Night 5: Undo

Everyone was silent on the way back to the Black Order and for days afterward. Allen showed no signs of returning to normal, and Komui had all but given up on finding a cure for him. Even Lavi, who was never depressed, was becoming a little gloomy.

Timcanpy stayed with Allen, helping him fly and defending him from the other golems.

"And don't come back, freak!" one golem called after Allen and Timcanpy as they flew away.

"Are all the normal golems jerks?" Allen inquired when they landed on a railing. He started nursing the small crack on his arm that the other golems had caused.

Timcanpy shrugged. "They're idiots. I have a mind and can think for myself. They're all lemmings and do whatever they're told."

"There you two are!" Lenalee said, faking a smile. She held out a hand for Allen to sit in. "Can I talk to you, Allen?"

Allen nodded and hopped into her palm. "See ya later, Tim!" he called to Timcanpy as Lenalee walked away.

"Allen, this is really important," Lenalee said. "They're going to take your Innocence from you. You can't fight or activate your anti-Akuma weapon as a golem, so they think they can find another Accommodator for it."

They entered the Science Department. Komui and Reever were waiting for them. "You explained what we were going to do?" Reever asked, halfheartedly. When both Lenalee and Allen nodded, Reever held out a hand to take Allen. "We'll take him to Hevlaska and have the Innocence removed."

Allen didn't move. "Allen? Did you hear him?" Komui asked. "I know your upset about this, but we can't have an Exorcist that can't fight Akuma."

That wasn't it at all. Allen felt hot, as if he were in an oven. His wings hurt, and with a crackling noise, they started shrinking. His body was getting longer, and with a huge explosion of pain, his stubby arms split into hands with fingers.

Lenalee put him down on the floor and backed away, eyes the size of dinner plates. Reever jumped back in surprise, and Komui shifted his glasses in minor confusion.

Minutes ticked by, but each felt like a agonizing hours to Allen. Allen's body glowed for a moment, and then he was curled up on the ground, completely human once again.

Aching all over, Allen sat up and looked at his hands. He felt his face, his hair, his arms. "I'm me again," he said, surprised. He then covered himself up, turning bright red when he realized Lenalee had turned away and covered her eyes. "Sorry, Lenalee!" he cried. "Komui! Give me your coat or something!"

"You're not getting my coat," Komui said, hugging his coat close to him. Reever rolled his eyes and handed Allen his own lab coat.

"That was rather unexpected," Reever said as Allen put on the coat and buttoned it up all the way. "Lenalee, it's safe to turn around now."

She did. Her face was just as red as Allen's. "Sorry about that," Allen said quietly.

"I'm just glad your back to normal," Lenalee replied, her face still burning. "I just want to know why it took so long for you to turn back."

Komui shifted his glasses again. "My guess is that the Innocence was purifying the poison in the second needle as well as the first. If my hypothesis is correct, Allen would have turned back to normal, even if we hadn't destroyed that Akuma!"

Allen wanted to punch Komui, but held back the urge. Komui then grinned and said, "Good timing turning back too! The Finders have discovered an Innocence, and you'll have to—"

He couldn't finish because Timcanpy had entered without anyone noticing and bit Komui's ear. Allen laughed as Tim landed on his shoulder and happily rubbed against Allen's face. "Thanks Tim! I'm glad to be back too."

And everything went back to normal. Well, as normal as anything ever got at Headquarters.

That's it for this fic! I know I lied again about updating another fic before this one, but I once again had spare time in class to type this up. XD

I'd like to thank a few people, too!

Neko-sama no Kokoro for being the first reviewer! (gives Neko-sama a Allen-Golem plushie)

My brother for letting me use the computer long enough to type this and update. (promises him more computer time)

Katsura Hoshino for creating Allen, Timcanpy, Lenalee, and everyone else that appeared in this fic and for writing one of the coolest manga ever!

All you readers for taking the time out of your busy schedules to read and possibly review! Thanks for all the support!