{Izaya's POV}

No, no, no, no!

"Izaya, what's going on?!" Shizuo snarled.

"Something I set in motion long before we were kidnapped, but now I want it to STOP." I said urgently.

"I knew it was your fault, you louse." he hissed dangerously.

"... You said Eidolon was there. He's in danger outside." I said, grabbing my phone and texting him. "They seem to be wanting to go to West Gate Park... If we go there, maybe we can cut this off..."

Or at least draw them away from Eidolon...

"Then what are you waiting for?!"

"I just need to do one last thing! I'll meet you there, so go on!" I urged.

He just hissed, taking off out the door. I composed a message with shaking hands, sending it off to that teacher.

"Namie!" I yelled, standing up and grabbing my coat.

"What?" she asked flatly, coming into the room as I ran out.

"Eidolon'll be here soon— Once he is, I want nobody else other than Shizuo and I coming into this apartment, understand?!" I yelled, not bothering to wait for an answer.

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{Namie's POV}

Wasn't that already one of the rules around here?

Idiot.

He had done this, shouldn't he know how to stop it?

I huffed in annoyance, slapping some files onto his desk for when he got back. Through the window, I vaguely saw him running for Ikebukuro. I rolled my eyes, sitting down at the desk.

But before I could really get comfortable, I saw a familiar face outside. I stood sharply up, standing at the window and staring.

Standing across the street was Shingen Kishitani and some man I didn't recognize. The stranger jerked his head, saying something.

I whirled away, wondering how much good it would do if I locked the door. Grabbing my phone, I clumsily composed a warning and sent it to Izaya, Eidolon and Shizuo.

However, I doubted they would find my message until it was too late...

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{Eidolon's POV}

My breath came in short huffs as I ran. My feet thudded against the pavement as I took the longest strides I could without tripping.

'You're in danger— Come home now, don't let anyone stop you!'

I skidded around a corner, praying I wouldn't get lost again. Knowing my luck, I would...

"Oof!"

I fell to the ground, landing hard on my tailbone. "Sorry!" I apologized, jumping up.

However, before I could take off again, I froze.

The trio standing before me all wore yellow scarves around their necks and had those red eyes.

"Eidolon... We've been looking for you." one murmured.

"What a coincidence... I'm avoiding you!" I yelped, spinning around and taking off. They were right behind me in an instant, and I frantically put on an extra burst of speed. I couldn't let them catch me. No way, no how, could I let them catch me.

But as I turned another corner, I found my path blocked by another pair of the red-eyed type.

Gasping breathlessly, my head whipped back and forth as the two groups advanced, the gleaming of knives cold and harsh in the light. People had noticed by now, screaming and running away.

"Crap..." I mumbled, looking desperately around for some means of escape.

All I could find was a convenient stop-sign.

"... Crap..." I repeated.

Ducking as one of the five lunged at me, I darted over to the sign and wrapped my hand around the cold metal pole. Gulping a little, I jerked the sign out of the ground and faced my attackers. Fear throbbed in my temple as I panted a little, shaking.

... Here goes nothing!

I yelped as two of them lunged, swinging the sign neatly into them.

As I continued fighting the lot of them, I couldn't help but think, 'Gee, I bet Shizuo'd be proud of me right now.'

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{Shizuo's POV}

I'd run into Celty on the way to the park, and she'd given me a lift the rest of the way there.

There sure were a lot of these freaks, weren't there...?

I hoped Eidolon made it home alright. If they were after him, I doubted he'd last long against a crowd this size... Of course, if this was the brunt of them, he should be fine, and he was pretty fast when it came to running...

Listening, it sounded an awful lot like every single one of these creeps was moaning, 'I love you.' The only word I could think of was 'gross.' They made the phrase sound like something disgusting, which I didn't particularly care for.

I looked around at the swarm, wondering how we should go about this...

"Wow. You really are wonderful."

I turned my head to look at who was talking. I'd guess she was a Raira student. One who wore way too much makeup.

"Just like Mother said. You're wonderful. We all know how you took out our sister— You're perfect." she continued.

