Chapter Twelve

"What's going on?" Laura demanded as Von Ran entered her room.

"You need to come with us now. We are going to camp Brogan."

"How are we to get there?" She asked.

"There is a railway that run right through camp Brogan, we will take a train. Now come along." He snapped his fingers and started walking out the door, not waiting for Laura to fallow him.

Laura just stood there but suddenly she was pushed from behind. She stumbled forward and caught herself on the wall. She turned to see who had pushed her but the spooky thing was that no one was there.

A shiver went down Laura's spine. Then she could swear that she felt someone's hand on her arm. She screamed and ran out of the room and right into the Captain.

"Captain," she said, "what is in that room?" She glanced back at the room and shivered again. The Captain smiled.

"Why, nothing my dear." He said putting an arm around her. "You must be imagining things." She shook his arm off.

"I swear someone else was in that room!" They proceeded to the train station and then got on a train that was headed for camp Brogan. As they traveled along Laura looked out the window and found herself thinking about Indy. What would have happened between them had he not died? She leaned back in the seat and closed her tried eyes. Soon she fell asleep.

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By now Indy had arrived at camp Brogan. He had parked the truck in some bushes on the side of the road a little ways from the camp entrance. He walked to the gate and watched the activity inside.

He saw that there was a small platform by some railroad tracks. He was surprised to see that camp Brogan wasn't fenced in which made him wonder about the gate.

He crouched down behind a bush with his whip coiled at his side and his stolen gun in hand. Before coming to camp Brogan he had stopped at the Inn to tell Herr Dolfmier what was going on and to get his whip and his gun which was now in his holster.

Just then a train arrived at the camp. Indy watched from his place in the bushed as first a few soldiers got off with Captain Von Ran fallowing them. Then to his delight Laura stepped off the train. She still had on her maroon dress and to Indy she looked more beautiful than ever.

Von Ran went to talk to some officer's while Laura stood stiffly on the platform with her hands cuffed behind her back. Two guards stood with her.

Indy started toward the entrance. He passed through unnoticed because all of the guards had gone to meet the train. When he was through he stayed behind a building.

Meanwhile down where Laura was the train was departing and Von Ran came back to where Laura was.

"Go get everything ready." HE said to the two soldiers that had been guarding her.

"Yes, sir." They saluted and left. Von Ran roughly tilted Laura's chin up so he could look her straight in the eye.

"I'm sorry it has to end this way but you must understand that I can't have any witnesses." He kissed her then and Laura couldn't do much about it because her hands were still behind her. She did manage to kick him in the shin though he didn't yell when she did. He just dropped her chin and strolled away. Two more soldiers came and started to walked her down the length of track.

"What are you doing?" She asked. They didn't answer but when they got a little ways from the platform they stopped and one took off the handcuffs while the other tied her arms to her sides with a rope. Then they tied a gag in her mouth.

Laura had been wiggling and wondering what in the world they were doing this for and when they were done with the gag she found out.

They picked her up and laid her down on the tracks then tied each of her wrists to the track itself.

"No!" Laura tried to yell through her gag. Just as they finished the knotting Laura was horrified to see a train coming around the corner!

Indy had, had to wait to look at Laura again because a bunch of Nazis walked by. But now he could see her again and she was tied to the train tracks with a train heading her way!

He ran out from behind his cover and toward the track where Laura was.

Oddly enough he noticed that no one was shooting at him. He didn't give it much thought though for all he cared about was getting Laura off those tracks.

The train was getting very close as he slid to the ground beside Laura and started untying her left wrist. She looked up at him in amazement and tried to talk through the gag but it didn't really work.

"I've gotta get these untied before I work on anything else," he said referring to the gag, "that trains coming fast.:" Laura nodded.

Once he got her left wrist free he started on her right. As he got that one done he pulled her up and off the track then undid the rope that went around her arms and waist. As it fell to the ground Laura ripped off the gag and as Indy put one arm around her waist and handed her the stolen gun she flung both arms around his neck..

Just then the train went roaring by so that they were on one side of the track and the Nazi's on the other.

With his free hand Indy grabbed the railing on the last car and swung himself and Laura up onto the platform on the back of the train. He set Laura down and they both ducked as the train passed camp Brogan and the Nazi's fired on them.

Indy and Laura fired back and when they passed the station the stood up. Laura suddenly kissed Indy so hard he almost fell over.

"I saw you die." She said.

"I was only unconscious. But I thought I was dead." They kissed again then the train suddenly stopped. Laura had her back to the wall so when they stopped she slammed into it and Indy, who of course had been right in front of her, had to put his hands on the wall on either side of her to keep from crushing her.

"They're going to search for us." He said then thought for a moment. "Come on." He took her by the waist and lifted her to the top of the car. She scrambled over the edge to the roof of it. Indy climbed up after her and they laid down as flat as they could to keep from being seen.

They also inched along on their stomachs until they came to the edge of the car. It was a 12 foot drop. Indy looked to see if anyone was coming then he jumped down. "I'll catch you." He said and motioned for Laura to jump.

She hesitated the slid off of the roof into Indy's arms. He quickly set her down and they ran to Indy's truck. They sat inside a moment to get their breath back.