Train Wreck

Yeah a new chapter is here already. Alright! Well thanks for all the reviews. Wow I got a lot more than usual. That’s so cool! Guess you guys really like me. *wipes away tear* LOL. I know; I’m a moron. Anyway here are all my shout outs. Enjoy!

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Chapter 10~ Short Reunion

Seething with anger at the pasted out man and excruciating worry over Shuichi, Eiri reluctantly left the man slumped on the ground and with all the seats behind him, was free to run towards the door where all the sounds were coming from. As Eiri reached up and dragged his body into the walkway, realizing that there was absolute silence. Not a single sound was being made. Slowing his progress, Eiri stared at the closed door in front of him somehow trying to see past it, keeping an open ear.

Grabbing the handle on the sideways door, Eiri turned it slightly then let go. He gave the door a hard push forward and barely noticed as it swung down and slammed into the wall, sending a vibration throughout the whole car. Some rocks were heard falling and shifting in place, but Eiri didn’t care. He couldn’t hear anymore voices. Not even someone’s breathing.

He wasn’t just imagining it was he? Eiri shook his head hard, bringing his hands to his forehead and brought them down hard against his face until they meet with his mouth. He kept them clasped together in front of his mouth as he scanned the dark interior. All the windows had to be covered with rocks or luggage because not a single ray of light penetrated the darkness.

“Shuichi?” Eiri called out hoping for a response. None came, all was silent but for his voice echoing off the metal frame.

Eiri placed his hands on the top of the doorframe, grabbed a hold and swung himself forward. He landed on his feet, crouched down and with a hand placed out in front of him, keeping him from falling forward. Eiri scanned the area around him as he stood straight.

There was a distinct smell in the air that he failed to take notice of earlier. It was like stale copper. Eiri knew in an instant what it was and kept himself calm by telling himself that it didn’t prove anything. It was just a smell; it could have come from anywhere.

Eiri took a step forward in the darkness, scanning the area with his eyes when his right foot hit something hard blocking the path. Reaching in his pocket on instinct for his lighter, Eiri was surprised when his hand closed around it. He pulled it out and flipped it open, the little flame igniting only a small area around it. Eiri crouched down and held out the flame scanning the area for he had run into.

What he saw, was an older man with white graying hair. He had the remains of a business suit on except for the jacket. Eiri could see him breathing but he obviously had passed out. Thinking it better not to move or disturb him, Eiri stood up and carefully stepped over the man continuing on his way with the lighter still held out in front.

A few feet from the old man, near the seats, Eiri came across what looked like a suit jacket lying across something that happened to be in the shape of a body. He could smell the blood coming from the body as you would somebody doused in perfume. Eiri bent down and held the flame closer to the jacket, careful not to set it or his hand on fire. It looked like the same cooler and texture of the suit the guy behind him was wearing. Switching the lighter to his left hand, Eiri reached out with his right, his hand shaking visibly. It’s not him, it’s not him. Eiri told himself over and over. Eiri took the collar hem between his thumb and pointer finger and halting to take a deep breath; Eiri sighed loudly and yanked the jacket back, flinging it to the left to lie at the body’s feet.

A soft laugh came from his lips as Eiri looked over the body. “I knew it wasn’t him.” He quietly spoke, a smile gracing his features.

Looks like she got her neck sliced with something. Damn lady gave me a heart attack. Eiri thought as he scanned her face. He flipped his lighter shut before standing up and getting the jacket at her feet, placing it over her once more.

Eiri opened the lighter, flicked it on and stepped over the body, getting an annoying sense of déja vu, and again continued on down the train. When he reached the first of the set of seats a couple steps away from the dead woman, Eiri saw the flame of his lighter reflecting off something stuck in the material of the chair.

As he stepped closer and held out the flame, Eiri could see it was a metal object with many points and a hole in the middle. He could only barely see the blood stains on the points and some splatter on the seat it was attached to. Guess we know what cut her throat open, Eiri thought.

Giving it no more thought Eiri began again to make his way across the car. After ten minutes, he finally reached the other side. It was kind of difficult to climb over seats and hold an open flame in his hand at the same time.

Eiri moved to the doorway and glanced up to see the door closed. No wonder it was even darker at this end, Eiri said to himself. Eiri reached up to grab the door handle but unlike all the rest, he couldn’t reach this one. Moving his lighter from side to side, Eiri saw a box sitting to the left of the door.

Making a decision, he closed his lighter and stepped up to the box, putting one foot on top of it. Eiri lifted the rest of his body off the ground and reached again for the door handle. This time he just barely was able to reach it, his fingers scrapping the metal, causing the handle to shift. Quickly getting out of the way so the door didn’t bash into his head, Eiri leaned down to the left. Both his feet were planted on the box as the door crashed down and into the wall behind it.

Dawn light poured into the car but like the other side it didn’t go very far, leaving most of the car still shrouded in darkness. Eiri leaned over again to the right and griped the ledge. Putting his right foot on the other side of the handle, Eiri pushed his remaining body off the box and up into the walkway.

