Chapter 85: KAZI: Nisekisha
The train went dark. It wasn’t unusual, it happened when they went through a tunnel. It should have been the same deal; the lights would flicker off here and there, then turn back on. That was not what happened. The train rocked left and right, almost unstable, and the lights completely shut off. Total darkness reigned. Not even Kazi with his superb vision was able to see.
Kazi raised his voice before panic settled. "You guys alright?"
Again, darkness wasn’t new. However, this was on another level and just because something similar had happened before did not make the situation less terrifying. Kazi could see well in the dark, though in this case, not well enough.
"Is someone leaving?" he asked, hearing a weight leave the seat beside him. "John? Hello?"
"I’m right here," John replied. "Someone grabbed my arm—"
Another voice, muffled and unrecognizable from the noise. "Someone grabbed me too—"
Several voices continued to speak all at the same time, all ruined by the screech of the train. It didn’t end either. It just kept going and going and going—
"Jesus!" Hugo stood up and stomped his foot down, and Kazi swore someone else had entered his dark peripheral. A new, small shadow that grabbed a seat from two tables behind and forced themselves to sit due to the unsteadiness of the train.
Kazi yelled, "Is everybody alright!?"
"Yeah!"
"I think someone stepped on my foot! Ow!"