"What are you doing on the train?" The one in the front said, with a badass leader scar running from chin to forehead, wanting all the attention in the world.
I turned to Mejni, who was preoccupied, giving her his look, but with eyes that were popping out, so it wasn't scary at all.
"You mean me?" I countered, pointed at myself, then gave Mejni a confused look, sarcastically pointing at Mejni.
They grabbed big-boob blondi with her hands tied and used her as a shield, and the leader leaned her sword above the blonde's shoulder, and they approached slowly towards us in the aisle. The damn box appeared in front of us, together with the book by its side. What in the flying fat fudge do they appear at the same time?
"Team Van Polan, do you accept a new team member, Tinker Blinker, to your quest?"
Uh...What exactly can she do except have big boobs and flaunting them around with the tank top that obviously shows through every time someone pushes her body up straight? She is also quite old. Is she pushing late 30s, or is 'I am still a virgin before 30' kind of girl?
"What exactly can she do? We have only seen her in wanted posters, but wondered if it is real at all?"
"She is a bomb expert and has many skills in blowing up things, and is currently wanted for killing a whole village in an explosion. She can be very handy to use for the wall, as she comes up with new bombs with her flexibility and fast thinking."
"Sfeet!" Mejni responded.
"Okay, understood!"
"Proceeding, Tinker Blinker has joined team Van Polan, and she will play on the new level of impossible together with the team." The box said, as I stared in confusion.
The book flew right onto the blonde Tinker's face, started scanning as she tried to rip it off, and kept screaming into it.
"Hey, Gardinel! That is enough." I said, while Mejni shook his head at me, "Did I get the name wrong?"
"Hey...Kardinal?...Gayrindel?...Gaydrael?...Fingarel?...Fuck, I have forgotten the name of the book."
The samurai tried to remove the book from Tinkler's face while I looked at Mejni, who had jumped down onto a seat and kept shaking his head.
"You know the name of the book?" I asked him.
"Fakkaeal"
"You know what! Never mind!"
The book flew from Tinker's face and floated in the air as the other box disappeared, leaving no more information about what the Hell was going on. I took a step forward and noticed they had done the same. I looked up slightly and saw the book floating close to the ceiling, and I got a little worried about why it had appeared now. Was it to add a new member to the journey?
Clenched my right fist, hoping the little black fire would appear, but, of course, I wasn't that lucky. I need to make a swift attack and try to avoid the sword at all costs. I took two steps, and they took two steps as well. The sword was still pointing at me, with their prisoner in the front. Need to make a fast attack so the one in the front doesn't have the time to attack. I prepared myself, got into position, and gazed at Mejni, who was obviously focused on the other two Samurai, preparing sneak attacks, while I was going to handle the leader. I pushed forward two steps and leaned my upperbody slightly backwards as I saw the Samurai pushing the sword forward as a purple portal opened up. I couldn't react in time, went through the portal, and was falling into darkness when Mejni came flying above me, spreading out all four. If that bastard pees on me, I will kill him. Mejni tried to swim downwards while we were falling. He managed to grab my blazer and held on as I bounced on the ground, my environment changing to a field of grass. I tried to stop myself, but the bouncing turned to rolling, and it went so fast that it was impossible until I hit a bush.
I woke up slowly from the ground and must have passed out, looked around for Mejni, who actually looked dead, huh! Did he die at last? I put my finger on his stomach, and he smiled with his eyes still closed and turned to the side. I suppose that's an assassin for everyone; they can kill and are hard to kill.
"STAND DOWN!" Someone screamed not far away.
I peered up slightly from the bush and noticed that Tinker's hands were no longer tied, and she was moving freely. It was only the Samurai leader there, and she had obvious problems trying to stab Tinker, who moved faster. Samurai kept swinging and missing, and Tinker landed three jabs at her face with a finishing straight kick to the face. She picked up the sword, and she held it pointing downwards, and was going to kill the Samurai when a girl ran and threw herself over the Samurai, screaming.
"PLEASE! NO KILLING!"
I went around the bush as Tinker looked frozen. Pfft, is she a coward? It is a kill-or-be-killed scenario. Just kill the enemy.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, MOVE THE KID AND KILL THE SAMURAI!"
She turned around with her hands trembling, and she started to walk away as she gazed at me and threw the sword in front of me, saying:
"Why don't you kill her if you want her dead?" and she kept walking away from the field.
I didn't pick up the sword, moved to the Samurai, and saw the girl who looked like she cared deeply for the woman. She had some weird old goggles that looked like they were from World War II. The girl looked at us, confused. My jaw dropped; it looked like Tinker. The Samurai woman woke up, looking around.
"How are you feeling, lady?" The kid asked.
"I am...feeling good!" She responded while we stared at her bloody nose. She got her ass kicked easily, and she feels good, bull...shiet.
"What is your name, lady?" The kid asked.
"Kuseka!"
"What is yours?" Kuseka asked, and both of us leaned forward a little so we could get the name.
"I am Tinker, from the famous Blinker family." She said in a proud tone, and both Mejni and I realized that we had gone back in time through the portal, as we had earlier with the younger version of Stella. Kuseka was in shock. I looked back and saw that Tinker had stopped not far from us; at least I knew now why she didn't kill Kuseka. She saw the younger version of herself showing up from nowhere after they also entered the portal.
"Wait here with them, Mejni! I will go and check on the other one!" I said I didn't want to upend the situation and call both of them Tinker, since it is not exactly a normal name.
I came up to Tinker and noticed she was staring at a cabin not too far away with smoke coming from the chimney. She had tears in her eyes, and I tried to be a little bit sentimental, but it was hard compared to what I had gone through the last two years.
"What are you looking at?"
"That is the cabin I lived in together with my grandfather."
I nodded without saying anything to let her take in the moment.
"Which book is it? Only one of the three books can go back in time and show the past. Which of the books was it? Book of Hell?...Book of The Scared?...Book Of Knowledge?"
I was surprised that she actually knew more than I knew. At least I knew which book it was.
"It is the Book Of Knowledge!"
She nodded, and I noticed a scar on her upper right forehead, which I wanted to ask about. Still, considering she was traveling as a prisoner with several Samurai, I suppose an earlier cut?
"Well, it looks like we have arrived in the past as the girl protecting Kuseka. Do you have any thoughts on why we are here in this moment?" I tried being a wise guy, knowing what good can come from the situation.
"Yes...I know why we are here this day."
"And?"
She turned to me and responded:
"Today is the day a bomb explodes from that cabin and destroys a nearby village, killing a lot of citizens of Valiant. The day my grandfather died, enemies were trying to activate the big bombs that could open a pathway to earth."