Derailment - Prologue + 1

Prologue

41°31'06.8"N 87°55'09.0"W, New Lenox, Illinois, USA, Earth, December 12th, sometime between 12:24PM and 12:30PM

Adrian Deux was driving a passenger train from Joliet to LaSalle Street. As the train trudged along at the speed you’d expect it to travel along this stretch of track, there was a knock coming from behind. He had no idea who it was until they let themselves in.

“Veronica? What are you doing here?” Adrian inquired in a well-meaning voice in a tone that was very harmless. “Shouldn’t you be back at home doing your homemaker duties?”

“What’s the matter?” Veronica replied in a dark feminine tone, she then gently put her arm over Adrian’s right shoulder in a comforting way. “Is a wife not allowed to see her husband at work.”

Adrian pushed his wife’s hand away gently, “Stop that!” He announced angerly. “You’re distracting me, how on earth did you even get in here?”