*~*Sven's P.O.V.*~*

I watched as Saya drank her milk until it was empty. I swore that if Train and Saya were any more catlike, they would actually be cats.

"Train," I asked once Saya had gotten into the shower, "How do you feel when you're around Saya?"

Train seemed shocked by my question for a few seconds, but then he said, "I feel happy around her." He laughed quietly, and then said, "Sorry. I was thinking about how beautiful she is. I could probably rant about that, but then you'd be bored to death if I did."

"No," I said. "I would actually like to hear it."

It was Train's turn to ask me something. "Do you have any, er, chivalrous advice for me?"

"Treat her right," I said simply.

Train nodded and said "Mmh" at the same time.

The phone rang just then. I ran to get it.

"Hey, Lloyd!" I said happily. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to talk."

"Oh. I was just wondering, but how did you come back to life?"

"A doctor found me and implanted some nanomachines in me. They're restorative ones, but he said that they would make me sick if I didn't take them out soon. Do you have Eve with you?"

"Actually, yes."

"And I suppose that she can extract the nanomachines?"

"Yup."

"Cool. Could you bring her over?"

"Sure. We'll be right there. See you soon." I hung up and said to Train, "Do you mind watching over the apartment for a few minutes?"

"No," he said.

"Cool. Thanks a million, Train." I got Eve in the car and drove off. I heard Saya's song in my head as I drove off.

Sing a song unto the world,

Rising high, the clouds unfurl.

Fan the flames into the past.

Here, now, our lives will last.

We'll never know the times of pain.

Fall down, fall down, falls the rain,

My life won't be plain.

We reached Lloyd's house and his wife answered the door. "You must be Sven Vollfied and Eve," she said. "Come in. Lloyd's been waiting."

Jessica came into the doorway and said quietly, "Mommy, is this the friend that used to visit Daddy's grave?"

Anaya nodded. "Yes, it is," she said. Jessica gasped out of wonder. Eve went over and introduced herself while I went into the living room and talked to Lloyd. A few minutes later, Jessica came in with Eve in tow and said, "Mommy, I'm going to take Eve upstairs and show her my room."

Anaya nodded good-naturedly and said, "Go on, honey. We'll call you down when we need you."

"Okay!" Jessica bounded off.

Anaya started to talk. "We heard about you and the girl, Eve. We were hoping that she could do something about the nanomachines in Lloyd's body."

A little while later, I called Eve down to remove the nanomachines in Lloyd's body. All Eve had to do was put her hair against Lloyd's forehead and extract the nanomachines.

Lloyd hugged her afterwards and thanked her. Eve nodded, said, "You're welcome," and left.

"How do you feel now?" I asked Lloyd.

"A lot better," he said. "Remember the gang that destroyed your eye?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I was just thinking about them and wondered if you wanted to go after them again."

"No," I said. The last time we encountered those guys, Lloyd had died. I wasn't going to let Lloyd die again—not if I could help it. "You should stay here and rest," I said. I prayed to God that Lloyd would stay.

A few seconds went by before Lloyd said, "I'll stay here and rest. It seems like a good idea." I breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

It was then that I remembered that Train and Saya were at the apartment. Oh, crap! I should probably go back and check on them, I thought.

I got Eve and bid my goodbyes to Jessica, Lloyd, and Anaya. In the car, I activated the cell phone trackers and saw that Saya and Train were still there. We drove there in a matter of minutes and I pulled up to the driveway. Saya greeted me happily when I went in.

"Where's Train?" I asked her.

"Shower," she said simply.

I sweatdropped. Train's taking a shower now? I thought. I saw a bounty on the kitchen table and said, "I'll go after this guy. Could you watch Eve for me?"

"Sure!" Saya said. She was so calm and laid-back. I thanked her and told her to tell Train that I would be back later.

"He might come looking for you," Saya objected.

True, I thought. I wrote him a simple note that said, "Gone after bounty. Be back later. –Sven."

"You've also got those cell phone trackers, right?" Saya asked me.

"Yeah," I said. Saya nodded in approval.

"I'd make you stay until Train came out, but it seems that you're in a hurry, so I'll let you go. Good luck!" she called to me as I left.

When I was well outside the apartment, the gang that I had seen all those years ago stopped me. Oh, crap, I thought. I suddenly wished that Train was there.

"Hello, Sven Vollfied," the leader said. He smiled evilly. I knew no more soon after.

--

Train was there, his back facing me. He turned to me and said, "Sven, wake up."

--

I must've been unconscious, I thought as I looked around after my eyes had snapped open and adjusted to the amount of light in the area where I was being held. I realized that my hands were chained to a pole. Train then bursted in and said loudly, "Sven! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!" He ran over to me, breathing heavily as he undid my handcuffs.

"You idiot!" I said to him as he freed my hands. "This is a trap to kill both of us!"

"I know," he said. "When I got out of the shower, I had a bad feeling about where you were."

"So why did you come?"

"I couldn't let you die." The words made me gasp slightly. "Where's your gun?"

"They took it." Train nodded.

"Well, aren't you two fools?" The leader stepped in and saw Train and me. "If you give in to your emotions, you'll fall prey to a trap like this!" He pulled out his gun along with the other members of his group.

Train stepped in front of me. He took out Hades and aimed it at the men.

The leader sneered, "Do you want to die first?"

Train replied with another question. "Do you know who I am?"

The leader smirked. "Yeah, and we can bring you down. Every man wants that bounty on your head."

Train smirked. "I wouldn't be so sure about the whole we-can-bring-you-down part."

Enraged by Train's comment, the leader shouted, "Die, you bastard!" The gang started shooting, and Train blocked every single one of their bullets. When they were out of rounds, Train took advantage of this and pistol-whipped every man that opposed us. When he was done, he turned to me and said, "Shall we go, Sven?"

I nodded. Train had saved my life. I owed him.

"I owe you for that," I said as we made our way out from the warehouse.

"No, you don't!" he said. "How'd the visit with Lloyd go?"

"Good. Eve did well in pulling the nanomachines out of Lloyd's body."

"I knew that Princess could do it. And what about his wife?"

"She's well."

"Didn't you mention that they had a daughter, too?"

"Yeah."

We talked about Lloyd for the rest of the way to the apartment.

Saya nearly tackled Train when he opened the door. Train said, "Jeez, Saya! I don't need to be sent down the stairs!"

Saya blushed and apologized. "I got a little too excited there." Train smiled back warmly.

They walked in together before Saya noticed me. "Hi, Sven," she said. "How'd it go?"

"Well."

"That's all that you have to say? Don't you want to say more?"

Train came to my defense. "If he talked any more right now, his mouth would fall off."

I thanked Train for coming to my defense later.

"Coming to your defense?" Train seemed surprised, then laughed a few seconds later. This caught me off guard. He continued, "That was half coming to your defense and half wanting to build the tension." He winked and grinned at me slyly. "I'll make you tell them more about your visit with Lloyd tomorrow. Well, I'm exhausted, so goodnight."

I glared at him in annoyance as he laughed and walked away.