Hey guys! As promised here is the latest installment of this story. I know it's a bit confusing…and right now I'm realizing I need to read it over before posting it because even I was confused when I was writing it up. The next chapter will clear a bit more up. Of course I know this ends seeming like everything has fallen apart and this is the end, but no worries! Lol I'm not one for depressing endings where no one is happy. Of course happy happy endings are, well, unrealistic, but this will end in a way I know some of you will like. Sure thing, Eee, I'll write a scene of Sweeper fighting cause you're right, it rocks! Lol I've got two other fics to work on, one is Artemis Fowl, but the other Black Cat fic will have lots of sweeper fighting with Train and Sven side by side with Eve in there too. This fic is not over yet, there will be at least one more chapter if not two, or maybe three, who knows lol. I'll figure it out. Thank you so much for reading, you're all the coolest!! This story has had over 9,000 hits and that is more than I ever realized could happen! Thanks!!! X3

A Cat's Getaway

"No!" Creed's screams echoed in my ears as I turned my back on him and went my separate way, forcing myself to ignore his pain. "You can't do this to me, Train!"

I stopped in my tracks and turned to look at him-no emotion left in me. There wasn't much else I could do in this situation but try to explain myself and even that took more energy than I felt I had.

"Creed," I said quietly as I looked at him, his eyes turning slightly to look at me. "You have to live your life. You can't force it on other people-you can't force yourself onto me."

I felt more energy rushing back and I turned to look at him entirely as he lay helpless in front of me, breathing heavily as he tried to focus on me.

"I can't live like this," I went on, motioning to the room around me. "No one can. And this world isn't yours to control. You have to live the life you were given-the human life you were given and you may have to live it alone."

At that I turned and walked away for what seemed to be forever. I refused to turn around as his screams echoed from behind me-as he pleaded for me to listen-for me to stay. I didn't want to stay-I didn't want to listen, all I wanted to do was return to the life I had lived-the world I had come from and to the people I could trust.

I passed Sven and Eve, knowing they would follow, and headed towards the door when a voice made me stop.

"Don't move," A feminine voice echoed from behind me followed by the click of a gun being cocked.

I stopped in my tracks; hearing Eve and Sven stop behind me, silence ensuing.

"Turn around," The voice commanded and we all did slowly.

I didn't have the energy to feel worried in the slightest, but then again my nerves weren't trained to be afraid.

Echidna stood in front of Creed, a gun in her hand and a deadly look in her eyes. Her gun was aimed past Sven and Eve at me and her expression told me she wouldn't resist if the time came when she would have to pull the trigger.

"You won't be leaving," She said calmly. "Not yet."

"What do you want?" I asked, my voice sounding tired.

"I think you owe Creed an apology, Train Heartnet," She said sternly, my finger brushing against the trigger.

"I don't agree," I said calmly, anger boiling somewhere deep inside.

"You don't know what happened," She said, a strange smile forming on her painted lips. "You have no right to agree or disagree."

"Then what happened?" I asked, not entirely curious to know.

"I know someone who could explain it much better than me," She smirked, glancing towards Sven.

My eyes fell on Sven before going back to her.

"What are you talking about?" My voice was quiet, as if it was giving up.

"Tell him," She ordered, jerking her gun from Sven to me, signaling for Sven to talk.

"Sven," I said in a questioning tone. "What is she-"

"We knew," He said quietly, turning slowly to look at me.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"We knew," He said again. "We knew you were here."

"Then why-" I cut off, trying to understand. "Then why did it take you so long to get here?"

"We had to wait," He said, his eyes refusing to meet mine. "We had to wait until it was the right time."

"The right time for what?" I asked, my tone darker.

"Did he tell you about SV?" He asked, his eyes finally meeting mine.

"Y-yes…" I said, turning to look at Creed again before turning back to Sven. "He said it was some silicon variant-he was testing it on number ten from Chronos."

"And what did he say it did, exactly?" He asked.

