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This has to be a Dream or is it?

The lady in the yellow dress

By More Than WordsPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 6 min read
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The passengers were in an uproar, people screaming everywhere, when she is awakened by another passenger that bumps her shoulder passing by in a panic! The lady, wearing a yellow sundress and sandals, looks around in disbelief, not at the people panicking but because she realized that she was on a moving train that seemed to be going a million miles per hour! The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in her own bed that morning after working an overnight shift at the hospital. She was exhausted that morning, she showered and headed to straight to bed, expecting to wake in her own bed, none of this made any sense, how could this have happened? How could she be on a runaway train, to her this made no sense, but that was the least of her worries given her current situation, the how she got here would have to wait! How she would survive this ordeal was much more important!

She gets herself together, as she has no other choice, she grabs her things and makes her way through the crowd, trying to make her way to the front of the train as no one could answer any of her questions as to what was going on, as the train kept moving seeming to speed up even more with each moment that passed! As she makes it to the front to try to see if she could get some answers as to what was going on, but no matter what no one seemed to respond to her questions, just as she was a few steps away from the conductor’s cab, She catches a glimpse of a woman wearing the exact same outfit as her, down to the shoes and shades, her hair was done exactly as hers, sitting calmly to her right! Puzzled by this, she is stopped in her tracks and before she could make her way over to the other lady, the other lady gets up and takes off running through the crowd, and she turns around attempting to follow behind her! Weaving through the crowd trying to catch up to her, she loses her in the crowd. The conductor comes over the intercom instructing everyone to return to their seats as she catches her breathe.

Moments later, as she is sitting down in her seat, holding on for dear life as the train is speeding through a tunnel, everything goes black…. She feels someone bump up against her causing her to drop her purse on the floor, frantically reaches down to pick up her bag, and as the train comes rushing out of the tunnel, the sun shines through and as she sits back up, clutching her purse even tighter, she looks up and sees the other lady stumbling back to her seat, but now wearing a black dress. Confused again at this point she sits there shaking her head trying to figuring out what she needed to do next! Scared as hell, because she didn’t know what was happening, how she got here and wondering if she would survive this, were all going through her mind!

A somewhat calm voice comes over the intercom telling everyone to take out their tickets! Announcing that someone had messed with the controls on the train and they were investigating who would have done this! Also stating that they believed that whoever it was, was still on board! He then told everyone to stay calm and that they were very close to figuring out how to fix the issue at hand and that the train would be slowing down shortly! People were all still frightened as they retrieved their tickets, some paper tickets and some on their phones…The lady in the yellow Sundress, Sadie, rummaged through her phone to see if there was any trace of a purchased ticket even though she knew she had not purchased one, and to no avail, there was none, she then rummaged through her purse looking for a paper ticket, and to no avail, again no ticket, but what she saw next, made her heart drop! Without pulling it all the way out of her bag, she observes what looked like a small piece of machinery! Sitting in the bottom of her purse. There it was in her hand, realizing this could have something to do with what was going on with train and she slowly lets it go. Just then, an official comes by and asks her for her ticket, she closes her purse quickly, and tells the official that her phone was not working and asks if he could come back to her once she got it working again! The official hesitantly tell her yes, and moves onto the next passenger sitting behind her! Relieved, she sighs heavily, looks over her shoulder to make sure that no one is looking, realizing that no one is currently paying attention to her, she slowly opens her purse back looking back through it again, she notices that this shiny piece of machinery was still there but none of her identification or cards were in there! Thinking to herself that there is no way that this could be her purse she looks around, to see where the suspicious lady from earlier was, and she was nowhere to be found! Looking around everywhere, Sadie was wondering where this lady could have been, when she notices that the train is beginning to slow down a bit, a little bit more, until it was almost going at a normal speed! Everyone took a sigh of relief as the conductor comes back over the intercom saying that everything is under control and that they would be coming to a stop very soon to switch out trains to get them to their final destination and to have their ticket ready to show before boarding the next train. Still trying to figure out what to do about the piece of machinery in her purse, she closes the bag back and continues to look around trying to find that mysterious woman from before. Sweating and not understanding what was going on, she pulls out her phone to call her sister, but notices that all of her contacts had been erased! Out of frustration, she slammed her phone down and let out a muffled yell very low, drawing attention to herself ! She looks up and out of nowhere, the mysterious woman has reappeared and is now talking to an official, crying and pointing at Sadie , the officials look at Sadie and begin to quickly walk towards her….. she looks out the window and sees that the train is about to come to a stop at the station for them to change trains. Sadie decides to get up and head towards the door, thinking making a run for it was definitely the best move. As she moves quickly towards the doors….the train jerks and speeds up again, passing the train station, throwing the officials back, she braces herself against one of the seats, keeping her from flying back into them. Without warning, the train tracks shift, sending it careening towards another train. Sadie looks up and sees the mystery woman with a sadistic smirk on her face, she locks eyes with Sadie showing her a small contraption in her hand then hiding it before anyone else could see it! She turns away from Sadie, Sadie then heads towards her then realizes how quickly their train was to a head on collision with other one, she stops in her tracks, grabs onto the back of a seat, crouches down bracing herself for the crash and just as the trains are about to Collide, Sadie wakes up back in her bed in a cold sweat breathing heavily! She looks up and on her TV the reporter is reporting on a two train head on collision that happened just two hours ago! The reported then says, that the officials are looking for a lady in a yellow sundress and sandals, a sketch that looked just like her was posted! She looks in disbelief, reaches for her purse to grab her phone with a sticky note attached saying “Hey there, good luck!” She then sees the mechanical contraption next to her on the bed. Just then at the door she hears a loud aggressive knock on the door followed by a voice saying, “Come out with your hands up! We know you are in there!”

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