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I sat, leaning on the wall beside Eva.
"Do you think, if I asked Riley out, he'd dump Maka?" Eva asked.
I scratched under my eye-patch, and, fortunately, saw that Eva didn't feel guilty about it anymore.
"I don't want you to get hurt, Eva. Forget about Riley. Find another guy, one without a girlfriend." I said.
"Like who, you?" Eva giggled.
I frowned and looked at the ground, then was about to say 'yeah' when, suddenly, Stein walked out from a corner, Ms. Marie beside him.
"You are under arrest." Stein said.
Eva looked at me, as if to say 'what do we do?'
"You're not getting by us." I said, taking Eva by the hand.
Ms. Marie looked at me. "We were told to hurt you guys if you resisted. Please don't make Stein use me."
"I'm loyal to my friends." I said as Eva changed into a cutlass.
Ms. Marie changed into a hammer, and Stein took his glasses off. "One last chance." Stein said.
"Just hurry." I said, hearing a giant racket within the warehouse.
Stein shot forward, hitting me in the stomach. I shouted in pain, and he swung me over his shoulder, smashing me into the ground, cracking the asphalt.
Stein got near to the door, and I pulled him backwards, then stood and brought the cutlass up.
"You should've gotten a Weapon that was a katana, not a cutlass. You look like you belong in a samurai film," Stein said.
"You look like you belong in a horror movie." I said, and swung Eva around, trying to cut his side. Stein blocked it with Ms. Marie's staff, then hit me in the back with the hammer, making me fall down. Still, I stood and attacked again. It barely made contact with Stein when he used the top of Marie's hammer to hit it up, then kick me in the stomach. I tried getting up, and Stein put his foot on my back.
"Why are you fighting when you can't win?" Stein asked.
I frowned, and said "You don't understand emotions. Why explain myself?"
Eva heard Riley shout, changed human, and ran off into an alleyway.
Stein watched her leave me behind, and took his foot off of me. "Go."
"You'll follow me. I'm an easy target." I said, patting my camo jacket. Then, I raised my fists up, feeling betrayed, but still ready to protect my friends. "Je vais perdre, mais pas avant mes amis sortir." I said in perfect French. In English I said I'm going to lose, but not before my friends get away.
"I'll take that as a no." Stein said, and put Ms. Marie down, raising his own fists.
I shot forward, swinging my fist, but Stein dodged my punch, caught my left wrist and hit me in the face twice, then kneed me in the stomach, twisting my arm behind my back and holding my face down on the asphalt. "Ms. Marie, go inside." Stein said.
I struggled against Stein, but he just said "The only way to escape this hold is to break your own arm."
I took a deep breath, then twisted my body around, snapping my arm. I brought my fist up into a stunned Stein's face, knocking him back, and stood, limping over and leaning against the wall. Ms. Marie hadn't moved an inch from where she had been standing.
"You can barely stand. Please, just move before Stein kills you!" Ms. Marie said.
"No." I said.
Stein walked forward and said "Look at what being with the others have gotten you. You've lost an eye, you're wanted, and you're arm's broken."
"I don't care." I said, swinging my fist. Stein caught it, and pushed me back.
"You're blacking out." Stein said.
"As long as I can...can stand, I'll fight you." I said, struggling to speak.
Ms. Marie walked towards me, and I said "Please, don't make me hit you."
Ms. Marie, instead, gave me a hug. "It's okay." She said, patting me on the back. "I know where you came from. I know you don't have a family, and that you were homeless."
"How?" I asked.
"Shh." Ms. Marie said.
I fell, but she caught me. "We're going to fix your arm." Ms. Marie said, helping me lay down. "Stein, help me get him to the car."
Stein looked down the alley regretfully, then turned to us, and did as Ms. Marie said.