"Something about energy-that it gave people more energy." I said, too preoccupied to remember all the details.

"That's…not exactly it," Sven said, turning away from me and pacing towards the wall before turning to look at me.

"Look, this-all of this-was meant to happen," He said, motioning to the room around me. "You couldn't defeat Creed the first time-when you fought him back on the island and after he took you we had no idea what to do. Echidna came to us a week after you disappeared with an offer on how to get you back but to keep you both alive-that it was the only way that would work."

"And how would me killing Creed have not worked?" I snapped.

"If you had killed Creed the rest of the Apostles of the Stars would've come after you," Sven said calmly. "And while you may have been able to defend yourself for the most part who knows what could've happened and I wasn't willing to take that risk. Echidna said if we were able to find a setting where you were strong enough to defeat Creed yet not kill him it would work best."

"So…" I thought for a moment. "So you stuck me here for half a year to get to get to know him so I wouldn't kill him? Why would you do that?"

Sven watched me as he saw the anger growing inside me.

"Echidna said Creed and Doctor were working on something called the Silicon Variant and that it had something to do with energy forms," Sven tried to explain. "She said if she could understand it and control it we could use it against Creed and to help you defeat him."

"How…?" I asked, my voice low.

"Not only does Silicon Variant increase energy levels and energy performance but it increases stamina and durability of the body as well," Echidna broke through the conversation as she slowly walked towards me the gun still pointed in my direction. "There was no way you would be able to defeat Creed in battle if your body couldn't take the blows he would have the strength to administer."

I glared at her as she came closer.

"Every night after you had fallen asleep I administered the silicon variant into your blood," She said calmly. "Creed was no lying when he told you that your blood was one of the few that mixed with the variant but that was merely because Doctor knew what he was doing and I intercepted the information before it got to Creed. By giving you the variant every night your body slowly grew in strength, therefore giving you the ability to defeat Creed."

"How was this worth it?" I snapped, turning to Sven. "How was it worth locking me up in this place?"

"It wasn't, Train," Sven said shaking his head. "Believe me, it wasn't, but we knew that if we rescued you that Creed would only come after you and we would be back where we had started."

"Then why did you come here in the first place?" I asked, my voice rising slightly. "Why did you pretend to come for me?"

"We weren't pretending," Sven said. "We wanted to try to bring you back-we wanted to get you away from here for a little while but Echidna warned us against it once we were already here. And besides, how were we supposed to control Chronos once they figured out the whereabouts of the Apostles of the Stars and knew that one of their ex-numbers was here?"

"But you died, Sven!" I cried suddenly. "You died and I saw it. How do you explain that?"

"I-I didn't die, Train," He shook his head before looking at Echidna as if asking for help.

"It was a hoax," Echidna said, lowering the gun slightly as I turned to glare at her. "It was a blank, no bullet was ever shot."

"Why?" I practically growled as I turned to Sven again.

"We had to make you mad, Train," Sven said desperately. "We had to make you angry enough with Creed to be willing to fight him when the time came."

"If you had some form of a grudge against you you'd be willing to take it out on him when the time came," Echidna finished for Creed.

"I don't understand…" I said, shutting my eyes and pressing the palm of my hand against my forehead before turning and walking away from them. "I don't understand how any of this was worth the outcome."

"I already said, Train," Sven said from behind me. "We had to find a way where neither of you would die because the further consequences wouldn't be worth it."

"I could have figured that out myself," I said, my voice calm but full of nothing but anger as I refused to turn to face them. "I can take care of myself."

I let my hand fall from my forehead before taking in a deep breath. I took several steps towards the main door I had entered through before all of this.

"Train," Sven's voice came, making me stop. "You can come back now-you can come back with us."

"That's okay," I said calmly. "You've helped me enough."

And with that I walked out the door. Beyond this I wasn't sure what would happen. Where I would end up…I didn't know. I might find myself side by side with Sven and Eve again, I didn't know, but for now I couldn't handle being here anymore and I had to get out.