Chapter 2: there's always be trouble coming soon

~14 March 2042~

"Mina, it's 7 o'clock already." Her mother tried to wake her from the past 5 minutes ago, mina's eyes are unfolding and sit on her bed, seeing her mother standing in front of her neatly dressed, "Yes, I will get up." Mina said lazily, she groans and squints her eyes as she gets up from her bed slow like a sloth. Her mother in a second, grasp her hand and hurriedly go to the bathroom. "Go shower in 5 minutes, we should be at the station by 8 o 'clock." She said in a rush tone and closed the door as mina rolled her eyes and immediately take a bath.

Her mother eats her breakfast when she hears footsteps from the top, the sound of footstep coming into the kitchen revealed mina wearing a long grey coat, purple looking like a stripper, short jean, and a long black sock, her hair was loose. She put her luggage in front of the hall as she sits on the chair and eats her breakfast, "Isn't my daughter so beautiful in whatever clothes she wears?" Her mother admired mina, though she was fluster of the compliment "yes, I guess so." She sees the grandfather's clock standing in the corner indicating that it was already half of the seven "I must hurry up eat my breakfast."

After 5 minutes of eating, she finally finished eating "I'm finally done." She said, and her mother took the plate in a hurry and put it in the dishwasher.

"Come on mina, you might not want to be late!" her mother yell, waiting at the front door for her daughter to get ready. "Will you be patient for a few seconds, you woman!" Mina yells back, annoyed with her mother shouting when she finally came to the front door, "don't be a slow one." Her mother twisted the taxi trunk, put her luggage and leaving the trunk open and get inside, while her daughter drags her luggage and bag in the trunk and close it. She replies with an annoyance tone "No, you're the one being impatience." Mina gets inside the taxi and causing a stupid argument "Maybe if you're being patient and not rushing, I would not have to go up and downstair to brought my things." "You should've prepared it by night, don't tell me you forgot?"

Poor driver listening to their argument as he believes he might get an earache sooner or later, so he cough to gain their attention and ask "Mrs Clayton, where would be your destination?" Then, they stop arguing and the driver silently relieve. "Ah yes, we're going to the train station." She replies, the driver nods his head as he finally drives the taxi to their destination: the Riverfield Station.

The atmosphere in the taxi is silent, and Mrs Clayton looks at the sight of the view in bored until she sees a reflection of Mina keep clench her fist, her eyes look down, and she kept biting her lip. "Mina, are you nervous?" Mrs Clayton ask in a teasing tone, "What? Of course, I'm not, Well I'm just excited that this is the first time we have a vacation outside the town." She stutter, avoid eye contact with Mrs Clayton. "Yeah, me too." Mrs Clayton just smiles and agree.

After fifteen minutes of a long ride, they've finally reach the station as Mrs Clayton paid the taxi driver "Thank you Mrs, have a great day." The driver thanks her, she gives him a sweet smile as she and Mina finally get outside and Mina open the trunk to bring their luggage and close it. They proceed to the station, and Mrs Clayton goes to the ticket lot, meanwhile, Mina is sitting on a bench waiting for her. Her eyes scanning the whole station, the smell of the station is like fresh air, the floor is too shiny that it can reflect a person clearly, and the noise of people footstep and chit chat buzzing in her ear, The chief of this town sure did a good job for making his own town clean. She takes a deep breath until once she notices a small wallet fall from the guy's pocket. She hurriedly picks it up and calls the guy, "Excuse me, sir, your wallet just fell down." The guy heard it and turn around to see Mina stretch out her hand giving him his wallet. His ocean blue eyes stare at her in deadpan, making her bite her lip and avoid eye contact "Oh, thank you miss." He takes his wallet and put it in his coat pocket and leave out of the blue, she raises her one eyebrow while stare at him walking away, "Why is he wearing all black except his shirt? Weird." The way she talks almost like a whisper, but she ignores the guy and goes back to her sit.

There, right on time, Mrs Clayton approaches Mina with two tickets on her hand. "I got our ticket, we should go up to where the train is located." She said, giving Mina her ticket as she takes it. "Alright, then let's go." She exclaims, taking their luggage and along with Mrs Clayton going upstairs.

After they reach the last floor on the top, Mina look at the ten trains on the railroad, and a bunch of people walking in the station. She tugs Mrs Clayton's coat and asks "Mom, which train are we gonna take?" "The train we're supposed to take is the red train and the number of the train is 011042." Mrs Clayton explains, looking for the red train, but can't due to the crowd. "Wait a minute, red train, the same number mother just told me, that must be the train." Mina finally found it on the very corner, but there's one problem, a lot of people are lining up, and is as long as an anaconda. Mina pressing her lip, and said: "Mom, I found the red train with the same number, but a lot of people are lining up in there." Mina said, point out the train, "Great, it's alright to wait for Mina, you should learn how to be patient." Mrs Clayton told her, dragging her luggage along with Mina, her eyes are narrow toward the line. They finally line up behind a ton of people lining up to get into the train, this won't be as fun as it is. Mina's lip is upside down, and every minute she kept exhale and tapping her foot while mumbling nonsense When will this people ever hurry up? Why is it so long? What's wrong with people at the front of the line?

