A Strong Family Chapter 11: Prisoners, a speed racer fanfic

Chapter 11: Prisoners

Conrad was gone after punching Speed mercilessly and Zain too gone after leaving Trixie with Speed. The young couple was now alone in the windowless room.

Trixie carefully sat down next to Speed on the bed knowing that Conrad had done something to him. She had been in the den of the cabin with Zain while Conrad had been alone with Speed and though she hadn't been able to hear a sound from the room, she knew Conrad wasn't one who liked to converse. The ruthless look in his eyes had convinced her of that the first time she saw him.

Speed remained very still as he sat on the edge of the bed not wanting to make eye contact with his wife. It might give away how badly he was feeling and he didn't want her to get any more nervous than she already was. He just kept telling himself to keep breathing slowly and easily, determined not to let her worry about him when she had to worry about herself and the baby.

Trixie knew Speed wasn't going to let on to her what was wrong with him. What did that monster do to you, Speed? she thought. The small cut by Speed's eye surely couldn't be the only injury Speed received from Conrad.

"Why don't you lie down?" Trixie said worried about her husband as she again wiped the blood away from his eye with her thumb.

"Awe…Trixie. I'm okay," Speed said like a little boy who didn't want to listen to his mother.

Trixie turned his face with her hand and forced him to look at her. "I can see it in your eyes, Speed. You're hurting,"

"Baby. I'm okay, especially since I know you're alright," Speed said truly meaning it. The last couple of days his world had been totally turned upside down as he worried about whether if she was okay or not. Even though they were hostages, being locked up with her wasn't nearly as bad as wondering where and how she was.

Trixie just barely smiled. She too was glad to have him by her side again but she proceeded to try to gently push him down onto the bed. "Please, Speed. Just lay back and rest while we try to figure out what we're going to do."

Speed knew she wasn't going to let up until he agreed to lie down because she had always been overly concerned about him since he first met her. Maybe I would feel better, he thought so he slowly began to ease himself back.

Satisfied that he was lying down, Trixie let her hand slowly roam back and forth over his chest.

Without admitting it out loud, Speed thought her soft caress felt very good through his shirt as it eased the little bit of pain he was in. He moved his hand to rest it on Trixie's knee as he glanced at her and then around the room. "I can't imagine how you felt being locked up in here by yourself."

"I wasn't always in here, and I knew Tim wouldn't let them hurt me," she said wondering how far away from the cabin Tim was now.

"Who's Tim?" Speed asked looking at Trixie with a puzzled look.

"He helped...kidnap me," Trixie said wanting to forget the scene that took place in her house.

"He's a complete jerk," Speed said hating anyone involved in Zain's plan.

"I thought so at first too," Trixie said just before she went on to tell Speed about how Tim turned around.

Speed just listened to her as she told him every detail of how Tim really tried to help.

"Tim got upset when he realized that Zain wanted..." Trixie stopped as she looked down not finishing her sentence.

"When he realized that Zain wanted you," Speed said finishing her sentence for her. It was easy to see that she was disgusted with the thought.

Trixie looked back at Speed. "Tim was surprised because he had originally thought that Zain only wanted you to lose the race."

"I think that was the original plan but then he met you and…fell for you," Speed said squeezing her knee.

"I still can't believe that," Trixie said amazed as she looked off into space.

"Why?" Speed asked surprising Trixie as his hand moved from her knee to caress the outside of her leg.

Trixie brought her eyes back to Speed's. "Well for one thing, I'm eight months pregnant, and for another, I'm married to you."

"Don't get me wrong. The man had no right to claim you since you're married to me," Speed said with a bit of possessiveness in his voice. "It shouldn't have even entered his mind but of course we're talking about a lunatic."

"I know," Trixie said still surprised. "But I thought everyone knew how devoted I am to you."

Speed couldn't help but smile. It was true that most people knew. They were a popular couple in the racing world and she never hid her love for him. God only knew how many times she had helped him in races before they had even gotten married. Then and now if anyone ever tried to talk badly about him, she was always first to jump down their throats.

"I thought I was imagining things when I first thought he was trying to...get close to me."

"Did he touch you!" Speed demanded to know. Furious, he then sat up too quickly forgetting about the injury he received from Conrad. Speed cried out in pain but remained sitting up, his eyes squinting as he bared with the sting.

"Oh, Speed!" Trixie cried out seeing the pain on his face after hearing his sharp intake of air.

