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The Last Train to Nowhere

mysteryEveryone
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He decided to search the station instead of waiting. He checked his jacket again and found a folded map tucked in the lining. He opened it and read every city name. Veliska was not on it. But someone had drawn a small red circle in an empty spot, where no town should be.

He pressed his thumb on the red circle. The paper grew warm. Faint handwriting bled through the map: "Find the locker. 1-4-7." He looked up and spotted a wall of old lockers across the hall, the numbers fading on each little door.

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He found locker 147 and pulled it open. Inside sat a small recorder with one button. He pressed play. His own voice spoke: "If you're hearing this, you wiped your memory to escape something. The man at the window isn't a clerk. Run for the train. Now."

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