Chapter 5
Delays
The train shuddered to a halt. Jake Green looked up from his reading and stared out the window into the black night. He checked his watch. 1:00 AM. Who -or what- would want to stop a train at one in the morning? He glanced out the window and could see several shapes and flashlight beams cutting through the darkness. The door to his train car opened. The air suddenly froze. Jake could feel the drop in temperature as a sinister looking man stepped into the car. He turned and faced the startled and confused passengers.
He was wearing a double breasted leather coat that brushed the floor when he walked. He had pulled off a pair of leather gloves when he entered the car. A fur hat like the one you always see Russians wearing sat on his chisled head. And here's the weird thing: He was wearing sunglasses. At night. Jake's first instinct was to run. But why? He hadn't done anything. Right? The man moved down the aisle, his combat boots thumping on the floor. Two other men followed him. They were police officers. What was going on?
He was looking at each of the passengers, examining them. When he reached Jake, he squirmed in his seat and looked away from that chilling face. He finally reached the end of the car, then turned on his heal and produced two photos from his coat. one was of a very serious looking teen boy with dark hair and eyes. The other was another teen, but a girl with dark skin.
" Have you seen these children?" he asked in a gravelly voice. His words were sharp, and cut the air like a knife. He got general nods of no from the puzzeled commuters. Then he tensed and placed a finger to his ear. You could barely see the earpiece he was so intently listening to.
" We have something. Let's move," he said, addressing the police officers. He put the photos back into the folds of his coat. They stepped through the door at the other end of the car. Jake turned back to his book, trying to take his mind off what had just happened.
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