18 years later

In Camden, the town's population triples around summertime due to it's high popularity amongst tourists. I mean who wouldn't want to come here? It's practically post card perfect with it's lovely weather (a day that goes above 75 degree's is called scalding here), the beach, easily accessible docks that make it the perfect place to take you're boat out, and it has a quaint little night life that doesn't get to crazy, but still allows the rowdy teenagers and parents who have a escaped,a chance to have fun.

Ever since the invention of Airbnb more people have been flocking to staying in place's just outside the town to get a piece of the quiet life, instead of staying at hotels by the beach due to it's very expensive pricing. The city council then decided to cash in on this new found information by building a railway for boarders and renters to use to help cut the costs of renting a car and also ensuring everyone gets home safely after a night on the town. The rush to have a night frivolity at the local bar's and other place's starts at about five, with families wanting to treat themselves to a cozy dinner before the real partiers come in. If you're a poor sucker like me who has a job that ends at 5:30 that means you have to suck it up and ride home on a crowded train full of families, trying to rush the kids home as the drunks already begin to rome the streets, on the 6:15 train.

It's not that my family doesn't own a car we just aren't receiving the same amount the people who visit here receive, if that makes sense. Beside's I'm fine with the train, once I shove my headphones in or master enough concentration on reading a book, the trip is actually enjoyable. I work as an IT operator at one of the beachside hotels where the high and mighty like to lodge. The job was an easy snag due to my "way with technology" as my manager liked to call it. Really all I do is concentrate, stand there for a second as I fiddle with cords saying technobabble I've honestly learned from TV and Scifi films, and that is how I use my abilities to their utmost extremeties at the moment.

I know it's not the most exciting thing, as let's say bringing down a helicarrier or defeating an alien army, but it pays money and it let's me do homework or read on my downtime when everything is working well, and that makes me happy for the time being. Right now me and my family have agreed that I should be focused more on school, before I do the whole travel the world be my own kind of person thing and I can agree with them on that. Taking online classes and working has helped me a lot especially financial wise but that doesn't mean the job can't get boring at times.

Like today for an instance I basically got paid for sitting on my butt looking at pinterest and got called up twice to go fix something, I shouldn't complain but there has to be more I can do right?

My life can't just be doing this can it? I contemplated as I finished my walk to the station. It was already crowded with parent's and children looking to their left as the train began to appear. I quickly picked up my speed, shoving my work polo further into my purse just to make sure it didn't fall out, and moved to the end of the line where the end of the train would be. As the train slowly came to a stop I saw my reflection in the window. My hair was still white or as some people call it, platinum blonde now, and you can tell that spending my time indoors didn't really give me the tanned goddess looked that a lot of tourist girls rocked in town but I like to think it all came together to help accentuate my blue, with a little bit of green, eyes. Yes you just read this right I of course complimented myself on my eyes because it builds self-confidence obviously.

As the door's opened I stepped on the train and gladly obliged to standing for the first couple stops to let the kids sit. I chuckled to myself as I realized excluding dads and amazonian mothers, I was surprisingly one of the tallest people on the train today which isn't saying much in all my 5'5 glory. Out of boredom I glanced at my phone to waste some time but found nothing new upon further inspection. The train seemed to be even more crowded today than usual as I found that there were no empty seats still after 3 stops. There was one guy who seemed to be pacing the train car for a seat. I didn't have the heart to tell him that he was going to be a selfish jerk if he did find one and stole it from someone else who really deserved it! Come on where's a shouty soccer mom when you need her to this guy a talking to?

The guy nudged his way past me and the crowd holding on to the rails not bothering to make any apologies as he kept moving forward. He was tall, with slightly tanned skin and dark brown hair. If it weren't for his lack of manners I would even go so far as to call him attractive.

I accidentally collided with the man behind me, while the Jerk pushed me out of the way, as he let out an-

"Oof" from my elbows going into his chest.

"So sorry" I apologized behind me as I nodded my head to the culprit. The man I had hit gave me a nod of understanding while keeping his head down. I felt something make a thud noise on the top of my sneakers and looked down to see a smartphone that had dropped out of the Jerk's coat most likely. Being the nice person I am I picked it up so that I could return it to him. Then of course I felt it vibrate for a text message. Let me mention that not only am I a nice person but I'm also a bit of a nosey one, it's a habit I know I need to break it. I glanced down at the screen and saw something that terrified me.

LEAVE NO WITNESSES was all it said.