"Did he touch you!" Speed repeated highly upset after focusing his eyes on Trixie once again, ignoring his pain.

"No. He didn't touch me!" Trixie replied not about to bring up when Zain attempted to kiss her. She was more worried about the pain Speed was in at the moment.

"I will kill him if he tries to touch you!" Speed bellowed as Trixie gently eased him back down. "He's going to be sorry he ever looked at you!" Speed expressed still wrapped up in how angry he was at Zain.

Trixie was busy pulling the front of Speed's shirt out of his pants, and she soon lifted it before he thought to stop her. That's when she saw that his abs were red and bruises had started to form.

"I'm alright," Speed said seeing the fury in Trixie's eyes. No one could mistake the rage that was growing on her face. "At least he didn't hit me in my ribs," Speed said trying to calm her down.

"He did this to you while you were tied to that chair! What a sad excuse for a human being!" Trixie cried out as she tried to stand up; having a little trouble with her extra weight. After a couple of pushes on the bed with her hands, she was up.

"Calm down, Trix," Speed said not wanting her to hurt herself. "Where are you going?" he asked knowing she couldn't really go anyway.

"I wish I had some ice, something to put on you," she said moving back over to Speed. She lifted his shirt again, which he had just pushed back down."

Still trying to calm her down, Speed said, "Hey. At least wait till we're in the privacy of our own bedroom before you start taking my clothes off."

At first Trixie didn't realize what he had said but then an uncontrollable smile and a blush appeared on her face.

Speed then grinned lovingly at her.

"Speed," she said calmly now sitting back down by him. "I can't believe you sometimes." She couldn't believe the eyes he was making at her even during the situation they were in. "I'm just mad that Conrad hurt you and you couldn't fight back," Trixie said, hating to imagine the scene.

"It doesn't matter now, and I'm okay anyway. I'm just a little sore," he said putting his hand on her; on the baby. Speed and Trixie's eyes both lit up when they felt the baby kick.

"Hey," Speed said to their baby. "We have to get out of here before you can get out of there."

"How are we going to get out?" Trixie asked softly.

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Racer X was almost to his destination when he recognized a sport's car on the side of the road. Stopping the Shooting Star, he got out to see that sure enough it was Sparky's car as he had guessed. It didn't take the Masked Racer long to figure out what Speed had done as he thought, Sparky must have parked his car close to the course of the race. As Sparky became the new driver of the Mach 5, Speed took off in Sparky's car in search of his wife. He didn't tell me what he was going to do because he knew I would try to stop him.

"Hey! Need some help," a voice called from behind Racer X.

Racer X recognized the voice and turned around to see Ben. "I didn't hear you pull up," Racer X said still some what surprised.

"Aren't you going to congratulate me?" Ben asked walking over to Racer X.

Racer X remembered hearing that Ben came in just after Doug in the race. Changing the subject as he came up with a plan, the Masked Racer put a hand on Sparky's car and asked, "Do you know who this car belongs to?"

Ben just barely glanced at it and said, "No."

"Mmm…I figured you might since you obviously live around here."

"No. I don't live around here. I'm going to see Zain," Ben said not knowing at all that Racer X was trying to get Ben to bring him to Zain's cabin.

"He's the leader you want me to meet. Right?" the Masked Racer asked playing dumb.

A half hour later, Speed could see how exhausted Trixie was so he insisted that she lay down. He had to think anyway and for some reason, pacing always seemed to help, even at this time with his abs hurting. He was trying to think of a plan incase Racer X didn't show up. He feared that the Masked Racer could have headed to the wrong cabin, which was a good distance away. Luckily Speed had found Trixie in this one and hadn't wasted time going to the wrong one. He just told himself that Racer X showing up late was better than never. Didn't he always show up to help? That was probably the only reason Speed wasn't as nervous as he should be.

Suddenly the door opening made Speed stop his pacing. It was Conrad holding a gun for protection because he had figured that Trixie untied Speed by now.

Trixie awakened from her sleep after hearing the door open and was now slowly sitting up.

"You two are coming with me. Now come on!" Conrad demanded looking at Trixie.

Speed became upset instantly but Conrad put the gun to Speed's head making him keep his mouth shut.

Trixie then moved off the bed and walked over to her husband with a look saying that she was okay.

"Put your hands out," Conrad said looking at Speed.

"Why?" Speed asked feeling Trixie all but on top of him.

