Chapter 1 – The Train Wreck
"I don't like this case, these murders." Alice recited her lines for the scene. The train sped by, producing a tremendous racket, which Charles called a "production value". Joe turned around, towards the front of the train. Bright lights racing down the road caught his eye. A truck, that's what it was, Joe deciphered as it came more clearly into view. Then suddenly it turned, swerved, and then drove right on the tracks. The train continued to speed down the tracks. The train was about to hit the truck! "Guys!" Joe yelled. "Shut up, Joe!" Charles spat. Then him, and the rest of the friends saw it. The train hit the truck. It blew up and fire dispersed in everywhere. "Holy shit!" Cary yelled. Everyone ran in different directions, trying to dodge flying train parts, some on fire. Joe followed closely behind Charles as they ran at lightening speed. Preston and Martin crawled quickly under the station. "Am I alive?" Martin cried out, terrified. Cary started to run to Alice, who was just standing there, to save her. But he was too late. He witnessed Alice get hit by a speeding train car. "NO!" Cary cries. He started to run away, but the beams dislocated from the roof and came crashing down on him. Joe and Charles didn't know exactly where to run to, just somewhere they would be safe. Their course changed route many times due to flying projectiles. "I don't wanna die! I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Charles shouted. BAM! Another train part landed right in front of the boys, causing them to be split up. Charles ran left and Joe ran right. As Joe ran, he looked back every so often to see behind himself. One time was he looked back, he saw Preston and Martin get smothered by flames from a train part on fire. Joe was caught off guard when he peeked behind himself to see his friends' deaths and another projectile landed in front of him. Joe stumbled backwards. On the train part, he noticed a bright yellow sign with the word "explosives" written on it and knew he must run. Joe only got a few steps and then it exploded. BOOM! BOOM! He fell to the ground and covered his head to protect himself from flying parts. Pieces fell to the ground. Then he heard what sounds like they had stopped. Then as he raised his head to see if the coast was clear, he heard a boom. Joe was startled by this. He picked himself up and saw a mostly intact train car shaking and making strange noises. He unintentionally grabbed his mother's necklace from his pocket and clutched it tightly. "JOE!" the boy heard his name being called by Charles off in the distance. He whipped his head around just in time to see Charles get impaled by a large gear in the stomach. The boy fell to his knees and coughed off some blood before he lost his strength and fell on his side to the ground. He was lifeless. Joe could feel tears streaming down his face. The boy started to run but was pulled back. He looked down at his foot. His shoe lace was caught around a train part. In sky, he saw a similar looking train part coming right towards him. A blood curdling scream broke the new silence of the air. Just as Joe was impaled, He suddenly realized that he was back in a familiar place.
"I don't like this case, these murders." Alice was heard again, reciting her lines for the camera. Joe, confused, recognized that this was where he first saw the truck drive onto the tracks. "Guys, Guys, we have to leave! NOW!" Joe warns his friends. "JOE! PRODUCTION VALUE! Not the time!" Charles barked. "No, I really mean we have to leave. Or something horrible is going to happen." Joe explains. Worriedly, the boys' friends looked at him and everyone else and realized that this might be for real. "Go! Go!" Charles said in a hurry. Everyone grabbed their things and the boys raced to Alice's car. The group of friends drove away just as the train smashed into the truck and train parts were launched in every which direction. They drove off to safety. "How did you know that would happen, Joe?" Alice asked. Joe looked out of the window of the back seat. Alice was watching him through the rear-view mirror. "I-I-I don't really know."