Sorry for the wait. This chapter took longer than expected to do. Anyway I hope you enjoy!
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All the Servamps stared at Lawless. Lawless's suggestion flowed though their minds.
"That's a..." World End began but was interrupted by the youngest Servamp.
"Great idea! I take back what I said. I agree with big bro's idea!" Who's Coming exclaimed.
"Thanks little brother!" Lawless looked at Melancholy.
"Um. I don't think we're supposed to be encouraging him!" All of Love said, not liking where this was going.
"Told you he has the worst ideas!" World End said.
"Not going to happen. And also whose side are you on Melancholy? You can't just switch sides like that in the middle of an argument!" The Mother glared at the Servamp, who just poked his tongue. Which resulted in the female Servamps glare to become more deadlier and she looked like she was about to strangle him. But still the black haired Servamp poked his tongue at her again.
"Lawless your idea is out of the question." Old Child said.
"I don't understand. We have killed many people in the past. Sleepy Ash killed our creator. How is this different from killing some C3 members! They have killed our subclasses with no reason, why should we show them any mercy! Or have you all forgotten what they have done? Especially when they know something about our Eves and they are even stopping us from going to find them!" Lawless shouted, jumping to his feet and slamming his hands down hard on the table as tears flowed down his cheeks.
Who's Coming was surprised. He had never seen his brother like this before. Granted he was never at that meeting back then, so he hadn't witnessed Lawless's breakdown back then.
The Mother simply watched her little brother with concern. She and World End were probably the closest to Lawless then the others had been since that meeting, but she understood where he was coming from, but she couldn't agree with him. She knew the the C3 agents were Iduna's friends, so she couldn't even think about killing them.
All of Love also watched Lawless with worry and concern. He didn't like to see any of his siblings like this, but Lawless, although he wouldn't admit it, is the most emotional out of all of them, and he hadn't been himself since Licht vanished. But he knew why. Love is a delicate thing. It could be wonderful and beautiful, especially when you find that one person. But it also could be sad and hurtful especially when that person doesn't have the same feelings. He knew this better than anyone and he had known immediately. When it comes to feelings like love, his siblings weren't exactly the pros at hiding it, especially Lawless. 'Love makes us do stupid things sometimes. Love changes us.'
Sleepy Ash would never admit it but he was always worried about Lawless. He was the most emotional, but because he had changed after losing Ophelia. He had become more distant from everyone except for World End and The Mother. He had always thought that because Lawless had been the most affected by what he had done that it was best to stay away. He regretted that. He wished he could have been around more to help him. But right now with their 'Eves' missing now wasn't the time for a mental breakdown.
"Lawless, think about this! If we kill them we are no better than them!" World End shouted standing up so fast that his chair fell. "Yes they killed our subclasses and yes that gives us a reason to kill them, but that doesn't mean we have to! We are all different than we were in the past."
"Also killing them would start another war. And we just finished one. We don't want to start another one." Doubt Doubt said.
"Nii-san, are you just gonna sit there and not say anything like last time? Or do you not want to see Mahiru again..." Before Lawless could say anymore, Sleepy Ash had gotten to his feet and slapped him.
"This is different because our creator had to die. They don't need to. And don't you dare say that again. Of course I want to go after Mahiru. But we can do this without killing anyone. And World End is right, if we killed them then we wod be no better than them. And no, we haven't forgotten what they have done." Sleepy Ash said, gently.
"Also, for once C3 is actually on our side. And our friends. We don't want to make them an enemy. With this SSWEA coming around we need all the allies we can get. We would be stupid to push away our only allies." The Mother said.
"Also think what Licht would say. He wouldn't want you to do this." Sleepy Ash told him.
"What do you know. Licht left. But what if my plan is the only way. If you don't want to do my plan them fine, so how do we get past C3 then?" Lawless asked.
The room was silent. None of them wanted to admit that maybe Lawless was right. What if his plan really was the only way that they would be able to find their 'Eves'.
Lawless walked over to the window and stood next to it looking outside. He glanced up at the wall just in time to see C3 agents ducking behind the wall and in the trees hoping they hadn't been spotted. His thoughts going right back to Licht, had they had been since he had left. Why did he leave? What was he hiding? And why did he leave a note like the especially after what they had done earlier that night?
