Train Wreck

Hey all. Thank you for the reviews. I love hearing your feedback. So here’s the next chapter. Sorry I’m late but I visited my sister at home over the weekend we had so much fun that I didn’t work on my story. I’m sure you all know who my sister is by now…Chocho! That’s right and once again I’d like to thank her for looking over my chapter before I posted it.

Shout outs :) :)

Chocho~ I know it was a long wait. I’m sorry for that. But I have no idea who that guy is and I have no clue how he knows Kyoko. You’ll just have to read to find out. Lol!

Earthneko~ Everyone wants them together again but that would just be boring if it happened too soon. I had to stop there, it was so perfect.

Setsuna~ Sorry about that. But I couldn’t help myself, I just had too. Oh, need a first aid kit?

Yeah new chapter! New chapter! New chapter!

Chapter 7~ So Far Away

“Ladies and gentlemen we will be moving shortly, thank you for your patience.” The announcer said clicking off the intercom. With a heavy sigh he pinched the bridge of his nose and massaged his temples trying to avoid the oncoming headache.

“We can’t find anything wrong with it. It’s in perfect working order sir.” An engineer said from right behind the conductor, entering the front car.

“Well you better look again. I’m already off schedule and I don’t need to piss off any important people. Look harder and search every crevice. Don’t come back till you do. If I don’t get my pay from him it’ll be your head. Now get moving!” He growled in a low voice not turning to face the engineer. When the man’s foot steps faded the conductor placed his hands on the console and hung his head. He briefly glanced at his gold plated watch with the diamond encrusted numbers and sighed in frustration, clenching his fist.

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Shuichi was frozen in terror. His mind was trying to comprehend what had happened. He knew he should have warned Haruna but his lips could not seem to work, only his eyes, which widened in fear.

Haruna was looking into his eyes and growing concerned. She slowly turned to look at what was behind her. Just as suddenly the flashlight flew into the wall, cutting out the light from the bulb and masking everything in the shine coming in from the windows, the soft glow of dawn coming near. Then he heard Haruna fall to the ground in front of him.

Shuichi listened, not knowing what to do, and heard a deep laughter coming from the darkened silhouette in front of him. “Stupid girl.” The figure was laughing evilly as he advanced towards Shuichi, taking one step at a time.

Shuichi had no idea what to do; soon he would be up against the seats with this guy in front of him, blocking his only path. There was no way to get by him. Shuichi’s breath was getting heavy and he began to sweat, trying to hold off the tears that threatened to fall. He tried to show this man that he was not afraid of him, but in reality he was terrified.

The guy produced a knife. Shuichi noticed the blade was stained with blood. When Shuichi’s back finally hit the seats behind him, he gave a start and watched as the man carefully licked the blade of his knife in slow motion, continuing to laugh.

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Fujisaki sat tapping his foot, his arms crossed over his chest as someone came up the isle and opened up the car’s door, and closing it behind him. “What’s taking so long? This is ridiculous.” He huffed out.

Hiro sat looking out the window, bopping his head to the music coming out of his headphones. As the song ended he looked down and opened the case pulling out the cd with one hand. With his other Hiro reached down for his bag and put his hand into the front pocket and pulled out the cd case. After putting the cd back in, Hiro reached for another cd case and inserted that one in his head phones. Before his pressed the play button he turned to Fujisaki. “You know what? You have to be the most impatient person ever. It’s only been five minutes.”

Fujisaki stared at him in bewilderment. “It’s been a half hour already! Where have you been?”

“Oh.” Hiro looked at his watch wondering. “Maybe there’s a glitch in the system.”

Fujisaki rolled his eyes getting impatient. “That’s not the point! We’re going to be late!” He tried not to yell in order to avoid unwanted attention. Standing up he muttered, “I’ll go talk to the conductor.”

Hiro watched him walk towards the train’s front door. On his way, the door opened and the same man that just went in came out, brushing past Fujisaki. Hiro noticed how distressed he looked as he walked past hurriedly for the back door.

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Eiri turned to find Armand spewed out on the ground, blood pouring from his mouth. His gut was cut open, a knife still stuck in deep, and the handle all bloody. “How the hell…” Eiri muttered in a low voice. No one had been in front of them, yet the guy’s stomach was hanging out with a knife embedded in it.

A noise was suddenly heard from in front of Eiri to his left. Jerking his head in the direction, Eiri scanned the area but could not see anything. There was not enough light coming in through the windows from the morning sunrise. Eiri took a step forward but was yanked back by his pant leg. Turning his head, he saw Armand’s hand holding the hem of his pants and with his head slightly raised, mumbling something. Eiri kneeled down, putting his ear closer to Armand’s mouth.

