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Train: so, what'd you fix?
14AmyChan: okay, for a few monthes, I wasn't getting the emails for every time someone reviewed! T^T
Rins: and that's bad why?
14AmyChan: I like to know what people think of my stories. It's why I write! T^T
Saya: but…?
14AmyChan: BUT! Someone kindly messaged me telling me what was wrong and how to fix it~! *^_^*
Eve: So now you receive an email when somebody reviews?
14AmyChan: Yep~! *^_^* but now it's time to read, cuz I'm running out of room.
Sven: please read the kind lady's new chapter.
"Outta the way!" Rinslet barged into the apartment where Saya was, dragging with her a bleeding and unconscious Sven. Saya didn't ask any questions, but cleared a space and used a white sheet for cover as she helped Rinslet put Sven on the table.
Over the next fifteen minutes, Saya and Rinslet worked together to stop Sven's bleeding and get him in a stable condition. During that time, Train walked in.
"What's going on?" a curious Train asked. It wasn't until he saw Sven all bloodied up that he became a little more serious. "What happened here?" Train tried looking at the two working women for answers, but he received none.
"Now we need to get professional help" Rinslet said, wiping her bloodstained hands on the white sheet. Saya nodded as Rinslet ran for a phone.
"Will someone please tell me what's going on here?" Train asked again. By now, he was confused and worried and sure that someone was gonna be hurting soon. Very soon.
"I don't know" Saya said. She was getting a pillow for Sven. "Rinslet just kind of showed up with him like this."
"A doctor's on his way" Rinslet said, walking back into the room. She felt two pairs of questioning eyes on her before she saw them. "I found him in an alleyway two blocks from the station" Rinslet explained. "He was saying something about a piece of his mind."
Just then, a knock at the door told them a speedy doctor was at the door.
"That's a bad idea!" both Saya and Rinslet shouted at Train at the same time. They were on their way home from the ammo store. Train was carrying the bag of ammunition for his planned raid of Torneo's home.
"He's not dead" Rinslet tried to reason.
"What good are you going to do him by going to that house?" Saya asked him.
Train just turned and started at the two of them. "The doctor found nanomachines at the base of the wound" he began, his voice ice-cold. "That means that Torneo and his weapon got to him before we could let him know."
"Know what?" Rinslet asked.
"That it's a little girl" Train said. He marched straight to the room as he ignored the girl's protests of him going back to the Torneo mansion that night and continued. "We separate Eve from Torneo, she won't pose any threat."
"How do you figure that?" Saya asked.
"Instinct" Train answered in his usual fashion before opening the door. "Sven!" Train said, his face immediately brightening. Saya and Rinslet looked inside the door. Sure enough, there was Sven, smoking a cigarette.
"You're awake…" both Saya and Rinslet said in perfect synchronization. Although Saya was used to this by now, she still couldn't get over the fact that both Sven and Train healed at amazing rates.
"I'm a little woozy from the blood loss," Sven said. "But other than that I feel good."
"Thank Rins and Saya" Train said. "They were the ones who got you away from death's doorstep."
"Thanks" Sven said just as Train plopped the bag of ammunition on a nearby table. It caught Sven's interest. "What's that?"
"I bought some ammunition" Train explained. "I'm going back to that mansion. You need to stay here and-"
"I'm going, too" Sven said, sitting straight up. That caught everyone by surprise. "I need to talk to that girl, I have to tell her something."
"You can't-" Rinslet started out, but was blocked by Train's hand. It made Saya smirk a little bit. Not so much when Rinslet slapped him, though.
"You mean Eve?" Train asked as though nothing had happened. "You wanna spill what went on today?"
"No" Sven said, it was obvious to Saya that he was thinking hard about something that was bugging him. "I don't feel like talking about it."
"That's fine" Train said. "But I don't feel like taking you with me, either. I can't let you risk your life twice today."
Everyone could practically taste the tension that followed Train's bold statement. Even so, everyone noticed when Sven squared his shoulders and said "I'm going."
