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Chapter 3: Attack of Anubis and Emilio!

"Anubis, what are you doing here?" Train yelled while he drew his gun from the sheath that carried it.

"To rid this girl, and probably you too if you don't get out of my way," Anubis answered in a malicious voice. Anubis got into a ready stance as Train got into his own ready stance. At that moment an arrow shot out of the shadows and got close enough to Train that he could feel the air from it.

"Hey, don't leave me out of the fun!" Emilio Lowe jumped down from the darkness of the alley to join Anubis. The wolf didn't answer, but instead attacked Train like any wolf would do in nature. Train jumped back and went to the side to avoid being hit by Anubis, and in a quick move, shot three bullets from Hades. Two hit Anubis on his side, but the last one bounced of his huge mechanical tail, which he now swung at Train in a fruitless attempt. It hit the mahogany brick wall and sent pieces of brick and dust flying through the air.

"Train, watch out!" Shira yelled as Emilio started to draw back his Orihalcon bow. As the arrow flew the sweeper jump-ducked to the right and the missile grazed his left arm. Shira stared at Train as he looked at her with his golden eyes; Shira knew that she had to leave or else be killed, and possibly, with Train following her. She turned around and ran down to the only place she thought was the exit and bolted as soon as she heard the heavy footsteps following her. 'This is no good, I can't outrun Anubis, what will I…' she thought.

Emilio looked as Anubis pounced off into the alley but then swerved his head around and launched another arrow at Train. Train rolled off to the right and shot at Emilio, but only managed to get his leg.

"Wasting your skills as a sweeper…why did you ever leave Chronos, Train?"

"To stop the violence in my life and try and bring peace, that's what!" Train yelled back. 'Two shots left…I got to make them count before I try and get another round!' Train thought to himself. A bellow of pain was heard down the corridors and Emilio, without warning, shot another arrow that cut above the graze he got from the previous arrow. Train shot another bullet, and this time he successfully hit Emilio in his right shoulder as he tried to dodge. Though he was hit Emilio kept going, sure that he had lost Train by then.

Shira sighed with relief as she clung onto the firm steel bar above her head. She had just escaped a one way trip to the Underworld, and she was glad of that. Anubis had rushed to fast that as soon as Shira jumped and grabbed the bar his own force pushed him into it, and knocked him out cold. His large black body stood motionless, as if dead, but his chest did rise a couple times to show that he was breathing. As Shira let herself down she heard a bowstring being drawn back and twisted her head just in time to see Emilio standing, ready to shoot.

"Now to rid the world of you, Shira Itachigo!" Shira closed her eyes and felt wind in her face and air making her silver hair flutter. There was a blur of yellow and then Eve stood in front of her, her chest made of steel.

"E-Eve, you're chest…it's…"

"It's a long story. Sven, Rinslet, be on your guard, there could be more of them."

"Like we didn't already know that," Sven answered.

"Ugh, you're with her too? I guess Anubis will take care of you." From the ruins of the wall the black wolf rose and seemed wounded, but he still stood on his legs as if he wasn't hurt at all.

"Emilio, go get that man, I'll handle these girls," Anubis said quickly and Emilio answered. The boy drew out an arrow, fitted it onto the bow, and then raised and aimed at Sven's head. Sven dodged, but he lost a few strands of his sea green hair. Eve changed her hands into blades and Rinslet unwound her whip from its hiding spot. Anubis leaped as if her were in a marathon and opened his mouth to bite Eve, but fortunately, the girl dodged to her right. Eve then slashed Anubis on his right side while Rinslet went to his left side and sent her whip lashing at his fur and skin; Shira had gotten hold of a sharp metal bar and threw it at Anubis' leg like a spear. Suddenly he sniffed the air and then turned around in time to see Train holding Hades and a bullet in his left shoulder. Emilio then mounted Anubis.

"Be warned, 'In the dark of night a bird fights, and abandons its friends because it can never return again'," Anubis said as he pounced up onto a rooftop and disappeared. Train walked up to where his friends were, blood staining his clothes.

"What the hell did he mean by that?" Sven asked as he took his another cigarette out and lighted it.

"I don't know, but it sounded somewhat familiar…" Rinslet answered, "And I think Shira has something to do with it. All eyes were on Shira waiting for an answer.

"Well…um…you see…," she started.

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Another chapter done, whew, I'm beat (not really)! Well here's the chapter! What will Shira say? Find out next time! Oh, and Read & Review, please!