Conrad pulled out a set of handcuffs. "You see these handcuffs?" he asked with a laugh. "There's only one key for these and it's right here." Conrad then held the key up with an even bigger smile on his face because he couldn't wait to handcuff Speed's hands together. Not waiting for Speed to offer his hand, Conrad slapped the handcuffs around one of Speed's wrist, which was hanging by his side.

His voice rising, Speed said, "Guess you won't have to tie me down to a chair anymore to get your kicks."

Suddenly, Zain appeared making Conrad jump and drop the key. "What's going on here?" Zain asked after hearing the anger in Speed's voice.

Trixie's eyes followed the key down to the floor where it had landed an inch away from her foot. Instantly she looked up to see Conrad and Zain arguing over why Speed had raised his voice. Trixie looked back down and stepped on the key without them noticing. Next she grabbed the vacant side of the handcuffs that were around Speed's wrist and quickly closed it around her wrist. Speed turned his head to see that they were now handcuffed together. He smiled mischievously at his wife realizing why she did it. Now for sure, they couldn't be separated. Conrad had stressed that there was only one key, which he didn't know was under Trixie's foot. He hadn't even noticed when he dropped it because of Zain's abrupt interruption.

Silence filled the air when Conrad and Zain noticed Speed and Trixie's wrists linked together by the cuffs.

"I'll take the cuffs off her," Conrad said digging his hand into his pocket to look for the key. The nervousness appeared on his face as his pace picked up while continuing to dig for the key.

"Well…" Zain said. "Take the cuffs off of her."

"I…I…can't find the key," Conrad admitted as he stopped the digging.

Zain tried to stay patient as he asked, "Didn't we only have one key for the cuffs?"

Conrad only shook his head yes.

"Excuse us, please," Zain said pulling Conrad out of the room.

After the door was closed, Trixie whispered, "I knew you knew the key was under my foot when I saw that smile."

Trixie moved her foot making Speed smile again when he saw it. Because he still hurt, he very slowly leaned down to pick it up.

"Trixie," Speed said looking at the key. "You never stop amazing me."

"So you know why I did it?" she asked wanting him to understand.

"Yes," Speed said putting the key deep into one of his pant's pockets. "They can't separate us."

"That and I dare them to tie you down and beat you again."

"Shh," came from Speed before he whispered, "I think I hear them coming back."

Sure enough the door opened but to only reveal Zain. Obviously the news of the key missing did upset him. He looked at Speed and said angrily, "I should let you beat the hell out of Conrad now."

Both Speed and Trixie looked at each other thinking the same thing, which was that Zain is totally insane.

The man looked at their bound wrist. "I have nothing here to cut through that pair of handcuffs. "He then looked at Speed and said, "It would be easier just to cut your hand off anyway."

Trixie gasped and Zain quickly looked at her with concern and said, "I would never do that."

Speed was ready to grab Zain around the neck with his free hand till the wicked man noticed the expression on Speed's face. Zain quickly pulled out the gun from the back of his pants. "Calm down, Speed," the mad man said with a chuckle. "I see you can think as fast as you drive." Zain then glanced at Trixie for a few seconds and then brought his eyes back to Speed. "Lucky for you to be able to keep her by your side tonight. Tomorrow I'll go into town to get something to get the cuffs off."

"You wanted to be alone with her tonight. Didn't you?" Speed asked angrily even with the gun now pointing straight at him.

Zain moved the gun to Speed's abdomen and leaned to whisper to Speed so that Trixie couldn't hear, "Once she gets a taste of me she'll forget all about you."

Even more rage grew within Speed but then the gun was in his face once again before he could say anything to Zain.

Zain laughed loudly then said, "I should go now. Ben should be here shortly."

When Zain left and closed the door, Trixie asked, "What did he tell you, Speed?"

"You don't want to know," Speed mumbled walking away from her forgetting that they were hand cuffed together.

"Wait," Trixie said before Speed could accidentally pull her down.

Speed turned to her and caught her in a hug. Holding her, he said, "I'm sorry. I can't believe I forgot about the cuffs."

"I'm fine," Trixie said resting her head against his shoulder. They held each other for a few seconds before she spoke again. "Speed. Just let Zain say what ever he wants because I don't want him to hurt you."

"I know. You're right, Trixie," Speed said wondering just where Racer X was.

Will Racer X save the day? Did Pops kill Sparky yet? Did Mom Racer kill Sparky yet? What do I have planned-Good question! Just kidding…read on!