Chapter 13: The Best Years

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"Well, this looks fun." Said Loki as he and Sylvie walked passed the line of people waiting to get on the train. From what they saw, it seemed like the guards were only giving tickets out to the wealthy. Loki had to admit, that bothered him a little. But it didn't matter. As long as he and Sylvie got on the train.

"We can't fight our way onto that train," Loki told Sylvie.

"Who said anything about fighting?" Sylvie asked.

"All your plans involve fighting," Loki replied.

"Not this one." Said Sylvie. "I'm going to enchant a guard, have him lead us through the crowd, and if anyone gives us any trouble..."

"Make him start shooting?" Loki guessed. "And then what, kill every guard and hijack the train?"

"Whether or not there's a fight is entirely up to them," Sylvie replied.

Loki shook his head. Using brute force is what got Sylvie shot last time. She was lucky it wasn't a gun made to kill people. They needed a better plan.

"We're doing this one my way." Loki decided. Before Sylvie could protest, he went to the other side of her, grabbed her shoulders, and changed his outfit to look like the one that the guards were wearing.

"How do I look?" He asked.

"Like someone with a sh*t plan." Answered Sylvie.

"It's a great plan," Loki said.

"Hmm." Sylvie hummed in annoyance.

"Just follow my lead." Loki pinned her arms behind her back and headed towards the front of the line.

"You haven't changed at all," Sylvie muttered.

A few guards didn't pay attention to them, but it was the guards at the entrance of the train that were difficult. When Loki tried to get past them, one of the guards stopped him.

"Whoa! Hey!" The guard exclaimed.

"Taking this one to Shuroo," Loki explained, his voice sounding deeper than normal.

"Okay." Said the guard. "And the tickets?"

"Orders come from the top to get her on this train." Said Loki.

Suddenly, Sylvie grabbed the guard's arm and enchanted him, clearly having enough of this conversation.

"Everything okay?" The other guard that was with this one came over to them.

"Yeah, everything's fine." The enchanted guard replied. "I just remembered that headquarters radioed in their request for them this morning."

Loki and Sylvie looked at the other guard expectantly.

"Okay." He said, and they stepped aside.

With that, Loki and Sylvie entered the train.

They eventually wandered into a dining car and walked over to a booth.

"I can't sit backwards on a train," Loki told Sylvie.

"Well, I never sit with my back to a door," Sylvie replied.

"There are doors on both sides." Loki pointed out.

"Just sit down."

Loki didn't want to argue with her, so he did what she asked.

"FYI," said Sylvie, "that wasn't even a plan."

"Oh, really?"

"Plans have multiple steps. Dressing up as a guard and getting on a train is just doing a thing."

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