I arrived home jumping for joy. I was buzzing all over with
excitement from what just happened only a few moments ago. I knew that I had to
get some sleep at some point tonight for I would be rather tired and unable to
concentrate properly tomorrow, but that sudden explosion of adrenaline through
my body woke me up so much so that I’ve never been this awake before in my
life. I have so much energy in my system that I just have to get rid of
somehow.
I shut the front
door behind me and locked it before putting the key back on the hook where it
usually sits so neither me or my parents can lose it.
I sat down on the sofa, wondering
what to do to expel this energy. Even though I have all this energy inside me,
I had a feeling that if I did anything, it would quickly disperse, leaving me
on the floor in a collapsed heap of exhaustion, asleep in seconds, so I didn’t
want to do anything that was too active, but I couldn’t sit here waiting for my
body to calm down. I’ve never experienced this much joy before and so my body
is having a hard time processing it. I kissed Amy. And not on the cheek either,
but on the lips, for more than just a second. I kissed the person I have been
in love with ever since I first saw her enter the classroom at college four
years ago. I never foresaw this coming, never expected me to even build up
enough courage to speak a single sentence, and I’ve just spent the entire day with
her, opening up most of our life stories so that we would be able to understand
and know each other that much more. The more I think of the kiss, the more it
feels so much more unbelievable that it actually happened.
Today was the
most successful day I have ever had, and I’ve recently stopped a super-villain
from destroying the world by launching many rockets at the earth. I thought it
wouldn’t get any better than that, but I couldn’t be more wrong.
I don’t think I’m
going to try and get rid of this energy, I just thought, for I figured that it
would be beneficial for me to go to bed happy so that I would be able to wake
up in the morning just as, enabling me to have a good day with Amy tomorrow at
the shopping centre. I think that’s a much better idea than expelling my energy
through some activity. My body has to get used to this happiness as I have a
feeling that so many more will come my way so it would be good if I got used to
it instead of being this energetic each time they happened.
I turned off the living room lights,
kitchen lights and the hall lights before heading up stairs where I headed
straight for my bedroom, got myself changed from my clothes to my pyjamas and
crashed onto my bed. I knew that if I kept my eyes shut for long enough, I
would get to sleep soon, I just have to wait it out.
I wonder what’s
going to happen tomorrow. I wonder what that item that Amy wants. I don’t have
to put unintentional worries in my mind. I’m sure everything will go fine.
I have so many
thoughts in my head. Some are just repeating over and over again. Some don’t
even make any sense. A person who isn’t confident by nature, just kissed the
woman he has been in love with for four years. That’s something that is going
to make sparks fly.
An unknown amount
of time passed before I was able to settle my mind down. I tried to keep myself
in one position, but I found myself rolling over this way and that for each new
position quickly became uncomfortable. Eventually, I was slipping away into a
natural sleep cycle.
***
The next morning,
I woke up surprisingly refreshed and relaxed. I wasn’t sure when during the
night my mind had settled down fully, but I was able to think clearly for the
first time since last night. I checked the time and found that it was half
seven, which gives me plenty of time for me to get myself ready before Amy
comes around in about a half an hour’s time.
I jumped out of
bed and practically skipped into the bathroom where I took a quick shower.
After doing up
the belt buckle on my jeans, and pulling a plain red T-shirt over my head
complete with a red hoodie, I checked the time once more and found that only a
quarter of an hour had passed since I climbed out of bed, which gives me
another quarter of an hour to have breakfast, brush my teeth and do anything
else that needs to be done before my day out with Amy. I don’t think I’m ever going
to get used to that fact. Amy’s my girlfriend. Nope, never going to happen.
In the kitchen, I
poured myself some apple juice, popped some bread into the toaster and whilst
they were cooking, I turned on the TV in the living room. I thought that I
would catch up on the news over the past couple of days considering that I
haven’t exactly been around that much. You never know what you might miss if
you don’t pay attention to it. The BBC news, in my opinion, the better channel
to get the breaking news from. As soon as my finger pressed enter on the remote
to change the channel, the toast popped up.
‘The runaway
train, forty trucks long and is carrying highly toxic chemicals that if ignited
can cause some serious damage to the surrounding area,’ the news reporter said
in a very agitated tone. I was buttering my toast at the time and so rushed
from the kitchen to the living room the moment I heard.
‘Experts are
saying that the train must have a fault in its gears to slip from cruise
control to full power, but they are also adding that they cannot know for sure
until they have a proper look. Currently, the out of control train is
barrelling down the tracks, nearing the town of Colchester, which, if not
stopped beforehand, will derail and from what we know of its cargo, the surrounding
houses have been evacuated just in case.’
The woman
continued as footage of runaway train showed up on screen. It was a freight
train and a very long one at that. It was going at quite the speed. As it
rounded a couple of corners, sparks from its wheels flew in all directions as
the train struggled to stay on the tracks.
