The City Guard were on our tail! I didn't know what to do! If I surrendered, I would die; if I fought, I would be in even more trouble! The only thing Colt and I could do was run, and we did. Down streets I've never seen before, and through alleyways that skipped through neighborhoods. No matter where I went, that titaness was close behind! I could hear bullets flying past my head. I had one more trick left. Colt and I ducked around a building, and I tossed down a smoke bomb that cloaked us in invisibility. We pressed our backs against the wall and prayed the Guardians would run right by us. Thankfully, they did just that. I peeled myself off the wall and started breathing again. I watched the confused Guardians split up and run down different streets. "We need to go," I said to Colt. "Well, nooo s***, Osiris!" He replied after waving his arms around. Colt and I climbed into a narrow crawlspace in the outer hull of the Wall. I hid away, then wrapped myself into a ball and burried my face in my arms. It wasn't long before I was crying from the rage that built up in me. "What are we gonna do?!" Colt asked as he paced around the small area (it was a big enough room to stand up in). He was panicking just as much as I was. "Lord Saladin made it pretty clear that we must stop all forms of SIVA!" "I know!" I yelled. "Alan! Your arms are SIVA! I AM SIVA!!" Colt shouted at me. "I KNOW, COLT!! I KNOW!!" I shouted back. We both were feeling the weight of the world on our shoulders now. A bright flash of red lit up the dark space. I turned to see what it was, then jumped to my feet when I saw that it was a SIVA drone! But it wasn't just any drone, it was a copy of Vanessa! "What the h*** do you want?!" I asked. I was beyond furious, now. "I'm here to re-extend your welcome to the Citadel, Alan. It is your only sanctuary, now. The City and the Tower will not be so kind to you in your... current predicament. You're a monster, Alan, roaming the streets! And, did I hear that... you killed a man?!" The warlock said aghast. "YOU KNOW D*** WELL THAT YOU KILLED HIM!! YOU KNOW D*** WELL!!" I shouted on the top of my lungs. I was bearing my teeth now and throwing my fist towards the drone. "That's a bold statement coming from the person of interest who was at the scene, wielding the very technology that was the cause of death..." The mock Vanessa crossed her hands in front of her. "Just remember, Vanessa, I know where you're hiding! And I'm coming for [b]you[/b]! And when I do, you'll regret everything [b]you've[/b] done!" I said it like it was a promise. It [i]was[/i] a promise. The figure looked at me almost condescendingly. "Oh, I believe you. I truly do. But I doubt you have time for me, with your hands being tied and all. Hiding in the City, and running from the Vanguard... Oh! Your little 'Wolf Pack'--" "What have you done with them?!!" I shouted. "Don't worry, Alan, I've done nothing to them. But, aren't they members of the City Guard?..." Vanessa asked rhetorically. I thought for a second, and it dawned on me what she meant. "That means, Alan, even the ones you once called 'friends'... are going to be hunting you... And with your capabilities and record, they won't be taking you in alive..." The more she spoke, the more I could feel fire burning inside me. "They wouldn't..." I said. "Are you sure? SIVA is a threat to the City, and as Guardians, it's their duty to protect the City from the SIVA-- which, does include you..." My eyes were now shining with solar Light now. "What if you kill again, Alan? What if you give Wolf Pack no other choice but to kill you? What if... [i][b]you[/b][/i] force that dear huntress of yours, to take the shot?..." "[b]AAAAHHHH!!![/b]" I blew a massive hole into the drone with the raging Golden Gun in my hand. The drone exploded, and the nanites were now cooking in the fire. Another SIVA drone, in the image of Vanessa, formed from other nanites. "Oh, if only I were really there, and it was me you could've put a bullet through... It burns you, doesn't it?... You can't kill me..." "Not yet!" I replied. "Look at me, Alan! Look at me! With SIVA, I'm omnipresent! Nothing the Light has, can compare!" The warlock shouted. "You're not omnipresent! You're a full-headed, ignorant b****!" I rebuked. The nanites began slithering out of the crawlspace, like the snakes they were. "My invitation to the Citadel is limited, but still open. You're running out of options, Alan..." "I'll never join you!!" I shouted. "We'll see..." The nanites left the little hole that I had hid away in. Colt and I were all alone again. "She's a b****..." Colt said blandly. The blazing Golden Gun in my hand was extinguished, and I was left trying to slow my breathing. "We have work to do..."