It frustrated him that he had more questions than answers. Once more his gaze shifted back to the wall and the C3 members. Then it hit him. That's when he realized that certain members were missing. 'That's strange. Where are Shuhei, Yumikage and Junichiro?' He thought to himself. Then he looked up at the night sky. It was a clear night, like it had been when Licht had left. He could see the full moon and the stars. 'Licht...I miss you. Why did you leave?' The Servamp couldn’t take it and bolted from the room before anyone could stop him.
The Mother went to go after him when someone grabbed her elbow stopping her.
"Let him go. He needs time to himself right now. Let him calm down." Sleepy Ash told her even though he wanted to go after him, himself, but he knew that Lawless would want to be alone.
"I too am going to take my leave." The Servamp of Lust said as he stood. "I'm going to go and see my subclasses, then retire to my room." And with that the blonde went out the door and was gone.
"It's been a long day. Take a rest everyone. We'll come back and talk later when everyone's calmed down." The blue haired Servamp told them.
World End muttered something about getting more food and dashed off to the kitchens.
Old Child left after that, saying he wanted to go and have a lie down.
Doubt Doubt had wondered off to his room saying he had a bottle boat to finish.
The Mother stayed with Sleepy Ash and Who's Coming for a while until she stood saying she was going to check on Lawless and then she was going to go to bed.
The youngest left not long after that claiming that he was gonna go and find the alcohol in the kitchen.
Soon Sleepy Ash was alone. Alone with his thoughts.
5 hours later Sleepy Ash found himself in the lounge.
The Mother had gone to see Lawless, who she had stayed with while he cried himself to sleep. Then she went to her room.
World End was still in the kitchen eating with Who's Coming while drinking.
Doubt Doubt hadn't come out of his room and neither had Old Child.
All of Love was sitting not far from him reading a book.
He didn't know how he had ended up lying down on the couch with his head in the younger Servamps lap. And before he knew it he had closed his eyes.
"Oh. He's asleep. Okay. We'll let him sleep." Voices woke the sleeping Servamp up. He opened his eyes to see a familiar Servamp with long blue hair staring down at him. "Morning sunshine."
Sleepy Ash lept at her and the two fell on the floor with a crash. The girl laughed.
The noise had attracted the attention from the two Servamps in the kitchen. They peered around the corner to see what the noise was, when they realized what had happened they walked over stopping to stand behind All of Love who watched from the couch.
Doubt Doubt, Lawless, The Mother, and Old Child watched from the staircase.
Sleepy Ash stood pulling the female Servamp to her feet. "What are you doing here?"
"Can't I stop by and help out my younger brother?" The Servamp of Spring said, chuckling.
Who's Coming droped his bottle of alcohol that he was drinking.
Old Child had surprise written all over his face.
World End stared.
Lawless's jaw hit the floor.
"She's your biological older sister?" They all yelled.
"You didn't know know?" All of Love, The Mother and Doubt Doubt said.
The Servamp of Lust began laughing. The Servamp of Wrath also bursted into laughter.
"You didn't know?" The Servamp of Spring, Cherry Blossom chuckled as the Servamp of Autumn, Free Breeze walked in.
"Cherry, we have five minutes before they realize that we are here!" He told her.
"Right." Cherry Blossom turned to the Servamps. "Follow me!" She led them up to the library where she pulled a book which made the bookcase swing open to reveal a secret passage way. "This is your ticket outta here. Go find them."
Sleepy Ash hugged his sister. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. Now go. Before I drag you down there myself. We'll take care of C3." She said.
The Servamps ran down the passage way and when they reached the end, they opened the door and exited the passage way, emerging into an abandoned building in the middle of the city. They stayed on the abandoned building for a bit to catch their breathe.
"You know. This might not be a coincidence." The youngest Servamp suggested.
"What do you mean?" The Servamp of Pride asked not liking the tone of his voice.
Who's Coming sighed. "Think about it. Our 'Eves' go missing. C3 showing up. Tsurugi is also absent."
There was silence as his words sunk in.
"Gear." All the Servamps looked at Sleepy Ash. "The werewolf that saved our lives during the last war. When I tried at call him he wouldn't pick up the phone. Which is unusual because when I call he always picks up."
