Oh Cloud...what will become of you.
In this chapter, some more characters will be entering the story. XD
She woke up in pitch blackness. She looked to the seat next to her. It was empty. Cloud hadn't come back yet. She looked down at her watch. She had surprisingly been asleep for an hour. She put her legs back down on the ground and looked out the window. A cold shiver ran down her spine. She just realised that all the screaming and chaos that had gone on before she had fallen asleep had stopped. In fact, the whole train was quiet. It was an eerie silence. It was as if it was almost too quiet.
A feeling of panic filled her body. She quickly pulled her legs up on her seat and leaned over the backrest to see the people sitting behind her. She remembered it was a mother with two little girls. As she leaned in closer to try to make out the figures she realised that they were there. A sense of relief flooded her mind. She sat back down in her seat and continued to look out of the window. Darkness was all she could see.
They must all be asleep she thought. …But what are the chances of everyone in the carriage falling asleep at the same time…
She looked around again and then shook her head. "You're thinking too much, Bella. Just relax…" She told herself.
She leaned back against her seat and stared at the empty space next to her. She wondered if Cloud was ok…
She pulled back the armrest that separated the two seats, so it made one long seat. Then layed down; her head on the Cloud's armrest and her feet bent to fit in her make-shift bed. She gazed at the ceiling, seeing only darkness and hearing nothing, but silence.
A loud bang came from the front of the train and the lights turned back on. Bella immediately sat up squinting, as her eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness. She listened intently, knowing that soon the carriage will fill with the sound of people talking and moving around.
One minute past…no sound.
Two minutes past…no sound.
Three minutes past…still no sound.
Five minutes had past and Bella's curiousness rose. She stood up from her seat and walked to the isle. She looked around at her fellow passengers. No one moved. She walked backwards towards the mother and children that were in the seat behind. They were sitting still, each leaning on each other. Bella looked at them confused. She moved closer towards them and at that moment her stomach heaved with nausea, and her head began to spin with dizziness. Horror filled her body as she saw that each had a small red dot on their forehead. They were bullet holes. She clutched her stomach, realising that they were dead. She looked towards the seat next to them and the man and woman there also had the same red dots on their heads. She walked down the aisle looking at the passengers. She clutched her sickened stomach as she struggled down the aisle. Tears were streaming down her eyes and she felt like screaming, but she couldn't...She felt weak, too weak to even scream. She kept searching the seats. All were occupied by lifeless bodies sitting peacefully. Everyone was dead. Someone had killed everybody and left her alive…
"TRAIN ROBBERS LEAVE NO WITNESSES"…That's why. She thought.
The train robbers must've killed everyone and spared me because I didn't see anything. I was asleep the whole time…Oh no! What if they haven't gone? What if they're going to come back…They'll kill me! Bella began to panic even more.
She turned around to run back to her seat, but she couldn't manage to move her legs. It was as if they had been cemented to the ground. She lifted up her shaky arms and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Unexpectedly the carriage door opened and two lean young men entered the room. One had short silver hair, his face containing high cheek bones and sideburns and the other had long silver hair with a finely structured face. They were dressed alike.
They all stood still, eyeing each other.
All was silent, that was until the short haired man turned to the long haired.
"Is she the girl, Yazoo?" He asked.
"Yes, Loz" The long haired man answered.
"Why does he want to keep her alive?" The man named Loz asked.
"I don't know…she doesn't look rich…she's not special in anyway…" Yazoo answered as if Bellla wasn't in the room.
"This is going to be fun." Loz said as he walked towards Bella.
Bella looked at him terrified; she still couldn't move her legs. Her panic grew as he got closer. Each time he stepped, her heart beat fastened. Just as he was about to reach her, her legs began to move again. She stepped backwards and turned around as fast as she could. She sprinted down to the other end of the carriage, Loz only walking after her. When she reached the end, she stopped and gripped the door handle. She glanced backwards and noticed that Loz was still only walking towards her. His boots tapped the ground on each step. She wiggled the door handle to try and open the door but it was locked. She tried again violently, banging against the door, all the while screaming for help. She turned around and eyed Loz, scared.
She clenched her fists and waited for his arrival. He stopped five or six steps in front of her. Then he snarled playfully.
"Let's play" He said and lunged at her. She ducked out of his way and his face collided with the metal door.
She stepped away from him moving to the middle of the aisle.
He stood up, the corner of his mouth bleeding a little from the impact.
He Grumbled and wiped the blood off his face.
He lunged at Bella again and this time knocked her to the ground.
She cringed as her back made contact with the hard floor.
Loz quickly and swiftly jumped on top of her, pinning her to the ground. Bella screamed as his hands tightly gripped around her wrist. She struggled to get out of his grip, but it had no effect, Loz was too strong. He flipped her over and tied her hands behind her back.
He stood up and pulled her up by her arm.
"Quick, he's waiting." Yazoo reminded.
"I'm coming!" Loz growled as he pulled her along the aisle.
(Who wouldn't want Loz to jump on top of them??)
Sorry, No closure to Cloud's situation yet.
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Stay Cool, Mr Ed.
-YKI