She looks around her surrounding with her tired eyes as she yawns, until she notices something that people didn't notice, not even a single glance. At the very edge of the hall not too far from where Mina at, stood a woman stare at a man point out a gun toward the kid, poor her, she's trembling, "Give me your money and jewellery unless you want your daughter to die sweetie." The man threatened her, Mina swallows her saliva uncomfortable and her eyes appear to be flat at the cringe word the man said, "F- fine, I'll give it to you, but please give my daughter back." The woman said, giving him more money and her jewellery. However, the man still holding her daughter as he stares at the lunchbox the girl holding, "Hey little girl, what's inside the lunchbox?" He asks, "It's a food for my grandma." The little girl response. "Oh really? The food smelled so tasty, give me the lunchbox." He demands, "B- but, i- it's for my grandma, you have the money to buy a fo- aaagh." The man chokes the little girl, "I don't care, I need the money for something, just give me the lunchbox." It became tighten that the woman tries to stop him "Stop, she just a child you pathetic man." her word cause her to get a slap from the man "Oh well sweetie, I guess you and your daughter have chosen death." The man grin, he's tightening the woman throat too. Mina gives the man a death glare and something in her mind had planted a plan "Mom, wait here." Mina state, "Where are you going, Mina?" Mrs Clayton asks, "Somewhere you don't really need to know, and I ensure you I'm not gonna be in trouble." Mina's eyes still focus on the man as she approaches them and tries not to look at the scene while walking normally to them. "Hey big guy, there's something on your leg." Mina taps his shoulder as he turns around and asks "What-" Before he even asks, Mina already kick his leg hard enough that the man falls down and his gun manages to shoot the ceiling twice.

Bang Bang*

The sound of triggers making most people screaming, running, and some try to find out where the sound comes from. Mrs Clayton knew what just happened and still remember the scene she saw, her eyes still wide, and her jaw open. Mina approach Mrs Clayton and take the luggage like a normal person would ever do, due to the triggers sound people who're on the line became running to the train in a rush like a maniac. "Mina, are you alright? You didn't get hurt, right?" She furrows her eyebrow, "Yeah, I'm alright, I did nothing but kick that man. Let's hurry up before the train move." Mina said, walking into the train with Mrs Clayton as she looks at the man being handcuffed by the police and the Mother and daughter are somewhat relieve as their amber eyes somehow look at Mina then at Mrs Clayton which she avoids their eye contact. "What did he just do? I didn't see what you did to that man." Mrs Clayton asks, "He tried to choke the woman because she doesn't want to give him her money, how pathetic that man." Mrs. Clayton's are wide when she heard at what she said, Mina's eyes are death just thinking about the scene she saw. "Ah, right there Mina, D4 and D5, that's our seat." Mrs Clayton points out the chair as Mina put the luggage above them, and they both sit on a chair in exhaling.

"The red train with the number 011042 will move in 1 minute, please get inside the train before you miss it., I repeat, the red train with the number....." The conductor announces about the train, "Mina, we'll arrive at the Everlast Kingdom in three hours from now, you should take a rest." Mrs Clayton said tiredly, "Hmm.. Okay, I'm also exhausted too hehe." She tiredly state, before she fall asleep, she see some people get inside the train, "It must be the people who have had ran away from the sound of triggers." She thought, as her eyes slowly shut down completely with her head lean on to the window. Mrs. Clayton fix her position as she look at her sleeping peacefully, remind her something mystery happend to Mina.

~the past day, 1 May 2037~

Mrs. Clayton was cleaning the floor on a rainy day, the smelt of lavender and some relax music make the atmosphered relax, until she heard her ringing phone on the dining table, she ran to the dining room as she pick up her phone and call, "Hello, may I help you?" She asked, "Good afternoon Mrs. Clayton, this is Mina's teacher, I'm calling you cause your daughter have a fight with other students, please come sooner." The teacher reported her, "Right, I'm on my way." Mrs. Clayton bluntly said, she put on her coat, take her umbrella and got out with her umbrella to the car as she start the engine and drive to the school in a rushed.

