Chapter 40Fast Forward 4 - Giant Leap

Back to the fading scream of rage.

I still smiled as I turned the corner. Among the crowd I relaxed, leaving Kryss and his group behind me. I was confident they'd go after their leader plummeting toward the street.

A snicker up on the roofs made me look up.

Damn.

This street didn't have really high roofs, save for office buildings or apartment buildings, most were just three stories high. And despite the dark cloudy sky I could see their silhouettes moving with me. Staying at my side.

This wasn't good. I was in trouble. Big trouble, especially if Kryss was with them already.

Looking around I found no shelter anywhere, they'd just wait me out and I couldn't sleep in a store. This was still a busy part of town, so I was safe on the streets for now but I really had no idea. The park wasn't an option and neither was any of the other places I knew. Sleeping underground wasn't on the wish-list either..

And it's not like I wanted to face them after what I had just pulled.

Think! What other choices did I have?

An old idea surfaced, something I would rather not try. But there it was, 'jumping on a moving train'

It's crazy enough to work though, even then they might be able to follow me. I sighed, it was worth a shot. It's not like I had many options left to me anyway. The only thing I had to think about hard was where to jump on one. I mean, railway tracks didn't exactly run everywhere through the city. Well, they did run through the city, but not everywhere.

Suddenly I knew where to go and headed south. There was a railway station there and the train would at least ride slightly slower for me to jump on. And if I remembered correctly there was a high enough parking garage to jump from, not that it would be an easy jump. Far from it, it would probably be one of the farthest jumps I did. On a moving target.

What the hell am I thinking?

I clenched my fists. I can do it. And they won't follow me, they're not that crazy. I hope.

Walking through the crowds and the streets due south they relentlessly followed me. Allowing me out of their reach but making sure I knew they were there. It was hard to tell if Kryss was among them but by now I hardly doubted it. It wasn't like he had better things to do tonight.

I sighed.

Come on girl, you can do it! Nodding to myself and turning left where I finally saw the parking garage in the distance. One problem though, it was very quiet here. No people at all in fact. Just the streetlights and some buildings now probably empty with nothing watching but cameras. I started to run, faster and faster. Surprised at my new speed though I had a feeling I was still not pushing it.

Arriving at the bottom of the multi-level car park I looked up. It was open on all sides making it a lot easier to jump from level to level. I climbed the side with small jumps, each floor I jumped to the ledge, pulled myself up and jumped to the next. Very dangerous but I didn't have the time to go the long way.

The crazy things one does in need.

I arrived at the roof, the 6th level, and looked behind me, seeing that they were just about to arrive at the roofs nearby. I walked to the other side to where the train-tracks were and noticed, lucky me, a train in the distance about to be embarked.

The others climbed to the roof level as well, more or less surrounding me with the ledge holding my back. The lanterns lit their faces as they walked closer, Kryss wasn't among them. I looked around wondering where he was but I didn't have the time. The train was getting closer and speeding up. The only thing making this easier is that it was quite a long train, but they always moved deceptively slow to the eye.

The others walked slowly toward me, knowing I couldn't go anywhere and not wanting to make a wrong move. It was time enough.

One last look and then I jumped.

The rush of air, the darkness all around me and nothing as support. I felt my heart almost lit up as I approached the train. I had a feeling I might overshoot it...

And almost did. Turning in the air and grabbing the side of the roof I just managed to hold on and hurt my fingers quite badly. The train moving in a completely different direction as I wasn't the nicest feeling in the book.

And me slamming the side of the train wasn't either. But it wasn't too hard. No dents in the train, no broken windows. They just heard a weird sound but I climbed to the roof as quickly as I could, before anyone would notice me.

I sat down on the roof trying to get some heading and make sure they didn't jump behind me. The parking garage roof was disappearing in the distance and I smiled. I was safe.

And wrong.

Something jumped against me and threw me off the train. I wildly flailed in midair, trying to get some grip and managed to hurt the same hand on the side of a building. This was bad.

Landing in the middle of an old big store-room with some boxes still against the wall and in the corner I rolled up, allowing myself to come to a grinding halt. Literally...

My coat and clothes were ruined.

But that wasn't the worst thing.

Kryss and his group were standing around me, a dirty smirk on his face.

They had me.