Runaway Mission

The man woke up with a jolt of pain running through his body. He opened his eyes to the bright outdoor light filling into the train compartment from the window. He looked around at the compartment that he was in and it was made in almost an old school style, with wood furnishings and retro looking cushion seating. The man got up to feel his whole body slowly regaining itself from waking up. He had no recollection as to how he got there, and that he didn't recall what had happened prior to his waking up. As he looked outside, he saw that the train was going at a speed that it probably shouldn't be going at, with things passing by so fast it made the outside look like a blur. He felt the floor rumble here and there, probably due to the train going at an advanced speed.

As he was trying to gage his surroundings, he felt a buzz in his ear, which didn't hurt but did annoy him a little. He tried to scratch his ear to stop the buzzing sensation, only to find that there was an ear piece in it. He accidentally turned it on, which allowed a slightly static voice to come on. "Hello there and good morning," said the voice. The man was confused and now not sure as to what to do. "Should I answer, or should I throw away this ear piece?" he was thinking to himself. "You're probably wondering how you got here," said the voice in the ear piece. "Yes I am," the man cautiously replied back. "Good. You're responsive. We were afraid that there was going to be side effects when we sent you back," said the voice. "Side effects? Sent me back? For what? And what the hell is going on right now?" asked the man. "Well, you enrolled in a program," said the voice, "and this program involves working for an agency. We are not a pro typical secret agency, as we deal with tasks and missions that are not of the norm."

Now the man was deeply confused. Not only did he have no idea as to how he got here, but he had nothing on him except for the clothes that he was wearing, the earpiece in his ear, and a watch on his arm. He didn't even have a ticket for the train. "Okay. So why am I here?" the man asked with a sense of confusion infused into his speech. "You're here because this is your first task. Consider this your first training session," said the voice. "Training session?" said the man. "Yes, training session. We have transported you to a different time in history. This essential as many of your missions and tasks moving forward will involve being in different time frames, past or future. You will look out of place in comparison to the other people on the train right now, and that is perfectly fine because that is not a factor in your mission currently. Your mission is to get off this train. Without getting hurt," said the voice.

The man was now even more confused, with all this information coming to him and none of it making sense. "This train is on a collision course with another train in approximately 5 minutes. It is your task to get off the train within the next 4 minutes, as there will be a bridge that over looks a waterway 4 minutes from now. You must get off the train and jump into that waterway in order to survive this mission. If, by any chance you try to get off the train before or after this 4 minute mark, the chances of you getting hurt or possibly killed are exponentially higher. So, you're task is to get off this train and jump into the water, while also avoiding getting hurt by the attackers that will be coming towards you as you exit. Good luck," said the voice as the line went to static.

The man was furious as he franticly tried to reply back to get an answer. "Okay, 4 minutes. Got it," he told himself. He exited the compartment and looked around to see where the nearest exit was. There was a doorway to the next train car down the hallway, as the man proceeded towards that door. As he did, suddenly a man dressed in clothing from the 30's stepped in his way. "You ain't going anywhere son," as the man pulled out a knife from his pocket. "What the hell?" said the man to himself as he saw the knife. The other man plunged towards the man with the knife, with the knife just grazing the man's shirt. A strange feeling appeared as the attacker attacked him. He felt as though his body knew what to do right when the attacker lunged at him. He grabbed the attacker by the wrist, snapped it backward, causing the knife to fall onto the ground. As the knife clunked onto the ground, the man grabbed the attacker by the neck and threw him to the side. The man now ran forward to get onto the other car, checking his watch to see how much time he had. 3 minutes. He entered the next car, which was filled with people dressed exactly the same as the attacker. "Great," he thought as he slowly proceeded forward. As he did, one by one the attackers tried to fight him, with none of them being able to lay a scratch on the man. The man was confused and also astonished as to how he was able to fight all these people without any sort of damage towards himself. Each attacker was dealt with in lightning speed. If they tried to hit him, he seemed to dodge their attack and retaliate in swift motion and in tactile precision. The attackers were subdued one by one, with each one falling to the ground or thrown to the side, each of them screaming in extreme pain or knocked out by the man's retaliations. He looked at his watch to see how much more time he had. 1 minute.

"Damn," he thought as he opened a window to see that there was a bridge up ahead, with the waterway the voice on the earpiece was talking about. He saw that there was an emergency exit at the end of the train car, which he began to pry open. As he opened it, he felt a sharp pain on his left shoulder. He turned his head to see a knife sticking out of his shoulder, with one of the attackers gasping for air as he lied on the side of the wall. "Told you son. You ain't going nowhere," the attacker said. The man turned around, and without thinking twice, kicked him so hard in the chest that the attacker was flung to the side of the car. His body slammed into the window, which cracked from the impact of the hit. The man looked out to see the train almost clearing the bridge, and that if he had to jump, now was the time. He jumped out of the train, flying towards the watery ground below.

As he did, he felt the air rushing past him, and his hearing being filled with the sound of the wind hitting his ear drums. As the ground was rushing towards him, he put his arms above his head and closed his eyes, in anticipation for impact. But instead of feeling the impact of the water below, he opened his eyes to see himself in a brightly lit room, with a person who sat in a reclining chair in front of him. "Well, you're back. And you did manage to escape," said the person who was seated in front of him. He recognized the voice to be the voice he was hearing over the ear piece. The person got up from the chair and walked towards the man, lending a hand for the man to get up. "Good job on your task. Though, you did get hurt in the last minute. We shall fix your attentive skills as we do more training," said the person. "By the way, my name is Agent Mira Geller, I will be the person you will coordinate with during missions from here on out." The man was trying to get his bearings as he looked around the room. "You're probably thinking what is next in store for you," said Mira. The man nodded, with Mira smiling back at him. "Well, we've got some work to do. Welcome to the agency, Agent 6."