Chapter 2: Train Ride from Hell

As Lili awoke from unconsciousness, her senses told her that she was definitely in some kind of moving vehicle. She felt the bumps of the vehicle banging down against…… Against what? A road? No, these bumps were too heavy, and it felt as though the vehicle was moving too fast. Train tracks? Yes that was it! She could hear the screeching sound of the train against the tracks as she moved along. She was on a train, heading to lord knows where. But why? After collecting her thoughts, she soon remembered: her father was kidnapped! She tried to get Sebastian to go and prepare the Rochefort private jet for a flight to America. But, something happened, she lost consciousness. She was hit, hard, by something or someone when she stepped out of the mansion. And then, she remembered that sickening laugh. Lili thought about getting up and moving, but decided against it, because whoever hit her might be here on the train with her now, watching, waiting for her to get up. She needed time to think of a plan.

She opened her eyes to nothing but blackness. At first, Lili began to panic, remembering the time when she was 12 and those awful kidnappers had taken her away from her home and her father. She had stopped those evil men back then, but could she do it again now? "Of course I can" Lili thought. That panicky feeling soon subsided when she began to feel like some kind of object was tied over her, obstructing her vision. A blindfold? It had to be. She carefully checked to see if her arms or legs were tied up. She moved them ever so slightly, and decided that they weren't. That was good for a start, Lili thought. "Better than when I was tied up completely by those thugs when I was 12," Lili remembered.

As the teenage oil heiress was beginning to think of a plan on how to get out of this situation, the train suddenly began to slow down. Almost as soon as the vehicles motion changed, Lili felt herself being lifted up off the ground. Was she being carried? Lili began to kick and scream, "Who are you? What do you want from me? Where is my father?" Lili kept asking. A high pitched voice answered her. "Haha. This is our stop honey buns! Time to get off. Going DOOOWWWN! Hahahaha!" That laugh! Lili knew it from somewhere. This was the man that attacked her at her home! As soon as she realized this, she felt the sensation of going up in the air. The wind blew against her body, riding up the short white skirt she was wearing, no doubt blowing it up in the air, revealing what lay underneath. Hopefully, the psychopath holding her hostage didn't see this and begin to get a woody as a result.

The wind blew at her skirt for a few seconds, and then all of a sudden, she felt a shock as her body hit the ground. Judging from the texture and the feel, the ground she landed on was pure Earth, not some manmade object. Taking a few seconds to gain her composure, Lili began to stand up on her own. Just as she was about to stand to her full height, she felt the hands of the psycho touch her once again. One of the man's hands went around her waist while the other went towards her head, ripping off the blindfold that had covered her face. Once the object had been removed, Lili gathered all her strength and pushed the man away as hard as she could. She was able to break free, finally.

Now that she had her vision back, Lili took in the scenery. It was definitely not Monaco. The air was cooler, and there were no leaves on the surrounding trees. It was dusk, and the moon was just coming up over the horizon. Behind her were set of long train tracks, presumably the ones she was just traveling on. And in front of her, there stood a very disturbing looking man. More than disturbing, frightening actually. This man was actually more sinister than she had imagined at first. He was tall, above 1.9 meters, and was dressed all in black: Black T-shirt, black pants, a black vest, and black Italian shoes. His hair was as blond as hers, but it looked to be bleached. The hairstyle was cut in a very peculiar way, with blond hair on top, but almost completely dark on the sides, sort of reminiscent of Zack Morris from Saved By the Bell, which Lili would sometimes watch as a small girl. But unlike the sweet faced Mark-Paul Gosselaar, the most frightening part about this man was his eyes. They were two pitch black slits, wild, untamed. The eyes of a killer. The kind of eyes that made you think the man might be possessed by a demon. Perhaps this man was.

After giving her some time to get used to the surroundings, the demonic form began to speak, "Hey there sugar plum! Glad you could join us. We have your father, and before you die, I just thought you might want to know that it was the great Ryuji Yamazaki that killed you!"

Lili responded, "YOU!! You bastard! You'd better tell me where we are and where my father is!"

"And what if I don't sweetheart?"

"Then I'm afraid I'm going to have to call an ambulance for you in about 30 seconds! Prepare yourself!"

"Bring it on, you little bitch!"

Lili assumed her fighting stance. She had fought many times before, with men who were bigger and meaner looking than this chump. She would be okay. At least that was what she told herself. Lili began to move towards this kidnapper, but before she could unload her attacks, a strike as quick as lighting came towards Lili, hitting her square in the jaw. "Shaaa!" the man screamed as his arm reached out and tagged Lili. His arm moved like a piece of rubber almost like, like a snake. Lili was shocked that a man's arm could actually move like that. "There's definitely something not right about this guy." Lili told herself. "I'm gonna have to try a different approach." As the man geared up to do the same move again, Lili quickly dodged out of the way of the attack, and then ran in and delivered a series of brutal kicks delivered with the spike of her high-heeled boot. The kicks sent the demon man tumbling down, trying to catch his breath. However, the fight wasn't over. He then got up and jumped in the air. His snake like arm reached out and grabbed Lili, slamming her down to the ground. From there, the man began to repeatedly stomp her in the gut, the pain for Lili was excruciating. Then the man soccer kicked Lili high into the air, and before she landed, the man's arm drilled into Lili, hitting her at least four more times. Lili fell to the ground in utter agony, unsure if she could get up after that assault.

The man then approached her, standing over her fallen body, and began to take out a knife from his pocket. "This is it! Father I'm so sorry." Lili said to herself. But, she was still conscious, she wasn't out of it yet. Mustering every last ounce of strength she had, she got up, leapt into the air as high as she could, and landed both her long legs right around the demon's neck. Finally, once the man was at her mercy, Lili twisted her hips and legs hard, until she heard a "snap" and then the man fell down to the ground. At first, Lili thought she had killed the man, but he was only dazed and confused. Lili, sensing that the fight was hers, looked down at the man she defeated.

"That last one was my 'Sapphire Rider.' How'd you like that one? Maybe now we can get you one of those oversized 80's cell phones to go with that Zack Morris hairstyle you got."

"You.. You little (gasp) BITCH! How.. How could I lose?"

"Face it, you just 'aint got it, pal. I didn't even hit you that much and I still brought you down! Now, I suggest if you want to keep breathing, you tell me where my father is, and where I am."

"You.. You're in Southtown.. USA."

"Good, keep going."

"Your father (cough) I swear I don't know where he is. I was only ordered to come and get you. I had a letter sent to me from someone named 'R.' promising to pay me handsomely for delivering you."

Lili put her spiked heel right on the man's groin. "Oh come now, I think you can do better than that! Who is this 'R?' One more time, before I take away any chance you have of procreating. Where is my father? Who's got him?" She applied a slight bit of pressure on his gonads.

"I don't know who 'R' is. I was just told to bring you here to Southtown and take you to Geese Howard. If anyone knows who 'R' is, it's Geese."

"Really, how can I find this Geese?"

"He lives in the Geese Tower, but I'm not sure if he's staying there now. He might have abandoned it after his last defeat. I don't know, I haven't been in Southtown for a few years. But you should go to the Southtown pier. The read headed emo guy who likes to hang out there knows something. That's all I can tell you. Please, just leave me alone."

"Okay then, you go see a chiropractor about that bad neck of yours. Thanks for the info. I'll leave you to get up and find your way."

Lili then took her foot off the man's balls, and began to run away as fast and as far as she could. As confident as she appeared just then, she was frightened. She didn't want this guy to get up and follow her.

"So, you are in America. Father, you've got to be here somewhere. I'll find you. Southtown, here I come."