‘If the train isn’t stopped and
is successful in passing through Colchester’s station, the police has taken
every possibility in mind and has evacuated the village of Lawford as well. So
far, two attempts to try and bring this relentless train to a stop has failed.
The first attempt was lowering someone onto the engine, then had to climb down
into the cab where they would be able to bring the train to a natural stop
using its engine, but try as they might, the train was just going too fast for
any stability. The second attempt was to use what is known as the PDR, or the
Portable Derailer, didn’t go as planned. The train, going at top speed at this
point, smashed straight through the device.
‘So far, we have been unable to
get any more information on what they are planning to do next, but whatever it
is, let’s hope they bring this train to a safe stop before any lives are hurt
or lost in the process.’
I completely
forgot my toast as I watched the epic images of the train hurtling down the
tracks at speed. I watched as they showed the two attempts of stopping it, both
met with a failure.
‘We have word
that the train is only five miles from the town of Colchester. The space needed
to bring this train from top speed to a standstill is about a couple of miles,
which means they have to think of something quick.’
I can give myself
super speed that will allow me to run up to the cab, climb in and then stop the
train before it causes and real damage. But I don’t know anything about how a
train works so even if I do get inside, it might as well still be a runaway
train.
But why am I even
planning to stop this train. Amy is coming round in less than fifteen minutes and
then we’re off to the shopping centre. I don’t have time to go all the way over
there, stop the train and come all the way back in time.
What am I even
thinking about? Of course I can do everything in time. I can teleport myself in
a split second, and it will only take a couple of seconds, if not only a couple
of minutes to successfully stop the train, then another split second to
teleport myself back, then finish having my breakfast all before Amy comes
round. I can do that.
I mean, what’s
the point of having my watch if I’m not going to use it for good. But I said
that I wouldn’t draw attention to myself in this world for Amy and Tom would
probably start asking questions that I won’t be able to answer. They would be
talking about me and I can’t give away anything as that would cause an entire
can of worms would spill out.
But I can’t just
stand here and do nothing. I have to do something. I have the power and so I
should use it.
Screw it, I’ll do
it. If anybody asks, then I’ll just have to think of something. After all, it’s
not like I’m going to go there without hiding my identity.
I tapped in the necessary
commands into my watch allowing my clothes to change into the suit I wore in
the Parallel Universe beforehand, except this one is brand new looking instead
of all beaten up, torn and caked in dust. The sunglasses covering my eyes were
all that I needed to conceal my identity, I was confident in saying that. I did
look like a different person wearing this suit. I don’t think even my mum and
dad will be able to recognise me, which is also a bonus. It really would be an
awkward conversation when they come home and start talking to me about it.
I then inputted
some more commands into the watch and when I pressed the button to activate
them, I disappeared from my living room, only to appear somewhere in
Colchester, next door to the railway track. I knew that the train had already
gone passed this point as I recognised the area it is now in from the TV.
Giving myself the super power of running fast, and after feeling the power
inside my body once more, I started to run.
It was only
moments before I reached my top speed of 300MPH. I figured that this speed
would allow me to be a blur when passing people and not too fast that I have a
bit of control over my running. I know I increased my speed to a 1000MPH
before, but that is only because I was in the air and so I didn’t have any
houses or other obstacles to crash into.
The world around me was a blur. I
forced the air in front of me to one side as I ran. I followed the tracks until
I rounded a corner and saw the tail end of the train. Helicopters, police cars,
all swarmed the area, keeping an eye on the train as they tried to figure out
what to do next. They have no idea what’s about to happen. The train is only
going about 70MPH meaning it was practically stationary compared to my speed,
as were the helicopters and cars.
I neared the train. Soon, I
caught up with the last truck where I kept running forward, passing each and
every one until I reached the engine. Still in super speed mode, I climbed up
to the door and stepped inside the cab. I could already hear the news reporters
and police officers question what just happened. I stopped still whilst I
focused on the controls in front of me. I have no idea what any of these levers
do. As I was figuring out what to do, a police helicopter swung around and
pointed its nose at me, giving the pilot the right angle to see who is behind
the wheel, so to speak. Whether they will start opening fire, I wasn’t worried as
in a couple of minutes, they will have no reason to as this train will be at a
standstill.
I wasn’t a hundred percent sure,
but I chose two levers to pull. The breaks came on and the wheels screeched
against the tracks as the breaks did everything they could to stop this train.
I was slowing down and eventually came to a safe stop. I made sure that
everything was correct before leaving so this doesn’t happen again straight
after, and not waiting around for anyone to question who I am or anything of
the sort, I sprinted away as fast as my speed will allow me to, leaving
everyone to wonder what just happened.
I arrived back into my living
room with minutes to spare. I changed back into my everyday clothes, sat down
on the sofa, eating my breakfast, watching the news. I knew that I did
something that I said I wouldn’t do, but I couldn’t just stand around doing
nothing when I have the ability to make a difference.
Then the doorbell
rang and my day had officially begun.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Thanks for reading
Antony Hudson
(TonyHadNouns)
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