Summary: Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, Haru and Momiji get the chance of a lifetime as they are whisked away on a four-day trip on The Orient Express! But all trouble breaks loose as some one is killed and a detective-type crime sweep pursues…
"A TRAIN RIDE TO REMEMBER"
CHAPTER 12
"NO!" and with that Akito ran off, random people looking at him
Tohru got back on the train to see how Haru was. It took a while as she didn't know where he was, then she found him in the baggage carriage
"You OK?" she asked
"Do I look OK?" replied Haru, looking through the bars of a cage that had been set up
"Listen, I'm getting suspicious about that Inspector now" said Tohru
"Now?"
"Well, OK I guess I have been suspicious longer. Maybe we should check up his file"
"Yeah, because I can do that"
"OK, the whole being arrested thing isn't improving things"
"Anyway there's no computers on the train"
"Oh yeah"
"And we're stuck in the middle of no-where"
"Good point"
"And-"
"OK, I think that's enough of the negatives. Let's think of some positives"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"OK so there are no positives"
"And loads more negatives"
"Yeah"
"Like-"
"We don't have to go into detail here. We need a plan"
Tohru and Haru just sat there for the next couple of minutes. When... SLAM!
"What was that?"asked Haru
"I dunno" replied Tohru
She got up and tried to open the door
"It's locked" she said, pushing down harder on the handle and tried to slide it open
"This is just getting worse and worse" Haru replied
"Now you see what you get for meddling" came the Inspectors voice from the other side of the door
"Let us out!" shouted Tohru
"NO!" trailed of the Inspectors voice
The train jerked forward and Tohru fell over onto a case
"Ow!" she said as she picked up the case. It was a dull brown case with a faded gold plate on it that read...
"Dt. Insp. Morse!" said Tohru
"It's his case?" asked Haru "open it"
"What?" said Tohru "I'm not gonna open some other person's case!"
"Even after they locked you into a dingy room?" asked Haru
"Good point" said Tohru, then she pried opne the case
Inside the case was a bunch of files, a thick wallet, pens, paper and all the other office supplies police officers had and...
"Keys!" said Tohru
"See if one of 'em fits this lock!" said Haru
Tohru looked up at the keys "There's like noe hundred of these!" she said
"It's not like we're going anywhere" replied Haru
"OK, OK!"
Then, one-by-one Tohru went through the keys, trying to fit them all in the lock. Even the ridiculously oversized ones that didn't even fit in the lock she'd try. Eventually she found the right one and set Haru free. Then they went to the Inspectors' case and searched through it
"Look!" said Tohru "a laptop!"
"Go on it" said Haru
Then Tohru opened the laptop and turned it on. It made a noise like an orchastra tuning up and the screen came up which said:
'Name: Dt. Insp. Morse
Password:'
"What would his password be?" asked Tohru
Haru shrugged his shoulders. Tohru tried a number of passwords, ranging from 'Morse' to 'police'. But one she tried worked
"What did you put?" asked Haru, as the laptop logged on
"The alphabet" said Tohru, one eyebrow raised, Haru looked at her "Well... I ran out of ideas"
"I'll check through his case" said Haru "There's gotta be something there"
Tohru looked up on the police website, railway inspectors' website and any website that had anything to do with policing. She typed 'Dt. Insp. Morse' into every search box she found and nothing came up. She was starting to get worried now. Was he a real train inspector at all? Was there such a thing as a 'Train Inspector'? So many questions came up, until Haru found something
"Argh!" screamed Tohru "Where'd you get that?"
"In his case" replied Haru
"It's got blood on it" said Tohru "Do y'think?... No it can't be"
"It has to be" said Haru "Did you find anything on him?"
"No"
"Well then. He's lying, he's not a train inspector. He's an imposter. And-" Haru froze
Someone was opening the door, and the Inspectors' belongings were all over the floor. Tohru and Haru raced to put everything into the case and locked Haru back into his cage, were Tohru snuck the cell key into her pocket. The sky outside now was a pale blue, it was obviously early in the morning now.
The door burst open and in came...
"Shigure, Momiji, Kyo!" said Tohru "I-"
"Sshh!" said Kyo "Do you want them to find out about us here?"
"How did you find us?" asked Haru
"We asked that Inspector where you were" said Kyo "Ignorant git, said"(in a mock gruff voice)"'Somewhere on the train meddling I suppose'"
Tohru and the others laughed. She'd forgotten they were on there way again
"The Inspector" said Tohru "He's-"
"What about me?" said the Inspector
(A/N: Find out what happens next soon!)