That night Christy tossed and turned in the empty car that Spot had found. Supposedly Spot was fast asleep on the other side of the car. Christy couldn't really tell if he was a wake or not. Not that it mattered or anything. Christy began to think about the day. A couple of hours ago she had been a different person. She had been prim and proper in her dress, but now she was learning how to play poker from Spot in knickers. Finally the death of her parents hit her.

Tear began to well up in her eyes and flow down her cheeks. Christy bit her bottom lip to keep quite so Spot wouldn't wake up. Alas a few sobs escaped, and once Christy started she couldn't stop. Everything became a blur once again and her mind replayed the day's events over and over again. By now Christy was sitting up. Her legs were pulled up to her chest and her arms were wrapped around them. Her body was shaking with sobs. Then Christy felt an arm on her shoulder.

"Shh… It's gonna be alright." Spot whispered. Christy didn't stop crying. She wrapped her arms around Spot and cried into his shirt. Awkwardly at first Spot held Christy in his own arms. "Come on Chris…just let it all out."

"Why'd they have to die?" Christy asked in between sobs. "Why?"

"Because it was what happened. There wasn't anything we could do about it."

"Yes there was…I could have gotten home from school earlier…and…and"

"And would have been killed too," Spot finished for her. Christy looked up into Spot's face. Smiling he wiped a tear away. "Feel better?"

"Yeah," Christy nodded sitting up from Spot's arms. "But it's still not fair."

"Well no…but then if this didn't happen we wouldn't be here on this train together now would we?"

"No I guess not." Christy said smiling. A small light sparked into life in her eyes.

"See things happen for the best. Now lets get some sleep. Tomorrow I'm gonna teach you how to fight and all this other cool stuff you'll need to know."

"Ok," Christy said as Spot walked back to his said of the car. "Good night"

"Night."

Soon learned that Spot was one of the best friends you could ever have.