Chapter 7
"Who the hell are you?" The conductor asked as Elphaba bursted through the door.
"Never mind that right now." Elphaba said. "There is a robbery taking place right now in this very train."
"Are you mad woman?" The conductor exclaimed. "If there was a robbery taking place I would know. Besides what I'm I suppose to do about it?"
"The robber might highjack the train, and I thought you should know because don't you have a procedure for this kind of thing?" Elphaba asked.
"Not really." The conductor replied. "Besides who wants to rob a train when there are banks?"
Suddenly the door opened and the robber walked through. "Sorry to disturb you but I'll be taking over this train now." The robber said as he made his knife known.
"I can't let you do that." The conductor said, his voice showing he was scared.
"Well who's going to stop me, then, you?" The robber asked as he pointed his knife only inches away from the conductor's throat.
"No...he's not but I will." Elphaba replied as she punched the robber across the jaw.
"Ouch, that hurt like hell." The robber shouted as he pulled away. "Hell, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. The mind does that sometimes when you have drank enough liquor for so many years, like I have. But I guess there is a really a green girl here too. Well too bad I have to kill you."
"I'm not afraid of you." Elphaba spat, as he lunged at her knife ready to deceiver a fatal blow. However she shot her hand out just in time and the two began to wrestle for control of the knife. The conductor only stood in fear his body not sure what else to do.
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With the screwdriver Glinda made a quick work of the storage closet door as she unscrew the bolts holding it. Once the door was gone the boxes could no longer hold her inside. "Now to get to Elphaba." Glinda said after brushing some of the dust from her dress. "And Elphaba is going to hear it from me. She thinks she can just lock me in a storage closet, I mean really, she could have asked first. I mean that would have been the polite thing to do."
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"Your just delaying the inevitable." The robber yelled as they continued to fight over the knife. "You will die."
"We'll all going to die someday." Elphaba retorted as the robber kicked her in the stomach and came victorious with the knife.
"I'm robbing this train and no one is going to stop me!" The robber yelled angrily, however just then the door swung open with great speed, and it knocked the robber down and out cold for the time being.
"I knew I would find you here!" Glinda shouted at Elphaba, as she approached her. "You had no right leaving me in a storage closet!"
"I'm sorry Glinda, but I couldn't have you follow me across the roofs of the train cars." Elphaba replied, her voice clearly showing she did feel a little guilty for leaving Glinda in a storage closet.
"That still doesn't give you the...wait...what? You walked across the roof tops of the train cars?" Glinda asked in shock. "You crazy green bean! You could have fallen to your death!"
"I didn't fall though." Elphaba said as she turned her around to give attention to the scared stiff conductor. "Hey you all right?" Both the green woman and the blond didn't see the robber regain consciousness and slowly get to his feet. With one quick move he grabbed Glinda and held his knife against her throat.
"Move and she dies." The robber sneered. "You can't beat me that easily. I'm going now and I'm taking this cute, little, blonde with me. She's going to be my insurance that no one tries to follow me because if they do...well I think you know." With that he dragged Glinda out the door.
Once the robber was gone Elphaba quickly headed towards a ladder that was found just off side of the engine room. "What the hell are you doing? Didn't you hear him? Follow him and that girl is dead." The conductor said as he watched Elphaba begin to climb up the ladder that would lead her to the train car roof tops.
"I'm not following him. I'm following Glinda." Elphaba replied as she reached the top of the ladder and that lead her to the first roof of the train cars. Once again she took great care in the placement of her feet before carefully beginning her way across the roof tops for the second time. Her legs shook a bit as she made her way. She was a bit faster with her pace even though going in the opposite direction the train was moving proved to be fairly difficult. However roof top after roof top Elphaba walked across until she got to the last one before the caboose. There she crouched down and waited. Several moments passed before the robber exited out the door as he dragged Glinda with him.
"Please, you have everyone's money, so let me go." Glinda said as she struggled against the robber's hold.
