It's SUMMERTIME!! That's MORE time for ME!
Here's Chapter 4!!
(Track gets in the way of things!! in Michigan right now)

My story… all you will do is cry. Cry over something so sad, that you won't believe is true.

The next morning, Train felt groggy as he looked at the clock.

"7:45" it read. Train groaned as he stretched and sat up on the bed. Sven was not in the room. Train rubbed his eyes as he walked towards the door. He looked down the hallway to see the bathroom lights on. Eve walked out her room.

"Morning, princess!" Train smiled at her refreshed face. She smiled back.

"I wonder what's for breakfast." Eve asked. The smell of food woke up Train's growling stomach. Train walked down the hallway and into the bathroom to hear someone singing softly in the shower. He didn't have to think twice who was in there but saw her shape reflecting out of the shower. He blushed as he closed the door.

"That wouldn't be peeping, right?" Train noticed Eve standing in right of him.

"Pervert." She smiled as she walked downstairs.

"You were looking."

"I WASN"T watching her AT ALL!!" Train shouted. Sierra was standing behind Train, arms crossed. She huffed to let him know she was behind him. He stiffened and slowly turned to face her angry face. She stomped away to her room and slammed the door.

At breakfast, Sierra didn't even look at Train as they ate.

"What's eating her this morning?" Mandy whispered to Eve. She giggled.

"She was seen today taking a shower." she sneered. Train eyed at Eve then Sierra.

"Where's Jeff? He usually doesn't miss breakfast." Sierra asked Mandy, not looking up from her plate.

"He's at the shop now. He ate earlier." Mandy cleared her throat and smiled.

"Alright troops, today the both of you will be helping me and Sierra out with chores. Eve, you will help me with the dishes and the kitchen. Train, help Sierra with the laundry." Sierra stiffened as her bacon slipped from her fork. Eve grinned. After breakfast, Eve dryed the dishes as Mandy washed them. Sierra walked Train downstairs to the laundry room.

"I'll wash the clothes, YOU hang them outside!" Sierra handed Train a basket, filled with clean shirts. Train headed for the backdoor when he stopped.

"I don't know how to hang up clothes." he said to her weakly. /anime fall/ She rubbed her head, turned on the washer and filled in with right measure of detergent and clothes. She shut the lid and stomped toward the door.

"Com' on!" Train followed her outside. There were laundry lines hanging on metal poles in rows of six, being blown by the wind. She picked up the first T-shirt ontop of the pile.

"Watch me first." She held the shirt upside down, shook it out twice and flipped the edges over the first row. She clipped two clothes pins on the edges.

"Now you try." she backed away for Train to try. He mimic the same.

"Good! I'll be right back." She ran into the house to check on the clothes in the washer. When the next load was finished, She dumped them into an empty basket and walked outside.

"To check on Train's progress-" She stopped to see he was done. Train turned to her attention and smiled.

"It's done!" Sierra dropped the basket. Some of Jeff's boxers were hung along the line of mixed t-shirts. Train saw her face; it looked like she was about to explode! Train backed away from the tomato faced Sierra.

"She gonna blow!!" Train watched as she opened her mouth; she burst into heeps of laughter? She dropped to the groung on her knees and curled into a ball. Train stared at her with amusement.

"Did... did I do something wrong?" he pointed to the clothes on the line. Sierra wheezed and coughed, then laughed some more. She pointed at Jeff's boxers hanging upside from the line. Train jumped and took them off in one swipe. He blushed and threw them back in the basket. He chuckled to himself as Sierra collected herself. As they finished the last basket of clothes, they walked back into the house. Mandy was writing something down on a long slip of paper.

"What's that?" Sierra asked.

"Grocery list." Mandy handed her the slip and money. "Eve, go with Sierra please. She could use the extra hands." Eve simply nodded and follwed Sierra out the door. Mandy lookes at Train who watches the girls leave.

"I need you to check on Jeff to see if he needs a helping hand." Train nodded and walked toward the garage. Jeff was tightening the spaer wheel, replacing an busted tire.

"Need a hand Jeff?" Train asked. Jeff lookes up at him.

"Acually, yes. Yes I do." He got up and grabbed a clipboard off a shelf. He wrote down some scribbles Train couldn't read.

"Hand this to the man outside please. Tell him to sign his name and his car will be done by tommorrow." Train walked out the garage toward the waiting man sitting on the waiting bench. He looked up at train and stood. he was a little shorter than Train.