Celty had her scythe out, ready to fight. Calmly, I stepped closer to the speaker.

"Why me? Why do you like me so much?" I challenged.

"Because you're so strong. Let's face it, someone with your strength will never find love. You and your son will just scare everyone. But we love you. You and your strength, we'd like to have it for ourselves." she said simply.

I was silent for a minute, then broke out laughing. Celty rushed over, demanding to know if I was alright. "Fine, fine... I'm fine... Ha-ha-ha! It's funny... About three months ago, I was kidnapped because of my strength, and now I'm being told... that I'll only scare people because of it, and I'll never find love. To tell the truth, I'm a little insulted by that!" I laughed, shaking my head. "I'll have to do something about this..."

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{Izaya's POV}

I yelped a little as someone crashed to the ground before me.

A Saika-minion.

Listening, I could hear the commotion of a fight going on. I rolled my eyes, easily guessing that it was Shizuo warring with Saika. Stepping over the prone minion, I continued into the park.

I pulled up again as I reached the scene of the fight though. I had to admit, I was impressed. I had known that Shizuo could hold his own against multiple opponents at once from how often I had sent people after him, but he was facing half of Ikebukuro and holding his own!

I smirked a little, drawing one of my own knives. "That's my Shizu-chan..." I purred. Grinning somewhat wickedly, I dove into the fray myself, battling my way over to Shizuo. "Having fun?" I asked as my feet hit the pavement next to him.

"Oh, yeah. Tons." he replied, tossing away another attacker. I hissed, kicking away one that came up from behind me. "How the hell did you plan to use this to your advantage?"

"I 'll explain later. Behind you."

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{Eidolon's POV}

I was seriously out of breath.

Deciding I was safe for the moment, I sank down against the wall. I was in the lobby of Izaya's building. Impressively, I hadn't gotten lost on my way here!

I had, however, had a total of three run-ins with the red-eyed lot. I had also seen lots of them attacking people in the streets or being hauled away by the police.

Swallowing, I took a deep breath and stood up. I walked up the stairs to the apartment, trying to wear out the rest of the adrenaline pounding through my system.

"Namie, I'm—" I began as I came through the door.

With a fierce roar, Tyrone was suddenly pinning me to the floor. I yelled in surprise, throwing my weight to the side and rolling us over. Now on top, I wrapped my hands around his neck. Hissing, he raked his nails down my face. I howled, letting go of him and falling back. As he tried to pin me again, I thrust my feet up, using his momentum against him and throwing him over me. He crashed into the couch, knocking it over. Somewhat startled by that, I was caught off-guard when he rebounded right back at me, sinking his fangs into my shoulder. I screamed, knotting my fingers in his hair and tearing him away. As I did, there was a clatter that distracted me.

Suddenly, a damp rag found it's way over my mouth.

I gave one last frustrated scream before falling limply forward into Tyrone's waiting arms.

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{Izaya's POV}

The red was suddenly gone.

My eyes widened.

He wouldn't be able to stop in time!

My body began acting on it's own. I wasn't particularly fond of that girl, but I was fairly certain Shizuo would pummel me if I didn't help when I was able to. Lunging forward, I shoved her to the ground, out of the way. My eyes squeezed shut as I braced myself for the blow...

...?

I timidly opened one eye. Shizuo's fist was barely a centimeter away from my face. He'd managed to stop.

As one, we both exhaled in relief, our knees giving out under us.

"It's over." I panted, looking around at the confused and dazed crowd.

"Yeah... Everything's back to normal, huh...?" Shizuo agreed.

Climbing shakily to my feet, I offered Shizuo my hand. Smiling, he took it, and I hauled him up, almost falling backwards myself. "... I... wonder how Eidolon...?" I murmured, worry suddenly clouding my mind.

"Oh, shit..." Shizuo breathed as I took out my phone.

One missed message... A text from Namie...

'It's not safe here. Stay away.'

Shizuo and I exchanged a look. Panic began to set in. Neither Namie or Eidolon answered when I called.

We took off running, winding through the crowd of people at a speed that'd rival a cheetah.

Something was very very wrong.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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EIDOLON II: ADAM AND EVE