''I swear I'll kill you for what you did to Ava!!'' Kami shouts furious at Rad.
Rad laughs. ''Come out and play than! Idiot!''
Kami is about to get up, but Ava stops him. She's barely holding on with the pain, she looks at Kami. ''I can handle him captain.''
''Ava... but your hand.''
''Don't worry about me, I'll handle him. You change the steering wheel to another one... there's another gravetread in the garage, go take of it's steering wheel and put it in this one.''
Kami looks at her and nods, before jumping off the gravetread and running, Rad shoots and he misses twice before Kami disappears behind the wall.
''Did he seriously leave you alone?!'' Rad scoffs. ''You guys are dumber than I thought.''
He shoots at Ava while she's taking cover. She looks at the rifle she dropped in the open space where she'll be vulnerable and be shot at. She grabs a grenade from her coat and pulls the pin with her teeth, before throwing it she looks to see where his position is.
She throws the grenade to his position but Rad shoots it with precision, and it creates an explosion heard throughout the city. While distracted by the explosion Ava runs to grab the rifle with her left hand and takes cover in another area.
She reloads the rifle and points it at Rad before shooting it, but her shot is inaccurate. She misses Rad without him making a move, he laughs and looks Ava.
''Wow, smart for distracting me with the grenade! But it won't be enough for since I shot your dominant hand. Why do you think I'm sitting in an open position, I know you'll never be able to hit me!!'' He laughs.
Kami takes the wheel from the second gravetread but as soon as he jumps off he is met with soldiers pointing their swords at him. He says nothing and charges on them immediately, and moves around them fending himself against their swings. Also using the wheel as a weapon and shield to protect himself.
He moves through them swiftly and quickly kicking them at the pressure points, they all collapse one by one until he stands in front a soldier recruit wearing a white uniform. The soldier drops the sword in fear and Kami walks up to him and the two of them look at each other. The soldier scared of what Kami will and he's shaking, Kami knocks him out with the steering whee and runs back towards Ava.
Meanwhile Abigail is still running away from Lushen, she doesn't know where she's going but she keeps on running and doesn't stop. She looks around the buildings for a place to hide, and she finally sees the bar that's still open.
She runs in and the bartender is sat at the bar with Sergeant Silva still drinking on the same chair he was drinking from earlier. She runs towards him and pulls his uniform, and Silva tilts his head in eerie manner and she shivers in fear.
''You're the sergeant right?! Please help me!'' She cries.
''I have nothing to help you with kid.''
''No! My mother said I should always trust you'll help us, she said a man wearing blue uniform is the sergeant I can ask to help me. You're wearing blue so help me! help me!'' She pulls on his uniform.
''If you pull on my uniform again, I swear I will punch you.'' He threatens
The bartender stops and looks at Silva then at Abigail, he thinks that there's no possible way Silva would punch at young girl, but Silva looks serious. She tracks back in fear until she falls to her back, and gets up and starts running again.
''You didn't have to do that boss.''
''Just keep giving me my drinks. I didn't ask for your opinion.''
Abigail still running doesn't know where to go, and she can't seem to find help any where. Out of nowhere someone grabs her hand, she turns around and it was Lushen. She let's out a shriek and covers her head. with her one arm.
''Please don't kill me, no!!''
''What are you talking about?! I'm not going to kill you, I'm trying to help you.''
''I'll do anything just don't kill me--''
''Hey!'' Lushen softly hits her head and she starts crying. ''Oh no, I probably shouldn't have done that.''
He grabs her softly and kneel down looking at her. ''Hey, hey come on don't cry. I swear I won't kill you. Just shut up would you? You're scaring the people.''
She's still crying. ''My mother said I should stay away from you, she said people died because of you.''
Lushen still holding her looks at her, realizing what's going on he starts tearing up. ''Listen, I promise I'll never let you die you hear me? I'd rather die than have you get hurt by anyone.''
She nods but he can see that she's still in fear. He gets up and smiles, ''My name is Zhi Lushen, but you can call me Lushen... what's you name?''
''A... Abigail.''
''Abigail... what a nice name, it's nice to meet you Abigail. Can you tell why you're outside? Where are your parents?''
She shrugs while whiping tears off her face.
''Okay... do you know where your house is, maybe we can take you there.''
''I don't know.''
Lushen sighs. ''Okay, let's go to my place. At least until this ruckus is over, and we'll look for your parents. Your parents are probably worried about you.''
He takes her to one of the many abandoned building in the city and unlocks it with a pin. ''Welcome... mi casa, su casa.''
''What?''
''Don't worry about it.''
''This place looks so old.''
''Yeah, I haven't been here much.''
''I'm not stupid, I know this isn't your place. I've seen you sleep on that flattened cardboard box.''
''Haha! You know about that?''
''Everyone knows about that. We make fun of you all the time.''
''Ha... Wow. You know it never used to be like that.''
''I know, I read old newspapers about you. You come from a foreign continent, but was bought here and became head of the royal guards. But it all changed after the incident from four years ago.''
''For a scaredy cat, you know your history about this kingdom huh.''
She kicks her feet. ''Yeah I like reading about how it used to be like in this kingdom back than, my mother also tells me stories about it sometimes. But I've never heard someone else's experience on it, maybe you should tell me about it.''
''Do you really want to know about that?''
''I mean we have time.'' She shrugs.
''I guess we do.''
Lushen thinks back, ten years ago. When he was still a new foreigner in the kingdom, brought in especially by the king himself. Times when he was young and clean, the opposite of a man he is today, a man cheered for being handsome and good looking by everyone in the Pheonix Kingdom.