Count to Two
Description
There was no place for Luhan, not with the way he was. He hurt all those around him; he put everyone in danger. But beyond the border of the city is a desolate land where nothing but the train moves. To others, this place is fear; to Luhan, this place is freedom. Riding the train to the end of the line is the only choice Luhan has. No one knows where it goes, but he's willing to find out.
Foreword
"We're like you," she said over her shoulder, leading me down the dark hall.
"Like me?" Worry filled my voice. Did she know about my power? Was everyone here cursed with powers like mine?
"People like you, like us, get curious. Us here, we've lost it all. We were curious or desperate or lost, so we took the train to the end of the line just to see what was there." She opened a thick, metal door that led to an overhang with a single metal bar holding us back from falling into the pit below where easily a hundred people were milling about.
"That's a lot of people who've lost it all," I muttered to myself.
"Not all of them came here on the train." She shook her head. "See the children?"
I nodded.
"They were born here." She turned away and back through where we had come from.
"What did you say your name was?" I called after her, jogging to match her quick stride.
"I didn't." She stopped and turned to face me. "Everyone here calls me Two."
"Why?"
"One thing you've gotta learn here, kid. Don't ask questions to people who've lost it all,"
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