The bullet penetrated the glass and ripped out the other end. it began to crack beneath sandmans feet as he braced himself. The crackes began to grow due to the weight on the skylight. As they spread over the roof they began to make their way past Johns feet as well.

"you fool! if you break the glass you will fall to your death as well!" Sandman shouted.

"there is one thing that everyone who has come to kill me never takes into concideration Sandman..." John said as he pulled the hammer back on his revolver and aimed at the ground between them. "I won't die until my work is done!" John shouts. he than pulled the trigger and fired into the sun roof of the builting and the glass vilently shattered on contact.

"NOOOOOO!" Sandman shouted as the ground beneath him fell to pieces and he lost his footing. Time had once again started to slow down for John as he looked down at the cracks in the glass moving towards his feet. the glass then broke into small shards and the next thing he knew he was also falling. He looked across from him and watched as Sandman shouted and flailed his arms as he fell. Sandman crashed back first onto the statue of the Witch that stood in the midle of the train stations main room. The spear the statue held went into his back straight through his core and the weight of his body forced it through. In a flameing explosion of gray light and plasma his battery erupted in his chest and he slid down the spear.

"GAAAAHHHHHH!" Sandman shouted as the pain consumed him. he was then stopped at the hand of the statue and lay on his back. The battery's metal was melting into his skin and burning his flesh. to escape from the pain he was going through Sandman grabbed one of the canisters from his belt and opened it. the thick hallucinogenic gas began to pour out of the can. He but his lips against the opening and took a deep breath of the gas. His eyes turened from white to red from its effects and he slowly let go of his life.

John plumeted to the ground at an alarming rate. he put his arms out to protect himself if that would work in any way. He closed his eyes and waited for the impact but suddenly he felt something softer than the ground hit him. then he heard the noise of fabrick tearing and then the sudden hard ground.

"ouch... that hurt." John said as he reluctently lay on his back ammazed that he was still alive let alone able to move after landing on his back. he looks up to see he had landed on an awning that had slown his decent to the ground. he looks up at the statue to see that Sandman wasnt as lucky. John watches as blood and glowing silver plasma drip down the spear and onto the ground. From outside John can hear the alarms of police vehicals ariveing to the gunshots.

"that cant be good... I need to get back to the base" John said as he tried to get back of his feet but it was to weak. a three story drop is still very draining even if you are lucky enough to catch the awning He ended up proping himself against the wall and waiting for the police to come get him. The boys in blue rush the building and fan out throughout the room. the sound of crunching glass can be heard all around as the officers charge in. the men surounded John and aimed their guns down on him.

"so you'r the man that's been shooting up the joint all night. it isn't the forth of July Mr. USL." The head officer said lifting John to his feet and throwing cuffs on him.

"I'm a Britannian..." John mumbles as they start to drag him back to one of the cars. His strength was completely taken out of him and he couldn't even muster the power to try to defend himself.

"Wait!" John heard from behind him as he is about to step into the truck. The officer turns to see a small Orussian girl running towards them.

"what do you want girl. We are in the middle of something here." The officer said.

"Sanya... I..." John started to try to say but he still was to weak.

"I am Sanya Litvyak of the 501st JFW and this is my wing man John Walker. I have military orders to escort him back to our base." she said handing him a piece of paper. the officer scans it over and then looks at John who gives him a halfhearted smile.

"well It seems you walk free tonight boy. but don't think you will be so lucky next time." the officer said stuffing the paper into Johns chest and pulling out the keys to let him go. Sanya helps support him as he almost falls to the ground.

"Its alright John i'm here. we need to go on a bit of a walk to get back to the base though. do you think you can make it?" Sanya asked as John through his arm over her shoulder and met her with a deep stare.

"Sanya... is it really you... are you here..." John asked as he started to drift off. Sanya smiled and the two started to walk off into the night.

"yes John. its really me. you don't need to be afraid. you are safe now"

The officer watches as his suspect get away slowly with the girl. the rain was pouring down hard and lightning was flashing in the sky.

"sir" Said a man from inside the building "you may want to take a look at this."

The officer walks into the building and looks up into the skylight. It was too dark to see anything from where he stood but suddenly the crack of lightning lit up the and the crash of thunder can be heard for miles.

The officer looks up in horror at the body impaled on the pole. Sandmans body had been burned to a char from the plasma dripping from his core.

"I think we are going to need to keep an eye on that Walker boy." The officer said as men run up with stretchers and ladders to retrieve the body.

...

John wakes up in the hospital bed he is far to familiar with. His head feels deflated after all the fighting and lack of sleep. The lack of sleep along with the drugs had left him a killer headache. He sits up and grabs a water off the table next to the bed. On the table there are many bloody rags and a dish filled with pieces of broken glass and blood. It was clear he had many more injuries from the fall then he remembered.

"John your awake." He hears as he fells someones lips kiss him on the cheek. he turns to see that Sanya was there to greet him.

"I thought you were going to need more time to recover from what happened last night." She said

"I guess I did. I still have a splitting headache though." John said as he rubbed his forehead.

"it may be a side effect from the drugs you were inhaling. Minna was able to do some research when we found the cans in your room and she traced it back to failed experiments in the Karlsland army. it was a hallucination inducing gas that was supposed to disorient the enemy and even cause them to attack themselves. it was thought to be to inhumane to use on living soldiers so they scraped the project." Sanya explained to John

"Leave it to HOUND to find something a soldier wouldn't use to kill their enemy... and try to kill me with it." John said as every word made his head hurt more.

"Just take it easy for a bit John." Sanya said seeing the strain in his face. "The effects of the drugs were obvious though. when you crashed into the dinning room with those red eyes. it was so scary. I tried to help you but you fought me and the others then ran away." she said

John thinks back and recalls going into the dinning room on his "drug trip".

"so you were his pets... my mind made me think you were demons" John said

"That's why you looked so scared. Well its all over now" Sanya said giving him an assuring smile.

"I wish it were over... Its only half way through... there are still more of them..." John said

"And that's where we come into play" John and Sanya heard from behind them as the door swung open and the entire 501st walked in.

"John its time you told us why these men are trying to kill you." Minna said as she pulled up a chair.

"Were going to help you in any way we can" Hartmann said as she also took a seat.

"First we need to know who we are up against though" Eila said

All the witches gathered around and took seats in chairs and on top of the empty beds.

"alright... I guess if your in for a penny your in for a pound." John said looking around at everyone who wanted to help him. he became happy that all of them wanted to help him.

"look at that" Charlotte says remarking at his warm smile."he has finally figured out were here for him." she said giving him a friendly punch on the shoulder.

"Alright John. tell us everything you can so we can plan for when the next attack is." Mio said

"Okay... I guess I will start with why they are trying to kill me. It all started in Africa..."