"Why?" Train asked. "Because you're too stubborn to stay here and heal?" Saya sat down. She knew what was going to happen. She saw what Train did at the store when all of the guys in the shop were fawning over Rinslet. "Fine" Train said, drawing his gun. "We'll let this decide."
Saya looked at Rinslet and Sven as their faces went to instant confusion. Saya laughed a little on the inside. If Rinslet weren't so busy flirting, at least she would know what was about to happen.
Train was at the counter, ordering some bullets. Saya was looking at the guns around the shop. Rinslet was looking at the heavy artillery while the guys in the store (except Train) were checking out her heavy artillery.
"Hey babe" a greasy-looking guy in a store apron approached Rinslet. "Need something special?"
Saya blocked out all conversation between Rinslet and the shop guy after that. Instead, she looked over at Train, who was fidgeting with his bag of actual ammunition. Saya looked over to see him place a shell back on one of his bullets and draw his gun. Although it was pretty discreet, she could see what he had just done.
She didn't know what he did with the bullet he placed in his gun, but it wasn't the same. Train left the shop in a quiet rage, and Saya followed. A few minutes later, Rinslet came up behind them, yelling that they left her behind.
Train tossed Sven his gun, cutting him off when Sven was going to look in the barrel. "The odds are six to one" Train explained while standing up and placing his hand palm down on the table. "Now I want you to shoot my hand" Train ordered as if he were telling Sven to eat a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich.
"What?" Sven shouted. Saya was just sitting there while Train was sacrificing his hand. Something wasn't right.
"I want to see how committed you are" Train said. Saya just stared at Train's hand. "If my luck is bad, I'll lose a hand" Train pushed. Saya knew his bluff, but it still made her uneasy that he could lose his hand if he didn't fix the bullet right. "But if you don't have the resolve, you're not coming" Train finished off stubbornly. Saya just watched, but promised herself that she would smack him later. "If you don't have resolve, you won't last in that mansion" Train pointed out.
"True" Sven agreed with hesitance. After a moment of thought, he decided that it had to be a bluff. After all, Saya had been watching the gun the entire time, while Sven had been watching the people in the room. I bet it's not even loaded… Sven thought as he pressed Hades on Train's hand. "You sure about this?" Sven asked, looking Train straight in the eye. Train didn't flinch. So Sven pulled the trigger.
BAM! The gunshot scared the living crap out of Sven and Rinslet. Saya looked at Train's hand. Train chuckled "No hesitation at all…"
Train waved his completely safe hand to get rid of the smoke. "That's a partner" Train grinned. "The odds were six to one, that's some serious luck you've got on your side."
Saya watched Sven and Rinslet start seething, so she explained for the grinning idiot. The grinning lovable idiot. "He didn't actually put his hand in actual danger" she said, watching as all three of their faces turned to her in curiosity. "I saw him messing with the bullet when we were at the shop."
Sven looked at Train, Rinslet, and Saya. Rinslet stared at Saya. Saya looked at Train. Who was laughing like an idiot. "Yep!" Train said. "If it were a real bullet, I wouldn't be laughing!"
"You jerk!" Sven continued to insult Train all the way to Torneo's mansion. "And why didn't you say anything?" he asked Saya.
"Train-kun was trying to prove a point" Saya defended. "Besides, no one got hurt."
"Yeah, you could back off a little" Train said, also going to Saya's defense.
"So" Sven asked, changing the subject. "What now?"
"We're going to Torneo and Eve's place" Train said as he threw a bomb at the front door.
14AmyChan: okay, I know it's been a long time, so I wrote a long chapter. *^_^*
Train: YAY! Action!
Saya: I feel like I've got a bigger part…
Eve: My time is coming soon…
Sven: Aren't I supposed to be a gentleman?
14AmyChan: You were yelling at Train, but asking Saya a simple question. You didn't yell at her, so it's in your gentleman's code. *^_^*
Rinslet: Whatever, just read and review.
14AmyChan: *looming darkly* you need to smile…
Rinslet: um…
14AmyChan: *being scary*
Rinslet: *scared smile* um… please read and review…?
14AmyChan: that's better~! *^_^*