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Eike looks at his watch, which says 9:30 p.m.

Eli: Just do as he said for the time being. Be at the old warehouse at midnight. I will be there as well.

(Homunculus steps out of the shadows.)

Homunculus: "I have no intention of being traded in for some stupid girl."

Eike: (rakes his fingers through his hair) "You have to come. You've got no choice."

Homunculus: "Oh?" (He spins around and acts as if he's vanished. He looks around himself and scowls.) "Drat. I thought I might be able to vanish again with Allan preoccupied with your girlfriend."

Eike: "And that's one reason why you've got no choice."

Homunculus: "I can still…" (He leans his head back and throws his arm out at a crate and nothing happens.) "If I was a mortal I would probably swear about right now."

Eike: "Yet another reason why you have to go."

Homunculus: "I told you I'm not going."

Eike: "Well then…" (Rises from the crate he's sitting on in the alleyway, walks up to Homunculus, and…picks him up and throws Homunculus over his shoulder.)

Homunculus: (banging his fists on Eike's back) "Put me down you stupid mortal! Put me down this instant!"

Eike: "I remember you once telling me how your body was very fragile. But I never imagined anyone could be this light!"

Homunculus: (crosses his arms) "Is it time yet?"

Eike: (looks at his watch) "Nope it's 10:45."

Homunculus: (looks at him with a flat expression on his face) "Then put me down!"

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(Master Eli looks down on the two of them, and smiles.)

 (Author: I did not give a very good facial description of Master Eli last time so I'll do it this time because I am to lazy to go to the last chapter and correct it.)

(Master Eli has gray eyes, his face is smooth without any flaws whatsoever, and his long brown hair flows in the night breeze.)

Eli: "When did I become such a cruel person that I would burden one so young…with the fate of one of the most powerful people on the face of the earth?"

(He turns and fades into nothingness.)

12:00 a.m.

(Eike stands in front of the old warehouse. Homunculus is behind him.)

Homunculus: "Surely you know this is a trap?"

Eike: "Of course I do. But do we have a choice?"

Homunculus: (Arms crossed) "I wasn't offered one."

(Eike smiles for a few seconds, then his face turns determined. He opens the door with a loud squeak. Allan is sitting on a stool. There is a light- bulb lighting the room. Dana is tied to a pole, unconscious.)

Allan: "Well, well, right on time."

Eike: (Glaring) "Shut up! What did you do to Dana?"

Allan: (smiles) "Don't worry so much." (He turns to Homunculus, still has the smile on his face) "You should though." (He laughs.)

Homunculus: "I didn't want to come. He (jabs his thumb in Eike's direction) didn't give me many choices."

Allan: "Well of course not. He cares for the young lady, so he has to accept my demands." (He laughs.)

Eike: "I know though that you cannot destroy her."

(Allan's eyes widen.)

Allan: (returns to his smile) "Well, well, someone's been doing their homework! But, it doesn't matter. Destruction (raises his right slightly) is not the limit of my powers. Prepare yourself!"

(A blast of wind knocks Eike back into the wall. Allan clenches his fist, and Eike screams from the pain. Allan releases his grip, and Eike falls to the ground, gasping for breath. Dana is still unconscious.)

Allan: (looking down at Eike) "Who told you that I could not destroy her?"

(Eike is still on the floor, breathing heavily.)

Allan: "Well? Who was it? I'm beginning to become impatient."

Eike: How can I defeat him? I thought he could only destroy people, now he can blast me into walls?!

Eli: (Eike remembering) He cannot destroy Dana, but that does not mean he cannot kill her.

Eike: Is that what he meant? Nice way of putting it!

(Eike is flung into the wall again.)

Allan: "Answer me you insolent, little, whelp! ANSWER ME!"

(Eli is watching from atop a pile of boxes and crates.)

Eli: Perhaps Eike's powers are not ready to awaken just yet. I suppose I shall have to deal with him personally.

(Eli looks down at Allan as he drops Eike to the floor.)

Eli: Now!

(Eli eyes snap open to the fullest they can become, and Allan is flung to the wall that Eike was on, but is in a higher place. His face hits the wall with a loud thud.)

Allan: "What the…?"

(Eli vanishes and reappears on the floor, looking up at Allan.)

Allan: "YOU?!"

Eli: (smiling) "Me. Are you so much of an idiot that you would leave your back unguarded? And I thought you were one of my most powerful students."

(Allan falls to the ground.)

Allan: (sits up and turns to Master Eli, a smile on his face) "You told him didn't you? Yes, of course you did. Well, I think it's time to figure out who the real master is, don't you?"

Eli: (smiles) "Not this day." (Raises his right hand. Smoke surrounds Allan……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………and he is gone.)

Eli: (helping Eike to his feet) "He will come again."

Eike: (smiles weakly) "I know that. If you'd showed up a few seconds later, Dana, Homunculus, and I wouldn't be in very good shape right now."

(Eike's eyes suddenly widen. He looks around.)

Eike: "Where's Homunculus?"

Eli: (smiles) "Hiding behind a crate in the back."

(Eike walks over to Dana and unties her. As she falls he catches her. She slowly wakes up.)

Dana: "Ugh…Eike?"

Eike: (Helps her to her feet) "Yeah, I'm right here."

Dana: (rubbing her eyes) "What time is it?"

Eike: "12:30 a.m. Come on. I'll walk you to your apartment."

(Eike turns around to find Homunculus and Master Eli standing there, watching.)

Eike: "Dana, this is Master Eli. He saved me from getting clobbered by Allan."

(Master Eli nods to her.)

Eli: (smiles) "A pleasure." (He turns to Eike.) "Do not think the threat is over, Eike Kusch. The war has just begun."

Eike: "I understand, sir. Thank-you. Good-bye."

Homunculus: "Allan might come for me at night."

Eli: "No he won't."

(Homunculus looks at him.)

Homunculus: "Why not?"

Eli: "Even he needs his rest. He needs to recharge, he won't be coming for you for a while. Possibly a week or so. So don't worry about it."

(Eike and Dana walk out of the building. Master Eli and Homunculus look on.)

Eli: "What a cute couple."

(Homunculus stares at him.)

Homunculus: "We nearly got killed and you're saying things like 'What a cute couple'?"

Eli: (smiles) "I've touched death many times. I'm not afraid of it any more."

(Eli turns and vanishes. Homunculus tries to vanish and still can't. He walks off in a huff.)

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