"Is my car okay?!" he asked sortive worried.

"Your car will be done by tomorrow. Sign here." Train handed him the clipboard. He signed his signature. He looked up a little and noticed his tattoo. He looked back down again and finished. He handed back the clipboard to Train and lefted. train walked back inside and placed the clipboard on the desk. Jeff looked up.

"Thank you." Jeff wiped his hands on a rag in his pocket.

"I wonder where Sven's doing?" Train asked himself.

"He went to take care of buisness. He'll be back soon he told me." Jeff checked Sven's car for further inspection.

"Oil's good, tire pressure decent- Where's Sierra, do you know?" Jeff asked.

"Grocery shopping."
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Walking back towards the house, Sierra checkes the list to make sure that they didn't forget anything. Walking in silence, Eve spotted an ice-cream cart.

"Can we?" she pointed to the cart. Sierra dropped one and check to see if they have any money left.

"Got nothing." She said. Just as she flashed her wallet to Eve, she was shoved aside by a shadow, the groceries scattered to the ground. The stranger swiped the wallet out of her hands and ran.

"HAY, YOU BASTARD!" Sierra screamed at him. Eve gentlely dropped the bags and dashed after him.

"E-EVE!" Sierra watched in amazement as Eve leapted into the air, above his head. Her hands dissolved into mush. They formed into a giant fist and whacked the thief upside the head, knocking him out. Running after Eve dumfounded, Sierra grabbed her wallet and rushed it into her pocket. Eve got off his back and dusted herself off. Sierra turned the man over to show his face. She rushed for the purse to pull out her wanted book. She flipped through her book and stopped at one picture. Eve looked behind her shoulder.

"That's him." she nodded.

"So we can get ice-cream after all." Eve smiled at his bounty price.
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"Why do we split?! I caught him for you, remember?!" Eve protested.

"You are not old enough to have a sweeper licence." Sierra said calmly, counting the money to make sure they had every dollar. She split through the mount of dough and gave it to Eve.

"Don't you forget that you guys still have to pay for the car parts. We let you guys stay with us for free, remember?!" she smlied down at the pouting Eve.

"We need to go straight home. The frozen products will defrost if don't home first." she looked at the groceries. They headed for the house when they saw Sven being dropped off by a taxi. Jeff waved at the taxi driver as he drove off.

"How bout we go after dinner Eve? You can helped Mandy." Sierra smiled. Eve nodded and walked into the garage behind Sierra. The girls dumped the groceries onto the table. Mandy skipped down the staris and into the living room.

"Welcome back! I'm sure it was no trouble." she walked to the sink and washed her hands. Sierra and Eve just looked at each other. Helping Sierra put food in the right places, Eve went into the living room to find a good book to read. Sierra looked around the kitchen and noticed something... missing.

"Where's Train?" Sierra asked Mandy behind her back. Mandy didn't look up from the onions she was chopping.

"Outside. Behind the house, said he was practicing something." She dropped the knife and put in earplugs.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sierra jumped at the gunshots and plugged her ears. When the shots stopped , she rushed outside to see for herself. Train, with the Hades in his hand walked over to the can on the ground. Sierra watched from the corner of the house. Train counted the holes he made in the can. She slowly walked away from her corner when Train turned to face her. She stopped in her tracks as they stared at each other. Sierra broke the silence by speaking first.

"You... know how to shoot." She looked at Hades. Train raised the gun to his face.

"Yeah. Just practicing if that bothers you."

"No, not at all. Just curious."

"You shoot too?" he asked, he eyed at her legs to notice one of her hand guns sort of poke out of her dress. Sierra pulled up one side of her dress to take out a small silver hand gun.

"Yeah, never have time to practice though." she shrugged. Train looked behind him to notice a few more cans still not used yet.

"How bout now?" Train got up to his feet. He grabbed a used can and placed in on the tree stump. He watched on the side. Sierra pointed her gun at the middle of the gun and took the shot.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sierra looked at the can longly. Tran pick up the can and examined it. The shots just skinned the can. Train tossed the dinted can and grabbed the new empty one.

"Try again." This time, he stood behind her. She took aim and fired.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sierra took a breath that she didn't know she held, as Train grabbed the can off the ground. The same results.

"How did it feel?" he asked her.

"A little off." she simply statted. He tossed it ino the used bin and grabbed another. He walked up behind her but got even closer. Sierra raised the gun again.