She've arrived at the school and run while holding her umbrella and got inside the school as she ran continue to the teacher's room. She finally arrived at the teacher's room and spot Mina with other three male students sat on a chair having an arguemented, "It's all your fault that we're in this situation!" The student yelled at Mina, "Eh?! Maybe if you didn't mocking me and ruin my scarf, this wouldn't happend!" Mina yelled back at the student, Mina's face were red and tried to controled her anger, "It's just a scarf, what's wrong with you? You're such a sensitive person." The other student said with his eyes narrow at her, Mina stand up and grabbed his collar "YOU BURN IT YOU PIECE OF-" "QUIET!" The teacher had enough as he slammed the table causing a surprised and stared from everyone "Mina, let go of her." The teacher demanded, Mina let go of her causing the student to stumbled, "Mina." Mrs. Clayton called, Mina turned around and ran into her, "Mom!" She excitedly said, she hugged her and sobbed quietly, "I'm afraid that you have some explanation." Mrs. Clayton locked eyes to the teacher and the students with her eyebrow raised, "Yes, please have a seat." The teacher said, as Mrs. Clayton sat down, he's started to explained the situation.

 "And that's how it goes," The teacher sigh and there's a few second of silent as the teacher continue "Carl, Nathan, and Kenneth, apoligize to her now." "Sorry Mina." The three mumbled as they bow. "Hm, fine. Mom, we should go now." She said, she exhale, grabbed her bag and got up from the chair with Mrs. Clayton went out with her while soothed her.

"When we go back home, I'll make some dessert for you if you want." Mrs. Clayton took a glance at her and the bruised as Mina's eyes were adjust to the rain outside the car. "No thanks, I'm good, I'm just gonna go to sleep." She declined, her eyes were shut completely as her head lean to the window, however Mrs. Clayton fixed her position in the middle of traffic. It's indeed such a terribled traffic, it had been fifteen minute they've waited. When Mrs. Clayton took another second glance again at her, her mouth went speechless and a small gasp escaped her lip. There, a small bruised that was on Mina's hand, slowly regenerated and her bruised that's used to be on her hand was gone. Then, a loud honk behind the car woke Mina up and looked at her in confused "Is there something wrong, Mom?" Mina asked, "No, nothing went wrong, you should go back to sleep again." She bluntly said, Mrs. Clayton continue to drove while Mina go back to sleep, her head have a lot of question and doubt 'What did I just saw just now? Did her bruise just gone like that? No, it can't be, I must've get a visual hallucination. Yeah, next time I should get some more sleep.' She thought with her lip pressed and with her eyebrow furrowed.

~present day, 14 March 2042~

"Hey Mina, wake up. We've reach to our destination." Mrs. Clayton shake her up, "Yeah yeah, I'm waking up now." She groaned, she brush her messy hair with her hand as she look at the window. Her jaw are open wide when she saw that she's already in another station, "Mom, we're already in..." "Yep, welcome to the Everlast Kingdom." Mina quickly stand up and get their luggages as they wait on a line to get out from the train.

Once they're out from the train, Mina is amaze at the view of the station: the wall and floor are made out of white ceramic, drones flying around the area, robot cops are standing while scanning the area holding a gun, and a hologram showing a products and the announcement of the ceremony. "Wow, I never know how fantastic is this place, come on mom, we should look outside the station too!" She squeal, Mrs. Clayton softly chuckel at her action. They walk pass through the exit gate as they go down the stair and see a lot of people in the hall, this time there are a lot more people walking in the station. "Somehow, I'm a bit surprise there are thousand of people coming to the ceremony." Mrs. Clayton comment, "What can I say, this land are bigger than the other three continent, making the Everlast family the most richest." She said, after some research about the family last night. "We should take the flying train, but I don't know where it is." Mina stiffen at the word "flying train". "What? Flying train? W- wow, too rich that they have a flying train." Her mouth are open and her eyes are wide. "But it's a public place, we can visit here any time, but yeah kinda expensive." Mrs. Clayton giggle, Mina's stomach felt unease all of a sudden and she spot a restroom, "Mom, I want to go to restroom. I'll be right back." Mrs. Clayton nod as Mina run to the restroom.

Mrs. Clayton sit on a bench when a man accidently stumble into her feet that he fall down. "I'm so sorry are you okay, sir?" She ask worriedly, stand up and try to help get the man stand up, but been push by a man. Luckily, she didn't fall.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" He yell, his breathing is rapid and he's scanning the whole place careful. The public turn their attention to the man yelled. He scratch his head and and scream in frustation as Mrs. Clayton feel concern for him "Sir, please calm down, is there anything wrong?" But the man didn't listen to her and instead reveal his knife from his pocket and swing back and forth to Mrs. Clayton cause she's a bit closer to him, but she manage to avoid it. "I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Then, He got slip and about to directly stab Mrs Clayton when somebody somehow manage to catch the knife.

Stab*

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