The sun was getting higher and brighter with each connecting doorway he went thru, making it darker before his eyes every time he entered the next train car. Noticing the door in front of him was open, Eiri crawled across the metal bars on hands and knees. When he got to the doorway, he swung his feet forward in front of him and sat with his feet dangling down, hands up above his head like before. Unable to see too clearly inside because of the sun shinning more directly in this area then the past cars, Eiri used his hands that were above him and pushed himself forward, falling down into the last passenger car.

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Kyoko made her way into the car from the walkway, carefully lowering her body with as much speed as she could manage without falling and hurting herself. Once on her feet, she took a step back and bending her knees, reached for the door and lifted it, using all her strength.

“Why are these things so damn heavy,” Kyoko mumbled under her breath as sweat dotted her forehead. With once more little push and a loud bang, the door lifted shut. She raised her arms to the lock and clicked it closed, heaving a heavy sigh.

Kyoko turned to the semi dark room and leaned against the wall behind her, the door she just shut above her head. She looked around as best she could despite the seats in front of her blocking the view. The first thing she noticed was that in this car the seats that in every other car had fallen from the ceiling, which used to be the left side, were in fact still mostly connected to their spots.

The next thing that hit her was a smell that seemed to be attached to the room. It was like spoiled milk, a rotten smell plus the smell of gas. Kyoko coughed into her hand and walked slowly forward to the seats, one by one she began climbing over them.

As she came closer to the other side, Kyoko could see a lump lying on top of the seats just ahead. Climbing over another seat, getting still closer, she could make out the lump as a body. Her heart skipping a beat, she started to move faster over the chairs and reached the seat just behind the form. She reached out a tentative hand, connecting with the body. It was cold and wet, her hand coming away covered in something dark that she couldn’t make out in the darkness but she could guess what it might be. She looked at the dark hair and carefully lifted the face an inch. A gasp escaped her lips and her fingers slipped out from under his chin. Kyoko covered her mouth with her hands and watched the head thunk back into place with wide eyes. Tears swarmed her vision, bordering her eyes and threatened to fall.

A sob rising to the surface caught in her throat when the smell in the room got worse, infiltrating her senses. It was more overwhelming now and seemed as if the rotten milk/gas smell had somehow been heated. Kyoko looked at the door that leads to the dinning car and her eyes widened as realization hit her. She had completely forgotten about the fire in the kitchen

Kyoko looked back at the body and up again at the closed door. She didn’t want to leave him but knew she wouldn’t be able to carry him by herself. Making a split second decision, Kyoko looked down at the body and quickly kissed the back of his head. She got up, climbed over the next couple of chairs and made her way to the opposite doorway in a calm yet panicked mind set.

Kyoko scrambled forward to the doorway and pulled herself up with her arms on either side of the frame, holding her breath. Once inside she let out a long sigh and continued across the bars and to the open door.

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Eiri stood, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, and then carefully looked around at everything in sight. Shuichi had to be here, this was the last car. Eiri looked to his left and saw a bunch of suitcases stacked on top of each other. He raised an eyebrow to that in question then saw a blanket sticking out from behind move slightly.

Eiri’s heart skipped a beat, he didn’t know what to think at that moment but his feet seemed to understand and walked him over to the luggage. Eiri stopped in front of the luggage and took an insanely deep breath, preparing himself. Thinking of only Shuichi, Eiri stepped to the left and slowly took a single step forward. Taking another small step brought Eiri beside the blanket he had seen but before he turned to face whoever it was, Eiri kept staring at the wall and tried to calm himself down, taking a deep breath and slowly releasing it. Eiri closed his eyes and turned to his right, opening them back up. As he looked down, first his head fell then his eyes at last; Eiri looked at the person’s face and gasped with surprise.

Even in this semidarkness he could make out the pink hair and the lithe form that partially lay underneath the blanket. A pillow supported his head and Eiri could see sadness etched his face. Eiri stepped to Shuichi’s side as he still lay asleep and crouched down, lifting a hand to brush at his cheek.

Shuichi’s eyes scrunched up and a yawn shook his body. His eyes slowly came back to normal and began to open. Blinking a few times rapidly, Shuichi looked up and then to each side. First the left where he saw the luggage stacked and then to the right where his eyes meet with golden yellow.

Shuichi flew up, the blanket spilling in his lap and lunged at Eiri, enveloping him in a crushing hug. “Eiri,” was all he breathed into his ear.

Eiri wrapped his arms around Shuichi, hugging him back and breathed the same into Shuichi’s ear, “Shuichi”.

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AN~ I think I’ll end it here and keep you guys wanting more. Oh, school is finally out, just have exams left and then nothing for…I don’t know how many weeks. Whenever the second semester starts. But I hope you liked this chapter. Oh and I know this was a short chapter but I got to study for exams. Don’t for get to review for me. :)