Murder on the Train

The story starts at a Train Station in late winter with snow that covered the sky and lifted the grown-up by an inch.

" Oh, come on Jimmy. Why do we have to go to some random dinner party with some of your rich buddies, out of the whole state ", said Tiffany

" Oh, stop it. it's even not that big a deal. All we were doing is going n in a nice quick train ride through the snow. I'm surprised that you don't think it is somewhat romantic, don't you? ", said jimmy. ``Eh, 6 out of 10, the aesthetic with the snow, and the train is nice. But you could do better on presentation.".

" Oh man, everyone is a critic these days", jimmy states while pulling out his cigar, and getting ready to smoke it to cool himself down from all the snow. They travel into the more exclusive train cart. Another interesting character to focus on is a young man with a huge grin from side to side.

" Alright, this is the perfect place to practice for my new role, Night Guard Watcher Detective 2 the great awakening, this time for sure I will be the one to shine at the Apple Award ceremony," said Wallace. While tilting his Detective hat, a purchase from party city, Wallace Proceeds to enter the exclusive cart on the train.

Focusing on the 4th character, she prepares to fix her camera making sure everything is up to date. " Alright, we're all up to date now I'm ready for my scoop. From the information, I got from Craig, at the Weekly News, there's going to be a big meeting between the top of the top in high rich society and I know for sure there's going to be some juicy topics talked about at this meeting, and for now, I seem to like the only reporter who knows about this so this is perfect for me to get the best scoop". Sophia Proceeds to enter the exclusive cart of the train, but then eminently gets removed and gets dragged out of the cart into the coach cart or the regular people cart. The last character we focus on is a tall pale man with no facial hair, who seems cold on the outside, and with his hair covering his right eye and a frozen dead look on his left eye. He proceeds to enter the coach cart with no words or statements coming from his mouth.

The story centers on a moving train moving through the snow in the night. Focusing on the common cart, the cart with the most people. While the exclusive cart is at basic the exact opposite, but for now let's focus on the common cart.

As we move through the common cart we check up on our stories reporter Sophia.

" Dam, he almost broke my camera. Who throws a lady out to the floor like that. I bet you this place is instantly even cleaned. Great, now I need to wipe the smudges off my camera". As she looks around she notices a tall man with formal clothing heading right to her seat.

" Excuse me, may I sit here. There seem to be no other open spots open", said the man.

'' O sure, but if you don't mind do you have some type of cloth or something that can clean glass", said Sophia.

" O", said softly by the man. " Is that an ultimatum. For me to sit here I must give you cloth? ". Sophia gave a surprised look like she was being integrated.

" No no no no! I just need something to wipe my camera. I wasn't trying to be stingy. I am a journalist so I need my camera to be in the best condition it can be in".

" I see ". With a calm look, he gives her some cloth he had in his pocket. Sophia wonders,

" Wait, you don't have glasses, why do you need something like this?". The man answers," Well you see… hold on it seems like we're heading into a large tunnel, a dark tunnel. You may want to stick close.". Sophia stares at him confused," What something so bad that could happen in a tunnel", as she said that the train enters the tunnel and the lights cut out. It remains like that until leaving the tunnel then when the lights soon return a scream, from a woman, is heard throughout the common cart, and the noise is coming from the exclusive cart.

"Did you hear that", said Sophia. " Yes, it seems like a situation has broken out between the rich. We should go check it out", the man says calmly, but with an annoying attitude towards it. '' yeah your right we should go check it out….wait for what! What do you mean we? As a journalist I know why I am going, but why are you?".

" The details aren't important at the moment right now. It's best if we just go". The two-headed out to the exclusive cart. When they arrived it seemed like the whole cart was put on pause. The man thought to himself," Nobody has moved. They Are all still in shock by the events that have taken place". He looks around and sees Sophia taking a picture then shouts, "HEY! Stop just standing there and start pulling yourselves together. We won't be getting anywhere if everyone just stays in the same place in shock", everyone begins to move again and starts together themselves again.

Wallace begins to speak loudly," Alright everyone stop moving again because after training to play a detective role for several months it's clear to me that I might have a possibility to solve this, plus it makes my resume better.

" Yuck what a blowhard, does he think that just a few months of training for a movie, makes him some expert", said Sophia

" Sophia, I'm guessing you scouted the area when we got in here of where everyone was at", said the man

" Oh, yea. Ok just let me think. As far as I remember, if we stay in the same spot from the back of the cart looking towards the next cart the person who was the farthest away from the crime scene was the waiter. So he must be in the clear".

" I see it makes sense. He must have been coming back from serving food. So who was the closest"

" Well as you can see it was that man right there. The one sitting right next to him", the whole cart turns their heads to look at the man, and that man is Jimmy. As everyone begins to slowly back away, even his girlfriend. With sweat coming down his head, Jimmy begins to move around frantically in his seat.

