You are outnumbered, fighting them would be suicide, so you opt to create an escape route. You stand up and point the Trejo at the window.

"Wai-!"

Melody's warning comes too late. You pull the trigger.

Hear a bang, and instantly something stabs you in the chest. Look and discover a red stain spreading across your shirt from a hole. Your legs lose strength and you fall backwards. With your eyes fixed on the ceiling, your memory relives the moments you spent at the station waiting for the train.

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Isaac takes a place on the platform bench with you. Your brother reads on his laptop a virtual pamphlet he downloaded from the service's website.

"It says here that in addition to air conditioning, professional security, and top-notch service, the cars are equipped with bulletproof glass windows 30 centimeters thick, made in zero gravity for greater strength and transparency. Are you listening?"

Obviously, you weren't.

Final 2: Rebound effect.