“Sorry about that. I’ll be okay, just need to rest a bit. Go and find that boyfriend of yours,” his raspy voice croaked out.

Eiri’s eyes widened at what he said. He knew for a fact that he had not told this guy anything about Shuichi.

Armand’s laughter was cut off by sudden coughing, but managed to smile. “Figured I didn’t recognize you? Sorry, but you’re too easy to spot,” Armand finished, his voice sounding stained. Letting go of Eiri’s pants hem, he lowered his arm and rested his head back on the ground, closing his eyes.

Eiri sat bewildered for a second before checking to see if Armand was still alive but found no pulse. He quietly sighed and stood up from the ground, brushing off the knees of his pants. Looking down at Armand, Eiri smirked.

He got up, looking around. Finding a dusty blanket off to the side, that lay spewing out of a suitcase, Eiri grabbed it and shook it out clean. He threw the blanket over Armand, covering him.

Suddenly, a shrill scream cut through the silence. Eiri turned towards the direction of the scream, his heart beating in his throat. A second scream echoed through the stillness of the train and Eiri took off running towards that voice.

‘Shuichi,’ Eiri mentally yelled.

Stumbling over some rocks that had spilled into the train and were lodged between the seats, Eiri finally made it to the last row of seats and was ready to just jump clean over it when he saw a shoe lodged in between the two seats in front of him.

‘This is… But how did it get here,’ Eiri wondered, studying the shoe as he pulled it free from the seats. A murderous scream piercing the air ripped him out of his thoughts. Eiri’s head snapped up and his eyes grew large, his breath hitching and heart skipping a beat. He knew that voice! “Shu…SHUICHI!”

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Shuichi did not know what to think as he stood watching the man lick the bloody blade of his knife. He could try running past but there was not much room to get by and he was sure to be caught by this guy if he tried. He could turn around and climb over the seats behind him, getting away that way, but where would he go? This is the last train car and the guy was sure to catch him before he even managed to fully climb over the first row of seats.

Shuichi then noticed that the figure had stopped laughing and was extending his hand towards him, the knife clearly in it. His breath quickened and his eyes took on a sad look, almost like regret. And as time once again seemed to slow the figure raised his hand slightly and swiftly slashed it forward and down in Shuichi’s direction. Shuichi managed to bring up his arms to cross over his face right before the guy brought down the knife in a fast motion. The blade swept past Shuichi’s forearm, leaving a slash across it that almost immediately filled with blood, the dark red color leaking from the opening. Shuichi screamed out as searing pain ripped through him, just as time came back to normal.

The figure began laughing manically. Shuichi lowered his arms an inch and saw the man bringing the knife to his mouth. He saw him stick the blade between his lips and slowly bring it back out, clean of Shuichi’s blood. How he did that without cutting up his mouth was beyond him.

Noticing his wide eyed and disgusted audience, the figure softly laughed, looking Shuichi directly in the eyes. Shuichi shuttered at the look, getting a creepy feeling that coursed through his body. The man then moved his hand forward and brought it up, hastily slicing at Shuichi’s arm again as the kid brought his arms up to cover his face.

When Shuichi’s second scream ripped through the air it made its way over to Haruna who was just beginning to wake up. She opened her eyes, looking confused and placed her hands on the ground, pushing to her knees. When she heard the scream, Haruna became fully awake and aware of her surroundings and snapped her head to her right, spinning around. Taking in the situation, Haruna covered her mouth with her fingertips and fat tears shielded her eyes from the view.

However, her tears rapidly dried as she watched the guy bring his hand high in the air, switching his hold on the hilt of the blade so he would stab instead of slash his victim.

Shuichi stumbled and clutched at his arm in front of his face trying to stop the flow of the blood. His face was beginning to turn a shade of white from all the blood dripping out of both deep gashes. Over the top of his arms, Shuichi saw the figure raise his knife for the third time changing his hold to a stabbing grip. As the blade began to make its way down, a picture of Eiri flashed into his mind and tears spilled over the rim of his eyes. A third and horrified scream ripping from his mouth.

“No,” Haruna whispered against her fingers before running forward and placing herself in-between the guy and Shuichi just in time to feel the blade stab into her shoulder blade.

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HAHAHAHA!! Sorry but I got to end it there. I know it’s only like what four pages but still you got to admit that this chapter is awesome. Well? Come on feed my ego, please? REVIEW! Review, review, review, review! Oooo, what should happen next? Boy I really got to figure out who that guy is huh?! See ya next time. :):)