" Wait! Wait! Wait! You gotta be kidding me right. I didn't do it. I know I might be sitting next to him, but I wouldn't kill him. He might have been a few words I shouldn't say right now, but he still was one of my best friends"

With a Confident look in his eye, Wallace slams his hand on the table and points right at Jimmy," Your caught buddy! If I didn't know anybody who was more guilty than you I might be a real detective"

" What", said Sophia

" Everyone relax. I never stated that Jimmy was guilty. All that's getting pointed out is that he's a prime suspect", said the man. Jimmy sighs in relief. " But, if I were you Jimmy I would refrain from lying, because when you say things like, he was my best buddy, but not having any reaction of a depressed friend. Then it makes it look more incriminating", the man says this while staring at Jimmy with a cold dead look in his eyes.

" I see, so he's just the main man to look out for. I see", Jimmy said this while he strokes his chin as if a detective would while thinking at a crime scene.

" Wait! What do you mean, who else could it be. Cause I know for sure I would never do something like that", said the chef.

" He almost has a point. He was the closest to the scene of the crime. The only other option is his… his wife or, girlfriend I'm guessing? ", Sophia says with a confused look.

" We're dating, well depending on how this day keeps going, maybe not for long", she says this while staring at Jimmy with an uninterested look.

" What!", said Jimmy

" Wow. Not only is he a murder, but it seems like he can't keep a girlfriend. I don't know about you guys, but that's enough evidence for me too…", he tilts his hat down with a deep voice," take this tough puppy in for the judge", said Wallace.

" That line was horrible", said Sophia

"I guess I should take that up with the director. I guess now I have notes.", said Wallace.

" Chef, to answer your question everyone here is a suspect of the crime. You, the waiter, the conductor, the wife or girlfriend, the loud one, and yes especially him, but if you were to ask me what I think in my opinion I don't think he committed the crime, but I am not 100% for sure on who did it, it's just suspension", said the man.

" Wait, but you have a clue tho", said Sophia.

" Nothing I can say out loud."

" But if not him who could've done it. Everyone else was almost away from him excluding the girlfriend or ex-girlfriend," said Sophia.

" Well, to find out we need to check the corpse first and see what type of wound he has.", said the man

" Yuck. While you guys do this little murder mystery adventure I am going to continue doing my job so I can at least get my paycheck and make this horrible day less horrible.", said the conductor.

" Wait, a man, that you may have known, just got offed and you're more worried about your job. Not only does that make you seem cold, but it makes you look more suspicious.", said Sophia annoyed.

" Look lady you need to understand that, that man was a horrible person, he was a horrible boss, he would cheat his way to everything then doing it the right way, he had more enemies than friends, and he was just rude. So if I am made more suspicious because I show known empathy to this person I am ok with that.", said the conductor.

" Yeah, I agree with him, it's not fair to us. Cause look i' am losing hours and I have bills to pay.", said the waiter with a kind look in his eye.

As the man grabs the body and flips it to the ground, he investigates the wound, " I see. Well not only is it good we know more about this man I would like everyone to refrain from leaving because it looks like this man was stabbed to death, and the only place I could think, that you would be able to get a knife in the kitchen."

" Oh, yea! Now that I think of it right before the lights turned off the waiter was serving out the cake as a dessert to everyone in the cart including the conductor, and after he got done serving the person at the end of the cart, the conductor, he began to move back to the kitchen, but then the chef came in here rushing with an angered expression to his face. He was looking like he was ready to kill, then the lights went out.", said Jimmy

" Hey wait! Don't flip this like I committed the crime. The only reason I came in like that was that I thought my waiter stole my knife again."

" Of course! It was your knife! Case closed! Now for real this time, this crime is solved."

" O god! Why do you keep shouting when we get into situations like this. This is not one of your dumb movies! "

The chef and Jimmy break out into an argument while Wallace and Sophia break out into a debate on whether or not his movies are good or not.

During all the confusion The Man thinks to himself. He takes one full breath and comes down to a conclusion. He grabs one of the unfinished tea cups and launches it to the grown. It causes the perfect noise to stop all the conflict and argument between everyone in the cart.

“ This is no time to be doing this. It isn’t completely clear when the train will be reaching its destination. Isn’t that the right conductor? “

“ Yea “, The conductor nervously agrees.

“ After having time to think to myself I only have one question to ask. Tiffany, when we went into the tunnel and the lights went out what was the first thing you heard. ”

“ I think I heard footsteps. “

“ I see. “

“ Pause! How is hearing footsteps going to get us any closer to finding the killer?

