The time was 8:20 when a sweet scent started wafting in the air, stemming from the waiting room. They had spread the Halothane in the air.
I walked away from the lounge room and took a seat on one of the many chairs placed around the station. A wall on my left illustrated the time while the train stood majestically in front of me.
I wonder just how many people are meant to die on that train. I could go inside and warn the people. Even if I do nothing, absolutely nothing, there’s a good chance many will survive.
8:22
2 janitors walked into the waiting room with a mask on. The sweet scent of the Halothane crept its way to my nose. Very few people walked around the station, leaving most of it empty. Quite a few also started moving back to the train, as it would leave soon.
8:26
The janitors left the room and dragged their carts all the way to the train; they went into what would be our compartment. Their cart swayed left and right, carrying a load it wasn’t meant to. Even fewer people remained at the station, as the train would set off again in a few minutes.
8:28
The janitors made their way inside the train. A swaying tuft of alba hair found itself in my peripheral vision. Nea had walked up and sat down next to me.
“I see it went well, Nea,”
“It did. I still don’t know if this will work, though. Ivan.”
“Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. Only time will tell.”
8:29
“Huh? Well, should we move now?” Nea spoke as she slowly raised herself from her seat. Without turning towards her, I grabbed her hand and pulled her back down.
“Wait, just a bit.”
“Oh? Okay?”
The second hand of the clock kept inching forward. Slowly, it ticked. Before I could even realize it, I had a brilliant smile plastered over my face.
8:30
A wave of heat.
A burst of air.
A thundering boom.
Boom~
Flames erupted from the compartment right in front of us as a great explosion swallowed it up. The impact didn’t spare anyone, though. Before even a single shriek could ring out of anyone, the flames reached the other compartments, each of which blew up in the same manner.
Metal, flames, blood, flesh, lives. Everything blasted off the train spectacularly as the entire train was engulfed in a massive explosion, a series of explosions, to be more precise.