice. She closed her eyes tightly and nodded. "Well then..."

"L...Lenalee."

"Well then, Lenalee, I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Tyki Mikk and I am one of the Noah Clan." He reached his hand out to her and helped her up. Though she flinched at the very touch of another person, she stood up right away.

"T...The Noah...Clan?" She looked at him confused.

"I'll explain later. Shall we go?" She nodded nervously. Quickly, he used his ability as a Noah to phase through the ground with her in his arms.

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Everything happened so quickly that he hadn't really had time to think. Sure, the girl was basically begging for her innocence to be destroyed but for him to make her stay with them, too? Oh well, he though, at least it will be fun for a while.

She sat quietly in the room where he had told her to remain until he returned. Sitting on something as soft as a bed was rare; she was usually gagged or tied down with tons of needles or whips around. She cried at the memory, remembering all of her friends who had died because of those "projects." Her whole body shook with the memories of the screams and the death all around her. She was sure that this paradise that she had been brought to would soon fade away and she would still be strapped to that insufferable "bed" and she would still have all of those needles and things protruding from her arms and legs. Waiting and waiting, though, she realized that this might just be real.

"Oi, girl, come with me." Tyki said as he walked through the door. Lenalee looked up and for a second, saw a flash of something evil in the man's eyes. Her eyes opened wide and she backed up on the bed, her whole body shaking in fear. Instead of being angry like she had expected, his lips curled up into a soft smile. Something she hadn't seen since she had been taken from her brother. He slowly moved over to her and sat beside her on the bed, making no sudden movements. "They did some pretty bad things to you, didn't they?" He looked down at her, the evil gone from his eyes, replaced by what seemed to be kindness. "That is the reason my family and I have fought against the Order for many, many centuries." He smiled a kind smile at her, though she looked at him with a mixture of what appeared to be shock and curiosity.

"Is that...is that why you're from the Noah Clan even though your last name...is different?" She said, cautiously getting closer to him. He smirked slightly.

"Yes, I suppose you could say that." He looked down at her and then stood up. "Would you like to meet the rest of my family?"

"Y...yes...I will."