Then the phone disturbed them. Eike hesitated but Homunculus with his gestures encouraged Eike to answer it. He left the room closing the door behind him.

"Hello?" he said as he placed the receiver to his ear.

"Eike." Came the response, the voice seemed smothered tampered with as if a voice changer was being used.

"Who is this?" he questioned.

Homunculus stood at the other end of the door with his ear pressed up against it, unable to make out the full conversation, much to his frustration.

"You can ask questions later… Is Homunculus with you?"

"What?!"

"Is Homunculus with-"

"I heard what you said but how do you-"

"Never mind that… I want you to make sure he stays there and I want you to meet me at the alchemists house… okay?"

Eike hesitated at first taking a long breath before his answer.

"I'll be there as soon as possible."

The phone went dead. Eike placed it back in it's rightful place and opened the door into the longue, if homunculus had been a centimetre closer it would have knocked him flying. The demon backed away cautiously and looked up at the human awaiting an explanation.

"I have to go out… Could you wait here for me?" Eike pleaded.

Homunculus narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"You have to trust me on this one."

Eike swiftly left, leaving the demon stood in the door way… awaiting the future Eike who came hurdling through a worm hole infront of him.

"Eike," the demon greeted him with a knowing smile "I'll go on ahead to make sure it's safe for you…The same rules apply, so you mustn't see yourself of course."

Eike nodded.

The demon disintegrated and reappeared in a strand of DNA before fully forming in the square, it was dark now. Homunculus almost missed Eike disappearing into the shadows of the alley leading to the alchemists house.

"Come over here." Beckoned the demon to the future Eike who joined him in the square "Now hide behind that tree… enter the alchemists house only when Eike has left it… I'll return to your house now."

The demon grinned and disintegrated before him.

Past Eike jogged through the square, whilst his future self headed now for the alchemist house to retrieve that knife.

The past Eike continued running down the streets blistfully unaware of what was happening at this point, he'd completely forgotten about the phone call too, the one he'd received taking him to the house in the first place… That hadn't been Helena.

Before Eike even had a chance to reach out for the doors handle Homunculus made his presence known… he was leant against the adjacent house.

"So…?" he asked without forming the full question.

"Homunculus… I need your help." He began in a high panicking tone.

The demon rolled his eyes this time around. Why do you think I'm here?

"I think I'm going to die … soon!"

"And?" the demon outstretched his palm. We're in the process of salvaging your miserable little life.

"Well I think this whole chain of events…Has something to do with your summoning!" Eike replied in desperation.

"Oh… But of course it does"

With a mean grin, Homunculus left Eike stood there and teleported away.