Chapter Five: *shriek* Okay I don't know what the title will be yet, can you blame me? I haven't even started writing, yet? Well, officially… but anyway…
Brie woke up to the sound of snoring. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. It was mid afternoon, to be sure. The sun came in through the windows. Looking around, Brie found that she was settled in a comfortably furnished train car. Josh was sleeping at her feet, and they were both on a pull out sofa bed.
From the windows, Brie could tell she was on a train speeding through a desert, which one she could not tell. Brie struggled to remember how she had been knocked out, but then her keen ears picked up the sounds of conversation. She had to move herself a little in order to hear better, and Josh stirred at her feet. "Brie? Whaa? Wait…" He sat up with a jolt. "Where are we?!" "How in hell would I know, Josh, but somehow I got the impression that I was here because of you…" "Really? Well… isn't that downright special…" In a sudden movement that surprised her almost more than it surprised him, Brie grabbed Josh by the shirt collar and shoved him to the ground, rolling off the sofa herself.
"Holy shit! You trying to kill me or what?!"
"No Josh, why would I have any reason to do that?!"
"Calm down, Brie! We're going to be alright!"
"He paid you, didn't he?"
"Now why do you think that?"
"…maybe because the last thing I remember is drinking that root beer and collapsing to the floor!"
"Well…"
At this point Brie abruptly smacked him and then decidedly sat back on her haunches. She couldn't get mad at him right now. He might just be her only ticket out of this mess. "Where are we?" "I don't know. We boarded some train in Bangkok…" "Bangkok?!" "Yah… Bankok, or something like that… maybe it was Denver…?" Figuring that he was no help, Brie stood up, swaying a little because of the drugs.
She carefully snuck out into the hall corridor, and was promptly knocked down by a guard. Josh stepped out too, obviously just as groggy as she. "Now… why'd'ja have at go an' do a thing like thaat," and he fell over.
The guard grabbed her by the neck, pulled her from the floor, and hurled her back into the room she had just been in, but now there was someone else there waiting. "Hello Aubrey. Nice to see you awake at last." Picking herself off the floor as quickly as one can after being hurled around a train, Brie stood up and eyed the man.
He was old, with gray hair and bald on top. Brie thought he looked kind of funny until he tucked his hand inside his jacket and pulled out a gun. "Now I think you need to sleep a little bit more before we can have a proper conversation…" He tried to shoot her with the tranq, but agile as she was, Brie ducked and rolled behind the sofa-bed. She spotted her things in bag in the corner, and next to them there was a gun.
Quickly, she ran out from behind the sofa in a bold move, and in one smooth movement, grabbed the gun and bag and ran from the room, but through a different door this time. The man ran after her but she began shooting like a madwoman. "Take that, you horny bastard!!!!" And she ran and ran, screaming as she went. The bald man's goons started after her, and soon she came into a hallway and found herself cornered.
Quickly formulating a plan, Brie ran kicked open the emergency exit, shouted "Toodles!!" and lept from the train. None of the thugs really wanted to chase after her, and soon the train was out of sight.
Brie woke up to the sound of snoring. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. It was mid afternoon, to be sure. The sun came in through the windows. Looking around, Brie found that she was settled in a comfortably furnished train car. Josh was sleeping at her feet, and they were both on a pull out sofa bed.
From the windows, Brie could tell she was on a train speeding through a desert, which one she could not tell. Brie struggled to remember how she had been knocked out, but then her keen ears picked up the sounds of conversation. She had to move herself a little in order to hear better, and Josh stirred at her feet. "Brie? Whaa? Wait…" He sat up with a jolt. "Where are we?!" "How in hell would I know, Josh, but somehow I got the impression that I was here because of you…" "Really? Well… isn't that downright special…" In a sudden movement that surprised her almost more than it surprised him, Brie grabbed Josh by the shirt collar and shoved him to the ground, rolling off the sofa herself.
"Holy shit! You trying to kill me or what?!"
"No Josh, why would I have any reason to do that?!"
"Calm down, Brie! We're going to be alright!"
"He paid you, didn't he?"
"Now why do you think that?"
"…maybe because the last thing I remember is drinking that root beer and collapsing to the floor!"
"Well…"
At this point Brie abruptly smacked him and then decidedly sat back on her haunches. She couldn't get mad at him right now. He might just be her only ticket out of this mess. "Where are we?" "I don't know. We boarded some train in Bangkok…" "Bangkok?!" "Yah… Bankok, or something like that… maybe it was Denver…?" Figuring that he was no help, Brie stood up, swaying a little because of the drugs.
She carefully snuck out into the hall corridor, and was promptly knocked down by a guard. Josh stepped out too, obviously just as groggy as she. "Now… why'd'ja have at go an' do a thing like thaat," and he fell over.
The guard grabbed her by the neck, pulled her from the floor, and hurled her back into the room she had just been in, but now there was someone else there waiting. "Hello Aubrey. Nice to see you awake at last." Picking herself off the floor as quickly as one can after being hurled around a train, Brie stood up and eyed the man.
He was old, with gray hair and bald on top. Brie thought he looked kind of funny until he tucked his hand inside his jacket and pulled out a gun. "Now I think you need to sleep a little bit more before we can have a proper conversation…" He tried to shoot her with the tranq, but agile as she was, Brie ducked and rolled behind the sofa-bed. She spotted her things in bag in the corner, and next to them there was a gun.
Quickly, she ran out from behind the sofa in a bold move, and in one smooth movement, grabbed the gun and bag and ran from the room, but through a different door this time. The man ran after her but she began shooting like a madwoman. "Take that, you horny bastard!!!!" And she ran and ran, screaming as she went. The bald man's goons started after her, and soon she came into a hallway and found herself cornered.
Quickly formulating a plan, Brie ran kicked open the emergency exit, shouted "Toodles!!" and lept from the train. None of the thugs really wanted to chase after her, and soon the train was out of sight.