"Why only have money when I can have you as a bonus?" The robber replied, as he pulled Glinda close to him. Elphaba wanted to tackle the robber right then and there, but his knife still lingered too close to Glinda for her to make a move. Glinda tried to push the robber away, but he held on strong. "Ha, ha, your not going anywhere beautiful."
"We'll see about that." Glinda said as she kicked him in the gut. The quick strike allowed Glinda to escape the robber's grasp for at least the time being.
"Not a smart thing to do." The robber sneered as he raised his knife.
Suddenly however Elphaba leaped down from the roof top and tackled the robber. Her punches landed against the robber's jaw and neck. "You should learn to keep your hands to yourself, you son of a bitch!" Elphaba yelled as she never stopped her waves of punches.
Once the shock of the secret attack disappeared the robber broke free of the green woman's fury and started up the ladder to the train car roof tops.
"Elphie, let him go!" Glinda shouted, but Elphaba inroged her golden-haired companion's words as she started after him.
"Leave me be!" The robber yelled at the green woman. "Don't come any closer and I won't kill you."
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Elphaba replied with a heavy cackle. "I'm not the one bleeding here."
The robber wiped the blood from his mouth before he began to take more steps backwards, but Elphaba only took more steps towards him.
"Why don't you let me be?" The robber screamed angrily.
"You were messing with the young golden-haired woman." Elphaba answered, her voice thick. "That doesn't fly with me."
Seeing the fire in the green skinned woman's eyes made the robber's blood go cold. "This is your last chance. Leave me be."
It took several long moments but Elphaba soon let go of some of her anger. The green woman knew she couldn't let her wrath control her actions. She couldn't get caught up into her rage. "Give me the money that you stole from the people in the train."
The robber slowly nodded his head as he made his way close to Elphaba. He held out the sack of money. However when Elphaba's hand lingered only inches away from the sack the robber punched her in the stomach. The green-skinned woman crumpled to the ground as she held her gut. "I told you to leave me be!" The robber shouted as he kicked Elphaba again, and as a result she rolled dangerously close to the edge of the train roof top. Glinda could only watch in horror as the robber tested the sharpness of his knife. "Well it's over for you." The robber sneered. "I wonder if you bleed green blood?"
"It's not over yet!" Elphaba shouted as she drew back her leg and let it hit, with great strength, again the robber's knee. With that powerful strike the robber was knocked off his feet, and just like that the tables had turned.
"Elphie, get down here quick!" Glinda yelled to the green woman, her voice filled with panic.
Elphaba grabbed the sack of money before looking behind her to see what Glinda was warning her about. After seeing the danger Elphaba turned to the robber and said, "Stay down." She then made it down the ladder and off the roof tops.
"Stay down?" The robber spat. "She thinks she can beat me, ha!" With that the robber stood up. "No one defeats me! No one! No one has ever..." However the robber's words were cut off when the train passed under a tunnel. For if he had just stayed down he would have made the clearance between the roof of the train and the tunnel.
"Elphie, are you all right?" Glinda asked, as she looked over the green woman they passed away from the tunnel.
"I'm fine." Elphaba answered, as she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Are you hurt?" Glinda asked, in concern, as she brushed her hands across the green woman's brow.
"I'm okay, really." Elphaba answered. "My gut hurts a little from where that robber kicked me, but other than that I'm good." She then held up the sack. "I got the money though. Let's get it back to the passengers."
Before Elphaba could turn around, back towards the passengers train cars, Glinda pulled her into a deep kiss that caused them to become a little bit dizzy from the passion. "Don't scare me like that again. That robber could have really hurt you. Elphie, you got to work on being calmer, and not fly off the handle so much."
"I'll keep that in mind, my sweet." Elphaba replied as she linked arms with Glinda. "But it's hard to avoid causing a commotion when one is a commotion."
Author's note: Only one more chapter to go.