“ I usually don’t do this, but I agree with Wallce on this one. Unless there’s something that you figured out “

“ There is. I am confident that I figured out who the killer is, but once I announce a name your going to have to all tackle the suspect. Wallce if the suspect manages to run out the cart you must chase him down “

“ Right “

The cart gets silent with suspension hitting everybody like a truck. Waiting for some name to be announced everyone gets prepared to pounce looking from left to right wondering who will be called and how close this person is to them. Then the man began to speak.

“ The Butler “

The cart transitions from cold to hot instantly. The waiter, in a state of panic, begins to throw plates and cups as a wall to get away. Everyone begins to duck for cover, but with the adrenaline of an action movie scene going through his head he charges head first into danger putting fear into the waiters heart causing him to flee while Wallace begins a persusut.

While everyone keeps there attention on the waiter the man looks away and goes in for tackle and pins the conductor to the ground.

That going unnoticed the waiter blitz through another using bystanders and cups to block his path, but Wallace keeps on his tails. Using his stunt training experience he bobs and weaves the obstacles in the way closing the distance between the waiter and him. Eventually, while entering the cart Sophia, using the eyes of a journalist and photographer, grabbed a plate and launched it at the back of the waiters head allowing Wallace to perfectly pin him down.

After everything gets settle down both are tied up together and the group surrounds them. Ready for answers everyone moves there eyes and heads to the man.

“ So now that we final got the killers can we put this behind us and throw these two. Wait, why are there two? YOU KNOW WHAT who cares. Throw these two out the window and less just get this over with already “

“ Hold on! That is a whole crime first of all. We shouldn’t solve a crime then commit one right after. Also a question I want to get answered is why the conductor is tied up along with the waiter? “, Sophia questioned.

“ Exactly! Is there something wrong with your head you already stated that the killer is the waiter why am I getting tied up with him “

“ When think about the crime and murder and who excatly it could be there was something missing or in other words there was something off about the whole situation. In my eyes jimmy could’ve never been the killer. It was to easy. To muderder someone so obviously but then to swear up and down as if the man is being framed is very odd to me. It’s unrealistic to me to think he didn’t, so I moved to a different conclusion. It was confirmed to me when I was told the little detail that footsteps where heard in the dark. The 3rd closet to the victim was the conductor not only, but he was also the odd man out. It doesn’t make sense for him to be out of his area especially if where going to a place like a tunnel. Everyone else was most likely in the spot they where scenes the trained started, excluding the waiter who was moving a cart. He was the only one who could’ve been making those footsteps but he had no weapon. If we go with what the words of the chef says then that puts the waiter as a prime suspect, but he was the furthest away. Now this is where this road should’ve stopped, unless if you thought outside the box. What if there’s two killers, or a killer and a helper. If you think of it like that things start to add together. While giving out food the waiter could’ve gave the coductur the knife and he could’ve did the job, that is where my mind lead me. “

“ Now I can get a confirmation to this theory of mine if a certain waiter decides to speak. It might not be to your benefit, but you must be feeling some type of rage right after your partner in crime just basically ditched you and is now putting all the blame on you. All you did was handed him the knife, you never committed any crime, but if you stay quiet were going to assume that you did, then he would walk away while you end up in a cell. So now you need to make a decision on where you want to be and how your going to get locked in after this.”

There is a quick pause, and the waiter begins to think to himself for a minute. With all eyes on him he knows he doesn’t have long to think to himself and needs to make a decision. The piercing staries go through his body cause him to shake, but then cause him to come down to a decision.

“ All…. All I did was handed him the knife. He was the one who planned it out, and it was all his idea! I only went along with it, because I thought maybe with this I might be able to get a pay increase. I…. I AM SO SORRY! “

“ Dam it! What the hell man “

Wallace smirks and lifts his hat down,” It seems like this case is closed into eternity “

“ That was bad “

“ You're supposed to be an actor? “

“ You should be ashamed of yourself for that “

“ You should find a new career “

“ Wow. You guys don’t hold back any punches “, Wallace says this in a dressed tone.

After the confession everyone attempts to go back to what they were doing before, but in a different cart and the situation was kept a secret to not cause panik. The man and Sophia meet up one last time in their previous seats they were before and have their last talk before the end of the train ride.

“ So what are you going to do now you just help solved a murder. Are going to go seek a reward for your efforts “

“ No. That’s not why I did it, I guess you can say I was trying to seek justice. I wouldn't mind if you sought out a reward from this tho “

“ Oh no no, I am mostly just going to report on it, and maybe get a little bit of fame, but that’s really it, but it is good that people like you still exist that have a good heart “

“ You could say that, but I would say I am somewhat selfish “

“ Selfish, hey i don’t…. Wait! I never got your name at all “

“ Well that answer will have to be given at a different time “