The Highway Woman

A Road in Merry Old England.

English Lords are a Pain in the Butt

The cold bitter winds that define English weather were in great form that day. Serena Lawson, the newest Highway "man" was currently feeling very cold and not so full of love for her fellow humanity that drove her to this.

"As soon as I'm rich enough I will buy a big house that has loads of fires and beds and is NEVER THIS GOD DAMN COLD!!!!!!!" A neigh interrupted her ranting at the cold weather and stupid people not sharing food and money that drove her to this. "Oh sorry Odango, we'll get to the hideout soon, just one more stand and deliver and we'll go home and I'll buy you the biggest bag of oats that you could imagine." She promised as she stroked her horse. The tan coloured horse fondly nuzzled Serena and became silent again as they heard the tattoo of hooves that meant a carriage and a carriage usually meant a rich purse and a rich purse meant dinner.

Now Serena was not a highway man just for the sheer hell of it, nope she was in it for the money. Money meant she could eat and she did like her food just a little bit. The rest of her gang was in it for different reason's.

Lita was in it for the revenge. Her ex-boyfriend had dumped her and he was a lord so Lita hoped that one day when she held up a carriage he would be inside. Lita was strong and would do anything for her friends and she was the cook of the gang.

Raye was in it for the justice. She didn't like the fact that some lords and ladies made money of the fact they overworked the poor so Raye took on the job of redistributing the money that the lords had and gave it to the poor. She was driven by purpose and you could see a fire in her eyes when she talked about Lords.

Ami was in it for the fact that if she had money she could buy books and educate herself so she could be a doctor. She had such idea's for new medicines, but she had no money a few books and no medicine. She was the smart one who drew up the plans and was the weakest too, but she used strategy instead of force.

Mina was in it for the chance that one day she might meet a rich lord who would take her away from this life of crime and love her and marry her so she would never have to work again. She was the star, the one who would randomly burst into song and always smiled.

Their gang was slightly weird, but they all got on and shared the ups and downs of their life of crime. It was the best kind of friendship they ever had. They all lived together and took it in turns to be the highway man for the night. Tonight it was Serena and she wasn't happy.

Lita was making roast potatoes, Chicken and gravy. Serena's favourite. But since it was her turn she had chucked on her warmest cloak that covered up her feminine features. Serena had the sneaky feeling that if a petite woman that she was, tried to hold up a coach she would be laughed at so Serena always went as a shadowy figure that didn't speak.

"Ok Odango, stay here and be ready for our quick getaway." Serena ordered her horse as she wrapped the cloak firmly around her. "Wish me luck," And with that Serena un-holstered her pistols and stepped out onto the road.

The poor coachman had had a very bad day. The left back wheel had fallen off and so he had to get that fixed. The lord wasn't in too good a mood as his latest talk with his parents had been about getting a wife and his lordship was never too pleased about that! And now they were being stood up by a highwayman.

"Ok Guv'nor , I know the drill, you go 'stand and deliver' and I promptly piss meself, then you tell me to be more of a man and then you help yourself to the goodies in the luggage." The coachman said with practised ease. "So guv if you would like me to spare meself the embarrassment of pissing meself, help yourself." He indicated the luggage on top of the coach.

The figure moved its hand as a sign for the coachman to move away from the carriage. It didn't trust the fact that the coachman was being so easy about being stolen from. The coachman jumped down from his perch and walked away.

YES! An easy night tonight WOHOOOOO!!!!!!! Serena had to stop herself from doing a little happy dance and instead walked over to the coach and started to climb up to the luggage.

"Excuse me, but that stuff is mine." A decidedly male said. Serena sighed and turned around to be faced with a dark haired blue eyed man that must have just gotten out of the carriage.

Great, too bloody good to be true wasn't it? Dammit! I hate fighting.

Serena just turned around and went back to finding where the money was kept. She knew that the lordship types would get more annoyed if she ignored them and paid them no attention.

"Excuse me, but what the hell do you think you're doing?!" The man demanded.

I'm robbing you blind fool! Jeez is it me or do men get more dumber the richer they get?

Serena stood up and as cool as anything she pulled a gun on him. A silver pistol. The man just smiled and whipped out his own. Pointing at her he smiled.

"So Mr Highwayman, do you feel lucky tonight? See I do, because the guy behind you has a gun."

Serena turned around and saw the coachman had trained a gun on her. He gave a jovial wave of the hand as if it was nothing personal just business.

Great. My life is just worth so much right now.

"And I have a gun aimed at you, so who do you shoot? The coachman, who has less reason to live, but then I'll kill you or do you kill me who is worth a lot more, but then Andrew would have to kill you? See I feel lucky and you are definitely not."

That's it, I'm slapping that cocky grin off his face, once and for all! Screw the consequences, I had a good last meal.

Serena stood up slowly and turned around to face the arrogant man. She raised her middle finger in a not so nice gesture and jumped off the carriage and ran into the forest.

"Not in this lifetime criminal." The man raised his gun and fired it at the highwayman's shoulder.

"OWWWWW!" Serena screamed aloud. "Shit!" Serena realised she shouldn't of talked and ran, painfully aware of the blood that leaked out of her shoulder at an alarming rate.

Come on, if you can just make it to Odango, you'll be fine, Ami'll fix you up and Lita will make chocolate. You just have to make it!

The run through the forest was not easy. Odango knew to retreat when Serena started her thieving so Odango had gone into the deepest part of the forest to keep out of sight. Serena swore loudly and kept stumbling in and out of a run. Odango would go back to the girls if Serena waited long enough and the girls would come and rescue her all she had to do was wait. So she found a big enough bush and climbed into a hollow it had and waited

Authors note's : LOOK I'M NOT DEAD OK you guys know the drill R+R PLEASEEEEEEEEE And I might actually finish a story Lol. This is my first Sailor Moon fic so be nice you guys Love FFStoryteller