The Wilted Rose

Chapter 59: You Have Achieved Nothing

Jaclyn Expressway Trainyard/Vale

2:22 PM

138 Days to the Fall

Red Hood Pov

I was alone in the small section of trainyard. putting Black and White away, I began walking to the depot doors, I gave them a tug, finding them locked. I backed up and took a look around. There was a large window to the right, just past the roof of one of the decommissioned cars. I petal burst up and found that the window was already busted. Slipping in onto the second floor catwalk. There was no guards in here, thankfully. 

I wasn't here to fight, just to get Ruby and get out. I looked at the roof and found a rather large hole. The place looks like it hasn't been used in a decade. It fit with what Junior told me about the place. If it's a front and they wanted it to look discrete, then making it look like a run down trainyard would definitely be the way to go. I petal burst once more through the gap in the ceiling. 

The wood under my feet creaked as I reformed. It further indicated just how far in disrepair the place was in. I took a moment to look around the place. There had to have been a couple hundred soldiers here. Not a fight I wanted to have if I wanted a chance to get to Ruby. I started to examine the train. It was long and comprised of mostly storage cars. I guess they were going to pack in there when it was time to move. They could fit more people that way. 

Ruby had been brought in towards the rear. The security was noticeably higher around there but interestingly, the security was the highest towards the front. Whatever reason they had, the Huntsmen can figure it out when they get here. I stared to move, going slow and low. There were a few soldiers patrolling but they were few and far between. The problem was the sheer about of people I have to sneak past. 

I stuck to the unused train cars. I noticed that the soldiers weren't checking them. That was my way past. I moved from one car to the next. Never once stopping, in case they started moving before I was there. It took a while but I made it to the last car. I peaked up and saw that there was a single guard in the way. He was walking back into the car from the platform, near the coupling. I quickly noted that they had opened the rear gate, letting a supply truck through. With him moving and no one looking my way thanks to the supply truck, I petal burst onto the train car and into him. 

He was knocked to the ground but I pulled my knife and sank it into the base of his skull, killing him silently. I rolled him over to a corner so that he wouldn't be visible to anyone unless they came onto the car. The soldiers outside didn't seem to concerned about what was happening in the train. There was only one guard left. He had his back to me but I played safe. I moved behind some of their cargo and waited. Five minutes passed before he finally turned around and started to walk back towards me. 

I stayed low with my knife ready. The instant he walked past my cover, he saw me, but it was too late for him. I sprang up planting my knife into his throat and clamping a hand over his mouth muffle him. I slowly lowered him down behind my hiding spot as he died. Didn't want to make any noise for the guys outside to hear. I stood up, noticing Rubys weapon leaned against a crate. It wasn't secured. That was their mistake. 

I grabbed it and continued on. Making it to the next car, I had a close encounter. As I was working my way through, a soldier climbed up on the platform and turned to enter the car. I had barely a second to dash behind the wall next to the doorway. He walked into the car, not seeing me. Instead of taking a chance, I walked behind him and slammed the handle of my knife into the side of his head, dropping him.