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"Train," He whimpered pleadingly, as if his fingers needed to come in contact with my face for him to survive.

"I'm not falling for this, Creed," I muttered just loud enough for him to hear as I glared into his glowing eyes. "You've tried this one too many times."

"But Train!" He cried, his voice barely audible over the crash of thunder that echoed overhead. "I'm not trying anything. You and I are meant to stand side by side-to control the world as gods."

"Stop pretending you can control everything," I snapped angrily, my emotion rising. "When you can't even control yourself."

"A Cat's Memories"

Creed stood in front of me, his head lowered and his eyes shadowed by his bangs as he remained silent and motionless. I had expected some sort of vocal retaliation to my words, or at least some sort of emotion in the form of tears or saddened eyes, but nothing came.

The lightening continued to flash outside the giant expanse of glass and metal behind us, the only thing protecting us from the storm that continued to rage outside.

I felt my body shiver in the electric air as silence fell around us like a thick blanket, suffocating my senses and muffling the words my mind was screaming for me to hear. I studied Creed as shivers seemed to crawl up his body as well, but I knew all too well they were caused by an emotion far different from mine.

"Leave us," The silence was suddenly broken by Creeds trembling, yet threatening words.

I squinted at him in confusion, not understanding his words, until his head rose slightly, enough to see his darkened eyes as his mouth opened for a second time, and a deranged look spreading across his face.

"LEAVE US!" His scream echoed across the room, bouncing off the walls and floors like the sound of shattering glass.

I turned my head quickly to see Sephiria and Jenos staring at me before giving them a quick nod, letting them know it was alright for them to go. Sephiria cast Creed one last cold stare before turning and exiting through the doors to her right, Jenos not far behind.

I turned my attention back to Creed, watching as his glowing blue eyes locked onto mine, quivering as if the effort were too much. A strange smirk spread across his lips and his pale skin shone unnaturally in the eerie glow of the storm.

"Train," He said in almost a whisper, his voice deep and husky. "Look what you've done."

I squinted at him, our eyes level as we watched one another. I could feel the air catching in my throat as I breathed in and out slowly, trying to stay calm-trying to keep this hatred at bay.

"I wanted to create this together," He whispered, stepping glower, his head rising slightly but his eyes still slanted and the shadows still painted across his face. "I wanted us to rule the world side by side."

He took yet another step forward but I refused to back down. I could feel his breath on my neck, telling me he was too close, but I refused to step away.

"We could have had everything, Train. We could've become the judges of the world," He said, his voice growing in volume yet falling in temperature. "I wanted to begin all of that with you-I wanted to bring back the Train I once knew, but none of that can happen now."

I felt my stare shift into a cold glare as our eyes continued to bore into one another's, making it almost uncomfortable to be there.

"None of that can happen now because of that witch," He spat out the word as if it tasted bad. "None of that can happen because of the filth that seems to spring up around you-the filth that you seem so much more attached to than you are to me. None of that can happen because you refuse to realize what I believe!"

He screamed his last sentence before reaching forward and taking hold of the choker around my neck. His nails raked against my neck as he took hold of the red ribbon before he wrenched it from my neck, ripping the fabric and muffling the high jingle of the bell.

My hand flew to my neck as I felt the new scratches burn in the unclean air, my fingers wrapping around the wounds and feeling the absence of what had once been there.

He held the necklace in between his shaking fingers, blood under his nails from where he had scratches me. His hand shook violently, the muffle jingle of the bell barely audible as his fingers began to crush it.

"This-This no longer binds them to you," He growled through gritted teeth before flinging the choker aside, the red ribbon and bell bouncing across the shining floor before sliding to a halt.

"I was never 'bound' to them," I said quietly, my anger growing as my hand fell from my neck. "I was never 'bound' to anyone."

It happened in a matter of seconds, or maybe it was less than that. The memories are faded now, even when I think back to them. Lightening flashed, the glint of silver, before the clashing of metal and a painful grinding sound.

Creed pushed the invisible blade of his sword against the muzzle of Hades, pushing down on me, the sharp edge of a blade I couldn't see inching closer and closer to my neck as my legs shook beneath me.

His smirk refused to disappear from his face as he stared down at me, a laugh bottling up in his throat before he released it into the muffled sounds of the storm.

"Why try this again, Train?" He asked, his laugh mixing with his words as he spoke. "You've lost twice, how will this time be any different?"

"Because now…" I growled in response before shoving his sword back and swinging my arm up. "I have nothing to lose,"

I aimed and pulled the trigger twice, sending bullets in his direction only to have them cut down by his imaginary blade. I pulled Hades back, studying the situation I had found myself in as Creed slowly walked towards me.

It was useless to send a barrage of bullets at him, and besides, that wasn't how Chronos had taught me, and Creed knew that. In fact Creed knew what most of my training had been about and therefore what sort of actions it might lead me to. In any normal situation I would have though, "well, do exactly what Chronos taught you not to", but that would accommodate me stabbing him in the back…something no one should be willing to do.

My mind was brought crashing back to reality as Creed rushed forward, his fingers wrapping around my neck and pushing be backwards into the nearest pillar. My back hit hard, my shoulder blades grinding into the unforgiving stone behind me. How had I let myself get distracted like that? I had never, never had that happen to me, but with this hanging over my head on top of everything else I was beginning to let my sharpness fall dull.