RJ, I thought about your.. rescues (xd) but they're a bit to easy to end the story.. I want to make it longer :) No offense!

Disclaimer: I do not own Oban Star-Racers.

"lol" Crogg language.

"lol" Nourasion language.

Chapter 3

Eva barged in the door and kicked it closed with her foot loudly, causing Don Wei to look up from his paper, and placing his coffee on the table next to the couch in the living room.

"Rough day?"

"Hm." Eva's gruff response came, as she dumped the bags of food and other necessarily stuff on the kitchen table.

She had gone home after the.. situation with the Nourasions, only to remember she forgot to get food.

So she had to walk all the way back, and all of that, she was annoyed.

Very annoyed.

With a grunt she let herself fall on the comfortable chair in the living room, and sipped her coffee (which was already one the table, Don always made one when he would know Eva would come home) , looking at her father.

Don Wei stared back and eventually laughed. "So how was you day?"

Eva sighed and looked away lightly. "Fantastic. Yours?" Don took pleasure with the sarcastic answer, Eva was never one of large answers anyway.

"I am great, thank you. General Toros has promoted me this day."

Eva perked up a bit. "Really? 'Bout time." She said, taking another large sip. Don smirked lightly at her. "Yes, though it's better not to mention that to him." Then he sat up a bit, and Eva knew he had something to tell her which he found amusing or concerning.

"When I was done with my work, I heard some Croggs soldiers talking to each other. Of course, you cant blame me for eavesdropping."

Eva smiled.

"They were told that someone has caught the Prince's eye. A human girl. Isn't that most.. amusing and scaring at the same time?" He said, with a chuckle.

Eva choked in her coffee. Luckily her father had thought it was because she needed to laugh, so Eva faked a quick grin to him. "But father, the Prince would probably marry a royal, don't you think?" She took another sip of her coffee.

"Well, he could use her as his whore."

This time Eva spit out all of her coffee. Her father looked at her disapprovingly. "That's not nice, Eva. What's wrong?"

"The idea was slightly disturbing, father."

"Ah yes yes, I can imagine it would." He said, nodding while reading his paper again. Eva went to the kitchen to get a cloth. Never had she been so happy that her father never noticed something.

The idea alone already wanted her to vomit. If he dared to come near her one more time, she'd hurt him. At least, if he didn't wanted to fight her, because that wouldn't be bad.

She'd hurt him badly.

Stupid Nourasions.

Eva walked in the living room, weighing her gun on her hands lightly. She waited for her father to sleep. So he wouldn't notice her leaving, though he knew she would leave right now.

The lights shut off and Eva opened the front door to walk out of the house, and closed it behind her, putting the gun on her belt.

Eva stretched lazily and sighed. She hadn't got any sleep in 2 days, so she might get home a bit earlier, just to sleep.

Looking around for any Croggs, Eva warily walked over to the tiny entrance only 2 members fit in, because they were woman and way smaller. Though it was still a tight entrance.

Eva squirmed her way in and pulled it close, before jumping from the little brim and landing on the cold stones of the underground quarters.

Eva closed her eyes, so they'd got used to the intense darkness. 2 minutes later, she opened them, to see every wall perfectly, and she started walking towards the main room.

It was minutes walking later when Eva heard a sound behind her, and she stopped dead in her tracks, leaning in on the wall.

Footsteps.

Closer.. closer..

Eva pulled her gun out, making sure she made little sound.

Just a bit closer..

Then Eva turned around the corner, only to hold the gun to a face of a.. 7? Maybe 8-year old, and the child burst out in tears of shock.

Eva sighed. It happened, little children busting in sometimes. Eva sheeted her gun and kneeled down.

"Hey kid, I won't hurt you."

"I know you won't. You're a good person, right?"

Eva considered, was she really a good person? Anyway, she nodded for any reassurance the child needed.

"Yes, but you're not so safe in here. Where's your mom?"