I could almost feel somebody looking over my shoulder reading the message with me. I glanced behind me and saw the man I had elbowed earlier. He definitley wasn't local because I would've somehow recognized but he also wasn't a tourist. From the looks of him he seemed to have taken style advice from a hobo but was much to good looking to actually be one also he definitley looked like he knew how to throw a good punch or two. Based on the concerned look on his face I had a feeling he was someone I could trust with the info I just read and the plan I was beginning to well..plan.

"I can get these people off at the next stop you call the police" I whispered to him. Hot Hobo gave me a confused look at how I was the one giving out orders. Hey what better time to show who you really are to the public than to save the day from a civilian attack.

Once we reached the next stop I grabbed onto one of the poles meant for people to hang on to.

This shouldn't be to hard it's just like your regular computer right? I thought to myself. I made sure to concentrate and then there was a pulse that I could feel run through the train.

"I'm sorry but the train has ceased in any further motion due to technical difficulties. Please disembark and wait for the next train" an automated voice rang over the intercom. There was a loud groan that I could hear throughout the train as complaining families got off. I stayed behind to make sure everyone was safe and Hot Hobo seemed to stay by my side as he ignored my order. The jerk, who had dropped his phone, remained in his seat as if he knew what I was planning and gave the both of us a smirk.

"Get off the train" Hot Hobo told me as the last of the passengers got off.

"I got this, you get off" I said feeling cocky as adrenaline pulsed through my veins. Stopping the train only seemed to strengthen me and I felt like I could seriously kick some ass right now. It was only one guy with most likely a gun.

"No" he told me.I gave him a glance.

Two against one probably would make this a whole lot easier then I told myself, even though I knew I would most likely do all of the work. In quicker time than I thought would be possible I was able to restart the train on my own, leaving the three of us in the car. The Jerk got up from his seat.

"It's been so long we miss you back at work" he said to Hot Hobo. Ok the two of them being ex work buddies wasn't really what I had been expecting.

"Your friend though she might have to go" the jerk continued in his strangely accented voice. Practically in the blink of an eye I felt a bullet whizz past my ear as hot hobo moved me out of the way. So this was going to be one guy actually skilled with a gun then? Now was going to come the easy part. With my hand placed on one of the walls of the train I shot my hand forward as a blue bolt of lightening skidded across the floor to his left leg crippling him. He dropped his gun in the process.

"So that was new" I heard Hot Hobo say to himself as he ran to retrieve the gun.

"How many are here?" he asked pointing the gun at the jerk.

"Ouch, you know that was very sneaky sveatie I did not see that coming. Very familiar though reminds me something we did back in the 90's"

"Not a lot of people would have seen it coming, you don't normally think ' oh hey she shoot's lightening out of her hands' when they see me or when they see anybody. Now what the hell are you talking about and what do you want with him?" I said approaching the Jerk, now that he was weaponless.

"How many?" hot hobo asked again.

"To many questions, one at a time please children. First of all, it's just me for now, but we are everywhere James you can't hide from us" the jerk smiled as he eyed the security cameras on the train. Hot Hobo immediately turned to them and shot them out.

"You are so quick to trust, I see?" the jerk asked me as he nodded at Hot Hobo.

"I wouldn't know what that's like, must be a strange connection people like you have?" he joked. I heard sirens driving beside us, either a passerby had heard the gun shot or someone at the railway head quarters had been watching the security footage play out. Hot Hobo looked around the train car nervously before tossing the gun out of anyone's reach. He walked up to one of the windows and with much less effort than I would've thought he kicked it out.

"Where are you going?" I asked him. I had just met this dude but he held my curiosity, I had never met someone like me, if what the Jerk said was true. I mean I'd definitely seen them before on tv, but this was a first.

"The people he works with are ruthless and after me. If he knows I'm here other's will follow and only bring terror here. Hand him over to the police, I get the feeling you have the situation handled" he gave me a smirk and a wink.

"But we just had a reunion" the jerk commented with a false pout on his face. Hot hobo and I shared a look before I went over to the Jerk and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"We will see each other again" the jerk told me and for some reason that is what made me feel hesitant. He was clearly a bit cuckoo for cocoa puffs but with Hot Hobo's talk of others coming it made me fear of facing more than just him. You can't fight crazy while you're the only sane one. I wanted to know more but I also needed him knocked out so he couldn't lie to the police.

"Goodnight" I told him as I sent a volt through him to knock him out.

"Good luck" I said to Hot Hobo.

"Not the first train I've jumped from doll" he gave me a nod as he gracefully jumped out. With that I stopped the train and let the police finally catch up to us. I made sure to have my hands raised in the air and began to realize how insanely dangerous and unsafe the situation I had just been in was. I feel like I should not have felt a tinge of excitement from that?