Rob stood at the kitchen counter, stuffing snacks into an already filled backpack. Haley sat at the table, half awake and sipping on some tea.
"Why do we have to be up so early?" Haley asked in a whine.
"The train leaves at five and I want to be there early so we have good and proper seats." Rob stated, zipping the bag shut.
"What is a 'proper' seat on a train?" Haley asked. Rob slipped his backpack on and moved over to Haley.
"A proper seat in in the center of the train. We won't be sitting on top of any wheels and we'll have the perfect view out of the window, no front or back of the train to get in our way." Haley let out a hum of disbelief. "Plus that's the place they hit the most with the free tea and cookies."
"Alright, I forgive you." Haley sighed and put her cup to Rob's mouth, letting the boy have a sip of the tea.
"Ready to go?" Rob asked.
"Do I get a choice?"
"Nope."
"Fine." Haley huffed and finished her tea before putting the cup in the sink. "How are we getting to the train station anyways? You didn't tell anyone we're going on a mission."
"I managed to get a ride." Rob chuckled and held out some car keys.
"We're taking the German-mobile, aren't we?"
"Maybe." Rob sang as the two left the house, not noticing that Seth and Lauren were listening to them the whole time.
Rob and Haley drove over to the train station and Rob triple checked to make sure the van was all locked up and nothing valuable was showing, they were going to be back by early tomorrow, but the boy wanted to make sure the vehicle he had 'borrowed' would be safe. The two handed the man their ticket and got on the train without any problems. Rob lead Haley into the center booth and they sat together on one of the two benches after setting their things on the other one, making it clear to the other passengers they wanted to be seated alone.
"My, my. What a pleasant surprise." Seth sang as he and Lauren entered the booth.
"What are you two doing here?" Rob asked.
"We're signed up for the mission with you, remember?" Seth asked, grabbed Rob's bag and tossing it on to the other boy's lap.
"I left you out of the conversation for a reason." Rob snapped and put his bag on the floor, watching Seth and Lauren sit down.
"Do you really think I was going to let you run off on a mission alone?" Seth scoffed. "Plus you're not getting ahead of me in the Death Scythe race."
"You dragged me out of bed for this?" Lauren asked. "How long is this train ride?"
"Five hours." Rob said between gritted teeth.
"I am so taking a nap." Lauren stated and reached into one of the bags she and Seth brought and pulled out a fluffy blanket.
"You guys should go back to the house, me and Haley can handle this one our own." Rob said.
"We're not allowed to go on lone missions, remember?" Seth poked the side of his head with a finger.
"It's not like we don't break the rules everyday." Haley scoffed.
"I'm staying and there's nothing that you can do." Seth crossed his arms and stuck out his tongue.
"You're such a child." Rob said.
"I'm sixteen years old, just like you." Seth stated.
"Then act like it."
"If you two end up arguing for this whole ride I will turn both of you into females with my left foot." Haley snapped.
"Why your left foot?" Lauren asked, curled up under her blanket.
"Because they're too wrong for my right." Haley answered.
"Oh God." Rob groaned. "That was a horrible pun."
"Then behave." Haley said.
"Fine." Rob huffed as the train took off.
"Why did you go off without us anyways?" Lauren asked a moment later.
"And why didn't you tell anyone about wanting to go on a mission?" Seth added.
"I wanted to prove that I don't fuck everything up." Rob stated. "Me and Haley are also behind in the Death Scythe race and we need to beat Sammy. If not us, then one of our groups."
"Why do we have to beat Sammy? She's already over a hundred souls ahead of all of us, there's no way we can beat her." Seth said.
"Do you know what people are going to say as soon as Sam my becomes a Death Scythe, especially if she beats all of us?" Rob asked. Seth and Lauren shared a look before shaking their heads.
"'How many of those souls do you think she got from eating a random person alive?'." Haley quoted.
"'She's only a Death Scythe because Lord Death is afraid of her'." Rob added.
"People said that?" Seth asked.
"That's horrible." Lauren said.
"Which is why we're going to beat her to being a Death Scythe so then they can't use her black blood as an excuse to mock her." Rob stated. "Plus I wanted to get away from you guys." Rob added with a chuckle.
Haley ended up drifting off a while later while Rob and Seth were discussing some video game she knew nothing about. She was curled up on the seat and her head was resting against Rob's shoulder. Haley yelped when she woke up to Rob moving and yelling, making her slide down between Rob's back and the wall.
"I'm going to jump out of the train window, I swear!" Seth shouted. Haley grunted and sat back up, rubbing her head.
"Make sure to land on your head, it's the only thing that won't get affected by the fall." Rob snapped.
"How long have they been fighting?" Haley asked Lauren.
"Ten minutes." Lauren muttered.
"I'll throw you off the train instead!" Seth threatened.
"Do it!" Rob stood up. He quickly regretted his decision when the train suddenly slowed down and launched him across the booth, making him land on top of Seth. Haley laughed and pulled out her phone, taking a few pictures.
"Oh!" A woman walked into the booth and saw the two boys. "Should I come back?"
"Can I have a chocolate cookie?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah..." The woman went into her cart and handed Lauren a cookie.
"Get off me!" Seth snapped and shoved Rob away from him.
"Anything else?" The woman asked the group.
"We're good, thank you." Haley said with a smile and the woman left, shaking her head. "I am so sending this to Sammy when I charge my phone." She chuckled.