"Uncle said she was asleep."

Dead.

"So where's your uncle?"

"He had told be he is talking with the Croggs."

Captured…

Great.

"Ok then kiddo, you wanna come with me and see some cool weapons?"

The little boy nodded eagerly. "Yeah!"

He took her hand as she stood up, and walked next to her. "I'm Zack!" He said, smiling ear to ear.

Eva smiled at him, looking behind her for a second. "Eva." She returned.

Stan grinned when he saw Zack playing with the guns. "Got a new boyfriend Eve??" He asked, wobbling his eyebrows.

Eva glared at him. "At least I would have one."

Stan glared back with a grunt.

"He's just a child I found on my way here." Eva said, nodding thankfully to Koji who put her sharpened dagger on the side-table.

Stan smirked. "What you gonna do with it?"

Eva glanced at him. "I don't know. What can I do?"

"I'm sure Don would love a new kid in the house."

Eva grinned, considering the idea. "Nah, he already has a high blood pressure. Why don't you take him in? You raised Koji well enough."

Stan had found Koji when he was 20, Koji was 10. It was now 10 years later, Stan was now 30 and Koji 20, leaving Eva as the youngest off their 'gang'.

Well, that is if you don't count the newly boy into it.

"So where's his family?" Stan asked, before shooting a dirty glance to his.. wife Vanessa. You can call it that, but they weren't really married. Because they would have to do that before the Croggs, and they both despised it.

Eva listened at Vanessa's laugh, and glanced back at Stan. "His mom died, and his uncle is captured. Probably won't know his father."

Stan nodded knowingly. "I can't take him in my house. To much Croggs hanging 'round these days. Could keep him here.. we'd take him out sometimes."

Eva rolled her eyes. "Here? God, it smells awful here! You cant keep a kid here! I'm not one to last for longer then 5 hours!" Eva rubbed her nose for more pressure.

"Damn Eva. Then put him in that orphanage! It isn't there for nothing."

Eva sighed, knowing she could better do that. She'd have another fan, she'd put 6 lone kids in there.

"Fine. Just watch him tonight, I'll pick him up after I'm done."

Stan winked, but caught something in his eye. "OI! KID! DON'T TOUCH THAT!"

Eva put on her bivouac bonnet(AN: Is that how it's called? Else it's still that thing from last chapter..), and walked down an empty street. She'd better find a Nourasion tonight.. else she would have to do it tomorrow.

And Eva was not one for waiting.

Eva heard a Crogg shoot something, probably a cat who got in the way. She grunted. No Croggs.. Nourasion. Nourasion. Keep on that!!

What's that?

Eva nearly stamped her feet when she got distracted from a dog. She really wasn't on her best today.

Might as well shoot myself through the head.

Bad Eva, bad!

Scratching the back of her neck, Eva leaned in a wall, closing her eyes and inhaling deeply.

"Over there! I heard something."

"That's probably a cat. Where you going? We need to stay guard here!"

"Aw come on, like someone is going to barge in here!"

"Haven't you heard from that group, slaughtering us?"

"Yeah, right. Just a myth, humans are way to weak for that!"

Eva spotted a long elf-kind of ear coming out of the corner where she stood dangerously close at, and the gun immediately went to the back of his head, freezing him immediately. "Is that so?" Eva said. She could not and didn't want to speak Nourasion, but the words Weak and Human were said too often to forget.

Eva nudged his head slightly, making him step forward. He did. The other guard, standing before a large building jumped up from his place and went to grab his dagger.

Stupid Nourasions with no guns. (well most of them, guns weren't 'honourable'.)

"Because, you know, I think I'm in charge here." she said, sarcastic while smirking, though they only could see the faint colour of her eyes.

"And just to prove my point, I'm gonna shoot one of you so the other can live and tell about it! So- err, goodbye!"

And she shot, kicking the Nourasion in front off her on his face while the other one hold on to his stomach with wide eyes.

