She wandered into the little village, the blistering sun hanging in its peak. She held her jacket as she walked slowly in. A village kid saw her and brought her food. She scarfed down pounds of food and drink, before finally thanking the slightly frightened kid and paying him (which made him less frightened).She stood and stared at the town. It didn't look like much. Little did she know, the Black Cat was there. Train very nearly walked around a corner into her, but Sven grabbed him.
"Guess who?" Sven hissed into Train's ear a second before Lucy walked by. Train tried to walk forward, but Sven held him. "You can't. There's a reason she didn't come to find us!"
"And what reason is that Sven!?"
"Creed will be looking for her, and if she's not with us, then Creed might leave us alone." Train sighed and stopped trying to go forward. Lucy had heard their voices and had tried to leave. She got stopped however. A man with a number "13" tattooed on his arm was blocking her way.
"You look awfully guilty girl. Could it be you committed a crime!?" The commotion caused Train, Eve, and Sven to come running. They gasped.
"No, fake Black Cat. I have to go. I hurt somebody I care about, and now I can't stay." She tried to walk by, but the man had pulled out a gun. She stared at it a moment and then drew her gun. She pointed it at his head. All around the crowd murmurs went out. "She pulled that gun so fast!", "Who is this girl!?", and "she's hot…." All of which angered Train. But what angered and surprised him more was the look that came upon her face as she pointed the gun at the man. Her eyes didn't look anything like her usual eyes. They were the eyes of a killer. Train, without thinking, ran forward in between the two of them. Lucy's eyes didn't soften at all. Instead she hissed at him. "Train, get out of the way. Now." He stood his ground.
"Sir, you should move. This is between me and the lady here."
"I'm not moving. Lucy, you can either blast my brains out, or lower the gun." Lucy's eyes widened, and her eyes started to soften. Her hand started to lower, until the shot rang out. The man had moved around Train and shot at her. She dodged the bullet easily (the crowd had scattered) and attacked the man. Another shot rang out, and both the man and she looked over at Train who wielded his gun high in the air. "Now, what do you guys say we go get food?" Lucy got up, slipped her gun in her holster, looked behind Train, gasped, and ran. She ran hard. Durham had been watching her. He had seen her claws rake through empty ground and leave a good ditch. He would report back to Creed. Finally she stopped and sat down hard against the ground. Her head was buried in her hands when Train finally found her.
"How is it you're always at a park?" Lucy looked up at him.
"I'm at a park?"
"Don't tell me you ran blindly?" Lucy nodded, "What happened back there?"
"Durham! Durham was there and he's gonna tell Creed where I am!"
"Oh, you mean the guy who wears this hat?" From behind his back, he produced Durham's hat.
"Yes. What happened?"
"He threatened the Lil' Princess. Actually, he hurt her." Lucy was on her feet immediately.
"What!?"
"Ya, but I took care of him." Lucy sighed and leaned against the fountain. Train took a step towards her. Her eyes were closed. His arm wrapped around her waist, and he pulled her into a kiss. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back. There they stayed, locked in a kiss, leaning against a fountain, for a few minutes. Sven and Eve were watching. They didn't trust those two alone. They were both, as Eve put it, stray cats. And even stray cats would hook up with another. Lucy's eyes opened as they drew apart. All of the anger and hatred was now gone.
"Man, Saya was right when she said you were enchanting." Lucy mumbled.
"Saya was right when she said you were beautiful, smart, kind, and loyal. And willing to sacrifice anything for anyone." Lucy's eyes clouded.
"I'm sorry Train, I shouldn't have told Creed yes, but otherwise, he probably wouldda killed us both."
"It's OK Luce. I know." This was the second time he had called her Luce. She simply leaned back against the fountain the slight breeze playing with her hair. She turned her face into the wind and sighed.
"That's what Steven used to call me. Nobody but Ste ever called me Luce."
"Oh, I'm sorry, would you like me not to call you that?"
"No, its fine, I just remember him every time. You know, you're a lot like him." Train fell into silence. Sven decided this was a good time to interrupt.
"Hey lovebirds!"
"WHO YOU CALLING LOVEBIRDS!?" Sven chuckled.
"Let's go home guys." Sven said right as a fork of lightning cut the sky and thunder cried overhead. Lucy turned her face from the wind and nodded. Train nodded to. They walked back to the hotel in silence. Each one thinking their own thoughts. Lucy thinking of Steven, Train thinking of Lucy and Saya, Sven thinking of the next bounty and all their debts, and Eve thinking about her book.