Midnight Ride
Part 2
by SiLK

"Well HELL'S BELLS!"  Silk cussed.  She always 
cussed when she was afraid and right now in the 
middle of nowhere on a two-lane deserted, or at 
least it seemed, highway.   Especially after 
Cynthia's warning.  She'd been driving for a while 
and hadn't even met another vehicle.  She was 
beginning to think that she had probably taken the 
wrong road.  Just her luck.  And how in the hell did 
they think that she was going to call back later?  
If she was in a no service area now, where would she 
be later?  Unless she started walking.  "Damn it!  I 
guess that's what I had better start doing!"  Silk 
told herself out loud as she open her door and got 
out of the car.  

Thankfully she was dressed comfortable.  Jeans, 
tennis shoes, and one of her many KISS t-shirts.  It 
was late February and just a little nippy.  She 
decided against a jacket because as mad as she was 
and with walking she figured she would be hot 
enough.  

She put the cell phone in her purse and hid her CD 
case and any other valuables, as she considered them 
and covered up the suitcases in the back.  Not that 
this would stop anyone if they truly wanted to get 
them but what the hell.  She went back around to the 
driver's side opened door and got in.  She turned on 
the flashers and just hoping against hope, decided 
to try the car again.  She turned the key and 
nothing.  "Damn!"  She took the keys of the the 
ignition and got out and locked and slammed the door 
and started walking.

She looked at her watch and it said 9 p.m.  9 p.m.?  
She took it off and held it up to her ear.  "Oh why 
am I NOT surprised!"  She shouted to the dark.  The 
car, the phone, the watch, what else?  She stuffed 
the timeless watch into her jean's pocket and kept 
walking.  Thankfully it was almost a full moon and 
she could see the road and easily stay out of the 
ditches.  She didn't know about Alabama, but the 
ditches in Louisiana at night was one place you most 
certainly did not want to be.  She tried not to 
think about it.  Something else, she needed 
something else to think about.  She remember Gene's 
CD and started humming `See you Tonite' softly to 
herself.  She laughed at her choice of songs.   Here 
he was again.  Invading her space.  She had teased 
her other KISSister Misha about it and pleaded with 
her to come and get Gene since he seemed to be 
frequenting Silk dreams lately.  Misha was a huge 
Gene fan and loved him dearly.  She had even got to 
talk to him at the last Expo and Silk didn't think 
that she had come down off her cloud yet.

Silk was laughing to herself and thinking about the 
Expo to come and all that they were going to do.  
Suddenly she stopped.  She thought that she heard 
something but wasn't sure.  She took a few steps and 
listened again.  She heard it getting louder.  There 
was no mistaking  what it was.