She'd hear soon enough if he died.

"You got a cool house!" Zack cried happily. Eva winced at the laughter he made. "Ssssh!! I don't know if my father is still asleep."

He went silent. "Really? I thought you lived alone!"

"Nope. Still 16."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Really really?"

"Really yes."

"really really really really ?" He said with a playful grin.

"Why don't you grab some chocolate?" Eva said to the 7 year old.

"Tee-hee!" and he ran off to where he thought the kitchen was. Eva heard a loud crashing sound, and chuckled. "To your left!" Eva said, when she realized he walked right into the closet.

"Thanks!" he called back.

Eva really hoped her father wasn't here. How'd she explain why she brought home a kid?

Kicking her shoes off, Eva tip-toed upstairs, glancing through the keyhole. No bump in the sheets. Good.

Eva walked downstairs again. "Okay Zack, you tired?"

He nodded, but remained on the couch. "But I wanna watch TV!"

Eva rubbed her head, to tired to command something else. "Fine then, but don't make to much noise and leave the lights out and the sound soft. Sweet dreams." She said as she closed the curtains so the glow of the TV wouldn't be seen.

"Nighty-night!"

"Be a good boy now ok? And remember, give the sweet lady with the nice brown hair and grey eyes this paper, ok?" Eva said, pushing a paper in his hand. He stared at it and then hugged her leg. "I'll do. You come visit?"

"As much as I can kid." She said, petting his head. "Now go in."

Eva watched the blond haired boy running in the small building which had the large word Orphanage on it.

She went here early with Zack, so she wouldn't be spotted by too many kids.

Sneaking at her watch, Eva read 11 AM.

Might as well go home and check if Don was there yet.

Eva and Don sat on the couch, both reading a book and both drinking their drinks. The news was one too, though Eva paid more attention then Don did.

When Eva's book really started to get interesting, Don petted her side. "You did that?" He asked, pointing at the TV. Eva looked at it, and back again.

"Would it matter if I did?"

"Eva, can't you just let them all be. It's not like a few kills can change the war."

Eva rolled her eyes, having heard this conversation for years. "Daaad! You know what my answer is!" Eva huffed lightly, puffing her cheeks out. She didn't showed it often, but Eva Wei could still be the child she once was.

Don suppressed a smile. "It's not funny Eva. When they find out where you are, and who you are, you'll be executed in 1 minute."

"It'll take them longer." Eva said, making a fight. How she loved them. They'd be all good again in a few minutes anyway.

Don rubbed his temples. "I'm not going to start, Eva. I am your father and I can at least ask you what you do on the streets at night. I am not asking you to stop doing it, so just oblige."

Eva huffed again, and stared blankly at the letters in her book, feeling Don shift angrily.

"I just shoot one, and kicked the other. They were making fun of us."

Don shoot her a glance. "Right."

Silence, and Don left to do something in the kitchen, and 5 minutes later he came back.

"You don't need to wait for me tonight, I'm working late. There's money on the kitchen table."

Eva nodded.

"Be careful."

Grunt.

Eva awoke with a start, thinking she had heard something, but yet again her mind had tricked her and she fell back on the bed with a sigh.

Sometimes she would sleep in. Long.

It was probably afternoon by now, but her father didn't bothered to wake her.

So she guessed he was okay with it.

Eva closed her eyes as the sun bathed in the room on her pale skin, and she stretched, pushing the blankets away with her feet.

After falling out of her bed, she quickly stood up and rubbed her cheek in annoyance. It had been a slight war with the blankets, which ended up with Eva falling down. The blankets, after all, always won.

Think of something I don't already know. Eva thought.

After taking a warm shower, Eva sat down in the kitchen, eating a stroll and glancing at the newspaper now and then.

She was more wondering what she would do today. She hoped the guys had something to do for her. Or she could just hop around in city looking for trouble.

As usual.

Eva grunted at the voice in her head. Her mind sometimes had.. a mind of his own. (xD) Just like her blankets.