"When we went to C3, there were a bunch of things out of place. Someone put a key outside the door like as if they knew we were coming and we encountered no guards on the way. And the file room that we found had the door open with the light on." All of Love said from the ground where he was sitting.
"The file room could only be accessed by Toma. And the information we were looking for was right in front of us on the table." Doubt Doubt mumbled.
"When we were about to leave, C3 comes around and were desperate on keeping us in the Alicein Mansion." World End said.
"Maybe to give our 'Eves' some time to get away." Old Child suggested.
"What if it's more than that? What if they wanted to keep us from following our 'eves' but to also keep us from finding out about the SSWEA?" The Mother suggested.
"So you're saying that C3 is keeping something from us and that is could possibly involve C3?" Lawless asked.
"Well from what we found out at C3, the two organizations definitely knew about each other. Let's just say they definitely didn't get along. And C3 made a deal with them, so the SSWEA could not step into Japan." All of Love said.
"And Touma wrote in an entry that SSWEA's elite force along with half of the SSWEA agents had disappeared. But before he died he wrote that he had recognized every single member of the elite force during the last war. But one of them must have figured the Touma knew and killed him before he had a chance to say any names." Doubt Doubt explained.
"So you're saying that the SSWEA's elite force has been around us the entire time?" World End exclaimed.
"And someone in C3 obviously wants us to know who they are, otherwise they wouldn't have left the information in plain sight." All of Love stated.
"Big sis? Are you okay?" Lawless asked The Mother as he had noticed that she had grown pale through the conversation.
"Perhaps we shouldn't be asking ourselves what C3 wanted to hide. Maybe it's not C3 who is keeping the secrets." The Mother said with a quiet voice.
"Little sis may be right." Sleepy Ash said making everyone turn to him.
"What do you mean?" Who's Coming asked, hesitantly as though he wasn't sure if he wanted the answer.
"Who told C3 to keep us here? Isn't it odd the minute we go looking for our 'eves', C3 turn up out of nowhere, saying we were under house arrest." Sleepy Ash asked as The Mother was to shaken and scared to ask.
Lawless obviously got the hidden message in what the oldest Servamp was trying to say cause he paled intently.
Who's Coming was the next to get the hidden message. "That's not possible." He said quietly
"Makes sense. Tsurugi suddenly being overseas and Gear missing." All of Love said. "They are both friends of our 'eves'."
"Also weren’t you paying attention to their goodbye letters. They left because we were digging for the truth." Old Child spoke finally having enough courage to rejoin the conversation.
Who's Coming who had been sitting down, jumped to his feet. "Are you saying that our 'eves' are involved in the SSWEA?"
The Mother looked up at him. "We shouldn't jump to conclusions. Our 'eves' are probably somewhere safe."
Everything was quiet until Sleepy Ash stood. "Well, first things first we need to stay hidden from C3. Then we need to find out where our 'eves' are."
Everyone agreed as they couldn't disagree with their older brother. But some of them were having second thoughts.
Was this a good idea? Was going after their 'Eves' the right thing to do or would it be a big mistake?
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Back at the Alicein Mansion.
The Servamp of Autumn walked into the living room where the Servamp of Spring was sitting in.
"As you expected, C3 knew that we would help them escape." He said.
"Well they are smart." She replied as she took off her jacket to reveal a big wound on her chest.
"You could have told Sleepy Ash that you were shot."
"Then he never would have left. The SSWEA shoot me. They broke the deal they made. If they had stayed here, where agents of the SSWEA knew they were here, they would have attacked them." Cherry Blossom, the Servamp of Spring, explained.
"Oh and if they aren't here and not even if C3 knows where they are..." Free Breeze, Servamp of Autumn, began.
"It will be harder to find them. And give my little brother and his siblings a head start." Cherry continued.
Free Breeze walked over to the window. "Let's hope they manage to get away. Cherry..."
"Yeah Free? What is it?"
"Was this the right thing to do?"
Cherry Blossom didn't reply. The two sat on rhe couch and watched the rain that had started outside.
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Did the Servamps make the right choice going after Mahiru and the others or was it a bad idea?
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