Another day later. 

I opened my eyes with difficulty, my head was aching. I had just come out of a two-day coma and the first thing I heard was a car on metal tracks. I was still naked and tied up with a lot of filth on my skin. A well-known collar had been placed around my neck. Oddly enough, I hadn't missed it. When my vision regained focus, I looked inside the wagon. 

 

 

          There were more slaves. The ones at the back were dead. The guy on the left seemed lost in his thoughts while the woman on the right was suffering from an unbearable pain in her stomach. The man standing was the only one who didn't seem to be affected by anything. When he saw me raising my head, he approached me. 

 

 

          "Holy shit! You're still alive! Let me help you get those ropes off."

"Th... thank you."

"They must have really hated you to leave you naked with us. Check the car's back if you can grab anything that fits you. It's not like they'll mind, poor people... We'll talk after."

 

 

            I moved towards the bodies, I had some difficulty to regain my balance. I was sorry to do this, but I had to dress up a little. One of the women had some ragged clothes that fit me. Pants and a linen strip to cover my breasts were quite enough. On top of that, she had managed to hide a bobby pin in one of her pockets, that was going to be useful. 

 

 

            I felt better despite the hunger and thirst. We had to get out of here.

"Okay, do you know where we're going? Can you fight?"

"Mmh. I believe the train is heading south. I heard the raiders talking about a place called Miami."

The woman didn't seem to be in pain anymore and joined the conversation. The other guy was still in his world of thoughts. 

"I'm so scared, I don't want to die!"

"Hey, calm down woman, I have a bobby pin to open the car. We can escape!"

"We don't know how to fight, but if can slow down the train, we can flee. I'll help you open the door, you'll be on your own afterwards."

 

 

          The man helped me open the car's sliding door. I was not expecting to see such a beautiful landscape with an extreme fear of the void that stood below our feet. I had the man's support while the other girl was stunned, as was I, by the scenery and how fast it passed by."

"Alright, good luck woman! Try to catch the Midnight Express. It's a prisonword for... escape. I hope it will stop around here."

"Thank you, I will try my best."

 

 

            I followed the small platform that led me to the train's rear. A ladder was there. I used it to climb up and therefore jump from car to car, hoping not to encounter any raiders along the way.

 

 

          From the car tops, I did not see any raiders. I jumped carefully, I tried not to exhaust myself too much, my body was quite weak. I had to find something to feed myself and something to fight with. 

 

 

            I heard some noise ahead so I lay down. A raider was sitting in the chair, taking a good nap thanks to the empty beer bottles. I was about to make this one permanent. 

 

 

            I grabbed her from behind, chocking her to death. I was pissed off, I had a grudge against all those slave raider bastards. She was the first to die and she wasn't going to be the last. I would wipe out all those scumbags until the train stopped, or I would die trying. 

 

 

          She was guarding a wagon with supplies in it. Water next to a duffel bag. Inside, canned food and a revolver with three bullets left. I would only use it as a last resort. However, a sledgehammer caught my eye. I deserved a little snack break before trying this new tool on the raiders.

 

 

          The next car was filled with several raiders. I hadn't been detected yet and I was going to take advantage of it. One of the men saw an angry shadow, armed with a rather heavy sledgehammer. He screamed in fear. Too bad the railroad tracks muffled his voice. 

 

 

            I used the sniper rifle from my previous encounter to take some raiders from the car with the boat. When I ran out of bullets, I picked up the sledgehammer and kept going. The adrenaline was flowing through my veins, I was unstoppable, just like that raider girl felt when she received my melee weapon in the belly.

 

 

            I noticed a zip line on the roof of that car. I decided to use it to quickly reach the train's front end. There were no other raiders left at the moment, so I was sure I wouldn't get shot at when I was coming down. 

 

 

            I was unleashed. The drug gone from my body had awakened my full capabilities. After my little zip line ride, the next car was blocked by an endless amount of crates. I had to jump on the iron bars that were sticking out on the right side of the train. I wasn't afraid, I knew I was going to make it.

 

 

            I arrived in a car made of containers. Some were used for storage, others as resting places for the raiders. This gentleman was going to die in his sleep, I spared him from worse. He had a rifle and ammunation that would be very useful in my quest for revenge. 

 

 

            A small wooden staircase led to the next containers. I used it as a hiding spot to eliminate the patrolling raiders, starting with the one holding a missile launcher on the car's top. 

 

 

            What the hell was that creature? A huge kind of bear was sitting in a cage. I was going to need more firepower to kill it and move on. 

 

 

            I knew where to find that kind of power. I managed to climb onto the wagon top and retrieved the missile launcher from the raider's body. Three missiles, that's what this mutant creature would eat. 

"Say hello to my little friend!"

 

 

          Maybe I went a little too hard. The rockets killed the creature, but the car would soon go off the rails too. I didn't hesitate, I jumped down and ran for safety the fastest way I could. After a few moments, there was a small explosion and the rear cars came apart. At least, my fellow slaves companions would be able to escape, I wished them luck. 

 

 

          Not every raider was an idiot. One of them had managed to set up tatos (a mixture of potato and tomato), corn and mutant fruit crops. When you lived on a train, you had to be self-sufficient. I didn't know what was waiting for me in the next closed car, I took some food before going through the doors. 

 

 

          More raiders, what a surprise! They were chatting in the bar carriage, paying barely any attention to the barefoot slave who had them in her crosshair. I had enough bullets left to send them to the next world. That was their fate, for each and every one of these scums. 

 

 

          With the bar cleaned, I kept advancing. It had to happen. The car's boss emerged from one of the booths with a remote control and activated it. My collar made a clicking noise before I received an electric shock that made me scream and lose my weapon.

"Where are you going, slave? You should have stayed with the others. I'll make you pay!"

 

 

          She pressed the remote until I was on the ground, unable to resist from the electric shocks that were affecting my entire body.

"So you're the rebellious girl I've heard about. Like every slave, they need to understand their rightful place. Luckily for that, I have this remote and you have that collar around your neck. Now that you seem cooled down, I'm going to molest you."

 

 

END OF PART 1