Finishing her breakfast and all the stuff she had to do in house, she closed the door behind her and walked up the street casually, looking left and right to choose where she would go.

She snickered silently when she saw the Crogg lifting his head at her odd behaviour in the middle of the street.

It's not like cars were still aloud.

Or bikes.

Motorcycles.

She fiddled with her shirt a bit and started walking towards the underground entrance.

Might as well go visit Zack today. She thought while she kicked the small port open and walked in quickly before someone would have seen her.

Eva closed the door and began the long stairs down, before she had to pass a door again. Going in, she slammed in closed with her foot and walked down the halls.

Few minutes later Eva was on a chair sipping water while she was fascinated with Stan's stupid jokes.

Koji just shook his head when he heard one and smiled at Eva, telling her he didn't liked them and that he knew Eva also didn't. But hey, might as well act like it.

Stan glanced at Eva. "There are two reasons you're here." He said, as a matter of fact. "you couldn't resist me." He said, pushing the items of the space before him away.

Eva rolled her eyes.

"Or you have nothing to do."

Eva smiled. "Affirmative."

Stan shrugged at her. "We don't go anything for you to do kid. You can go bug Croggs, they're still everywhere. Too bad Nourasions look out a bit better after your.. 'accident'.''

Eva grinned. "Good. Next time I'll leave a note."

Stan grinned back at her and went on refilling his gun. Eva sighed and stood up. "Well, in that case, I'll just go and entertain myself. Alone. By myself. With no company. Completely alone." She added, for the extra drama.

Stan didn't even looked up, and Koji had a linger of a smile on his lips. "Suit yourself kid."

"Whatever." She chuckled, and walked away.

Once at the surface again, Eva breathed in the.. clear ? air. Clearer then underground, that's for sure.

Eva walked down the streets when she was surprised with a hand on her shoulder and she blinked.

"Long time no see Eve!"

Eva smiled. "Jordan." She said, turning around. He was just like her, a rebellion. He lived in another city, but he came to pay a visit once in a while.

He smiled his puppy-like grin at her. "How've you been?" Eva asked. Jordan decided it would be better to get walking again, seeing that Croggs never liked it when humans stood still for longer then their times.

Jordan shrugged. "Oh, fine. I've done nothing different, you know, just the regular job."

Eva nodded. "Yeah. Gets kinda bored."

Jordan wisely put his finger in the air and stated: "But we all know that we should keep to our own code and strike when we think it is best. We're still to small to attack now, they'd murder us in one night."

Eva blinked and turned her head to the other side lightly. "Yeah well.. when is that gonna happen? When I'm 50 and can't do anything anymore?"

"We have good technology for that."

"I was being sarcastic Jordan. Sarcastic."

"I knew that."

"Mhm." Eva muttered, smiling evilly at him. Jordan sighed and dropped his shoulders to regain a bit more comfortable posture. "So, I've heard from my uncle (who was working on the same job like Don) that the frog Prince has a girlfriend, eh?"

Eva's eyebrows went down. She was not his girlfriend. Damn! They only talked once! And she hated Nourasions. And they hated Humans.

"What with it?" She asked.

Jordan's time to grin evilly. "This girl isn't a certain black-red haired, tattooed, stubborn teenage girl named Eva?" he asked.

Eva huffed. "Why would you think that? You know I despise them."

"Yeah, but he could like you. After all, those royals think they can get everything."

"And still, why would you think it was me?" She asked.

Jordan chuckled. "It is so obvious Eva, the way you reacted. Please tell me everything about it. I hoped you embarrassed him good."

"I tried a weak one, but he laughed at it. Next time I'll give him something so he would immediately crawl back to his mommy!" she said, fist in the air and winking at Jordan.

"So it was you."

"Jordan!"

Hehe, no Aikka. But be happy I decided to make this one right before my depart to Croatia:).

Enjoy, R&R!