"Wait!" Train stopped her, by touching her shoulders.

"You're too tense. Realx your shoulders." Sierra lowered her shoulders.

"Take aim." She pointed the gun at the can. Train leaned closer to her ear.
"Take a breath." The hairs on Sierra's neck rose at the touch of his warm breath. She took a breath.
"Go for it."

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! The bullets pierced right through the can as it took flight and fell to the ground.

Sierra gave herself a small chuckle.

"How did it fell that time?" Train smiled.

"Great." she smlied. She turned to face Train. Train looked back into her bright blue eyes.

"...great..." she whispered this time.

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Mandy smiled at Sierra triumph, but her smile got bigger at Train and Sierra's moment. Eve walked out of the living room and into the kitchen to see Mandy chuckle.

"Mandy?" Eve spoke.

She quickly looked down at her toes as Train turned towards the house. Train walked away from behind her, pacing towards the house.

"Mandy?" Eve spoke. Mandy slowly turned to face Eve. Her sunny smile got brighter.(not literally!LOL)

"Ready for dinner?" Mandy spoke at last. Eve nodded and walked next to her as she grabbed stuff from the refrigerator.

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"Jeff's gun?" Train pointed. She shook her head.

"This gun used to be my dad's. Holding the gun, he looked like a professional. During his teens, he was a sweeper. No one could shoot like him." she took a breath and sat on the stump.

"On one of his catches, he helped save some captives in a hotel. That's when he meet my mother. He even walked her safely home once. Just a couple of weeks later, they stumbled upon each other. Got her out of another pickle again." Sierra looked up at the partly clouded sky, smiling.

"You saved me again, and all you keep doing is getting hurt!" she said, holding on to one side of him.

"That's okay. I'm still walkin, I'll be fine." he coughed as they reached a nearby hospital. She watched outside his room as he being taken care of. The next morning, he woke up, with a note on the small table next to his bed.

I didn't know how to say good-bye to you, but I think this note is enough until... who knows. There could possibly be a next time we see each other again. Giving you my thanks, and my heart, -millie
P.s i paid for your bill.

At the train station, Millie waited to board the next train. She stroked her autumn orange hair in sadness.

" I wished to say good bye to him the right way." The train whistled it's arrival. She slowly walked to the stairs and stopped before she continued up.

"Good-bye, my savior..." She flew up the stairs and walked to find her a small room. She leaned her head against the window, and dreamed. She replayed her savior's voice. "Millie, millie,..." Then the voice got louder. "Millie, MilliE!MILLIE!" This opened her eyes, she turned right to his direction as he huffed out of breath, staring at her. She jumped and pulled opened her window.

"WHAT are you doing here? You'll reopen your wounds!" she shouted at him.

"Couldn't leave without saying good-bye?" he said, still out of breath. She stared at his autumn brown eyes as he stared back.

"Besides you forgot something." She leaned more out her window.

"What?" she asked him, more of a whisper. He cupped her pretty face and gave her cherry red lips a small peck. She blushed heavily as she pulled back. He grew a smile.

"Your good luck kiss. So you won't get into any trouble as possible." he sighed.

"And if you ever do, I hoped to be there to sweep you off your feet." This made Millie blushed more. The train whistled for it's depart. Millie snapped out of her daze and looked down the train as it moved forward to leave. She turned back to her savior's face.

"I never gotten-" she gasped at his disappearance. She looked around the train station from her spot the best she could, but no sign of him. She plopped down to her seat. Tears slowly fell down her cheeks.

"I could never repay you enough, I never gotten your name..." her voice got tiny. As she reached for her face, two warm hands grabbed them first. She looked up at his tired face. He wiped her cheeks.

" The name's Gerrad. How bout giving a family?" he smirked then winked. She stared blankly at him, finally she chuckled. They kissed each other as the train rode down the tracks.(AAAWWW!!)

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10 years later...
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"Gerrad, Please help..." Millie moaned in her rocking chair. Gerrad rushed in at her side.

"What is it hunny?"

"I'm hungry!" she moaned again. Gerrad laughed.

"Let's see what I can COOK UP!!" Before he rushed into the kitchen, she grabbed his wrist. Gerrad stopped and looked at her face. She smiled.

"...Feel." She placed his hand over the middle of her stomach. He felt a little foot. Gerrad's smile grew.

