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I decided I needed to deal with Frieghttrain. I needed to some how convince Dena to get to safety why I went to look for him. But how, I had one idea....part of me hated it.....but another part me thought it might be fun. Well....it's all I got.

I turned to face Dena. I brought my gloved hand up and started stroking her hair. It was shimmered as I ran my hand through it. "I have to do this. Otherwise he might come after you again. I'll tell you what though. Get to safety while I deal with this chump. Then meet me tomorrow in the ally behind Starlite Louge. We can call it a date." Her eyes started to shimmer. "What time?" She asked? Well that was easy. "How bout 9?" She smiled before hugging me again. "It's a date!!!" Before I could pull away she pecked me on the lips. I raised an eyebrow at her. She giggled "For luck. Kick his a**!!!" She said for for bolting out of the room.

I touched my lips with my hand. She certainly was something. Though I knew full well that she was probably just caught up in the moment but there was just something about her. I honestly said that to her just to get her out of here. I wasn't really planning on going through with it.....but now....I was considering it. A date with her might actually be fun. As I got lost in my thoughts, I failed to notice that a shadow cast by a rather large man had descended upon me. I whirled around only to have two massive hands shoot out and grab me by the hire.

Suddenly I felt what felt like a huge rock slamming against head again and again. Freighttrain was headbutting me. He eventually stopped and I instinctively brought my leg up to kick him off of me. This worked and I sent him stumbling back into the wall. My head was pounding. I'm amazed he didn't split my head open. I brought my hands up to my face to rub my temples...and felt my temples....wasn't my mask supposed to cover my temples. I felt more of my face...my mask was gone.....my mask was gone.

"Looking for something Legs?" Said Freighttrain as he held my mask up for me to see. He then tossed it aside and rushed me. I brought my arms up to defend myself, expecting him to go for the head but instead he threw one of his arms around my waist and threw me across the room and into the wall. I felt the wall give a little as crumpled into the pile of pillows that Dena had once been bound in. I struggled to sit up. My head was pounding and my vision was fadding. Freighttrain stood over me, clearly feeling he had won. I don't know what I was thinking when I put my hand up and gestured for him to come at me.

His face turned from one of sure victory to one of pure rage. He started to beat me. Slamming his fist into my body again and again. I still had enough strength raise my arms to protect my head so he may as well have been trying to fight Iron Man with his barehands. I some how worked up the strength to bring a kick right up into his face, sending him rolling to the side. I took the chance to climb to my feet but by the time I had, Freighttrain was on me again. He threw me against the wall once again, this time my head taking a direct hit. By this point, I wasn't even sure what was happening. I tried to raise my head again before it just dropped to the pillows.