James walked swiftly and silently through the slums, getting closer to Sector 6. There was a large, graffiti covered wall between the two sectors, with a gap in, that looked like had been caused by a bomb. And right in the middle of the gap, with her hands on her hips and frowning slightly, was Eve.

'What the –?' started James, looking shocked.

'You're up early. Surprised to see me?' she asked. James nodded, still goggling at her. 'Well, I couldn't let you go on your own.'

'How could I ask you go along when I knew that it would be dangerous? I mean, you said it yourself that Sector 6 was dangerous!'

Eve did not look impressed, and merely cast him a bored look.

'Are you finished yet? Come on, let's go already!'

They made their way walking swiftly through Sector 6, until they came to a playground. At the far end of the playground was another wall, where there was the entrance to Sector 7, and a pathway which led to, according to Eve, a market. She pointed at the entrance.

'Well, there's Sector 7,' she stated.

'Thanks for showing me,' replied James. He looked at her. 'Well, I s'pose this is goodbye, then. Are you gonna be okay going back home?'

'Oh no, whatever will I do?' she asked, in a mock dramatic voice, pressing a hand to her forehead. 'That's what you want me to say, isn't it? I guess I could go to Sector 7 with you, but will I be in your way?'

'What do you mean, "in your wa-"... .' started James.

'Nothing!' shot back Eve quickly. 'Nothing at all! Can we take a break, though?'

James nodded as the young woman walked away, over to a large slide, whilst muttering 'I can't believe it's still here!' to herself. She climbed up the ladder and sat at the top, looking around her. James came over and sat on the slide next to her. He could feel her gaze on the back of his head.

'If you don't mind me asking…what rank were you?'

Eve's question shook James out of this thoughts.

'Huh? Rank? Oh, you mean in SOLDIER?' he asked. Eve nodded. He looked up at the sky for a minute, before replying 'First Class.'

Eve was sitting with her legs drawn close to her, resting her chin on her knees.

'Oh,' she murmured. 'That's just the same as him…'

'The same as who?' questioned James, intrigued.

'Oh, nobody of interest, it doesn't matter,' Eve said thoughtfully. 'Oh, okay. My first boyfriend.'

'Were you serious?' James questioned.

'No,' she told him, ignoring his nosiness. 'But I did like him for a while.'

'Tell me his name,' demanded James, 'chances are, I knew who he was.'

'…..Honestly, it really doesn't matter.'

The gate to Sector 7 opened, and a cart, being pulled by horses, came rumbling through. James thought that, judging by the amount of livery and things on the sides, that it must be somebody important driving through the slums.

Therefore, he was very surprised when he saw the figure in a deep blue strappy dress standing in the back, was none other than Amy.

'What the hell!' exclaimed James. 'Look, in the back there, that's Amy! Where's she going?'

'Oh, so that's Amy? What's she doing? She looked kind of odd…'

She slid down the slide and followed the cart, which was driving into the market.

'Eve!' cried James, going after her. 'Where are you going? Come back! I'll go on my own, you get yourself home!'

Eve ignored him and continued chasing after the cart. She stopped at the start of the market, where there were lots of shops, all with brightly glowing neon lights, telling visitors the shop's name. James came up behind Eve, who was looking around at their surroundings. She heard James' footsteps behind her and turned back to look at him.

'This place can be scary, especially if you're a girl. So it'd be a good idea to find Amy, and fast!'

They started to make their way through the market, when Eve looked to her right and saw a building all on its own, out of the way, but with a crowd of people hovering outside the front door.

'Let's try that place first, you never know, they might've seen Amy's cart,' said Eve, grabbing James by the hand and pulling him over.

They looked up at the brightly glowing sign. It read 'Honeybee Inn'. James started to stride purposefully towards what looked like a club bouncer, when Eve held him back and said that she would try and get some information.

'They probably won't respond very well if you yell at them,' whispered Eve. She raised her voice again as she addressed the bouncer. 'Excuse me, but did you see a cart go through here? A woman was riding in the back, wearing a blue strappy dress, and she had long, dark hair. Her name's Amy…?'

'Damn,' replied the bouncer. 'You're fast. Amy's our newest girl. All of our girls need to go to the Don's mansion at the other end of the market for an interview, before they can come back and work here. So she's probably with him at the moment.'

'Excellent, thank you very much,' said Eve gratefully, pulling James back with her, away from the Honeybee Inn.

'The Don's mansion?' he shot at her, puzzled.

'Yep! Come on, follow me!' Without another look back, she ran off again.

They sprinted past what looked like weapons shops, armour shops, restaurants, hotels, and all sorts of other places, until the number of buildings started to thin. Finally, when there were no more shops and inns, there was just a large mansion. James and Eve marched right up to the front door and burst through, into what looked like an entrance hall. There was a solitary man standing, guarding a set of double doors behind him. James decided to try and march through.

'Who's this Don person I've heard about?' he snapped at the man.

'Don Corneo is a big shot here in Wall Market, and this is his mansion. I can also reliably inform you that he ain't into men, so, scarper!' His eyes rested on Eve. 'Hey, you got a cute one with you!'

She gave him a look, and pulled James back, where they started talking in a low voice, so that they would not get overheard.

'Well, it looks like this is the place. I'll go on ahead, and tell Amy about you,' she told him.

James held her back.

'No, you can't!'

'And why not?'

'Erm….you do realise….what kind of place this is….don't you?' he hazarded.

'Well, what do you want me to do, James? You want to get Amy back, and the easiest way would be me to go in, but you don't want that. You want to go in with me?'

'Well, considering I'm a man, that might just be a little bit difficult,' retorted James. 'It'll cause too much commotion if I just bust in there. Damn it, we need to find out whether Amy's okay!'

James paused and stared at Eve, who was desperately trying to keep a straight face and failing miserably.

'…What's so funny?' he asked, in a tone that clearly said he was expecting some ominous reply. Eve started to laugh uproariously.

'Why don't you dress up as a girl? It's the only way you'll get in.'

There was a second's silence whilst the last two sentences Eve had uttered sunk in.

'WHAT?'