"That's are little Sierra in there." he placed his ear against her stomach to hear anything. He heard her stomach growl loudly. She giggled at his shocked face, then he laughed along with her.

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10 more years later...
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"Mom, were's daddy?" Sierra asked.

"Downstairs, he's busy." she said not turning from the stove. Sierra pouted. She walked out of the kitchen and toward the basement. She looked behind her at the kitchen door, then opened the basement door.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Gerrad shot at a picture dummy, the bullets hit at the throat, the brain and the shoulder. He took off the headphones and stared at the dummy.

"...dad?" He turned a little towards Sierra as she looked up at him with a blank face. He looked at the spare guns on the desk infront of him, and smiled.

"Sierra, wanna learn how to use a gun?"

"Really?!" she jumped for joy. So for 3 hours he taught her the basics. Millie came rushing down to the basement.

"GERRAD! Sierra's missing!" She looked at Gerrad and Sierra with amusment as Sierra took her frst shot at the target. Milllie stared at her in a total awe. She giggled up at Gerrad as he smiled back at her. He turned to Millie as she watched the whole thing. She shook her head and smiled.

"Hey, she's pretty good." Gerrad shrugged. During dinner, there was a knock on his door. Sierra was fiddleling with Gerrad's gun. The knock came again. Millie sighed.

"Sierra, can you get the door please?" Millie asked.

"Okay!" She jumped off her chair and headed toward the door. Just as she opened the door, darknes covered her eyes. Secondslater, she finally saw light. No one was at the door. She walked back into the kitchen. Before she jumped back into her seat, her body froze. She stared at her parents with horror in her eyes. She wanted to she scream, but couldn't. Her body wouldn't let her open her mouth. Millie was the first to notice.

"Sierra. What's wrong?" Gerrad looked up from the paper in his hands. Sierra felt her body move again. In an instant, Sierra's hands pointed at Gerrad and Millie.

BANG! BANG!

Sierra stared at her parent bodies as they fell onto the floor. Gerrad slowly struggled towards Millie's dead body.

"Mil-millie!" he coughed. He kissed her. He looked back up at Sierra as she shook in fear. Footsteps echoed from the living room as they made their way to the kitchen. They stopped behind Sierra as tears fell from her face.

" Revenge is sweet, huh Gerrad?" the deep voice spoke behind her, scaring Sierra even more. Gerrad spat blood as he coughed. Sierra, feeling some control in her body fell ontop of her dying father.

"daddy..." She muffled. Gerrad squeezed his little girl. The shadow walked closer to them.

"I want your child to feel the same pain I did years ago. Watching my parents die infront me," he said bluntly.

"Sierra, you did nothing wrong. A gun isn't for protecting oneself, but to protect the innocet and the one's you love. I've done my part in life, now it's your time to do yours... remember...that.."

"Daddy, daddy no not you too!! DON'T LEAVE MEEEE!!" she screamed as she shook him. "Get up!!"

"...run..run from here...and never look back...We..love you.." were his last dying words. Sierra screamed into her daddy's chest as he breath his last. The shadow walked into the light as Sierra turned to face him. Her eyes were little red and her face wet with tears. The shadow was medium round, buzzed cut black hair, big leather coat and three scar; small claw marks the left side of his neck. She gave him a long stare as he stared back. He sighed.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way-" Sierra ran into him, flared at his with flying arms. He grabbed one with easy speed.

"-But there nothing for you here. Nothing but memories..." He dragged her out the house. She smelt something, something burning. He dropped her on the grass as his men ran out the front. Sierra picked herself up, and watched her house bursted into flames.

"...Run.." Gerrad's voice said in her head. She got to her feet and sprinted towards the woods.

"Let her go." one of the men commanded. "She won't last a day in those woods." The black headed man watched her run.

"We'll meet again, ...Sierra"...XXXXXXXXXXXX

"I ran and ran til Mandy found me, outside her house." Sierra noticed tears falling onto her shaking hands as she snapped back from memory lane. Train patted her shoulder in comfort only for Sierra to collaspe into in arms as she finally learn to breath again. She stifened little cries. Train could only look down at her in self-pity.

"One day," She looked up at him with fire in her eyes.

"one day I'll find him." Sven walked into the back yard to see the two of them.

"...aaahh-"

"nothing happened." Sierra pushed Train away. She sped walk away from the two. Sven looked back at Train.

"What just-"

"Nothing."