Hi! Brace yourselves for chapter three and my dangerous pea shooter!

Chapter Three

Yuri madly dashed through the city, hoping he wasn't being followed. Despite running at top speed, Yuri could catch glimses of the city, and it was beautiful! The castle stood in the far back, in the middle of the city. The market place carried the voices of angry shouts, joyful bidders, and sale's pitches. Yuri almost stopped to check the city out, but he heard a voice rising over the noise of the backround.

"Hey, kid, stop!"

Yuri started to take off and he cast a glance over his shoulder. Sure enough, it was one of the men Sheena was supposedly fighting off. That was another though that swamped his mind.

Sheena.

Yuri hoped she wasn't hurt. Yet, why was this fiend out here, chasing him?
Yuri ducked in and out of alleys, trying to shake the enemy off his tail. His efforts, however, were futile.

Yuri stole into an alley, catching a brief glance of the enemy at his heels. Suddenly, as Yuri returned his focus to the alley ahead of him, a stone wall blocked his path abruptly. He tried to clear it, only to establish his trying to do so was useless.

The man closed in on him, grinning wickedly. He snickered as he revealed a hideous weapon enclosed by his midnight colour tunic. Yuri squinted to see what the weapon was. As the man inched closer, Yuri could see that the man wasn't holding a weapon, but a vile of thick, syrup. Yuri shot his gaze to the man's free hand. His hand tightened upon a knife, poised to kill. Yuri gulped, hoping the man wouldn't have to use it.

"Are you thirsty, Kid,"the man inquired,"I hope so because I brought you something to drink, and if you don't," the man gestured to the knife then continued,"Well, I hope you get the idea!"

The man snickered. Yuri pondered what the liquid enpowere that was so crucial he should drink and why did these men want him so bad anyway and he wondered if Sheena was unhurt, maybe still fighting off the other man

"So, Kid, what's your fate going to be?"

Shakily, Yuri pointed to the liquid the man grasped in his left hand. The man snickered once more as he ripped the cork off the bottle with his teeth, then tossed it to Yuri. Yuri caught the vile with ease and the man held the knife to his throat. Yuri gulped the stuff down quickly.

And for the least part it tasted aweful. Yuri thought he was going to puke. The thick liquid clung to his tonnsils as he coughed vilently. The man just laughed, watching Yuri literally choke.

After the worste side effects were over, Yuri felt woozy. His stomach churned and he felt light headed. His surroundings began to spin and swirl. Splotches of blackness began to fly towards him. Yuri's knees buckled beneath him and he seemed to fall into nothingness.