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The first

A man rushed to the underground. Today would be the first day he got late to work. There were still 2 minutes left for the train to arrive. He looked around, surprised there weren't that many people there. There was a group of five friends, probably around the ages of 15 or 16. It was formed by two girls, one was talking a lot while the other one was just looking at her friends with a smile, two boys, one was also talking a lot, especially with the talkative girl, while the other was quiet, but he looked very tense in comparison to the rest, and one of ambiguous gender, who was wearing headphones and looking at their phone while also paying attention to the others. Next to the friend group there was a mother with her daughter. She seemed to be really stressed out and was constantly looking at her watch. She was probably late to her work, too. She noticed the man looking at her and immediately got her daughter closer to her body, trying to protect her. As soon as the man noticed he was making her uncomfortable, he looked away and directed his attention to the entrance. An older man arrived, he had a calm aura around him while also looking sad. He tightly held some red and pink flowers and was wearing a black suit. As the train got to the station, a couple in their 20s arrived, a big bearded man and a black-haired girl with blue eyes who was probably very tall, but next to her boyfriend anyone would look short. When the doors opened, they all got into the suspiciously empty train and sat down.

The man looked around the train, they all ended up entering the same wagon and as there were doors at the beginning and end of it, they were all trapped there together now. The group of friends were very loud, but what was distracting everyone else was the couple, who sat in front of the man. They wouldn't stop kissing in a loud and shameless way and it was starting to annoy everyone around them. The elder got up from his seat, next to the couple, and went to the almost end of the wagon, but the others had to endure it.

Maybe it was because he was uncomfortable, but the travel between the two stations seemed longer than usual to the man. The friends seemed to realize this as well, but they weren't as quiet about it.

- How long has it been already? -A long-haired boy pointed out.

- 4 minutes, maybe there has been a problem? -A girl answered. She hadn't talked during the whole trip, had she been keeping track of the time?

- But we haven't stopped moving...

The rest of the passengers listened carefully to their conversation. The boyfriend was the first one to react to the information. He got up and tried to impulsively open the wagon's door. His girlfriend got up too, probably to tell him to be less violent, but he didn't listen. The long-haired boy walked up to them to help him open the door, thinking that would be a good idea. One of the friends of the boy went to stop him.

- You won't be able to open it -She was the loudest of the group but at the same time seemed like the rational type- You will only get hurt.

- Don't worry Katherine, I'll be fine -And that was the beginning of the end.

As Katherine was returning to her seat, something weird happened. Kat's body dropped to the ground, she seemed to be having a seizure. Maybe she was epileptic? No, her friends were as surprised as the rest and didn't know what to do. Blood started to come out of her nose, eyes, mouth and God knows where else. It was as if her body suddenly filled up with blood, as if her heart exploded. After some time, she stopped moving. The man got up to check her heartbeat, but it was already clear to all, she had died. Katherine "The first'' Johnson, age: 16, time of death: 8:09 a.m.