Xavier and Carmen run into the Animal Boxcars, adding to the chaos they unlock the cages of the animals. Setting free recently recaptured Hippos, Orangutans, Tigers and Hyenas, to dash out into the night.
Stepping from the Shadows, The Lion Tamer. Carmen gasps at his hideous appearance. Covered in bleeding rags, body smelling of gangrenous infection and holding a repeating rifle. With out a word he blindly opens fire. Xavi and Carmen scramble out of the way.
Both trying to get intelligent shots off, but their rifles are bolt action. The sound of the lock and load slide bolt action draws more fire from a fresh clip as the Lion Tamer has reloaded.
The Lion Tamer Manheim’s voice was like a strangled hiss. His eyes had a strange desperation like he wanted them to kill him. “I know you, I knew your father. I bedded your mother before she looked like such a sweaty pig. She told me she would give me a bag of stolen coins if I killed him. We beat him to death and drowned him in horse piss in the street. I broke his head open with a piece of brick. When he died he pleaded for his life in Spanish while i dug his gold teeth out. When it was done I took a piece of his brain and tasted it. I spit it out because it reeked of tequila and stupidity…”
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The Lion Tamer throws a handful of broken silver teeth across the floor as a last insult. Suddenly in a shock, with out warning a Tigress smashes through the wall behind him. Dragging the Lion Tamer back into some dark feeding ground in the grassland. Sad shrieks are the last sound he ever makes while he is eaten alive.
Running past Xavi and Carmen don’t even notice the Orangutan has gotten a hold of the Lion Tamers gun, darts off into the night.
Entering the last train car, Xavier and Carmen are confronted by the Three Sages who appear like smokeless fire. Knowing this is well beyond the use of bullets or blades Xavier grabs Carmen kicks open the side door to flee the train.
Back in the front of the train, the Gypsy Woman strokes Dorotea’s passed out face. She tells her the story of her youth with tears running down her face.
“I was born Esma Bireli in the belly of a ship, somewhere in between the port of Alexandria Egypt and London. My Mother was the daughter of a furniture seller in Cairo. My Father was a British Surgeon in the Mahadi war in Sudan. Wounded during a battle, he sent a letter for my mother to go to live on his family estate. She was turned away and ended up living on the streets of White Chapel with a small girl in 1882…”
Just then Xavier and Carmen seize open the door, “We have to run, what ever is going on here is too much for us to deal with alone.” The Gypsy asks, “What about your sister?” Xavier says, “I need to get help, a priest or a nun, someone who knows about whats going on here.” The Gypsy asks, “What did you see?” He replied, “Evil Spirits…” just as cannon ball shatters the room.